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I [ ; f cmcnaa-iLi JTOSW H. HODGES, Propr. DEVOTED TO HOWIE INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE. *SU.£5© a Year ■ Advance. • YOL. XXXT. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, OA., THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1902. NO. 21. PRESENT DAY CONDITIONS. The young practical man of to day working at the bench or coun ter, to whom the fair goddess, Fortune, has not' yet beckoned, may be disposed to conclude that it is impossible to start business in this age. There is something in that. It is, no doubt, infinite ly more difficult to start a new business of any kind to-day than it was. But it is only a difference in form, not in substance. It is infinitely easier for a young prac tical man of ability to obtain an interest in existing firms than it has ever been. The doors have not closed upon ability; on the con trary, they swing easier upon their hinges. Capital is not re quisite. Family influence, as be fore, passes for nothing. Real ability, the capacity for doing things, never was so eagerly searched for as now, and never commanded such rewards. The law whioh concentrates the leading industries and commer cial, mercantile and financial af fairs in a few great factories or firms contains within itself an other law not less imperious These vast concerns cannot be suc cessfully conducted by salaried employes. No great business of any kind can score an unusually brilliant and permanent success which is not in the hands of prac tical men pecuniarily interested in its results. It has been usees sary for me to watch closely most of my life the Operations of great establishments owned by hun dreds of absent capitalists, and conducted by salaried officers.Con trusted with these I believe that the partnership conducted by men vitally interested and owning the works will make satisfactory divi dends when the corporation is em barrassed and scarcely knows up on which side the balance is to be at the end of a year’s opera tions. The great dry goods houses that interest their most capable men in the profits of each department succeed, when those fail that en deavor to work with salaried men only. Even in the management of our great hotels, it is found wise to take into partnership the principal men. In every branch of business this law is at work and concerns are prosperous, gen erally speaking, just in proportion as they succeed in interesting in the profits a larger and larger proportion of their ablest work ers. Co-operation in this form is fast coming in all great establish ments. The manufacturing business that does not have practical man ufacturing partners had better supply the omission without de lay, and probably the very men required are the bright young me chanics who have distinguished themselves while working for a few dollars per day or the youths from the polytechnic school.— Andrew Carnegie’s “The Empire of Business.” PALESTINE FOR THE JEWS. Old Soldier’s Experience. -M. M. Austin, a civil war veter- en, of Winchester, Tnd., 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. A thing is never worth while doing if it does not do us some distinct good, if it does not make us better* whether spiritually, mentally or 'physically. —Ladies’ Home Journal. Macon sews. It is said upon Jewish authori ty, that the Jews scattered over the world Jwill soon begin negoti ations to buy Palestine, and that once more *they will inhabit the famous birth-place of their race. Only a few years ago the Holy Land was untouched by the haucl of modern progress; and it was averred, that if one of the Proph ets had returned to earth, he could have looked upon the scenes of his earthly career and been able to recognize them. But American progress has been at work lately, and in a few years of the “rapid improvement” that is being carried on now the country will have lost its oriental charac ter. The railroad from Joppa to Jerusalem was the wedge that en tered the Holy Land, and now the railroads are running up and down the valley of the Jordan. The sigh of the wind among the olive leaves is drowned in the clang-clang of the trolly car, and the electric light has dimmed the moon light, shining on the ripples of Kedron. Jerusalem is fast being modern ized. It seems a pity that one quaint old world spot might not be untouched by the modern times that we could see it always just as it was when Jesus walked its streets. But progress will not have it so. Electric lights, tele phones, telegraphs and railroads now belong to up-to-date Jerusa lem. One can ride around to his toric places in trolly cars, which add to the conveniences of sight seers, while detracting somewhat from the charm that hovers over Bethany, Bethlehem, The Sea * of Galilee, Nazereth, and all the “land where the Master trod 1” The Jews are very much inter ested in the movement to secure control of the once fertile valleys of their ancient home. Should they do so, it would not be long before the Wandering Jew would turn his face homeward, from every clime, and the riches of these descendants of the patriach fath ers would revolutionize Palestine sure enough. The Holy Land would one e more be the home of the Jews, “flowing with milk and honey,” as in days of old! -«*-<»♦- All Eyes On Texas. Great is Texas. Her vast cot ton crops and. marvelous oil dis coveries amaze the world. Now 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 Gbstinate 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. O-<>-»>■ Not Troubled By The Trusts. “How does the Beef Trust af fect you?” some one asked Broth- Dickey. “Hit don’t tech me,” was the reply—not even in the spar’ribs. Es fer me, I is what you call ‘a philosophy,’ en I kin live on fish, en chickes, en eggs, en collards; en de water-millin’s season is ez dost ter me ez a man I owe Mon ey ter—so dost dat I kin hear de juice a-droppin’ in my dreams!” WHY NOT R AISE OUR OWN BEEF. Augusta Herald. The increasing high price of beef that makes it an almost un attainable luxury to the working classes, and the difficulty of ob taining beef at any price from the South, should encourage, as the enterprise has never before? been encouraged, the raising of beef cattle in Georgia for home consumption. As has been frequently asserted through the columns of the state press, we have every natural facil ity for raising cattle, and there is no reason why we should not se cure beef first hand superior to that which has to be shipped such great distances. Many of our farmers are going into the fruit-growing business, so many that the thousands of car loads of peaches they rraiee during a successful season fail to sell for enough to bring in a very gener ous profit for *bhe small grower, whose returns are hardly more than enough to cover the heavy annual expenses, the amount of whioli only peach-growers them selves can comprehend. The out lay necessary for beef-oattle rais ing can hardly be very much greater, while the diseases that attack the animals are not nearly many as those attacking the trees, and the slighest change in atmos pheric Conditions is not nearly so disastrous to animal as to plant life. What our farmers want to do is to learn to be more independent, and not think that because their neighbor’s success lies in one di rection their own necessarily lies exclusively, there. Never before in the world’s history has then been so great a demand for diver sity of industries, and of all things grown and raised, and the wise man is he who will ocoupy himself not with what everybody else is doing, but with that the world wants done speedily and well. To Care 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. Subscribe for The Home Joornat.. SMITH’S NERVE RESTORER. This medicine is guaranteed to cure all cases of Nervous Prostration caused by overwork. It is a true Nerve Tonic and restores Nervous Vitality or Loss of Manhood. It will not only relieve these nervous troubles and weaknesses, but will restore them to fnll vigor and man hood. Guaranteed. Sold by Dr. R. L. Cater. The railroads have declared that they do not want old men and even at 35 a man has outlived his youthfulness. This is bad enough, but now comes the cry from the Methodist Episcopal conference iu the state of New York that the church is being lumbered up with old men and that congregations demand young preachers. It is hard now to get them to take a veteran. This is a new applica tion of the age limit and when it attacks the very pulpit itself what are we going to do?—Ex. -OS***. Dangerous If Neglected. Burns, cuts and other wounds often fail to heal properly if neg lected and become troublesome sores. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve prevents such consequences. Even where delay has aggravated the injury DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve effects a cure. “I had a running sore on my leg thirty years,” says H. 0. Hartly, Yan- keetown, Ind. “After using many remedies, I tried DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. A few boxes healed the sore.” Curas all skin diseas- Piles yield to it at once. Be es. ware of counterfeits. Drugstore. Holtzclaw ! s The spring clean-up of gold in the Klondike is estimated at $80,- 000,000, which will be a very com fortable addition to the world’s supply of the yellow metal. This clean up will be the greatest in the history of that artic gold field and indicates that it will furnish a permanent source of supply. CASTOR i A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough! For HOLIDAYS'and aW other days. Mail or ders promptly filled. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. T. A. COLEMAN, Boolcweller and Stationer, 803 Second Stkeet, MACON, ©A OXFORDS... * Men’s Oxfords, 12.00 to $5.50 Ladies’ Oxfords, 1.00'“ 3.50 Boys’ Oxfords, 1.25 “ 2.00 Misses Sandals, 1.00 “ 2.00 Child’s Sandals, 80c. “ 1.25 Infants’ Sandals, 50c. “ 1.00 We have these Oxfords in all leathers and We can please you. ; ; * MACON SHOE i • , • CO. 408 3rd Street. The above is a cut of the ■VTTIL.CA.3r PLOW The best Steel Plow on the market. Sold by V- C. BALKCOM, Ag-’t., Macon, Ha. u© aintei: Bears the Signature of WBEfi Weber, Brown, Russell and Thornhill Wagons blieaper than you ever bought them before, to make room and re duce storage and insurance. ma g c a on ’ |l. W. SHINHQLSER, MACON, GA