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Published Every Thursday Morning.
Jno.H. HODGES, Editor and Publishor
Perky, Thursday, April 28.
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■Whatever is worth having is worth
"working for.
At Richmond, Va., the Southern
Edueational conference is now in
session.
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The Atlanta spirit of energy and
enterprise is worthy of emulation
throughout the state.
Agricultural progression in Geor
gia is moving in the right direction,
though rather too slow, perhaps.
The Georgia Weekly Press Assor
oiation will meet in its 17th annual
session at Oedertown on July 14th,
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At Uolumbus last week Dr. Henry
McHatton of Macon was elected
president of the Georgia Medical
Association.
A school of pharmacy will be a
part of the ourrioulum of Mercer
University when the new o^llege
year begins next September.
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The capital prize at the Georgia
state fair next fall will not be the
greatest benefit the county winning
it will receive as a direct result.
It is not unlikely that the Geor
gia state fair next October will be e
revelation to outside visitors. Per
haps it will antonish the natives.
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Evert farmer who buys oommer-
oiftl fertilizers gets' a considerable
amount of stuff that is absolutely
worthless as a manure, says the
Southern Cultivator.
Mr. Wallace Putnam Beed, one
of the ablest journalists of the south,
died at his home in Atlanta last Fri
day. He was 56 years of age, a na
tive of Bockdalo county, Ga.
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Georgia colonels will be in evi
dence at the Albany Chautauqua on
April 28th, attending as the military
staff of Gov. Terrell. , At least one
rqgiment of state troops will attend
and parade.
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The Central of Georgia Bail way
has arranged convenient schedules
at Montezuma for Vienna, Oordele,
Fitzgerald, Wayoross and other
points on the Atlantic & Birming
ham railroad.
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It has not been announced offi
cially,but it is reasonable to say that
the farmers’ institute for this sena
torial distriot will be at Fort Valley.
It is the most central point, and the
largest town in the district.
Atlanta is not saying muoh about
her 1908 exposition, but she is push
ing the Greater Georgia movement
with much energy. In this oonneo-
tion it is well to bear in mind that
Georgia is not a suburb of Atlanta,
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Within a few weeks the Georgia
state troops will be inspected by an
officer of the United States army, in
order that their organization may be
in conformity with the recent law
placing their supervision under fed-
federal authority.
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There are a great many people
who agree with Editor Hunnioutt, of
the Southern Cultivator, when he
says that commercial fertilizers do
not build up the land and ! the price
paid for th^m is out of proportion
to their intrinsic value.
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Reports from New York say the
Western National Bank and the Na
tional Bank of Commerce will be
merged under one management.
Such a combination will make a
bank with capital stock amounting
to $20,000,000 and deposits of
$145,000,000.
In court at Frankfort last week
Henry E. Youtsej, previously con
victed of complicity in the murder
of Gov. Goebel, testified that Ex-
Gov. Taylor inspired the conspiracy
to kill Goebel, he promising pardon
and $2,500 in money to the murder
er. Taylor is a fugitive from justioe
in Indiana, and the governor of that
state has repeatedly refused to hon
or legal requisitions from Kentucky.
Other witnesses corroborate the tes
timony of Youtsey. - • j
For The Public Good.
Taxes are collected for the main-
tenance of government and for the
promotion of the public good.
In a county there are officers and
court expenses to be paid, roads to
be maintained in good order, a court
house, jail and other public property
to be kept in good repair, etc.
In all these it is most economical
to have and to keep the best.
In the grand jury presentments last
week attention was called to defects
in the court house, with the recom
mendation that the needed repairs
be made. Whatever is well to be
done, it-would be well that it be
promptly and well done. That re
pairs are needed any person who
will look can seC, and certainly it is
the duty of our oounty commission-
ert to keep the publio property of
the county in good repair.-
Only a short while ago a lot of
plastering from the ceiling in the
sheriff’s room fell, striking the chair
and table where the sheriff usually
sits. Had Sheriff Oooper been sit
ting there at that time he would
have been seriously hurt, if not kill
ed. A few days later plastering fell
from the oeiling in the arcade on the
lower florr, narrowly missing several
gentlemen standing near-by. Again
there was a bare escape from severe
personal injury. Next time some one
may be badly hurt, if not killed.
There are oracks in the wall that
should be fixed at once,else our com
missioners will learn to the cost of
the county that delays are danger
ous and expensive in such matters.
In addition to the repairs urgent
ly needed, our commissioners might
consider the fact that the county
treasurer, tax ^bceiver, tax collector
and county school commissioner are
without any known place of busi
ness, so far as the county provides.
They are entitled to offices, and such
offices should be provided. A sym
metrical annex to the court house
would add to the appearance of the
building, and greatly enhance the
convenience of transacting county
business.
{ By the grand jury presentments
it was was shown that'on April 1st
the county treasury contained a bal
ance of $4,666.19, and the oounty
out of debt. Of course the court
expenses have considerably reduced
this amount, probably ope-third, but
the repairs can be made and the
needed annex built without materi
ally inordasing taxation.
The county commissioners have
the power to act promptly,
“A stitoh in time saves nine.”
A Special Premium.
Mr. James A. Smith of near Wells-
ton requests us to say that he will
pay a special premium of. $20 for
the best yield of oorn from one acre
of upland in Houston county, grown
by a person who bought fertilizer of
Mr. Smith this season. The land
and oorn must be measured by dis
interested parties, and 200 ears of
the oorn exhibited at the county fair
at Perry next Ootober.
Politicians at Washington, and
throughout the oountry, are much
exercised concerning a recent ad
ministration order to stop the prose
cutions against smugglers in Porto
Bioo. It seems that officers of the
army and navy, and some civilians
in high favor, had been deteoted
smuggling wines; silks, tobaooo and
cigars, thereby avoiding the pay
ment of tariff duties. Prosecution
was in progress, when the order was
received from Washington that the
prosecutions be stopped, and that
there be no more for smuggling un
less so ordered. Favoritism of this
character is in keeping with repub
lican politics, and should cause
thinking men to espouse the demos,
cratio cause.
In many oounties of middle and
southwest Georgia hog raising has
been pushed beyond the point of
supplying meat for home needs. A
carload shipment by a Houston
county farmer at profitable prices is
an objeot lesson that should oheok
the sale of Chicago bulk meat in
Georgia at exorbitant prices. On
Georgia farms enough hogs and cat
tle can be raised to make all the
meat needed in the state.
Already the state fair manage
ment has inaugural ed a campaign
of education among the farmers Of
Georgia.
A man who oan bottle up wrath is a
corker especially when he suffers from
rheumatism and no Ramon’s Nerve and
Borife Oil within reaoh.
Mossy Hill Notes.
BY BOOKS.
The Macon Telegraph, in quoting
a prominent officer of the Houston
Oounty Fair Association last week,
said: “He believes in state fairs,
that they are stimulants to better
farming, and their influence is far-
reaching; and looking forward to a
successful state fair, he is exerting
himself in behalf of a county fair,
and he has taken upon himself, with
out pay and without price, to enlist
the interest of his section of the
county in the county fair; that he
had met with great encouragement,
and farmers and townspeople were
readily taking stock in the enter
prise,” etc. If each individual will
show such interest and work, what a
grand success the fair will be. Let
us not solace ourselves by what we
have already done; that is but an ev
idence of what is required of us
now. Let our watchword be Hous
ton. We know it is a goodly land,
and we have the golden opportunity
to let others in every corner of the
state into the secret. We know her
soil needs but to be tickled with a
Dixie and dull scrape to bring forth
every product known to husbandry;
that by day her golden wheat locks
the sunshine in its bearded sheaf, by
night king cotton whitens its throne
beneath the stars. In the lowlands
the juicy sugar cane grows to great
perfection to sweeten the lips of all,
while on the highlands the delicious
peach is gathered in sudh quantities
and quality as to become a wealth-
producing source more valuable than
a Klondike mine. The hard woods
from her forests can furn.sh lumber
for the millions. All of which we
can easily prove to any outside un
believers if we will but pull together
in a mighty effort to make the coun
ty fair a grand success; then move
onward with our best exhibits to the
Btate fair and show “where we are
at.”
The heaviest rain of the season
fell here this morning, and for quite
a while the face of mother earth was
c >vered with a sheet of water.
Bro. Hyman, pastor of the Hea-
devson Baptist church, preached a
good Berra on to the people of the
Hill at the home of Mr. C. B. Till
on Saturday night. We have before
and again urged that we should
have a church here to be known as
the “Church of Strangers,” where
all the good ministers can come and
give us the gospel.
It is a fine time for fishing, judg
ing from the daily scenes that we
witness, for the coons are so busy in
their efforts to tackle the finny tribe
that they haven’t time to thin or re
plant corn.
We have often heard it said that
there was never a good garden un
less there were some ladies’ tracks in
it, and there is much truth in the
saying, but we are not afraid to
compare with any of the neighbors
on the Hill just now.
April 20, ’03.
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Bauou’s Tonic Regulator is the most
popular all round medioiue we have ever
handled* It is a gentle laxative, a
healthful tonic aud prompt health res
torer* Handsome, large tin box 25 cents.
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Macon,
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OUE SPRING AND SUMMEE STOCK IS NOW COMPLETE.
The Prettiest Goods
that were ever brought to Macon are
Now Ready for Your Inspection.
Tne Wool Dress Goods Department is replete with new
fabrics, such as Voile, Mistral, Etamine, Crepe-de-Ohine,
Canyas Cloth, Mohair, Bagonett, Kanava, Hop-Sacking,
Crynolet, Crepe Cheviot and others too numerous to men
tion.
BLACK AND COLORED SILKS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
White and Colored Muslins, dainty, sheer and beautiful*
Lace Curtains, Bedspreads and Hosiery.
A visit from the people of Houston and surrounding
counties is earnestly solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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559 CHERRY STREET. :: MACON. GEORGIA
CLOTHES
OF
QUAL I T Y.
")ur up-to-date, handsome Spring Suits are
decidedly well bred—and you can call them*
“Clothes of Quality,” for r y *
they certainly contain all the
qualities appreciated by good "
dressers. The newest fabric**
are here in single and doub
le-breasted sacks, with the
new collars and lapels, Oui
Suits have not been out of^
. ( the makers hand'long enough"
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ssspness. Splendid time to make
your selection. It you can’t come to Macon to buy
write us, as we pay
Special Attention to Mail Orders.
Benson, Walker & Moore,
Tf\e £lp-to-Date Clothiers. . _
420 THIRD ST. ' /. f MACON, GA. iMS*
w. F. HOUSER.
W. G. RILEY.
W. G. MIDDLEBROOKS.
Southern Baptist Convention and Its
Auxiliary Societies.
SAVANNAH, GA. MAY 7-14,1003.
Reduced Rates via Central of Georgia
Railway.
Excursion tickets will be on sale
at all ticket stations on Central of
Georgia Railway to Savannah and
return on May 5, 6 and 7, at rate of
one fare for round trip, plus 25 cents
(minimum rate, whole tickets 50 cts,
half tickets 25 cts.); tickets limited
to May 29, for return passage, with
the privilege of extension of final
limit to June 1, 1903.
Central of Georgia Railway is the
direct line, and offers perfect passen
ger service from all principal points
within the states of Georgia and Al
abama to Savannah, Ga. Palace
sleeping cars on night trains and ef-
egant parlor cars on day trains. For
prompt and reliable service see that
your tickets read via this line. Full
information cheerfully and promptly
furnished upon application to any
agent or representative of the com
pany.
* MAKES PROPER DIET ®
MACON SHOE CO
408 THIRD STREET.
liespectfully invite you to inspect their Spring line of
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Bill Riley will be found with this popular firm.
Scovil Hoes, Scooters, Scrapes,
&c., at Edwards & Marshall’s.
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Absolute Satisfaction Guaranteed,^
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