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Published Every Thursday Morning.
no.H. HODGES, Editor and Publisher
Perry, Thursday, October 80.
Democrats expect to elect a ma
jority of congressmen next Tuesday
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The Georgia state fair is in suo
cessful progress at Valdosta, and
will continue through Nov. 9th.
The fighting in Venezuela last
week waB favorable to the govern
ment troops commanded by Presi
dent Castro. 4
At a recent meeting of the Macon
Presbytery at Thomasville, it was
deoided to locate the Presbyterian
High, School at Roohelle,
Emperor William of Germany
and Prince Henry of Prussia have
been elected -honorary members of
the New York Yacht Club.
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Senor Don Emilio de Ojeda was
received by President Roosevelt last
Thursday as the properly accredited
minister of Spain to the United
States.
After living just thirtoen weeks
the Athens Tribune suspended pub
lioation last Friday, baviug boen
sold to the lessee of the Athens
Banner.
was
last
A negro boy aged 16 years
lynolied near Tallapoosa, Ga.,
Thursday night. He had commit
ted the crime that usually causes a
lynohing.
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If no time is lost other than
Thanksgiving day, the Georgia leg-,
blaoure will adjourn on the 19th of
December. Let us hope no time
will be squandered.
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At a recent meeting of the Mis
souri Valley Homeopathio Associa
tion a resolution condemning kiss
ing was adopted. The practice was
declared unsanitary.
Advices from Paris say France,
f'reat Britain and Germany have
agreed to withdraw their military
forces from China, to be accomplish
ed by January 1st, 1903.
Qhanges in the method of con
ducting the dispensary at Athens
will be asked for through a bill pre-
'ented to the Georgia legislature by
t.be oity council of Athens.
At the Atlanta fair last Thursday
Itobert Walthour, the champion bi
cyclist, defeated ten horses in a ten-
,uilo race. Each horse ran one mile,
ail the bicyclist was paced by an
a .immobile.
f r is reported from Raleigh, N.
0., that there will be more than 70
uiiils -in the proposed merger of
southern cotton mills, aud that the
capitalization of the combination
will be more than thirty million
dollars.
Senator Hanna barely escaped
physical collapse twice last week, at
the conclusion of political speeches.
We' don’t care to get rid of his
-icthods that way, but his political
r elapse would be beneficial to 'the
• lire country. It is shrewdly sus-
p nited that President Roosevelt en
tertains a like opinion.
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Senator Bacon has offered sixty
ajres.of land in the suburbs of Ma-
■' >n as a site for the proposed Ma-
bonic Home to be built by the Ma
cons of Georgia. Macon is certain
ly the best place in Georgia for the
home, being most centrally located
a id having other .advantages equal
io the best.
Bv arbitration the differences be
tween the striking miners and the
operators in the anthracite^region
will be settled. Both sides agreed
to the proposition, and the commis
sion, consisting of six men, was se
lected by President Roosevelt. Last
Thursday work was resumed in all
mines that had not been injured by
disuse or accident during the strike.
Several days must yet elapse before
the output of the mines reaches the
usual quantity, and the findings of
the commission will be necessarily
delayed seneral weeks, as represen
tatives of both sides must be heard,
and all conditions carefully consid
ered.
The Georgia Legislature.
The Georgia General Assembly
convened Wednesday of last week,
with all the members present except
two or three.
Mr. Clark Howell was re elected
president of the Senate without op
posieion, and a similar honor was
conferred upon Uharlie Northen as
secretary of that body.
In the House of Representatives
the election of speaker was spirited,
requiring ten ballots, and resulting
in the election of Hon. N. E. Morris
of Oobb over Messrs. Mitchell of
Thomas and George of Morgan.
John T. Boifeuillet of Macon was
re-eleoted clerk of the House.
Gov. Candler’s last message was
read Thursday morning, a strictly
business document. In congratu
lating the state upon the redaction
of the tax rate within his adminis
tration from $6.21 to $5.80, he says
the present rate will yield a suffi
cient amount to meet all the ordina
ry expenses of the state for the next
year. During the year closed Sept.
30, 1902, the total receipts were $3,-
886,163, and the total disbursements
$4,105,705. The excess was to pay
arrearages to teachers'and new pen
sions, and was made available by
the authorized use of a portion of
the public property fund to pay in
terest on the public debt. In speak
ing of pensions, he says there will
necessarily be an increase, and de
clares that reforms in the pension
laws should be made in order to
eliminate names that should not be
on the list. In reporting upon the
failure of the railroad managers to
accept the plan of the legislature to
build a new depot on the state’s
property in Atlanta, he says the con
tinuance of the old depot will large
ly decrease the value of the state,
road, and that a new depot should*
be built by the state regardless of
other railroads, or extend the state
road either to .Brunswick or Savan
nah. He advisod that the misde
meanor convicts of the counties be
placed under direct control of the
prison commissioners, that the f
system be abolished, and that |. ,
vate chaingangs should be legaliz -i
He recommended the taxalion i t ,,
corporation franchises upon tin-
sis of the market value of their
spective bonds, As to church aud
school property used exclusively for
such purposes, he advised exemption
from taxation, and urged an appro
priation for a Georgia exhibit at the
St. Louis exposition in 1904. He
insisted that there should be a gen
eral revision of the state constitu
tion.
By motion of Hon. J. H. Hall of
Bibb that portion of the governor’s
message relating to the depot was
referred to a special committee.
On Friday eight bills were intro
duced.
Gov. Joseph M. Terrell was inau
gurated Saturday.
The inaugural address was short,
and did not outline in detail his pol
icies as governor. He declared, how
ever, that “the supreme interest of
the state and the people lies in the
reduction of the rate of taxation and
in providing bettor educational ad
vantages for the children of the
state.” The tax reduction, he said,
can be obtained by an economical
administration of the affairs of the
state, by faithful execution of pres
ent tax laws and by cutting off all
unnecessary appropriations; by need
ful amendments to make every spe
cies of 'property bear its equitable
share of taxation. ' He favors an ag-
icultural school in each congres
sional district, by using the net fees
from the inspection of fertilizers;
this loss to be supplied by an in
crease in the hire of convicts. He
left for future communication to the
legislature an elaboration of his
views. The oath of office was ad
ministered to Gov. Terrell by Chief
Justice Simmons of the Supreme
douvt.
As an official farewell tribute, the
state officials presented to retiring
Gov. Candler a chest of silverware.
A Houston Invention.
Progress should at all times mean
improvement, and it is ever a pleas
ure to this writer to mention the
name of a Houstonian in this con
nectioh.
Daring the October term of Hous
ton Superior court there was on ex
hibition in Perry a new basket in
tended to supplant the oak split
basket for many years used to gath
er cotton and other farm products.
This basket was invented by Mr.
W. L. Means, of near Elko, one of
the most progressive farmers of
Houston county. Mr. Means has
already exhibited this basket at
many places in Georgia, and in oth
er states, and people of all classes
tell him it is “just the thing” for
which it was made. He is organiz
ing a stock company for its manu
facture and sale on a large scale.
Of course the basket is patented,
and its name is “Means’ Handy
Basket.”
The basket is made with a band
iron frame, with fiat rim at bottom
and round rim at top, the filling be
ing of stout cotton duck, detachable
from the frame at will. The frame
is practically everlasting, and the
“filling” id more durable than the
split-oak affairs. The baskets are
made in several sizes, from a half
bushel with handle, to a basket that
will hold about 175 pounds of seed
cotton. Whatever the use to which
this is applied, you know what the
basket holds, what it weighs, and
that it is safer and more durable
and convenient than any other bas
ket heretofore used on a farm, or in
a peach orchard, and that it pre
vents all waste. These baskets are
practically the same weight as the
split cotton baskets.
Mr. Means has patented a good
thing, and we hope it will yield him
a handsome fortune.
It is reported from Washington
that Hon. Hoke Smith of Atlanta
does not deny that he will be a can
didate for United States senator in
1904, to succeed Senator Bacon.
Georgians know that Hr. Smith is
an able statesman, but Senator Ba-’
con has been ever equal to the du
ties of the high position he occupies.
The people are more than satisfied
with his service, and he will not be
displaced.
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It is said that a large up-to-date
hotel will soon be erected in Atlanta.,
The Youth’s Companion Calendar
Free.
The publishers of The Youth’s
Oompanion are sending free to new
subscribers of the paper for 1903
vi=rv handsome calendar, lithograph-
i i in twelve colors, with a border
■ i ; *>Bsed in gold. The exquisite
| ..a scene which forms the princi
,jal feature of the calendar is suita
ble for framing. The calendar is
sold to non-subscribers for 50 cents,
but to new subscribers for 1903 it is
sent free, with all the issues of The
Oompanion for the remaining weeks
of 1902, the paper then being sent
for a full year, co January, 1904.
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At a recent session of the Ameri
can Missionary Association (colored)
one. of the delegates, Rev. H. H.
Proctor, said there are 7,000,000 ne
groes in the south, and that 4,000,
000 of these are outside any church.
He further said that the Congrega-
tionalists had built more schools
and has fewer churches than any
other leading denomination.
A oonrtaotor from Chicago was
in Atlanta last week for the purpose
of securing a large lot of Georgia
marble to bo used for the interior
work of a large building to be erect
ed soon in Chicago. He said Geor
gia marble, because of its beauty
and value, is becomiug more in de
mand for such work as above noted.
At Wilke3barre, Pa., last Sunday
members of the United Mine Work
ers Association presented President
Mitchell with a gold watch and gold
badge, as evidence of their confi
dence aud esteem.
An explosion of GOO kegs of pow
der at a powder mill near Fairmont,
W. Va., destroyed $30,000 worth of
property last Sunday. Fortunately
no person was injured.
There is more Catarrh iu this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to he
incurable. For a great many years doctors pro
nounced it a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, aud by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment;, pronounced it incurable,
science lias proven catarrh to be a constitu
tional disease, and therefore requires constitu
tional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manu
factured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is
the only constitutional cure on the market It
is take.i internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and
mucus suriaces of the system. They offer one
hundred, dollars for any cas i itfales to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address. F. J. CFTENV & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
MONEY.
Loan* negotiated on improved
A»rms, at lowest market rates, and on
most liberal terms.
Bueinesa of fifteen years standing.
Mora than three million dollars n
loan* ne*etiated. Facilities oniur-
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