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Published Every Thursday Homing. Jao.H. HODGES, Editor and PubUsher Perry, Thursday, January 22. Franchises in Georgia will be taxed this year, by state and coun ties. The agricultural development of south Georgia continues without abatement. All fresh meats carried to Macon for sale must be inspooted and ap proved before being offered for sale in the eity. Thorough preparation insures suo- cess in all avocAtious, provided there is plenty of good judgment and en ergy to follow. \ * Cordial co-operation botween far mers and towns people in business affairs is conducive to the mutual benelit of all concerned. Crop mortgages are “good things" for farmers to avoid, nor should oth ers pledge “what is to come" when possible to avoid such action. ► • No locality or sootion will in crease in prosperity in a greater ra tio than its citizens wisely use pro gressive energy and enterprise. It is reported that a Macon lum ber establishment sold and shipped during six months last year 1,065 car loads of sash, doors, blinds and lumber. The outcome of the 1902 cotton orop is calculated to induce a mate- rigl increase in the acreage devoted to ootton culture this year, but if so, there will be many to regret it next winter. For the maintainance of the Car negie publio library at Atlanta an appropriation of $10,000 has been S ked for this year, an inoreuse of ,000 over the appropriation for 1902. Reed Smoot, a member of the council of apostles of the Mormon church, has been elected U. S. sena tor by the Utah legislature. He is a republican, has done missionary work iu Europe and ia u monogam ist. Ip there is to be a “Middle Coun ties Fair" at Mnoon next fall, there should be a conference Meeting nt a very early date. Farmers of the oounties to be embracod iu the fair should be put on notion before th6 crops are planted. One of the largest natural oil com panies of Texas has been placed in the hands of a receiver, beoause sev eral of its gusher wells in the Beau mont region had failed to furnish oil equal to the quantities contract ed to be delivered to purchasers. ► <1 At a convention of live-stook men at Kausaa City last week it was agreed that oongrese would be ask ed to enaot legislation to protect other interests from the combina tion of packing house corporations, by which a monopoly in restraint of trade and commerce has been cre ated. The premature explosion of an 8- inch powder cartridge killed live men and wounded two others on the battleship Massachusetts last Friday morning. The ship was at target practice off Oulebra island, in the West Indies, and the aooident was due to a violation of the ruleB in handling the guu. Hon. Abram S. Hewitt, one of the foremost democratic statesmen of the United States, died at his home in New York City last Saturday at advanced age of 81 years. Eminent in oounsel and aotive service, he had been mayor of New York city, governor of that state and twelve years a member of congress. Congress has enaoted a law mak ing the militia troops of' the several states national reserves, subject to federal authorities in case of war or insurrection. Uniforms and armB will be famished by the United States government the same as to soldiers of the regular army, but ex cept as above stated these troops will be under state authority. The Principle Recognized. For many years the most marked antagonism between the democratic and republican parties has been the tariff rates imposed upon foreign goods. The democratic contention has been, and is, that no duty should be imposed except for revenue, while the purpose of the republicans is "protection” in groat profits to American manufacturers who have pr&ctioally become monopolists. An indication that the democratic idea is gaining favor has just been given by congress, and our Wash ington correspondent reports the fact as follows? “The past week in congress has been one of democratic rejoicing, and many jokes have boon made at republican expense. The haste with which the republican leaders rnehed through tbe bill removing the duty from coal to relieve the present emergency demonstrated how correct is the democratic contention that a lowering of the tariff is all that is necessary to cause a reduction of prices and defeat the efforts of the trusts to maintain the cost of neces sities far above their normal value. By the same measure was demon strated the sophistry of the repub lican claim that no single schedule of the Dingley bill could be revised in aeoordanee with the necessities arising from ebanged conditions without a general revision of tbe en tire tariff and the preeipitation of extended finaneial depression. “A bill providing for tbe rebating of the duties collected on \ imported eoal during the ensueing year was reported to the House by the Ways and Means committee and was im mediately passed. It went to the Senates, whieh so amended it as to place ooal on the free list perma nently and returned it to the House, where tbe| amendment was accept ed; all the same day. The president signed the measure the next dny. Thus tbe first schedule of the scored Dingley tariff was revised without any serious results, and it is hoped that the precedent established muy prove a useful objeot lesson in the future." Serving Himself. Whatever may be the expressed purpose of President Roosevelt in appointing negroes to important of fices in the south, in opposition to the expressed will of a majority of the people, the undercurrent pur pose is to secure the support of tbe negro delegates to the next republi can national convention. He is anxious to succeed himself as president, and all other consider ations are to be made subservient to that ambition. Of this attitude and purpose the St. Louis Republio Hays: “President Roosevelt has started out on a task whieh no despot ever performed in the world’s history. He tells a progressive and trained race that it must admit to full equality another race whieh is n ter rible burden upon industrial effort and a threat to sooial order. “Throughout the south the whites are unselfishly devoting resouroeB and thought to the uplifting of the negro. Though the publio generos ity in this respect is notable,it is not the greater part of the generosity and care bestowed upon the depend ent race. In every city, village and county of the states where the ne gro population is considerable tbe whites furnish the money for, build ing negro churches, the organization which supplies remuneration for la bor and the charity which tides the improvident families through mis fortune. “If all this Baorifice were calcula ted iu dollars and eents, and com pared with the total resources of southern whites, the result Svould astonish the southerners themselves and furnish to the world the most heroic example on earth of voluntary taxation for altruism purposes. “The president of the United States has, either for politics or from ignoronoe of conditions, inau gurated a programme of irritating the suuthern white men. Unless he is after some objeot in party ma chine politics, he will utterly fail. He cannot help the negro, and will only inorease the sooial instance be tween the races. Extravagance in business should be avoided at all times, and the in dications are that there is danger ahead for those who recklessly “branch out" this year. Says the Law is Unconstitutional. Concerning the application of a section of the tax law enaoted by the last Georgia legislature, the At lanta Constitution produces the fol lowing, whieh is of local interest to readers, of the Home Journal: “An interesting case in which the Central of Georgia Railway Compa ny refuses to pay a tax of something over $33 to the Byron school dis trict in Houston county has come to the attention of the comptroller general, and he has issned an execu tion against the road for the amonnt. The matter will go into the courts, as the Central claims that the law under which the tax is sought to be collected establishes a dangerous precedent and is unconstitutional. “A speoial local aot was passed in 1901 ore sting the Byron sohool dis trict in Houston county, the school distriot being considerably larger in extent than the town of Byron. The act gave the authorities of the school district tbe right to collect taxes for school purposes. When the authorities came to collect the tax from the Central, the road de clined to pay it on the grounds stated, and the comptroller was ap pealed to with the result that he has issued an execution against the road for the amount. “The Central takes the position that the law is unconstitutional in so far as it gives ths authorities the right to collect a special tax for sohool purposes. The road has al ready paid taxes to the state, to Houston county and to the town of Byron. Now the authorities of the Byron sohool distriot are seeking to levy an additional tax on property belonging to tbe Central, much of whioh is not loeated within the lim its of the town. The matter will go through the courts before a final set tlement is reached." ANOTHERjexceedingVy rich gold find has been located in Alaska, entirely in United States territory near Daw son City. It, is said to fully equal the famous Klondike discovery, and that great excitement prevails among miners tbroughout|tho old gold fieilds and wherever the story haB been told. A tremendous rush to locate claims quickly followed the first re port. The upbuilding of any portion of a county is benefioial to all the citi zens of that county. Deafness Cannot be Cured Iiy local applications, as they cannot roach the diseased portion of the oar. There is only one way to euro deafness, and that is by constitu tional romodics. Deafness Is caused by an in humed condition of the mucous lining of, tlio Eustachian Tubo. When this tube gets inliain- ed you liavo a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it s entirely dosed deafness is tlie result, uiul unless the intlummution cun ho taken out and this tube restored to its nor mal condition, hearing will ho destroyed forev- or, nlno oasos out of ton aro caused by catarrh, wliloh is nothing but an inflamed condition or tlie’mueous surfaces. Wo will give Ono Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not bo cure d by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. Address. F. J. CHUNK & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75. Hall's Family Pills are tne best. H. A. MATHEWS. A. C. RILEY. MATHEWS & RILEY, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, POUT VALLEY, GEORGIA. Practice in all the Oourts. Loans negotiated and Land Titles abstracted. Collections on all points. Security Bonds furnished. J. D. MARTEN, Sr., JEWISLEH, Perry, On. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Repaired. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Offioe in Masonic Building. c. z. mcarthur~ DENTIST, FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA. Office over Slappey’s Drugstore. ~W. .H HARRIS, - DENTIST. Successor to Dr. W. A. Blnssengnme. 0-FIOB OVER DOW LAW BANK, PORT VALLEY. : GEORGIA Hotel Arcadia, NEXT DOOR TO ACADEMY OF MUSIC, 663 1KJLBEBBY ST. MACON, GEORGIA. Rates, $2.00 Per Da^. A HOME-LIKE HOTEL Special attention given to , Transient Trade. Every Business Day MR. WILL. G. RILEY Will give you cordial welcome and serve you fittingly at our store. His Houston friends have a stand ing and special invitation to call. OUR SHOES were made to fit and wear well. The Macon Shoe Co., THIRD ST., MACON, GA. THE PLACE ■■ FOR HOUSTON PEOPLE TO BUY Provisions, Grain, Hay, Cow Feed, Farm Produce. Correct prices. Give me a trial. . L. BARFIELD, Cor. Second and Poplar Sis. MACON, GA MIDDLE GEORGIA AGENCY FOR ■^.na-ericstic. Field. E’exa.co. A New Showing of Hanan Shoes This Week. Glazed Kid Boots, $5.00 Pat. Vici Kid Boots, $6.00 5 per cent Cash Piscount to all users of Periodical Tickets. Strong Shoe Store, J. R. HOLMES, Proprietor, MACON, GA. TO EVERY CHILD IN THE SOUTH. Ask your druggist to show you tbe beautiful Gold Rings that the manu facturer of Baby Ease Is giving to children. He will explain bow you can get one. 7 ...BABY EASE... Cures Baby’s Ills. It’s the best and safest remedy for babies and children FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGOISTS AT 25 CENTS. SCHOOL BOOKS SKI 0 to out of town custom ers ■ on our Circulating Library Picture Frames made to order in bcot Manner at lowest prices. McEvoy Book & Stationery Co., 572 Chefry Street, MACON, GA