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jronnv H. HODGES, Propr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE. $1.50 a Year in Advance. yol. xxxl PERRY, HO.USTOX COUXTY, GA, THURSDAY; JDXE 26, 1902. XO. 26. A PRAYER. Written- for the Home Journal. A poor, despondent sinner I; lespo Ti's hell to live, I dare not die. O, tender Lord,thy pity show, Thy mercy lend, thy wrath be slow. I fain would turn and fly to Thee,, And from my wickedness would flee; But I am weak and cannot break From Satan, who my soul would take. Pioneer Democratic Utterance. The Empire States. So help me Lord, thy power lend To cast from me my load of sin; For Lord, I know thy | promise sure, And Lord, thy mercies aye endure. Before thy throne I bow the knee. O Lord, in mercy look on me And when my life on earth is done, I’ll praise Thee, Lord, beyond the sun- Perry, Ga., J, W. Simmons, Jr. A Wise Provision. What hard-working man is there but rejoices that in the very econ omy of the world one day in seven was set aside for rest—to be kept forever holy? Six days of toil and worry and anxiety carries both body and mind to the verge of col lapse ; rest and respite are imper atively needed. As to whether the day is to be spent in public worship or in the quiet of the home, in the companionship of the family and those genuine friends of humanity that perpetu ate themselves in their book, may be open for debate; but there can be no difference of opinion abou^ tho intermission of every day .The day is one of man’s inalienable rights; there is now power vested anywhere to rob. him of it. He needs it to refresh himself for fu ture effort, to replenish wasted energy, to commune with himself andhisMakdr. If he prefers to hold converse with the visible forms of nature, let, him be free to do so. What we need as much as anything is more first-hand in- dependance thinking. Thought brings out the divine in a man as nothing else will or can. God speed the time; when’all,the wheels of activity shall stand still one day in geven, when there shall, be cessation of all work save the . ab solute'.unavoidable.—Ex. A Custom officer at New York some time ago ruled that a hand organ was a “tool of trade and not a musical instrument.” The board of classification of the cus toms service has now decided that a swan is a bird and not a fowl poultry, under the Dingley or tariff act. Thus is the sum of our knowledge being increased by the excellent gentlemen who chosen to administer the customs because they can control votes find it to be one of their func tions to make classifications that might puzzle scientists. St. Lonis Xopublic. Indiana’s Democracy deserves the cordial commendation of the American people for the enuncia tion of Democratic principles in a State platform which makes a leading issue of the tariff and the trusts and pledges the State \ can didates to a faithful observance of those principles. The Indiana Democratic plat form opens with a declaration on the tariff and the trusts as fol-! lows: “We denounce the Republican party for its surrender to and alli ance with the trusts, and we favor such action as will surpress and destroy all trusts or combinations to control the production and the price of commodities. We de nounce the Dingley tariff law as the breeder of trusts aud demand that tariff duties shall be levied for the purpose of, revenue only and limited by the needs of the government honestly and econo mically administered. We con demn the Republican party for refusing to give the Interstate Commerce Commission power to enforce its decisions against dis criminations in railroad rates, which discriminations have been a potent cause of the creation and maintenance of trusts, and we de mand that the commission be giv en power to suppress this evil.’? This is a plain pronouncement on the leading issue of the day, and.plaaes Indiana Democracy in line on the side of the people as against the trusts. The people may rest in confidence that the National democracy will take the same stand, And that the Congres sional* campaigns of the present year and the Presidential cam paign of 1904 wil.l^ be fought on the issue of the tariff and the trnsts. (That issue is vital indeed, and the American public has of late received certain object les sons which have aroused the pop ular mind tq a full realization of the necessity for a settlement. So general is the puplicunderstand ing of the trust and tariff evil at this time that even in the ranks of the Republican party itself there is a disaffection which makes harmonious party action omi nously difficult. ■ . The Democratic organization in Indiana has in its State platform sounded a clear call to the politi cal battle of 1902. 'The Demo cratic party and a majority of the Americans will fall in line at that call, arrayed for confiiqt with the tariff-bred trusts and the party of the tariff and the trusts. They must win the fight if the country is to be rescured from oppressive monopoly. Saves A Woman’ Life. To have given up would have meant death for Mrs. Lois Cragg • of Dorchester, Mass. For j^ears she had endured untold misery from a severe lung trouble and obstinate cough. “Often,” she writes, “I could scarcely breath and sometimes could not speak All doctors and remedies failed till I used Dr. King’s New Dis covery for consumption and was completely cured.” Sufferers front Coughs, Colds, Throat and Lung Trouble need this grand remedy, for it never disappoints. Cure is guaranteed at Holtzclaw’s drugstore. Price 50c and $1.00. Prial bottles free. Savannah Inows. I In our Washington dispatches yesteroay, it was stated that the census report' for 1900 shows that there were 224,091 farms in Geor gia In that year and that their value was $188,370,120. The val ue of the buildings on these farms was 25 per cent, of the total value of the farms. The farm imple ments and machinery were valued at $9,804,010, and the live stock at $85,200,507, making a' total valuation of $228,874,687. The value of farm products for 1899— the year before tho census was iiaken—was $104,304,476. Of this amount 17 per cent, was in ani mal products and 88 per cent, in crops produced on the farm. "In the ten years preceding 1899 the increase in farm product^, exceed ed 25 per cent! The gross in come for 1S99 was $92,145,076, and the gross income on invest ment was 40, per cent. BOOKS AND STATIONERY New York had 226,500 farms that year, which, with the build ings and other improvements, were valued at $888,184,180. In a half a century the farms 1 and the farmers now hold Chicago is “troubled” because lit has been found that horse-meat ras,used to supply the people of hat city with meat, during the ieat-famine. Why should they rouble now. Is their danger of Contracting the habit. Sound Kidneys—Perfect Health. Hhe use of Smith’s Sure Kidney Cuje will produce both. Try a bottle anp be convinced. 50 cents at Outer’s Drugstore. How To Avoid Trouble. Now is the time to provide your 3elf and family with a bottle 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 or 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 family can afford to be without it. For sale by all dealers in Per ry, Warren & Lowe, Byron. acreage. ment was 17 per cent. We present these figures in or der to show that the number o: ‘farms in the Empire State of 'tin South is very nearly as great ai the number in the Empire Stati of the North,, being not quit 2,000 less, but notice the differ ence in the total value 'of th farms of the two states 1 Those of Georgia are valued at a little more than $188,000,000 while those of New York are valued at little more than $888,000,000, though it is probable that the av erage Georgia farm is much larger than the average Now York farm. But it is a fact worth noticing that thejgross income of the Geor gia farmers on their investment is 40 per ,cent. per annum while that of the Norlt .York farmers on their investment is only .17 per cent. The German Emperor ascribes his good health and vigor to the excellent advice given to him by his favorite doctor, and he has learned by heart the latter’s “rule of life.” which is as follows “Eat fruit for breakfast, Eat fruit for lunch. Avoid pastry and hot cakes. .Only take potatoes once a day. Don’t drink tea or coffee Walk four miles every day, wet or fine. Take a bath every day Wash the face every night in warm water. Sleep eight hours every night.” If A Man Lie To You. of President G. Stanley Hall, of Clark University, has been study ing the almost total absence of insanity among negroes. He be lieves it is because being newer to civilization, the race has not run through so many different and “ crucial experiences as the white race. And say some other salve, oint ment, lotion, oil or alleged heal er is as good as Bucklen’s Arnica Salve, tell him thirty years marvelous cures of Piles, Burns Boils, Corns, Felons, Ulcers, Cuts Scalds, Bruises and, Skin Erup tions prove it’s the best and cheapest. 25c at Holtzclaw drugstore. OXFORDS... / Men’s Oxfords, * t $2.00 to $5'.(30 Ladies’Oxfords, 1,00 “ 3.50 Boys’ Oxfords, 1.25 “ 2,00 Misses Sandals, 1,00 “ 2.00' Child’s Sandals, 80c. “ 1.26 Infants’ Sandals, 50c. “ 1.00 We have these Oxfords in all leathers and we can please you. V, . ' 1 ■. . A ■' 1 • MACON SHOE , ■ ■ ■ ■ . 408 3rd Street. ; ■ ■ -' : - ■ ' ■ *■ ' ! , . ; v CO. For HOLIDAYS and ail other days. Mail ders promptly filled. * . is \ ' CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED T. A. COLEMAN, Bookseller and Station©!*, 868 Second Stheet, MACON, ©A. Men’s Spring Summer m. 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 CA OOfl ATI prices from $fi3U lD <pZUiUU» R. L. CHEEK & CO., mm M|NiY|SAW| S70RE, . 41.0 Third Street. MACOX, GEORGIA An exchange says it takes a lev el head'to withstand the shock of sudden prosperity. Maybe so, but we would like to experience such a shock one time, just to see how it feels. Congress is still talking at the same old stand. the Stops tlie Cough and WoTrhs off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cures a cold in one day. No cure, No pay Price, 25 cents For Infants and Children, The Kind Bears the Signature of Weber, Brown, Russell and Thornhill Wagons cheaper than you ever bought them before, to make room and re duce storage and insurance. fei- IW. SHINHOLSER, ®| A m