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* SHgaaM - fttaJESKi & g Strokes Bales Ton an Hour Took First Prize Florida State Fair, 1902 Harvesting 1$ mm m JTOHN H. HODGES, Fxopr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND COUTURE. $1.50 a Year Ut Advance. yol. xxxiii. 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. / 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. . — . / t |, p 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. wm For Infants and Children. Tilt Kind You Han Always Bought Bears the Signature of r * WBk ii&gsr