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JOHN H. HODGES, Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO HO ME.INTERESTS. PROCRESS AND CULTURE.
$l.SO A YEAR INADVANQE.
VOL- XXIX.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY: GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1900.
NO. 22.
w. B. Fitzgerald. J. G. Fitzgerald.
Big Creek Poultry Farm,
ELKO, GA.
Breeders of S. C. Brown Leghornp,
Black Langshans, Black Minorcas and
Pekin Ducks. Eggs at §1.50 fur 15.
EGGS FOR IsALL.
pit Games $1.60 per 16.
Cornish Indian Games $1.50 and $5.00
^Mammoth Bronze Turkeys $2.00 per 9.
EELDENVALE POULTEY YAEDS,
nicU22-2ui E. L. Dennabd, Dennard, Ga.
White Plymoutli Rocks,
AS GOOD AS THIS BEST.
Eggs—W. P. Bock, Pekin Ducks and
Bronze Turkeys $1.00 per setting if you
call at
White Rock Poultry Farm,
Pjbbbt, Georgia.
wiii/iKte spp.
CLEAN TOWELS.
SHARP RAZORS.
WHITE BARBER.
- Will appreciate a call from you.
JESSE DOLES,
Fort Valley, Ga.
/■Basement of Harris House.
w. H. HARRIS,
DENTIST.
Successor to Dr. W. A. Blassengame.
OFFICE OVER DOW DAW BANK,
FORT VALLEY. : GEORGIA.
Dr. H. W. WALKER,
DENTIST.
Office, Union Dry Goods Co., Cherry st.
MACON GEORGIA.
o. z. McArthur,
DENTIST,
FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA.
Office over Slappey’s Drugstore.
darraq R. Ertlis,
# ^ Architect.
WITH
WILLIS F. DENNY.
Offices : 11 & 12 Commercial Bank Bldg.,
Macon, Ga.
Q M. DuPREE.
Attorney - at - Law,
Byron, Ga.
Money to loan on Farm l ands.
J. R. SIMS,
OPERATIVE DENTIST.
Crown and Bridge Work.
Office Near Perry Hotel, Main Street,
PERRY, GA.
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15
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DAVIS,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
PERRY, GEORGIA.
Having retired from military service
the practice of law id resumed.
Office in Masonic Building: up stairs
«T. DASHER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Perry, Ga.
t2TOffice in Masonic Building.
0. 0. 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 iirst-class.
Loans on Farms
AT 7 PER CENT.
We are uow able to negotiate loans
on farming lands Promptly at sev
en per cent interest.
Security Loan and Aastract Co.,
370 Secoud 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. $14 Second St.. Macon, Ga.
FIVE YEARS AGO TO-DAY.
Written for the Home Journal.
While I, this morn, pick up my pen
Oqly a few words to write,
I will tell you in a very few words
The story I thought on last night.
As £ have said in a line above,
I have but little to say;
It is concerning how I felt
Five years ago to-day.
My mother left me on that day,
And of conrse it broke my heart
For so dear a friend as Bhe was to me
From life and me'to part.
Bnt the Master always knows the best
And will carry it all Bis way,
And I hope she went to rest with Him
Five years ago to-day.
Bnt now she has gone and all has past
And resting with Thee above,
But with all of that of conrse it can’t
Change my un bounding love.
And now I am left an orphan
In this wide world to stay, [her
Till He sees fit to pass me on as He did
Five years ago to-day.
I was in the field at work
When the news was bronght to me,
And of conrse it broke my heart
And vanished all the glee.
’Tis true l never saw her
Till she had passed away,
Bnt hope and trnst I’ll go as she did
Five years ago to-day.
And now my heart is aching,
As there will never be another
That will feel as dear to me
And take the place of mother.
’Tis true papa married another
To brush his pain away,
But I’ll never feel as I felt
Five years ago to-day.
Well, as I am getting fnll of sorrow,
And scarce can use my pen,
Will wait until to-morrow
And begin this note again.
Bnt to this I’ll add these words,
When sorro .v comes cast it away,
For I have had sorrow in my heart sinco
Fire years ago to-day.
Well, Til close this sad feeling subject
With only a word to the boy,
That while in this world alone
Yon need not always look for joy.
Bnt when a child happens to that luck
These words I truthfully say:
“That I lost my bast friend
Five years ago to-day.”
A. B. B.
Ben Hill Academy, Houston Co.
A PRISONER OF WAR.
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Work Cor Girl Graduates.
“The work yon are to do, dear
child, vonr Heavenly Father knows
all about, and in dne time He will
bring it to you, or lead you to it,”
writes Margaret E.' Sangater to
girl graduates, in the Jane Ladies’
Home Journal. “Tour part is to
be ready, to make the most of your
powers, and, in any period of inde
cision, or of doubt, to go forward
one Btep at a time as the way is
make plaiD, sitting still and doing
nothing when that is evidently the
Lord’s appointment for yon. And,
if you will believe me, there is not
the most remote village in the
land, nor the loneliest farmhouse,
nor the narrowest apartment in a
crowded city street, where a bright
and clever girl, with a well trained
mind and two capable hands, cam
not find plenty to do. Fathers and
mothers growing old need the
brightness their girls can bring to
them. Little children, small broth
ers and sisters, other girls not so
well off, straggling lads and las
sies trying against odds to fit
themselves for college, kitchens
badly managed and wastefully ad
ministered, sick rooms lonely and
sorrowful, are in want of lhe min
istries our college graduates can
bestow. Meanwhile the position to
which your heart turns will surely
open iu good season.”
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Tortured A Witness.
Iutense suffering was endured
by witness T. L Martin, of Dixie,
Ky., before he gave this evidence:
I coughed every night until my
throat was nearly raw; then tried
Dr. King’s New Discovery which
gave instant relief. I have used it
iu my family for four years and
recommend it as the greatest rem
edy for Conghs, Colds and all
Throat, Chest aud Lung troubles.
It will stop-the worst cough and
not only prevents but absolutely
cures Consumption. Price 50c and
$1.00. Every bottle guaranteed.
Trial bottles free at Holtzclaw’s
Drugstore.
»
Governor Pingraej of Michigan^
has renounced his allegiance to the
republican party, and says that he
is going with the democrats this
year. His reason for leaving the
republican party is that it belongs
to the trasts, and the trusts, he
says, will ruin the country, if the
republican party remains in power
much longer.
J. C. Kennedy, Roanoke, Tenn.,
says, “I cannot say too much for
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. One
box of it cured what the doctors
c.Hl-ei an incurable ulcer on my
jaw.” Cures piles aud all skin dis
eases. Lookout for worthless imi
tatioas. Holtzclaw’-s Drugstore.
It is said that from 40,000 to
50,000 youDg men from the rural
districts annually drift into New
York, while about 10,000 invade
Philadelphia and 20,000 Chicago.
You cannot accomplish any work
or business unless you feel well.
If you feel “Used Up—Tired Oat,”
take Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver
I Medicine.
Incidents and Reminiscences of Two
Years of Prison Life, by a Houston
County Confederate Veteran.
The five hundred dollar bill I
sent to that patriotic little lady at
Nashville for kindness to me was,
of course, a confederate bill. She
promptly acknowledged the recep
tion by letter saying, she would
preserve it as a souvenir in remem
brance of the Prisoner of War.
My father and mother had not
heard from me in twelve montbB.
The last letter 1 received from
home was in August, 1864, after
Sherman made his march through
Georgia. Communications were cut
off from Northern prisons. My
father wrote to Igt me know the
deprecation of property in the
South and the small value placed
open our money. He had a little
male he raised, which was 15 or
16 years old, and it died. He wrote
me bis I033 was one thousand dol
lars, and said “I sold a kid yester
day for $50.00.” My father wrote
a coarse hand, and could only write
on one side of a sheet of paper. In
order to give me all the news he
could, he wrote every line and
then went back and interlined,
which was equal to two papers.
When bis letter arrived at head
quarters the examining officer tried
to read it but failed, as he wrote
on the back of the envelope, “Read
this letter, for I’ll be d— if I cao
read it.” I gaess he thought that
they had found some one at the
other end of the line that could
read it. So he let her come in.
His letter contained about four
hundred words; he wrote with a
goose quill pen, aud 1 being ac
customed tojiis writing, found no
trouble in reading his letters.
From August, 1864,1 never could
get a letter to reach home. When
the war was declared ended, and
the soldiers commenced returning
to their homes, my father and
mother were sad at heart,yet ming
led with hope and joy that I could
get home. They knew nothing of
the punishment I had endured;
arid didn’t know whether I
dead or alive.
My brother, J. H. M. C., who
served in the army of Northern
Virginia under that illustrious war
rior, General Lee, and it was said
of him he was as good and brave
a soldier as ever carried a musket
went through eight pitched bat
tles and came out with only
slight wound. He was with Gen.
Lee when he surrendered. He
saw Lee and Grant sitting under
the apple tree talking over the
terms of surrender. He heard the
farewell address of Geu. Lee to his
men giving the terms of Barren
der. While his Adjutant Geu. was
reading his address, the old warri
or with a sad heart .with tears trick
ling down his cheeks, stood and
looked upon his ragged and worn-
out men, yet as brave a set of men
as ever trod the American soil.
Below, I will give his farewell ad
dress, as no doubt a great many
people have never seen it, espe
cially our young people.
Headquarters Army Northern Va.,
April 10,1865.
After four years of arduons ser
vice, marked by unsurpassed cour
age and fortitude, the army of
Northern Virginia has been com
pelted to yield to overwhelming
numbers and resources. I need
not tell the survivors of so many
bard foughtr battles, who have re
mained steadfast to the last, that 1
have consented to this result from
do distrust of them. But feeling
that valor and devotion could ac
complish nothing that could com
pensate for the loss that would
have attended the continuation of
the contest. I have determined to
avoid the useless sacrifice of those
whose past services have endeared
them to their countrymen. By the
terms of agreement officers and
men can return to their homes and
remain there until exchanged.
You will take with you the sat
isfaction that proceeds -from the
consciousness of duty faithfully
performed, and 1 earnestly pray
that a merciful God will exteud to
you His blessings and protection.
With an unceasing admiration of
your constancy and devotion to
jour country, and a grateful re 1
membrance of your kind aud gen
erous consideration of myself, I
bid you an affectionate farewell.
R. E Lee, Geueral.
That illustrious chieftain, Gen.
Lee, lo^erl hia men and they loved
him. His men wept with him on
that sad occasion. There were
tears of sorrow mingled with tears
of joy.
My brother took a boat at Nor
folk and came to Savannah. Sher
man haviug destroyed the railroad
from Savannah toMacon.be went by
way of Albany, and reached home
on May 1st.
My father went to Powersville
every day for three long tnontbs to
see if be could bear something of
bis lost soldier boy, but could
bear nothing - Mother and father
bad almost given up m despair.
On the 27<h day of June, 1866,
I arrived at Powersville. , My fath
er missed coming that day. He
sent my brother and uncle John
nie Allen. As we came in sight
of home, my mother spied a sol
dier with a heart overflowing, she
exclaimed “Is it my boy?” As we
approached near down the line I
saw her anxiety. She brid called
father and daughter. I gave a sig
nal bv the wave of the hand. “It's
him!” thanks be to the Lord. Oh
the love of a mother for her child!
She was first to meet me. ' With
her arms around my neck, she
praisedGod from whom allblessings
come. She blessed His holy name.
She wept tears of joy. She said
the good Lord had answered her
petitions. She was overcome and
had to be supported to the house!
My father was melted down in
tears. I being the last to return,
a great ovation wa9 made over me.
The fatted calf was killed; a great
dinner v»a3 prepared; neighbors
and friends were invited in to re
joice aDd to make merry; music
and dancing were indulged in. My
brother didn’t act the part of the
prodigal son; he too joined in and
made merry the day. This ends
my story of a Prisoner of War
My war and prison life in some
respects was a hard one. I endur
ed untold agonies, yet in other res
pects I was blessed. What I suf
fered, I did it for my csuutry, aud
1 don’t regret it. I will soon be
57years old, and if needs be, lam
ready to defend my country again.
I bid you adieu.
Climax Year of Prosperity.
During the ten months ending
with April last the total value of
our exports was, $1,172,736,685 an
increase of nearly $136,000,000
over the footing for the ten months
ending with April 1899.
For the same period of . ten
months the value of our imports
whs also increased by $152,000,r
000 compared with the correspond
ing ten months of the preceding
year.
If the last two months of the
current fiscal year keep pace with
the first ten our exports for the
whole 12 months will amount in
value to over §1,400,000,000, or
$175,000,000 in excess of the last'
preceding fiscal year; while our
imports for the whole year will to
tal about $860,000,000, being $153,
000,000 more than the year before.
In fine, it is all but certain, says
the New York world, that the fiscal
3 ear which closes on June 30 next
will show the largest totals alike
of exports and imports aud also the
largest favorable balance of tradd
ever recorded in the history of.
the United Statet.
Next Georgia Senate.
Atlanta Constitution.
Twenty seven of the forty-fonr
senatorial districts of the state
have nominated their senators for
the next legislature, leaving seven
enteen yet to act. Thus with
large majority of the upper house
practically elected it is no difficult
matter to foretell in what respect
that body will be like former sen
ates aud wherein it is likely to dif
fer from those that have gone be
fore.
“The personnel of the next seu
ate,” remarked a prominent state
official yesterday, “so far as we are
abletojadge, shoald certainly b
encouraging to the people of Geor
gia. I would not have any one
construe my remark .as disparag
ing to the ability of any other sen
ate, but I predict here that iu the
next upper bouse the state will
have the best and most intellectual
set of representatives it has had
in many a year. Some of the
strongest men in Georgia, politi
cal aud intellectual leaders in their
communities, are ou the way to
the senate . to contribute out of
their rich experience’&nd andoabt
ed capacity to the legislation of
the coming session.”
One of the first things noticed
in glancing over the list of men
who were nominated to the sen
ate is that there is a greater aum
her of business men, men of af
fairs whose time is as valuable to
themselves as it will prove to the
state, than can be found on any
similar list. This tendency is re
garded as a natural growth of gov
ernment for the same evolution
has been noticed and to an even
greater extent in the federal con'
grefjs.
Question Answered.
Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale of any medicine ib the
civilized world. Your mothers
aud grandmothers never thoaght
or using anything else for Indiges
tion or Biliousness. Doctors were
scarce, and they seldom heard of
Appendicitis, Nervous Prostration
or Heart failure, etc. They used
August Flower 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 is all they took when
feeling-dull and bad with headaches
The ancients believed that rheu
matism was the work of a demon
within a man. Any one who has
had an attack of sciatic or inflam
matory rheumatism will agree that
the' infliction Ib demoniac enough
to warrant the belief. It has never
been .claimed .that. Chamberlain’s
Pain Balm would cast out demons,
but it will, cure rheumatism, aud
hundreds bear testimony to the
truth of this statement. One appli
cation relieves the pain, and this
quick relief which it affords is
alone wortb many times its cost.
For sale by all dealers.
The church going ladies, to two
churches in Atlanta, have estab
lished a rule for ladies to take off
their hats when taking their seats
in church. This has become nec
essary owing to the fact that pig
eon wings and bird-feathers pro
traded so high from their hats
that those sitting farthest back iu
church coaid not see the preacher.
—Blascock Banner,
How’s This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that can not be cured by Hall’s
Catafrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Prop’s,
Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
and believe him perfectly honora
ble in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out
any obligations made by their
firm.
West & Traax, Wholesale Drug
gists, T ledo O., Walding’ Kiunin
Mamin, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo, Ohio.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimon
ials free.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
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The beat utterances at the mid
dle of-the road convention in Cin
ciunati last week were contained
in the speech made by Mr. Rahil-
ly, of Minnesota, in nominating
Mr. Donnelly to? vice president.
The speech, however, was, with
the exception of one or two minor
changes, the identical one made
by Daniel Dongherty in 1888 when
he presented President Cleveland’s
name for renomination. The Pops
know a good thing when they see
it.—Macon Telegraph.
W. S. Musser, Miilheim, Pa.,
saved the life of bis little girl by
giving her Oue Minute Cough
Cure when she was dying from
croup.% It is the only harmless rem
edy that gives immediate results.
It quickly cures coughs, colds,
bronchitis, grippe, asthma and all
throat and luug troubles. Holtz
claw’s Drugstore. •
The American Corn Kitchen,
which has been opened at the Pa'r-
is Exposition has given the people
of France their first taste of the
many dishes prepared from the
American corn.. And the samples
that are being served are said to
have already created a heavy de
mand for our cereal.
Mrs. A. E. Champion, ifates, Ala.,
writes: Have used Dr. M. A. Sim
mons'Liver Medicine 18 years. It
cured my daughter of Sour Stom
ach aDd Spitting Up her food.
Augusta gets fourteen negro cen
sus enumerators, three of whom
are women. Ij is useless to add
that the, people of that city are in
diguant.
Suicide by poison is not more censur
able thaD by refusal to cure yourself of
Female Trouble with Simmons Squaw
Vine Wine or Tablets.
STRONG SHOE GO..
MACON, GEORGIA.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
“QUEEN QUALITY,” the famous Ladies’ $3.00
Shoes—all.styles.
“WALK OYER.” the best value in Men’s $3.50
Shoes on the marJcei.
We carry always in stock a complete assortment . j
of everything that is new and good in footwear. j
Mail orders promptly attended to.
STRONG SHOE CO..
MACOiSI, GEORGIA.
New Store! New Goods!
PRICES TO SUIT EVERYBODY!
I have just opened a nice, line of DRY GOODS
and GROCERIES in the Eeagin Building at.. .
WBLLSTOIT,
With Mr. W. B. Stafford as manager, and will
sell goods at Macon prices. I solicit the patron
age of the community. Respectfully,
JOSIAH BASS.
Spring’s Swift Steps
Are on the heels of the tardy
Winter, and all men’s thoughts
Now turn to .the shedding of
Heavy clothes for lighter ones—
We open the season with the biggest
boast we have ever made, and that is
in regard, to our
■if
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This is our hobby, and you’ll find them all
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Right up-to-date. The patterns will suit the
hard to suit, and sizes to fit all shapes. Give
them a look.
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The Up-to-Date Clothiers,
MACON,
408 Third Street.
GEORGIA.
A Fast Bicycle Rider
Will often receive painful cuts,
sprains or bruises from accidents.
Bucklpu’s Arnica Salve will kill
the pain and heal the injary. It’s
the cvclist’s friend. Cures Chaf-
Among the 153,000 inhabitants
which tbelast census gave New
Mexico there were 20,OOu Indians
and 50,000 Mexicans.
aud other aches. You only need a! Gbappsd-Hands Sore laps,
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isfied there is nothing serious the r
matter with yon. Sample bottles' i
at Holtzolaw’s Drug Store.
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