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Wm U ij ' GOODS GUARANTEED TO BE AS REPRESENTED T. E. MERRITT, 451, 453 & 455 Third St. MACON, GA DEVOTED HOME Groceries, Stock Feed, Farm Supplies, etc is where the stock is complete, the goods of best and the prices right. B-+TAY Mseosi, fek £ Strokes INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CRILTSjlRE. m $1.50 a Year m Advance. PEKKY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1903. NO. 13, sr ■Woman’s Homo Mission Work. quality MY STORE IS OF THAT KIND. -• , L I invite the farmers of Houston county, and other readers of the Home Journal, to give me a share ona&’e. REPRESENTED Thos. R. A ybb, 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.) ZE-DWIIST S. TDJ±TV~IS, (Formerly of W. A. Davis & Co., ' General manager. StmusL Simple. Durable. Bales Ton an Hour. Took First Prize Florida State Fair, 1902. Vehicles, Harness and Harvesting Machinery. Written For Tho Home .Journal. Recently I was the recipient of a letter from Mrs. C. F. Cook, conveying the intelligence that she was appointed Conference Su perintendent of Literature, and that the Correspondent Secretary of each auxiliary was requested to act in that capacity also. The object of the officer is to present at each monthly meeting some interesting items concerning the “Home Mission Work,” and pro cure if possible, a space in our county newspaper in whioh to give a brief pointed presentation of these items, thereby increasing the public interest in the work of our soosety. 1st. We are all interested in the Alameda school for Japanese in California, and Mr. Nishikawa, a Christian Japanese graduate of Emory College, and teacher for some time in one of our Mission schools in Japan, will have charge of this school, and do the work of an evangelist among his people on the coast. Mr. Nishikawa is man of spirituality and culture, and his wife is also a woman of superior qualification. 2nd. During the 3rd quarter, the total collections for the Wo man’s Home Missionary Society were .$18,488.72. 8rd. Miss Mabel Howell will be present at-the board meeting which convenes, in Atlanta April 17th. She is now studying the different settlement plans, and deaconess homes in New York, preparing for the chair of Chris tiau sociology at Scarrett Bible and Training school. 4th. The Sur Bennett Memori al school is in a most flourishing condition. Our general Secretary, Mrs. MoDonald, has recently re turned from a visit to the school, and states that the outlook has never been so enoouragiug. The only limitation to the good to be accomplished is in lack of accom modation. Prof. Lewis has turn ed away nearly 50, and has now 814 pupils enrolled. Over 100 souls have been converted since September 1st. 5th. Every Conference east-and all but 8 west of the Mississippi river have appointed superinten dents of Literature most of whom are busily engaged seeking to or ganize their Conferences in the work of the Literature and press committee. Not | only is each Conference requested to have a su perintendent, but every auxiliary. 6th. In Dallas Tex., Miss Es telle Hawkins i$ engaged in the settlement work, under the City Mission Board of that city. 7th. In St. Paul Minn, down in the Polish district, a settlement work has been established. This means much.' The world is at last beginning to learn* that to “reach the masses we must come in contact with them—meet them where they are: It is the close sympathetic word which finds its way to the heart. 8th. Dr. Strong says, “The churches in New York city which are doing most for social better ment are growing most rapidly. 9th. In one of our southern cities a young Jewish physician is so pleased with the work of one of the graduates of our Training School who is carrying on settle ment work near him, that he en quired where such workers of abil ity were to be found, and to know if he could secure another like her for a charitable institution with which he is connected. This is a tribute to the worth, not only of the young lady, but to the Training School which sent her forth. 10th. There are 8,000 Hungarians in our Blue Field district who do not speak our language. lith, There pre 10,000,000 foreigners on onr shore. Is there any need of Mis- sionary work at home? Gob. Seo. Advertise in Tlie Home Journal. Sheep Raising in Georgia. Macon holograph The Bheep industry in Georgia amounts to a considerable item, notwithstanding the ubiquitous and malicious dog. In the latter days, some have come to regard sheep culture as almost out of the question on accouut of the roam ing,hungry cur. Despite the many obstacles, however, and the insa tiable foe of the sheep, a credita ble showing has been made by the state as a whole. Figiires from the manual “Ab stract of the Twelfth Census,” are interesting and significant. In the eutire United States there- were produced 276,567,584 pounds of woal, valued at $45,670,058, dur ing 1899. In the year 1900 the to? ■tal number of sheep was 61,785,- 014, representing a capital of $170*881,748. Georgia during the year referred to produced 6,746 sheep and 2,046 goats. Alabama at the same time furnished 6,404 sheep and 4,762 goats. During the fall of 1899 and spring of 1900, there were shorn in this state 282,628 sheep, representing 777,189 pounds of wool, valued at $155,811. Ala bama’s showiug is 299,118 shear- sheep, 744,274 pounds of wool worth $150,948. There is little doubt the farm ers in Georgia would engage more extensively in sheep raising but for the pestiferous Ranine. This enterprise oould be made immense ly profitable in the South,as much so as in the West. Our olimatio conditions are more suitable to sheep than the blizzard western portion of the United States. We could raise them at a lesser cost, for the reason that our pas fcures are greener later in the fall and earlier in the spring, and our agriculturists would noc bo com polled to provide '"such extensive and expensive shelters, nor etn ploy so many helpers to care for them. The country that produces the cotton for the World ought to pro duoe the wool. It is lamentable that a comparatively useless ani mal should so militate against an important industry as to make of it a tithing of what it could be Nevertheless we are gratified to know that sheep raising in Geor gia has not been abandoned, and a neat revenue has been realized for the promotors. When the pine forests to the South of Macon are swept away by the lumbermen (and they are nearly gone) a flue vast field for sheep and cattle will be opened up. In A. D. 318 the Emperor Con stantine of Rome granted tolera tion to the Christians and in 821 he gave imperial sanction to the observance of the first day of the week. The edict which introduced a new era in Sunday observance runs: **On the venerable day of the sun let the magistrate and people residing in cities rest., and let all workshops be closed. In the country, however, persons eh gaged in the work of cultivation may freely and lawfully continue their -pursuits, because it often happens that another day is not so suitable for grain sowing or for vine planting,-lest by neglecting the proper moment for such oper ations the bounty of heaven should be lost.” A Short Summer Session. Savannah Nows. The movement, said to be re ceiving the favorable considera tion of a number of the members*- of the Georgia 1 Legislature, to Unl it the June session of that body to thenty days and the session iri 1904 to thirty days,is a commend able one from every point of view. As far as we are able to see, there is nothing of overshadowing im portance demanding the attention of the Legislature, unless it is the-' growing pension burden, and a. measure looking to the removal from the pension roll of thoso not entitled to a pension oould easily be passed in twenty days. As we have frequently pointed out, there is too muoh legislation. If the Legislature were to remain- in session all the year around, it , would not clear the calendar. New bills would be introduced all the svhile. There is never a day that somebody is not. wanting, legislation of some sort. It was stated in our Atlanta- dispatohes yesterday that if the movement in favor of a twenty- five days’ session in June were to be successful, there would be a 1 saving to the state of about $60,- 000.- That being the case, it seems to us that those who have the wel«. fare of the state at heart will give- the movement very careful con sideration. The state treasury is not over flowing. On the contrary, it is- generally iu an empty condition. There is never enough money in- it to pay fchtf school teachers when their salaries are due. The mem bers of the Legislature, however, never have to wait for their pay. - Commendable as the movement in favor of a session of twenty* days in June is, it is doubtful if it will be successful. It will be difficult to get the majority to let slip the chanoe to spend the summer iu Atlanta at the expense, of the people. Some excuse will 1 be found for holding a full ses sion. And what will the people get ' for their money? Will they get- ’* any legislation that could not be- enacted in three weeks if the Leg islature were to settle down to steady work? Of course we hope- that the movement will be suc cessful and shall do all we can to encourage it, and the people' of the state generajlly should give it the support of? their approval. The treasury is greatly in need of* the money that would be saved, but we do not look for anything less than a session of the regular, number of days. ,—.— Tragedy Averted. “Just in the nick of time our little boy was saved,’’.writes Mrs.. W. Watkins of Pleasant City, O.,. “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 only sure cure for Coughs*. Colds and all lung troubles. Guar anteed at Holtzolaw’s Drugstore* Price 50c and $1. Trial bottle free* -msm SpB I ‘S-kWffl? iwm 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 stomach, liver and bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Only 25c at Holtz- claw’s Drugstore. —Three papers for $2.25, the Home Journal, Atlanta Weekly Constitution and Sunny South. A drummer for a St. Paul liq-' uor firm gave a customer some- samples of liquors,,.and the state- supreme court now holds him? liable for disposing of liquorn without a license. ' Logically thte would make it illegal for any per son to “treat” another to liquor* CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of m ipl ::,pm ■£m' . ttnbsoribe — ribe for Tab HomeJoobnai.. !M : • y-h