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JOHN H. HODGES, Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE.
#1.50 A TTEAJEt INADYANGE.
VOL. XXIX.
PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1900.
NO. 37.
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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 GO.,
MACON, GEORGIA,
SOLE AGENTS FOR
“QUEEN QUALITY,” the famous Ladies' $3.00
Shoes—all styles.
“WALK OVER.” the best value in Men's $3.50
Shoes on the markei.
We carry always in slock a complete assortment
of everything that is new and good in footwear.
Mail orders promptly attended to.
Washington Letter.
STRONG SHOE CO..
MACOJN, GEORGIA.
BROWN & JOHNSON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROCERIES AND PLANTERS’ SUPPLIES.
GET OUR PEICES BEFORE PLACING
YOUR ORDER ELSEWHERE.
416 Poplar Street, MACON, GEORGIA,
(L. S. WORSHAM’S OLD STAND.) .'
CALDER B. WILLINGHAM, JR.,
Wholesale and Retail Ijealer in
Crockery, Stoves, Lamps U> House-
Furnishing' Goods.
MASON’S FRUIT JARS AND TIN CANS.
TRIANGULAR BLOCK, MACON, GA.
Going Out of Business.
CLOSINC OUT ENTIRE STOCK OF
Furniture, Honsefurnishings,
Buck’s Stoves and Ranges
AT
75c. ON THE DOLLAR. 75c.
Should you need anything in this line it will pay you
handsomely to come to Macon while this great closing out
sale continues. Think of buying $50.00 worth of goods
for $37.50. It means to you a saving of 33f per cent profit.
The entire stock must be closed out by October 1st. So
come quick and get your share.
cl tl c^-jLJEtJDtnn>r 7
THE FURNITURE MAN,
TZb-ird. St., H^Ea-corL, <3-a,.
Kngines,
Boilers,
GET OUR PRICES BEFORE8BUYING
(Litton
(fit,
Cotton
Presses, I £ Mills,
Grist
Mills,
Seed Gotten
Elevators,
Saw
or ANYTHING in MACHINERY or MILL SUPPLY LINE.
We Operate Machine Shops and Foundry;
MALLARY BROS. MACHINERY CO.,
Mention this paper. MAO ON, GEORGIA.
Our Regular Correspondence.
The most stirring fight inaugu
rated by Ihe democrats in the east
for twenty-five years has begun.
Mr. Bryan is to make a dash
through West Virginia, and will
deliver, first and last, no less than
twenty speeches in that state.
Branch headquarters of the Na
tional Committee, fully equipped
for business and manned by ex
perienced political managers, will
be opened in New York. The Hon.
Wiliam J. Stone, of Missouri, one
of the most sagacious politicians
in the country, will have general
charge of the New York headquar
ters, and will be assisted by Cam-
pan, of Michigan; Guffey, of Penn
sylvania, and Richardson of Ten
nessee. These managers will also
personally direct the campaign in
Maryland, 1 Delaware, and West
Virginia, and it is confidently be
lieved that jjhey will carry these
states, representing seventeen
votes, for Bryan and Stevenson.
They will closely examine the
ground in Connecticut and New
Jersey, and, if there is any chance
to make a .successful fight in these
two states, no effort will be spared
to do so.
There is a story, old but never
theless good, which tells how a
certain washerwoman brought
suit against another of that trade
for the value of a tub, which was
said to have been injured or des
troyed by the other. The woman
who was sued made a triple an
swer ; First she said, the tub was
broken when she borrowed it; sec
ond, it was all right when she re
turned it; and third, she never had
the old thing, anyhow. The mor
al of this story lies in its applica
tion. The republicans assert that
it is unpatriotic and treasonable
forjthe democrats to oppose imper
ialism ; second, that whatever he
may have done in regard to Porto
Rico, the President’s acts in China
show that the party no longer fa
vors imperialism, and third, that
there “ aint never been any sucha
thing” as imperialism- How they
/reconcile these three statements is
not to pe comprehended even by
the rank and file of their own par
ty. But, then, there is no neces
sity for the rank and file of the re
publican party to comprehend this
or any thing else. Hanna and the
other leaders give them an- inspir
ed gospel, which they aretobelieve
and act upon by faith alone. Of
all the preposterous things that
the republicans have aserted and
still assert, the most preposterous,
in the eyes of fair-minded men
here, is the dogma that the acts of
the President in regard to foreign
affairs are to >be taken as those of
the country and are not tobe crit
icised. In times of grave nation
al peril, it is the first duty of the
citizen to support the government,
but to say that the war against the
Filipinos involves a military peril
to this country is to speak non-
senecse. To say that' this war,
accompanied as it is with the
claim that the President and Con
gress may govern a people with
out their consdrit and the territo
ries of the United States without
constitutional restraint, ought not
to be discussed by ' the ; people, is
to deny them'the right to pass on
a vital issue, affecting the charac
ter of their government. It is
idle to claim on-behalf of the ad
ministration exemption from crit
icism. That this might prolong
the struggle was one of the ob
vious risks of a war that was not
undertaken for natioual defense.
It is ridiculous to charge the inev
itable consequences of this war to
those who from the outset have
denied its necessity and pointed
out its perils.
The Confederacy’s Dissolution.
“In all Southland there is, per
haps, no more interesting" house
than is to be seen in the quaint,
aristocratic, flowery little town of
Washington, in Wilkes County,
Georgia,” writes Mrs. Thaddeus
Horton, of “Romances of Some
Southern Homes,”in the Septem
ber Ladies’ Home Journal. “It
is known far and wide as Heard
House, taking its name from .Ste
phen Heard, the first settler of
Washington, later a Governor of
Georgia, who reaohed there after a-
long journey from Virginia onNew
Year’s' Day, 1774. He- camped
his family on the spot where Heard
House now stands, where after
wards he built a fort of defense
against the Indians. The first
dwelling erected on the ground,
however, was a large, wooden
■tructure, known aB the Tavern of
Captain John Williamson, whose
girls were famous Georgia beauties
courted by half the young squires
in the state.
“In 1865, just prior to the cap
ture of Jefferson Davis, what is
known as the last Cabinet meeti-
ing of the Confederacy occurred
in Heard House. The room in
which ■ the discouraged Cabinet
ministers sat is at the rear, of the
second story, andhas never since
been used. For many months
what little money the Confedera
cy had was kept in the old bank
vaults on the lower • floor. The
vaults is there to-day, and is do
mg duty as a milk and butter clos
et. Mrs. Mulligan, who at pres
ent occupies the house, is a decen-
dant of the original Heard family. ’
Says Bryan Will Win.
It Troubled The Customer.
The Bravery of Woman
was grandly shown by Mrs. John
Dowling, of Butler, Pa., in a three
years’ struggle with a malignant
stomach trouble that caused dis
tressing attacks of nausea and in
digestion. All remedies failed to
relieve her until she tried Electric
Bitters. After taking 'it two
months, she.wrote: “I am now
wholly cured and can eat any
thing. It is truly a grand tonic
for the whole system, as I gained
in weight and feel much stronger
since using it.” It aids digestion,
cures dyspepsia, improves appe
tite, gives new life. Only 50 cts.
Guaranteed at Holtzclaw’s Drug
Store.
“A funny thing occurred here
the other day,” said a barber as
he was putting the finishing touch
on a Saturday evening hair cut
“A fellow came in to be shaved
who was somewhat under the influ
ence of intoxicants. He took his
place in the chair and all proceed
ed well till I haU shaved one side
of his' face when he stopped me.
“‘Hold on, ’ he cried, ‘I want
this thing ’splained.’
“I asked him what was the mat
ter and he replied: ‘There’s a fly
on my cheek, and you have shaved
the lather and whiskers off, but
the fly did not move. Now, what’s
the matter with him?
“I told him there was no fly on
him, but he pointed to the mirror
and said, ‘You think I cant see
him. I ain’t so very drunk that I
can’t see a fly.
“I turned to the glass and there
stood the fly on the mirror and in
such a position that f^om my cus
tomer’s range of vision it seemed
to be on his cheek. He afterwards
said that he had felt that fly tick
ling him all the time and wonder
ed flow I could shave under it and
not cut its legs off.”
In nothing else as in the world
we habitually use in the common
talk of daily life do we show so
plainly our degree of refinement,
our culture or the lack of it, and
the plane on which our thoughts
move. It is therefore worth our
while, do you not see, to take
some pains with our conversation,
not in such a way as to make us
seem stiff and pedantic, but to
recognize the fact that here, as in
other departments of life and lear
ning, it is training that tells in
results.—September Ladies’Home
Joumrl.
A Tattnall county farmer who
has been experimenting with to
bacco growing claims that he will
get $540 from a three acre crop
this year, and that it has not cost
him over $72 to grow it; Mr. Ol
iver claims that he has reduced the
cost of growing tobacco by keep
ing about 25 turkeys to the ucre.
To prevent consumption, quick
ly cure throat and lung troubles
with One Minute Cough Cure.
Holtzclaw’s Drugstore.
To Cor* Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. lOeorSa.
If C C. C. Xail to curt, druggists refund money.
The progressive nations of the
world are the/great food consum
ing nations. Good food well di
gested gives strength. If you can
not digest all you eat, you need
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It digests
wha,t you eat. You need not diet
yourself. It contains all of the di-
gestants, combined with the best
known tonics and reconstructives.
It. will even digest all classes of
food in a bottle. No other prepa
ration will do this. It instantly'
relieves and quickly cures all
stomach troubles. Holtzclaw’s
Drugstore.
Macon News.
Hon. Roland Ellis, who arrived
from New York last night (Sept.
4th) said that Bryan would un
doubtedly carry New York.
Mr. Ellis says that Bryan will
carry New York city, or Greater
New York, by 120,000 majority.
Everything and everybody up
there is for Bryan. Every block
has'from one to two Bryan ban
ners floating out across the street,
and every election district has
meeting halls and in these are
held two meetings a day, one at
noon and one at night, and sever
al speeches are made at these
meetings.
Mr. Ellis addressed one of these
meetings, and he says that in it
was represented all classes of peo
ple, and he is saticfied that they
were all for Bryan.
“Why, every democrat in New
York city is claiming that Bryan
will carry the state, and some of
them are backing their opinion
with the cash,” said Mr. Ellis,
“and more than that, they claim
that Indiana will go democratic
this year, and Kentucky and Ma
ryland have been, reclaimed. I
tell you, all through my trip I
have heard nothing but Bryan,
and the chance for his election is
brighter than I could ever picture
It. I was in a club room there one
day and there was' in the soom
about twenty-five or thirty men,
every one of whom voted for Mc
Kinley the last time, but this time
every one of them is for Bryan.”
Mr. Ellis, while always an en
thusiastic .Bryau man, is more
confident of democratic success
this year than lie has been before.
He says that it is simply wonder
ful the way the people are flock
ing to the standard of Mr. Bryan,
and unless he is very much mista
ken the gentleman from Nebraska
will be elected in November by a
good sized majority.
w. a. nAVis.
BEN T. RAT.
EDWIN S. DAVIB.
w.
A. DAVIS &
GGTTON FACTORS,
CO.,
405 & 407 Poplar St., # MACON, GEORGIA.
We are headquarters for high priees and full weights.
We charge only 50 cents per bale for handling cotton. We
make liberal advances to our customers at lowest possible
rates, whether they have cotton in store or not. Onr first
duty is to our customers, and we give them absolutely loy
al service. We respectfully solicit your cotton.
Old School Books
Bought, Sold and Exchanged.
Full Line Houston County Books.
McEvoy Book
and Stationery Co.
572 CHERRY ST.,
MACON, GEORGIA.
SAM MAYER.
W. B. WATTS.
The census returns, so far as
computed, indicate that the pop
ulation of the United States is
just about what was estimated,
75,000,000. Of this population,
however, 33 per cent, lives in
towns and cities having more
than 8,000 inhabitants, whereas
the census of 1890 showed only 29
per cent, dwelling in towns. This
looks as if the United States
would soon have to abandon the
task of feeding the world for want
of food producers; and yet there
are few abandoned farms. The
relative increase in town dwellers
may not detract from the actual
number of dwellers on farms.—
Philadelphia Ledger.
“Since the passage of the Ding-
ley Tariff Act,” says the Phila
delphia Record, “no les than six-
hundred in dustrial trusts to con
trol production, prices and wages
of labor have been organized and
the work of creating these monop
olies is still going on. The re
publican platform makes profess
ion of great hostility to the trusts,
yet it declares for the Dingley tar
iff, which serves merely to shel
ter the trusts while they prey up
on the masses of American con-
The Democrat managers have
decided to make a hard fight for
four eastern states—New York,
Connecticut, New Jersey and Ma
ryland. They will also wage hot
campaigns in all of the doubtful
districts of Pennsylvania.
The outlook is that the beef
will bring higher prices next year
than it has in several years. How
many head of cattle will South
Geoegia have to put on the market
when the higher price comes?
Among recent acquisitions to
the republican party a Memphis
paper notes the following: Gener
al Apathy, Colonel Bored, Major
Worried and Captain T. Feeling.
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are
prompt, palatable, pleasant, pow
erful,purifying little pills. Holtz
claw’s Drugstore.
Ho>v’e Tills!
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall’s
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned,have known
F. J. Cheney the last 15 years,and
believe him perfectly honroable in
all business transactions and fi
nancially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truan,'
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials free. Price
75c. per bottle, Sold by all-.drug-
gists.
Hall’s Family Fills are the best
MAYm 4 fill:
COTTON FACTORS,
MACON, GA.
Advances made to farmers at low rates
of interest.
WE DO A STRICT COMMISSION BUSINESS.
Shipments Solicited,.
Mayer & Watts, Macon, Ga.
PUNGENT POINTS
Made by Mr. Bryan in His Notifica
tion Speech.
Force can defend a right, but
force has never yet created a right.
It is not necessary to own peo-
yle in order to trade with them.
The highest obligation of this
nation is to be true to itself.
A war of conquest is as unwise
as it is unrighteous.
If there is poison in the blood
of the hand it will ultimately
reach the heart.
There is no place in our system
of government for the deposit of
arbitrary and irresponsible power.
The command, “Go ye into all
the world and preach the Gospel
to every creature,” has no gatling
gun attachment.
The destiny of this republic is
in the hands of its own people—
upon the success of the experiment
here rests the hope of humanity.
Love, not force, was the .weapon
of the Nazarene; sacrifice for oth
ers, not the exploitation of them,
was his method of reaching the
human heart.
THE FAIR STORE,
008 Cherry Street,
MACON, GA.
Fine Quality of
DISHES.
Fine Quality of
A train on the Ulster & Dela
ware Railway was stopped recen
tly on account of the caterpillars
which collected on the tracks in
sufficient numbers to stop the
train by the lubrication of the
rails, which resulted from the
crushing-of their bodies under the
wheels. Acoording to the Rail
way Review it is necessary for men
to sit upon the cowcather and
keep away the obstructions by
holding brooms on the rails.
To The Deaf.
A rich lady, cured of her deaf
ness and noises in the head' by Dr .
Nicholson’s Artificial Ear Drums,
gave $10,000 to his Instute, so
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?
Kducat. Tone Bov.li With Caicsrate.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, 25c. It C. C. C, tall, druggists refund money.
There is no telling to what ex
tent the imperialist policy,.of the
administration is; going tq in
crease the pension rolls. Already
the applications for pensiohs on
account of the, Spanish war are
more in.,, number than the men
who saw actual fighting service in-
that war. The war in the Philip
pines, will furnish, probably, twice
as many more, and even that will
not end it. A vote for McKinley
will be a vote in favor of still in
creasing this colossal expenditure.
—Savannah News.
According to a Washington spe
cial to the New York Herald,there
are approximately 75,578,000 per
sons in -he United States, accord^
ing to the count of the Federal
census. Sufficient progress has
been made to enable the total
population of the country to be
estimated with reasonable accura
cy. .The population in 1890, ac
cording to the census of that year,
was 62,622,250. jf This shows aii
increase during the decade of 12,-
955,750, or about 30 per cent.
Ca-lsussrwaiice.
Largest Dealer in
nsroTiozhTS
IN MACON.
SPOONS,
Knives and Forks,
Silverware, &c.
Prices Right. One Price.
ZE3- SIMIX'DIEX.
A Powder Mill Explosion
Removes everything in sight; so
do drastic mineral pills, but both
are mighty dangerous. No 'need
to dynamite your body when Dr.
King’s New Life Pills do the work
so easily and perfectly. Cures
Headache, Constipation. Only 25
cents at Holtzelaw’s Drugstore.
“That;? Besema that makes yonr arm bo red
and Itchy. This Watt’s Eczema Ointment wfll
cure It. It cures Tetter, Ringworm and all
sorts of skin diseases, and only oosts 25 coats o
hoi. All the drug stores sell It, and lots ol
people use It. The Taylor and Ptek Drug Co.i
la M»oon, make It.”
Sold'byR. L; CATER, Druggist, Perry. Ga:'
“For six years I was a victim of d
ensla in Its worst form. I could eat noth'
milk toast, and at timet my stomach 1
^hdnand “ -
began taking
not retain and digest even than Last Mteehi
ing CASCARETS and since Omn i
ever was lnzny l
David H. Mubpht, Newark, O.
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