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LOCAL NEWS,
Perby, Thursday, February 23.
Sidewalk Gleanings.
local news or town and county.
—Peach trees are blooming in
Perry.
—The building mania seems to
be becoming epidemic in Perry.
—Mrs. Charlie Hill, of Atlanta,
visited relatives at Berry last week.
—Oar people are confident that
thfere will be a good crop of fruit
this year.
—Miss Mattie Hill, of Maeon, is
in Perry visiting her sister, Mrs.
Joseph Palmer.
—Madam Rumor has it that
there will be a marriage in Perry
early in March, or May.
—Corn planting will probably
be the order of business with
Houston farmers next week.
—The February session of the
Houston teachers’ institute will be
held at Perry next Saturday.
—The Club property at Idyl
Wylde Park will be sold at ten
o’clock next Satuiday morning, at
the Park.
—Mrs. D. M. Hughes, o? Dan-
viile, Ga., visited her brother, Mr.
E. L. Dennard, at his home near
Perry last week.
—A citizen of Perry is corres
ponding with Ohio parties con
cerning the purchase of lands in
this section of the county.
—The number of candidates for
the postmastersbip of the Perry,
office has been materially aug
mented within the last week.
—Mr. B. T. Stafford, of the
Lower Fifth district, is authorized
to receive and receipt for subscrip
tions to The Home Journal. ,
—Miss Clara Bright, of Ameri
cas, was in Perry from last Satur
day to Tuesday, visiting the farni
ly of her aunt, Mrs. A. E. Mann.
—There are indications that
Sheriff Cooper is going into the
dry goods business. He traded for
a pair oE “calico” ponies last week.
□—Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Hiley,
of near Fort Valley, were in Perry
last Saturday and Sunday, visiting
the family of Judge J. H. Houser,
father of Mrs. Hiley. '
—Mr. Sam H. Haddock, of Ma
con, returned home last Monday,
after spending several days in Per
ry visiting his grandmother,Mrs. C.
A. Norwood, and other relatives.
—The work of manufacturing
cigars in Perry began Tuesday,and
will coutiuue vigorously, though
not on a very extensive scale for
the present. Mr. E. M. Fuller is
manager of the enterprise.
—The many friends of Miss
Annie Lou Edwards regret that
she has been forced to return home
from school on account of ill health.
Hep father, Mr. M. A. Edwards,
went to Milledgeville after her last
Saturday.
—Only two droves of mules have
beeen in Perry this season, and
comparatively few were sold. Ten
or twelve years ago more than
double this number were brought
here annually, aud the sales were
considerably more numerous than,
now.
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—The commissions for. the coun
ty commissioner^ of Houston bad
not been., received by Ordinary
Palmer at uoon Tuesday. This is
an unaccountable delay, and unfa
vorably ri ll cts upon the efficient
service of that officer of tli* state
whose duty it is to make out and
forward these documents. These
commissions should have been re
ceived here at the same time those
for the other county officers came.
Several letters have been written
concerning them, aud doubtless
they will be here in time for the
new commissioners to qualify on
the first Monday in March.
—We regret that onr Fort Val
ley correspondent has seen fit to
threaten Speaker Crisp with the
loss of support in Houston county
if he fails to secure the appoint
ment of Houston men to federal
office. Whatever may have been
the motive j>f our correspondent
and other Fort Valley democrats
in giving political support hereto
fore to Mr. Crisp, the" majority.of
Houston democrats favored him
because of their confidence in his
correct statesmanship, and politi
cal integrity. For this reason they
will continue to be his loyal friends.
The support of a large majority of
Houston democrats is not coutin
; gent upon the official favors Speak
er Crisp 6ees fit to bestow.
ANOTHER LARGE PURCHASE.
A large fruit farm and a town
will be established at -Tivola, six
miles east of Perry, 6n the G. S. &
F. Railroad..
Mr. E. L. Denuard’s Boudre
place has been purchased by a
company of ObiQ capitalists. Eight
of them, accompanied by Capt J.
B. James, of Fort Valley, passed
through Perry last Thursday. They
inspected the property, concluded
the purchase, and then boarded
the north bound tram.
The property purchased includes
about 1,750 acres, aod we under
stand that $10 per acre is the price
to be paid.
These gentlemen have ample
means, and they propose to devel
op the property to its fall capaci
ty, making of ita model frnit farm.
We are. also informed that they
will- build a town at Tivola, and
that a number of manufacturing
industries will be established.
Mr. Dennard, we are told, will
retain possession until the crop of
1893 is harvested, and then it will
pass into the hands of the new
owners.
This is an excellent property,
well suited to the purpose to which
it will be devoted: The proposed
development means much for that
section of the county, indicating as
it does that the favorable attention
of northern men who desire south
ern property ba9 beeu attracted.
A DEPLORABLE .TRAGEDY.
At Bonaire last Thursday uight,
a difficulty between Mr. Cornelius
E. Brown and Jackson J. Ev&rett,
a colored preacher, resulted in the
death of both parties. Mi T . Brown
received a gunshot wound in the
lower part-of the face, and died al
most immediately. The negro was
shot in the breast with a pistol,
and he died next day.
Coroner Hurst held an inquest
over the body of Mr. Brown, and
the jury returned a verdict to the
effect that his death resulted from
a woiiud at the hands of Everett,,
and that it was manslaughter.
The burial of Mr. Brown took
place in the family burial grouud,
ou the premises of Mr. C. H.
Thompson, Saturday morning.
Mr. Brown was about 43 years
old, youngest son of the late David
M. Brown, of this county. He had
many friends throughout the couu-
ty who.esteemed him most sincere
ly, aud in January last he was
elected Justice of the Peace for
the district in which he lived.
He leaves a wife, two brothers,
one sister, and other relatives, with
whom a large number of friends
sincerely sympathise iu their sore
bereavement
A TALUED QUILT.
A quilt that is valued for the
history attached to it was com
pleted at the Baptist parsonage iu
Perry on Wednesday of last week.
The ladies of the Baptist church
met there and engaged in an old-
fashioned quilting. At noon a reg
ular picnic dinner, furnished by
those attending, was served, and
we are told it was unsurpassable
in every detail, thongh sewed as
household dinners are usually
served. When the quilt "was fin
ished, it was presented to Mrs."
Brewton, wife of the pastor, with
the compliments of the chur,cb
membership.
About four years ago that quilt
was started for a purpose, and
that purpose was most admirably
served.
The several squares of the quilt
were cut out aud distributed amoug
tbe ladies and girls connected with
the Baptist ehurch. The possessor
of each square solicited names and
contributions, ten cents for each
name.’ These contributions aggre
gated about §86, which became a
part of tbe fund to remodel the
Baptist parsonage.
Stray Mule.
Strayed from my lot last Satur
day night, a black mare male, with
small white spot on left shoulder,
white spot on . back, and small split
ia point of left ear. A.suitable re
ward will be paid for' the mule, or
information that will lead to iler
recovery. P^teb W. Lamar,
Tharp, Houston Co., Ga-
Feb. 20,1893.
GEORGIA—Houston County:
I hereby notify all persons not
to trade for a notq given by me to
“The Georgia Hedge Co,” as said
note is of no value.
T. D. Gubb.
Feb. 18th, 1893.'
A NEW PLAN.
We now buy Landreth’s Garden
Seed in bulk and save tbe buyer
about 50 per cent.
3t Holtzclaw & Gilbebt.
OUR FORT TALLEY LETTER.
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Uy BREEZE,
! The press throughout the state
is complimenting Houstou connty
on -her proposed exhibit' at the
World’s Fair. Bat for some rea
son it is never mentioned by a
Houstonian, not even when the pa-
; pers of the county pleadingly al
/lode to. the beuefits a good exhibit
j from Houston would produce.
J Houston certainly has many living
corpses who will sit down and de
nounce their connty papers and
then wait for them to advertise the
connty free. This, is indeed a great
worid filled with a puzzling people.
. A tramp printer walked into
The Leader office last week'and
accosted the “devil” tbusly: “It is
with an undulating bosom and pal
pitating diaphragm, and also with
a damaged lot of sentiments claim
ing kiu with both joy and remorse,
that I greet and sail ate you to-day.
Joyful that once again I am per
mitted to : unbottle my foaming
feelings in your gracious presence,
and am sorry that you are sorry of
it 1 have been busy holding my
tongue still for a season just toiu-
miliate some misguided people
who said that my vocabulary was
bo limited that I’ could not find
words with which to keep silent.
And I am glad I pursued that
coarse, for it has made me many
.admirers. One lady friend, who is
inclined to flatter like all good na-
tured people, even went so far as
to say that my silence was the best
thing I ever said. But I am silent
no longer. Get a move on you
now, and put your office towel in
that, boiler and let’s have some
soup. I’ve had a drink since I
struck this prohibition town, but
they don’t set up soup with drinks,
and I can’t drink with a relish
without soap.” His breath was so
strong of prohibition whiskey that
I was enabled to catch tbe shadow
of this speech with a kodak, hence
my ability to reproduce it verba
tim.
Prof. W. M. Robinson, formerly
superintendent of Grady Institute,
died last week iu Florida; of con
sumption. Dr. G. G. Singletou, of
this place, was called to his bed
side, but was too late to be of any
benefit. Prof. Robinson’s remaius
were interred at LaGrauge, Ga.
Fort Valley caught a contingent
of the Ohio excursionists, who are
better pleased with Houston than
any section they have seen. To
quote one of them: “This is God’s
country, and from appearances He
is taking good care of it.”
Messrs. C. G. Gray and A. B.
Greene were elected last Friday to
succeed themselves as commission
ers of water works aid sewerage
for the town of Fort Valley,, for
fonr years, without opposition. .The
people did right in electing these
two gentlemen as their own suc
cessors.
If Houston county’s people don't
hnmp themselves in keeping this
section prominently before inves
tors,by giving the county papers and
newspaper correspondents more
support, her interest is sure to lag,
and the prominence she now en
joys will flee to some other section
and Houston will be pul on a par
with other unknown counties in
Georgia. Our people ought to aid
tbe papers iu keeping Houston’s
many advantages before tbe world.
Bishop 0. K. Nelson, of the
Episcopal Diocese, preached here
last Friday night to a large and
intellectual audience. This was
Bishop Nelson’s second sermou
here, and he is regarded as an in
tellectual divine.
Fort Valley wns overrun Inst
week with adverrising fakirs, aud
our business men patronized them
liberally. ‘ Strange to say, some of
the men who gave them advertise
ments never gave their home pa
per an “ad” iu their lives, but have
always hung on dead-beating what
advertising they could out of their
town newspaper and profiting by
the benefits the town derives from,
the good work of their local .paper,
which was done without one cent’s
aid from those who will dnvariably
patronize some foreign advertising
fake to the detriment of their focal
paper.
It is proposed to build a railroad from
Fort Valley to Wellston. Mr. A. J. Hous
er, who owns the fine mill-at Eva, says
he is in for it. and will not only give the
right of way through his lands, hut will
donate’$1,000, for which he does not
want any stock in. return.—Columbus
Enquirer-Snn. -
This shows that the proposed
railroad from Fort Valley to Wal
ston is attracting some attention
in tbe commercial world, and that
a few lineB in the borne newspaper
does good and attracts attention."
The editor of the Americas
Times-Reoorder wades into me be
cause I alluded to tbe policy it
would be best for Judge Crisp to
followjn distributing the offices
MOSSY HILL NOTES.
under the incoming adrn
tiou. Now, I never had any idea
of seeking an office at Mr. Crisp’s
hands,, and I am fully aware by
what Mr. Crisp is guided in dish
ing out the i.atronage in his hands. . - ... , p . rr-„ , „
kuow further that the editor of . , -
IT’S LOADED!
.We have beeu making a barbed
wire fence, and with lacerated, fin
gers, have uot had any taste for
I
the
Times-Recorder, although- a
: beeu socially quiet. The last af-
, , . . ,, rn - „ fair of importance was among tLe !
Hill delegate to the- Chicago eon- 1 .... , :
veol.o„ isseebfag an olfeai tbe;'«oloR.l j a qmltmg Had egg | g ... _ . . , .
Imndsof t.bisadministration,aod is ;a e. is aueo gain-, Vj _ | FllYPfil Irii I(1 i'
doing all ia his power to get thoi 1 If lmd —< •>“? V ILK h 11U1 d/I UTUlUti
explain how it is played. A black-
toarshallsliip of the soothero dis-1 o|) , g„aoo- S eeot-
floow/viA f/vr nn A mni'idnc J °
tnctof Georgia for an Americas! ...
, . . ,, % T j ,. ,, led back,both being supplied with
friend; therefore, I don’t blame __
him for coaching Mr. Crisp in tbe
nicest manner possible. But there
is one thing certain, no man who
advocated Hill is going to get an
office at Mr. Clevelaud'slhands,
and I'advise him to come down
from his lofty perch to the level of
common people—Hill men. With
all of Mr. Crisp’s knowledge how
to act, and the great wisdom of the
editor of the Times-Recorder, Sum
ter, Mr. Crisp’s home coun.ty, did
not pile up tbe democratic "majori
ty for the Speaker that Houston
did, although Sqmter has over 8,-
5Q0 whites and 13,200. negroes,
while Houston has . only 5,500
whites and 16,390 negroes. Con
sidering the population and the
vote, the question arises what is
the matter with the Speaker in his
own county, and where was the in
fluence of the Times-Recorder dur
ing the late campaign? We repeat
it, and do not intend it as any
threat to Mr. Crisp, but Houston
Is going to be- recognized during
this administration, and there is
no use for the editor of the Times-
Recorder to get so excited, o Hous
ton will get there in time to cut
Sumter out, and the Americus of
fice seekers had best blow off their
steam and go to work trying to
build Americus up to her former
commercial standing. It is uot my
intention to dictate to Mr. Crisp,
or to attempt to frighten him into
anything, as I am a great admirer
of him, and what I wrote last week
was merely to give him a pointer,
which he can use as he pleases. I
am seeking no office, at his hands,
nor under the incoming adminis- ]
tration, therefore can say what I
please,and the editor of the Times-
Recorder is bottled up by his own
desires for a nice office/but his be-,
ing a Hill delegate will debar him.
Tra la la. ;
A bad-wreck was caused^ in -the
yards here Saturday morning by
a head-in collision. One train was
standing still, and another, which
came in on the Columbus road,
was running at a high rate of speed
aud did not stop at tbe junction.
The crew on this train had been
on duty since Thursday night at 9
o’clock, having only four hours’
sleep iu 31 hours. It i3 alleged
that the engineer and fireman were
asleep, and they put the blame on
the managers for causing them to
work over time.
A committee met Saturday af
ternoon to draft by-laws, etc., for
Fort Valley’s Mutual Benefit Clnb.
The club will meetou Wednesday,
March 1st, to organize. These clubs
ought to be organized throughout
; .he county and state, as they are
highly commended by the leading
newspapers of . Georgia, as. well as
other states. So much for Fort
Valley’s enterprise iu starting
them.
February 20tb, 1893. '.
Hood’s Cures.
In saying that Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla cures, its proprietors make no
idle or extravagant. claim. State
ments from thousands of reliable
people of what'Hobd’s Sarsaparilla
has done for them conclusively'
proves tbe fact—Hoop’s Sarsapa
rilla CUBES. . .
Hood’s Pills act eljiecfally up
on the liver, rousing it from : tor
pidity to its natural .duties, .cure
constipation and assist digestion.
—Fresh Keg Pickles,20c. per qt.
' C. C. Duncan, Jb.
IRISH POTATOES
Grown by D. Landreth & Sons
and warranted Eastern grown
and true to name. The'following
varieties in stock: Early Rose,
Goodrich, Peerless, Burbank and
Beauty of Hebron.
Holtzclaw & Gilbert.
’—Fresh Keg Pickle, ^Oc. per qt.
* V G. C. Duncan, Jb.
GARDEN SEED
All varieties and warranted fresh.
We buy on Landreth’a cremation
plan, and burn our old seed at the
end of the season. Golden Dent
Cornua balk. -
Holtzclaw & Gilbdbt.
—Baist’s Eastern Potatoes, on
hand, favorite varieties, Early
•Rose and Peerless, at
. Felder’s Dbug St.obe.
eggs. Taking position on opposite
sides of the room, they begin to
roll the eggs. If her egg cracks
his; she wins, and vies versa. My
man Jay confesses this morning
that he slipped one of my patent
nest eggs, which is made of wood
and painted white, but as he was a
big winner at the frolic, I will
overlook his theft.
We trust this is their last Christ
mas frolic. Every year they must
have. ?a. longer holiday and take
more Christmas. This year it was
so Jong before one couldbe hired
to go to work, that Pve got corns
all over my stomach, from carrying
in fire-wood.
Farming is somewhat backward
on tbe Hill, but by the time this
appears in print most of my neigh
bors will be through planting corn.
There will not be an acre more
cotton planted in t]iis section'than
there was last year. In fact, from
what I can learn from reliable
soucrces,the white farmers will uot
plant as much. They are all going
in for peas, hog and- hominy.
All the new neighbors seem to
heve caught right on to the soil,
from the way they are turning it up.
Last' year was considered the
worst crop year in ten, bnt in my
next I will make a showing for the
Old Hill that’.will make some of
the boys open their eyes, who have
been trying to make believe that
their end of the moral vineyard is
the best east of the garden of Par
adise.
The grain crop is the prettiest
we ever saw at this.season of the
year, and if no backset from now
on, it bids well to help smoothe
out some of the kinks and wrinkles
that will get into the critters along
about June.
Every time we look into our gar
den we can’t help recalling to mind
the famous message sent by Sena
tor Wade Hampton to Senator
Vance: “It’s too darned long be
tween drinks.” But the chicken
crop is getting there just as hot;
and as we have just put 250 acres
under a wire fence, expect to soon
enjoy some as good goat and sheep
meat as ever appeased man’s ap
petite.
Maj. H. J. Brbwn and Messrs. J.
J. Jones and J. H. Grace visited
Macon last week.
Messrs. Gene and Rob Andrews,
of near Perry, visited Mr. John
Leary on Sunday last.
Mr. John -Edwards of Dooly, vis
ited his brother, Mr. W. G. Ed
wards, last week.
Messrs. L. F. Cater and . G. W.
Kilien, of Perry, ware on The Hill
to-day. •
There was a gentleman of color
seen on the Hill last week with his
head m a sling. He said he run
against a limb. A little investiga
tion showed that John Leary had
hold of the little end of that same
limb.
February 20tb, 1893.
Is the best ever issued, being com
plete in every particular. Its illus
trations of flowers are beautiful as a
poet’s dream, and its descriptions are
practically instructive. The name of
Vick is a household word with flower lovers, and Vick’s Sheds are
W8&B TQ TO $80W»
The Alpine Aster, Clematis Fan, Golden Nugget Corn, If aggie Murphy Potato,
and other beautiful and useful Novelties, are attractively shown in colored plates.
The flower or vegetable garden planted with Vick’s Seeds willjsurely reward its
owner many fold. -
TEN CBNTS will secure this handsome Catalogue, and the price deducted
from first order, so It costs nothing. Cash Pbizes Opfebed.
James Vick’s Sons,
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
COME!
You’ll Get For The Cash
£ Dozen Bars Lanndry Soap for 25 cents.
20 pounds of Rice for $1.00.
2 pounds Arbuctle’s Roasted Coffee for 55 cents.
15 pounds Sugay for $1.00
36 pounds Pearl JSrrits for $1.00
2 pound package best Oat Meal for 25 cents.
12 pound sack best Buckwheat for 70 cents,
AND
ALL OTHER GROCERIES
at the LOWEST posrible prices.
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You can also get Men’s and Ladies’ Shoes) and all kinds
of Motions and Dry Goods at startlingly low prices. . .
C. C. DUNCAN, Jr., ,
Perry, Ga..
m wmunAUi ramt .
TO PL A1TTBRS.
—Good seed are tbe first essen
tial to good crops, whether of flow
ery yards, gardens or fields. Vick’s
Floral Guide for 1893 givesall the
information necessary on this sub
ject. Theu, the Guide is a real
beauty, illustrating as it does
the most artistic manner, the
novelties in flowers and vegetables.
As seedsmen James Vick’s Sons
are in the front rank, and the seed
they sell are the best,, fresh, pare
and trae to name. Form experi
ence we know that Vick’s seeds
gives entire satisfaction every time.
Send 10 cents for the Guide, and
the price will be deducted from
first order, therefore it costs noth
ing. See advertisemnnt; Address
James Vick’s Sons, Rochester, N.
Y. • '
monthly by thousand* of io-
Jdla. Is the only perfectly ft&Io
rand reliable mediatne dlKpi;
1 ered. Beware of tmprinclplad
dzngcbta who offer inferior
Ko. S usher Block, Detroit.
Sold in Perry b y Holtz claw & Oilbe rt,
AS ^ DRUGGISTS EV2EYWHIBE, _
TTTT T Guaranteed to
, Ja.1 JLL ULftvl core itch in 30
... , , . j minutes. For sale by Holtzclaw k Gil-
—Avoid garden seeds sold on bertj Druggists, Perry, Ga.
commission, and buy fresh Buist — - ■ —— ;—
Seed from | Ripana Tabules: bast liver tonic.
L. A. Feldeb, Druggist. Ripans Tabules: for liver troubles.
mm #s WAifij,
WHOLESALE DE.ILFIM
iinf
408 Fonrth Street. MACON, GA.
O UR STOCK is complete, and Goods aU First-class. Competition prices.
Call and se6 us before buying.
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In business 15 years at Cochran. We also have a store at Dublin.
SPORTING GOODS!!!
Rambler and Majestic Bicycles,
Pistols and General Sporting Goods,
^BJiTX2SrS"CriL4-^^S - STOVES
AND-
Hardware Specialties.
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FINE REPAIR WORK A SPECIALTY.
BARGAINS IN HOSIERY!!
I have 25 to 30 dozen JLadies and Misses
UOSEfwhich I am closing out AT and
BELOW NEW YORK COST. They
are BARGAINS, and you should call and
examine them.
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‘10,000 pounds nice Bulk Meat,jcheap
for cash, or on time tc good parties.
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A full line of DIXIE
A full line of PLOW
Shoes, Hats, Dry
RESPECTFULLY,
L. F. CATER, Perr