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LOCAL NEWS OP TOWN ANL COUNTY
—Mis Kate Martin is visiting
friends at Quitman.
—Mr. Miller Marshall is visit
ing his uncle in Quitman.
—Mrs. L. S. Tounsley is visit
ing her sister at Stanford, Ky.
-—Peadh brandy is being distilled
by the fruit company at Myrtle.
—Mr. Sam Giles, of Atlanta is
spending this week with home
folks in Perry.
—Miss Obie Hatcher of Mari
etta is in Perry, the guest of Miss
Mary Killen.
—Miss Gertrude Marshall of
Elko is visiting relatives and
friends in Perry.
The fourteenth annual reunion
of the Houston Volunteers, Com
pany K. 11th Georgia Tegiment,
Confederate States Army, was
held on Wednesday, July 3rd, at
the home of Mr. Clayton Sasser.
In addition to the few veterans
of this company, a number of
others, veterans and their wives,
sons and daughters of veterans,
aggregating about 50, alsoj were
present as guests. During the
morning there was no formality,
but in the house and the grove
adjoining the yard, anecdote,
reminiscense, and comparison of
opinion, etc.,afforded pleasure for
| all. Of course the veterans talked
of the stirring tines of the early
i sixties, and their listeners were
| many and interested,
i At the usual hour a long' table
-r-The July days have been un-! a nd a shorter one were filled with
comfortably hot, but the nights j creature comforts, and all were
were delightfully cool. j invited to come forward and eat.
—A party of Perry people went; Around the long table the gener-
to Savannah on the Tybee exeur-j al guests stood. At the smaller ta-
j ble the Company K. Veterans sat
Dub- • and were -waited ivpon by the fair-
Perry i es ^ °f ^ ie yhung ladies, and the
** j most gallant of the young men.
! As has been the custom for 14
Mattio Miller hiiviiretiirni'd home j MfSlMA fire, and
from then- visit to relatives i^; nobetter wa8 ever placed before
Crawford county. £ . I guests. No better dinner was ever
A young son or Air. F. &■! se rved anywhere, nor has any ever
Jobson of Birmingham, Ala. ; is j been mor e bountiful. The hospi-
in Perry visiting his grandmother, j ta lity of Mr . sjsser and his most
estimable wife was cordial and,
sion train last Tuesday.
—Mr. Sam p| Houser of
lin was with home folks in
last Monday and Tuesday.
-Misses Annie Wellons
Mrs. F. A. Jobosn.
—Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Gates of
near Claud spent last Sunday in
Perry,guests of Mr. R. L. March-
man, son of Mrs Gates.
—Mr. and Mrs.-F. M. Houser,
Mr. John Houston and Hfirs. W.
Hemingway returned home from
Indian Spring last Thursday.
—Miss. Kate Hodges has return
ed home from Haddock, Jones
county, where she visited the fam
ily of her cousin, Mr. Sam Had
dock
■—Watermelons in Houston are
unusually late this year. For the
first time in many years, nope
were offered for sale on the fourth
of July.
—Miss Bessie Houser returned
home last Thursday from Elko,
accompanied by Miss Edith Hous
er of Elko and Miss Lilly Houser
of Macon.
—Mr. G. P. Houser of Dublin
was with homefolks in Perry last
Sunday, returning home from the
Pan-American exposition at Buf
falo, N. Y.
—Mr. H. W. Mann returned to
his home at Valdosta last Friday.
His stay of two or three weeks in
Perry proved decidedly beneficial
to his health.
-The largest peach we have seen
grew at the home of Mr. L. S.
Tounsley in Perry. It measured
10 inches in circumference and
weighed 10 ounces.
—A representative of A. K
Haws, the celebrated optician of
Atlanta, will be in Perry three
days next week, from the 18th to
the 20th inclusive.
—Miss Emmie Means of near
Marshallville has been in Perry
since last Sunday morning, visit
ing her friend, Miss May Hodges,
and her cousin, Mrs. A. A. Smoak.
—While Houston cotton aver
ages smaller that we ever knew it
at this time, of the year, there is
a posibility of a fair crop. A real
good crop is practically impossi
ble.
—Mrs. M. L. Brown and son
Master Sim, of Fort Valley were
in Perry from Wednesday of last
week to yesterday afternoon,guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L.
M. Paul.
—Dr. C. R. Mann and sister,
Miss Pauline Mann,left Perry last
Thursday for the mountainous re
gion of North Georgia, near^Elli-
jay, where they will spend the re
mainder of the summer.
—Mr. Houston Houser and sis
ter, Miss Lula, joined the Georgia
Epworth League party at Atlanta
last Monday, and will attpnd the
International Epworth League
Conference at San Francisco, Cal
ifornia. *
—The following young"; gentle
men were with their friends in
Perry last Sunday: Buster Joiner,
Jim McDonald and John Coffee
of Hawkinsville; Herbert Brown,
Rich Means and Tom- King of
Marshallville;! Robert Feagin of
Wellston and Alva Davis of Den-
nardr at
true.
At about 2 o’clock the reunion
was called to order by Secretary
J. T. Walker, and Comrade Mar
tin V. Avera was elected chair
man. When the roll of 180 names
was called, only seven answered,
viz. Sergeants J. T. Walker and
W. D. Pierce, Corporal T. N.
White, Privates M. V. Avera, J.
T. Leverett, F. M. Walker, J. M.
Frederick. Besides these there are
twelve others living.
After the minutes of last reun
ion were read, Secretary Walker
read a memorial of Lieut. Holmes
Baskin, who was killed at the bat
tle of Gettysburg, July 3rd, 1864.
The death of Comrades W. M.
Barker, T. B. Chancy and J. H.
Story was reported and a commit
tee appointed to draft and report
resolutions.
Comrades J. M. Frederick and
J. T. Leverett were appointed es
sayists for the next reunion. Mr.
J. N. Barker was chosen host for
next reunion, with Mr. J. T. Lev
erett as alternate. Thanks were
voted to Comrade Clayton Sasser
and wife for their most hospita
ble and excellen entertainment.
During the reunion there were
many incidents_of the war recited,
much to the pleasure of all pres
ent.
After the reunion had adjourn
ed, it was announced that the
Wellston Camp of Sons and
Daughters would give a barbecue
picnic at Pleasant Hill Spring
on the first Saturday in August,
to which the company K. veter
ans and their associates were most
cordially invited.
Taken as a whole, the reunion
last week was one of the most en
joyable ever held, and the veter
ans are determined that the cus
tom shall not be broken as long
as two can come together. Then it
is hoped the sons and daughters
will continue it as their substi-
On April 1st, 1861, the Hous
ton Volunteers was organized at
Perry, immediately after the
Southern Rights Guards had left
here for servsce in the field. Gn
June 29 the company left Perry,
and on July 3rd in Atlanta was
mustered|into survice, and became
company K. of the 11th regiment.
In service this company was brave
and true, and the casualties were
many.
The junior young folks of Per
ry were delightfully entertained
at the country home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Gordon last Thursday
evening. A lawn party had been
planned in honor of Miss Josie
Budd of Monticello, Fla., and
Miss Gladys Hale of Jackonville,
Fla., guests of Mrs v Gordon. The
guests arrived rather late, how
ever, and the occasion was trans
formed into a house reception.
All the appointments were in per
fect taste,and Mrs. Gordon proved
herself an inimitable hostess.
The recent death of Maj. J. M.
Culpepper caused a vacancy in the
board of County Commissioners
of Roads and Revenues. The law
provides that all such vacancies
mnst be filled by special election,
and Judge Hurst has ordered an
election to take place at all the
precincts on Tuesday, the 6th day
of August next.
It is the policy of Houston
democracy to hold a primary nom
ination prior to each election,
therefore Chairman Duncan has
ordered a primary to be held on
Saturday, July 27th
See the official orders.
As Maj. Culpep_per was a citizen
of Fort Valley, it is presumed by
many that there will be no oppo
sition to a good man well quali
fied from Fort Valley, or that vi
cinity. This is not obliged to be,
however, and any man from any
section ha's the legal right to as
pire to the office.
Maj. Culpepper was an excel
lent business ‘ man, admirably
equipped for the office he held,
and his successor should be equal
ly qualified.
As the time is short, announce
ments will be published in the
Home Journal for $2.50 each—
half the asual prsce.
I am making some very
on Groceries. Send me your orders j
and note the difference between what
I
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yon are now paying.
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Public School Affairs.
School
•says the
Commissioner Smith
Teachers’’ Institute at
Barnesville last week was very
well managed, and the program
was interesting and instructive to
the teachers. The Houston teach
ers attending were Misses Annie
Holleman, Maggie’Reynolds, Eula
Prater, Fannie Belle Vinson, Ed
na Harrison.
Misses Mary Killen, Fannie
Moore and Evelyn Powers attend
ed the Institute at Jackson.
Others attended the Institute
at Roberta, and still others, non
residents of Houston, attended
in their residence counties or in
adjoining couoties.
We regret that we are unable to
furnish a complete list.
At Barnesville Commissioner
Smith exhibited his system of
keeping the school records, he
having been requested to do so by
State School Commissioner Glenn.
The system was very much com
plimented by several of the coun
ty school commissioners present^
The system of registering the
school-room work of each pupil
was especially commended, and it
is quite likely that the Houston
system will next year be adopted
by the school authorities of Ful
ton and other counties. We will
publish an outline description of
the system whenever Commission
er Smith furnishes it.
It is a self-evident fact that
Commissioner Smith and the
county board of education are
working faithfully and harmoni
ously for the best educational in
terests of the children who attend
the public schools of Houston
county.
The teachers for next year may
be elected early this fall.
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Of do;
25c do
10c mi
ur.
—For two weeks or more begin
ning about the middle of this
week, Queen Elberta will rule the
peach market. Good profits are
expected. The crop compares fa
vorably with that of last- year in
quantity, and is thought to be
better in quality.
:
—Within the last week or ten
days some sections of the county
have been visited by copious rain
frequently, while in other sections
drouth prevailed. -At Perry rain
is very much needed.
—^
—The last two weeks has been
excellent weather for the cotton
crop, and much improvement is
perceptibls. The corn crop gen
erally is fairly good.
I have Jelly Tumblers, J pints, at
Quart sealing* Fruit Cans,
Good "quality Pink Duck at
Good quality Heavy Blue Duck at
Misses 7 Tan Hose, extra qtiali
19c pair.
Ladies 7 25c. quality Lace Stripe Hose
Children’s Tan Hose, extra quality,
Best Pins
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Best Black-head Hat Pins, 7 inches long,
Extra quality Gents 7 White Lawn Ties •
Gents’ Sleeve Protectors
Extra quality Gents’ and Ladies’ Collars
in latest styles,
10c each.
We sell Brooms that are made to
our order, and by buying in large
lots, we get low prices and can sell
you better brooms for tlie money you pay elsewhere.
Prices are 25c., 30c., 35c., 40c., 45c., 50c.
Don’t Forget
..THE RACKET STORE..
—Patent Leather Belts, tinsel
braid borders, 15c each, at.
Perry Post Office.
—Scriven Drawers, the best
made, at 50c pair. W. D. Day.
prmg
Is the correct name for our new styles ol 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 make.® 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 store by wearing our Olothing. It’s just tin
time of the year^ now, to see all the new ideas.
BENSON & HOUSER,
Coming in,
aren’t you? Up-to-Date Clothiers,
420 Third St. MACON, GA.
-A good Shoe Brush for 10c •
Perry Post Office.
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Ssrape Scooters-Plenty on hand-
Right sizes. L. M. Paul.
KEADYTO SERVE. YOU.
At Vineville Branch, Macon, Ga., I
have a large Stock of Dry Goods, Shoes,
Clothing, General Merchandise, much of
which I sell 40 ; per cent: cheapr than
usual prices. My Houston friends are
invited to come out and see me. Street 1
eaVs pass immediately in front of my:
store. M. ZARKS. 1
Pianos
At Greatly
Reduced Prices.
Fifty new Upright Pianos will ciose out at
greatly reduced prices within the nest
weeks. Among them such celebrated makes
as
Steinway, Sohmer & Co«, Kranich
& Bacli, Staltz & JBaner, Bush
& Gests, Lester and Royal.
Call at once and secure one of these bargains
F. A. GUTTEXGERGER & CO.,
403 .Second st. ; Macon, Ga.
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