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8 Per Cent Guaranteed I
Dividend* paid Mod-annually. Stock secured
by deed* to Improved reef estate tn more
than double the amount deposited with
i Union Having* Hauk and TruM Co
GEO. A. SMITH, Gea Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon, «»., 461 Third Street.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
BALLOTING IN
■UNO.
Contest Over Gorman’s Seat
Will Be Long and
Bitter,
VERY FAR APART
The Republicans are All Split Up
and the Difficulty is to Get
Together.
Annapolis, Jan. 18.—The Maryland gen
end atwombly began at 11:30 this morning
to ballot for a United States senator to
aucceed Arthur Gorman. whose term ex
pires March. 1898.
The opening of the fight found the Re
publicans. who have a considerable ma
jority in each house, divided among them
selves, eleven of their number, all dele
gates from Baltimore city, having per
sistently refused to go Into caucus on the
senatorial or any other question.
The situation is further complicated by
rumors that Wm. T. Malster, the newly
elected Republican mayor of Baltimore,
would enter the contest and that he ex
pccted to win by means of a coalition be
tween the eleven malcontents and the for
ty- three Democrats in the house and sen
ate.
The first ballot was watched with inter
est, but developed nothing.
The senate cast about as follows: Judge
Louis E. McComas 9. Congressman Isacc
A. Barber 4, Thomas Parral 2, John V. L.
Findlay 1, Governor Lloyd Lowndes 1, Ma
jor Alex Shaw 1, A. P. Gorman, Demo
crat, K, Judge Henry Page. Democrat, 1.
Total 35.
I 1., i-■ vat, JuR. McCimas 25,
T. J. Shyrock 3. Alexander Shaw, 11, J. C.
Mullken 1, J- V. L. Findlay 1. l«aac A.
Barber, 2, Mil ton C. Turner 1. Thomas
Pirran 4, A. P. •' 'nan 36. No other l>al-
JiX was taken and c light will be resum
ed on Lomorr iae Joint session.
IN THE SENATE.
The Teller Resolution Has Been Reported
Favorably,
Washington. Jan. 18 The senate com
mittee on finance vot'd today to report
the Teller resolution, declaring for the
payment of national bonds in silver as
uell an gobi. The vote stood 8 to 5. The
resolution is practically the name as the
Stanley Matthews resolution adopted some
years ago.
Mr. Gullager. of the committee on pub
lic health and national qu.iiautine, today
i<|M>rted favorably to the senate bill pro
viding for the Investigation of the subject
of leprosy and was placid on the calen
dar.
Mr. Vest, of Missouri, for finance com
mittee, reported the Teller resolution,
•which was adopted by that committee to
day, and gave notice he would call it up
at an early date.
J'latt, of Connecticut, and 'Morrill, of
Vermont, desired it to be understood that
n report of the committee on finance, rela
uve to the older resolution, was not unan
imous.
Daniel, of Virginia, secured the adop
tion of a resolution directing the secretary
of state to supply <he senate any informa
tion the depaitment of st ile has respect
ing the killin,- of Frank Bops, sailor of
the United Sta’es Olympia by Japanese
subjects in the harbor of N.iqasaki, Japan,
in December, 181'7. and to inform the sen
ate if any stops bad bun taken looking
to reparation.
The resolution present-d to the senate
yeott.rday calling upon the secntaiy of
♦he treasury for ruisotis why tthe lb m <tf
elevon million of in r< st due the Uirod
f’tates from the Pacific railway bad been
dropped from hl* -batement, which went
over under objection. V’.as agreed 10.
Allen. of Nebraska call' d up his t\ so
lution calling for an Invest’cation by the
pension committee as to the au’herity of
the commissioner of pt t . lor - to pre nul
. ate an order that no com v’ct.vion should
be given to applicative.* fm In? re a.■?« pf
pensions within twelve months after the
1m: application had been made. The res
olution was agreed to.
In accordance with no'iae previously
given. Mr. H .1 e. of Maine, -ailed up the
urgent deficiency bill. The bill, as it pass
ed the house, carried $1,741,843, as it was
reported to the senate, it carries $1,891,923
increase of $150,080.
THE FIRST CONTEST
Wa s Disposed of In the House This Morn
ing.
Washington. Jan. 18.—The first contest
ed election case of the present congress
was disposed of by the house today.
Chairman Taylor of the committee on
elections, No. 2. reported that Thomas F.
Clark, who filed notice of contest against
J case F. Stallings. representing the Sec
ond Alabama district, had abandoned his
contest and the committee therefore unan
imously reported a resolution declaring
Stallings entitled to a seat.
The house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce, has reported the anti
scalping bill. There was but two dissent
ing votes iu the committee.
The house then resumed the considera
tion of the army and appropriation bill.
When the houseadjourned yesterday a
point of order had been raised against ttte
provisions of the bill, modifying the
nuthod of computing mileage of army of
ficers. The chair overruled the point of
order.
SHOT DOWN.
Sensational Killing On the
k. Street By a Prominent St.
Louis Man.
St. Louis. Jan. IS —Dr. Charles F. Sim
mons. a reputed millionaire and president
of the Simmons Patent Medicine Company,
shot and killed Emil Davidson, bookkeeper
for the St. Louis Trust Company at the
corner of Cardinal avenue and Olive street
today.
Dr. Simmons, who is an elderly gray
haired man, met Davidson on the street.
The passers by heard angry words and the
next instan-t Simmons drew a revolver and
fired five times, each shot taking effect.
Davidson dropped to the sidewalk and
died without a ward. Simmons was at once
placed under arrest. He told Captain
■Boyd that the man he shot had attacked
his daughter and that in killing Davidson
he avenged a wrong done his daughter.
This is Dr. Simmons’ third deadly affray.
Telephone.
No. 343. The Bradstreet Com par .
N». 47, MJ”X, 8. T., carpeuler
A COMMITTEE.
Will Meet Agent Paget to Secure an Adjust
ment.
Biddeford, Me., Jan. 18—The strike sit
uation here is unchanged from yesterday.
Pepperell. Laconia and York mills remain
shut down and there is every indication
of a long struggle. A committee of York
operatives will call on Agent Paget today
and endeavor to secure an adjustment of
their grievances on account of the reduc
tion.
A COLLEGE RIOT.
Students Crack Each Other's Heads tn Ar
tistic Style.
Franklin. Ind., Jan. 18.—A class fight
whioh ended in a bloody riot, took place
among the students of Franklin College,
the Baptist jnsffitution of Indiana.
The seniors and sophomores on the one
hand and the Juniors and freshmen on the
other, have been clashing for some time
and the crisis came when the junior flag
was seen floating over the college.
The senior and sophomore crowd gained
the roof of the building and tore down the
banner, precipitating an exciting struggle.
Later another '99 flag was run up over
the court house.
It was torn down and a scrimmage en
sued in the court house. In the park one
hundred students were taking part. Hoads
were broken, faces cut and blood flowed
freely. A gre at crowd witnessed the con
flict. Officers finally quited the riot. Dur
ing the struggle the $50,000 telescope was
badly damaged. Further trouble is ex
pected.
L. A. W. RIVALS.
A New Racing Association is Being
Formed.
New York, Jan. 18 —The Times today
says the Track Association. In opposition
to the National Cycle Track Association,
is being formed throughout the country
and already eight good tracks are ready
to join. W. J. Morgan, of New York, edi
zation would speedily excell that of its
prospective National Cycle Drome at -Am
brose park, said yesterday he was assured
that the membership of the new organi
zation would snerdily excel that of its
rival. Morgan announced that few asso
ciations would s<nd in a request to Albert
Mott, chairman of the National Racing
board for a circuit. He also intimated
that an agent had signed a squad of well
known foreign riders in the interests of
the new association.
BENNDMI.
Representative of the Guaran
tee Company Denies His
Allegation.
INSPECTOS DALY TALKS.
They Say That Bennett Has Never
Been Refused a Bond But Sim
ply Failed to Pay Premium.
The case of W. P. Bennett against the
city of Macon will be called in the United
States court tomorrow morning at 10
o’clock.
Bennett, in his petition, charges 'that
the city and its plumbing inspector, 'Mr.
John M, Daly, are endeavoring to drive
him out of business in the city of Macon
by refusing to sign a certificate which will
enable him to make a bond for SI,OO, re
quired by the city before he can ply his
trade as a plumber.
The petition tiled by Bonnett alleges that
bond has been refused by every guarantee
company in the city because Plumbing In
spector Daly refused to give him his cer
tiboate.
He states that this certificate has been
refused by Daly because of ill will and
malice towards Bennett.
But the city officials, the representative
of the guarantee company and the inspec
tor of plumbing tell a different tale, as
will develop at the hearing tomorrow.
Mr. R. g. Collins, the representative of
the Fidelity Guarantee Comapny which
Mr. Bennett names in his petition as re
fusing to make the bond without Daly’s
certificate, stated to a News’s repciter this
morning that the Fidelity Guarantee Com
pany of Baltimore, which he represents,
is on Mr. Bonnett’s bond and has been for
oyer fl year.
"We executed bond for Mr. Bennett,”
he said, “one or two years ago. These
bonds are continuous aiuj of force for ten
years, so long as the conditions on Mr.
Bennett's part are complied with. On Jan
uary Ist or 2d of this year I called on Mr.
Bennett for the premium on his renewal
for the year 1898. He put me off and I
weal to him again with the same result.
My bookkeeper, Mr. Green, went to him
twice and was off. The amount of the
premium was $lO and would have made
'Mr. Benett's bond good for the year 1898.
This does not look as if we had declined
to go on Mr. Bennett’s bond for any cause.
Furthermore, my company does not re
quire a certificate such a* Mr. Bennett
speaks of and to clinch the whole matter,
it is a fact that we are still on Bennett's
bond and will continue on his bond until
I notify ifie plerk to the contrary in writ
ing, which I have net done.
“I had notified Inspector Daly that I was
still on Bennett’s bond, but that the pre*
tjjtum was not paid. On Monday last Mr.
Daly saw me and said that he hoped that
I would be able to get the premium and to
fix Mr. Bennett’s bond up. This does not
look like malice upon Mr. Daly’s part
“On Friday afternoon I saw Mr. Grace,
who represented Mr. -Bennett. Mr. Grace
had caljed at my office about the matter
and I then told him that I would fix the
thing up for Mr. Bennett, and that it
would be all right ,
‘‘Since then I have been ill and confined
t» my house and was greatly surprised to
see that a suit had been filed.”
Plumbing Inspector Daly was seen by a
News reporter and was asked to give his
side of the affair.
Mr. Daly confirmed what Mr. ■Collins
bad said. He stated that at no ‘time had
he prevented Benentt from doing his work
and, on the contrary, would give his a per
mit at any time he wanted one. He had
given Bennett a permit, he said, on Jan
uary 4th. and since that time Bennett had
not applied to him for a permit to work.
TO THE RESCUE,
Topeka. Kan., Jan. 18.—George Heyde,
of Lebanon, Smith county, Kan., has se
cured a certificate of his citizenship in
Kansas io enable him to go to Jerusalem
for the purpose of rescuing David Yantis
and family from the religious colony
known as the Over comers. Heyde has re
ceived news that Yantis is being held iq.
virtual bondage, and that the Overeomers
have deprived him of all his money.
The half a cent a word column of The
News is the cheapest advertising medium
in Georgia. ,
THE MACON NEWS,
AN EXAMPLE
OF MONOPOLE,
It is Impossible to Have
Houses Lighted by Elec
tricity in Macon.
POWER IS INSUFFICIENT
And Other Plants Than the Macon
Gas Light and Water Company
Can’t Be Patronized.
Under present coditions it is impossible
for any residence or business house in
Macon to get electric lights.
This fact has just come -to light when
the Macon Gas Light and Water Company
were applied to by a firm just commenc
ing business for twenty-five incandescent
lights. The officials were forced to tell
them that they could not furnish the
power, and stated that they already had
more business than they could give the
proper service to.
These gentlemen who applied for the
power for twenty-five lamps had gone to
considerable expense to have their place
of business wired. They at once went to
a private electric power plant, where they
were told that they could get the needed
power were it not for the fact that there
was a city law against them furnishing it.
‘This left the gentlemen in a pretty pre
dicament. They could get it and they
couldn't. They were forced then, to go to
the extra expense of putting in gas fix
tures.
A News representative called at the
office of the company where the story was
verified. The officials there stated that it
would be impossible to put in another light
furnished with power from their plant.
It was stated that there was already more
strain upon the dynamos at the power
house than should be. They further veri
fied the fact that it was now impossible to
put in lights with power from any plant
save that of the Macon Gas Light and
Water Company.
When asked when this codit-ion of af
fairs would be improved, it was stated
that no definite answer could be given.
The pjan of improving the plant has been
under discussion for the past few years,
but it has resulted in nothing further than
the discussion. The city granted the Ma
con Gas Lighit and Water Company a
franchise and there can be no competi
tion.
Macon citizens have kicked so long that
they have quit in disgust.
Many applications have been received
for lights, but the applicants are told that
they will have to take gas or burn kero
sene.
NO VIOLENCE.
Offered the Rates in the Lewiston Cotton
Mills,
Lewiston, Me., Jan. 18—Everything is
quiet at the Lewiston cotton mills today
and at Androscoggin the only mill where
trouble exists a crowd gathered about the
gates but no violence wos offered those
who passed through into the mill. Small
sections of the mill are running.
MINERS IN SESSION.
They Want an Advance of Ten Cents Per
Ton.
■Chicago, Jan. 18. —The interstate joint
convention of bituminous coal miners and
operators assembled today prepared to do
business in a methodical manner. The
state delegations have been thoroughly or
ganized and scale committees named. The
miners made no attempt to conceal the
fadt that what they want is an advance
throughout the field of 10 cents per ton.
The operators are far from agreeing with
the operatives on this point, and say the
recent advance is about what may be ex
pected.
The morning session was of only half an
hour’s duration. During that time yes
terday’s action in according the West Vir
ginia delegation of miners a seat and a
voice but no vote in the convention, was
reconsidered and the miners from that
state unanimously accorded full privile
ges.
A committee consisting of miners and
operators from each state represented was
then appointed to fix a scale of wages for
1898. The convention then took a recess
until 12 o'clock, when the report from the
scale committee is expected.
INTERVENTIONS
In the Case Against the Progress Loan
Company Filed.
Interventions by a number of people,
stockholders in the Progress Loan and
Improvement Company, were filed this
morning in the United States court.
The American National Bank, inter
venes for ten shares. Mr. B. M. Davis for
four shares, E. A. Waxelbaum two shares,
Ad-ella Griffin and Sallie Lumsden for one
share each.
Ail the interventions were allowed by
the court,
courTmartial
On Carter Was Resumed In
the Twiggs Home In
Augusta Today.
Augusta, Ga., Jan. IS —The Carter court
martial moved here from Savannah this
morning to hear the testimony of Marion
Twiggs, who is ill and confined to his
house.
The court martial was held in the rooms
of the Twiggs home.
The witness was assistant engineer of
the improvement in Cumberland sound
last year under Captain Carter.
Twiggs tesumopy was regarding a mat
tress built under order of Captain Carter.
The -witness stated that the mattresses
were not in accordance with the specifi
cations.
The court martial adjourned after a
short session on account of the weak con
dition of the witness.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 18. —Mr. Ernest
Wood, son of Coroner Mariaon Wood, of
Jackson county, is hourly expected to die
at his home near Harmony Grove, from
the effects of a bullet wound in the head.
<He was accidentally shot Saturday night
by a young friend name King, who was
playing with a pistol at Wood’s house.
The ball entered the temple and struck the
optic nerve, destroying the sigflit and in
flicting an ugly wound, which it is feared
will prove fatal.
MACON NEWS TUESDAY JANUARY 18 1898.
BENNINGTON
WAS ACQUITTED
Jury Out for Nearly an Hour
But Brought In the
Verdict.
IT WAS EXPECTED.
The Result Was Almost a Foregone
Conclusion —Devotion of the
Old Mother.
The Dennington case was continued and
concluded in tne superior court this morn
ing at 11:30 o’clock, the jury returning
with a verdict of “not guilty.”
As soon as court convened this morning
Mr. R. C. Jordan continued his argument
for the defense, it was a magnificent ef
fort on behalf of his client and added only
another laurel to the honors already won
by this able young attorney.
The charge delivered by Judge Felton
was lengthy, but it was heard with the
closest attention by the jury. Judge Fel
ton pointed out the law affecting this par
ticular case in a clear and emphatic man
ner. He said that unless the jury had
evidence before it to show that Denning
ton had aided and incited Reid to kill Hal
stead, he was not guilty. The law on this
point was clear, he said. In a general
way those who heard the judge's exposi
tion of the law as applied to this case, felt
that he had cleared away much of the
useless matter surrounding it aud that
the result of his charge would be an ac
quittal. It was, however, an able and a
most Impartial exposition of the case and
one that conveyed information of undoubt
ed benefit to the very large audience that
heard it.
At the conclusion of the charge the jury
retired and another case was taken up.
Robert Denn’ington, whose mother has
sat with him all during the trial, remained
in the courtroom with the best friend a
man ever had beside him.
Much sympathy has been expressed on
all sides for Mrs. Dennington, who has so
patiently sat through a trial, every step
in which must have given the keenest an
guish to the mother’s heart. She has
shown no emotion calculated to effect a
jury and it was more than evident that
she was not there for effect, but to help
her son in his trouble by her presence.
Charles ‘Reid and his wife also remained
in the court room until the verdict was
received.
When court resumed yesterday after
noon at 3 o’clock argument was commenc
ed by Hon. S. A. Reid in Dennington’s be
half. Mr. iße'id made a strong and a pas
sionate appeal for his client. He justified
the killing of Halstead, Which he said was
only what any man avenging nn insult to
an unprotected woman would have done.
He argued that the unavenged insult of
anj’ man either white or black to a woman
was an encouragement to lynch law, and
he held that Reid had but one course in
honor and propriety, and that was to
quickly and promptly wipe away the stain
of dishonor placed upon his name and upon
the virtue of his wife. Reid, he said had
done right and Dennington had only gone
so far as any friend would have done.
Dennington had been guilty of nothing
but friendship, and he had been unjustly
and severely punished.
Mr. Reid was followed by Solicitor Gen
eral Hodges, who made an -argument on
the line that Reid had committed and out
rageous murder, and that Dennington had
clearly aided and abetted him because he
had gone around with him to the tent and
had not given any evidence that he had
used any effort to persuade him not to do
violence to Halstead. Mr. Hodges clear
ly denied having any feeling in the case.
He said that no one would rejoice more
than he if the jury found Dennington not
guilty, but he was now engaged in the
performance of a duty which was beyond
measure irksome and unpleasant tp him.
Mr. Hodges closed bls argument at 5
o’clock and ‘Mr. Jordan commenced his
closing speech for Dennington.
He spoke for half an hour and court ad
journed until 9 p’elflCk this mornipg.
MENZA DAVIS,
Put On Trial This Morning for the Killing
of Frank Harrell,
The case of Menzy A. Davis, charged
with the murder of J. Frank Harell, was
called in the superior court this morning.
The case will be remembered as that in
which Harrell was shot down while at the
hmise of Annie Rigsby in the lower sec
tion of the city.
Harell, who was a white man, was
dressed in woman's clothes at the time he
was shot. He put on the woman’s dress
and went to rhe door in answer to a
knock.
As soon as it was opened he was shot
by some person standing outside the door.
The -affair was shrouded in mystery for
soipe days, but finally Davis and another
negro were arested, but the other man
was released from jail.
It is thought, however, that the case
against Davis is a strong one and that a
conviction will be reached.
Mr. S. A. Reid is defending Davis, and
Solicitor Hodges is assisted by Mr. W.
Bracken in the prosecution.
The case will probably occupy the whole
day tomorrow, as about thirty witnesses
have beep summoned and a strpng fight
will be made to save the negro's lite,
MRS. REID’S TRIAL.
The Acqu'ttal of Dennington Puts it Some
Distance Off.
It is not at all probable that the trial
of Mrs. Reid for complicity with her hus
band in the killing of Halstead will come
off during this term.
The counsel for Mrs. Reid say. however,
that they will insist on a trial and that
they will not be content to have the case
nol pressed.
The acquittal of Dennington puts a new
light on Mrs. Reid’s case and it is almost
certain that if she is put on trial verdict
in her favor will be asked for.
NEW ORDER.
Appointment of All Post Office Clerks to Be
Regulated.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 18.—By an or
der issued by Postmaster General Gary
yesterday, every appointment made by the
■postmasters hereafter will be under the
direct supervison of the- offieal at Wash
ington. Heretofore postmasters have been
given a lump sum for clerk hire. The new
order provides that postmasters shall
make no appointments to fill vacancies or
original ones at clerks or other employes
paid from the clerk hire allowances made
the department without first submitting
a nomination to the department for such
appointment and receiving authority
to make it.
NOT OVER-AWED.
z
Tom Edison, Sr., Not Much Impressed With
His Son's Inventions.
New York. Jan. 18—Young Tom Edison
has an idea that he ean harness the wave
power of the ocean and transmit this
power by wire to near-by cities on the
coast. A series of floats, to be .'-crated
in conjunction with a sunken pier some
distance off shore, from the basis of his
se*.t‘«ne. The floats would rise and fall
with the tide and so generate the power.
lt,,will cost $25,000,000 to determine the
value of the invention, and Edison, Jr., is
looking for a backer.
Old Tom Edison says his son is doing
very well for a beginner. At the same
time he has told the boy that his new in
candescent lamp and other alleged inven
tions are rank plagarisms.
NORDHAUS’ STAFF.
Head of the Uniformed Catholic K'.ights of
America Chooses His Aid.
Vincennes, Ind., Jan. 18.-—General John
W. Nordhaus, of this city, commander-in
chief of the Uniform Rank, Catholic
Knights of America, has appointed the
following staff: Chief of Staff. J. W. Vol
pert, Peru, Ind.; Adjutant General, Hon.
Francis Murphy, Vincennes, Ind.; Judge
Advocate General, Hen. George N. Hafer
terpen, Hamilton, O.; Inspector General.
John G. Walters, St. Ixni'is, Mo.; Chief
Mustering Officer, J. J. O’Rouke, Philadel
phia, Pa.; Chief Engineer, Joseph 'A.
Wernert, Toledo, O.; Chief Signal Officer,
John W. 'Mullen, Newport. Ky.; Quarter
master General. Adam Beln. Sterling, 111.
Each of the above will have the rank of
Brigadier General. Aids-de-camp. F. A.
Gross. Minneapolis, Minn., and Charles
Solomon, Anderson, Ind., the rank of
colonel.
FLORIDA LANDS.
A California Man Lays Claim to 30,000
Acres Worth $3,000,000.
San Francisco, Jan. 18.—L. F. Clair, of
this city, will make a fight for the Segui
millions in (Florida, which are claimed by
Antonio Segui, who asserts that he is a
great grand-son of Father Segui, a Span
ish missionary to Florida. The priest dis
appeared at the beginning of the century,
leaving 39,000 acres of land In that state,
now worth $3,000,000. Clair traces his
forefathers to the Seguis of Minorca and
has a document showing that he is a di
rect descendant of a brother of Father
Segui.
NEWWTERS
Os the Chamber of Commerce
Will Be Resrdy for Occu
pancy Soon.
FIRST COMMITTEE
Named By President Rogers Was
That on Transportation - A Use
ful Publicatian for Macon.
President R. 'M. Rogers, of the 'Chamber
of Commerce has appointed Messrs. J. S.
Jones, C. B. Adams, G. C. Johnson, I. B.
English. 11. M. Wortham- E. A. Waxel
baum, F. W. Hazlehurst as members of
the transportation committee of the Cham
ber of 'Commerce.
The new quarters of the Chamber of
Commerce will be ready for occupancy by
February Ist.
When this move has been made it is ex
pected that the membership and interest
will rapidly increase.
The first issue of the new publication
which will be as tjie official organ
of the Macpn Chamber of Commerce and
which will be published monthly, will ap
pear early in the month of February.
The subscription price of the publica
tion, which has not been najped, will be $1
a year, bps 5,990 copies will be distribu
ted every month by the Chamber of Com
merce and by the merchants of Macon,
who are m e brs pf the Chamber, and by the
real estate men of the city. In a concise
form this publication will contain necessa
ry Information to prospectors about Macon
and its resuorces and about the section
surrounding ‘Macon. In addition to this it
will contain a record of the work of the
Chamber of (Commerce and a review of
Macon’s commerce for the last week. >At
the end of the year the bound volume of
this periodical will be a valuable compen
dium of information about Maepn.
At th? last meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Chamber of Commerce this
publication was endorsed and the publish
er was assured of the eo-operattori of the
members of the Chamber of Commerce in
the carrying out of an undertaking that
fills a long felt want.
WAS HIS MOTHER.
Sensational Suit in Savannah Over Prop
erty.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 18.—The petition of
Florence Barclay Johnstone, formerly of
Marietta, for a share in the estate of Mrs.
C. G. Taliaferro, nee Mary Barclay, who
he claims was his mother, came up for a
hearing befpre Judge Fprrtll, in the court
of ordinary yesterday. The suit Involves
the division of about $40,000 left under
Mrs. Taliaferro’s will, and there is a sep
arate suit pending in the superior court
for the division of about $200,000 left un
der a trust deed. The argument was on
the petition to have the will brought up
for ropbate in solemn form, to which the
attorneys for Mr. Taliaferro objected on
for prgbate in solemn form, to which the
wil| wpuld be eonteested were not stated.
The decision of the court has been reserv
ed. The ease is one in which much In
terest has been taken on account of the
prominence of the parties, and the claim
by young Johnstone, who b? not yet of age,
that Mrs. Taliaferro was his mother.
Mr. Taliaferro is now living in Virginia
with his three children, and is a member
of the legislature in that state.
FORTUNE AWAITS HIM.
“Major" Gilmore, a Crippled Dwarf, in a
Connecticut Poor House.
Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. IS—Major Chas.
H. Gilmore, a dwarf, who is in the poor
house here, was notified yesterday that
SIB,OOO awaits him at Madison, Wis.
The major is 43 years old. He has a
well developed head and neck set on a
body not three feet tall. He was with
several shows and came here last fall to
go to Europe with the Barnum & Bailey
show. He set up a boot-blacking chair
near the depot, but one night he fell down
stairs and broke his l*g. He was taken
to the poor house.
The money was left by Charles Brom
ley, the uncle of the major’s father.
SCHOOLS NEED
MODE MONEY.
Board of Education Is Doing
Some Close Financiering
to Keep Up.
DOUBLE DAILY SESSIONS
Have Been Suggested -Sixtv Per.
cent of Rooms Can’t Take
Another Scholar.
The Board of Education of Bibb county
has no easy time hi managing the finances
entrusted to them so as to keep the schools
up to the high standard they have attained.
In fact, it is becoming a question with
the Board how to make the money go
around.
Il has been found that 60 per cent of the
school rooms of the city are filled to such
an extent that not another child could be
taken into them. It is a fact, however, that
there ar. three vacant roms in the schools,
but it uii; ..ike money to fit them up for
use. Desks are to buy and every thing
necessary to fit up the rooms, besides the
additional money which would be needed to
pay teachers.
Every cent of the school fund for 1898
has been figured upon. No provision has
been made for desks, addition of teachers,
etc. There is a crisis at hand.
Within the next sixty days the attend
ance will increase 300 at the lowest esti
mate.
These figures are vouched for by Super
intendent Abbott, after careful considera
tion. Even if the money were tn hand to
fix up the three vacant rooms it would be
impossible to crowd 300 children into
them. The schools cannot afford to turn
children away, and there remains but one
thing to do. Have double daily sessions.
This plan is to have half the children at
tend school in the morning and half in
the „ afternoon. Though this plan has not
been suggested as a probability at present,
unless something is done in the way of
providing more funds for the schools it will
become a necessity, as this seems to be
the best way out of the difficulty.
The amount of work which now passes
through the superintendent’s office is 50
per cent, more than it was ten years ago.
The average yearly increase in attendance
since 1887 has been 230. In the ten years
the attendance has increased 2,300, which
is nearly forty per cent of the total at
tendance now. With the increase in at
tendance other branches of work have de
veloped and now the superintendent has
all he can attend to.
RENTING AGENTS
Report That Business in Their Line is Now
on Increase
The renting agents of the city report
that their business is decidedly better in
the past few weeks. There are compara
tively very few desirable residences in
Macon vacant now.
There is a steady demand for moderate
priced residences.
This, the renting agents think, is a fa
vorable condition for a prosperous year.
Though rents have fallen some, very good
prices are obtained for most houses.
FOR RECTORY FUND.
An Entertainment Will Ge Given at Mrs.
Schofield’s Tonight.
At the residence of Mrs. Edwin Scho
field tonight a delightful musioal enter
tainment for the benefit of the Christ
chourch rectory fund will be given. Some
of the best talent in the city will take
part ip the program, and the entertain
ment will be of the highest order.
No admission fee will be charged, but
each guest 'A ill be requested to make a
silver donation, giving whatever they feel
inclined to. "
WHERE Is PADEN
His Wife is Still Looking for
Him—Was Not Suicide.
The mystery surrounding the disappear
ance of Luke Baden from his home, 607
Walnut street Sunday, a week ago, as was
published exclusively in The News, has
not yet been solved,
Paden’s wife is wild with grief and says
she docs not know what to do. She be
lieves that her husband has gone to New
York where they once lived. She says he
often spoke of going there, but always in
a joking manner.
Mrs. Paden has twins, 7 years old and
has no other means of support than that
which her husband furnished. She says
they have ten children dead. She has in
stituted a vigorous search ter her hus
band, aud has described him to everyone
she met, but no one could give her any
information.
Paden was given to drink occasionally,
but his wife says he was not drinking at
all the Sunday morning he left her. He
seemed in good spirits, and there is no
reason to believe that he has destroyed
himself.
INTERESTING LETTER.
From W. W. Brown to Cabaniss, Calloway
and Cabaniss.
NEW YORK LIFE INCURANGE CO.
John A. McCall, President.
Departments of Georgia, Florida and East
Tennessee.
R. H. Plant, Manager.
H. M. Willet, Cashier,
Macon, Ga., 13th January, 1898.
Messrs. Cabaniss, Callaway & Cabaniss,
Agents Travellers’ Insurance Company,
Macon, Ga.
Gentlemen:
1 beg to acknowledge with great appre
ciation your prompt settlement in full of
the large claim I had against your com-
for the accident sustained Decem
ber, sth, 1896. The promptness with which
Jou have paid my claim, and the courtesy
and kind consideration extended to me by
yourselves and qthcr officers of your com
pany is gratifying in the extreme, and is
worthy of and" can but inspire the generous
patronage on the part of the public. I
certainly commend it to all needing acci
dent insurance (and who doesn’t?) as
prompt, liberal, reliable and responsible.
A person insured in your company is cer
tainly Insured, which means everything.
Very Respectfully,
Wm. W. Brown.
Local agents, Cabaniss, Callaway & Cab
aniss. 461 Third street. ’Phone 360. Geo.
E. Hatcher, solicitor.
CIGARETTE SMOKING.
New York, Jan. 18.—Ten-year-old Ran
dall Smith, colored, who lived with his
parents on Wallace street, Orange, N. J.,
died Wednesday night and a post mortem
examination developed that his 4<-at4s was
due to angina pectoris, brought on by ex
cessive cigarette smoking. The child’s
chest has almost fallen in as a result of
the nicotine poisoning.
Elegance of Workmanship,
Perfection of Fit,
Up=to=Date in Latest Style,
Properly describes our Suits aud Overcoats now going,
going, going at
331-3- Cash Discount.
Underwear at
» CASH DISCOUNT.
Boys and Children’s Suits at way down deep cut prices.
Buying Eyes Isn't an Easy Matter
fC EX / Ex The best oeu,ists and opticians are not
K__ magicians—they can’t restore sight to the
I y blind. Don’t wait to consult un.il you can’t
\ K see wel1 —it's I‘ttle things that count. A
A Ty J”! tit Ml) little headache, a few spots, burning sen-
/~y*T| \yA j I —FT 1 TVv. •s'l sasions—these are the warnings that are
v\X\l 11 / \ ll t '« hl l I I to heeded. It is better to be too early
'Will/ v r P r vl / than to ° ,ate ’ examination of the
XU \ lj TWi l ' l|| / eyes is free and painless.
\®.w|/ T' lß an ' a Up’i ca l I’ 3l '! o ' 5 '
Hv 314 SECOND STREET,
1 The on iy exclusive optical store in the city.
GUESS WHAT?
Only one corrrect answer was received to our question,
“Why is a bed post?” It was, of course, ‘‘To support a
bed.”
Here is Another:
There was a man who had a son, and a widow with a
daughter. The man married the daughter and "the son
uiarrried the widow. What relation are their children to
each other? What relation is the man to himself? What
relation is the son to his father?
1 weuty-five soda tickets for the correct answer at
THE
362 Second Street.
Answers will be opened Tuesday. ■"jE.d'X
Beautiful Weather
Th is is for planting. We will sell you Seed,
and
Plant Your Garden
At a nominal price. English Peas, Beans,
and Other Stock arrived yesterday. Now
is the time to plant.
STREYER SEI EZD CO
466 Poplar Street.
Phone 617.
Practical Plumbers.
Sanitary Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Steam, Hot
Water and Hot Air Heating.
Special Attention to Repair Work.
617 Poplar Street, Macon, Ga.
PASS I N G
OR TH E
HOLI DAYS
Has tended to lessen the volume of busi
ness at our store, but we are doing some
business at the old stand yet. We have
a few pieces left of the DELFT and Im
perial Bonn China at your own price.
BEELAND, the Jeweler Triangular Block.
Vast Quantities
Must Move at Onee.
Immediately! Now I At once!
They’ll move too. The January clearance
rates show it. You take no risk—come today
—bring an expert along. And then we say :
If you are not thoroughly satisfied, why,
bring back your purchase. The saving on
Suits and Overcoats is unusual—phenomenal.
Hundreds and hundreds are to go —piled as
high as the prices are easy to pay ! We want
you to see ’em.
Hrs
CHEAP MONKY.
P®r cent, and 7 per cent money now
Ft ftdy for loans on Mac >n residence and
business property. 8 per cent, money tor
farm loans. Over 35,000,000 successfu ly
negotiated in Georgia aline. Loans made
can be paid off at any time. We are head
quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man.,
356 Second street, Macon. Ga.'
PRICE TWO CEMTS