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Happy New Year to all.
—Court of Ordinary next Mou-
—County Commissionefs’ Court
next Tuesday.
—Houston Sheriff’s sales next-
Teuesday.
—City council meeting next
Monday night.
—The county public sohools
will open next Monday.
—Heavy frost, clear and cold-
first day of the^new year.
—Rev. J. W. Siiiimona will
preach at Providence next Sun
day. 1
—It is Houston’s time to fur
nish the state Senator for this
district this year.
—The present mayor of Perry
will not bo a .candidate for re-
election next April.
— Miss Bertha Herndon of San
ders ville is in Perry visiting Miss
D’Nena Bridge r:
—Miss Lola Middlebrooks of
Monticello, Ga., is the guest of
Miss Ollie Harper near Myrtle,
—When the County campaign
opens, there will be several new
candidates in tho field, we are
told.
—'There are some indications
that there will be less trouble in
securing farm labor this year than
was tho case in 1901.
—The damage to the oat crop
in Houston by reason of the freeze
before Christmas is not as grea^
as was at first feared.
—Apparently there has been
very little done, so far as appears
on the surfaoe, in the way of hire-
ing farm laborers for 1902.
—Many more Houston farmers
than usual have declared that
they will not plant as much cot
ton in 1902 as they did in 1901.
□—rMr.|T. E. Tharp, recently of
near Tharp post-office, has pur
chased a farm near Byron, and
he is now at' home there with his
family.
—Several farmers near Perry
planted wheat with which lime
had been placed to keep weevils
out.Wo are told that wheat didn’t
“come up.”
—White,teaohers of the Hous
ton public sohools will meet Com
missioner Smith at his office in
tlie Masonic building next Satur
day, January 4th.
—We are informed that efforts
are being madb to establish a ru
rnl delivery route to bo served by
Wellston, and another to be serv
ed by the Byron office.
—Farming operations for the
new year will begin next week.
There will not be very -many
changes, and most of them will
bo made this week.
—The stock holders of the PGr-
ry Loan and Savings Bank held
their annual meeting Wednesday
hiorning. A report will probably
be furnished us for publication
next week.
—The spring term of Perry
Publio Sohool opened last Mon
day with about 77 pupils in at
tendance. The term will contin
ue months,and it is certain the
attendance will be. considerably
increased.
Houston Politics.
The Christmas Masquerade.
All the officials of Houston
county, except Ordinary, county
'jidge, county solicitor and county
Dailiff will be elected this year.
It is also said there will be a spec
ial election for,a county commis
sioner,, the rumor being that Mr.
T. J. Sanders of tke lower 14th
district will resign next Monday.
It is Houston’s time to furnish
the state senator, and rumor says
there will be three or four candi
dates.
For clerk, sheriff, tax receiver,
tax collector, it is said there will
be three or four candidates for
each office. Of the other offices
very little has been said.
That the campaign will be live
ly can be accepted as a fact, but
that it will be disagreeable in any
positive sense,there can be no rea
son.
Every citizen has a legal right
to apply for any office within the
gift of the people, bnt no one has
a moral right to ask the people to
elect him to an office the duties
of which he cannot perform satis
factorily.
Heretofore Houston county has
been fortuntae, with exceedingly
few exceptions, in the selection of
officers, and the people can guar
antee the continuance of that good
fortune.
In nominating, for the primary
is practically the election in Hous
ton county, each candidate should
come up to the correct measure of
merit required by the office he
seeks to fill. Of course it is de
sirable that the officers shall
be clever, accommodating, and
agreeable in all social and busi
ness relations, but the question
of capability to perform the du
ties of the office sought should
control each vote.
Beyond this, it is in order to
say now that everything in the
campaing should be fair and.just.
There should be no abuse, slander
or insinuation. In fact no one,
candidate or friond of acandidate,
should say anything about a can
didate that he wpuld be unwilling
to say in the hearing of that can
didate. Conducted in such fair
and friendly spirit, there would
be no enmity created,no unfriend
liness engendered, and to the de
feated ones there would be disap
pointment only—not humiliation.
—Rev. B. E. Whittington was
in Perry last Monday making fi
nal arragements for removal to
Byron. While here he received
the congratulations of his friends
—a now daughter at the home of
his father-ih-law at Cordele. He
went to Byron Tuesday, perform
ed a marriage ceremony at Ogle
thorpe Wednesday. Next Sun
day he will preach his first ser
mon in his new charge. The charge
embraces four churches, Byron,
Shiloh and Wellston in Houston,
and Liberty in Bibb county, at or
near Walden.
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—There will be a regular com
munication of Houston Lodge No.
85 Free and Accepted Masons Fri
day night, this week. All the
members are urged to attend, and
visiting brethren are cordially in
vited to be present.
—Mrs. M C. Rollins' and her
sou, Mr. Fulton Rollins, and two
grand-daughters, Misses Ora and
Ruth Kemp, of Scotland, Ga., are
visiting relatives in and near Per
ry. Mrs. Rollins is a sister of
Messrs. W. H. and S. L. Norwood*
Mrs. T. A. Middlebrooks and Mrs.
J. H. Hodges.
—The Baptist Youug People-’s
Union will hold a social and busi
ness meeting at the home of Mr.
J. D. Martin, Sr., Friday night,
this week. During the evening a
conundrum contest will take
place. Two original conundrums
will be asked for the first time.
All members are urged to be
present.
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Good Salt in 100 lb sacks.
J. D. Martin, Jr.
—The street parade of the negro
concert oompany of Perry last
Thursday afternoon was intensely
amusing. The “band wagon” was
a genuine “dandy” of the “raga
muffin” order, and the singing
was decidedly good.To say that the
whole affair was supremely funny
is putting it mildly. It is said
the concert , at the Court house
that night was uproiously hil
arious, and in some respects meri
torious.
The masquerade party at the
Armory last Thursday night was
hedged about with difficulties in
connection witn the arrangements
therefor.
Several of the young people who
had agreed to participate after
ward accepted invitations to at
tend a reception at Hayneville,
and the weather dissuaded others.
However, at 8 o,clock the ar
mory building contained a hun
dred or more expectant people,
and later the maskers began ar
riving. Mrs. F. E. Norwood was
in charge, and in the property
room they were arranged in pairs.
The promenade ‘ arena was in
closed with rope, and into this
the maskers went when they were
introduced by Mr. Fred M. Hous-
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—Mr/J. F. Ayler and family
are now at home at. the “Klon
dike,” just west of Perry, he hav
ing bought the dwelling and part
of the farm from Dr. C. R/Mann.
Mr. Ayler is a good farmer, ener->
getic and progressive.
—Dr. R. B. Gilbert of Green
ville spent last week with home-
folks near Henderson, was.in Per
ry with friend* Tuesday and re
turned'to his home at Greenville
that evening.
—Russell Big-Boll Prolific
Cotton Seed for sale, or exchange.
Apply to T. F. Aadbrson,
Myrtle, Ga.
Coal Vases worth $4.50 reduced
to $3.15. Fire Screens worth $2.-
25 reduoed io $1.55. Goal fire
S creens worth 75c reduced to 55b.
N L. M. Paul’s.
—If you want a good Mule
cheap, oall on C. M. Branan, 520
Poplar St., Macon, Ga.
er.
From the list furnished we give
the characters, as follows:
Though there were only fifteen
musked people, the characters
were good and well-sustained.
The affair was not as extensive
as some that have been enjoyed
here, and there was more disap
pointment that the Court house
could not be secured, on accouut
of a previous engagement. There
was no lack of enjoyment during
the evening.
’Willie Backwoods, Maid of tlie
mists, Just sixteen, Gypsy maid,
Nun, Rose Bud, Perry winkle,
Constitution, Bo Beep, White
Rabbits, Jaymnese Woman, Sissie,
Guess Who, Theodore Roosevelt,
Only Pebble on the Beach.
Represented by:
Mieses Bessie Houser, May
Hodges, Georgelle Simmons,Nelle
Norwood, Pauline Smoak, Alleen
Bridger, Marilti and Sue Wellons,
Lucia Edwards, Kate Hodges;
Mrs. E. K. Braselton; Messrs.
John W. Simmons, E. K. Brasel
ton, Edwiu Martin, Miller Day,
Master Harry Houser.
It Circles the Globe.
The fame of Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve, as the best in the world,
extends round the earth. It’s the
one perfect healer of cuts, corns,
burns, bruises, sores, scalds, boils,
ulcers, felons, aches, pains and all
skin eruptions. Only infallible
pile cure. 25c a box at Holtz-
claw’s drugstore.
HOUSTON SHERIFF’S SALES.
Will be sold before the court house
loor iu the town of Perry, Houston
county, Ga., between the legal hours of
sale, on the first Tuesday in January,
1902, the following property, to-wit:
The following described real estate,
to-wit: That one-fourth undivided in.
teresc in 71 % acres of land off tha east
side of lots of land Nos. 246 and 235, and
acres off the west side of lots Nos.
286 and 246, that is to say, 84 1-0 acres
off of each of laBt named two lots, the
whole being iu the 6fch district of Hous
ton oouuty, Ga., and being the undivi
ded iuterest of defendant in fi fa in the
estate of Mrs. Nancy I£. Epting, deceas
ed. Levied on and being sold as the
property of W. O. Epting to satisfy a fi
fa from Houston oouhty court, returna
ble to July quarterly term, 1900, in favor
of Reid Fertilizer Co. vs W. O. Epting.
Also at same time and, place, the life
estate of Minor W. Hall in that tract of
land known as tho Hale Place, situated
near the town of Perry, Houston county,
Ga., and bounded north by Perry and
Faotory road, east by the Pierce place,
south by lands of Mrs. Julia King and
west by Felder plaoe; also that house
and lot in the town of Perry upon which
Sam Cooper now resides, said lot being
separated from the said Hale plaoe by
the Perry and Factory road. All of said
property given and bequeathed to said
Minor W. Hall for and during his natu
ral life by Mrs. Amanda Havis. Levied
on and sold as the property of Minor’
W. Hall to satisfy two fi fas from Hous-
ton'county court,one returnable to June
term, 1897, iu favor of The Coca-Cola
Co., vs Hall & Hall, M. W. Hall and Jno
M. Hall; the other returnable to April
term, 1897, in favor of W. J. Cannon, vb.
Edge & Hall, J.B- Edge, M- W. Hall.
Also at the same time and place, Two-
fiftbs undivided interest in lot of land
No. 201 in the 10th district of Houston
county, Ga., said lot containing 202%
acres, more or less, and known as the
McMurray lot. Levied on and being sold
as the property of dames Rainey and
Mrs. A. O. Bunch, to satisfy two fi fas,
one in favor of John B. Daniel vs Bunch
& Bainey, Mrs. A. O. Bunch and James
Rainey, returnable to January term,
1901, of Houston county court; the other
in favor of Alex E. Harris vs Mrs. A. O.
Bunoh, returnable to Justice court 1346
District, G. M., Worth county, Ga.
Also at the same time and place, the
entire interest of Mrs. F. J. Gates,
formerly Mrs. F. J, JoneB, in the lands
of the D. W. Buff estate, in the 10th dis
trict of Houston county, Ga. Levied on
and to be sold as the property of Mrs, F.
J. Gates, formerly Mrs. F. J. JoDes, to
satisfy a fi fa in favor of F. O. Houser
vs Mrs. F. J. Gates, formerly Mrs. F.
J. Jones, returnable to April term, 1900,
of Houston Superior court.
M. L. COOPER, Sheriff.
Deo 10th, 1901.
NEW YEAR TO ALL.
You Will Prosper and be Happy
by Trading with J. D. Martin, Jr.
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JUST A FEW NEW YEAR PRICES™
Large size Cocoanuts
Large size Sweet Florida
5c each
Oranges 30c doz
Large size sound Apples 15c doz
The very best Bunch Raisins
# 2 pounds 25c
Old Fashioned Buckwheat 5e pound
Coca Cola in bottles s 5c bottle
Arcadian (linger Ale 25c quart bottle
kfi • 66 “ 5c glass
A good Cigar 2 for 5^
3 “ v*
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Many thanks to my friends and cus
tomers for past patronage, and solicit
ing a continuance of same, I am,
Yours Truly,
...J. D. MARTIN. Jr...
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Ready-to-wear Clothing. Our aim
for years has been to present
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An inspection of onr tine will
convince you that we have reach
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