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JOHN H. HODGES, Propr.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE.
$1.50 a Year in Advance.
TOL. XXXIII.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1903.
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The greatest of all Southern Seaside Besorts. Having added many
improvements to the already splendid accommodations,
HOTEL TYBEE
Is better able than ever to take care of the ever increasing crowds
that will this year flock to that popular resort. The rates,
$2.50 per Day and $12.50 to $15.00 per Week,
are in reach of all. Speoial rates to large parties.
THE PULASKI HOUSE is the best and most convenieui place
at which to stop while in Savannah.
CHAS. F. GRAHAM, Proprietor.
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Hardware, Stoves, Cutlery, Sues, Pistols
Tinware, Woodenware,
Farming Implements, Etc.
363 Third St. (Near Post Office) MACON, GA
Our Great Hoard of Gold.
ValdoBta Times.
Nearly one thousand, three hun
dred tons of gold lie to-day in the
vaults of the treasury of the Uni
ted States,—the greatest hoard of
yellow metal ever gathered in the
history of the world. Four hun
dred tons of this gold are piled,
like bags of salt, within the four
walls of the sub-treasury in Wall
Street, New York. Outside the
treasury hoard, there is in circu
lation through the country a near
ly e^ual amount of gold coin,
making more than two thousand,
five hundred tons of gold in the
United States, bearing the im
print of the eagle. The value of
this coin is more than one billion,
two hundred and sixty million
dollars, says Frank Fayaufc in
Sucoess.
One of the remarkable things
about this gold is that, despite
the fact of its forming one half of
the country’s circulating money,
it is rarely seen iu the course of
ordinary business. One may live
in New York or Chicago or San
Francisco without seeing a single
gold coin for a year. This is in
striking contrast to conditions
abroad, where gold is everybody’s
coin. The gold sovereign of Eng
land is aB current as the five-dol-
! ar silver certificate of this coun
try. There, a man with a small
income may not have a piece of
paper money [The five-pound
Bank of England note is the
smallest,] in his hands for
months. What becomes of all
our American gold? The mines
Colorado,(California, Alaska,
And if nice work, low prices, courteous treatment and all
round fair dealing mean anything to you we expect to have it
OO.UB TO' SZE2ZEZ "CT.S
and examine our line of Vehicles, Harness, Mowers, Rakes
Binders and all kinds of Harvesting Machinery, Gasoline
Engines and Wind Mills.
Repair Work.
We have the best equipped repair shop in the state, anc.
our work and prices are sure to please you.
Fainting.
We paint more buggies and wagons than all other shops in
the county combined. We must give satisfaction or we
could not hold the trade as we do.
Hay Presses.
We are the originators and sole manufacturers of the
RAPID FIRE HA Y PRESS, the cheapest and best on
the market. If you buy a hay press without seeing'this
one you may regret it.
Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention.
The,. Williams Buggy Co.,
^Eaooru O-a,.
and other gold produoing regions
of the West add eighty million
dollars a year to our hoard of
gold, and three-fourths of this
output goes to the rnintB. The
yearly coinage of gold actually
approaches in value the entire
circulation of silver dollars. The
treasury holds in trust, against
outstanding gold certificates, four
hundred million dollars in gold
coin. These gold certificates range
from twenty dollars to ten thous
and dollars. They are issued
from the treasury iu exchange for
gold coin or bullion, aud are just
as good as gold. The English
man wears his pockets out carry
ing gold coin around with him;
the American prefers to have his
money in the form of represents
tive paper that can be folded com
pactly in his waistcoat pocket. In
the sub-treasury at New York, re
cently, I picked up a handful of
gold certificates of the value of
three million; six hundred thous
and dollars; the bundle could be
stowed away in one’s hip pocket
but it represented seven tons of
gold. Stored in the vaults of the
building at the time was a hoard
of gold coin of the value of two
hundred million dollars. In one
vault no larger than the bedroom
of a New York flat, was an aggre
gate ofjseventy-eight million dol
lars in gold. This was stored in
little white bags stowed away in
scores, of steel boxes, covering the
four walls of the vault from floor
to ceiling. Every box was sealed
and some of the seals were dated
several years back. The first
thought, at sight of this gold
hoard, is that it is idle money
but it should be recalled that all
of it is in circulation by proxy in
the form of gold certificates.
Acreage in Farms.
Macon Telegraph.
The Georgia farmer oooupies,
owns and cares for a large pro
portion cf the land in this state.
The same observation iB true rela
tive to the eutire oountry. He
who feeds the world is still the
great factor of oommeroe, the
land owner of the oivilized globe.
Upon him rests the responsibility
for the physical existence of hu
manity. It is often a matter of
wonderment how all these count
less hordes of higher and lower
animals are supplied with the
staff of life. The statistics we
shall quote answer the question.
In the United States in 1900
thero were 6,787,872 farms, repre
senting 888,691,774 acres. The
improved laud aggregated 414,498-
487, unimproved 424,098,287. The
average number of acres to the
farm, 146.2. The value of all
farm property was $20,489,901,-
164.
The number of farms in Geor
gia was 224.691 in 1900. There
were 141,866 white farmers and
82,822 colored, three Indian and
one Mongolian. The white races
cultivated 68.1 per oent. of the
farms, while the other races tilled
86.9. The land, improvements
aud buildings were worth $188,-
870,120. Without buildings, the
and aud improvements were val
ued at $138,616,480. The N total
valuation of all farm property is
placed at $228,874,687. Imple
meuts and machinery used by our
farmers were worth $9,804,010,
while the live stock would have
brought the owners $85,200,507.
The average number of acres
per farm in Georgia during 1900
was 117.5. The percentage of im
proved land is given as 40.2, while
the land surface improved was
28.1. The average value of land
and improvements, $616; build
ings, $199; implements and ma
chinery, $44.p0; live stock, $167.
The average expenditures for la
bor per farm, $82.00; fertilizers,
$26.00.
The figures quoted piaoe Geor
gia among the leading states of
the South relative to agricultural
values. The showing, while cred
itable as; a whole, is not so large
as it might be. There remains
many possibilities with the farm
er and his possessions in this
state. Virginia leads us by
large margin in the value of all
its farm property, including build
ings, implements and live stock.
Georgia is larger in acreage than
Virginia, but the latter state is
much older, and really Georgia’s
mother. But the farmers are ag
gressive and we expect great
things from them by the next
ceusus repprt.
“I have been troubled for some
time with indigestion and sour
stomach,” says Mrs. Sarah W
Curtis, of Lee, Mass., “and have
been taking Chamberlain’s Stom
ach and Liver Tablets which have
helped me very much so that now
I can eat many things that before
I could not.” If you have any
trouble with your stomach why
not take these Tablets and get
well? For sale by all druggists.
That Throbbing Headache
Would quickly leave you, if you
used Dr. King’s New Life Pills.
Thousands of sufferers have prov
ed their matchless merit for Sick
and Nervous Headaches. They
make pure blood and build up
yoqr health. Ouly 25/, money
back if not cured. Sold by H.
M. Holtzclaw, druggist.
—
To be glad of life because it
gives yau a chance to love and to
work and to piay and to look up
at the stars ; to be satisfied with
your possessions, but not content
ed with yourself until you have
made the best of them—to think
seldom of your enemies, often of
your friends and every day of
Christ—these are the little guide-
posts on the path to peace.—Ex.
Perry Oolored School.
Written For The Rome Journal.
I have never met a set of chil
dren to win my love any sooner
than those of the Perry school.
The ouly fault I found was that-
the people failed to visit us as I
wished, as visits of parents seem,
to inspire the children. I had
the pleasure cf the visits made by
Revs. P. L. Brown, J. J. Hollis*
and Elder McOomb. Of course a
few people oame out. Prof. G*
W. Smith, the County School
Commissioner’s call caused a
great aspiration among my pupils.
The trustee board did all they
could to protect me, my assistant-
and pupils and the sohool ground.
They are planning to build a
house in whioh to teach, which,
when completed, will be an honor
to both county Board of Educa
tion and the oolored people of
Perry and vicinity.
On May 22nd the sohool olosed
with about 75. After a few test
problems, questions iu history,
grammar, aud physiology. Rev.
P. L. Brown made a speech nam-
iug a few of my graduates, as
they stopped going to school and
sat first on the streets and then
on bank of the creek.
As Henrietta Culler gave a nice
cake to the teachers, all weut
home to dinner.'
All returned, and after a song
or two the following said speech
es : Mattie Lou Davis, Alice Lew
is, Nora Harrison, Mary Jones,.
Willie Ragan, Johnnie Jefferson,.
Mary Culler, Ada Wimberly, Lau
ra May Jackson, Annie Jaokson,
Victoria Rollins, Laurence Lew
is, Dan Duffy, Oscar Whiohard*
Jimmie Fanu, Eddie Miller*,.
George Dixou and Clarence Cul
ler. We had a duett by Alice
LewiB and Mattie Lou DaviB, All
enjoyed the singing.
After a short talk of advice to*
the ohildren by the teaohers, and
a few corroborative remarks from,
the pastor, the song 66, “God be*'
with you until we meet again.’ |
was sung, and a shaking of hander
ill u sorrowful goodbye took piaoe
between teachers and pupils. The
pupils ^reseut said iu words and:
quick rising that they want me?
again next year.
R. G. P. Conyers, Teacher.
Worst of All Experiences. .
Can anything be worse than to
feel that every minute will be
your last? Such was the experi
ence of Mrs. S H. Newsom, Deca
tur, Ala. “For three years” she
writes, “I endured insufferable
pain from indigestion, stomach
and bowel trouble. Death seem
ed inevitable when doctors and
all remedies failed. At length I
was induced to try Eleotrio Bit
ters and the result was miracu
lous. I improved at once and
now I am completely recovered.”'
For Liver, Kidney, Stomach and
Bowel troubles, Electric Bitters i»
the only medicine. Only 50/*
It’s guaranteed by Druggists.
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Outs, Bruises and Burns
Healed.
Quickly
Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is an
antiseptic liniment, and when ap
plied to cuts, bruises and burns,
caiises them to heal without ma
turation and much more quickly
than by the usual treatment. For
sale by ali druggists.
No doubt the landlords of St*
Louis will get their rates adjusted
ou a rational basis by the time-
the exposition really opens. A
Chicago hotel keeper, who hast
been giving his St. Louis brethren
advice, explains what a rational
basis is. Says he: “A hotel keep
er should never charge a man
more than he has about him. The*
expert proprietor sizes up a man’&
pile and then leaves a few dollars
leeway. That was the rule in Chi
cago ten years ago, and it worked
admirably.”.
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