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Tmm ££&** P32SS, £1.50 A Y2AS, IN ADVANCE. 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. ; — 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. •—«*—« ; 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. >-0—1 —- 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. — • . 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. : 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. - w. s. 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, i ' 1 THE: aP-T0-BA¥E GMHTERS, we 420 THIRD ST. MACON, GA. = A GARDEN FOR 25 CENTS. = Send us 25 cents with your name and address, together with this ad vertisement, and we will mail you postpaid 10 BIG PACKETS OF SEED. 1ft PArTrETS HASTINGS’ INTRODUCTORY OK PPTWTW 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. \ 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,