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St., Iear Post-Office, MACON, GEORGIA will please you and good round value for your money. jOHK H. HODGES, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE. S$l.f50 A TEAK I TV ADVAjX GE. VOii. XXIX. PKRliY, HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAKCH 29, 1900. NO. 13. W. B. Fitzgerald. J. G. Fitzgerald., Big Creek Poultry Farm, ELKO, GA. Breeders of S. C. Brown Leghorns, •Ri-u'k Langshans, Black Minorcas and Pekin Bucks. Eggs at 81.60 for 15. IF YOTJ WANT Tiptop Insurance ©N TOMB UFI Try a policy in . Union Central The Cincinnati, Ohio. I will be to serve you. T. N. WHITE, Agt., HATTIE, GA. w. H. HARRIS, DENTIST. Successor te Dr. W. A. Blassengamc OFFICE OVER DOW LAW BANK, FORT VALLEY, ; GEORGIA. Dr. H. "W* WALKER, DENTIST. Office, Union Dry Goods Co., Cherry 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 White Rock Poultry Farm, Pekey, Geobgia. Uarrar\ R. Mis, * f Architect. with WILLIS F. DENNY. Offices: 11 & 12 Commercial Bank Bldg., Macon, Ga. M.. DuPBEE. Attorney - at - Law, Bybon, Ga. Money to loan on Farm Bands. J. R. SIMS, OPERATIVE DENTIST. Crown and Bridge Work. Office Near Perry Hotel, Main' Street, PERKY, GA. W O. DAVIS, . ATTOENEY-AT-LAW, PERRY, GEORGIA. Having retired from military service the practice of law is resumed. Office in Masonic Building: up stairs JT. DASHER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Pkbby, Ga. Office inMasonic Building. C. 0. DUNCAN. J. P. DUNCAN. DUNCAN & DUNCAN, PERRY, GEORGIA 1 . 1 We have made arrangements to nego tiate loans on Fanning lands, at 8 par cent, interest, in sums of $300.00 and up wards, where security is first-class. ' Loans on Farms AT 7 PER CENT. * * 3 We are now able to negotiate loans on fanning lands Promptly at sev en per cent interest. Security Loan and Aastract Co., 370 Second at., Macon, Ga. J. J. Cobb, T. B. West, President. Secretary & Attorney. WASHINGTON LETTER. From Our Regular Correspondent. The House Republicans earned the anger of the entire coun try for their persistence in acting contrary to “plain duty” in regard to Porto Rico; the Republican Sen ators will earn something worse, than anger—utter contempt—if they persist in their course of procrasti nation and vacillation on the sab ject. Said a prominent Democrat ic Senator this morning: “It will not satisfy the country for the Sen ate to pass an act paying over to the government of Porto Rico money wrongfully collected from the citi zens of that unfortunate island. The Republicans do not seem to realize that it is not a question of robbing Peter to pay Paul, nor one of the extent and burden of the duties imposed, but a radical issue between justice and injustice-and that there is as much injustice in delay aB in imposing a daty. The memorial addressed to Congress by the merchants of Porto Rico makes this statement: “The fact cannot be disputed that our people are in sore distress. All commerce is now hampered. The investment of capital is stopped. Our farmers have not the means to plant or to gather crops. Building and im proving are impeded. Capital re fuses to come here for investment in either manufacturing or agri cultural pursuits, for the reason that the sovereignty of the United States over this island-his depriv ed us of free trade with Spain and with Cuba, which formerly took our exports at fair prices and ena bled ns to live. We now ask as a right that free trade with the United States be given us. We ask bread as a right from our moth er. Do not, we pray, give ns a stone. We ask for an immediate decision.’ It is at this moment that the Republicans of the Senate, confessedly from motives of politi cal expediency, decide to debate the tariff bill indefinitely, in the hope of being able, in one or two months, as the case may be,to reach an agreement which will presrve party unity, and worst of all, in or der not to interfere with Senators Aldrich and Platt (of Conecticut) who are enjoying themselves on a junketing trip to Cuba.” The Interstate Commerce Com mission has just rendered a desis- ion of considerable importance to tbe country at large, though it ap plies specifically to only one city. It holds that the system of rate making under which one place is given much lower rates than anoth er competitive point, is utterly un reasonable. The town asking re lief is Danville, Va., and the ac tion is directed against the South ern Railway. The commission says, in part: “The development of the Southern Railway into a great system, through codsolida- tion and improvement of worthless properties, ris a legitimate enter prise which has benefittedthe whole territory affected thereby ;and while they conceived and executed it have no right to exact a return upon an extravagant capitalization, whatev er has honestly and in good faith gone into the enterprise, should be protected. Bat the people living in such territory are also entitled to protection, and the Southern Railway, by virtue of the fact that it has obtained' possession of and now controls the avenues of com munication by rail between the city of Danville and the outside world, has no right to deprive that community of the competitive ad vantages which the enterprise of its citizens, in nue way or another, has secured, and upon the strength of which business conditions have grown up; it must recognize the geographical position and the com • mercial importance of the city of Danville.” Loans negotiated on improved farms, at lowest market rates#? and on most liberal terms. Business of fifteen years standing. Sore than three million dollars in loans negotiated. Facilities unsur passed. HOWARD M. SMITH, Bo. 814 Second St.. ' Macon, Ga- The Pixie ELECTRO-GALVANIO BELT will cure all your Aches and Pains; Dyspep sia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia and all Ner vous Troubles; Heait, Stomach, Liver and Kidney Disorders, and the many nameless ills wiiich afflict ns. 3afe and pleasaut to wear at all times, and by anyone. Can be laundried.and .will last- for many years. The Greatest Friend to Suffering Women, readily overcom ing all their maladies, brightening ,their eyes and clearing their complexions. Price, Si. S2 and $3, according-to power. POSITIVELY GUARANTEED. Send for circulars. Bixie Electric Belt Gek OASTOREA^ Beanth yfllw KindYoo I Blpatnre Bf Lewis On the Currency Bill. Ron. E B. Lewis, our immedi ate representative in congress, has spoken qftener during this session than heretofore, and he attracts earnest attention every time. Dur ing the debate on the currency bill in the House last week, he being requested by Mr. Richardsou, the democrattc leader, to open the de bate in opposition to the bill, he delivered an able speech. Of the speech, the correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution said: “Mr. Lewis claimed that the main reason for this funding of the bonded interest bearing debt of $850,000,000 that could be paid un der thirty years was for the pur pose of solidifying the national banks as a part of the government. He charged that the national banks dictated this feature of the bill and that- the great bond issue was intended for them alone. Mr. Lew is said enthusiastically that the funding of the nnmatured debt in dicated to him strongly that the republicans had grave fears that- the democratic party would be suc cessful at tbe coming election ana would be in power at the maturity of these bonds, and that the demo crate instead of fastenig an interest bearing debt on the American peo ple for thirty years would under take to pay the debt, stop the in terest and relieve the people of the burden. “Mr. Lewis went on to outline the six distinct features of the bill first, to establish the gold standard; second, to give authority to the secretary of the treasury; third, create a division of issue and re demption; fourth to fund the pub lic debt; fifth delegate all power of issuing all money to national banks, and, sixth, to make a dis honest declaration in favor of in ternational bimetalism. He char acterized the sixth feature of the bill as a farce; said it was hot made in honesty and sincerity, but was a subterfuge to catch the unsus pecting voter. Mr. Lewis made a strong and interesting speech and at the request of members on the democratic side his time was ex tended. He was warmly applaud ed and at the conclusion of his speech many of his democratic col leagues went to his seat and con gratulated him.” f —-<kO^ — Horife Comsnmptlon oC Colton. An interesting development or the cotton situation in Georgia has been presented in a news story fromColnmbusin which it is shown that western Georgia will soon cease to export the staple, and will be compelled to, import cotton from other places. The 75,000 spindles now in op eratiou in Columbus will soon be increased to 100,000,’ and a con sumption of 30,000 bales of cotton will be increased to 6U,000. But a few miles up the river West Point has large cotton mills in operation, cutting off a possible supply from that direction, while to tbe east stands Griffin, likewise bidding for all in sight. Mills at Newnan, La- Grange, Thomaston, and other pluses, also join in the work of consumption, to which must be ad ded Atlanta. Thus thr time is in sight when the local mill men will oust the shipper, and the conse quence will be an increased price to the farmer. for his product. The erection of a textile machin ery plant in Atlanta will facilitate this line of industry, and convert our idle people into happy wage- earners. Through this means cit ies and farms as'well will be built dp, and prosperity will be ground ed upon something tangible which cannot disappear over night. What has been successfully ac complished in South Carolina is rapidly becoming a fact in Geor gia as well.—Atlanta Constitution. Banker Routs a Robber. J. R. 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 best medicine I ever used-for a severe colcf or a bad case of lung trouble. I always keep a bottle on hand.” Don’t suffer with Coughs, Colds, or any Throat, Chest or Lang trouble when yon can be cured so easily. Only 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Holtzclaw’s Drugstore. - Au Idaho tramp who was-injur ed on a railroad train while steal ing,a ride, has brought suit for. damages, alleging that his,mishap was due to the negligence of the company’s employes He says that although they knew where he was, and that -he ought to have been put off, they did not put him off. To secure the original witch ha zel salve, ask for DeWitt’s Witch Ty “operation >was performed; but] Hazel Salve, well known bsa cer- he cased himself with Backlen’s Arnica Salve, the beet in the A. R. De Fluent, editor of the Journal, Doylestown, Ohio, suffer ed for a number of years fiom rheumatism iu his right shoulder and side'. He says: “My right arm at times was entirely useless. I tried Chamberlain’s. Pain -Balmr 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 al 1 dealers.: — : -» -■ Man in the exercise bf hie free agency, is too prone to do wrong or make blunders and then lay it upon Providence. And so too, upon the other hand, is he prone, when he succeeds in bis undertakings,-' to assume a relationship with Providence which be does not in fact bear. The one is slandering Providence, and the other is phari- seeism. ' , : ~ He Fooled The Surgeons. • All doctors told Renick Hamil ton, ot. West Jefferson, Q., after suffering 18 months from Rectal Fistula, he would die unless a cost- The Spirit of Pessimism. Atlanta Constitution. It is amusing to watch -the wail that periodically-ascends from cer tain quarters to the effect that crime and evil is increasing, and .that the world is' not as good as it was some years ago._ Such lamen tations are to be expected, perhaps, but they are wholly illogical. We veoture the assertion that the world today is no worse than it has been in any period of its history. On every side is is heard the cry that so called “waves of crime” are increasing and the peo ple nowadays affect not to ’be sur prised when a trusted citizen goes wrong and it develops that he is short in bis accounts or acensed of one of tbe many crimes catalogued in the daily newspapers. No, they are only surprised that more such instances are not reported, and sigh for the good old times when one could hobnob with one’s friends free from the fear that the man who tamiliarly robbed bis elbow jnight tbe next night be resting be hind the bars on a charge of felony, of that his name might be smirch ed by some of the countless offenses which have found place in our dic tionary of criminology. And yet, when we glance over the pages ofrecorded history, there are evidences that at various stages the world has been more, wicked and more reckless in its public or back-parlor behavior than at the present time. For every crime of today we have some wilder-blood ier or more hideous parallel! in past years. For every bit iff reli gious hypocrisy dr persecution, sharp practice or illustrations of merci 1 essn esa and crnel ty, we have chronicles of duplicate deeds -qust as shamefa! add inexcusable- as those committed in our times. The only difference is that in past ages while crime was just as prevalent and rampant- it was more obscure, from the fact that newspapers, steam and the telegraph had l-not begun to report it broadcast, And that while a tragedy might be' a sensation in a small village, for an average man’s lifetime, the tale seldom' traveled further than a ra dins of a hundred miles from its original point. :- Another fruitful "factor to the delusion that evil is increasing is that we now call old crimes by new names and call by their prop er titles offenses that were in time past overlooked, misnamed or counted as the privelege of the man rich enough to pay for them, unscrupulous enough to commit them or powerful enough to pro tect himself agaiost their conse quences.’ A little dispassionate re flection will convince anyone that these assertions are more than mere theories and bear the im press of truth. Taking tbe opposite view, it seems probable that good is in creasing and is gradually winning dominance over its antithesis. We seldom or never hear of the noble actions which are a part of the lives of many of the people whom you pass on yonr way to bnsiness every day. There is ho .earthly record kept of the soul wreuching sacrifices made in order that truth and right may prevail, and could we look into the souls of our neigh bora, we should doubtless find there the history of good done and sin resisted which would more than offset the discouraging annals of crime and evil which daily obtrude themselves on our notice. It is wisest never to indulge the spirit of pessimism. We may rest as sured that hnman nature is no worse than it was a few centuries ago, and that the future is just as reassuring. . Will Help the South. 1 The Southern Industrial conven tion to be held in. Chattanooga in May will be one of the most impor tant meetings ever held in the south on a similar occasion, Chat tanooga is making preparations to entertain a large number of dele gates, and it is expected that every line of southern industry and trade will be well represented. The secretary of the association, Mr. N. F. Thompson, says the indi cations for a successful meeting are very encouraging. The pro gram, which will extend over a pe riod of four days, beginning May 8th, is-in course, of preparation. Tbe papers and discussions will give a gre&t deal of information aboat southern industries and the advantages of the south as a field for the investment of capital, • Secretary Thompson says that, if met in the proper spirit, Phila delphia capitalists alone will in vest millions of dollars in develop ing the resources of the south. Capitalists- from other eastern cit ies are also ready to invest their money in southern enterprises Mr. Thompson believes that many mill ions of dollars will be invested in tbe south in the next few years, as a direct result of the work of Southern Industrial Association. The convention will certainly prove an excellent advertisement for the south, and the importance of the Chattanooga meeting can hardly be overestimated. Price Redced One Half. “Georgia" Ed ncation,” the popu lar school paper published in At lanta by Miss S. Y. Jewett, has just celebrated the first anniversa ry of its birthay by redacing the subscription price from $1.00 to 50c. It i3 announced that ar rangements have been made to publish daring the year articles from a large number of the leading school men of Georgia, as well 8S such prominent national educators as Dr. Wm. T. Harris, ‘Dr. J. L M. Curry aud others. Personal and local school newB will continue a special feature of the paper. The other departments will be kept up to-a high standard. Question Answered. Yes, August Flower still has the largest sale of any medicine in the civilized world. Your mothers and grandmothers never thought of using anything else for Indiges tion or Biliousness. Doctors were scarce, and they seldom heard of Appendicitis, -Nervons Prostration or Heart failure, etc. They used August Mower to clean out the system and stop fermentation of undigested food, regulate the~ ac tion of the liver, stimulate the ner vous and organic action of the sys tem, and that 13 all they took when feeling dull and bad with headaches and other aches. You only need a few doses of Green’s August Flow er, in liquid form, to make you sat isfied there is nothing sferious the matter with you. Sample bottles at Holtzclaw s Drug Store. tain cure.for piles and skin diseas es Beware of worthless counter- Worid. Surest Pile cure on Eirtfa. feits. They Are dangerous. Holtz- 25c a box at Holtzclaw’s Drugstore, 1 claw’s Drugs-ore. The exports from this country in February reached the enormous total of §119,765,762, which is 25 per cent, larger than in any previ- eus-February, and only $15,000,000 less than the exports for the entire fiscal year' of 1850. M. B. Smith, Bntternnt, Mich., "says, “DeWitt’s Little Early Ris ers are the very best pills I ever used for costiveness, liver and bow el troubles.” Hbltzclan’s Drugstore State of Ohio, City of Toledo / _ Lucas County. J 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 bach and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and sub scribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A.- D. 1886. ) A. W. Gleason, SEAI ' l Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in ternally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. v Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. g@“Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. '• _ — 1 ——— Do not permit the children to form the habit of disputing and quarreling with each other. It may be prevented, like other bad hab its, by watchfulness, particularly if the training is begun when the children are very young. Separa tion is the best punishment,"break ing up the play and taking away the cause of the dispute. Children are social" beings and do mot like to play alone. They dislike solitude, and if they find it is invariably the result of quarreling they will take pains to be more amiable so as not’ to be forced into it.—April Ladies’ Home Journal. Wm. Orr, Newark, O., says, “We never feel safe without One Min ute Cough Care in the house. It saved my little boy’s life when he had the pneumonia. We think it is the best medicine made.” It cares coughs and all lung diseases. Pleasant to take, harmless and gives immediate rersults. Holtz claw’s Drugstore. Mrs. PattersoD, daughter of An drew Johnson,-the President, is to donate land for a park to surround the grave of her father at Green ville, Teno., and asks that the na tional government assume control of the park. ' A scientist says the earth is sink ing at the rate uf three inches a year. This may account for the anxiety of some people to get pos session of it- before it dwindles away. ' Beauty Is Blood Deap. Clean blood means-a clean *kin. No beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar tic clean .yonr blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the lazy liver and. driving all im- ! purities from tbe body. Begin to-day to . banish pimples, boils, blotches/ blackheads, ! and that sickly bilious complexion'by taking ■ Cascarets,—beauty for ten cents.: All 'ding- pats, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. STRONG SHOE CO.. MACON, GEORGIA, SOLE AGENTS FOR “QUEEN QUALITY,'”lthe famous Ladies’ $3.09 Shoes—all styles. “WALK OYER,” the best value in Men's $3.50 Shoes on the market. 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. 1111111 in ii WKKKHmm Wholesale and Betail .Healer in Fine China, Porcelain, Glassware, Lamps, STOVES, RANGES, , AM El WilHii MS, Triangular Block. || MACOIT, GEORFIA. Picture Frames, Pictures, Easels, Art Goods and Art Novelties. We carry the largest stock of any firm in the state, do the best wor, and sell at living prices. Mail orders solicited, and satisfaction guaranteed. When in Macon he sure to call at our store. W. Lamar Williams, 422 Second St., Macon, Ga. . M, 6. 8AJLKC0M, -—dealer in ; Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, Ammunition, WAG0P1 MATERIAL, Pt©W§, mm, TINWMg, &e. Third f~| pronounce'our Surries to be well built in every detail. Tbe comfort and quality of our are such as will insurelvc