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JOHN H. HODGES, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROCRESS AND CULTURE, $1.50 A YEAR INAD VAIS OB. VOL. XXIX. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1900. NO. 32. & 1, WILLINGHAM: I COTTON FACTOR MACON, GA. Money to loan to responsible farmers at a low rate of interest. My connection with the cotton mills of Macon gives me advantages unsurpassed in handling cotton consigned to me, and I solicit your shipments. C B. WILLINGHAM. STRONG SHOE CO., Washington Letter. Our Regular Correspondence. Great Demand for Cotton. [ What Makes an Issue Paramount? The the forthcoming cotton’ New York "World. The official determination of the ! cropwiUdemanda ^ price the 'What really makes a political MACON, GEORGIA. SOLE AGENTS FOR Shoes? ‘QUEEN QUALITY,” the famous Ladies’ $3,00 -ail styles. “WALK OVER.” Shoes on the marlcei. the best value in Men’s $3.50 We carry always in slock a complete assortment of everything that is new and good in footwear. Mail orders promptly attended to. STRONG SHOE CO.. MACON, GEORGIA. R. R. HOLSENBECK & CO., —DEALEBS IN— Ladies’ Misses’ Gents’ Boys’ 561 CHEERY STREET, I>vd:a,c©rL, - - , G-eoxgfia. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. r——■ 'Tg~. ; r Mew Store! Hew Goods! PRICES TO SUIT EVERYBODY! I haye just opened a nice line of DRY GOODS and GROCERIES in the Eeagin Building at. . . WELL SI OLT, 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. MACHINERY! GET OUR PRICES BEFORE BUYING Cotton Gins, Cotton Presses, Seed UettGfi ' Elevators, Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, or ANYTHING in MACHINERY or MILL SUPPLY LINE We Operate Machine Shops and Foundry MALLABY BROSb MACHINERY CO.; MACON, GEORGIA. Mention tliis paper. THE DADDY OF ’EM FREE. FREE. Hundreds of cures effected by the use of our Tonic and Stood Purifier, where all other remedies have failed. ■ • , Aij.o VV offer S100 for >mv case of Ervsip.elas, Eczema, Syphilis, Scrofula, Ola Sore or Blood Poison of any kiud we cannot cure. A purely vegetable specific for all diseases of the blood, Aud for niehPtrual irregularities it has no equal. free. free. In order to obtain the name and address of each purchaser of H H. H. Blood Purifier, for 30 days we present each one with the ac companying coupon, 'good for 25 cents at any Drugstore. If your druggist fails to supply you, send coupon to us with 75 cents and we will send you/ a bottle prepaid. Write for booklets. TO ALL DRUGGISTS: )March 15th, 1900. fs fmr . For thirty days from date you are au- IIL thorized to "accept this coupon in t>ay- / II n ment of 25c on each bottle of H. H. H. /■II! Blood Purifier sold. Only one coupon to %a Vy U apply on. each bottle, and only when Vie of the pui-chaser is written on spaces designated Return Coupons to Borne Office for Payment. All Coupons good until June 15th. HOETZCLAWS DRUGSTORE, Perry. Ga, tf. fl, fl. C03IPA5T. MarshallYillc, Ga. gold democrats not to put a tick et in the field this fall, is a great triumph for the democratic party. is evident that nearly all those who voted for Palmer and Buckner in 1896, will this year return to. their old allegiance Some few democrats may vote for McKinley, tgit they will nearly all he men who supported him in 1896 and not those who put up a^ the half-way house in that year. As everyone knows the Palmer and Buckner movement was engineered with the direct intention of; getting votes for Mo Kinley and not for its own ticket Senator Palmer, himself, towards the end of the campaign, advised his supporters to vote for McKin ley instead of for himself,, and his appeal, coming from an alleged democrat, was specious .enough to lead away many men who would never have yiesded to republican repeesentations. This year there will be no chance to Jepeat that sort of thing. The leaders of this faction, who have been continual ly breaking into print with the boastful claim that they are dem ocrats, and that they cannot sup port the party, can do so no longer. They have shouted it from the hustings whenever they were favored with an audi ence, and screamed it from the street corners and in the market places. With the disbandment of their organization they are left without distinct political entity, and will be swallowed up in name as well as in fact by the republi can organization. This renders them comparatively hamless, be cause without even pretence to the old name they cannot confuse the public mind or deceive unthinking people. In other words, the gold democrats as an harassing factor in national wolitics, have passed out of existence. Prom now on if they vote with the republicans on the currency issue, they belong* to the republican party, and 5 they vote with the democrats on the issues of imperialism and trust, they belong to the demo cratic party. They have no party of their own any longer. Mean while, Mark Hanffa has. tried to split the anti-imperialist in twain by organizing the national party, and so prevent the whole body from endorsing Bryan. The new party has apparently dropped dead, however, and it seems at present that its corpse will have no effect. The sympathy of the Adminis tration for Great Britian has been shown in several ways recently; by the sending out, at government expense, by the Bureau of Educa tion, of pamphlets justfying the British course in South Africa; by the circulation by the Bureau of Statistics of a letter • pointing out the great trade advantages that it is alleged that will accrue to Americans by the destruction of the Boer Republics; and by the [sacrifice of the Porcupine gold ! mining reSion in Alaska to Cana than.greed. This last fact has been emphasized by the protest of the miners there against their unwar ranted handing over to Great Britain. According to the terms of the modus vivendi, negotiated by Secretary Hay with such a flourish of trumpets, this area, dearly American, prospected and developedjby Americans, and fill ed with American mining camps, was temporarily turned oyer to Canada. Forming the hinterland of the head of Lynn Canal, -it is clearly within the ten marine league limit which the British line must follow, measured frem the sinuosties of the coast, and which was not only established by treaty between Great Britain and Russia in 1825, and again by treaty be- tween the United States and Rus sia in 1869, but had been, conced ed as established and binding by the British government through all that time down to the meeting of the Joint High Commission in 1896. The miners well call atten tion to McKinley’s high-sounding verbiage about “not yielding a foot of the national domain in the Philippines” and contrast them with this surrender, in Alaska. highest in years, is generally con- 18Sl l e Paramount—uppermost, su- coneeded. The Houston Post, re- j P e * lor > dominating? viewing the situation, states that I. Purely it is not simply calling the supply of old cotton in the 1 . 80 111 party platform, m the United States to-day is 30,000 P^ eS8 ° r u ?°^. tlie stum P- Coul <i bales. The-amoiint visible in all j |i Democratice party, for exam- parts of the world is only 1,008,- 1 P^ e ’ . ve ^ ie currency or 000 bales American, or a million anything^else the paramount is bales less than were available for consumption at this time last year The million bales now on hand are probably sufficient for four week’s consumption. In order for the supply to last until the new crop begins to move it frill he ah soiutely uecessary for many mills to shut down or curtail their con sumption. Months ago the Post gave the facts and figures to show that the world would be confronted with something akin to a cotton famine this summer. Prices have been advaneed to 10 cents a pound on account of the great scarcity of the staple, spinners are using every hale of their reserves, and the whole world is now looking forward to the next crop. The greatest anxiety • is mam fested as to the outlook, and news of a shower in Texas is as of much importance in the commercial world today as is information in regard to the latest Chinese out break. Never before in the history of the cotton trade has the world been so dependent upon a crop that is now merely acj. its first stage of development. Think of the trade being bare of olp cotton off September 1, light stocks of cotton goods at all milling points and the the supply of the raw sta pie for the ensuing twelve months still in nature’s care I Imagine how easily the withering blasts of the sun, unusual down-pours of rain, depredation of insects, other ills to whicq the cotton plant is so susceptible, could cur tail this prospective supply. Nothing less than a United States crop of 11,000,000 bales will he fully sufficient for the world’s needs the coming season To get this Texas must produce 3.000. 000 and other Southern States 8,000,000 bales.. It is hard ly possible that either group will furnish such a yield. Just at present the indications are for total crop in the neighborhood of 10.000. 000 bales. A yield larger than that ought to bring at least 9 cents a pound unless there should be some great disaster in commercial and finan cial circles that is not now in the range of probabilities. The farmer should bear in mind this year that cotton is scarce the world over, and that every bale he produces will be worth a good price. Too much of it cannot come forward in August and Sep tember, but after October 1st it should be marketed slowly and judiciously in order that the buy ers may not have the advantage of heavy receipts with which to de press prices. — Prevented A Tragedy. Timely information given Mrs. George Long, of New Straitsville, Ohio, saved two lives. A fright ful cough had long kept her awake every night. She had tried many remedies and doctors but steadily grew worse until urged to try Dr King’s New Discovery. One bot tle wholly cured her; and she writes, this marvelous medicine also cured Mr. Long of a severe at tack of Pneumonia. Such ,cures are positive proof of its power to cure all thorat, chest and lung trou bles. Only 50c and $1.00. Guar anteed. Trial bottles free at Holtzclaw’s drug store. Subscribe for The' Home Jonrnal The Baldwin county grand jury has made the following, recom mendation : “We recommend that the act known as the dog law-be so amended by the. next Georgia legislature as to appropriate 50 per cent of the dog taxes collect ed under said act to the support of the Georgia - Pasteur Institute, for the treatment of hydrophobia, etc., and we urge that our repre sentative and senator use their vote and influence to this end.” The federal department of agri culture it is said, is now giving its attentionto the propagation ofdrag on flies as a means of getting rid of the < mosquito pest. The idea is to raise dragon flies wherever mosquitoes abound, and let the insect hawks keep down the pests by praying on them. It Helped Win Battles. Twenty-nine officers and men wrote from the front to say that for scratches, bruises, cuts,wounds, sore feet and stiff joints Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is the best in the world. Same for bums, skin erup tions and piles. 25 cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by H. M. Holtzclaw, Draggist. If you can’t find a job, go and make one, young man. Jobs don’t float around in the air with fifty and seventy-five dollar sala ries attached, A man has to work" like blazes to get a job nowadays, and if he expects to keep it he must continue to work just that way.—Exchange. The quicker you stop a cough or cold the less danger there will be of fatal lung trouble. One Min ute Cough Cure is the only harm less remedy that gives immediate results. You will like it, Holtz claw’s Drugstore. sue in 1860, when the one thing the people were thinking about and talking about was the ex tension of slavery? Could anything except the suc cessful prosecution of the war for the Union have been made the paramount issue in 1864? In 1876 could the Republicans have made the-acquisition of San Domingo or anything else the paramonnt issue when the people were de manding and Mr. Tilden was rep resenting Reform in the adminis tration of the government? Coming down to the campaign of 1896, did not Mr. McKinley in his letter of acceptance and in his earlier speeches seek to make the tariff as a remedy for hard times again the paramount issue* And was he not compelled to take up free coinage at 16 to 1 because one* party presented it as a pana cea for calamity and the other party opposed it as a menace of greater disaster? This year the Democratic plat form declares that “the burning issue of imperialism, which in volves the very existence of the Republic, is the paramount issue of the campaign.” The Demo cratic candidate announces that he shall be governed by this dec 7 laration and that “imperialism will be the only question dealt with at length in my speech jjf. acceptance ” On the other hand, Repblican campaigners who have talked with the President came from their con sultation saying that “the domi nant issues in the campaign will be prosperity, and standing by the flag, or upholding the Presi dent’s diplomatic policy,” which they regard as the same thing When politicians disagree who shall decide? Must it not, as al ways, be the people? The cam paign is not yet fairly begun. It is .quite a time to November Many things n\ay happen before the hesitating voters decide what is really “THE paramount is sue.” And yet in the nature of things is there any question supe rior to that which involves the in tegrity of our republican institu tions, fidelity to the Declaration of Independence and the mainten ance in all its parts of the Con stitution? Won Her Wager. y.V. Cor., Telegraph, July 28. A romantic little story is con nected with a pretty young socie ty lady of Atlanta, who wishes her name withheld for the present, who came d<5wn to Fort Valley the first of the peach season. She came on a wager. Friends of the young lady in the Gate City bet her she would not come down and pack peaches during the entire season. She asserted she would. The stakes went to $350 and she came. Arriving she found dffi- culty in securing a team to ride to the orchard and so she walkeid two miles in the hot sun to the Hale- Georgia packing house. Here she remained,’ boarding at the farm hotel and rivalling expe rienced paokers in her steady work. She had little to say to any one and her extraordinarily quiet demeanor attracted atten tion to something mysteriously interesting in the .case. Yester day she left for home to claim-her wager and the story leaked out. The Great Trusts. Congress and twenty-nine of the states have passed laws expressly designed and constructed to pro hibit trusts; nevertheless, they flourish and multiply as if there were nothing against them. The Saturday Evening Post has been gathering some statistics with res pect to trusts, -and finds that within recent years trusts have been formed in this country with capital aggregating seven thous and millions of dollars. In the number there are thirty corpora tions which are capitalized at $50,000,000 or more each. These thirty are credited with capital amonnting to two and one-third billions of dollars. There are 400 corporations in the list of trusts. The Post says: “The entire gener al stock of money of all kinds in the United States, gold, silver, notes and certificates, amounts to adout $2,700,000,000; so that if all the 400 combines in the list should try to turn their cash, they would use up every penuy of the nation’s money and then have only about 40 per cent, of their de mands. Indeed, the thirty corpo rations mentioned would use up nearly all our cash.” This gives Some idea of the enormous propor tions to which the trusts have grown, in the face of the mass of legislation aimed especially *. at them. THE FAIR STORE, 008 Cherry Street, MACON,GA. Fine Q iality of DIS22SS. Fine Quality of ‘ G-lasswaie, Lar Dtaler in UOTIOUS IN MACON. SPOONS Knives and Forks, Silverware, &c. Prices Ri,;hl. One Price. F. SMITH. W. H. HARRIS, DENTIST. .Successor to Dr. W. A. Blassengame. ' OFFICE OVER DOW LAW BANK, FORT VALLEY. : GEORGIA. Deeds Are Not Stamped. Atlanta Journal. The internal revenue depart ment here has found out that number of deeds to property are being given and recorded in the clerks’ offices that do not bear revenue stamps as required by law. It is said that the clerks of the various counties do not state in the records whether or not the stampe are affixed to the deeds. The United States authorities cannot force anyone to use the stamps, nor can they force the clerks to record the -fact whether or not the stamps are used, but deeds not so stamped will not be recognized in any United States court; nor will the deed from the county clerk’s office be recognized in case the deed is lost, unless the record expressly states that the revenue stamps were affixed to the deed as required by law. The authorities at Washington have written the revenue depart ment here to put the public on notice that deeds would not be recognized in the -United -States courts in cases similar to the fore going. $100 Reward, $100. The readers-of this paper will he pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded diseaseJ;hat sci ence has been able to cure in all its stages and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be ing a constitutional disease, re quires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is'taken ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, -thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giv ing the patient strength by build ing up the conttitution and assist ing nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they of fer one Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address. F. J. Cheney & Co., To ledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills arejtbe best The blue-ribbon “3?ool” election bet has been made in Detroit. Williams agrees if Bryan is elect ed to support Stebbins’ mother- in-law for life. Stebbins agrees if McKinley is elected to twist the tail of Williams’ mule daily for three weeks, unless permanently disabled-before the expiration of that period of time. The prospects is said to be good for Texas to harvest this year the largest crop of Pecans in her his tory. The trees are reported lit erally loaded with nuts. The pe can industry is assuming consid erable proportions in Mississippi, also, and in that state the out- lokk is said to be excellent.—Sa vannah News. flow An Yonr KMiejsf The wolf in the fable put on sheep’s clothing because if he traveled on his own reputation he couldn’t accomplish his purpose. Counterfeiters of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve couldn’t sell their frorthless salves on their merits, so they put them in boxes and wrappers like DeWitt’s. Look out for them. Take only DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It cures piles and all skin diseases. Holtzclaw’s Drugstore. The census of the state of Geor gia will probably go far beyond the 2,000,000 mark. The census of the state in 1890 showed 1,873-, 353 people, which was an increase It 'will surprise you to experi- of 10 per cent over the census of! ence the benefit obtained by using 1880. If the same rate prevails | the dainty and famous little pills this time the population of Geor- i known as DeWitt’s Little Early gia will be about 2,500,000 as a re- j Kisers. Holtzclaw’s Drugstore, suit of the census recently. i , . ! Life seems to he made .up of ar- Xo The Deaf. dent desires and vain regrets. . A rich lady, .cured of her deaf- ~ ~ - ness and noises in the head by Dr. ■ Nicholson’s Artificial Ear Drums, j gave $10,000 to his Instute, $o : that deaf people unable to pro cure the Ear- Drums may have them free. Address No. 1474. The Nicolson Institute, 780 Eighth Avenue, New York. Dr. H. W- W ALER. DENTIST. Office, Union Dry Hoods Co., Cherry st. ' MACON GEORGIA. o. z. McArthur, DENTIST, FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA. Office over Slappey’s Drugstore. Q ML. DuPREE. Attokney - at - Law, Bybox, Ga. Money to loan on Farm Lands. J. R. SIMS, OPERATIVE DENTIST. Crown and Bridge Work. Office Near Perry Hotel, Main Street. PERRY, GA. C. DAVIS, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, PERRY, GEORGIA. Having retired from military service, the practice of law is resumed. Office in Masonic Building: up stairs jg .T- DASHER, ATTORNEY-AT-LA W, Pebby, Ga. ^“Office inMasonic Building. W. C. C. DUNCAN. J. P. DUNCAN. DUNCAN & DUNCAN. PERRY, GEORGIA. We have made ax-angements to nego tiate loans on Farming lands, at 8 per cent, interest, in snms of $30U.ff0 and up wards, where security is first-class. MONEY' To lend on mortgage at 8 per cent. Yo Commissions Charged. If you borrow $1,000 you receive $1 000. You furnish abstract, pay for recording, inspecting fees and stamps. Apply to Lr. S. TODNSLEY, Attorney-at-Law, Perry, Ga. “Money: Loans negotiated on improved farms, at lowest market rates, and on most liberal terms. Business of fifteen years standing. More than three million dollara In loans negotiated. Facilities unsor- ■ed. HOWARD M. SMITH, No. 814 Second St.. Macon. Ga. bowels dear ai For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the ; Signature of I Marita. Ita*edj fempraj, Chtaar., So.ta..!, Knr Tar*. S2Js KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEAR :or.ifyou already havean inveutloh get a PATENT. Over31 yeafSerperience. Address '" •R.S.SA.B. LACEY, Patent Solicitors, Washington, D. C. Mention ihis/paper when you write. M0PSY! CUBED-with vegetable Bemedies. Have cored many thousand eases called hopcleas. In tea days at least two-thirds of all symptoms remov- !-'i- Testimonials and TEH SAYS treatment Ire* DE. H.H. GEEEM’S SOHS.Box K, Atlanta, Go.