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no. H. : tOOGB18, Editor and Publisher
Pbrry, Thursday, September 24.
Georgia will be admirably adver
tised by the state fair.
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As a measure of merit the Georgia
state fair will be tip-top.
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Cotton crop conditions do not
warrant any reduction of price,
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At McDonough, Ga., last Sunday,
property valued at $100,000 was de
stroyed by fire.
All reports now indicate that the
1903 cotton crop will be the small
est in many years.
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Regent experiments indicate that
high-grade tobacco can bp grown in
certain sections of Tezas,
At Emory College last week there
were 280 students, and it is expect
ed th,3 total attendance will reacq
300. '
A knitting mill will soon be es
tablished at Montezuma, the rna
chinery having been ordered last
wsek.
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During last year the banquets
given by the lord mayor and coun
cilors of London, England, cost the
enormous Bum of $150,000.
At Luxora, Ark., last Friday,
negro man was lynched by a mob
composed entirely of negroes. He
had assaulted two negro girls.
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It is announced that fifty families
of Boers are on the way from South
Africa to Mexico, near Monterey,
where a Boer oolony will be estab
lished.
Thirtv-one Filipinos arrived at
San Francisoo last Sunday, enroute
to Stl Louis, where they will con
(struct Philippine houses at the ex
position grounds.
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Frost checked vegetation in north
Georgia, at and around Athens, last
Thursday morning, September 17th
the date being much earlier than
the first frost in many years.
Fully one thousand farmers of
Georgia have been appointed by
Gov. Terrell as county delegates to
the State Farmers’ convention to be
held at Macon on Oofober 26th, dur
ing the state fair.
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The largest oounty tax ever levied
in Georgia is that Wiloox oounty
people will be required to pay this
year—$87.60 on the thousand. The
state tax of $5 added to this makes
the total tax $42.50,
The first pupil of Wesleyan Fe
male College, Mrs. Martha A. Dun
ham, of Hot Springs, Ark., visited
her sons at Cochran, Ga., last week.
She was a daughter of Elisha Ward,
and was born at Milledgeville, Ga.,
in 1826.
The constitutionality of the new
vagrant law of Georgia has been at
tacked by an Atlanta lawyer. The
paragraph providing for a bond for
good behavior, and in default a
chaingang sentence, is the section
objeoted to.
A national warehouse company
has been chartered at Richmond,
Va., with an authorized capital of
$1,500,000. The purpose of the
oompany is to establish a system of
warehouses at severrl points in the
south for the storage of cotton, mer
chandise, raw produots, etc.
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In a speech at El Oaney last Sun
day President Palma of the Cuban
Republic advised his Cuban hearers
to guard jealously the ideals they
had obtained by means of the inter
vention of the United States. This
had reference to recent rumors of
impending insurrection in the island.
State Senator George E. Green
of-New York was arrested at Bing-
hampton last week and placed under
bond-of $10,000.. He is charged -with
conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment, in bribing G. W. Beavers, an
officer of the government, to pur
chase “time recorders,/in the manu
facture of which Green is financially
interested.
Several days ago we heard a Con
federate. veteran say there are now
living in Houston county only three
men and four women who are re
spectively fathers and mothers of
men who were soldiers in the Con
federate army,
These-men are Hon. J. W. Wim
berly of Henderson, Maj. E. H.
Wimberly of Hayneville and Mr.
Wiley Leverett of near Hattie.
The'ladies are Mrs. Ann Elizabeth
Wellons, Mrs. Harriett Giles, Mrs.
S. A. Killen, Mrs. N. Marshburn,
all of Perry.
The ages of these fathers and
mothers of veterans range from 76
to 86 years.
Possibly there may be others, but
no one here can call them to mind.
Dnring the civil war there were
ten companies of Houston county
soldiers in the Confederate army.
Including those who serxed with
companies organized in Bibb and
other adjoining counties, there were
fully 1,300 Houston county men in
the Confederate service.
At the close of the war it is reason
able to estimateithat there were in
Houston county at least 600 fathers
and mothers of .Oonfeperate soldiers.
These facts are startling to those
who dislike to acknowledge that
they are growing old.
Boys too young for military serv
ice when the war closed are now
grand-fa there, and a majority of
those who served in that war
now past three soore years of age.
Within a few years more the memo
ry of that war will cease to be per
sonal.
Is it not time that sectional bit
terness should be buried?
Home Mission Items.
The object of this department is
not alone to furnish facta and news
and gather the time concerning the
work, but to suggest and inspire
each conference and auxiliary super
intendent to bring the departments
to the greatest usefulness. Each su
perintendent must think and plan,
and develop the work along the line,
as well as faithfully use to the best
advantage the facts sent out month
ly.
2. Scope of the work. What are
the lineB of work covered by the
Woman’s Home Mission Society?
Let this question be discussed at
the monthly meeting, showing the
great scope of the work covering
our entire land, the heathen among
us, the mountain people, the lost of
the cities, the lost women,parsonage
building both local and connectual,
prayer meetings and, in fact, every
thing that can be desired to be done
by an active Christian woman.
3. Week of Prayer/October 12-18.
You will find the program for week
of prayer in the September issue of
“Our Homes.” Let earnest prayer
be made, that spiritual power may
come upon the members and officers
of the Home Mission Society, and
that large donations may be made
to the general treasury as a result.
Let us begin at once to study and
plan, that this week ehall be the
most helpful in the history of the
society. Sui>t. of Literature.
Moved Into New Quarters.
The action of the Central Labor
Union of Washington in appealing,
by a set of resplutions, to all the la
bor organizations affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor for
expressions of disapproval of Presi
dent Roosevelt’s deolared “open
door” policy for union and non
union labor and of his reinstatement
of W. A. Miller, the bookbinding
foreman whom Public Printer Palm
er dismissed beoause he had been
expelled from the union, is occa
sioning serious anxiety to leadiog
republicans in Washington. There
are 2,500,000 members of the Fed
eration of Labor, and if they under
take to defeat Mr. Roosevelt’s nomi
nation they will doubtless prove
successful^ beoause the republican
politicians will be frightened into
the belief that the nomination of a
man the Federation opposes will
mean republican defeat. President
Roosevelt, who has availed himself
of every opportunity to renounoe
the baneful ioAuence of the craven
and the weakling in society will
doubtless welcome this opportunity
to practice what he preaohes and to
demonstrate that he is neither, but
whatever may be his course. it is
doubtful if he oao extricate himself
from his present position without
losing some votes.—Our Washing
ton Correspondence,
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Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, secre
tary for the oolonies, of the British
cabinet, resigned his official position
last week,thereby creating consider
able excitement in political circles
throughout the kingdom. The di-
reot cause of his resignation was the
disagreement of the government
with his proposition to establish a
protective tariff system, with prefer
ential treatment of imports from the
colonies under British sovereignty.
Several other cabinet officers in sym
pathy with Secretary Chamberlain’s
views also resigned. Premier Bal
four will undertake to fill the vacan
cies, and later the question of policy
will be settled bv electian.
Within the last several weeks hor
rible atrocities have been perpetrat
ed by Turkish troops in their efforts
to suppress the insurrection in Bul
garia end Macedonia, principalities
under the sovereignty or Turkey.
Villages have been pillaged and
burned, while the people, regardless
of age or sex, have been massacreed
by hundreds and thousands. World
wide attention to this wanton des
truction of life and property has
been attracted, but so far the pro
tests of nations have been practical-
cally disregarded. It is now appa
rent that a show of force will be
made in behalf of humanity.
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Twenty thousand* dollars make
a considerable sum, yet that much
money will be disbursed in cash pre
miums and purses at the Georgia
state fair.
Mr. C. M. Branan, known through
out middle Georgia as the “Cheap
Mule Man” of Macon, is in new
quarters and ready for the fall and
winter mule trade. At 518 Poplar
street stables have been arranged to
suit the convenience of customers,
with plenty of room and light, so
that the stock can be easily and
thoroughly examined. He has sold
many mules to Houston farmers and
hopes to sell them many more, guar-
gran teeing saisfaetin. Mr. George
3. Riley, formerly of this county, is
with Air. Branan and what they
don’t know about mules and horses
isn’t worth learning. Their custom
ers get the benefit of good judgment,
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EXCURSION RATES
To Mftctfnf Ga.. via Central of Georgia
Railway.
ACCOUNT GEORGIA STATE FAIR.
For the above mentioned occasion
excursion tickets will be on sale from
all tickets stations on the Uentral of
Georgia Railway in Georgia, and in
Alabama east of and including Ope
lika, Montgomery, Andalusia, Ozark
and Sellersville, October 20th to
30th, inclusive (except that no tick
ets will be sold on Sunday, Oetober
26th), and for trains scheduled to
arrive at Macon during forenoon of
October 31st, 1903, at very low rates
for the round trip; final limit of tick-
ets November 3rd, 1903.
For rates, schedules and other in
formation, apply to nearest agent of
Central of Georgia Railway.
—“Strength and vigor come of
good food, duly digested. ‘Force,’
a ready-to-serve wheat and barley
food, adds no burden but sus
tains, nourishes, invigorates
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The Ootober number of the Wo
man’s Home Companion contains
sixty pages of feature and fiction.
It is especially a household number.
The autumn fashions are treated of
exhaustively. There are articles on
gardening, entertaining and cook
ing. Especially valuable feature-ar
ticles are the history of “The United
Daughters of the Confederacy,” “In
ventions That Ought to be Invent
ed” and pictures of “Record-Break
ers.” There is a wealth of beautiful
illustrations, and the usual number
of excellent short stories by such
writers as Eden Phillpote, Joseph
O. Lincoln, Juliet Wilbur Tompkins
and Elliott Flower. Published by
the Grovyell Publishing Company,
Springfield, Ohio; one dollar a year;
ten cents a copy.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion o£ the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflam
ed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
bearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness
is the result, and unless the inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to its nor
mal condition, hearing will be destroyed forev
er, nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition of
the mueous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
Address. F. J.CHENY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.
We take great pleasure in announcing to our patrons and
the general public that we will have with us for the following
days only, October 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th, an expert
optician, representing the celebrated firm of A. K. Haxvkes,
Atlanta, Ga.,. the largest and most favorably known optical
establishment in the Smith.
He Will Test Eyesight and Fit Glasses.
The Doctor is a graduate of one of the leading Ophthalmic
Colleges in the United States, is thoroughly conversant with
all modern methods in refractive science, including Retino-
scopy, Ophthalmology, etc., and has had long experience in
his specialty.
Remember
that we have arranged this engagement and secured the serv
ices of a man of ability and reputation and that we, personal
ly, guarantee his work. All examinations are free and only
regular prices will be charged for glasses.
Yotl Can Save Money
and obtain the highest class of professional service in this line
by taking advantage of this opportunity.
Bear in mind the dates; Oct. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10th.
ADAMS m JOHNSTON,
Uacoxi, O-eorgria,. ■
On October 1st we will move from our present stand on
Second Street to Poplar Street, next door to B. T. Adams
& Co’s., warehouse.
In our new stand we shall carry a larger stock than
we now carry, and will be able to give our friends the low
est prices on
STAPLE GROCERIES, FARM SUPPLIES,
BAGGING AND TIES, STOCK FEED, ETC.
Call to see us and get best results for your money.
TWO THINGS
ARE
NECESSARY
To make business transactions satisfactory—
PRICE AND QUALITY. We have them combined in
our High-grade Yehicles. This combination makes our
competitors smart. That is what causes them to telll the
trade we do not know how to sell goods; that we will have
to go oul of business at such prices, etc. ’Tis true our
profits are small, but we can afford to put up. with small
profits; our expenses are light. Here is the secret of our
success: The vehicle department of our business has only
a small part of the expenses to pay.
Wo Handle Cotton, sell Mules and Fertilizers in sea
son, in addition to Yehicles, and our expense account is
divided between all these. It is easy to see how we do it.
HEARD BROS.,
350 Jk 352 Poplar Street, MACON, GA.
FURNITURE AND COTTON.
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.
prices nre close.
I sell cheap for cash or on installment.
Respectfully,
I?-, L. Marchman,
My
PERRY, GEORGIA.
. Iam also manager of the Planters’ Warehouse. Try
me with a few bales of cotton. Cash advanced on cotton
in store. Warehouse near the depot.