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JOHDV H. HODGES, Propr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS. PROGRESS
AND CULTURE.
§1.50 a, Year in Advance.
\TQL. XXX. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1901. NO. 37.
The Good of a County Fair.
With the proposed Houston coun
ty fair as the incentive, the Macon
Telegraph strongly endorses that
means of strengthening the interest
in agriculture.
In an editorial last Sunday the
Telegraph says a properly conduct
ed county fair does more to advance
the farming and, other collateral in
terests of the county than all the
state fairs and expositions that can
be held.
This has been often demonstrated,
and we dfcre say that ho county or
neighborhood fair has ever been
held without direct and positive
good results.
As all say who have known of and
noticed thd after effects of county
fairs, the Telegraph says, in part:
“Practically everybody can find
the time and money to attend a
county fair, and if the management
makes it sufficiently attractive they
will do so. In this way the people
are brought together injtimafely,
compare notes as to methods and
results, and a spirit of friendly emu
lation is fostered and developed
which is bound to have its effect on
the entire community. This has
been the experience wherever coun
ty fairs have been held.”
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Great Increase For Georgia.
The total increase in Georgia’s
taxable property this year will ex
ceed §22,000,000. All of the 137
counties of the state have sent in
their tax digests, and the result is
most gratifying. Out of 137 coun
ties, 122 show increased tax returns
over last year of $18,596,276; 15
counties show a total detrease of
$1,109,083, making the net increase
for the state $17,484,193. This does
not include the railroad, telegraph,
telephone and express company’s re
turns, the increase in which this
year will be between $4,000,000 and
$5,000,000, making the total in
crease about $22,000,000. The to
tal property returns this year, as
shown by the digests, are $405,641,-
606.—Exchange.
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A Certain Cure for Dysentery and.
Diarrhoea.
“Some years ago I was one of a
party that intended making a long
bicycle trip,” says F. L. Taylor,
of New Albany, Bradford County,
Pa. “I was taken suddenly with
diarrhoea, and was about to give
up the trip, when editor Ward:, of
the Laceyville Messenger, suggest
ed that I take a dose of Chamber-
• Iain’s Colic,Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. I purchased a bottle and
two doses, one before starting and
one on the route. I made the trip
successfully and never felt, any ill
effect. Again last summer I was
almost completely run down with
an attack of dysentery. I bought
a bottle of this same remedy and
this time one dose cured me.’’Sold
by dealers in Perry.
—
Santos-Dumont, the air-ship man,
is said to be a slave to omens. He will
not make an ascent in his balloon
until he has talked with a red-haired
girl, and he always wears an amulet
near his heart for good luck. Some
body ought to give him to under
stand, once for all, that he can never
hope for success until he has pro
cured the left hind-foot of a Georgia
grave-yard rabbit, killed in tlae dark
of the moon.—Ft,
Geo. W. Lane, Pewamo, Mich.,
writes: “Your Kodcd Dyspepsia
Cure is the best remedy for indi
gestion and stomach trouble that
I ever used. For years I suffered
from dyspepsia, at times compell-
*bg me to stay in bed and causing
j^e untold agony. I am complete
ly cured by Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
recommending it to/friends who
suffer from indigestion, I always
uffer to pay for it' if it fails. Thus
fur I have never paid.” Holtz-
claw ’s Drugstore,.
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Wheat To The Rescue.
New York World.
The partial failure of the corn
crop is followed by the prospect of a
record breaking export of wheat,
perhaps great enough to sustain for
eign exchange against shrinkage in
corn shipments and carry the total
or breadstuffs sold past the former
maximum. Comparisons of annual
sales begin in the following'table
with the “famine year” of 1897,
when our sales abroad surpassed all
previous marks:
1897- 1898, $324,706,060.
1898- 1899, $273,999,699,
. 1899-1900, $262,744,078.
1900-1901, $275,594,618,
The fiscal year ends June 30.
Corn exports,which have in recent
years steadily risen to above $80,-
000,000, will be reduced by no one
knows how much this year; but of,
the greatest wheat crop ever raised
we have an estimated surplus of
275,000,000 bushels, every pound of
which Europe will use. The needs of
Great Britain, France and the Neth
erlands are estimated at 248,000,000
bushels; Germany and Hungary have
short crops, and in Russia a famine
belt 3,000 miles long reaches from
Chersonesus to Transbaikal, involv
ing millions of souls. These cannot
buy wheat; they will starve instead.
But indirectly they must aid our ex
port by having less grain to sell. ,
Of the new fiscal year only two
months have passed, but up to date
shipments of wheat have been more
than double those of last year. And
the movement is at an accelerated
pace, August far surpassing July,
with record breaking days in close
succession. These facts will not
console the individual farmer who
has lost his main jerop, but they are
a tremendous factor in general pros
perity. A comparatively small por
tion of the corn crop is ever moved.
It is fed on the farm,and a shortage
means the earlier sale of hogs and
cattle. Wheat, on the contrary, is a
traveller. It keeps the railioads
busy, and feeds the activity of ex
change. Hence the prospect of
great sales is favorable to the gen
eral situation.
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To Destroy Nut Grass.
The Southern Cultivator gives the
following method to destroy Coco or
nut grass:
Sow oats and follow with peas;
continue this rotation for three or
four years. Have as dense growth
as possible. The continuous shad
ing will destroy the Coco grass.
Another but more costly method
is to keep the grass cut down with
plows and hoes so closely and con-
tinuQUsly that no nuts can form.
That will mean twice a week. After
a few weeks the growth will be very
feebie. If no new nuts are allowed
to form, the grass will be entirely
destroyed in two years. No new
nuts can form unless the top gets
over three days old.
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A Shocking Calamity
“Lately befell a railroad labor
er ” writes Dr. A. Kellett, of Wil
liford, Ark. “His foot was bad
ly crushed, but Bucklen s Arnica
Salve quickly cured him.” It’s
sirnplv wonderful for Burns,Boils,
Piles and all skin eruptions. It’s
the world’s champion healer. Cure
guaranteed. _ 25c. Sold by H. M.
Holtzclaw.
King Edward is earning the repu
tation of being more penurious than
his mother was. When the royal
servants are sent from place to place
they are compelled to travel third-
class, or else pay the 1 «>st out
of their own pockets. ;Under
late Queen the servants travelled
first-class. ,
A never failing cure for ente, bump,
scalds, ulcers, wounds and sores is
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salvex a most
soothing ; arid healing remedy foralf
skin affections. Accept only the gen
uine. Holtzdaw’s Drugstore.
The Effective Method.
Albany Herald.
It is all well enough for southern
cotton growers to effect organiza
tions for the purpose of “regulating”
prices, but there are better and surer
ways of accomplishing the same end.
Every farmer who is living at
home, employing intelligent agricul-
turol methods and practising wise
economy in all the departments of
his farm, is making money. As fast
as he makes it, let him combine his
capital with that of other farmers or
progressive business men for the
building of cotton mills close to the
fields where the staple is raised.
These mills will consume a large
portion of the cotton raised in the
south, and when properly managed
will turn handsome profits into the
pockets of thair owners. With in
creased consumption of the section’s
great staple at home will come a
sharper demand from England, Eu
rope and other quarters of the globe;
and higher prices follow increased
demand as sure as day follows night.
When the farmer becomes so in
dependent that he can either sell his
cotton,hold it indefinitely, or send it
to a near-by mill in which he is in
terested to be manufactured into
cloth, without inconvenience to him
self, then he will be able to say to
the world’s spinners: “If you want
my cotton, pay my price.”
No trees grow anywhere on the
coast of western or northern Alaska,
and yet these shores for thousands
of miles and the islands of Behring
sea are strewn with immense quanti
ties of drift-wood, in places piled up
high on the beach, bearing testimo
ny to the work of the rivers. This
drift is the balvation of the Eskimo,
furnishing him with fuel and mate
rial for houses, boats and sleds.
Stood Death Off.
E. B. Munday,a lawyer of Hen
rietta, Tex., once fopled a grave
digger. He says: “My brother
was very low with malarial fever
and jaundice. I "pursuaded him
to try Electric Bitters,and he was
soon much better, but continued
their use until he was wholly cur
ed. I am sure Electric Bitters
saved his life.” This remedy ex
pels .malaria, kills disease germs
and purifies the blood; aids digest
ion, regulates the liver, kidneys
and bowels, cures constipation,
dyspepsia, nervous diseases, kid
ney troubles, female complaints;
gives perfect health. Only 50c at
Holtzclaw’s drug store.
William K. Vanderbilt was arrest
ed in Holland the other day on the
suspicion that he was an anarchist
with designs upon the life of the
Queen. The Queen was expected to
pass along a certain road, and Mr.
Vanderbilt desired to get a good
look at her. He appeared so ner
vous and asked so many questions
of the people that the police “took
him in” as a suspicious character.
Many physicians are now prescrib
ing Kodol Dyspepsia Cure regular
ly, having found that it is the best
prescription they can write because
it is the one predaration which con
tains the elements necessary to di
gest not only some kinds of food
but all kinds,and it therefore cures
indigestion and dyspepsia no mat
ter what' its cause.
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A frieud of Pasteur’s in Paris says
thao the man who was to revolution
ize chenrstry stood fourteenth in a
list of twenty-two boys in the High
Scool of Dijon, and he was marked
“weak” in chemistry.
3?orInfants and Children.
Bears the
Signature of
C. B. WILLINGHAM,
COTTON FACTOR,
MACON, GA.
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Money to loan to responsible farmers
at a low rate of interest.
My connection with the cotton mills of Macon
gives me’ advantages” unsurpassed in handling
cotton consigned to me, and I solicit your
shipments.
C. B. WILLINGHAM.
414 & 416 Third St., MACON, G A.
’S GREATEST RARGAIN 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 house in Macon. Why
do we do this? Simply because we
SELL NONE BUT THE BEST,
and guarantee every pair that
leaved our house to give satisfac
tory wear or refund your money.
Men’s Shoes from 98c. to $5.00.
Ladies’ Shoes from 65e. to $3.50.
Children’s Shoes, 25c. to $1.50.
Ladied* 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. Our 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 85c
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 aod please any man in Houston
county.
Dry Goods.
Yes, we sell everything in the Dry Goods Line—Dress
Goods, Percales, Lawns, Dimities, Calicoes, Sheetings,
Shirtings, Checks, Cottonades, Tickings, Bleachings, No
tions of every description, and our prices are right; this
you will acknowledge after you have seen us.
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.
Straw Hats. 'l!AT.'Millinery. Thi8i8wbere
you save just
'half. We do not want regular Millinery
prices. Here yon can select your Hat and
trimmings and have it trimmed while yon
wait. This department is upstairs, and
yon 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.
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IKIIESSILjIEIR, BROS.
Isaacs’ Cafe,
413 Third Street. Macon, Ca.
ZSegr'U.lax Meals 25c.
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Sill of Fore to Ox&ox
Popular Prices. Prompt and Efficient Service.
. E. ISAACS, Proprietor.