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PliICa, *1.60 A YEAS, IN ADVANCE.
Published Every Thursday Morning.
Jno.H. HODGES, Editor and Publisher
Perry, Thursday, April 4.
Copies of this paper may be found on
file at the office of our Washington cor
respondent, E. G, Siggers, 918 F Street,
N. W., Washington, I). C.
Success waits upon him who uses
wisdom with discretion and energy.
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Broom com will - be raised exten
sively this year in Madison county,
Ala.
Farmbrs will do well to base their
calculations on a low price for the
1901 crop of cotton.
Within the last several months
there has been a considerable lack
of profit in holding cotton.
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Within the last week the fortunes
of war have been decidedly against
the Boers in South Africa.
Lobd Salisbury, premier of the
British empire, is said to be danger
ously ill with Bright’s disease.
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A wind storm last Saturday after
noon damaged property to a consid
erable extent in Columbus, Ga.
Ex-Gov. Nortben was chosen pres
ident of the Georgia Baptist conven
tion held at Valdosta last week.
The business men of Macon are
raising a fund to build an auditori
um in which to hold conventions.
Just now it seems any calculation
based upon 8 or 9 cents for cotton
next fall will cause disappointment.
Judge Emory Speer has ruled that
the failure to record a mortgage
does not impair the force of such a
paper.
The Observance of Public Duty.
If the promises of candidates were
always fulfilled in the performance of
official duties, this country of ours,
from town, county, state and nation,
would be the best governed this
world ever knew.
But it seems that between the
candidate and the official there is
some sort of mental evolution. Cir
cumstances alter cases, you know. It
too often transpires that the prom
ises made by the candidate are die
regarded in whole or in part when
the official becomes accustomed to
the position to which he has been
elected. Often he seemingly reaches
the conclusion that the position is
his office, and not that of the peo
ple; that he owes allegiance more to
his own opinions and desires than to
the interests of those he was elected
and sworn to serve.
We have not written this in order
to direct condemnation to any offi
cial of this county or common
wealth, but rather to commend
those who hold commissions by will
of the people.
Especially is it our purpose here
to commend Judge W. H. Felton
for his action in disregarding- his
ow|i convenience at this term of
Houston Superior court in deference
to the duties of the high office he
fills. Believing that by railroad
schedule he could not reach Perry
earlier than noon on Monday, he
came here Sunday night, via the G.
S. & F. Railroad to Tivola, and
thence by private conveyance co
Perry, in order that court might be
opened at the usual hour Monday
morning.
This action gave to the county
service for the half day of expenses
in the per diem of jurors and court
officers that would have been paid,
even if the court had not convened
until afternoon on Monday. This
may seem a small matter to some,
but in such ways public service is
best rendered. Certainly no indi
vidual would willingly pay for ser
vice that had not been rendered.
Our New Possessions.
The possession, ownership, con
trol, or whatever it may be termed,
of Porto Rico, the Philippine Islands
and Hawaii by the great republic of
North America, makes a situation
that is peculiar, if not positively con
tradictory.
There have peen protests, warn
ings and condemnation of the impe
rialistic attitude of this government,
but it seems that the administration
will go the way heretofore marked
out, especially since congress has
yielded full authority to the presi
dent.
Just what the status of these isl-
anns will be hereafter no mind can
foretell, but we can rest assured
that they will be fully exploited by
money corporations of the United
States and that the money made in
the process of “development” will be
on lines having the sanction of the
republican administration.
The republican party is a business
concern, and its leaders will see to
it that our “new possessions” will be
used to the best advantage in strong
and continued efforts to perpetuate
the power of the republican party.
It matters not whether the inhab
itants of Porto Rico and the Philip
pines be subjects or citizens of the
United States, the republicans want
things so fixed that they will con
tinue to boss the business.
As to Cuba, the republican party
of the United States will never per
mit that island to be independent, if
their leaders can induce annexation
or persuade the Cabans to agree to
a protectorate.
Notice to Whom It May Concern.
I take this method of
It is estimated that at the close
of the fiscal year ending June 30th
f or | next, the United States treasury will
contain a surplus of about $60,000,-
000. Of couse this will lie hurt
ful to the business interests of the
country unless the volume of money
is greater than the demands of bus-
been l iness. Nobody believes there is too
the I much money in the country, and
there is uneasiness concerning the
government surplus that has been
Minister Buck, formerly republi- I forced from the pockets of the peo-
can boss in Georgia, will leave this pie by means of the war taxes. Sec-
country on the 15th inst., on his re- retary Gage says there are two ways
Less than 8 cents per pound
cotton now is not a condition likely
to induce an excessive cotton crop
this year.
As a reward for capturing Agui-
naldo, Gen. Fred Funston has
appointed brigadier general
regular army.
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turn trip to Japan.
. The efforts to inaugurate a farm
ers’ trust have signally failed, be
cause there was not enough trust
fulness manifested.
The federal department of agri
culture has been imduced to devote
special attention to developing the
to place this surplus subject to trade
demands: to increase treasury depos
its in national banks, or to buy gov
ernment bonds to be canceled.
! Bonds will most likely be purchas
ed, and the bond-holders .will reap
a rich harvest.
Reports form Manila say a cap
tain and others in the quartermaster
cultivation of sugar cane in Georgia department of the U. S. army, with
and Florida.
A convention of Georgia farmers
will be held at Brunswick next
Wednesday, April 9th, to consider
the advantages of sugar cane and
casava culture.
Evidently the Constitution is try
ing to be as big as Atlanta—44 pag
es last Sunday. If there is anything, ... . . , ,,
brighter an faster than Atlanta, the | P ra °A‘T g
a prominent contractor, .and a num
ber of store-keepers, have been ar
rested charged with robbing the
government. It is said the robbing
had been reduced to a science, em
bracing all kinds of government sup
plies, and could be traced back six
or eight months. The report says
the thefts will aggregate hundreds
of thousands of dollars in value. In
Constitution is it.
ity of the constitution of a republic,
| our government incites dishonesty,
the policy itself being dishonest.
At Fall River, Mass., twenty cot
ton mills shut down for ten days last
Saturday, for the purpose of curtail
ing production. These mills employ
. . _ , „. . about 8,000 operatives. Other mills
Political writers m England rage throughout the country will do like-
Mp.. W. L. Roberts died at his
home in Jones county one day last
week. He lived in Perry several
years, and his many Houston friends
are grieved at his death.
Europe to unite against the United
States in the purpose of this coun
try to construct and control a ship
canal across Nicaragua, or Panama
wise at periods during the next sev
eral months.
On the railroad now being built
from Havana to Santiago, Cuba,
nearly three thousand men are at
work. Sir William Yan Horn, an
Englishman, is president of the com
pany building the road.
AGUiNALDO.was captured about ten
days ago by Gen. Funston, through
the treachery of former insurgent
officers. It may be that American
authority will soon be recognised
throughout the Philippine Islands.
Funston is applauded as a special
hero, and the general opinion is that
some signal official reward is in
store for him. • \
Newspaper advice to the contrary,
notwithstanding; a large majority of
Georgia farmers know how to man
age their own business. They know
that their farms must produce more
to sell than they buy, and they are
doing fairly well on that line.
asking my
friends and the public generally not
to aske me for the privilege of fish
ing with nets in my mill pond. It
has proven quite a source of revenue
when profitably managed. I would
not exchange the profits in it for
the profits in your four-horse farm
I am using it rs a basis 0 f business,
not pleasure, and don’t care to di
vide when I have to beai all the ex
penses of repairs, interest on invest
ment, taxes, etc.
If, however, you wish to try your
luck anyway, I will allow a limited
number of nets occasionally for the
small sum of 75 cents per 100 run
ning feet of nets, for each 24 hours,
or part thereof, that the nets are
left in the pond. Terms cash, when
nets are measured and boat key is
turned over to fisherman.
Orders taken for fish in their sea
son. Very respectfully,
A. J. Houser, Eva, Ga.
March 25th, 1901.
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How to Make Hens Lay.
The Home Journal has a proposi
tion, that may not exactly solve the
question, “How to Make Hens Lay,
but it will help you to make more
money out of your heDe than you
are now doiDg. If you pay up all
arrearages and one year in advance
we will send you the Western Poul
try News or the Georgia Poultry
Herald one year free, recognized au
thorities on poultry matters,many of
the best known poultry experts con
tributing their experience.
Aguinoldo, former chief of the
Filipino insurgents, is now a cit
izen of the Uuited States, says
cable from Manila. Last Monday
he took the oath of allegience to
the United States government.
See that you ‘ get the original
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve when
you ask for it. . The genuine is a
certain cure for piles, sores and
skin diseases. Hottzclaw’s Drug
store.
Public Sale of Land.
GEORGIA—Houston County.
By virtue of the power contained in a
deed to secure debt by R. S. Woolfolk
toF. S. Hardeman & Compeny, dated
the 24th of January, 1899, and recorded
in Book D. D. folio 312, Clerk’s office
Houston Superior Court, will be sold at
public outcry before the court house
door in the town of Perry Houston
county, Georgia, on t’ie first Tuesday in
May next, within the legal hours of sale
the following property, to-wit: One hun
dred and twenty-five acres of land, part
of lot land No. 184 in the Upper 5th
District of Houston County, Ga., bound
ed on north by lands of Peter Rape, on
south by lands of L. A.. Stubbs, on east
bylands of J. W. Renfroe,,and west by
lands of Mrs. L. Hays. The debt upon
Farm Loans at 6 Per Cent Interest.
"We can negotiate FarauLoans anywhere in Georgia
in sums ol $i, 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.
Barker & Holleman, Atlanta, Ga.
Spring Beauties
Is the correct name for our new styles of Men’s
Suits. Bring your critical eye here and tell us what you
think of the suits we are offering at
$10.00, $12.50, $15.00.
Just a little better, just a little newer, just a little soine-
ing that makes them more desirable than those you get
elsewhere.
A becoming suit is our best advertisement. "When we
fit you correct’-y, suit your taste and sell you a suit that be
comes you, you certainly will advertise our establishment.
HUNDREDS OF OUR BEST CITIZENS are adver
tising our store by wearing our Clothing.' It’s just the
ime of the year, now, to see all the new ideas.
Now it is reported that govern
ment officers at Manila have 'been
stealing war supplies. The man may
be an officer, an agent, a contractor,, i , u , .
t i . -r. • v _ onriwinriafoc tyt™ said day of sale will be $225,0J pnnci-
but when he appropriates the prop- pal) an( / §28.50 interest to-day of sale,
erty of another, he s a tmef, for all { thirty dollars attorneys’ fees and cost of
bringing the property to sale.
Titles in fee simple will be made to
the purchaser. Terms cash.
F. S. Hardeman &Co. □
Hardeman & Moore, Attys.
April 2nd, 1901.
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