Newspaper Page Text
Sidewalk Gleanings.
LOCAL NEWS OF TOWN AND COUNI Y
A Bare Literary Treat.
—Mrs. W. S. King of Bonaire
was in Perry last Monday.
—Rev. B. E. Whittington of
Byron was with friends in Perry
last Monday.
—Sweet potatoes have not sold
this season for less than 75 cents
a bushel, retial
—It is now said there will .be
two marriages in Perry before the 1 '
close of this year.
—Rev. ,V. W. SimmonsVwill
preach at Small Academy next
Sunday afternoon.
—Mr Ben W. Holtzclaw of Ma
con spent several days with home
folks in Perry last week.
—Rev. J. W. Simmons filled
his regular appointment at Provi
dence church last Sunday.
—Mr. and Mrs. Butler Hardi
son of Henderson spent last Sun
day in Perry with relatives.
—Mr. J. J. Marshburn killed a
large catamount on his farm east
of Denuard last Thursday after
noon.
—Mr. and Mrs. W V F. Miller of
Fort Valley were in Perry last
Sunday visiting relatives of Mrs.
Miller.
—All the commissioners attend
ed the November meeting of Oomr-
ty Commissioners’ court last
Tuesday.
—Miss Ann King returned home
last week from an extended visit
to her niece, Mrs. Manderville, at
Carrollton.
—On November 17th Tax col
lector Davidson will begin his
third and last round of appoint
ments at Perry.
—Judge and Mrs.J, H. Houser
visited relatives and friends at
Henderson from last Friday to
Sunday afternoon. ,
—There are more home raised
turkeys within the corporate lipi-
its of Perry than this writer lias
ever before noticed.
—Mr, H. T. Gilbert and fam
ily moved last week from Wash
ington Avenue to the Paul resi
dence on Main, street.
—Tax Collector Davidson will
conclude the second round of ap
pointments Thursday afternoon,
November Oth, at Eva.
—The dispensary question seems
to be a “live wire” in and around
Fort Valley. See notice of local
legislation in this paper.
—There was an interesting
meeting of the Perry Epworth
League at the home of * Mrs. Ida
Rogers last Friday night.
—Mrs. Manderville of Carroll
ton, daughter of the late Maj. J.
M. Richardson, visited relatives
in Perry several days last week.
—Miss Fannie Moore, who is
teaching school at Gray, Jones
county, was with home folks in
Perry last Saturday ana Sunday.
—Miss Mattie Miller, who is
teaching school at Grovania,
spent last Saturday night and
Suuday with home folks in Perry.
—Mrs. E. S. Wellons returned
home last Thursday from an ex
tended visit to her daughter, Mrs.
J. V. Wallace, at Charleston, S.C.
—Mr. C. C. Jordan, of Ameri
cus,son-in-law of the late Hon;
W. S. King of Bonaire, was in
Perry on estate business last Mon
day.
—Masters Tommie and Walter
Tollendore of near Perry returned
home Wednesday from a visit to
to their brother near Ivy, Wilkin
son county.
—Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Slocumb
and children of Bonaire spent last
Sunday in Perry with the family
of Mr. J. J. Marshburn, father of
Mrs. Sloouinb.
—Presiding Elder J. B. McGhee,
will preach at the Perry Method
ist church next Sunday night,
and the fourth quarterly confer
ence will be held. \ Monday at 10
o’clock. \
—Messrs. J. H, and T. J. Mc
Michael have moved from the
Kunz house on Second street .to
the house on Washington Avnue
recently vacated by Mr. H. T.
Gilbert and family. " ;
—Messrs. J. J. Marshburn,Hugh
Lawson and C. 0, Duncan,Jr. were
elected deacons of the Perry Bap
tist church tvvo . weeks • ago, and
they; will be ordained immediately
after the prayer service Thursday
.might, this vfniek.
I \.... w
The first Lyceum entertainment
of this season at Perry will be at
J - Frida
the Court House Friday night,
November 7th.
Mr. Douglas Leftwich, called
the “Bob Taylor of the North,”
will deliver one of his inimitable
lectures, and all who hear him
will be entertained most agreea-
will begin at 8
prici s of admis-
The leoture
o’clook; usual
sion.
The leoture will be under the
auspices of the Perry Lyceum
Course.
The Election In Houston.
in
Roll of Honor. Perry Public School.
The Congressional election
Houston county last Tuesday was
exceedingly quiet, there being no
opposition to the nominee, Hon.
E. B. Lewis.
The vote polled was unanimous
for the demorcatb nominee.
At Perry 104 votes were polled,
less than * half the usual white
vote, though 9 more than were
polled at the state election. ,
As we go to press before th
consolidation at Wednesday noon,
therefore we cannot give the to
tal vote. It is probably less than
600.
Prom Grovania to Valdosta.
Our correspondent, “JoeBedge”
writes us an interesting report of
o trip from Grovania to the State
fair at Valdosta last Saturday,
but we regret our inibility to pub
lish it, owing to the lateness of
its arrival, its length and the
crowd upou our available space.
At Grovania the train consisted
of Bix coaches, and two more
“hitched on” ah Sparks.
In separate coaches were 860
negroes from Hon. J. Pope
Brown’s plantation, and the
neighborhood, in charge of the
farm manager, Mr. J. H. Ether
idge and a son of Hon. J. Pope
Brown.
On the train there were Messrs.
T. H. Rentz, W. S. Riley, E. H.
Wimberly Jr., R. F. Napier, J. M.
Bunn, F. C. Henderson of Gro
vania, and J. H, Coffee of Elko.
. —*-©<»■ r—
Death of Mr. 0. L. Holloman.’
Death has again visited this
community and claimed one of
our much loved friends, Mr,
CharleB L. Hollenmn.
On the 8th of October he was
attending the wedding of one of
his cousins, and was taken seri
ously ill. He suffered about two
weeks, when the death angel en
tered his home. Pie died October
24th, leaving a father, mother,
a brother and a sister to grieve
for tho loved one, whom some day
they expect to meet again.
Their many friends extend sin
cere and loving sympathy to the
bereaved ones. A friend,
Near Byron, Nov. 1. B. P. W.
—Last Saturday Mr. D. Follen-
dore told us that he had sold this
year from £ of an acre,, sweet po
tatoes to about the value of a
bale of cottoD, and scarcely more
than half the potatoes had been
sold. Mr. Follendore operates a
one hor°e farm near Perry, and
makes a surplus of food products
as well as a good crop . of cotton
each year.
—Hon.,E. L. Dennard attend
ed the state fair at Valdosta last
Monday. So far . he, Messrs. J.
N.Tuttle and W. Hemingway and
Mrs. "Jennie Garrison of Perry are
the only citizens of this section of
the county to attend the fair.
They say it is decidedly good.
—Mr. N. E. Marshburn of
LaGrange was in Perry from Sat
urday night to Monday morning
visiting the family of his father,
Mr. J. J. Marshburn, and his
wife, daughter and son, who from
here went down to Unadilla to
visit relatives.
—The first frost"of this season
appeared last Thursday, October.
80th, but it was not keavy enough
to kill vegetation. Frost again
appeared Monday morning, No
vember 3rd.
—:Mrs. W. J. Little and son re
turned to their home in Macon
last Thursday, having visited the
family of Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Cooper^mrents of Mrs. Little.
~~ *Ofl> '■
WANTED—-Two good four
horse teams to haul Telephone
Poles; apply to J. D. Martin, Jr.
9th Grade: Hallie Hemingway, •,
95.14.
8th Grade—Juliette Hurst, 91-
28, Louise DaviB, 90.58.
7th Grade—Sam Hodges, 93.55
6th Grade-Sadie Wellons, Clif
ford Powers, Louise Moore, Wil-
lierine Rainey, Miguon Davis,
Stella Cater, Estelle Andrew,
lone Smoak, Janie Holmes, Bes
sie Smith, Estelle Edwards, Otis!
McMichael. I
5th Grade-~ Mary Bennett, Eula
Chapman, Jim Taylor, Maggie
Edwards.
4th Grade—Theresa Hodges,
Eliza Cater, EtheJ Woodard, Er
nest Stripling, Ethel' Nunn, Eve
lyn Holtzclaw, Clinton Connell,
Julius Heard, Erwin Parker, Eva
Dasher, Minor Parker, Mary Hem
ingway, Thornton Marshburn.
8rd Grade—Georgia Hurst, Har
ris Edwards, Henry Martin, Inez
Bennett, Clifford Moore.
2nd Grade—Ben Holtzclaw and
Cater Rogers; Katharine Cater
and Clifford Heard; Edna Hodges,
Helen Cater, John Powers and
William Moore; Ceorge B. Wells,
Robert Gater, Francis Dix, Clara
Nunn and Ruth Andrew; Aldene
McMichael.
559
Cherry.
Macon,
Ga.
Cordially invites the people of Houston County to call and
inspect the beautiful and complete line of
Fall and Winter Goods Now Ready
Comprising Dress Goods of every description, Ladies Tail
ored Suits, Separate Skirts, Cloaks, Capes, Furs, Silk and
Flannel Waists, Petticoats, Winter Underwear for Ladies,
Men and Children, Zephyr Goods, such as Shawls, Capes
and Fascinators, Good Black Hose, aiid special values in
Bed Spreads, Table Linen, HapKins and Towels, Corsets,
Gloves, Handiterchiefs, Chiffon Buffs and Domestics.
MR. FRAME M. HOUSER,
formerly of Houston County, will’ ta.Ke great pleasure in
serving his friends, either by mail or in person, if they will
call while in the city.
Satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded.
Express paid on all cash orders of $5.00, or more, except Domestics.
Pretty line of Crocheted Goods
in Ladies’ Shawls and Fascina
tors, Children’s Hoods and Caps,
Baby Saques, Ladies’ Hoods, etc.,
etc., at L. M. Paul’s.
If You Want
a go6d Mule or Horse, call on 0.
M. Branan, 520 Poplar street, Ma
con, Ga.
Orange Sorgiiam Seed for sale.
Apply to J. T. Walker,
near Bonaire, Ga.
HOUSTON SHERIFF’S SALES.
Will be sold before the court house
loor in the town of Perry, Houston
county, Ga., between the legal hours of
sale, on the first Tuesday in December
1902, the following property, to-wit:
All that tract of land lying in the sixth
distriot of Houston county and consist
ing of the north half of lot number one
hundred and ten, containing 101M aores,
all of lot of land number eighty-three,
except the south-east thirty pores, being
177}£ aores; also all of lot number seven
ty-eight, containing 2023^ aores lying in
Crawford county, Ga., and the north-east
fifty aores of lot number eighty-four in
Crawford county. All of said lands ly
ing and being in one body and aggregat
ed fivehtindrod and twenty-six and one-
fourth aores, more or less, and described
in a judgment in favor of the British &
American Mortgage Company Limited
against Henry G Hardison, obtained at
October term 1902 of Houston Superior
Court, in the county of the defendant’s
residence. Levied upon as the property
of Heury G. Hardison to satisfy a li-fa
from Houston Superior court in favo; of
the British*^ American Mortgage Com
pany Limited vs. Henry G. Hardison,
Defendant notified. Terms cash.
Also at the same time and place all
that tract of land lying in the ninth dis
trict of Houston county, Ga., and being
lots of laud numbers one hundred and
thirty-five, one hundred and fifty-four
and one huudred aiid twenty-one, each
containing 202^ acres and aggregating
six hundred seven und one-half acres,
more or less, and all lying in one body
and being the same land described in a
judgment obtained at the October term,
1902, of Houston Superior court in favor
of the British & American Mortgage
Company Limited against John F. San
ders, trustee for wife and children, and
Hattie Sanders, W. H, Sanders, Armin-
da Sanders and Alice Tharpe. Levied on
as the property of said John F. Sanders,
trustee for wife and ohildren, and Hattie
Sanders, W. H. Sanders, Arminda San
ders and Alioe Tharpe to satisfy a fijfa
issued from Houston Superior court in
favor of the British & American Mort
gage Company Limited vs. said- John F,
Sanders, trustee for wife and children,
and Hattie Sanders, W. H. Sanders, Ar
minda Sanders and Alice Tharpe. De
fendants notified. Terms cash.
Also at the same time and place, that
trace or parcel of land lying in the origi
nal sixth, now upper fifth, distriot of
Houston county, and being that thirty
acres off of lot No. 10, in said district,
conveyed by Sterling Jordan and Mary
Jordan to Augustus Hill by their deed
dated 6th day of December, 1872, and re
corded in book of deeds Q, pages 63 and
65, in the olerk’s office of Houston supe
rior court, and by Gus Bill to Mayer &
Watts by his deed dated 1st day of Feb
ruary, 1896, and recorded in book AA,
page 339, clerk’s office, Houston superi
or rourt, and by Mayer & Watts recon
veyed to Gus Hill on the 8th day of Oc
tober, 1902, and recorded in deed book 3,
page 439, in Clerk’s office of Houston su
perior court. Said lands being bounded
as follows: On the riorth by the lands
of Louisa Hill, east by the lands of Dave
Walker, south by the lands of Mrs. S. A.
Bassett and on the west by the lands of
G. P. Lamar, and known as the Gus Hill
land. Levied on as the property of said
Gus Hill, and in his possession, to satis
fy a fi fa from Houston superior court,
April term, 1900, in favor of Mayer &
Watts, vs Gus Hill. Tenant in posses
sion notified as the statute requires.
M. L. COOPER, Sheriff.
Nov. 4th,-1902.
Subscribe for The Home Jocthnajj.
LESSER’S.
659 CHERRY STREET.
MACON. GEORGIA
ft
mm
GOOD J&.S GOL.3D
ARE
H. C. God man’s School Shoes.
SOLD BY F. M. HOUSER. N
A complete line of sizes in Box Calf and Vici Leather always on hand
at $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50.
Also a complete line of Shoes for Men and Women, Boys and Gials.
All kinds. Good, Better, Best.
if you want ^ ere * s WtSmiy.
anything in XXv-/OJLX!iX\) -X the place to come
Good Ribbed Children’s Hose at 10c pair
The best you ever bought for the money at 15c “
Something extra heavy for boys, double knees and toes,
Square English heels, at 25c “
Something nicer and lighter, pure Lisle, fine ribbed,
for girls and ladies, at 25c “
White Socks and White Stockings for the older people at 15c “
A nice pure Lisle fine seamless Ladies’ Hose,
Square English Heel, at 25c “
Good Men’s Hose, black, blue, tan, red and fancy, at 10c and 15c “
Some solid colors and some extra fancy at 25c and 50c “
Almost everything you need you will
find here, and the price is always right’
FRED. M. HOUSER.
NEW FALL GOODS.
I open this season with the greaiest sale of
Silks and Novelty Dress Goods in the history
of this store, and at prices that have no paral
lel in this section of the state. My two stores
are brimfull of new things in
Dress Woods, Notions, JLaces and Em
broideries, Wloves and Handkerchiefs,
Shoes, Hats, Shirts, Clothing and Men’s Fur
nishing Goods. A standard line of Groceries
always in stock.
Buggies and Wagons. Bagging and Ties.
Highest prices for all cotton carried to my
Brick Cotton Warehouse.
Your patronage solicited.
”W_ ZD_ ID-A-IT, Fexxzr, O-a.
G. W. GANTT.
W. F. HOLMES.
GANTT & HOLMES,
Successors to Moore & Holmes,
COTTON FACTORS, / -
Horses and Farm Supplies.
Deering Reapers, Binders,
Mowers and Rakes.
SEND US YOUR COTTON AND GET BEST RETURNS