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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. W 15 ! c. 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. ELECTRO-GALVANIC BELT will cure all your Aches and Pains; Dyspep sia, Rheumatism, Neuralgia and all Ner vous Troubles; lleai t, Stomich, Liver and Kiduey Disorders, and the many nameless ill's which afflictus. Safe and pleasant to wear at all times, and by anyone. Can he lanndried, and will last for many years. The Greatest Friend to Suffering Women, readily overcom ing ail their maladies, brightening their eyes aud clearing' their complexions. Price. SI. $2 aud $3, according to power. POSITIVELY GUARANTEED. Send for circulars. Blxie Eleclrie Belt Ge., oastohia. Bun, th» a The Kind Yon Haw Always Bought SigBitmo a 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.” —: -*•* 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. - - 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 $10.00 SUITS... This is our hobby, and you’ll find them all right. Would you examine the workman- snip? You’ll find ic first-class. The style? Right up-to-date. The patterns will suit the hard to suit, and sizes to fit all shapes. Give them a look. SMSOH & SOB! 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, “ j . i Barns, Ulcers and Piles. Care; few doses of Green s Augnst Dow- g aaran t ee( j 0 nlv25c. Try it. Sold ?. r j» “ i? u - d - for “; - to mak ® y by H. M. Holtzclaw, Druggist. i isfied there is nothing serious the r matter with yon. Sample bottles' i at Holtzolaw’s Drug Store. For Infants and Children. Tin Kind You Hava Aiwafs Bought Bears tbs Eiguatux* of Subscribe for the Home Journal pronounce our Surries to be well < built iu every detail. The style, comfort and quality of our .... SHIES, PHAETONS AND BUGOIES * are such as will please you and insure you good round value for your money. ...... ..... X>!E Cor. Second and Poplar Streets,