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paid Mml tumnaUv. Bt*ek MoarM
by <!*•>: to improved real Mtate In mors
than d<> ibis the aux Hint deposited with
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GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Bui’ding and Loan Association,
Macon, <i 4G I Third street.
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ESTABLISHED 1884.
GUNBOATS I
May be Ordered io Go Io
Cuba al Any Moment
INTMTION
On the Part of This Govern
ment May be Forced,
WITHIN 48 HOURS.
Rioting is Much Worse Than Re
ported Americans are in Dan
ger Navy Notified,
New York, Jan. 13- A special to the
.Journal and Advertiser from \V ishlngion
says: Within forty-eight hours, on present
indications, liKet’vi ntion in Cuba will have
i>e< n forced on the administration. It will
be found not unprepared. The rioting in
Havana is much fiercer than reports in
dicate. General Lee got a cable early
<tnd tapoiKd that the situation was seri
ous and that the mob was “Getting even
with Americans" an 1 "downing the United
States" as much as striking »t the auton
omist polic y and 11-coneentrados. Amer
ican citizens bad to seek refuge in the
consulni e. General Li e’s prompt military
iiistim ts told him that the consulate might
be in , ven greater danger than any other
place in Havana, but General Blanco at
once threw a heavy cordon of Spanish
re gulars with artillery around tin* consu
late and the v. hole square ami adjoining
streets were h. Id. Ibis alarming infor
mation came late. The president did not
wish to act precipitately, but an cmer
g< ncy had to be met promptly. The navy
department was notified and Commodore
< rownimdic Id, chief of iiie bureau of navi
gation. at once sent dispatches to Admit al
Bunce with (lie White Squadion to hold
every vessel in piompt readiness, and to
Key \\< st lor vessels at that point to be
» 'indy to stall lor Havana on signal, but
l " bind unle.-s instructed by Gcmial
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ORDERED NORTHWARD.
British Torpedo Boat Destroyer in Chinese
Waters.
(IRHOREI) NORTHK\RD.
Hong Kong, Jan. 13. Tr.e British tor
pedo boat destroyer.;. Hui t ami Ilandv
conveyed by the dispatch i.-.il. Ala. city’
has been ordered northward. The home
ward orders of the British first-class
cruiser, Edgard, have been counterman
ded,
IN THE HOUSE.
Several Appropriation Bills Under Consider
ation Today.
Washington. Jan. 13. Th.' Ifousc today
entered upon tile consideration cd' the ap
propriation bill. Tile bill carries $3 323 3() >
being $135,500 in excess .if the imount for
the current year.
Wadsworth, Republican, of New York,
chairman of the agricultural committee’,
explained that the men ase is due to rhe'
constantly growing demand for inspections
of meat ami meat products for i xport
Under (he latitude allowed lor debate,
Williams. Democrat. of Mississippi, sub
mitted an extended argument in favor of
the establishment of the' postal sav’ngs
bank system.
BRAKEWOMAN.
Mrs. Mulligan Supports Herself and Family
by “Braking” on a Box Car.
Brainerd. Minn., Jan. 13. Still s de
climbs—•th.' new woman. She is n w
"shelving” brakes on top of a box ear.
With tlm e <e eption of bloomers this wo
man is atrir.d imii' like. "Braking” is no
lark for her. either. She supports a family
ami is ambitiems of becoming a passenger
conductor.
She is Mrs. Jessie Mulligan, widow of
Jaims Mullli.au. railroad conductor, who
was’ killed on th,' Yellowstone division of
the Northern Pacific railroad ux months
ago. Mrs. Mulligan is now employee! by
the’ Northern Pacific Company in the ca
pacity of freight train brakeman.
She sets brakes, couples ears, turns
switches and performs the various other
duties that are' required of a brakeman
Siie is considered by officials of the road
anel by tlm men with whom she works to
be> a first-class, capable employe, liable to
speedy promotion.
QUIET AT COLUMBUS
Senator Hanna and Party
Have Left the Scene.
1 olumbus. 0 , Jan. 13.—Senator Hanna
1> ft this morning for his home at Cleve
lat.d. where he will remain over Sunday.
His private ear. attached to a Big Four
tram, left at 8 o’clock this morning.
Among those in the party were his
neighbor. Colonel Myron Herrick, and
Mr. Charles Dick, secretary of the Repub
lican national committee.
Senator Hanna’s physician insists " on
him taking a rest. The strain on him here
for the past two weeks has worn on him
severely. He shows it very visibly. _\il
the workers on both sides are exhausted.
Kurtz and others are suffering from over
worn*' d loss of sleep.
F yhose who have been lively as
hustleK ..ave now almost near a collapse
"as the operation" itself. Many outsiders
and workers still remain to watch proceed
ings of the legislature in which body the
war is not yet over. There was a confer
ence last night for more resolutions in
the reorganization of the house.
Both branches of the legislature ad
journed. today till Tuesday.
In the senate -those voting yesterday
against the resolution for the investiga
tion of bribery, changed their votes. Sub
poenaed were issued for Dick Hollenbeck,
Otis and others, to testify before the com
mittee next Tuesday.
In the house there was a long discussion
of the Otis bribery resolirticn. as the Re
publicans expect to reorganize the house,
an attempt wa smade to postpone the fur
ther consideration of the Otis resolution
itill February 3.
The house refused to postpone the reso
lution and it was adopted 54 to 5, most of
the Republicans not voting.
PICQUOIT ARRESTED. ZZ
He Was the Man Who Charged Esterhazy
With Treason.
Paris. Jan. 12. —Col. Picquart, understood
to ',<• the officer who brought charges
against Count Ferdinand Watsein Estar
harzy. recently acquitted of treason by a
•ourt-martlal. was arrested this morning
i .me incarcerated in the fortress of Mont
Valen in.
AN EXPLOSION
At Tampa Port Injures Four United States
Navy Men.
W.: -hingtan, Jan. 13. —Commander Mc
<’ill. of a-- United States steamer Marble
ib .id, reported t otbe navy department
from Fort Tampa, that while at a small
..rinu target yracticc yesterday, four men
of the Marblehead were Injured by an
< xpio- ion, two were very seriously injur
ed and were removed to the Marine hos
pllal near by.
No details of the cause of the explosion
ar.- given nor the names of the injured
given.
IN THE SENATE.
National Law Makers Pass Nany Important
Treasures.
Washington, Jan. 13 —Among the meas
ures reported to the senate today was the
- pension aproiiri.it ion biITT It was placed
on the calendar. At the conclusion of the
morning business the immigration bill
and unfinished business was taken up and
Mr. C.tilery, of Louisiana, was recognized
for a speech in opposition to the measure.
Senator Cannon, of Utah, presented the
following resolution and it was adopted:
“Ri solved, That the president is request
ed, if in his opinion it is not incompati
ble with public interest, to transmit to
the senate at his earliest convenience a
. ui nu nt showing what measures are in
force by this government in the Island of
Cuba and in the waters contiguous, to
pro:i et the lives, liberty and property of
American citizens now dwelling in Cuba.”
The senate committe on judiciary de
cided to- report favorably on the nomina
tion of Attorney General McKenna to be
justice of the United States supreme court.
KIDNAPPED.
The Twelve Year Old Daugh
ter of a Wealthy Texan
Has Been Stolen.
SHE IS HELD FOR RANSOM,
Is the General Belief—Whole Pop
ulace out Looking for
Her.
Dallas, Texas. Jan. 13. —Almost the en
tire male population of AVaxahatehie,
twenty miles south of Dallas, is out hunt
ing for the 12-ycar-old daughter of James
S. Davis, one of the wealthiest men of
northern Texas.
I'he child has been kidnaped or murder
ed. it is believed, and fully 400 men and
youths, most of them armed, are search
ing t verywhere in and about town in an
effort to find the little one dead or alive.
There is a strong feeling that the little
child is being held for a ransom. If this
is the case and the kidnapers are captured,
death will undoubtedly be their fate.
The little girl, whose name is “Jimmy,”
was last seen about 6 o’clock last even
ing on the sidewalk a short "distance from
the house of her parents. Not returning
at dark members of the household made
starch for her. At 8 o’clock the fire bells
of the town werer ung, which called out
the male population.
The situation was explained at a meet
ing at the city hall and every man and
boy volunteered to search.
Every building in Waxahatehie, a town
of 10,000 population, has been /thorough
ly searched, the searchers are now thor
oughly exploring the surrounding eoftu
try.
Found This Morning.
At 10 H’elock this morn'ing one of the
searching party found Jimmie Davis, the
missing daughter of James Davis, a
wealthy resident of Waxahatehie, about
five miles in the country, in a mentally
deranged condition. The child had not
l>e< n physically injured, but her mind was
so clouded that she can give no informa
tion as to how she was taken or where
she was found. She' was returned to her
parents.
WHY BLANCH WAS RELEASED.
Judge Genuine Did Not Even Know a Mur
der Had Been Committed.
Judge J. L. Gerdine, before whom the
negro Blanch, accused of being a party to
the murder of Zeke Winn, the Fourth
street barber, was tried a few days ago.
and who was released and rearres’ced be
fore he had time to get out of the build
ing, says that he could have done noth
| ing else than release the negro.
“I did not know that a murder had even
been committed," said Judge Gerdine.
“The prosecution did not prove it. and all
that 1 knew of the matter was what I had
seen in the newspapers. No evidence was
introduced which proved that ’Winn had
been murdered, much less to prove that
Blanche was the guilty one.”
DIRECTORS.
Os the Y. M. C. A. Will Hold a Meeting
Tonight.
A meeting of the board of directors of
the Y. M. C. A. will be held at the asso
ciation rooms tonight.
This is the regular monthly business
meeting, and plans for the new building
will be discussed at length. .
REV. JONES’ FUNERAL.
Took Place at Rose Hill Cemetery This Af
ternoon at 2 O'clock.
The funeral of Rev. W. L. Jones, who
died at his home in South Macon night be
fore last, will take place from his residence
1 this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The interment
will be at R f ill cemetery.
The pall-bearers are Messrs. W. E. Jen
kins. J. F. Heard. J. M. Fargo. J. J. Hig
gerson, J. S. McGehee and B. T. Evans.
DAN DAVIS.
Another Negro Accused of Having a Part in
the Murder of Zeke Winn.
Dan Davis, another one of the negroes
accused of having had a part in the mur
! ler of Zeke \\ inn. the Fpurth street bar
ber, will be arraigned Before Judge Ger
dine tomorrow afternoon.
Eighteen witnesses have been summoned
and it is expected that a sensation will be
developed.
THE MACON NEWS.
TUMULT IN CUBA
HAS SUBSIDED,
Dispatches to That Effect Have
Been Received at Wash
ington.
NO SHOES WERE FIRED.
Is the Statement Made in One Dis
patch—The Feeling of Sym
pathy in New York.
Washington, Jan. 13.—United States
Consul-General Lee reported to the state
depai tineut from Havana under date of
yesterday the facts connected with the
rioting there yesterday.
While the state department officials do
not divulge the text of the dispatch, it is
said that they corroborate the news re
ceived on the subject.
According to Gen. Lee’s report, the dis
turbance has been quelled for the tune be
ing, but he was apprehensive of another
outbreak at any moment.
Nothing has been heard from the consul
general today, so it is assumed at the state
department that the situation remains un
changed in Havana. Gen. Lee did not ask
to have a war ship sent to Havana, and it
is the opinion of the state department offi
cials that this is sufficient reason for the
assumption that there is no occasion for
sending.one.
The officials evidently are not apprehen
sive of jany trouble in the immediate fu
ture that will require the forcible inter
vention of our government.
The disquieting feature of the situation
is the horrible condition of the poor in
Cuba.
According to Gen. Lee’s advices no less
than 200,000 people on the island are in
the lasts stages of destitution and wholly
dependent upon charity.
Spanish Minister Senor Dupuy De Lome
received a dispatch from Secretary-General
Congresso this afternoon, dated noon to
day at Havana. It said:
“Your excellency can affirm that the tu
mult of yesterday had so little importance
that not a shot was fired, and there is no
knowledge that anybody had been wounded
or hurt. The agitation was confined to
one quarter of the city.”
This was followed closely by another
official dispatch from the same authority
filed at Havana at 9 o’clock this morning.
It said: “Complete calm. The city has
recovered its normal condition.”
SYMPATHIZERS IN NEW YORK.
Express Themselves on the Sensation at
Havana.
New York, Jan, 13.—Rioting in Havana
and the wrecking of several Liberal news
paper offices by army officers and con
servatives opposed to the plan of autono
my, excites more satisfaction than surprise
among the sympathizers with the cause Os
Cuba in this city.
The opinion is general that the time has
arrived for the United States to interfere.
Gen. Thomas E. Palma, head of the Cuban
junta here, said today: “The rioting in
Havana is the direct result of an attempt
to give autonomy, so-called, to the islands.
Spaniards in Cuba will not have it at any
cost if they can help it. You must know
every Spaniard regards Cuba as an enemy
of Spain. Even those who have been ap
pointed to office under the plan of autono
my are distrusted by the Spaniards. I
believe that the present attacks on the
newspapers is only a beginning of what
may prove more serious. If they are not
successfully interrupted, the result will be
a massacre and assassination in Havana.
I think the time has come for the Ameri
can government to intervene. This is the
only way to stop constant trouble and out
breaks in the island.”
Senor De Lome, the Spanish minister,
today received a dispatch from Dr. Con
gosto, secretary-general at Cuba, relating
that there had been an outbreak in Ha
vana, but it is over and that no apprehen
sion is Celt for further trouble of a serious
nature.
ALLEN’S CASE
Up Before the Pardoning Board in Atlanta
Today.
Col. John R. Cooper and J. W. Preston
went up to Atlanta yesterday afternoon,
where they are before the pardoning com
mittee of the state penitentiary today ar
guing the Allen case, in which petition has
been made for pardon on grounds set forth
in the new evidence.
When seen at the depot by a News rep
resentative Col. Preston said that he had
great hopes of at least having Alien’s sen
tence commuted to life imprisonment, if
he did not get him an absolute pardon.
The governor is now in Mexico, but even
if the pardoning committee should refuse
to recommend a pardon Allen will not be
executed until the governor returns.
Col. Cooper, who is on the prosecution,
said that he realized that it was the gen
eral wish of the people that Allen’s case
be viewed more in the light of mercy, but
that the law was to the effect that he
should be executed for murder. Col.
Cooper says that in representing the state
in the case he will do his duty, and give
the pardoning committee the law bearing
on the case.
The decision of the committee will be
held up for seyeral days, even if they
should come decision at once.
Tj) TAKE CENSUS.
Board of Health Decided on This at Their
Meeting Last Night.
At a meeting of the board of health last
night it was decided to take a census of the
city. The four sanitary inspectors will do
the work, and their reports will be pub
lished by the city.
It was decided that the sanitary officers
should wear uniforms made of blue mate
rial. with hats to match. The employes of
the health department will wear white
suits.
COMMITTEES MEETING.
Epworth Leaguers Preparing to Entertain
the State Conference of the League.'
A meeting of the local executive commit
tees of the Epworth League will be held
at the annex of the Mulberry Street Meth
odist church tonight. The union council
will also be in session there, and business
of considerable importance will be tran
sacted.
It is the purpose of the Macon League to
do as handsomely by the conference as
Atlanta did. and to this end they are
working. The first thing to be considered
is the organization of all the committees
so that there will be no friction in the
conduct of the vast entertaining machine.
Each committee will be chosen with es
pecial care, and those who are known to
possess the necessary attributes will be
placed on them. That will be the princi-"
pal business before the session tonight.
As yet no place has been decided on
where the session of the conference will
be held. There is hardly a binding ra the
city that will hold the crowd that will be
present, and a tent has been mentioned as
a place for holding the meetings.
n. EEjln mafah rthar htrato dadorarchtht
Have your magazines rebound by The
Newa’ bindery.
MACON NEWS THURSDAY JANUARY 13 1898.
CARTER'S TRIAL j
GOES SLOWLY
Nothing of a Sensational Na
ture Was Developed in
the Court Martial.
JOBDAI OH THE STAND.
The Identification of Checks, Which
is Merely a Matter of Form,
Gone Through With.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 13. —Those who ex
pected sensational developments at the
court martial of Captain- Oberlin M. Car
ter, United States corps of Engineers to
day, were disappointed.
The entire morning was taken up in in
terogating Mr. C. M. Jordan, assistant
treasurer of the United States at New
York, in reference to certain checks cash
ed in New York. These checks were given
to the 'Atlantic Contracting Company by
Captain Carter from 1892 to 1897. Most of
them were all for large amounts.
Ident'ifiacotion was simply a matter of
form and the entire proceeding from 11 to
1 o’clock were listless and tiresome.
The assistant treasurer called out a
number of cheeks, amount and name of
party in whose favor it was drawn.
Interest in the trial is unabated. The
court room is filled with spectators, many
ladies being among those present.
The half a cent a word column of The
News is the cheapest advertising medium
in Georgia.
POPULAR MARRIAGE.
Miss Scarboro and Mr. Ben Robertson at
Toy Last Night-
At Troy, Ala., lest night, Miss Carrie
Scarborough was married to Mr. Ben Rob
erson, manager of the Elberta Peach Com
pany.
The ceremony which united this very
popular young couple was performed by
Rev. Mr. Edmondson.
Both of the parties are deservedly pop
ular in their respective communities and
have many friends who will wish them a
most prosperous voyage through life.
McCRARY-WILLIAMS.
Two Prominent Young People Married in
East Macon Last Night.
At the home of the bride’s parents, Mrs.
Henry Jones, in East Macon, last night,
Mr. DeWitt McCrary and Mrs. Mattie E.
Williams were united in marriage.
Mr. McCrary for a long time served on
the aldermanic board and is one of the
most prominent citizens in the city. He
is engaged in the drug business in East
Macon.
The bride is a sister to Mr. Ben L. Jones,
and has many accomplishments that go to
make her a model wife.
SMALL AUDIENCE
Saw Rosabel Morrison in Carmen at the
Academy Last Night.
Manager Abram’s error in bringing Miss
Morrison to 'Macon in Carmen was evident
last night when the curtain rang up on an
exceedingly small audience, which is ac
counted for by the fact that Carmen is an
unpopular play and that it was played a
short time ago here by Miss Blair.
The company last night evidently felt
the damper of the small attendance, as
most of them went through the perform
ance with apparent indifference.
The presentation as seen last night can
not be compared with that of Miss Blair
several weeks ago.
ANOTHER MAN’S WIFE.
Attracted the Doctor and He Skipped Out
With Her.
Stateboro, Ga., January 12. —The upper
part of this county, in the Laston neigh
borhood, furnishes a good-sized sensation
this week. Everett Hendrix is a well-to
do young farmer, and has, or did have, a
fine locking young wife, whose name is
Ida.
In the same neighborhood there has re
sided a bachelor physician of the name of
Thomas J. Hendley, who was
as a good doctor, and besides he has ac
cumulated a. fortune of several thousand
dollars.
Now this doctor and the wife of Hendrix
created a sensation in that good neighbor
hood by their recent conduct. It appears
that some time in December Mrs. Hen
drix went on a visit to friends near Way
cross, and was to have returned home the
last of the month. About the time she
left, it is said that the doctor also shook
the dust of Bulloch off his feet, and the
husband is satisfied that the couple have
elope'd together, and he was in town yes
terday to publish in the papers that he
was no longer responsible for her con
tracts. He says that he is fully satisfied
that the}- are together somewhere, but he
knows not where. The husband has been
watching them for several months, and
his wife has been receiving letters from
the wily doctor, and that one day when
his wife thought he was absent, when, in
fact, he had crawled under the bouse, a
neighboring woman, who, it is alleged,
was the mail carrier between the illicit
lovers, came to his wife and gave her a
letter and then left. Then he slipped close
to an open window and peeped in, and his
wife was reading the letter and crying.
She looked up and saw him and he asked
her what she was crying about, and she
replied that sometthing had got in her
eye, but the husband saw the letter and
tried to get ft, but she tore it to pieces.
They have no children and the husband
is left alone and the doctor and Ida have
not been heard from.
Telephone.
No. 343, The Bradstreet Compan .
Na. 47. S. T.. carpenter.
ANDREE’S BALOON
Seen in British Columbia in
August Last.
Stockholm. Jan. 13 —Professor Nordensk
jold, arctic explorer, informed the Swed
ish Academy of Science that foreign office
had received intelligence that several per
sons worthy of credence had seen Profes
sor Andree’s balloon in British Columbia,
seven miles north of Quesenelle Lake in
the district of Cariboa. The professor re
gards the news as being of Sufficient im
portance to call for closer investigation.
The half a cent" a word column of The
News is the cheapest advertising medium
in Georgia.
ROBBED.
Willi-: Leroy Jones Knocked Down and a j
Dollar Stolen from Him.
Willie Lee Roy Jones, a clerk at the •
i postoffice was knoek.'d down and robbed
last night .as he was going to his home on
Boundary street.
Jones was so badly injured that he was
not able 4o come io work this morning.
He was hit on the head, he says, from be
hind, and dots not remember anything af
ter until several hours later, when he was
found by some passers by.
At r?ie time he was assaulted Jones had
only ?1 in his pocket, but his assailant
took" this.
The relatives of the young man did not
l:now what io make of his long delay in
getting home from work, and had started
to form a searching pat ty when some one
told them that he had been assaulted. He
was carried to his home and a physician
■summoned.
BUSINESS MEETING.
Os the Firs! Methodist Epworth League Will
Be Held Tonight.
A business meeting of the First Street
Methodist church will be held at -the
church tonight, and business of general
imj•'irlatteo will bo tran acted. A large
at nd.mce is expected.
During the discussion of general busi
ness mt ilcrs pertaining to the government
of ‘hi league, the league will make some
arrangements for its part in the onter
tainmert of the state conference which
meets here in May.
HON. N. E. HARRIS.
Will Lecture at the Y. M. C. A. Next Sun
dap Afternoon at 3 Oclock.
Next Sum’ iy afternoon at 3 o’clock at
tlie mce tiny of the Young Men’s Christian
As.-oeiatii a, Don. N. E. Harris will make
an address. He has not yet announced
his subject.
Colonel Hart is is too well known to the
young men of Macon to need its being
said that the address will be one of the
most interesting that they have ever lis
tened to.
lOTWIED.
\
Brewer and Hanleiter Ask the
Commission for Reduced
Freight Rates.
lege over charges
•
On the Part of the Road Above the
Rate Set by the Commission
Signed by 18 People.
Mr. W. 11. Brewer, of the firm of Brewer
& Hanleiter, which has frequently figured
in complaints before the railroad commis
sion, called at. the capitol this morning
and filed with Secretary Massey a petition
asking foe a reduction of 4 cents per 100
pounds 011 classes B, C, D, F and all other
classes on which the rates for less than
car lots have been advanced.
The petition has eighteen signatures of
retail rums at Griffin, is addressed to the
railroad commission and is as follows:
“The undersigned retail merchants of
Griffin petition your honorable body for a
reduction of 4 cents per hundred pounds
on the following classes of freight, towit:
B, C, D, F and all other classes that have
advanced on less than car lots from points
outside of this state, on the following
grounds:
“First. The advance of 4 cents per hun
dred pounds in less than car lots was made
for the- purpose of further oppressing and
discriminating against the retail mer
chants.
“Second. This advance falls most heav
ily on t’nc farmers of Georgia through
supplies bought from the retail merchants
at small tov,ns than any other class.
“Third. In some instances this advance
is made from one point in the state to
another j oint in the state.
“Fourth. The railroads in Georgia are
parties to this agreement for an advance
in rates from points outside to points in
the state, accomplishing indirectly what
they cannot do lawfully. Your petitioners
are prepared to show that the railroads
have virtually advanced the rates as much
above the commission rates as the reduc
tion asked for. Wherefore your petitioners
pray that the railroads of the state be re
puired to .-how ea’i:;> at an early date why
the proposed reduction should not be
made.”
ROASTED.
Horrible Cannibal'-m Reported From the
Congo.
Paris, Jan. 13. —The government has re
ceived information that the Bondjos have
attacked the French Congo post at Yakole
and massacred the garrison, together with
fifteen natives and four women. The Bond
jos then roasted their bodies and ate them.
The Bondjos secured a large quantity of
booty, including 30,000 cartridges. The
French Congo authorities are unable to
punish the Bondjos.
SUPT. ABBOTT
Is in Atlanta Investigating the
School System,
Superintendent D. Q. Abbott, of the
public schools, is in Atlanta, where he
went to confer with State School Commis
sioner Glenn relative to takingfi the school
census. «.
Superintendent Abbott is arranging the
details for the taking of the school census
of Bibb county. There will be an enu
merator for each ward of the city and
each district of the county. These enumer
ators will be paid S 2 per day.
Superintendent Abbott is confident that
the school population of Bibb county will
reach 15,000, which will make Bibb’s part
of the appropriation from the state ?40,Q00,
where it is now only $32,000, the school
population being figured at 12.400.
The county appropriated $50,000 for the
public school fund, and the appropriation
from the state makes the amount about
$90,000.
The increase in the school population of
Bibb county has increased so rapidly that
it is almost an absolute necessity now that
new buildings be erecled and more room
made for the accommodation of the child
ren.
Today Superintendent Abbott, in com
pany with other superintendents from dif
ferent parts of the state, are going through
the schools in Atlanta to catch all new
ideas that they can. Bibb boasts of her j
splendid school system, and it is now be- 1
coming such a large one that more money 1
is needed to operate ...
A VALUABLE REMEDY.
It gives me pleasure to recommend to j
the public such a valuable remedy as
Cheney’s Expectorant. I have used it in
my family for Coughs. Croup and CoKis,
and would not be without it.
Atlanta, Ga. John A. Barry.
WHO SENT BACK
THISJVIONEY?
The Southern Express Com
pany Receives $3,700.00
From Unknown Source.
i MACON'S POSTMASTER,
Was Made the Middle-man Through
Whom the Mysterious Pack
age Was Transferred.
The Southern Express Company is richer
by $3,700 titan it had any reason to ex
pect to be, and the way it name about is
this:
One day last week Postmaster Hertz, of
the Macon postoftiee, received a somewnat
bulky package through the mails addressed
to the postmaster at Macon.
He broke the string, and on taking oil
the outside discovered, to his surprise, an
other pa -kage enclosed and addressed to ;
the it,:....,,., r.xpress Company in Atlanta,
Ga.
Postmaster Hertz is a careful man, and
while at times he receives letters and.
packages with enclosures to be forwarded,
this particular package aroused his sus
picions. He had thrown the outside cover
on the floor, but he gathered it up again
and looked for some indication as to the
place from which it iiad come, but there |
was nothing there to satisfy this very nat- ,
ural curiosity. He preserved the cover, |
however, and forwarded the package to At
lanta without opening it, of course. By re
turn maii he received the information from
Atlanta that the package contained $3,700
in bills.
There was no letter of explanation ac
companying the money, and now the ex
press company is wondering where it came
from.
The supposition is that the money had
been taken from the express company by
some one aml g course as there are steal
ings every nos. and then in the offices of
the express company, it is somewhat diffi
cult to understand what particular con
science has been smitten with remorse and
seeks now to make restitution.
The case has been placed in the hands
of the company’s detectives, who are at
work on it, but so far as is known to the
public, nothing has been discovered.
In fact, the general public knows noth
ing in the world about it. The express
company’s people here are officially ignor
ant and no one else cares to talk because
it is the express company’s business.
Possibly something may be found out,
but it is more than likely that the package
and where it came from will remain a deep
and dark mystery.
That it was conscience money there can
be little doubt, but what conscience is the
question in which the express company is
interested. They would at least like to
know who the conscience stricken individ
ual is.
NEARLY CREMATED.
A Negro Woman and Child Came Very Near
Being Burned to Death.
A negro woman named Susan Solomon
came very near being cremated .at her
home on Ocmulgee street yesterday after
noon, and but for the timely arrival of
(Detective J. W. Ford, she and tier three
weeks old child would have been burned
like rate in a hole.
The woman lives in the Jeff Long house
on Ocmulgee street. Detective Ford was
across the street when he saw smoke iq
suink from the house. He ran across the
street and into the house. In one of the
rooms he found the bed clothing on fire.
The room was filled with smoke, but he
soon found that there, were two people in
there, the negro woman and her child. He
hastil extinguished the burning clothes,
but not until the woman was so ibadly
burned that she will probably die.
Neighbors said that the woman is sub
ject to fits, and it is supposed that she had
one whil§ sitting before the fire, and the
bed clothing which was wrapped around
her caught. When Detective Ford got to
her she had lost all consciousness.
A physician was summoned and the in
juries weTe attended to. She is unable to
be moved and there is little hope of her
recovery.
ARRESTED.
Charley Loud is Charged
With Embezzlement and
Swindling.
“Colonel” C. D. Loud, of Savannah, is
very well known in Macon. He has visited
the city several times, and Charley Loud
has a goodly number of acquaintances with
the sporting element of the city, if indeed
such an element exists now.
He was arrested in Savannah the day
before yesterday amd escaped under the
protecting wing of the statute of limita
tion.
The charge upon which Loud -was ar
rested was brought by Charles F. Cather
ine, a clerk for Charles F. Graham, pro
prietor of the Pulaski House. He charged
that Loud had given drafts of $176 for
board at the hotel, and that the transaction
was fraudulent because Loud knew that he
had no funds in the hands of those upon
whom he had drawn. Loud returned to
Savannah last Saturday for the first time
since leaving in 1895. He was seen by
Mr. Graham and gave another draft, rep
resenting that he was the immigration
agent of the Georgia and Alabama railroad.
This draft was made to cover the amount
of the old ones than had that had never
been honored. The recorder held that the
fact of the original drafts having been
given more than two years left Loud free
to go his way, and he was accordingly dis
missed.
He did not get out of the court room,
however, before he was arrested on an
other warrant. This was worse than the
one upon which he had just been dis
missed. In it Loud was charged with hav
ing embezzled $2,000. The warrant was
sworn out by L. Kayton as agent for the
Brooklyn firm of Einstein & Sons. It
seems that Loud was intrusted with the
sale of lands. The w-arrant alleges that
the mosey was collected but appropriated
by Loud.
Col. Loud is well known in Georgia. In
1895 he killed a saloon keeper named Fitz
patrick at Thunderbolt, near Savannah.
There were some sensational features con
nected with the killing and trial and con
siderable attention was attracted. Loud
was acquitted of the alleged murder. He
has spent a good deal of his time in the
West since.
Piles, Piles, rues i
Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment will
cure Blind, Bleeding, and Itching Piles
when all other Ointments have failed. It
absorbs the tumors, allays the itching at
once, acts as a poultice, gives instant re
lief. Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment
(s prepared only for Piles and Itching of
the private parts, and nothing else. Every
box is warranted. Sold by druggists, or
sent by mail on receipt of price, 50c. and
SI.OO per box.
WILLIAMS M’F’G. CO., Prop’s.,
Cleveland. O.
The best time to advertise is all the
time. __
Points of Great Merit!
CHAPTER 1. New and Stylish Suits and Over
coats at 33 1-3 per cent cash dis
count.
CHAPTER 2. Underwear at 25 per cent cash
discount.
CHAPTER 3. Boys and Children’s Suits at
nearly half price.
z* *
Assignee’s Davidson'S Jewelry Store
S’ | 505 Fourth Street.
Oiv ij 9 AH goods sold at cost. Goods must be
sold within thirty days.
Vision Tests in Schools,
From School Journal.
. In Philadelphia it has been found that of about 1,500 pupils of the two highest
gramm. , giades whose eyes have been tested, nearly half of those examined have
deftctive vision. In several cases children who were instructed to wear glasses have
shown, the benefit of using these in improved proficiency in their studies. In
some instances pupils were retarded, unconsciously to themsmves, by not being
ab,e to distinguish anything written upon the blackboard. One boy, whose hesi
tancy in reading could not be accounted for, was found to be afflicted with a diffi
culty that made one word appear as two.
Have your children’s eyes examined by
E. FRIEDMAN, the Eyesight Specialist.
He has all modern appliances for examining and testing the eyes. Examination and
consultation of children's eyes free if ac companied by their parents. Office 314
Second street, Macon, Ga.
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11 1 Hang on to Your Dollar <N>
| Until you see the full dollar’s
| worth we give you for it. These are times
< when every cent saved makes life easier. J <►
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| or your money back. A large, long assort- <► <
| liieut of Suits in checks, plaids, solids, <>
> stripes, worsted, melton, or any kind you < J
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5 $20.00. No better for the money any- t <
|| where.
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> The Up-to-Date Clothiers.
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At popular prices.
XiWUoO We bu y them in
large quantities,
twe buy them for
cash. We sell them
cheaper than they
can be had else=
where. We know
what to buy and
where to buy it.
E. 8. Harris & Co
the
The greatest Gentlemen’s r ril Tl 1 5J
$3,50, Ste Bute
Warm
Clothing
At Cost.
Just when Jack Frost is preparing to
get fierce comes the chance to make his
rage harmless, at the littlest prices that
worthy Clothing ever cost.
Every garment is perfect —from our
regular best makers.
CHEAP MONEY.
e ? n " * nil T p#r etßt - money now
ready for loans on Macon residence and
business property. 8 per cent, money for
farm loans. Over $5,000,000 successfully
negotiated in Georgia alore. Loans made
can be paid off at any time. We are head
quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man.,
356 Second street, Macon. G«u
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