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Excursion Bates to Baltimore, Md.
Via Central of Ga. Railway.
Account of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows, Sept. 21st,
1903, excursion tickets.will be on
sale at all ticket stations on Central
of Ga. By. to Baltimore and return,
via all rail routes; also via Savannah
and pala.ial steamships of the >\l. &
M. T. Ob. For rates, dates of sale
and further .information apply so
nearest Central of Ga. By. agent.
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FOR
LADIES . AND .GENTLEMEN,
413 Third St., .llncon, Ga.,
Two Doors from Exchange Bank.
WE NEVER CLOSE.
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Meals served at all hours
both day and night.
Best Dinner in Macon fol 25c
All delicacies of the season
served to order.
Headers of the Bomb Journal have
special invitation.
H. J. RICHTER.
30 YtARS INTHEMUSICBUSINESS
Tho Old Reliable Irvine’s Georgia
Music House, Macon, Ga.
Knows what a good biano is,for we have
been pleasing the people for THIRTY
YEARS—a pretty good reoord. lYe will
Bell you an Upright jPiqno, full size 1%
octaves, Beautiful Mahogany Finish,
with book and stool free, ' KA
direct from factoryi for
Beautiful Organ, walnut oase, improved
Heed Cells, which are almost Kft
mouse proof, direct from factory «PO • »wv
We have arranged with the Great Columbus
Phonograph Company to sell tlielr Famous
TALKING MACHINES, and have mado a deal
which will enable us to sell a Most Excellent
Machine for ONLY $3.50, This hos never
been done before to Any House in the South.
This Machine, though sold at a low priee, Is
clear and powerful. It Sings, Plays and Talks
with almost the Power nnd Perfection of the
$35,00 maohines. -
An endless amount of amusement and pleas
ure can he afforded the purchaser of one of
thees Talking Machines at a trifling cost—
think of It. World’s of Songs, Band Pieces
and Comic Speeches can be played on this Won.
. derful machine.
The Popular DOMESTIC Sowing Machine.
We are cldsing up onv Machine Department,
and offer our stook of Famous Domestic Ma
chines at less than wholesale prices—$65,00 ma
chines at $32.50; $55.00 machines at $25.00, oto
Will give yon until cotton-comes In to pay.
SHEET MUSIC sold at Half-Price. Our im
mense stoek for only 5 cents per piece. Man
dolins, Guitars, Violins, Drums, etc. Mandolins
from $2.00 up: Guitars from $2.60 up. Sole
agency for the World-Famous Steinway, Knabe.
Cliickcring and Fischer Pianos. Easy terms of
payments. Call on or address— ^
Irvine’s Ga. Music House,
304 Third Si.. Macon, Gn.
ESTABLISHED IN 1881.
THE OLDEST WHISKEY HOUSE
IN GEORGIA.
Two Undeveloped Resources.
Southorn Cul
The south is a land, c
varied resources. Iu her
id, of vast and
bosom lie
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ossibimtes.
become no
can
What she can and
pen can describe,
foresee.
Some of her capacities are
developed. Her capacity for beer
and whisky consumption needs no
further development. Neither does
her capacity for gambling in cotton
and other futures need any further
development. She has also produced
an abundant crop of second and
third rate politicians. These and
some other lines of : production are
rather overdone than underdone.
; Some other lines, such as railroad
building, factory building and towu
ilding are growing per*
and city btii
haps with sufficient rapidity. They
do not call for special encourage
ment.
But when we come tp consider
her agricultural resources we find a
practically unlimited field for grciwth
ana culture. While much has been
done, much remains still to be done.
. We desire in this article to call
special attention to two umdevelop*
ed resources in her agriculture,.
Statistics show that in our lead
ing crops we produce about six
bushels of wheat, ten bushels of
corn and about one hundred and
egihty pounds of cotton per acre.
Statistics equally reliable show
that we have produced over sixty
bushels of wheat, over one hundred
and twenty bushels of corn arid over
two thousand pounds of cotton lint
per acre.
As yet no one claims that these
figures represent the highest possi
bilities of an acre of either of these
orops. Better culture would pro
duce even a better yield than this.
But as these are about twelve
times the average they should make .
us stop and think. Are we produo- i plunder he will quit work.
The Political Boss.
St. Louis Republic.
The political leader, representing
issues or party or both, will contin
ue.-to be a fixture of popular govern
ment. But there is a possibility that
under the new order of things the
political boas will pass away. At
least there is .a prospect, Bhould he!p 0 RT ; VAXiIJErx '
last, that he will not have the influ
ence and following that were his
during the constructive period, and
that, at best, he will thrive, in a de
gree,'jib only a few Cities.
As men appreciate more the mean
ing of freedom, understanding that
freedom is not only a provision of
law but a result of individual opin
ion and deeds, the pernioiousness of
boss domination will'be felt and hit-
zens deserving of moral and civic
freedom will not be willful slaves.
The reign of the boss is the rule of
serfdom. His power is founded on
a modern form of slavery, propaga
ted by the germs of degradation. 1
The political boss is evidently the
creature of conditions, a parasite
fattening on the poisons of munici
pal systems and corrupting the
weaker branch of society. Wherev
er the conditions that made him will
prevail, he will prosper; but wherev
er the sores are healed and the con
stitutional illness is healed/ he will
cease to be. His methods and pur
suits are as characteristic as he is
himself of the constructive period in
municipal advancement. Better laws
and civic patriotism, removing the
poisons on which he thrives, will de
stroy boss rule.
Striot laws regulating the grant
ing of franchises, good laws giving
the voters simple recourse against
the acts of publio servants, better
systems of municipal administration
and corrections in electoral methods
will diminish the evils from which
boss rule exists. The boss works
for plunder, and if he cannot get
COFFINS, CASKETS, BURIAL ROBES
at correct prices,
Old Sharpe Williams, guaranteed
eight, years old; by the gallon, $3.00;
four full quarts $8.50 express prepaid.
George J. Coleman Rye, guaranteed
six years old; by the gallon $2.75, four
full quarts $3.00 express prepaid,
Anvil Rye, guaranteed four years old;
by the gallon $2.50, four full quarts $.75
express prepaid.
Clifford Rye, by the gallon $2.25,
four full quarts $2.50 express prepaid.
Old Kentucky Corn, guaranteed eight
years old; by the gallon $3.00, four full
quarts $3.25 express prepaid.
Old Pointer Club Corn, guaranteed
four yeBrs old; by the gallon $2,50, four
full quarts $2.75 express prepaid.
We'handle all the leading brands of
Rye and Bourbon Whiskies in the mar-
* ket, and will save you from twenty-five
to fifty per cent, on your purchases
Send for Price List and catalogue,
Mailed free upon application.
Altnmyer & FIatau Liquor Co,
506-508-510-^12 Fourth Streep
Macon, Georein *
ing only one tenth of what we ought
to produce on an acre? About one-
tenth gf what our neighbors have
produced? About oue-centh of what
we can produce?
Can we make as much on one acre
as we are now making on ten? If we
can do it, how can it be done, and
why are we not doing it?
If we oannot reach ten times as
much, can we not get somewhere in
that direction? At least, is it not
worth while to try?
But we are not confined to the
few crops mentioned above.
We should try to develop the un
developed productive power in some
of our acres in fruits, vegetables and
forage crops. An acre in cucumbers
often produces five hundred dollars’
worth. In strawberries $300 to $400,
in onions $300 to $600, in blackber
ries, raspberries, dewberries, cherries,
plums, peaches, pears, cabbage, let
tuce, beans, tomatoes and numerous
other crops, $300 to $500. is not an
unusual yield for an acre. .
Why not try to develop some of
your resources in some of these di
rections?
So far we have spoken of the un
developed resources of the farm.
Before closing we desire to call at
tention to the undeveloped resources
of the farmer.
Many of us are too narrow; we
have not broadened out as we should
have done. We are the creatures of
habit, rather than of thought. Our
labor is of the hand rather than of
the head. We work with our mus
cles, rather than with our brains.
We need to develop ourselves. We
need to give more of our time to
reading and studying about the na
ture and habits of the plants we try
to grow.
We should familiarize ourselves
with the composition our soils as to
plant-food, and the wants and needs
of planting in the way of plant food
and plant feeding. We need to un
derstand what is necessary for the
production of a perfect plant and
how to furnish it.
miNG US YOUR job work, satis
FACTION GUARANEtTD.
Fearful Odds Against Him.
Bedridden, alone and destitute.
Such, in brief, was the condition
of an old soldier by the name of
J. J. Havens, Versailles, O. For
years he was troubled with Kid
ney disease, and neither doctors
nor medicines gave him relief. At
length he tried Electric Bitters.
It put him on his feet in shortor-
now he testifies, “I’m on
til i i.i lo complete recovery.’
Best In earth .for liver and kidney
troubl ps ii nd all forms of stomjacb
and bowel complaints. Guaran
teed. Only 50c at. Holtzclaw’j
Drugstore.
Improvements in tho law may not
suffice, however. At any rate, they
Should not suffice. Voters must put
a high value on their suffrage and
look upon their rights of citizenship
as duties of conscience. Laws might
be unnecessary to get rid of boss
rule if all citizens would understand
boss rule as a type of slavery. The
followers of a political boss are- his
rhinions, and usually they have be
come minions by putting themselves
at his mercy. Some have enslaved
themselves by doing wrong, others
by submitting through fear of his
vengeance, others through patron
age, others through morbid senti
ment, others through common, weak
ness.
The followers of a political boss
are his slaves in fact. They must
be educated to perceive that they
are really slaves and they must be
classed as slaves. They must see
contrast between the freedom that
is liberty and the freedom that is
slavery. Serfs of a political boss are
slaves by their own consent, to them
the boss is mightier than the law,
although they know that, in his sel-
he will desert them in a
grave moment. The weaker mem-
bers of society are observing that
they have been the victims of the
boss’s schemes, as well as the tools
for‘their own punishment, and it is
probable that they will treasure
their rights more, respect genuine
liberty and renounce the mean dom
ination that has made them slaves.
Boss rule is slavery; it is nothing
better. ... -
on or write to
0% *W\ illTTHOIlTB, Piop’r,
ANTHOINE MACHINE WORKS. ^ -u
GEORGIA.
MACHINERY MADE OR REPAIRED.
ftOUQH 'ANiy DRESSED LUMBER AT PROPER PRICES.
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Tlxe Place To Buy
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Staple Groceries, Slock Feed/Farm
Supplies, Bagging and Ties
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is where the stock is complete, the goods' of best quality
and the prices right.
JS4Y STOBE IS OB 1 THAT. KIND.
I invite the farmers of 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,
il61, 453 Si .05 Third St.
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MACON, GA.
To rid ourselves of Second-Hand Buggies, Wagons^ Har
ness and Harvesting Machines, and to do this we are going
to sell our entiae stock, consisting of abou- 100 jobs, at
Prices That Will Surprise You.
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Some of these jobs are nearly new, some have been rim
some time biit have good wear in them, others hAve seen,
better days, but yye will give' you our candid opinion On
each class and you may know just what you are buying and
■Will Sell ‘2‘o-u. -A,xv3T
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Gome to see us when, in need of anything in opr ,line and
save money. We are headquarters .for > ,
B"ULgrgri©B, ^77"a,grori©,
HarvestirLg: 'h/£a,da.i3n.es,
<3-a,solirLe Xjn.gri3a.es
“■“> Wind
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The Williams Buggy
Macon, <3-a.
Wliat is Life?
In the last analysis, nobody
knows, but we do know that it is
under strict law. Abuse that law
even slightly, pain results. Irreg
ular living means derangement of
the organs, resulting in constipa
tion, headache or liver trouble.
Dr. King’s New Life Pills quickly
re-adjust this. They are gentle,
yet thorough. Only 25c at Holtz-
claw’s Drugstore.
If all the tales told of the new gold
fields of Mexico are true it will not
be long before the gold supply will
be so great that there will be a great
rise in the prices of nearly every
thing that is grown or made. The
new fields are in the state of Oaxaca,
and it is said that surface claims are'
selling for as much as $100,000, It
has hardly been three weeks since
the discovery was made.
Wa.nTu > -HE V BRAL END USURIOUS 'POTH
SONS in each state to travel f.#r Louse eataV
Weekly cash salary of $18 and all traveling ex
penses and hotel bills advanced in cash eacji
-week; Experience hotessential. Mention Refer
ence,and enclose self-addressed envelope', tor*
Tp NATIONAL, SfcPeartoorn St., Chicago.
T3L. YL-. BAE.FJEL33, ,
Cor. Second andiPoplar Sts. MACON, Ga
MIDDLE GEORGIA AGENCY FOR
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.Regular Style
Stays la In. or 6 In. apart
SpecIal Hog/tforse dnd Cattle Style
Stays 12 In. or 6 In, apart
Made of large, strong, high-grade steel wires, heavily'galvanized.
Amply provides for expansion and contraction. Is practically ever
lasting. Never goes wrong, no matter how great a strain is put on it.
Docs n,ot mutilate, but does, efficiently, turn cattle, horses, nogs
and pigs.
EVERY ROD OF AMERICAN FENCE GUARANTEED
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by the manufacturers arid by us. Call aud see it. lt Can show you how
it.will save you money and fence your fields so theyjvill stay fenced.