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Peaches are here now, and if you need anything like
will find them at my place of business,
Fred. M. Houser’s
It’s a better fence than any other you can get or make, no matter
how much you spend or how long you work at fence building,
and the big saving of it is that it comes ready-built from the,
factory—ready to stretch and staple as soon as your posts are set.
Don’t build another rod of fence without going to your dealer a
aud examining the
You are bound to buy it if you see it, because it speaks for itself
of strength, endurance, economy—the fence that fences. If your
dealer hasn’t it, write to
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NEWS
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Sidewalk Gleanings.
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OF TOWN AND COUNTS
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—Just make tho best of it.
—Full moou next Sunday. No
tice the weather then.
—Capt. J. H. Powers is at home
with his iamily this week.
—Regular meeting of Houston
Lodge No. 85 F. & A. M. Friday
night.
—Mr. Eugene Kernighan of
Macon visited home folks near
Perry this week.
—Miss Mary Woodard of near
Dennard is in Perry visiting her
aunt, Mrs. B. Stafford.
—Mr. J. N. Tuttle returned
home last Saturday night from
an extended visit to relatives in
Keutuoky.
—Grass is now growing luxuri
antly, and those who would make
milch hay are well pleased with
the proBpecfc.
\ —Miss Evelyn Powers has been
quite ill for about four weeks, but
we are glad to learn that she is
now improving.
—sons and daughters of
Gonfederaao Veterans, of Wellston
aud vicinity, will soon enjoy their
annual pionio.
| —The late rains benofiitted the
corn crops in Houston immensely,
saving the farmers thousands of
dollars m value.
—The rains of Friday, Satur
day, and Sunday night covered
' the county aud the crops are very
much improved.
, —Veterans from Qvery Beotion
of the county, we are Informed,
will attend the reunion at Perry
on the 25th inst., Friday of*uext
week.
—A fine mule belonging to Mr.
Will Gilbert, wo regret to learn,
was killed by lightning one day
last week, on his farm near Hen
derson.
‘•Wh'at do you know?”
“Nothing worth telling.’’
This question and answer illus
trate the effort and the result of
this Scribe’s search after news for
publication; not once only, but
often.
However earnest the effort may
be to secure all the current local
news for publication, the desired
news cannot be secured unless
those know are gracious enough
to tell it.
Once we inquired of a young
man, “How is your Father.” The
reply was startling:
“Why, he’s been dead a month?
We didn’t know. '
Nobody told us until we asked
about him, though he was a friend
living only 14 miles away in the
same county.
Several weeks ago a prominent
young farmer was married, yet
the fact was not published in eith
er of the county papers. Nobody
reported the fact.
Similar incidents by the score
could be mentioned, yet the coun
ty paper is expected t<5 contain all
the readable county news.
We are ready and willing to
publish it if those who.yknow will
only till us. If you don’t see us
write.
The editor knows only of that
he sees, unless somebody tells
him. He can’t see everything
He is willing and anxious to learn
of others, and will use judiciously
t^he knowledge thus obtained
Tell us who’s here from some
where else, and who’s somewhere
else from here, and all other
things of local interest. This ap
plieB to all sections of the county
We’ll print it all, if we have
space, and it don’t come in too
late.
We are really anxious to know
what other people know, in order
that we may. in- print tell it to
Jiundreds of- other people who
don’t'know.
—Work lias commenced on the
erection of a cotton seed oil mill
at Fort Valley. Mr. Albert S.
• Evans is president of the incorpo
rated company.
—In county court Monday three
negro men were oouvioted of
gambling, and sentenced to six
months in the chain gang, ov to
pay a fine of $20 each.
—Half a
dozen
couples of Per
ry young people went out tb Nor-
wooij Springs in a wagon Tuesday
. and*enjoyed a picnic, the guests
! of Miss Lizzie Riley.
' - —In Perry Tuesday we heard a
farmer of the Lower Town dis
trict offering for sale 500 bushels
of wheat to a Houston mill owner.
We presume they made a trade.
i —If Perry business men would
, arrange to make something here
to sell, more people could make a
living liere,. Then in due course
of time we could all “make things
hum,”
■r-Our subscription lists havo
been transferred to a new book,
and there may be some inadver
tent omissions. If any subscriber
‘ fails to receive his paper, please
notify us at onoe.
-7-We regret to learn that a fine
mule belonging to Mr. Dan
Thompson,’of the. Upper Town
district, t was killed by lightning
last Saturday morning. His barn
was considerably damaged.
—The Home Journal editor re
grets very much that he was una
ble to attend the convention of
' the Georgia Weekly Press Associ
ation that met at Quitman' Tues
day. , From Quitman the editors
go to Tybee for a seashore outing
of several days.
—Fruit growers in Houston are
Well pleased with the returns from
their shipments of peaches. El-
bertas are being shipped now. It
is said the territory around Fort
Valley and Marshallville will ship
more peaches than all the balance
of the state.
-We heard a negro farmer say
yeterday: “Some folks won’t nev
er make no good crops, I don’t
keer what sort o’ seasons dey
have. Dey won’t work right,
about corn. A heap o’ corn
Death of Mrs. Melvin.
Mrs. Minnie T. Melvin, wife of
Mr. Wm A. Melvin, died at her
home in Fort Valley Tuesday eve
ning of last week. The burial was
at Oak Lawn cemetery Wedues
day afternoon
Mrs Melvin,had been in declin
ing health for a considerable time
and for eight weeks prior to her
death she had been confined to
her bed. She was a most estima
ble Christian lady, daughter
the late Mr. James Turrentine of
near Perry,
The bereaved family consists of
the husband and six children, and
in their sorrow they have the sin
cere sympathy of their many
friends
Personal Mention.
A. C. Riley, Jr., of Fort Val
ley, is visiting friends in Perry.
—Miss Louise Ragiu of Hawk-
insville is visiting relatives in
Perry.
Mr. E. E. Miller of Center
Point, Ala., is visiting home folks
at Perry.
•Mr. Charlton Giles of Atlan
ta is visiting relatives and friends
in Perry.
-Mr. J. L. Houser of Macon
visited his brother in Perry last
Saturday.
—Mrs. M. A. Hodges is visiting
her sister, Mrs. S. R. Talton,
near Bonaire.
-Mr. John Hose and son, of
near Culloden, are visiting rela
tives near Perry.
—Mr. E. K. Ragin of Hawkins-
ville visited his mother and sis
ters in Perry last Sunday.
-Editor Shepard of the Fort
Valley Leader was among his
friends in Perry last Monday.
—Mrs. Oscar Conner and chil
d.ien of Cordele are visiting her
aunt,* Mrs. S. R. Talton, near Bo
naire.
—Mr. R. 0. Pate and family
ar\e in Perry visiting the family
of Judge C. C. Duncan, Mrs.
Pate’s father.
-^-Col. M. Kunz has charge of
the Clerk’s office at the court
house ^during the absence of Mr.
M. A. Edwards.
—Miss Nora Edwards was in
Hawkinsville visiting the family
of her uncle, Mr. E. K. Ragin,
Monday and Tuesday.
—Messrs. M. A. Edwards and E.
K. Braselton left Perry Monday
for North Georgia, and will spend
about a week at Atlanta, Rome
and other points.
—Judge and Mrs. S. T. Hurst
visited their son at Birmingham,
Ala., last week. Sam had been
sick, but he was very much better
when his parents left Birmingham
last Friday evening. ,
You
—Postal money orders can now
be secured at the post-office at
PowerBville.
H. W. English, P. M.
-Best all-wheat Flour at Tharp’s
Mill. Try it.
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—Another big lot of all the
Standard Bleechings just received.
Good |ycl Bleeching at 5/, 4-4 8/,
Best 4-4 10/. L. MX Paul’s.
— Fruit Jars. F. M. Houser,
HOUSTON SHERIFF’S SALES.
Edwin Martin, Rudolph Schill
ing, Tom Adkins, John Hodgbs
itn.d Rob Holtzclaw, the team
from the Perry Rifles that attend
ed the state military rifle practice
at Macon, returned home last Sat
urday. They didn’t capture any
trophies, but their recordan tar
get practice was superior to that
of quite a number of the compa
ny teams. In match No- 1 their
total score was '244, while 28
teams made a smaller score each.
Thirteen teams made a better
score. The boys stood the camp
life very well, none of them ex
cept Schilling having been at all
sick during the encampment. The
encampment was well conducted,
an excellent school of military in
struction and rifle j practice.
, will be made in Houston
county
De late
dis year. I done seen it.
corn will make good, and dere’s
lots o’ late corn.”
—While in Perry last Monday,
Editor Shepard of the Fort Valley
Leader said that Mr. W. H. Har
ris and other prominent Fort Val
ley citizens would “set out” many
thousand peach trees next season.
These gentlemen have not hereto
fore engaged in peach growing,
though able to do so, and their
conversion shows that the belief is
growing that the peach industry is
here to stay and will increase con
tinually. Editor Shepard says
that about half a million fruit
trees will J>e set out around Fort
Valley next season, including a
large number in Crawford county.
—An oil mill, or any other kind
of mill or factory, at Perry would
operate to lubricate the machi
nery of trade, whereby business
would move smoothly to larger
proportions and greater aggregates
profits.
Will be sold before the court house
door in the town of Percy, Houston
county, Gal between the legal hours of
salo, on the first, Tuesday in August,
1902, the following property, to-wit:
That House and Lot iu the town of
Fort Valley, Houston county, Ga,,
bounded on the west by Pine street,
north by Haniet Davis and Gindy
Woodard, east by O. G. Gray and John
A. Houser and south by lot of Will
Whitfield; the laud being the lot where
on defendants now reside. Levied on
and to be Bold as the property of defend
ant, to satisfy a fifa for the Justice
court of 528th distriot G. M. of said
county, iu favor of F. W. Gauo vs Gurry
Vright and Margaret Wright. Levy
made by Constable B. Smisson fand
turned over to me for sale.
AIsj at the same time and place, that
one acre of land more or less, containing
a dwelling house, situated in the village
of Ganoville in the 9fch District of Hons
ton county, Ga,, bounded north by Pub
lic road, east byScuffietown Road, south
by lot of Will James. This property be
ing the land whereon Defendant now
resides. Levied on beiug sold as the
property of Defendant to satisfy a fifa
from Justichj Court 5‘28th district G. M
said county in favor cf F. W- Gano vs
W. Bailey. Levy made by Constable
B. Simpson, turned over to me for sale
Also at same time and place, all that
tract of land lying and being in the
sixth district of Houston county, Ga.,
and described as follows: Parts of lots
Nos. 108 and 117, containing 150 acres
more or less, bounded on the north by
lands of Jno. H. Giles, east by lands of
the estate of Thomas Hardison and Jno.
F. Lowe, south by public road from Tay
lor to Byron, west by lands of O. O.
Bateman and John H. Giles. Said prop,
erty being the lands whereon, Henry G.
Hardison and Mrs. Ella M. Hardison
now reside. Levied on and to be sold
as the property of the said Henry G. and
Mrs. Ella M.Hardison and found in their
possession, to satisfy a fifa from Macon
county superior court in favor of Mary
N. Lewis vs H. G. Hardison Whisky Go.,
and lElla Hardison, principal, and J. D.
Hardison and J. W. Hurdle, security;
and subject to a mortgage held by Secu
rity Investment Go. of Bridgeport Con
necticut.
July 9th, 1902.
M. L. COOPER, Sheriff.
A Slaughter of Colored Lawns and Wash
Goods. All to go at and Less than cost.
Silk Stripe Grenadines
Silk Linens
Silk and Cotton Tissues
\ . -y
French and Persian Lawns
Colored Organdies
Hosiery,
'Wash Silks
Ladies’ Gauze Vests
Madras, etc.
W. 3D.
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FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA.
