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.XOHJV H. HODGES, I»ropr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE. '81.50 a Year in Advance. VOL. XXX. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2*2,1901. WASHINGTON LET TEE. Our Regular Correspondense. The efforts of the United States Civil Service Retirement Associa-. tion to secure legislation whereby the first steps in a civil pension list can be taken, have not been relaxed. Within the last few days, the Association has issued a circu lar to government employees out side of Washington, askings their support for its plan, which in- volves the establishment of a fund by forced contributions from the salaries of employes, without ex pense to the Government, but un der the management and control of congress. The circular states: “We do not contemplate and do not favor a civil pension list maintained by the Government,” such an assertion being, of course, necessary to enable the scheme to have any chance of life. After ward will be time enough to seek Government appropriations to aid- in the work by citing the cases of England, France and other Europ ean countries where civil servants, as they are called, have the bene fit of pensions and a retired list like the soldiers and officers of our army and navy. The republican papers, which are so indignant beccause of the effort of South Carolina democrats to persuade Senator McLaurin to resign the seat in the Senate to which he was elected by the party whose principles he now antagon izes, should read the history of the early days of the country. Nearly a hundred years ago, John Quincy Adams was censured by his people in almost exactly the same way and, as a consequence, he promptly resigned. His first serious break with his party was occosioned by his approval of Jef ferson’s purchase of Louisiana, but a much more serious differ ence arose over the embargo which preceded the war of 1842- Sena tor Adams tried to persuade the federalists of Boston to hold a meeting and pledge their support to the Government in any meas ure, however serious, that it might see fit to adopt to curb the inso lence of Great Britain. Massa chusetts, howeverj like some other states, was not any too patriotic where its pocket was imperiled, and the result was that the Mas sachusetts legislature at once nam ed a Mr. Lloyd to succeed Senator ’ Adams, a proceeding that was in tended and accepted as an insult. Mr. Adams instantly resigned,and Mr. Lloyd was chosen to fill out the remainder of his term also. The impression prevails here that Great Britain, owing to the milk and water tactics of the State Department, does not realize that there is real danger lurking in the Nicaraguan canal questionjust as she failed to realize that it was lurking in the Venezuelan boun ty qu stion until President Cleve- . land forced her to back down. England, it is known, really cares nothing about the canal, but her statesmen cannot refrain from trying to score worthless diplmat- ic victories, without real gain to themselves and with real danger lo the friendship of the United ^totes. Diplomacy that relies up- °n quibbles and hair-splitting to achieve it3 results rately accom plishes substantial results. Un questionably there is a large body °t Americans who are suspicious ^hen Great Britain seeks to ob- tain anything from: the United States through the channels of di plomacy. This suspicion will van- ^hwhen British statesmen act on business principles. As to a Souththem Canidate. REMEDY FOS TRUSTS. New York World. In spite of the prematureness of The all discussion as to Presidential thing ^ure. Then rest easy and have no fear. The child will be... all right p a little while. It never fails. Peasant to take, always safe .sure aud almost instantanepus in ef- ec t- Holtzclaw’s drugstore. canditates in 1904, many news pa pers and leaders are ^debating the question of nominating a South ern Democrat. Even Mr. Bryan has said that the nation is now— especially since the Spanish war— thoroughly assured of the loyalty and national patriotism of the Southern people, and is convinced that the South has many leaders who would adorn the White House and do credit to the nation in such position. Some of the Southern papers intimate that “Barkis is willin’,” and a few urge that, it is time for the South to assert its weight in the councils of the party. But the Florida Times-LTnion dissents totally frc*m the view. It declares that the South has no leader of its own about whom the party as a whole could gather. “An Andrew Jackson could win a national vic tory for the Democracy, though he came from the South,” it says, and asks, “Have we a Jackson?” A conversational echo might as- swer, “No more than the North has a Tilden.” But the further objection is rec ognized that “the South has no pivotal State,” and it is also urged that “business abhor&sudden and radical changes such as a South-, ern President and Democratic ma jority in Congress must bring about, and that therefore business would antagonize a Southern can didate much nlore deeply and strongly than a Democratic lead er from the West or East.” Our Southern contemporary has at least.the frankness of its faith, and it will hardly be denied that there is some reason in its conclu sions. A Pen Picture of Hope. Beyond this beautiful and rip pling stream, just over the edge of the grassy knolf, there blossoms a rare and richly scented flower. They tell us that it is so rarely beautiful that it may have blush ed to life at the touch of an an gle’s kiss, and caught its rosy flush from a burning star. Be yond the pathless -mountains that lift their blue peaks in the fading distance they tell .us there is a charming valley that drinks the diamond dew of morning and bathes in the liquid sunbeams, clad in. a verdure, of everlasting green and dotted all over with' flowers of every hue and shade. Beyond the blue waves of the pathless oceau they tell us there is a clime from which the mellow sunlight of spring never departs, that is laden with the songs of birds of notes akd plumage, and peace, ease and plenty rule the lifes of a people who never heard of war or pestilence. Beyond the curtains of darkness that hang over this gloomy night there dwells a picture of morning, a picture of fresh new life—that teems to wake and move and breathe away the mists, and they tell us its foreground is hope and its back ground is pleasure. Be yond the aches and struggles*, the fears, the disappointments, the bitter trials and the wearing la bors of Time we are taught is an Eternity whose higher possibilities give promise to calmer hours and sweeter rest.—Ex. To Save Her Child From frightful disfigurement Mrs. Nannie . Galleger, of La- Grange, Ga., Atlanta News. above heading is some- ol a misnomer, for trusts have their economic advantages, but the words are used for the sake of brevity. The remedy for the abuse of power by trust would be a more correct, expression of the idea. The Cincinnati Inquir er, which is owned by John R. McLean, supposedlya presidential poesibility on the democratic side, has this to say on the subject: “The only remedy the people have against Mr. Morgtin, if he is an evil, is, to get after him through the ballot box.. 'This sounds like an old story, of course. Jhe people have been told thous ands of times that the great con servator of tneir rights and liber ties is the voting power, and they do not always see immediate re suits. *11 the same, if their sal vation is not in the ballot box, where is it? Mr. Morgan is not a candidate for office, and no good citizen wants to. throw him down and violently take from him that which he has acquired, but the monopolies and trusts which build up immense private for tunes are the results, largely, of vicious legislation. The men who vote in congress to give the advan tage in tariff legislation to the mo nopolies ought to be relegated to private life. How to get at the trusts has been the grave problem for several years. How should monopolies be discouraged with out injuring great enterprises which require -large capitaliza tion? The tariff’s the thing. The^ncongruities of the tariff do more than all else, probably, to promote those trusts and combi nations which are injurious to the people. The barons may cry out against it, but congress will prob ably have to take hold of the whole tariff question in - earnest at the session which will begin on the first Monday in December.” Mr. Morgan, in this case is used as the personification of the pow er and methods of the trusts, in asmuch. as ’he has officiated as godfather to the most important of them. ; The Inquirer is on the right line, but is not specific. The simple and effective remedy is to place on the free list every prod uct of American industry. that is produced by factories controlled bv trusts. The Toledo (Ohio) Bee says there are many things about peo ple that the newspapers don’t know, and a great many that they know but don’t publish. There are also many things about a news paper that some people dont know. One thing many men do not seem to get through their heads is that a newspaper is not run on the line of friendship, nor a medium through which an editor may abuse his enemies and protect his friends. The newspaper that per mits such prostitution^ of its col umns cannot retain public confi dence, for it then becomes a par tial judge, and a prejudiced advo cate. applied Bucklen’s UlOiUgu, 1 JTJT ' , lu cases of cough or croup - give Arnica Salve to §» the little one Onl Minute Cough Lead cure TiinK ^ nn Quick cure exceeded a-ii ner nopes. Tfc works-bonders in Sores, Bruis- Their Secret is Out. All Sadieville. Ky., was curious to learn the cause of the vast dif-„ ference improvement in the health of Mrs. S. P. Whittaker, who had for a long time endured untold suffering /from a chronic bronchial trouble. “It is all due to Dr. King’s New Discovery,” writes her husband. ^‘It complete^ ly cured her and also cured our little grand daughter of a severe attack of Whooping Cough.” It positively cures Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, Bronchitis, all Throat and* Lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles hOc and $1.00. Trial bot- - •> anteed. Soldby H. M. Holtzclaw, : druggist. Subscribe for the Home J our: C. B. WILLINGHAM, COTTON FACTOR, • * MACON, GA. Money to loan to responsible farmers ■ 0 at a low rate of interest. , .-A: . ✓ { • My connection with the cotton mills of Macon gives mfe advantages unsurpassed in handling cotton consigned to me, and I solicit your shipmients.. C. B. WILLINGHAM. i : 1 :: X J 111 MRQ 414 & 416 Third St., MACON, G A. STORE. jThe Place Where Y6u 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. Irlr^freg- Clothing. _ ular shoe boose in Macon. Why 1 EXCEL any clothing store in Ma- do we do this? Simply because we I con * 0 Qr Clothing is well made, it SELL NONE BOT THE BEST, «per^eoVctt and guarantee every pair that leaves onr house to give satisfac tory wear or refund vonr money. Men’s Shoes from 98c.-to $5.00. Ladies’ Shoes from 65c. to $3.50. Childreh’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? thau most clothing stores can af ford to sell you the same quality of goods. Mens Saits, $3.00 to $12.50 Youths Suite, $2.00 to $ 8.00 Childrens Suits, 65c. to $ 400 Boys Knee Pants, 15c to 85c The largest and most complete line of Extra Pants for men in the state, 49c to $5 00 the 4 pair. Extra Coats.and Extra Vests to fit and please, any man in Houston cbnnty. Dry Goods. Yes, we sell everything in the Dry Goods Line—-Dress Goods, Percales, Lawns r Dimities, Calicoes^ Sheetings, ShirHngs, Checks, Cottonades, Tickings, Bleachings, No tions of every description, and our prices are right; 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 you want a Straw Hat come to us. Millinery. This is where you save just half. W© 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. 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. V * KESSLER BROS. *.. vpi NC). 34. In this line we ag n§i ... GHE US J : ' A ' 'A - .