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\roL. XXX. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1901.
NO. 42.
OUR NATIONAL DEBT.
Congressman Boutell, of Illinois,
in the October number of The Fo
rum, gives some interesting facts in
regard to ouj national debt, tracing
its gradual evolution and pointing
out its peculiarities.
According to the information con
tained in this article the United
States government on the inaugura
tion of President Washington, in
1789, owed $75,000,000, to offset
which there was not enough money
in the treasury to pay current ex
penses. But in spite of this condi
tion of poverty in which we began
our national existence we managed
in forty-four years to completely
wipe out this indebtedness.
In 1837 there was more money in
the treasury than the government
knew what to do with. Besides the
reserve of $5,000,000, for which pro
vision was made by law, there was a
surplus of $27,000,000. At this pe
riod of our history it was thought
to be unconstitutional to appropriate
the national revenues for internal
improvements, and so in order to get
rid of the surplus, congress decid-
el to turn it over to the sever
al states in the shape of loans to be
repaid on demand.
Twenty-six states in the Union
agreed to the conditions of this pro
posed loan and received three in
stallments of the amount, each state
being credited with an apportion
ment measured by its electoral vote.
New York received the lion’s share
of the money, getting $5,532,694,
while Michigan, Arkansas and Dela
ware tied for the lowest amount,
getting $286,751.
When the time came for the fourth
installment no payment was made.
Arkansas and Virginia sued the gov
ernment to get it, but the supreme
court of the United States decided
against them. So far as the records
show the government has never de
manded the return of the loans.
THE PRESIDENT A PRISONER.
One would naturally think that
the chief executive of so great a na
tion as ours would not only be ex
empt from some obligations which
fall upon the average citizen, but
would enjoy certain privileges pecul
iar to the highest office within the
gift of the people. This is not the
case, however. The fact that the
president of the United States is the
only law-abiding and reason-possess
ing possessing citizen thereof whom
custom holds a prisoner within lim
ited bonds is brought out very forci
bly by John Ellreth Watkins, Jr., in
an interesting article on “Some
Things the President Does Not Do”
in the October Ladies’ Home Jour
nal. It shows that in the spending
of his leisure time the president is
more restricted than the janitor who
daily empties his waste-basket. For
le must not leave the country, even
’or a day. This is an old, unwritten
law. Neither can he go aboard a
Stricken With Paralysis.
Henderson Grimett, of this
place, was stricken with partial
paralysis and completely lost the
use of one arm and side. After
being treated by an eminent phy
sician for quite a while without
relief, my wife recommended
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm, and af
ter using two bottles of it he is al
most entirely cured.—Geo. R.Mc
Donald, Man, Logan county, W.
Va. Several other very remarka
ble cures of partial paralysis have
been effected by the use of _ this
liniment. It is most widely
known, however, as a cure for
rheumatism, sprains and bruises.
Sold by all dealers in Perry, War
ren & Lowe, Byron, Ga.
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The French Academy (the “im
mortals”) is engaged in revising the
French dictionary, and has been so
engaged for the past twenty years.
It was ascertained a few days ago
that the dictionary had been com
pleted down to the letter C. That
leaves twenty-two letters still to be
consdered. At the present rate of
progress the Academy’s complete
dictionary may be expected lo make
its appearance in something like 200
years.
Get a free sample of Chamber
lain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets
at the drugstore. They are easier
to take and more pleasant, in ef
fect than pills. Then their use is
not followed by constipation as is
often the ca3e with pills. Regu
lar price 25c. per pox.
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Dean Lung, a Chinaman, has giv
en $12,000 to Columbia college to
wards the establishment of a depart
ment of Chinese language. Some
time ago a person whose name was
not made public gave $100,000 for
the same purpose.
To Cure A Cold InOne Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets, igl druggists refund the mon
GRADY ON LIQUOR.
To-night it enters an humble
home and strikes the roses from a
woman’s cheeks, to-morrow it chal
lenges the republic in the halls of j
confess. To-day it strikes a crust!
from the lips of a starving child, j
and tomorrow levies tribute from
the government itself.' There is no '
cottage in this city humble enough 1
to escape it, no place strong enough j
to shut it out. It defies the law!
when it cannot coerce suffrage. It j
is flexible to cajole, but merciless in j
victory. It is the moral enemy of j
peace and order, despoiler of men
and terror of women; the demon
that has dug more graves and sent
more souls unprepared to judgment
than all the pestilences that have
wasted lives since God sent the
plagues to Egypt, and all wars since
Joshua stood before Jericho. It
comes to ruin, and yet it shall profit
mainly by the ruin of your sons and
mine. It comes to mislead human
foreign warship, even when anchored souls and crush human hearts under
in our harbors and when flying the
colors of a friendly state, or make a
formal call upon any except a presi
dent-elect, an ex-president, a presi
dent of a foreign state or a reigning
monarch visiting our capital. He
must not receive any but intimate
friends on Sunday, or occupy other
than the seat of honor at any formal
dinner. He must never occupy the
left side 'pi a carriage seat, or cross
the theshold of a foreign embassy’s
residence in Washington, for that is
foreign ground. These are only a
few of the many laws with which
custom -restricts our presidents.
The Post Office Department is to
be the first to strike a blow at an
archism in this country. Postmas
ter General Smith is now consider
ing an order barring from the mails
•ell newspapers and other publica
tions of anarchistic tendencies. If
le can convince himself that he has
authority under the law to exclude
such publications, he will issue the
order in a few days.
signature is on eflCk
I had long suffered from indi
gestion,” writes G. A. LeDeis,
Cedar City, Mo. “Like others I
tried many preparations but nev
er found anything that did me
good until I took Kodol Dyspep
sia Cure. One bottle cured me.
A friend who had suffered simi
larly I put on the use of Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. He is gaining
fast and will soon be able to work.
Before he used Kodol Dyspesia
Cure indigestion had made him a
total wreck. Holtzclaw’s drugstore
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Hoopeston, 111., demands respect
ful attention. Its mayor serves for
50 cents a year and its councilmen
for half as much. There has never
been a saloon in the place, though it
has a population of 4,000, and its
pavements, fire department, water
supply and public works generally
are all right.
The excitement incident to
traveling and change of f°°d and
water often brings on diarrhoea,
and for this reason no one should
leave home without a bottle ot
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by
all dealers in Perry; Warren &
Lowe, Byron, Ga^ ^
The Macon News observes: “Some
people are finding fault with Mr. J.
P Morgan for spending his money,
others censure Russell Sage because
he does not spend his. Most of us
are hard to please on the currency
question.” __
The Best Prescription for Malaria,
Chills and Fever | a Jbottle.of
Ckove’s Tabtelesb Chill lorn-
ItTs simply iron and quinine m a
tasteless form. No cure-no pay.
Price 50c ^
The cash balance hi United
n. j... treasurv is said to be grow
States treasury^ # ^
its rumbling wheels. It comes to
bring gray-haired mothers down to
shame. It comes to change a wife’s
love into despair and her pride into
shame. It comes to still the laugh
ter on the lips of little children. It
comes to stifle all the music of home
and fill it with silence and desola
tion. It comes to ruin your boy and
mine, to wreck your home, and it
knows it must measure its prosperity
by the swiftness and certainty with
which it wrecks this world.
Pleading for a continuance of the
freedom of y speech, Mr. Bryan said
in a recent issue of his paper that he
had been “the victim of as much
malice and vituperation” as had “ev
er been employed against an Ameri
can,” yet he was opposed to placing
aaditianal restrictions on the liberty
of speech or the press. But is he
not mistaken with respect to the
temper of the vast majority ,of his
critics? They have criticised his pol
icies, but not the man himself. Even
his political enemies have never hes
itated to credit him with perfect sin
cerity in speech and action, and with
life which might be taken as a
model for its purity. It would prob
ably be risking nothing to say that
among sane and well-balanced peo
ple Mr. Bryan has not a personal
enemy in this country.—Savannah
News.
C. B. WILLINGHAM,
COTTON FACTOR,
MACON, GA.
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
coiton consigned to me, and I solicit your
shipments.
0. B. WILLINGHAM.
W. A. DAVIS.
BEN. T. RAY.
EDWIN 8. DAVIS.
W. A. DAVIS & m
COTTON FACTORS,
MACON", GEORGIA
405 & 407 Poplar St.
Unsurpassed facilities for handling cotton.
Money advanced at lowest rates.
Prompt attention to business is our motto.
We charge only 50 cents per bale.
The Best Sellers of cotton in the city.
A Fiendisli Attack.
An attack was lately made on C.
F. Collier of Cherokee, Iowa, that
nearly proved fatal. It came
through his kidneys. His back got
so lame he could not stoop without
great pain, nor sit in a chair except
propped by cushions. No remedy
helped him until he tried Electric
Bitters which effected such a won
derful change that he writes he feels
like a new man. This marvelous
medicine cures backache and kidney
trouble, purifies the blood and builds
up your health. Only S0c at
Holtzclaw’s Drug Store.
New York’s tax books were open
ed on Monday for the reception of
tax money. All previous records
were broken for the first day, $15,-
000,000 being paid in. The Vander
bilt estate handed in a check for
$818,000, the Standard Oil Compa
ny one for $760,000, and H. S. Ely
for $175,000. The taxes on the As-
tor estate foot np $1,000,000.
Lewis Ockerman, Goshen, Ind.,
“DeWitt’s Little Early Risers
never bend me double like other
pills, but do their work thorough
ly and make me feel like a boy.”
Certain, thorough,gen tie. Holtz
claw’s drugstore
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Boaght
Bears the
Ever Held in Georgia!
The Georgia
State Fair
under the auspices of the
SAVANNAH FAIR ASSOCIATION,
S|, SAVANNAH, GA.,
Nov. 6th. to i6th, 1901.
$15,000 IN PREMIUMS.
$7,500 IN RACING PURSES.
Extraordinary Amusement Events.
Savannah’^ widespread reputation as an entertainer will
le supplemented ly amusement features of unquesiiona-
lie merit drawn from all parts of the country.
Friday, Nov. 8th,
CAVALRY TILT FOR $1,000/PRIZE,
participated in by troops from all over the/State.
For Preminm Lists, space, entrance, und aU other particulars,
8,ddr6ss
A. B. MOORE, General Manager.
Or, J. C. SHAW, Secretary.
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