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JOHN'H. HODGES, Propr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS. PROCRESS AND CULTURE. #1.50 a, Year 111 Advance. VOL. XXX. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 1J, 1901. NO. 15, kink in trouble. Home Journal: pear Sir—We don’t like to troub le folks, an’ we am sorry we bother ed you ’bout dat scription bizness. We hope you ain’t been worried m nch wid us. I tell you, boss, we bin had er hard time. ’Bout all de uiggertf up here is bin had de grip, a n’ sum uv ’em is bin laid ter res’. An’ ’bout de time de trees ’gun ter sprout out, an’ we wuz thinkin’ ’bout plantin’ com, it sot in ter rainin’ an* it jes look like it gwine ter keep on er rainin’; look like we won’t git no corn planted dis year. Yes, boss, we er havin’ er hard time certain. sho is One day week ’fo las’ de sun shine out right smart, an’ we ’cided dat de groun’ back over nex’ ter de Wil- lenham place might sorter do ter plow. So we koch up de mules an’ took de plows an’ went off over dar, an’ de groun’ wuz mos’ too wet, but we ’cided ter plow on anyhow. So we got sorter straitened out, an’ by dinner time we had right smart er plowin’ dun. Way long after ’while de bell rung fur dinner an’ we took out de mules an’ went ter de house. An’ we watered de mules an’ den -we fed ’em. Den we went on ter de house feelin’ right good ’bout de prospecks. We jes’ sot right down ter de table an’ sed grace; den we went ter dumpin’ one thing an’ er- nother in our plate. Now, boss, I’m gwine ter tell you de truf fo’ de Lord. Fo’ we had time ter eat er moufel ob dat dinner we didn’t had no appetite. Sump’n hapened what wuz wuser den de grip, wuser den all de rain what fell in de flood. Boss, it’s de truf fo’ de Lord. De develty sheriff run in ’on us an’ had us ’rested fo’ we kud say scat. Well, sir, I clean forgot dat dinner, an’ I didn’t want no supper, an’ my appe tite ain’t right yit. Well, boss, dis wuz one skeered nigger, sho. But atter while I got sorter calmed down, an’ I say, Boss, what dis er bout? I ain’t dun nuthin’. He ’low, well, Romlis Williams dun got war- ents fer all de nigers ’roun here mos’. I say, Good God, dat so? He say, yes, Romlis say you all bin er skinnin’ an’ er crappin’ wid him. Desso. But he say, now if you nig ers kin git de white fokes ter go on de bon’ I won’t take you ter jail; an’ dey will have ter bring you to court Saddy week. Well, mos’ all de nig ers got de white fokes on de bon*. Ter see, boss, de white fokes dey bledes ter git dese nigers out, ’cos dey kain’t git er long widoutum. Well’ hit wuz more’n er week fo’ court. We jes’ had er plenty ob time ter git er good understandin’ all ’roun ’mong de witnesses. De white fokes ’low de dev’lish nigers ain’t gwine ter do nothin’ till atter de court is all over; said how dey wuz all ’moralized, an’ dey wuz, too. Well, dat Saddy sho’ cum, an’ de white fokes had ter go, ’cos dey wuz on de bon’. An’ we had ter go, 'cos Rpmlis dun sent de warent atter us. An’ er whole lot er other nigers had ter go ’cos dey wuz witnesses. An’ den de res’ ob de nigers ’cided dey would go an’ see how de thing wuz er cumin’ out. An’ some ob de nig ers took dey dogs er long. So here we went—nigers, mules, dogs an white fokes, all gwine ter court, Boss, you show ought ter seed us er cornin’in. I don’t think you wuz at home. I sorter looked roun’ er little fer you ter tell you how I wuz spect- in’ ter try ter settle up dat ’scription fo’ long. Den dey wuz er nuther time you ought ter been dar—wlien de develty sheriff took us up in ter de court fo’ de jeg, an’ dey took de han’cuffs ofer Romlis an’ we gin ter think dey wuz gwine ter turn de Biger wild er loose right dar *mong ns all. But dey didn’t, do. Dey made him git up dar sorter side de jeg, an’ went ter axin him ’bout de skin an’ de crap bizness. He sed how all us nigers bin er skinnin’ an* er crappin’ wid him; he gay bn© ob de nigers beat him out of some nick- le or fifteen eents. Den, boss, yer see our time cum. Dey put us up ter swearin’, an’ you sho’ oughter hered us sware de cross out. Den when all de nigers got threw er swearin’, an’ the lyars got threw er speakin’, de jeg he sorfer raised back in his big cheer an’ he say, “Well I sorter bl’eve you nigers been er skinnin’ an’ er crappin’ wid Romlis, an’ beat aim out uv his nickle er fifteen cents, out dey ain’t got coroberations evi dence.” I dunno who de man wuz; I spec, do, it wuz some uv Romlis’ kinfokes. Anyhow, boss, he sed ’cos he didn’t have his evidence he would turn all us nigers er loose. But he say ef we don’t stop- skinnin’ an’ er crappin’ wid Romlis, fust an’ last he’ll sho’ git us. Well, jes’ as quick as we kud git out de court house we struck fer home, and on de way one niger say ter me, look like de jeg wan ter bleve Romlis fo’ all de res’ ob us. Jes’ so. Well I say we dun got out all right now an’ it ain’t cost de white fokes much, so we jes’ won’t talk. ’Bout dat time one er de white men he come sailin’ by an’ he say to me, an’ yer don’t know er ace fum er jack? an’ I say, in cose I don’t. Yer see it’s dis er way: When de niger gits koch up like dat fo’ de jeg an’ de develty sheriff an’ all dem lyars, he gits skeered an’ he jes’ kain’t know de ace fum .de jack. But I must close, boss; de crap is gittin’ bad berhind. Your sarvint, Kink. Morgan’s Railway Combination. At last we are assured by scien tific authority that the stuff that dreams are made of has been dis covered; and it’s all so simple when one knows about it. Dr. Bergson of Paris is. the iconoclast who has smashed the pretty theory of dreams invented by poets, artists and musi cians. The circulation of the blood in the retina, and the pressure of the eyelids upon the optic nerve, he says, cause color sensation. The colors as sume phantom shapes which stir the memory; and that Js what dreams are made of. Either Joe Terrell, Pope Brown, Fleming duBignon, Seab Wright, Clark Howell, W. A. Hemphill, Por ter King, Dupont Guerry, Thos. G. Lawson, Sam Inman, Henry G. Tur ner, Seaton Grantland, W. J. Kin caid, or some other good man, will be governor nf Georgia next time. This is official. Let aspiring politi cians and perspiring newspapers take this pointer and get on the winning side. Nothing charged for this, gen tlemen.—Monroe Advertiser. New York World. Alter waiting for two years for the proper moment, J. Pierpont Morgan has plumped his Panama canal scheme at the president and the president is nibbling at the bait. In order to complete his transpor tation projects Morgan wants to to build the Panama canal. He has had a company to bring that about for some time. Now he thinks the opportunity has arrived. He will have Hutin, the Frenchman, removed from the presidency of the Panama Canal Company, will take over the French concession of $40,- 000,000, will give this government any privileges it may want, and asks in return the absolute killing of the Nicaragua canal scheme to be built by government capital. Besides, Mr. Morgan knows that at the Pacific end of the canal he wants to build there is a great de posit of anthracite coal and some valuable gold, and these incidental advantages have not escaped him, “It won’t cost the government a cent,” said Mr. Morgan to President McKinley. “It will be good politics not to tie the country up to an ex penditure of $200,000,000 for a ca nal.” The proposition submitted to the president is that an American syndi cate be permitted to complete the Panama canal. No foreigners will be represented in the company. Nothing but American money will be used. The work will be expedited to the utmost. Congress will have the right to enact such legislation as will reserve to the United States full control in time of war, general supervision in time of peace, low rates to the passage cf government vessels and such other regulations as will give the government all the advantages arising from actual own ership. The political end of the proposi tion is this: The president has been shown that the initial appropriation for beginning the building of the Nicaraguan canal would be no less than $30,000,000 for the first year and a fixed charge appropriation of $20,000,000 per annum for the next ten years. The enormous expendi tures authorized by the last congress have brought the treasury within sight of a deficit. The appropria tions of the next congress will be equally heavy and the likelihood of a deficit vastly augmented. • Job Couldn’t Have Stood It If he’d had Itching Piles. They’re terribly annoying; but Bucklen’s Arnica salve will cure the worst case of Piles on earth. It has cured thousands. For in juries, Pains or Bodily Eruptions it’s the best salve in the world. Price 25/ a box. Cure guaran teed. Sold by druggists, General Evans, commander of the Georgia division of the United Con federate Veterans, wants to carry 500 pretty girls to the Memphis re union. The General is very fond of pretty girls (and who isn’t), and is very anxious to have Georgia well represented. Whose Girl Are You? Do you ever have the headache so you can’t go to the theatre with him‘< > Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin cures headache, and if you take it according to directions you can pre vent its return. Sold by druggists. A Raging, Roaring Flood Washed down a telegraph line which Chas. C. Ellis, of Lisbon, la., had to repair. “Standing waist deep in icy water,” he writes, “gave me a terrible cold and cough. It grew worse daily. Finally the best doctors in Oak land, Neb., Sioux City and Oma ha said I had consumption and could not live. Then I began us ing Dr. King’s New Discovery and was wholly cured by six bottles.” Positively guaranteed for coughs, colds and all throat and lung troubles. Price 50c. and $1.00.. Trial bottles free at Holtzclaw’s Drugstore. “How many stops has your or gan?” asked the curious neighbor. «Three,” sadly answered the father of Hie musical family; “breakfast, dinner and supper." Laxitive Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price 25 cents. An interesting matter, from a sci entific point of view, in connection with the death of the Queen is the distance at which the sound of fir ing was heard when the fleet saluted as the body was conveyed from Cowes to Portsmouth. Letters in the English journals of science show that the sounds of the guns were heard in several places at a distance of 84 miles, and that at a distance of 60 miles the concussions were suffi ciently intent to shake windows. According to an eidumge. the lat- eat style in hair dressing for worn® is to mate it look as though it hadn tT been combed in weeks. The lingering cough following grippe calls for One Minute Cough Cure. For all throat and lung troubles this is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate re sults. Prevents consumption. Holtzclaw’s drugstore. He who drinks the health of ev erybody drinks away his own. FASHIONABLE CLOTHING F0R MM ANB B0YS. ===== SPRING 1901.= We are ready with our complete stock of Clothing for Spring. Suits from .... $150 to $25.00. Orders by mail carefully filled and satisfaction guaranteed. Jno. C. Eads & Co., MACON, GA. KlSiRlR IRQ 414 & 416 Third Street, MAHON, «A. MACON’S GREAT BARGAIN STORE! The Place That Gives You Better Yalues for Your Money Thau 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 be 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 the from you. Youth’s Suits $2.00 to $6.00. In this line we can fit and please any boy from 15 to 18 -ears of age. CHILDREN’S SUITS 75c. to $5.00, Knee' Pants. Some with Yests for tho smaller ones, 4 to 14years. Extra Pants to fit and suit any man or boy in Houston County. Shoes, Shoes. This is the line of goods that you want to see. We sell none but the best, aud will guarantee to save you from 25c. to 50e. 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 you your money hack Don’t fail to see us when in Macon. KESSLER BROS. Now is the time to have your JOB WORK done* The Rome Journal U -prepared to do it in a neat and artistic manner at reas\ Me prices. 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