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’Me Mmjvm ?&1SB, Si.50 A Y3AR, IN ADVANCE. ■?ublishod Every Thursday Morning. Jno .H.XEODGES, Editor and Publisher Perry, Thursday, June 12. Judges and soliciaora should not be elected by popular vote. In pursuance of the peace agree ment, the Boers in Soutli Africa are surrendering their guns and muni tions of war. — Ex-President Kruger of the South African Republic says he will not re turn to tlie Transvaal/ but will stay in Holland the remaindtr of his life. — ; — — Hon. W. E. Steed of Taylor coun ty is confident he will be elected speaker of the House of Representa tives of the next Georgia legislature. Hon. Whitjslaw Reid, special en- V6y of the United States v to attend the coronation of King Edward of England,reached London last Thurs^ day. Tub Georgia State Educational Association will be in annual con vention at Tybee three days next week, Thursday, Friday and Satur day. ** ~ —*• — *"*• There has been a revolt against Hanna rule in the republican camp of Ohio, and concerning that row it is said there will be a clash between Roosevelt and Hanna. ►--•-4 — In the anthracite coal region and the two Virginias the miners’ strike includes 170,000 men. At Wilkes- barre, Pa., J. Piei'pont Morgan was burned in effigy last Saturday. • |— A threatened uprising of vicious negroes near Meridian, Miss., was prevented by determined white men with Winchester rifles, and the lead ers of the proposed race war were arrested and placed in jail. — - Several of the leaders in the last legislature were defeated in the pri mary last Thursday. Among them is State Senator Roland Ellis of Bibb, who was regarded by his friends as the winning candidate for speaker of the next House of Repre sentatives. Several days ago a woman was dismissed from the civil service at Washington because she criticised in a newspaper article a speeoh re cently delivered^ by President Roosevelt. It seems that with the auministration and tbo republican party might makes right. KOM If the result of the primary for governor indicates anything clearly, other than the personal preference of the voters, it is that the question cf the sale of liquor should not be made an issue in party politics. It is and should remain a question of personal preference and conscience. Eight tholisand dollars have been subscribed to the Georgia Soliool of Technology to meet the donation of $10,000 macjo by the General Edu ction Board bn the condition that a like amount be given by the State, or by friends of the soliool. Within a f,ew days the full amount will, no doubt, be subscribed. > |— As a deliberate protest against the “unjust treatment of {Admi ral Schley and Gen. Miles by Pres ident Roosevelt, Gen. Miles will, by invitation of the Republican City Council of Philadelphia, be the ora- ntor of the day in that city on the. fourth of July next, and Admiral' Sohley will be a guest of honor. The state fair premium list has been issued, the fair to be held at Valdosta from October 29 th to No vember 9 th, inclusive. All agricul tural exhibits must be of Georgia production, and for the best county exhibit a premium of $1,200 will be given. Second, third and fourth best county exhibits will receive $800, $300 and $200, respectively, while the next ten counties will receive $150 each. Best individual -exhibit of his own farm products will get $150, and the next best $100. All through the list the premiums are liberal, and explicit. Great prepa rations are being made, and hopes are entertained that it will be the best agricultural fair ever ^before held in Georgia. The Voice of the People. Last Thursday the people of Georgia by ballot declared their preference for- governor, state house officers, judges, senator, congress men, legislators, solicitors. As one of the candidates was out spoken in favor of state prohibition by legislative enactment, it is claim ed that his signal defeat is a posi tive declaration against that issue, and in favor of local option. On this line it is claimed that the re sult makes local option on the lq- uor question a democratic principle, and that it should be so incorpora ted in the platform by the state convention that will assemble at the state bouse in Atlanta on July 2nd. We do not argue with this propo sition, and insist that;the liquor issue island should remain a question of personal preference, and Bhould not become a principle, or policy, of party politics. The primary did disblose a fact, however, that should cause a change in'one of the rules governing the democratic state primary. It was disclosed by the returns that in several of the counties the pluralities, for the su'ccessful candi date for governor, and others also, wore exceedingly small, in many oounties less than fifty, and in sev eral less than ten. Thus with a plu rality of five or six, not a majority, the entire vote of a county will be cast in the convention for a candi date who received less than half the votes in that county. While Col. Estill carried more counties and gained more delegates than did Mr. Guerry, the popular vote of Mr, Guerry was much great er than that received by Mr. Estill. It transpires that this is not at all likely to change the result with ref erence to Mr. Terrell,butit does illus trate the faot that uuder the present system of Using each county as a unit, the convention might nomi nate for governor, or any other Btate offico, a candidate who had not received near half of the votes cast in the state for that office. The purpose of the state prim'in is to show the choieo of the demo cratic people, not the choice of tuy oounties, and that choice can best be shown by*a consolidation of the en tire vote of the state. In that way the choice of the several counties for their officers is shown, and a plan that is best for a county should be best for the Btate. The State Nomination. Friday morning, the daily papers contained practically the result of the primary nomination of Thurs day throughout the state. Of the 137 counties, the vote of 79 were given Mr. Terrell for gov ernor, 35 counties for Estill and 23 for Guerry.' Iu the convention the vote by delegates will be: Terrell 19G; Estill 86; Guerry 68. Whatever the controling influence may have been, the nomination has been voted to Terrell,'Sand Georgia will have another good governor. For Secretary of State, Comp troller General, Attorney General State Treasurer, and two associate justices of the supreme court, there was no opposition and in the order named the following gentlemen were nominated by practically the full vote. Philip Cook, W. A. Wright, J. C. Hart, R. A. Park, Samuel Lumpkin, Andrew J. Cobb. Commissioner of Agriculture, O* B. Stevens defeated Colonel Nes bitt by 340 to 10 delegates. For State School Commissioner, in the convention the vote by dele gates will be Merritt 202, Glenn 76, Johnson, 62. For Prison Commissioner the con vention vote will be, Eason 252, Williams 98. Senator Clay was nominated by practically the full vote, as was Judge Felton in this cirouit, and Hon. E. B Lewis in this congress ional district. In the tenth congressional dis trict Fleming was defeated by Hardwick. Four counties gave 12 votes to Fleming, and seven coun ties gave 16 votes to Hardwick. In the Macon judicial circuit So licitor Wm. Brunson was nominated over Messrs. Robert* Hodges and Walter J. Grace. In Houston his plurality was 344 and in Crawford 184, while in Bibb Mr. Hodges re ceived a plurality of 39 votes. Mercer University Commencement. Dr. B. H, Carroll of Waco, Texas preached the commencement ser mon on Monday evening, June 2d. The annual debate between the lit erary societies was held Tuesday evening, the question being State prohibition against local option. The Ciceronian society, represented by A. C. Pyle, W. M. Johnson and M, L. Keith, discussed the affirma tive. Tlie Phi Delta Society, rep resented by N. L. Stapleton, J. F. Wood and H. S. Hertwig, discussed the negative. The Ciceronian won the decision. Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock Gov. Jennings of Flori da delivered the literary address. He was introduced by Gov. Candler of Georgia. Ex-Gov. ftorthen was present and Gov. Jelks of Alabama was expected to he present, but was detained at the last moment by offi cial duties. Mercer has a number ofggovernors among her graduates. Wednesday evening in the alumni gymnasium the annual alumni ban quet was held, with more than 100 graduates present. The occasion was a delightful ones Thursday morning, June 5th, 10 o’clock, the regular graduating exercises were held in the college chapel. Judge Emory Speer, Dean of the Law Faculty, delivered the Baccalaure ate address to the law class, and Pres, P. D. Pollock to both gradu ating classes. The secretary, at the close of the exeroises, announced the re-election of all the faculty, both literary and law. This was greeted by applause. He stated that the growth of the institution was highly satisfactory to the trustees. He call ed attention to the fact that in 1898 the endowment was only $138,000, but in 1902, in the report of the treasurer they had just had before the board, the endowment was $268,000, making an increase of $130,000 in four yeavs. The enroll ment of the students was larger than ever before, amounting io 270. O. H. E. Thanks to the Voters. Mr. Editor—Allow me space in your valuable paper to thank the people of Houston county for the magnificent vote I received for tax collector in the recent primary. 1 desire to assure those that helped me, and worked so hard for my elec tion, that my heart goes out to them with the most grateful thanks and appreciation any man could feel. I shall never get through thanking them, and can never repay the many courtesies and compliments since the election. To those who saw fib to \ote against me, I have this to say: I shall not think hard of any man in the county, as I think every man should have the right to cast his ballot according to the dictates of his own conscience, and that no man has any right to complain. I know I had a lot of good, true friends that supported the other mar, and as he is a man worthy af their help in every respect, I can’t complain, but only trust that when the elec tion comes off in 1904 they will not be so situated, and that they will see that I am taken care of. Again thanking one and all, and assuring Mr. Murray that I had as soon be defeated by him as any man in the county, I am, Yours very truly, J. W. Rushing. President Roosevelt is investi gating the coal minei*’ strike, in the hope of a settlement. Low JRates via Central of Georgia Railway. Georgia State Educational Asso ciation, Tybee, Ga., June 19-21, 1902. Tickets one fare for round trip (minimum rate 50 cents) from all ticket stations in Georgia. Tick ets on sale June 17, 18, 19, with fi nal return limit June 23, j $02. For further information ask the ticket agent. It is believed President Roosevel will vi§it Macon next October, dur ing the session there of the Farmers National Gongrees. State of Ohio, City of Toledo / Lucas County. J ss Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the city of Toledo, county and state aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DODLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HAiii.’s Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. (. .) A. W. Gleason, | seal. | - - Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, Send for testimonials, free. Address. F. J, CHENY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. A The Strong Shoe Co. wishes to announce to its friends and cus tomers that they have again as sociated with them MR. J. EE MR Y KIMQ, who will he tickled to death to see you at our store. A line by mail will receive his most careful attention. Strong Shoe Store, J. R. HOLMES, Prop’r., % FOOT COVERERS TO ALL MANKIND. M. C. BALKC0M, Ag’t., -DEULER IN- HARDWARE, STOVES, CUTLERY, Guns, Pistols, TXMWaMMt WMBEMWMBEt FARMING IMPLEMENTS, ETC. 408 THIRD ST. (Near Post-Office ) MACON, GA. TO MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES W@v Mmmm Tmm Maeamm* 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. We Are Ready With our Spring lin j of CLOTHING. Everything New, Sepd us your orders or call to see us. MACON, GEORGIA. fHi ttlit*