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VOL. XXX.
Limiting Local Legislation.
Savannah News.
The Alabama Constitutional
Convention has adopted one pro
vision of the proposed new con
stitution that will be productive
of good results. It limits the pow
er of the Legislature in the mat
ter of local legislation.
The time of the legislature of
this state, and it is safe to say cf
mauy of the other states, is large
ly taken up with local bills. The
most of these bilfh are of no ac
count, being introdsced simply
because members want to impress
their constituents with the fact
that they are doing something, or
because they desire io serve some
individual or faction.
If it were not for these local
bills it would be possible for a
Legislature to finish its work in
less than half the time it is now
in session. A state would be saved
thousands of dollars at ev
ery session. Money that is now
wasted on these local measures
might remain in the pockets of
the tax payers or be appropriated
to schools or pensions.
A few general laws would cover
all of the needs that is sought to
satisfy now by local measures.
These general laws should be
broad' enough to meet any case
that would likely arise. There
would be no trouble on that score,
however. Indeed many of the
things which now require legis
lative authority could be attend
ed to by county commissioners or
municipal governments just as
well as they are by the Legisla
ture. In fact, they could be at
tended to much better, because at
present, Legislatures, in local
matters, are controlled by the
representatives from the counties
iu which the local legislation is
wanted. Therefore it often hap
pens that a few men, against the
will of the great majority, get lo
cal bills passed which are inimical
to public interests.
The Alabama Constitutional
Convention has done a great thing
in putting a limit to local legisla
tion. If there were such a limit in
every state a vast amount of mon
ey would be saved to the Ameri
can people and a greatdeal of lit
igation would be prevented.
The whole island of New York
was origionally bought of the In
dians for an equivtlent of about
twenty-five dollars. To-day New
York has a population of about
3,500,000, which is exceeded by
only one other city—London. Its
wealth is enormous; its annual
expenditures are more than twice
those of the Republic of Mexico,
and almost one third as much as
those of the German Enpire with
jts population of 52,000,000. And
it has become the financial cen
ter of the world.—July Ladies’
Home Journal.
She Didn’t Wear A Mask.
But her beauty was completely
hidden by sores, blotches and
pimples till she used Bucklin’s
Arnica Salve. Tuen they vanished
ss will all Eruptions, Fever Sores*
Boils, Ulcers, Carbuncles and
Felons from its use. Infalable for
Cuts, Corns, Burns, Scalds and
Biles. Cure guaranteed. 25c at
Holtzclaw’s drugstore.
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The Dawson News expresses this
opinion: “If the right man is
: XI tilt! ClgUU ULlHrU. «
presented South Georgia will get
together in the gubernatorial cam-
P ft ign. If not, she won’t. There
we a whole passle of people who
^ill not vote for a candidate sim-
Ply because he lives in South
Georgia.”
:
A bad complexion generaUy
^Anl4*ci 1 iwAt* ftnd
tosults from inactive- liver —
Jewels. In all such cases, De-
Witt’s Little Early Risers produce
gratifying results. Holtzclaw’s
drugstore.
Following is a farmers’ creed
said to have been furnished by
Henry Ward Beecher sixty years
ago when he was editing the Indi
ana Farmer.
We believe in small farms and
thorough cultivation.
We believe the soil loves to eat
as well as its owner, and ought
therefore to be liberally fed.
We believe in large crops which
leave the land better than thev
found it—making the farmer and
farm both glad at once.
We believe in going to the bot
tom of things and therefore, in
deep plowing and enough of it. All
the better with a sub-soil plow.
We delieve that every farmer
should own a good farm.
We believe that the best fertil
izer for any soil is a spirit of in
dustry, enterprise and intelle-
gence. Without this, lime and
gypsum, bones, green manure and
guano will be of little use.
We believe in good fences, good
barns, good farm houses, good
orchards and children enough to
gather the fruit.
We believe in a clean kitchen,
a neat wife in it, a spinning
wheel, a clean cupboard, a clean
dairy and a clean conscience.
We firmly disbelieve in farmers
that will not improve;
in farmers that grow poorer every
year; in starving cattle; in farm
ers’ boys turning into clerks; in
farmers’ daughters unwilling to
work, and in farmers ashamed of
their vocation, or who drink whis
key until honest people are asham
ed of them.
Like A Lady.
A little gisl from an East End
slum was invited with others to a
charity dinner given at a great
house in the West End of London,
says Spare Moments. In the
course of the meal the little maid
en startled her hostess by pro
pounding the querry: “Does your
husband drink?”
“Whyno,” replied the aston
ished lady of the house.
After a moment’s pause the
minature querist proceeded with
the equally bewildering question;
“How much coal do you burn?
What is your husband’s salary?
Has he any bad habits?”
By this time the presiding geni
us of the table felt called upon to
ask her humble guest what made
her ask such strange questions.
“Well” was the innocent re
ply, “mother told me to behave
like a lady, and when ladies call
at our house they always ask
mother those questions.”
Atlanta Journal.
The state agricultural depart-
! ment now has in'process of com-
jpilation a book that will be of
j invaluable worth to Georgia. It is
; to be upon the natural resources
j and present development of the
state , and will be the most com-
i prehensive of any work of the
kind ever undertaken.
Both Commissioner O. B. Stev
ens and Assistant Commissioner
Bob Wright have spedt a great
deal of time during the last two
years in gathering material for
this book. It is now all ready for
the press, with the exception of
some statistics from the last cen
sus which cannot yet be secured
from Washington. This book will
be out some time in September.
In it will be found the most
valuable statistics. An estimate
of all the different water powers
of the state of any consequence,
of the timber, of the mineral re
sources to a certain extent, and
every thing that one investigat
ing a state would want to know.
Each county will be taken up
separately. When organized, from
what counties taken, the number
of acres it contains, how much in
cultivation, how much in timber,
all this and more will be given.
The population by counties, num-
of school houses, churches and so
on will be incorporated. The num
ber of factories, the streams and
their waterpower, the minerals,
and a great deal of other informa-
wlll be added.
Ererv product of the state of
any consequence will be taken up.
How much is produced and com
parative statements of the in
crease in production will be given.
The book will be awated with
much interest, and its result on
the future development of the
state is sure to be great.
One of the chief features will
be a statistical statement of the
Georgia of 1890 and of 1900, ac
cording to the United states fig
ures.Eyerv line, population, pro
duction, manufacturing, stock
raising and all will be included.
It Dazzles The World.
No discovery in medicine has ev
er created one quarter of the ex
citement that has been caused by
Dr. King’s New Discovery for Con-
sumdtion. Its severest tests have
been on hopeless victims of Corn-
sumption, Hemorrhage, Pneumo-
nsa, Pleurisy, and Bronchitis,
thousands of whom it has restored
to perfect health. For Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Croup,Hay Fever,
Hoarseness and Whooping Cough
it is the quickest, surest cure m
the world. It is sold by H-M.
Holtzclaw, druggist, Perry, Ga.,
who guarantees satisfaction or re.
funds the money. * Large bottles
50c and $1. Trial bottles free.
Agricultural statistics show that
the average yield of wheat per
acre in the United States is a lit
tle less than thirteen bushels, and
that of Indian corn a little less
than' twehty-seven bushels.
The Best Prescriptiou for Malaria,
Chills and Fever is a bottle of
Grove’s Tasteless Chill ^ Tonic.
It is simply iron and quinine in a
tasteless form. No cure-no pay.
Price 50c
Quite without our suspecting
it, we show the stuff that is in us
when we turn our backs upon
home and taxe the road. Our rev
elations are entirely unconscious.
We display our faniliarity with
social usages or the reverse, but
that is the lesser matter. A nov
ice or a globe-trotter alike lets
down the mask which hides the
inner self, when fretting over de
lays, careless of others’ comfort,
and selfishly monopolizing con
veniences intended for the many
rather than the one.—July La
dies Home Journal. *
You can never 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 it 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.
A New Jersey preacher has
struck upon a novel nethod of in
ducing poeple to attend services
in his church during warm weath
er. Last Sunday he served a din
ner to all of the *attending wor
shipers, and announced that he
would continue to set up dinner
each sabbath during the summer.
To Rid© lax
You Know. What You Are Taking
When you take Grove’s Taste
less Chill Tonic because the for
mula is plainly printed on every
•>ottle showing that it is simply
Iron and Quinine in a tasteless!
form. No cure, no pay. Price 50c.
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 “ Barnesville” and *‘Rock Hill'’
Buggies and Carriages. It is useless for us to recommend
these vehicles to the people—they recommend us. We
buy in large quantities, pay easily get ail the discounts, and
will divide them with you. You cannot do yourself jus
tice without getting our prices before you buy.
Yery tiuy,
HEARD BROTHERS,
350-352 Poplar St., MACON, GA.
HI 11
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.
We sell more Shoes
than most any reg
ular shoe hoase in Macon. Why
do we do this? Simply because we
SELL NONE BUT THE BEST,
and guarantee every pair that
leaves onr house to give satisfac
tory wear or refand voar 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, 35c. 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?
Clothing.
EXCEL any clothing store in Ma
con. Oar Clothing is well made, it
fits, it is durable, it holds its color,
and is 25 to 50 per cent cheaper
thau most clothing stores can 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 $ 4.00
Boys Knee Pants, 15c to 85e
The largest and most complete line
of Extra Pants for men in the state,
49e to $5.00 the pair.
Extra Coats and Extra Vests to
fit and please any man in Honston
county.
Dry Goods.
Yes, we sell everything in the Dry Goods Line—Dress
Goods, Percales, Lawns, Dimities, Calicoes, Sheetings,
Shirkings, Checks, Cottonades, Tickings, Bleachings, No
tions of every description, and our prices are right; this
you will acknowledge after you have seen us,
Straw Hats.
est line of Straw Hats to be found
in Macon for Men, Boys and Chil
dren—10c. to $1.00 each. If you
want a Straw Hat come to us.
iwi 11 iinninr This is where
imnmery. yon 8ftve jaet
half. We*do not want regular Millinery
prices. Here you can select your Hat and
trimmings and have it trimmed while you
wait. This department is upstairs, and
you can be suited. Sailors 10c. to $1.00.
O URS is the most complete store in Macon, and the only one
where you can buy everything that you need to wear.
Come and see us.
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KESSLER BEOS.
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