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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.” : -=o- ©-«»- 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. . — — 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. m ■ #111 iHiti HH