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VMM 'fflOMM moa, *1.60 A TSAR, IS ADVANCE. Published Every Thursday Horning. no.H. HODGES, Editor and Publisher Perry, Thursday, December 4. Congress convened last Monday. Ann Christian people are antici pating Christmas. Snow and sleet fell in many parts of Georgia last Thursday, the first of the season. Less than-two more weeks remain daring which the Georgia legisla tors can enact laws. Like all republican presidents, Roosevelt lacks genuine courage in his appointment of negroes to office. ' 1 "***•' .fe"'**! T -- A game of politics is what the present session of congress will <>rove to be, with the republicans in control. English ports have been officially <-loeed against the importation of cattle and hogs from the New Eng land states. Football has this year oaused the deuth'of twelve boys, and the seri ous injury of fii6, says a special from Mew York. During the present session of '\mgresB the republicans will not «* )rmit any tariff. revision or anti- M ust legislation. , Wherever there were a number of • i dzetis of the United States last nirsday, the. day was observed f§ fch thanksgiving. J.ohn L. Sullivan, former champi on pugilist, has filed a petition in mkruptoy in the United States district court at New York. Hon. W. J. Bryan is right when ' i says President Roosevelt “would ■ || dare appoint a negro to a post- ape in any republican community . . a northern state." | l’ Lancaster, Ky., three negroer < evicted of vagrancy were sold at auction lust Thursday, for the terms < f their sentence—two for one yeav * t«h and one for three years. It was reported last Thursday J’uit Hon. Robert Hodges had be- t imp a candidate for the judgehip - i the City court of Macon, Mr . iri.m Harris having withdrawn. *-*-*- vT is said Germany desires pos- no.nion of the islands of the Danish Wait Indies, for the purchase of 'which the United States-govern- has conferred with Denmark. U'.ifr endly complications are antioi- i i:ed. As a result of the reoent strike ri- »• is in Havana, the secretary of gov- ‘•rament of Cuba resigned under pt isbure. It was charged that he R id publicly sympathized with the ► •■‘ikers in their riotous demonstra te ns. .— '« England and Germany have olaims ciw.a'nsl Venezuela,and it waB report- . i tibt week that preparations were b- "'made to use force in settling * 1: ' laims. Warships will be used, ' it is reported from Washington ; -.M) this government will not object, \v Treuton, New Jersey, the su- > trust and controlling coffee, udders are at issue in court. It is claimed that the sugar trust has no 1 rftl right to deal in coffee, and on ! . it oiaim the issue is made. It is a b •/>! battle between rich corpora ls *!;H. Objection to a conference with representatives of the miners’ union was «.made by the operators last week, and the arbitration commis sioners are again in charge of the proposition of settling the differ ences between the mine operators and the miners in the anthracite eoal region. At Tuskeegee, Ala., before the teachers and students of Tuskeegee Institute, Gen. John B. Gordon truthfully declared last Saturday Light: “Measuring well my words, n-ud with the fear of God before me, I declare to you that the southern white man is the best friend the ne- g& of the south has." Use Only The Best. By this headline we do not mean that which is the most expensive,! but that which is really best for the purpose for which it is to be used. Whatevey is worth using, is worth using to the very best advantage. Only the best thoughts are fit for the use of intelligent and refined people. Of words only. the best should be used, else a lesson that should not be taught will be learned by those who hear. Using the best thoughts and words, the best actions will follow as a natural sequence. Individnally to all people, the ability is ever at their command to use the best thought, speech and action, and when they determine that nothing but the best is good enough for their use, the impetus to improvement in all avenues will be great, and the progress continual. In whatever line of business, the best is none too good, and that which is inferior is not good enough. In mercantile business the use of the best selection of each grade of articles sold would enhance the character of the business, increase the patronage accorded the sellers, and to the buyers there would be greater benefit, good will and satis faction. In farming best results come with the use of the best lands for the best crops, best preparation, best fertili zation, best cultivation with the best implements and the best judgment. This practice would continually give best crops, increase the fertility of the soil, add materially to the profits while enhancing the value of the property and enlarging the comforts and conveniences. Proceeding on this line greater pleasure and profit will accrue by the use of the best horses and mules, the best breeds of cattle, hogs and poultry. In buying, of coarse there are some who oannot buy the best al ways, but in using the best within their means, the desire and ability to raise their demands in quality w ill surely oome. Strive for the best always. - ■■■■■ ■-!».■"—.Tig» Georgia’s legislators have. ; themselves again on record as V unwilling to reduce the'approp. .u- tions to education and for pensions to Confederate veterans and widows of veterans. Though there has been much talk about cutting down ex penses in order that the tax rate might be reduced, there was no re duction adopted when the commit tee considered the demands of the colleges. Outside of the fund for public schools, the appropiations bill carries $128,000 for educational in stitutions. Itemized, the several amounts are: For the Technological college $45,000; Georgia Normal and Industrial College $22,900; North Georgia Agricultural College $10,- 000; State Normal School $22,600; State University for pupport and maintenance $22,500; colored college at Savannah $8,000. —--—. In the Georgia Honse of Repre sentatives IftBt Saturday 27 local bills were passed and 24 new bills were introduced, But for the enactment of local legislation, biennial sessions of the legislature would, be amply sufficient to supply the law-making needs of the State. If it were not for the time used and ‘the expense incurred in considering local meas- urse, means for reducing the tax rate might be devised. Under a well regulated general law, counties, cities and towns could enact by vote of the people all they need of local legislatioh. —►-<>-*- Last Saturday bills for the estab lishment of dispensaries in Johnson and Taylor counties were tabled in the House of Representatives be cause of opposition and a slim at tendance. A similar bill for Irwin county was parsed without opposi tion, as the law will substitute dis pensaries for open bar-rooms. It is Baid there is a strong sentiment in the legislature against establishing dispensaries,except in counties where they'would displace bar-rooms. This is a commendable attitude. In Behalf of "Greater Georgia.” It is beyond doubt good business policy to advertise whatever you have for sale, lease or trade. On this line it is now proposed by the Atlanta chamber of commerce that Georgia shall receive great benefit. Hon. J. K. Orr, president of the Atlanta chamber of commerce, has issued a booklet in which he out-, lines the scheme to advertise the advantages and resources of Geor gia to all who may be inclined to migrate in this direction. Briefly, the plan is for the 'coun ties, cities, towns and railroads of the state to contribute to a general fund to be used to judiciously ad vertise in agricultural and industrial papers of the northwest and north east the advantages Georgia offers to all who will become citizens and home-owners in the “Empire State of the South.” In the course of an interview pub lished in the Atlanta Constitution laBt Sunday, Mr. Orr says there is a constant annual migration of farm ers from the middle west and north west, and that large numbers of these can be attracted to Georgia if we place before them the great ad vantages afforded by our genial cli mate, the great diversity of crops that are produced, oheap lands, etc. Mr. Orr says that against $100 each by fifty counties contributed to the proposed advertising fund, he is led to believe Atlanta will contrib ute a like sum. Whatever may be the reception given this proposition, it is certainly on the right line, and will yield an hundred fold or more in return for every dollar invested thus and judi ciously use.d to advertise the state. Some time next month an adviso ry meeting will be held in Atlanta, and every county in the state should be represented by some of the best farmers and other business men. President Roosevelt has written to a politician of Charleston, S. C., that in making appointments to of fice he will not recognize the color line. Though he declares he will not discriminate in favor of, nor against, a 'negro Jbeoause of his color, the fact remains that he has not appointed negroes to any im portant offices in northern and east ern oities. He “favors” only south ern cities with such appointments. Big Money for Ootton Estimates. Subscribers of the Atlanta Week ly Constitution will get $20,000 in j|H prizes directly after the 10th of i ary next. T, ider certain conditions, these ocribers are entitled to make an ojbimate of the port receipts of cot ton between the dates of September 1st, 1902, and January 10th, 1903. The large advertisement on the first page of this paper gives the scheme in full. During the past two years the Constitution has paid out over $10,- 000 a year in such contests, and in this the money will be paid just as offered. The first prize in this contest is $5,000, and the lowest $5.00. “Several families from North Georgia passed through Hawkins- ville last Monday enroute to Coffee county, where they will locate and reside in the future. A member of the party informed the Dispatch and News that many others—a hun dred or more—were going to leave North Georgia this winter and seek homes in South Georgia.” To all those seeking new homes, we com mend the farm lands of Houston county. None in the state are bet ter adapted to diversified farming, while the climate and other condi tions are all that could be desired to make farming pleasant and profita ble. An effort is being made to grow white oranges in California, a few cuttings from such a tree having been brough to this country from the shores of the Mediterranean sea two years ago. Such fruit would prove a curiosity, but cannot dis place the golden yellow orange in popular favor. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will he pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu tional disease, requires a constitutional treat* mont. Hall’s catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the pa tient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Sand for list of testimonials. Address. F. J.CETRNI 7 & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. GOOD POSITION. Pay Tuition after Position is Secured. A worthy student from each postoffice may pay tuition without security after course is completed and position is se cured. For “Application Blank A” and catalog, address DRAUGHON'S'PRACTICAL BUS. COLLEGE* (Write either place) At lanta, Nashville, St. Louis, Fort Worth, Little Kook, Montgomery, Galveston or Shreveport. OUR SHOES OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT. i| I* BJASli § COB. THIRD AS D CHE BBT O . MACON, GEOKGIA. m We Are Ready To show you our New Fall Stock- Clothing, Hats and Furnishing Goods. We fill orders by mail. G. W. GANTT. W. F. HOLMES. GbANTT & HOLMES, Successors to Moore & Holmes, COTTON FACTORS, . m'isM Mules, Horses and Farm Supplies. Deering Reapers, Binders, Mowers and Rake's. SEND US YOUR COTTON AND GET BEST RETURNS fOO 2w£orLd.a,37\ ZDec. SStlx We have placed in a window a box containing $20. Until December 29th we will give a key free with every dollar oflsh purchase, two keys with ev ery $2.00 oash purchase, etc. Only three keys will unlock the box. Mon day, Deo. 29th, each customer may try their key, or keys. Customers who hold the right keys may take from the box as follows: First Right Key $10.00 Second. Right Key .. 0.00 Third Right Key..... 4.00 There are no conditions. No one connected with store will be allowed to have a key. Keys mailed in filling out-of- own orders. sxiEeoitTG- shoe SXOaEBEL . J. R. HOLMES, Proprietor, MAO ON, GA. I am still selling the.... VULCAN STEEL FLOW. THE BEST ON THE MARKET. I am also handling Paints, Oils and Glass. M.O. BALKCOM, JLgt*, DEALER IN HARDWARE. 308 Thied St. (Wear Post Office) MACON", GA