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' T °™U H * Lodges, Pr °P r * DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE. 01.50 a Year in Advance. v t ol. XXX. PEKRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1901. NO. 29. The Fanners Prospering. Atlanta Daily News. State Treasurer Park declares that m0 re than half the deposits in the state banks of Georgia are owned by farmers, and that in the southern part of the state the proportion of deposits owned by the agricultural class averages 75 per cent. There are 180 state banks in Georgia, and the treasurer is ex-officio bank ex aminer. He makes this statement after visiting banks in all parts of the state, and going through their books and papers with great care. In this work he is aided by Mr. Sterling G. Turner, assistant exam iner, and after comparing notes with that gentleman, the treasurer makes this statement. About a month ago Mr. Turner became impressed with the large proportion of deposits owned by farmers, and since that time he has undertaken to secure the percentage in the places he vis ited. On his return to Atlanta a few days ago, he submitted the informa tion he had collected, and after go ing over it Treasurer Park makes this statement. Twenty years ago it was hard, to find a farmer with a bank deposit, but now they are numerous. f T am satisfied that more than half the deposits in the state banks are owned by farmers,” said Captain Park, in conversation with a repre sentative of the Daily News, “and I think it a splendid tribute to their sterling qualities. It is due largely to the lumber and naval stores in dustry in southern Georgia, and to the increase of manufacturing,which has distributed cash and made a better market for small farm prod ucts that formerly went begging, but the result is due more than all to the improved methods and won derful economics practiced by the farmers in recent years. As a class they surpass the French farmers in economy.” One Crow and Other Crows. Louisville Courier-Journal. A few months ago the gardener on John J. Telford’s place at Peru, up the Short line, accidentally wounded a crow while shooting at other birds, and he made a prisoner of the bird. After its wings were clipped it became quite tame and was placed in the garden, which is surrounded by a fence eight feet high. It thrived on worms and bugs and became as 4 0C ^ e I s a chicken. When the warm weather set in other crows began to gather about'the garden at early dawn, and for hours at a. time kept up a con- tidual cawing. The crippled crow in the garden answered each caw, and morning after morning the size of the visiting party increased until fully two dozen perched themselves on the fence. Sunday morning Mr. Telford heard a commotion in the garden. He went to investigate, and found four or five crows hovering around the crippled one. Presently he saw three of the visitors place their beaks under the cripple, lift it up and attempt to fiy away. They managed to get the cripple over the high fence; then it ■was dropped, The liberated bird hopped 200 or 300 yards, when all hut two of the other crows flew away. The remaining two swooped down on the crippled bird and seem ed to be caressing it, when a boy captured the cripple and returned it to the garden, a You can uever cure, dyspepsia? by dieting. What your body needs is plenty of good food properly di gested. Then if your stomach will not digest it, Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will. It contains all of the natural digestants, hence must di gest any class of food and so pre pare it that nature can use fit "in nourishing the body and replac ing the wasted tissues,thus giving life, health, strength, ambition, pure blood and good healthy ap petite. Holtzclaw’s Drugstore. The Seed is Being Sown. Wealth and Happiness. The Commoner. The Review of Reviews says that j the new movement towards consoli dation and the creation of great cor porations has been going forward of late with almost none of the bitter antagonism toward it which was so manifest even a year ago. This pub lication adds: “One might have ex pected the huge steel company to arouse a great deal of public antag onism, but very little can yet be dis covered. It is not to be expected that there will always be such smooth sailing for the corporations, but at present the skies are clear and the breezes are equable.” What this publication says con cerning the public attitude toward the trusts may be said with equal truth concerning the public attitude toward imperialism, militarism, co lonialism, dishonesty in public ser vice of our new possessions, and im morality in the public life of our large cities. The fact is that the an tagonism toward these evils yet ex ists and is even greater than it was a year ago. It may not be said, however, that the people who fully realize the dangers of these evils are yet in the majority. It certainly is true that the majority of the people are yet unwilling to speak out bold ly and sternly against these great wrongs. Every great trust organized, ev ery public wrong committed, every large principle sacrificed, brings to the rdnks»those who are willing to speak in protest against evils which threaten the welfare of the public. All over this country to-day there are men and women who lose no? op portunity to protest within their im mediate circle and in their humble way against these enormous evils. These people are sowing seed that w ; ll ultimately be reaped to the ben efit and advantage of the American people. Let no one deceive himself that the intelligence and morality of this country is of so feeble a character that great wrongs can be continued indefinitely without meeting vigor- our and effective protest. Savannah News. Recently we expressed the opinion that Mr. Carnegie’s wealth did not j bring him happiness—that he was ! happier in accumulating his vast j 9a ■ m rap fortune than he would ever be m| JLHi&a distributing it. This c pinion is | strikingly confirmed by a conversa- Whafc does it profit a woman if she gain the whole world of knowl edge and lose her' own health? Young women students, and school teachers, eager, ambitions and full of energy, very often neglect their health in the struggle to gain edu cation. They eat insufficient food, and at irregular hours; they allow irregularity of the womanly func tions to be established, and the re sult is that they become chronic in valids, with all their education prac tically worthless. There is a plain road back to health for such as these . marked by the feet of thousands. It is the use of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for diseases of the stomach and digestive and nu tritive organs, and Dr. Pierce’s Fa vorite Prescription for diseases of the delicate organs of womanhood. A cure so certainly follows the use of these remedies that out of hun dreds of thousands who have tried the treatment, ninety-eight in every hundred have been perfectly and permanently cured. Constipation, with its calamitous consequences, which is a common ailment of stu dents, can be entirely cured by the use of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. tion which Mr. T. P. O’Connor had with him at Skibo, as reported by cable from London in the New York World. In the course of a copversation with Mr. O’Connor, Mr. Carnegie is reported to have said: “I would give you all my millions if you could give me youth and health.” Fur ther along in his talk with Mr. O’Connor he said with much bitter ness and in a hushed voice, “If I could make Faust’s bargain I would gladly sell everything to have half my life over again.” What must be the mental condi tion of a man who could make a re mark like that? No, wealth does not bring happiness. It brings many cares, and as a rule health is sacri ficed in gaining it. The man who has a competence—enough to main tain himself in comfort to the end of his days—is much happier than one who has the care of an immense fortune. He cannot use the income from it, and it is a bother to know how to invest it. Besides, he is kept awake, when he ought to be asleep, thinking how ta prevent others from getting it away from him. Mr. Carnegie does not get even satisfaction from«ri$fi*g4iiS*jp0nej away, for the rea&m who: : are the recipients of his bounty think he ought to be more liberal, and those wno ask and get nothing say unkind things about him. If it be true that Mr. Carnegie would sell himself to the Evil One for the priv ilege of living one-half his life over, his life, notwithstanding his wonder ful success in accumulating wealth, must be a failure. Millions in Jewels. A report received at the treasury department from George W. Windil, the government expert at the New York custom house on precious stones, shows that during the fiscal year ending June 30, last, the ag gregate value of precious stones and pearls passing through the office was $21,919,053. This amount largely exceeds the total value of any other year in the history of the country, and exceeds by over $3,000,000 the entire importation of the four years ended in March, 1896. Mr. Windil states that the placing of precious stones in their rough or native state upon the free list, has established a new mechanical indus try in America, and nearly one-half the precious stones sold here are cut and polished in the United States. A Postmaster Writes: I wish to add my testimonial to the genuine merit of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. I have tried many remedies, but have found your Syr up Pepsin' superior to all other laxa tives and stomach medicines. My wife and I both use it, and know it does all that you claim for it. Yours sincerely, C. O. Kinne. Alma, Kans., Dec. 22, 1900. Sold by druggists. An English shipping corporation with a fleet of more than twenty tank steamers is said to have made arrangements with Texas oil pro ducers for transporting Texas oil for foreign trade. This begins to look as if the Standard Oil Company and the Russian petroleum trust would have competition from Texas oils sooner than most persons expected. The other day a Boston news paper printed a fac-simile of a United States flag in its columns. On the stripes was printed this le gend: “This flag stands for lib erty, equality, independence, jus tice and fraternity,” the sentence being continued on the field, if Congress and the President so wiU ?> For this “desecration” of tee flag, the paper was suppressed- *-•-« The piles that annoy you so will be quickly and permanently heal ed if you use DeWitt’s Witch _ _ . Hazel Salve. Beware of wothless; mote an easy, gentle action. Sold counterfeits.Holtzclaw’s drugstore' at Holtzclaw’s drug store fM J|| If you cannot call and see our line of Wagons, Buggies and Carriages, write us for prices. We sell the celebrated “Old Hickory” and “Tennessee” Wagons, and the famous “Bartlesville” and ‘‘Rock Hill’’ Buggies and Carriages. It is useless for ns to recommend these vehicles to the people—they recommend us. We buy in large quantities, pay cash, get ail the discounts, and will divide them with you. You cannot do yourself jus tice without getting our prices before you buy. Very truly, HEARD BROTHERS, 350-352 Poplar St., MACON, GA. 414 & 416 Third St., MACON, GA. MACON’S GREATEST BARGAIN STORE. The Place Where You Can Buy Everything that You Need to Wear at Prices from 25 to 50 Per Cent Cheap er Than Others Will Sell it to You. Shoes. We sell more Shoes than most any reg ular shoe house in Macon. Why 1 do we do thi^? Simply because we SELL NONE BUT THE BEST, and guarantee every pair that leaves our house to give satisfac tory wear or refund your money. Men’s Shoes from 98c. to §5.00. Ladies’ Shoes from 65c. to $3.50. Children’s Shoes, 25c. to $1.50. Ladies’ Slippers, 25c. to $2.00. Children’s Slippers, 35s. to §150. Why not give us your Shoe trade and save 25 to 50 per cent on every pair of Shoes needed in your fam ily? s! 4^1/vfli-ivwv In this line we iGioming. can* and do EXCEL any clothing store in Ma con. Our Clothing is well made, it fits, it is durable, it holds its color, aod is 25 to 50 per cent cheaper thau most clothing stores caD af ford to sell you the same quality •of goods. Mens Suits, $3.00 to $12.50 Youths Suits, $2.00 to $ 8.00 Childrens Suits, 65c. to S 400 Boys Knee Pants, 15c to 85e The largest and most complete line of Extra Pants for men in the state, 49c to $5.00 the pair. Extra Coats and Extra Vests to fit and please any man in Houston county. Dry Goods. Yes, we sell everything in the Dry Goods Line—Dress Qoods, Percales, Lawns, Dimities, Calicoes, Sheetings, Shir ings, Checks, Cottonades, Tickings, Bleachings, No tions of every description, and our prices are fight} this you wi»l acknowledge after you have seen us, Straw Hats. We have the great est line of Straw Hats to be found in Macon for Men, Boys and Chil dren—10c. to $1.00 each. If yon want a Straw Hat come to us. Millinery. This is where you save just half. We do not want regular Millinery prices. Here you can select your Hat and trimmings and have it trimmed while yon wait. This department is upstairs, and you can be suited. Sailors 10c. to $1.00. It is easier to keep well than get cured. DeWitt’s Little Early Ris- j ers taken now and then, will al- j ways keep yonr bowels in perfect ! Come and see ns. order. They never gripe but pro-' O URS is the most complete store in Macon, and the only one where you can buy everything that yon need to wear. KESSLER BRO ■