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JOHN H. HODGES, Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROCRESS AND CULTURE.
$1.50 A YEAB IN ADVANCE.
TOL. XXVIII
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBKUAKV 23, 1899.
- NO. 8.
We Aim to Have Our CLOTHING
The BEST That Can be Made.
A LETTEB FROM CUBA.
That is why yon get here
more raise for your
money than elsewhere.
Fall
Suits
OUR
and
and
are ready to wear.
They have what is lacking in ordinary ready-made Clothing. The
workmanship '.hat keeps the garment shapely; the proper set to the
collar; every part right. Every suit must fit perfeciy before we per
mit it to be worn.
The Up-fo-Date Clothiers,
MACON, GEORGIA.
. s.
DEALER IN
Carriages,
CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES,
HARNESS, LEATHER,ETC,
Cor. Second and Poplar Sts., MACON, GA.
The following letter was furnished the .
Rome Joubnaii for publication by the ■
gentleman to whom it was written.
International S. S. Lesson for
-February 20, 1899.
A Full Stock of One and Two-
Horse Wagons.
CALL AND SEE ME OR WRITE FOR PRICES.
Buggies from $35.00 up.
Bicycles from $25.00 up.
THE DIXIE SHOE AND CLOTHING
OUR
SHOES
are the best that
can be had for
the money. Re
member that ev
ery SHOE that
leaves onr house
is guaranteed to
give satisfaction,
or money refund
ed.
FALL
ATTR
Will interest prudent and
economical buyers.
0ar $5.00 & $8.00 Saits
Still lead them all. J
Boys’ and Children’s Cloth'
ing at about half what you
will have to pay elsewhere.
MILLI
NERY
t-, ,aiiy vie-
Ev : e .ry ‘aeon
itmg oa J
should se ^
Milliner's
PABTMENT. g£yl _
rything uew^/]
ieh and chfc ^ re
in fact not in
than half that
others charge.
Hats trimmed to or
der while yon wait.
Dry Goods of Every Description.
Dress Goods, White Goods,' Domestics, • Oottonades, Etc.
There’s no house in Georgia that
will attempt to match our prices.^
DIXI
ft. M* Jlftffi^ftTT
Cor. Cherry & Third' Sts.,
MACON, GA.
Camp Columbia, Havana, Cuba,
Jan. 29th, 1899.
Mb. O. A. Cliett,
Diar Sir and Friend:—
To ,r letter was received several
days ago, requesting m9 to write
you the news in g-neral of Cuba.
As to the city of Havana, I cannot
give you a description, as we are
not yet permitted to enter the city.
The only time our.brigade was in
in Havana was when the U. S flag
went up About 80,000 soldiers
were in line that day, and it was a
grand sight. . The city was beauti
fully. decorated, and the Cubans
seemed to be overjoyed. They
would cheer, shout and shake them
selves as though they would fall to
pieces. It was amusing to see
them, but I could but feel sorry for
some of the Spaniards, men, wom
en .and children, bowed down in
tears to see their flag come to the
dust. No doubt they honored and
love it as much as thb American
does his stars and stripes.
The position my regiment occu
pied that day was in full view of
Morro Castle, and we could plain
ly see the flag when it went up. It
was an event I never will forget.
We were under very strict orders;
not even allowed to look to the
right or left. But for these strict
orders l have no doubt we would
have trampled over many, excited
Cubans, who were running to and
fro crying “Viva la Cuba.”
As for a description of the peo
ple, I hardly know what to say. I
have no doubt the better class of
Cubans are well educated people
and refined, but there seems to be
several classes. Some seem to be
an indolent, worthless set. They
live any kind of way, and while
most of them apparently do noth
iDg, nearly all have large families.
How they exist is hard to tell. They
seem to care bat little for their per
sons! appearauce. It is common
to see half-grown children eutireiy
naked, and that class of men and
women wear as few clothes as poss
ible. I think they are a much
more worthless set of people than
our uegroPs.
The country surrounding Havana
is very beautiful. Our camp is
eight miles from that city, on a
beautiful elevated plain overlook-
the Gulf. We are allowed occa
sionally to go down to the beach to
bathe, and we are always glad to
go, for there are no conveniences
for bathing at the camp.
Around our camp there are many
places now neglected that must
have been magnificent in their day,
but now they are going fast to ruin,
I suppose on account of the long
continued war. The most con
spicuous of all things around this
camp are the quaint little blcok
housees. I sea many forts and em
bankments that look as if they
would be difficult to over come, but
none in this vicinity of much note,
as Morro Castle and others.
There are many fine farms
around and I am told the soil is
very fertile. But I see very little
farming being done, I guess ou ac
count of the unsettled condition of
affairs. The farming that has come
under my observatibn consists of
tobacco and corn. All products in
Cuba bring high prices. Corn
sells for $1.50 per bhshel. Beet
and other meats 25 cents a pound.
A hen brings from $1 to $1.50;
eggs 60 cents a dozen, and every
thing else at like high prices. I
have no idea as to the price of prop
erty, or how itgrents.
It is difficult to find out many
things that would be of interest to
you, on account of being unable to
speak the Spanish language.
I am confident that as soon as
everything is settled and business
is resumed, the Island of Caba
will once more “blossom and bloom
as the rose.” Men with capital
would do well to come here, but a
poor man has but little showing.
Of my camp life I will say very
little. We have been working very
hard since we arrived, and the
“grub” is not always what we
wohld like it to be. I am so thor
oughly disgusted with all this, that
I think the least Isay will be best.
Several have ^ already gotten into
trouble about writing to newspa
pers. '*
I den’t think we will be in this
country much longer than April or
May. Yours, truly,
E. J. Cobmick,
Co. D. 4th Reg’t Ya. Yol’s.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world
for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers,
Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns,
and nil Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively cures Piles, or no pay re*
quired. It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money re-
funded. Price 25 cents per box. 1 yinoWinAor Tablets.
For sale by Holtzelaw & Gilbert.
Furnished by the S. S. Uiilon. _
Jesus at the . Feast.—John .7;
14, 28 37. Read the whole Chap
ter.
Golden Text—“If any mau
tbirst, let him coma unto Me, and
drink.”—John 7: 37.
What a gay, bustling scene pre
sents itself this bright October day
in the great city of Jerusalem!
Green booths made from twisted
branches of trees, line the road
ways and dot the housetops. The
the streets are thronged with eager
worshipers from all oyer Palestine.
Gladly they bring their offerings
to this most joyous feast of the
year—“The Feast of Tabernacles.”
The eighth day, the last day of
the feast, with its imposiug cere
monies, has dawned! The festal
robed throng with-palm branches
waving, led by a priest carrying a
golden pitcher, march through the
Temple gate. Reaching the foun
tain of Siloam, the golden pitcher
is filled and brought back to the
Temple; aud air resounding with
the j'oyous shouts of the people,
and instruments of music !
Ou this day the priests march
seven times iiistead of once, about
the altar? as the chaut of thanks
giving arises, “O give thanks unto
the Lord, for He is good, for His
mercy enduretb forever ” Then
the trumpets sonnd;a priest as
cends the incline to the attar; aud
a hush falls over the assembly as
he pours the water into a silver ba-
cin on the altar.
At this auspicious moment, Je
sus presents the Living water;
thus fulfilling the symbolic mean
ing of the water poured upon the
altar. He takes His place before
the people and cries, “If auy man
thirst let him come unto Me and
drink.” What tenderness aud love
—what longing to help and save,
are depicted iii the Saviour’s fac9l
He knows the bitter disappoint
ments, the daily trials, the heart
aches and eager yearnings; He
knows that this soul-thirst can be
quenched only in the Living foun
tain.
Soon He must leave them, but
promises to send the Holy Spirit
in such measure as He had never
been given. With outstretched
hund tue Saviour pleads! Will
the multitude heed? Will they
drink of the Living fountain?
There stand the proud rulers.
“Who is this mau whoie drawing
people after Him?” they murrner.
“Shall He usurp our authority?”
In vain the officers try to arrest
Him; for what is human power
when contrary to the Divine will?
whither shall this man go that we
shall not find Him? Surely if He
went among the Jews, who are scat
tered among the Gentiles far out
side of Palestine; even there they
would fiad Him! Ah human wis
dour, how little it comprehends? of
the Divine meaning, “I go unto
Him that sent Me.”
But amid the motly throng are
some ready to believe. Their pa
tient, loving hearts shall be satm
fied as they draw near and trust
ingly receive Jesus. Oh, the light
that beams from the Saviour’s
countenance as here and there an
upturned face expresses its soul
thirst and seeks for that satisfac
tion that can only be found in
Him.
These festal scenes have long
since passed away; but the same
loving Jesus is crying through
earth's course today: “If any man
thirst let him come onto Me and
drink.”
SMALL C0TTON „ FACTORIES.
Many people think it takes sev
eral hundred'-thousand dolIarsHo
start a cotton factory, when in real
ity a profitable enterprise of the
kind,can be operated on a compar
atively modest capital, says au ex
change. A short time?ago the New
Orleans Picayune sent afcorrespon
dentinto North Carolina to inves
tigate the question. He came
across a number of mills £with a
capital of $25,000 that were paying
handsome dividends. In’ hundreds
of pi aces in Jthe cotton states there
are sites where transportation fa
cilities are ample and freight rates
reasonable, wherejwater.’power and
fuel are abundant and where labor
is plenty ,and cheap. With the raw
mate riel at their doors, small mills,
intelligently superintended, qught
to pa.v from the start and ^easily
compete with ^the heavy milling
properties that are now being op
erated in New Englandjunder ab
normal conditions and with the ele
ments” of distauce, transportation
and climate against them.—Mari
etta Journal.
Strong Shoe Co.
P
$100 Reward $100.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased bo learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that sci
ence has Been able to cure in all
its stages and that is Catarrh.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only
positive eture now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Hall’
Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous, surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up
the constitution aud assisting na
ture in doing its work. The pro
prietors have so much faith in its
curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list
of Testimonials.
Aldress. F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, O-
Soid by Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
368 2nd Street, MACON, GA.
For Men:
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 6ve
shown south.
For Ladies:
Our stock is complete. All of the very latest toes and tips-
Either welt or turned, in both lace and button. We have
had very recent arrivals that are unusually attractive.
Evdrything for the Boys, Misses and Children.
> low as*lowest, quality considered.
Prices as
WATSON,
Bidder for your trade by offering lowest prices.
Ask Anybody About
THE PARK
HOTEL
Bobbed the Crave.
A startling incident of which
Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia,
was the subject, is narrated by
him as follows: “i was in a most
dreadful condition. My skin was
almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue
coated, pain continually in back
and sides, no appetite—gradnally
growing weaker day by day. Three
physicians had given me up. For
tunately, a friend advised trying
‘Electric Bitters,’ and to my great
joy and surprise, the first bottle
made a decided improvement. I
continued their use for three weeks
and am now a well man. 1 know
they saved my life, and robbed
the grave of another victim.” No
one^sfaonld fail to try them. Only
50 cents per bottle at Holtzelaw &
Gilberts’ Drag store.
The latest whisky trust is said
to be capitalized at $200,000,000.
There ought to be a good temper
ance sermon in that statement.
How many families would that
feed for a year?How many drunks,
headaches and murders are repre
sented by $200,000,000 worth of
whiskey ? How many loaves of
bread, and how many tons of coal,
would that sum purchase?
A Philadelphia exchange says
that on every working day the mint
at that city tarns out 30,000 double
eagles of gold: and farther, that
“there are no orders at present for
eagles or half-eagles.” It may be
necessary to state for generl infor
mation that an eagle of gold is
a coin of the value of $10, and a
double-eagle, $20. These coins,
for obvious reasons, are notjiu gen
eral circulation. Particularly is
this true of the double-eagle. The
use of gold as money, therefore,
will probably not be very greatly
popularized by the daily output of
30,000 $20 pieces at the Philadel
phia mint.
. !k/£.£uC©3Sr. OKA-.
RATES $2.00 .A. ZD-A-TT.
- The Best Hotel
in the “South.”
Free Bus, Baths and Sample-
Rooms.
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PEOP^IETOE.. I
If You Want Anything
FQRDIWQR0,
BEDROOM SUITES, PARLOR SUITES,
Nearly all of the volunteer sol
diers now in the Philippines are
Westerners, coming from Colorado
Wyoming, Washington, Utah, etc.
But they are showing as that the
Eastern fellows, who fought in
Onba, have not by far got a corner
on courage and fighting qualities.
The Eastern soldiers may well doff
their hats to their Western com
rades.
The smallest things may exert
the greatest influence. DeWitt’s
Little Early Risers are nnequaled
for overcoming constipation and
liver troubles. Small pill, best pill,
safe pill. Cooper’s Drugstore.
DINING TABLES, SIDEBOARD’S]
i?
Chairs of any kind, Tables of all sorts,]
BEDSTEADS, MATTRESSES, SPRINGS, WINDOW SHADES*
AND POLES, BABY CARRIAGES, ETC.,
You can save money at
Paul’s Furniture Store.
A complete line of COFFINTS and CASKETS alwnysj
on hand.
GEORGE PAUL, Perry, Ga.
■UK
WE KEEP
BRICK,]”-L ^LATHS,
LIME, PLASTER,
CEMENT, HAIR,
SASH,
DOORS,
BLINDS,
MOULDINGS,
MANTELS, 2
NEWELS,
“A man killed a dog belonging
to another man. The son of the
man whose dog was killed proceed
ed to whip the man who killed the
dog of the man he was the son of.
The man who was the son of the
man whose dog w;as killed was ar
rested on complaint of the man
who was assaulted by the son ol
the man whose dog the man who
was assaulted had killed.”
To Sweeten the Breath, Bright
en the eye, Clear the Complexion
and Insure the natural Bloom of
Health, use Dr. M. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine.
We are making progreas in the
art of war, surely. At Santiago the
commanding general went to the
front in a buck-board] at Manila
one of the generals rode to the
front in a carriage; in the next war
we shall have our military heroes
riding to the front in anto motars,
no donbt. Verily, we are a greB
and progressive people.—Savannah
News.
Bearing Down Sensations, Inter
nal Heat and Female Weaknesses
are cured bvuse of Simmons Squaw meat. Shorten labor
-rx- TrT - - - - "i-i-i-i- Childbirth Easy.
Mother’s Trusted Friend, Sim
mons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets,
Prepare the System for Confine-
and make
Fine and Cypress Shingles,
Ceiling, Flooring, Weatherboarding
and Gable Ornaments.
LUMBER,—Green and Kiln Dried.
LATHE AND SCROLL WORK. - DRESSING ANDJV3ATCHING.
ALLiKINDS WOODWORK ACCURATELY AND PROMPTLY DONE.
We are in the business to stay, and oub prices abe bight.
’em with Macon’s and see. Special prices on car lots.
Compare
lEX.ILi- IHLAJRIRIS &.CO.,
FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA.
Sole Agentsfforn Anniston Cement jLimc. [ >
N. B.—If it’s made of wood, we have it or will make it.
rpV.T.Tl t-m-rtTCH 37,
We Have a Complete Stock and
Full assortment of Commercial
ta H>nery, ftnd duplicate Macon ot
Atlanta prices in this class of work
Satisfaction guaranteed.
GIVE US J 1RIAL ORDER J
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