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•TOIIX IT. HODGES, Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROCRESS AND CULTURE.
S1.SOA -YEAB IN ADVANCE.
VOL. XXYI1
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1898.
NO. 38.
CALDER B. WILLINGHAM,
Cotton Factor,
“THE TESTED FIELD,”
Hard Military Facts.
Flection Signs.
or,
Reminiscences of the Late War”
From 1861 to 1S65.
Written by an er-Confederate Soldier.
CHAPTEP. XXEY.
After dinner two generous mer-
From Collier’s Weekly.
The troubles of the army—the
volanteer portion of it, for the reg
ulars have found bat little reason
to complain—began with the first
! call for volunteers. All miseries,
2^30013.- <3-3,-
chants, Jews, opened some boxes : exc8 Pt yellow fever, that have
of tobacco and distributed the i suffered in the
Spain were
I same to such of the soldiers as
used or wanted it.
Ship me vour Cotton and set the best The boys wanted some one of
1 " | the brigade to make a speech ten-
1 give my business close per- dering the thanks of the brigade to
„ . ; the ladies for their generous hos- f° r spring
reference IS niy j pitality, but the chief officers were men w ho knew
record in the Cotton trade at Macon for i allb “ syarr “ gi “ g,ot tr “ SE,orls '
returns,
sonal attention, and my
twenty-seven years.
Money to loan at 8 per cent per annum.
C. B. WILLINGHAM,
Macon, Ga.
MAYEB & WAffS,
COTTON FACTORS,
AMD DEALERS IN
GRRCERIES AND PLANTERS’SUPPLIES
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. Hay’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. Ga.
Cl\ T. CALLAWAY,
Bank, Office and Store Fixtures,
MACON, GKOKGIA.
Safes, Elevators, Desks, Typewriters, Show Cases, Comptometers, Scales. Etc.
3=3- IF 1 . SMITH, Piop’i.
HAS MOVED
from Mulberry street to Cherry street, opposite Empire
Store, and between the Mammoth Furniture Store of
Payne & Willingham and McManus & Co.
Sign: Big U. S. Flag with “THE FAIR” oil bottom.
Between Second Street and Cotton Avenue.
The most complete line of
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS
and NOTIONS
IN THE SOUTH. AN IMMENSE VARIETY STORE.
THE DIXIE SHOE AHD CLOTHING CO’S
OUR
SHOES
are the best that
can be had for
the money. Be-
member that ev
ery SHOE that
leaves our house
SPRING ATTRACTIONS
jwiU interest prudent and
economical buyers.
MILLI
NERY
i Every lady vis
iting Macon
1 should see onr
Bar $5.00 5. $3.00 Saits; “SS? M
rything new,styl-
: ish and cheap—
Still lead them all.
is'guaranteed to)Boys’ and Children’s Cloth- 1
give satisfaction, jjing at about half what }’OU.: ot j iers charge,
or money refund- j win have to pay elsewhere .''fats tri^ed“ cor
ed . i' r J ;! der while you wait.
Dry Goods of Every Description.
Dress Goods, White Goods, Domestics, Cottonades, Etc.
There’s no house in Georgia that
will attempt to match our prices.
THE DIXIE SHOE AND CLOTHING CO.,
Cor. Cherrv & Third Sts.. - - MACON, GA. 1 *
tion on the Jacksonville & Talla
hassee Bailroad to take us to Lake
City, our objective point, and a
private of onr regiment, noted for
his oratorical genius and brilliancy
of intellect, was invited to make
the speech. With his hat in his
hand, he stepped forward and faced
the ladies and began one of his
gems of oratory interspersed at the
roundingout of every sentence
with the loftiest sentiments ofpatri-
otism, assuring the distressed la
dies that they need not have any
uneasiness whatever, that Colquitt’s
brigade was on hand and in their
midst, that the invader would soon
be met, vanquished and driven
from their state, when they could
return quietly and safely to their
respective homes. These assuran
ces given in such earnestuess great
ly enthused the ladies, and our
venerable hostess, Mrs. Smith, call
ed for three cheers for Colquitt’s
brigade, which were given in the
most hearty manner. At the con
clusion of the speech, we were or
dered to fall into line, and march
to the depot where the transport
trains were in waiting. The order
was promptly obeyed, the lines
were formed, then the boys about
faced, presented arm3 and grace
fully saluted a parting farewell to
the ladies, then amid enthusiastic
cheering from more than a hun
dred feminine throats, the clap
ping of tiny hands and the wav
ing of dainty white handkerchiefs
we moved forward at quick step:
and were soon on board the trains
and being wheeled at railroad
speed in the direction of Lake City.
We reached Lake City at about 12
o’clock in the night, where we de
barked, and slept on our arms the
remainder of the night. The next
day, Colquitt met Brig. Gen. Fin
negan, an Irishman, who was in
command of the reserve forces in
Florida, who ranked Colquitt by
seniority of commission. He had,
by, and with the consent of the
government, served in the Mexican
war, in the capacity of sutler, bat
he was not a military man—had
never been in a battle—nor seen
one fought, it was therefore
agreed—the suggestion perhaps—
coming from Beauregard—a sug
gestion wisely made, too, as subse
quent developments proved—that
Colquitt, a thorough military man
and trained soldier, should take
command -
He(Colqnitt) at once made a
thorough reconnoisance of the
situation. It was learned that
when Gen. Seymour debarked his
forces, about nine thousand strong,
at Jacksonville, he began to pene
trate the interior with three equal
columns, radiating in as many dif
ferent directions, but upon being
assured that Beauregard was mass
ing troops in his front, he massed
his troops at Baldwin and was ad
vancing in solid phalanx. Colquitt,
therefore, decided to move forward
to Olnstee station, about eight
miles east of Lake City, and estab
lish a line of defense—keep Sey
mour on the aggressive—and await
his advance. This decision made
the establishment of a line of vigh
lant outposts necessary. This duty
Colquitt entrusted to a regiment
of Georgia cavalry. To say that
the cavalry acted cowardly and in
bad faith might be to use harsh
and unmerited terms. At any
rate Colqnitt suspected that there
was a loose screw somewhere,
though the officer in^command of
the outpost reported daily, “no
enemy in the near front,” and on
the morning of the 20th. of Febru
ary Colquitt’s suspicions that the
enemy had advanced to within
striking distance had become so
pronounced that he sent his Adju
tant, Capt Grattan, forward to re-
conuorter the enemy’s position,
wh.o soon returned and reported
the enemy jost in onr front—three
lines deep and ready to strike ns a
blow.
(To be conimuetL)
war with
common in the first
year of the Civil War, as nearly a
million participators in that con
flict remember well: yet in almost
every State the volunteers called
were officered by
nothing of war or
of taking care of soldiers. Any
regular army lieutenant who had
been out of the military academy
a single year was better fit to com
mand and drill men, and keep
them alive and properly fed and
otherwise cared for, than the most
important political pet of any
State Governor; bat seldom did
any Governor ask for regalar offi
cers to command his regiments.
Any healthy man living out of
doors can live and thrive on the
government ration, if this be prop
erly cooked; bht the volunteers,
officers and men alike, knew noth
ing of cooking, nor were they
qnick to learn; it takes months of
hard work to teach any class of
men to cook well. The first and
most constant care of regalar offi
cers is that their men shall be
properly fed; nfw volanteer offi
cers seldom think of it except on
compulsion.' Genera! Wheaton
says there never wa3 a time at
Santiago when there was not on
the fighting-line sixty thousand
rations—about three days’ supply
for the whole army. The regulars
got their share of it; if they had
not vragons to send for it,J they
sent males; if there were no mules,
a detail of men was sent to bring
on their backs the precious hard
tack, bacon and coffee. Some of
the volunteer officers seemed to
wait a long time for their share to
be brought to them, consequently
their men went hungry.
Every soldier who left Tampa or
other camp for Santiago was sup
posed to have a blanket rubber
blanket and half a shelter tent; if
he had them not his company or
regimental commander was to
blame. The heat of the Cuban
lowlands made a volunteer’s load
unendurable; he had ten pounds of
ammunition, and his rifle, bayonet
and belts weighed about ten pounds
more, and he dared not throw any
of these things away; so often he
lightened his burden by throwing
away his blankets and tent, trust
ing to luck to pick up others at the
journey’s end, or draw new ones
from the quartermaster. Bat he
found no others, nor did the quar
termaster have any to issue; so
some soldiers had no shelter what
ever from the rain. Eegulars nev
er throw away tents and blankets;
they wonld as soon shoot them
selves; besides, thier officers would
compel them to retake their aban
doned property.
The volunteers, through no fault
of their own, were physically unfit
to take part in the Santiago cam
paign. They had not been long
enough in service to have full
chests, strong hearts and hard mus
cles, and Northern men were sure
to be weakened by several weeks
of camp life at New Orleans, Mo
bile and Tampa; Southerners
would have been far more suitable
for a trip to Cuba via the Gulf
camps. Even the seasoned regu
lars were somewhat enervated by
the change from Northern air to
that of the Gulf.
Savannah News.
"What inference is to be drawn
from the Vermont and Maine elec
tions? In each state the Demo
crats made a much better showing
than the Bepnblicans. In Ver
mont the Democratic vote showed!
up well in com parison with that of i
1S96, while the Bepnblican vote
fell off considerably. The same
thing occurred in Maine. In that
state there was a good deal of en
thusiasm among the Demorats
while among the Bepnblicans the
apathy was so pronounced as to
attract very general notice.
The Bepnblican ticket was, of
course, elected. Maine is a Be
pnblican stronghold. Bat it is
w orthy of notice that the vote that
Speaker Beed received was about
4,000 less than than his vote of
four years ago. Does that mean
that the speaker’s popularity is on
the wane? It is well understood
that he opposed the annexation of
Hawaii, and the belief is that he
does not approve the policy of ex
pansion to which the administra
tion is committing the Eepnbli-
can party. Is it because of his
supposed opposition to the admin
istration that his vote fell ofior
because the Bepnblicans felt so
confident of success that they did
not take the trouble to vote?
The Bepnblicans will, of course,
claim that their voters were apa
thetic and that no attempt was
made to poll a full vote. Bat
why should the Democrats in those
states have made a greater effort
to get out a larger vote than the
Bepublican3 ? They -had no ex
pectation of electing their ticket.
It would have been natural for
them, under the circumstances, to
have shown greater apathy than
the Bepnblicans. It may be that
the war isn’t going to help the
Bepnblican party as much as some
of the Bepnblican politicians have
predicted it would. The war, of
coarse, was fought under the di
rection of a Bepublican adminis
tration, bat the elections in Maine
and.Vermont don’t show that the
Bepublican party is any more pop
ular on that account. Bat, before
a final settlement is reached, the
Bepnblican party may find that it
has been hurt by the war, notwith
standing the' fact that the war was
one of the most successful ever
known. ~ .
Ask Anybody About
THE park' hotel;
ZN£-^C02ST, Gh^__
BATES $2.00 _A. IDAY.
The Best Hotel
in the “South.”
Sample-
Free Bus, Baths and
Rooms.
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EOLIVEE H.
COTTON FACTOR:
DEALER IM
GROCERIES and PLANTERS' SUPPLIES, MULES and HORSES
JPOPLAB ST., MACON, GA.
To the Farmers of Houston and Adjoining' Counties:
t 1 take pleasure in announcing to you that I have moved into my
New Warehouse, opposite my old stand, on Poplar street, where I am
better prepared to handle your- cotton than heretofore. My commis
sion is only 50 C5NTS ?2B 3ALZ, and the cheapest rate of insurance in the
city. I will be pleased to have yon call and see me, try me, and 1 will
guarantee yon satisfaction. Thanking yon for past patronage, and as
suring yon that I will appreciate yonr patronage in future, I am,
Yours respectfully, BOLIVAR H RAY.
Messrs. Wiley B. Stafford and J. W. Bushing will be with me
Ibis season, where they will be pleased to see their friends.
Old Book Store.
We have bought the School
Book Stock of Old Curiosity Shop,
and are carrying the largest and best
stock of
Second-Hand School Books
in Middle Georgia. We undersell
all our competitors. Full line of
School Supplies, Books and Station
ery of all kinds at lowest prices.
OLD BOOK STORE,
New York boasts a scientific '
thief. He operates with au elec
tric battery. He invites his in
tended victim to see how much
electricity he can stand, and promi
ses to regulate the current accord
ing to the directions of the experi
menter. Once the victim has
grassed the electrodes, however, a
powerful current is turned on, and
the jay cannot tarn loose to defend
his property while the scientist is
going through his pockets and re
moving watch and money.
Two large boxen filled with bal
lots have been shipped from Har
risburg, Pa., over land to San Fran
cisco destined for Manila. The
ballots are to be voted in Novem
ber by the men of the Pennsylvan
ia regiments now on duty with
Otis. Election officers will accom
pany the ballots over and back.
Hereafter election junkets to for
eign lands may be included among
the “good things” at the disposal
of pany bosses.
572 Cherry Street, MACON, GA.
BRICK WAREHOUSE OPEN.
How’s This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Eeward 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,
aid believe him perfectly honora
ble in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out
any obligations made by their
firm.
West & Traax, Wholesale Drug
gists, T ledo 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.
HalTs Family PlUs are the best
Free Pills.
Send yonr address to H E Bnck-
len & Co., Chicago, and get a free
sample box of Dr. King’s New Life
Pills. A trial will convince yon of
their merits. These pills are easy
in action, and are particularly ef
fective in the core of constipation
and sick headache. For Malaria
and Liver troubles they have been
proved invaluable. They are guar
anteed to be perfectly free from ev
ery deleterious substance and to be
purely vegetable. They^ do not
weaken by their action, but by giv
ing tone to stomach and bowels
greatly invigorate the system. Beg-
alar size 25 cents per box. Sold by
Holtzclaw & Gilbert, Druggists.
Stockings were first used in the
eleventh century. Before that
cloth bandages were used on the
feet.
An Old Idem.
Every day strengthens the belief of emi
nent physicians that impure blood is the
cause of the majority of our
Twenty-five years ago this theory was used
as a basis for the formula of Browns* Iron
Bitters. The many remarkable cures
by this famous old. household remedy are
sufficient to prove that the theory Is correct.
Browns 1 Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
I take this method of announcing - to my many
friends and customers that my “Warehouse will
he 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
he handled and insured thirty days for 50 cents
per bale. Liberal terms made for storage after
the first thirty days. 1 want your business.
Respectfully.
W, D, DAY, -
- PERRY, GA.
COTTON -
W. A. HAWS & CO.
W. A. DAVIS.
W. F. HOLMES.
BEN. T. BAY.
We handle cottou for 50 cents per bale. Liberal
advances on cotton in store at lowest rate of inter
est. Lowest insurance of any house in the city.
Our facilities for handling cottpn 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, CA.
F.S. HARDEMAN 4 CO.
COTTON FACTORS,
AMD. DEALERS 15
Groceries and Planters’ Supplies,
409, 413 and 415 Poplar St, MACON, CA.
Commission on Cotton 50e. per bale. Liberal advances
on cotton In store. Consignments solicited.
We also carry a full stock of Bagging and Ties,