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VOL. XXXT.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA.., THURSDAY, MAY 15,' 1902.
moh men and poor men.
THE B SlTTLE OF LIFE.
NO. 20.
St. Louis Republic.
Thoughtlessly envious persons
w ho may be resentful of the ease
with which Mr. J. Pierpont Mor
gan has earned a fee of $12,500,-
000 by means of a few pleasant
conferences, resulting _ in the
shipping consolidation, in reality
have no reason for this envy and
resentment.
This wonderful New Yorker,the
Midas of his century, has reached
a point in the game of money
making where money has ceased
to stand to him for the content
ment and happiness and independ
ence which it represents, even in
moderate amounts, to the aver
age man, In the witness stand
recently, you will remember, he
testified that a financial transac
tion involving something over
$80,000,000 did not impress him
os being a large transaction. He
seemed rather bored, indeed, in
discussing so trivial a matter.
As far as the pleasure and com
fort of life are concerned, the man
who is safely making $5,000 a
year and living sensibly and pro
perly within his income is a happier
man than Pierpont Morgan. His
health is better, his mind is less
weighted with frets and worry ings,
his soul is more tranquil and in
finitely more wholesome, his days
and nights are saner and sweeter-
than those of the great champion
in the money game. He gets the
good out of existence because he
has not surrendered all the better
part of himself to narrow ambi
tion. A pleasant book, a clean
play, his hours of home relaxa
tion, his communion with friends
are things sacrificed by the overly
ambitious or avaricious man—and
they are the dear things of life
whose place Cannot be filled by
STICK TO ONE THING.
The $12,500,000 recently made
by Piermont Morgan has no real
significance to him. The sum is
merely so many more dollars ad
ded to a stock already so large
that the relish of possession is
destroyed. Envy of Morgan or
others of his kind is utterly un
called for. If .anything, these
men in their secret souls envy the
poorer man, whose zest fur living
and loving and laughing and be
ing friendly and helpful and. com
radely has not been lost because
of a striving for great riches in
the way of gold. There is noth
ing more worthless than money
when a certain point of acquire
ment has been passed.
A plant to be healthy, robust
and strong must face and endure
the elements. It needs the rain
and the sunshine and to,be blown
by the winds says the Ocala Ban
ner.
To be hid away from the rays
of the sunlight; to be sheltered
from the rain and dewdrops; to
be barricaded against the light
ning and the winds, the plant will
live a sickly life and finally per
ish without ever unfolding its
beauty, its fragrance or its
strength.
As it is with the plant so it is
with man.
To develop liia full strength,
to possess his full powers,he must
overcome vicissitudes, endure dis
asters, face dangers, be acquaint
ed with sorrows; and to achieve
success he must make an uphill
fight.
To win success without a strug
gle, except in rare instances, is to
win it without honor and it will
be no pleasure to him.
A man who has endured the
pangs and heartaohes of poverty
is in a better position to enjoy
the blessings of riches and better
prepared to act the philanthro
pist.
Difficulties may intimidate the
weak, but they act only as a stim
ulant to the strong and the daring
—to the man of pluok, determina
tion and resolve.
Experience shows that impedi
ments thrown in life’s pathway
are overcome by good conduct,
zeal, activity and a determination
to stand up against misfortune,
and through the winter of discon
tent and outrageous fortune, fight
one’s way to the bursting sun
shine of glorious summer.
Who are men who have moved
the world to sublime heights in
art, in literature, in statesman
ship in religion and in war?
It has been the men who have
fought from the bottom to the
top. It has been those who have
faced perils and overcome misfor
tunes.
The enthusiasts of the world are
the world’s builders, men who
have thrown their whole souls in
to their work—Martin Luthers
and the Loyolas.
Like a Drowning- Man.
“Five years ago a disease the
doctors called dyspepsia took such
hold of me that I could scarcely
go,” writes Geo. S, Marsh, well-
known attorney of Nocona, Tex.
“I took quantities of pepsin and’
other medicines but nothing help
ed me. As a drowning man grabs
at a straw I grabbed at Kodol. I
felt an improvement at once and
after a few bottles ■ am sound and
well.” Kodol is the only prepa
ration which exactly reproduces
the natural digestive juices and
consequently is the only one which
digests any good food and cures
any form of stomach trouble.
Holtzclaw’s Drugstore.
cot-
dis-
Now
A lady member of the Astor
family is credited with the state
ment that in order to be a gentle
man it is necessary to have a col
lege education. That is a discour
sing estimate, for a great many
men who are deservedly distin
guished did not go through col-
®ge, and a number of men got
ihrough college without being
tonspicuously educated, reflects
the Washington Star.
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 r box.25c.
All Eyes On Texas.
Great is Texas. Her vast
ton crops and marvelous oil
coveries amaze the world,
follows the startling statement of
the wonderful work at Cisco, Tex.,
of Dr, Kings New Discovery for
consumption. “My wife contract-
a severe lung trouble,” writes edi
tor J. J. Eager, “which caused a
most obstinate cough and finally
resulted in profuse hemorrhages,
but she has been completely cured
by Dr. King’s New Discovery.”
It’s positively guaranteed for
Coughs, Colds' and all Throat and
Lung troubles. 50c and $1,00.
Trial bottles free at Holtzclaw’s
drugstore.
“The only way for a man on a
salary to make a success of life,
financially and otherwise, is to
stick to one thing,” saida depart
ment employee to a Washington
Star reporter. “Twenty years
ago I had plenty of energy, a lit
tle money and a huge stock of
ideas. I determined to become a
power in the money market and
as a starter dabbled for six months
or more in stocks, at the expira
tion of which time I came to the
conclusion Jay Gfmld knew more
about such things than I did.
That experience cost me $4,000.
I soon became convinced that I
was cut out for a druggist, and
straightway invested $2,000 in a
pharmacy. Cut rates were un
known in those days, and in a
short time I was doing well, but
one day I read of a prominent
lawyer receiving $25,000 as a fee
for some case, and instantly I be
came imbued with the idea that I
would make a lawyer. I neglect
ed my drug business to such an
extent that in two years I was
$500 to the bad. In the mean
time I read law diligently. Af
ter a time I graduated as a full-
fledged disciple of Blackstone and
hnng out my shingle. Business
not coming my way as fast I
thought it should, I opened a
small hotel. Result, $1,800 in
the hole.
“Then I tried my hand at real
estate, my legal training helping
me greatly. But the same old
story will have to be recorded
here—failure. By this time my
money was nearly, all gone. What
to do next was the all-absorbing
question. One day a friend con
vinced me that big money could
be made out of chickens. I in
vested every cent I had left, $1,-
200, in hens. At the end of six
months I sold, out my hennery
for $800. And then I got a gov
ernment job and here I have been
ever since. Shortly after my ar
rival in this town I purchased a
little laud in the northwest sec
tion. That investment has yield
ed me a very handsome return,
and I am now thoroughly satis
fied that the only thing for a man
on a salary to do is to either put
a little each month in some good
savings bank or invest his surplus
in land or bricks and mortar. Re
member one thing, that this is an
age of specialists. Stick to one thing
make a success of it, and maybe
one of these days some big trust
company will offer you a princely
salary for your knowledge. A roll
ing stone gathers no moss, nor
money.”
The State Department at Wash
ington has twenty-five negroes on
its pay roll; the Treasury Depart
ment, 210; the War Department,
fourty; the Postofhce Depart
ment, thirty-four; the Navy De
partment, twenty-five; the De
partment of the Interior,two-hun
dred. Eleven negroes hold ap
pointments in the consular ser
vice and one-hundred & sixty-eight
are employed in the goverment
printing office.
Sciatic Rheumatism Cured After
Fourteen Years Of Suffering.
“I have heed afflicted with sci
atic rheumatism for fourteen
years,” says Josh Edgar, of Ger
mantown, Cal. “I was able to be
.around.but constantly suffered.-1
tried everything I could hear of
and at last was told to try Cham
berlain’s Pain Balm, which I did
and was immediately relieved and
in a short time cured, and I am
happy to say it has not since re
turned.” Why not use this lini
ment and get well? It is for sale
by all dealers in Perry, Warren &
Lowe, Byron.
Old Soldier’s Experience.
M. M. Austin, a civil war veter-
en, of Winchester,
Ind., writes:
‘My wife was sick a long time in
spite of good doctor’s treatment,
but was wholy cured by Dr.King’s
New Life Pills, which worked
wonders for her health.” They
always do. Try them. Only 25c
at Holtzclaw’s drugstore.
It is predicted that the price of
cattle will never again get back to
the price at which they were sold
a few months ago. If this is so,
it is but another reason why the
farmers of South Georgia should
give their attention to the .cattle
industry.
For Infants and Children.
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