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NEWS,
Perry, Thursday, March
As the official minutes show, the
County Commissioners elected Ijist
January (except one) qualified and
assumed the duties of office last
Monday. Mr. T. . 2E. Means was
unable to attend.
The hew Commissioners are:
W. C. Lewis, farmer, of the Lower
Sidewalk Gleanings.
LOCAL news op town and county.
—Mr. J. C. Marpy is visiting district, near Weilston; J. B
relatives at Jeffersonville, Twiggs! Walton, farmer and contractor, of
coQnt „ j the 6th district, near Byron; S. S.
_ _ _ t ! Taylor, farmer, of the Lower 14th
_Bev. J- 0. Brewton filled his; di g rict . T ^ Mca ^ t „ mer aud
regular appointment »t Padilla jSglm.t, of the old 13th district,
last Suiuay. j Elko; J. D. Martin, bank casliier
—The fruit growers with whom
we have talked say the fruit crop
has not been injured.
_Rev. G. C. Clark will preach j elected,
at Andrew Chapel next Sunday, ! The retiring Commissioners are:
his regular monthly appointment. . I- F. Murph, farmer, of the Upper
14th district; O. M. Houser, farm
and merchant, of the Lower Town
district, Perry. Mr. Martin is the
i only one of the old board re.
—Two law students will apply
for admission to the bar at the
April term of our Superior court.
—The foundation of the Ma
sonic building has been completed,
and the walls are going up rapidly.
—Friday night, March 24tb, is
the time for the annual election of
officers of the Perry Public Li
brary.
—It is now an open secret that
a marriage will take place on Swift
street, in Perry, on the 23rd of this
month.
—Flowers and garden vegeta
tion were materially damaged by
cold last Friday and Saturday
nights.
—Two original articles appear
on the fourth page of this paper—
an obituary, and a letter from
Florida.
—Work on Mr. Day’s brick
stores has been delayed several
days, on account of non-arrival of
the iron front.
Eev. G. C. Clark preformed
h's first mai*riage ceremony, under
his present appointment, at Den-
rntrd last Sunday.
—The annual election for Mayor
and Aldermeu of Perry will take
place on the 8th of April next,
the second Saturday.
—Mr. W. G Riley, of Macon,
spent Sunday, and Monday morn
iog in Perry, visiting the family
of his brother, Mr. J. A. Biley.
—Miss Buelah Hickson, oFnear
Thurmond’s 'mill, spent several
days last week and this in Perry,
the guest of Miss Carrie Houser,
—Mrs. E. Martin returned ho^ne
last Saturday from Maishallville,
where she spent about two weeks
visiting her sister Mrs J. S. Bald
win.
—There will be preaching at the
Perry Presbyterian church to
night (Thursday), Friday nights;
and Sunday by Dr. J. B. Mack,
of Columbia, S. C.
—Dining the last twenty-four
years Perry has been served by
postmastsrs who did not live in
the town when ' appointed. Cer
tainly it is time now for this record
to be broken.
—Judge Palmer made a hurried
visit to Oak Bidge Sunday night,
and on Monday his dignity had in
creased perceptibly. The cause
of this is auother grandson, second
son of Mr. and Mrs. J..F. Logan..
—The inclement weather pre
vented the annual meeting of the
Louisa Walker Missionary society
at -the residence of Mr. F. M.
Housns last Friday night. The
meeting will be held to-morrow
night, (Friday).
—Mr. and Mrs. Laton Martin,
of Keene, New Hampshire, came
to Petry last Saturday, and will
remain about two weeks, guests of
the Bates house. They 7 have been
visitiug relatives at. Fort Valley
nearly all the winter.
—We understand that the agri.
cultural club of Idyl Wylde park
will be reorganized anil rejuvinat-
ed. This is good news, for that
club> accomplished much good for
the • farmers of that section while
it flourished. Its fairs were first-
class.
ef and merchant, of the 9th dis
trict, Fort. Valley; J. D. Tharp,
farmer, of the. 10th district; J. H.
Grace, farmer, of the new 13th dis
trict, Dear Henderson.
The new commissioners are ca
pable and worthy men, as are
those they succeed. It is,believed
and expected that they will faith
fully and satisfactorily manage the
roads and revenaes of the county.
———♦
JURORS FOR APRIL TERM.
The next term of Houston Supe
rior Court will begin on the first
Monday in April, the 3rd day.
The following are the names of-
the jtyors drawn to serve during
that-term.
Grand Jurors.
J P Lester, O E Houser,
F M King, W D Tharp,
B C Kendrick, J F Logan,
J M Lamar, ' A D Skellie,
.—Mr. George G. Moore, who is
now a theological student at jMer-
car University, preached to a large
and attentive congregatiou at the
'Perry Baptist church last Sunday
morning. He visited the family
of his father, Mr. 0. H. Moore,
from last Saturday to Tuesday.
—Messrs G. K'egg and W. Ped-
dicord, of Columbus Ohio, closed
a trade yestesday for the L. M.
Houser homestead farm, one mile
cast of Perry. The farm includes
525 acres, and a considerable por
tion of it will be devoted to fruit
•ealture. We will have more to say
about this purchase next week.
W F Killen,
A A Smoak,
S L Norwood,
T H Bentz,
C P Marshall,
J B Miller,
J TV Bushing,
A W Murray,
B T Smisson,
W H Boberts
W S Scattergood, Brown Biley,
G W Killen, H Stafford,
J N WarreD,
J A Kiag, Sr.,
A H Long,
J M.McKenzie,
W M Stripling,
W H Houser,
S T Hurst,
W H Norwood,
Traverse Jurors—first week.
Louis Clewis. M S Means,
G 0 Hartley, J N Tuttle,
M C Tharp, W P Short,
M G Bigsby, J A Smith,
Emmett Houser, F M Culler,
M F Snow,
B P Smisson,
C H Jackson,
G E Jones, *
N L Hesters,
E B Till,
B H James,
J S Horton,
J A Lay,
B B Smith,
W Hemingway,
A McD King, .
M G Mims,
L B Thomas,
T W Fulwood,
S B Thomson,
W A McLemore, J D Taylor,
J E Jones, J M Wheeless,
D M Thompson, Walker Kemper,
T J Tucker, O C Morgan,
B W Hartley, S W Timberlake.
Traverse Jurors—second week.
F A Jobson, J W Woolfork ,Tr.,
B L Thompson, J T Smith,
E E Holland,
B F Marshall,
V E Heard,
S D Gariy
J A Walton,
W L Kemp,
J W Tabor,
A J Murray,
Dim Thompson,
P H Varner,
W T Smith,
J S Thompson,
A H Hammcock, J W Thompson,
N G Hunt, George Tucker,
S E Aultman, W B Kemp,
J C Henderson, A J Hortman,
Jerry Thompson, A B Hardison,
W E Till, S T Neil,
A J Todd, A S Feagin,
Lee Smith, J W Howard,
•T J Howard, B H King.
—Capt. J. B. James of Fort
Valley, and a party of gentlemen
of Columbus, Ohio, were iu Perry
Monday and Tuesday, in search of
lands to be devoted to fruit culture.
They were shown several farms
near Perry, and were so ' well
pleased that it is believed they
will purchase several hundred
acres. "
—Mr. Andrew Beviere, brother
of Mrs. J. A. Hickson, of this
county, was killed by tjie cyclone
last Friday night at his home near
Barnesville. The sympathy of
many friends is sincerely-extended.
Cows, Corn, Etc.
Two good mil eh cows, 200 bush
els of corn, 3,000 pounds fodder,
250 bushels of extra good cottou
seed for planting, and field peas,
white, red and speckled, for sale at
market prices.. Apply to me on
farm near Thurmond’s mill, or to
Mr. F. M. Houser at Perry.
- J. A. Hickson.
—Cows can be pat to pasture on
my farm two miles east of Perry
at 50 cents per month each.
C. A. Thurmond.
Avoid gardeu seeds sold on
commission, and buy fresh Bujst
Seed from
L. A. Felder, Druggist.
All anaugements preparatory to
commencing the erection of Fort
Valley’s waterworks have been
made, and the award of the contract
will be announced in a very short
time now. This enterprise is expect
ed to bring many new manufactur
ing enterprises to this town, besides
increasing the population very
"rapidly.
The Fort Valley Crate aiid Lum
her Compauy is now the largest
manufacturing enterprise iu Hons
ton county, and in less than a year
will be doabled in size and capaci
ty to supply the increasing de
mand for their output. This iu
stitntion is a great boom, in a fi
nancial way, to Fort Valley and
Houston county.
Mr. J. A. Avera, one of the lar
gest merchants of Crawford coun
ty, and once a large merchant in
Fort Valley, died at his home near
Clark’s Mill last Wednesday night
and his remains were interred
at this place Friday. Mr.
Avera was. a true man in every
sense, possessed of a keen bnsi
ness sense, yet was kind to extend
to those iD distress all the aid in
his power. He raised a large fam
ily of children—six .boys and three
girls—who are an honor to his su
perioi'training aud strict business
integrity, and will in time become
as their lamented father, an honor
to their state and county. Mr.
Avera left, considerable property,
which will remain intact until his
devoted wife sees proper to divide
it between the heirs. In the death
of Mr. Avera his section loses their
mainstay, and those accustomed to
go to him for aid in time of dis
tress will now have to get another
to accommodate them, but they
will never find'another J. A. Avera,
Fort Valley will soon have tele
graph call bells running into the
offices of those who are patrons of
the Western Union Telegraph Co.
This will be quite a convenience to
our business men, as they can send
telegrams from their own offices
without going to the city telegraph
office. This act on the part of the
Western Union people will force
the Postal Cable C8. to do the
same thiDg, and erelong Fort Val
ley will have every advantage of
any inland city in the south.
Several unsuccessful attempts
have been made to close the Boiler
Skating Bink ran by Messrs. Keen
ami Skellie. No cause could be
shown for the narrow-mindeduess
save a few people did not want to
see these young men rake in a few
dimes, they might be able to scoop
in themselves. There .could be no
other cause, and these enterprising
young men are still on top.
Appropos, speaking of live mer
chants, S. B. Brown & Son, and S,
B. Jr, & J. L. Brown are the kind
of merchants Fort Valley needs.
They patronize both county pa
pers, and would a third, if there
was one in the county. They want
the" people’s trade, and are not too
proud to ask the people for it in
the right manner.
Several prominent Ohioians are
expected to arrive here this week.
j3ome to look after their landed in
terests here, and others od a pros
pecting tour. Among them will be
Mr. Boss Alexander, a wealthy
lawyer of Bridgeport, Ohio, and a
close personal friend to President
Cleveland. Mr. Alexander has
been interested in lauds here for
several years, and is trying to get
some of his Backeye friends to in
\est. :
The Methodist denomination are
making efforts to build a new
church at-this place,and it is hoped
they will sncceed, as a new church
on the spot they propose to erect
one would be a great attraction to
the town.
The old Van Tassel evaporator
was burned to the ground last
Thursday morning. It belonged
to Mr. J. W. Anthoine, and is sup
posed to have been fired by some
boys who were out on a lark. If
the perpetrators can be appre
hended Mr. Anthoine proposes to
prosecute them for incendiaryism,
aud no doubt it will go hard with
them if sufficient evidence can be
secured to promise a conviction.
The ice factory which is so badly
needed here will not be built this
year, although the writer secured
a gentleman who • would pat in
§20,000 of the §30,000 needed, if
the people here would pat in the
other $10,000. This they refused
to do, and thus lost the opportuni
ty of securing an enterprise which
is badly needed here. The people
here wanted some one to bnild the
entire plant and let them receive
the * benefits -such, a thing would
bring about.
Farmers continne to haul out
guano from berg in large quanti
ties, and next fall they will all re
gret having purchased so much,
as it means a large crop of cotton
withlow prices for the same. - Ad
vice to our farmers through the
columns of the newspapers is wort h
less until it is too late to accent it.
Some parlies here propose get
ting out a nice pamphlet advertis
ing the many advantages of Hous
ton county, and will ask the peo
ple for sufficient patronage, to pay
for printing, etc. The favors shown
many people are. interested in
Houston’s future. So far very few
men have proven to the"world that
they care anything at all for the
future of Houston, and that one
thing as well as another saits them
so long as they can make a bare
livihg and get to town occasionally.
Houston’s people ought to help
get ont this pamphlet, as a nice
thing o*f this sort will benefit ev-
ery person in the county who has
property here.
Will every reader of The Home
Journal please do “Breeza” the
kindness to write W. F. Wynne,
Fort Valley, Ga., a card telling
him how many fruit trees he or
she may have on their places? This
information is wanted in order to
give*Honston county a big adver
tisement, and mnst be in within
two weeks from Saturday, March
18th, next.
The Fort Valley Enterprise Ho
tel has opened np in good shape,
and Is securing a good share of
public patronage. Still Fort Val
ley grows.
The suowand freeze of Satur
day and Saturday night excited
the fruit growers in this section to
some extent, but the more experi
enced ones say the present condi
tion of the bloom buds will stand
any length or degree of a cold spell,
and they seemed to think the cold
wave coming at this time a great
blessing, and causes the prospects
for a fruit crop to be more certain.
There is considerable complaint
in this section about the text books
used in the public schools, especi
ally the arithmetic and grammar.
I know of a gentleman who is a
hustler at having things done that
has been entreated to ran for the
legislature next year and have
these books, and perhaps others,
changed. The above named books
used in the public schools of the
county, and in Grady Institute at J
this place, are a disgrace to the
parties ordering their use, and
show that either they did not ex
amine them or else did not know
anything about them after an ex
amination. Breeze has examined
them, and find they are defective
in numerous points.
The Agricultural and Industrial
Union was organized here last
Saturday for the protection and
benefit of every class and and call
ing. The different heads or class
es of the organization are agricul
ture and live stock, hofciculture,
commerce and finance, aducatidn
and press, manufacturers, labor
and mechanics, fertilizers, cottou,
law and order, ' and hygiene and
health. These heads take all call
ings, except politics aud religion,
in this section, the latter being
barred out, and it is hoped that it
will result in untold good to the
people not only of Fort Valley and
vicinty, bnt of Houston connty and
the entire state. The by-laws and
constitution will be published soon,
March 6th, 1893.
The wind was furious last .Fri
day night, bat no serious damage
was-done beyond the blowing down
these gentlemen will prove how of fences and timber. The cold
—Two railroad laborers engaged
in a fight at Elko last Saturday,
and Frank Middlebrooks received
two pistol shot wounds, in the
thigh and ankle; no bones broken,
and serious results not anticipated.
negro called “Black Bob,” did
the shooting, and he escaped be
fore any effort to arrest him could
be made.
—Mr. E. T. KeeD, of Elko, Jus
tice of the Peace for that district,
a candidate for the office of post
master at Perry. He secured a
number of signatures to his peti
tion while he was here last Mon
day. Mr. Keen is a clever and
capable gentleman, and. f a good
democrat. , .-t
Strongly Endorsed.
The advertising of Hood’s Sar-
parilla appeals to the sober, com
mon sense of thinging people, be
cause it is true; and it is always
fully substantiated by endorse
ments which in the financial world
would be accepted without a mo
ment’s hesitation. They tell the
story—Hood’s Cures.
Hood’s Pills cure liver ills,
jaundice, biliousness, sick head
ache, constipation.
GEOBGIA—Houston County:
I hereby notify all persons not
to trade for a note given by me to
“The Georgia Hedge Co,” as said
note is of no value.
T. D. Gurr.
Eeb. 18th, 1893.
TTTT T Guaranteed to
1\ I Lb uFillJl cure itch in 30
minutes. For sale by Holtzclaw & Gil
bert, Druggists, Perry, Ga/
snap 9f Saturday damaged the
gardens here considerably.
It has often been said that hogs
coaid not be raised here profita
bly. As proof to the contrary, I
will give The Journal some fig
ures on hog raising here. Mr. Ira
Akin gave ns a report of his farm
a few days ago. He operated a
one-mule farm last year, and made
four bales- of cotton and corn
enough to supply his farm. Be
sides this he sold over §200 worth
of meat and lard. His farm is in a
dry section of the county, he hav
ing to draw all the water for his
stock from a deep well. He killed
and sold _five hogs—16 months old
—that brought him over §100, and
one a little over a year old for
which he received §26. Besides
this he kept enough meat and lard
to supply his family and farm
needs.
This could be done by every far
mer in Houston. Suppose it was
done; the cry of hard times would
be heard no more.
The new houses and barns be
ing erected, and the other im
provements being made, show that
the farmers of this section are in a
prosperous condition. You can see
a new building on nearly every
farm around hero, and when the
iron horse comes running along on
the new railroad from Fort Valley
to Weilston, we will show you how
to cut a swell.
Sure enough, immigrants are
coming in ahead of the railroad,
One stopped- at A. McD. King’s
last Monday. It was a little girl.
Mr. J. B. Thompson, of Bibb
county, visited Mr. A. McD. King
last Sunday,
Mr. John Walton, of Byron
visited his sister, Mrs. J. A. King,
last Sunday.
Miss Liela Walton, of Byron, is
visiting Miss Lizzie King this
| week. \
March 6tb, 1893.
Tick’s Moral
ie©3
Is the best ever issued, being com-^^
plete in eiery 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 Seeds are!
W&WE EQ N&me Bwee-wq.
Tke’Alpine Aster, Clematis Pan, Goldon Nugget Cera, Maggie Murphy Potato,
and other beautiful and useful Novelties, are attractively shown in colored plates.
The flower or vegetable garden planted with Vick’s Sheds will'surely reward its
owner many fold.
S' TEN CENTS will secure this handsome Catalogue, aud the price deducted
from first order, so it costs nothing. Gash Prizes Offered.
James Vick’s. Sons,
* ROCHESTER, N. Y.
REWARD DOTS.
BY THE JUDGE.
Mr. F. M. Hickson, of near Per
ry, and Mrs. L. B. Smith, of Den-
nard, were married at the resi
dence of the latter last Sunday af
ternoou, Bev. G. C. Clark official
ing. Their many friends here hope
they may make life a success
A prominent and leading young
man of Dennard took a flying trip
to Macon to-day, presumably to
buy a spring suit. The sequel may
furnish me dots for another time,
The storms and freezes daring
the first days of March indicated
that it is still sustaining its repu
tation. There was considerable
wind and rain at Denuard on Fri
day night, a light snow Saturday
mprning, and a hard freeze Satur
day night, but the damage was very
slight.
While Brother “Breeze” is build
ing railroads, I would like to sug
gest that he consider a route from
Fort Valley via Perry and Den-
nard to Kathleen, and from there
to the sea. This route may not
promise so ranch to Fort Valley
politically, but one on this line I
think would pay better than any
other that I can conceive of. A
glance at the map shows that this
would be almost a direct line to the
seacoast, and passes through a
country with comparatively few
railroads. Even Dennard could
furnish something more than a few
spring cabbageJor shipment. Be
sides the half million yards of
cloth made here annually, and dis
posed of in other markets, it has
its fishing to off-set Phelyx’s cab
bage; also nurseries and vineyards,
which, with proper encouragement,
might make Dennard to Georgia
what Bordeaux is to France.
March 6th, 1893.
$100 Reward $100.
The readers of this paper jw3| be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that sci
ence has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh.
Hall’-s Catarrh Cure is the' only
positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh, being uncon
stitutional disease, requires a con
stitutional treatment. Hall's Ca
tarrh Care is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the'fonndation
of the disease, and giving the' pa
tient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its cnrat’ve
powers, that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure.' Send for list of tes
timonials.
I F. J.
| Dozen Bars Laundry Soap for 25 cents.
20 pounds of Rice for $1.00.
2 pounds Arbuckle’s Roasted Coffee for 55 cents.
15 pounds Sugar for $1.00
36 poimds Pearl Grits for $1.00 N
2 pound package best Oat Meal for 25 cents.
12 pound sack best Buckwheat for 70 cents,
AND
ALL OTHER GROCERIES
at the LOWEST posriblc prices.
—-K—*£
You can also get Men’s and Ladies’ Shoes, and all kinds
of Notions and Dry Goods at startlingly low prices.
C. C. DUNCAN, Jr.,
Perry, Ca.
TQ PLAUTEES.
—WHOLESALE DEVLFRS IX-
408 Fourth Street, MACON, G-A.
O UR STOCK is complete, and Goods all First-class. Competition prices.
Call and see ns before baying.
*
In business 15 years at 'Cochran. We also have a store at Dnblin.
SPORTING GOODS!!!
Rambler and Majestic Bicycles,
Pistols and General Sporting Goods,
- stoves
AND-
G- lEdC TJ ZE3I Is!\
520 Mulberry Street, MACON, GrA.
FINE EEPAIB WOEK A SPECIALTY.
BARGAINS IN HOSIERY!!
I have 25 to 30 dozen Ladies and Misses
1108 E/which I am closing out AT and
BELOW NEW YOKK GO|t. They
are BARGAINS, and you should call and
examine them.
10,690 pounds nice Bulk Me
for cash* or on time tc good
A full line of DIXIE FIXTURES
A full line of PLOW HOES.
Shoes
Ripans Tabules: pleasant li
.
CATER, Perry,