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mm ■ - PaiOE, $1.60 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. SHf&KfS mt PxxDlished Every Thursday Morning. Jno. H. rtODGBIS, Editor and Publisher Perry, Thursday, July 24. A disease sailed anthraonose is af fecting the cotton bolls of Putnam county. The man who is “stronger than his party” is entirely too much for effective use in a political campaign. The great strike (of ,coal miners in Pennsylvania and West Virginia has caused a material advance in the price of ooal. It seems to be a case of constitu tional antipathy between Bryan and Cleveland. Their ideas of politics can’t assimilate. It is said there is a tenement house in New York city in which 4,000 people live'—the most popu lous building in the world. V The third district Masonic con vention met in annual conclave at Americas Wednesday morning, to be in session two days. The fifth regiment of Georgia state troops went to Wrightsvillo, N. G., last Tuesday for an encamp ment of ton days. The street car lines of Macon have been purchased by a syndicate, and at ah early dato will bo consolidated under one management. . t~.fr '.«t The first bide of new crop Geor gia cotton was sold at Albany last Monday for 11 cents a pound. It was grown by Deal Jackson, a no gro farmer of Dougherty county. In the-Butts county primary last Friday, one of the legislative candi dates favored the dispensary plan and the other was for local option. The local option candidate was nom inated. Fifty carloads of Georgia Elberta . peaches, in two sections of one train, were shipped from Fort Valley and ■Marshallville last Thursday. The peach harvest in this section will be nearly completed this weok. At Meridian, Miss, last Friday an agent of Murphy & Co. was convict ed of dealing in futures aud fined $500 and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Others plead guilty to dealing in futures and were fined $260 each. The negro Young People’s Christ ian and Eduoational Congress will be in session at Atlanta from August 6th to 11th. The Central of Geor gia Railway will sell excursion tick ets tor the occasion at one fare for the round trip. Gen. Bragg, consul general of the United States to Cuba, has become objectionable to the Cuban govern ment on account of language un complimentary to the Cuban people, which it is alleged he used in a let ter to his wife. Recently at Oyster Bay, where President Roosevelt ifc now sojourn ing, Ex-Senator Hill was given an enthusiastic ovation, as “our next president.” This is suggestive of “riding rough-shod” over the prede- lictions of the Rough Rider. WMBS -•■■'• ,v ■• .:. ^ ;'v -V,. Concerning Cotton Baling. People outside of New York who think that living is hard in summer should read “A Hot Day in a Great City” in the Woman’s Home Com panion for August. They will see how the Other Half suffers in the hot season, and will be less inclined to lament their own state. Oil w;ells at Jennings, La., caught fire Tuesday of last week, and the destruction was exceediflgly great. Everything above ground was con sumed, and the oil became a volume of flame as it gushed from the wells. Until Monday all efforts to stop the burning were entirely fruitless. Hit In Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, Ne braska and Illinois heavy rains pre vailed last Friday, and along the , rivers thousands of acres were inun- ’ dated, including several towns. It " said much matured corn and is smm‘i SBHral Ijfib'frp. .-r-y wheat shocked in the fields will be practically ruined. The damage, it is estimated, will reach the enor mous fota], of four ’million dollars. The leading cotton buyers of Geor gia, Alabama and North Carolina have formed “The Southeastern Cot ton Buyers’ Association,” and a cir cular recently issued indicates that these buyers and the mills have en tered into an agreement concerning the quantity of bagging and ties to be placed on each bale of cotton. It is said by these buyers that in Geor gia and Alabama the practice of us ing an excessive amount of bagging is prevalent, though the bale's fur ther west average more than in these two states. This association of cotton buyers is composed of 36 firms and indi viduals in the states named, and it is presumed they have the power'to enforce this Yule they have adopted. All cotton growers know that they have no voice whatever in fixing the price of cotton, nor have they any influence in grading or in determin ing any rule concerning the baling and sale. The circular referred to is as fol lows: “To GinnerS and Cotton Planters: “The Southeastern Cotton Buy- gts’ Association adopted the follow ing resolution at their annual meet ing held in Atlanta May 8 th: “Resolved, That it is agreed by all buyers belonging to this associa tion to put a penalty of not less than 60 cents per bale on any bale that has on abovo 6 yards of bag ging and 6 bands. This penalty will be increased according to the amount of excess bagging there may be above the 6 yards and 6 bauds so allowed. “Many other firms have expressed a desire to become members of the association, and the association has been assured by practically all the buyers and cotton mills in Georgia and Alabama of their hearty co-op eration in this mo\ ement. These steps have become necessary be cause of the excessive amount of bagging which has been put on cot ton at the gins heretofore, and the fact that the spinners have b||n billing 1 back to the cotton meroh the amount of excess bagging rm,i ties above 6 yards bagging an.i bands to the bale. The South, i. -t. ern Cotton Buyers’ Association in structed the secretary to send cop ies of the above resolution to gin- ners throughout this territory in or der that this evil may be corrected and avoid having the planter suffer loss by the penalty being put on his ootton for excess bagging and ties. “Yours v'U’y truly, “C. B. Howard, Jr., ‘G. A. Nicolson, . “Secretary, “President, Atlanta, Ga.” Technical Education. On the line that the hands and eyes must be educated as well; as the mind; that .the man must know how to see and to do as well as howto think, there are innumerable argu ments in favor of technical educa tion that are unanswerable. On a special line, the, following from D. A. Thompkins is convinc ing: “Cotton may be increased in val ue by knowledge and skill from 20 cents a pound to $40 a pound. The Sea Island cotton in the raw state is worth 20 cents a pound. The same cotton when made iu fine French organdies or Swiss embroideries is worth $40 a pound. The difference is almost all compensation for the persons who do the work,—those who know how and have the skill to do it. To do this requires technical education , and practical training, For the production of fine goods It is publicly declared by demo crats that the great Amerioan steel trust sells steel railroad rails in Eng- v land several dollars a ton cheaper than the same articles are sold at the faotory. This lower price is made, it is asserted, after the trust haB prepaid the freight from this country to Liverpool. Notwith standing this charge was made sev eral months ago,the republican tariff gives protection to the produots of the steel trust. Just now the dem ocratic congressional campaign man agers are seeking positive informa tion on this line concerning all trust- made exports, and oampaign mate rial thus gained will be used vigor ously against the republicans. the design requires the taste and skill of an artist. In tapestries the highest taste and skill in art are re quired. In the production of fine artistic fabrics there lies great op portunities for the southern youth, but these opportunities can only be brought within the reach of the coming generation by technical ed ucation.” There are in Georgia 433 wheal flour mills—67 with a capacity of less than 100 barrels per year; 194 from 100 to 499 barrels; 91 of 600 to 999 barrels; 76 of 1,000 to 4,999; 9 of 6,000 to 19,999; 6 of 20,000 to 99,999, and 1 of 100,000 or more. In the number of establishments the state stands nipth; in capital invest ed, twenty-third; in number of wage earners, twelfth; in wages paid, twenty-first, and in quantity of wheat uBed, twenty-sixth. There is grquud in the state 7,266,621 bush els of Indian corn and 4,186,867 bushels of wheat.—Exohange. . The auditor’s office of the United States military government of Cuba, which remained in Havana in order to check the accounts up to May 19, bun finished its work. The final bal ance certified over to the new gov ern ment, May 10, was $1,613,80§, of which $636,170 was in the treas ury, the remoinder being in the hands of the disbursing officers of the island. About $100,000 has been debited, to the military gov ernraeut on account of estimated or possible claims'—Press. It is reported from Valdosta that melon growers of that section have heen swindled this season to a con siderable extent by fraudulent buy ers. A Valdosto correspondent says last week a man claiming to be rep resenting a Pittsburg commission house bought about .15 carloads of cantaloupes from farmers of that section. Payment was made in checks, bub the banks declined to cash the checks. The average price agreed upon was $450 a car, making an aggregate of $7,000. Industrial and commercial trusts are exerting hnrtful influence else where than in the United States. It has just transpired that Russia has proposed to England that there be an international conference to con sider the trust evil. Thp proposition has been made to others powers, but it is hot yet known what the out come will be. As the government of the United States, under republir can control, is the promoter of trusts, it is not likely that President Roose velt will appoint delegates to an an ti-trust conference. Revenue officials at Raleigh, N. C., say there have, been fewer seiz ures of illicit distilleries within, the last three or four months than ever before. It is sfdd the moonshiners are not, as a rule, making any liq uor, because of the prevailing high price of corn. It is Said the new “crop of corn will be the largest ever grown in North Carolina, and tlion the making of illicit whiskey will be resumed. At Baltimore last Sunday, a tor nado uhrodfed many houses and killed eleven people. In Georgia the total amount of capital invested in the lumber in dustry aggregates $11,802,716, and the annual lumber product amounts to 1,354,000,000 feet. Of the south ern states, Alabama, Arkansas, Flor ida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas ai’6 ahead of Georgia in the amount of capital invested in this industry, but only Alabama, Arkansas and North Carolina lead Georgia in annual production. □The Davidson, N. O., Dispatch has this to say for school consolidation and for better public school houses: It is better to have a good school two miles off than to have a poof one in sight of your door; and still we see people contending for the maintenance of schools away back in the old fields where there is ab solutely nothing to inspire children to greater efforts. Crude oil from the Texas wells has been tested as fuel for railroad locomotives, and one road in Flori da is preparing to use it in place of coal Entirely. Beware af Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole sys tem when entering it through the mucous sur- uc | if' ■■ Hi ' I faces. Such articles should never'be used ex cept on prescriptiofi from reputable phystcians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you catr-possibly derive from them. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0., contains no meroury, und is ta ken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, In buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure he sure you get tlie genuine'. T Jw ” d-niade in Toledo, O.,' It is taken internally, an -by F. j. Cheney & Go., Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle. Hall’s Family Fills are the best. When Yon Think of Belt ..think of*.. Bibb Co., 3vx^oQ>:Kr, cak^.. The greatest variety of Belting under one roof in Middle Georgia. RUBBER BELT, LEATHER BELT, CANVAS BELT, ROUND BELT and LACE LEATHER. Pulleys, Shafting, Hangers, Pipe and Fittings, Engines and Farm Implements, CRBAM... SIGNIFIES THE BEST. Jersey Cream Flour is the best product of a New Roller Process Mill. ‘ It is made of the best wheat, for in dividual customers of the mill and h v ,N. for the trade. 1 Ask your merchant for JERSEY CREAM FLOUR, or bring your wheat to HOUSER’S ZMIXLIl,. A. J~HOUSER, Prop’r., EVA, GA. 25 PER CENT OFF FOR CASH. , 1 1 P er cent 25 PER CENT OFF FOR CASH. DISCOTJNTT \ SALE. —p- 11 —- | | In order to remodel the interior of our store, we offer our entire stock of SHOES (until August 4th) for 25 per cent discount. Nothing reserved, while the stock is complete. Call NOW, Srrong Shoe Store, 25 PER CENT J. R, HOLMES, PROP. 25 PER CENT OFF MACON, GEORGIA. OFF FOR CASH. FOR CASH. .a. issrze-w" The entire stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, N< dons, etc., held by the Trustee in Bankruptcy for the cre( itors of Marx Zarks was sold to rhe undersinged on Jtu 14th, at about 55 cents on the dollar. This new stock will; now be offered to the public ■< which will surprise the buying public of Macon and adja cent territory. The entire stock must be disposed of re gardless of Cost, and will be offered at the, old stand of Marx Zarks, 454 Mulberry Street, Macon, Ga. I cordially invite the public to inspect this stock. .Respectfully, (Read our } •s. 3 (Circulars.