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7as *M*a JoirimAi.
PaiGS, SI,50 A YEAU, IN ADVANCE.
Published Every Thursday Morning.
3 tto.H.ltODGBS, Eldltor and Publlahor
Pbrry, Thursday, .January 29.
A cement plant to coBt $1,500,000
-will be established bj f Chicago cap
italists at Oartersvillo, Ga.
On a charge of contempt a crimi
ami court judge was sent to jail at
Tampa, Flfu, last Thursday.
'Several new 'manufacturing en
derpriseB will soon be established at
Macon, and the city is growing
■steadily in business and in popula
tion.
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On account of small pox in Mon
tezuma and Macon county, the mu
nicipal authorities of Marshallville
•quarantined against Montezuma last
’week.
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Portions of Mexico have been
terribly ravaged by the bubonic
plague, and the terrible disease still
prevails, though its spread has been
•«heoked.
Jr Germany is trying to aggra
vate the United States, it would be
prudent for the emperor to have a
•confidential talk with the war offi
cials of Spain.
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■Whenever a man devotes his en
tire energy, time and talent to the
management of his own business a
fair measure of success is sure to
•come his way.
A total of more than $100,000
•waB paid out of the state treasury
fast week to Georgia pensioners,
About $50,000 of the amount having
been paid in one day to three conn-
ties.
Ab an indication of the business
•done at Wayoross, the Herald says a
firm of wholesale grocers of that city
^bought at one time forty-one oar
loads of goods, to be delivered last
vreek.
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Col. J. P. Sawtell, a veteran ed
itor, having edited the Outhbert Ap
peal, Chattanooga Democrat, Mar-
nhallvillo Times and the Gviffin Call,
-died at the home of his daughter at
'WnyoroBS last Saturday.
A delegation of German farmers
"will come to the United States next
.April to study tho methods of agri
culture in thiB country. They will
visit several states under guidance
.of an agent of this government.
Prom Washington comes the re
port that Gen. Leouard Wood will
Ibeoome civil governor of thd Philip,
pines as soon as President Roosevelt
can arrange such chnugos as will en
able him to make the appointment.
Comptroller Wrioht has not yet
fully determined how he will assesB
"the tax on franchise*, but thinks he
■'will adopt the plan of dednoting the
value of the tangible property from
•the market value of the capital
dock, obligations, etc.
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Last week German warships again
bombarded a Venezuelan fort, the
fort returned the fire, and for two
■days aotual war existed at the port.
Much damage to the fort and the
ftown resulted, but the Germans did
-.not succeed in ianding marines.
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'XJuite a Btir was created in Wash
ington by the appearance of negro
men and women at the White House
reception last week. The colored
(guests were the registrar of deeds,
•Judson Lyons, his wife, another dis
trict official and two other women.
Our Qualities are Good. / Increased Ootton Acreage Indicated.
Senator Hoar, the senior Massa
chusetts senator at Washington, is-
fported. as saying that “Roosevelt
itmeddles too much.” In this state
ment there are thousands through-
cut the country who agree with
:&Senator Hoar. Our strenuous pres
ident seems to entertain the belief
tb&h he is “the whole push.”
In a proving test at Sandy Hook
Mat Thursday a big gun that cost
D. S. government $40,000 was
HxRti apart when fired the second
.-time. There was an extra charge
«£ powder behind a shell containing
3200 pounds of explosive gelatine.
'<ane was injured, as extra pre
caution to that end had been ob
served.
Houston land owners who desire
to sell may learn something to their
advantage by writing to Oapt.
H. McIntyre, Bennettaville, S. G.,
R F. D. No. 3.
This gentleman has written to
the postmaster at Perry requesting
information concerning the county,
its lands, health, climate, education
al advantages, churches, etc. We
are certain the gentleman can find
all he wants in Houston, lands that
produce admirably a greater varie
ty of crops than most counties of
similar area, unexcelled climate,
more than ordinary heolthfulness,
churohes of several of the leading
denominations, and a citizenship far
above the average in social, moral
and business qualities.
Houston is recognized as one of
the very best agricultural counties
in Georgia, and it contains more
bearing peach trees than any other
county in the United States.
Its soil embraces an exceeding
great variety of qualities, and is
adapted to the successful culture of
a greater diversity of crops than is
usually found in a similar area.
Corn, peas, potatoes, sugar cane,
oats, wheat, rye and cotton are the
chief farm / crops, but vegetables,
fruits and grasses yield exceedingly
well.
There are many bold streams that
affdrd abundant water power, and
there are quite a number of mills in
operation.
No home in the county is at a
greater distance than three miles
from a publio Bchool, and the system
is excellently managed. At three
points, Byron, Fort Valley and Per
ry, local taxation has increased the
usefulness and scope of the system,
each under control of a special
board of education by authority of
a special law.
In religious affairs, the leadership
rests between the Baptist and Meth
odist denominations, though there
are churohes of several other de
nominations.
In climate and healthfulness Hous
ton will compare favorably with any
locality in the south, and no section
is superior in the general worthiness
of itB citizenship.
Our farmers have demonstrated
that Houston lauds will produoe all
they need on the farm, except a few
luxuries, and that the productive
ness of the soil can be steadily in
creased. Native grasses make ex
cellent BUimner grazing ami winter
forage, and stock-raising on an ex
tensive soale oould be admirably ac
commodated.
Wheat produces well, and two
roller prooess mills are prepared to
convert the grain into the best
grade of pure flour.
The space that can be used in a
newspaper artiole is inadequate to
more than outline the advantages of
Houston county, but we are safe in
saying tbnt the farmer who cannot
be satisfied here is indeed difficult
to please.
The price of land varies in accord
with the situation and environment,
ranging from about $8 per acre to
$40 or $50. Prices generally are
higher than they were two years
ago, and they will ne,\er be lower.
Certainly now is the time to buy.
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The Woman’s Home Companion
for February is unusually rioh, and
timely. It has a obarming cover
design—a skating scene by Charles
Grunwald. Feature articles that
will interest every patriotic Ameri
can reader are “Lincoln’s Neglected
Birthplace” and “The Birthplace of
the American Flag.” Other features
are “How Railroads Fight Snow,”
“What the Oongregationalists are
Doing for the Good of Mankind,”
and a patriotic picture by George
Gibbs illustrating one of Paul Jones’
greatest battles. The fiction includes
stories by Clara Morris, Tudor Jenks,
Richard Stillman Powell and John
H. Jewett. Every month the De
partments of the magazine become
more interesting. Mrs. Herrick’s
cooking articles, Martha Worthing’s
Answers, Miss Sweet’s American
Girl and Miss King’s Home Health-
Exercises are some of the titles that
suggest the value of the contents.
Published by the Crowell Publish
ing Co., Springfield, Ohio; one doL
lar a year; ten cents a copy.
For several years the sales of com
mercial fertilizers have been accept
ed as a reliable indicator of the rela
tive aoreage to be devoted to cotton
culture in the state each year.
Several weeks ago Commissioner
Stevens, of the State Department of
Agriculture, said that the sales of
inspection tags largely exceeded the
sales of any other year, up to that
time, since he had been in charge of
that office. He accepted this as a
reliable indication that much more
guano than usual would be sold aud
used in Georgia this year, and that
there would be a proportionate in
crease in the cotton crop.
This, coupled with the fact that a
comparatively large 1902 crop was
Bold at remunerative prices, and the
farther fact that cotton dealers Bay
that a much larger crop can be safe
ly produced, tends to the confident
conclusion that the acreage dhvoted
to cotton this year will be materially
inert ased.
As a further evidence of the pros
pective increase in the sale of fertil
izers in Georgia, the Maoon Tele
graph quotes a prominent railroad
freight agent, as follows:
“It is evident that the cotton acre
age in South Carolina and Georgia
will be largely increased this year.
I base my opinion on the shipment
of fertilizer from Charleston and
other points. It will require 25,000
cars to handle the shipment from
Charleston. The movement will
amount to over 400,000 tons, an in
crease of 20 per cent, over the ship
ment of 1902.”
Oontinueing in this connection,
the agent further said:
“It seems to me that in some sec
tions Jhe farmers are cotton mad,
and think of nothing but cotton.
They received a higher average price
for the last crop than in several
yearH past, and incited by this they
propose to make the fleecy staple
first. As a result, the farmer may,
ut the end of the season come in
last.”
Of course the guano arranged to
placed on rnaket in Georgia has not
yet been sold to the farmers, but the
manufacturers have heretofore been
I able to guage the demand, and it iB
unlikely that they will place on the
market more than they can sell.
Georgia farmers ought to know
what they need, bpw much of each
crop they should plant, but we very
much fear they will be misled by
apparent conditions to plant more
cotton this year than will be good
good for their financial interests.
The farmer who expects that others
will decrease their cotton area, while
he adds “a few more acres” to his
crop will make a sad miscalculation.
It is true that as ihe years and
population increase, the need comes
for more cotton, but the need for
food products also increases, and it
will never be othe^ than truth that
farmers cannot profitable raise cot
ton and buy food products for man
and beast.
Rev. Geo. B. Culpepper is now an
editor, having acquired control of
the Fort Valley Enterprise, He is
well qualified for the duties involv
ed, and we cordially extend to him
the right band of journalistic fellow*
! ship.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot roaoh the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu
tional romodios. Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining of tho
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflam
ed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
heariug, and when it is entirely closed deafness
is the rosult, and unless the inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to its nor
mal condition, hearing will he destroyed forev
er, nine oases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
whioh is nothing hut an Inflamed condition of
the mueous surfaces.
Wo will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
Address. F. J.CHENX & 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 tlio Courts.
Loans negotiated and Land Titles
abstracted. Collections on all points.
Security Bonds furnished.
J. E§ MARTIN, Sr.,
JEWELER,
Perry, Ga.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Repaired.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Office in Masonic Building.
O.ZrMcARTHUR,
DENTIST,
PORT VALLEY, GEORGIA.
Office over Slappey’s Drugstore.
w.
.H HARRIS,
DENTIST.
Successor te Dr. TV. A. Blassengame,
O-FIOE OVER DOW LAW BANK,
PORT VALLEY. : GEORGIA
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Every Business Day
MR. WILL. O. RILEY .
Wil'l 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., MAOON, GA.
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Address, 3STJ^ZEPIEIELjIER, BROS.,
MACON, GEORGIA.
Tour Attention 2
a moment,
While we tell you about our immense stock of Shoes,
that is now brim full of good things. ’Twould pay
you to investigate a few of the Specials for this week.
One item, for instance: Men’s High-grade Enameled
Bids worth $6.00, as long as they last gfe £ ftg*
Tor
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5 per cent, discount to all
users of Periodical Tickets.
Strong Shoe Store,
J.-R. HOLMES,
Proprietor.
MACON,
GEORGIA.
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get one.
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Special Offer to out of town customers
,on our Circulating Library
Picture Frames made to order
in best manner at lowest prices.
McEvoy Book & Stationery Co.,
572 Chefry Street, MACON, GA