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■vtwamirrr ¥MB *-'M PBIOE, 31.60A YEAR-, IN ADVANCE. Published Every Thursday Morning. &>o.Et. JtOOUES, Editor and Publisher Perry, Thursday, May 1. Farmers are killing grass now; they’ll be saving grass later. w-» The man who flings mud can’t avoid having dirty hands occasion ally. There is no need of any frills or flounces in the gubernatorial cam paign. ... *-.*•-« -- t Nothing cau better serve Georgia than increased interest in practical education. Emphatic censure may not be pol itic for a candidate, but it is right, if not unjust. The new Atlantic & Birmingham Railroad is scheduled to enter Mon tezuma by August 20th next. »_•_* The newspaper that is extremely partisan does not materially help the candidaoy of its favorites. »-•-* The target practice of Georgia atate troops will be at Maoon this year, probably in July or August. Sumter county democrats will nominate candidates for county of fices and the legislature on May 6th. Should there be a deadlock in the state convention, Pope Brown might be considered au available “dark horse.” The annual Episcopal convention of the diocese of Georgia will be in session at Augusta on the 14th and 16th of this month. S Ebtill, Guerry and Terrell have been introduced as "the next governor of Georgia.” Surely some body has made a mistake. • It is believed the negotiations now pending for peace in South Af rica will be successfully concluded within a very short while. ■ -*• * ———• .«• In Sumter county there will be an election on the liquor question next August. The sale of liquor is now prohibited in the county, —~~—■■ ■ Iff it is right to consolidate the primary vote of a county, a state senatorial district and a judicial cir cuit, why should not the vote of the atate primary be consolidated? Iff the trusts don’t becorn heavy and fall by reason of the own weight, they will sooner or lat- •®ar fall because of the exceeding great weight of popular indignation. £ It is not certain that the candi date for governor who enters the atate convention with the largest number of votes will receive the nomination. He most get at least a majority! ■ President Roosevelt has officially informed Gen. Fred Funston that must quit talking for publication • about Philippine affairs. The talka tive general is also informed that it as out of order for au army officer to publicly criticise a senator. ■ It is said that Gen. Miles may be ••sent miles away from Washington, in order that the President and Sec retary Root may serenely manage the war department as they will. The suggestion is that Gen. Miles will be sent to Europe to investigate for eign methods of army equipment and management. At the recent primary in Macon county the following gentlemen were nominaled: For representative, J. E. Hays; for clerk superior court, 0. A. Powell; for sheriff, T. E. Moffitt; for treasurer, 0. A. Greer; tax receiver, D. W. Kleckley; ’tax collector, W. C. Johnson; surveyor, L. C. Cheeves, coroner, J. T.. Robinson. —_— It is fanny, but it seems to be true, that the bonded debt of a modern corporation is its cash capi tal. Reports from New York say that the bonded indebtedness of the United States Steel Corporation is to> he increased to $550,000 { 000. Perhaps the men who pay now for these bonds may some day have ex perience instead of money. The Next Gotten Crop. Two Years Hence. Naturally the paramount interest! A combination of circumstances of southern farmers is devoted to, r eQ der it advisable, , the cotton crop, as from that prod-1 to m “ k8 m announcement that may net much the largest amount of appear premature to some people. ready money is derived. This year the conditions surrounding and con trolling the preparation of the land and the planting have been unusual, and almost throughout the cotton growing states the planting has been unavoidably delayed two weeks or more. We doubt if even a satisfactory guess can be made concerning the relative acreage planted, but the general opinion prevails that a full crop per acre cannot be reasonably expected. As opinions of interest on this line, wo reproduce the following from the Macon Telegraph: “The general opinion of the sup ply merchants and warehousemen of Macon is that the cotton aoreage this year will be about 5 per cent, less than last. Some of the farmers have increased their acreage because of the present tempting prices that prevailed since the spring season opened, but a great many have been compelled to go out of business be cause of the failure of last year’s crop and the decrease in prices at the time the staple was being brought into market. It is said that less than one-half the number of small mortgages have been written this year, as compared with last, and this is taken as an evidence that many of the negroes who tried to farm for themselves last year have closed out and will work for some body else this year. “ 'It will be the costliest crop in my thirty years’ experience as a warehouseman,’ said Mr. 0. B. Wil lingham, in discussing the prospects for the crop now in the ground. ‘Corn is high, meat is highland ev erything is against the man who cannot run his own place. Acreage does not mean yield. Many may plant and then be compelled to abandon or neglect the crop. The man who is obliged to do work for his neighbor to get provisions to feed the family is allowing his own crop to suffer.’ “But it is said that those win.' have planted wheat and oats and have raised enough meat to run their own farms are in clover, so to speak. “ 'I know one county in Georgia,’ said a traveling man yesterday, ‘where the merchants are constantly in debt to the farmers, instead of the farmers being always in debt to the merchants, and may be there is not abundant prosperity in that county.’ ” I have been so frequently asked the question, “Will you be a candi date for ordinary in the next cam paign?” that I have decided to give a general reply through The Home Journal. It is now my intention to be a candidate for ordinary in 1904, and don’t think I will change my mind Directly after the nomination for county officers two years ago, Judga Sam T. Hurst declared to me, and to others, that he would not again be a candidate for the office of ordi nary. For the friendliness for myself specifically expressed in that decla ration, I thanked him then, and again thank him now. I desire to say, however, that he need not, so far as I am concerned, consider that declaration as a sacred promise, if he has changed his mind in the premises. Two years hence, if mental, phys ical and financial conditions do not prohibit, I will be a candidate for the office of ordinary of Houston county. Hopefully, Jno. H. Hodges. The Confederate veterans’ reunion in Dallas, Texas, last week was the most notable affair of the kind ever held in the south. The visitors out numbered the citizens of the city nearly three to one, yet there were comparatively few just causes of oomplaint. Over 70,000 visitors lived in tents during the reunion, and about 20,009 free meals were furnished daily. The number of visitors was estimated at About 150,000. The enthusiasm and hos pitality were unbounded. Gen, John B. Gordon was unanimously re elected cOmmauder-in-chief of tho United Confederate Veterans, and the next annual reunion will bo held at New Orleans. Low Rates via Central of Georgia Railway. Improved Order of Red Men, Americus, Ga., May 13-14, 1902. Tickets will be sold at rate of a fare and a third on the Certificate plan for the round trip (minimum rate 76 cents) from all ticket stations in Georgia. Grand Commandery Knights Tem- pla of Georgia, Savannah, Ga., May 14-16, 1902. One fare for round trip (minimum rate 60 cents) from all ticket stations in Georgia for in dividuals. One cent per mile trav eled fur bands in uniform, twenty or more on one ticket. Tickets on sale May 12-13, with final return limit May 18, 1902. Grand Lodge I. 0. O. F., Atlanta, | Ga , M ly 27-20, 1902. One fare for j t!i« round trip (minimum rate 50cts) | from ail ticket stations in Georgia, rickets on sale for afternoon trains May 26, all trains May 27, and for trains scheduled to arrive at Atlanta during forenoon of May 28, with fi nal return limit May 30, 1902. Georgia State Educational Asso ciation, Tybee, Ga., June 19-21, 1902. Tickets one fare for round trip (minimum rate 60 cents) from all ticket stations in Georgia. Tick ets on sale J une 17, 18, 19, with fi nal return limit June 23, j902. For" further information ask the ticket agent. As a friend of Mr. Guerry,we pro test against the proposition of Rev. Sam Jones to start a band wagon in the interest of Mr. Guerry’s candi dacy for governor. The regulation band wagon is a vehicle filled with men who blow and brass horns. A circus parade always follows a band wagon. We do not desire victory “in a horn,” nor do we want any thing in the campaign that is sug gestive of “sounding brass and tink ling cymbals.” Please let the band wagon stay with the circus. In the intercollegiate oratorical contest at Atlanta last week, the first prize was awarded to Noel W. Grant of the North Georgia Agri cultural College at Dahlonega. Sid ney Hather of Mercer Universiay received second, and third was ac corded Sam Johnson of the State University. There were two other contestants, Alfred C. Broom of Emory and Oharles H. Kicklighter of the State School of Technology. From across the waters comes the report that the color question is ag itating the labor unions and the pol iticians in Australia. From the Chenango (N. Y.) Amer ican we reproduce the following item showing a remarkable increase in one family. The residence of this lady is in the home county of Post master Bough ton of Perry, Ga.: “Mrs, James McGowan, aged 24, of Tucker’s Corners, Ulster county, April 13th gave birth to five chil dren, all girls, and report says all were doing well. Her other children are a son and a pair of twins.” *-*-4 Laxative Chocolates cure chronic constipation and liver trouble. Pleas ant to take. Purely vegetable. Guar anteed, at Cater’s Drugstore. Senator Money of Mississippi cut a street car conductor in Washing ton laBt week while the conductor was ejecting the senator from the street car. Arrests and court trials followed. The altercation grew out of a misunderstanding about a trans fer. $100 Reward, $100. i paper will be pleased to ;least c The readers of this learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu tional disease, requires a constitutional treat 1 ment. Hall’s catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of. the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the pa tient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollar^ for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address. F. ,T. CKKNY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggist s, ”5. Hall’s Family Fills are the best. - -$1.25 PER GALLON. - - ■Send for Private Price List and mention this: • Paper. , j ! Write: WINSTON SIS. CO., Win# on, N. Oil | LOWEST PRICED WHISKEY HOUSE. ] People Neel Shoes are hereby notified that Mr. J. Henry King is again with the STRONG SHOR CO, 368 Second Street, MACON, GA., where he will he glad to see, and serve his friends. Mam 0BBBMS will receive prompt and careful attention. Subscribe for thi Home Journal, WE PROPOSE TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR Good and Stylish Shoes. In style, quality and price we propose to give satisfaction in Shoes for Men, Women and Children. If the kind or size you want is not in our stock, we’ll take your order and have it promptly and satisfactorily filled. KNOX HYGIENIC SHOES FOR MEN, The Shoes for Comfort, furnished to order. Unequaled for comfort, as they are made to fit the feet.i. If you want SOLID COMFORT in Shoes, get a pair at the SEIFERT SHOE STORE, FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA. We Aire Heady With our Spring lin; of CLOTHING. Everything New. Send us your orders or call to see us. MACON, GEORGIA. WHEN RIPE FOR THE HARVEST, YOUft GHAIN NEEDS THIS MACHINE. The best on the market. I also sell Reapers, Binders, Mowers, Rakes; in fact all of D. M. Osborne’s Harvesting Machinery, and Harrows of every description. I make the best Flour and'Meal on the market. If you want anything I sell, write me and I’ll come to see you. A. J. HOUSER, Eva, Ga.