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2 THOSE BIG BILLS DON’T6O NOW, Banks of Macon are Turning Down the Hundred Dol lar Certficates, ONLY FOR COLLECTIONS Will They be Received at Any Bank —They Will be Taken Only on Deposits for Collection. There are several people in town who do not know whether they are worth SIOO less than they thought they w’ere or not. Their present doubt grows out of the fact that SIOO silver certificates sent in with their deposits have been turned down by their banks, and they will have to send the bills on to Washington in order to have it determined whether they have good money or bad. A recent press dispatch announced that a most dangerous counterfeit of the SIOO silver certificate, series 1891, check letter 1), face plate No. 1, back plate No. 2. J. Fount Tillman, register, D. N. Morgan, treasurer, portrait of James Monroe, small scalloped carmen seal, had been discover ed, and everybody was warned to look out for them. It seems that the counterfeit was first discovered by the superintendent of the mint in Philadelphia, and he carried it to Washington, where it passed the muster of experts, until it reached Chief Hazen, of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, who pronounced it a counterfeit and then put it through a test which demonstrated that he was correct. He found that the numbering and lettering on the counter feit differed in some slight particulars from those on the genuine, that the oar mine seal on the counterfeit was lighter, but the most satisfactory test was 'the steaming of the bill, which showed that it consisted of two sheets of paper pasted to- I gether with the silk fibres between, where- I as the genuine bill is one solid sheet of ■ paper. When the discovery was made in Wash- ! Ington Senator Bacon sent a telegram to ] Savannah asking that all the banks be put on notice with regard to the counter feit, which is .said to be such an excellent piece of work that some of the ablest ex perts failed to detect it. The Macon banks ! were notified of Senator Bacon’s telegram I Thursday afternoon after banking hours, ' but yesterday all of them were on the alert. On account of the reporter excellence of this counterfeit the banks are now refus ing all SIOO silver certificates of this se ries and issue for deposit. And when they come in they are returned to their de positors. Genuine or not genuine, they are afraid to handle them, for when govern ment experts fail there is no telling where bank experts may slip up. The only conditions on which any of the banks will now take one of them from a 1 customer, is for collection. The certificate : would then be sent on to Washington, and if genuine good money would be returned | for it. but if not it would be returned and punctured and otherwise cancelled. There has been a suggestion that on ac- 1 count of this dangerous counterfeit the 1 government call dll of this issue of SIOO certificates in. and substitute another, and it may be that this course will be adopted. The merchants who have got hold of these certificates, and from all accounts there is i quite a number of them here, will have to . send them to Washington before they can ■ make use of their money. If they are | found genuine they will have no trouble in getting other money for them, but if not, they will fiml themselves just SIOO out. Free of Charge to Sufferers. Cut this out and take it to your druggist and get a sample bottle free of Dr. King’s New Discovery, for consumption, coughs and colds. They do not ask you to buy before trying. This will show you the ’ great merits of this truly wonderful rem edy, and show you what can be accom plished by the regular size bottle. This is no experiment, and would be disastrous to the proprietors, did they not know it would Invariably cure. Many of the best physi cians are now using it in their practice with great results, and are relying on it in most severe cases. It is guaranteed. I Trial bottles free at H. J. Lamar & Son’s i drug store. Regular size 50 cents and sl. . The half a cent a word column of The News is the cheapest advertising medium in Georgia. INDIANA’S GAS FIELDS. Report Will Be Encouraging and Con sumers Are Interested. Peru. Ind., Jan. S. —The forthcoming an nual report of State Gas Inspector Leach on January 15 will settle the grave ques tion that has been agitating the people of I Indiana for some time past regarding nat- ' ural gas. It will show a condition far bet ter than lias generally been beloved and i correct many erroneous impressions that ; have gone broadcast. The report will also be one of marked benefit to consumers in this city. Fort Wayne, Wabash. Huntington. Logansport. Lafayette and other cities where the plants arc owned and controlled by the Deiterich syndicate—especially in this city, as it is j the first to try and have the prices reduced j one-third, the case now being in the United States court, and to be heard this month. The franchise expired on Novem ber 10 and the ease was taken to the court mentioned by the company. The other cities mentioned are interested in the fact that their franchises expire shortly. Mr. Leach will say that in the entire In diana field a decline only is shown of from 218 to 235 pounds to 210 to 225 pounds pres sure, which is vastly better than th 1 ; pre vious year. He will also say that the out look is encouraging and that there will be gas far many years for all. In approximating the inspector states that there have been drilled 5,300 wells, and of this number 2.250 are now being drawn upon. Also, that a large portion of the territory abandoned is being re drilled with excellent results. This is rad ically opposite to the reports made by the gas syndicate of gas failure. The half a cent a word column of The News is the cheapest advertising medium in Georgia. GLOBE TROTTER. J Frank Phelps is Expected to Arrive In Ma con in a Few Days. Frank Phelps, who calls himself the ad ‘ rance agent of prosperity, who is walking ■ around the world for a wager, is on his way to Macon. He will be here in a day ■ or two. To Phelps prosperity has come swim i mingly. He had to get over the globe and I return to New York in a certain time to 1 win his wager. Just now he is running i ahead of time and will have no trouble in reaching home on the date fixed. He will be full of experience and money and as the ; years pass on the trotter will tell his child } ren and grandchildren of his wonderful I journey and how he braved the plagues and wars to become rich on a small scale. I It will be a fairy tale for the little ones. Phelps 13 a unique character. When only 7 years of age he was left an orphan I and from that time he has been keeping lup the struggle for bread. When he j reached his teens he went to New York, j and after wandering over the great city for days and nights he drifted one day into 1 a chemical labratory and got a position as bottle washer. The fumes and mysteries j of the shop permeated the young chap’s I brain and he determined to master the I profession. It seemed an easy task and after a while the boy grew into a man and a chemist. One night two years ago a lot of young men were seated around a club fire in New York talking of long trips and how much nerve and endurance it took for a man to become a globe trotter. Phelps was in the crowd. He said he would undertake the trip on a w'ager and after some little dis cussion the terms and conditions were agreed upon. Phelps was to start without any clothes and with only 3 cents. He was not to beg. borrow or steal, and all the money coming to him had to be by his own work or unsolicited. He agreed to return to New York with $3,000 cash and was to receive s>>,ooo should he succeed. When everything was arranged Phelps prepared to start, and after a brief stay in New York he pulled out for Liverpool on one of the fast ships. Last February he touched his native soil at San Francisco and then began diving through America. After a little trotting in South America he will return and take in the few remain ing points to be visited before getting back to New York. The Coming W-»n>an. Who goes to the club while her husband tends the baby, as well as the good old fashioned woman who looks after her home, will at times get run down in health. They will be troubled with loss of appetite, heaeaches, sleeplessness, fainting or dizzy spells. The most wonderful rem edy for these women is Electric Bitters. Thousands of sufferers from lame back and weak kidneys rise up and call it blessed. It Is the medicine for women. Female complaints and nervous troubles of all kinds are soon relieved by the use of Elec tric Bitters. Delicate women should keep this remedy on hand to build up the sys tem. Only 50c. per bottle. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Son. JAMES O’NEILL Played "The Dead Heart’’ in Macon For the Second Time. James O’Neill, who is perhaps better known than any of the romantic actors of the day, played "The Dead Heart’’ to a fair audience at the Academy of Music last night. It was the second time within the last four years that 'Mr. O'Neill has appeared in the role of Robert Landry in Macon. Last night the actor was received with considerable enthusiam, and he presented his audience with a good performance in return, but whether it was that a number of the audience had seen the play before, or that the support was somewhat weak, or that after all O’Neill in Monte Cristo so far outlives all his other characters that the play "The Dead Heart” pulls somewhat upon an audience. Bucklin’s Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive ly cures piles, or no pay required. It is j guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by H. J. Lamar <fc Sons’ drug •tore. TRIBUTE Exacted by Patriots of the Cuban Tobacco , Planters. | Havana, Jan. B.—The revolution is stronger than ever in the province of Pi nar del Rio. and tobacco planters pay heavy taxes to the patriots. A few who thought they might get out sugar cane j without paying the tax have had their | farms destroyed. General Gomez continues I to forbid the grinding of sugar cane. It is nevertheless said today that is some parts of the provinces of Matanzas and Havana wherever the patriots most need resources he has allowed certain su gar estate owners to grind upon paying 40 cents for each bag of sugar they make. INTERESTED IN A FORTUNE. Two Well Known Savanniahians May Fall Heir to a Poortion of It. Savannah. Jan. B—lt’8 —It’ appears that two well known Savannahians are interested in a fortune, the title to which has been dragging through the Scotch courts for some time, but which has at last been settled. The following statement from the Atlanta Constitution gives an account of it: "A law suit which has been dragging its weary length for many years through the Edinburgh. Scotland, courts and has at last been settled, interests directly a well known Georgia family—the Daven ports. The estate which has just emerged from the grasp of the law is that of Lord Donald Mac Gill Oswald and the direct heirs in this country are Mrs. John M. Bryan and Mrs. William Harden, of Sa vannah, Ga.: Mrs. Ellen Howard and B. R. Davenport, of New York. O ufk. 375. X A . The fa;- zT _ . simile xTy z x "J" 1 12 32 •Igkit'iFj/gyZ -A— STILL STARVING. Key- West. Fla., Jan. 8. —El Diario de la Marina states that over 500.000 people have died in Cuba of hunger, most of them be ing women and children. The concentra dos are still starving. At La Esperanza, in Santa Clara province, there are 1.000 persons starving or dying of smallpox. Advices from Havana say that the pa triots under Sayato Alvarez have attacked the town of La Esperanza, sacking several stores. The Spaniards made no resistance. The forces of the Murcia battalion, near Sancti Espiritu, were attacked by the pa triots under Leader Gonzales. The fight lasted four hours. The Spaniards retreat ed. leaving twelve dead, among them two officers, and carrying away seventeen wounded. The Cubans lost fourteen dead. MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8 1898. Home Confidence. If you want to know exactly what any person is, ask his neighbors. The home test is the severest test. The proprietors of Bradfield’s Fe male Regulator, the most scientific and successful remedy for the weak nesses and irregularities peculiar to women, point with pardonable pride to their local standing. Leading physicians, druggists and the public generally endorse the Bradfield Regu lator Company and their remedies in the highest T terms. They have deserved and enjoyed public y confidence for over a quarter of a century. / CPPO IITJC* Some fifteen years ago I ex ! > —/ Or L.Vz«I Ivz aruined the recipe of Bradfield’s / IL> F- AT F- !A V Female Regulator, and care- ’ />* « i\ i-l'll-. L* I • fuify studie.i authorities in re- 'C’-Xs gard to its components, and then, as well as now, » i 'Sz'z'' pronounce it to te the most scientific and skillful /T cQcombin ;t:on of the really reliable remedial vegetable <4; s. ” agents known to science, to act directly on the womb f’. ) /j'*- ; ar *d uterine organs, and the organs and parts If Z K&fe sympathising directly with these; and therefore r '4 providing a specific remedy for alldiseesesof the rv 'A t jESSE Bokring « m d -> d - d - STRONGEST --AX G! IAMANTFF Femaleßegulator over rz 1 M vjVJ/AtX/Alx 1 .wL.. my counter as any man • 4 t --f*. r, * isa the State, while conducting my ret: il business, VV*' • *£.4 and it affords me great pleasure to state that Ido ■’v'l Tl?'- not remember one single instance when lor any jo 1 n, y clerks ever heard of a complaint of it; but many and many a tine as being highly efficacious. .".4^« I V Myexperience justifiesmeinsayiiigthat you would / l be safe in extending the strongestpossibleguar- 1 ’ antee for its ben-ficial medicinal effects in aU the xF- A ' VnAdiseases for which it is recommended. , 'X,'‘Vjv&ka W. A Taylor, Atlanta, Ga. UNIVERSAL Bradfield's Female Begin SATISFACTION. “S r that we have never handled any proprietary preparation V_>that has given better or more universe’ Satisfacti >n The frule has been that wh rre a person has bought one boLtle. F'X*' *such person has been its friend and advocate. We would a i ’ feel that our stock was inconiulete wi'.hout it. Hvwhxn-sO.x Bro.. Pharmacists, Atlanta. Ga. Bradfield’s Female Regulator is sold by y ■ druggists at one dollar a bottle. If you cannot obtain it of your dealer, the proprietors will send it by express cn receipt of price. Interesting books for women mailed free on nvnlicatiou. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. IP I THESE ARE FACTS! ] And apply to our SUITS at I an d SIO.OO. I NO BETTER iIADE. I LOWER THAN ANYBODY. I Overcoats at $lO. | I Underwear at si. I No discount about it, but just better goods for less I money than any house in Macon. I BENSON & TODD, I I The Up-to-Date Clothers. | DOCTORS AGREE. Recent investigations by the authorities of several States have at tracted attention to proprietary medicines, and there is a marked dispo sition to draw a sharp line of distinction between mysterious nostrums and worthy articles of scientific compound and known character. “Many proprietary medicines,” says a leading physician, “are the best possible prescriptions for the diseases which they are made to cure. It is certainly only reasonable to expect that chemists worid-wide reputation and unlimited re= I sources ought to make compounds with excep= '! I tional skill, and it is manifestly to their in- / terest e to have their ingredients fresh and jn i pure. Take, for example, Lippman’s great 1 j, / remedy, popularly known as P. P. P. I The formula is on every bottle. Every ' physician knows that the ingredients are j the best possible remedies for purify- 1 ing the blood, and the compound is jO;y / a scientific one, which increases the efficiency of the whole. I some times prescribe special mixtures f ' for Blood Poisoning, Scrofulous H Affections, Catarrh, Eczema and other complaints arising from impure and weak « blood, but I always feei safest in prescribing P. P. P., especially where lam not personally acquainted with the druggist. In prescribing P. P. P. (Lippman’s Great Remedy), I know I am taking no chances.” When doctors feel such confidence in a standard remedy, it is no wonder that the general public insist upon having it. ■> P. P. P. is sold by all druggists. $1 a bottle; six bottles, $5. LIPPMAN BROTHERS, LI p P ?.S E K§k-. Savannah, Ga. LOOK, LOOK: The Best and Purest. M. O HARA, COTTON AVENUE. We Have Moved! Our office and sales room to two doors from the express office on Fourth street, wheie we are better prepared than ever to serve those needing Building flaterial of Every Kind. 1 Macon Sash, Door Lumber Co F. A GUTTENBERGER & CO Pianos and organs—Celebrated Sohmer & Co., Matchless Ivers & Pond. Reliable Bush & Gerts, the Famous Burdette Organ, , JU j jjfgr -i—~ >. the Waterloo Organ, all strictly first-class. Artistic piano tuning. 1 have secured the services of Mr. Wm. MU Hinspeter, so favorably known in Macon -e a t uner an( i salesman. All orders left *t^WbL. -W j.-.-. at store will have prompt attention and satisfaction guaranteed. The Callaway Coal Company Phone 334- Prepare for Winter. Window Glass, Mantels and Grates. Can furnish any size or parts broken. Call before cold weather comes. T. C. BURKE. One Minute, Please, Did you ever think of the fine season we are having for planting FIELD SEED, such as BARLEY, RYE, CRIMSON CLOVER, WHEAT and all kind of GRAIN, also HYACINTH BULBS. Don’t wait until it is too late. We keep Canary Bird Cages and Earthenware. STREYER SEED CO. 466 Poplar Street, Gunn’s Block. Phone 617. S. G. BOUIS &. CO. Practical Plumbers. Sanitary Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Steam, Hot * Water and Hot Air Heating. Special Attention to Repair work. 617 Poplar Street, Macon, Ga. We Entered this Clothing War. Determined that our competitors should not sell for Less than we did—and our cut of 50 Per Cent Off CLOTHNG and OVERCOATS will be hard for them to meet. Oar salesmen have positive in structions to sell any Suit or Overcoat in the house for half the marked price. The Dixie Shoe and Clothing Co. Corner’Cherry and Third Streets. Novelties for Holidays Wedding Presents, Birthday Gifts and Beau tiful things in Jewelry. J. 11. & W. W, WILLIAMS. Don’t be Selfish While buying a coat, blow yourself and put one on the HOUSE. It needs it. I will take pleasure in coating your house inside or outside with up-to-date schemes of coloring at moderate prices. G. W. LINGO, ™ cwry st. ( ’ MACON, GA.