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Published Every Thursday Morning.
Jno.3. HODGES, Editor and Publisher
Thursday, April 18.
Copies of this paper may be found on
file at theoffice of our Washington cor
respondent, E. Cl. Siggers, 918 F Street,
N. W., Washington, D. C.
Demonstration by coercion is not
worth the expression.
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Georgia peaches should fill many
more cans than usual this summer.
Decreased Exports.
Gov. Candler says he will retire
’ from political life when his present
term expires.
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A dispatch from Washington says
Aguinaldo will be treated, as an or
dinary prisoner of war.
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A large cotton factory will be
built at Waycross as soon as all the
preliminaries can be arranged.
Irish emigration during 1900 ag
gregated 47,107, more than 10 per
thousand of the estimated popula
tion.
It may be that a decrease in the
exports of cotton goods may have
something to do with the decreased
price of cotton. At any rate there
has been a decrease within the last
year, and the fact is not pleasing.
Concerning this fact, as the gov
ernment officials treat it, our Wash
ington correspondent says:
“The Treasury Bureau of Statis
tics is trying to gloss over the fall
ing off in United States exports of
manufactured goods that has taken
place in the fiscal year that will end
July i, by sending out a bulletin
stating that this is due to the fact
that the exporters engaged in com
merce with the Hawaiian Jlslands
are now refusing to the Bureau of
Statistics the statements of their ex
ports as in former years, holding that
their exports are no longer “foreign
commerce;” that the exports to Por
to Bico are now separately classified
and no longer included in the gen
eral-statement of foreign commerce;
and that the exports to China have
temporarily fallen off one-half by
reason of the unsettled conditions in
that country. The wilderness of fig
ures that follows serve to so confuse
the reader that he is apt to miss the
fact that exports to other countries
have also fallen off. This confusion,
however, is probably exactly what
the Bureau desired to cause.”
The man who beeomes an active
candidate for a state office this year
will be seriously handicapped. He
will most likely talk too much.
A commodious auditorium will be
erected in time for the Georgia
state reunion of Confederate veter
ans to be field in Macon next Oc
tober.
A Filipino junta in London has
declared that Aguinaldo was threat
ened with torture before he consent
ed to sign the oath of allegiance to
the United States government.
It is reported that the government
of England has prohibited the use' of
other than home-raised beef for ar
my-purposes. This, if true, is a se
vere blow to the meat packers of the
United States.
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QSince 1880 Georgia has paid in
pensions $6,458,857 to Confederate
veterans and their widows; much
more than any other state. In‘1880
the appropriation was $51,075,while
in 1901 it is $805,000.
By a vote of 18 to 10 the Cuban
constitutional convention rejected,
last ]&iday, the demands of the
United States concerning the rela
tions between the two governments,
as set forth by congress.
It is not unlikely that W. S. Tay
lor, acting governor of Kentucky
when Goebel was killed, will be tried
for complicity in that murder. Wit
nesses testified at Frankfort last
week in a way to implicate Taylor.
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A company to manufacture flour
from sweet potatoes has. been organ
ized in Nnw Jersey, When the prod
uct of that factory, and others like
it, becomes a commercial commodi
ty throughout the Union, the south
will be “strictly in it,” with Georgia
farmers careless about the size of
the cotton crop.
It is reported from Philadelphia
that the U. S. government will re
fund to importers of millinery gocds
$4,000,000 collected in excess of le
gal tariff duties. The original claim
was for about $20,000,000, and has
been pending since 1884. The set
tlement is reported to be a compro
mise.
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State control of education was
condemned last week in the Nation
al Catholic Conference at Washing
ton, D. C. Seventy Catholic colleges
were, represented in the | conference,
and the resolutions adopted protest,
against much of the educations^ leg-
islatioii as unjust in its discrimina
tion against the system of education
maintained by the Catholics.
Evidence of Increase.
On May 1st, it is announced by
the Atlanta Constitution, the Geor
gia Home for indigent Confederate
veterans will be opened,, though the
election of superintendent has not
been announced. Tlie repairs have
been completed, and the building is
being painted. There will be sleep
ing room for 200, with comfortable
appointments throughout. Seventy-
five veterans have made application
to become inmates.
Mr. Editor:
Much has been said abont an ex
pected increase in the cotton crop,
and with many farmers the declara
tion causes irritation. This irrita
tion is due. to the belief that a big
crop will bring a small price, and
that the repeated assertion that the
c.iop will be larger will begin at once
to cause a decrease in the price.
Whatever may be the truth of the
matter, I am not prepared to say,
but I feel certain the crop will not
be increased at all in Houston; not
because the farmers are unwilling to
plant for a larger crop, but because
there is not enough labor in the
county to cultivate even as much as
was planted last year.
Around about Wellston the farm
ers will plant about as usual, though
the neighbors say one extensive and
successful farmer will considerably
increase his cotton crop.
They say Mr. Jim Smith has cut
down fifty acres of fruit trees, and
that he has" also ploughed up a for
mer public road. All this, it is said,
will be ah increase of the cotton
crop, with more land added, per
haps.* He is a good cotton grower,
and with the big amount of guano
used, his increase in cotton bales
will be considerable.
Lower Fieth Farmer.
The late grand jury of Cobb Su
perior court has created a consider
able stir in that county. Based up
on the report of expert accountants
appointed to examine the books of
the county officials, it is claimed
that the aggregate of $10,850.58 is
due the county by an ex-treasurer,
an ex-ordinary and former sheriffs.
An order was issued to collect, and
already fi fas have been issued and
property levied on. Incorrect fees
charged and collected constitute the
basis of the alleged indebtedness to
the county of these ex-officers.
—Hail fell thick and fast and
large for a short while Saturday
afternoon. With the hail there
was much rain. Some of the hail
stones were as large as pigeon
eggs, but comparatively, little
damage was done to fruit or other
vegatables. Two miles west of
Perry, on the Fort Valley road
there was no hail, and very little
rain, nor did it extend far from
Perry in any other direction, ex
east,
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1 Editor Bryan has admitted a few
advertisements to the .. columns of
The Commoner, and the subscrip
tion: list is growing; : No matter
what critics may .say, the content^
of The Commoner are worthy of
careful perusal; and we dare say ex
ceedingly few readers will fail to ac
quire valuable information. In his
contention against - trusts and impe
rialism, Editor Bryan is eminently
correct. -r j fVT
; The bodies of sixty Georgia Con
federate soldiers, buried at Wash
ington about forty years ago, will
be brought to Atlanta and there re-
inteired in Oakland cemetery.
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Special Occasions.
The Central of Georgia Railway
Company will carry passengers at
very low rates to . the meetings of
interest mentioned below, furnish
ing excellent accommodations:
Georgia Chautauqua, Albany, Ga.,
April 21st to 28th, 1901. One fare
for the round trip, plus 25 cents ad
mission to the Chautauqua, for indi
viduals. One cent per mile in each
direction for military in uniform, 20
or more on one ticket. Tickets on
sale April 20 th to 27th, inclusive;
final return limit April 27th, 1901.
Merry Makers Celebration, Augus
ta, Ga., April 22nd to 27th, 1901.
One fare for the round trip for indi
viduals. One cent per mile traveled
for military in uniform, 20 or more
on one ticket. Tickets on sale from
points in Georgia, on east of Main
line, Atlanta to Savannah, inclusive,
April 20th to 26 th, inclusive, and for
trains scheduled to arrive at Augus
ta prior to noon of April 27th, inclu
sive Train No. 1, arriving Augusta
1:15 p. m.
General Missionary Conference M.
E. Church South, New Orleans, La.,
April 24th to 30th, 1901. One fare
for the round trip. Tickets on sale
April 22nd, 23rd and 24th, good re
turning May 2nd, 1901.
Southern Baptist Convention, New
Orleans, La,, May 9th to 16th, 1901.
One fare for the round trip. Tickets
on sale May 7th, 8th and 9th, 1901,
good returning May 16th, 1901. with
privilege of extension to June 5 th
upon payment of fifty cents.
Annual Conference Georgia Ep-
worfch League, Savannah, Ga., May
9th to 12th, 1901. One and one-
third fare for the round trip. Tick
ets on sale May 8th and 9th, 1901;
final return limit May 14th, 1901.
’Tis Easy To Feel ood.
Countless thousands have found
a blessing to the body in Dr.
King’s New Life Pills, which pos
itively euro Constipatiofl, Sick
Headache, Dizziness, Jaundice,
Malaria, Fever and Ague and all
Liver and Stomach troubles.
Purely vegetable; never gripe or
weaken. Only 25c at Holtzclaw’s
drugstore.
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
oil five years’ time, with privilege to repay in full or
in part at end of any year.
Barker & Holleman, Atlanta, Ga.
McKay,
TAILOR,
of MACON, GA.,
MAKES ALL THE
ZEFa,sl2.IorLSiTole
Tailor-Made Clothes
Worn by the
-3D:ress3r ^fcvdlen...
of Central and Southern Ga.
Artistic and High-Grade Work.
Fashionable and Seasonable Fabrics.
Tailor.,
360 Second St.
NX A COIN, GrA.
—Scovil’s Hoes, genuine. Han
dled Hoes. A cut price on the
latter at L. M. Paul’s.
Sale of Chain-Gang Properly,
Will-be sold before the court house
door in Perry, Ga., on the first Tuesday
in May, 1901, at public outcry^ to the
highest bidder for cash, certain ellain-
gaug property, consisting cf mules, wag
ons, harness, wheel scrapes, picks, shov
els and other tools and fixtures.
Sealed bids will also be received for
eleven able bodied convicts, more or less,
and such other misdemeanor convicts as
may hereafter be at the disposal of the
authorities of'Houston county. Right
reserved to reject bids. Address,
O. E. Brunson, Clerk
Board Commissioners Houston County.
TAX RECEIVER’S APPOINTMENTS.
SECOND ROUND.
For the purpose of receiving state and
county tax returns for 1901,1 will be at
the following places on the days and
dates named.
Claud, Monday, April 22, from 9 to 11 am
Hollinshead, Monday, April 22, from 2 to
4 pm.
Myrtle, Tuesday, April 28, am
Barrow’s Mill,'Tuesday, April 23, pm.
Haslam’s, Wednesday, April 24. am.
Marshallville, “ “ ‘ pm.
Fort Valley, Thursday, u 25, all day.
Mathews’ Store, Friday, “ 26, am.
Powersville, “ t: “ pm.
Byron, Saturday, “ 27, pm.
Perry, Monday, ' “ 29, all day.
Taylor’s, Tuesday, “ 30, pm.
Henderson, Wednesday, May 1, am.
Fitzgerald’s, “ “ pm.
Elko, Thursday, “ 2, am.
Grovania, “ “ *• pm. '
Hayneville, Friday, “ 3, am.
Kathleen, Saturday, “ 4, am.
Dennard, “ “ “ pm.
Toy, Monday, “ 6, am.
Corder’s. “ ff “ pm. .
Wellston, Tuesday, “ 7, am.
Bonaire, “ “ “ pm.
Heard, Wednesday, “ 8 am.
Tharp, “ , “ i“ pmi
B. T. STAFFORD. T. R. H. €.
Administrator’s Sale.
By authority of an order of the Court
of Ordinary Of Houston'county, Ga,*> and
also, of a judgement of Hohsfon Snjper
rior court, rendered at April term, 1901,
of said county, I \ytll sell, on the first
Tuesday in May, 1901, before the Court
house door in Perry, Ga,, during the le;
gal hours of sale, the following' real es
tate beloijgingfto the estate of Mrs. G. Ci
Haddock dec,d. to wit:
One house and lot in. the town of Fort
beS’hfs^tforn part otlot of
block A, and bounded on the South, by
New Street: -West by lot of S. C. Floyd:
North, by Mrs. Annie Weeks Houser,and
east by S.- T. Neil, and containing one-
half acre, more or less.
Sale made to pay debts of said deceas
ed and for distribution. Terms cash.
April 5th, 1901. M. A. EDWARDS,
Adm’r. of‘Mrs . G. G. Haddock,-dec’d.
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 some
thing that makes them more desirable than those yon gkt
elsewhere.
A becoming suit is our best advertisement. When we
fit you correct^, uiit your taste and sell you a suit that be-
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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
time of the year now, to see all the new Ideas.
Coming iii,
aren’t you?
BENSON & HOUSER,
The Up-to-Date Clothiers,
MACOJST, GA.
420 Third St.
SPRING is HERE
So are we with the finest line of
CLOTHING
AND
Gents’ Furnishing Goods
ever shown in Macon. All fresh
goods, no old stock.
Just received, a carload of Hath,
of all the latest styles, shapes and
shades.
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454 THIRD STREET.
GEORGIA—Houston County.
W..B, Fitzgerald, executor of the es
tate Of Green Fitzgerald, deceased, has
applied for dismission from said trust.
This is therefore to cia all persons con
cerned to appear at the July term,
1901, of the court of Ordinary of said
county and show cause, if any they have,
why said application should not be
granted. iif.y-i . - ;
Witness my official signatnre this
April 1,1901.
SAM. T. HURST, Ordinary.
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GEORGIA. Houston County.
W. L. Means, administrator of the e s *
iate of Leanna Lane, deceased, has ap
plied for dismission from his trust.
This is therefore to cite all persons con
cerned to appear at the July tenn,
1901, of the court of Ordinary of said
county, and show cause, if any they have,
why said application should hot ha
granted. .
Witness my official signature this
April 1, 1901.
SAM T. HURST, Ordinal r.
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