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Fabllshed Every Thursday Morning.
1X0. H. IIOUGBS, Editor and Publisher
Perry, Thursday, August 27.
Georgia will notn eed muoh west
ern corn next year.
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One- crop fames pay ther profits
to dealers in farm supplies.
At least five counties will contend
for the capital prize at the Georgia
state fair.
A local option election will be
held in Taliaferro county on Sep
tember 7th.
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Loqd Salisbury, former premier
of England, died at his country
home near London last Saturday.
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A pipe in the oil region about
Sour Lake, Texas, destroyed proper
ty to the vijrtue of $50,000 last week,
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With the contradictions of his
speech aud action, Roosevelt is find
ing his political road decidedly
rocky.
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A Zionist congress opened at
Baris, Switzerland, last Sunday, in
cluding 500 delegates from all parts
of the world.
In the south there are seventy
ootton seed oil mills worth $50,000,-
000, with an annual output worth
$126,000,000.
At Carrollton, Ga., several people
who had been bitten by alleged mad
dogs have been recently treated
with a madstone.
It has been demonstrated that
the democratic party will seleot a
presidential candidate to serve the
party, not to boss it.
Judge J. F. C. Williams is the
oldest ordinary in Georgia, he hav
ing served Harris oounty thirty-five
years in that capaoity.
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At Nashville, Tenn., last week,
Booker Washington was eleoted
president of the National Negro
Business Men’s League.
Silk to the value of $75,000,000
is imported into the United States,
and the department is anxious to
establish and promote silk culture in
the south.
Maj. Charles H. Smith, the phil
osopher, scholar and humorist, fa
mous and much loved as “Bill Arp,”
died at his home at Cartersville last
Monday.
In the reports of the daily papers,
it wasn’t shown that any companies
other than those of the larger cities
were represented in the military ri
fle practice at Savannah last week.
Other teams were there, however,and
some of those not mentioned made
exceptionally good scores.
Last Saturday the Kincaid cotton
mill at Griffin was twenty years old,
and its manager says the original
cost was $126,000, and its present
value $260,pOO. Despite the high
price of cottbii, a divided of 10 per
cent will be deolared at the next
meeting of the direotors.
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An increase of $22,350,701 is
eltown in the valuation of . taxable
property in. Georgia this year, not
including railroad property and cor
poration franchises. The total value
is $482,767,881, with the railroad
and corporation property valued at
$56,898,466 last year.
Recently a Russian consul was
killed by a Turkish soldier in a
Turkish town. Russian demands
for the punishment were not given
prompt attention. - Then a squadron
of Russian warships was sent into.
Turkish waters, Und very ; quickly
the Torimh- Porte granted all the
demand* oftheRuasian government.
At the recent session of the Grand
Army of the Republic a resolution
was adopted demanding that all
federal veterans be placed on the
pension list when they reach the
age of 62 years. The proposed es
tablishment of the soldiers’ hoggin
Florida was endorsed. G. A. Sum-
merford of Georgia is a member of
the “Council of Administration.”
A Campaign of Education.
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Just now there is on in Georgia's
campaign of agricultural and indus
trial education, in which the people
will teach themselves and all others
who care to observe and learn.
This campaign will culminate next
October in a great and comprehen
sive object lesson at Central City
Park, Maoon, Georgia, where the
state fair will present the largest
and best aggregation of agricultu
ral, horticultural, household, art and
manufactured products ever shown
in any state.
Georgia embraces the capacity in
land, brawn and brain to produce as
many things of as good quality as
any state in the Union, and the
proof wil be submitted at the state
fair.
In this most laudable undertaking
the Maoon Fair Association, the
Georgia State Agricultural Society
and the business men of Macon are
working in conjunction, and the
beneficial results will be shared by
all progressive oitizens who are in
terested in the upbuilding of Geor
gia agriculture and industry.
If there be any who entertain the
idea that this movement is intended
to give Maoon the lion’s share of
benefit* they should get rid of that
idea at once. Every progressive far
mer, every land owner, every manu
facturer in the state will find the
benefit direotly the thousands of
visitors see the superiority of our
products and their great variety.
In preparing to contest for the
many liberal premiums offered, tho
farmer will teach himself that his
land will yield readily increased
quantity and quality when persuad
ed by intelligent scientific prepara
tion, fertilization and cultivation.
Such increased yields will give at
once increased profits, and also give
an increased value to the land.
Many of our farmers need this les
son, and they are sure to learn it.
The same statement applies with
equal force, though not identical in
detail, to every manufacturer who
will place his produots on exhibition.
Of looal importance in this con
nection, we will now say that every
progressive citizen of Houston ooun
ty is direotly interested in the suc
cess of the Btate fair; not merely be
cause of their nearness to and friend
ship for Macon, but because an op
portunity is presented for them to
show the superiority of Houston
over many other counties of the
state in her agricultural aud horti
cultural capacity. We will take ad
vantage of the opportunity, and the
result will be beneficial to our people
and our county, even though we fail
to win the flrst premium for county
exhibits.
The Houston County Fair will first
make a showing at Perry, and the
best of that fair will counstitute the
Houston oounty exhibit at the state
fair.
Keep your mind on Houston, and
give your active assistance to the
oounty fair and to the state fair.
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Secretary Wilson of the U. S.
agricultural department has declar
ed that infinite injury has been done
to the cotton manufacturing indus
try by the recent speculative move
ment in cotton. He says the short
age of raw cotton , to the manufac
turer, and the consequent high price,
is not due to shortage in the orop,
bat entirely due to’the corner made
by speeulators. He might have gone
further and deolared that dealers in
cotton futures are no less gamblers
than those who manipulate dice and
cards professionally. >
The state board of health, under
a law enacted at the last session of
the Georgia legislature, is composed
of eleven physicians, one resident in
each congressional district. The ap
pointments were made by Gov. Ter
rell last week, as follows: F. M.
Ridley of LaGrange, W. F, West
moreland of Atlanta, R. M. Harbin
of Rome, Giles Hancock of Belton,
Charles Hicks of Dublin, W. W.
Owens of Savannah, A. P. Taylor of
Thomasville, M. S. Brown of Fort
Valley, H. J. Williams of Macon, S.
O. Bennett of Athens and J. B.
Morgan of Augusta.
City authorities at Albany aud
Maoan began last week a vigorous
enforcement of the new vagraney
law. In each of these cities the first
catch was large, and others fled pre
cipitously to avoid arrest Let the
good work proceed until every in
fested town and community in the
state is cleared of the loafing and
thieving vagrants.
Claud News.
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By Frit*.
We had a damp time last week, so
fodder pulling was suspended, but
with fair weather it will be conclud
ed thiB week. Cotton picking is on
the program for next week.
Mrs. E. L. Fountain has been se
riously ill for several weeks, but we
are glad to say she is improving.
Mrs. P. I. Johnson has also been
pick several Jweeks. We hope they
will soon recover their health fully.
The infant daughter of Mr. aud
Mrs. Frank O’Neal has been quite
sick for about two weeks, but her
recovery is much hoped for.
A party of young people of Claud,
with a few visitors, enjoyed a picnic
at Mossy creek bridge last Saturday.
The weather was rather warm and
some of those invited were provi
dentially hindered from attending,
but the event was classed with the
best of its kind and unanimously
voted the most enjoyable of the rea
son. The dinner, prepared and
spread by the ladies,was superabun
dant, with plenty of ice-cold lemon
ade served at dinner and throughout
the afternoon. When all departed
for home, with, deep regret that the
day had been so short, all joined in
the hope that we may all live to en
joy many more like it.
Mr. J. R. Preston and children,
Willie, Ellie and Nina, of Macon,
returned home Sunday from a pleas
ant visit to relatives here.
M. L. C. Johnson and family of
near Byron visited the family of Mr.
I. H. Doles, brother of Mrs. John-
son, here last week.
Mrs. Emma Fagan of near Perry
is visting her sister, Mrs. H. D.
Rushing.
Mr. T. J. Fagan of Myrtle was in
our village last Friday.
Boys, ask Warren if he feels lone
some Bince She went home.
Comfort
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Are /combined in the Shoes we sell.
Any kind you want and the best of each kind.
Mr. J. Henry King
is with us, and will be glad to see and serve his friends in
Perry and Houston county. | ‘
Mail order? receive prompt attention.
Oul Shoes give satisfaction. Try a pair.
THE TAYLOR SHOE CO.,
519 CHERRY ST.. MACON, CA. I
See my Toilet Sets at $3.50* $6.00 and $7.50.
Shades from 25c up. Lamps from... .$2.50 to $5.50.
The best Dining Chair you ever saw for........ $1.25.
Rocking Chairs $1.50 and up.
RUGS, MATTINGS. CLOCKS, ETC.
FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS.
A complete line of Coffins and Caskets always in stock.
Come and see me. I sell cheap for cash or on installment. .* My
prices nre close. Respectfully,
R, L. Marchman,
Fourteen ne'groes are in custody
at Perry, under the charge of va
grancy, three arrested in Fort
Valley aud eleven in Perry. More
than double that number have
gone south or west from the towns
in short-order and double-quick
time.
The woolen mills aud pants facto
ry at Salem, Va., were destroyed by
fire last Friday—loss $160,000.
State politicians have commenced
writing letters for tho 1904 cam
paign.
" DBAUGHON’S
lUtAOTICALBUSINESS COLLEGES.
Schools of National Reputation.
Pruiighou’e Practical Business Col-
leges, located at Atlanta, Nashville, St.
Louis. Montgomery, Little Book, Port
Worth, Galveston and Shreveport, are
schools ot national reputation. They
are strongly endorsed by business men
from Maine to Oalisornia. Prof. Dragh-
on, who is author of four text-books on
Bookkeeping, and proprietor of these in
stitutions, doubtless expends more mon
ey for securing positions for his students
than almost any one business college in
this oountry takes in as tuition. He
guarantees positions under reasonable
conditions, and will allow a student to
deposit money in bank till the course is
completed aud position secured. Pour
weeks course of Bookkeeping in his col
leges is equal to twelve weeks in any col
lege that does not employ his improved
methods of teaohing. His Colleges also
offer special advantages iu Penmanship,
Shorthand, Typewriting, etc. It is gen
erally conceded by those who dr*, in. po
sition to know that Fror. Draughou’s
success in the Business College work has
been greater than that of any ojae jlse.
His superior oourse of instruction aud
his special facilities for seouring posi
tions are almost an offset to competition
where the merits of his work are known.
His illustrated catalogue will explain
all. Send for it. Address ,T. F. Draughon,
President, at either of the above men
tioned places.
# * PERRY, GEORGIA..
I am also manager of the Planters’ "Warehouse. Try
me with a few bales of cotton. Cash advanced on cotton
in store. Warehouse near the depot.
CoHod!
My Warehouse will be open us usual for handling Cotton
for the falf of 1903. With my usual courtesy, fair treat
ment and long experience in the cotton business, I hope to
merit your patronage, which at all times shall have my
careful and personal attention in selling, storing, etc., etc.
Charges reasonablo for insuiance and storage.
Bagging and Ties always on hand.
I also nave in stock a nice line of Hardware, Stoves, Wash
Kettles, small wares, etc., Flour, Meal, Hams, Corn, Oats,
Bulk Sides, horse and cow Feed, Bran, Sugar, Roasted and
Green Coffee, Rice, Lard, Syrup, Tobacco, Cigars, Bug
gies, Wagons, Harness, a fine line of Whips, Slip Harness
and various other lines not mentioned. ^ am in positiop to
furnish an"thing you need.
Call on me, I thank you for your patronage.
"3D. XD .A. “5T,
Store Ko. 1, Brick Bldck.
BERRY, GEORGIA.
FOR FALL SOWING.
Farmers and Gardeners who de
sire the latest and fullest informa
tion about
Vmtaii and Fain Suds
should' write” for" Wood's New
Pall Catalogue. It tells all about
the fall planting of Lettuc«,Cab-
bage and. other Vegetable crops
which are proving so profitable to
southern growers. Also about
Crimson Clover, Vetches*
Grasses and Covers,
Seed Oats, What,
Rye, Barley, etc.
Wood's New Fall Catalogue mailed
free on request. Write for it.
T.W. WOODS SONS,
i, • Richmond, Mil
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One Lot Ladies’ $1.00 Slippers for
75c
One “
“ 1.25
95c
One
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1.15
One “
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1.00
One * ‘
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2.49
50 Pairs Children’s 75c Sandals for
50c.
We Have Lots of Others.
COME TO SEE US.
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408 THIRD STREET.
