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LOCAL NEWS OF TOWN AND COUNT?
—Miss Kate Cooper is visiting
her sister in Macon.
—The visitors to attend the Du-
Pree-Powers marriage are in town.
—Mrs. Cornelia Akers of Atlan
ta is in Perry, the guest of Miss
Corinne Baldwin.
—Miss Willie Cooper attended
the marriage of a friend at Coch
ran oue day last week.
—Mr. R P. Hollinshead and
family are in Perry visiting the
family of Mr. P. M. Houser.
—If you know anything of lo
cal interest tell the editor; he
“might get it wrong” if you don’t.
—A negro cabin on Mr. A. A.
Smoak’s plantation waB struck by
lightning last Sunday and con-
Burned bjr fire.
—Messrs. A. J, Houser and
Jas. A. Smith were members of
the United States grand jury at
Macon last week.
— Rev. J. W. Simmons will
§ reach at Andrew Chapel next
unday afternoon, services begin
ning at 4 o’olook,
—Mr. J. B. Kunz is prepared to
sell a variety of cold driuks, and
requests those who feel warm to
come aiicl see him.
—We are not likely to know
where Perry people are visiting,
or who are visiting Perry people,
unless somebody tells us.
—The first ripe oantalope we
have seen in Houston this season
was taken from the editor’s gar
den in Perry Monday morning.
—On July 7th there will be a
meeting of Confederate Veterans
at Perry to make arrangements
for the annual county re-union.
—The salary of the post-mas
ter at Port Valley, owing to the
increased volume of business, has
been raised from $1,600 to $1,600
a year.
—Mrs. J. R. Miller of Perry
and Mrs. M. Eh Williams of Pine-
hurst were in Port Valley last
Monday, guests of Mrs. W. M.
Blewster, daughter and sister of
the visitors.
—A party of small children gave
noisy expression to their enjoy
ment of a wagon ride through the
town Wednesday morning, with
Miss Bessie Houser in charge of
the excursion.
—There was considerable wind
and rain at Perry last Sun-^.
day afternoon. The clouds were
heaviest north and north-west of
town, where the rain was heav
iest about three weeks ago.
—As we go to Press Wednesday
several hours before the time
fixed for the marriage in Perry
of Miss Evelyn Powers to Mr.Wel-
ton DuPree, of'course a report
cannot be published this week.
—We understand many farm
ers have planted oorn on the land
from whioh grain has been ' har
vested. This is well, as reports
say the western small grain and
corn crops are sure to be short.
—The first ootton bloom of the
season was exhibited in Perry by
Mr. J. Powers Cooper Wednesday
morning. It was grown on the
Pitts place, on Limestone creek,
superintended by Mr. Fred. Bar
ker.
—It was reported in Perry Tues
day that a negro woman died in a
gin house near Grovahia last Sat
urday night from the effects of
liquor. It is said she went to
sleep while drunk and ^‘didn’t
wake up.”
—Teachers for Houston public
schools will be examined at Perry
next Saturday morning^ begin
ning at 9 o’clock. The white ap
plicants will meet at the oollege,
and the colored in the : sup&rior
court room.,
—There will be special servioes
fVio Puib'XT
i§Si
being the bi-centennial of the
birth of that illustrious pioneer
in Protestant religion.
Messrs. John B. Cofield and
Mike O’Brien of Hawkinsyille
were ill Perry last Monday for the
placing of a monument over tlie.
grave of the former’s mother.
Mr; Cofield has hot been. iti Perry
since he moved from here four
teen and his frielids*
were glad.tp see him.
The School Census.
By state and county authority,
the sohool census of Houston
county will soon be taken, at the
same time that similar work will
be done in each of the other 136
counties in the state.
At a meeting held in Perry last
Saturday, the oounty board, of
education appointed the enumer
ators to take the census in the
several|district8,as follows:
Upper and Lower Fifth dis
tricts J. D. Cherry.
Sixth—Green Avera.
Upper and Lower Town—F. T.
Schilling.
Ninth—L. E. Murray.
Tenth—W. EJ. Murray.
Upper and Lower 11th—W. B.
Watson.
Twelfth—I. N, Akin.
Old and Now 18th— H. J. Brown.
Upper aud Lower 14th—S. J.
Hose.
The compensation of the enu
merators will be 8 cents for every
child of school age correctly re
ported, that age ranging from 6
to 18 years.
On July 18th the enumerators
will meet Commissioner Smith at
Perry And receive their instruc
tions.
On July 20th the enumeration
will begin, and it is expected the
work will be completed within
ten days,—by August 1st.
Blanks ior the enumerators are
already in the bauds of Oommis-
missionej Smith, and from them
we notice that the requirements
are rigid, contemplating an exact
enumeration, embracing all in
formation as to age, sex and race,
showing also the percentage of il
literacy.
Old Masdnic Relics.
A Masonic lamb-skin apron 76
years old was shown us in Perry
last Saturday by Mr. J. ft. Mil
ler. It was the property of Mr.
George Gregg Miller, father of
our fellow-townsman, and was be
stowed by the lodge at Milledge-
December 27th, 1827.
ville on
At the same titne we were shown
a certificate signed by R. K. Hines,
W. M., and by the secretary of the
lodge, that George Gsegg Miller
>yas raised to the degree of a Mas
ter Mason in Decembt
)er, 1828.
—Under command of Capt R.
L. Cater, the Perry Rifles, 28
strong, left home at 6 o’clock
Tuesday morning for the state
military encampment at Griffin.
They carried with them two oooks.
Commissary Sergeant J. N. Tut
tle with W. J. Moore, assistant
will see that the company fare
shall be of good quality'.and"abun
dant. Orders tor chickens and
other edibles have been made,
while country hams and other
necessaries were carried from
home. The Perry Rifles consti
tute company 0 of the second reg
iment, and in camp and in drill
will occupy the extreme right. A
company of regulars will be a
part of this regiment in the camp.
Edwin Martin of Perry is Ser
geant Major cf the first battallion.
The Rifles will return home next
Tuesday. It goes, without saying
our boys will make a good record.
—Mr. W. J. Moore brought
home with him from Macon last
week a Confederate musket cart
ridge. The ball and powder are
wrapped in paper, and the gun
forwhich'the cartridge was made
wos loaded from the muzzle. This
relic of the war is vastly different
from the percussion cartridge of
to-day for breeoh-loading repeat
ing refles.
—The premium lists of the
Houston county fair to be held at
Perry next October, from the 7th
to 10th inclusive, will be ready
for distribution the latter part of
next week. Work on the build
ings and grounds will soon be
commenced, and everything
Armory Park will be in better
shape for a fair than ever before.
—{While the.shipments of peach
es frpm Houston county have not
been as great as in other years, a
number of carloads have been for
warded from Fort Valley.; Pair
prices have been received,land the
merchants of our sister City are
exempt from the summer dullness
in trade that is the .portion of
other towns.
e x lot of
t>r£ceivfc
" F. M. Housek’s
/size Jrellv-
Negroes Belligerant.
It has been talked about town,
but not traceable to definite tes
timony, that several negroes were
shot at by other negroes in the
country within a comparatively
short distance of Perry last Sat
urday night, and that one negro
man going heme was knocked
down by au unknown person and
robbed of the jug of whiskey he
was' carrying.
Certain it is, however, that Jay
Porter of near Perry was shot
with a pistol by Neut Tharpe of
Dennard, and that the wounded
negro will probably die.
There was a “supper” at a ne
gro house on Hon. E. L. Den-
pard’s farm Saturday night.
Some time during the festivities,
a difficulty arose between the par
ties named, and Tharpe was
knocked dowii with a stick by
Porter. Shortly' thereafter a
friend of Tharpe offered him a
pistol and told him to shoot Por
ter, who had gone towards his
home just beyoud the corporate
limit of Perry. Tharpe took the
pistol, followed Porter, and then
shot him in the back. The bul
let entered the lower pa'rfc of the
back, and has not been extracted.
Tharpe escaped arrest, as no re
port of the shooting was made to
Sheriff Cooper until late Sunday.
There was also a “supper” at
the home of Van Roberts in Nevy
Hgpe. A “rucus” among the
young bucks ensued. ' Several
pistol shots were fired, but the
aim was not true, and nodody
was hurt.
Photographic Tent. Coming.
About July 1st Mr. J. B. Co-
field of Hawkinsville*will pitch
his Photographic tent in Perry,
and will make pictures at popular
prices.
Mr, Cofield was for many years
a photographer til Perry, and has
won enviable success as an artist
at Hawkiusvilld.
—Prof. Ohas. K. Henderson of
Cedartovvn has been the guest of
the family of Mr. J. A. Wood,
near Myrtle,for the past ten days.
Prof'. Henderson is a graduate of
Emory College, and has proven a
successful superintendent uf the
Richland High School for the
past two years. He was re-eleoted
at Richland, also elected at Car
rollton, Ga., for the coming year,
accepting the Carrollton school.
He is an old Perry boj, and his
many friends wish for him much
success.
—Mr. W. Hemingway, who is
traveling salesman for the Kansas
City Hay Press Co., was with
home folks iir Perry from last
Saturday afternoon to Monday
noon. For several weeks he had
been in Alabama, and this week
went to south-west Georgia, and
from there will go into Florida.
He has sold many hay presses,
and other agricultural imple
ments.
-Water Coolers for sale at
L. M. Paul’s.
Fred. M. Houser’s.
We have a complete line of
MADRAS,
CEAMBRAY,
MUSLIMS, LAWMS,
DIMITIES,
0RGAMDIES,
White Shirt Waist Goods.
Summer Ties.
All kinds of Fans.
.
". 1, PAUL'S,.. . "
It’s the nickels that make the dollars. It’s the small
savings that make the big bsfnk accounts. There
fore, “Take care .of the pennies and the nickels, and
the dollars will taKe care of themselves.”
J :
Pearl Buttons, regtflar 10c quality, at. .. 6c doz.
Towels, 17x84 inches, good weight 5c each
Ladies’ Undervests, seconds, regular 10c quality .... 5c each
Ladies* Handkerchiefs, liuen ... 6c each
Ladies’ Handkerchiefs, all linen, plain and embroidered... 10c each
Men’s Handkerchiefs, large hemstitched.......... v ...... 6c each
Men’s Handkerchiefs, large hemstitched, all linen.. .Y. ’... 12£c each
Fans, palm leaf, 6 for. 5c
Fans, open and shut, large and small. 10c aud 6o each
Talcum Powder, good 5o box.
Embroideries, Edgings and Insertings 4<? aud 5c yard
Figured Lawns galore 5c yard
Shirting Prints, big line ... 6c yard
Calicoes, Merrimac Blues 5o yard
Parabola Gold Eyed Needles, 5c paper. Mourning Pins . . . 5o pkg.
Aluminum Hairpins, 10c and 5c dozen. Black Belt Pins.. 5c pkg.
Children’s Hose Supporters . JOc pair
Stationery, assortment paper, envelopes, etc., 5c pkg.
Tumblers, plain glass, good size;.... <. .* 5o each
Men’s Silk Club Ties 10c each
Hundreds of other small Items yon will find here that space won’t
allow ns to mention.
===Ij. im:. [ipjL-criys. ==
Tli® Sledge-Hammer
has hit our Slippers and down go the prices.
Here is the way they are going for tlje cash;
Welt Sole Oxfordst- '
Stylish and shapely $8.00 shoe, now.
Turn Sole, medium low heel, kid tip—
$8 00 quality now, per pair
Light Sole, low heel, kid tip, wide toe—l
Built for comfort. A $2.50 Oxford going at
Heavy Sole Patent Blucher Oxfords
and Light Sole Patent Oxfords. $8.00 values now...
Welt Pateht Oxfords and Patent Tip Oxfords—
$2.25 and $2.50 values now on thg bargain counter at.
Light Sole Patent Tip Oxfords—
$2.00 quality now selling for ..... • • •
Good $1.75 Patent Tip Oxfords now on the market at....,
Good $1.50 values new maiked down to...;
$1.25 Oxfords now selling for
0 - v.
Children’s Slippers are going at the same rate #
Of our large assortment we mention only a few.
$2.38
2.38
... 197
. 2.10
- 1.67
1.48
1.23
1,08
.98
$1.75 and $1.60 one and two-strap Pat. Tip Sandals now....
$1.25 values now going at
Come early so as to be sure to get your size.
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= EDWARDS &
Tli© Place To ZB-u-sr
Staple Groceries, Slock Feed,-Farm
Supplies, Bagging and Ties
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 pf Houston county, and other readers
of the Home Journal, to give me a share
of their patronage.
GOODS GUARANTEED TO BE AS REPRESENTED.
T. E. MERRITT,
■151, 453 & 455 Third St.
er .'.j. 1 - 1 -
MACON, GA.
^.'rryon.o IfcTeed.Ing’
COFFINS. CASKETS, BURIAL ROBES
at correct prices, call on or write to
Ti *W- ANTHdlNE, Piop’r.
ANTHOINE MACHINE WORKS,
Summer lace-stripe Rosiery fort vallev ,
Always glad to see you at
Fred M. Houser’s
GEORGIA
; MACHINERY MADE OR REPAIRED.
ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER AT PROPER PRICES.