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i MACON. GEORGIA, Jo&tfjV&L Silver AgainDiscussed. PRICE, Si,50 A TEAR, IN ADVANCE. PuMlshed Every Thursday Morning. J no. H. HODGES, Editor and Publisher Perry, Thursday, February 6. This warm rain this week suggests spring time. It Beeroa\hat the growing ten dency of Bpeoifio education is to learn how to make money. There is as much need of practi cal education for farmers as for pro fessional men and artisans. Germane is friendly in truth to those nations only that will not in terfere with Germany’s, plans. •* * «• Arrangements are now progress ing for the enlargement of the cot ton mills at HawkinBVille to double t.heir present capacity. *•*•—* *~ - » A lemon tree three years old,three feet high and now bearing fruit is a curiosity in the yard of Oapt. J. H. Martin at Hawkinsville. ► • «4 -- A snow slide from a mountain wreoked a mining camp and killed three men near Park Oily, Utah, on Wednesday of last week. In the Kausos legislature a resolu tion has been introduced to so amend the election laws as to disfranchise all the negroes of that state. Rev. Sam Small has canceled his > editarial agreement with the Atlanta Constitution, and has become secre tary of a company organized to de velop oil mills iq Texas., — * • Judge Emory Speer will be ap pointed judge of the United States circuit oourt of the southern circuit when Judge McCormick of Texas retires,as report says he will soon do. p • -• It is believed by many observing men in the third district that Hon. Dudley M. Hughes of Twiggs, pres ident o{ the Georgia State Agricul tural sooiety, will be a candidate for oongress when the next campaign opens. 7 At Griffin Wednesday afternoon of last week the Superior court grand jury created a sensation by embracing in their preBent^iqutB a strong condemnation of ctgu play ing in Booiety where prizes are of fered. In the oity of Maoon there are many oases of small pox, but the au thorities are using great care and skill to isolate all oases and prevent ah epidemic. It is said the pest house, about two miles from the city, is full. •»-*«« From the Macon correspondence of the Atlanta Constitution we learn that Col. John R. Cooper is prepar ing to be a candidate for oongress when the next campaign opens in the sixth district. Hon. C. L Bart lett has been eleoted four, times. ~The oounty superintendent of pub- lio instruction at Gainesville, Fja., last week deolaied that Booker Washington would not be permitted to speak at the meeting of oounty superintendents of the Btate, though he had been incited to do so,by the state superintendent. Hon. Lew Ankeny, the new U. S. senator elected last week by the Washington legislature, is a million aire, as are nearly all the senators, old and new. If there are to be sen atorial qualities superior to the pos session of rnuoh money, eleotion by the people must be provided for. As the senate will not favor a law providing for the election of U. S. senators by direct vote of the peo ple, the several states can do as the democrats of Georgia have done, ^n .Georgia we vote for U. S. senator in the democratic state primary, and the legislators are bound to ratify that vote. Although the last presidential eleotion was accepted as a settle ment of the democratic demand for the free and unlimited coinage of Bilver at a fixed ratio, it seems that the status of silver as a money met al is not settled. Since the gold standard has been arranged, accepted and used in the United States and all the leading commercial nations, the prioe of sil ver has very much depreciated, and the industry of silver mining has been depressed, This condition does not suit those countries where much silver is produced, and again the question is being forced upon this government. In this connection our Washing ton correspondent writes as follows: "President Roosevelts message to congress, transmitted last week, con stitutes a most remarkable recogni tion of some of the monetary theo ries advanced by Mr. Bryan. Ac-' companding the president’s commu nication were notes received from Mexico and China requesting the United States to join with them in ao international movement to estab lish a standard for silver, the depre dation and fluctuation of whioh was causing untold loss to the countries named and to the Philippines and French and British oolonies. In view of the fact that demonitization has resulted in so serious a deprecia tion of silver, it iB suggested that that the ratio now be fixed at 32 to 1. The president requests tbajb he be empowered to take the steps sug gested. He has also requested that congress authorize the appointment of three commissioner* to meet with commissioners from the countries named and an effort will be made to enlist the oo-operation of Great Brit ain and France. "Addressing himself to the sub ject of the proposed plan, a leading member of the senate, and one who has most vigorously opposed every theory advanced by Mr."Bryan, said to your correspondent: ‘On its a hr face the plan appeals to me. If we were to insist on a gold basis in the Philippines and it were to-become neoessary for all the silver using countries to follow suit, it would certainly prove a severe strain on the gold supply of the world and would probably result in an appre ciation of our own currency. Of course, this is not a soheme for a silver standard, but for a gold stan dard with practical birnetalism. The gold would lie the yard stick by which the Bilver would be measured. The increased and steady demand for silver would probably prevent further depreciation pf the value of that metal, which is seriously affect ing all. silver using and producing countries As great producers of sil ver, we are of course vitally interest ed in anything which can be done for silver. J hope and believe that the scheme will be found practica ble and that all the silver using countries and all countries having silver using oolonies will agree on establishing the value of silver on a basis of 32 to 1.’ ” Farmers Should Have Their Share. Frequently the declaration is made that this is an utilitarian age, and certain it is that in education the tendency toward practical instruc tion Along all lines is growing. To learn how to do, as well as how to think, seems to be the increasing purpose. In this, as in all lines of organized effort, our farmers, the largest class of Southern citizenry, have received the smallest share of state aid. They deserve and are entitled to their full quota and justice demands that they receive it. For many years there has been in Georgia an;"agricultural college” re ceiving staid aid annually, but until last year there was not in that col lege any course of agricultural in struction save lectures. Even now that course is not what the name of the college implies. Our legislators should see to it that there shall be a cessation of this fraud, and that in truth this institution must be an up- to-date technical 'school of agricul ture where the students will be taughttfot only the theory but the practice of farming. Recently it was announced m this connection that there would be this year one farmers’ institute in eaoh senatorial district in Georgia. That is well, and it is earnestly de sired that these institutes will be liberally attended. As the name im plies, these institutes are a sort of agricultural school, but they are also expererince meetings in a large measure. Of course/they do not em brace the actual work of plowing, planting, cultivating and harvesting, but experienced men tell how these things are donejto the best advant age. All farmers cannot attend these district institutes, but they can be made the uuoleus for the establish ment of other and permanent insti tutes in every county in the state. At these the farmers, their wives, sons and daughters can meet regu larly and exchange expediences and opinions along all lines of farming, gardening and home management. Those most successful can tell how they gained success, and the others will learn. In fact.gevery one-who attends with a desire for improve ment will have that desire gratified in some:degree. On Bocial lines also much good will be accomplished. In former years such meetings, ac complished much good iff Houston, and in other counties the good ex- amaple continues exercising its be neficent influence. Beyond doubt fanners’ institutes are excellent promoters of progres sive and profitable farming. At Gainesville last Sunday Miss Eva Thompson came near being burned in a carious way. She Vas kneeling on the hearth wiping her hair with a cloth, when four cellu loid combs caught fire irom .the heat of the grate. Her hair was consid erably burned before the fire was ex tinguished by her brother,Who press ed a paper closely about her bead. District Attorney Marion Erwin of the U. S. Distriot court of the Southern distriot of Georgia is men tioned as the probable judge of that oourt in case Judge Speer is promo ted to the oirouit court of appeals. It hfjd been reported that President Roosevelt had declared that the oan- didaoy of a demoorat would be con sidered, and in this connection the name of Judge A. L. Miller has been mentioned. While Judge Miller is the equal of any lawyer in the state in ability and practical knowledge of law, it is not’at all probable that a republican president would appoint a demoorat over, a competent repub lican. it would not be good policy for Georgia democrats to ask the ap pointment for any demoorat. »- Germany has^again blocked the proceedings at Washington to*settle the financial differences between the European allies and Venezuela. Mr. Bowen, as the representative of Ven ezuela, had agreed to devote a cer tain portion of the port reoeipts to the payment of her debts, This was at first thought to he satisfactory, but Germany insisted that England, Germany and Italy, by whom coer cive measures had been used, should be given preference over Franoe, the United States and others that had not reported to force. This was be yond the authority of Mr.' Bowen, and a break in the proceedings en- Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure doafness, and that is by constitu tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in flamed condition of the mucous lining of the Knstaohiau Tube. When this tube gets inflam ed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it -s entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its nor mal condition, hearing will be destroyed forev er, nine oases out of ten are caused by catarrh, whioh is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any caso of Deafness (oaused by catarrh) that can not he cure d by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. Address. F. J. CKKNY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, T6. Hall’s Family Pills are tne best. WARREN’D. NOTTINGHAM. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 355 THIRD ST. MAOON, GA. Will praotice in the several courts, Federal and Stnte. Speoial attention given to oauses in the courts of thid circuit. H. A. MATHEWS. A. C. RILEY. MATHEWS & RILEY, ' ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, PORT VALLEY, GEORGIA. Practice in all the Courts. Loans negotiated and Land Titles abstracted. Collections on all points. Security Bonds furnished. J. D. MARTIN. Sr., JEWCLEB, Perry, Ga. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Repaired. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Office in Masonio /Building. c.z.McArthur, DENTIST, PORT VALLEY, GEORGIA. Office over Slappey’s Drugstore, Ready to Accommodate All Who Need FURNITURE.! My stock is being received daily, and we are ready to sell at the Cater Store. Everything new. Prices right. Tl. t Marchman. CHEMICAL COMPANY, ATLANTA, 6A. RICHMOND, VA. CHARLESTON, S. C. , Largest Manufacturers of FERTILIZERS mmmammamimmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmm IN THE SOUTH. Importers of PURE GERMAN KAINIT, MURIATE OF POTASH, NITRATE OF SODA, SULPHATE OF POTASH. In buying fertilisers it is important, not only to secure goods of estab lished reputation and 1: * ’ grade, but to buy where WANTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION CAN BE SUPPLIED. We are in position, w! our unparalleled facilities and our many plants located all over the tern* to furnish all classes of goods and in such quantities as buyers desire. When you buy of us, with our immense capacity, you know you can get the gooafs, ana all you want of them, nearest agent to you, ar write us direot. Address VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO., ATLANTA, GA. NAflUK CELEBRATED Bjfll—» Black Rock Acid AND FAMOUS “Samson Guano” Have been thoroughly tested for many years on all varie ties of soils in Middle Georgia, and from ACTUAL FIELD TESTS in competition with other brands have taken the “BLUE RIBBON” over all competitors. The BEST is always the CHEAPEST. ^ DRES - s -i ZET-A-IFIIEIR, BEOS., MACON, GEORGIA, w. H. HARRIS, DENTIST. * pr.M A, Blassengame. O^Fiqa OVER, DOW LAW BANK, i , (t>R5 p VAliiiEY, r V v: ~' GEORGIA Successor te N Advertise in .The Home Journal, j Subscribe for th9 Home Journal. Tour Attention! a moment, While we tell you about our immense stock of Shoes, that is now brim full of good things. ’Twould pay you tOrf investigate a few of the Specials for this week. One item, for instance: Men’s High-grade Enameled Bals worth $6.00, as long as they last 01 Ijr tor-.*'. vTflfcOl 5 per cent, discount to all users of Periodical Tickets. J. R. HOLMES, . . Proprietor. ■ ■in • ■ f