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JOHN H. HODGES, Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE.
$1.50 A YEAR INADVANfCE.
VOL. XXIX.
PERRY. HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1900.
NO. 42.
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COTTON FACTOR,
MACON, GA.
GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS.
Money to loan to responsible farmers
at a low rate of interest.
My connection with the cotton mills o
Macon gives me advantages imsurpassec
in handling cotton consigned to me, and I
solicit your shipments.
C. B. WILLINGHAM.
STRONG SHOE CO.,
MACON, GEORGIA.
SOLE AQENTS FOR
“QUEEN QUALITY,” the famous Ladies’ $3.00
Shoes—all styles.
“WALK OYER ”
Shoes on the market.
the best value in Men’s $3.50
We carry always in stock a complete assortment
of everything that is new and good in footwear.
Mail orders promptly attended to.
STRONG SHOE GO.,
MACON, GEORGIA,
BROWN & JOHNSON,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROCERIES AND PLANTERS’ SUPPLIES.
GEI OUR PRICES BEFORE PLACING
YOUR ORDER ELSEWHERE.
416 Poplar Street, MACON, GEORGIA.
(L. S. WORSHAM’S OLD STAND.)
Oar Entire Time and Talent
is now devoted tc tne
CLOTHING .BUSINESS
Having disposed of our stock of shoes.
Reduced prices now prevail, as room must be made for our
Pali Stock of Clothing and Furnishing Goods, which
has been purchased.
We can give best values, and suit you in style and
quality.
COMS SEE.
CHEEK and WEIGHT,
CHERRY STREET, MACON, GA.
We have the accommodations at our
We supply all the Best Brands of
WHISKIES, BRANDIES AND WINES.
HOME MADE CORN WHISKEY a Specialty.
• JUG ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION.
MEALS 25 cents. BEDS 25 cents.
YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
THE H, 6, HARDISON WHISKEY CO,
508iPoplar 3 Street,
MACON, Gra.
ardeners and Truck Growers WLk -
MAKE.
MONEY BY BUYING
SUMMER
.ANTING
Gexoine Bf.ekuda Onion Seed and Sets; Valestiks_and ]
JlAKiHLESS J
i and Money-Make* Tomato, Etc, Bio.
.everything Por the summer and fall garden.
ONLY HIGH GRADE TESTED SEED OFFERED.
gP~Largest Combined Seed and Nursery House in tlr-s South.
the POMONA NURSERIES 1 Address THE GRIFFING BRQ6. CO.,
and EXCELSIOR SEED FARMS. 1 Catalogue free. Jacksonville, Fla. 1
Houston Superior Court October
Term, 1900.
We the Grand Jurors sworn for
the Oct. term of Houston Superi
or Court, beg leave to make the
following presentments:
We have through the several
committees examined the records,
of the various officers with the
following results:
We have on hand a report of the
committee appointed by the Grand
Jury of the April term, "1900,which
is as.follows—(We were appointed
a committee to investigate the
books of the County officers by the
Grand Jury of the April term, 1900
and Yeport to your body ; we beg to
state that we have accomplish,
that duty to the best of our abil
ity, and find the books of all the
officers correct a» far as we can
judge, and properly kept, we have
no complaint to make of any of
them, but commend them all as
good, faithful and efficient officers)
Respectively
J. H. Wimberly,
B. C. Holtzclaw.
Clerk Superior Court.
The Clerk’s books we find, are
very neat and as far as we are able
to judge, are correct.
The books of the Ordinary are
neatly, and correctly kept. We
find that the bonds of the various
County officials, also of Adminis
trators and Guardians are Bafe
and well secured, as far as we are
able to judge.
We find also the books of. the
County Commissioners are kept in
neatnesB and in order: we find
also from said books that the ac
tual running expenses of the Chain
Gang for the past 6 months has
been $2,509.36.
Treasurer’s Books.
Upon oxamination of Treasurer’s
books, find,that they are correctly
kept, that from April 1st, 1900, to
Oct. 1st, 1900, Reed, from all
sources $9112.64
and paid out 8780.64
Roads and Bridges. i from 8 to 5 days and that no com-
The Bridges through the county | mutation tax be received from
we find in bad condition with but any one.
leaving a Bal. on hand $332,00
We also find that the County is
indebted to the Dow, Law Bank of
Ft. Valley, Ga., and the Perry
Loan and Saving Bank of Perry,
Ga ; , as follows:
Due Dow Law Bank since
last Dec. 1899 X $2000.00
Due Dow Low Baink since
last June, 1900 1600.00
Due Dow Law Bank since
laBt Aug., 1900 600.00
Due Dow Law Bank since
last Sept., 1900 * . 500.00
Due Perry Loan and Sav.
Bank since last May, 19001500.00
Due Perry Loan and Sav.
Bank since last July, 1900 500.00
Due Perry Loan and Sav.
Bank since last A,ug. 1900 600.00
Due Perry Loan and Sav.
Bank since last Sept. 1900 500.00
Due Perry Loan and Sav.
Bank since last Oct’ 1900 3000.00
Making a Grand’total, $10,800.00
Sheriff and County Court.
Upon examination of Sheriff’s
books find that they are neatly
and correctly kept.
Upon examination of the books
of County Court, we find that he
has disposed of 65 Criminal Cases,
and 7 Civil Cases of $50.00 to $100.
22 Civil Cases of $100.00 to $500.
Claims and motions 2, making
a total of 96. We find since April
1900 there has been collected fines
including cost $842.05, of which
Amt. only $81.74 was turned over
to the County Treasurer; the re
mainder was correctly disbursed
with proper officers.
County School Commissioner.
We find that the books of the
County School commissioner were
examined by a committee of two
as follows; J. H. Wimberly and
B.C. Holtzclaw, who were appoint
ed by the Grand Jury in April term
1900, and they report that the
books were correct. Said com
mittee examined and approved
said books on 29th Sept., 1900. The
amt. on hand Oct. 1, 1900,
$802.42.
Tax Receiver’s and tax Collectors
Books.
The books of Tax Receiver and
Collector were examined by com
mitted appointed by last Grand
Jury, April term 1900; said com
mittee examined and appioved
said books 29th Sept. 1900.
On public property and Jail ect.
We find that the plastering in
the entire building of the Court
house is in very bad condition and
is falling down from over head.
We recomend that it be immedi
ately attended to.
Jail in good condition and prop
erly kept. We recommend that
the proper authorities arrange
some plan to furnish the jail with
water. We find at the Poor-house
8 inmates, 1 white and 7 colored.
We find every thnig neat' and
properly kept. The building for
iumates are in in good repair.
The Superentendants house needs
under pinning, and hew chimneys
should be built,as the, old ones are
likely to fall. - ;
few exceptions; we recommend
that the bridge over Big Indian
Creek at Perry have a new floor
put upon it, as the floor on it
now is in a very bad condition
and rotten. The roads imeertain
portions. of the- County, we find
in good order, in other portions
we find the roads in bad condi
tion, some not worked at all; on
these roads we find that some
have not paid their commutation
tax and no over seer to look af
ter them. We earnestly request
fhat the County Commissioners
show cause before the Judge of
this court why "they have not at
tended to this. We find in the
hands of the various County Com
missioners for the Districts they
represent the following amts, col
lected as commutation tax; we
find in the hands of Comr. Z.
Hayes as follows ;
Amt. Collected from the
upper 5th dist. , $84.57
Ajnt. Pd. out fromthe
upper 5 th dist. $24.10
Amt. collected from
the 6th dist. $111.15
Amt. Pd. out from
the 6th dist. $8.30
Amt. collected from ^'
the 10th dist. $53.50
Amt. Pd. out from
the 10th dist. $13.75
Total Amt.
$46.15 249.22
Amt. in haud said Comr. $203.07
We find in the hands of Comr.
G. M. T Feagin;
Amt. Coll, from lower
5th dist.
Amt. Pd. out from
lower 5th dist.
Amt. Coll, from *
upper 11th dist.
Amt. Pd. out from
upper 11th dist.
Amt. coll, from
lower 11th dist.
Amt. Pd. out from
lower 11th dist.
$410.00
$62.85
$231.00
$35.75
154.00
$30.50
Total Amt. $129.10 $795.00
$144.00,
44.80
Amt. in hands of said Comr.665.90
We find in hands of Comr. E.
L. Dennard Amt. Coll,
from upper town dist.
Amt. turned over by for
mer Comr. L. F. Cater
Amt. Coll; from lower
town dist.
Amt. Pd. out from
lower town dist. $56.10
By Amt. Pd out for
one car piping. 132.00
$142.00
$188.10 $330.80
Amt.in hands of said Comr. 142.70
We find in hands of Comr. John
Hodge, Amt. Coll, from New and
Old 13th dists. 219.00
Amt. Pd. out from ,
New andOld 13th dists. 45.80
Amt. in hands of said Comr $173.20
We find in hands Comr. F. O.
Miller, Amt. Coll, from 9th
dist. , 192.00
Amt. Pd. out from
9th dist. 119.75
Amt. in hands of said Comr. 72.25
We are unable to get reports
from said Comr. as to the Amts.
Coll, and Pd. out from the upper
and lower 14th dist’s.
Total! Amt. in hands of all
Comr’s., , $1257.12
We find in the office of the
County Comr’s., no book of record
af to said funds: we respectfully
recommend thatour CountyComrs
inaugurate some system of book
keeping showing Amts, received
and paid out by said Comr’B.
We recommend that our Reps
have the law changed making the
fee of Solicitor of County Court
$10,00 for. all misdemenor cases
tried and convicted by him in said
court,
We recommend thatour County
Comr’s, change the No. of days for
working the roads in said County
It having been brought to the
attention of the Grand Jury that
Comr. Z. -Hayes charged the Coun
ty for an unreasonable number of
days for visiting the gang while
in his charge in the 6th dist. The
committee after investigation find
that the total Amt. charged for
his services as such Comr. was
days,
Books of n. p.’s and j. p.’s
We have examined the books of
the J. P.’s and N. P.’s And .find
them correctly kept.
The Chain Gang.
The Committee visited the camps
of the Chain Gang in the lower
11th dist., and the gang at work
in the upper 11th dist. near Bo
naire, aud found 24 convicts well
cared for and 9 mules in good
condition and all of the belong
ings of the gang in camp in good
condition. Some repairs needed
on one or two of the camp cars.
The work being done on the roads
shows good judgment and work.
We elect J. G. Davis, N. P. Ex
officio J. P. of the 771st dist. G.
M. to. fill the nnexpired term of
A. Me. D. King, deceased, and F.
C. Henderson of 542nd dist. G. M.
We fix the per diem pay of Ju
rors and Bailiffs at $2.00 as here
to fore.
We request that these present
ments be published in the Hous
ton Home Journal and Fort Val
ley Leader at a cost not to exceed
$10.00 each.
In taking leave of his honor
Judge Felton and Solicitor Gen
eral Hodges, we return thanks for
assistance and courtisies extended
this body.
W. M. Gordon, Foreman.
H J Peavey A J Todd
J T Lisenby W J Anderson
R E Dunbarr J T Leary
T J Burden J F Logan
Hugh Lawson B H Wright
Bright Harper V E Heard
H T Gilbert Creed Sasser
T B Braddy Clayton Sasser
J B Hunt M B Pitts
W H Talton
Ordered by the court that the
foregoing presentments of the
Grand Jury be published as re
quested.
In open court this October 9th,
1900. . , W. H. Felton, Jr.
J. S. C. M. C.
I hereby certify the foregoing to
be a true extract from the min
utes of Honston Superior Court
at Oct. term, 1900.
- Witness my official signature
this Oct. 10th, 1900.
M. A. Edwards, C.S. C
w. A. DAVIS.
BEN T. BAY.
EDWIN S. DAVIS.
w.
A. DAVIS &
COTTON FACTORS,
CO.,
405 & 407 Poplar St.,
MACOlsT, 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 onr 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
Beugfit, Seld and Exchanged.
Full Line Houston County Books.
AlcEvoy Book
aud Stationery Co.
572 CHERRY ST.,
MACON, GEORGIA.
SAM MAYER.
W. B. WATTS.
WATER &WATH
COTTON FACTORS,
MACOY, GA.
Advances made to farmers at low rates
of interest.
WE DO A STRICT COMMISSION BUSINESS.
A Fiendish Attack.
An attack was lately made on
C. F. Collier of Cherokee, Iowa,
that nearly proved fatal. It came
through his kidneys. His back
got so lame he could not stoop
without great pain, nor sit in a
chair except propped by cushions.
No remedy helped him until he
tried Electric Bitters which effect
ed such a wonderful change that
he writes he feels like a new man.
This marvelous medicine cures
backache and kidney trouble, pu
rifies the blood and builds up your
health. Only 50/ at Holtzclaw’s
Drug Store.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
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. When this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed deafness
is the result, and unless the in
flammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will he de
stroyed forever; nine cases out of
ten are caused by Catarrh, which
is nothing but an inflamed condi
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We will give One Hundred Dol
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(caused by catarrh) that cannot
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Send for circulars, free.'
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Hall’s Family Pills are the best ’
Turkey has been taking a cen
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number of Mohammedans in the
world is 196,500,000. Of these 18-,
000,000 are in Turkey in Europe,
99,000,000 in Western Asia and
Hindoostan, 20,000,000 in China,
36,500,000 in Northern and North
eastern Africa, and 23,000,000 are
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world.
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Sometimes a fortune, but never,
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a jaundiced look, moth patches
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Rosy Cheeks, Rich Complexion.
Only 25 cents at Holtzclaw’s Drug
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The meeting, of the legislature
wifi bring Wilcox county to: Atlanta
to settle the comity site question
between Abbeville and Roahells.
The trust depost banks will be nec
essary for the storing of the evi
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It is estimated that from 90,000
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No other pills can equal DeWitt’s
Little Early Risers for promptness,
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Educate Your Bowel* With Caa carets.
Candy Cathartic, core constipation forever.
10c, 25c. If C. C- C. fail, druggists refund money.
Shipments Solicited.
Mayer & Watts, Macon, Ga.
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TRIANGULAR BLOCK, MACON, GA.
THE FAIR STORE,
60S Clierry Street,
MACON, GA.
Fine Quality of
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Knives and Forks,
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