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©HEAP MONEY.
6’4 per eent. and 7 per cent, .aoney now
; ready for loans on Macon residence and
I business property. 8 per cent, money for I
j farm loans. Over $5,000,000 successfully
j negotiated lu Georgia alone. Loans made |
can be paid off at any time. We are head- ;
j quarters. O. A. Coleman. Gen. Man.,
356 Second street, Macon. Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
PROVED TO BE
A FABRICATION.
The Insurgent Capital Has
Not Been Captured By
the Spaniards.
GEN. BLANCO'S LAST CARD
Is His Present Visit to the Eastern
Provinces of Cuba No Decisive
Results.
New York. Jan. 27.—A dispatch to the |
Herald from Havana says: The Spanish j
accont of the victory of General Castella
nos and the capture of the headquarters of
the rebel government In the town of Es
peranza proved to be a fabrication. There |
is no such town as Esperanza, near Cubi
taa.
The name of the town founded and occu- |
pied us the capital by the rebel govern- I
ment is Agrlmonte. The Spanish troops j
roundsd by7B9os 123156X90 XI'SHitDLU CMF
are unable to get near this place, being re- j
pulsed in the mountains and forced to re- ;
tire with heavy loss.
The latest advices from the Orient state >
that the rebels are still beseiging Holguin,
and that the garrison cannot possibly hold |
out without supplies ami reinforcements '
General i’ando finds it impossible to j
send these, although h< la making desper
ate efforts to do so. General I‘ando’a army I
la still along the banks of the Cauto river
ami is strongly intrenched, but is unable
to assume the aggressive.
General Gomez shows no signs of taking
the field and conducting an active cam- |
palgn. He states as his reason that he is I
short of cavalry and cannot successfully
operate against the Spaniards, who have
plenty of horses. AL this rate the war in i
the east can last years. In the western j
provinces, however, the troops keep pretty i
well, but neither side has achieved decisive
results.
The Radicals here say that Blanco is
playing his last card In his present visit to
the eastern provinces for the purpose, it is
said, of attempting to induce Generals
Rabi and Salvator Rios to lay down their
arms. Both of these lit' n refused to sur
render at the close of the last war, and
Cubans believe them incorruptible.
Before leaving uvana Monday General
Blanco is known to have drawn from the
treasury $3X0,000.
KID McCOY
Says Corbett or Fitzsimmons Must Cover
His Money.
Buffalo, Jan. 27.—1 n a letter to the
Courier Kir McCoy says unless Fitzsim
mons er Corbett covers his money within
six weeks from January 25 he will claim
the heavlweight championship and defend
it against all comers.
IN THE SENATE.
The Teller Resolution Will Be Voted on
Tomorrow
Washington, J-an. 27- After iruusaciing
some minor business the Teller resolution
was laid before the Senate and after con
siderable dis.-usslon it was agreed that a
vote should be taken tomorrow at 6
o'clock, the Senate to meet at 10 o'clock
and the last four hour's debate to be under
a tifieen minute rule.
The Senate committee on interstate com
)u< rce hi Id its first executive meeting to
day tor the rnn.-dderatlon of the anti
scalping bill. Hearings were brought to a
close and the committee decided to exert
every effort to reach a vote at the meet
ing to be held a week from today. The
opponents o.f the bill d|d not evince a dis
position to postpone the veto laeger I'aai)
mcessnry to present their views and some
pf them expressed the opinion that the
vote would not under any circumstances
be* deferred longer than two weeks.
IN THE HOUSE.
No Business of Importance
Was Transacted Today.
Washington. Jan. 27- In the House to
day the Senate bill gixintlng an American
register to the Barrentine, a sharpshooter
of San Francisco, was passed. A bill was
passed making Senra Fee, N. W., the per
manent capital of that territory. Hitt,
chairman of foreign affairs committee, re
ported from his committee with recom
mendation that it lie on the table the
Lewis resolution, calling upon the presi
dent for authority under the constitution
under which he negotiated a treaty that
will bind the treasury to pay $1,000,000 to
Hawaiian bond holders. The Democrats
manifested a desire to discuss the report,
but the question was not debatable and a
vote was ta-ken by ayes and nays upon 'the
demand of Dinsmore, Democrat. of Arkan
sas. senior member of the foreign affairs
committee.
NO CONFLICT
Is Now Anticipated By the Czar \Vitli
Japan
Berlin. Jan. 27.—A dispatch to Lokol
Anzeiger. from St. Petersburg, says that
the Czar in speaking at a private gather
ing of officers of the Preobrajensky regi
ment said: I wanted long ago co accept
your invitation but events were weighing
heavily on my mind, particularly difficul
ties with Janan, now thank God all is
cleared up and no conflict of any kind is to
be feared.'*
FOR ATLANTA.
A Macon Enterprise Helps Out the Gate
City.
A large order for erushed stone has been
received by the Georgia Quincy Granite
pqnipany from .he Atlanta Telephone Ex
change.
The order was given to the Macon con
cern over the bids of firms in Atlanta.
The order, which is a large one. will be
filled at once.
GOES TO NEW YORK.
President McKinley and Secretary Left
Washington this Morning
Washington, Jan. 27.—The President
accompanied by Mr. Porter, his secretary,
left Washington at 10 o’clock this morn
ing over the Pennsylvania railroad for
New York, where he will abend a banquet
to be given at the Waldorf tonight by the
National Association of Manufacturers.
The president was met at the station by
R. C. E. Smith, of New York, and Chas.
A. Moore, 'of Brooklyn, a committee ap
pointed by the association to escort him
$0 New York.
DOLE IN WASHINGTON.
He Wants to See the Annexation Treaty
Ratified.
Washington. Jan. 27.—Bright spring-like
weather greeted Hawaii’s ruler on his first
morning ate The capital. President and
Mrs. Dole and the members of their party |
retired early last night, and were up at 8
o'clock, the chief executive and his wife
taking bi; breakfast in their room. The
president wax kept very busy during the
forenoon receiving callers. Minister Hatch
was early on hand, and was followed by
ex-Mlnlstcr Thurston. Senator Morgan, of
Alabama, who paid an extended visit to
the islands during last summer, and Cros
by Noyes, of Washington.
In an interview with the Associated
Pi ess reporter. President Dole said:
"I prefer not to discuss the question of
ann'-xation, as that would be eminently in
appropriate during the pendency of the
question in the Senate. 1 shall call on the
Pr< .-blent during my stay here, and, of
course, shall give him such information as
lie may desire respecting pending pues
tions between the two countries. I expect
to stay in Washington until the end of
next week, when our trip homeward will
begin. We shall go direct to San Francis
co, taking the steamer there for onolulu.
1 certainly-shall like to see the annexation
treaty ratified by the Senate before we
leave, but we will not wait if such is not
the ease.”
PAID BY FRIENDS.
But Jay Refuses to Confirm or Deny the
Report.
London. Jan. 27.- It is reported that on
the day follolwing the rendering of the
verdict in favor of Sir Tatton and Lady
Sykes, in a suit of Daniel Jay to recover
£15,870 loaned to Lady Sykes on promis
sory notes, purporting to have been signed
by her husband, the whole of the money
finder’s claims were paid by friends of
either confirm or deny the report.
Fify heads Kentucky tnuiles have just
arrived at 1. W. Goodson’s Stables.
aeteTu»
The Kentucky Legislature
Calls on United States
Senator to Resign.
THEY CALL HIM A TRAITOR.
Want Him to Return Home and
Face an Outraged
Constituency.
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 27.—After a hot de
bate this morning the lower house of the
Kentucky Legislature adopted the substi
tute resolution offered by Representative
I Nelson, of Hardin, calling upon. United
States Senator William Lindsay to resign,
I if he cannot support the Chicago platform.
I During the course of the debate such
I words as ‘‘party traitor,” “recreant to his
trust,” and “gold bug” were freely ban
died about. Representative Desha, Silver
Democrat, from Harrison county, openly
denounced Senator Lindsay as a traitor to
his party, and called upon him to return
home and face an outraged constituency.
Others who made hot speeches along this
line were Representatives Trimble, Nel
son, Petty, Orr and Hickman.
The resolution was adopted by a viva
voce vote, but on motion of Representative
Pulliam, was reconsidered In order that
the original resolution introduced by Rep
resentative Saunders, of Union, some time
since, could be passed.
The Saunders resolution was then- taken
tip and passed by a vote of 55 to 35. Messrs,
orr. Kelson, Im-kby. Petty, Pulliam. Chil
ton and Mount making hot speeches tier
nouneing the course of Senator Lindsay.
Messrs. Bradburn. Cooke, Hobbs, Letterle
and Merquit, all Democrats, voted against
the resolution.
WOMEN CRUSADERS.
Have Vowed to Drive Saloons From Their
City.
Saginaw, Mich.,. Jun. 27.—T.0cal anti-sa
loon women, and there are many, will
probably furnish one of the liveliest sa
loon raids in history.
Each supporter of the plan has signed
| an agreement to go to the utmost extreme
i in attacking the liquor traffic. Headed by
a band of music, wives, mothers, sisters
and daughters will form in line and march
through the streets, proclaiming woe to
any place that flaunts a liquor sign.
A body guard of men will follow to pro-
I tect them.
If the regular officers of the law do not
act the women will give the saloon keepers
I twenty-four hours’ notice to close their
places, else the marching column will fall
upon them.
Beer and whiskey are to be dumped from
the docks into the river, so the women say.
A quiet canvas for adherents is now’ un
der way.
NOMINATIONS.
Sent in to the Senate By the
President Today,
Washington. Jan. 27—The President to
i day sent in the following nominations:
. Hamilton Glpver, of North Carolina, dls
i trict judge for the western district of
, North Carolina.
Postmasters—Alabama: William T.
Hutchins, Huntsville; V. D. Barker. Mo
bile. Tennessee—Charles H. Moss, Frank
i lin.
VIOLATED “JOHNNY LAW.”
Law Passed to Protect Female Schools and
Will Be Carried to Higher Courts.
Knoxville, Jan. 27. —The grand jury has
found an indictment against Liffl Chamber
lain, 'the young man charged with v.lo
: lating the “Johnny law” passed by the
: Tennessee legislature at its last session.
This law makes it a misdemeanor for
a young man to flirt with a school girl
when she is on the grounds of the school
'of going home therefrom. It was passed
for the benefit of pie leniale seminaries
which suffered from the ogling of the
“Johnnies" or dudes. Chamberlain has
been advised to carry the case io the su
preme court and test" the constitutionality
of the law. His lawyers advise him that
; the right to flirt with pretty school girls
is inherent and is only the exercise of ln
dividual liberty and cannot be Infringed.
: The arrest was the first under Tennessee
' law. and has caused wide comment.
SEVERAL LIVES LOST.
Baku, Jan. 27. —Half a million pools of
naptha burned here last night and sevearl
persons lost their lives during the epnfla
j gratiuu
THIRTY-FOUR DEATHS.
Bombay, Jan. 27:—•According to the
official report there has been thirty-four
j deaths from the plague last week.
LOOK BEFORE YOU BUY.
Fifty head Kentucky mules just arrived
j at tie stabies of J, W. Goodson.
THE MACON NEWS.
NET CLOSING
AROUNDJARTER.
One of the Bidders for the
Contract Put on the Stand
This Morning.
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
Sustained His Testimony—Carter’s
Explanation to the Department
at Washington.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 27—Thomas J, Ag
new went on the stand in the Carter court
martial this morning.
He tetitifled that in 1894 K e put in a bid
for a friends for improving Cumberland
Sound in Captain Carter’s office.
One of the Gaynors connected with hhe
Atlantic Contraobing Company approach
ed him and offered him SSOO to withdraw
the bid. He refused the offer. This was
five minutes to 12 o’clock, When all the
bids had to be in.
One of the Gaynors withdrew one bid
and .put in another. When the bids were
opened the Atlantic Contracting Company
had none in, but Mr. John M. Bangs, of
New York, got the contraot. He is re
lated to one of the Gaynors.
Captain Carter iin accepting Bangs’ bid
wrote to the department that he had bid
so low that he could not work, but being
a responsible man he accepted his con
tract. J. W. Sterly followed Agnew with
documentary evidence.
AT Y. M. C. A.
Mr. Willie D. Upshaw Will Speak Next Sun
day Afternoon.
Mr. Willie D. Upshaw, of Mercer Uni
versity, is the speaker on the program at
the Sunday afternoon devotional meeting
of the Young Men’s Christian Association.
The subject of Mr. Upshaw’s address
will be “What Shall a Young Man. Do
With His Life?” Mr. Upshaw is known
all over Georgia as "Earnest Willie” be
cause he always displys the deepest in
terest in whatever he does. His address
will be most interesting.
TOBE FOLEY DYING
Prominent Ciiizen of Columbus Is Near
Death’s Door.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 27 —Hon. T. M.
Foley, one of Columbus’ most prominent
citizens, lies at the point of death at his
home on Second avenue. He has been
critically ill all day with pneumonia which
has settled upon both lungs and it is
thought he cannot live. Mr. Foley has
been confined at home about two -weeks,
caused originally by inflammatory rheu
matism. He afterwards developed pneu
monia and yesterday tihe intelligence went
out that his condition was very critical.
The news occasioned profound sorrow
throughout the entire coimmu'pity. Mr.
Foley has taken a leading part in city af
fairs. He has served several terms as
alderman and has been prominent in local
political, business and financial circles.
CAPT. WhFbRIEN.
The Old Veteran Died at New
Orleans This Morning,
New Orleans. Jan. 27.—Oaipt Matt
O Brien, United States inspector of steam
vessels here is dead. He is one of the
few remaining figures Qf*tihe Confederate
navy, having served qn <the Sumter,
Shcnadoah and the Alabama. He partici
pated in the fight off Cherbourg as engi
neer of the Alabama When that historic
vessel was destroyed, and hp was one of
she last to leave the ship, bejng ■rescused
from the water by the English yacht,
I>eerhound,
STEAMER WRECKED.
Passengers and Crew Were Rescued by
Life Savers.
St. Joseph, Mich., Jan. 27—Lake Mich
igan and Lake Superior Transportation
Company’s steamer, City of Duluth, which
struck on a bar outsid-e the harbor piers
aaid went ashore during the gale last
night, broke in two .in the centre and the
wreck is pounding badly. The life saving
crew saved the crew, consisting of about
twenty-five, and the passengers aboard by
bringing them ashore in Breeches buoy.
The steamer grounded only about 350 ?e6t
from the pier. The Chicago tugs, Protec
tion and Mtilferd, which came over to tow
the disabled steamer th? Qty qt Traverse,
to Chicago, approached the ‘ stranded
steamer, but were unable to help her op
account of the hejvy seg.
•The City pf Duluth was an old but
staunch steamer. She was under eharter
of the Graham & .Morton Transportation
Company, carrying principally through
freight from Chicago 'to this port in con
nection with tile Big Flour railway. She
was owned by the Lake Michigan and
Lake Superior Company apd was epm
manded by Captain McLain. Her capacity
is about 1,900 tons and value about $30,-
000. She was laden with package freight
and grain. The steamer was well insured
and it is understood that there is $30,000
insurance on her cargo. On several pre
vious trips she struck on the bar while
entering this barber,
Mrs. Wilfflam Tryon, one of the ladies
rescued, is dying from the effects of ex.
posure. being badly frozen in the passage
from the wrecked vessel to the dock.
' TO TIFTON.
Maconites Went Went to In
stall a Union Encamp
ment
Several members of the Macon Union
Encampment No. 2, went down to Tifton
last night, w<here they installed the
lodge there.
The pa-rty, consisting of the foßowiug
gentlemen, beaded by Grand Deputy Pa
triarch W. G. Knobloch, went down: C. S.
McKay, George F. Wing, Joe P. Holmes.
E. H. Holloway, J. T. Cornell, T. A.
Cheatham
The encampment at Tifton starts ou«
with twenty-three charter members. The
visitors were treated royally, a magnifi
cent banquet being tendered them.
Advertise tn The News and reach the
people.
MACON NEWS THURSDAY JANUARY 27 1898.
BIG CO-OPERATIVE
FROITJRMING,
A Colony on the Macon and
Dublin Railroad at
Danville.
DUDLEY HUDES AT THE HEAD
Os the Organization ana President
Cunningham of the Georgia
Fruit Association Goes into it.
Mr. John D. Cunningham, ures'ident of
the Georgia Fruit and Land company, is
in the city on his way 'to Danville, in Lau
rens county, the site of the co-operative
fruit farm colony which the company has
the purpose of stating off the work of
planting 80,000 fruit trees for the col
onists.
This will plant 500 acres of land and as
much more is to be planted. The com
pany has bought 7,000 acres of land and
has sold orchard lots to 200 on the install
ment plan. They are to pay 50 cents an
acre until S6O per acre has been paid, and
the company obligates itself to plant fruit
trees on the land and care for them five
years.
There will be 160 trees per acre and the
contracts specify that not less than half
the land sold shall be so planted. It is
estimated 'that on the third year the trees
will bear and relieve the purchasers of
paying any more installments.
The plan provides for the co-operative
harvesting and marketing of fruit, so that
the purchasers may be relieved of that
difficulty. Many of them reside in the
west and do not expect to live on the land.
Mr. John D. Cunningham, the presi
dent, is one of the leading fruit growers
and nurserymen in Georgia, and furnishes
the trees. ! He is also president of the
American Fruit Growers’ Union.
The resident manager is 'Mr. Dudly M.
Hughs, of Danville, Ga., who is vice pres
ident of the Macon, Dublin and Savannah
railroad, also an extensive fruit grower,
and president of the Georgia Fruit Grow
ers’ association. The superintendent is
Mr. J. R. ITeston, of Dudley, proprietor of
a steamboat line known as the Crescent
City Transfer company. The company has
western connections and Mr. C. F. iW.
Neely, of Nuncie, Ind., is vice president
of the company. Fred. L.iDresser, a
Muncie lawyer, is secretary.
BEGGAR’S STOCKING.
Was Found to Be Filled With Bank Notes
When Searched at the Jail.
New York, Join. 27. — An old woman,
Annetta Jargendorf, was committed to jail
for vagrancy recently, when searched $430
was found upon her person.
The woman is a professional beggar.
Her wan appearance, mournful voice and
ingenious tale have frequently wrung the
last copper from even the hard-hearted.
The matron found the prisoner’s stock
ings packed with bills of denominations
rgngliig from $1 to S2O. In her pocket was
$1.65 tn silevr and cents, while she had
collected on the day of her arrest.
Several of the court officers had seen the
woman during the past months going from
saloon to saloon with a baby in her arms
and telling a doeful tale with much suc
cess.
Yesterday a young plan about 20 years
old and p boy about 14 years visited the
court, and, informing Magistrate Cornell
that they were the woman’s sons, asked
that she be discharged. Both were well
dressed and wore jewelry.
The magistrate refused to discharge the
woman and also declined to phsinge the
sentence to a fine, lie declared that she
had violated the law by begging and »houd
be punished and would have tp serve out
her' sen tence pf five days in the work
house.
“ = BACON’S VIEWS.
On the Gubernatorial Race-May Support
Jenkins.
The Atlanta Constitution’s Washington
correspondent sent its paper the follow
ing:
“Senator Bacon in talking informally of
the gubernatorail situation -expressed his
particularly close personal and political
friendship for Speaker Jenkins, who was a
member of the legislature wtuich elected
him senator and one of his most earnest
supporters. If he is to be a candidate
Senator Bacon will naturally give him his
earnest support.
‘‘lf Mr. dußignon had decided to make
the race he would have made a strong
one," said Senator Bacon. ‘I regard hini
as a man of first class ability and he hps
undoubted popularity. My relations with
Colonel Candler are "CTV cprdlai and close.
We served m me legislature toy a number
of yeais and have always been friends.
There is up reason outside of the strong
personal pbligaijons to a few other men
that ceuM in any way interfere with my
giving my active and hearty support
him for the nomination.’ This last expres
sion is construed by the senator’s friends
here to mean that he does nett to
declare for Candler so laxp: as there Is a
possibility of Hut Jenkins becoming a fac
tor Ig the cuntest."’
NO TERRAPIN
For Cardinals and Archbish
ops Because the Pope.
Would Be Offended.
Rome, Jan. 27.—1 t having been reported
at the Vatican that Cardinal Vannuteili,
Mgr. Denis O’Connell and Archbishop
K-esne. have been invited by Miss Mc-=
Tavish, of Baltimore, to aiend the Ameri
can terrapin and canvassback duck lunch
eon party which she is to give In honor of
Queen Margueriet. A quiet but sharp in
timation has been sent to the three pre
lates to the effect that their presence at
the entertainment in question would be
viewed with the most extreme displeasure
in the highest quarters.
Mis MeTavish is a Mary land lady of
wealth, who was generally understood by
her friends and acquaintances to be about
to become the second wife of the Duke of
Norfolk, until the later published an of
ficial announcement that he had no inden
tion of marrying again.
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You can talk to 10,000 every day through
the columns of The Newa,
JOINT DEBATE.
Mercer and Athens Are to Meet in Atlanta
Next May.
Mercer university and the University of
Georgia will meet in Atlanta in joint de
bate next May.
Both instituntions have thousands of
friends in this city who will be rejoiced
to hear chat the contest has been agreed
on and that Atlanta is to be the scene of
action.
The exact date has not yet .been fixed,
and t’be subject has not been chosen. It
is assured, however, .that the discussion
will be upon some live topic in which the
public will be highly interested.
The Athens an Mercer students are very
enthusiastic over the contest, and the
best debaters in each institution will be
selected to take part.
The arrangements have not yet been
completed, as it was only recently that
Mercer challenged the state university
and that the latter accepted. The debate
promises to be equally as successful as
the Iritecolleg'iate contest which took place
in Atlanta last fall.
In the intercollegiate contest Mr. J. R.
Straton, of Mercer, was awarded the first
prize, and the friends of 'the state uni
versity are hopeful that their favorite
institution will regain her laurels in the
‘May contest.
Mr. Stratton, who is editor-in-chief of
The Klnetoscope, Mercer’s annual, is in
the city today, and speaks hopefully for
this year’s publication. He says the out
look Is very bright.
“The Klnetoscope of 1897 was the first
annual Mercer ‘has had in a number of
years,” he said, “and although .it was got
ten up hurriedly,* as publication was not
decided on until one month before com
mencement, it was a very bright and
beautiful book. The work for this year,
however, is already under way, and the
editors have sufficient time for getting out
a more elaborate issue. The book will be
sold by subscription Ln Atlanta as well as
in Macon, Augusta and Savannah, and to
Mercer graduates throughout the country.”
DUNJNWORIAL
Services Will be at 'Metho
dist’s Orphan Home
Tomorrow.
THE FULL PROGRAM
Wesleyan Young Ladies Will Sing
—Rev. W. W, Pinson to Make
t an Address.
•
At the South Georgia Conference Orphan
Hopie tomorrow, at 3:30 p. in., will occur
the Dunan Memorial exercises, which are
held at the home annually on the date
named, in memory of Mrs. P. P. Dunan, in
whose name the Dunan Infirmary Rooms
were furnished and endowed.
The exercises tomorrow will be unusu
ally interesting, as every feature of them
is specially attractive. The address by
Rev. W. W. Pinson, the eloquent pastor of
Mu.irrry Church, will be a gem. A spe
cial sextette from Wesleyan College will
give two tine songs, and the children of
the home will sing two very appropriate
song and recite the Beatitudes. Altogether
the program is very interesting. The
friends of the noble institution will attend
in large numbers. The public is invited to
witness these exercises and many should
avail themselves of the opportunity.
The following is the program ia f’jji.
1. Soug—“Al the Way,” W- esleyan Col .
lege special sextette*,
2. Prayer.
3. Song Seeds of Promise," followed by
recitations and Beatitudes, by the children
of the home.
4. Song—“A Little While to Wait,”
W r e»Jeyftn College special sextette.
5. Address —By Rev. W. W. Pinson.
6, Song—“ Only Remembered by What
You Have Done,” by the children of the
home.
7, Benediction,
CLAY FOR CANDLER.
Senator Will Support the North Georgian
Now That dußignon Is Out.
Today’s Atlanta Constitution publishes
the 'following from its Washington cor
respondent :
I asked Senator Clay for a statement of
his opinion of the contest which is ex
citing so much interest among Georgians.
“If you will take my exact words,” said
he, “1 will give you briefly my entire con
nection with the present gubernatorial
race, A great many things have been said
in the public press about my connection
with the race for governor; nothipg here
tofore has come from me, has been
said without any foundation,
“When I entered the race for senator
Mr. fin Bignpn, together with many other
warm friends throughout Georgia, gave
me their valuable support and the result
was my election, Lt has been charged in
tne press that a combination existed be
tween 'Mr. dußignon and myself—that he
was to help me for senator and I wft-? to
help him for governor. This charge is
ansolutely false from beginning to end.
In my race for the aanate Mr. dußlgpon
supported me without asking my support
tor any utfice whatsoever,
“The" race for governor was not men
tioned or thought of. I did not know
that Mr. dußignon had any gubernatorial
aspirations until more than six months
after my election to the senate. When I
heard that he contemplated making the
Ta.ee I knew that he was competent and
qualified in every way to make the state
an honest and efficient governor stood on
the party platform: that he bad been my
true and loyal friend and that in the
event et his candidacy I would support
him.
"■Hon. Allen <D, Candler, ®y neighbor
and friend talked with m e about the mat
ter some time ago, I told him of my re
lations with Mr. dußignon and that I
would support him if he became a candi
date- Colonel Candler was man enough
to say that he was satisfied that my course
was right. I told Colonel Candler that Id
ease Mr. dußignon did not run I w&uld
support him. He was known to the peo
ple where I had practiced law for twenty
years and was deservedly popular with all
classes and had always beea my friend.
“Indications now paint to his nominia
tion without opposition. I believe his
nomination will be a popular one; that he
will be a spendid candidate for the party,
and that he will make the state an honest,
faithful and capable executive. Had Mr.
dußignon entered the race I -would have
supported him; as he has announced he
will not run I shall support Candler.”
COL. BUTT MARRIED.
Augusta, Jan. 27. —A wedding yesterday
in which the socitey of Georgia are in
terested was that of Colonel Lewis Robert
son Butt to Mr. George Alford Cunning
ham. Miss Butt is a great belle and has
had the distinction of being tor ma Uy ap
pointed by Governor Atkinson a colonel on
his staff. She was duly commissioned and
presented with a jeweled belt and sword,
and yesterday one of her wedding presents
was a handsome punch bowl from the
governor and staff. . <
MAYOR ISSUES
PROCLAMATION,
On the Subject of the Report
ed Case of Smallpox in
the City.
VACCINATION IS FREE.
Everyone in Macon is Invited to
Come Along and be Vaccinated
—A Pest House.
City council met in special session
shortly after 6 o’clock last night for the
purpose of considering the ordinance on
compulsory vaccination introduced on the
previous evening and referred to the com
mittee on ordinances and the city attor
ney.
This special order was taken up as soon
as council was called to order by ‘Mayor
Price and Aiderman Mayer offered the re
port of the con'miittee. It was unfavorable
to compulsery vaccination but instead of
this council invites everyone to the city
hall to be vaccinated free of charge and
offers the vaccine points to anyone and
everyone free.
This matter being disposed of, the re
port having been adopted by a unanimous
vote Mayor Price stated that after con
sidering the application of the Board of
Health for permission to establish a pest
house in the city, he thought it wise to
ask council not to take any immediate
action on this-matter, but to give the
mayor and the Board of Health the au
thority to establish a pest house in the
mile track at Central City park if at any
time the .necessity should arise.
He said that just at this time there was
no necessity for any excitement or worry.
There is, he understood, one case of small
pox in the city, but that case had been
completely isolated and as no new cases
had been reported the matter was not such
as to cause any apprehension.
Following is the mayor’s proclama
tion :
(Mayor’s Office,
Macon, Ga., Jan. 26, 1898.
In view of the fact that a suspected
case of smallpox exists in the city, I de
sire to urge upon our citizens to heed the
resolutions passed by the mayor and coun
cil this day, and which are here given:
Resolved, That in view of the necessity
for taking every precaution against the
spread of smallpox in the city of Macon,
an invitation is extended to all citizens, of
Macon, irrespective of race, to call at the
city hall and be vaccinated free of cost.
Be it further
Resolved, That in .cases where citizens
prefer to be vaccinated by their own phy
sician, the pity will furnish vaccine points
for that purpose.
Resolved,That every citizen of the city
is urged to be vaccinated at once.
I further desire to assure the citizens
that there is no cause for alarm, and that
should the necessity arise, the Board of
Health and city .authorities .are amply
able to take care of the disease. Every
safeguard will be provided, and every ac
commodation, as well as isolation, w>’; a i- o
be provided.
fe. B. PRICE. Mayor.
CARNIVAL ASSOCIATION.
A Meeting Will Be Held Tomorrow After
noon.
President E. A. Waxeibaum, of the Ma
con Carnival Association, has issued a call
to the members to meet at the Chamber of
Commerce tomorrow afternoon.
Some important matters will come up
for discussion. The different committees
will be assigned something to do.
HIS GRANDFATHER DEAD.
Dr. Apfel Received Sad News Yesterday
Afternoon.
Dr. M. M. Apfel received news yesterday
that his grandfather, Dr. L. Washfield,
had died two weeks ago in Austria.
Ait the time q£ nds death Dr. Washfield
was 97 years of age and .was wealthy. Dr.
Atpfeld was remembered .in his will.
QUEER RELIC,.
Piece of Flooring, Showing a
Mail Carrier’s Footprints
is Preserved.
M ashi.ngton, Jar., —Postmaster Gen
eral Gary has just received a remarkable
relic from the old postoffice at Baltimore.
It consists of five pieces of flooring framed
In wooden strips. The flooring itself looks
as if it might be ages old. Sunken in the
boards are the imprints of three shoes,
good large soles, such as able bodied mail
distributers might wear. They were made
by a mail sorter, for accompanying tlhe
frame of boards was the information:
"These footprints were worn Ln the floor
of the old Baltimore postoffice by a moil
distributor,” James A. Di ffen burger
Special Duputy Collector of Customs tor
the port of Baltimore sent the frame to
Postmaster Gary, and the later turned it
over to Custodian Slack, of the Pastoffice
•Museum.
"It is such a .remarkable curiosity that
I may send it to the Omaha Exposition in
our postoffice exhibit,"said Mr. Slack.
SURGEON RUSSELL.
Georgian Who Has Won Fame la the
Navy.
Marshallville, Ga., January 27. —One of
Georgia s sons, who has reflected great
credit upon himself and his native state, is
Dr. A. C. H. Russell, surgeon, United
States Navy, now visiting his old heme in
Fort Valley, and his friends in Marshall
ville.
Dr. RusseU has circumnavigated the
globe three or four times. In the line of
his duties he was stationed at Yokohama,
Japan, for three years, in charge of the
United States naval hospital there. He re
turned byway of the Sandwich Islands
and was entertained at the royal palace of
of Queen Lil, who was then a sovereign.
He was for several years a member of the
naval examining board, United States na
val laboratory, Brooklyn, His last service
was with the Soth Atlantic squadron, at
Montevideo, Uraguay, from which he has
just returned.
Surgeon Russell belongs to one of Geor
gia’s prominent families, and is a son of
the late Rev-. T. B. Russsell, of blessed
memory, a noted educator and a man of
rare learning. He is the nephew of Mrs.
Colonel John Troutman, of Fort Valley,
the cousin of Dr. Holmes, of this city, and
Professor Charles Lane, of Atlanta.
He is now visiting his life-long friend
and college mate, Mr. J. W. Frederick, of
Marshallville.
You can talk to 10.060 every day through
the columns of The News.
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Underwear at 26 Per Cent Cash Discount.
zA fyes Isn't an Easy Matter
"" y yd The best oculists and opticians are not
Ar £ magicians—they can’t restore sight to the
I v blind. Don’t wait to consult until you can’t
V. see we » —* ts little things that count. A
\ JiMl little headache, a few spots, burning sen-
II fj Xv. sasions—these are the warnings that are
Ji iliu'H ! I / 40 * )e heeded. It is better to be too early
vAI iIIf \ ill II I 1 til / than too late. Careful examination of the
Fw/Z’ \ 1/ll> H 111 JI / eyes is free and painless.
< vfflllK Atlanta Optical Parlors,
IL, 314 SECOND STREET,
The only exclusive optical store in the city.
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.
PASSING
HOL-I 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.
FRESH VACCINE DAILY
From now until the scare is
over. We will receive fresh
Vaccine Points every day.
Price, 15c. each, 2 for 25c.
GOODWYN’S DRUG STORE.
Prepare for Winter.
Window Glass, Mantels and Grates.
Can furnish any size or parts broken.
Call before cold weather comes.
T, C. BURKE.
It Doesn’t
Happen Often.
Suits,
Overcoats,
Underwear,
That we brought into the store since the leaves fell
are now marked to sell
at cost.
Clearing prices; hurry prices; it’s buying time and
saving time sure enough when prices dip so low.
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S Per Cent Guaranteed!
Dividends paid semt-annnsJly. Stock secured
by deeds to improved nal estate In mere
than double the amount, deposited with
Union Savings Bank and Trust Co
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. •
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon, Ga., 461 Third Street.
PRICE TWO CENTS