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jOEtlN HODGES, Pr opr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE. $1.50 a Year in Advance. VOL. XXXT. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1902. NO. 15. eggs and dairy products. Macon Telegraph. Bradstreet’s has been collecting some figures from the census re ports on the production of dairy products and eggs in the United States, which will be of interest to our Georgia farmers, and which ought to stimulate a greater in terest in these things on our farms. These statistics show that of the 5,739,657 farms in the Unit ed States, 4,514,210 report dairy cows and dairy products,[and that in 1899 the total dairy product had a valuation of $472,869,255. Of the farms reporting dairy cows and products 857,578 were classed as dairy farms, having derived at least 40 per cent, of their gross income from dairy products. The number of dairy bows was 17,189,- 674. The receipts from dairy products sold aggregated $281,- 629,958 and products consumed on the farms were valued at $190,- 789,297. There were produced from the dairy cows reported a total of 7,266,392,674 gallons of milk, an average of 424 gallons per cow. Of this milk 2,134,915,- 842 gallons were sold, for which the farmers received $184,842,292. The farmers also report the sale of 20,768,662 gallons of cream,for which they received $8,838,776. Farms numbering 8,617,440 re port the manufacture of butter and 15,670 report the manufac ture of cheese. The farms report ing butter manufactured 1,071,- 745,127 pounds, of which 518,139,- 026 pounds were sold, for which the farmers received $86,606,446. Farms reporting cheese manufac tured 16,872 830 pounds, of which 14,692,542 pounds were sold, for which the farmers received $1,- 842,444. In regard to the output of eggs these reports show that of the 5,- 789,657 farms in the United States,5,096,255 reported poultry. The total number of fowls three months old and over reported were as follows: Chickens, includ ing guinea fowls, 288,598,085; turkeys, 6,599,876; geese, 5,676,- 868; ducks, 4,807,858. The num ber of nearly all these classes of poultry are smaller as reported in 1900 than in 1890, owing to the fact that in 1890|they reported all fowls of whatever age, while in 1900 only those three mouths old and over were reported. The eggs produced in 1899 were 1,293,- 819,186 dozens, against 819,722,- 916 dozens in 1889. An increase in the number of eggs', produced, rather than an increase in the number of different kinds of fowls, marks the progress of this branch of industry. The value of poultry on hand June 1, 1900, was $85,794,996; the value of poultry raised in 1899' was $186,891,877, and the value of eggs produced in 1899 was $144,286,158. The total income derived by the farmers from their poultry industry in 1899, representing the total value of the eggs produced as well as the poultry raised, was $281,178,- 035. This total makes the poul try industry of the largest con uected with agriculture. > The foregoing figures do not include any statistics.on poultry and eggs raised outside of the farms and ranges. . THE SCHOOLS OF THE SOUTH. Atlanta Constitution. The Philadelphia Press is but one of a score of inflqential north ern journals that rejoice with sin cerity and sympathy in the ef forts that we of the south are making to improve our education al systems. The Press encour ages the idea that those who are seeking chances to employ their surplus means and philanthropy in fallow and fertile fields should turn their eyes to the south and help a people who are doing so sensibly to help themselves. But not only from the north come the words of cheer for the new forward movement. The press of the southern states show that the desire for effective, prac tical schools is as wide-spread as the section itself. There is a growing feeling that the past thirty years of experiment have been enough to teach us that our need is for a broad, well-taught aud well-equipped system of com- HlJn schools. These should not be merely the limited primary schools that initial a long sysfem of graded grammar, high and col legiate schools that culminate in a university course and degree. We must understand from the start that we are making schools for millions of children who will never be able to go beyond what can be taught them under those local roofs. Their necessities will compel them to graduate from the rural school house into the fields, the shops and the other bread-winning work of their gen erations. ' . That they may obtain' the best education for their limited time and future needs our common schools must be uncommonly well devised-and taught. We must make them work shops as well as book shops. The children must be taught how to put objects to gether as deftly as they put let ters together to build words.Their neighborhood reeks with materi als that are of tremendous teach ing value. And the wisdom that can devise a course of study that will teach the children of the soil how to till the soil and to under stand tbe process and powers of the plants it produces is the sort of wisdom we need to-day in the planning and propagating of the southern school system. TOBACCO HABirS. Composition By Susie Jones, a Pupil of the Henderson School. Tobacco is used in various forms such as chewing smoking, etc., but I consider none of them commendable. Physiology states “that tobacco used in any form is very injurious.” Why do we form such habits when we know there is no real good effect? We geuer- erally form such habits in child hood. It is then they are easily formed, but in after life, they have us so completely under their control that it is impossible for us to get away—-and consequently our lives are very much shorten ed. Habits of drinking and to bacco using go hand in hand. It is a habit in its effect next to drinking. The diminutive chain of the cigarette is seldom heavy enough to be felt until .it is ,too strong to be broken. Smoking cigarettes is beyond controversy the most heinous dissipation, having a tendency to injure the body, mind and soul. You can more easily avoid suoh habits than you can conquer them. God has been good enough to make it just as easy to form good habits as bad ones. Therefore let us strive to not form any habits that are not improving. A Raging', Roaring Flood Washed down a telegraph line which Chas. C. Ellis, of Lisbon, L., had to repair. “Standing waist deep in icy water,” he writes, “gave me a terrible cold and cough. It grew worse daily. Finally the best doctors in Oak land, Neb., Sioux City and Omaha said I had Consumption and could Not live. Then I began using Dr. King’s New Discovery and was wholly cured by six bottles.” Positively guaranteed for Coughs, Colds and all Throat and Lung troubles, Price 50c and $1.00, at Holtzclaw’s Drugstore. / A VALUABLE MEDICINE. For Coughs* and Colds In Children “I have not the slightest hesi tency in recommending Chamber Iain’s Cough Remedy to all who are suffering from coughs P or colds,” says Chas. M. Cramer Esq., a well known watch maker of Colombo, Ceylon. “It has been some two years since the City Dispensary first called my at tention to this valuable medicine and I have repeatedly used it and it has always been beneficial. It has cured me quickly of all chest colds. It is especially effective for children and seldom takes more than one bottle to cure them of hoarseness. I have persuaded many to try this valuable medi cine, and they are all as well pleased as myself over the re sults.” For sale by all dealers in Perry, Warren & LoweRyron. The Remarkable Story of Miss Stone. The first authoritave article on the remarkable experience of Miss Ellen Stone, the American Mis sionary, will be contained in the May number of the . Woman’s Home Companion,with heretofore unpublished pictures. The au thor is the Rev. Dr. James L. Bar ton, corresponding secretary of the American Board of Foreign Missions, which organization took foremost part in securing her re- lease from the Bulgarian brigands, He tells in a graphic and thrilling manner of the events which led up to Miss Stone’s captivity, the awful fate which threatened her, how the ransom for her release was raised, as well as the state meat of the curious part the af fair played in the diplomatic his tory of the world. It is an ai*' tide of more than ordinary inter est. — Saved Many a Time Don’t neglect coughs and 'colds even if it is spring. Such cases often result seriously at ’ this sea son just because people are care less. A dose of One Minute Cough Cure will remove all dan ger. Absolutely safe. Acts at once. Sure cure for coughs, colds croup, grip, bronchitis, and other throat and lung troubles. “I have used One Minute Cough Cure sev eral years,” says Postmaster C. O Dawson, Barr, 111. “It is the very best cough medicine on the market. It has saved me many a severe spell of sickness and warmly recommend it.” The children’s favorite. Holtzclaw’s Drugstore. Oom Paul Kruger never lacks for a Scriptural quotation. When the Boers were routed in battle some time ago ho exclaimed, “Whom the Lord loveth He chas- teneth.” When the death of his arch enemy, Cecil. Rhodes, was announced,he replied, “The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, Blessed be the name of Lord.” the To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quiniy,, Tablets. All druggists reMF 1 . 0 -^ money if it fails to aJ; W. Grove.’s signature on e" Jii box.25c. The war tax repead bill, it is es timated, will reduce the revenues $70,000,000. The taxes come off on July I next, except the tax on tea, which is retained until January 1st, 1903. The tea tax raises about $4,000,000. A factory at Magdengburg for making fodder for, cattle by dry ing the leaves heretofore wasted by beet sugar makers has proven a’financial success. CASTOR! A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough Bears the Signature of Are Ton Satisfied With the Shoes that you have been getting? If you are, you will be better satisfied if you will try 1 a pair of Mak-oxis New styles now on sale. All leathers— Kid, Patent Kid or Russian Calf, Oxfords - ■ , t or High Cuts. Call on or send your orders to The Macon Shoe Go. BOOKS AND STATIONERY For HOLIDAYS and aU other days. M?il or ders prompily filled, CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. T. A. COLEMAN, * Bookseller tin cl Stationer, 808 Second Stbbet,! MACON, GA Weber, Brown, Russell and Thornhill Wagons cheaper than you ever bought them before, to make room and re duce storage and insurance. MACON, GA. 1 W. SHINHOLSER, MACON, GA C. HUHiK, 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. • - MACON, GEORGIA- ■; 1 wM ©twin® Itii At $L50, $1.75 $2 and $3 I>er Gallon, DIRECT TO CONSUMER, SAYING} MIDDLEMENS’ PROFITS. All Express Charges paid by me on all packages of TWO GALLONS or more. Terms, cash, with order.. Send yonr order and write ior Descriptive Circular off Wine?- and Brandies, t References, the Comomeciai Agencies, or aup Merchant Here. J. H. WOOLLEY, Clierryvillc. N, 0.