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OF TOWN AliD —County Commissioners’ Court next Tuesday. —Mr. Geo. S. Haslam is visit ing relatives at Marshallville. —Prof. W. W. Driskell is re cuperating at ludiati Spring. —Miss Annie Holleman is with relatives and friends at Byron. —The recent cool nights have been both pleasing and surpris-, ing. m -■—The district meeting with us. NuW let us all be with the meet ing. —Mr. Morgan Yatetf of Macon visited friends in Perry last Sum day. —The cultivation of corn will be soon completed for this sea son. —The supply of chickens at Perry just now is not equal to the demand. —Several Perry Masons attend ed the’St. John Celebration at •Elko Tuesday. —•Mr* ji re( i jj Houser of At lanta iB with home folks at Perry for a few days. —Mr.JO. W. Moore of Bostick Ga., is in Perry visiting his uncle. Mr. W. J. Moore. —Mr. Asa Woodard is in Chat tanooga, Tenn,, visiting his un ol^ Mr. Lob Bryant. —The Houston Baptist Union will hold services at Gunter next Saturday and Sunday. —Miss Maybeth Taylor of Ma cion is in Perry this- week, the • guest of Miss Lula Houser. ■p-The “Spinsters” were enter? tained by Misses May and Kate Hodges last Friday afternoon. —Mrs. Pauline Newnian James, of Bonaire, was the guest of Mrs. Hugh Lawson in Perry several days last week. . -Miss Willie Cooper has return* ed hom'd from a visit to Forsyth,, acoompaniecl by Miss Florence Cater of that city. —Mr. Robert Holtzolaw, a stu dent of the Georgia sohool pf technologo, is at home in Perry for the, summer holidays. -r-Mr. L. F r . Ciiter, Cashier of the Perry Loan and Savings Bank, At the last meeting of .the Per ry Board of Education, when the school faculty was re-elected^so lutions were adopted which it is hoped will result in closer co-op- exation between the board, the teachers and the patrons. during the sohool year the board will hold a meeting on the evening of the first Monday in each month, and the principal of the school will be required tp at tend each of these meetings’. If there be Anything in the shape of complaint, suggested improve ment or reform, hearing will be given, and that thing will be done whioh seems best for all concern ed. Periodically, each month certainly, members of the board will visit the school while it is in regular session. >r< Mf 3gUll Tb e gentlemen comprising the tne retry Loan anci Savings Bant, > attended the bankers’ convention at Savannah last week. —Mr* C. C., Duncan, Jr., has oompladpntly accepted the oon- ratulations of friendB since last atutday. afternoon—a new girl at lns.home. —Messrs. Ren Holtzolaw, Ben Dasher, Frank Riley and Miller Marshal, who is in business at Macon, wpre with home folks in Perry last Sunday. v ' —Mr. and Mi's. Charles Irby of Union Springs, Ala., are in Pejrry visitiug relatives, the family , of Mr. J. J. Marshburn. Mrs. Irby is a sifter of Mrs."Marshburn. —Mrs. Butler Hardison of Hen derson is visiting her mother and other relatives in Perry. With Mrs.. Hardison is Miss Pearl Du- Prae of Byron, a niece of Mr. Hardison. WM -We understand several mem- Iv bers of,the family of Mr. W. B. HI Watson, near Bonaire, were se verely shocked by lightening one —-i- j-i.—i- day last Sveek, though none were seriously hurt. —Queen El berta will soon be in command at the peach orchards, and through her luscious sweet ness, many dollars .will be divert- led from the northern cities to Georgia pockets. —Mrs. S. A. Killed,. Miss An? nie NorwopA. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Middlebrboks went out to Nor wood Springs Tuesday. They will occupy one of the cottages and stay a wepk or ten days. —Sinse lkst Thursday Mr. J. | D« Martin, Jr., has given evidence of increased dignity—a little girl * .'■ Vi UrvuiA < KI‘ « home—the first born. Mr. V-:. D. Day is also affected, this ing his first grand-ohild. -Prof. J. Manii Martin, prin- board receive no reward whatever other than the unstinted censure that comes whenevet a patron be comes dissatisfied with an act of a teacher, or a rule of the board. If this be not reward, there has been none, unless it be the c<?n sciousness of duty performed without compensation. Whatever of complaint that has been voiced might have been avoided or corrected, had the pat rons cordially co-operated with the boaTd .of education in an earnest effort to make the Perry ehool one of the very best high- grade schools in the state. The ears of the board are never closed to the patrons. The next term of the school will open on the first Monday September. Last Tuesday was a grand day at Elko, and the good people of that town and vicinity added an other leaf to their deserved lau rels as most excellent hosts of the highest dbgree. The occasion was a celebration of the birthday df St. John the. Baptist, one of the most eminent patron saints of Masonry. Including .the home-folks, about 400 people assembled to enjoy the program arranged, there being resent Masons and friends from aeon, Wellston, Bonaire, Grd- vania, Hawkinsville, Unadilla, Vienna, Henderson, Fort Valley iftid other places. The first feature of the celebra tion was/ a magnificent dinner spread in the large brick ware? bouse. The chief portion of the feast consisting of 28 fat pigs barbecued to most delicious turn, for which Georgians, and Houston people particularly, are so justly noted. The preparation of the barbecue was under the stipends ion and management of Messrs J. H. Grace, J. F. Houser R. E. Burnam and E. J. Faulkner. While the barbecue was the chief attraction, the table contained all the other good things usual.to week to attend the marriage df his sister, and to spend at least.a portion of the summer holidays Tere. ‘ 18 in The District Meeting. Within a few hours afterjthis is sue of the Home Journal goes to press, the first service of the an nual conference of the South Ma oon district of the M. E. Churoh South will be field at Pe rry. At least by 1:20 Thursday af ternoon the full deligation will be here, and oiiY people will have as their guests about 60 good anc. true men whose lives are couse dratedto the cause of ohristianity ’ In the homes of our people and at the hotels, most cordial hos pitality is being, aud will be, ac corded. That some will be entertained at the hotels is in no degree an abatement of- hospitality, but on ly an evidence of prohibitive con ditions at a few homes that coulc. not be avoidedor controllod. During the conference there will be at least two sermons each day by some of the' finest pulpit speakers in the state. The business services morning and afternoon will be interesting to all who love the work of the church, and at each service and session there should be a large- at tendanoe. With this body of God-serving people in Perry during several days, good will surely be magni fied to the town and people if there be close sympathy with the qccasion and it8 great purpose. —The reunion committee of the Houston Confederate Veterans Association will meet at Perry next Saturday morning,28th inst. report progress and make a def inite decision concerning speoific features of the proposed reunion The committee is composed .of D. Martin, J, R. Miller. A. B Schilling, J. T. Leverett* J. S Bryan, on arrangements, —and one-f-rom each district: I Harper, J R Miller, W S Scatter good, T N White, J T Leveretfc, D Tharp, Green) Watson, W Norris, A H Daniel, Wm Grace B 0 Kendrick, S S Taylor, I rph, J W Mathews. I am now sole agrnt for the celebrated j\A.o:K:so:Dsr a-, smith BARNF.SVTLLE BUGGIES. I carry the Open and Top Buggies in stocic at all times. I also carry several other Buggies, cheaper in price, but good values. If you want a Buggy, and will lpoK over my line, I am quite sure I can sell you. I sell Harness Very Cheap with Buggies. Houston “dinner on the grounds,” and the wfiole was absolutely com plete in every detail and doubly abundant. In the afternoon there were ex ercises in the Methodist church, including songs and addresses. Dr. J. 0. Manii, W. M. of Elko Lodge, presided. The welcome address was delivered in cordial language and appropriate manner by Mr. W. S. Murrow. In re sponse Judge A. 0. Riley of Fort Valley spoke briefly in his usual happy vein. Hon. W. A. Davis of Macon, Past Grand Master of the Georgia Grand Lodge of Masons, delivered the Masonic address. In every re spect it was a maBterly effort, in teresting, instructive, eloquent, eliciting frequent applause. Ev ery available space in the church was - occupied, and many could not enter. Directly after these exercises, the MasonB repaired to the lodge room, and there 22 wives and daughters of Masons received the degree to which they are entitled. At supper time another feast was served, as good end abundant as the dinner had been. At night there was a lodge ses sion, preceded by an address by Mr. F. O. Miller,- Past Master of the Fort Valley Lodge, followed by the conferring of side degrees. Altogether the celebration was a complete success, cementing friendship, advancing Masonry in public esteem and augmenting good fellowship. May there be another such occasion in Houston each succeeding year. Elko Lodge is probably the 'youngest in Georgia, and later we will give a synopsis of its unique history. ' I also have on hand at all times a iull line of One and Two-Horse Wagons. They are standard manes and guar anteed. < Saddles and Bridles of all Descriptions, Call aud loon and you will be satisfied. —Mr. S. H. Morgan of Macon was in Perry Saturday and Sun day visiting his wife and son.Mrs. Morgan has been quite sick since she’came to visit her parents, about two weeks ago, but we are glad to note that she is steadily recovering. —Ml*. Sam Felder, brother of Misses Kate and Lucy Felder, and for two years a typo in the Home Jou.rnad office, is now publisher of the Herald Journal of Greens boro, Ga, • We wish him much success. F —The many friends of Mr. M Zarks in Perry and Houston coun ty will be glad to learn that he is likely to be in business for him self again soon'. The stock., t of goods he held in Macon when de clared a bankrupt is now offered for sale, and he is in the store to welcome and' sqrve his" friends. See the advertisement in 4>his pa per. —Five members of the Perry Rifies.-will be selected to attend the state military rifle practice at Macon, The selection will be mads from among tne twelve who made the best spores in the prac tice last week. y;—-A short poem entitled, “Am I-Remembered,” written by a la dy of near Elko, will be published in this paper next week. —Capt. J. H. Powers and his new grand-daughter reached Pet- ry at about the same time last Saturday. —The improvements at Tharp’s Mill make .the best meal and Flour. A close price on a nice New Buggy Fred M. Houser. A Key To Examinations, A new fiook has just been published containing the Questions and Answers of every Public Sohool Examination in Georgia/ sino/a 1888. Fourteen years’ work., Will be sent, post paid, on re ceipt of ..One Dollar. Descriptive cir culars sent free. B. S. Holden, Cashier Giliner County Bank, Ellijay,' Ga.' At Cater’s Drugstore, Perry; Gh. Fred. M. Houser’s. RIBBON BOW MAKING FREE AT DAY’S.... ....FREE AT DAY’S Ribbon Bow Making has assumed such great popularity that I pro pose to make, free of charge, all Ribbon bought of me into Neck Bows, Hair Bows and Waist Bows while you wait. W. ID. JDJL.1ZT. • • SPECIAL PIANO SALE.. AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES For Next Ten Days. Hqve oil hand the finest stock of new Pianos ever brought to this morkbt, such celebrated makes as Stein way, Weber, Sohmer & Co., Kranich & Bach, Ivers & Pond, Crown and others that we/will sell for the next ten days ot greatly reduced prices to make room. Call or write at oi\ce and secure one of these bargains. Pianos and Organs sold on easy terms. F. A. GOTTEN BERGER & CO., 452 Second St., Macon, Ga. ■ ■■ meatis the same on shoes that Sterling does on silver. If you want a GOOD shoe try We guarantee every pair to give satisfaction and wear. Selz stands behind us and. we stand behind Selz shoes.. If we cannot fit you in stock, your order will be filled in a few days. Give us a trial, and if our shoes do r not give perfect satisfaction we will make it all right. See tnat the name Selz is on your shoes, for Selz Shoes Make Your Feet Glad. FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA. SSH