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p jri'/MUfif Tas JHavstitaiu PlilCS, 51.50 A YSAB, IN ADVANCE. Publishod Every Thursday Morning. Jno.H. HODGES. Editor and Publisher Perry, Thursday, February 21 Copies of-this paper may be found on file at the office of oar Washington cor respondent, £1. G. Siggers, 918 F. Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. It is good to know a good thing when yon see it, bat to use it prop erly is better. — A big cotton crop will benefit the manufactures and speculators more than any other class of people. Georgia farmers should not for get the lesson of last year—medium cotton crop and plentiful food prod ucts. Latest reports say the govern ment of Denmark will not sell the Spanish West Indies to the United States. A pamphlet on “Cotton Culture will be sent free to all who apply to the German Kali Works, 93 Nassau street, New York city. *-©~4 Bear Admirals Sampson and Schley have been promoted, but Sampson goes five points up while Schley is given only three points ad vance. The situation in Kansas is noth ing les3 than a revolution against the liquor saloons that for several years have been operated contrary to law. Up to last Saturday night State Treasurer Park had paid out this year $690,000 in pensions to Con federate veterans and widows of veterans. Ex-Gov. Roosevelt is quoted as saying that the reports of his lion- kilhng exercises in the wilds of Cali fornia and Colorado were greatly exaggerated. A crusade against selling on Sun day has been instituted by the Law and Order League of Savannah. So far the crusade has been only par tially successful. Eight degrees below zero was the weather record at Madrid last Sun day, and throughout Europe the weather was extremely cold, with snowstorms and blizzards. In entering the city of Brunswick, the Brunswick & Birmingham rail road will pass through the Oak Grove cemetery. About fifty bodies will be moved to new graves. Friends of Hon. Joe Hall, of Ma con, say he will be a candidate fpr attorney general of Georgia when the next state campaign opens. Joe Hall would reflect honor upon the office. — . Georgians will regret to learn that Gen. John B1 Gordon was robbed in Chicago last week. His overcoat was stolen from the hotel, and in a pocket of the coat were checks and papers worth about $4,000. The controversy of American cor porations in Venezuela over asphalt lands has been temporarily adjusted by the diplomacy of the U. S. min ister, and it is said the matter will go to the courts for final settlement. It is true that some man has en tertained the idea of forming a syn dicate, political or otherwise, to con trol the weekly newspapers or Geor gia, but it is an illustration of the fact that truth is sometimes both absurd and ridiculous. According to The Daily News, a Pasteur Institute physician has re ported to the board of health that the soil under the union railroad de pot at Atlanta contains 120,000 dis ease microbes to the cubic centime ter. Terrible, isn’t it? " It is not generally known, but the proceedings of congress disclose the fact that horse meat Is regularly shipped from the United States to Scandinavian countries. Horse meat, it is declared, very much resembles reindeer meat in appearance and fla vor, and that the Scandinavians re gard it as a very great delicacy. Community Interests. The State Normal School. . , , . . .. ... This school begins its new session The basis of true patriotism is the March 6th The conrse of stu dy has love of home and home-folks. There j may be better homes and superior folks, but ho feelin'g of ownership or intimate fellowship is associated with them. From the home this feeling of ownership, or patriotism extends to the neighborhood, to the militia district, to the county, the state and the nation. This pride of community attaches first to the locality, then to the products ]and to the people. My home, my neighborhood, my mj county, my state, is ever the best to the true patriot, or it is his earnest desire to help make it so. To make this commendable de sire a reality is the duty of every person, and there is no one one who cannot do something on that line. It is not our purpose to make these suggestions strictly local, but any reader can make that applica tion to his community. No matter in what avenue of life, individual ac tion has its influence upon the com munity for good or ill. Just- now it seems that money getting is the chief purpose of man kind, and no blame can attach to those most eminently successful if they are correct in money-using. The success of one man in busi ness along correct lines will surely prove beneficial to others of his neighborhood. Others seeing his good works will strive to do like wise. The successful man, having the pride of community in his heart, will desire to see his neighbors suc ceed in similar manner. The foundation of business is that men sell that which others must buy. Community interests demand that we buy in preference those things produced in our community. In an agricultural community, the people of the adjacent towns and cities will add to the general pros perity of that community very much by using the corn, meat, lard, flour, potatoes, syrup and other products of the neighboring farms. This en largement of a home market for home products will increase the ability of the farmers to buy, and it will be nataral for them to recipro cate and in turn buy the things they do not produce from the home mer chants. In fact the advancement all along the line of community inter ests will be great when we to the fullest extent patronize home indus try. Georgians should at all times Duy in preference the products of Georgia, whether of the farm or fac tory. This applied to any county will increase the general prosperity of that county, increase the tax val ues and decrease the rate of taxa tion. The demand for articles of home production will not only tend to in crease that production in quantity, but also to its betterment in quality. Further, when the community inter ests develop on business lines, per sonal ties are strengthened, good fellowship grows and ripens into friendship and the social side of life is made brighter and better. Farm Loans at 6 Per Cent Interest. We can negotiate Farm Loans anywhere in Georgia in sums of $1,000 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, bankers 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. been immensely enlarged and en- • riched, and now covers three years j instead of two as heretofore. How?: ever, former students, who re-enter during the present session, may graduate within the old two-year j limi^;. Courses in manual training have! been introduced under a new and - .. . .■% . ^ competent teacher. The work of gai-lfe,- & IlOJIemail, Atiafita, Ga. the summer term will be especially f attractive to the teachers in the city and village schools. The terms begin March 6th, May 15th, July 24th, and October 2nd, and students will be received into the school upon these dates or by the following Monday. Dormitory expenses are about $20 per term. No tuition and no fees. Students must apply at once if they wish places in the Dormitory. E. C. Branson, Chairman of the Faculty. Cotton and Mules. Will Booui His Business. S. Laval, a merchant, of Dal las, Tex. writes: “I thought II would have to give up business, after two years of suffering from general debility brought on by overwork and long hours, but four ] bottles of Electric Bitters gave me new life. I can now eat any thing, sleep well and feel like working all the time. It’s the best medicine on earth.” It’s a wonderful tonic and health build er for tired, weak, sickly and run down people. Try it. Satisfac tion guaranteed. Only 50c at H. M. Holtzclaw’s drugstore. Barber’s Sunday Notice. Patrons of my Barber shop will j please take notice that I will not open the shop on Sunday after 1st Sunday in February. Please [ call and be shaved Saturday] night. Respectfully, John M. Jackson, Perry, Ga. <Sc lELOXiOMIIES, COTTON FACTORS, MACON, CA. Besides coil duet ing, a Cotton Warehouse on the most favorable terms to farmers, we handle at al_ limes 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. 1 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. Ifi 13 A HASTINGS* INTRODUCTORY £)K JYEnffnug — Ilf jrAL'ULCiift VEGETABLE COLLECTION -SO* — 1 Packet Surehead Cabbage 5c 1 Packet Improved Blood Turnip Beet 5c 1 Packet Drumhead Cabbage Lettuce 5c 1 Packet Dwarf Champion Tc mato 5c 1 Packet Early Long Scarlet Radish 5c 1 Packet Lons: Green Cucumber 1 Packet Chinese Mustard 1 Packet Rattlesnake Watermelon 1 Packet Ponce de Leon Muskmelon 1 Packet Purple or Bed Top Turnip 5c 5c 5c 5c 5c 50c —Men’s work Shirts, and Over alls, all siztsand qualities at L. M. Paul’s. 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. A. Gt. HASTINGS &> OO., Atlanta, Ga. Like bad dollars, all counterfeits ] of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve are worthless. The original quickly cures piles, sores and all skin dis-| eases. Holtzclaw’s Drugstore. DO AS WB DO. WANTED—Active man oe good character to deliver and collect in Georgia for old esfcab-J lished manufacturing wholesale house; $000 a year sure pay. Houesty more than experience required. Our referenc, any bank in this city. Enclose self-addressed stamped pnvelope Man ufacturers, third floor 334 Dearborn st.,Chicago. Reports from China credit the German commander, Count Yon Waldersee, with having written to Gen. Chaffee: “Owing to the unsat isfactory nature of the negotiations for peace, and also to circumstances rendering such a course desirable, it will probably be necessary to resume military operations on a large scale, especially to the west.” It is gen erally beleived that force will be used to compel the Chinese to ac cept the terms of the powers, unless an agreement is reached very soon. Hon. Logan E. Blecxly, ex-chief justice of the Georgia Supreme court, recently entered the State University at Athens as a student, taking a special course in mathemat ics. He is writing a book to be en titled “Values,” and it is said his course of study at the University is for the purpose of gaining, informa tion to be used in completing the book. No other man in Georgia ev er attended school when as old as Judge Blecldey now is, 73 years. The Commoner, Hon. W. J. Bry an’s j>aper, is a praiseworthy model of a new-style publication. Its 24 columns contain not a line of adver tising, being filled completely with editorial opinions, news and select ed literature. It deserves ; the un usually extensive circulation gained, and will exert an influence for good wherever read. Success to The Commoner. EXECUTORS’ SAKjE. By virtue of an order from the court of Ordi nary of Houston county, will be sold on tbe first I Tuesday in March, 1901, at tbe court bouse door in said county, between the legal sale hours, tbe j following lands, to-wit: *? Lot No. 119,on which Tharp's Miil is situated, in the 10th district of Houston county, and con taining 202ii acres, more or less. ! Lot No. 33 and all of lot No. 43 lying north of | the public road and adjoining lands of O: P. Wil-'ingham; said lots being in tha Lower 11th j district of Houston county and containing 3521 acres, more or less. , - Also, one undivided ninth interest of B. F. I Tharp, dec’d, in the estate of Mrs. li. F. Tharp. Said lands sold to pay debts of testator, and | for distribution among the legatees of said es tate. Terms of sale cash. This Feb. 4th, 1901. A, U. THA RP, E. L. DENNAFvD, Executors of will of B. F. Tharp. AdfEninistrator’s Sale. Georgia, Houston County: Byyirtue of an order of the court of Ordinary I of Macon county, will he sold at public outcry onthe first Tuesday in March, 1901, .before tbe court bouse door in said county of Houston, be tween the usual and legal hours of sale, the fol lowing property, towit: ( The west half of lot of land number one hun dred and ninety-three (193), and one hundred and twenty-seven (127)acres, more or less,of the south part ef lot number one hundred and nine ty-four (194), all of said lands being in the four teenth (14) district ef said Houston county, Ga. Terms cash. M. S. WARE, Adm’r Feb. 4,1901. of Elizabeth Pennington Ware. 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 clpthing, but what would become of our reputa tion if we Bold 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 we have your business? BENSOH & HOUSER, THE: HP-T0-DATB CLOTHIERS, 420 THIRD ST. MACON, GA. Our fee returned if we fail. Anyone sending sketch and description of any invention will promptly receive our opinion free concerning the patent* ability of same. “How to obtain a patent ” sent upon request. Patents secured through ns advertised for sale at our expense. Patents taken out through ns receive special notice^ without charge, in - ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. By authority of an order of tbe court of Ordi-1 nary of Houston county, Ga., I will sell before tbe court bouse door iu Perry, Ga., within the legal hours ef sale on the 1st Tuesday in March j next, to the highest^md best bidder, the follow ing lands belonging to C. H. Shrigley, late of Houston county, Ga., deceasd, to-wit: That parcel of land in Houston county near I -the town of Fort Valley, said comity, and being known as lot No. 33 on the plot of survey made by O. L. Greene for F. W. Gano, containing three-fonrths of an acre, more or less, and be ing in the form of a triangle, and being hound ed on tbe nortli-west by the Marshalmlle and I Fort Valley public ruad, on. the north-east by] lot No. 32 of said above named survey, and on ; the south by tbe Visscber lands. Sold to pay the debts, of said deceased. Terms cash. 1 M. A. EDWARDS, Adm’r Feb. 4,1901. of C. H. Shrigley, dec’d. ~ TRUSTEE’S SALE ' By virtue of the authority of the will of | Geeen Fitzgerald, will be sold before tbe court house door in Perry, Ga., between the legal I hours of sale on thefirst Tuesday in March,1901,1 the followidg described property: Two lots in the town of Elko, Ga. Nos. 159 and 161; said lots fronting 50 feet on Pine street, running back 100 feet to an alley. Said lots des- I cribed according to the railroad map of tbe Ga. S. & Fla. Railroad. Said property sold for re- investment. Terms of sale cash. Feb.4,16(fi. W.B. FITZGERALD, Trustee. MONEY. Loan* negotiated on improved farms, at lowest market rates, and on mostlibsral _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ^ | prepared to do it in a neat and artistic manner at reason? loans negotiated. Facilities tmsor- [ passed.: HOWARD K. SMITH, m ^ Ifo. 814 Second St., Kacoo. Ota. 1 MiV&S WM WlFM YOON &BBEBS, GOI by Manufacturers and Investors. Send for sample copy FREE* Address, VICTOR J. EVANS & (.Patent Attorneys,) Evans Building, - WASHINGTON, & Now is ihe time to ho$\ your JOB WOBKdone>\ The Rome Journal lie pricesSatisf iction guaranteed.