The Home journal. (Perry, Houston County, GA.) 1901-1924, May 15, 1902, Image 1

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JQHN 11 ’ HODGES » Prppr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CUtVWRE. #1.50 a, Year in Advance. 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. The Kind Bears the Signature of For HOLIDAYS and a»l other days. Mail or ders promptly filled, CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. T. A. COLEMAN, Bookseller and Stationei.% 808 Second Street, MACON, ©A OXFORDS... Men’s Oxfords, $2.00 to $5.50 Ladies’ Oxfords, 1.00 << 3.50 Boys’ Oxfords, 1.25 if 2.00 Misses Sandals, 1.00 <( 2.00 Child’s Sandals, 80c. (l 1.25 Infants’ Sandals, 50c. cc 1.00 We have these Oxfords in all leathers and v/e can please you. MACON SHOE CO. 408 3rd Street. "VTJX.G-A.IEsr FLOW The best Steel Plow on the market. Sold by . 1 M. C. BALKCOM, Ag’t, Macon^ Gil. Weber, Brown, Russell and Thornhill Wagons cheaper than you ever bought them before, to make room and re duce storage and insurance. mm ■i- J. W. SHINHOLSER, MACON, GA