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joilIS K. HODGES, DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE, l$1.50 a Yeax* in Advance. fOL. XXX. PERRY, HOUSTON COD$TTY, GA.,„ THURSDAY, MARCH 14,1901 NO. H, A SCHOOL COMPOSITION. Reproduction Of “Enoch Arden” By pheb Lewis—Crisp School, 7th Grade. On a beach about a hundred years ago in a cave played three children. Annie Lee, the pretti est little girl in the port, Philip Ray the miller’s only son, and. Enoch Arden, a rough sailor’s j 30 y. In this cave played these three at house-keeping. Enoch was host one day and Philip next and Annie was their littlr wife. when rosy child-hood was both fixed their heart on this same little girl. . . Enoch set his mind to save he could' to make a home for An nie. When he was twenty-one he had purchased a boat of his own and made a neat and nest-like b for her'. On a beautiful afternoon in Autumn the boys and girls went nutting, but Philip’s father being ill caused him to be a little late. Just as he reached the hill-top he glanced down into the hollow and saw Enoch and Annie sitting hand in hand. As he stood look ing at them he read his doom. Enoch and Annie were married and merrily rang the bells. Sev en happy years hadjpassed and by this time they had three children. He had a great desire to bring these three up better than he and Annie had been. Once when Enoch was clamber ing on a mast in a harbor he slip ped and broke one of his limbs. While he lay here * recovering a, man came and asked him to go on a vessel bound for China. He at last assented to go. He hated to tell Annie of this, but as he reached his little home he went up to her and told the story. Thin was the first time she had ever fought against his will.- The morning for Enoch to go had dawned, he faced the morn ing of farewell boldly. He was a brave, God fearing man, He bow ed down and prayed for blessings on his little family. -He said to Annie, “Keep a clean hearth and a bright fire for me, for I’ll be back soon?” But she told him that she would never see him again. He told her what day his ship would pass there so she bor rowed a seaman’s glass and look ed for him, but all in vain. Time; had come for him to start. He threw his arms around his weeping wife and kissed his little ones. Annie cut a curl from the baby’s head and gave it to him, thinking that it would be a com fort while he was far away. At this time he waved his hand and went his way. He had not been gone long before the. little one’s soul flitted away. Just as Annie had reached her home from the burial Philp came in and said to her, “Annie, I come here to ask a favor of you.” She was surprised at him asking a fa vor of such a striken hearted one. It was to put her boy and girl in school. She consented to this and Philip left with a light heart. They called him Father He gained as Enoch* lost, for they knew nothing of their own father. One evening the children want- fo go nutting, and down: to the mill theywent, crying for father Philip to go with them. So .he and Annie went. As they reached the hill-top where Philip had once seen Enoch and Annie sitting hand in hand, her strength failed her ; she and Philip rested here while the children hunted nuts. As he sat here he thought of his dark hour of life. He came some what closer to Annie and told her of his long love. Here he propos ed to her, but she told him to wait & year. . He was willing to wait. _ The year had passed, nuts were tipeagasn. Philip came but she put him off a half year. The boy and girl longed for her to many Philip, so as to lift their hold out of poverty. Annie thought ’Enoc.h was dead, so she and Philip were married. About this time he was leaving for home. On his homeward voy- age a storm aroee and everything was lost except Enoch and two other men. These three drifted to an island close by. The two men died and Enoch was alone on this island with everything he wished for except his family. Another ship came here hunting water and they gave- Enoch clothes and ? free passage home. He landed on a beautiful day and did not speak a word, but homeward he went thinking,is she dead or to me? He went up to the house where Marion Lane, a wid ow, lived : she told him of Philip and Annie. His only desire was to seeher once more and to know that she was happy. As he sat looking at the bright fire shining from their home he could stand it ho longer. He decided to. go and see but he did not want to be seen. He went up behind the house and peeped in at the happy crowd. On the right of the hearth sat Philip with his son 6n his knee, and Annie Lee, a tall girl playing with him. He left with silence.' He could not shatter the happiness of An nie. He prayed to _God to help him to bear this and to keep it from Annie After this Enoch was ■ taken sick. He bore his weeknesr care fully, r and when he saw death dawning in his face; he called the Woman to him and. said, “I have a secret, only swear before I tell you not to tell it before you see me dead.” She swore upon the book. He asked her if she ever knew Enoch Arden of that town. She said, “I knew him far away.” He told her he was the man, she could hardly believe it. He told her to tell his wife of this, and he gave her the little curl to give back to her. The third night after this the strong, heroic soul passed away. And when they buried him the little iDort had seldom seen a cost lier funeral. house- I n Memory* Of Mrs. Matti e McBride Refused Thousands Of Dollars. % ' The people who read newspa pers and magazines have-, as a rule, a belief that publishers have no conscience about loading up their periodicals with advertise ments at the cost of reading mat ter. Yet occasionally some proof comes to the surface that publish ers have some scruples in this re spect. The Ladies’ Home Jour nal, for example, will accept just so many columns of advertise ments, and no more. This pro portion, for instance, is 70 col umns of advertisements as against 122 columns of reading matter in each issue of 48 pages. When the advertising space is full all bu3i- ness^declined; The skeptical may ask, “But is there anv business left to decline I” There is, decid edly .For nearly every issue in 1900 there were from four to twenty- six more columns of desirable advertising received than could be accepted, and as each column in the Journal costs $1000, the pub lishers turned away thousands of dollars, which, simply because of principle, they would not accept. So the interests of the public are sometimes regarded -where they are not popularly supposed to be. Written for the Home Journal. A sad vacancy was left in our home when on the night of Febru - ary 22nd, 1901, our beloved Grand - mother’s life work was done an d the call came for her to leave this world and depart home. When mamma married she nev er did leave Grand-mother, but always lived with her'at her home and I have never known before what it was to live without her She was always so kind to us anc so mindful of our wants. She al way£ had a kind word' for every body, and wanted to do something for every living creature. A bet ter heart never throbbed in any one’s breast than did in my Grand mother’s. She always gave us such good advice. O, if we woulc do as she said do, we would be no ble; indeed. She was the embodi ment of all that was, pure, noble and beautiful. No one ever spoke evil of her and she never raisec. her voice to speak evil of any body,and when she. heard others at itshe could always throw the man tie of charity over their imperfec tions and say, “We may judge wrong.” O, how hard to do with out our precious Grand-mother and leave her in the cold grave never to hear her sweet voice again, and never see that dignifi ed form on earth any more. In this gloomy night of our deep sorrow, we hope the lamps of Heavenly promise will shine out to cheer us onward and upward Her sacred memory is entwinec around our hearts, which wev.wil. tenderly cherish until we, too, are called to go. ( Her little grand-daughter, Mattie Scarborough. An editor has been inspired, af ter lookig over his list of delin quent subscribers, to compose the following: “How dear to our heart is the silver dollar, when some kind subscriber presents it to view; the liberty head without nectie or collar and all the strange things which to us seem so new; the wsde-spreading eagle, the ar rows below it, the stars and the words with the strange things they tell; the coin of our fathers, we’re glad that we know it, for some time or other ’twill come in right well; the spread eagle dollar, the star spangle dollar, the old silver dcrllar we all love so well.”—Ex change. - A Horrible Outbreak “Of large sores on my little HI ’ ’ ■ a sores on daughter’s head developed into case of scald head,” writet C. D Isbill of Morgantown, Tenn., but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve complete ly cured her. It’s a guaranteed cure for Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Pimples, Sores, Ulcers and Piles. Only 25 cents at H. M. Holtzclaw’s drugstore. A Widow’s Love Affair Receives a setback, if she has offensive breath through Consti pation, Biliousness or Stomach Troubles, but Dr. King’s New Life Pills always cure those troub les ; clean the system, sweeten the breath,--banish headache, best in the world for liver, kidneys and bowels. Only 25 cents at Koltz- claw’s drag store. England will have to pay a pret ty penny for her Boer war- A lib eral member of Parliament asserts that the cost has already been $850,000,000, and that the coun try will not be able to get out, when all accounts are squared, for less than $700,000,000 even if the war were to come to an end at once. When you are billious, use those famous little pills known as De- Witt’s Little Early Risers to cleanse the liver and bowels. They never gripe. H. M. Holtzclaw’s Drugstore. Ex-Senat'or Roger Q. Mills of Texas has become a really-truly oil baron. His income from the oil lands he owns -in the Beau mont district is said to be up wards of $15,000 per month. T ; Stop the Cough andWorks off the Cold Laxitive Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price 25 cents. Come and see THE BEST Burnett & Goodman, 454 THIRD STREET. KESSLER BROS., 414 & 416 Third St. MACON, GA. —: OF:— . Winter Clothing, Winter Shoes, Heavy-Weight Dry Goods, Overcoats, Mclntoshes, &c.—-in fact every article of WINTER GOODS in our store must be sold within thi next six weelcs. We have to have the room. There's 320,000 worth of it. You ask how are we going to sell all these goods in so short a time. Well, we know how |to do it. Make the prices right—that moves ’em. From to-day every article in our store wi 1 be sold • " . QRK COST until our Entire Stock of Cold-Weather Goods is sold. And remember that this stock is one of the most staple in the city of Macon, consisting of Dry Goods, Shoes, Cloth ing, Hats, Millinery, Notions, In fact yon can find here everything that you need to wear. You cannot afford to miss seeing us when you come to Macon. 414 and 41G Third Street, MACON, GA. Elion at N. B,—We have bought the stock of Mr. ! about 25 cents on the dollar, and from this stock you can get staple goods for almost nothing. * . Now is the time your JOB WORE a The Rome Journal u prepared to do it in a neat and artistic manner at reason ble prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. sioilaiS ■ £ iM ■HH m