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DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE.
$1.60 A YEAR IN AD VAIN CE.
VOL. XXV11
PERKY. HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1898.
NO. 51.
CALDER B. WILLINGHAM,
COTTON FACTOR,
ZLAEglcozcl- <3-sl.
§§hip 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, «A. TOE FAM MACON, OA.
23- IF- ZEProp’r.
HAS MOVED
from Mulberry street to Cherry street, opposite ^Empire
Store, and between the Mammoth Eurniture Store of
Payne & Willingham and McManus & Co.
Sign: Big U. S. Flag with “THE FAIR” on bottom.
Between Second Street and Cotton Avenue.
The most complete line of
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS
an V NOTIONS
IN THE SOUTH. AN IMMENSE VARIETY STORE.
True
Merit
Counts.
That’s why we are so
anxious to have yon see
our $10.00, $12.00 and
$15.00 Suits.
' Anybody can buy Clothing, but if you want
the right kind,. properly tailored, perfectly
fitting garments, that is quite another thing.
The art of making such garments is only ac
quired by long experience and the employ
ment of high-priced artists.
Prompt Attention to Mail Orders.
S/5 CHEKF1' 5r. riA CO*. C_A
THE DIXIE SHOE AND CLOTHIHG GO’S
FALL AND WINTER
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.
Will interest prudent and
economical buyers.
Gar $5.00 & $5.00 Suits
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 house in Georgia that
will attempt to match out prices.
THE DIXIE SHOE AND CLOTHING CO.,
Jor. Cherry & Third Sts., - MACObF, GA.
GIVE US A 7 RIAL ORDER
THE TENTED FIELD,”
or,
Reminiscences of the Late War”
From 1861 to 1865.
ViM^Wrictea by an ex-confederate Soldier.
CHAPrBE XXXVI.
The battle oE Weldon Rail Road
resalted in nothing definite; each
side sustained somi loss in killed,
wounded and prisoners. The fed
erate withdrew, and transferred
their operations to another point.
They next assaulted our line of da
fense at Deep Point, where again
we met them in another bloody
conflict. In this encounter our
company lost three men killed
dead on the field, with others slight
ly wounded. Failing at this point,
they next assailed Fort Harrison
with great fury. Here we again met
them in a close hand to hand con
flict of several hours duration.—
Here our gallant, elated sergeant,
who, only a few days before, had
captured Geu. Hayes at Weldon
Railroad, had the misfortune to
have a federal shell explode be
tween his feet, which so shattered
the ankle oE his right leg that am-
amputation below the knee was
necessary, after which, ha was sent
to Jackson’s hospital, at Richmond,
where some oue, more dishonest
than patriotic, stole from him the
side-arms which he had captured
from Gen. Hayes, at Weldon Rail
Road, which he prized so highly
aad was so proud of. He never af
terward heard of them. Shortly
after this, Grant’s detached force?
withdrew, and retired to his main
reserve lines, and we were again re
mained to siege duty, where we re
mained till December; only shift
ing position occasionally on the
besieged line. Meauwhile the fed
erate had beeD exerting every pos
sible effort against Fort Fisher,
which commanded the entrance to
Cape Fear Inlet, at Wilmington,
N. C. Daring the summer, a pow
erful laud and naval force, under
command of Com. Farragut, and
Gen. Terry, respectively, had ex
hausted itself in a vain attempt to
reduce and demolish this eoufed
erate naval stronghold—even the
explosion of the Butler torpedo
boat, charged with two hundred
and fifty tons of powder, had been
ineffectual against it.
Early in December, another
force, much more powerful, in
command of Admiral Porter and
Gen. Terry, respectively, was sent
against it. This being the only
port left through which the Con
federacy could hold any communi
cation at all with the outside world,
and this only through running the
gauntlet of the blockade, great anx
iety was felt as to the fate of Fort
Fisher. If this hitherto irresista
ble stronghold should fall, the Con
federacy would be completely iso
lated from the balance of the
world. So on the night of the 24th
oE December, under orders from
the War Department, oar entire di
vision left the besieged lines in
front of Petersburg, and repaired
to the assistance of Fort Fisher.
We reached Wilmington the next
day, and took position at Sugar
Loaf, near the entrance to Gape
Fear Inlet. Why this place was
ever called Sugar Loaf, I have not
even a remote imagination. Cer
tainly not because it had any re
semblance to sugar, for, with oue
single exception, (Morris Island,
S.G.,) itwas tbe most disagreea
ble place we had ever met. The
water was brackish, and the coast
winds, which blew continuously,
and whiffling in every direction,
driving the sand in as many direc
tions, was cold and at times almost
tempestuous.
For fire wood, we had green
black-gum, green swamp pine, and
cypress; without tents, and scanti
ly clothed and shod, the situation
was anything but pleasant. Pret
ty soon, unsolicited, the federal
squadron began to introduce itself
to ub and to obtrude its acquaint
ance upon us by throwing a few
straggling shells into, and around
our encampment, and by one of
these stragglers, oar beloved Colo
nel, John T. Lofton, was killed.
No greater sacrifice, upon the al
tar of liberty, daring the progress
of the war, was made, than that of
the life of Gol. John T. Lofton. He
wasone of Georgia’s brightest stars
Born and reared in Elbert county,
read law, and was admitted to the
j bar, nuder the tutelage and pat
• ronage of the late lamented Alex
| ander H. Stephens, and was pro-
j nounced by that great Commoner,
| an intellectual giant. Established
i himself in the practice of law, at
! Lexington, Oglethorpe connty, Ga.,
j where he soon took high rank in
his profession. Upon the out
break of hostilities, between the
states, he raised a company in that
county, and was mustered into ser
vice in the Sixth Georgia Regiment
He was married in February, be
fore he was killed in December fol
lowing, to Miss Mattie Johnson, a
wealthy lady, and noted belle, of
Oglethorpe county. From this un
ion descended one son, who is now
a noted lawyer, (if living) in oue
of the far western states.
Here the curtain of time dropp
ed upon the closing scenes of 1864.
To be Continued.
Drinking; Men Unpopular.
The Home Paper.
The man who does not take his
“home paper,” provided ha was
reared in the country, does not
know what real’enjoyment he miss
es. The news I get out of one is
sue is worth more than the yearly
subscription. I devour every line
of the local gossip and neighbor
hood correspondence, and when I
Uy the paper aside I praise the
conntry editor for giving me this
privilege. Letters from home are
very welcome, but one doesn’t get
as much news in a hundred letters
as he does in one issue of the home
paper. And letters are so uncer
tain, you sometimes have to wait
six months for a reply to your last
one. But if you are a subscriber
to the country paper, it comes, to
you regularly every week, rain or
shine. You may be a little in ar
rears, but the country editor sends
the paper along with the hope that
you will some day settle up mat
ters. The man who cannot visit
his old home every year or two-the
weekly perusal of his hom9 paper
is almost as good as a trip to boy
hood scenes.—John Kelly, in Chi
cago Herald.
The interview with Senator Clash-
man K. Davis, in which h-J says he
favors a triple alliance bJtww»u the
United States, Great Britain and
Japan, is important from the fact
that Senator Davis is chairman of
the senate committee on foreign
relations and enjoys, perhaps, a lar
ger share of the confidence of the
administration in matters relating
to foreign affairs than any other
member of the senate. Sqch an al
liance would be absolutely irresist
ible and would be one of the most
certain guarantees of the peaceful
settlement of the Eastern question
which could be given.—Macon Tel
egraph.
Millions Given Away.
It is certainly gratifying to the
public to know of one concern in
the land who are not afraid to be
generous to tbe needy and suffer
ing. The proprietori|of Dr. King’s
New Discovery for 'Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, have given
away over ten millions trial bot
tles of this great mediciue and
have the satisfaction of knowing
it has absolutely cured thousands
of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bron
chitis, Hoarseness and all disea
ses of the Throat, Chest and Lungs
are surely cured by it. Call on
Holtzclaw & Gilbert, Druggists
and get a trial bottle free, regular
size 50c. and SI. Every bottle
guaranteed, or price refunded.
“Clarison” is the name of a new
made to order” language construe
ted from French, Italian, Spanish,
and Portngese. It is said to be
less thin than Italian, less guttural
than Spanish, and omits the nasals
of the French and Portngese. The
author of “Clarison” claims that it
can be completely mastered in two
or three weeks.
When you ask for De Witt’s
Witch Hazel Salve don’t accept a
counterfeit or imitation. There
are more cases of Piles being car
ed by this, than all others combin
ed. Cooper’s Drugstore.
It is said that if the J -voice” of
an eiephant were as load in propor
tion as that of a nightingale his
! trumpeting could be beard aronnd
: the world.
Atlanta Constitution.
The national commissioner of la
bor has just completed a canvass
of the representative business
world to ascertain if }he bibulous
habit handicapped a man in sue
cess and the pursuit of employ
ment. The resalts show the rap
idly growing unpopularity of drink
ing men and give some reasons
therefor:
Over 7,000 establishments, which
employ nearly 2,000,000 man, re
plied. The answers have almost
the significance of a census, there
fore. Out of 6,976 employe! s 5,363
said that they ware accustomed to
consider whether a parson was in
the habit of drinking when they*
were asked to give any sort oE a
place. .The employers who did
not take this matter into considera
tion numbered 1,613. The indus
tries represented in this report
were agriculture, manufactures,
mining and quarrying, trade and
transportation. The largest per
centage of employers who inquired
about drinkiog was among those
engaged in trade and transporta
tion.
The means used to find out about
an applicant’s habit were usually
direct inquiry, reputation and per-
sjoal appearance. The reasons as
signed for taking a man’s habits
into consideration were to “guard
against accidents” “because of res
ponsibility of position” and “be
cause of unreliability of drinking
men.” Dishonesty, abuse of ani
mals, the employer’s disgust for
drinking men and the importance
oE example to other employees
ware also urged ia explanatioa of
Lae practice. In reply to the qaes
tion whether men were likely to
spend their money on drink imme
diately after drawing their pay,
3,897 establishments sent an affir
mative answer, 3,766 a negative
one and 362 said nothing.
In these days of electricity and
rash, a man needs every advantage
to successfully prosecute the busi
ness of making a livelihood, and he
wants to be freed from every fault
that will act as an incabas to his
prosperity. Viewed from this
standpoint, it wonld require no
lengthy editorial to demonstrate
tbe significance of the results of
Commissioner Wright’s canvass.
It is simply a question of the
survival of the fittest, and in a mat
ter like this, every man is on an
equal plane with his fellow.
Strong Shoe Co.,
36S 2nd Street, MACON, GA.
For Men:
Catarrli Cauuot be Cured.
with local applications as they
cannot reach the Beat of the dis
ease. Catarrh is a blood or con
stitutional disease, and in order to
care 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 mneoas sur
faces. The perfect combination of
the two ingredients is what pro
daces such wonderful results in
caring Catarrh. Send for testimo
niate, 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 ar^ the best
A Washington statistician has
figured out that the cost of our
“empire” during the next three
years, if present and impending
schemes for the several islands
were carried out, would not be less
than $799,000,000. These figures
include the cost price of the Phil-
ipines, the Cuban railroad suggest
ed by Secretary Alger, the Hawai
ian Philippine cable and other sug
gested “military necessities.”
The sooner a cough or cold is
cared without harm to the sufferer
the better. Lingering colds are
dangerous. Hacking cough is dis
tressing. One Minnie Oongh Core
quickly cures it. Why suffer when
snch a.cough care is within reach?
It is pleasant to the. taste Coop
er’s Drugstore.
To settle the Stomach and over- j
come the Nausea of prospective!
mothers, take Simmmons Squaw
Vine Wine or Tablets.
An Uncertain Dilute.
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 disguisedyspepsia attacks you. Browns’
Iron Bitters will cure it. Invaluable in all
diseases of the stomach, blood and nerves.
Browns’Iron Bitters is sold byall dealers.
All the latest styles in Black or Tan Vici, Willow Calf, Box
Calf, Enamel, Patent Calf, and Cordovan; either canvas or
call lined. We have the most complete line for $3 50 ever
shown sonth.
For Ladies:
Oar stock is complete. All of the very latest toes snd tips.
Either welt or turned, in both lace and button. We have
bad very recent arrivals that are nnnsaally attractive.
Evory thing for the Boys, Misses and Children.
low as lowest, quality considered.
Prices as
STTT^-ZEST WATSON,
Bidder for your trade by offering lowest prices.
For Farm,
Garden, Black
smith and Carpenters
Tools, TV agon Mate
rial, Locks, Hinges,
and the best assort
ment for farmers in
Macon, at lowest prices, call on
308 Third Street, - MACON, G-A.
JOSEPHS ENTERPRISE,
553 Cherry St., : : : MACON, GA.
Great Special Slaughter Sale,
N)@>Vf !®I® &m.
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 ent-
price sale throughout our mammoth establishment, prices just 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.
Blankete, Comforts, Clothing and everything else goes at a greet
sacrifice. If you value your dollar attend this great sale.
FIRE SALE OF FINE SHOES.
Recently there was a fire in the rear end of the Roches
ter Shoe Co’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 you
ever saw. This stock consisted entirely of the 'finest makes
of shoes.
E. B. HARRIS & COMPANY. 1
- THE “SHOE BROKERS,” * j
Corner Cherry ahd Third Sts., - - Macon, Ga.
Ask Anybody About
THE PARK HOTEL,
RATES $2.00 .A. ZD.A.'IT-
The Best Hotel
in the “South.”
Free Bus, Baths and Sample-
Rooms.
IB. Xj. lElIEIN'IDZR.XCIKIS,
PEOPEIBTOE.
F. S. HARDEMAN % GO.
COTTON FACTORS,
AND DEALEBSIN
Groceries and Planters’ Supplies,
409, 413 and 415 Poplar St., MACON, CA.
Commission on Cotton 50c. per bale. Liberal j'advanees'
on cotton in store. Consignments solicited. -
We also eariy a full stock’of Bagging andJTies. J