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LOCAL NEWS,
The Home: Journal last week! The reception given at the Perry
did apt ’contain any figures of the; Hotel on the evening of the 6th
Perry, Thursday, January 12.
'! county election, because the paper
| was put to press before the returns
: j were in..
j Througn inadvertence the name
j of Treasured C. E. Gilbert was not
LOCAL' NEWS OF TOWN AND COUNT?. mentionecLat all. He has most ad
mirably served the county for about
Sidewalk Gleanings.
-Good cultivation will bring good
crops.
—Farm work is being delayed
by the cold weather.
—Mrs. C. It. Davis, of Macon, is
in Perry, the guest of Mrs. J. A-
Biley.
—The early gardeners of this vi
cinity are anxious for a spell of
mild weather.
thirteen months, filling.the unex
pired term of Maj. Wm. Brunson.
He is one of the five re-elected offi
cers. Fnrthe), he led .the ticket
in the election last week.
From the consolidated returns
we get the following figures
The total vote of the county was
556, polled at the several precincts
as follows:
Perry 126, Fort Yalley 125, Pow-
-The movement of guano from ersville 30> Byron 43> Centerville
45, Wellston 44, Bonaire 26, Kath
leen 19, Tharp 9, Dennard 25,
town to the farms has commenced
earlier than usual this year.
—Mrs. F. M. Houser and her
daughters returned' last Friday
from a visit to relatives in Savan
nah.
—An election.for justices of the
peace and bailiffs was held in the
several districts of- tli.e couuty last
Saturday.
' —Mrs. M. C. Hook and her
daughter, Miss Nettie, returned
home last Friday from a visit to
relatives at Eiko.
—From the snowstorm and the
continued cold weather our farm
ers argue that 1893 will be a good
crop year generally.
—Houston fruit growers say that
a good fruit crop has heretofore
invariably followed a snowstorm in
December or January.
—The pond at Tharp’s mill was
frozen nearly all over Wednesday
morning, an occurrence exceeding
ly unusual in thislocality.
f —Misses Mattie and Valeria
Tharp returned home last Friday
from lyi extended visit to their sis
ter’s at Atlanta and Macon.
—The material from which pros
perily is made is plentiful ii
Houston, and if 1893 does not so
abound the fault will be with the
people.
—Mr. and Mrs. G. B.Wells,|with
their infant son, G. B., Jr., of Ma
con, are in Perry visitiug the fam
ily of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Nor
wood, parents of Mrs. Wells.
—Judge Scott Thompson, of the
Upper Fifth district,Beeeive^eleet
Leverett, aud Mr. Miles Fitzgerald,
of -near Henderson,.’ were among
the visitors in Perry last Monday,
•»Tt is said that the reception by
the young men of Perry . to the
youpg ladies, at the Perry Hotel
las.t Friday night, has never been
surpassed here by any social.event
of the kind. ' • '.
—The annual report of County
Treasurer Gilbert appeals in this
issue. The showing is clear, cor
rect and comprehensive, though
the amount ou hand is less thau at
this time last year. •
—Though the new citizens who
have come in balance - those who-
. have gone out, there are several,
dwelling houses in Perry for rent.
One of the best of these can be se
cured on application at The Home
Journal office.
• —One of the prominent young
professional men of Perry was so
exquisitely affected by the recep
tion at the Perry Hotel last Friday
night, that his impressions or the
occasiou have been recorded in
choicest rhyme.
—Tax Collector Beutz issued
over 1,000 executions agaiust tax
defaulters directly after his books
were closed oq the 20th of Decem
ber, aud these executions are in the
hands of bailiffs in the several dis
trict of she county.
—Buildiug and loan associations
are proving quite beneficial to Per
ry. Through such help building
to the amount of about 84,000 was
done in 1891, .and arrangements for
considerably more than that srnount
have been- made for the early part
o' 1S93. -
—The spring term of the Perry
iPublic School opened last Monday
■with 76 pupils in attendance, 22
of them not having attended the
last term. The number of pupils
was increased to SO Tuesday, aud
it is, confidently anticipated that
ihore thau 1Q0 will be iu .attend
ance within the uext two weeks.
-“-Cashier Martin' makes au ex
cellent showing for the Perry Loan
and Savings Bank for the last
Kayneville 18, Henderson 25, Tay
lor’s 21, The polls were not open
ed at Elko and Murph’s. Nearly
half the entire vote was polled at
Perry and Fort Valley/
Treasurer C. E. Gilbert received
556 votes; Surveyor G. W. Killen,
553; Keceiver Wiley Leverett, 552;
Collector C. D. Anderson, 539;
Commissioner J. D. Martin, 554.
The others received 555 each.
At Perry Leverett lest 3 votes,
Killen and Martin one each.
At Fort Valiev Anderson lost
one vote.-
At Centerville Killen lost one
vote.
A t Kathleen Gilbert received one
vote more than any the other can
didates. This vote was polled by
an old negro man who sard that
Mr. Gilbert was the only candidate
he knew, and he could not be per
suaded to vote for any other.
At Dennard Anderson lost ^.5
votes.
At the other precincts the vote
was straight for all.
The returns were forwarded to
Atlanta last Thursday, aud it is
probable the commissfous will be
here this week. We understand
the officials elect have practically
arranged their bonds, and there
will be no delay in qualifying.
Business Changes in Perry.
—Dr. L. A. Felder has moved
his stock of drugs, medicines, etc.,
to the store-room adjoining Mr.
W. D. Day.
Mrs. M. C. Hook will move her
millinery goods to her residence
on Main street. , \
Mr. W, D. Pierce'has moved his
stock .of - groceries- ; |o the Avant
stofe/neai - thc -'livefy. stable.
‘•Mr/ A: B/ : Schilling- wiB 1 move
next Monday.; his tailoring estab
lishment to a room Tii Mr. W. D.
Pierce’s dwelling, on-Ball street.
Emanuel Collins has moved his
stock of groceries and shoe shop to
the building adjoining The Home
Journal lot.
These changes were made neces
sary by the fact that Contractor
Fuller begins tearing down to-day
the buildings occupied by- these
parties ou the north side of Car-
roll street. - - ...
In place of these old wooden
buildings Mr. W. D. Day will have
arected at -once four handsome
brick stores.
—We are in receipt of a long
letter from Dr. L. J. Thomas, of
Lothair, Ga., and a note from the
Dublin correspondent of the New
York World, concerning a letter
derogatory to the character of Dr.
Thomas which appeared in The
World last December. The Doctor
pronounces the charges against
him absolutely fals,e. The World
correspondent says the report w.-is
“greatly- exaggerated, and incor
rect in every particular.” He fur
ther says that Dr. Thoma3 was not
guilty oE the alleged wrongs, and
that the report was circulated os
tensibly for the purpose of injur
ing Dr. Thomas professionally.
—Another - railroad will be built
in Houston county. The contract
has been let for the construction of
the unfinished portion of the Oco
nee and Western railroad, former
ly the Empire and Dublin. The
contractors are J. W. Willis and
S. H. Holdshoser, well known rail
road builders. The contract calls
for the work to be completed in
ninety days. -The. extension from
Hawkinsville to Grovatiia is em- /
braced in this, contract. It now be-
—From Ordinary Honser we
learn that 209 couples were
married in Houston county last
year, fewer than during any other
year since Judge Houser-first be
comes the imperative duty of the j iSnsef were^uSTurin^
business men of Perry to confer j ^ twe!ve mon ,h 8 ^ folloW8; J
with the officials of the road, con-; j aanary 19/ February 18, March
inst., by the young men compli
mentary to the young ladies, was
the most elegant affair of the sea
son
The ladies in full evening cos
tumes were visions of loveliness
not often vouchsafed to mortals
here below; and one trying to dis
tinguish to whom the apple of
beauty belonged would soon be lost
in admiration and forget the object'
of his search. Perry may well feel
proud of her fair ones; no brighter
jewels can any place boast of.
The guests began arriving about
8:45 p. m., and for the next two
hoars one continuous line of star
eyed maidens and handsome men
filed into the hospitable, doors of
that well kept hostelry; and soon
from the two parlors the voice of
mirth and gladness resounded, and
many hearts were won and lost
simply by a glance or a word,
It would be impossible^ for me
to describe the costumes, my head
being not v6ry,clear as to the dis
tinctions between crepon, crepe de
chine and ciriffou, so I will not at
tempt.
At about 10 o’clock sapper was
announced, and no house in the
laud ever (lid itself more proud
than the Perry Hotel, and any one
having a doubt as to the ability of
the new management to take care
of any number of guests, would
have had that doubt dispelled; ev
ery detail had been so carefully
attended to that there was not a
hitch iu the proceeding anywhere.
And right here let me, m the name
of fdl the young gentlemen, ex
press my thanks to the manage
ment of the Perry Hotel.
At the late hour of 2 p. M. the
guests wended their way home
ward, each regretting that the fes
tive scene was over.
In addition ■ to the guests from
Pern - , which comprised nearly ev
ery one iu town, there were pres
ent the following: Miss Jessie
Walters of Albany, Miss Mary Lee
Felder of Gnthbert, Miss Nannie
Pharr of Marshallville; Messrs.
Harper and Dozier of Dawson;
Mefsrs. Harris, Branch aud Brown
of Fort Valley; Messrs. Porter and
Butner cf Macon. * *
BY BLOW BOY. . -
Ijfelt a hesitancy to write last
week for fear I might overlook
some of the visitors, which were,
numerous during the holidays.
The Home Journal continues
to' be the leading paper at Heard,
and we sympathize with the editor
in his late bereavement.
Mr. Milton Heard resumed his
studies at Mejcer last week. Milt,
deserves credit fbr the excellent
stand lie has taken in his class,
This is the coldest winter we
have had since 1 was a little boy,
several years ago. I will say to
my brother correspondents who
feel a degree of uneasiness about
Uno, that he has frozen standing
before the fire, wi apped , in his
overcoat with a pipe in his month
All callers, except tax defaulters,
take notice.
At the district election last Sat
urday, Messrs Geo. King and
John Pitts- were re-elctedjpfficers.
Mr. John Thames of Texas, ,is
visiting his sister*/Mrs/. M- B.
Stripling.
lur^handsome /clajk-saw a
large V. coming-in tpwnvTasfcSun
day his face fruped. red/and com
menced whistling “Dog take her.
BY THE JUDGE.'
Married in Houston.
At the residence of the bride’s
parents in .the. Upper 11th district
of Houston county, Judge U. V.
Whipple was married to Miss Alice
Feagiu on last Thursday morning,
JaDnary 6tb-, U»-B* ,W-
Bass, of Macon, performed the cer
emony in his usual happy style.
Directly after the ceremony the
happy pair proceeded to their
home at Vienna, via the G. S. & F.
railroad. The guests partook of an
excellent dinner with the parents
of the bride.
The groom is a rising young
lawyer, recently appointed judge
of the county court of Dooly coun
ty.
The bride is the youngest daugh
ter of Mr. aud Mrs. G. M. Feagin.
At the residence of the bride’s
.parents in the Upper Fifth dis
trict last Thursday night, January
5th, Mr. W. O. Boon and Miss
Mattie Davidson were united in
marriage, Bev. J. T. Beynolds of
ficiating. After the ceremony an
elegant wedding supper wa3 served.
The groom is the youngest sou
of Mr. W. M. Boon, of near Perty,
and is held in high esteem by his
many friends throughout the conu-
ty. The bride is- the popular
daughter of Mr. and Mre. J. C.
Davidson.
doggone her; she toldjme a lie.” /
School opened at .Union ;acade
my yesterday with a. smaller num
ber of scholars, than -was expected.
Miss Alice Parker who has been
visiting in town for the past three
weeks, will return to her Home iu
Bibb this week.
Messrs Charlie Pitts,: Charlie
Parker and Will Watson, will re
side in our community this year.
There is a young man in this
community who wants advice. He
say3 the girls have antipathy for
him, and every time lie speaks to
onq she tells him that he doesn’t
mean it, or that she doesn’t be
lieve him. He wants, to know how
to remedy the cause.
Miss Ida Barfield, will return
home to day from Dodge county,
where she has been on an extend
ed visit amoung relatives. She
will be accompanied home by her
cousin, Miss Julia Gaddy.
Mr J. B. Hunt lias completed
his cottou and corn stalk chopper.
He gave it a trial last/Saturday,
and found it to work successfully.
It is a thing that every farmer has
wauted for past years," and they
should have one. It does good
work, and the work of, cutting and
burning stalks will be abandoned.
Doubtless Mr. Hunt will have
them ou the market as soon as
Homer Woodard, of.Dempsey, is
spending a few days with' home
folks.
Prof. Ware returned home last
week, and resumed his duties iu
the schoolroom to day.
Prohably there has been more
meat saved in this community than
for many years, though it is said
of one good farmer that he killed
all he had with one sling of the
axe. I have heard of a great many
hogs being killed that weighed as
much as 250. pounds net The
heaviest I have heard of was killed
by Mr. J. C. Thompson, weighing
441 pounds nek
It is a great pity that everybody
has not business enough of their
own to keep them emplo’yech .There
is a sin,, and a very common one,
abroad in the land, and,; like a
male’s propensity for kicking and
a negro’s for stealing, it is'heredi
tary; besides being hereditary, it
may be acquired/ Every city,' town,
village and borough may'be in
fested with the insect that spreads
it. Tt is known by different names
under different conditions- Among
churchmen it is called backbiting;
in society tattling, while iu politics
it is known :is do .vnright lyingjbut
under either name, if boiled down
and skimmed, will furnish about
the same amount of devil. We
sometimes find it practiced by
Christians—the kind that the devil,
keeps his parlor hot with. It is
surprising that the tattler never
hears anything good. You might
pray three times a day, and do all
the good that a man could possibly
do, and your wife would never hear
of it through the tattler, but if you
stepped aside,your wife would hear
of it before you got home. The
idea of the tattler seems to be to
sling all the mud in a man or wo
man’s character, and pass the jew
els by unseen. God pity the tid
dler, and may the Lord have mercy
on his soul. Amen!
January 9th, 1893;
CHARLES E. GILBEBT, County Treasurer,
In account with Houston County.
DB.
To balance otf hand at last report,
1892.
Jany.
1893.
Jany.
11.
S3,742.7u
9.
be
To cash received since last report from all
sources ou acc’t CouDty Fund,
To cash received since last report from ail
sources on acc’t Jury Fund,
To cash received since last report from all
sources on acc’t Bridge Fund,
To. cash received since last report from all
sources on ac/t'Pauper Fund,
5,901.92
3,021.23
1,899.59
3,005.60
1893.
Jany.-
Total srar’t received to date,
• ..
$17,57L04
CB.
9.
By cash paid out since last report on ace’t
County Fund as per vouchers 18 to 211,
By cash paid out since last report on- acc’t
’ Jury’Fftud as*per vouchers 716*4-83,
J3y cash ’paid out since last report on acc’t
Bridge Fund as per vouchers 3 to 45,
By cash paid, out since last report on acc’t
Pauper fund as per vouchers 7 to 71, -
87,921.24
2,940.30
1,623.67
2,201.94
814,687.15
_ Total ami paid oat to date,.
To cash on hand this day, . .
•QHAELES E. GILBEBT,'"
Perry, Ga., Jany. 9th, 1893,. . County Treasurer.
DR, Dili!
PERRY, GEORGIA, .
Has in store at all times a complete liue-o^the choicest
Drugs and Medicines,
Pern© £>©p*
made.
News From The Center.
At the co.urt house in. Perry, on
Wednesday of last week, January
4th, Mr. B. B. Howard and Mrs.
Carrie Morris were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony, Judge
A. G. Biley officiating. Directly
after the marriage, the happy pair
proceeded to their home in the
10th district, near Tharp’s mill.
The Home Journal joins their
many friends in offering sincere
congratulations to the happy cou
ples, and best wishes for their fu
ture welfare and happiness. -
'earning an extension to this point.,
16, April 13, May 10, June 5, July
—The public schools throughout i 10. August 9, September 11, Octo-
quarter of 1392.' This institution
is not only decidedly serviceable
io the business men of Perry qnd Lthe county were opened last M >n- ’ ber 18, November 21, December
vicinity, but it affords good profits ‘ day. We dare say no schools in 59. '
to its stockholders. The official Georgia are better managed -than Now is YheTime to subscribe for
report appears in another column, those of Houston.
penned By UNO.
As it has been some time since
The Journal has had any news
from our section, I will say some
thing about the garden spot of
Houston this week.
We are not doing much farm
ing yet, as the weather is too cold
to do anything but make firm's and
sit by them.
Mr. George Hunt, our new be
ginner as a farmer, is pushiu
right ahead in spite of the cold,and
will soon be ready to plant. George
says all he needs now is a good
wife, and he is going to get one
before he makes many crops.
John Stripling is our next earli
est farmer, and we think that lie
will be a little earlier in the <ptber
business than George, from the
drives he has taken.
Mr. J. B. Hunt has invented a
machine to cut up corn aud cotton
stalks that does fine work.
Prof. W. E. Ware opened his
school at Ijnion Academy Monday,
with 38 pupils. Owing to the se
vere weather several were kept
back. He will have abont 45 reg
ular attendants.
Jan. 8th, 1893.
Idyl Wylde.
All members who contributed
money for the erection of Idyl
Wylde Park and Club House are
earnestly requested to’meet at the
Club House on the 4th Saturday
(28th) in January, 1893, at two
o’clock p. m., to determine what
disposition to make of the proper
ty.
Joseph Palmer, Pres.
J. T. Walker; Sec.
—Henry Emmil,' a white tramp
who said he came-from* Winston,
N. C, was arrested in Perry last
Saturday night. . He alafmnd the
household of Mrs. B. J. Smith, by
walking into the house and . beg
ging for-food- _ He is a - stout,
hearty looking man.' In the coun
ty court Monday he was convicted
of -vagrancy and sentenced to serve
eight months in the ebaingang.
Kipans Tabules: for liver troubles.
—We have not received fall re
ports from all the districts con
cerning the justice of the peace
.elections held last Saturday. In
the Upper 5th Judge J. S. Thomp
son was re-elected J. P., and Mr.
B- T. Stafford bailiff, without op
position. In the Lower 5th Mr.
G. G. White was elected J. P. over
Mr. J. M. Frederick, and Mr. John
Leverett was chosen bailiff. In
the 10th Judge G. W. King and
Bailiff J. M. Pitts were re-elected
without' opposition. In the Upper
11th there was a contest between
Judge W. S. King and Mr. C. E.
BrowD, but the result has not been
reported. In the Elko district Mr
E. T. Keen was elected J. P. In
the 9th Judge I. H. Branham was
re-elected. Iu the-Upper 14th
Judge W. F. Bennett was re-elect
ed, and Mr. E. B. Hose was cho
sen bailiff. In the Upper and
Lower Town districts no election
was held, and from those not men
tioned no reports have been re
ceived.
A Hard Corner.
The age of 30 is a hard corner
for a woman to turn, ann 35 is still
harder. She feels that she is-fast
leaving her youth behind her. But
there is no reason wliy a woman
should be faded and passe at 35, or
even at 45. The chief cause of the
early fading of American women is
found in the fact that many of
them suffer from some form of fe
male weakness or disease which
robs the face of its bloom, draws
dark circles about the eyes, brings
early wrinkles and sallowness, and
stamps the face aud figure with
signs of ill-health. Dr. Pierce’s
Favorite Prescription will cnre’all
these troubles, will bring back the
lost bloom, and remove the pains
and ailments which make women
grow old before their time. Guar
anteed to give satisfaction in every
case, or price (81.00) refunded.
P BE3CBIPTIONS Carefully Compounded by one of the- "very best
Druggists in the South.
MOVED TO STOBE ADJOINING W. D. DAY’S.
Best and Cheapest,
Parlor Suits, Climber Suits, Bedsteads, Chairs, Tables
Safes,'Mattresses, Bureaus, etc. of all descriptions,!^
Complete Undertaking Department.
G-EORQE
. .PEBBY,
GEOBGIA,
for Infants and Children.
—The Home Journal and The
Weekly Atlanta Constitution one
year for 82,25, cash in . advance.
—The Southern Cultivator and
The Home Journal'one year for
$2.30, cash in advance.
KILL KRM
Tn Oures scrateh-
-* J-iil/ifA es on horses
and mange on dpgs with one of two ap
plications. For sale by Holtzclaw & Gil
pert, Dftiggists,Perry, Ga.-
“Caatoiia is so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me.” H. A. Aechee, H. D.,
All So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y.
"The use 9! ‘Castoria’ Is so universal and
Its merits so well known that it seenis a work
1 to endorse it. Few are
les who '3 t-i Zeep
NewVork
Castozia cores (
Sour Stomach, DiaSrhcea. Ernctatlon,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di-
“ For several years I have recommended
yoor * Castoria, ’ and shall always continue to
do sr< cs it has invariably produced beneficial
cesults.”
Ed-sec F. P-iedeb. JL
“33b Wlnthrop,” 125thStreet and TthAve,
New York City.
Tee Ceszaob Conrasx, 77 Hiramt? Stbxbx, New Yens.
ZF’errsT’,
O-eorglsb.
GEOBGIA—Houston - County.
E. D. Avera, administrator of the es
tate-of David Avera, deceased, has ap-~
plied for dismission from his trust:
This is therefore to cite all persons con
cerned to appear at the “April term, TT t t j
1893, of the eourt of Ordinary of said “ °’ Guns, Pistols, a
county, and show can
why said application
granted.
Witness my official signature this
Jan. 9,1892.
J
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for Pitcher’s Castor
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