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JOHN II. HODGES, Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE.
$1.50 A YEAK IN ADVANCE.
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PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1898.
NO. 28.
WATTS.
COTTON FACTORS,
AND DEALERS IN
GRRCERIES AND PLANTERS’SUPPLIES
We take pleasure in intorming our many friends and the
public that we have removed to our Warehouse at
517, 519, 521 POPLAR STREET,
(B. IT. Ray’s old stand), where we are prepared to handle
their cotton.
We shall always keep on hand a full stock of Groceries
and Planters’ Supplies, and we will sell goods to planters
at merchants’ prices. We make a specialty of Bagging
and Ties. Please give us a call.
MAYER & WATTS, Macon, G-a.
“THE TENTED FIELD,” j racts About thePliillipincs.
or,
‘Reminiscences of the Late War”
From 1861 to 1S65.
BRICK,
LIME,
CEMENT,
LATHS,
PLASTER,
HAIR,
SASH,
DOORS,
BLINDS,
MOULDINGS,
MANTELS,
NEWELS,
Pine and Cypress Shingles,
Ceiling, Flooring, Weatherboarding
m.
AND (t!ABLE ORNAMENTS.
LUMBER,—Green and Kiln Dried.
LATHE AND SCROLL WORK. - DRESSING AND MATCHING.
ALL KINDS WOODWORK ACCURATELY AND PROMPTLY DONE.
We are in the business to stay, aud oun prices are right. Compare
’em with Macon’s aud see. Special prices on car lots.
HI. Hi. HARRIS CO.,
FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA.
Sole Agents ford Anniston Cement Lime.
N. B —If it’s made of wood, we have it or will make it.
TBLEIPEZOKTE 3 r 7.
M. C. 3ALKC2DM, Ag’t.,
308|Third st. (hear postoffiee), MACOn, GA.,j
DEALER in
Hardware, Stoves, Tinware, Woodenware
Fanning Implements, Plow and Wagon Gear, &c.
I am better prepared every way to supply the wants of my
customers. Thanking the public for their patronage
in the past, and promising my best efforts to
please m the future, I am, respectfully,
im:. ol
MACON, GEORGIA.
iigent,
(Successor to L. Cohen & Co.)
551 Clierry St.. - - MAGON, GA.
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
LIQUORS, BEERS, CIGARS, TOBACCO,
AND DISTILLER
iieimesaw Mountain Corn Whiskey,
the best corn whiskey in Georgia. We send oat better goods for the
money than any other house in in our line in Georgia. Jug trade a
specialty: No extra charge for jugs. Prices range from $1.50
per gallon np. Seqd us a trial order.
We carry a fall'Tine of'jBeers: New York, Philadelphia, Cooks,
Queen, &c.
E. STEINHE1MER, Macon, Ga.
Mr. Alfred Mack is with ns, and would appreciate the favors of his
friends.
j. The ldng of all patent flours.
Made from the finest winter
1 wheat. For bread and
Ask for it and ac
cept no flour that has not
this brand. igleheambros.,^
Written by an ex-Confederate Soldier,
CHAPTER XIII.
Soon the entire fighting strength
of the two armies became involved
in the bloody conflict. It was
known to each commander that
there was a narrow gap or passage
through one of the rangtS of the
South Mountain, this gap wasthe
key to the situation. If Lee could
hold it he would be able to hold
out against McClellan, if not de
feat him, but if McClellan could
force his way through the gap he
would be in Lee’s rear and have
him cat loose from his base, and
from all possibility of safe retreat,
hence the importance of Lee’s
holding the kpy, and to this ardn-
Ons task our brigade was assigned,
with positive instructions to hold
it at any cost and at all hazards
which we did, but at a fearFul car r
nage|and loss of life. All day long
we held our position and stood to
onr guns repulsing one assault af
ter another till it seemed as if Me
Clellan’s whole army had spent
its fury upon us. Nightfall final
ly relieved us from onr perilous
situation.
This is known in history as the
great drawn battle between Lee
and McClellan, each holding his
position, disclaiming victory and
denying defeat. The losses in
killed and wounded, both sides
counted together, were about 25,
000, of which frightful amount the
confederate loss was fnlly one half.
Oar brigade, owing to its exposed
position, suffered worse in this
battle than in any previous en
gagement. Onr regiment had its
Colonel, Lieut. Colonel, Major,
Adjutant, three captains, five Lieu
tenants, and a score or more of
non-commissioned officers and
privates killed, and nearly all who
were not killed were more or less
wounded. The other four regi
ments of the brigade, which were
the 19th, 23rd, 27th, and 28th
Georgia Regiments, suffered in
similar proportion.
On the morning after the battle,
Gen. Colquitt called dress parade
and inspected the brigade. There
were not more than two hundred
men able to report for duty. Col
quit wept when he saw the 6ad
plight of the brigade, which had,
only the morning before, gone in
to the battle with nearly fnlll num
erical strength, and with so much
spirit and lofty courage. Mc
Clellan was immediately re-inforc-
ed, but Lee was not, and therefore
feeling too weak to withstand such
another shock, he, on the night of
the 19th withdrew, and recrossed
the Potomac back into Virginia.
In crossing the river that night a
little incident which on account of
its patriotic impulses and soldierly
features should not be overlooked.
One of our company, a small weak
ly man, subject to bleeding at the
nose, had a terriable paroxyism of
the trouble that night, and wa^
thereby unable to wade the river,
seeing the distress of his weaken
ed, almost helpfess comrade, the
writer of this narrative took him
on his back and carried him across
the river. At this point the river
was about two hundfed yards wide,
aDd from hip to waist deep to a
man of ordinary heighth. This
was about three o’clock in the
night. The water pouring over a
shoal just above us produced a
noise that rendered the surround
ings hideous in the darkness of
the night.
To l)e Continued.)
de-
the
to
af
The Spanish official world
serves none of the credit for any
phase of progress in the Philli-
pines. It is the Chinese, number
ing a half million, who have gone
far into the interior with their
wares, cultivating a love for barter
and trade among the natives. It is
the Englishman,the American, and,
most of all, the German, who have
organized the great basiness en
terprises that have given Manila a
respectable position among the
larger Eastern cities. Some Span
iards in private life have also made
large fortunes in business; as, for
instance, two brothers of General
Weyler, who in a few years showed
that successful prosecution of
tobacco trade is as profitable,
gold mine. As a rale, however,
has been the function of the Spain
iard to be simply a part of-the gov
erning machine organized for rev
enue purposes, collecting the bead
tax, the house tax, the import and
export taxes, and all the other im
posts with great assiduity, repres
sing every foreign enterprise
long as it was possible to-keep
every rivulet of trade flowing
Spain alone, and opening one
ter another, six ports to foreig
commerce only when pressure be
came irresistible.
In one sense Spain seemed
have lost the Pbillipines before
Aguinaldo and the other insur
gent chiefs raised their revolt and
long defore Dewey’s fleet thunder
ed in Manila Bay. Her grip upon
every legtimate industry and enter
prise in the islands had practically
passed into the hands of foreigners.
She remained the toll-talker, and
that alone.
There is a large body of the
better-class natives, many of them
mixed bloods, not a few of them
with a strain of Spanish in thei
veins, educated largely through
the religious agencies of Spain
who revolted again, three yean
ago, against all things Spanish
They are found in Luzon, in Panay,
and in some other islands, and
they are the insurgents of to-day.
In a word, it may be said that
the vast resources of the Philli
pines have been tapped only along
the very sea edge. Commercially
and industrially, the interior of all
the islands is as yet a sealed book
except to the peddling Chinese,
with his petty trade. There is rea
sou t5> believe that few parts of the
world are richer in gold, copper,
iroD, lead and snlplmr than the
Pbillipines; but they are not at-
tainable in the roadless interior.
Large enterprises like the Philli-
pineB Mining Syndicate are oper
ating on the coastsand will push in
land when the way can be opened.
C. C. Adams in Collier’s Weekly.
Americas Aloofness.
St. Louis Republic.
In the history of the past * cen
tnry the United States have fn
nished few occasions to the gov
ernments of Europe for the exer
cise of diplomacy in the settlement
of international difficulties. Ameri
ca has been aloof in that she has
not been a contributing element
in that “balance of powers” which
controls anxious and wavering Eu
rope.
America’s aloofness has been to
her own advantage in the past.
She has been engaged in a concen
tralion of effort upon her self,
Now that through no fault of her
own, she has become engaged in
war enterprise which may result
in a disturbance of European po
litical conditions, she but gives ex
pression to her primacy upon the
American continent. In the na
ture of her national life, any inter
ference in European polities is an
anomaly.
It was Thomas Jefferson who
said: “If there can' be one principle
more deeply written in the mind
of every American it is that we
should have nothing to do with
conquest.”
Again Mr. Jefferson said: I have
ever deemed it fundamental for the
United States never to take an ac
tive part in the quarrels of Earope.
Their political interests are entire
ly different from oars. Their mu
tual jealousies, their balance of
power, their complicated alliances,
their forms and principles of gov
ernment,are all foreign to us."
The genius of America,that spirit
of progress, love of justice and love
of freedom, is the most potent'fae-
tor in the development of our
national life and character. It is
the keynote in the rythm of Ameri
ca’s glorions orchestra. The Sage
of Monticello struck this keynote
when he said:
Nothing is so important hb that
America shall separate herself
from the systems of Europe and
establish one of her owd. Our cir
cumstances, our pursuits, our in
terests, are distinct; the principles
-of our policy should be also. All
entanglements with that quarter of-
the globe should be avoided if we
mean that peace and justice shall
be the polar stars of the Ameri
can societies.”
Meets Your Needs.
When-you feel tired, languid
nervous and are troubled with
pimples and eruptions, you will
find Hood’s Sarsaparilla exactly
meets your needs. It purifies and
enriches the blood and imparts tu
it'the qualities needed to tone the
nerves and nourish the whole sys
tem. It cures ail blood humors
Hood’s Pills cure sick headache,
nausea, billionsness and all liver
ills. ..Price 25 cents.
Don’t Neglect Your Liver.
Liver troubles quickly result in serious
complications, and the man who neglects his
liver has little regard for health. A bottle
of Browns’ Iron Bitters taken now and then
will keep the liver in perfect order. If the
disease has developed, Browns’ Iron Bitters
will cure it permanently. Strength and
vitality wHl always follow its use.
Browns’ Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
A preacher came to a newspaper
man in this way: “You editors
clare not tell the troth. If yon did
you could not live, yonr newspaper
would be a failure.” The editor
replied: “You are right; and the
minister who will at all times and
under all circumstances tell the
whole truth about his members
alive, or dead, will not occupy his
pnlpit more than one Sunday, and
then he will find it necessary to
leave town in a hurry. The press
aDd the pnlpit go hand in hand
with whitewash brashes and pleas
ant Words, magnifying little vir-
tues into big ones. The pulpit,
the pen and the grave stone are the
great saint-making triumvirate.—
JournaLof Commerce.
There is more catarrh in this
section of the country than all oth
er diseases pnt together, and nntil
the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For a. great many
years doctors pronounced it a local
disease, and prescribed local reme
dies, and by constantly failing to
care with local treatment, pro
nounced it incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be a constitu
tional disease, and therefore re
quires constitutional treatment.
Hall’s Catarrh Core, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market. Itis taken in
ternally in doses from 10 drops to -
teaspoonful. It acts directly on
the blood and macous surfaces of
the system. They offer one hun
dred dollars for any case it fails to
care. Send for circulars and tes
timonials. Address,
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
What Stamps The Gentleman.
“In all questions of manners a
young man should always remem
ber that while politeness is a good
trait to acquire, courtesy is infi
nitely better,” writes Edward Bok
on “What Makes a Gentleman” in
the July Ladies’ Home Journal.
“Politeness is manners, bnt cour-
tesy is heart. Mingling in good
society can give ns that veneer
which the world calls a polish of
manners and true politeness is not
to be made little of nor scoffed at
Politeness is a fine art, but is an
art pare and simple, even at its
best. Infinitely better is the culti
vation of that courtesy of refine
ment which enters into the feel-
ings of others and holds thfim sa
cred. What we want our "youngI
men to have is courtesy of manner tant mother, especially during her first *
"0‘ «8°laled by social code or pro-
fessional censor,
that courtesy is
It is idle to say following case:
relic of old
A customer of mine, whose wife has used
four bottles of “Mother's Friend” before con-
fashioned days and is no longer
looked for. It is as much the cur- S&CtX
rent coin of good society as it ever wou ' d Iiavethem -
-_ 0 „ vr-.„ . Mother’s Friend ” is 3 scientifically
was. More than any other ele- compounded liniment which affords cer~
ment or grace in onr lives, it is relief in the various ailments pre-
instantly felt and recognized, and efStiaty^th^conS 1
has an unfailing influence. It volved in the final ordeal.
“Mother’s Friend” is sold by drug
gists, or expressed on receipt of one
courtesy of speech are. the gift, a I b
youDg man shonld cultivate.
calls for respect and nothing
does. Courtesy of manner
else
and
Night The Poor Man’s Friend.
THE BBA0FIELO REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta. Ga.
(AGENTS WANTED
In Every County to Supply
the Great Popular Demand for
Night levels all artificial dis
tinctions. The begger on his pal
lot of straw sleeps as soundly as a
king on a bed of down. Night—
kind, gentle, soothing, refreshing
night) the earthly paradise of the
slave, the sweet oblivion of the
worn, the nurse of romance, of de
votion, how the great panting heart i„_.,
of society yearns for the return of SENATOR JOHN J. INGALLS
night and rest. Sleep is God’s f
special gift to the poor; for the
great there is no time fixed for re-
pose; quiet, they have none, and
instead of quietly waiting the ap
proach of events they fret and re-
\
TOLD IN PICTURE
AND STORY
Compiled and "Written by
A Soath Carolina merchant or
dered a lot of canned goods from
New York, and on their arrvial he
found from the labels that they
had been packed by a canning fac
tory in his own town. They had
been shipped to New York and
freighted back to the town where
manufactured. The goods paid
two freights, and conld have been
bought cheaper from the factory
at first. This illustrates the folly
of sending away from home for
any thing that is wanted. No oonn-
try in the world is better able to
live within itself than the South,
and the people of the south should
in self interest bay preferably
the products of her home factories.
ExchlDga.
Yellow Jaundice Cured.
Suffering hnmanity sbonld be
supplied with every means possi
ble for its relief. Itis with pleas
ure we publish the following:
This is to certify that I was
terrible sufferer from Yellow Jaun
dice for over six months and was
treated by some of the best physi
cians in our city and all to no avail.
Dr. Bell, our druggist, recommen
ded Electric Bitters, and after tak
ing two bottles I was entirely
cared. I now take great pleasure
recommending them to any per
son suffering with this terrible
malady. I am gratefully yours,
M. A. Hogarty, Lexington, Ky.’
Sold by Holtzclaw & Gilbert
Druggists.
“Let me kisB your Dewey lips,”
urged the youth in the parlor.
Young man,” roared a voice from
above, “the bombardment will
open as soon as I can get down
stairs.”. Then the hapless youth
organized himself into a flying
sqnadron and made a fleet disap
pearance.
“1 think DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve is the finest preparation on
the market for piles ” S-i writes
John G. Dann, of Wheeling, W.
Ya. Try it and you will think the
same. It slso cures eczema and
all skin diseases. Cooper’s Drag
Store.
OF KANSAS
The most brilliantly written, the most pro
fusely and artistically illnstrated, and most
intensely popular hook on the subject of the
war with Spain. Nearly
200 Superb IUustartious and Photographs
pine and starve sleep, and chide I taken specially for this great work. Agents
the weary hoars, as if tomorrow are ., m , a . kin . g 550 to * eek selling it. a
were big with the fate of ’some
events goeT roaring pasuTeeping N ' D ‘ T20MPS0N WSMI"
eager expectations on tiptoe, and | ST - L0UIS - —or—new york city.
drives timid slumber away.—Ex.
ISAACS’ CAFE,
413 Third Street,
MACON, CA. ..
I have recently returned in harness to
meet my old friends, and will endeavor
to make as many new ones as possible. I
am now prepared to
FEED ALL WHO COME,
Persons troubled with diarrhoea
will be interested in the expert
ence of Mr. W. M. Bash, clerk of
Hotel Dorrance, Providence, R. I.
He says: “For several years I have
been almost a constant sufferer
from diarrhoea, the frequent at
tacks completely prostrating me 1 „„, - n ... ,
and rendering mo ant > will give them a cordial greeting and
Hoo of th? u I J m ^ da - satisfy the inner man with the best hi the
ties at this hotel. About two years market at most reasonable prices. My
ago a traveling salesman kindly Restaurant is more
gave me a small bottle of Chamber- ESPECIALLY fob LADIES,
Iain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea | haring no connection with saloons..
Remedy. Mach to my surprise
and delight its effects were imme
diate. Whenever I felt symptoms
of the disease I would fortify my
self against the attack with a few
doses of this valuable remedy. The
result has been very satisfactory
and al moat complete relief from
the affliction.” For sale by Holtz
claw & Gilbert, Perry, Ga., and L.
W. Stewart, Myrtle, G,, i s; c#VEJTS> DESIGNS) TRADE-MARKS.
Send ns a model or rough pencil 1
SKETCH of your invention and we will ,
EXAMINE and report ns to.its patent- ,
ability. “Inventors’ Gnide or How to Get 1
a Patent,” sent free. <
(TFARRELL, FOWLER & O’FARRELL,!
Lawyers and Solicitors of American and *
Foreign Patents, <
1425 N. Y. AVE., WASHINGTON, 0. C.«
When writing mention thin paper. 2
If you want anything choice to eat, you will
know
That Isaac's is the place to go.
Old Veteran Caterer,
E. ISAACS.
Por Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of
TREMENDOUS
;\ That’s what our Mid-Summer Clothing f
11 sale of Stylish Suits for Men, Boys and
9 Children can be justly and properly term- 1
ed when considering the great out of 1
; j former prices introduced through same. |
;\ Here are the plain figures, the exact facts: §
0
$ 8.50
SUITS
HOW
FOR
$ 5.67.
■)
110.00
SUITS
now
FOE
$ 6.67.
i
$12.00
SUITS
now
FOR
$ 8.00.
t
15.00
SUITS
now
FOR
10.00.
1 1
$
18.00
SUITS
now
FOR
12.00.
*
20.00
SUITS
now
FOR
13.34.
BOYS’ SUITS AND STRAW HATS HALF PRICE.
Prompt Attention given to Mail Orders.