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-TOI£JV H. HODGES, Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROCRESS AND CULTURE:
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADYAACE.
VOX. XXVIII
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1899.
NO. 9.
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We Aim to Have Our CLOTHING
The BEST That Can be Made.
“THE TENTED FIELD,” 1 ,n,ernati ® na, 1 s iI s ;^« sson for
j lfiarcii lot),'*
An Interesting Case.
That is why you get here
more value for your
money than elsewhere.
OUR
and
Saits
and
are ready to wear.
They have what is lacking in ordinary ready-made Clothing. The
workmauehip that 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 TJp-to-flate Clothiers,
ON & BOW
MACON. GEORGIA.
s. s,
DEALER IN
Carriages,
Buggies,
Wagons,
CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES,
HARNESS, LEATHER,ETC.
Cor. Second and Poplar Sts.,il|MAOON, GA.
A Cull Stock of One and Two-
Horse Wagons.
^OALL AND SEE ME OR WRITE FOR PRICES.
Buggies from $35.00 up.
Bicycles from $25.00 up.
THE DIXIE SHOE AND
FALL
OUR
SHOES
are the best that
cau be had for
the money. Re
member that ev
ery SHOE that
leaves our h’ouse
is guarauteed 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
partjient. Eve
rything new,styl
ish and cheap-4-
in fact not more
than half that
others charge.
Hats trimmed to or
der while you wait.
Dry Hoods of Every Description.
Dress (.roods, White Goods, Domestics, Cottonades,|Ete.
There’s no house in.Georgia that
will attempt to match our prices.^
THE OSKIE SHOE AND CLOTHING CO,,
Cor. Cherry & Third Sts.,
M ACON - ,J GA.
or,
•‘Reminiscences of the Late War”
From 1861 to I860.
Witten by an ex-Confederate Soldier.
CHAPTER XLIII.
If all of the events and incidents
of the war could be written, such
a3 the gallant charges and terrible
repulses of the armies on the dif
ferent fields or battle, the personal
dariDg of the men and the unremit
ting fortitude of the southern wom
en to the cause, they would # fill
many thousands of volumes, but
they will live unwritten in the
memory of those who witnessed
and participated in them, mingled
with fep]ing3 of both joy and re
gret—with joy, that manhood and
patriotism were exemplified—with
regret, th«t the fearful calamity
could not have been averted, _or
settled in some way without the
frightful sacrifice of so much
blood and treasure—that a war, the
most gigantic iD some r< spects in
the history of mankind, should
have raged witjh relentless fury for
more than four years among a peo
pie of the same lineage and kin
ship--reared under the same fun
damental, basic, political struct
ure—and trained to the same citi
zenship, and to obedience to the
same general laws. If all of these
things could be expressed verbally
or in print, they would sound to
the young generation more like a
tale of fiction than of facts. But
the most noteworthy feature of the
war was the great disparity of
numbers engaged on the oppisite
sides of the issue. To imagine,
witii this in view, that the federais
did not, or would not fight, would
be an unwarranted stretch of the
imagination—that they did fight
with seemingly ail the gallantry
of which human nature is capable,
is a fact t.hat those who met and
raced them on the- field of battle
will admit without proof. But
when we take into consideration,
as we presently shall, the great
disparity of numbers, the wonder
will be increased how the confed
erates held out as long as they did;
aud were I to venture an answer t»
this: I should say, first, the con
federates were fighting in a right
eous cause, and second, they had
superior generalship.
One historian, who was in a posi
tion daring the war to know where
of he speaks, places the federal
population, based, perhaps, -upon
the eighth decennial ceDsns, (that
of 1860) at twenty-two millions,
and that of the confederates at ten
millions; four millions of these be
ing negro slaves and constituting
no part of the armsbearing popula
tion of the seceded states. This
would make the ratio of thearms-
beariDg population equal to three
and two thirds to one, or, in other
words, three and two thirds times
as many of federais as of confeder
ates. The same historian says that
the records in the office of the War
Department at Washington city-
show that first and last during the
war the federais brought into the
field and equipped for the various
branches of the service two million
six hundred thousand men, while
the confederates, in like manner,
all told, brought into the field only
a little over six hundred thousand
men. This makes a difference of
two millions in favor of the feder
ais, or the ratio of the numerical
strength of the contending forces
equal to four and one-third feder
ais to one confederate. That first
and last the federais captured 220,-
000 prisoners, and the confederates,,
in like manner, captured 270,000
prisoners—a difference of 50,000
in favor of the confederates. That
of the 270,000 captured by the con
federates 22,576 died in their hands
and of the 220,000 captured by the
federais 26,486 died in their hands,
thus showing a considerable per
centage in favor of confederate hu
manity, or in favor of sanitary
regulations, or in favor of the
bealthfuloess of the cjimatic con
ditions surronnding the prisoners
The same authentic authority then
sums up that the number of killed,
and those who died of wounds and
disease contracted in the service,
on both sides, would, upon a rea.
sonable estimate, reach the stu
pendous aggregate of one million
of men—a sum equal to one twen
ty-eighth” of the entire white popu
lation at the .beginning of the war.
Uu'equaled in the annals of war
fare; :
Think of the bloody strife of
four years’ duration, the death rate
of \rtiich was equal to one of every
twenty eight of the white popula
tion.
To be Continued.
Furnished by the S. S.Union.
Jesus Freeing From 3in—J oh n
8: 12, 31 39. Read the whole Chap
ter.
Golden Text—“If the Son
therefore shall make you free, ye
shall be free indeedr’-John 8: 36.
What if our nation had been
conquered in the late war, and ev
ery one of us had become slaves of
our enemies! What an abject con
dition of a people boasting of free
dom and glorying in the right!
But many of us today are the slaves
of a greater tyrant than any na
tion, in bondage to an oppressor
for
who is a liar and a murderer;
they are (be slaves of sin, the cap
tured menials of that old serpent
the Devil.
A fallen woman taken in the act
of sin had been brought to Jesus
by the scribes and pharisees, for
His condemnation. There stands
the trembling, guilty creature; her
world ended, nothing but wretch
edness and shame left her. There
stand the proud accusers; man who
should have been her)defender
her tormentor; he who caused her
to sin accuses her; who should
have championed her honor, be
‘rays her!
By the law she must be stoned
to death; and they appeal to Jesus
to condemn her. Bat Jesus stoop
eel dowu, and with His finger wrote
on the ground, as though He heard
them uot. So when they contin
ued asking Him, He said, “He
that is without sin among you, let
him first cast a stone at her.” And
again He stooped down, and wrote
on the ground. And they being
convicted by their own conscience,
went out one by one, beginning at
the eldest, even unto the last. And
Jesus said unto the woman, “Hath
no man condemned thee?She said
“NoTrian, Lord.” Then Jesus said
“Neither do I condemn thee, go
and sin no more.”
Then He told the people the se-
cret of success, ortt freedom from
sin. “I am the Light of the world
he that followeth Me shall not
walk in darkness, but shall have
the light for life.” He told them
that all who are not children of
God are trespassers, and have no
rights on the earth, for it belongs
to God; and He has given it to His
children. They are the Lord’s free
men, bought with a price, not with
silver and gold, bnt with the pre
cious blood of Jesus; bought, paid
for, aod owned by Him.
And may not those of us who
are thu3 redeemed meet this freed
woman in Heaven?like her, saved
by grace; and with her give thanks
to Him who sits upon the throne,
to “the Son of God, who loved me,
aud gave himself for me,” to Him
who has redeemed U3 to God, by
His blood out of every kindred, and
tongue, and people, and nation.
Some do not know that they are
slaves; others are the willing sub
jects of the Devil. Jesus said,
“The truth shall make you free...
I am the way, the truth, and the
life; no man cometh unto the Fa
ther, but’ by Me.” Fellow slaves!
“His servants ye are to whom ye
obey.” The Son of God, or Satan!
iwhich? Jesus frees from sin, “and
the end everlasting life. For the
wages of sin is death; but the giit
of God is eternal life through Je
sus Christ our Lord.
Mrs. J. Silvers, Doogan, Ga.,
writes: Rev. 5. C. Haddock had
Torpid Liver so bad he could
?CM?eely leave his room, aod was
cured by Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine, which be recommended
to me, and it cured me of Indiges
tion. I think it better than Black
Draught
The Sure LaGrippe 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 ODly remedy that will
give you prompt and sure relief.
They act directly on your Liver,
.Stomach and Kidneys, tone up the
whole system and make you feel
like a- hew being. They are guar
anteed to cure or price refunded.
For sale at the drugstore of Holtz-
claw. & Gilbert. Only 50 cents per
bottle.
More than a week ago Senator
Allen asserted that there were 50,-
000 government employes in ‘Wash
ington, that a great many of them
were absolutely useless, and that
others were getting too mneb pay.
Bat rothing has been done in the
matter, aDd nothing will be done.
Congress is not going to get on the
bear side of the labor market.
“No, you don’t'Seem to under
stand me,” and the man with the
big family on Winder street tap
ped the palm of his hand in order
to make his meaning plainer, says
the Detroit Free Press. “Did you
ever have the opportunity to watch
a girl that is truly in love? That’s
what l am trying to get at. I don’t
refer to the girl that has a half
dozen strings to her bow and is a
coquette, bnt to one that is genu
inely hit and hit for keeps.”
“Never mingled with one, hey?
I thought not, or there would not
be so much for me to explain. Why,
m an, the oldest daughter of mine
goes about in a trance most of the
time. She is perfectly oblivious
to her immediate surroundings.
She’ll hum a love ditty and light
the lamp shade instead of the lamp.
Leave her shut up in ths house aDd
when we come home every door is
an invitation to burglars to come
in and help themselves. Iu view
of her prospects she is trying to
learn to cook and yet she will sit
down and study vacancy while the
black smoke of the burning dinner
envelops her.
“During those cold - nights she
would wake up, calling to me to
ask whether I thought ‘he’ got
homeBafely. Might he not have
been overcome with the cold and
be lying out some place? Think
of that, and him a six-footer and
and living but two blocks away.
I don’t care if we have a room full
of company and are talking about
Klondike, Manila or Samoa, she’ll
ring that fellow in somehow and
make him the chief topic inside of
five minutes. If he happens to
leave sneb a trifle as a lead pencil
or a key she’ll decorate it wilh a
ribbon aDd keep it. I tell you, it’s
a form of insanity.”
Shoe C01
36S 2nd Street. MACON, GA.
For Men:
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 S3 50 ever
shown south.
For Ladies:
Oar stock is complete. All of the very latest toes sud tips:
Either welt or tamed, in both lace and button. We have
bad very recent arrivals that are unusually attractive.
Evdrgthing for the Bogs, Misses and Children. Prices as
low as lowest, quality considered.
o:et,
Bidder for your trade by offering lowest prices.
How’s This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that can not be cared by Hall’s
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Prop’s.,
Toledo, O. J
We the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
and believe him perfectly honora
ble in aH business transactions
and financially able to carry out
any obligations made by their
firm.
West & Truax, 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 mneona surfaces of the
system. Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimon
ials free.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best
Ask Anybody About
THE PARK HOTEL,
RATES $2.00 _A_ ZD-A.1|I
The Best Hotel
in the “South.”
Free
Sample-
IB.
Bus, Baths and
Rooms.
Xj.
peopisibtoe.
Nearly 1,000,000,000 yards of
ribbon of all shades and colors are
consumed by the fair sex in gener
al of the continent of Europe every
year. Of this huge amount France
alone takes, one-third, it being a
well established fact that French
women are particularly proDe to
anything of a showy color. Brit
ain comes next, bnt a very long
way behind, with 30,000,000 yards,
and the rest is divided principally
between Spain, Italy Germany and
Belgium and smaller prjEcipalitees.
Bine and the higher pinks and
scarlet are the favorite shades.
If You Want Anything
in FaRDI¥QRS.
BEDROOM SUITES, PARLOR SUITES,
DINING TABLES, SIDEBOARDS
Chairs of any kind, Tables of all sorts,
BEDSTEADS, MATTRESSES, SPRINGS, WINDOW SHADES
AND POLES, BABY CARRIAGES, ETC.,
Yon can save money at
Paul’s Furniture Store.
A complete line of COFFIN’S and CASKETS always
on hand.
GEORGE PAUL, Perry, Ga.
iilll
WE SEEF
BRICK,
LIME,
CEMENT,
LATHS,
PLASTER,
HAIR,
SASH,
DOORS,
BLINDS,
MOULDINGS,
MANTELS, „
NEWELS, 3
LaGrippe is again epidemic. Ev
ery precaution shonld be taken to
avoid it. Its specific care is One
Minute Congb Care. A. J. Sbeperd
Publisher Agricultural Journal
and Advertiser, Elden. Mo., says:
“No one will be disappointed in
useing one Minute -Gough Cure
for La Grippe.” Pleasant to take,
quick to act. Cooper’s Drag Store.
The increasing number of mid
winter bathers along the Jersay
coast is calling attention to the
fact that the sea there in winter is
only a little colder, if any, than in
snmmer, and the feat, while not to
be recommended as a health meas
ure, especially for people who are
not robust, is nevertheless not so
wpnderful as it sounds.
Pine and Cypress Shingles,
Ceiling, Flooring, Weatherboarding
and Cable Ornaments.
LUMBER,—Green and Kiln Dried, 1
LATHE AND SCROLL WORK. - DRESSING ANDIMATCHING.;
ALL5KINDS WOODWORK ACCURATELY AND PROMPTLY DONE. ;
We are in the business to stay, and OUR PRICES ABE bight.
’em with Macon’s and see. Special prices on car lots.
Qnmpare
The Cnrative Properties,
Strength and Effect of Dr. M. A.
Simmons Liver Medicine are al-
wavs the same. It cannot be equal'
led*.
The smallest things may exert
the greatest influence. DeWitt’s
Little Early Risers are uneqnaled
for overcoming constipation and
liver troubles. Small pill, best pill,
safe pill. Cooper’s Drugstore.
An important industry of Paris
is the manufacture of toy soldiers
from sardine and other tins that
have been thrown away.
— :
No other medicine builds up
and Fortifies the system against
'Miscarriage as welj as Simmons
Sqnaw Vine Wine or Tablets.
L. ZHZ-A-^ZE^IB Sz CO.,
JFORT VALLEY, GEORGIA.|
Sole Agents for Anniston Cement Lime.
N. B.—If it’s made of wood, we have it or will make it.
T'EXAEI’HIOSrB 37.
We Have a Complete Stock and]
assortment of Commercial
tationery, and duplicate fMacon: or
Atlanta prices in this class of work
Satisfaction guaranteed.
GIVE US A TRIAL OkDER j
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