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JOHN H. HODGES, Propr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE. #1.50 a Year in Advance.
YOL. xxxiii.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1903.
NO. 34.
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...COTTON
MACON, GA.
By a liberal policy and honorable methods I have
built lip the largest Cotton Commission business in Macon,
Georgia.
Ship me your Cotton and get the best returns.
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THE SHIRT WAIST.
Written for The Home Journal,
•‘A thing of beauty is a joy,” said Keats;
But he had never seen a white shirt waist,
"Wherein were blent the art-dreams and conceits
And subtle lures of'woman’s skill and taste.
These dreamers have no need of verbal lore;
They choose to charm the eye, and not the ear,
And gossamery such as never Sheba wore
They here arrange with most msthetic care.
Consistent thinness seems to be the scheme,
And not alone because-the days are warm.
"We catch the very spirit of the theme
"When we behold that shapely upper arm.
And otlierwlieres do charmful witcheries lurk,
Whereby to other than Elysium we are led;
Medallions, that are like a spider’s work,
Made cunningly of nothing and a thread;
And that cat stitch—a not euphonious plunso—
But O, so oute, they say, is this same stitoh;
And is it not just rtow the ultra crazO
Of all the MoFllmseys, the poor, tho rich?
A very maze is here ofi dainty stuffs;
Exquisite needlework, exquisite lace,
And pink ribbon, and littlo flutes and fluffs;
How superfine they look in this ono place.
Shall we say environment? Shall we say
That these adornments are themselves adorned,
And this, forsooth, In some mysterious way
>. That is to be mysteriously discerned?
Nay, but wo know, and these enravished eyes,
In every tiny spaoe add e?ery inesli,
Do see the oliarm that so unsatisflos,
t .Thore being more, not seen, of such sweet
flesh. . - OLUNY.
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at correct prices, call on or write to
t. Piop’r.
ANTH01NE MACHINE WORKS,
FORT VALLET, GEORGIA.
MACHINERY MADE OR REPAIRED.
ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER AT PROPER PRICES.
-DEALER IN-
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Tinware, Woodenware,
Farming Implements, Etc.
362 Third St.
'ear Cherr Street) MACON, GA
T6 rid ourselves of Second-Hand Buggies, Wagons* Har
ness and Harvesting Machines, and to dq this we are goiog
to sell our entiae stock, consisting of aboii- 100 jobs, at
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Prices That Will Surprise You.
Some of these jobs are nearly new, some have been run
some time but have good Wear in them, others have
better days, but we will give you our candid opinion on
each class and you may know just what you are buying and I them.’ And their liking for pets
is merely an evidence that their
Old Maids.
Savannah News,
A Japanese sociologist deliver
ed a lecture at the University of
Chicago the other day. Among
other.things he said: “In Japan
marriages are arranged by the pa
rents of the interested parties,
and we have no such galaxies of
old maids as adorn institutions
of learning in the United States.
There are no old ro'aids in Ja
pan.” So muoh the. worse for
Japan. Her civilization would
be higher and more worthy of
commendation if there were old
maids.
For some peculiar and inexpli
cable reason, which is not well
based aud cannot be well defend
ed, the old maid is wont to be
derided and made tlie butt of
shallow jokes, as if her spiiiBter-
hood were a grievous fault.; As a
matter of fact she is ndt appreci
ated and not uiiderstood. Tile
old maid fills a considerable and
important part in our sooial fab
ric and we should sorely miss her
if she wore to take her leave. In
many instances her celibacy is a
matter of choice and self-sacri
fice in order that she may devote
herself to the service of- others
It is the old maid who, with ten-
derest solicitude, mothers ' the
motherless, nurses the sick anci
assists in burying the dead. It
is the old maid, without frivolous
notions and a constant angling
for beaus, who brings brains and
energy aud high purposes to the
training of the young in the ways
that they ,ought to go to mak
good men and good women. It
is the old maid who, in case of
emergency, can be depended upon
to act with cool judgment and do
or suggest the proper thing at
the right time.
All old maids are assumed^ by
the unthinking to be crusty/add
sour, and jokes are -made about
their fondnees for cats aud par
rots. The assemption is a libel
on the Eisterhood. Woman for
woman there are probably more
sweet-tempered old maids than
Wives; they have .less to worry
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Come to see us when in need of anything in our line
We are headquarters for
and
save money.
and
Harvesting 1 “L^Ea.c3nimes,
En-glzies
Skills.
The Williams Buggy Co.,
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hearts are tender and in the right
place. They may be *ond of pets
but they love humanity. Unsel
fish and devoted, they give time
ard .talents to charity and the
church, to home and the school
to parents and relatives aud
friends*. :, R|H I
There are no old maids in Ja
pan, but there is in.that country
a code of morals that would be
unbearable in a Christian coun
try, .
The Death Penalty.
!A littlething; sometimes results
in death. .... Thus'a mere scratch,
insignificant cuts or puny boils
j have paid the death penalty.. It
is wise to have Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve ever handy. ,It?s 7 the |
l salve on earth and will tprevc
Oounty Legislation.
Atlanta Cqnatltutlon. '
Several of the western states
are engaged in devising methods
to relieve their general assemblies
of the mass and burden of county
local legislation. It is a ivell
known fact that there are thous
ands of matters of purely looal
interest that are annually brought
before the state legislatures, con
suming the time of their sessions,
side-tracking important general
measures, and causing controvert
sies that are not seemly and
should not be saddled upon the
consideration of the representa
tives of all the people.
The efforts to whioh we refer
are directed toward the elimina
tion of local county legislation
from the general assembly, Ac
cording as their constitutions re
quire these schemes vary. In
some states county boards of
commissioners are the legislature
of their several counties. In oth
ers it is proposed, as in Minneso
ta, we believe, .to require each
county to electa local legislative
oody, composed of a delagate
from each township of the ooun
ty, which is to hold one meeting
annually for adopting, revising or
amending the aots governing
county matters that do not have,
by the constitution, to be passed
upon in general bills .by the state
legislature. Special sessions of
the,se coutny legislatures may be
convened by the presiding officer
upon the written request of ^two-
thirds of the members. In this
way emergencies can be met and
mal-operatiug laws be easily re
pealed or amended.
It is regarded as a crude survi
val of a bad habit that.the sena
tors and representatives of all the
people should be requted to waste
time, money and much debate
oyer measures that affect only
the wishes and interests of a sin
gle county. The anachronism ‘,of
the system and the' waste involv
ed are unuecessaiy and often take
on the characteristics of a farce
A county legislature, acting un
der a general bill of rights from
the state legislature, could with
in a few days every year dispose
of all subjects of purely county
irest and authority, such as
establishing school districts, fix 1
ihg fees or salaries of county of
fleers, apportioning funds, etc
Wherever the system is in vogue
the best of results have been
achieved. • The people secure
quick and satisfactory legisla
tion equal to that which is had in
cities under the authoritiy of
general charters and the action pf
city councils. In all matters of
lo'cal concern the popular will can
find easier expression, whether
for the prompt making or the re
peal of county acts.
From every standpoint this sort
of legislation presents a demo
cratic /scheme that should be at
tractive to a people devoted to
home rule, public economy and
the far more valuable effect of
keeping popular interest alive
and intelligent in dealing with
county government.
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Holtzclaw’s Drugstore.
Great Railroad Enterprises.
Dysentery Cured "Without the Aid of
a Doctor.
“I am just up from a hard
Jspell of the flux” (dysentery) says
Mr. T. A, Pinner, a well known
.merchant of Drummond, Tenn.
;“I used one small bottle of Cham-r
berlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy And was cured
without having a doctor. I con
sider it is the best cholera medi
cine in the world;” There is no
need of errfployingli doctor when'
this remedy is used, for no doctor
can prescribe a better medicine
for bowel complaint in any form
either for children or adults. It
never fail's and' is pleasant to take.
For sale by all druggists.
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Macon T ,
When our first trans-continent
al railroad was built it was re
garded as a world wonder. Since
tlien upwards of a half-dozen have .
been built and all of them have
been eolipsed, in length, at least,
by the trans-Siberian railroad,and
will be so eclipsed by the Cape-
to-Cairo railroad in Africa, three
thousand of the latter’s six thous
and miles being already covered. ,
A greater enterprise still is the I
tong-projected Pan-Atqerican rail
road, which is confidently expeot-
ed to become a reality. It is nec
essary to build ouly 6,000 more
miles of trade in order for the
traveler to take a sleeper from
New York to Cape Horn, a dis
tance of more than 10,000 miles,
Already it is possible to send a
oar from New York to the fron
tier of Guatemala, and as Argen
tine, Chili, Peru and Bolivia are
building railroads, the gaps are
bound to be filled in time.
Other large enterprises include
the Bagdad railway, whioh is to
run from Constantinople to the
Persian Gulf, and the Indian
system’s extension across Persia
to conheot with the Bagdad line,
on the north, and across Burmah,
down the Malay Peninsula on the
south. When the projected lities
are completed, it wiil be possible
to leave Chariug Cross, Loudon,
spend a few hours on a channel
boat and speed almost in' a
straight line overlaud to Singa
pore ; to take there a fast ferry
h the Java Sea to Port
Danvin and resume the journey
by rail to Adelaide nnd Mel
bourne. The present two month’s
journey to Australia by water can
then .be made by rail in about
two weeks.
But the most daring soheme is
the Trans-Alaska-Siberian con
nection, which will complete rail
road facilities between New York
and Paris, nearly the whole way
round the world. It is proposed
to tune! Bering Strait, which is
said to be a perfectly feasible un
dertaking. From Cape Prince of
Wales, in Alaska, to East Cape,
Siberia, it is barelv thirty-six
miles. Midway lie the three Dio
mede islands. The water is no
where more than 350 feet deep.
It is therefore argued that Boring
Strait could be as easily tunneled
as the Hudson river. Undoubt
edly the twentieth century will
see marvels of railroad - construc
tion not now dreamed of,
John D. Rockefeller, whose hos
tility to the liquor business clos
ed the famous Weddell Hotel in
Cleveland as. soon as the Stan
dard Oil man. got control of it,
may build a temperance hotel on
part of the Weddell house site.
Such a plan has. been discussed
by L. W. Bowers and J. G. W.
Cowles, managers of John. D.
Rockefeller’s real estate interests.
Puts an End to It AH.
A grievous wail Of times comes
a s a result of unbearable pain
from overtaxed orgahs. Dizzi
ness, backache, liver complaint
and constipation. But thanks to
Dr. King’s New Life Pills, they
put an end to it all. They are
gentle but thorough. Try them.
Guaranteed, Only 25c at Holtz
claw’s Drugstore.
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By,the adoption, of , the Calvin
vagrancy, bill; the Albany - Herald,
thinke it will now be possible to
“Make ’em work,, or keep, ’em
walking.”
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