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JOHN HE. HODGES, Propr. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE. 01.450 a Year in Advance.
VOL. XXXIII.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1903.
NO. 20.
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improvements to the already splendid accommodations,
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Is better able than ever to take care of the ever increasing orowds
that will this year flock to that popular resort. The rates,
$2.50 per Day and $12.50 to $15.00 per Week,
are in reach of all. Special rates to large parties.
THE PULASKI HOUSE is the best and most convenieui place
at which to stop while in Savannah.
CHAS. F. GRAHAM, Proprietor.
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Write for new List of Books and further particulars. 3^'
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$ Agt.
-DEALER IN-
I Hardware, Stoves, Cutlery, Guns, Pistols
Tinware, Woodenware,
Farming Implements, Etc.
363 Third St. (Near Post Office) MACON", GA
T. A. 0. Meeting.
The Thursday afternoon Club was
delightfully entertained April 30th
by Mrs. J. P. Cooper, aBBisted by
her mother, Mrs. Ahsley, of Ameri-
ous. Mrs. E. L. Dennard presided
at the punch bowl, and served us
with delioious fruit nectar as we en
tered the spacious hall.
Quite a number of visitors, both
matrons and spinsters, were present,
and added much to the pleasure of
the afternoon.
Our business was soon disposed of.
We were the happy recipients of a
most oordial invitation to meet the
Daughters of the Confederacy at the
home of their president, Mrs. H. M.
Holtzclaw, May 6th. A vote of ac
ceptance and thanks was tendered
Mrs. Holtzclaw by the club. *
Our hostess then took charge of
us and time passed swiftly and
pleasantly as we “progressed” in the
game of “Flinch.” Ac the close of
the game several laid claim to the
prize, a beautiful hat pin, and in the
drawing that followed Miss Olara
Dasher was declared the“lucky one.”
We were then invited to the din
ing room, where the stately Paul
Neyron, in all its beauty, reigned
supreme. Refreshing ices were serv
ed by fair maidens ; and we were
loath to leave a scene of so much
beauty and pleasure, but “the shades
of night were drawing fast,” so we
bade adieu to our kind hostess to
meet at the home of Mrs. L. F. Ca
ter May 14th, at 4 o’clock.
Ladies, please be prompt.
0. E.
Spinster Club.
Strong, Simple, Durable.
Full Circle, 2 Long Strokes.
Bales Ton an Hour.
Took First Prize Florida State Fair, 1902.
Vehicles, Harness and Harvesting Machinery.
Saturday afternoon, April 26th,
Miss Evelyn Powers entertained the
Spinster Club at her home on Swift
street. Judging from the large
crowd that attended this entertain
ment, one would believe that all the
spnsters realized that a rare treat
was in store for them, and they were
c pjtaihly not disappointed, for never
lave the dear “sisters” spent a more
pleasant afternoon.
The long, spacious hall was most
beautifully decorated with verbena
and pa 1 ms, while the parlor was
simply a garden of roses, The
stately Paul Neron reigned supreme,
w’tile by his side stood the blushing
LaFrance and Mile. Francesca Kru
ger.
When all the guests had assem
bled, the meeting wasj called to or
der by our president. What little
business we had on hand was soon
transacted, and we began to enjoy
ourselves socially.
In the midst of the laughing and
chattering, Miss Evelyn asked that
each one write a short love story.,
e ery word in it beginning with the
initial of their surnames. Think of
itl The idea of a spinster writing a
Jove story! It seemed too prepos
terous to be true, but some really
did it.
The judges, after reading over
the stories, decided that Miss Hol
loman’s was the best, and she was
presented with quite a pretty straw
berry—silver-mounted emery—while
to Miss Killen was given the conso
lation prize, a very tempting bunch
of delicious strawberries, tied with
green ribbon.
It was at a late hoar that the
spinsters said good-bye, each declar
ing she had never spent a more de
lightful afternoon. 0. E.
Too Great a Bisk.
In almost every neighborhood
someone has died from an attack
of colic or cholera morbus, often
before medicine could be procur
ed or a physician summoned. A
reliable remedy for these diseases
should be kept at hand. The risk
is too great for anyone to take.
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
Diar'rhoea Remedy has undoubt
edly saved the lives of more peo
ple and relieved more pain and
suffering than any other medicine
in use. It can always be depend
ed upon. For sale by all drug
gists.
Loot Money Held by P. 0. Department
Our Washington Corrrospondonco.
Four executive departments and
two national governments are wor
ried over the disposition of some
$6,000 taken from Charles F. Neeley
when he was arrested in connection
with the alleged postal irregularities
in Cuba. The amount, $6,284.18, to
be exaot, now rests in the safe of
Postmaster General Payne. How it
got there is a long story, but it oau
be briefly stated for your readers
this way: Neeley was arrested by
the ohief of polioe of Roohester, N.
Y., and held thero awaiting the ar
rival of postoffioe inspectors who
were to take Neeley to the scene of
his trial. Neeley holds the receipt
of the Roohester ohief for the mon
ey taken from him at the time of
the arrest. The postoffioe inspector
receipted to the Rochester man, and
General Wood receipted to the in
spector when the money was taken
to Cuba to be used as evidence. It
then went to Secretary Root on a
receipt, and he in turn accepted one
from Postmaster General Payne.
Neeley was released from oustody
under President Palma’s amnesty
act, and was not convioted by the
Cuban oonrts of the theft of this
money. He called on the chief of
polioe for the money and was refer
red, through the successive steps of
the chain, to the War Department
and now that the PoBtoffioe Depart*
ment has the custody of the sum it
is assumed that the next demaNd
will be made upon that department,
The flaw in the chain seems to come
in the aotion of General Wood, in
not turning the sum over to the Ou*
ban treasury as a part of the loot re
covered from the postal frauds, but
it will be remembered that at that
time there were traceable to army
headquarters in Cuba other irregu
larities,whose spectres are still stalk
ing, and which will receive renewed
attention through these develop
ments. The state department also
is entangled, because the Cuban
government has just claimed the
whole sum through its legation at
Washington, and this involves Sec
retary Hay. Some time ago the De
partment of Justice was asked for
an opinion as to the final disposition
of the $6,000, and Attorney General
Knox advised that nothing further
be done until suit was brought to
reco\ er the money. Neeley declares
his intention of sueing, and Mr.
Payne will try to persuade Mr. Hay
to persuade Senor Quesada to per
suade his government to bring suit
likewise, and there the matter lies,
another tribute to the ineffective
ness of the administration.
The Good We Do.
Bruuswlek Journal,
The good that men do' live after
them, and the evil also. Most men
naturally desire to do some good in
the world, and most of them suc
ceed. But now and then a man
thinks that success in life depends
altogether on the number of dollars
and acres of land that he can accu
mulate and leave to his children.
Such a man grows to be avari
cious and altogether selfish, and is
finally consumed by burning greed
and envy, and in his old,, age he be
gins to see where he made a mis
take. While it is correot and prop
er that a man should lay by a store
for a rainy day, and old age, yet
that man’s life is a failure who has
never done any good to others while
he was laying up wealth for himself
and family. The few dollars re
quired to help the needy and unfor
tunate, and to bring sunshine into
their lives, will be like bread oast
upon the waters, and in return will
bring to you happiness and the as
surance that your life is not in vain.
It is the duty of the favored sons of
fortune to help those whose lots are
oast in hard places and those who
suffer the pangs of poverty, or those
who live in the shadow of ignorance.
Those dollars and kind and en
couraging words that you give in
rity’s name will shine like dia
monds in the sky, as you approaoh
the evening of life, and the thought
and knowledge that you have done
Borne good to others while you lived
will be a benedietion while the, eter
nal ages roll on.
It is said that statistics prove
that in every 1,000 bachelors there
are 38 criminals, while in every
1,000 married men the criminals
number only 13. If this is so, it
surely proves, says the London Tat
tler, that the present-day members
of the sex labeled coy and hard to
please have at least an immense ca
pability for keeping them out of
mischief sufficient to out-balance
perhaps even the unkind reputation
handed down for ages by Mother
Eve.
It
Quick Arrest.
J. A. Gulledge of Vebena, Ala.
was twice in the hospital from a
severe case of piles causing 24 tu
mors. Alter doctors and all rem
edies failed, Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve quickly arrested further in
flammation and cured him. T
conquers aches and kills pain
25c at Holtzclaw’s Drugstore.
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It is said that the Shah of Persia
has more hard cash put up than any
other sovereign. In his palace
Teheran the “king of kings” is sup
posed to have a sum estimated at
$50,000,000 in specie.
When you want a pleasant phys
ic try Chamberlain’s Stomach and
Liver Tablets. They are easy to
take and pleasant in effect. For
sale by all druggists.
The Passions and Health.
“The passions’ effeot on the health
is not sufficiently regarded,” says a
physician in the Philadelphia Rec
ord. “Thp passion whioh is best for
the health is avarice. It keeps one
oool, encourages regular and indus
trious habits, leads to abstemious
ness and makes against all excess.
And benoe the avaricious, the mis-
ere, live a great age. The misers
of history were all noted for their
longevity. Rage is very bad for one.
This passion an irregular, intermit
tent beating of the heart, and the
intermittenoy in time may become
chronic. Hatred creates fever. If
we hate, we grow lean. This hot
passion eats us like a flame. Fear is
bad for the nerves, the heart and
the brain, and therefore we should
never permit ourselves to be afraid.
But the strangest effeots of all have
been caused by the passipn of grief.
The medioal books record cases
where, coming suddenly in a violent
shock, it has caused a loss of blood
from the lungs in one persoD, paral
ysis of the tongue in another, and a
failure of sight or temporary blind
ness in a third.”
A Startling Test.
To save a life, Dr. T. G. Merritt,
of No. Mehoopany, Pa., made a
startling teat, resulting in a won
derful cure. He writes “a patient
was attaoked with violent hemor
rhages, caused by ulceration of the
s ,omach. I had often found Elec
tric Bitters excellent for acute
sjomach and liver troubles, so I
prescribed them. The patient gain
ed from the first and has not had
an attack in 14 months.” Electric
Bitters are positively guaranteed
for dyspepsia, indigestion, consti
pation and liver troubles. Try
them. Only 50c at Holtzclaw’s
Drugstore.
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Booker T. Washington says: “The
negro must work out his own politi
cal and social salvation. A negro’s
greatest fault is the lack of progress.”
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