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DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE. #1.50 a, Year in Advance,
PEKRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1903,
THE PLACE TO BUY
PREMIUM LIST
Best heifer 1 year old 2 00
“ heifer 2 years old 2 00
** grade cow and calf 2 00
** Jennet 2 00
| Houston oounty raised
horse 5 00
Best Houston oounty raised
mule 5 00
Best mule sweepstakes 2 00
“ single harness mule 2 00
44 pair work mules 2 00
44 four, mule team 3 00
44 milk oow, any grade 8 00
44 Jersey cow 2 00
. 44 Jersey bull 2 00
44 Holstein bull 2 00
44 Holstein cow 2 00
14 Short horn cow 2 00
44 Short horn bull 2 00
44 beef on foot 2 00
44 pair blooded Bheep 2 00
44 pair native sheep 1 00
44 thoroughbred goat, buck 1 00
44 thoroughbred nanny goat
with kids 1 00
Best pair oommon goats 100
44 Berkshire boar 2 50
44 Berkshire sow 2 60
44 White Chester boar 1 00
44 White Chester sow 1 00
44 Poland China boar 2 60
44 Poland China sow 2 60
44 Jersey Red boar 1 00
44 Jersey Red sow 1 00
44 Essex boar 1 00
44 Essex sow 1 00
OF THE HOUSTON COUNTY FAIR,
Staple Groceries, Stock
To Be Held at Perry, Ga., Oct. 7th,
8th, Oth, 10th, 1008.
DEPARTMENT A.
AGRICULTURE.
Best and largest display of ag
ricultural produots produoed
and exhibited by one man $75 00
Seoond best 50 00
Third best 25 00
Fourth best 15 00
Fifth best 10 00
The largest number of bushels
of oorn raised on 1 aore of
upland in Houston county
in 1903, not less than 200
ears to be exhibited, land
and oorn to be measured by
three disinterested parties
who are free-holders, and
who certify 10 00
Best hundred ears of oorn 1 00
44 bushel of wheat 1 00
44 bushel of rust proof oats 1 00
44 bushel of rye 100
44 bushel of barley 1 00
44 barrel of flour 2 60
44 bushel of meal 1 00
44 bushel of rough rioe 1 00
44 bushel of dean rioe 1 00
44 rice in sheaf 1 00
44 collection sweet potatoes 1 60
11 bushel of sweet potatoes 1 00
44 collection of ground peas 1 00
44 half bushel Spanish peas 1 00
Best half bushel of old Geor
gia ground peas 1 00
Best half bushel of improved
' Georgia ground peas 1 00
Best collection of field peas 3 00
44 half bushel speckled peas 1 00
44 half bushel of black peas 1 00
44 half bushel white Crowd
er peas 1 00
Best half bushel of unknown
peas 1 00
Best half bushel earliest peas 1 00
44 bushel of shelled corn 1 00
44 hundred ears of oorn rais
ed without fertilizer 1 00
Best bale of cotton 6 00
44 display of forage crops in
hales 5 00
Best bale of 1 grass hay X 06
44 bale of peavine hay 1 00
44 bale of oorn blade fodder 1 00
44 half dozen stalks of oorn 1 00
44 dozen stalks of sugar cane 1 00
44 dozen stalks of sorghum
cane 1 00
Best half dozen stalks tobacco 1 00
44 half dozen pumpkins 1 00
44 leaf smoking tobacco 1 00
44 peck fall Irish potatoes 100
Best and largest single stalk
of cotton 1 00
Feed, Farm Supplies, etc
is where the stock is complete, the goods of best quality
and the prices right.
MY' STORE IS OF THAT KIND.
I invite the farmers of Houston county, and other readers
v .. of the Home Journal, to give me a share
of their patronage.
GOODS GUARANTEED TO BE AS REPRESENTED.
44 gallon of syrup, golden
rod or sorghum
DEPARTMENT O.
GARDEN, ETO.
Best and largest display of
vegetables $3 00
44 display of cut flowers 1 00
44 display of flowers in pots 5 00
44 half bushel of onions 50
44 half bushel of apples 60
44 collection of leaved plants 60
44 colleouian of geraniums 60
44 collection of roses 1 00
DEPARTMENT D.
NEEDLEWORK, ETO.
Best and largest display of
needlework by one lady, not
less than ten pieoes $5 00
T. E. MERRITT
451, 453 & 455 Third St,
MACON, GA
Best and tastiest made calico
dress
Best silk quilt
44 calico quilt
. 44 worsted quilt
44 N knit oounterpane
44 Woven counterpane
44 home-made rug
44 pair cotton stookings,
home knit
Beat pair woolen stookings,
than five 2 50
Best pen of fatted hogs, not
less, than five 5 00
DEPARTMENT G.
FINE ARTS.
Best oil painting, fine frame,
Houston product $5 00
Best crayon drawing, fine frame
Houston product 3 00
Best water color paihting 2 00
44 pastel painting, fine vase 2 00
44 fine art display 6 00
DEPARTMENT H.
AMUSEMENTS.
Best knight in tournament. 10
per oent entrance fee $6 oo
Best runner in sack foot race 1 oo
44 lady horsemanship 2 oo
44 gent horsemanship 2 oo
44 boy rider under 16 years 1 oo
44 single driver 1 oo
double driver 1 oo
44 driving ox 1 oo
44 slow mule 1 oo
home knit
Best pair cotton half-hose,
home knit
Best pair woolen half-hose
44 piece of silk embroidery
44 piece cotton embroidery
Handsomest child's dress
Best ladies' handkerohief
44 piece drawn work
. 44 and largest display cro-
chet vjrork
Best mont malliok work
MACOJSL GA
DEPARTMENT E.
POULTRY, BEES, ETO.
Best display of poultry, exhib
ited by citizen of Houston $10 00
Seoond best 6 00
Best pair of ohioks of each of
the standard breeds Blue Ribbon
Best pair of fowls of eaoh of
the standard breeds Blue Ribbon
Best pair of each of the fol
lowing, pea fowls, Bronze
turkeys, Black turkeys, gui
neas, Bremen geese, Hong
. Kong geese, Toulouse geese.
Oommon geese, Aylesbury
ducks, White Pekin ducks,
Muscovy ducks Blue Ribbon
Best male Belgian hare over
6 months old Blue Ribbon
Best male Belgian hare under
6 months old j Blue Ribbon
Best female Belgian hare over
6 months old Blue Ribbon
Best female Belgian hare un
der 6 months old Blue Ribbon
Best doe with litter of young
Blue Ribbon
Best display of pigeons Blue Ribbon
44 honey in comb Blue Ribbon
44 strained honey Blue Ribbon
DEPARTMENT I.
MECHANICAL.
Best and largest general ex
hibit of manufactured prod
uets, manufactured in the
county llo.oo
Second best 6 oo
Best machine, implement or tool, of
any class or kind, will receive a
Certificate of merit, if deserving it.
SPECIAL PREMIUMS.
Best collection of preserved
Houston county fruits, by
one lady $5 oo-
Best and largest display of
Houston county farm prod
ucts grown by one person
in 1903 g oo
Heaviest Houston county pig
not over one year old 6 oo
—By J. P. Duncan.
Best and largest display of
vegetables grown by a res
ident of Houston county—
Pair Buff Plymouth Rock Chickens,
Greatest variety forage prod
ucts by one citizen of Hous
ton county-
15 Buff Plymouth Rock Eggs.
—By Jno. H. Hodges.
Best declamation by pupils of
Houston Public Schools un
der control county board of
education—
Gold Medal each to boy and girl.
Best declamation, open to all
white schools in Houston-
Gold Medal.
Other special premiums will prob
ably be offered.
s Strokes
DEPARTMENT B.
HOME INDUSTRY.
Best and largest horticultural
display by one man or com
pany S
Second best
Third best
Best and largest) display of pre
serves, jellies, jams, pickles,
etc., by one lady
Best jar of apple preserves
“ iar of neach preserves
Bales Ton an Hoar,
Took First Prize Florida State Fair, 1902
jar of peach preserves
jar of quince preserves
jar of grape preserves
jar of plum preserves
jar of fig preserves
jar of pear preserves
jar of melon preserves
jar of apple jelly
Vehicles, Harness and Harvesting Machinery
DEPARTMENT F.
HORSES, CATTLE, ETO.
Best stallion
44 brood mare and colt
44 horse colt 1 year old
44 mare colt 1 year old
44 display of colts, Houston
raised
Best saddle horse, gelding or
mare
Best single harness horse,geld
ing or mare
Best double team, gelding or
mare
Best combination horse, geld
ing or mare
Best Jack
44 display of mule colts
44 mule colt 1 year old
44 mule colt 2 yeiars old
44 jar of peach jelly
44 jar of quince jelly
44 jar of plum jelly
44 jar of grape jelly
44 bottle of tomato catsup
44 bottle of pepper catsup
44 bottle of pepper sauce
44 display of pickles
44 jar of cucumber pickles
44 jar of artichoke pickles
44 far of sweet peach pickles
4 jar of melon pickles
44 peck of dried peaches
44 peck of dried apples
44 gallon of vinegar
44 collection domestic wines,
not less than four varieties
Second best
Best bottle scuppernong wine
44 bottle of grape wine
The Bes4 (Spring' and Summer
Medicare for Babies (Eb Children.
Spring and Summer bring grave dangers to babies and children.
Thousands of little ones die of bowel troubles brought on by eating
unripe fruits, vegetables, etc. Serious results often follow a slight
derangement of the digestive organs. Baby Ease is the safest, most,
effective ond best medicine for all stomach and bowel troubles of
babies aid.children, Pleasant in taste—children like it.
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25 CENTS FOR. LARGE BOTTLE
If your druggist hasn’t it, write to the manufacturer,
T. P. MARSHALL, MACON, GA.
Ask about the MEE GOER (RING offer.
TO CUBE A. COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
E. W. Gbotk’s signature is on each box. 26c.