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Published Every Thursday Morning.
Jao.H. HODGES, Editor and Publisher
Perry, Thursday, January 24.
Copies of this paper may be found on
file at the office of onr Washington cor
respondent, E. G. Siggers, 918 F. Street,
N. W., Washington, D. C.
Agricultural industry should be
unusually progressive * in Georgia
this year.
LaGrippe is alarmingly prevalent
and malignant in Washington and
other cities further north.
A new town called Fairfax has
been established in Ware county,
about 15 miles west of Waycross.
W. G. Cagger, a citizen of New
York said to be worth $15,000,000,
died at Richmond, Va., last Thurs
day night.
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Atlanta people still regard the
proposition to build a new passen
ger depot in their city as an unsolv
ed problem.
The first cargo of steel rails for
the Brunswick and Birmingham
railroad left New York last Friday
for Brunswick.
Several days ago 1,000 Filipino
insurgents in Iloilo swore allegiance
to the United States government.
Perhaps peace is coming.
It is reported from Atlanta that
Hon. John D. Little of Columbus
will most likely be a candidate for
attorney general of Georgia next
year.
No man who preferred republican
ism to democracy in 1900 will be on
the democratic presidential ticket
nor among the leading advisers of
the party in 1904.
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Mercer, University will receive a
gift of fifteen thousand dollars from
John D. Rockefeller this year, pro
vided the trustees secure other do
nations amounting to $85,000.
In a prize fight at Denver, Colo
rado, last Friday night tbfc right
jaw of one of the participants was
broken. It is high time this brutal
sport should be prohibited in all the
states and municipalities.
Do What We Can.
We are glad to note that a dele
gation has been sent from Perry to
Brunswick to do whatever they can
to secure the building of the pro
posed Brunswick and Birmingham
railroad to Perry. That delegation
is authorized to guarantee free right
of way through Houston and a sub
scription of at least $10,000.
It is beyond dispute that the peo
ple of Perry and surrounding com
munity need that railroad, or some
other not yet built, in their business.
It is also true that what they need
they ought to he willing to pay for.
Railroads are not built for fun,but
for the purpose of affording profit to
those who will own and operate
them. This particular road will
come to Perry if its promoters think
it will prove profitable to so con
struct the road.
It is the province of our delega
tion to prove to the men who con
trol the proposed road that it will
pay their corporation to come to
Perry. We hope they will be suc
cessful in their undertaking.
In this connection we would sug
gest that the best route for this
road would be direct to Hawkins-
ville on a straight line, and then via
Perry to Birmingham. However,
the promoters of the road will select
the route that to them appears best
and cheapest.
Our people have guaranteed $10,-
000. Of course they can furnish the
money, else they would not have
promised it. But they cannot com
pel this railroad to come to Perry.
With that much money in hand
they can build a factory at Perry
that would be of immense benefit to
every person within the town and
surrounding community. With ten
thousand dollars of local capital, we
are told on good authority that
$20,000 of outside capital will be
furnished to build a factqry.
If the people who guarantee this
money cannot get the railroad, then
it is their duty to get the factory.
Will they do it?
Queen Victoria Dead.
The death of Victoria, Queen
of England and Empress of India
in one of the royal palaces last
Tuesday, attracted the attention
of the world, and carried univer
sal sympathy to the people of
England, r'
She was a grand-daughter of
King George HI of England* born
May 24th, 1819. She was crowned
Queen of England in June, 1887
and was declared Empress of In
dia on January 1st, 1877. She was
82 years old, lacking four months
when she died, and had been
Queen of England 64 years, lack
ing five months. She was the
mother of four sons and five
daughters.
Longer than any other soverign
she reigned over England, anc
no other ever so completely heic
the love and the true loyalty of
her subjects.
The succession goes to her old
est son, Albert Edward, Prince
of Wales.
The Emperor of Germany is her
oldest grand-son.
What the political effects of her
death may be, the world awaits.
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A Deep HEyestery.
It is a mystery why women en
dure Backache, Headache Ner
vousness, Sleeplessness, Melan
choly, Fainting and Dizzy Spells
when thousands have proved that
Electric Bitters will quickly cure
such troubles. “I suffered for
years with kidney trouble,” writes
Mrs. Phebe Cherley, of Paterson
la., “and a lame back pained
me so I could not dress myself
but Electric Bitters wholly curec.
me, and, although 78 years old,
now am able to do all my house
work.” It overcomes Constipa
tion, improves Appetite, gives per
fect health. Only 50c at Holtz-
claw’s Drugstore.
During-consideration of the army
bill an effort was made to withdraw
and withhold licenses to sell intoxi
cating liquors in the Philippine Is
lands, but the proposition was re
jected by a vote ef 43 to 23.
Robert Evans, the negro who was
carried to Macon from Eastman last
week as the suspected murderer of
Mrs. Birdsong, was released last
Saturday, and the negro who swore
to his identity is in jail under the
Charge of perjury.
Congressional investigation of the
causes that led to the death of Ca
det Booz has produced at least one
good result. It was developed that
hazing was regularly practiced, of
ten resulting in personal injury to
the lower class cadets by those of
the higher classes. Now the cadets
have voluntarily agreed to abolish
the practice of hazing.
The army reorganization bill pro
viding for a considerable increase of
the U. S. army passed the Senate
last Friday. Senator Bacon of Geor
gia was conspicuous as the active
leader of the opposition, and he
made clear the danger of giving the
president arbitrary powerjto increase
the army from the minimum to the
maximum number named in the bill.
The vote was 43 to 23, with four
democrats, Lindsay of Kentucky,
Morgan of Alabama, McLaurm of
South Carolina and Sullivan of Mis
sissippi voting for the bill. Senator
Hoar of Massachusetts was absent
and paired against the bill.
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One day last week we heard a
mule dealer of Macon say he had
sold fbr cash $15,000 worth of mules
within 60 days. Within the last 10
days, the dealers of Atlanta sold 60
carloads of mules in one day. Of
course this means that there is more
than the usual amount of money in
the country, but we fear it also
means that preparations are being
made for a large increase in the cot
ton crop. If this proves true, the
price of cotton will be low, and the
farmers who fail to raise provision
crops plentifully will be in a “bad
row for stumps” next winter.
Subscribe for the Home Journal.
-THE-
Spring Term, 1901,
-OF—
Changes in tha methods of con
ducting national democratic cam
paigns may be made, but they will
not be made through incorporated
suggestion or force. When men or
ganize to control, they declare them
selves antagonistic to the true pur
pose of democracy. The people
constitute the party, and when they
are disregarded, the party ceases to
be democratic.
An editorial in the Atlanta Con
stitution last Forcibly illustrated the
unjust discrimination of railroads in
iheir transportation rates from inte
rior points through southern ports.
It was shown that goods can be
shipped from Atlanta to New York
and thence to Cuba, a total distance
of 2,477 miles, cheaper than direct
from Atlanta to Tampa, Fla., and
thence to Cuba, a distance of 829
miles. Such outrageous discrimina
tion should be stopped by the gen
era! government.
Within a week after Hon. W. J.
Bryan announced that he would
publish a weekly newspaper at Lin
coln, Nebraska, subscriptions were
received from thirty-three states and
territories. The first issue of The
Commoner was published last Sat
urday, and we predict that within
six months its circulation will be
greater than that of any other week
ly newspaper in the United States.
Despite his defeats, and his prede-
liction for the free and independent
coinage of silver, Mr. Bryan is one
of the greatest men this country has
produced within his generation.
Another American official in Cu
ba has been caught stealing. John
Sheridan, in charge of the. money
order department of the post-office
department at Havana, was arrested
last Sunday and accused of stealing
$l,3oo sent from another post-offiee.
He confessed his guilt. He was ap
pointed to service in Cuba from the
Boston, Mass., post-office.
The great possessions even of this
world are not for sale to the highest
bidder. They cannot be bought with
money.—-Ladies’ Home Journal.
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No good comes to anybody through
the publication of kidnapping stories.
Began' the first Monday in January—
7th day—and continues 5 months.
Incidental fee for resident pupils $2.50;
non-resident3 $3.50.
This is a graded school of high order,
and under competent instructors it read
ily ranks with the best high schools of
the state.
The incidental fee must be paid in
cash to the secretary and treasurer of
the board, Mr. B. C. Boltzclaw, before
pupils will be permitted to enter the
school.
It will be more beneficial to the chil
dren, more agreeable to the teachers and
more satisfactory to the Board of Edu-
cationand and parents if each child is
permitted to enter on the first day of the
term and not be allowed to miss even
one recitation during the entire session.
Good Board can be obtained in private
families at from $8 to $10 per month.
Any other information can be obtain
ed by addresssing either of the under
signed. R. N. B oiiTzciiAW, Free.
B. C. UoiiTzciiAW, Sec. and Treas.
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CARSTARPHEN
& 00a,
Wholesale
Grocers,
456 Poplar Street,
MACON, CA.
R. L. Ezell, formerly of Byron,
is with us, and will be/pleased to
see and serve his friends
W. B. Fitzgerald. J. G. Fitzgerald.
Big Creek Poultry Farm,
ELKO, GA.
Breeders of S. O. Brown Leghorns;
Black Langshans, Black Minorcas and
Pekin Ducks. Eggs at $1.50 for 15.
Farm Loans at 6 Per Cent Interest.
Yy 0 can negotiate Farm Loans anywhere in Geoigia
in suras of Jpl.,000 and upward at 6 per cent interest
and a very small commission. Large loans especial
ly desired. We invite correspondence with farmers
direct, or with lawyers, hankers and merchants whose
clients or customers desire such loans. Loans made
on five years’ time, with privilege to repay in full or
in part at end of any year.
Barker & Holleman, Atlanta, Ga.
Cotton and Mules.
MOORE & HOLMES,
COTTON FACTORS,
MACON, CA.
Besides conducting a Cotton Warehouse on the most
favorable terms to farmers, we handle at al times
THE BEST KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE
...Mules and Horses...
Our prices are reasonable, and every animal is guar-
antesd to be as represented in condition and qualities.
DO AS WE DO.
When we go on a purchasing tour we
concentrate our efforts on securing the best Cloth
ing made. We do not waste our time on “Howl
ing Cheap,” “Catch-Penny” concerns.
There are many firms who make cheap
clothing, but what would become of our reputa
tion if we sold you something we knew could not
give satisfaction?
The fact that we sell our High Grade
Clothing at the same prices other stores ask for
the inferior kind is not a mystery. We want
YOUR business, we want YOU SATISFIED.
We can’t do it with high prices and poor goods.
OUR WORD STANDS GUARD. Can
have your business?
BENSON & HOTTSEB,
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THE: aP-T0-BA¥E GMHTERS,
we
420 THIRD ST.
MACON, GA.
= A GARDEN FOR 25 CENTS. =
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vertisement, and we will mail you postpaid
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AU lALlLLlkl VEGETABLE COLLECTION AJiUlAo*
1 Packet Sorehead Cabbage 5c
1 Packet Improved Blood Turnip Bget 5c
1 Packet Drumhead Cabbage Lettuce 5c
1 Packet Dwarf Champion Tomato 5c
1 Packet Early Long Scarlet Radish 5c
1 Packet Long Green Cncumber
1 Packet Chinese Mustard
1 Packet Rattlesnake Watermelon
1 Packet Ponce de Leon Muskmelon
1 Packet Purple or Red Top Turnip
5c
5c
5c
5c
5c
50c
Hasting Seeds are the best. They are pure,fresh, reliable. You cant get better seed.
-If you will mention this paper when you order, we will send a packet of Fine Mix
ed Pansy Seed FREE.
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JL. G. HASTINGS & CO., Atlanta, Ga.
f You Want Anything
HOT
BEDROOM SUITES, PARLOR SUITES,
DINING TABLES, SIDEBOARDS, CHAIRS
DOMESTIC SEWINS MACHINES,
BEDSTEADS, MATTRESSES, SPRINGS, WINDOW SHADES
AND POLES, BABY CARRIAGES, ETC.,
Yon can save money at
Paul’s Furniture Store.
A complete line of COFFIN'S and CASKETS always
on hand.
GEORGE PAUL, Perry, Ga,