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JOHN H. HODGES, Eropi-ictor.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROCRESS AND CULTURE.
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VOL. XXV11
PEKEY, HOUSTON COUNTY. GEOEGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1898.
NO. 36*
CALDER B. WILLINGHAM,
Cotton Factor,
IMZsiccan.- G-su.
Sliip me your Colton and get the best
returns. 1 give my business close per
sonal attention, and my reference is my
record in the Cotton trade at Macon for
twenty-seven years.
Money to loan at 8 per cent per annum.
C. B. WILLINGHAM,
Macon, Ga.
“THE TENTED FIELD,”
Question of Taxes.
A.YBB &
COTTON FACTORS,
AND DEALERS IN
6RRCERIES AND PLANTERS’ SUPPLIES
0-533;= —^
We take pleasure in informing our many friends and the
public that we have removed to our Warehouse at
517, 519, 521 POPLAR STREET,
(B. H. Ray’s old stand), where we are prepared to handle
their cotton. / . ,
We shall always keep on lrand 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 Tics. Please give us a call.
MAYER & WATTS, Macon, Ga.
1\ D. TODD,
B. L. CHEEK.
W. L. WEIGHT.
P. D. TODD & 80.
Will on or about Sept. 1st open at 510 Cherry Street a
handsome line of
Clothing,
Men’s and Boys’
Furnishing Goods,
Hats,
Trunks, Valises, Etc.
Every garment
new and up-to-date.
P.-D. TODD & CO.
519 Cherry St., MACON, GA.
THE DIXIE SHOE ANO CLOTHING CO'S
OUR
SHOES
rue the best that
can be had for
the money. Re
member that ev
ery SSOE that
leaves oar house
is guaranteed to
give satisfaction,
or money refund
ed.
SPRING ATTRACTIONS j
will interest prudent and
economical buyers.
Qar $5.00 & $5.00 Saits
Still lead them all.
Boys’ and Children’s Cloth
ing at about half what you
will have to pay elsewhere.
MILLI
NERY
Every lady vis
iting Macon
should see our
Millinery De
FABTMENT. 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.
Di •e.ss Goods, White Goods, Domestics, Cottonades, Etc.
There’s no honse in Georgia that
will attempt to match our prices.
THE DIXIE SHOE AND CLOTHING GO.,
a. <i. j)MEminr» prometor,
Cor. Cherry & Third Sts.. - - > ' - MACON”, GA.
or, 9
'Reminiscences of the Late War”
From 1861 to 1865.
Written by an ex-Confederate Soldier.
CHAPTER XXII.
Although temporarily detached
from the army of Northern Vir
ginia, we will look for a moment
to Lae’s grand raid into Pennsyl
vania and see the result, He cross
ed the Potomac about the 25th of
Jun«. Hooker was superceded by
Gen. Geo. G. Meade on the 27th.
Large advanced detachments of
Lee’s army reached and captured
the towns of York ami Ciriisle, in
Pennsylvania, about the 30th of
June. On the 1st day of July the
two armies collided near Gettys
burg, the town from which the
great battle takes its name. This,
however, seems to have been only
a sparring for advantage of posi
tion, resulting in Meade’s favor.
But on the 2nd, with .Meade iu
possession of Round Top, a vast
elevation overlooking Lee’s army,
the intrepid Lee assailed Meade’s
position with great fury, and at
tempted to dislodge him from his
stronghold, but was repulsed and
driven back with great slaughter.
Again on the 3rd. the matchless
Lee summoned his repulsed but
undaunted troops to the second as
sault, but, iu like manner, as the
•day before, he was repulsed and
finally utterly routed and forced to
retreat. This ended what has been
termed the pivotal battle of the
war.
Lee’s aggregate losses were es
timated at 30,000 men, those of
the Federals at 25,000 men. On
the day following Lee’s retreat
from Gettysburg, July 4th, 1863,
Vicksburg, Miss., was surrender
ed by Pemberton to Grant, with
200 pieces of artillery, and 30,000
prisoners. Thus it will be seen
that within four days the Confed
eracy had sustained a loss of 60,-
000 men. The Confederacy had
met its Waterloo, and although
many sanguinary struggles took
place after this, its bright star be
gan to wane with the loss of the
Mississippi river, and Lee’s re
pu’se at Gettysburg. The result
justifies the conclusion that Lee’B
invasion of Pennsylvania was a
mistake, so far at least as drawing
beseiging troops from Grant, at
Vicksburg, to relieve Pemberton.
Exactly the opposite followed.
Grant was re-inforced, and Pern
berton’s gai’risoD, at Vicksburg,
reduced to semi-starvation, was
forced to capitulate, and thus the
Mississippi, and its navigation
were lost to the Confederacy, and
its territory thereby, cut in twain.
This latter was a paramount con
sideration with the Federals. They
knew that Meade could take care
of Washington city and if they
could capture Vicksburg the back
bone of the Confederacy would be
broken. Reduced to its logical
analysis, the result was the has
tening of the end of a struggle
which had reached the bloodiest
chapter in its history.
Lee retreated from Gettysburg
back into Virginia in good older
and without any serious mishap.
Meade, though badly shattered,
followed him. They took position
Dear the Rapid Ann river where,
like two crippled monsters, they
rested and recruited as best they
could.
But to return to the subject in
hand.
The Federal squadron having
battered down the walls of Fort
Sumter and failing to capture the
ruins withdrew from the Bay. At
the close of this furious bombard
ment and naval combat, of several
days duration, the respective sides
were about equal, the Federals
holding an empty honor, and we
holding a dismantled fort. The
most remarkable thing about this
terrible naval combat was that very
few men on either side were killed
or hurt.' Our regiment had two
men killed and two wounded--not
iu the bombardment—but the re
sult of an accidental explosion of
one of the powder magazines in
the fort.
Having thus failed to enter the
harbor with their transports and
land troops at Charleston,the Fed- King’s New Discovery for Con-
erals made various efforts to cap-j sumption; she bought a bottle and
tare some of the larger Islands j to her delight found herself bene
near the main land, from which fited from first dose. She contin-
they conld reach the main land I ued its use and after taking six
with troops and supplies, bat they j bottles, found herself sound and
wereunsnccessful in every instance | well, now does her own housework
though they continued these ef-! and is as well as she ever was
forts through the remainder of : Free trial bottles of this great Dis
the year. covery at Holtzclaw & Gilbert’s
(To be continued;) Drug Store.
Macon Telegraph.
? It is gratifying to The Telegraph
to see that the movement which it
inaugurated more than a year ago
for a radical reform iD the tax
laws of the state which would put
an end to some extent a f least, to
the practice oE concealing taxable
property from the tax collector, is
beginning to attract the attention
it deserves from the press aud pub
lic men.
In his recent speech at Dublin
Governor Atkinson says.
“Thera is a way other than by taxing
inheritance iu which the tax rate can be
materially reduced and I have repeated
ly urged the general assembly to adopt
it, but to no avail.
“In 1892 tax values were fixed, not by
the tax payer, who has a direct interest
in omitting to give iu property or plac
ing the lowest possible value upon it,
and thus burdening bis neighbor with a
part of the taxes which he should pay,
but fixed by a board of disinterested tax
assessors; the tax values increased from
S444,000,000 in 1891 to $4(53,000,000 in
1892. This act was repeated in the fall
of i892. The next year there was a de
crease of §11,090,000 iu return of taxable
property, and now after a constant de
crease it is $54,000,000 less than in 1892
when valued by tax assessors. If so
much good was accomplished in one
year, with the experience of this effort
tax values ere now would have been
equalized and largely increased, and
vast amounts of property, real and per
sonal, which now escape taxation would
be bearing its share of the common bur
den.
“When laws are enacted devising the
•means to place all taxable property on
the tax books at a fair valuation, the as
sessed value of the property in the state
will largely increase, the tax ra te will be
lowered and all citizens will pay their
just share of the burdens of state gov
ernment—no more and no less. I com
mend this suggestion to honest men of
all parties.”
Within six years’ time the value
of property in this state has
shrunk $54,000,000, if the tax re
turns are to be relied upon. As a
matter of fact the reverse is t.iue.
There has been a steady increase
in the wealth of the state within
those six years, and no observing
man doubts it. Our farm lands
have become more productive, and
hence more valuable. There
more capital invested in min
and manufacturing, and our cities
have grown and prospered.
Why, then, do the figures iu the
tax digests fall off? For no other
reason than that there is a steady
growth in the habit of systematic
undervaluation in the tax returns.
The Telegraph has repeatedly
pointed out where some of this con
cealed property may be found, and
it would be au easy matter to find
much more of it if a systematic
search is made.
The evil being unquestionably
existent, the proper thing to do is
to seek out and apply the remedy.
This is the province of the state
legislature and this body will be
gravely derelict in its duty to the
people it represents if it fails to
perform this duty.
The question is perhaps too
complex to be properly dealt with
with the lights now at hand, and
it would perhaps be best if at the
coming session of the legislature
provision should be made for the
formation of a commission com
posed of earnest, intelligent, compe
tent men—they may be members
of th9 legislature or not as may
be deemed best—who will be charg
ed to make a thorough investiga
tion of the whole subject of the
assessment and collection of the
state taxes, and who will report to'
the next session of the legislature
a comprehensive measure which
will correct the evils complained of
to as great an extent as they are
capable of correction.
No greater work for the honest
tax payers of the state can be un
dertaken by the legislature, and
we venture to say that the leghla
tor who takes hold of this question
in the right way and solves it cor
rectly will be a big man in Geor
gia.
Education in Georgia.
State School Commissioner Glenn
furnishes the following accurate
facts relative to the recently con
solidated census returns of school
children in Georgia.
The total school population of
Georgia, according to the census
of 1898, is 660,870, showing an in
crease over the census of 1893 of.
55,899. The per cent of increase
is 9. This is 1 par cent greater
than the increase in 1S93 over the
previous census. The ipprease in
white children is 26,481, or 8 per
cant. This is aiMnerease oE 1 per
oant over the census of 1893. The
total white school population is
341,521. The mciease in colored
children is 29,41S, or 10 par cent,
which is an increase of 2 per cent
over the census of 1893. The total
colored school population is 339,-
349.
The returns show a decided de
crease in illiteracy. The total
number of illiterates is 83,616, a
decrease of 30,911. The per cent
of illiterates is now 12 6, showing
a decrease in the per cent of 6.3.
The total number ef wliite illiter
ates is 22,917, a decrease of 12,-
721. The per cent of white illiter
ates is 6.7, a decrease iu the per
cent of 4.6 The* total number of
colored illiterates is 60,669, a de
crease of 18,190 over the census of
1893. The per cent of colored il
literates is 18.9, which is a de
crease of 8.3 in the per cent.
The total number of infirm chil
dren is 1,389, which is an increase
of 171 over 1893.
The total number of white school
houses in the state is 4,761, a de
crease of 2 since last year. The
number of colored schools is 2,685,
an increase of 79 since last year
The total number of private
schools is 383, a decrease of 292
since last year. The value of
school houses in the country is
$743,705, the total value of school
houses iu the state being $3,977,-
070. This is an estimated increase
over last year of $1,414,592.
Contractor’s Scheme.
Savannah News.
Reports from Cuba are to the
effect that the contractors are mak
ing very little if any progress to
wards raising the wrecks of the
Spanish fleet. A few days after
the battle Admiral Sampson re
ported that the Maria Teresa could
and would be saved, and that she
would move to a harbor shortly
under her own steam. Neyerthe
less recent reports say there is
doubt if she will be saved at all.
It will be remembered that these
wiecking operations are being car
ried on by a corporation, hired at
several thousand dollars per day.
Probably if the government were
to discharge them and take charge
of the work itself or tell the wreck
ers that if the wrecks were not
saved they would get no pay, some
tangible results would be quickly
achieved. In this connection, by
the way, there is a story aflmt to
the effect that certaiu contractors
are trying to get an order from
the government to go to Manilla
and endeavor to raise Montijo’s
ships, for a big per diem payment,
and that there is a fair prospect
that a eoutract will be signed. A
naval officer says of the scheme
that it is purely a job to get money
out of the government.
Every mother
feels an inde
scribable dread
of the pain and
danger attend
ant upon the
most critical pe
riod of her life.
Becoming a
mother should be
a source of joy
to all, but the
suffering and
danger of the ordeal make
its anticipation one of misery.
m
is the remedy which relieves
women of the great pain -and suf
fering incident to maternity; this
hour which is dreaded as woman's
severest trial is not only, made
painless, but all the danger is re
moved by its use. Those who use
this remedy are no longer de
spondent or gloomy; nervousness
nausea and other distressing con
ditions are avoided, the system is
made ready for the coming event,
and the serious accidents so com
mon to the critical hour are
obviated by the use of Mother’s
Friend. It is a blessing to woman.
91.00 (PEE BOTTLE at all Drugstore*,
or sent by express on receipt of price.
Containing; invaluable Information of
rrjrr interest to aU women, will be sent
met to any address, upon application, by
The BBADFIELD BEGUUTOB CO.. Atlanta. Ga.
How’s This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that can not be cured by Hall’s
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Prop’s.,
Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
and believe him perfectly honora
ble in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out
any obligations made by their
firm. _
West & Truax, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo O., Walding’ Kiunin
& Mar in, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo, Ohio.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimon
ials free.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best
Remarkable Rescue.
Mrs, Michael Curtain, Plainfield,
111., makes the statement that she
caught cold, which settled on her
lungs; she was treated for a month
by her family physician, but grew
worse. He told her she was a
hopeless victim of comsumption
and that no medicine could cure
her. Her druggist suggested Dr
King’s New Discovery
A young man camping in the
Sierras discovered and captured a
butterfly of an unknown species
He sent it to the Smithsonian In
stitute at Washington and received
for it a check for $1,540, with the
request to make careful search for
other moths of the same kind. It
was an individual of a fossil spe
cies supposed to be extinct, and
great was the excitement among
the scientists at the discovery
that one of the race had been re
cently alive. Although diligent
search has been made by men paid
for the service, no other specimen
has been found.
For broken surfaces, sores, in
sect bites, burns, skin diseases and
especially piles there is one reliable
remedy, DeWitt’s Witch Hazel
Salve. When you call for De-
Witt’s doDt accept counterfeits or
frauds. You will not be disap
pointed with DeWitt’s Witch
Hazel Salve. Cooper’s Drugstore.
Stanley states that between 1777
and 1807, 3,000,000 African slaves
were sold in the East Indies alone.
BRICK WAREHOUSE OPEN.
I take this method of anngjmeing to my many
friends and customers that my Warehouse will
be open at the beginning of the cotton season.
I will use my best efforts in every respect to
give satisfaction to all who bring me their cot
ton. All cotton brought to my Warehouse will
be handled and insured thirty days for 50 cents
per hale. Liberal terms made for storage after
the first thirty days. 1 want your business.
Respectfully,
W. D, DAY, - - PERRY, GA.
COTTON - FACTORS.
W. A. DAVIS & CO.
W. A. DAVIS. W. F. HOLMES. BEN. T. RAY.
We handle cotton for 50 cents per hale. Liberal
advances on cotton in store at lowest rate of inter
est. Lowest insurance of any house in the city.
Our facilities for handling cotton are unsurpassed.
We absolutely guarantee satisfaction. We work
solely in the interest of our customers. Our rec
ord is our guarantee.
405'and 407 Poplar St
MACON, GA.
F.S. HARDEMAN \ CO.
COTTON FACTORS,
AND DEALEBSIN
Groceries and Planters’ Supplies,
409. 413 and 415 Poplar St., MACON, GA.
Commission oil Cotton 50c.-per bale. Liberal advances
on cotton in store. Consignments solicited.
We also carry a full stock of Bagging and Ties.
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A body weighing 10,000 pounds
at the equator would weigh 10,031
ponnds in London.
That’s what onr Mid-Summer Clothing
sale of Stylish Suits for Men, Boys and
Children can he justly and properly term
ed when considering the great out of
former prices introduced through same.
Here are the plain figures, the exact facts:
I 8.50 SUITS NOW FOR $ 5.67.
10.00 SUITS NfOW FOR 6.67.
12.00 SUITS YOW FOR 8.00.
15.00 SUITS NOW ’FOR 10.00.
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.
Don’t Neglect Tour Liver.
Liver troubles quidriy 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 lias developed. Browns’ Iron Bitters
will cure it permanently. Strength, and
vitality will always follow its use.
Browns’ Iron Bitters is sold by all deelera.
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