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JOHN H. HODGES, Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE.
$1.50 A TEAK INADVA3VC3E.
VOL. XXIX.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1900.
NO. 40.
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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.
LETTER FROM PHILIPPINES.
Noel Martin, Soldiering in the tJ. S.
Army, Writes tor his Father at
Fort Talley about Conditions
on Panay Island.
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MACON, GEORGIA.
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Furnishing Goods.
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Dao, Panay I., P. I.,
July 27, 1900.
I sent you two letters by the
mail leaving here yesterday, and
will try to write a few lines to go
by the next mail. Mail from the
States arrived at Capiz this morn
ing, but it is impossible to state
when it will reach us.
The rainy season has set in and
it is now an utter impossibility to
travel by land. All transportation
is by water, and as it takes a very
heavy guard for the Kila Kolas,
the Q. M. does not send them up
very often. It is a three days’trip
by water from Capiz to Dao. The
boats are polled up the river by
native boatmen. We anticipate
trouble during the rainy season
on account of this mode of trans
portation, as the natives lie in
ambush along the banks and fire
on the boats. By the time the
boys can disembark and get up
the bank the natives have va
moosed. Gharding these boats is
a job that every one dreads, as
they are absolutely defenseless for
the time being. At the first shot
the boatmen take to the river and
our boys have to pole the boat to
the bank; of course they are un
der fire all the time. This has
been a favorite mode of warfare
with the insurgents in the past,
and no doubt they will open in a
few days.
It is an impossibility for any
one to form an opinion that is
worth anything of the many tri
als and troubles of a soldier’s life
in the Philippines by a three' or
four days’ observation of the sit
uation as seen from the office of
the military governor of the Phil
ippine Islands, as some men have
attempted. It makes me smile-to
read about what this man and the
other man has to say on the sub
ject when he has been in only one
place, Manila, for a few hours. Of
course he is an authority on the
question, as he has been on the
ground and has observed the na
tives and soldiers under all condi
tions and circumstances.
I read a piece in the Cincinnati
Enquirer, written by a Boldier on
Luzon, which said that “beno“
was called “tuba” on Panay.
suppose this is accepted as a fact
by the reading public of the
United States. Now for the facts
“Beno” is a very strong drink,
water white; it is almost pure fu
sil and anise oil. The natives use
it in very small quantities, but
the soldiers who drink it try to
use it in the same manner and
quantity that they would use
whiskey, and it has a very had ef
fect on them. A man under the
influence of beno is crazy, and no
other word will describe his con
dition—his mind is gone. “Tuba”
is the sap of the ebeoanut tree,
and is to be classed iri-the same
catalogue as -sweet; cider.It is
collected about 7 a. m. and 7 p.
m., and must be drank as soon as
collected, as it ferments and turns
to vinegar in about 6 hours. As
Lieut. Pasco said-, “If a man
could drink a barrel of it in an
hour he might get drunk, but I
doubt }t.” This is the drink the
soldiers use at this station. The
cost is 1 oentavo per glass (pint
glass), which amounts to 5 cents
American money for a gallon of
tuba. Of course some of the boys
are foolish enough to drink beno,
but we have built a dark room
and keep them in solitary confine
ment on bread and water for four
teen days, and a fine of 1 month’s
pay, for each offense of beno
drunkenness. ; There is almost no
drunkenness now in the company.
The natives are very temperate.
After living in different parts .of
this island for a year, I have seen
only one native who was drunk.
Sobriety is the only virtue I have
been able to discover in. the Fili
pinos. They are very hospitable,
but cannot decide whether it is
from courtesy or fear.
The rice fields are now covered
with about 12 inches of water,and
it is a sight worth seeing to watch
"the natives plow. They do not
plow until the water is on the
land, and then they hitch from 10
to 20 caribous together and drive
them over the field. It certainly
is odd to see a caribou up to his
belly in mud and water dragging
a plow. The rice is planted by
nearly naked men and women—
single spears, or blades, are set
out. Imagine- planting a field of
opts by transplanting from the
bed to the field , single plants
A persistent rumor says that we
are to be sent to China. If this
proves to be true, I ithink- it -will
be a stepping stone toward being
ordered to the States.
I cannot write about many
things that have come to my no
tice since being here, but when I
come home I can tell you much
that will prove to be interesting.
MAILING-A MAGAZINE.
MB. BRYAN ON THE HOME. \
IW. A. DAVIS.
BEX T. RAY.
EDWIX S. DAVIS.
Eighteen men, aided by the' Hon - Wm- J Bryan’s recent ut-
fastest mail appliances, are kept France»on the home and civihza-
on a rush every-month getting The, tiou follows: . . .
Ladies’ Home Journal off to its l 1 my idea of what civili-
subscribers. The first shipments | nation should be. I want to see if
are started about the middle of it is your idea. . Some people say
each month, and from that time
until the twenty-fifth the maga
zines pour out of the Journal’s
publishing, office by the two-horse-
dray load; On the twenty-fifth
of each month every Journal has
reached its destination, and work
in the mailing department slack
ens for a few days. Some idea of
the tremendous size of the Jour
nal’s subscription list may be
gained when-it is known that for
ty tons of mailing type are requir
ed to set up the names of subscri
bers. There are three-quarters of
a ton of each numeral, and it re
quires twenty thousand galleys to
accommodate the subscribers’
names in type. This stock would
equip six or eight large daily news
papers. As many as sixty-five
compositors are employed setting
the names of the Journal's sub-
scribeers in type—printers enough
pastage paid by i
nal approximate $75,000 a year.
A Frank Statement.
It is not often that a northern
paper has any regard for the truth
when it has occasion to speak of
the race question in the south,
but the Chicago Herald is an ex
ception to the rule. That paper
is frank enough to say:
“Forty years ago the negro was
a slave; to-day he is a problem.
The south disenfranchises him and
lynches him; the north lynches
him and buys his franchise. Of
the two the north uses him the
worse. The south understands the
nqjijro better than the north, and,
on the whole, treats him better.
It at least gives him what he most
needs—employment, and gives it
freely. But his chances in the
north grow fewer every year.”
_ A Nlglit of Terror.
“Awful anxiety was felt for the
widow of the brave General Burn
ham of Machias, Me., when the
doctors said she would die from
Pneumonia before morning,”
writes Mrs. S. H. Lincoln, who at
tended her that fearful night, but
she begged for Dr..King’s New Dis
covery,- which had more than'once
saved her life, and cured heir of
Consumption. After taking, she
slept all night. Further use en
tirely cured her.” This marvel
lous medicine is guaranteed to
cure all Throat, Chest and Lung
Diseases. Only 50e and $1.00.
Trial bottles free at Holtzclaw’s
drug store.
This is not Galveston’s first in
undation, according to the New
York World. In 1857, when it
was a village, the Gulf and bay
joined and buried it under water
ten feet deep for several bonrs.
In 1867, it was almost entirely
submerged, the water being Bix
feet deep in Mechanic street, the
business highway. In 1871 it was
visited twice and was completely
flooded each time. Id 1878, again
in 1875 and again in 1886 Gulf
and bay met over it; The storm
of 1875 tore off and bore away one
end of the island.
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
what 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.
that we democrats are enemies of
property. It is not true. I have
a home. I hope I may some time
have a better one. I would that
every head of a family had a home,
aud the better the home the hap
pier would I be.
“I want property to be the reward
of industry, and I want every cit
izen to be secure in the enjoyment
of the proceeds of his toil.
“I do not envy the rich.- I am
not desirous of pulling them down.
I want a civilization that makes
every poor man hope to be better
off and relieves the rich man of
the fear that his children will be
trampled upon if they ever be
come poor. (Applause.) I want
a civilization that embraces with
in its benefits every deserving
member of society. I do not want
a civilization that will prevent a
man from riding in a carriage,
and I want a civilization that,
gives hope to the driver of the
carriage as well as to the man
who rides in it. (Applause.) I
want a civilization that gives
hope to the girl who works in the
kitchen as well as to the one who
sits in the parlor. (Great ap
plause.)
“I want a civilization that
makes life worth living to every
human being. And when I speak
thus I am not an unselfish man.
I am selfish. I do not know what
may be my life in the years to
come. I do not know what will be
the lot of my children, and if
dared to favor a system that help
ed the few at the expense, of the
many, my children might be
among the many who would suf
fer rather than among the few
who would profit by the law.”
(Applause.)
W. A. DAVIS &
COTTON 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. Our first
duty is to our customers, and we give them absolutely loy
al service. We respectfully solicit your cotton.
Old School Books
Beagfit, Sold arid Exchanged.
Full Line Houston County Books.
McEvoy Book
and Stationery Co.
Deafness Cannot be Cared
by local applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portion of
the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness, and that is by con
stitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition
of the mucous lining of the Eus
tachian Tube. Wben this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed deafness
is Jhe result, and unless the in
flammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be de
stroyed forever; nine cases out of
ten are caused by Catarrh, which
is nothing but an inflamed condi
tion-of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dol
lars for any case of Deafness
(caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. J.. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, G.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best .
A young couple had just be
come engaged and had talked over
arrangements for the wedding,
and he was about to depart when
she suddenly said: Oh, George, I
forgot to tell you something 1
What is that, dearest? asked the
young man. I ought to have told
you before that I am a somnanbu-
list, she said. Oh, that don’t
make any difference, he answered;
am a Presbyterian; I will go
with you one time- and you will
go with me the next.
Worltlng Night and Day.
The busiest and mightiest little
thing .that ever was made .is Dr.
Eng’s New Life Pills. These pills,
change weakness into strength,
listiessness into energy, brain-fag
into mental power. They’re won
derful in building up the health.
Only 25c per box. - Sold by H. M:
Holtzclaw.
A grave containing the remains
of a person who died sixteen years
ago of smallpox, was opened in the
churchyard of a Middle Tennes
see village, a few weeks ago, and
one or more, of the men who made
the excavation have since been at
tacked by the dreaded eruptive
fever. The germs had been pre
served in the" tomb all those yearn.
DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are
prompt, palatable, pleasant, pow
erful, purifying little pills. Holtz
claw’s Drugstore.
rKMiiyit
A Shocking Calamity.
“Lately befell a railroad labor
er,” writes Dr. A. Kellett, of Wil
iford, Ark. “His foot was badly
crushed, but Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve quickly cured him. It’s sim
ply wonderful for Burns, Boils,
Piles, and all skin eruptions. It’s
the world’s champion healer. Gore
guaranteed. 25o. Sold by H. M.
Holtzclaw.
If the democrats can’t lick the
republicans this time, they will
have the satisfaction of - licking
revenue stamps the rest of their
natural lives. That should be some
incentive to action. If the road
to a man’s heart is through his
stomach or his pocket, surely the
licking of-stamps should be an in
centive to action.—Marietta Jour
nal. -
The most dainty and. effective
pills made are .DeWitt’s Little
Eafly Risers. They are unequaled
for all-liver and bowel troubles.
Never gripe. Holtzclaw’s Drug
store.
In New York city there is max
imum density of 1,000 residents
to the acre, which is more than
double that of the most congested,
cities of Europe. _
To prevent consumption, quick
ly erre throat and lung troubles
witn' One Minute Cough Cure.
Holtzclaw’s Drugstore.
572 CHERRY ST.,
MACON, GEORGIA.
SAM MAYER.
W. B. WATTS.
MAYER & WATT
CATION FACTORS,
MC 0m GA.
Advances made to farmers at low rates
of interest.
WE DO A STRICT COMMISSION BUSINESS.
Shipments Solicited.
Mayer & Watts, Macon, Ga.
BROWN & JOHNSON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROCERIES AND PLANTERS’ SUPPLIES.
GET OUR.PRICES BEFORE PLACING
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416 Poplar Street, MACON, GEORGIA.
(L. S. WORSHAM’S OLD STAND.)
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MACON, GA.
Fine Quality of
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Largest Dealer in I
Digests what you eat.
It-artificially digests the food and aids
Nature la strengthening and recon*
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cah/approach it in efficiency. It in*
stSriflyrelieves and.permanently cores
IIV MACON^
SPOONS,
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Silverware, &c.
Prices Bight. One Price.
ies. x*.
If yon haven't a regular, healthy movement of the
bowels every day, you're sick, or will be. Keep your
and be well. Force, in the shape of
: or pill poison, is dangerous- The
dest, most perfect way of keeping the
and clean Is to take .
violent
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SI66ERS, Patent
Dyspepsia Cure
aU other results of imperfect digestion.
pm all size. 1
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