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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 siaila 13 sa ipumo/'/ 3 ’ 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. rhefte- , siiaila z / 18 08 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. x William’s Kidney Pills T ’ Has no equal in diseases of the < ’ ( * Kidneys and Urinary Organs. Have > you neglected your Kidneys? Have ’ you overworked your nervous sys- ( > (> tem and caused trouble with your . Kidneys and Bladder? Have you 1 pains in the loins, side, back, groins <) j ► and bladder? Have you a flabby ap- . , pearance of the face, especially < < under the eyes ? Too frequent de- <) j) sire pass urine ? William's Kidney ’ i'ills will impart new life to the dis-1 ( eased organs, tone up the system j .) and make a new man of yoti By mail 50 cents per box. ' 1 ’^^ L^ O. | For Sale by H. J. Lamai & Sons, Wholesale Agents. - . 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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 H?n an T „ 740 pm ' 750 am lLv Ma eon. . ,Ar| 725 pm| 740 am| 355 pm , 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 11 '* 1 ! EUE , No - 1 -* l l i NoTiTl “No. 4.*| No. 12Z 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 No. 6. I No. 4. * No. 2“*|j— ——————- -5 - 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 I I 1 20 pmjAr. . ..Athens. . ..Lvj 300 pmj | * 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. 3