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Published Every Thursday Morning.
no.H.UODGKBS. Editor and Publisher
Perry, Thursday, October 8.
Next, the state fair.
Both pleasure and profit will be
obtained at the state fair.
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The winning county at the state
fair will be splendidly advertised.
The U. S. government orop re
ports are made up from the individ
ual reports of 250,000 men, resident
in all the counties of all the states.
It is said congress will be called
to meet in extraordinary session ear
ly in November, but the exact date
has not been officially announced.
A policeman of Atlanta was killed
by a negro last Saturday night. The
negro had been arrested, and Btab-
bed the officer with a dirk that had
been concealed.
The price'of cotton seems to de
cline in proportion to the decrease
in the crop prospect. It has been
said a small orop increases the price,
but that is not the case now.
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The Btate fair begins at Central
City Park Wednesday, October 21,
and will continue ten days. It will
be the most comprehensive exposi
tion of Btate prcduots ever seen in
Georgia.
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The new union passenger depot
to be erected by the railroads in At
lanta, says the Constitution, will cost
$1,600,000, though the contraotB
made call for the expenditure of
$1,000,000.
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It may be that many of the great
commercial combinations, oommonly
called trusts, will be strangled by
the superabundance of “water" in
their stook. Some of them now show
signs of approaching collapse.
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Sir Michael Herbert, the British
ambassador to the United States,
died Wednesday of last week in
Switzerland, where he was staying
for the benefit of his health. It has
been intimated that Sir Thomas
Lipton may be the next British am
bassador at Washington.
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Automobiles are exceedingly rare
on the turnpike road from Jeffer
sonville, Indiana, to Utica, the toll
being 10 cents a mile for suoh ve
hicles. The pike is practically own
ed by one man, and because of pre-
\ious runaways caused by automo
biles, hA has fixed this prohibitive
tax.
The Southern interstate fair open
ed at Atlauta this morning, October
7 th, and will continue through the
24th, During the time the annual
horse Bhow will be a special feature.
The Central and other railroads will
carry passengers for one fare for the
round trip, plus 25 cents and the ad
mission price to the fair.
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At Augusta the annual Geor
gia state re-union of Confederate
veterans will be held from Novem
ber 10th to 16th inclusive. The
railroad fare from Macon will be
$2.75 for the round trip. Extensive
preparations are being made in Au
gusta for the entertainment of the
visiting veterans.
The insurrection against the rule
of Turkey in Bulgaria and Macedo
nia has not been suppressed, and a
declaration of war is anticipated.
European powers have demanded
that Turkey institute certain re
forms at onoe. Last Sunday it was
reported from Saloniea that twenty
Turkish villages had been burned
and 2,000 inhabitants killed'.
It has been declared positively
that the census figures of several
Georgia cities, as published in the
last federal reports, are considerably
less than the figures returned by the
sworn enumerators. This is only one
of the many frauds perpetrated by
the republican party against the
south. The census figures of demo
cratic states, most of them being in
the south, were deliberately cut
down in order to prevent an in
crease in the congressional represen
tations of those states.
The Price and the Orop.
At the beginning of eich cotton
season there 1b much talk Of holding
cotton for the purpose of affecting
the price to the advantage of the
producers. At thiB juncture men
willing to offer advice are plentiful,
but the farmers have never entered
into any extensive agreement con
cerning a plan of selling.
Cotton ocoupies a position pecul
iar ta itself. It’s production in this
oountry is confined to the southern
states, where it is the chief money
orop of the farmers, and all people
of all other sections want the price
to be low.
When acceptable prices prevail,
the sale as rapidly as harvested has
been accepted as the proper plan.
When prioes are not acceptable, it
would seem that the men who buy,
or for whom the cotton is bought,
are able to exert the controlling in
fluence.
Apparently, the price of cotton is
less influenced by supply and de
mand than that of any other prod
uct, Speculators evidently know
how to force the price down upon
the smallest provocation.
It has generally been believed
that a small orop should command
good prices, but now the price has
declined as the prospeot for a fair
orop decreased.
Whether withholding the cotton
from the market would raise the
price has not been determined satis
factorily, but it is certain that the
rush to market gives a pretext for
decreasing the price.
However that may be, the cotton
is not being withheld, and the price
has declined steadily.
Whether or not the farmers can
combine to hold the. cotton within
their control, and thereby uphold
prioes, is a question. It is certain,
however, that they will never be
able to do either so long as the
greater portion of the orop is pledg
ed to merchants and others before
harvest time comes.
The remedy is known to all.
Store-bought farm supplies always
cost more than they are worth.
Suoh supplies raised at home pre
vent the debt, which, added to the
bills for guano, mules, eta., force the
sale of cotton as soon as it oan be
ginned.
Should the farmers be slow to sell,
the mill men and speculators would
be more anxious to buy.
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Might Oome This Way.
It has been reoently published
that the Wrightsville and Tennille
Railway Company proposed to ex
tend its railroad beyond Hawkins-
ville. It is further deolared that this
roud is entirely independent and in
good shape financially. By virtue
of its own holdings and favorable
traffic arrangements, the road now
extends from Savannah to Hawkins-
ville.
It is further declared that a de
cision has not been reached as to
the direction of the extension,
whether southward or in a norther
ly direction from Hawkinsville.
We are inclined to ttdnk a north
ward extension would fill the bill
nicely. From Hawkinsville there is
a graded right-of-way northwest to
Grovania, in Houston county, a dis
tance of 12 miles or more. This, we
are told,the owners are ready to do
nate to any comers who will obli
gate to build and operate a railroad.
Six miles to Perry will fill a gap, the
right-of-way for which will be read
ily donated. At Perry connection
oan be made, by purchase or other
wise, with the Perry Branch of the
Southwestern to Fort Valley. At
Fort Valley there can be secured
connection with the A. & F. (now
Southern) to Atlanta, and with the
Columbus branch of the Southwest
ern to Columbus and thence to Bir
mingham.
This would form a most desirable
line, one of the best and strongest
in the state. From Savannah to At
lanta and thence north and east.
From Savannah, branching at Fort
Valley, to Birmingham and all the
great west.
These things are simply heard
and suggested. What may be de
veloped we know not.
Those interested might investi
gate.
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Three newspaper men, represent
ing the Constitution, Journal and
News, rode in an automobile from
Atlanta to Macon last Sunday in five
hours and thirty minutes,actual run
ning time. The distance is more
than one hundred miles.
EXCURSION RATES
To Macon, Gn., via Central of Georgia
Railway.
ACCOUNT GEORGIA
!FAlR.
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, to Macon, Ga., and
return.
Tickets from stations in Georgia
will be sold October 20th to 30th,
inclusive (except that no tickets will
be sold on Sunday, Oct. 25th), and
for trains scheduled to arrive at Ma
con prior to noon, Oct. 31st, 1903.
From points in Alabama described
herein, October 20th to 30th, inclu
sive (except that no tickets will be
sold on Sunda;, Oct. 25th); final
limit November 2nd, 1903.
For rates* schedules and other in
formation, apply to nearest agent of
Central of Georgia Railway.
Tli ere is more atarrh in this section of the
oountry than allother diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
Incurable. For a great many years doctors pro
nounced It a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly falling to cure
with local treatment, pronounced It Inourable.
« nce has proven catarrh to be a cqnstitu-
al disease, and therefore requires constitu
tional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Oure, manu
factured by F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is
the only constitutional cure on the market It
is takeu internally in doses from 10 drops toja
teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and
mucus suriaoes of the system. They oiler one
hundred dollars for any case itfales to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address. F. J.01IENK & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75.
Hall’s Family Pills are tine best.
GOOD POsiTION.
Pay Tuition after Position Is Secured.
A worthy student from eaoh postoffioe
may pay tuition without security after
oourse is completed and position is se
cured. For “Application Blank A” and
oataloz. address DRAUGHON’S PRACTICAL
BUS. COLLEGE* (Write either place) At
lanta, Nashville, Bt. Louis, Fort Worth,
Little Book, Montgomery, Galveston or
Shreveport.
I MAKE A SPECIALTY OF
Seed Wheat, Rye, Barley v
Oats, Orimson, Red and Burr
Clover, Hairy Vetch and best
Winter Grasses. ......
Onion Sets, and a full line of
Garden Seed.
Write and get prices,’or call
to see me.
H. Wright, The Seedsman.
Third SC., MACON, GA.
Dr. NAT G-. OATTIS,
DENTIST,
Residence and Oflfloe^at, Wells House,
PERRY, GEORGIA,
Ors, J, M, &
DENTISTS,
354 Second Street,
MACON, : s jGEORGIA.
WARREN D. NOTTINGHAM.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
835 THIRD ST. MACON, GA.
Will praotioe in the several courts,
Federal and State.
Special attention given to causes in
the courts of this oirouit.
w. H. HARRIS,
DENTIST.
Successor to l)r. W. A. Blassengaine.
OFFICE OVER DOW LAW BANK,
FORT VALLEY. : GEORGIA
C. Z. McARTHUR,
DENTIST,
FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA.
Office over Slappey’s Drugstore.
People Who Make Hay
NEED
HAY PRESSES,
and all who are
iu need thereof
can get ;
THE BEST ON THE
Hay presses that
do the work right
and quickly, at
S UITAB
sar
CLOTHING,
Just right in Style, Finish,
Durability and Price is the
sold by the . . . .
TORT VALLEY, GA.
Call or write.
STAR CLOTHING CO.,
DAVE WACHTEL, Manager.
OHERRX STREET, :: MACON, GEORGIA
lookout for new ad. in this space.
H. M. HOLTZLAW’S
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. Hawkes,
Atlanta, Ga.. the largest and most favorably known optical
establishment in the South. '
He Wil! Test Eyesight and Fit Glasses.
1 he Doctor is a graduate of oneof 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.
Yon Oan Save Money
and obtain the highest class of professional service iu this line
by taking advantage of this opportunity.
Bear in mind the dates; Oct. 5, 0, 7, 8, 9 and lOtii.
Removal Sale.
We are going to move our place
of business on Oct. 1st, and must
reduce our stock at once, and in
order to do this we will offer our
entire stock at way down prices.
This stock consists of Buggies,
Wagons, Harness, Whips, Col
lars, Bridles and everything that
is usually kept in a first-class car-
si age repository.
A nice line of $85.00 Top Bug
gies that we will sell for $65.00.
One 86-in Water Wheel for $35.
Remember that we must close
out by Oct. 1st. ,If you miss this
opportunity you may regret it.
Come in aud let us quote you
some prices that will surprise you.
The Williams Buggy Co.,
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