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DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE With the Shoes that you have been getting? If you are, you will be better satisfied if you will try a pair of now on sale. All leathers' Sv JOHN H. HODGES, Propr. iTOL. XXXI, PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1902. \ >mp “OLD MAIDS.** jchool Composition by Eva DuPree of Ben Hit * Academy. It seems Yery odd for us to look back upon tne alteration inthought md opinioniwhich has taken place in the last fjew centuries of the world’s history. In the rough and warlike times ffomen were very proud to get a safe asylumi for their daughters under a husband’s roof, and hur ried them into marriage at the earliest date. In those times a girl of fourteen or fifteen years of age was very popular; a woman’s charms seem to be less attractive now than they were in those times. At twenty-two a girl was said to be losing her attractions and growing old, and a girl who passed nine teen without coming a wife was considered past all hopes of mar riage. An early marriage was' an absolute necessity in those times. When our grand-mothers were young, even the was considered the “Old maids first corner,” and if they reached thirty, a still more unappropriat ed blessing, her case was looked upon as hopeless. Now-a-days we have wonderful ly changed all this. Early mar riages are looked upon with dis favor, and year by year the mar riage years grow later. This is partly due, no doubt, to the fact that men are less able to support their wives till they approach middle age; but another thing is that the typical old maid is now dying out. Unmarried women of uncertain age are sometimes the most de lightful members of which society boasts. They are bright, good- tempered, amusing and full of in terest, and ire very often the most popular companions of young meu, At thirty a beautiful woman is often but just approaohing the time when she will be very much admired. At forty and forty-five, if she has good temper,she is still in her prime, and is called a girl in society, plays tenuis, dances, and flirts if she be so inclined. In fact the ✓ girl of seventeen, just entering society, has not a chance beside her with most men, for who will not turn away from the gentle little person with-noth ing to say for herself to the in telligent, sympathetic woman of the world who knows just how to amuse and please them. Women dress in gay colors and this makes them appear young. Yes/all things have changed, and the term, “Old Maids,” seem to be dying out of the language. — ><>■ «-t> ' Night "Was Her Terror. “I would cough nearly all night long,” writes Mrs. Chas. Apple- gate, of Alexandre, Ind., “and could hardly get any sleep.. had consumption so bad that if I walked a block I ^vould cough frightfully and spit- blood, but when all other medicines failed three $1.00 bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery wholly cured me and I gained 58 pounds.” It’s absolutely guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, Bron chifcis and all Throat and Lung Troubles. Price 50c and $1.00 Trial bottles free at Holtzclaw’ Drugstore. CHEERFULNESS. School Composition by HalHe Homingway, Pu- pil of Perry Public Shool. TO SPEND MILLIONS IN GEORGIA It is the duty of everybody try to be chee'rful. Cheerfulness has a good influence upon them, and everyone with whom they come in contact. Anyone with a cheerful disposition gets along better in the world than one who is always gloomy or depressed. The admonition to “Rejoice with those that do rejoice and weep with those that weep,” is al most universally practiced as to cheerfulness. ♦ I have seen a number of people who seemed to be in a melancholy mood, then some one of a cheer ful,happy disposition would come in, and soon all would be in a happier mood. Cheerful people are always lov ed on account of the pleasure conveyed to those with whom they associate. Cheerfulness always conveys the age twenty-fivelidea of health) happiness and a "kind disposition. While melan choly is unattractive, making a disagreeable impression on those, coming in contaot with it. Cultivating cheerfulness is en nobling, making us brave in ad versity and giving us strength to rise above the influence of disa greeable circumstances. Considering that there is so much to be gained and nothing to be lost by being cheerful, we should strive to cultivate cheer fulness. ■»»»■ Posibilitie3 of Corn. Valdosta Times. One of the most interesting fea tures of a recent Farmer’s Insti tute was the discussion of corn. It has been discovered that corn can be bred for different purposes, much as trees can be bred for dif ferent purposes. It is well-known that a dozen varieties of apples may be grown upon a tree by budding and graft ing, that horses may be bred for trotters, runners or draft at pleas ure ; and that cattle may be bred for beef or milkers. It is now promised to breed corn that is full of oil for fatten ing purposes; full of starch for starch making and full of alcohol for the distilleries. This will be done by carefully selecting the seed that have the largest percent of the quality de sired. When this is done there will again be a careful selection of the best seeds for the second seeding, and so on through a se ries of years. The result will be that in" a few years the corn will be very strong in the qualities re quired. This is a new departure. Here tofore corn was simply corn. The main idea in seeding being the se lection of deep kernels and small cobs, to get as big a yield as pos sible. It is a great step in advance in scientific farming. Atlanta Constitution. NortheBn capitalists, proposing to to build towns and otherwise de- Salome Angel’ to the “Boys,” Mrs. Rebecca Foster, the late “Tombs in New York/used to say 1 police reporters, “it’s only a poor girl that’s gone wrong, and you know that notoriety ‘in he* case will undo one-half of what I can do to put her right again. Leave it out, won ? t you?” and in a ma jority of instances she had her way, How are you, anyway? Dr. Cald well’s Syrup Pepsin .is a perfect lax-, ative. Sold by Druggists, Working 24 Hours A Day. There is no rest for ( those tire less little workers—Dr. King’ New Life Pills. Millions are al ways busy, curing Torpid Liver Jaundice, Biliousness, Fever and Ague. They banish Sick Head ache, drive-, out Malaria. Never gripe or weaken. Small, taste nice, work wonders. Try them 25c at Holtclaw’s Drugstore W- The Duke of Marlborough is be lieved to be the possessor of the costliest painting in the world Raphael’s “Blenheim Madonna,’ painted in 1507 and now valued at $350,000. , velop largo tracts of real estate iu Georgia have applied to the supe rior oourt of Fulton couuty for a charter for a $5,000,000 corpora tion. The working oul of the contemplated plans means the ex penditure of millions of dollars in this state and sirbstantial im-i proveinent in various sections. The corporation is to be known as the Georgia Lumber and De velopment Company. The incor porators are Charles Barry, Mich ael Jacobs and Charles W. Phil lips, all of New York State. They are wealthy and extensive real es tate dealers and have decided up on Georgia as an inviting field for increasing the scope of their business. The application for the oharter was filed by Attorney Charles A. Read. The company is to begin busi ness with a capital of $5,000,000, but the incorporators ask the privilege to increase that amount to $10,000,000 by a majority vote of the stockholders. According to these figures the development process is to be conducted on a mammoth scale. Already the capitalists have in vaded the state and expended many thousand dollars. They have purchased a tract of several thousand acres in Emanuel coun ty, in the southorn portion of the state. It is their intention to make other large purchases of real estate in other sections and they will probably begin carrying out these plans in a short time. The land is to be developed in different ways. The main idea, however, is to divide it into lots, ereot houses and build towns. It may be that factories and other enterprises will also be establish ed. The capitalists are seeking the most favorable parts of the state and it is expected that thriving and -prosperous towns will spring up and that they will be able to induce large numbers of people to become inhabitants of these new towus. It is likely that definite steps will be taken toward devel oping the Emanuel county land as soon as the charter is granted. It is stated that 10 per cent of the capital stock has already been paid in cash. The stock is divid ed intc 50,000 shares of $100 each. Clerk Arnold Broyles, of the supeiior court, stated that the charter is the largest ever filed in Fulton county. Lagrippo Quickly Cured, “111 the winter of 1898 and 1899 I was taken down with a se vere attack of what is called La Grippe,” says F. L. Hewett, a prominent druggist of Winfield, III. “The only medicine I used was two bottles of Chamberlain’s Ceugh Remedy. It broke up the cold and.stopped the coughing like magic, and I have never , since been troubled with Grippe.” Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy can always be depended upon to break up a severe cold and ward off any threatened attack of pneu monia. It is pleasant to take, too, which makes it the most desira ble and one of the most popular preparations in use for these ail ments. For sale by all dealers in Peary, Warren & Lowe, Byron. —■ 1 The principal rubber port is now Manaos, on the Amazon,Para having taken second place. New styles Kid, Patent Kid or Russian Calf. Oxfords or High Cuts. Call on or send your orders to The Macon Shoe Co. McKAY, TAILOR, con. <3-a,-, MAKES ALL THE PASHIOITABLB Tailor-Made Clothes WoLN BY THE XDB323 0 BUT of Central and Southern Ga. Artistic and High-Grade Work. ; Fashionable and Seasonable Fabrics. OTailox, 309 Second St., MACON, GA. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s signature on each box.25c. C. HUHN, DEALER IN SPORTING GOODS.! Bicycles, Baseball Goods, Fishing Tackle, Guns, Pistols, etc. Hand some Specialties, Pocket and Table Cutlery, Mechanics’ Tools. Repairing of Guns. Bicycles, Etc. 520 MULBERRY ST. • - MAGON, GEORGIA 33L. L... -GROCERIES AND COUNTRY Cor. Second and Poplar Sts., MACON, ytiheY MX OTEKt WOVEN WIBE Mm ’Isn For Infants and Children. The Kind Yon Have Atwafs Bought Bears the SSgotrtwwef Made of large, strong wires, heavily, galvanized Amply provides for expansion and contrac- tew*' tion. Only Best Bessemer steel wires used,-always of uniform quality. Never goes wrong no matter how great a strain is put on it. Does* not mutilate, but ^ does efficiently turn * cattle, horses, hoga and pigs. / poinui 22MD *P" am.\ •> 6 IK. I 4 4IH. ms EVERY ROD OF AMERICAN FENCE GUARANTEED by the manufacturers, Cull and wee It. Can show yon how it vill f save yon money andfjfeuco your fields bo they will stay fenced.