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OHEAP MONEY. •P 4 per cent, and 7 per cent, money now ready for loans on Macon residence and business property. ,8 per cent, money for farm loans. Over 15,000.000 successfully negotiated lu Georgia alone. Loans made can be paid off at any time. We are head quarters. O. A. Coleman. Gen. Man., 356 Second street, Macon. Ga. ESTABLISHED 1884. WARSHIP FOR SAMOAN WATERS Natives Have Now No Re spect for the Stars and Stripes. IMUS HOI RESENTED ' y the American Government, They Say Report of Ex-Consul General Churchill. New York, Jan. 31--The American flag will soon be displayed in Samoan water.* by a inan-of-war, says the Herald's Wash ington corn spondent. Tin- vessel wll be the Mohican which has b< ■ n converted into a training ship since the arrival in Washington of former Gen eral Chrucbill, the president and assistant wcr.tary of state, Dixie, have become con vinced that American Interests require an American warship visit to Samoa. Mr. Churchill has told them that the natives have no respect for the American Kovcrnint nt, because it has never sent a man-of-war to support any steps for the protection of American interests which its representative in Apla might taKe. i hurchlll reported an Insult paid to an American from Arizona who has estab lished a mission near Ap a. He demanded eatisfactlon. but the ria .ven laughed at him and u|M>n subsequent occasions when he Hlvinptcd to get sati faction for some wrog committed, they tainted him with the outrage committed upon the mission and th. further fact that he had received no support from his gov'ernm.nt in the stand he had taken. The natives have quite 1. different feeling for the English and German governments. Each of these governments keep one and sometimes two cruisers in J imoan waters. The last American warshtf o visit Apia was the Alliance, which d pped anchor In the harbor In 1893. Ujion the arrival of the A jican in Sa moan waters it is expected at her com manding officer. Corn mi,ado G. M. Book, will confer with Consul <1 neral Osborn In regard to the steps to be taken to cre ate deeper respect among natives for the American flag. A» a remit of tlie representations which have been made by former Consul Church ill, the administration rnaj enter into negotiations with the London and Berlin gov. rnments looking to an amendment of the tripartite treaty under which Samoa is governed. In the first place Churchill thinks that th. 1 salaries of Chief Du.c.in and the other officers appointed by the three govern ments in Samoa are too high and these may be sealed down. There is no connection on the part of the administration to abandon the interest of this government in Samoa, and Church ill dm ' not recommend It, although he says the only rca-on why this government should continue its hold upon the Island is because it is morally Isiund to do «o ny ine . iMtrso pursuen tn th? past. Churchill states that if the United States were to withdraw from the Samoa islands it would be divided up by Germany and Great Britain. AN AUTHORESS. Mrs. Julia C. Dorr is Critically 111 at Her Home in Vermont. Rutland. VI.. .lan. 31 Mrs. Julia C. R. Dorr, the well known author and poetess, is re-port.d to be critically ill at her home in this city. Mi tubers of her family were summoned from the country and are now at h< r bedside. She is the author of many works of Ac tion, some of which have pass, d through several editions, bocks books of foreign travel and volumes of poems and is also a popular writer for several of the lead ing magazines. RACE OF PIGMIES. Extremely Ugly, But Peaceably Disposed and Afraid of White Men. Boston. Mass.. Jan. 81 -Eben J. Sullivan of Boston, who has been in South America has returned here. Mr. Sullivan said: "1 met. while on the Rio Negro, one of the tributaries of the Amazon, a race of remarkably small people. “They are very ugly in shape. The stomach is (listened out of all proportion to their tiny, spindling arms and legs. I think this is caused by their anaconda like pro tiee of gorging. 1 think they may number 10,000 or l.Vth'O souls. These peo ple are not over 4 feet S inches in height, and the women are less than this. Their hair is done up and stuck together by mud in a most repulsive fashion. They have tribal marks that cover the upper body and head, made by slits in the skin. They are p< aeeably disposed ..ml afraid of the white man.” JONES DENIES That He Has Removed Any Member of the National Committee. u ■ Washington. Jan. 31 —Chairman Jones, of the Democratic committee, says that there is no truth in the statement that he had removed William F. Horrify, the Pennsylvania member, and substituted a uiau from the Democratic state committee us his successor. Jones says that Chairman Garman, of the Pennsylvania committee and a num ber of Pennsylvania Ik'mocrats called up on him last week and that Garman in formed him of the action of the Demo cratic comjnit'ee and suit the matter wpuld be presented to Senator Jones in an official manner and all papers and corres pondence would be laid before him. Senator Jones informed Garman that the power of removal of a member of the national committed rested wholly with the committee itself. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The New Quarters Are New Ready foi Ail Meetings. The Chamber of Commerce’s new quar ters" in the old Exchange Bank building are now reardy for occupancy and will be taken possession of tomorrow. The new quarters are both handsome and commodious. Carpets, handsome gas fixtures, chairs, and everything needed in the asembly room have been supplied. Secretary George Ketchum is seeing that everything is in shape. Macon can now boast of one of the most active Chambers ■of Commerce in the country, and with quarters thoroughly in keeping with the organization. Some good bargains In second hand sew ing machines at New Home office, 131 potion avenue. INDEFINITELY The Strike Among the New Bedford Operatives May Continue. New Bedford, Mass., Jan. 31.—The third week of tip? big strike of the New Bedford cotton mill employes began with affairs in relatively the same position as at the out set. It Is thought that the exodus of mill hands will continue this week. Hundreds of them have already left town. The manufacturers have not yet made any statement as to their Ui;.ur» poli-..y. It is the genenl opinion that th?y will not make any effort to star* the mills for s'me time. The mill ’ands are apparently as determined as ever to resist the reduc tion, and same predict that the strike will last well iqto the summer. Contributions from cities and towns throughout New England and New York state have come forward freely during the last week and the union office holders as sert that if 'there is no serious disturbance in the other big mill centers the strikers here will be able to hold out indefinitely. PARENT’S AND CHILD. Killed by an Engine on the Dayton and and Ohio Road. Columbus, 0., Jan. 31—‘At 6:30 o’clock this morning, three miles from Greenville, a Dayton and Ohio passenger engine caught C. F. Young, wife and a 4-year-old girl in a top buggy, killing father and child and terribly injuring the mother. A shed obstructed the view of the engineer. hundrejTdying, As a Result of the Blizzard and Destitution on the Newfoundland Coast ABUNDANCE IS CLOSE BY, But Cannot Reach the Sufferers— Horrifying Tale Brought by an Ice-Bound Vessel. New A’ork, Jan. 31 —'The Red Cross Line simmer Portia arrived today, four days overdue from St. Johns, Newfoundland aiid Halifax, after a desperate encounter with pack ice off the Newfoundland coast, .mil with a horrifying tale of blizzards and destitution in the coast stations in that country. Hundreds of men, women and children dead or dying from exposure and starva tion with abundance close by and hundreds more are threatened with a like fate, are the brief details of the condition of affairs brought by the Portia. Four days the Portia was penned in the huge —“■>* - Bicrht r.f at jvh.rs unable to move. ; She managed to escape by the merest accident. Many other crafts, several of them re lief vessels, sent by the Canadian govern ment to succor the destitute fishermen, had to abandon their errands of mercy and return to St. Johns where they were still in the ice when the Portia struggled into clear water. MORE PENSIONS. The Bill by Allen of Nebraska Reported Un favorably in the Senate. Washington, Jan. 31.—John C. McLaurin was sworn in as senator from South Caro lina to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Earle, his term ending March 4, 1903. Turpie, of Indiana presented an amend ment to the legislative, executive and ju dicial appropriation bill providing that in the proposed reduction of the force of the pension office honorably discharged sol diers and sailors, or their widows and daughters holding positions in that bureau shall be protected. Gallinger, chairman of the pension com mittee. reported adversely to the hill in troduced by Allen, of Nebraska, providing that all pensioners now receiving less than S7O per month, receive that amount after the passage of the bill. Gallinger said that the whole number of pensions affected by the proposed bill was 468,463 and the total annual increase in pensions would aggregate $15,286,000. The bill was placed on the calendar. The agricultural appropriation bill was reported by Sullom, of Illinois, and was placed on the calendar. DESPITE HIGH WIND The Fire at the Residence of Mr. A, A. Cullen Was Outed. At 2 o’clock today the fire department responded to an alarm calling them to 653 Pine street, where the residence of Mr. A. A. Cullen was found to be in flames. The efficient work of the department saved the house from burning to the ground. The roof was burned off and the household goods badly damaged. The high wind which prevailed made it difficult to keep the flames under control, The damage amounted to about S2OO. At 2:30 the department was callexl to Oak street between Fourth and Fifth and found a negro house in flames. They soon had the fire under control. Only slight damage was done. IN EAST MACON. The D. V. V. Club Held Its First Quarterly Meeting. The (D. V. V. club of East Macon held its first quarterly meeting on Thursday evening at the residence of Mrs. Sikes on Church street. 'All the members were present and it was certainly one of the most interesting and enjoyable meetings yet held. The following excellent officers were elected for the ensuing term: Fred IV. Rooney, president; JJ. IV. Umltey Rad cliffe. vice president; Miss Hattie Syke*, second vice president; Mias Nettie Schell ing, secretary-treasurer. The club then repaired to the spacious and elaborately decorated dining room of Mrs. Sikes, and were served with one of the daintiest and most •? freshing prepared by the deft hamfa of Bast Macon ladies. Profes sor Layton’s Brown’s orchestra discoursed sweet music throughout the evening. The elub meets on next Friday evening at the I residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. AV. Smith on j Center street, and enters into the new quarter wjth exceedingly bright prospects. Th? New Home machine is light, sim : pie and never gets out of order. Office UH Cotton avenue. J. R. Burnett. You can talk to 10.000 every day through the columa* of The New*. THE MACON NEWS. Bf PARTY VOTE IN COMMITTEE Resolved That Teller’s Reso lution be Reported With Recommendation THAT IT SO NOT PASS. Vote in House Will be Taken This Afternoon Leaders on Both Sides Are Active. Washington, Jan. 31. —The committee on ways and means this morning decided by a vote of 11 to 5 on party lines to report at once the Teller resolution for the pay ment of bonds in silver, with the recom mendation that it do not pass. The committee met on a special call at 10:30 this morning, there being a full at tendance with the exception of McMillan, of Tennessee. Chairman Dingley at once brought for ward the resolution, and without discus sion Payne, of New York, moved that it be reported to the house with the recom mendation that it do not pass. Bailey, of Texas, in behalf of the Demo crats, moved to amend that it be reported that it dp pass. I'he vote on the Bailey amendment was first taken, resulting in defeat by 5 to 11, as follows: Yeas: Bailey, Wheeler, Robertson, Swan son, McClellan, all democrats. Nays—-Dingley, Dalzell, Hopkins, Grosve nor, Russell, Doliver, Steel, Johnson, Payne, Evans and Tahney, all Republi cans. On the Payne motion the previous vote was reversed, all the Republicans voting in the affirmative, the Democrats in the negative. Following the session of the ways and means committee speaker Reed and his associates on the committee on rules as sembled to determine on the course of action. The committee on rules decided to take a final vote on the resolution at 5 o’clock this afternoon. A great deal of activity was displayed by the leaders on both sides before the house met today in anticipation of a very exciting debate over the Teller resolution, which those in control had decided to de feat before sundown tonight. The struggle opened immediately after the reading of the journal, when Dingley, representative from Maine, chairman of the ways and means committee, reported back the resolution with the recommenda tion that “it do not pass.” Henderson, representative from lowa, one of the leaders of the majority, fol lowed this by presenting the special order agreed upon by the committee on rules providing for the immediate consideration of the resolution and vote without an in tervening motion at 5 o’clock. Mr. Henderson yielded a moment to Mr. Bailey, the Democratic leader, who said that while the minority strenuously op posed the limitation of debate proposed be the rule, still as his side desired as much time as possible for the debate they would not consume any of the time al lowed on the roll call. Wheeler, Democrat of Alabama, and De Armond, Democrat of Missouri, protested Jiat r s’ S u y ’ , ho , w «y er ' and the latter said have proposed the Cuban bellfgerancy amendment. The speaker cut off further incident by putting the question and the rule was adopted by a vote of 143 to 115, the Demo crats restraining from the demanding the roll call. Then followed a controversy over the division of time, ALLEN IS HOPEFUL. He Awaits Anxiously the Decision of the Prison Board in His Case. The story published in The News Satur day afternoon, in which it was stated that Allen would not hang, has inspired hope in the bosom of Alien. He says he has not seen his attorneys since he saw the an nouncement jn The News, but he has every reason 'to believe that it iis so. Some time ago tile father of Allen sent word that he need not fear, that he had heard things that were favorable to his case. Allen was seen by a News reporter this morning, and said he was sorry to see that there were newspapers that denied every thing that appeared in his favor, and he hoped that if they could not say some thing good about him that they would not say things t h ait were calculated to injure him. BABBITT’S BAD CASE. He is Charged With Cheating and Swindling by J. R, Hicks. T. E. Babbitt, a young white man about thirty years of age, .is in serious trouble. He is locked up on the charge of cheat ing and swindling, and from present ap pearances will have some difficulty in clearing himself of the charge. Babbitt claims to come from some point down the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad, and came to Macon about a week ago. He has been trading with Mr. J. R. Hicks, for the purchase of eight mules, and produc ed a letter and a check from P. J. Domer, the superintendent of the Enterprise Lum ber Company. The letter gives Babbitt permission to draw on Domer for what money he wanted in the purchase of the mules. Hicks, however became suspi cious and telegraphed to Domtr, who re plied that the letter was a forgery. When arrested Babbitt has a number of checks and drafts in <his pocket. He will not be tried before Wednesday, as it will be im possible for bim to get up his witnesses before that time, he says. DARKER BREAD. Miller’s Can Only Secure a Poorer Grade of Flour on Account of Leiter. C .icaga DI., Jan. 31. —Joseph Leiter, ac ccrdPtg to ex.H rts in the trite, is forcing ihousials of jeople to eat lather bread than has teen *:.<u since tae inued je u u of Um patent' roller process of nnk’ng flour. His control of 15,000,000 bushels of contract wheat means, they say, that the millers are grinding the best grain that they can secure since their supply of the choice No. 1 hard spring wheat has become exhausted and that the best is not very good, Free PH|S, Send your address to H. E. Bucklen & | Cp., Ghicago, and get a free sample box iof Dr. King’s New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills ‘ are easy in action and are particularly es ! fective in the cure of constipation and sick headache. For malaria and liver troubles they have proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to the stomach and bowels greatly invigorate the system. Regular size 25c. per box. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sens, druggists. MACON NEWS MONDAY JANUARY 31 1898. CORBETT WILL BE POSTMASTER, Says Col. Locke—The Presi dent Has Promised This. HE TALKS UM And Intimates That There Are Some in the Party Who Should Not Be. • '■ Col. R. D. Locke, who is the leading Republican of this section, and who knows more of the inside workings of the party, perhaps, than anyone else in ‘Macon, was approached by a News representative this morning and asked if he had seen the interview published t’ - morning as coming from Major J. F. Hanson. When asked if he had seen the article Colonel Locke replied that he had. “What have you to say to that?” he was asked. “The president’s best friends in Macon and Georgia, who composed the advance guard of his active supporters in this state in 1895 and 1896, are not alarmed,” he answered. “The president will not appoint Mr. Edwards, who did nothing for his nomina tion or election, and who did not liye in Macon at the time of the presidential election, and who does not live here now, even if there were not other good reasons why such an appointment should not be made. “When the reported interview between the president and the major took place last May, the president was not fully in formed as to who Edwards was, and he must have thought that the sentiment of the Republicans was being presented to him.” “The statement of the major may affect a few men, but the Republican who would doubt the president’s doing right when fully advised, is no better than if he be longs to some other party. We know what the president told us.” “You seem to be very sanguine,” Colo nel?” “Sanguine does not express it. You can give the people of Macon my word for it, that Harry Edwards 'will not succeed Postmaster Hertz. We hope the major will be satisfied when the president does make an. appointment, and that we can pull together for the upbuilding of the Re publican party in Georgia.” Mr. Corbett s friends, and the leading Republicans in Macon believe i ke Colonel Locke does, that Mr. Corbett will be Ma con’s next postmaster. ALARM BOXES Have Arrived and Will be Put in Place at Once. The new alarm boxes for use in the city and are attrac'insr much .at- Unlike the old boxes these are painted white, which is accepted now as the best color and distinguishes them from the let ter boxes of the government which are all red. The white will be more readily seen at night. Among the boxes is one of the latest make, which is without a key and can be turned by anyone in case of fire without recourse to the old method while it is pro tected so as to make it impossible for mischievous persons to send in an alarm. It is proposed to paint all the Are plugs white so as to be in accordance with the latest plans adopted by the fire depart ments. WON FIRST PRIZE. Master Clifford O’Hara is One of the Sweet Singers of Macon. Master Clifford O'Hara. 12 years of age, won the first prize for singing at the con test offered by Mr. E. D. Irvine, Those who heard the contest were charmed with the exquisite sweetness of the boy’s voice. If he develops his talent he is destined to be one of the sweet sin gers of the South. IN EARNEST. The Postoffice Fight is On and the Straight Lines Are at Work. The Atlanta Constitution says; The fight for the Macon postofflee is now on in earnest. The friend of Mr, Walter P. Corbett in Macon are bending all their efforts and energies in his behalf. Today they are circulating a petition principally among the negroes asking President McKinley fa appoint Corbett, and protesting against the appointment of Mr. Harry S. Edwards, al leging that he is a non-resident and lives in Sparta, and that he is not a Republican. They are also examining the old files of the Macon Telegraph to find an article which they say Edwards wrote some years ago, when he was either city editor or as sistant edvtor of the Teltgraph, in which he is said to have burlesqued the negro and the Republican party. Euwards was born in Macon and has always lived here, until recently, when he removed with his family to Sparta, the former heme of his wife. Mr. Edwards voted for McKinley. Mr. Ed wards has always been a protectionist and sound money man. He advocated high tariff when he was editor on the Macon Telegraph long years ago. During the ad ministration of President Grant Mr. Ed wards held a government appointment in Washington. Mr. Corbett has always been a Republi can. He was formerly United States mar shall for the Southern District es Georgia. A number of she pronounced Republicans of Macon and of the state are advocating the appointment of Corbett. He is a broth er-in-law of ex-Postmaster Brown, of Ma- ! eon. who is one of the Renqbticau leaders ; in Georgia. Avcerdiug to the best information, Mr. Edwards is backed by Major Haasop. Without Major Hanson’s support Mr. Ed wards would not ue an applicant for post master. There ace some Republicans in Macon who think that on account of Ma jor 'Hansen's friendly relations with Pres ident McKinley Edwards will win. Bucklin’s Arnica Salve The beat salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive ly cures piles, or no pay required. It Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Far sale by H. J. Lamar & Sens’ drug (tore. You can talk to 10.000 every day through the columas of The New*. PLAISTED'S STORY. F.x-Governor of Maine, Who Died Today, Had an Eventful Life. Bangor. Me., Jan. 31. —Ex-Governor Har ris M. Plaisted, who died this morning, was bo n at Jefferson, N. H., on November 21, 182 H? worked on his father’s farm until 1 yerrs old and then acquired a col lege education by teaching school during portions of the year. He was afterwards principal of the Waterville institute, and later, superintendent of schools. He graduated from the Albany law school in 1855 and practiced law in Ban gor until August, 1861, when he enlisted for the war, in the Eleventh Maine regi ment. He was commissioned lieutenant October 3d, 1861, colonel May 12th, 1862 and commanded the regiment in the pe ’ ninsula campaign in 1862, taking part la the seige of Yorktown in the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks and the seven days tattle. Whi ll in the service his command never moved <.O the front without him. He was twice promoted by the president for gal lant and meritorious conduct on the field, and was warmly commended- by all his commanders. General Plaisted returned to the prac tice of law at Bangor. He s?.-ved two terms in the legislature, three terms as at torney general of the state and won dis tinction as a lawyer and orator. General Plaisted was elected to the For ty-fourth congress as representative. In 1878 he left his party, having taken the stand for government currency, as oppos ed to bank currency, and was nominated as the fusion candidate for governor in 1888 and elected for two years. At the time of ithe greenback movement the 'Maine elections excited prodigious in terest thioughout the country. BIG ELM May Change Entirely the Base for the Manufacture of Cotton. WILL FORCE IT SOOTH. This Section of The Country Must Take Care of Its Own Crop of Cotton. A prominent visitor to 'Macon in a pri vate conversation with a News reporter said that he Lad his own theory of the cause of cotton strikes, 'and is prepared to prove them, as he is a cotton manufactu rer. His 'theory is that there is no place to manufacture the goods Like that where the cotton is grown. It cuts off in part three items in expenses. First, sHRnneA no l£eon<l, the item of power is extreme in New England, as water power there costs almost as much as coal, and in the South it may be had for the guaranty o ferecting the mill. Taxes are less in the South, and the item of heating is reduced to a mini mum. Wages are two-t'hirds in the South what are In the North, because the cost of living is less. The product of the mills is almost as close to the market, 'and is of as good quality as that made in any part as the world, In New England the severe competiton has led to the employment of European laborers at starvation wages. The end of the strike, according to him, will be that the South will within a few years manufacture almost all its own cot ton, and the New England mills will manufacture the imported raw material. Already the consumption of cotton by the inland factiries has cut deeply into the profits of exporters, and the inland brok ers are doing less than before upon the same size crop. The half a cent a word column of The News is the cheapest advertising medium in Georgia. CARTER’S CASE. Counsel for the Defense Struggled to Pre vent Introduction of Testimony. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 31 —Counsel for the defense in the Carter courtmartial case this morning a determined effort to keep out all the evidence relat’ T e to con tracts entered into by the accused previ ous to 1896 and 1897. The judge advocate placed A. J. Twiggs, of Augusta, oh the stand to recall a con versation held in 1891 with one of the Gaynors about the work done in-the Sa vannah river, near Augusta, during that year. Blair, counsel of the accused, objected to his stating the conversation. The judge advocate contended that he had the right to introduce the testimony. The court re tired for consultation and upheld the con tention of the judge advocate. E. R. Conant was put on the stand again this mprpiug. He was at work on Cumberland sound as an inspector when Anson M. Bangs had the contract. He testified that Captain Carter instructed him not to be hard on the contractor as he had taken the contract s© Ipw that he could not make any money at all. The Gaynors, the alleged conspirators with Captain Carter, wer-e on Bangs' bond. Personals of the Day J. W. Little, of Atlanta, is a guest in the city. James T, May of Augusta, is at the Brown House. R. J. Reynolds, of Atlanta, spent yes terday in the city. R. S. Settle, of Dublin, was a guest in f the city yesterday. •J, L. t'razer, of Crawford, is among the guests at the Brown House. Martin Amorous and son, of Atlanta, spent yesterday in the city. R. G. McLain and wife, of Shellman, are ■ Guests at the Brown House. F. H. Turner, of Sparta, was among the prominent guests in tbe city yesterday. j W. H. Venable, of Atlanta, was among the prominent guests at the Brown House yesterday. Mr. Adolph Sterne came up yesterday from Albany and spent the day with his brother Arthur, John J. Barrett. J. Albert Fowler and J. C. Moore, of Milledgeville, spent yes terday in the city. Ladies who sew say the New Home Ma chines never gives them any trouble. For sale by J. R. Burnett, 131 Cotton avenue. Advertise in The News and reach the people. _ __ PAVING BIDS TO K OPENED Limit of Time Expired at Noon Today—The Board is to Meet. VENABLE TALKS OF MACON. Says That the Pavement on Fourth Street is the Best He Ever Saw. Granite Cubes Preferable. The bids for further paving as called for in the advertisement for a continuance of the work of paving in the prescribed district will probably be upend by the Board of Public Works at a meeting to be held at 5:30 o’clock this evening. The limit of time expired at noon to day. Only two bids have been made, one by the Venable Company, of Atlanta, and the othtr by the Georgia Quincy Granite Com pany. It is probable that the Venable people will push the Georgia Quincy Granite Company close on the bid for the new paving as they are aware of the price now being paid on Fourth street. 'Mr. w. H. Venable is in the city today looking after the bid. He was seen at the city hall by a News reported and ask ed what he thought of the .paving now be ing done on Fourth street. It is the best paving I ever saw,” he said. “I have seen paving in a great many cities and have never seen anything better than yours. It is a better paving than that now being put down in Cincinnati which I thought was the best until I saw this in Macon. "The small size of the blocks used is responsible for this and I think that the smaller the blocks the more noiseless and the better will the paving be. “The concensus of opinion leans toward the pavement with these granite cubes. They can be made as noiseless as brick and are infinitely more lasting. “They are now using wooden blocks in Atlanta and are making a great mistake. It is the same old material used in Mem phis and in other cities and is responsible for a great part of the sickness that de veloped there some years ago. “The people of Memphis want no more of it and they will be equally sick of it in Atlanta before much time has elapsed. We did not bid on it because we don’t want to have anything to do with such a pavement. It is both dangerous and ex pensive to the last degree. “Asphalt is a good thing, but you have to pay sot it and you would be obliged to have an analytical chemist on the ground all the time to ensure the best work. “In St. Louis where they take pains to have a first-class pavement, they have re cently sent a commission to investigate the pavements of the big cities of the East yet in Tam-confident. that’they“ftT n in favor of the small blocks such as you are using in Macon. I am delighted with the pavement so far done in Macon and I think that what has been done has been one wisely and well.’’ SATISFIED. Railroad Men Feel Sure That the Anti-Scalping Bill Will Pass. The representatives of the railroads are perfectly satisfied that the anil-scalping bill will be favorably reported by the sen ate committee, as it was by the House committee,” said Mr. S. H. Haridwick to the Constitution yesterday. He had just come in from Washington on the Southern railway’s vestiibuled. “If the impression exists that the railroads of the country are indifferent about the bill, it is a great mistake. Mr. George H. Daniels, of the New York Central, and Mr. George W. Boyd, of the Pennsylvania, made leading arguments in favor the bill because they were requested to speak for all the roads. Mr. Paul Morton, vice president of the Santa Fe; Mr. Truesdale, of the Rock Is land, and the Suohtern Pacific and the Southern railway have taken a deep in terest in the passage of the bill, but they are only a few of hundreds of lines which have petitioned congress to prohibit this business of scalping, not only because the roads are victimized by it but also because innocent people are duped and the busi ness is full of fraud, forgery and misrep resentation.” Mr, Hardwick says that the interstate comanerce commission does not desire to load the bill with an amendment to the interstate commerce act. The commission is for this anti-gcalping bill, which i has advocated time and again in its recom mendations to congress, go far as the commission is concerned, this anti-scalp ing bill stands by itself. The brokers claim that they have just one less than a majority on the committee, and they hope to get a majority report in their favor. The railway men say that this is impossible, because more than a majority of the committee have expressed themselves freely as in favor of the bill. As for the proposition to have the bill amended so that the roads shall be com pelled to redeem unused parts of tickets on any other basis than by taking out the straight fare for the distance traveled, a majority of the senators are believed to be absolutely opposed to everything else on this line. As the bill stands, the re demption would be on this plan: Suppose the straight fare from Atlanta to New dork was $25, and there wgs a round trip rate of S4O. If a passenger were to buy a round trip ticket but on arriving at New York should decide not to come back the same way, he would be refunded sls, the difference between the straight fg’a and the round trip rate which he had paid. One or two congressmen have turn ed up who were in favor of making the roads refund in a case of this kind S2O, or half the round trip rate. 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