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JOHN H. HODGES, Prop’r.
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DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE
..$1.50 a Year In Advance
VOL. XLVII
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, AUG. 30 1917.
No. 34*
A TRUE BLUE AMERICAN.
cannot think of him without re
calling the pictures those -great
CURING MEAT AT HOME
Editor Times: So many stirring; Ame-icans of lire past who were
things are happening; now that it
is impossible to remeiiiber them all,
but a little incident came under
my observation the other day that
made a vivid and lasting impres
sion, aiid 1 regret that more peo
ple of Georgia coiild not see it and
catch the spirit of its meaning, 1
came upon a cluster of men on an
Atlantia street corner engaged in
an animated conversation One
big burley fellow was waving a
copy of the Jeffersonian in his
clinched hand, and I heard him
say:
"No, they can’t take our boys
and make them fight fur them fur-
riners. Hit is right plum agm’ the
constitution. We are gettin’ ready
to fight that and we will win ef all
the common pepple will jist git to
gether foller our leader.”
Another big man with tangled
whiskers said that this war had
just been "got up to help Wall
street and rob the poor man.”
"That’s exactly right,” said an
other, "J, P. Morgan and the ship
ping trust, and munition trust
brought on the whole thing.”
"We’ll fight as long as anybody
when our country is invaded,” said
another, "but it is not right to try
to send lus to France where we
ain’t got no kinfolks, ner nuthin’
But just Jet them Germans march
into Dekatur street an’ every man
of us will grab his old musket an*
shoot the jiblet outen them.”
A sharp faced young soldier,
wearing the stripes of a corporal,
came u,p and stopped to wait for a
car. ^he big man with paper ip
his hafid turned to him ani said:
"Sonny, we are going to sefe that
you fellers don’t liave to go to
France - We are not goin’ to let
that bunch up at Washington im
pose on our boys enny sich a
way.”
Tft^.young corporal turned on
his heel faced the crowd, "I do
not nebd any help to lyeep, me at
home,” he said. "I have what you
men have said. I have an old
mother and was entitle.I to exemp
tion. 1 did not ask it. My moth
er is the dearest and most sacred
person to me in the world. 1
would not permit any one to slan
der her in my presence,, and any
one who would attempt \ to wrong
her in any quarter of the world
would have me to fight. America
is my mother also. America gave
me birth, gave me opportunities of
life and the blessings of citizen
ship. I could have no respect for
myself if 1 permitted anybody to
slander my government or my flag
in my presence and not resent it.
T used to be a rural school teacher.
I have heard all this kind of talk
before. If you fellows waited till
the Germans came in sight of your
• home before you would fight you
would be a lot of blooming fools to
start then, No you would not
fight! You would try to hire Tom
Watson to beg the Germans to go
away and let you alone, instead of
fighting for your rights like men
My bones may rot in France or at
the bottom of the sea. That does
not matter, but it does matter
very much to me to be able to look
myself in the face' and say that
when my country needed me, I
did not fail If you fellows think
what you say you do you Jare not
fit to be called American citizens.”
As the young soldier ceased!
speaking he drew himself up
straight as an arrow, a strange,
terrible light gleamed in his blue
eyes, his hand w'ent up in salute,
then, turning swiftly on his heel
he walked away,
The big man with the paper in
his liand'loolced at his companions
in a rather disconcerted way and
uttered: , "Well, I’ll swear .”
The sharp, clear face of the
young corporal has remained im
pressed uppn my memory and I
>
not afraid to fight the country’s
battles—such men as Washington,
Fi ances Marlon, Andrew Jackson
and John Sevier.—Calhoun Times
J. T. HALL.
Decatur, Ga., Aug. 5,1917.
INSURANCE FOR SOLDIERS.
Following is part of the War In
surance Statement issued for pub
lication by Secretary McAdoo of
the U. S. Treasury Department.
The purpose of the war insurance dealer and the cost of
No farmer is giving himself a
"square deal” and living like all
thrifty farmers ought to live until
he raises enough hogs for his own
meat supply and cures his meat at
home. It matters not what hogs
may bring "on* the hoof’’ at the
packing house,the farmer who sells
all his hogs that way and then
buys liis meat pays more for it
than the one who cures his meat
at home; for he not only loses much
of the hog that is valuable, but
pays a profit to the packer and
transporta-
bill now pending in the Congress tion besides,
is to secure the future of Ametica s Meat is going to bo high next
soldiers and sailors by insuring year. Tt is commanding more in
their lives and providing adequate the market now than poor people
compensations and indemnities for can afford to pay, and the chances
loss of life and total or partial per- x are that it w ( ill go still higher
manent disability; also to protect There is certainly no reason upon
their families against poverty and which to base the expectation that
want by providing them with suf- it will be any lower. And the
ficient means of support during the cheapest meat and the best meat
absence of the men at the front. ( the farmer can have is meat that
This legislation will be a great is made at home,
step forward in the recognition of t Most of the farmers in this see
the Republic’s duty to its heroes, tion are raising ifiore hogs and bet-
I consider it the most significant tor hogs this year than heretofore,
and progressive measure presented but t\vo few of them, we fear are
to Congress since the declaration preparing to-slaughter tlieir own
of war, It immediately affects the hogs and cure at least enough
well-being of a greater number of meat fol'their own use at home* •
persons than any act with which | Td bo ready for "hog-killing
J am familiar It deserves the time” a home-made refrigerator or
earnest and vigorous support of the small packing house, such as has
country. It provides the broadest been described in these columns
^nd the most liberal protection before, and a good smoke house
ever extended by any government should be provided. Both can bo
to its fighting forces and tlieir de- constructed at comparative little
pendent families. The United cost, and when the farmer has
States, the most progressive and them he will be ready to become
prosperous nation on earth, setting his own butcher and packer,
an example in the ideals for which | Time was when every farm in
enlightened humanity,is fighting this part of the country had a
should set the highest'example of good and Commodious smokehouse
all the nations in the treatment of in which meat was cured and stor-
those who do and die for their ed. but most of these ancient
country and for world freedom. | structures have been unused for
We are proposing to expend dur- many years and have finally gone
ing the next year more than ten into a state of abondon and decay,
billion dollars to create and main-. We will never have substantial
tain the necessary fighting forces and permanent prosperity in the
to reestablish justice in the world.
But justice must begin'.,, at home;
justice must be done to the men
who die and suffer for us on the
battlefields and for .their wives
and children and dependents who
sacrifice for us at home. To do
justice to them requires only a
tithe of the money we are expend-
in
section again until the farm
smokehouse is restored and our
farmers make use of them for cur.
ing and storing meat.—Albany
Herald,
O, yes Germany is for peace,and
all she wants is that she retain
Belgium aiul other territory she
ing for the general objects of the has occupied since the beginning
war. Let it not be said that no , °{ the war, have have her lost colo-
ble America was ignoble in the n i° s Africo .restored, put the
treatment of her soldiers and sail-, cos k Uie war on the allies, be
ors and callous to the fate of their secure of no economic discrimina*
dependents in this greatest war of tion against her, have her grip on
all time. • *
The pendiug war insurance bill
gives compensation, not pensions;
it fixes amounts definitely in ad
vance instead of holding out the
mere chance of gratuities after the
conclusion of peace. It saves the
dependents from want and gives
them the necessaries of life
Austria and other allies made se
cure, and her predominance in
world affairs acknowledged. On
these'terms Germany is ready to
offer her enemies peace. —Albany
Herald.
-•-4 —-
General Barnett, commandant of
while the Marine Corps, announces the
their men are ot the front, It deals
with the heroes liberally for the
sufferings that result from tlieir
disablement on thq field of battle
and, if they die, it makes just pro
vision for the loved ones who sur ( wear the trig uniform of
vive them- It fosters the helpless that is “first to fight.’
and dependent, the maimed and
disabled, and recognizes the im
mensity of the Nation’s debt to
the valor and patriotism of bel
li eroic sons.
completion of the recruiting of
that corps to its full authorized
ssrength. One year ago it num
bered 346 officers and 10,000 men;
today 1076 officers and 32,000 men
the corps
—Albany
Herald.
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure catarrhal deafness,
and that is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by fin in
flamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tuba is
inflamed you have a rumbling sound or im
perfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed, Deafness is the result. Unless the
inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to its normal condition; hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh, which iB
an inflamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system.
We will give One -Hundred Dollars for
anv case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be'cured by Hall's :Catarrh Medicine. Cir
culars free. All Druggists, 76c.
F. X CHENEY & C€>., Toledo, O.
- “OWENSBORO
Wagons have keen sold in’thie section under our guarantee
for the past fifteen years,
“HACKNEY”
t
Wagons bavo been sold and gu vranteed by us for the past ten
years,
Both of these wagous are giving the most satisfactory.ser-
vice to hundreds of satisfied ewue-cs every day, It will cos t
you nothing extra to own a good wagon and thoy are cheaper
in the end
Heard Brothers,
' MACON, GEORGIA.
WE HAVE THE "DROP” ON LOW PRICES
We never miss in our aim to please the trade
J. W. BLOODWORTH,
HEADQUARTERS for
Groceries, Hardware and Stoves
fc-A FULL LINE OF .
Crockery Tinware, Edp mefed Ware and
General upplles.
Agents for Majestic Ranges.
You have the money we wan -- * e hnv# the goods you need. Come:
and see us and there will he aomo h**i ♦ ' > \ > in our Btoro.
WE BUY EVERYTHING Iju RAISE.
PERRY.
GEORGIA
Farmers’ Warehouse
We Sell
Best Grade Fertilizers. 7
Buy and Sell'
Country Produce
acor^EJ:® Fexxsr Gt-a
T.
The American soldier is the best
paid and best cared for soldier in
the world today.
Uncle Ram is tolerant, patient
and long suffering, but when he
starts out to deal with offenders,
especially such as are guilty of se
dition and treachery, he is stern
a,nd merciless.—Ex.
Generol Pershing sends word
back from France that the Ameri
can people would do well , to take
the war seriously.—Ex.
Make Oar Store Your Headquarters
FLOURNOY & KERNAGHAN
AND
OPTICIANS
Our Optical Department is Fully Flipped With Modern Machinery for
Grinding Any Lena.
Agents J. P. Stevens Engraving Co. of Atlanta, Prices same as direct.
Watch Inspectors,.Southern, G. S. & F. and M. B, & S, Railways,
Make our store your heudquarters.
Money to Loan.
on Farm Lands iu Houston County at Low Rate of Interest;,.
If you want money quick w.’ite orcall
Hatcher-Turpin Co,
420 Cherry St. Macon, Georgia,
—All kinds of Harness at H. P.
Houser’s,
< o.
Wanted 100,000 Burlap. Bags-
We are also in the market for Hides, Serap Iron, Coppery.
Lead, Bones, Rags, Bagging, Burlaps, Burlap Big*, and all
kinds of Rubber Casings, etc, Ship us your Junk. Write Us
for prices,
BLOCH HIDE CO,
670-672 Broadway, Phone 1138 Macon, Ga„
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