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■VOIIK H. HODGES, Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROCRESS AND CULTURE.
$1.50 A YEAR IN AD VAIS CE.
PERKY. HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, ] 898.
VOL.’XXVIl
NO. 43.
CALDER B. WILLINGHAM,
Cotton Factor,
“THE TENTED FIELD,”
or,
‘‘Reminiscences of tlie Late War”
From 1861 to 1865.
■Written by an ex-Confederate Soldier.
Ik/£a,corL- G-a,-
§|hip me your Cotton and get the best
returns. 1 give my business close per
sonal attention, apd 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.
MAYl
COTTON FACTORS,
AND DEALERS IN X
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. 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.
JL 1\ CALLAWAY,
Bank, Office and Store Fixtures,
MACON, GEORGIA.
Safes, Elevators, Desks, Typewriters, Show Cases, Comptometers, Scales. Etc.
THE KEY TO WEALTH
Is right buying at the right place. We do
not hesitate in the* least to point out Ofll*
Place as The Right Place from which to
secure your Fall Outfit. We have positively
made strongest efforts for this season to show
Fall Hats, Fall Neckwear and Underwear
which do truly represent the very latest,
unique and attractive novelties.
We positively guarantee our prices to be just
and correct. We also guarantee absolute
satisfaction to every customei. Your patron
age respectfully solicited,
Prompt Attention given to Mail Orders.
THE DIXIE SHOE AND CLOTHING GO’S
FALL in WINTER
OUR
SHOES
are the best that
can be had for
the money. Re
member that ev
ery SHOE that
leaves oar house
is guaranteed to
give satisfaction,
or money refund
ed.
Will interest' prudent and
economical buyers.
0ur $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
partment. Eve
rything new,styl
ish and cheap—
in fact not more
than half that
others charge.
Hats trimmed to or
der while yon 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.,
CHAPTER XXIX.
In the midst of the battle, Beau
regard resorted to an expedient,
which was qnite a ruse upon Bat-
ler, and doubtless had a good ef
fect. He started a courier along
the road upon which he knew But
ler’s head-quarters were located,
and he also knew the conrier would
be captured, and the courier knew
it too, but he mast obey orders,
with an order to Gen. Whiting, at
Petersburg, to advance promptly
with 40,000 men and attack But
ler’s rear. Of course the order
fell into Butler’s hands because
the courier was captured. Of
course Whiting had no men at Pe
tersburg. He was in command at
Wilmington, N. C., bat was sick
and had gone up to Petersburg to
recuperate his health. Oar bri
gade camped at night where But
ler’s head-quarters were in the
morning. Butler’s aggregate loss
es,' in killed, wounded, and captur
ed, were 5,000 meD, equal to one
sixth of his entire army; besides
nearly all of his artillery—30,000
stand of small arms, and nearly all
of his wagon trains and commissa
ry stores. Had we been a little
stronger, nnmerically, we would
have cut him completely off from
the river and captured the entire
ontiit. Oar losses were not offi
cially reported, that I am aware
of, but they were comparrtively
small. Oar company had only one
killed and two wounded, and a
similar proportion, perhaps, would
hold good throughout Beauregard’s
forces. Iu this, as in the battle at
Olnstee, Fla., we^had uo men cap
tured.
O, how I have ofien wished that
John J. Ingalls, who used to have
so much to say in the U. S. Sen
ate about the “rebel yell,” coaid
have been on the high hill that
morning with Jeff Davis, Bragg
and the Secretary of War and seen
what they saw, and heard Colquitt’s
brigade sing it in dhuble chorus to
the boy9 in blue as they harried
down the James to Bermuda Hun
dreds and across the river under
cover of the heavy metal of their
river gun boat.
On the morning after the battle,
Beauregard bad Colquitt to form
his brigade into a hollow square,
and riding into it and bowiug po
litely to every side of it, proceeded
to address the boys in the most
complimentary manner, assuring
them that to their valor and in
vincibility in the previous day’s
engagement in turning Butler’s
right and leading the troops around
in his rear, aftef two other brig-
ages had failed, was dne the great
achievement won—that had they
failed when the balance was totter
ing and quivering against ns, Pe
tersburg would have fallen, and
the fall of Richmond would have
soon followed, bat for the time be
ing they were both safe.
We then moved in pursuit of
Butler, who, as already stated, had
been driven across the river at
Bermuda Hundreds the previous
day.. He formed a junction with
Grant, taking position on his ex
treme left, We crossed the river
on a pontoon just below Richmond
and proceeded to Cold Harbor,
reaching there late in the evening.
Butler’s forces were a little to our
right. About this time Lae was
.being sorely pressed to measure
arms with the web Grant was weav
ing around Richmond. Fitzhugh
Lee’s cavalry had, therefore, been
temporarily dismounted and con
verted into infantry; these we re
lieved that they might again do
cavalry service where such service
was so much needed. Here we had
a temporary rest mingled more or
less with anxiety, for Grant was
crowding Lee at every point and
slowly swinging his mighty hosts
aronnd him and we knew not at
what moment there would be a ter
rible clash of arms. Thus things
went on till the first day of J one,
when sure enough the clash came,
and the two armies again struggled
over the same gronnd they had
strnggled over two years previous.
(To be continued.)
Brown’s Farming Formula.
In his speech at the recent wheat
growers convention at Macon, Hon.
J. Pope^Brown, of Pulaski county,
expressed the following opinion as
to how a Georgia farmer’s crops
should be divided:
“I have no desire to dictate, bat
I firmly believe that if I could en
force the planting of crops in the
South on the following plan for
five year’s time the farmers of this
section would be independent. I
would cultivate fifty ..acres to the
mule. This I world divide as fol
lows: Seventeen acres in corn, with
old Red Ripper peas in the drill,
and ground peas in the middle of
the rows, seventeen acres in wheat,
rye and oats, three acres in ground
peas solid, one acre in cane, one
acre in melons and track, one acre
in potatoes and ten acres in cotton.
After the oats and other grain that
land could be planted in corn and
peas, used as a pasture or to make
hay as desired.”
A Great Want.
The great want of this age is
men. Men who are not for sale
who are honest, sound from center
to circumference, true to the heart
core; men who will condemn wrong
in themselves as well as in others
men whose consciences are
steady as the needle to the pole
men who will stand for the right
if the heavens totter and the earth
reels; men who can look the devil
right in the eye; men who neither
brag nor ran; men that neither
swagger nor flinch; men who cbd
have courage without shouting to
bring it; men in whom the ever
lasting current of life rubs still
and deep and strong; men who
know their duty and do it; men
who know their places and fill
them; men who will not lie; men
who are not too lazy to work nor
too proud to be poor; men who are
willing to eat what they have earn
ed and to wear what they have paid
for.—Exchange.
Switzerland has a business-like
compulsory education law. If a
child does not attend school on a
particular day the parent gets a no
tice from the public authority that
he is fined so many francs ;the sec
ond day the fine is increased, and
by the third day the amount be
comes a serious one. In case of
sickness the pupil is excused, but
if there be any suspicion of sham
ming a doctor is sent. If the suspi
cion is found to be well founded the
parent is required to pay the cost
of the doctor’s visit.
Cor. Cherry & Third Sts..
MACON, GA.
Subscribe for the Home Journal.
The Sure LaG-rippe Cure.
There is no use suffering from
this dreadful malady if you will
only get the right remedy. You
are having pain all through your
body, your liver is out of order,
have no appetite, no life or ambi
tion, have a bad cold, in fact are
completely used up. Electric Bit
ters are the only remedy that will
give you prompt and sure relief.
They act directly on your Liver,
Stomach and Kidneys, tone np the
whole system and make you feel
like a new being. They are guar
anteed to cure or price refunded.
For sale at the drugstore of Holtz
claw & Gilbert. Only 50 cents per
bottle.
Fifty-five war vessels are now in
course of construction for this gov
ernment, and eight war craft have
already been added to the navy as
a consequence of the war with
Spain, not including the Marie Te
resa. Thus we have in sight an
addition of sixtv-four vessels to
the navy, which will approximate
ly doable its size within the next
few years.
DeWitt’s Witch hazel Salve has
the largest sale of any Salve in the
world. This fact and its merit
has led dishonest people to at
tempt to countefeit it. Look out
for the man .who attempts to de
ceive you when you call for De-
Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve, the
great pile cure. Coopers Drugstore
“Fightin’s hot business,” said
Willie as he read about the regi
ments. “First thing, they got
peppered at by the enemy, an then
they get mustard out by their own
government.”—Harper’s Bazar.
By This Sign Shall we Conquer.
Macon Telegraph.
Some of the facts of iutrest de
veloped at the wheat convention
are worthy of consecntive state
ment here. They may be summed
up as follows:
First, it was developed that wheat
growing is no experiment in mid
dle, and portions, at least, of south
ern Georgia. More of it has been
grown this year than is generally
supposed in Bibb, Monroe, Hous
ton, Dooly, Washington and other
counties, and the crop has been
uniformly good.
Second, there are now in exist
ence a number of flour mills in the
territory named. One in Honston
has ground 3,000 bnsbels this sea
son.
Third, it is a mistaken notion
that wheat will not grow on the
gray lands to the south of Macon.
Where the little red wheat has
been planted on soil of this char
acter it has brought good results.
Fourth, it seemed to be the gen
eral conviction that seed from the
little red variety would reproduce
itself on Georgia soil from year to
year without deterioration. This
has been found to be the case in
Honston and Bibb counties, al
though many thought that it was
best to buy seed from a more north
ern latitude.
Fifth, there is no experimental
stage to be passed in wheat grow
ing. The farmers have bui to learn
how to select the best seed, and
how to cultivate it.
Now, why should not all the far
mers of Georgia plant a little wheat
this year? It is not too late. Not
too much, bnt enongb, at least, for
home consumption, and a little to
sell to the neighbors in the nearest
town or city.
The Telegraph would not hint
the suggestion that the planters iu
our state should embark largely in
wheat growing. By no means.
The Telegraph desires to see them
plant for home consumption. Add
wheat to a long list oE diversified
crops. As we said yesterday, a lit
tle in wheat, a little in oats, a lit
tle in corn, a little in potatoes, a
little in peas, a little in cotton, a
little in vegetables, truck and mel
ons, a little in frnit, a little in milk
and butter and cheese, a little in
poultry, a little in stock raising, a
little in this and that and the other
that can be raised on the farm
make a grand diversified aggregate
which no storm, no pestilence, no
financial panic—nor all of these
things combined—can entirely
sweep away.
By this sign shall the Georgia
farmers conquer.
Josephson’s Enterprise.
We want everybody in Houston County
to visit Macon’s most popular and most
mammoth
DRY GOODS STORE.
We are the acknowledged leaders of new
styles, and we guarantee to give you bigger
bargains than any house in the Central
City. Our low prices for Silks, Black and
Colored Wool Dress Goods, Cloaks, etc.,
keeps the store always busy.
JOSEPHSON’S ENTERPRISE,
553 CHERRY STREET
MACON. GA.
Ask Anybody About
THE PARK HOTEL,
MiiCOlT, GKA..
RATES $2.00 .A. JD_ATZr_
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by iocal applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portion of
the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness, and that is by con
stitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of
the mucous lining of the Eustach
ian Tube. When this tube is in
flamed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it
is entirely closed deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re
stored to its normal condition,hear,
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases oat of ten are caused by ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an in
flamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dol
lars for any case of Deafness
(caused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Hall’s Catarrh Care.
Send for circulars; free.
F. J Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
8@“Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best
An old colered woman, suppos
ed to have been drowned at But
ler’s Island, was found by some
raft hands in a tree up the river
about fifteenmiles from Darien on
Tuesday of last week. She came
very near being shot for a bear.—
Darien Gazette.
The Best Hotel
in the “South.”
Free Bus, Baths and Sample-
Rooms.
IB. L.
FHOFBIETOE.
BRICK WAREH0USE0PEN.
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
be 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 - FACTORS.
W. A. DAVIS & CO.
W. A. DAVIS.
W. F. HOLMES.
BEN. T. RAY.
We handle cotton 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 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 DEALERS IN
Groceries and Planters’ Supplies,
409, 413 and 415 Poplar St., MACON, GA.
Commission on Cotton 50c. per bale. Liberal advances
on cotton in store. Consignments solicited.
We also carry a full stock of Bagging and Ties.
Old fashions in dress may be re
vived, bnt no old-fashioned medi
cine can replace Chamberlain’s
Colic Cholra and Diarrhoea Reme-
For sale by Holtzclaw & Gil
bert Perry, and L. W. Stewart
Myrtle Ga.
When yon call for DeWitt’s
Witch Hazel Salve the great pile
cure, don’t accept any tning else.
Don’t be talked into accepting a
substitute, for piles, for sores for
barns. Coopers Drugstore.
An Uncertain Disease*
There is no disease more uncertain in its
nature than dyspepsia. Physicians say that
the symptoms of no two cases agree. It is
therefore most difficult to make a correct
diagnosis. No matter how severe, or under
what disguise dyspepsia attacks you. Browns’
Iron Bitters will cure it Invaluable in all
diseases of the stomach, blood and nerves.
Browns’Iron Bitter? is sold by all dealers.
BOLIVEH H. RAY,
COTTON FACTOR:
DEALER IN
GROCERIES and PLANTERS’ SUPPLIES, MULES and HORSES,
POPLAR SI'., MACON, GA.
To the Farmers of Houston and Adjoining Counties:
1 take pleasnre 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 CENTS PEB BALE, and the cheapest rate of insurance in the
city. I will be pleased to have you call and see me, try me, and 1 will
guarantee yon satisfaction. Thanking you for past patronage, and as
suring yon that I will appreciate yoor patronage in future, I am
Yours respectfully, BOLIVAR H. RAY,