The Home journal. (Perry, Houston County, GA.) 1901-1924, July 31, 1902, Image 1
JOHN H. HOUSES, Propr, DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS. PROGRESS AND CULTURE. S1.SO a Year In Advance.
VOL. xxxr.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1902,
NO. H
The Plight of Riches.
Atlanta Constitution.
Social .philosophers claim a great
advantage for the United States in
its system of society and laws that
works against entails of property
and the creation of a permanent
moneyed class in this nation. A
moneyed class we will -always have,
of course, and its numbers will in
crease with the boundless develop
ment of our resources and the su
premacy of our industries of pro
duction. But the peroonnel of the
class will always be shifting and
thus prevent that continuity and co
hesion of personal and family influ
ence that are rlecessary to the build
ing up and permanency of a definite
aristocracy of wealth.
The good Book tells us truly that
•‘riches take to themselves wings"
unexpectedly, and the axiom pre
vails in this country modified into
the vernacular form that “it is but
three generations from shirt-sleeves
to shirt-sleeves”—from the man who
begins a fortune with pick and shov
el to the grandchild who finds him
self compelled to once more resort
for a living to the shovel and the
hoe. As Mr. Dooley truly remarks:
“That's what keeps th’ money
movin' around. What comes in at
th’ ticker goes out at th’ wine agent.
F’river an’ iver people have been
gettin’ rich, goin’ down to some
kind iv a Newport, makin’ monkeys
iv themselves an’ goin’ back to th’
jungle.”
A few days ago Senator Clark, the
Montana multi-millionaire, went in
to a Butte barber shop for a hair
cut and a shave. When he asked
the price, at the end of the service,
the barber replied: “Your son Char
ley usually gives me five dollars.”
The senator quietly asked the regu
lar fee and, when told it was fifty
cents, handed out a half-dollar and
went his way with the remark to
the barber: “My son Charley has a
rich father and I have notl”
The remark of the senator tells
the whole story of the thrift ot the
father and the prodigality of the
children in the vast majority of
American instances. The American
fortunes that have survived and in
creased through three generations
may be counted on the fingers of
one hand. The prospects that very
many of those now in existence will
last longer are not flattering. The
familes that own them have too
many “Charley hoys” to pay the
barber five-dollar notes for hair cuts
and to throw money at the birds—
the birds that twitter and trill in
the tenderloin paradises.
It is perhaps one of the compen
sations of civilization that wealth
and work ride the see-saw in this
alternating fashion. It keeps the
ambition of the masses stirred to
emulation and at the same time
prevents the leprosy of idle luxury
to get a firm grip on the social body
of the nation, The rich we will
have with us always as well as the
poor, and we can safely trust to the
providence in nature that elects the
survival of the . fittest to prevent
stagnation at either end of the line.
Need More Help.
Often the over taxed organs of
digestion cry out for help by
Dyspecpsia’s pains, Nausea, Diz
ziness, Headaches, liver com
plaints, bowel disorders. Such
troubles call for prompt use of
Dr. King’s New Life Pills. They
are gentle, thorough and guaran
teed to cure. 25c at Holtzclaw’s
drugstore.
Speaking of the object of educa
tion, Edward Ingle well says in the
Manufacturers’ Record that it is
“the proper equipment of the»prod-
ucis of the schools (the children) to
perform their full duty to their God,
their country and themselves.”
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If You Can’t Sleep At Night
U86 Smith’s Nerve Restorer. It is a true
Nerve Tonio. Will cure any case of Ner
vous Prostration ;does not contain opium
in any form. At Cates’s Drugstore.
The New Fertilizer Law*.
Savannah News.
Those who have given the subject
careful consideration are of the opin
ion that the new fertilizer law which
goes into effect on August 1, next,
will give farmers all the protection
they need against fraudulent fertil
izers. For years there has been
complaint in this state, and doubt
less in other states, that there were
fertilizers Bold which were of no
benefit to the purchasers. How
much foundation there has been for
this complaint it is of course impos
sible to say. Doubtless there have
been fertilizers sold which were of
little acoount, but it doesn’t always
follow that when there is a poor
crop the fertilizer used - in the mak
ing of it was worthless. The weath
er conditions may have ruined the
crop, or disease of some sort may
have injured it.
Of course the tendenoy is to
blame the fertililzer when there is a
crop failure, and no doubt there are
cases where the blame is properly
placed on the fertilizer, but the law
in regard to fertilizers is now bo
stringent and comprehensive that it
is a safe statement that it is seldom
that a fertilizer is put upon the mar
ket that ifl> of little or no value.
Under the new law there is a
hea\y penalty attached to the plac
ing of a fertilizer on the market
which does not come up to the an
alysis, and in the event of a crop
failure the fertilizer used to make
the crop need not be paid for if it
can be shown that it does not con
tain the materials it is alleged to
have and in the required propor
tions.
It seems therefore that the farm
ers, in the matter of fertilizers, have
about all the protection against
fraudulant fertilizers it is possible to
give them. And in the face of the
very stringent legislation against
fraudulent fertilizers it is doubtful
if much practically worthless goods
is placed upon the market in this
state. It is probable that in the
past farmers, to some extent, have
been to blame for the injury they
have suffered in the matter of fertil
izers. Some have demanded a cheap
grade of goods and they got it. The
situation has now been changed for
the better. In future the farmers
will have less reason for complaint.
If they will comply with the law
strictly they will find that it will
give them all the protection they
need against worthless fertilizers.
Between 1890 and 1900 the lum
ber industry in the south increased
the number of its establishments
from 6,626 to 14,062, the amount of
its capital from $23,546,076 to
$181,702,526, and the value of its
producis from $39,930,432 to $188,-
114,524. In the meantime the num
ber of establishments in the whole
country increased from 25,708 to
33,035, the amount of capital from
$181,186,122 to $611,611,524, and
the value of' the products from
$233,268,729 to $566,832,984.
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The Best Liniment For Strains
Mr. F. H. Wells, the merchant
at Deer Park, Long Island, N. Y.
says: “I always recommend
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm as the
best liniment for strains. I used
it last winter for severe lameness
in the side, resulting from _
strain, and greatly pleased with
the quick relief and cure it effect
ed.” For sale by all dealers in
Perry, Warren & Lowe, Byron.
Summer School of the South.
Macon News, July 23rd.
President P. D, Yollock, of Mer
cer University, who has just return
ed from the Summer School of the
South,' which is now in session at
Knoxville, made the,following state
ment:
The number registered in the
Summer School of the South this
morning—Railroad reports show
that 2,300 persons have bought
Summer School tickets to Knox
ville. There are over 600 persons
in attendance from Knox county.
The total enrollment will certainly
exceed 2,000. There are t\yo full
weeks yet.
Dr. G. Stanley Hall, the distin
guished philosopher, said to-day in
answer to the question as to what
he thought of the Summer School
of the South:
“It is the biggest one in the
world. In numbers and interest it
has never been surpassed. From
what observation I have been able
to give the class work, the charac
ter of the work being done is of the
best. I think that the greatest im
pression made upon me, next to the
number, is the social quality of the
students. You have the advantage
over us in the north by far, in the
high character, socially, of the la
dies, especially, who are the teach
ers in the schools. Most of our
teachers are from the lower walks
of life, while yours are from the
best. This means more than you
can probably appreciate. This school
is sure to have a tremendous influ
ence upon southern civilization.”
Still Unsubdued.
Mother—I suppose your father
doesn’t mean to do it, but he tries
my patience very hard at times.
Daughter—Oh, I think papa is a
pretty good mau.
Mother—He is, my dear; but it is
hard to think that after we have
been married twenty years he still
occasionally talks back—Stray Sto
ries.
w. A. DAVIS..
BEN. T. BAY.
GEO. H. LOWEk
w.
A. DAVIS &
COTTON FACTORS.
CO.,
The way to drive out the weeds
is to sow the grain; the way to ex
pel the rust is to put on the paint,
the way to conquer impurity is to
think about pure things; the way to
conquer any evil is not by opposing
it so much as cultivating the oppo
site.—Exchange.
,
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the Cold.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
cures a cold in one day. No cure
No pay Price, 25 cents
405-407 Poplar St.
MACOIST, GEORGIA
BEST SALESMEN IN THE CITY.
They are active,
and courteous.
accommodating
Send them your cotton; they are honest in th.'ir dealings
and wise in their judgement.
■W\ <2z CO.,
According to information receiv
ed by the New York Tribune, the
sugar planters of Cuba have inaugu
rated an annexation movement, with
the object in view of forcing Cuba
into the union of American states.
It is alleged that the planters are
willing to go to even the length of
getting up a sham revolution in or
der to bring the United States to
terms.
A remarkable case of resusoitation
is reported from Anglesea, N. J. A
small child was under water be
tween twenty-five and thirty min
utes, and was believed to be dead.
However, the life-saving crew work
ed on the small body for more than
an hour, and were finally rewarded
by the return of consciousness to the
child, who is now well and happy.
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“I am using a box of Chamber
lain’s Stomach & Liver Tablets
and find them the , best thing for
my stomach I ever used,” says T.
W. Robinson, Justice of the Peace,
Loomis, Mich. These Tablets not
only correct disorders of the stom
ach but regulate the liver and
bowels. They are easy to take
and pleasant in effect. Price 25
cents per box. For sale by all
dealers in Perry, Warren & Lowe,
Byron.
According to a census taken there
are 17,180 Hebrews in India. Scarce
ly one-third of them are European.
The rest of them are descendants of
those who claim to have emigrated
to India during the reign of Solo
mon.
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Boys’ Oxfords,
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Child’s Sandals,
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Infants’ Sandals,
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Bankrupt Stock.
The entire stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Mo
tions, etc., held by the Trustee in Bankruptcy for the cred
itors of Marx Zarks was sold to rhe undersinged on June
14th, at about 55 cents on the dollar.
This new stock will now be offered to the public at
BANKRUPT
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,
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