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3 VOL. XXI. PERBT, HOUSTON" COUNTY, GEORGIA. XliTTESDAT/OCTOBFR 29, 1891. ' ' -, g ' ••••••• • " ■ —-xjXHLasewPOaets'fc—. Jos. N. NEEL, of Eads, Heel & Co., . John W. ES1D,1 Jno. C.EADS, “ 3 “ . MisaxniM HipSPSEB. The most popular Shoe Store in Macon. Why? Because -we have the Stock, the prettiest Store,-the most goods, the Lowest Prices. DON’T NAIL TO SEE US ON SHOES: =^s8 - UM ^557 '^II]3iniY^siEEET^ SHIP YOUR COTTON TO W, B.& of MACON, GEORGIA. On through bills of lading to Savannah, Ga., care of Union Compress, Macon, Ga., we can save to shippers from all points on the Georgia Southern and Florida Bailroad and Macon and Birmingham Railroad, from 60 per cent, to 80 per cent, of freight rates. The only Firm in Macon that oSers a Bebate from these Points. Freight agents in tho territory named will give rates and shipping diroctions. THE LIGHT THAT IS, FELT. John G. Whittier, in Simday School Visitor. A tender child of summers three, Seeking her little bed at night, Paused on the dark stair timidly. “Oh mother! Take my hand,” said she ! “And then the dark will all be light.” We older children grope our way ,i From dark behind to dark before; And only when our hands we lav, Dear Lord, in thine, the night is day, And there is darkness nevermore.’ yon,” says Glint, “and I was going- “Didn’t anybody seem to laugh to say Gra-ei-ous look at that ; at your sniarkremark—too late, or snake! Snake! Snake! He liked , getting moody,” says Zeke. to bit me—stepped, on his tail — ; Jim now begins to sing, joined yonder he goes. Kill-im, kill-im,; by one or two others: kill-im boys!” ! “The sun has set in the west, “Where, whereas he?” -j ^The moon is climbing the hiU, Beach downward to the sunless days Wherein onr guides are blind, as we, And faith is small and hope delays; Take thou the hands of prayer we raise, And let us feel the light of thee! RETREAT FROM LAUREL HILL. As We Go. Chattering anfi Spattering “Snake! Snake! Look Out! Kill Him-im! Kill-im Boys! Like to Bit Me!” Jim’s Lament. Transcribed from a. Soldier’s Diary for the HOME JOUENA1. Parlor Suits, Clmifoer Suits, Bedsteads, Chairs, Tables Safes, Mattresses, Bureaus, etc. of all descriptions. Complete Undertaking Department. GBOBGB ZPALTTL, PERRY, - - GEORGIA, I desire to call attention to the fact that I have in store, next to the Bank A EULL AND COMPLETE STOCK OF Fruits and Confectioneries, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. Fish Every Saturday. ' My Stock is FEESH aud PURE, and prices very LOW. Patronage solicited. Agent for the SINGES SEWING MACHINE. Full line of Fixtures and Oil on baud. J. M. NELSON, Perry-, &a Every tiling sold at spot Cash Prices. Mo Discounts to Middle Men Emus IN MACHINERY MADE BY koil lflill Ask for. what you want, strictly first-class. The price will be low; the work w “C&storlaissoweH adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me.” U. A. Archer, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. «The use of ‘Castoria’ is so universal and its merits so well known that it seems a wort withmeaayreach^ Castorla cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, TTfiig "Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di- WitSout injurious medication. For several years I have recommended results.” Edwin F. Pardee, M. D., m xho Winthrop,” 125th Street and 7th Ava, New York City. The Ckntaub Compahy, 77 Mdbbay Street, New Yoke. NEEL & We want yonr trade. Will make it to your interest. TER F. HOUSER will do the rest. Come to see ns. Mi. WAL- 552 & 554 CHEERY STREET, m ehiSdren Off for Pitcher’s ©astona. July 14th 1861. “Doyou mean that for me?” says Zeke. Tell him yes,” whispers Jim. No-o, I was only speaking of Horniky making himself so offi cious with us, and so intimate with you on so short acquaintance, but if you think the cap fits, you can wear it awhile,” says Clint. “You are so suspicious Zeke, or if you had been listening properly, to what I said you wouldn’t have got ten mixed up in the mule story I was telliug Jim and these other boys.” “Well,” says Zeke, “justas I got up after Horniky and 1 fell down together a hundred or two yards back yonder, or as 1 was trying to got Horniky off of me, 1 am sure I distinctly heard you say, ‘he is afraid,’ and evidently,inreply to a remark Horniky made about that moment. I mean just as we fell down. As we. were gettin g up,or perhaps, fully gained our equilib rium, and while those other tarts with you were laughing at such a high rate, I indistinctly heard you say something like glad of it—on back—ride—camps—halter to a tree—give him an inch—reminds me—old mule—and finally decided he was a fool. I heard enough of the rigamarole to lead me to be lieve you were comparing me to something ridiculous—all were laughing. Then again, I heard fairly well the greater portion of that smarty Jim, in his tirade, or, as he would facetiously term it, paradigm, holding me up to the balance of you to bring up a home like feeling in the night, and which evidently was based on what you had said just before. It is true I lost some of it, but caught enough in a disjointed way, or in spurts through the rattling leaves and the fuss of your abettors, to be led to believe it was intended as a parody on the ox aud the rat in the man ger. Horniky tells me, to use his own language, ‘that little red head soldier called you an ox, aud said hejjheard him tell the others that he wanted to give him an armful of leaves to eat like shucks,’ and said he herad him say ‘a whole lot of other things about chawing the cud,’ but once I get my heel on his sharp neck, he’ll think I am a very large ox in reality, and he a very small rat. He thinks he is very witty, but when I take it off him, it will all be mashed out—nothing left but a ‘mess of a Jim,’ aud then you all can dig a hole and rake him in it, roll a big rock over the place to mark the;last resting place of the‘wit’ of the seven scouts and reavguardsmen, or, if you like, chisel on it: ‘Caught and made hash of on this spot by the fool- killer in the conscientious dis charge of his duty to his country.” Well,” says Clint, “that’s a bright idea, hatch up a whole mess and then charge ns with it. You have worked up a fine parody out of your own material, without de tecting in what a ridiculous light you stand before us. All we’ve got to say, is if the cap fits you wear it, or when you kill Jim we will have great need for another fool killer to come along and write your epiteph.” “Ha, ha,” laughs the boys. “I don’t see anything to laugh about,” says Zeke. “You fellows thnik anything Clint says to or about me is smart.” “I only told the truth about you, and that’s where the pinch comes ,”j says Glint. “Well;” sayg Zeke, you rarely, ever talk without undertaking to ridicule ine,but you are always slick enough to slip out of it some way or other, or in plain English, T ought to say lie out of it. Well, just so you don’t say it, there will still be a hereafter for “Yonder he goes—there, run in that hole in the thicket.” “Hold on Zeke, you and Horni ky, and. wait ’till we kill this snake,” says Jim. “Oh, let him alone,” says Clint, “You’d look nice gouging in a hole in the mountains and it near ly night,' after a snake. What do you want to kill him for? We don’t expect to come back. here anymore. Some of the Yanks may straggle through here some- of these days, and he can bite them.” “That’s a fact,” says Watt. “Go on Zeke, you and Horniky, says Clint Horniky still leads the way with Zeke clinging to his arm in a sort of hipity-hopity style that does not fail to amuse those be hind them. “Clint,” says Jim, “what sort of a snake was that you said you stepped on?” “Don’t know,” says Clint “I mean,” says Jim, “what color was it?” “Don’t know,” says Clint. “I was blind as a bat just as i saw and felt him altogether. Don’t know if he was red, green, black, white or blue, but rather think he was blue.” “Yes, that’s the reason it scared you so bad. You thought it was a Yank come up out of the ground and spoke to you,” says Lawrence. “Well,” says Jim, “if you.couldu.t tell what ooIqi 1 it was, how big was it?” “Don’t know; big as my leg, seemed to me, as] he flew up in front and struck at me and hit a bush that happened to be be tween me and the snake.” “Boys,” say Jim, “did you ever see anybody who knows so little about anything claimed to have been seen and felt?” “Clint, I believe you are lying straightout about the whole mat ter.” “So do we,” says all the others. “Call to Zeke,” says Watt, “and tell him to ask Horniky what he thinks about Clint and the snake.” “Horniky,” says Zeke, “don’t you think Clint lied about step ping on a snake’s tail and seeing it run in a hole before anybody else could see it? I don’t believe there are any snakes in these mountains.” “Well pardner, he mought not lied,” says. Horniky, “for da is snakes here. I’s seen ’em myself, before now, and some mighty bad uns.” “What kind of snakes do you find in the mountains?” says Zeke. “Well, there is some little streak- idy, stnkirdy fellers, and once in a while yon kin see a little green one up in the trees, and then agin yon may run across a big yaller and black feller that has something on his tail like beads.” “What’s the name of that kind?' says Zeke. “A radler snake,” says Horni ky, “and ef he hits you, you is a gon-er.” “Do they strike with their tails?” says Zeke. “No,” says Horniky, “they bites with their mouths, jist like any other snake. They kin mighty nigh sing a toon with ther tails, but it don’t make you feel like dancin’, ’less it’s to dance off oaten the way. Mr.Ubycom says when he tail begin to sing he is gittin up pisin to throw into yon, and then after he hits you and you hear him sing agin, he is drawin’ it back into be tail.” “Did a ‘radler’ snake ever bite you?” says Zeke. “No, siree, ef they had I wouldn’t be runnin’ on wid you now, for I’d bin like that little red head soldier you wanted to mash up and bury.” “Horniky,” says Clint, “how high is the sun you reckon?,’ “Golly, her is done down. Don’t yer see how it is ’ginnin’ to git dark all out ahead of us, and all around us on every side?” “Yes, I believe you are right,” says Clint, “and another lonely night now stares us in the face. Pull down Horniky,” says Clint, “as long as we are safe in our course.” “Some of you fellows nearest Zeke punch hi® up a little, be is pulling back on Horniky,” says Jim, “Nearly time to take the harness off him, you know, Guess we’ll have to ring his nose, as Glint said about the old mule.” The dd clock striking the hour We promised to meet by the mill* “I must bid ber along farewell, But, Ob, ’twill be with a sigh, As I watch by the pale moonlight The tears that fall from her eye. “Weep nomore gentle Hallie, Let no tear drop fall for me, : j - The stars will twinkle one by one And guide my barque safe o’er tnesea “Deep sea—deep sea ” “Bless my life,” .says Jim, “it ifea'm© toosadttssingany morer 1 twa. pouse nlr nn thrnnab the forest nnrl . P 6r haps, different Look up through the forest and! see that little star twinkling dov.n on us just like it did when not lost, and I can imagine sweet Minnie sees me boging through the woods disconsolate aud hungry. ‘Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have qests, but the son of man hath not where to lay his head., I feel now almost as if I could sit down and cry. What a strange and melancholy influence night has over the mind. What magic in the name of home. It does seem to me now, like I had rather be a well fed dog under the door step, than anybody’s soldier boy lost in the mountains. “Don’t cry sonny,” says Zeke, we claim you as our little dog here, but can’t feed you overly well. Quit whining, and we’ll let you sleep at our feet next to the fire, and to-morrow will giye you a bone to gnaw, and maybe a piece of bread. “Tell that'.little ; soldier,” says Horniky, “to sing that toon aga’D, it’s mighty purty.” Oh Horniky,” says Jim, “I’m sick at heart, my feelings will go back on me and I know I would break smack down to try it again. I will sing it for you some other time—maybe about this time to morrow, if it is not raining. I must shake off what would soon be a fit of the blues. I’ll sing Zeke’s song, and then ‘Richard will be himself 3 " again” ‘Yivi la mo, Vi ’” “Well men, we’ve got as fur as we kin, and here’s a good place to stay all night under these big trees, with so many leaves to sleep on, and so much wood all around here to make a fire,” says Horni- ky. “Good as wheat,” says Jim, “and here’s my place to sleep,” as he lops down in the leaves. “Here’s the same to you," says Clint, as he tumbles down with a grunt. “It is so nice to rest,” says Zeke, “after a fellow has trudged through the mountains all day,” as he now eases himself down on the end of a log with a long drawn out phe-u- ‘Tm so tired.” One and another turns in ’till all are down except Horniky, who says: “You-ons looks like yer is usen to it.” “Yes,” says Clint, “we don’t much care how we make the trip just so we get there.” “I move,” says Jim, “ that Clint takes the chair, (log) to preside oyer this business meeting.” “I second the motion,” says Watt. “All in favor of the motion,” says Jim, “will say I.” . “1,1,1,1,1.” Opposed, no.” “No-o,” says Zeke. “The I’s seem to have it. Clint you will take Zeke’s log.” “We will let you preside some other time,” says Jim. “We all know how anxious you are to be head, but you must go foot this time, Zeke.” “Yon are a stinking “None of that now,” says the chairman, who gets up with limb as big as your arm for a gav el and pushes Zeke off the end of the log. “Well boys,” says he, “you will come to order at once, as it will soon be too dark to record the min utes of this meeting. The object this meeting, as you all know ” “But, Mr. Chairman,!’ says Zeke, ‘I don’t know the object, and would like for you to fully explain it.” “See that already,” says Jim, “upity as he can be.” Down comes the gavel (limb) on the old log, calling Zeke to order. “Oat of order, as- usual,” says Jim. Says the chairman to Zeke, “Yon are so quick on trigger you wouldn’t give me a chance to ex plain, or so suspicious that you seem to be even afraid to trust yourself, bat in a word, for we have no time to lose, the object is to ar range the different watches of the night and any other little matter we may deem expedient and neces sary. You know the kind of com pact we are under to each other— tbat is to-gay, whatever is fixed by the whole,must stand, whether it is pleasant or not” (TO EE CONTINUED. ) THE SCHOOL BILL VETOED. THE .GOVERNOR’S REASONS. . “This bill has received my care ful consideration, as I am in en tire harmony with the objects sought to be attained by it. 1 have taken counsel with the assistant attorney general, the state school commissioner; the. state treasurer and the stateboard of education as to the possibility of carrying its provision,.-'- into effect without dis turbing the disbursement of this most important fund. It was pass ed atthe close of the session, and, as I am informed, is the result of !ce between committees o^tjie twGt houses, representing, ‘ views on the . Immigration Does Not Improve. Savanna! jUorning News. Quite an interesting and instruc tive report from Dr. J. Warren Achom is printed in a recent num- A PROGRESSIVE FAC' Atlanta Constitution. The’ same subject, and in the .hurry of necessary business, as is natural, suitable provision for its division amoDg the several counties, as in tended, must have been inadyer- tently omitted. “That the main provision of the first section is, that all the school fund, from every source, including poll tax, shall be paid into the state treasury as a special deposit to be drawn only upon the order of the state school commissioner, commencing immediately after the passage of the act, but no provision is made in this section as to the manner of its’ disburement. The second section provides for this distribution, and for quarterly payments, as needed, but,'in ex press terms, this section does not go into effect until January, 1893. NO PROVISION FOR DISTRIBUTION. “So then, we have the fund paid into the treasury, and, as the bill is silent as to its distribution now, it would have to be distributed un der some other law now in force. This would be the act of 1887, but that act nowhere provides for a distribution of the poll tax, -except that- it requires the tax collectors of the various counties to pay over the poll tax direct to the school au thorities in the counties in which the tax is collected. Consequent ly there was, under that act, nei ther an apportionment or distribu tion by the school commissioner of the poll tax, This act under con sideration expressly changes this disposition of the poll tax and puts it into the treasury at once; thus becoming z, part of the school fund, it would, as any other part of that fund, be subject to apportionment amongst the several counties, but the same act of 1887 requires the apportionment to be made by the commissioner annually, on the first of" July, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable. Under this act the apportionment was made July last, but, for the reason stated, this apportionment did not, and could not, include the poll tax; and as the law provides only one apportionment annually, and the apportionment for this year has been made, any other would be without the sanction of law; and this item of poll tax, amounting, when collected, to something near $200,000, could be apportioned on ly next July. MONET NEEDED NOW. “It is needed now to pay the teachers for 1891. “In view of the circumstances/1 am not disposed to risk any con struction of this act which might have the effect of delaying the prompt distribution of the school fund, or any part of it, or involve its distribution in any manner which might be questioned. And, as the legislature will assemble in ] another year, and will have a com paratively early opportunity of giving expression to the wishes of the people on this important sub ject, when matters of detail here involved can be made more effect ually guarded, and as the time cf payment to the teachers is at hand, the funds for these payments be ing rapidly collected; and both the poll tax and general fund can, un der the law of 1887, be promptly distributed as for the last three years, I deem it wise policy to let the matter take this course; and, for this purpose, for the reasons giv en, I enter my disapproval of this bill.” ed in 1885 by the legislature, is doing more to revolutionize Geor- ber of the Medical Record con- [ gia than aDy other agency or insti- cerning the class of immigrants tntion in this state. A widely who are now crowding into this traveled gentleman, who has stnd- country at the average rate of about ied similar schools on two sides of 4,000 a month. the Atlantic, pronounced it by all According to the doctor’s close odds the best in the south, and ex examination, the 600 popple in the cellent in itself, “But,” said he, steerage constituting that shipload it is a shame that Georgia does not of iinmigrsnts lacked almost every qtfadruple her appropriation. T do quality necessary to make desira- hot Rye in your state, but I have ble citizens. Apparently they were invested some money in it, Let not sound “either in mind, body me give you one benefit of these or estate:” Medical examination institutions not familiar to every showed that a majority of them one. If we wish to preserve Amer- were fit subjects for treatment in a ican principles of government, we sequestered hospital. They were must educate our own mechanics found to be in various stages of de-1 and artisans, and cease to import bility from the effects of different I foreign skilled labor entertaining varieties of hereditary and more or alien ideas of political affairs, less contagious and loathsome dis-- Right here in Atlanta 1 heard, the orders that wholly unfitted them other night, a-group of Germans for citizenship anywhere. Yet they giving, voice to sentiments rank were allowed to pass the customs with socialism and communism. I inspectors and alleged health offi- speak Germari, Spanish and one or cers merely because they carried two other foreign languages, and big red vaccination cards. Such a have, therefore, opportunities of symbol of perfunctorily formal knowing their opinions. I am es- compliance with a single regula- [ peeially averse to bringing in the tion appears to be really all that is I Latin" races. These people who required. (comefrom continental Europe to Among these ignorant immi-1 our shores do not appreciate the grants the doctor found many aged independence and freedom exist- people and cripples who could not ing here. Feudality in their coun- possibly be metamorphosed into tries has been succeeded by legiti- self-sustaining, to say nothing of macy and-absolutism, ahd individ- ereditably independent; citizens, ual ' liberty is suppressed^ We Still they could actually stand np must educate our youth to work in long enough to be counted. So wood and metals and in mining they were admitted to the full free- aud engineering. Two davs in the dom of the country. week I have carpenters employed Native intelligence and.morality to teach my boys how to ran were clearly not taken into account j plane.” at all if the doctor’s evidence is of any value. For he tells.of . an old THE { To rid the human body ogress whe had with her six or TRUE) of the poison of disease, eight Hungarian girls,palpably tak- W AY Ls to eliminate it through. ing them for commercial purposes the pores of the skin. S. S. S. not to the mining camps of Pennsyl-1 only does this, but it forces out al- vania. But he adds that this nefa- j so the germs which make the poU rious traffic is a regular business | son , and builds up. the general with that woman. Furthermore, | ilealth at t he same time. Do net lm states that]the whole crowd was | take any imitations or snbstitntes individually and collectively of a for g. q. g for disap _ very low intellectual order. —— - ,—~ == ; _ , . » . pointed. There is only one Swift s Accessions or disease, ignorance, ~ r^- -—— : — —— mendicants, stupidity and vice are [ gL^xfic, and there is nothing like not exactly the qualities desired in newly acquired citizens. There in Mrs. E. J. Rowell, No. 11 Quin- fore every future immigrant should I cy Street, Medford, Mass., says be required to produce an official ^ er m °ther has been cured of certificate of good character from J ® cro ^ u ^ a ^y >-he use of four bottles his former place of residence, as S., after having had much well as a clear bill of normal health other treatment and being reduced before being allowed to land. In Gmite a low condition of health, that way only can we properly pro-1 as was thought she coukl not tect ourselves against all manner of accumulating disorders, and cease to be the stock subject of in ternational ridicule. Strength and Health. The way the expenses pile up against the municipality of Lon don makes this city look like a small town, says the New York Ad vertiser. One district in London has just incurred expenses upward of $8,000,000 for improving the sanitary condition of houses occu pied by the poorer classes. The mere widening of the sewers is to cost $12,500,000, and a proposition to extend the sewers to the sea will involve an outlay of $50,000,000. An imprpved water supply is also contemplated, which will cost $50, 000,000 more. The only American city which can lay any claims to rivalry in this matter is Philadel phia, where they have sunk $12,- 000,000 in a City Building, and it is still very far from campletion. “Oh! how I dread to see my hair turning gray,” is a remark made by so many ladies. If they only knew that 75 cents invested in one bottle of Beggs’ Hair Renewer would not only check it at once, bub give it a luxurious and glossy appearance, we know that they would not hesitate to buy. . We guarantee every bottle. Sold by L. A. Eelder, Druggist, Perry, Ga. Don M. Dickinsjn says that lit tle Miss Cleveland has come just in time to save the- country. “Gro ver and the baby” is the cry now all over the Union. It throws good humor into any assemblage, and will brush away all the captious op position that has existed in Demo cratic quarters to the Democratic leader. If you are not feeling strong and healthy, try Electric Bitters. If “LaGrippe” has left you weak and weary, use Eleetri Bitters. This remedy acta directly ou Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, gently aid ing those organs to perform their functions. If you are afflicted with Sick Headache* you will find speedy and'permanent relief by tailing Electric Bitters. One trial wiil convince you that this is the remedy you need. Large bottles only 50c. at Holtzclaw & Gilbert’s Drug Store. When the Japanese hitch a horse in the street, they do so by tying his fore legs together. Hitching, posts are never used in Japan or Corea, except by foreigners. As a family medicine Ayer’s Pills excel all others. They are suited to every age and, being su gar-coated, are easy to take. Though searching and thorough in effect, they are mild and pleasant in action, and their use is attended with no injurious results. I live. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. Dallas, Texas, claims, taking that city as a center, that within a radius of one hundred miles there is not to be found on the globe a more productive soil or a more healthful climate.. Within that ra dius there is a thrifty population of more than a million of people, and it is capable of sustaining a population of ten million. With in this radius, adds the New York Independent, nearly one-half the cotton in Texas is raised, more than half the oats and the wheat, and nearly one-half the corn. Mr. 0- B. Jones, of Spring Hill, Iowa, says: “I have used Cham berlain’s Pain Balm for severe and painful burns with better effect than anything else I have ever tried. It relieves the pain instant ly, and cures without leaving a scar.” Pain Balm is one of the most useful medicines that any family can be provided with, espe cially for rheumatism, lame back, sprains, bruises, tooth ache, ear ache and like ailments. One ap plication will relieve the pain and a fair trial insure a cure. 50 cent bottles for sale by Holtzclaw & Gilbert. The largest amount of railroad construction during the past year in any one group of states was 1186. This was in the South At lantic group, composed of Virgin ia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Flor ida, In the New England group the number of miles of new road is - only 109. Little Giants! Little Giants! Little Giants! are the pills that do the work successfully, effectually and permanently. We warrant ev ery bottle to give satisfaction, Sold by L. A. Felder, Druggist. Perry, Ga. Tommy—What part of speech is woman? Papa—Woman is iio part of speech at all, my son. She is all of it. .,.q; Imm Mr. Alfred Robinson, N. C., says: Bradycro never failing compound ache. MUaMMMSai 5^1^BEBBBKB&aa