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DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GrA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1902, A Middle Counties Fair Association, Business Outlok Good. Macou Telegraph. The success of the Jones county fair thisyear lias not only been a big advertisement for that county, but its influence has been iar- reaching. It has caused a discus sion among progressive farmers of other couuties, and the farmers of Jones are participants also. The subject of the caucusing is the project of holding at Macon next year at the Central City Park “A Middle Counties Fair.”" The plan is to secure the co-op eration of the farmers of Jones, Bibb, Twiggs, Laurens, Wilkin son, Houston, Crawford, Monroe, Baldwin, Butts, Pike Jasper, and Putnam in organizing *a fair as sociation composed . of the pro gressive representative farmers of the counties named,, and arrange to hold a fair in October, 1908. It is argued that Macon is central ly located for the people of all the sections that would be inter ested, and one of the greatest fairs ever held in middle Georgia could be organized for a grand ag« ricultual display; Between two hundred and three hundred'thousand people reside in the territory that is named for a representation in the “Middle Couuties Fair.” The programme is to call a meeting at Macon, of farmers from the different counties at an early date and effect an organiza tion ; that the work of preparing for the fair can be commenced long enough in advance to assure its success as an exhibit of the ag- ricultual products, the stock and every other item in the menage of the farm that will show what middle Genrgia is capable of. Such an exhibition will not v only attract home people, but strangers to Macon, and teach every one what sort of a country is embrac ed in the sections repsesented at the fair. In their last report, Brad- street’s say on the business out look: “Confidence in the outlook for our next year’s, business is a nota ble feature in the trade situation. The volume of orders booked for next'spring’s delivery is large for this season of the year, and is ex plained partly by the exception ally good business done' in the fall and winter account and' the large crop yields of the year, and also by the good position of the winter wheat crop as winter ap proaches. The absence of kill ing frosts at the South has allow ed the maturing of a considerable crop of cotton. This has helped the trade situation there, while acting as a brake upon the ten dency of the price of the staple to advance. “Southern trade advices are that the fine open fall favors the making of a good top crop of cot ton. Ftosts as yet have been light. At the East retail trade needs steady cold weather to stimulate demand, but jobbing business feels the effect of the lifting of the coal embargo. Woolen goods, strengthened more by the higher cost of raw wool than by current demand, are tending up; yarns have already advanced. Spring trade indica tions are promising. Lumber is selling freely, despite the advanc ed stage of. the season. The movement of anthracite coal is increasing, tnd prices have fallen rather faster than expected.” This is certainly an interesting and encouraging statement. There are pessimists.who can nev er see anything but the worst side. Things-are seldom quite as bad as they seem. . The truth is stated by Bradstreet when it is said that businesS'Conditions are excellent and the outlook for next -year’s trade very promising. Following Instructions. At the Roosevelt Hospital the other morning a poor woman came to the clinic, says the New York Times. She was suffering greatly, so the doctor administer ed an emetic at once. Then he sent her home, with, the .warning that her stomach was in a bad condition and Uiat she should di- patrons in Houston County are Ship me your Cotton B. WLLLINGHAM, Co ^Ca-conc.. Q-eorslsi. Education that Knows, Sees and Does W. A. DAVIS BEN. T, BAY GEO. H. LOWE, There is every needful reason to justify such an adjustment of our school system that every child may begin with the alpha bet of his primer to learn some of the easy and productive uses for which the Creator gave him his eyes and ears, his hands and feet. By instructing him in the use of these natural implements of pro duction upon the raw materials of his immediate enviroment, he will learn that God made noth ing for folly or waste. He will come to feel that work is worthy, ennobling and profitable. He will cotne from the work shop of the school to take an effective po sition in the workshops of the world without feeling that he has decended from the “heights of Homer” to the coalheaps of Cali ban.- The south is to be redeemed by her own sons and daughters to an independence of character, econ omies and power that will make her ashamed and fearful in the face of no rival. The way to CSTTMi FACTOR* MACON, GEORGIA BEST SALESMEN IN THE CITY They are active, accommodating and courteous. Send them your cotton;-they are honest in tli )ir -dealings-- and wise in their judgement. “W“; A. c$S CO., MACON, GEORGIA. — The‘Macon Tolegr aph observes that “Minister Wu Ting Fang has been rather silent since his transfer to China was announced, suggesting the chastened solemni ty, of a man who has received a backset after a season of great prosperity. But we observe that he has recently made a remark to the effect that the skirts of Amer ican women, which are made long only to be held up,’ are entirely beyond his. eomprehention. The Ohiuaman’s state of obfuscation is in this instance shared by the American man.” The Telegraph is correct. The present day skirt is undeniably'.a'source of wonder —a puzzle—to all of us. Bub thoy please the ladies and that settles it. .■-- Exchange.' dynamics of such schools as are advocated by President Branson and are being exploited by The Georgia Federation. — Atlanta Constitution. The compulsory education law in Indium is, at a normal cost, having a very beneficial effect. In 1902, 24,784 children were brought into the schools, and the poor provided with books and clothing at a total cost of $1.81 a child. In eighteen counties dur ing the last year the officers suc ceeded in bringing the children into school without resorting to the prosecution of their, parents. In the remaining seventy-four counties there were 825 prosecu tions. The law has been in force for five years, and is upheld by the courts and public sentiment. In this time the cost of enforcing it has dropped 24 per cent.—Ex. Later a little girl appeared at the nearest drugstore asking for some dye stuff. “What color?” said the clerk. “I don’t know,” answered the child. _ “But surely you must have some preference,” said the oblig ing salesman. She only shook her head in re sponse. “Well, will you take blue?” “Yes, I guess so.” The clerk, determined to ferret out the cause of such unusual in difference, asked: “What are you going to use that dye for, little girl?” . She answered, “My mamma had a pain in her stomach, and the doctor at the big hospital said she should ‘dye it.’ ” A Startling- surprise. A very few could believe m looking at'A. T. Hoadley, a heal thy, robust blacksmith of Tib den, |ml., that for ten years he suffered such tortures from Rheu matism as few could endure and live. But a wonderful change followed his taking Electric Bit- When the Texas oil fields were discovered there was"much talk to the effect that they were too far away from the markets and from t ide water for their products to over become very valuable. Nev ertheless,a'mut all the transporta tion difficulties have been over come and a considerable fleet of steamers will shortly be distrih- uning the oil along the seaboard. A use has been found for the oil and it is in demand. Luck in Thirteen., By sending 13 miles Wm. Spi- re.y, of Walton Furnace, Vt., got a box of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve that wholly cured a horrible Fe ver Sore on. his leg. . Positively cures bruises, felons, ulcers, erup tions, boils, burns, corns and piles. Guaranteed. . Only 25c at Holtz- claw’s Drugstore. —' A scheme for the manufacture of paper buttons is being put for ward in SanFransisco. These but« ton?., say the promoters of the scheme, will be cheaper than the bone and metal ones, quite as Bern vicable and of as good an appear ance;- tli® •TIT' e *^ ler nml a Stove or fi Range? If 5 vs# U so, 1 can fill your order and guaran tee to/do it satisfactorily. I carry m complete line of - . National Steel Ranges (u*Ld a ste^Y Senator Hoar enumerates trust evils thus: 1, destruction of com petition ; 2, the manage merit of industries by absentee capital ; 3, destruction of local public spirit; ■1, fraudulent capitalization; 5, secrecy ; 6, management for the private benefit of the officers ; 7, the power to corrupt elections and in some cases to corrupt the courts;.8, indifference to public sentimefit.” To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s signature, on each box.25c. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough CAUCUS MACOJNI GEORG Tb-iangular Block,