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. HODGES, Propr, DEVOTED TO HOWIE INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE, #1.50 aYeb* iix Advance PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GrA., THURSDAY, JUNE 18,1903, 308 Second Street, MACON, GA, ■DEALER IN' The greatest of: all Southern Seaside Resorts. Having added many improvements to the already splendid accommodations, A KIND WORD. PRESIDENTIAL SUPPOSITIONS. HOTEL TYBEE Is better able than ever tu take care of the ever increasing that will this year flock to that popular resort. The rates, $2.30 per Day and $12.30 to $15.00 per Week, are iu reach of all. Special rates to large parties. THE PULASKI HOUSE is the best and most convenieui at which to stop while in Savannah. nr-TAS tp IbAHAM, Proprietor. crowds place At a nominal cost by joining COLEMAN’S SkciTLATINl LIBRARY. Fifty cents per month, $3.00 for six months, or $5.00 for twelve months. Write for new List of Books and further particulars. gp I also handle a Complete line of BOOKS AND ^STATIONARY, and give special attention to Mail Orders. My Houston County Friends are Invited to Call When In MacoN. a mi™ii Tinware, Woodenware, Farming Implements, Etc. 362 Third St. (Near Cherry Street) MACON, GA Written for The Home Journal. At best life is a continual effort, especially to those who have not reached the point where daily work is not essential to the acquirement of daily bread. In this commercial age, we are prone to measure the worth of a man by the size of his bank account, or the money value of his real estate holdings. By this measure the best of life is not reckoned at all. It is what the man owns, not what he is, that is considered in forming opin ion. The opinion thus formed is not such as will elevate manhood. It may induce money-getting, bub it will nob in any degree , make the world better or the people happier. On this line of commercial prog ress, the better qualities of meu are naaae subservient to financial prof its. The man whose chief purpose is to acquire money or its equiva lent, is kind, courteous, charitable or good only because he is convinc ed the display of such virtues will help him in his business. While this is the trend among progressi\e men, all are not of that character. There are many who ex ercise the social and ehristian vir tues because of the knowledge that they are right, and that upon their daily use depend happiness now and hereafter. Whatever the purpose, there are degrees in the condition of men, but there are none insensible to the in fluence of kindness. A kind word is never harmful, but often inspires ef fort in the right direction, when the lack of that kind encouragement might induce discontent, disregard of duty, or worse. It is always right to be kind. fl ORIGIN OF “BEN HUR.” New Uses of Soda. Soda is oue of the least expensive l and most indispensable articles in kitchen use. Aoid fruits, such as gooseberries, rhubarb and plums, re quire less sugar if a little soda—half a teaspoonful to one quart of fruit— is put in before the sugar. Bathing a patient in hot soda-water will re duce the fever. A little soda put in water in which meat and vegetables are boiled will make them sweet and tender, besides hastening the cook ing, and thereby saving fuel. When added to dish-water no soap is need ed, and there is no greasy rim around your dish-pan. In warm weather meats may be freshened by washing And if nice work, low prices, courteous treatment and all-1 cold soda-water before cooking. ’ 1 7 1 June Woman’s Home Companion. WE WANT YOUR TRADE, round fair dealing mean anything to you we expect to have it COUE TO SEE TT3 and examine our line of Vehicles, Harness, Mowers, Bakes, Binders and all kinds of Harvesting Machinery, Gasoline Our Washington Corrrospondonco. The most important news affect ing the democratic party in years has just reached Washington from New York. It is to the effeob that a considerable number of business men of New York have decided that President Roosevelt is “unsafe,” “er ratic,” etc., and have informed lead ing democrats that they will sup port any democratic candidate whom it is believed cau win. While this course has been under consideration for fome time, it has been actually determined upon as a result of the recent Hanna-Roosevelt fraoas. They Bay that so long as Mr. Roosevelt was guided by the advioe of Senator Hanna he was nob likely to err too seriously, but now ihat he has out loose from the Ohio statesman he is not.to be trusted. His friendship with the labor organizations is re garded as injudicious andhis attitude on many important questions as va rying with each breeze that blows. It is believed that he will attempt to force radioal tariff revision on con gress, as soon as he is elected, and these prominent republicans say they would prefer an out and out demo crat with clearly defined policies to the present occupant of the White House. They are perfectly willing to accept a Bryan man, and in faot urge that the nominee be acceptable to Golonel Bryan and his supporters. They only urge that there be har mony in the ranks of the democracy and they will supply the sinews of war. In this connection, the greatest interest is manifested in the confer ence which Mayor Harrison of Chi cago has called for July 18th. It is known that Mr. Harrison is opposed to wbat is generally termed a “re organization of the party,” and that he favors the retention of the old national committee and the nomina tion of a man acceptable to Oolonel Bryan. In this connection the pos sible nomination of Hearst and Har rison is being quietly discussed. Mr. Hearst controls the great organiza tions of letter carriers and’postal clerks, regardless of party, and that in itself would insure a considerable support which porhays no other man could command. Whether Hearst and Harrison would prove accepta ble to the New York interests is not known. It may be that they, be lieving they could cai’ry New York, New Jersey and Connecticut them- Belves, would advise the nomination of an Illinois or an Indiana man In his new book, “On oho frail of Moses,” Dr. Louis Albert Banks re peats Gen. Lew Wallace’s story of how he was inspired to write his great novel, “Ben Hur.” “I had written a serial story of ‘The Nativity,’ but laid the manu script away. On a railway train I met Ool. Robert Ingersoil, who invi ted me to sit diown beside him. “ ‘Well, if you will lot me diotate the subject, I will,’ said I. “ 'Certainly. That’s exaotly what I want.’ “I took a seat by him and began: ‘Is there a God?’ “Quick as a flash, he replied: ‘I don’t know; do yoiq’ # “ ‘Is there a heaven?’ . “ ‘I don’t know; do you?’ “ ‘ts there a hell?’ “ ‘I don’jb know; do you?’ “ ‘Is there a hereafter?’ ‘“I don’t know; do you?’ “I finished, saying: ‘There you have the textB. Now, go ahead.’ “And he did. He was in a prime mood, and, beginning, his ideas turn ed to speech, flowing like a heated river. “When we separated at Indianap olis it was a long distance to my destination, but I preferred to walk, for I was in a confusion of mind not unlike dazement. “To explain this, it is neoessary now to confess that my attitude with regard to religion had been one of absolute indifference. I heard it argued times innumerable, always without interest. So, too, I had read the sermons of great preachers, but always for the surpassing oharm of their rhetorio. But—how strange! Tb lift me out of my indifference one would think only Btrong affirma tions of things regarded holiest would do. Yet here wns I moved as never before, and by what? The most outright denials of all human knowledge of God, Christ, heaven and the hereafter. He had made me ashamed of ,my ignoranoe; and then—here is the unexpected of tho affair—as I walked on in the oool darkness I was aroused for the first time in my life to the importance of religion. And, while casting around how to set about the study to the best advantage, I thought of the manuscript in my desk. Its closing scene was the child Christ in the cave of Bethlehem; why not go on with the story down to the cruoifix- ion? “I did as I resolved, with results— Engines and Wind Mills. Millionaires in New York. There are in New York City to day 1,320 millionaires, as against 293 twenty years ago and 25 in 1853. There were no millionaires in the city 100 years ago. The first person to reach that distinction was John Jacob Astor, who became a millionaire about tho year 1820, Six years before that the richest man in the city was Isaac Classon, who swore that he was worth $750,000. —New York World. who could be counted on to carry fi rst > the book,‘Ben Hur,’ and, sec- one of those doubtful states. We have the best equipped repair shop in the state, and our work and prices are sure to please you According to a report by a com mittee of the Central Textile Union of Philadelphia, there are hundreds of young children in the textile mills . , ,, , . I of that city who are compelled to We paint more buggies and wagons than all other shops m WO rk nearly eleven hours a day, ex- the county combined. We must give satisfaction orwe|cept on Saturdays, when they work could not hold the trade as we do. We are the originators and sole manufacturers of the RAPID FIRE HAY PRESS, the cheapest and best on the market.' • If you buy a hay press without seeing this one you may regret it. Orders Receive Prompt Attention. six and a half hours. It seems that some of the northern reformers who have been saying so much about child labor in southern mills might give some attention to the Philadel phia mills. Wedding Anniversaries. At the end of first year comes the ootton wedding. Second year, paper wedding. Third year, leather wedding. Fifth year, wooden wedding. Seventh year, woolen wedding. Tenth year, tin wedding. Twelfth year, silk and fine linen wedding. Fifteenth year, crystal wedding. Twentieth year, china wedding. Twentv-fffth year, silver wedding. Thirtieth year, p6arl wedding. Fortieth year, ruby wedding. Fiftieth year, golden wedding. Seventy-fifth year, diamond wed ding. ond, a conviction amounting to ab solute belief in God and the divinity of Christ.” Ulysses S. Grant is a candidate for United States senator from Cali fornia. He is a son of the general and president of that name, and is 61 years old. He wishes to succeed Senator Bard, who does not desire a re-election. He is a lawyer, a graduate of Harvard and of Colom bia Law School. His. chief oppo nent is Henry T. Oxnard, the beet sugar magnate. That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you, if you. Mail Macon, <3-a,. “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. Startling .Evidence. Fresh testimony in great quan tity is constantly coming in, de claring Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds to be uneqnaled. A iecent expression from T. J. McFarland, Bentorville, Va., serves as exam ple. He writes: “I had Bron chitis for three years and doctor ed all the time without being ben efited. Then I began taking Dr. King’s New Discovery, and a few bottles wholly cured me.” Equal ly effective in curing all Lung and Throat troubles, -Consumption, Pneumonia and Grip. Guaran teed by Druggists. Trial bottles free, regular sizes, 50/, and $1.00. Holtzclaw’s Drug Store. used Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Thousands of sufferers have prov ed their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They ma{ce pure blood and build up your health. Only, 25/, money back if not cured. Sold by H. M. Holtzclaw, druggist. A Japanese lieutenant named Hino has invented a new self-loading pis tol, which fires 30 shots "per minute. The inventor claims that his pistol will cover a distance of 3,600 feet. For Infants and Children. Tile Kind You Bears the Signature of