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DEMANDS OF THE AGE I
DR. TALMAGE PLEADS FOR HEROIC
MEN AND WOMEN.
Art vic* to Christian* to Broaden Ont and
Not Remain Jn Old Rota A Rermon of
Esconrajemeirt to All Clfistiaa Work
er* Strong Character* N«-«<led.
tCopyright, 1898, by Amcrlran Press Asso- |
cUtiun. I
WARFTInT.ton, Jan 3'» —Dr. Talmage
here show h the style of Christian character
required for the tint®* in which we live i
and pleads for more heroics The text is
Esther iv, 14, “Who knoweth whether i
thou art come to the kingdom for such a
time as this*'*
Esther the Iwautlful was the wife of
Ahasuerus the al>oininab]c. The time had
come for her to present a jx tition to her
infamous husband in behalf of the Jewish
nation, to which she had once belonged.
She was afraid to undertake the work lest
she should lose her own life, but her cous
in, Mordccai. who had brought her up. j
encouraged her with the suggostion that
probably she had been raised up of God for
that peculiar mb don. “Who knoweth
whether thou art come to the kingdom for
•u< h a time uh this?’’ x :
Esther had her God apjiointed work.
You and 1 hove ours. It ia my business
to tell you what style of men and women
you ought to tie in ord<-r that you meet
the demand nt tba age in which God has
oast your lot. Ho this discourse will not
deal with the technicalities, but only with
tho practicabilities. When two armies
have rnshod into battle, tho officers of <4- ,
ther army do not want a philosophical dis- |
cushion about the chemical properties of ■
human blood or the nature of gunpowder.
They want soma one to man tho I
and take out the guns. And now, when
all tho forces of light and darkness of
heaven and hell have plunged into tho ;
light, it is no time to give ourselves to the
delifiitjons and formulas and technicalities ■
and conventionalities <>f religion. What '
wo want is practical, earnest, concen trut- I
ed, enthUKiastio and triumphant help.
Aggressive < hrLti&u*.
In the first jihvc. jn order to meet, tho j
special demand of tins ago, you need to bo i
an unmi. takable, aggressive Christian. <
Os half and half Chi i-rt ians we do not.
want, any more. The church of J« sus ;
Christ will l;u better without thorn. They
are tho chief obstacle to the church's ad- '
vnncenicnt. I aiu speaking of another
kind of Christian. All the appliances for
your becoming un earnest Christian are at
your hand, and there Is a straight path
for you into tho broad daylight of God's
forgiveness. You may this moment bo ;
tho bondmen of the world, and the next
moment you may bo princes of tho Lord
God Almighty. You remember what ex
citement t.horo was in thin country, years
ago, when the Prince of Wales came hero
how tho people rushed out t>y hundreds
of thousands to sco him. Why? Because
they expected that some day ho would Ait
upon the throne of England. But what
was all that honor compared with the
honor to which God calls you—to l>e sons
and daughters of tho Lord Almighty—yea,
to he queens amt kings unto God. “They
shall reign with him forever ami forever.’’
But you need to bo aggressive Chris
tians, and not. like those persons who spend
their lives in hugging their Christian
graces and wondering why they do not
make progrt ss. How much robustness of
healt h would a man have if ho hid him
self in a dark closet? A great deal of tho
piety of today is too exclusive. It hides
itself It. needs more fresh air, more out
door exercise. There are many Christians
who are giving their entire life to self ex
amination. r l hey aro fooling their pulsed
to see what is the condition of their spirit
ual health. How long would a man have
robust physical health if ho kept, all the
day feeling his pulse Instead of going out
into active, earnest everyday work?
Strong Characters Needed.
I wasonce amid t he wonderful, bewitch
ing cactus growths <>f North Carolina. I j
never was more bewildered with tho bttan
ty of flowers, and yet win n 1 would take
up one of these cactuses and pull the leaved
apart, the beauty was all gone. You could |
hardly tell that It had over been o flower. I
And there nre a great many Christian poo- i
pie in this day just pulling apart their |
Christian experiences to see what there id I
in them, and there is nothing left in thorn, j
This stylo of self examination is a dam
age instead of an advantage to their Chris ’
tian character. 1 remcnibt r whe n 1 was a ■
boy 1 used to have a small piece in tho .
garden that I called my’ own, and I plant
ed corn there, and every few days I would I
pull it up to see how fast it was growing. |
Now. there are n great in: ny Christian j
people in this day whose self examination i
merely amounts to the pulling up of that I
which thoy only vesterd.-y < r the day he ;
fore planted. Oh, my friends, if you want ■
to tinvo a stalwart Christian charm ter, j
plant it. rigbtoutof doors in thogrout field j
of Christian usefulness, and i hough storms
may come upon it, mid though the hot sun ;
of trial may try to consume it, it. will '
thrive until it becomes a great tree, in ,
which the fowls of heaven may have their i
habitation. I have no path neo with these [
flowerpot Christians. They keep them-'
selves under shelter, and all their Chris- i
tian experience in a small, e ■rclusiveelrclo, |
when they ought to plant it in the great |
garden of the Lord, so that the whole at
mosjihero could bo aromatic with their
Christian usefulness. What we want in .
this church of God is more strength of
piety. Tho century plant is wonderfully
suggestive and wonderfully beautiful, but
I never look at it without thinking of its
parsimony It lets whole generations go
by before it puts forth »no blossom. So I :
have really more admiration when I sec ■
the dewy tears in tho blue eyes of the vio- ■
lets, for they come every spring. My j
Christian friends, time is going by so
rapidly that wo cannot afford to bo idle.
No Time For Inertia.
A recent statistician says that human .
life now has an average of only 32 years.
From these 82 years yen must subtract all
the time you take for sleep and the taking i
of food and recreation; tb it will leave you '
about 10 years. From these 16 you must j
subtract all the time th,at you uro mces- |
•arily engaged in tho earning of a liveli
hood That will leave you about eight I
years From these eight years you must !
take all the days and weeks and months— j
all the length of time that is passed in I
sickness —leaving you about one year in j
which to work for God. Omy soul, wake ,
♦q>! How darest thou sleep in harvest I
time and with so few hours in which to .
reap? Ho that I state it as a simple fact
that all the time that tho vast majority of
you will have for the exclusive service of I
God will be less than one year.
“But,’ says some man, “I liberally j
support the gospel, and the church is open,
ami the gospel is preached; al! the spirit
ual advantages are spread before men. and j
if they want to be saved let them come (
ami be saved—l have discharged all my j
responsibility.” Ah, is that my Master’s !
spirit? Is there not afi old book somewhere j
that commands us to go out into the high
ways and the hedges and compel the pco- :
% pie to come in: What would become of j
you and me if Christ had not come down ;
off the hills of heaven, and if he bad not i
come through the door of the Bethlehem I
caravansary, and if he had not with the I
crushed hand of the crucifixion knocked
at the iron gate of the sepulcher of our
spiritual death, crying. "Lazarus, come
forth: ' Ob. my Christian friend, this is
no time for inertia when all the forces of ‘
darkness seem to be in full blast—when
steam printing presses are publishing in- |
fldel tracts, when express trains are ear
rying messengers of sin. when fast clip
pers are laden with opium and strong
drink, when the night air of our cities is
polluted with the laughter that breaks up I
from the lU.OOO saloons of dissipation and ■
abandonment, when the fires of the second |
death already are kindled in the cheeks of j
some who, only a little while ago, wen
incorrupt! Ob, never since the curse fell '
upon the earth has there been a time when j
it was such an unwise, such a cruel, such ,
an awful thing for the church to sleep!
The gnat auditnces are not gathered in ■
Christian churches. The great audiences
are gathered in temples of sin—tearsfof
unutterable woe their baptism, the blood I
of crushed hearts the awful wino of their
sacrament, blasphemies their litany, and
the groans of the lost world the organ
dirge of their worship.
Get Oat of Old Bat*.
Again, if you want to be qualified to
meet the duties which this age demands '
of you, you must on the one baud avoid
reckless iconoclasm and on the other hand
not stick too much to things because they
I are old. The air is full of new plans, new '
projects, new theories of government, new
theologies, and I am amazed to see how so ,
many Christians want only novelty tn or- j
dcr to recommend a thing to their confi
dence. and so they vacillate and swing to
and fro, and they are useless and they are
! unhappy. New plans—secular, ethical, i
phib soj hicnl, religions, cisatlantic, trans
atlantic—long enough to make a line reach
ing from the German universities to Greet
j Halt Ijike city Ah. my brother, do not
take bold of a thing merely because it is
new! Try it by the realities of tba judg
ment day. But, on the other hand, do not
adhere to anything merely because it is
old.
There is not a single enterprise of the
church or the world but has some time i
scoffed at. There was a time when men
derided even Bible societies, and when a
few young men met in Massachusetts and
organized the first missionary society ever
organized in this country there went
laughter anil ridicule all around the Chris
tian church. T hey said the undertaking
was preposterous. And so also the work
of Jesus Christ was assailed. People cried
out: “Whoever heard of such theories of
ethics and government! Who ever noticed
such a style of preaching as Jesus has?”
Fzeklel had talked of mysterious wings
and wheels. Here camo a man from Caper
naum and Gennesarct, and be drew his
illustrations from the lakes, from the
sand, from the mountain, from the lilies,
from the cornstalks. Hew the Pharisees
scoffed! How Herod derided! And this
I Jesus they plucked by the beard, and they
spat in bis face, and they called him “this
fellow.” All the great enterprises in and
out of the church have at times been
scoffed at, anil there have been a great
; multitude who have thought that the
! chariot of God's truth would fall to pieces
If it once got out of the old rut. And so
j there are those who have no patience with
anything like Improvement in church
! architecture, or with anything like good,
hearty, earnest church singing, and they
! deride any form of religious discussion
which goes down walking among everyday
; men rather than that which makes an ex
! curslon on rhetorical stilts. Oh, that the
church of God would wake up to an adap
! lability of work! Wo must admit tho slm
j {de fact t hat the churches of Jesus Christ
in tliis day do not reach the great masses
There are 50,000 people in Edinburgh who
never bear the gospel. There are 1,000,000
people in London who never hear the gos
s pel. The great, majority of the inhabitants
| of this capital come not under the imme
di.ate ministrations of Christ’s truth, and
the church of God in this day, instead of
being a place full of living epistles, known
and read of all men, is more like a dead
letter postoffioe.
Work to lie Done.
“But,” say the people, “the world is go
ing to bo converted; you must be patient;
the kingdoms of this world are to become
the kindomsof Christ.” Never, unless the
church of Jesus Christ puts on more speed
and energy. Instead of the church con
verting the world, tho world is converting
the church. Here is a great fortress. How
shall it be taken? An army conies and sits
around about it, cuts off the supplies and
says, “Now we will just wait until from
exhaustion and starvation they will have
to give up.” Weeks and months and per
ha]>B a year pass along and finally the for
tress surrenders through that starvation
and exhaustion. But, my friends, tho for
tresses of sin aro never to be taken in that
way. If they arc taken for God, it will be
by storm; you will have to bring up the
great siege guns of the gospel to the very
wall and wheel the flying artillery into
lino, and when the armed infantry of heav
en shall confront the battlements you will
have to give the quick command, “For
ward I Charge!”
Ah, my friends, there is work for you to
do and for me to do in order to this grand
accomplishment. I have a pulpit. 1 preach
■ In it. Your pupit is the bank. Your pul
| pit is the store. Your pulpit is the edito
: rial chair. Your pulpit is the anvil. Your
' pulpit is the house scaffolding. Your pul
j pit is the mechanics’ shop. I may stand in
j my place and, through cowardice or
! through self seeking, may keep back the
I word 1 ought to utter, while you, with
■ sleeve rolled up and brow besweated with
j toil, may utter the word that will jar the
| foundations of heaven with the shout of a
i groat victory. Oh, that we might all feel
: that the Lord Almighty is putting upon us
' the hands of ordination! I tell you, every
; one, go forth and preach this gospel. You
i have as much right to preach as I have or
any man living.
Examples of Courage.
Hedley Vicars was a wicked man in the
' English army. The grace of God came to
; him. Ho became an earnest and eminent
; Christian. They scoffed at him and said
j “You are a hypocrite. You are as bad as
! ever you were.” Still he kept his faith in
■ Christ, and after awhile, finding that they
| could not turn him aside by calling him
H hypocrite, they said to him, “Oh, you
i are nothing but a Methodist!” This did
: not disturb him. He went on performing
I his Christian duty until ho had formed
i all his troops into a Bible class, and the
| whole encampment was shaken with the
I presence of God. So Havelock went into
s the heathen temple in India while the
i English army was there and put a candle
into the hand of each of tho heathen gods
j that stood around in the heathen temple
and by the light of those candles held up
by the idols General Havelock preached
righteousness, temperance and judgment
to come. And who will say on earth or in
heaven that Havelock had not the right to
I preach? In the minister's house where I
prepared for college there worked a man
■ by the namg of Peter Croy. He could
' neither read nor write, but ho was a man
| of God. Often theologians would stop in
! the house—grave theologians—and at fam
ily prayer Peter Croy would be called upon
I to lead, and all those wise men sat around,
wonder struck at his religious efficiency.
; When he prayed, he reached up and seemed
to take hold of the very throne of the Al
mighty. and he talked with God until the
i very heavens were bowed down into the
Bitting room. Oh. if I were dying I would
: rather have plain Peter Croy kneel by my
: bedside and commend my immbrtal spirit
I to God than the greatest archbishop ar
j rayed in costly canonicals. Go preach this
j gospel. You say you are not licensed. In
the name of the Ixird Almighty, I license
■ you. Go preach this gospel, preach it in
1 the Sabbath schools, in tho prayer meet
ings, in the highways, in tho hedges. Woe
be unto you if you preach it not!
Triumph of Truth.
I remark again, that in order to be quali
fied to meet your duty in this particular
age you want unbounded faith in the tri
i umph of the truth and the overthrow of
; wickedness. How dare tho Christian
’ church ever got discouraged? Have we
not the Lord Almighty on our side? How
long did it take God to slay the hosts of
Sennacherib orburn Sodom or shake down
Jericho? How long will it take God, when
he once arises in his strength, to overthrow
all the forces of iniquity? Between this
time and that there may be long seasons of
darkness, and the chariot wheels of God's
gospel may seem to drag heavily, but here
is the promise and yonder is the throne,
and when omniscience has lost its eyesight
and omnipotence falls back impotent and
Jehovah is driven from his throne, then
the church of Jesus Christ can afford to be
despondent, but never until then.
Despots may plan and armies may march
and tho congresses of the nations may
seem to think they are adjusting all the
affairs of the world, but the mighty men*
of the earth are only the dust of the chariot
wheels of God's providence. And I think
before the sun of the next century shall set
the last tyranny will fall, and with a
splendor of demonstration that shall be the
astonishment of the universe God will set
forth the brightness and pomp and glory
and perpetuity of his eternal government
Out of the starry Llags and the emblazoned
Insignia of this world God will make a
path for his own triumph and returning
from universal conquest he will sit down,
the grandest, the strongest, highest throng
of earth his footstool.
I prepare this sermon because I want
to encourage all Christian workers in ev
ery possible department. Hosts of the liv
ing God. march on, march on! His spirit
will bless you. His shield will defend you.
j His sword will strike for you. March on,
I march oa LThe despotisms will (ail_and pa-
ganism will burn its Idols and Mobsmme
danism will give up its false prophet and
the great walls of superstition will come
down in thunder and wreck at the long,
loud blast of the gospel trumpet. March
on. march on! The besiegement will soon
be ended. Only a few more steps on the
long way; only a few more sturdy blows;
only a few more battlecries; then God
will put tho laurels upon your brow, and
from the living fountains of heaven will
bathe off the sweat and the beat and the
duet of the conflict. March on, march on!
For you the time for work will soon be
passed, and amid the outflashings of the
judgment throne and the trumpeting of
resurrection angels and the upheaving of a
world of graves and the hosanna and the
groaning of the saved and the lost we
shall be rewarded for our faithfulness or
punished for our stupidity. Blessed t>e the
Lord God of Israel from everlasting to
everlasting and let the whole earth bo fill
ed with his glory. Amen and amen.
Consumption Positively Cured.
Mr. IL B. Greeve, merchant, of Chil
howie, Va., certifies that he had consump
tion, was given up to die, sought all medi
cal treatment that money could procure,
tried all cough remedies he could hear of,
but got no relief; spent many nights sit
ting up in a chair; was induced to try Dr.
King’s New Discovery, and was cured by
the use of two bottles. For the past three
years has been attending to business, and
says Dr. King’s New Discovery is the
grandest remedy ever made, a sit has done
so much for him and also for others In his
community. Dr. King's New Discovery is
guaranteed for coughs, colds and consump
tion. It don’t fail. Trial bottles free at
H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug store.
DE DEG ATES.
Mayor Price Will Represent Macon at
Mobile Next Week. "*•
Governor Atkinson on Saturday ap
pointed the following gentlemen to repre
sent the state at large at the quarantine
convention to be held in Mobile on Feb
ruary 9th.
George C. Smith, of Atlanta, president
of the A. & W. P. railway;' P. W. Mel
drim, of Savannah; George B. Grimes,
M. D., of Columibus; S. B. Price, mayor
of Macon, and W. E. McKay, of Bruns
wick.
All of the delegates are prominent and
well known throughout the state. Two
of them are lawyers and one is a phy
sician, Dr. Grimes, of Columbus.
The convention is called by Governor
Johnston, of Alabama, who was persuaded
of the necessity of such a move by the
state health officer. A meeting was held
in Mobile when all the preliminatries of
the convention were arranged.
The convention promises to develop a
very interesting fight. The issue will be
sj’stems and the question of state rights
will figure largely in the fight. Among
the delegates will be some of the leading
lawyers of the South and many prominent
medical men.
COAL TO GO UP.
An Advance of 25 Cents Is Predicted on
Account of Combination.
On the first of April coal will be ad
vanced 25 cents. This, it is announced,
will be the result of the recent Interstate
miners and operators’ conference held in
this city.
Whether the advance exceeds 25 cents a
ton depends to a considerable extent upon
the course of the railroads. If the car
riers, as many operators believe, should
claim a share in the better prices obtain
ed by the operators and miners, and ad
vance their carrying rates 10 or 15 cents
a ton, that sum will be added to the
amount the people will pay for their coal.
The agreement for increased wages,
coupled with increased prices, is practi
cally the consummation of a great com
bination between the operators and
miners. It is not a plan, though just now
approaching realization.
As matters stand now, the operators say
they are in a position to regulate the out
put and control the prices, and are resign
ed to the advance in wages because uni
form conditions prevail and all competi
tion is on an equal basis.
Old People.
Old people who require medicine to reg
ulate the bowels and kidneys will find the
true remedy in Electric Bitters. This med
icine does not stimulate and contains no
whisky nor other intoxicant, but acts as
a tonic and alterative. It acts mildly on
the stomach and bowels, adding strength
and giving tone to the organs, thereby aid
ing nature in the performance of the func
tions. Electric bitters is an excellent ap
petizer and aids digestion. Old people find
it just exactly what they need. Price 50
cents and $1 per bottle at H. J. Lamar &
Sons’ drug sto -r>
ONLY ONE LEG
But They Seem to Have as Much Murder
in Them as the Others.
The one-legged men seem to have sud
denly developed a murderous tendency.
Jim Lockett is now in jail charged with
the murder of old man Paul Freeman on
Saturday morning. 'He has but one leg.
Yesterday morning John Irvine, another
one-legged man living in Yammacraw, was
arrested and is charged with assault with
intent to murder Andrew White at whom
he fired four shots.
Irvine makes no attempt to deny the
charge. He says that White came -pros
pecting around his house and he shot at
him. He says that the other man is a
bad negro and that he will never turn up
to prosecute him. In fact the seems to be
of the opinion that White is still running.
Tie he
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ACCEPTED.
The Offer of Mr. Gresham—Ladies Elect
Officers Tomorrow Morning.
The annual meeting of the Ladies’ Aux
iliary of the Hospital Association will be
held tomorrow in the parlors of the Public
Library. The officers will then be elected
for the ensuing year. The Ladies’ Aux
iliary has done splendid work for the
hospital during the last year, in fact they
have been the most active of any of the
workers for that institution, though every
one connected with the hospital should be
credited with good work. The offer made
by Mr. T. B. Gresham to build an annex to
the hospital as a memorial to his father
has been accepted by the directors and
they are now at work on the subscription
list to pay off the mortgage of? 3,500 still
due on the building. As before stated in
this paper. Mr. J. Dannenberg has put his
name down to lead this subscription list
with SSOO. There should be no difficulty
in securing the balance necessary to the
attainment of so worthy an object.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
fit fls-
‘if “
A Straight Line.
“A straight line is the shortest distance
between two points. (Geometrical Defini
tion.) A telephone line is the quickest
md most satisfactory means of communi
cation between two points. (Commercial
fact.) First point—The toll system of the
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Company affords the means of holding pri
vate conversation with your correspon
dents in Atlanta, Rome, Newnan, Griffin,
Columbus, Opelika, Americus, Albany,
Athens and intermediate towns, and gives
all the advantages of personal Interviews
without the expense, fatigue and incon
venience of traveling.
Second point—A night rate has been
established and connections between the
hours of 6 p. m. and 8 a. m. can be had at
one-half of the day rates.
You can talk to 10,000 every day through
the columns of The News.
MACON NEWS MONDAY EVENING* JANUARY 31 xB§B.
MARION CRAWFORD
W’lH Lecture at the Academy on Tuesday
of Next Week.
The lecture at the Academy of Music
on Tuesday of next week by Mr. Marion
Crawford, is sure to draw a house made up
of literary Macon.
The subject of the lecture will be “Pope
Leo XHth and the Vatican.” Speaking of
this lecture Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbot.ce says:
“I heard with great interest Mr. Craw
ford’s lecture on “Leo XHth and the Vat
ican,” and am glad to be quoted anywhere
as saying what I said at the close of rhe
lecture, that I am sure wherever it is de
livered it will help to remove prejudice of
Protestants against Romanists and of Ro
manists against Protestants.
“Mr. Crawford’s literary skill needs no
endorsement from me, and his ability in
analysis of character and in portrait paint
ing is seen to great advantage ’in his very
graphic picture of Leo XHlth.”
“What Happened to Jones,” one of the
biggest comedy successes New York has
bad in many seasons, comes Wednesday
night with the original cast,- including
George Ober, Wm. Bernard, Reuben Fax,
J. W. Cope, C. Boniface, Jr.. Harry Rose,
Anna Belmont, Kathryn Osterman. Flor
ence Robinson, Matie Ferguson, Mrs. E. A.
Eberle and Rose Stuart. The action of
“What Happened to Jones” occurs during
one evening in the horne of Ebenezer
Goodly, a professor of anatomy in a prom
inent Eastern university. The family is
expecting the arrival of the Rev. Anthony
Goodly, D. D., Bishop of Ballarat, who has
never met any of the members of his
household. Unknown to most of the other
characters, the good bishop has a love af
fair on, stimulated by a term of corres
pondence. Upon his arrival he gets mixed
up in some godless enterprises of a spor
tive son of the family, and a hymn book
drummer named Jones, who is supposed to
be a detective. A tail torn off the bishop's
coat —which coat becomes evidence against
him —and the great activity of the hymn
book drumer are said to promise much
laughter.
CHANGES TOMORROW.
Central Railway Officials at this Place
Will Switch About.
Tomorrow the changes recently an
nounced in the Central railroad officials
at this place will go into effect. Mr.
James G. Carlisle will go from the solicit
ing passenger agents desk to that of trav
eling passenger agent. He succeeds Mr.
W. P. Dawson, who resigned.
Mr. Carlisle will be succeeded as solicit
ing freight agent by Mr. W. D. Hammett,
stenographer in Trainmaster Broyles’ of
fice. Mr. Hammett will be succeeded by
Mike Sours, at present in Superintendent
Epperson’s office.
JC-S. YA.
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Academy of Music.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3.
Hoyt’s Biggest, Best and Brightest,
“fl mine wmte Elan.”
With All Its Wealth of Scenery, Gorgeous
Costumes and Pretty Girls.
A grand production. Forty people in the
cast. Full brass band on the stage.
Prices, 25c, 50c., 75c., $1 and $1.50. Sale
opens Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
George H. Broadhurst’s Roaring Success, t
Ilf I I ft "18-carat comedy I
H f I I without a flaw.”
v 111 rl I -*■ Y T e|e g™ m ' I
HAPPENED
” You laugh till the tears
roll down your cheeks.”
—Alan Dale.
Ift s r “ such Biays are
IN I* X godsends.”
J U -Alan Dale.
The Same Company that Delighted 113,460
People in New York.
Geo. C. Boniface, jr.. Geo. Ober, Wm. Bernard.
J. W. Cope, Reuben Fax, Cecil Kingston, Harry Rose.
Anna Belmont. Kathryn Osterman. Mattie Ferguson,
Mrs. E. A. Eberle. Florence Robinson, Rose Stuart.
Flora Hedden.
Prices, 25c., 50c., 75c., $1 and $1.75.
GEORGIA, 8188 COUNTY—To the Su
perior Court of Said County: The petition
of James R. Sanders and L. Oscar Taylor,
of said county, shows:
First —That they desire for themselves,
their associates and successors, to be in
corporated as a body corporate and politic
under the corporate name of “The Sanders
Furniture Company” for a term of twenty
years, with the privilege of renewal at the
expiration of the said term of twenty years
under and by corporate name aforesaid.
Second —Petitioners show that the object
of said corporation is pecuniary gain and
profit; that the principal business of said
corporation which they propose to carry
on, is to buy and sell all housefurnishing
goods, carpets, stoves, clocks, watches and
all jewelry and works of art, to buy, sell,
repair and manufacture furniture of every
kind, and wearing apparel of every kind.
Third —The capital stock of said company
shall be four thousand dollars ($4,000), to
be divided into shares of one hundred dol
lars ($100) each, with the privilege to In
crease said capital stock to any amount not
exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)
by a majority vote of all the stock, each
share of stock to be entitled to one vote
in the management of the affairs of said
corporation. Whenever any stockholder
shall have paid in full his subscription to
the capital stock of said corporation his
liabilities shall cease.
Fourth —The place of business of said
corporation shall be in Bibb county, with
the right to establish agencies anywhere
in this state, as they may deem necessary
or expedient.
Fisth —Petitioners further pray that they
may r have the right, under and by said
corporate name, to sue and be sued, to
have and use a common seal, to make all
by-laws for their own government as they
shall think necessary, to appoint such offi
cers and agents as they think proper, to
purchase and hold such property, real or
personal, as is necessary to the purpose
of the organization; to do all such legal
acts as are necessary for the carrying out
of the purpose of the corporation, and gen
erally to exercise all powers conferred
upon corporations under and by the laws
of the state.
Wherefore, petitioners pray that an or
der be passed granting this their applica
tion for incorporation, and petitioners will
ever pray, etc.
H. F. Strohecker,
Petitioners’ Attorney.
I, Robert A. Nisbet, clerk of the superior
court of Bibb county. Georgia, do certify
that the above is a true copy of the orig
inal petition for incorporation of “The
Sanders Furniture Company as the same
appears now of file in said clerk’s office.
Witness my official signature and seal of
office this 10th day of January. 1898.
Robt. A. Nisbet, Clerk.
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W illingham
Sash and Door Company.
dealers in
Painters’ and Builders’ Supplies,
Cabinet Mantels, Tiles and Grates.
Facilities Unsurpassed,
G. BERND cSz, CO.,
Are Leaders
In STYLE QUALITY AND PRICE
When in Need of
Fine Harness, Saddles, Robes, Blankets, Whips, etc., call and see us.
Riding and Huntng Leggings in all styles.D
TRUNK REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
The Callaway
Coal Company
Phone 334.
Central of Georgia
Railway Company
Schedules in Effect Jan. 23. 181,8, Standard Tin e
itrco. 7 90th Meiidian.
No 5 I No. 7 *| No. 1 *| STATIONS | No. 2*j No. 8 *| No. 6
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, l U 9am l i 8 40 Pm| ,? 50 am l A , r -- • •Fort Valley. . Lv| 627 pmj 639 am| 253 pm
335 pm l I !1 ° 20 am|Ar. .. .Perry Lv|! 500 pm| |! 11 30 am
I |l2 30 pm|Ar. . ..Opelika. . .Lv! 2 45 pm| I
I 5 50 pmjAr. . .B’mham. . ,Lv| 9 30 ami I
, **3 pm ™ PI pni |Al‘.. .Americus. . .Lv| j 5 18 pm; 1 28 pm
t 2 0b pmj 10 2o pin| |Ar.. ..Smithville .Lvl I 455 amif 105 pm
3la pm 11 On pm, Ar. .. .Albany,. ..Lvj I 4 15 am| 11 50 am
550 pm | | Ar.. .Columbia. ..Lvl | j 900 am
3 pm |Ar.. ..Dawson. . ..Lv| I |1213 pm
3 3/ pml. I- l Ar -- ..Cuthbert. . ..Lvj I | 1130 am
4 P ™ s 1 No - 9 *l Ar -- -Fort Gaines. Lvj No. 10 *| j!10 30 am
4 U pm , I 7 40 amjAr Euf aula.. ..Lv| 7 30 pm ’lO 40 am
814pm l !••• ! Ar Ozark. .. .Lvj | |! 7 05 am
„ pm l 915 am|Ar. . .Un. Springs. Lvl 600 pmj 1915 am
A ;? pru Vr Troy. . ~Lv| | | 7 55 am
' .:■> pm j IQ 4 a am. Ar., Montgomery. .Lv| 420 pm I 7 45 am
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BOJ am; 4 25 amj 4 la pmjLv.. . .Macon. . ..Ari 11 10 am| 11 10 pml 720 pm
933 am l 547 am ; 542 PmlLv. .Barnesville . .Lvj 945 r 945 pmj 605 pm
13 2® am i I 7 40 pmjAr.. .Thomaston. ..Lvj 7 00 ami jj 3 00 pm
9oa am 616 am' 613 pmjAr. . ..Griffin. . ..Lvj 912 amj 915 pml 530 pm
l; 3 i am t ! Ar ” •• Newnan - • -Lvl ; |! 3 23 pm
• 1 05 pm l |Ar.. ..Carrollton. .Lvj j l» 2 10 pm
JI 20 am; 7 45 amj 7 35 pmjAr.. ..Atlanta. . ~Lv| 7 50 am| 750 pml 4 05 pm
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730 pm 11 38 pm 11 25 amjLv. .. .Macon. . ..Ari 355 ami 745 am
810 pm 12 19 am 12 08 pm Ar. . ..Gordon. .. .Ar. 5 00. pm 310 am| 710 am
pm ! 1 15 pm Ar. .Milledgeville .Lvl! 3 45 pm | 6 30 fjr
10 00 pm ! 3 ° !) pmjAr.. ..Eatonton. . ,Lv ! 1 30 pm j 5 25 am
• ! 6 50 pmjAr. .. Covington. ..Lvj! 9 20 am' I
*ll 25 am *ll 38 pm *ll 25 am Lv. .. .Macon. . ..Ari* 345 pm'* 3 55 _ aml» 345 pm
2 n™ 99- amf 9 9A P “ ‘t r ’ " ’ Ten nille Lv ‘ 156 pm 152 am 156 pm
2 30 pm -2a am 230 pm;Ar. . .Wadley. .. .Lvfl2 55 pml 12 50 amj 12 55 pm
2al pm. 244 am 2al pm Ar. . .Midville. . .Lv 12 11 pm, 12 30 am 12 11 pm
o E.a pm 315 am 32a pm. Ar. .. .Millen. .. .Lv 11 34 am lx 58 pm' 11 34 am
3 -In Pm p - am ‘ ! 510 pm ' Ar -Waynesboro.. .Lv: 10 13 amj 10 37 pm'slO 47 am
sa3o pm 63aam ! 655 pm Ar... .Augusta. . .Lvj! «20 am 840pms9 30 am
No- 16. *! | No. 15. * j
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* Daily. ! Daily except Sunday, f Meal station, s Sunday only.
Solid trains are run to ands from Macon and Montgomery via Eufaula, Savan
nah and Atlanta via Macon, Macon and Albany via Smithville, Macon and Birming
ham via Columbus. Elegant sleeping cars on trains No. 3 and 4 between Macon
ina Satannah and Aalanta and Savannah. Sleepers for Savannah are ready for oceu
pancy in Macon depot at 9:00 p. m. Pas-sengei“s arriving in Macon on No. 3 and S«
vannah on No. 4. are allowed to remain iusleeper until 7a. m. Parlor cars between
Macon and Atlanta on trains Nos. 11 and 12. Seat fare 25 cents. Passengers for
Arightsville, Dublin and Sandersville take 11:55 train. Train arrives Fort Gaines
4:30 p. m., and leaves 10:30 a. m. Sundays. For Ozark arrives 7.25 p. m. and leaves
7.45 a. m. For further information or schedules to points beyond our lines, address
W. P. DAWSON, T. P. A., Macon, Ga. E. P. BONNER, U. T. A
E. H. HINTON, Traffic Manager j. c. HAILE, G. P. A.
THEO. D. KLINE. General SuDerin ten dent.
LANDLORDS!
Do you know that we are the only exclusive rental agents in Ma
con. No other departments. If you are not satisfied with your in
come give us a trial.
A. J. McAfee, Jr., & Co.
357 Third Street. /
Phone 617.
S. G. BOUIS cS6 CO.
Practical Plumbers.
Sanitary Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Steam, Hot
Water and Hot Air Heating.
Special Attention to Reipalr Work.
617 Poplar Street, Macon, Ga.
Great Clearance Sale
Os Men’s and Boys’ Winter Clothing
Our salesmen haue instructions to sell every
Suit and Overcoat regardless of cost. We must get
rid of them at some price. If you are interested in
Clothing this is your opportunity. 50c on the dollar
will buy any Suit or Overcoat in our store.
The Dixie Shoe and Clothing Co,
Corner Cherry and Third Streets.
IF. A guttenbergerlTco
Pianos and organs—Celebrated Sohmer
xßush & Gerts, the Famous Burdette Organ,
e* W the Waterloo Organ, all strictlv first-class.
» Wy• Me
Ap - 'O -Artistic piano tuning.
'■ 1 have secured the services of Mr. Wm.
J is ' Hinspeter, so ftivorably known in Macon
as a tuner and salesman. All orders left
at store will have prompt attention and
satisfaction guaranteed.
We Have Moved 1
Our office and sales room to two doors from the express
office on Fourth street, wheie we are better prepared than
ever to serve those needing
Building Material of Every Kind.
Macon Sash, Door - Lumber Co
I CENTRAL CITY.
i Refrigerator and Cafiinet Works.
MANUFACTURE S OF
Bank, Bar and Office Fixtur s, Drug Store Mantels
| and all kinds of Hard Wood Work, Show Cases to
I order. Muecke’s newest improved Dry Air Refrigera
a tor will be made and sold at wholesale prices to every-
I body. Give us a trial.
I F. W. HUECKE, Manager
i 614 New Street.
iiHMMigifiniiim i uni mi n n in n in ■■in iwnii’ii
IL. ET U S
Sell you SEED and plant
YOUR GARDEN
We have an experienced white gardener who understan
his business. Leave orders now.
STREYER SEI EID CO
466 Poplar Street.
Prepare for Winter. -
Window Glass, Mantels and Grates.
Can furnish any size or parts broken.
Call before cold weather comes.
T, C. BURKE.
Obifl Watch
Is a good investment, because it enables you
to save time. When “time is money” by z
knowing the exact time when you need to
know it. That’s the kind of Watches we sell,
and don’t think our prices high because others
are. We can sell you a gold filled (not plated)
Watch for $20.00, gonts’ size; ladies’ for $lB.
BEELAND, the Jeweler Triangular Block.
Home industries
and Institutions.
Henry Stevens’ Sons Co.
H. STEVENS’ SONS CO, Macon, Ga., Manufacturers of Sewer,
and Railroad culvert pipe, fittings, fire brick, clay, etc. Wall tubing with
perforated bottoms that will last forever.
Macon Fish and Oyster House.
CLARKE & DANIEL, wholesale and retail dealers in Fresh
Fish, Oysters,Crabs, Shrimps, Game, Ice, etc., 655 Poplar street. Tel
ephone 463. Fisheries and paching house, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Macon Machinery.
MALLARY BROS. & CO., dealers in Engines, Boilers, Saw
Mills. Specialties—Watertown Steam Engines, Saw Mills, Grist Mills,
Cotton Gins.
Macon Refrigerators.
MUECKE’S Improved Dry Air Refrigerators. The best Re
frigerators made. Manufactured right here in Macon, any size and of
any material desred. It has qualities which no other refrigerator on
the market possesses. Come and see them at tlxi factory New St.
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