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JOHN H. HODGES, Propr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CUfflS'IE. #1.50 a Year la Advance.
VOL. XXX.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JANUAEY 31. 1901,
NO. 5.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Our Regular Correspondence.
The new method of combination
by which the railways are dodging
the anti-trust act and the act for-
biding pooling are pointed out in
the recent report of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The Com
mission has no official knowledge
of the extent of recent railway
combinations, but it has informed
itself as well as possible from un
official sources. Disregarding
mere rumors, but taking account
of well authenticated statements
there was absorbed in various ways
between July 1, 1899 and No
vember 1, 1900, 25,811 miles of
railroad. There are in the whole
United States something less than
200,000 miles of railroad; so that
more than one-eighth of this entire
mileage was, within the above pe
riod, brought, in one way and an
other, under the cantrol of other
lines. When it is considered what
has actually been dorte, what is
undoubtedly in contemplation, the
entire feasibility of these schemes,
the very great advantage which
would result to the owners of the
properties involved, and the fact
that a step once taken in that di
rection is seldom retracted, it be
comes evident that in the immedi
ate future the main transportation
lines of this country-will be thrown
into great groups, controlling
their own territory, and not sub
ject, with respect to most of their
traffic, to serious competition. If
this continues, it will soon lie
within the power of two or three
men, or at* most a small group of
men, to say what tax Bhall be im
posed upon the vast traffic moving
between the, East and West. The
result is already manifest in the
tremendous increase in freight
rates during the past year.
It now seems that the cause of
Senator Hanna’s confidence in the
passage of the subsidy bill lies in
his intention to tack it as a rider
onto the River and Harbor bill.
This sort of thing is admittedly
vicious and is absolutely forbid
den by the rules of the House.
The Senate, however, can do what
it pleases and if it should adopt
the plan mentioned, the House
would have to consider its action.
Meanwhile, desperate efforts are
being mad® by Senator Hanna to
create a sentiment throughout the
country favorable to the bill. In
this city a press burqau has been
organized for the purpose of sup
plying newspaper correspondents
with information bearing on its
progruss. Another has been mail
ing by the ton literature favoring
it, and a third has been directly
in correspondence with leading
members of business, financial
and commercial exchanges urging
action in its support. Such bu
reaus cost enormously, and there
is much curiosity to know what
disinterested citizens are financ
ing it.
The war-revenue reduction bill
is being purposely held back in the
Senate Committee on Finance by
Senator Aldrich, the Chairman,
who has personally requested the
members of the Committee to re
frain from discussing the measure
in any way. He is particularly
anxious that they say nothing
about progress upon it, or any
committee action. It is under
stood that it will, when reported,
authorize a reduction of about
$40,000,000, although it has been*
the desire of the Senate leaders to
keep the cut within the $30,000,-
000 recommended by the Presi
dent and Secretary Gage. It is
probable that the taxes on a few
articles will be repealed entirely,
and that all the rest will be re
duced by a horizontal cut of 25
percent. By holding back the
Revenue bill Senator Aldrich
hopes to force the oleomargarine
bill upon the calendar, where it
will have a parliamentary status
that will enable him to prevent
what he believes is the purpose of
its supporters, that is, to have it
added as an amendment to the
Revenue bill.
Why South Georgia Prospers.
Father Time’s Own Clock.
“The transmitting clock at the
Naval Observitory, Washington,
is the absolute monarch of Amer
ican time-keepers,” writes Evan-
der Mclver Sweet in the February
Ladies’ Home Journal. “Every
day in the year except Sunday, by
one pendulum-stroke it speaks di
rectly and instantaneously to
every city and considerable town
between the peaks of the Rockies
and the pines of Maine, saying to
them that on the seventy-fifth
meridian it is now high noon to
the fraction of a second. A dup
licate mechanism, stationed at the
Branch Naval Observatory on
Mare Island, performs a similar
service for the people of the Pa
cific slope. And by this one clock
at the National capital (togather
with its duplicate on the Pacific),
is set nearly every timepiece in
the United States and Cuba, most
of those in Mexico and many on
the border of Canada. A number
of clocks—from three to three
thousand—in nearly every city
and large town are wired together
into a local family, and, by means
Gf a switch-key at the telegraph
office, are put into direct contact
with the parent clock at the Na
tional capital. So that the in
stant the electric touch is given
from Washington every clock in
the circuit—whether it be at Bos
ton, Minneapolis or New Or
leans—begins a new day in per
fect accord with its mechanical
deity.”
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flow’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for aDy case of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Hall’s Ca
tarrh Care.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props.,
Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
and believe him perfectly honora
ble in nil business transactions and
financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax,
Wholesale Druggist, Toledo, O.
Walding, Kinnan & Makvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all druggists. Testimoni
al8 free.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best
Savannah News.
That the census of 1900 should
show that the southern part of
Georgia had increased in popula
tion and prosperity more than
the the northern part during the
last decade, was a matter of some
surprise in certain quart ars, but
it was no surprize to those who
have watched the course of rail
road , building. A look at the
map will show that the . country
from the Savannah river to the
'Florida state line, south of a line
drawn through Macon, is crossed
and re-crossed by railroad tracks
In some countries this might mean
little else than a passing over
rocky ledges or through desert
wastes. In south Georgia, how
ever, every rail and crosstie is laid
through land that produces re
sults ; first, in timber, lumber and
turpentine, and later , in all the
fruits of the field, orchard and
vineyard.
The pioneers who turn the for
ests and their products into gold
clear the way for the agriculturists:
Blooming cotton and tasseling
corn take the places of pines and
oaks, and lowing beards and fat
swine succeed the ’coon and the
’possum. The small railroad sta
tion becomes a village, and later
a town, as the forests are cleared
and the lands are transformed in
to farms.
No such lands and no such cli
mate is to be found elsewhere on
the North American continent as
in this section, fanned by the
breezes which sweep from the Gulf
of Mexico northeasterly to the At
lantic. It is a rolling and well-
watered land, with a soil that is
easily cultivated and rich in the
variety of its products. No won
der it is increasing in population
and prosperity. One cannot study
the advantages of a country from
a car window, nevertheless even a
casual inspection from a railway
train will show that this South
Georgia “land of milk and honey”
is bsing rapidly and substantially
built up.
The place of the daughter in
the home is as large or as small a
place as she is able to make it. It
is really a creative place, one in
which she can be the brightest,
happiest, most helpful influence
in the home, or simply a partaker
of the comforts and protection of
the home, with no thought of any
return on her part. January La
dies’ Home Journal.
It Girdles tiie Globe.
The fame of Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve, as the best in the world,
extends round the earth. It’s the
one perfect healer of cuts, corns,
burns, bruises, sores, scalds, boils,
ulcers, felons, aches, pains and all
skin- eruptions. Only infallible
pile cure. 25c. a box at Holtz-
claw’s Drugstore.
According" to Govenor Crane, 40
per cent, of the population of the.
State of Massachusetts is included
within a circle including ten miles
in every direction from the state-
house.
Xo Cure A Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund tbe
monev if it fails to cure. E. AY.
Grove’s signature is on each box.
25/.
Brought Good Fortune.
A small item in his own paper
lately brought amazing good for
tune to Editor Chris. Reitter, of
the Saginaw (Mich.) Post and
Zeitung. He and his family had
the Grip in its worst form. Their
doctor did them no good. Then
he read that Dr. King’s New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs,
and Colds was a guaranteed cure
for La Grippe and all Throat and
Lung troubles; tried it and says:
“Three bottles cured the whole
family. No other medicine on
earth equals it.” Only 50c and
$ 1.00 at Holtzclaw’s Drug store. .
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Gifts and bequests for public
purposes are an item of increasing
value in the account of American
progress. During last year they
aggregated $62,461,304. of which
nearly $35,000,000 or considerably
more than one-half, went to uni
versities, colleges and other edu
cational institutions. Of the re
maining $27,000,000, a little more
than a half went to charities,
while nearly $9,000,000 was given
to churches^ The balance of $5,-
000,000 was divided about evenly
between museums, art galleries
and libraries.
Our $10 and
$12 Suits.
These stylish Suits are in Fancy "Worsteds,
.Blue and Black Cheviots, and the elegant
Gray Oxfords. You can’t do near so well
to-day anywhere else.
BURNETT & GOODMAN,
¥fie New Store. 454 Tfiird St.
MM0N, GA.
fcock-Takim
OF s-
Shoes, Dry Goods, Clothing,
Furnishing Goods,
Millinery, Ladies’ Skirts,
Capes and Jackets.
IN FACT THIS IS TEE STOEE WHERE TOE CAN
Shoes, Shoes.
We sell on'y the very best that are manufactured. Ev
ery pair that leaves our store is guaranteed to give satis
faction or money refunded. They go at Factory cost dur
ing this stock-taking sale.
Clothing.
. Pepsin preparations often fail to
relieve indigestion because they
can digest only albuminous foods.
There is one preparation that di
gests all classes of food, and that
is Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It cures
the worst cases of indigestion and
gives instant relief, for it digests
what you eat." H. M. Holtzclaw’s
Drugstore.
New hotels with accommodations for
thousands of guests are building near
the Pan-American Exposition grounds
at Buffalo.
As complete a stock of Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s
Clothing as can be found in Georgia. All go at Manufac
turers’ oost during the stock-taking sale.
Dry Goods.
This line we sell absolutely without profit. During the
stocEi-taEiing sale hundreds of dollars worth of Dress
Goods, Domestics, Notions and Ladies’ Furnishing Goods,
will be sold for muoh less than New York cost.
Ladies’ Capes and Skirts
for one-half the first of ’he season prices. We have Plush
Capes"from 85c. to $20.00 each.
Millinery.
We have just received two full lines of Drummers’ Samples, and
can sell you Millinery or Millinery Furnishings at half what regular
Millinery Establishments are compelled to charge.
When you are in Macon come to see us. We will saye you money
on anything that yon have to buy.
414 & 416 Third St. MACON, GA.
Next Door to Roff Sims’ Old Stand.
Now is the time to have
your JOB WORK done.
1 The Rome Journal is
-prepared to do it in a neat and artistic manner at reasona
ble prices. Satisfaction guaranteed.
WSTM FQWB Qedebb.
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