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■ - ■ • ' 'pi' ]■ n ■.,§3 m£ i #m A- "'frl * «». : rtf?*- -’$■*''££. 4 - jOffiV H. HODGES, Pro P r - DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE. #1.50 a Year in Advance. \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. ►—#-* 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. *-*-4 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 : —*-•-* 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. . - -