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JTOHN H. HODGES, Fxopr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND COUTURE. $1.50 a Year Ut Advance.
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PERRY, HOUSTOX COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1903.
NO. 12.
THE PLAGE TO BUT
Staple Groceries. Stock
Feed, Farm Supplies, etc.,
Smallpox.-Distinction,—Preventive.
Written for the Home Journal
is where the stock is complete, the goods of best quality
and the prices right.
MY STORF, IS OF THAT KIND.
I invite the farmers of Houston county, and other readers
of the Home Journal, to give me a share
of their patronage.
GOODS GUARANTEED TO BE AS REPRESENTED
T. E. MERRITT,
451, 453 & 455 Third St.
MACON, GA.
Thos. R. Ayer, Pres.
Edwin S. Davis, Gen. Mng’r.
Planters’, Supply Co.
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Mules and all grades of Standard fertilizers,
We will make it to your interest to consult us before
making your purchases.
451 Poplar Street. MACON, GA..
(Near Warehouse of W. A. Davis & Co.)
BDWIU S. IDJL'VIS,
(Formerly of W. A. Davis & Co.,
General manager.
Strong, Simple, Durable.
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Editor Home Journal :
Have we smallpox, Elephant
Itch, or chicken pox at Byron?
I claim it to be Varicella, or
chicken pox. We have had sixty
or more cases in and around By*
ron, requiring almost no treat
ment at all.. Symptoms: Fever
from one to three days; headache
and backache, with some vague
muscular pains before eruption
appeared. Eruptiou, rose colored
spots, rapidly forming papules,
then visicles, subsequently be
come pearly. The reaction "of flu
id alkaline, distinct umbilication,
is rare and pusterlation stifl more
rare; but both may occur nl var
icella, as is the case in all variola.
The vesicles dry' up and form
scabs and turn yellow or brown
ish, drop off, and leave a x redden
ed spot, rarely ever a pox mark.
Sometimes we find them in the
mouth, throat and eye. The first
appearanoe we find on the 2nd
and 8rd days upon fresh vesiole,
continue for several days. D&ssi-
catiou occurs by the 5th or 6th
day, and may be present during
the first day or two. As the erup
tion appears in successive crops of
all stages, from the initial macule
to the dried scabs oan be seen in
all oases. The vesicles ar« super
ficial in situation, the firm papu
le which precedes the varicolus,
rash being altogether wanting.
They are at first transparant and
accumulate aud globular form.
If picked or scratched may be
come painful as well as pruritus.
Usually they are widely separa
ted, half a dozen or so on entire
body. I had a case with only one
vesicle, and some) patients like
discrete variolus, and these are
the cases called small pox in these
days. In ordinary cases, patients
rarely more than indisposed.
Complications are rare, and prog
nosis is excellent. Exposure
makes it more severe, cold winds
make it spread mere and causes it
to aggravate. Small pox w^ell de
veloped will not be taken for any
other disease. I heard of two la
dies riding out in Nashville,
Tenn., years ago, and passing a
house that had small pox. in it,
one cried out, “Oh my! I swal
lowed the small pox, carry me
home,”-and she took it from the
scent of it and died. Small pox
has an odor unbearable, and you
take it from smelling it, as by
contact, or in ptherwords^by the
avenue of the lungs—by inhaling
it as the young lady did in Nash
ville, Tenn. Since the last centu-
rj the mortality in small pox has
been greatly lessened by the pre
ventive plan of vaccination, which
was presented by • the immortal
Jenner. In some countries of Eu
rope, the mortality before Jen-
ner’s mode of prevention was
equal to the population of some
of its largest cities, but since the
8th day of vaccination, Germany,
has stamped it out by passing a
compulsory law forcing every
man, woman and child to be vac
cinated, and it could and should
be a law of this country to-day.
Father, mother, have your chil
dren vaccinated before it is too
late. We don’t know when we
may have it in this country,
have not seen any yet that I can
name as small pox.
With no more cold weather, we
will have no more, so said, small
pox. Yours, R. H. Baskin, M .D.
Byron, Ga.
The One Conspicuous fact.
Working: Overtime,.
Eight hour laws are ignored by
those tireless little workers,
Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Mil
lions are always at work, night
and day, curing indigestion, bil
iousness, constipation, sick head
ache and all stomaoh, liver and
bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant,
safe, sure. Only 25c at Holtz-
claw’s Drugstore.
St*Louis Republic.
The Fifty-seventh Congress is
conBpiouous for one thing; in all
other respects it will rank in his
tory as utterly commonplace. So
far as its legislation is concerned,
that, on its face, stamps the ses
sion as almost trivial. Except
for appropriation measures Con
gress lms done little. Its laws
have been, without exception,
charaoterless and insipid, and
generally marked with inaptitude.
The one distinguishing feature
has been the bondage in which it
has been held by the “money pow
er.” The chief activities and en
actments of the Fifty-seventh
OongresB show the influences of
the intefestB whioh deal in special
privileges.
That this explanation is rea
sonable appears in two ways.
First, Hanna and Aldrich, as the
nation knows, are the middlemen
of the “money influence”; they
are the means" of induction, the
oenduits, as it were, through
which that influence reaches and
affects Congress. Hanna stands
more prominently as the repre
sentative of monopoly. Aldrich
represents that more subtle power
vaguely understood as capital, a
power including monopoly, but
even greater and more extensive.
The country has seen these men
as joint dictators controlling ab
solutely the fate of all measures
in Senate and House. They are
the gods in the machine, the cen
tral but all-pervasive force.
Without reference to the repre
sentative character of these men
and its Obvious relation to the
laws which have been made, the
laws themselves warrant the hy
pothesis that brokers in special
privileges control Congress. At
the session’s opening three prin
cipal subjects of legislation pre
sented themselves, two of which,
the trusts and tariff, directly
threatened certain potent inter
ests, the thirds reciprocity, involv
ing, those interests in less degree.
The three subjects were relega
ted to seccpd and third, impor
tance, while minor considerations,
containing no menace to the dom
inant power, have consumed the
session. Diluted measures, from
which all danger has been studi
ously eliminated, have been the
only ones allowed to pass. Even
in the face of a national crisis the
special interests were successfully
defended.
As time passes and the Fifty-
seventh Congress is thrown fur
ther into retrospect the one con
spicuous fact will become clear
er—that the political power of
seventy milions of people has
been wielded by two men by vir
tue of the anonymous billions
which they represent.
Oattle Raising in Georgia.
By the record of the Cincinnati
Express-Gazette, it appears that
there were twenty-two train rob
beries in the United States in
1902. In the past thirteen years,
according to the same authority,
828 railroad trains have been, held
up in this country, and 98 persons
have been killed and 107 injured,
mostly by gunshot wounds, in the
perpetration of the crimes.
Danger of Colds aud Grip.
The greatest .danger frdm colds
and grip is their resulting in pneu
monia. If reasonable care isflised,
however, and Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy taken, all danger will be
avoided. Among the tens of thou
sands who have used this remedy
for these diseases we have yet to
learn of a single case having re
suited in pneumonia, which shows
conclusively that it is a certain
preventive of that dangerous dis
ease. It will cure a cold or an at
tack of the grip in less time than
any other treatment. It is pleas
ant and safe to take. For sale by
all druggists.
It appears now that there will
be nine oil mills in operation next
fall in this section with a radius
of 80 miles, as follows: One at
Bold Spring, one at Roytson, two
at Lavonia, one at Martin, one at
Toccoa, one at Maysville, and
two at Harmony Grove, This
means a regular tussle for seed in
this section, which is good for the
farmer.—Harmony Grove Citizen.
Macon Telegraph.
As a source of revenue jpatttie
raising in Georgia ranks higher
than most people suppose. It
has come to be a profitable busi
ness to many farmers who have
engaged in it. There is always a
demand in the markets for good
beef oattle and a consequent profit
to the seller.
There were in the United States
in 1900, 52.408,828 oattle of all
kinds. During 1899 there were
$722,614,828 paid for animals in
the entire country and*the cattle
slaughtered were valued at $189,-
809,229.
Georgia in, 1900 had 10,706
farms producing live stook, and
1,858 placing dairy products on
tflie market. The value of all do
mestic animals in this state for
the year stated was $88,499,688,
including 899,491 neat oattle val
ued at $8,828,4981 At this time
the census reports show 211,679
calves, worth $770,968, while ag-.
gregato heifers were 98,685, val
ued at $680,407.
This state possessed in 1900 all
told, 440,076 cows two years old
and over, representing an invest
ment of $6,829,106. There were
that year 154,250 steers and bulls
in Georgia worth $1,248,017.
The statistics quoted show un
mistakably that cattle in Georgia
are profitable investment. We
think a study of these figures will
prove profitable, and we hope
serve as a stimulus to those who
are comtemplating the raising of
cattle. A diversification of this
kind on our farms would be a
wonderful assistance to the aver
age farmer’s bank account. As
compared with ' other Southern
states, Georgia’s showing is not
bad, but it might be a great deal
better. At any rate the figures
indicate progress, and they tell us
in loud tones that cotton is not
the alpha and omega of the South
ern farmers’ existenoe.
As we said of sheep yesterday,
there will be a greater and a bet
ter range for cattle to the south
of Macou when the lumberman
has finished his work of denuding
the forests of the pine timber.
Cano, cattle and sheep will find
abundant room to grow and pros
per.
Tragedy Averted.
“Just in the nick of time oiir
little boy was saved,” writes Mrs.
W. Watkins of Pleasant City, 0. f
“Pneumonia had played havoc
with him and a terrible cough set
in. Doctors treated him, but he
grew worse every day. At length
we tried Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption and our darling
was saved. He’s now sound and
well.” Everybody ought to know
it’s the pnly sure cure for Coughs.
Colds and all lung troubles. Guar
anteed at Holtzclaw’s Drugstore,
Price 50c and $1. Trial bottle free.
The rain that has fallen in Tex
as this winter is declared to be
sufficient to thoroughly saturate
the soil and make a drought next
summer an impossibility. That
being true, Texas will send to
market a larger cotton crop.
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For Infants and Children.
Tilt Kind You Han Always Bought
Bears the
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