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JOHN H. HODGES) Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTSf-PROCRESS AND CULTURE,
#1.50 A TEAB INADYAN OE.
PFKRY, HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1900.
VOL. XXIX.
NO. 12.
W. B. Fitzgerald. J. G. Fitzgerald.
Big Creek Poultry Farm,
ELKO, GA.
Breeders of S. C- Brown LeghomB,
Black Langslians, Black Minorcas and
Pekin Ducks. Eggs at #1:50 for 15.
IF YOU WANT
Tiptop Insurance
©St TOMS UFE
Try a policy in
The Union Central
OP
Cincinnati, Ohio.
I will be pleased to serve you.
T. If. WHITE, Agt.,
HATTIE, GA.
^WThT HARRIS,
DENTIST.
Successor to Dr. W. A. Blassengamc.
OFFICE OVER DOW LAW BANK,
FORT VALLEY. : GEORGIA.
Dr. H. W. WALKER,
DENTIST.
Office, Union Dry Goods Co., Clierry st.
MACON GEORGIA.
C. Z. McARTHUR,
DENTIST,
FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA.
Office over Slappey’s Drugstore.
White Plymouth Rocks,
AS GOOD AS THE BEST,
Eggs—W. P- Bock, Pekin Ducks and
Bronze Turkeys #1.00 per setting if you
call at
Wliite Bock Poultry Farm,
Perry, Georgia.
Curran R. Ellis,
* * ArctiiteGt.
WITH
WILLIS F. DENXY.
Offices : 11 & 12 Commercial Bank Bldg.,
Macon, Ga.
ML. DuPBEE.
Attorney - at - Law,
Byron, Ga.
Money to loan on Farm Lands.
J. R. SIMS,
OPERATIVE DENTIST.
Crown and Bridge Work.
Office Near Perry Hotel, Main Street,
PEEBY, GA.
W C. OAYIS,
. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
PERRY, GEORGIA.
Having retired from military service
the practice of law is resumed.
Office in Masonic Building: up stairs
J. DASHER,
ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW,
Perry, Ga.
B.
t®~Office inMasonic Building.
C. C. DUNCAN.
J. P. DUNCAN.
DUNCAN & DUNCAN.
PERRY, GEORGIA.
We have made arrangements to nego
tiate loans on Farming lands, at 8 par
cent, interest, in sums of #300.00 and up
wards, where security is lirst-elass.
Loans on Farms
AT 7 PER CENT.
We are now able io negotiate loans
on farmiug lands Promptly at sev
en per cent interest.
Security Loan and Aasiracl Co.,
370 Second st., Macon, Ga.
J. J. Cobb, T. B. West,
President. Secretary & Attorney.
MONEY.
Loans negotiated on improved
farms, at lowest market rates, and on.
most liberal terms.
Business of fifteen years standing.
More than three million dollars in
loans negotiated. Facilities unsur
passed. HOWARD BL SMITH,
Mo. 814 Second St.. Macon, Ga.
The -Dixie
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for circulars.
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OASTORIA.
Besuths ^ Tho Kind You Hava Always f
Signature
Speaking Evil of Others. \
Written for the Horn: Journal.
It is always a timely topic, for
we are prone to pass judgment on
the failings of our friends, with
out waiting to consider the proba
ble circumstances. Did any of you
ever stop to ponder the formation
of a soul? Some souls reject evil
and absorb only good thoughts,
but most souls feed on both good
and evil; and so give rise to the
continual striving between right
and wrong, that burden us all.
Surely there never was a soul on
earth that had not some kind deed
to do, or thought to speak. Some
one’s life may have been dark, but
somewhere and sometime, there
was at least one kind thought and
deed. So we ought not to talk
about any one, for all have our
faults. Of course some have more,
but whose business is that? The
Bible says: “Get the beam out of
thine own eye, before thou findest
the mote is thy brother’s eye,
How many of us do.that? How
easy it is to sit in judgment on the
works of another. When you hear
some one talking about another,
you should turn a deaf ear to it,
and say “I do not believe it” and
let it drop.” How much better
this world would be. Tatliug has
helped to ruin the world. People
are prone to add a little to any
thing to make it a little worse, un
til a few have told it, and it has
grown to be a terrible tale, when it
started a small one. Some one
will actually tell stories od anoth
er to raise a hiss. How dreadful
to be called a liar! Here is an old
adage, but, Oh how true! “That
it is better to be bothered with a
thief than a liar.” Why? Because
a liar can lie your character away
from you, but a thief can’t steal it
from you. A spotless character
is worth all the gold, but truthful
ness and parity aro parts of a good
character. It is better to believe
nothing you hear, and then you
will not tell it again, and you will
have more friends.
Treat others as you would like
for them to treat you, and I know
there is no one that likes to be
talked about, unless it is some
thing nice. Bnt if they hear some
thing good on you they will not
tell it. Just think if you do a good
deed how slow it creeps along, but
if it be a bad one, every one will
know it in a little while. Some
will actually kuow it who do not
knovv your face, and a good many
times it is not true.
. Old Cook, Tharp’s Mill.
A Unique Apology.
The following is copied from a
fly leaf of the Houston county lax
digest of 1847. It speaks for it
self:
The Receiver of Tax Returns of
fers an apology for the imperfect
construction of many of the statis
tical tables and notes whioh he has
interspersed in the Book. It was
not until he had completed a con
siderable portion of his duties,
that the idea occurred to him lhat
iie might give the public some
valuable information iu this way.
i The want of time compelled
him to write them off hand without
any correction, yet he believee that
in the main they are correct. Had
the idea occurred to him sooner,
and time been allowed him, he
would have extended his inquiries
to several other items, viz: The
number of bales of cotton, bushels
of corn, wheat, etc., produced in
the county, but this was impossi
ble with the limited time at his
command, and his inexperience in
the duties of his office.
Thos. J. Moobe,
E. T.R.
Houston Co., July 2nd, 1847.
Banker Routs a Bobber.
J. E. Garrison, cashier of the
bank of Thornville, Ohio, had been
robbed of health by serious lung
trouble until he tried Dr. King’s
New Discovery for Consumption.
Then he wrote: “It is the besjt
medicine I ever nsed for a severe
cold or a bad case oUlnng ; txoub1e.
I always keep .a bottle on hand.’’
Don’t suffer with Coughs, Colds, or
any Throat, Chest or Lung trouble
when you can be cured so easily*
Only 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottles
free at Holtzclaw’s Drugstore.
Costa Rica now imports mer-
chaudise to the extent of over
§4,000,000 a year, and of this
amount the percentage from the
Coiled States has recently increas
ed from forty-five to sixty seven;
The most important imports from
this country are flour, machinery,
oils,'wire fencing, iron pipe and
furniture.
Lewis Ackerman, Goshen, Ind.,
says: “DeWitt’s Little Early Ris
ers alway s bring certain relief, cure
my headache and never gripe.”
They gently cleanse and invigorate
the bowels and liver. Holtzclaw’s
Drugstore.
His mother's Biscuit.
He reached borne the other even
ing in a frame of mind far from
cheerful, says the Memphis Seim
itar. Affairs at his office had not
exactly suited him, and his temper
was ruffled. When he sat dowu to
sapper his wife noticed his depres
si'od, bnt made no comment:
“My dear,” he began, as he
i broke open a biscuit of a rich,
golden color, “why don’t you learn
to make biscuit? You should see
some thpt my mother used to make
Ah, she was a cook for you! You
must have damped a whole box of
soda in these, and they are as
heavy as lead. I’d hate to cross
the bayuu after eating a couple of
them.”
His wife said nothing, but an
amused smile was playing around
her mouth, and suppressed merri
ment shone from her eyes.
“By the way,” he continued, “1
had a letter from mother the other
day, and she says she will visit us
one day this week. I had forgotten
to tell you about it. When she
comes yon can take a few lessons
in the making of biscuit, and —’
“Yes, I know, Joho; she came
this morning,” interrupted his
wife, unable to longer keep silent,
and she insisted on going right
into the kitchen and making —
j'What! You don’t mean to say
she is here and made these bis
cuit?”
“Yes; I do,” replied his wife,
laughing heartily, “and I hear her
coming downstairs now.”
“My dear, here’s a five,” said her
husband, opening his pocketboook
and hastily taking -a bill there
from. “Ann I guess 1 can manage
to let you have that Easter bon
net. But, mind, not a word to
mother."
“John, dear,” said bis mother,
after the usual salutations were
ovdr, “I thought it would be a
pleasant surprise to you to bake
bisouit as I did when you were a
boy.”
“I was just complimenting Alice
on her biscait when you came in,
My dear please pass me another,
They are delicious.”
Major John G.. Davis, surgeon
U. S. V. and chief sanitary officer
of Havana, Cuba, has forwarded
to the war department at Wash
ington some statistics in regard to
the births, deaths, marriages and
immigration. These statistics cov*
er the last ten years, ending De
cember 31, an,d show that during
the decade there were 40,509
births, 9,596 marriages and. 101,-
932 deaths, an apparent excess of
61,423 deaths over births. The
death rate was heaviest during
1898, 1897 and 1896, in the order
named. Of the total number of
deaths during the decade, 5,413
were from yellow fever and 96,519
from other diseases. Of the 40,-
509 births during the ten years
covered by the report, 34,498 were
whites, 2,246 negroes and 3,765
mulattoes.
Educate Yonr Bowel* With. CuentU..
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, 86e. IfC-C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
Does It Pay To'Buy Cheap?
A cheap remedy for coughs and
colds is all right, but you want
something that will relieve and
cure the more severe and danger
ous results of throat and luDg trou
bles. What shall you do? Go to
warmer and - more regular cli
mate? Yes, if possible; if not posv
sible for you, then in ajther case
take the only remedy that has been
introduced in all civilized coun
tries with success m severe throat
aud lung troubles, “Bosohee’s Ger
man-Syrup.” It not only heals and
stimulates the tissues to destroy
the germ disease, but allays infia-
mation, causes easy expectoration,
gives a good night’s rest, and cures
the patient. Try ONE bottle. Bee
ommended many years by all
drnggists in the world. Sample
bottles at Holtzclaw’s Drug Store
Dr. Pearsons, a millionaire of
Chicago, is making arrangements
to give away _the. last of his for
tune before he dies. During the
past ten years he has given to col
leges and hospitals §2,500,000, and
he still has $1,500,000 , to 'dispose
of. .In tne.gifts made he will spec
ify that the recipients shall, pay to
him And lii9 wife fft annuity of 2
per cent of the sum received, the
payment to -cease wfaon both of
them are dead. By this means Dr.
PeatBonB will have an ample in
come as long as he lives, and will
have the satisfaction of seeing his
property distributed according to
his wishes. He is now eighty-
years old. It is a wise man who
can make himself the executor of
his own estate.—Ex.
The Value oE Cotton Crops.
Valdosta Times.
The Dublin Courier Dispatch
gives some figures to show the rel
ative value of larga.and small crops
of cotton ns follows:
11.000. 000 bales of cotton at
cents yields §275,000,000.
10.000. 000 bales of cotton at 6
cents yields §300,000,000.
9.000. 000 bales of cotton at 7
cents yields §315,000,000.
8.000. 000 bales of cotton at 8
cents yields §320,000,000.
These figures are approximately
correct. The cotton crops of a doz
en years verify them. It costs
about thirty per cent, mpre to cul
tivate and raise an 11,000,000 ■bale
crop than it does a crop of 8,000,
000 bales, though the returns from
the large crop are fifteen totwenty
per cent less than for the smaller
c:op. It is almost idle to talk-of
reducing the cotton acreage unless
something is put in the place of ti.
“Don’t” is a word heard entirely
too often these days anyhow. “Do r
is a much better one and; advice as
to what to do will be heeded much
quicker than that of what,not to do,
The campaign for’ diversify
crops, the planting of velvet beans
and peas, corn, oats, wheat and so
forth, has done more for ibe farm
ers than all the talk of years about
not planting cotton would have
done. A few more provision
crops—raising everything at home
that is nsed at home, and then
planting all of the eottotf that can
be raised without involving debt—
will make the Southern’, farmers
independent to an extent ne
dreamed of before.
The Future of the Business Wo- 1
man. 1
Central’s New Slecprs.
He Fooled The Surgeons.
AH doctors told Banick Hamil
ton, of West Jefferson, O., after
suffering 18 months from Rectal
Fistula, he would die unless a cost-
Savannah Morning New3, March 11th, 1900.
The Central of Georgia Railway
Co. has bought three-handsome
new sleepers that have just arrived
from the builders, Baraev & Smith
of Dayton, O. Mr. W. N. Myers,
a representative of the firnj, accom
panied the cars on their trip to see
that they reached the Ceutrarin
good condition.
The cars are now in the Central
passenger yards* They aife being
cleaned up and put in thorough
order for their runs, which will be
on the line between Savannah and
Macon and Savannah and Atlanta
The first will go out to morrow
night. The cars they’ will sup
plant on these runs will be put on
the line between Savannah and
Birmingham.
No more handsome sleepers are
run than those the Central has
newiy acquired. All three are of
the same type, and their numbers
are 19, 20 and 21. Each has twelve
berths and a drawing room, be
sides the smoking room and lava
tories. Pintsch gas supplies the
illumination, which is brilliant, as
great lamps are closely arranged
overhead. The cars are also fitted
with electric wiring, so that if it
should be decided to use electrici
ty, there will be no difficulty.
The interior of the cers is very
handsome. They are finished
throughout with mahogany, the
ceiling being of primeve rea, or
white, mahogany. Decorative ef
fect has been rather avoided, it be
ing desired to miss the dust that
ornamentation catches. The ap
pointments are very rich, and the
eye is pleased and rested by the
thorough harmony it encounters up
on entering the nterior of the car.'
A number of the latest improve
ments in details are to be seen
about the cars, and the Central’s
passengers will be impressed wheD
they Bee them. The Cars' are fitted
with wide vestibules, and from the
moment the foot touches the first
step one is struck by the elegance
and taste shown in their construc
tion. Those who patronize the
Central will appreciate the new
sleepers.
A. R. De Fluent, editor of the
Journal, Doylestown, Ohio, suffer
ed for a number of years from
rheumatism in his Tight shoulder
and side. He says: “My right arm
at times was entirely useless. I
tried Chamberlain’s Pain Balm,
and was surprised to recaive re
lief almost immediately. The Pain
Balm has been a constant compan
ion of mine'ever since and it never
fails. For sale bv all dealers.,
Edward Bok writes in the March
Ladies’ Home Journal that women
having proven thbmselves incapa
bleof meeting the demands of mod
ern business, are'rapidly being re
placed by .men. “Naturally, the
question arises in the mind: What
will become of these women? The
answer is that they will go back
whence they came: into the home
as domestic helpers. This is a dis
tinct cause for congratulation. It
means the withdrawal of a vast
number of women from duties for
which they were never intended
and from a commercial atmosphere
"which, in reality, is distasteful to
the -sensitive feminine mind and
fine womanly temperament. It can
be most definitely stated that the
vast majority of women in business
to-day -have.absolutely no taste for
it. They are there simply becanse
necessity drove them- to it. They
have doue themselves little good;
and let it be said in all possible
kindness,’and yet perfect frank
ness, they have done business even
less good. With here and there
an exception, women have seldom
risen above subordinate positions,
andargne thequestion aswe will,the
standard of wage? has unquestion
ably been perceptily lowered. This
alone has kept numberles young
men from marriage. Again, it has
certainly done the health of worn
en no good: on the contrary, it has
filled our rest-cures, sanitariums
and hospitals to the doors. It has
been an unnatural condition of af
fairs. But, like all movements, it
has worked its good upon the
home. Upon that it has had a
most salutary effect, and it is im
possible to over estimate its far-
reaching and beneficial influence
in that respect. As in all other
things in life, we move in a circle,
and we generally return to the
point whence we started: back to
first principles.”
Commenting on the probability
of a large increase in the cottoD
acreage this year, the Columbia
(S. C.) State (Dem.) says: “The
big crop will be a boon to the fer
tilizer* trust, against which the far
mers -am.:passing, resolutions and-
organizing. It will be a fine thing
for those cotton mills which are
anxious to buy the raw product as
cheaply as possible aDd which go
into combinations to keep down
the price. It will be a picnic for
the bears in the speculative market.
But there is very little likelihood
of a big crop benefiting the plant
er. The Southern farmer has the
opportunity to Bhow his wisdom
in correctly judging his chances
for gain or loss. If he is wise he
will not be seduced by the tempor
ary price of cotton, but will keep
down the acreage and force the
spinners to pay him a good price
for his crop next fall.”
State of Ohio, City of Toledo )
Lucas County. J ss
Frank J,. Cheney makes oath
that he is the senior partner of the
firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing
business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and
that the said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by the use of
Hall’s Catarrh Cube.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and sub
scribed in my presence, this 6th
day of December, A. D. 1886.
1 A. W. Gleason,
J Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials,
free. F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
5@“Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
In Algeria thereis a river of ink.
It is formed by =tbe union of two
streams, one coming from a region
of iron ore, the other draining a
peat swamp.- The water of : the
former is impregnated with iron,
that of the latter with-gallic acid.
When the two mingle, the acid
with the iron forms a true ink.
Three men who have been news
paper reportes in Albany have be
come members of the cabinet. The
late Daniel Manning, Daniel S.
Lamont and Charles Emory Smith,
less than 25 years ago, sat side by
side reporting the proceedings of
the New York Legislature.
STRONG SHOE GO.,
MACON, GEORGIA.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
“QUEEN QUALITYf’ithe famous. Ladies' $3.00
Shoes—all styles.
“WALK OVER,”
Shoes on the marlet.
the lest value in Men's $3.50
-We carry always in stock a complete assortment
of everything that is new and good in footwear.
Mail orders promptly attended to.
STRONG SHOE CO..
MACON, GEORGIA.
CALDER B. WILLINGHAM,-JR,,
Wholesaleand.Betail .Dealer in
Fine China, Porcelain, Glassware, Lamps,
STOVES, RANGES,
HM8graM8MM <§@Q©8, .
Trlangular Block.
MAC02T, GEORFIA.
Picture Frames,
Pictures, Easels, Art Goods and Art Novelties,
We carry the largest stock of any. firm in the
state, do the best work, and sell at living prices.
Mail orders solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed.
When in Macon be sure to call at our store.
W. Lamar Williams,
422 Second St., Macon - , Ga.
a. & SALKGOSI,
-dealer in-
Cutlery, Guns, Ammunition,
WAS0N MATERIAL,
PE.@WS, Pi®W 8CMI, VMDWARB, &e.
Thibd St., Near Post-Office, MACON, GEORGIA.
To secure the original witch ha
zel salve, ask for DeWitt’s Witch
Hazel Salve, well known as a cer
tain cure for piles and skin diseas
es. Beware of-worthless counter
feits. They are dangerous. Holtz
claw’s Drugstore.
Wm. Orr, Newark, O., says, e £We
never feel safe, without One Min
ute Cough Cure in the house. It
— _ saved my little boy’s life when he
ly operation was performed; but had the pneumonia. We think it
himeot? wiill Rnplr!on*c ifl tlio Ltoaf. mPflim
he cured himself with BackleD’s j is the best , medicine made.” It
Arnica Salve, -the best in the J cures coughs and all lung diseases.
World. Surest Pile cure on Earth, j Pleasant to take, harmless and
25c a box at. Holtzolaw’s Drag gives immediate rersuits. Holtz
Store. ‘ claw’s Drugstore.
Thirty thousand fruit tiees, com
prising the entire orchards of D. C.
and G, M. Bacon, in Mitchell coun
ty Ga., will be burned by order of
State Entomologist Scott, owiag
to the ravages of the San Jose
CASTOR IA
For Infant i and ChiMnn.
Tbs Kind You Htn Always Bought
Bears tbs
Signature of l
pronounce our Surries to be well
built in every detail/ The style,
comfort and quality of our . . . . •
PHAETONS AND BUGGIES
are such as will please you and
insure you good round value for
your money.
Cor. Second and Poplar Streets,
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