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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.” • —C « ' 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. N 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,. Subscribe for the Home Journal VI 1 ' ,-'v > 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. -V - -* 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. -*-•-«— 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. - *-•-4 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. 0 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. ' Y v ' IKIIESSILjIEIR, BROS. Isaacs’ Cafe, 413 Third Street. Macon, Ca. ZSegr'U.lax Meals 25c. * Sill of Fore to Ox&ox Popular Prices. Prompt and Efficient Service. . E. ISAACS, Proprietor.