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LOCAL NEWS OF TOWN AHD COUNTY
—Wheat planting is now in or-
der.
—Give evidence of jour thanks
giving.
—There will be three marriages
i i Perry -before Christmas.
—Eggs have been scarce at Per
ry during the last two or three
weeks.
—Wild ducks are more numer
ous than usual in Houston this
winter.
—Mr. G. A. Miller and family
will return to Perry to live next
January.
—Mr. J. H. Culler is now assist
ing Post-master Boughton at the
Perry Post-office.
—Judge A. C. Riley was in
Oglethorpe on legal business last
Friday and Saturday.
—Mr. W. B. Sims visited rela
tives in Barnesville, and Atlanta
on business, this week.
—Misses May^and Kate Hodges
will entertain the Perry Spins ters’
Club next Friday afternoon.
—There will be several exhibits
from Houston at the State poul
try show at Albany mxt week.
Fire In Perry.
A Benefit Concert.
—Mr. A. A. Gamble of Macon
is in Perry visiting his parents,
and his sister, Mrs. J. R. Fudge.
—The Courier says a large num
ber ox fruit trees will be planted
out near Fort Valley as soon as it
rains.
—Next Sunday Rev. B. E.
Whittington will complete his
service at Perry for this conference
vear.
—Miss Ollie Harper of Provi-.
dence has been in Perry since
last Saturday, the guest of Mrs.
T. A. Middlebrooks..
—The rain last Monday night
and Tuesday was gentle and slow,
but it continued and wet the
ground, all the same. •
—Work on Mrs. M.*G. Dasher’s
new residence, hear the railroad
depot, will be commenced as soon
as the material is delivered.
—Mr. C. Hi Moore of Bostick
is in Perry this week visiting his
brother, Mr. W. J. Moore, and
looking after business affairs..
—Last^Sunday morning the
weather was colder here than at
any other time this winter. The
ice was about £ an inch thick.
—Mr. L. F. Cater has sold his
mill on Flat creek £ and an adver
tisement concerning its future
operation appears in another col
umn.
—Miss Bessie Houser, who is
attending Wesleyan Female Col
lege at Macon, was with home
folks in Perry last Sunday and
Monday.
—Houston farmers will increase
their crop yields and profits by
planting with the intention of
gaining premiums at the next
county fair.
Between 8 and 4 o’clock last
Wednesday afternoon the roof of
Mr. J. J. Marshburn’a residence
on Evergreen street caught fire.
The people responded promptly to
the Alarm, and within a very
short while nearly all the men in
town and not a few women and
children were present, and were
fighting fire valiently.
A few men on top of the house,
and many others passing up buck-?
ets, pans and tubs full of water,
the fire was soon extinguished,
with the damage much less than
was anticipated.
Sparks from a chimney caused
the fire, a negro woman having
placed a large quanity of papers
in the fire-place in the room be
low.
Mr. Marshburn requests us to
extend his heart-felt thanks to
all, white and colored, who so
earnestly and effectively assisted
in quenching the flames.
Taking into consideration the
lack of organization and fire-fight
ing aparatus, Perry people can
form quicker, and operate faster
as a fire-fighting brigade than can
the people of any other town we
know of. In this respect we have
some of the best negroes in the
state.
There was a second alarm Wed
nesday night, but this time it was
not fire. Several.ladies, at whose
home there was no man that
night, heard a noise at a window,
and then at another, became
frightened and screamed. The
response to the alarm was quick,
and the miscreants who frightened
the ladies would have fared badly
had they been caught. *
—Tax Collector Davidson was
at Perry last Monday, beginning
his third and last round of ap
pointments. His collections were
fairly good Monday, but he in
formed us that the total amount
collected was not more than one-,
tenth of the aggregate called for
by the fax digest: The tax pay
ers will haye to be lively, as less
than thirtydays remain before
the books close. Mr, Davidson
will be at Barrow’s mill ? from •. 10
a. m. to 2 p. m. on the 4th of De
cember, and at Hollinshead next
day. In concluding the appoint
ments the collector will be at Per
ry on the 16th, 17th, 18 th, 19th
and 20th of December, and then
the; books will be closed.
-—Last Monday we heard’a man
say: “Perry is the poorest market
for eggs in the State,” and an
other remarked, “Yes, and for
chickens too.” Whether this is
exactly true or not, we will not
say, but it is a regretable fact
that at certain seasons each year
eggs and chickens are exceedingly
scarce in Perry. If our merchants
will make the demand for eggs
and chiokens steady and contin
ual, we are satisfied our farmers
will gladly furnish a sufficient
supply. Certainly a satisfactory
arrangement can be made.
—Work, has been commenced
on Col. C. C. Duncan’s office
building, adjourning the Masonic
building on the west side of Court
house square.
—At the College in Perry next
Tuesday night there be a charity
entertainment by local talent.
The beneficiary is a deserving
blind woman.
—The weather chart in this of
fice calls for local storms Wednes
day and Thursday, colder weath
er Friday and fair weather Satur
day and Sunday.
—Mr. W. W. Martin of Deck-
ard, Tennessee, has bpen in Perry
since iast Friday afternoon, visi
ting his brothers, Messrs. J. D.
andT. T. Martin.
—Rev. 0. A. Thrower, for two
years pastor of the Methodist
church at Fort Valley, has been
transferred to the California Con
ference, and has "been appointed
presiding elder of the Eos Angeles
district. He left’ Fort Valley this
week, with his family, for his new
field of duty, and the best wishes
of their many Houston friends
will be with them continually.
—Representative Richardson
has introduced a bill in the legis
lature providing for an independ
ent School System in and. for the
Byron School district. .
—The old home-stead residence
.on theGus. Wimberly plantation,
just below Hayneville on the
Hawkinsville road, was destroyed
by fire last Saturday night.
—Our Merchants will keep their
doors closed all day Thursday of
next week, thanksgivings day,and
there will be union services at the
Perry Methodist church at II
m.
—The new residence of Dr. X
D. Olds in Byron was destroyed
by fire Monday night of last week.
Only a small per cent, of the fur
niture was saved. We are glad to
note that the loss was about cov
ered by insurance.
—Mr. Frank M. Houser, for
merly of Houston county, would
call special attention to Lessr’s
ad. elsewhere in this paper, and
will esteem very highly a call or
an order from any of his Houston
County friends.
Oranges For Sale.
$2.00 per crate F. O. B. Send
money order and how to ship,
Fit. or Exp. L. D, Vinson,
Tarpon Springs, Fla.
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Go To Fair Store—-Macon, Ga.
for your fine Dolls, China, and
Glass Ware foV Christmas* Buy;
it and put it away.
Miss Abbott of Baxley, Ga.,
who has been blind since she was
six years old, is now in Perry,
j Ladies of Perry, who- have be
come interested in her behalf, will
1 assist her in a musical and litera
ry concert at the college next Tues
day night.
A very interesting program has
been arranged.
Miss Abbott is well endorsed,
has no property and no relatives
able to support her. Rather than
become an inmate of the County
poor house, she has adopted this
method of securing a living.
It is charity,but of such a char
acter that they who give it at once
receive full value in pleasure.
Low price of admission.
No half rate.
. —People of ^Perry and Houston
county charitably inclined can do
good service by sending an offering
to the Georgia Industrial Home,
Macon. Ga., or to this office-and
we will send it. Friday there will
be a house-warming at the Home.
See the article on the fifth page of
this paper.
—The premiums awarded ex
hibitors at the late Houston coun
ty fair have about all been paid,
and it transpires tbat the lion’s
share went to the lower 5fch dis
trict. The managing committee
will publish a statement of the
finahcial feature of the fair next
week.
Sweeping Reductions
BACKET STOBE.
We quote you below some bargains in first quality
goods that should satisfy your wants as well as
your purse, for they have certainly been marked
below their market value. We ask you to come
und see them.
Ladies’Pink, Red and Gray Dressing Saques, nicely made up.
We will sell them at 79c each. Regular price is $1.25.
Ladies’ Pink, Blue and Gray Dressing Saques, with braid clasps
and buttons. We will sell them at 93c each. Regular price
is $1 50.
Gents’ Rubber Mackintosh Coats to go at
They are worth $1.75.
$1.00.
Gents’ Rubber Mackintosh Coats to go at
Worth $2.25.
L.25.
—Mr. J. S. Rainey of near Per
ry left Houston last Thursday for j
Arlington, where he will engage |
in business. Mrs. Rainey is now
with her mother at McDonough,
and will join her husband later.
Our best wishes, are with them.
Gents’ Rubber Mackintosh Coats to go at
Worth $2.75.
$1.50.
—In Houston Court of Ordinary
last Monday afternoon Essex Har
ris, an old negro man of near By-
Ton, was adjudged a fit subject for
the state lunatic asylum, and he
is now detained in jail here until
the Sanitarium authorities can be
heard from.
—Mr. B. G. Mulkey of Cordele
was in Perry from Saturday af
ternoon to Tuesday morning and
then his sister, Miss Matilda Mul
key, went, home with him. Her
health is not good, but her friends
here hope she will soon recover.
—Having been’ recovered, re
painted, and side verandas added.
Judge S. T. Hurst’s residence on
Evergreen street is now one of the
prettiest houses in town.
—Best $2.50 Shoes made,at
Fred. M. Houser’s.
—Over Coats—Splendid Coats
at $7.00, $8.00 and $10.00.
L. M. Paul’s.
Plenty of nice cypress Syrup
Barrels and Lard cans for sale.
J. D. Martin, Jr.
—Macon Prices on Buggies, at
F. M. Houser’s.
—If you want a good Cooking
Stove call on W. D. Day.
One of our
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Specialties
Shoes.
$2.50
$3-oo
$3.50 $4.00
AH leathers and shapes.
E. B. Harris & Co.
MACON, GA.
THE PRICE ON THESE COATS IS FAR BELOW WHOLE
SALE COST, BUT WE WANT- TO CLOSE THEM OUT.
Ladies, cold weather is here and you should have a few pairs of
those Brown Cotton Hose, double silk fleeced and double sole,
to go at 25c pair. They are sold at 35c everywhere.
We have 1 Misses’ Rubber Gossamer, well made, good stock, with
cape and hood, we will close out at 50c.
We also have 2 Ladies’ Rubber Gossamers, better goods,with cape
and hood, we will close out at 75c. each.
WE- ONLY HAVE 3 IN ALL, SO COME AND GET THEM
AT THE BARGAIN PRICE.
J. D. MAHTHST, Jr. s
SPerrsT, <3-a.
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L. F. CATER, Perry, Ga.
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