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JOHIV H. HODGES, Propr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS. PROGRESS AND CULTURE. #1.50 a Ye ax* in Advance. YOL. XXXT. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1902. NO. 23. HOUSES BUILT UPON THE SAND. WHEN TO MARRY. ENGAGEMENT WITH PATIENCE. Valdosta Times. Much has been said of the au dacity of man in building his home in spots so dangerous as the slopes of Mont Pelee have proved themselves to be. Yet, says the Providence Journal, all history affords illustrations of the forgetfulness with which the race erects its dwelling places on the sites of the most dreadful catas trophes. Vesuvius still smokes over peaceful Naples. Lisbon rises, beautiful and imposing, where a “convulsiou of nature” once brought unutterable fright and desolation. The Japanese still crowd the coasts of their tide- swept islands and the Chinese huddle along the banks of the Ho- ang-Ho. It is not two years since Galveston was overwhelmed by flood, yet a new Galveston is be ing built cn the dangerous site of the wreckage and the people of the city are ready to take their chan ces of a simila disaster in the fu ture. There is absolutely,nothing to prevent a second tidal wave from the Gulf, yet the city pur sues its daily task, apparently unafraid. Men in hazardous enterprises continue in them, because they offer something more than a liv ing wage. Manufacturing pro cesses that require the constant inhalation of noxious gases or dan gerous dusts pay high prices for labor and have no difficulty in ob taining recruits. We live in un sanitary houses, with death and disease staring at us from every corner, and yet shudder at the fine audacity of peopls who are willing to spend their days be neath the curling smoak of a long- smouldering volcano' 1 . ... The fact is that in the less healthy districts of the crowded cities of the United States, where ventilation is bad and drainage deficient and disease germs are abundant, a man is exposed to greater risks than the dwellers on the islands of the West Indies. Oil in Georgia. Capt. A. F. Lucas, discoverer of the Beaumont, Texas, oil wells, former Austrian army officer and wealth prospector, is quietly at work in Georgia, and has reason to believe that he will strike gushers as valuable as those in Texas. Capt. Lucas is at Folkston, in Charlton county, and if all goes well, will make the tests early next week that will determine whether his judgment on the sub ject of oil lands has gone astray. So certain is he that the soil around Folkston is oil land that he has leased in the neighborhood 20,000 acres and has ordered ma chinery to be used in boring the trial wells. Folkston is about twenty miles from the Okeefeenokee swamp and attracted the attention of the Texas oil king some time ago. He went to the place without disclos ing his identity and went quietly to work looking over the gronnd That he discovered satisfactory figns of oil is shown by the fact that he closed a lease for the land and ordered the necessary ina chinery shipped at once.—Morn ing News, At what age should a man mar ry? The anther of that clever book, “How to be Happy, Though Married,” was asked this question the other day, and replied that it all depends upon the man, says the Philadelphia Times. “Some men are more fitted for matrimo ny at 25 than others are at 85. 'if marriage, however, be postponed after this last figure a man is likely to get into what may be called the habits of celibacy-,from which, as from other bad habits, it is hard to break away. In this habit of celibacy he will continue until he is about 60 years of age, when a great desire will come over him to try what matrimony is like just before he dies, and he will propose right and left to everything in petticoats, until at laBt be picked up, not for him self, but for his money or for his position,or because someone is tir ed of being called‘Miss”and wants the novel sensation of writing ‘Mrs,’ before her name. “An old man told a friend that he wanted to marry before he died, if only to have some one to close his eyes. ‘Perhaps,’ sug gested the friend, ‘you will get some one who will open them. ’It is not natural for a young girl to wish to marry an old man. A father said to his daughter: “Now when it is time for you to marry I won’t allow you to throw your self away on one of the frivolous young follows I see around.I shall select for you a staid, sensible, middle-age man. What do you Bay to a man about 50 years of age?” “Well, father, replied the girl, ‘if it is just the same to you; I should prefer two of 25.’ “Perhaps the best advice ,one could give a young man in this matter is to say: “Wait until you cannot wait any longer.’ ‘Wait, that is to say, until she— that not impossible she—comes with a smile so sweet and manner so gracious thaD you cannot wait any longer, then marry, and you may be happy ever after 1 As to the age at which women should marry, I am afraid of burning my fingers with that question. All I 'shall say is that if some women are not worth looking at after 80 years of age there are quiet as many not worth speaking to be fore it. Let a man please him* self, but let him not marry either ajchild or an old woman.” Augusta Herald. It was merely a chance remark oaught in a crowd of passers-by, but it afforded much food for thought. “What are you going to do to morrow?” some one asked. “I have an engagement with Patience for the whole day,” was the reply. How well it would be for all of us if we oould and would make an engagement with Patience for the whble summer. There is probably nothing mor6 conducive to heat and general discomfort than fretfulness and impatience and never is it so difft* cult to be calm and collected and superior to all signs of irritation than when the murcury coquets with the hundredth degrree of temperature. We have a long hot summer be How To Avoid Trouble. Now is the time to provide your self and family, with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is almost certain to be needed before the summer is over, and if procured now may save you a trip to town in the night qt in your busiest season. It is everywhere admit ted to be the most successful med icine in use for bowel complaints both for children and adults. No ' mily can afford to be without it. For sale by all dealers in Per ry, Warren & Lowe, Byron. An Englishman recently asked an up-to-date American this question: ‘ ‘ What would you peo pie in the United States do if we landed an army of 250,000 Brit ish soldiers on your shores to day?” The American replied caimly: “We’d bury them to morrow.”—Thomasville Times Enterprise. My little son had an attack of whooping cough and was threat ened with pneumonia; but for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy we would have had a serious time of it. It also saved him from sever al severe attacks of croup.—H. J Strickfaden, editor World Her ald, Fair Haven, Wash. For sale by all dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byron. many other summers far i disagreeable than this one is to be. The burning days and the restless nights stretching between the first of June and the first of October, we are tempted to think interminable, but with only a lit pass pleasantly enough. Yes, Pa tience is a most desirable ac quaintance at this season. What the Factories Do. are manufacturing States; richest cities are manufactfa cities. The richest communil not the one which produces most crude material suitable manufacture, but the one w! converts that material into s there is a demand. Tlie South produces annually about '9,000,000 bales of cotton, worth in round numbers about $800,000,000. A bale of this cotton converted into ordinary cotton goods should be worth three times as much as the raw lint. That would make the cotton crop worth $900,000,000 instead of $800,000,000.—Wil mington Morning Star. A Rich Beggar. There died in New York city a day or two ago an aged beggar who for ten years had been osten sibly peddling pencils but really begging around the Grand Cen tral depot and in the Murray Hill district. When he began begging, according to the information, he was actually a pauper, but when he died he was the owner of prop erty valued at $10,000 besides having a neat little bank account. When one doles out almstd a pro fessional beggar on the streets there is no assurance that the money is not going to one much better off in this world’s goods than the giver.—Ex. Most of us can sympathize with the man who,upon being told that He was mistaken, his tooth was not aching, it was only his imagi nation, requested the dentist to pull out his imagination, then. If imagination mades us miserable, it is just about as bad as reality — Ex. A number of counties have al ready announced their intention of making exhibits at the state fair. Valdosta is hustling for the success of the fair, and it prom ises to be the biggest and best thing of the kind ever held in the state. Stops the Cowgh and Works off tfiie Gold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cures a cold in one day. No cure, No pay. Price, 25 centB. The peope who are perfectly satisfied with themselves are the ones who make the photographers rich. 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 full vigor and man hood. Guaranteed. Sold by Dr. It. L. Cater. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tlw Kind Yoa Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of For HOLIDAYS and aM other days, ders promp'ly filled. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED or- OKFORbs >■■■ $2.00 to $5.50 Men’s Oxfords, Ladies’ Oxfords, 1.00 “ 3.60 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 • / alljfteathers and we can please you. MACON SHOE CO. 408 3rd Street. T. A. COLEMAN, Bookseller and Stationer, 80S Second Stkeet, MACON, GA Men’s Spring and Summer Suits. Our Suits are garments of surpassing excellence, well worthy of a place in any man’s wardrobe. They are made of the most fashionable fabrics by skilled tailors, producing stylish suits which fit and look welL at prices from R. L. CHEEK & CO., THE M0HEY-SAV1H6 ST0RB, 410 Third Street. MACON, GEORGIA Weber, Brown, Russell and Thophill Wagons cheaper than you ever bought them before, to make room and re duce storage and insurance. J. W. SHINHOLSER, MA e° A 0Nl