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..< .iw.imminr iii rWumiCT ms M&ax Jovasm ;&iob, 31.30a ms, m advance. Published Every Thursday Horning. Jno m Itonc+ns. «dttor and Publisher Perky, Thursday, January 28. Progressive prosperity plentifully pleasos people. . • - • - *-• -+ A. new street railroad is being con structed in Macon. It is said Col. Terrell will an nounce for governor this week. Our people cannot afford to per mit politics to interfere with their business., Grumbling about conditions is not in any degree an element of progress or prosperity. *♦ o-’* Georgia farmers can, if they will, determine who shall be the next governor of Georgia. ► O -4- . • - Five companies of Georgia state troops will be dibanded, and seven others are on probation. ■* * -• Rumor says Boykin Wright of Augusta will bo appointed attorney general when Terroll roBigns. ► -« * It is said President Roosevelt and the U. S. Sonate are not "making love” either to other just now. **■**•« The congressional campaign is on in (ho tenth district, Hardwick of Wilkes vs, Fleming of Richmond. ► d ^ An earthquake in Mexico last Thursday killed 800 people, injured many others and destroyed much property. <C •+ J*he political campaign has open ed in Macon county, and live candi dates for office have placed their an nouncements in the Montezuma Rec ord. - ►-* t '' At Savannah two former U. S. senators are now judges—Judge Pope Barrow of the superior court, and Judge T. M. Norwood of the city court. -**«*.. In Bibb Superior court last week a five of $100 was imposed upon Molly Buvgamy, keeper of a disrep utable house, for selling liquor with out license. Another big trust has been or ganized. In New York the United States Oigar Manufacturers’ Compa ny was incorporated last week, with a capital of $7,000,000. — It is reported from Loudon that Kruger and other Boer leaders are willing to make terms of peace in South Africa upon terms other than complete Boer independence. - - - Tiie southerners in congress cor rectly pvotest against the proposed bill to permit the admission of .Con federate veterans of army and navy into the homes for federal veterans. • -«• The first volume of The Common er, Hon. W. J. Bryan’s paper, will be condensod and bound in book form and subscribers can get the condensed volume o,ud The Com moner one year for $1.25. The survey of the Albany & North ern railroad line has been completed from Oordele to Hawkinsvillo, and the business men of Hawkinsville are again talking about building the road from that city to Grovania, in Houston county. Hon. Walter E. Steed of Taylor county will be a candidate for speak er of the Georgia Houso of Repre sentatives if he returns to the legis lature to represent his county. Mr. Steed has served ably and faithfully in both House and Senate, and would admirably fill the position he Mr. Schwab, president of the steel trust, is in Europe, and has felt con strained to deny t)ae reports that he recently indulged in sensational gam bling.at Monte Uarlo,the most noto rious gambling resort iu the world. The reports of his gambling for largo stakes were widely published, and whether true in detail or not, he is well fitted for the role, as he is the president of a gigantic corporation that is continually gambling with the confidence and money of other people unjustly obtained. The New Labor Contract Law. There was enacted at the last ses sion of the Georgia legislature a la bor contract law intended to remedy the evils consequent upon the lack of system prevailing in hiring farm laborers, etc. There was ft law against the vio lation of contracts by laborers, ten ants and cropperB, but its evasion was so easy that the law was practi cally without force or benefit. The new law is specific, and if ad hered to strictly in written contracts the confusion aud trouble heretofore existing may be avoided. The law contain^ four sections, and several paragraphs. For the benefit of our farmer read ers we give below the salient points of the law: Section 1st provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to em ploy, furnish lands for cropping or rent lands to any other person who had already contracted to another for either purpose, unless written consent is obtained from the em ployer, landlord or landowner, as the case may be, with whom the first contract was made. Section 2nd provides that any person violating a contract as above outlined can be prosecuted for a misdemeanor by the person alleging to have been injured, and upon con viction punished as provided in sec tion 1089 of the penal codo of Geor gia. Or ho may be held liable for damages in a civil suit. In case of employer and employe, tho damages shall not be less than double the amount of wages agreed upon. Iu case of landlord and tenant, or crop per, the damage shall not be Igsb than doublo the rental of the land rented or cropped. In defense, the person hiring or contracting with a party already un der contract, may be relieved from penalty or civil liability by showing that the employe, tenant or cropper lmd forsakou his first contract for legal cause. Or tho defense will bo good if the employe, tenant or crop per, prior to making the contract in question, makes a written affidavit before a qualified .officer that he was not at tho time specified under con tract with any other person for a liko purpose. In case tho laborer, tenant cr cropper makes a false affidavit that he \yas hot under contract, then he must bo discharged, or displaced, awl it will bo unlawful for any per son whatever, other than tho person first contracted with, to give him employment, or make any farm con tract with him. All the provisions of this law are bused upon a written contract duly attested, setting forth in specific terms the purposes of the agreement. —- ■■■■■ ■ ■ The State Normal School At Athens begins^ its new session Tuesday, February 4th. Courses in Academic and Professional Subjects Domestic Arts ard Sciences, Art Ed ucation, Manual Training and the Handcrafts, Phys ; ological and School Hygigne. Two additional teachers in tho faculty for tho new year. Tuition-free. Dormitory expenses $20 per term of ten weeks, payable in advance. Dormitory room limit ed to 200. It is well to apply at onoe. E. C. Branson, President. ► — -- The United States government will be officially represented at the coronation of King Edward of Eng land as follows: Whitelaw Reid, of New York, special ambassador; Gen. J. H. Wilson, representative of the' army; Capt. O. E. Clark, of the Ore gon, representative of the navy. There will be three secretaries, J, P, Morgan, Jr., and E. L. Baylies, of New York, Win. Wetmore, of Rhode Island. The selections were made at a cabinet meeting on the 14th inst. The Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlan ta, Ga., has inaugurated an agents’ contest for the months of January and February, 1902. They are go ing to divide among their agents §100 in cash to be paid on the first of March, $50 being the first prize.- In December they gave $100 to fif teen agents. For terms and infor mation address The Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga. For The Soldiers’ Home. it has been ascertained that there is not enough money available to re build the Georgia Soldiers’ Home at Atlanta with brick, It is" desirable that tho new structure shall, be of brick, and the trustees have deter mined to raise the necessary amount by popular subscription, and $500 from each congressional district is asked for. Capt. J. H. Martin, of Hawkins- ville, trustee for the third congres sional district,, has requested the ed itor of the Home Journal to receive subscriptions in Houston county. Therefore, we are ready to accept dud forward all subscriptions from Houston people who are inclined to assist in rebuilding the Georgia Sol diers’ Home. A record will be kept and the trustees will publish officially the names of all subscribers, and the amounts subscribed. Houston’s pro rata share fof the amount desired would be about $50, if all tho other counties in the 3rd district pay in like proportion. All subscriptions received at the Home Journal office in person or by letter will be duly acknowledged. The recent failure of G. H. Phil ips, the "Grain Monarch” of Chica go, for $60,000, again illustrates the fact that the buying and selling of futures is tbq most reprehensible kind of gambling. The sale of fic titious commodities'should be pro hibited by law. Low Kate Excursion Tickets. Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola, via Central of Geor gia Railway. Tickets on sale- Feb ruary 4tk-10tk inclusive. For fur ther information apply to nearest agent or representative of this com pauy. Excursion Rates to Charleston, S. C., via Central of Georgia Railway. The Central of Georgia Railway will sell low rate excursion tickets to the South Carolina Interstate and West ludian Exposition at Charleston, S. O., and return from all coupon tick et stations on its lines from Decem ber 1st, 1901, to May 31st, 1902 Superior schedules, sleeping and parlor car service are offered via Sa vannah'and Plant System. For full particulars apply to your nearest agent or representalive of this company. A Deep Mystery. It is a mystery why women en dure backache, headache, nervous ness, sleeplessness, melancholy, faint ing and dizzy spells when thousands have provod that Electric Bitters will quickly cure such troublos, "I suf fered for years with kidney trouble,” writes Mrs. Pliobo Charley, of Peter son, la., "and a lame back pained me so I could -not dress myself, but Elec tric Bittors wholly cured me, and, al though 73 years old, I am now able to do all my housework.” It over comes constipation, improves appe tite, gives perfect health. 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This wonderful remedy is known as “Shu4'~ fleisthe Guairauteeil CutiirrliCliire” and is sold at the extremely low price of One Dollar, each package containing in ternal aud external mediciue sufficient for a full month’s treatment and every thing necessary to its perfect use. "Snuffles” is the only perfect Ca tarrh Cure ever made and is now rec ognized as the only safe and positive euro lor that annoying and disgusting disease. It cures all inflammation quick ly and permanently, aud is also wonder fully quick to relieve Hay Fever or Cold iu the Head. Catarrh when neglected often leads to Consumption—"S si iiftflcs” will save you if you use it at ouce. It is nolordiuary remedy, but a complete treatment which is positively guaranteed to cure Catarrh iu any form or stage if used according to the directions which accompany each package. Don’t delay, but seud for it at ouce, and write full particulars as to your condition, and you will receive spe cial advieo from the discoverer of this wonderful remedy regarding your case without cost to you beyond the regular price of "Snaffles” the “CUiamii- Seetl Catarrh Cure.” Seut prepaid to auy address in the United States or Canada on receipt of One Dollar. Address Dept. C478, Edwin B. Giles"* Company, 2330 and 2332 Mar ket Street, Philadelphia Subscribe for the Home Journal. $1,500 Cash Contest for Agents FHOIVT January 1st to April 10, 1902. Splendid Offer for First Quarter of the New Year. We want 20,000 active subscription agents from Virginia to Texas* We want these men to work carefully every locality and to push the circula tion or The Atlanta Constitution beyond any point it has yet reached. The regular commission is always allowed. Each subscription carries Its own pay and it is a cash transaction in every case. We have no ‘•\vrUe-me- a-letter-from-lumio" oflpfrs, no endless chain to catch the unwary!*but a bona fide sum to be paid for your list, accotding to the position‘it has in the contest. We allow agents an estimate in whatever premium contest we may have, one for each yearly subscription according to the terms of the, offer. This Ssthe Great Offer.. niiaw—inmnnns evirvMSwt.rw»• • »•'»«ngMwrw*»»i.fwrwonVA>»mima»rTrnM»iigrw»ii 1st. For the highest list from any agent from January 1 to April 10, 1902' $4G0 2nd. For the next highest list from any agent for the name period.:..' 200 3rd. For the next highest list from any ngbnt.... .. ICO 4th. For the next highest list 75 5lh. For the next highest list .... 60 6th. For the next highest list (after the above are awarded) from each state, viz: Virginia. North Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, Florida. Alabama. Mississippi. Louisiana. Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Indian Territory and Oklahoma (these last two being considered as one), $29 each, by 12 240 19th. For the ten next highest lisle, $10 each, by 10 j,... IOO 29th. For the twelve next highest lists, $5 each, by 12 GO 41st. For division among all agents riot securing nny of the above prizes, who send 20 or more names, pro rata according to the lists they may send 250 Total $ ,500 This offer thus guarantees a prize to every agent who sends a list of 20 or more names, ranging from tho pro rata amounts of the distributive prize to $100.00, guarantees a prize of at least $20.00 to every southern state, and offers a full and free competition to every one, everywhere. No restrictions are placed upon commissions or club offers, and free privilege to enter the premium contest for every yearly subscriber you may furnish. We have never made a fairer proposition'a nd we always carry out to the letter every otter we make. We want every postmaster In the south to put in for these prizes. We want good agents everywhere who will get out among the people and hustle for new business, and yet who will look aftei all renewals fot us. BOTH KEW AMD RENEWAL SUBSCRIBES;-] SJC-UMT. If you lose a man off your club get <two more. to take his place, losing ono occasionally will thus help you to build up your list. Many who have to go over'their own and adjoining counties on their busi ness can take The Atlanta Constitution along as the best side line. Tax collectors, rurul route mail carriers, nurserymen, country doctors, farmers, cr any other well-informed, reputable citizen who has a wide acquaintance in ills locality could take prizes from this list and make their customary commission besides. Special-Combination Offer. All combination subscriptions received for The Atlanta Constitution and The Sunny Soutli iclll miinf /«•«. in H1I3 contest. , One'for each paper. This does not apply to Sunny Amth'subscriptions received alone,* but only to subscriptions for both import- to be sent upon one order. This is done to em phasize the clubbing offer with the south's great Literary Weekly and to place The Sunny South in every home covered by the genial sunshine tjjat suggests Its name. Our otters are in cash. Wo do,not include any sewing machines, bicy cles, pianos. Jewelry or any other article at a high valuation. Everybody knows what the money is worth and the prizes will be paid promptly. They know Tho Constitution and want and will take It almost for the asking. You aslc them and see. If you-have not already an agent’s outfit, send for one. We furnish sam ple copies and blank stationery free, The time Is short. Tho news of_the period coveted by th* contest will bo of greatest Interest, and we want you to go to work. .It is possible for you to make $400.00. $300.00, $100.00 or $50.00 besides your commission. Write for agent’s outfit with full particulars. Address all orders to The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. KEEP POSTED CONCERNING:— lioiiBlon CGumj Mimm BY READING The HOME JOURNAL. THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM. AVg strive to make the paper, a. welcome visitor to every household, thereby deserving’ patronage. Subscription Price $1.50 a Year. Liberal reduction for cash one year in advance. Subscribe now. JNO. H. HODGES I Editor and PubFr. 1 ■—- Perry. Ga. *