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Published Every Thursday Horning.
Jno.H.HODGES, Bditor and Publisher
Perky, Thursday, August . 18.
To Tlic Democrats of Houston
Comity.
S. T. Hurst having received the
highest number of votes at the pri
mary election held Aug. 12,1898,
to nominate a candidate for Ordi
nary of said county., he is hereby
declared to be the duly nominated
candidate to fill said office.
This Aug. 15, 1898.
A. C. Rile?, Ch’m’n.
Dem. Ex. Com. of H. Co.
Fort Valley Leader please copy.
It is reported from Cuba that
Captain General Blanco has escaped
from Havana on the steamer Mon-
serr^tt.
Japan is anxious for the formation
of a new triple alliance, to be com
posed of England, the United States
and Japan.
The Sultan of Morocco is dead.
He was the 15th of the Alider dy
nasty, and was called “the prince of
true believers.”
Geokgia will numerically be well
represented at the national populist
convention to be held at Cincinnati
on September 5th.
The war with Spain has cost the
United States $150,000,000 for 114
days, an average of a fraction over
$1,322,807 for each day.
It will soon be in order for Geor
gia fanners to make hay while the
sun shines, as well as to gather the
fleece of “King Cotton.”
It is reported from Atlanta that
prominent populists in all sections of
the state are pledging their allegi
ance to the democratic party.
The polls are open for the election
by ballot of the King of the Carni
val to be held at Macon next Octo
ber. So far Mr. Winship Cabiness
is leading easily.
It is estimated that the fruit crop
has brought fully a million dollars
into Georgia this year, At least half
of the Georgia peaches were grown
in Houston county.
Georgia is ably represented in the
21st annual convention of the Amer
ican Bar Association which assem
bled at Saratoga Springs, N. V., on
Wednesday, August 17th.
Hon. J. Pope Brown has been
elected president of the Georgia
State Agricultural Society for the
third term. The election at Indian
Spring last week was over his pro
test.
Gen. Firzhugh Lee has been or
dered to Washington to confer with
the president, and it is believed he
will be in command of the forces to
occupy Havana and the surrounding
country.
It is reported from Washington
that Ambassador Hay will return
home from London and become sec
retary of state when Secretary Day
is appointed a member of the peace
commission.
Sidney Lascelles, the bogus Eng
lish Lord Beresford, and late convict
in .Georgia, is in trouble again, this
time in the city of Mexico. It is re
ported that he has again issued a
considerable number of bogus checks.
The president of the Cuban Junta
in the United States declares the
peace terms between the United
States and Spain to be satisfactory,
and has advised the Cuban provis
ional government to suspend all hos
tilities at once.
The Southern Fertilizer Company
of Atlanta, operating mills at Savan
nah, Rome, Cordele and Atlanta, has
been absorbed by the Virginia and
Carolina Chemical Company, the
headquarters of which are at Rich
mond. The price paid for the Geor
gia factories is $760,000.
Macon’s Patriotic Diamond Jubi
lee Carnival; to be held October 11,
12, 13, and 14, will be a splendid
success in all respects. All visitors
will enjoy the occasion, and Macon
business will be much benefitted.
The railroads will haul passengers
for one first-class fare for the round
trip. _ - ~
Recently published reports dis
close the fact that there are now
800,000 Odd Fellows in the United
States, with 11,145 chartered subor
dinate lodges and 56 grand lodges.
During the fiscal year closed last
May 60,000 new members were ini
tiated. During the year a revenue
of $7,500,000 was collected by the
lodges and over $3,000,000 paid out
on claims for relief.
Gen. Leonard Wood, military gov
ernor of Santiago, is enforcing strict
sanitory regulations, under which it
is said the daily death rate has al
ready been decreased from 103 to
37. A house-to-house inspection -
failed to disclose any authentic case
of yellow fever in the city. Sickness
among the troops outside the citv is
The conditions upon which the
government of the United States is
willing to conclude a treaty of peace
with Spain has been accepted by the
Spanish government, and commis
sioners will at once be appointed to
arrange the details.
The protocol was signed last Fri
day, August 12th, by Secretary Day
in behalf of this government, and by
French Ambassador Cambon in be
half of the Spanish government.
The text of the protocol is as fol
lows:
“Article 1. Spain will renounce
all claim to all sovereignty over and
all her rights over the island of
Cuba.
“Article 2. Spain will cede to the
United States the island of Porto
Rico and the other islands which
are at present under the sovereignty
of Spain in the Antilles, as well as
an island in Ladrone Archipelago to
be chosen by the United States.
“Article 3. The United States will
occupy and retain the city and bay
of Manila and the port of Manila
pending the conclusion of a treaty
of peace which shall determine the
control and form of government of
the Philippines.
“Article 4. Spain will immediate
ly evacuate Cuba, Porto Rico and
the other islands now under Span
ish sovereignty in the Antilles. To
this effect each of the two govern
ments will appoint commissioners
within ten days after the signing of
the protocol, and these commission
ers shall meet at Havana within
thirty days after the signing of this
protocol with the.object of coming
to an agreement regarding the car-
lying out of the details of the afore
said evacuation of Cuba and other
adjacent Spanish islands; and each
of the two governments shall like
wise appoint within ten days . after
the signature of this protocol other
commissioners who shall meet at
San-Juan de Porto Rico within thir
ty days after the signature of this
protocol to agree upon the details of
the evacuation of Porto Rico and
other islands now under Spanish
sovereignty in the Antilles.
“Article 5. Spain and the United
States shall appoint to treat for
peace five commissioners at the most
for either country. The commission
ers shall meet in Paris on October
1, at the latest, to proceed to nego
tiations and to the conclusion of a
treaty of peace. This treaty shall
be ratified in conformity with the
constitutional law of each of the two
coun tries.
“Article 6. Once this protocol
concluded and signed, hostilities
shall be suspended, and to that ef
fect in the two countries orders shall
be given by either government to
the commanders of its land and sea
forces as speedily as possible.”
No serious apprehension is enter
tained concerning Cuba and Porto
Rico, though it is not contemplated
that the government of Cuba will be
tinned over to the provisional gov
ernment of the island until this gov
ernment is satisfied that conditions
will justify such action. There are
already suggestions that annexation
to the United States would be the
most satisfactory solution of the
problem.
Porto Rico will most likely be
placed under some such government
as now controls Canada.
Just what to do with the Philip
pines is a serious problem, and its
solution will tax the wisdom of our
ablest statesmen.
Hostilities have been suspended
at all points. It is declared from
Washington that no more troops
will be sent to any point, unless de
manded by the commanding gener
als, until military occupation begins
consequent to the ratification of
peace.
There may be other troops sent to
Santiago to replace those now being
returned to the United States.
Admiral Dewey bombarded Ma
nila last Saturday, and the city sxu-
rendered unconditionally. Captain
General Augusti and his family es
caped to Hong Kong in a German
warship.
It is reported that the attitude of
the mass of Cubans, especially the
insurgents, is that of sullen hostility
to the Americans. If this be true,
the Cuban problem may not be easi
ly solved.
—The annual meeting at Eche-
connee Camp-ground begins Fri
day night this week and will con
clude next Tuesday night. The
presiding elder of the South Ma
con district will be in charge, as
sisled by a number of able minis
ters. Services morning, afternoon
and evening each day. Besides
the several tent-holders, there will
be a public tent where all who ap
ply will be furnished food and
lodging for a moderate considera
tion.
The last guns of the war were
fired by the Havana batteries last
Friday, August 12, one heavy shell
striking the stem of the cruiser San
Francisco, Commodore Howell’s
flagship. The commodore’s quarters
were wrecked, but no person was in
jured. The U. S. ships were under
orders not to attack the batteries,
and they retreated without- return
ing the fire.
At Indian Spring last the Geor
gia State Agricultural Society start
ed a movement for the introduction
of industrial education in the com
mon schools of tiie state. Good idea.
A Mooted Question.
Did the Candidates or the
Do It!
Me. Editor:—I have no disposi
tion to complain or question the re
sult of our recent nomination; but
claim the right as a citizen, and as
one of the candidates, to set myself
right before the people as to some of
the methods used on the day of said
nomination. And in doing so I do
not propose to cover my identity
from those whose toes may be
pinched by the shoe I did not wear.
No one could have possibly mis
understood my position as running
squarely on principle and in opposi
tion to the indirect purchase of the
office of Ordinary. Yet not denying
the right of the other candidates to
make the race on that issue—senti
ment.
This proposition or statement may
be objected to by the people because
of the fact that through the differ
ent candidates they have set up a
precedent that may be hard to get
rid of in the future or still harder to
control in its vicious effects, being in
direct opposition to law and justice.
To my mind it occupies very ques
tionable ground, and the man who
won on or under it stands in a very
similar attitude. But as'the people
are the law, they would claim the
right to uphold or trample under
foot even a cardinal principle of law,
—as in this, so in other things equal
ly dangerous and insideous in effect.
To say the least of it, I could not'
have been induced to run under any
such proposition, and so stated to
the voters of the county. Hence, I
have no grounds to complain and
feel perfectly satisfied with the ver
dict, not denying the right of the
people to set me aside even because
I had the harhihood to stand in my
own shoes and not those of another.
Sentiment is a powerful factor with
in itself, but when coupled with oth
er vicious methods even decency it
self is lost sight of. The issue has
been made and settled, and I still
stand where I started, with no apol
ogies to make nor regrets to express,
except to the few friends who lost
their votes on me.
So again would feel like a culprit
in the eyes of the people if I were to
fail to make prompt and positive de
nial of the imputations made by
some of the citizens against the can
didates, such as: “It is a disgrace to
the people of the county the way the
election was held at Dennard—a
regular carousal on beer, &c.” Or
again, “A man hired at Perry who
dealt out beer to the voters in the
court house;” and still again, Fort
Valley was a beauty in the galaxy of
modem politics and modem meth
ods, judging from the expressions of
those who were there.
These are direct imputations
against some or all of the candi
dates. I am no other man’s keeper,
nor is he mine, but I pledge my
word and honor, and would make
sworn affidavit, that I neither drank,
offered, nor authorized any man to
use any such in my behalf, nor again
paid any one to work for me. There
is no besmirchment worse than such
insinuations, with facts to sustain,
upon men who would make a friend
ly and honorable contest for a pub
lic office, and no matter how I may
be construed, the people shall know
that I had neither part nor parcel
with those who do not regard law
and would east reproach upon them
selves an<^ the candidates.
Are any of these imputations and
insinuations true, or are they mere
fabrications without foundation in
fact? I have answerrd for myself.
The other candidates occupy a high
er plane of civilization and Christian^
ity than I do, and I hope for the
sake of their own prominence they
will be able and willing to place the
blame and shame where it properly
belongs. If none of them have been
parties to help bring about these in
fractions of law they certainly will
stand ready and willing to so state;
then the people will best know how
to cany both ends of the bag.
I do not hesitate to say that in
my opinion one or more “blind ti
gers” are run in Perry, and I am in
formed Fort Valley is equally cursed;
yet the municipal authorities, the of
ficers of the law, and the churches
with all their members, see nothing
and know less when it comes to act
ing in a way to effect a correction.
Who is to blame for this flagrant
and continued violation of law? The
people are the law, and. are to blame
for allowing it almost openly tram
pled under foot; yet we find the one
prominent man and church member
advocating the enforcement of the
law if some man who is not afraid of
public opinion will take the initiative
and get up the evidence, while still
another is in favor of pouring oil on
the troubled waters—“best not to
stir it up.” This is a mixed condi
tion having a beginning without an
end, or an end that will continue to
solidify with other and greater evils
as it moves along.
Aside from whiskey, there are other
decoctioDS, called cider, openly sold, the
effect of which is about the same as
whiskey, and yet the people complain
and swallowj and would seem to think it
best not to stir it np. Whose duty is it
to look after thase violations, tlqjp law
makers or ihe law breakers? If the can-
dates are clear of the imputations made
by the citizens, then the people may be
able to see themselves as others see them,
and hence each the better prepared to
stand in his own shoes and not in -.the
shadow of the other fellow. The law is
plain and cannot be misunderstood:
“Any person who shall sell, give or furnish
spirituous, intoxicating or malt liquors to any
person,in any quantity, within two miles of anv
election precinct on days of election, either
state, county, municipal or primary election, or
election held under the local option liquor law,
shall lip imiltv nf a. lnisdonioanrir **
Again the grim monster, Death r
has made bare Jiis destroying Hand
in our midst, in the removal of the
real J. E. Jones from the temporal
and visible J. E. Jones. The sepa-
State of Georgia—Houston County.
. Clerk’s Office Superior Court.
By virtue of the authority vested in
me by law, I hereby order an election on
the 25th day of August, 1898, for Ordina
ry of said county, to fill the vacancy
Kfenof I—a and etojl.to.k f^g2$lg9R*$|
place at 7:20 p. m. of the 3rd mst., prov ided by law.
after a long continued case of con- Witness my official signature this the
sumption from which he suffered 8th day of August, 1898.
more than any one I have ever! . M.A. Edwards,Clark.
, ... .. J ,. , Superior Court, Houston Co., Ga.
known with the same disease, and I i I
bore up under the afflicting hand j State of Georgia, Houston County.
with a courage and fortitude that
seemed almost superhuman.
Mr. Jones was about 48 years old.
He was bom in Houston county, and
never made his home out of the
county for any considerable length
of time. He leaves a wife and six
children, a son by a former wife,
two sons and three daughters by the
wife who survives him.
Prior to the decline in his health
no more industrious and hard-work
ing man than he could be found,
and a kind providence smiled upon
and blessed him in allowing him to
accumulate a sufficiency for the care
and comfort of himself and family.
Mr. Jones was a member of the
Methodist church, and also a mem
ber of the Masonic fraternity, and
always took a live interest in all of
the public and political affairs of the
country and community.
He was a true friend to his
friends, and never pretended friend
ship unless he felt it. He was a true
and devoted husband, a kind and af
fectionate father, a generous and
liberal neighbor, and his loss to the
community will be felt by all with
whom he dealt, and to his loving
wife and little ones it will be irre
parable.
Since his confinement to his house
he seemed to call in his mind to
some extent from the business affairs
of life and give more thought to
spiritual and eternal things, and
gave frequent evidences of a gradu
al growth in grace and seemed to
get nearer to the blessed Jesus in
his feelings and desires, and express
ed a willingness to meet death
whenever it should please the Mas
ter to send it. We have with sad
hearts committed his emaciated
body to the earth, and we believe
that his rejuvenated spirit is at rest
in the arms of the blessed Jesus.
We would, therefore, commend to
his friends and loved ones the same
Jesus who saved him and who is
abundantly able and willing to save
them. A Friend.
Henderson, Ga.
Obituary.
I hereby give notice that the Roster of
the Southern Bights Guards, C. S. A.,
has been filed with me by the “Boater
Committee.” August 8tb, 1898.
M. A. Edwards, C. S. G.,
and Ex-Officio Ordinary.
SALES-
HOUSTON SHERIFF’S
Will be sold before the court honse
door in the town of Perry, Houston
county, Ga., between the legal hours of
sale, on the first Tuesday in September,
1898, the following property, to-wit:
One bay mare named Nancy, 7 years
old, found m possession of M. G. Mur:
ray, one black mare mule named Mollie,
about 8 years old, one bay mare mule
named Ida, about 15 years old, found in
possession of J. L. Murray, one dark
bay horse mule named Ceasar, aboat 12
years old, one black horse mule named
Buck, abont 10 years old, one red-spot
ted butt-headed cow named Pied, one
red-spotted bntt-headed cow called Lit
tle Pied, found in possession of W. C.
Epting. All Levied on and sold as the
property of the estate of J. J. Murray,
deceased, in the hands of M. G. Murray
and J. L. Murray, executors, to be ad
ministered, to satisfy 3 fi fas from Hons
ton Superior court, returnable to the
April and Octobsr terms, 1898, in favor
of B. L. Boss, Nancy L. Murray, et al.,
and officers of court, respectively, vs. M. i
G. Murray and j. L. Murray, Enecntors. 1
M. L. Cooper, Sheriff.
Angust Sth 1898.
Reunited!
We ask you to forget, erase from your minds,
the separation, the division of interests, the
disintegration of Eads, Neel & Co. that oc
curred one year ago. The partnership has
been re-established and conditions at the old
familiar store are the same as formerly. Mr
Neel is in his accustomed place. He and his
environments are intensely natural. You’d
never suspect that his individuality and his
influence had ever been missing from this
pleasant trading place. The consolidation
has been thoroughly effected, finally con
cluded, and henceforth it is
The Death Angel has again visit
ed this section of Houston county,
and taken from us our dear old
brother, James A. King.
He was bom July 27th, 1838, and
died August 2nd, 1898, his age be
ing 60 years and 6 days.
He was sick with typhoid fever,
and was confined to his bed 51 days
before death came. He had slow
fever a week before he gave up, and
followed a plow in his fields until
just two days before he became con
fined to his bed.
The last day he came in from the
field he remarked to his wife:
have plowed my last furrow.” He
said from the first of his sickness
that death was at hand, but he did
not murmur nor complain at his suf
ferings, as he had done in other
cases of sickness.
He joined the Primitive Baptist
church at Pleasant Hill on Saturday
before the second Sunday in July
1861, and lived up to the faith from
that day to his death. He said dur
ing his illness that he did not fear
death, and that he was made willing
by the grace of God to submit to
His will, and was ready to say “let
Thy will be done upon earth as it is
in Heaven.”
What a blessed thought it would
be if we all could feel submissive to
the will of God. He lived in -hope
and kept the faith that Jesus Christ
had gone to prepare a place for him,
and had the faith to believe His
word,that He would come again and
take him Home and give him a seat
at the right hand of the Father
Heaven.
How hard it is to give up our
dear brother, for the wife to give up
the husband, and the children to
give up them dear father.
If we could have the faith he had,
be resigned to the will of God, and
say our beloved one is only sleeping
in death to this world, but is alive
in Christ, then we would be encour
aged to say “Let thy will be done.
His loving brother,
A. McD. King.
Echeconnee, Ga., Aug. 8, ’98.
The Best Remedy For Flux.
Mr. John Mathias, a well-known
stock dealer of Pulaski, Ky., says:
“After Buffering for over a week
with flax, and my physician having
failed to relieve me, I was advised
to try Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, and have
the pleaaure of stating that the half
of one bottte cured me. For sale by
Hollzclaw & Gilbert, Perry, and L.
W. Stewart, Myrtle, Ga.
Cheap Excursion Rates to Eastern
Cities via Savannah and Ocean Steam
ship Company.
stall be guilty of a misdemeanor.’
W.H. NORWOOD.
Being one of the candidates referred to
above, I most emphatically declare I
Effective .Tune 1st. 1898, the Central
of Georgia Railway Company will place
on sale excursion tickets to New York
and Easton, via Savannah and Ocean
Steamship Company, at very cheap
rates. The sates include meals and
berth on steamer. A trip via this ronte
cannot fail to be of much interest and
enjoyment to all parties contemplating
visiting the East.
For rates, sailing dates, etc., apply to
any ticket agent of the Central of Geor
gia Railway Company, or to J. C Haile,
General Passenger Ageut, Savannah,
Ga.
The Ffhk TERM 1595
OF
Perry Public School
Begins the first Monday in September
and continnes '&% months.
Incidental fee for resident pupils $2.25;
non-residents $2.50.
Teachers—E. H. Holland, Principal;
J. Mann Martin, Miss Carrie Chambers,
Mrs. S. P, Bunn, Assistants.
This is a graded school of high order,
and under competent instructors it read
ily ranks with the best high schools of
the state.
The incidental fee must be paid in
cash to the secretary and treasurer of
the board, Mr. C. E. Gilbert, before pu
pils will be permitted to enter the
school.
It will be more beneficial to the chil
dren, more agreeable to the teachers and
more satisfactory to the Board of Edu
cation and parents if each child is per
mitted to enter on the first day of. the
term and not be allowed to miss even
one recitation during the entire session.
Good board can be obtained in private
families at from $8 to $10 per month.
Any other information can be obtain
ed by addressing either of the under
signed. R. N. Holtzclaw, Pres.
C. E. Gilbert, Sec. and Treas.
L OANS negotiated on fanning lands
in Houston and adjoining counties
on most favorable terms.
W. D. Nottingham, Macon, Ga.
—Two papers for two dollars—
The Weekly Savannah News and
the Home Journal—cash in ad
vance.
E dwin l. bryan,
Attorney- at-daw,
Fort Yalley, Ga.
Collections handled with energy. Crim
inal law a specialty. Office with H. A.
Alatews. Refer by permission lo Ex
change Bank.
Money Loaned on Real Estate.
Dr. M. M. STAPLER,
SPECIALIST.
Diseases: EYE, EAR,
THROAT.
506 MULBERRY ST..
NOSE AND
MACON, GA
C. C. DUNCAN.
DUNCAN
J. P. DUNCAN.
& DUNCAN.
PERRY, GEORGIA.
We have made arrangements to nego
tiate loans on Fanning lands, at 8 per
cent, interest, in sums of $800.00 and up
wards, where security is first-class.
z. SIMS,
IDE NTIST
PERRY, GEORGIA.
i®~Teeth extracted without pain..Jg
Office in Masonic Building.
THE DIXIE SHOE AND CLOTHING CO'S
OUR
SHOES
are the best that
can be had for
the money. Re
member that ev
ery SHOE that
leaves our house
is guaranteed to
give satisfaction,
or money refund
ed.
SPRING ATTRACTIONS
will interest prudent and
economical buyers.
0ar $5.00 & $5.00 Saits
Still lead them all.
Boys’ and Children’s Cloth
ing- at about half what yon
will have to pay elsewhere.!
MILLI
NERY
Every lady vis
iting Macon
should see our
Millinery De
partment. Eve-
rything new,styl
ish and cheap—
in fact not more
than half that
others charge.
Hats trimmed to or
der while you wait
Dry Goods of Every Description.
Dress Goods, White Goods, Domestics, Cottonades, Etc.
There’s no honse in Georgia that
will attempt to match our prices.
THE DIXIE SHOE AND CLOTHING CO.,
a. <s. jMtfirirri,
Cor. Cherry & Third Sts.. - - MACON", GA.
We Manufacture aud Sell
ENGINES,
BOILERS,
c.
M. DnPREE,
Attorney-at-Law,
BYRON, GEORGIA
Money to lend on farm lands.
Life and fire insurance policies sold.
Cheap Money.
I have perfected arrangements by
which I am prepared to negotiate loans
on Houston county farm lands at the
very lowest rate of interest. I mean by
this, such an interest as the fanners can
afford to pay.
Gall on or address,
A. T. HARPER, Attorney-at-Law,
355 Third st., Macon, Ga
BICYCLE SUPPORT.
Best attachment ever put on a wheel.
Light, strong, snre, always goes with
wheel, stands it anywhere, in the honse
or out doors, ontj^road, at the races,
ball game, etc. ^5It on if desired. All
nickled. $1.50, express paid,
W. H. MORGAN,
Peabody, Kansas.
Loans negotiated on improved
farms, at lowest market rates, and on
most liberal terms.
Business of fifteen years standing.
More than three million dollars in
loans negotiated. Facilities nnsnr-
sed. HOWARD M. SMITH,
i No. 814 Second St., Macon, Ga.
COTTON GINS,
COTTON
PRESSES,
SEED COTTON
ELEVATORS,
GRIST MILLS,
SAW MILLS
AND
EVERYTHING
IN THE
MACHINERY
LINE.
GET OUR
PRICES BEFORE
BUYING.
We operate Machine Shops and Foundry.
we HANDLE .. | Full Line Mill Supplies.
MALLARY BROS. & CO.,
t£aeoa, G-a,.
Job Work.
We Have a Complete Stock aud
Full Assortment o f Commercial
Stationery, and duplicate Macon or
Atlanta prices in this class of work
Satisfaction guaranteed.
GIVE US J 1RIAE