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7&S HH jOH1> H * HODGES > Propr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE. §1.50 a Year in Advance. - • ^ — - ■ ■■ - -■ VOL. XXX. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 21,1901. NO. 12, A SCHOOL COMPOSITION. XHS BOOK X LIKE BEST. Greater Than The Government. perry Public School—by Sue Wellons,Irregular. After carefully thinking over the list of books I have read, it gtrikes me that “St Elmo” is the best for manv reasons. First, the moral character of the book. There is not an im pure word or thought between the lids. There is nothing that the most refined and cultured cannot read and enjoy. Next,the diversity of character, drawn so dramatic ally, would lead one to think the writer had a very keen perception of the heart and brain. Edna Pearl Earl as a child was beauti ful. Her devotion and faith are so pure the young reader has a de lire to be like her. The great sor row of the child over the death of her grand-father stirs the deepest feelings of the heart, and One feels that one is walking on holy ground when she kisses the dear old face and realizes that death has entered the cottage. _ Then comes the beautiful lan guage. The pen pictures of scen ery and situation. Every word seems to have been chosen with the utmost care, and put before the reader as a sparkling gem of thought to elevate and inspire. The pen pictures of nature are especially fine. One almost sees the setting sun, the crimson clouds, and the shinning stars in the far away blue. The gifted writer speaks not only to the heart, but she charms the intel lect, she stirs the emotions to higher ideas of life in its different phases. Some may say the characters are oyer-drawn. I think not. Ed- pure Christiam character na s stands out in bold relief against the back-ground of St Elmo’s blackened, sinful life. Who would not admire the Christian courage, patience and faith of Ed na? Who would not stand in rever ence before the grand old minis ter, who had gone down into the valley of sorrow, and then climed to the mount of Faith, Hope and Charity? No, not over-drawn. The character of St Elmo was drawn by a master hand. Who would like to be like him? And yet there must have been left a spark of the once noble manhood. Edna’s pure Christian life first, and then love fanned to life a blaze of consecration the world thought dead. I like this book for its literary merit and its purity of thought. I admire the writer, for she is a Georgia woman and she speaks to the Southern heart. . Atlanta Constitution. That business combination may even become greater than the gov ernment itself is shown by thepig- ures of the new steel trust. Thus it is told that— The newly organized United States Steel Corporation takes in companies owning seventy-eight blast furnances, 149 steel works and six finishing plants. This in cludes bar mills, structural steel and plate mills, tinplate works, sheet mills and wire rod and wire nails mills. The annual capacity in finish ing material is about 9,000,000. tons. The company owns Lake Supe rior iron mines, which produced last year nearly 11,000,000 tons of ore. It has 19,809 coke ovens, 70,- 880 acres of coal lands and about 30,000 acres of surface lands in the coal region. Its lake fleet will number sixty- six vessels. When the Rockefeller ore and vessel interest is absorbed, which, it is said, will probably be done laber^the iron ore capacity will be increased about 2,000,000 tons a year and the number of lak& ves sels by fifty-nine, making 125 large ore carriers in all. A conservative estimate of the number of men employed by the company’s various interests puts it at 125,000. The capacity of the consolida tion’s seventy-eight blast furna ces is upward of 6.500,000 tons of pig iron a year, or half the pig iron output of the United States in 1900. When two or three such corpo rations as this get together they will be able to command treasur ies and armies. Inauguration Aftermath. Overreached Himself. Prof. Ivison, of Lonaconing, Md., suffered terribly from neu ralgia of the stomach and indi gestion for thirteen years and af ter the doctors failed to cure him they fed him on morphine. A friend advised the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and after ^taking a few bottles of it he says, “It has cured me entirely. I can’t say too much for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.” It digests what you eat. H. M. Holtzclaw. The rc ceipts from the sale of tickets to the inaugural ball, sup per and concert, it is said, will foot up a total of about $1,000 above the coat of the preparations for the occasion. This extra $1> _ 000 will be donated to charities in the District of Columbia. It requires some pretty shrewd finan ciering to make such a great pub lic fnuction pay for itself.—Sa vannah News. Mr. Blue belter is a thrifty ba ker. A couple of years ago he conceived the idea of increasing his profits on doughnuts and crul lers by making the holes larger in those dainties. Ever since then until two months ago he has been chuckling over his shrewdness. Then suddenly he had a misgiv ing. Perhaps in making the hole larger it required more dough to go around it. For his peace of mind he must demonstrate it. He did so, and to his horror he discovered that for years he had been giving more doughnut for the money than he had before. Every since the dreadful discov ery he has been a changed man, brooding over his loss and fiigur- ing on a scheme to make holed doughnuts with little dough. He has finally fallen into melancho lia, atod his family.and friends are apprehensive that he may go in sane. A Horrible Outbreak “Of large sores on my little daughter’s head developed into a 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 andPileB. Only 25 cents at H, M. Holtzclaw’s drugstore. The Barnesville dispensary has been ordered closed and the debt of $8,000 which is now hanging over the city for liquors purchas ed for the dispensary and which has been fought on the ground of its being and illegal obligation, has been ordered paid. On March 9th our Washington Correspondent wrote as follows concerning certain incidents con nected with the Inaugural cere monies of March 4th: “The Inauguration is over. Aside from the actual inaugural ceremonies, the most oonspicuous points in connection with it were the rain, the beautiful ball anc. the rowdyism of the Pennsylva nia troops. “The finest weather ever experienced at an inaugura tion” had been promised by Chief Moore of the Weather Bu reau, but nevertheless there was £ down pour that made things most unpleasant for the President and for the crowds on the stand at the Capitol, for those on the stands along the route of the procession and for the troops in line. It wil no longer be proper for the weath er bureau to cast aspersions on the lowly ground hog, after making so utter a mistake only twelve hours before the time for fulfill ment. The ball was beautiful It was held in the Pension Office, which was decorated under the su pervision of eminent architects. The cost to the Government is estimated by Commissioner Evans at about $30,000, mostly in sala ries, the clerks having been given a week’s extra holiday in order to let th^ building be available “The Pension Office,” says Mr Evans, “ought never again to be used for an inaugural ball. The business of the bureau is too im portant to be interfered with, even in degree, for such a reason. It would probably no 4 t pay the Gov ernment to erect a building espec ially for inaugural balls, but in the erection of future Government structures, some provision should be made for functions of this kind.” The Pennsylvania troops played the rowdy to perfection There were 9,000 of them here, more than one-fourth of the en tire force in line in the parade They were furnished with mat tresses in the corridors of the State, War and Navy buildings, where also on the top floor the Porto Ricans were quartered. The latter conducted themselves with dignity and left little offensive evidence of their stay in the build ing. . The Pensylvanians, howev er, quartered in the .lower floors, were careless, and left the build ing in a filthy condition. It took a force of fifty charwomen all day long to clean two floors which they occupied. Fortunately, they did comparaitively little damage inside the- building, the rougher element contenting themselves apparently with riots in the streets, where they created a ver itable reign of terror in the disrep^ utable quarter of the town. On two occasions they fought pitched battles with the police, tried to murder a colored officer and loot ed numbers of shops and fruit stands. Their conduct was mere ly a renewal of that of eight years ago, when their state had to ap propriate to pay for the damage done by them. Like Oliver Twist, children ask for more when given One Minute Cough Cure. Mothers endorse it highly for croup. It quickly cures all coughs and colds and every throat and lung trouble. It is a specific for grippe and asthma,and has long been a well known reme dy for whooping cough. Holtz- claw’s Drugstore. The Best Prescription for Malaria, Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure—no pay: Price 50c. 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. Four states, Colorado, Illinois, Lonisian and Massachusetts, have passed a law making it unlawful to sell cocaine without the pre scription of a licensed physician. Stop the Cough andWor&s off the Cold Laxitive Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price 25 cents. Subscribe for The Home Joubnad. Come and see THE BEST $7.50 SUIT in Macon. Burnett & Goodman, 454 THIRD STREET. LSI IRQ 414 & 416 Third Street, MACON, GA. MACON’S GREAT BARGAIN STORE! The Place That Gives You Better Yalues for Your Money Than Any Store in Georgia. Clothing Department is full to overflowing with the latest things in Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Suits suitable for the season. When you are in Macon he sure to see our leaders, the $5.00, $8.00 and $10.00 Suits for Men. They are stylish and durable, and fit as if the tailor had made them for you. Youth’s Suits $2.00 to $6.00. In this line we can fit and please any boy from 15 to 18 years of age. CHILDRENS SUITS 75c. to $5.00, Knee Pants. Some with Vests for tht, smaller ones, 4 to 14years. Extra Pants to fit and suit any man or boy in Houston County. 9 ■' Shoes, Shoes. This is the line of goods that you want to see. We sell none but the best, and will guarantee to save you from 25c. to 50c. on every pair of Shoes that you buy of us; and re member that we absolutely warrant every pair of Shoes that leaves our store to give satisfaction, or we give yon your money back Don’f fail to see us when in Macon. KESSLER BROS. Now is the time to have your JOB WORK done * The Rome Journal io prepared to do it in a neat and artistic manner at reasona ble prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. FBVQB Ws Witb, F@e?b Qbbbbb. •> jM \ • ;-v - J m