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JOHN H. HODGES, Propr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS: PROCRESS AND CULTURE. #1 ■SO it Year in Advance. VOL. XXXT. PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1902. NO. UK Sericulture In Georgia. Atkraba Constitution. Silk can be produced in Geor gia. The intention of the found ers of the colony was to make it a silk-producing province, and for nearly fifty years the people on the oolonjal farms produced Mul berry trees and shipped cocoons to Europe in large quanities. The first seal of the colony had upon it the device of silkworms work ing on cocoons and the motto: •‘Non sibi, sed aliis.” General Oglethorpe, speaking of the in dustry of Georgia, saidj “It must be a weak hand indeed that can not earn bread where silkworms and white mulberry trees are so plentiful.” It was the coming of cotton and negro slaves that dwarfed the silk culture of^the colony and finally extinguished it. But this is the same Georgia as to soil, climate and possibilities as in the primi tive days, and what was dune suc cessfully then eau once more be successfully done under better conditions and surer profit. The silk industry has grown enormously in late years in the United, States and we are now sending abroad to France, Italy and Japan $50,000,000 annually for raw silk for use in our silk in dustries. But the department of agriculture at Washington has seriously taken up this subject and is preparing to foster the ed ucation and skill necessary to pro duce raw silk in this country and save to our own people that .$50,- 000,000 annually. Miss Kelly, of Charleston, who spent six years in Europe study ing every detail of sericulture, has been appointed to look into the facilities for establishing the in dustry in the Carolinas. She is now preparing two monographs-— one on the culture of the .silk worm and one on the culture of the mulberry tree—which will shortly be issued for public distri bution, She and all the other ex perts of the department are en thusiastic in the belief that. Vir ginia, the Carolinas and Georgia might easily be encouraged to produce all the raw silk needed by the factories in this country. The work is easy and mterest- ing, ^an be looked after by the women and children of the farm, and'each of them can, with proper dilligence and skill, raise from $50 to $60 worth of cocoons every sea son This would add a most wel come sum to the family treasur ies of thousands of farmers in Georgia. The subject is one. worthy the attention of our state department of agriculture. It can readily get in touch with the movements be ing made by the national bureau and thus secure to our enterpris ing farmers in Georgia some of the first and richest benefits of this uew and important indus try. America’s Famous Beauties Look with horror on Skin Erup tions, Blotches, Sores, Pimples. They don’t have them, nor will any one, who uses Bucklen’s Ar nica Salve. It glorifies the face. Eczema or Salt Rheum vanish be fore it. It cures sole lips, chap ped hands, chilblains. Infallible for Piles. 25c at Holtzclaw’s drugstore. A Lecture and a Laugh. St. Louis Republic. With a gravity that does not entirely conceal the amused relish of the situation which pomnfcs its comment the Baltimore Sun in a recent issue rebukes Northern peo ple for a prejudice against the ne gro which amounts to proscriptive drawing of the color line. The Baltimore newspaper -is im pelled to this action by several re cent instances of Northern uu- willingness to associate with those who have even the slightest taint of African blood. In Boston-, it says, ihe doors of a trades union have just been closed to all black- facpd workmen. At the North western University in Chicago a young colored woman who had en tered the school was turned out into the street. When it was de- finately ascertained that she had negro blood she was expelled. At Evansville, Ind., all the children of a certain public school left the room when a very dark-complex ioned girl came iu as a pupil.They returned, content, when it was satisfactorily proved that she was of French descent aud free of any taint of negro blood. “It is really painful,” says the Sun, “tc note the existence of such prejudice in the minds of our Northern brethren. It will be well for brunette girls, when they enter the public schools in the North, to use some land of complexion powder.” And so in this vein, the Maryland newspa per proceeds to get its fun out of the incidents mentioned. It must be confessed that the provocation for joking is somewhat exception al. The south has been compell ed to listen to so much lecturing of the same sort from .the North that a turning of the table, is re freshing indeed. : \ Over Million Draw Pensions. The United States pension list has passed the 1,000,000 mark. The annual report of Commission er Ware, jvhich will be made pub lic for the annual .encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, will show that at the end of the last fiscal year ended June 30 last the pension rolls lacked 554 names of being 1,000,000. During July, however, 2,051 names were added to the list, bringing the total to 1,001,497. At the end of the last fiscal year the number on the rolls ex ceeded all previous records, and with the July addition it has passed the prediction 'made by those who have opposed pension legislation. Pensions growing out of the Spauish-American war have had a great deal to do with the increase, although the number of actually pensioned is small in pro portion to the entire number of men—something like 800,000— who served in that war. A circle one hundred miles in diameter, with Guthrie, O. T., as its center, would, according to a Western railroad contractor,mark the most active railroad build ing section in the world. With in that area more than one-thou sand miles 6f road are now being built. If You Suffer from. Kidney Troubles Use Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure. Noth ing like it. for 'diseased kidneys cents, at Cater’^Drugstore. 50 Numberless are the stories which go to show tnat an Englishman finds it almost impossible to see an American joke, George H. Daniels, general passenger agent of the New York Central, is re sponsible for a late specimen. It is of an American who told an Englishman that he dreamed he ^as dead, but the heat woke him up. “Aw, by Jove,” said John Bull,“you must have tremendous ly hot weather iu your country if it wakes a fellah out of his sleep.” Out of Death’s Jaws. “When death seemed very near from a severe stomach and liver trouble, that I had suffered with for years,” writes P. Muse, Dur ham, N. Cg “Dr. Kings’ New Life Pills saved my life and gave per fect health.” Best pills on earth and only 25c at Holtzclaw’s drug store. My patrons in Houston County are my references. Ship me your Cotton. C. B. 'WTBLiINGHAM, Cotton Factor, ■Lv*CsLO©iini.j> C3~0 Keep Young. The middle-aged woman nee'ds to keep a sharp lookout upon her self, There is danger of standing still mentally^ of leaning at thir ty or forty upon very brittle opin ions and ideas formed at twenty years of age. Too many girls stop short in their education when they leave school. Life is one loug course of education. It is never wise to adopt the notion that one can stop learning. Every day has its lessons. Men “stay young” longer than women. Perhaps it is because a man twenty-one years old knows that he kuows nothing, in the world’s opinion anyway. He is just preparing to run a race over a course untried by his feet,though trodden by millions of others. He steadies himself, looks about him, and reflects that if he is to keep in the race he must hii ( ve his eyes wide open all'the time, and learn how to run as he goes. The young women usually con siders that with her college diplo ma in hand strenuous mental ap plication and effort comas to an end. With the young man school and college are preparations only for the activities and achieve ments of maturity. The phenom enally brilliant undergraduate is seldom heard of again—-man or woman. Too early “development is not a favorable augury. The great school is the school of life, with a course of study covering three-score years and ’ ten. It is those who are recognized forces during the last half of this.school ing who are of account iu the world.-September Woman’s Home Companion. Goes Like Hot Cakes. “The fastest selling article I have in my store,” writes drug gist C. T. Smith, of Davis;- Kyi, “is Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, beoause it always cures. In my six years of sales it has never failed. I have known it to save sufferers from Throat and Lung diseases, who could get no help from doctors or any other reme dy.” Mothers rely on it, best physicians prescribe it. Satisfac tion guaranteed or refund price. Trial bottles free, Regular sizes, 50c and $1.00 at Holtclaw’s drug store. ■ “The problem of popular edu- ucation is one that presses most heavily upon us. There is no measure that we now think of that would more directly and sensibly benefit the South than this one, and we hope it will be pressed in season and out of sea-r, son until it is realized in law an a in fact”—Atlanta Constituiion. w. A. DAVIS. BEN. T. RAY. GEO. H. LOWEL W. A. DAVIS & CO., COTTON FACTORS-". 405-407 Poplar St. MACON, GEORGIA BEST SALESMEN IN THE OITY They are active, and courteous. accommodating Send them your cottony they are honest in thjir dealings and wise in their judgement. eSc CO*, MACON, GEORGIA. aia<2SQ<3 l (3iO<5)C3 l iai0@»<3 i e>C l T(5»0 l &<S l @Ol5>C?@O > Q»(!iHa(!J l G!iC?O€I l (&<P'ei<5 i a0'iaOC!i(glS’g | New Store! New Goodsl MY STOCK OF Furniture, Coffins, Caskets* UNDERTAKERS’ SUPPLIES, is new, choice and complete. I buy direct from the factories, and sell on a small margin of profit. * Sewing Machines. I can please you ih goods and prices. Come to see me. Mr. J, R. Fudge is with me and will devote special attention to/the Sewing Machine department—will carry a Machine to your home and permit a trial be fore you purchase. - u masonic TTl Q A Perry, Building. * " * C DO YOU either need a Stove or a Range? If so, I can fill your order and guaran tee to do it satisfactorily. I carry a complete line of For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of National Steel Ranges (unlr&tt!" Excelsior Stoves and Ranges, New Enterprise Stoves, Grand Oak Stoves # My fall stock of Crockery and Housefurnisnings is even, moie complete than it has been heretofore. CALDERB. Triangular Block. © MACON, GEORGIA