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#1.50 A YEAR INADVAjXCE.
VOL. XXVII
PERKY. HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA,
DECEMBER 15, 1898.
NO. 50.
CALDER B. WILLINGHAM,
' COTTON FACTOR,
Macon. G-a,.
m
up me your Cotton 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.
MACON, GA
THE PAIR
MACON, GA.
ZE3. :F\ SMITH, Piop’r.,
HAS MOVED
from Mulberry street to Cherry slreet, opposite ^Empire
Store, and between the Mammoth Eurniture Store of
Payne & Willingham and McManus & Co.
Sign: Big II. S. Flag with “THE FAIR” on bottom.
Between Second Street and Cotton Avenue.
The most complete line of
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS
IN THE SOUTH. AN IMMENSE VARIETY STORE.
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GENTLEMEN
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WE ARE READY
To supply your Wearing Apparel Needs. The require
ments of every careful and economical dresser can be met
Wjhh perfect satisfaction in our selection of
Clothing:, Furnishings and Hats.
There’s nothing lacking to make the line complete. Ev
erything is brand new, of postive value, marked in plain
figures. We’d be glad to have you come in. whether you
wish to buy or not.
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Mail Orders.
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THE DIXIE SHOE AND CLOTHING
FALL AND WINTER
ATTRACTIONS
OUR
SHOES
are the best that
can be had for
the money. Re
member that ev
ery SHOE that
leaves our bouse
is guaranteed to
give satisfaction,
or money refnnd-
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 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 you wait.
TO MOTHER:
In Response to “My Laddie and I.”
, Written for The Hoke Joctbsal.
Why should the tears unbidden start
When I read the words ol your pen,
In which is the story of your laddie boy,
And the times and things that have been?
It is because I would love to again,
Live over those days of joy;
To be to-night just what I was then,
Yonr “dear little laddie “boy.”
Your “dear laddie boy with whistle and
song,”
Free from the cares ot a man,
Once more to nestle in your lap after
play,
As only yonr ‘ laddie boy” can.
Once more to ‘look up a3 you look down,
Just as in days long gone;”
To see that brow so noble and fair,
And to hear yonr lullaby song.
Yes,some day the boy’ll come back to yon
And give you a kiss of joy.
It will matter but little if others don’t see
“He’s the same lad of a boy.”
Let time roll ob, the years coma and go,
And continue others to sever,
But yon and I will the same, I know,
Be Mother and Laddie forever.
Also to me the time must come
When 1 face the sun-set’s glow,
An then in the beautiful Heaven beyond
I will see a face that I know.
■Sam. S. TouhsiiEV.
Lexington, Ky., Nov. 25,1898.
One of Mosby’s Feats.
At a reunion of “Mosby’s men,”
held recently at Manassas, Va.,
a farmer told about the capture of
Gen. Stoughton at Fairfax Conrt
House. With twelve men Mosby
advanced on a rainy night, eaptur
ed the first line of pickets, and car
ried them along to the scecond,
making them and the third line
his prisoners. He had more pris
oners than his twelve men could
guard. Alone, Mosby proceeded
to the honsein which Gen. Stough
ton lay asleep. The guard at the
door was captured and disarmed
and obliged to guide the Confed
erate general to the room of Gen
Stoughton. The geaeral was im
patient when he was nudged and
called. With some bad language
he ordered his disturber to leave
him and not disturb him again
Did yon ever hear of Mosby?”
he asked Gen. Stoughton. This
had a startling effect upon Gen.
Stoughton. “Have yon caught the
damned rascal?” he asked, turning
over in bed. “No,” said Mosby,
“and you are my prisoner.” And
with that Gen. Stoughton was re
quested to rise and dress himeelf.
He was scarcely convinced yet that
he bad been captured, and could
not believe that his personal guard
was overcome like the others; but
a pistol presented at his head con
vinced him that argument was not
what was needed then, that he had
better dress and travel with the
“guerilla,” and trust to luck to get
away. With his twelve men Mos
by brought away all the pickets,
and turned the general and the
others over to the Confederate au
thorities at Gordonsville.
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,,
muratt. wBMmmTm,
Oor. Cherry & Third Sts., - MACOX OA.
I RIAL ORDER
Catarrh Cannot be Cared.
with local applications as they
cannot reach the seat of the dis
ease. Catarrh is a blood or con
stitutional disease, and in order to
cure it you must take internal
remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Care is
taken internally, and acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a quack
medicine. It was prescribed by
one of the best physicians in this
country for years, and is a regnlar
prescription. It is composed of
one of the best tonics known, com
bined with the best blood purifiers,
acting directly on the mucous sur
faces. The perfect combination of
the two ingredients is what pro
daces such wonderful results in
caring Catarrh. Send for testimo
nials, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Tole
do, O.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills, are the best-.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best
Little River district, in this coun
ty, is an ideal community. There
is not a pensioner in the district,
and the county has never been call
ed upon to aid any one in the dis
trict. Only two or three colored
people live there, and such a thing
as a justice court is seldom held.
The people raise wheat, corn, hay,
oats, cattle and hogs—and vote as
they please.—Alpharetta Free
Press.
Many a household is saddened
by death because of the fail are to
keep on hand a safe and absolntely
certain care for cronp such as One
Minute Cough Cure. See that your
little ones are protected against
emergency. Cooper’s Drngstoae.
The Irony of Genius.
Atlanta Constitution.
The discussion of the negro ques
tion at the north by those who
know uothing about it reminds ns
of a very remarkable phenomenon
in regatd to Mrs. Stowe’s book,
“Uncle Tom’s Cabio.” When that
remarkable book was published it
was hailed everywhere, north and
sontb, as an unanswerable attack
on southern slavery. The fact that
the author intended it as such was
accepted everywhere, by every
body as a guarantee that the inten
tion waB carried out. The vast
multitude that read the book were
sure of it, and the many who re
fused to read it were sarer still.
Nobody stopped to analyze it; no
body took time to disavow the mor
al of the book. Surely it is not
strainiog terms to refer to this fact
as-a most remarkable phenomenon,
not to be explained nor nnderstood.
But aboat twenty years ago a
southern author, who had himself
written a book in which an old
slave figured as the main charac
ter, referred in the preface to the
fact that, in essentials, “Uncle
Tom’s Cabin” is a defense of slav
ery as it existed in the south. He
made no effort to show why the
book had been misunderstood, but
made the plain bare statement and
went on about his business.
It is remarkable that this state
ment was not challenged by any
critic at the north. A Boston
newspaper referred to it with an
expression of surprise, bat that
was all. Now, the question arises,
what will be the feelings of a read
er, two hundred years from now,
who picks up “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’’
should the book survive so long, as
we trast it will? In the first place
he will have no prepossessions one
way or the other; he will approach
the book with a mind open, nn
tainted and nstained by any prej
udices against the south or against
the north. If he analyzes the book
as he reads, what will he find as
the most prominent facts in the
book, facts that stand out from the
rest, and constitute the moral and
purpose of the story? He will
find three—first, Uncle Tom him
self, intelligent, refined, loyal and
imbued with a tenderness most
tonchiag. Well, he was a product
of southern slavery; second, there
is little Eva, who reaches the point
of perfection in all its details. She
is simply angelic. Yet Bhe was the
product of southern slavery—that
awful institution which even Mrs.
Stowe believed, with her creations
before her eyes, had nothing but
evil in its greedy maw. Third and
last, there was Legree, an unfor-
getable wretch, cruel, bloodthirsty,
heavy-handed, glowing with mean
ness from head to foot. Well, De
gree was a free-soil product, a Ver
monter.
Now, what will the impartial
reader of the future think of these,
the real lessons of the book? Will
he not conclude that both sides to
the great conflict had substantial
facts to go upon? Will he not say
that slavery, as administered by the
southern people, was the mildest
form of human servitude the world
ever saw; that it was not an unmix
ed evil; that an institution which
coaid develop and elevate the na
ture and characters of those whom
it held in bondage, has mnch, very
rnnch, to. say for itself when im
partial history calls it to account?
However, we have no idea of dis
turbing the nerves of aDy one. We
merely call attention to a very ex
traordinary feature of “Uncle
Tom’s Cabin” which was lost sight
of in the days when people shut
their eyes and shook their fists at
one another. Mrs. Stowe was firm
ly of the belief that the book was
an inspiration, and the features to
which we have called attention
certainly go far to sustain her be
lief. It would be interesting to
know whether she herself ever dis-
covered how far she was carried in
making all that is agreeable, touch
ing, tender, jnst and loyal in her
book, the product of slavery.
The unconscious irony of genins
is at its high-water mark here. ,
To settle the Stomach and over
come the Nausea of prospective
mothers, take Simmmons Squaw
Vine Wine or Tablets.
A Creditor Nation.
Savannah News.
Some time ago we called atten
tion to a statement that the United
States had become a creditor na
tion. The statement did not at
tract much attention at the time it
was first made, because it was re
garded as being only a guess. Mr.
Frederick Tappao, president of the
Gallatin Bauk of New York, has
taken the trouble, however, to find
out how mnch foundation it has.
The impression vas that European
banks and bankers owed us about
$50,000,000, but Mr. Tappan’s in
quiries convinced him that the
amount is mnch larger. From firms
in New York which deal in foreign
exchange, he learned of $45,000,-
000 loaned in Earope, and he has
good reasons for saying that oar
banks and gnaranty companies
have fnlly $25,000,000 more loan
ed there. It is safe to say there
fore, that as mnch as $70,000,000 of
American money is loaned in Eng
land and on the continent.
This is a surprising condition of
affairs. It emphasizes in a most
marked manner the high place
the United States hold among the
nations of the world. It has not
been so very long since the United
States were largely in debt to Ea
rope. Consequently, Earope could
have disturbed our finances great
ly by simply calling in her loans
to ns. She cannot do that now.
Bat we are in a position to greatly
dsitnrb the financial affairs of Ea
rope. If we were to suddenly call
for what Earope owes us, there
would be trouble on that side of
the ocean.
And how is it that we have be
come a creditor nation? The ex
planation is apparent. We are
sending an immense quantity of ag
ricnltnral products to Europe, and
we are buying very little from Eu
ropean countries, in comparison
with what we once bought, taking
into consideration onr increase of
wealth and population. And we
are sending abroad an immense
quantity of manufactured products
many of which we did not produce
at all a decade ago, or if wa pro
duced them the production was so
small that we did not come near
supplying the home market. And
the volume of our exports will in
crease all the time, while our im
ports will steadily decrease. The
consequence will be that before
many years Europe’s debt to us
will be very mueh greater than our
debt to Europe lias ever been
Earope will then be in oar grip.
Indeed, there are those who con
tend that she is in our grip now.—
The day is certainly coming when
we shall cease to send raw cotton
to her, aDd we will have ships of
onr own to carry our commerce.
When we take these two sources of
profit from her, she will hardly be
able to prevent us from bolding
her in financial bondage.
Free Pills’
Send your address to H E Back
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 cure of constipation
and sick headache. For Malaria
and Liver troubles they have been
proved invaluable. They are gnar-
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. Reg
ular size 25 cents per box. Sold by
Holtzclaw & Gilbert, Druggists.
In the Chicago directory the
name of George Washington ap
pears ten times, John Adams twen
ty-five times, Thomas Jefferson
only once, James Monroe Beven,
John Qaincy Adams eight, and An
drew J ackson fifteen times. There
are eighty-three persons named
Dewey, and not" a person in Chica
go named Shafter.
When yon ask for De Witt’s
Witch Hazel Salve don’t accept a
counterfeit or imitation. There
are more cases of Piles being cur
ed by this, than all others combin
ed. Cooper’s Drugstore.
Shoe Coi
36S 2nd Street, MACON, GA.
For Men:
Don’t Neglect Yonr Llrtr.
Liver troubles quickly result in serious
complications, and the man who neglects bis
liver has little regard for health. A bottle
of Browns’ Iron Bitters taken nowjmd then
will keep the liver in perfect order. If the
disease has developed, Browns’ Iron Bitters
will cure it permanently. Strength and
vitality will always follow its hse.
Browns’Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
All the latest styles in Black or Tan Yici, Willow Calf, Box
Calf, Enamel, Patent Calf, and Cordovan; either canvas or
calf lined. We have the most complete line for $3 50 ever
shown south.
For Ladies:
Oar stock is complete. All of the very latest toes snd tips.
Either welt or tamed, in both lace and button. We have
bad very recent arrivals that are unusually attractive.
Evdrything for the Boys, Misses and Children. Prices as
low as lowest, quality considered.
STTJAET T?s7"-^.TSOISr,
Bidder for your trade by offering lowest prices.
For Farm,
Garden, Black
smith and Carpenters
Tools, Wagon Mate
rial, Locks, Oinges,
and the best assort
ment for farmers in
Macon, at lowest prices, call on
M> fe B .
308 Third. Street. MACON, GA.
JOSEPHSON’S ENTERPRISE,
553 Cherry St., : : : MACON, GA.
Great Special Slaughter Sale,
Of FINE SILKS, FINE WOOL DRESS GOODS, LADIES’
CAPES, JACKETS AND READY-MADE SEPARATE SKIRTS.
We bought too many goods, and have decided to make a great cnt-
price sale throughout our mammoth establishment, prices jnst a little
above half.
5.000 Capes and Jackets ranging in price from 49 cents to $19.98.
$25,000 worth of Silks and Wool Dress Goods to be slaughtered
at prices never before heard of in Georgia.
2.000 separate Wool Skirts from 75 cents to $11.98.
Blankets, Comforts, Clothing and everything else goes at a great
sacrifice. If yon value your dollar attend this great sale.
FIRE SALE OF FINE SHOES.
Recently there was a fire m the rear end of the Roches
ter Shoe Go’s. Store, which caused a great deal of smoke,
and some water was thrown on the goods. The Owners
and Insurance Companies could not agree, so we bought
the stock of $21,500 for $8,500, or about 40 cents on the
dollar. We are closing them out at 50 cents on the dollar.
So come and get the greatest bargains in footwear that yon
ever saw. This stock consisted entirely of the finest makes
of shoes.
E. B. HARRIS & COMPANY.
THE “SHOE BROKERS,”
Corner Cherry ahd Third Sts., - - Macon, Ga.
Ask Anybody About
THE PARK HOTEL,
3^C^-C03^r, OKA..
IR-A-TIES $2.00 .A. ID-A/ST.
The Best Hotel -
ip the “South.”-
Free Bus, Baths and Sample-
Rooms.
33. L.
IFIESOlPXeXETOXB. ■
F. S. HARDEMAN A 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 cany a fnll stock of Bagging andgTies.