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CHEAP MONEV.
KL, r cent, and 7 per cent, toney now
ready for loans on Macon residence and
business property. S per cent, money for
farm loans. Over 55j ,, m).0'»0 successfully
negotiated In Georgia alone. Lwnn made
can bo paid off t any tin?*. We are head
quarters. O. A. Col. man, Gen. Mao.,
356 Second Street, Macon. Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
FORTY-FOUR
UVES LOST
Channel Queen, Mail Steam
er Between Plymouth
and Jersey Lost.
STBU I A ROCK
And Went to the Bottom - First In-
formation Received Was
Incorrect.
Plymouth, Feb. 1 It was reported this !
morning that the mail steamer Channel
Qii'M t.'. was totally wrecked off Island of >
Guernsey. L.:<r In the day the owners j
of Channel Qu< ■ n announced that, out of j
sixty five p.-r.-ona on board of her when j
she struck, only two are known to have i
been drowned.
The Channel Queen which ran between ,
Plymouth and the I land of Jersey, it now
appears, struck on the rocks during a fog
tills morning and rank. Some of the pas
sengers are missing, but the exact num
bt r is not known.
The news of very slight loss of life,
however, turn. 4 cut to be incorrect, for I
still later advices hav< it that forty-four j
lives were lost,
“FIXED” RACES.
Sharpers Fleece Their Victims on the New |
Orleans Pool.
Cincinnati, 0., F<-b. 1 —The police have
been noiitli 1 to look for Mike McGlnness
ami "Red" Murphy, who by mere guessing
gave hints to Francis • Mcßr. iner and F.
11. Bond, of New York, whereby they won
$5,000 rt lite races.
Touts say they b.li vc these are “fix”
races.
The four then earn. to Ixniisville and
Bond >. .n; on to Ll'.le : and arranged
to win a idg pile'on Siva y< sterday in the
fourth race al New (>rl ans.
MB u| tier bit fl,t iiti in one pool rcom ‘
and gave ■ to Me'.it. •. as to bit in
another, Siva «:ts b a' n and M -Brciner |
found that Mi'Gic.ues 11. d without betting >
at all.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Government Will Build a Cutter for Yukon
Service.
Washington, I'h’b. 1 The Military acad
emy appropriation mH iv.is reported to the
Hour, today. The tint! civil service re
formers' won i light victory when Per
kins. Republican, or lo.va, pru.ented the
resolution for printing the hearings before
lite civil service eotumitli
A bill vs as passed aut not I. Ing tin' secre
tary of the lua-ury to build or putidia.se
a suitable v< t 1 for revenue cutter service
on the Yukon river to cost not exceeding
" $40,000.
\ resolution . ar adopted which request
ed the Men t;ii s of war to submit to the
.House the report of C. Mel). Townsend, of
the i.-m . of engineers, dated December
13. 1597, collect nine e.rt.iin proposed im
prover- -ms at the St John and Benton
harbot ■ In Michigan.
V senate resolution for the relief nr t .\ .
Senator Coll, of Florida, was adopted.
At ’-'To p. m. the lb use went into a
committee of the whole, and resumed con
sideration of the District of Columbian
appropriation bills.
IN THE SENVTE.
Washington, Feb. I. Rev. Hugh Jolin
uton. pastor of the Mttropolitan Methodist
K. tciipai church of Wa<am ,ton. deliver
ed the invocation at the opening of rhe
senate today.
Clark. Rtpubli -an, presented as a ques
tion of personal privilege a dispatch from
his state published in the Eastern news
papers to the i ft\ ct that Henry G. Hay,
chairman of the Liraink: County Republi
can Committee, had resigned because of
the votes cast by the Wyoming senators
tor the Teller resolution.
flat k taiil ,a« much had been said con
cerning the vot-s of Wyoming’s senators
hs to the significance of these voles, he
•ileenied it wise to make a stateim nt.
The resolution of Pettigrew, of South
Dakota, declaring it to be the policy of
the United Statis not to acquire territory
■to defend which the navy would be re
quired. went over until tomorrow at the
request of the author.
Mor.", an resolu: on was presented yes
terday. calling upon the pre I dent of the
Unital Sta es for corcspondenee and infor
mation relating to the arbitration of the
■ B itish s.-I; lire claims was adopted. The
senate then, on motion of .he chairman of
the foreign relations committee went into
executive session.
brokFhefTleg.
A Member of the Milk White
Flag Co. Fell in a Fur
nace Chute.
Savannah. Cm. Feb. I—Miss Louise Rosa
Molder, f a "Milk White Flag" Company |
and daughter of the late Patti Rosa, fell ;
in a furnace chute in the Savannah thea- i
tre last night breaking her right leg. She I
fell six feet. The fall will lay her up for
quite a while.
LYNCHED HIM
Negro Murderer Strung lip at Bramwell,
West Virginia.
Bramwell. W. Va.. Feb. I—An unknown ;
negro was refused the privilege of waik- j
Ing through the tunnel of the Norfolk and :
Western railroad near here last night, j
shot Harry Draper. the watchman, killing ,
him instantly. A posse was formed and 1
captured the negro later placing him in
jail.
At midnight fifty men took the prisoner
from jail :<nfl lynched him after which his
bady was riddled with bullets.
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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.
For sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug
■tor*
You can talk to 10,000 every day through
the columns of The News. ,
HOTEL BURNS.
Every Room Was Occupied
and Many Narrow Es
capes Occurred.
Gloversvillc. N. Y., Feb. I—The Alford
House, a five-story brick structure and
he largest hotel in the city, is burning
and ail! be a total loss.
The fire was discovered at 7 o'clock this
morning. Every room was occupied anfi
many narrow escapes occurred.
Five lives were lost in the lire. The list
of dead is as follows:
11. nry C. Pay. of Glover-vill»: bell boy j
Rupert; E. C. Kimball, wife and daughter,
of Indianapolis.
The loss to property will reach SIOO,OOO.
SWAIN’S DECISION
Is in Favor of Overtime for the Letter
Carriers.
New Orleans, Feb. I—Judge Swain, of
the United States circuit court of appeals
for the Fifth circuit, today decided the
j letter carrier case Involving the question
j of pay for overtime due Charles J.
ston, a letter carrier of Anniston, Ala. The
opinion of the lower court was ratified but
the main issue in favor of the carriers was
confirmed.
The half a cent a word column of The
News is the cheapest advertising medium
<n Georgia.
SMLLTm
The Island of Hawaii or For
ever Lose the Chance
Thus Offered.
TO CONTROL THE PACIFIC.
What Ex-Minister Thurston Has to
Say About It—General Scho
field Interviewed.
Washington, Feb. I—ls1 —If what the advo
cates of the annexation of Hawaii to the
i United Slates say is true, no quest.on of
! equal importance to the future safety and
■ welfare of the United States has been be
i i. .e congress in many years.
; Without ownership of the islands, the
; Pacific Ocean will become an alien and
I possibly hostile sea: but if annexation
I shall be achieved, the United States 'by
i that fact will become mistress of the
I’acifie from the equator to Behring Sea.
In the words of ex-Mlnlster Thurston:
"In the whole Pacific Ocean, from the
equator on the south to Alaska on the
north from China and Japan on the west
to lhe American continent on the esat,
there is but one spot where a ton of coal,
a pound of bread, or a gallon of fresh
water can be obtained by a passing ves
sel.”
The distance from Hong-Kong through
Hawaii to Panama is 9.550 miles. "This
distance,” as Mr. Thurston says, "is as
far as from Sat: Francisco eastward across
the continent, across the Atlantic, across
the Mediterranean, and still on across
Asia Minor to Persia.”
Hawaii is the only supply station be
tween Unalaska, tn the Aleutian Islands,
and Tahiti, a French Island 20 degrees
south of the equator. The distance is
4.100 miles, “as far as from the southern
point of Greenland to the mouth of the
Amazon.”
The width and size of the North Pacific
(1. e., north of the equator) is so great
that no naval vessel In existence can carry
coal enough to cross the Pacific from any
of the existing or possible foreign naval
stations to the Pacific coast of the United
State® and back again without reooaling.
"A modern battleship with coal is like n
caged lion —magnificent, but harmless.”
Any foreign country in possession of
Hawaii would have a base of operations
within four or five days’ steaming distance
of any part of the Pacific Coast of the
United States.
“Without the possession of Hawaii all
the chief countries .having interests •
I’acifie are so fa’ - away that the distance
is practically prohibitory of hostile oper
ations against the Pacific Coast of the
United States. For instance, the nearest
English station is 4.600 miles distant from
San Francisco. The nearest French sta
tion as 3.600 miles distant. The nearest
Spanish station is 4.700 miles away. Japan
is 4,500; China 5,500.”
Captain A. T. Mahan, greatest living
authority on naval strategy, says: “It is
rarely that so important a factor in the
attack or defense of a coast line—of a sea
frontier—is concentrated in a single posi
tion: and this circumstance renders it
doubly imperative upon us to secure it. if
we righteously can.”
General J. M. Schofield, of the United
States army, when commanding the divis
ion of the Pacific, said: “The Hawaiian
islands constitute the only natural out
post to the defenses of the Pacific Coast.
In possession of a foreign naval power in
time of war. as a depot whence to fit out
• hostile expe litions against our commerce
j on the Pacific Ocean, they would afford
a means of incalculable injury to the
United States.”
compie'e this particular argument,
it is necessary only to add that England
and J.’.pan are active candidates for prac
tical ownership and control of the Islands,
and for that indisputable predominance
in the North Pacific which the ownership
of the islands must confer upon whatever
strong naval and commercial power shall
■ acquire them.
Therefore in this particular the present
offer and treaty of annexation afford the
golden opportunity of the United States—
an opportunity of incalculable moment
and potency upon the destinies, not only
of the United States, but also of the whole
"Western Hemisphere.
The above is but one of the arguments
i advanced by the advocates of annexation.
TORN OFF
Was the Scalp of a Pretty School Girl by an
Unknown Man.
Chicago. Feb. I—■'Ruby Waters, a pretty
schoolgirl, was the victim ors a brutal as
sault yesterday. A well-dressed man.
still unknown, met her when she was
coming from school. He threw her vio
lently Into a snow drift, seized her long
braid of light hair and pulled. The girl
> 'reamed frantically. The man placed his
boot upon the girl’s neck and literally
tore the left side of her scalp from her
hr. ad. He put the long braid into his
pocket apd made his escape. The motive
. for the deed cannot be imagined. The lit
tle girl lies at her heme in a serious con
dition. Her scalp is badly lacerated.
The best time to advertise is all the
I time.
THE MACON NEWS.
GEORGIA PLATS
IN IIIG LUCK,
According to the Accounts of
the Blizzard That Blow
Elsewhere.
WST IN MANY YEARS,
i Reports from All Over the East
Show the Same—Boston is
Shut Off.
Worcester, Mass., Feb. 1.--Not since the
! memorable blizzard of March 27, IbSS, has
i this section been so completely snow
bound.
Business this morning was practically
suspended and the streets in most part of
the city are impassable.
There is probably an average of two feet
■ made huge drifts of ten and fifteen feet
I winds made ‘huge drifts of ten and fifteen
high.
I Railroad service is at a standstill, and
at this hour there is no communication of
any kind with Boston.
Nome of the Telegraph or Telephone com
panies has a wire working and it is not
known when the mail train can get
through.
The electric street railways are all tied
up. There are reports or wrecked trains
which have not yet been verified. It is
probable that the storm is more severe
east of here and it will be late in the day
before there is any . communication with
Boston.
NEW YORK,
| A Fall in the Temperature is Promised for
1 onight.
New York, Feb. 1.--New York city is
under snow to an average depth of fifteen
inches.
The temperature at 8 o'clock this morn
ing was 12 degrees above zero, but the
weather forecast said a cold wave would
strike the Metropolis tonight which would
send the temperature down 15 or 20 de
grees.
More than 8,500 shovelers are at work to
remove snow in the boroughs of Manhat
tan and Bronx alone.
Local traffic is preserved in its normal
conditions and both the surface and ele
vaied roads are running as usual.
With the exception of the lines running
to New England, the railroads are not suf
fering inconvenience.
The New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroads report trains from two to
three hours late, Boston is entirely cut off
from telephone and telegraph communica
tion.
AT SARATOGA.
Saratoga, N. Y., Feb. I—The1 —The snow storm
continues today. Two feet of snow has
falen since last evening and railroad oper
ations are somewhat impeded.
SNOW PLOWS GOING.
•Malone, N. Y., Feb. I—About 18 inches
of snow has fallen in this section during
the last twelve hours, and snow plows are
kept running all night on the Ogdensburg
and Lake Champlain and New York Cen
tral railroads. The trains are all delayed
and the storm is still raging.
DRIFTS TEN FEET.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. I—The1 —The storm which
started here late yesterday afternoon still
continues. Three feet and a half of snow
on the level and over the public roads and
the drifts are ten and twelve feet high.
The trains on all railroads are half hour
to two hours late and snow Is still fall
ing.
CHARLTON’S QUERY
Raised a Howl in the Course of the Carter
Trial.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. I—Several witnesses
were examined at today’s session of the
Carter courtmartial. Capt. A. J. Twiggs,
of Augusta, went on the stand again and
gave more evidence about the $20,000 con
tract he had, upon which he lost $4,000
because the inspector of work was so
rigid- .
Madison Cobb, the negro employed by
Captain Twiggs on his contract, testified
to the rigidity of the inspector of Captain
Twiggs’s work and of the looseness of the
inspector of similar work done by the
Gaynors In which he had been employed.
When W. G. Charlton, attorney for Cap
tain Carter, went to cross examine the
witness, he asked Madison, that time hon
ored question “When did you get out of
the penitentiary,” which lawyers often
ask colored witnesses.
The judge advocate made a prompt ob
jection to any such method of questioning
he said it made no difference if the wit
ness had been in the penitentiary, and
Cobb said this was not so, it would not
eeffect his veracity. He asked the court
to protect the witness from such humili
ation.
Charlton replied to the judge advocate
with some spirit.
Grigadier General Otis said that the
court would protect the witness.
After Cobb left the stand. S. M. Hill, of
Spartanburg. S. C.. and Emory Sibley, of
Augusta, Ga., gave testimony in reference
to Twiggs’ contract similar to that already
given.
strucFgold
On the Way to the Yukon in
Northwestern Rivers.
Winnipeg. Manitoba. Feb. I—News has
reached Regina that the first party of •
persons bound for the Yukon by the Prince
Albert route found gold in large quanti
ties in the Hay. Buffalo, and other rivers
running into the Great Slave Lake. 700
miles from Prince Albert. The news
comes through Bishop Pascal and is con
sidered reliable.
I
GORDON HONORED.
Kansas GVes a Reception to the Cunfeaerale
General.
Topeka. Kas., Feb. I—Gen. John B. Gor
don, the Confederate commander, was
I given a reception in the executive office
' yesterday by Governor Leedy and the
i state officers.
"I can hardly realize,” said General
Gordon, “that I should be given a recep
tion in the office of the governor of this
state. Thirty years ago such a thing
would have seemed impossible. I consider
it a great honor.”
i Advertise in The News and reach the i
- -1
MACON NEWS TUESDAY FEBRUARY i 1898.
BIG BUNOIIET
ouiora.
Senior Ciass of ’9B Cele
brated in Royal Style
Last Night.
ELOQUENT TOASTS
Were Responded to by the Brain
est Young Men Attending
the University.
The boys at Mercer University are en- ‘
tering into all the spirit of College life, I
and last night the banquet of the Senior ;
class was one of the happiest events that
has yet characterized school life at that
institution. It was the occasion of the
senior class for ’9B banquet.
For some some time past preparations
for this affair have been in pt ogress, and |
it is due to the effort of Mr. A. J. Johnson i
and others that the 'affair was such a sue- i
cess.
The banquet board was spread in the
dining hall of the University and around
it were gathered same of the brainiest
young men that ever graced a banquet
board.
Mr. C. E. Britton was toast master of
the occasion, and to every call that he
made there was an eloquent response. He
presided with an ease that foretells for
him a reputation as a toastmaster.
The first speaker was Mr. A. E. Ram
seur. As a humorist he is a success in
every particular. He is as original as he
is good looking, though he does not depend
altogether on his physical perfections to
carry him through this indifferent world.
He always attracts attention in a crowd
by his good nature! face and altogether
humorous style. Mr. Ramseur responded
to the toast “Our Invited Guests, and Why
They Are Not Present.” He made a hit
with his subject, and told most plausible
tales of why Grover Cleveland, Richard
Croker and other celebrities were not at
the banquet board.
Mr. Brantly Calloway responded to “The
Class of ’98.” IHis utterances were greeted
with the utmost enthusiasm, and he was
applauded to the proverbial echo. Mr. A.
J. Johnson followed Mr. Calloway, re
sponding to the toast, “Our Wives That
Are to Be.” This afforded Mr. Johnson
a great field in which to speculate. He
made the young men all think seriously of
t’he marriage state, and then with his ir
repressible humor, ridiculed the idea of
matrimony.
Following is the program of the toasts
which were responded to:
“Our Invited Guests Who Failed to Ar
rive.”—Ramseur.
“The Class of ’98.” Calloway.
“Our ..Wives That Are to Be.” —John-
son.
“The Ministers of ’98.” Moncrief.
“The-End of Chemistry.”—O’Kelly.
“Uncle Jeff.”--Fillyaw.
“The Lawyers of ’9B.”—Flannigan.
“The Farmers of ’98.” Briggs.
“Our Dips.”—Pearson.
“Risen.”—Jolly.
“The Prep.”—Straton.
dicklland
Talks on the Future of the
Democratic Party and
its Policy.
Washington, Feb. I.—At 1919 Seven
teenth street, N. W., stands an unpreten
tious house, plainly but substantially fur
nished. In this house lives a plain man,
who has advocated the cause of silver for
a quarter of a century. On entering the
parlor one need not be told that he is in
the home of an advocate of free silver
coinage. A badge here and 'an engraved
silver plate there tell you at once that you
are in the home of a follower of William J.
Bryan. It is scarcely necessary to tell you
that the occupant of this .home is “tHoncst
Dick” Bland, of Missouri.
Mr. Bland has very kindly given his
opinions to the readers of the newspapers
in reference to the future of the Demo
cratic party.
“The future of the Democratic party is
very bright,” he said. “The country has
got to be Democratic. The party must be
representative of all the Democratic prin
ciples as announced by Jefferson and all
other Democratic leaders of the past; must
cut lose from all monopolies, trusts and
combines that overthrew the Cleveland
administration, and stand by the platform
of the party as announced in Chicago in
1896, that pledges the party to the De
mocracy and the cause of the plain people
of this country, thus making an issue be
tween Democracy and Republicanism that
all will understand to be the Democracy
on the one side, representing the masses of
the people, and on the other hand the Re
publican party as representative of trusts
special privileges and all forms of plutoc
racy.
“On the money question especially is the
Democratic party strong. The party insists
on obedience to the Constitution and the
traditional poliley of our government in
reference to the free coinage of both met-
I als, gold and silver.
“The party insists on the bimetallic
i she can prove it.
I of property must be measured. This means
i that not more than half the property shall
be taken to pay debts, as measured by the j
metallic standard, that is now exacted, .
and will continue to be exacted in the pay- i
ment of public and private debts, dues and
taxes.
“But this is not all the benefits of a
bimetallic standard, for it means a more
abundant supply of money, which gives a
greater productive power and increase in I
property and wealth.
“We will never have real, permanent,
universal prosperity in this country with
our present monetary system based on the
I present gold standard.
“There may from accidental causes, as
i for instance, failure of crops abroad, be
markets for our products, such as wheat, :
that will give a short period of apparent •
I prosperity in places, or other causes that !
i may for a short time relieve to some ex
■ tent the hard times, but it is not possi- I
( ble that there should be any general pros- '
; perity or any permanent improvement in j
i the condition of the masses of our people,
j upder the single gold standard. Hence,
the money question will be the paramount
I issue until settled right.
“No doubt the Chicago platform on the
money question especially, will be re- i
adopted in the national Democratic con
vention in 1900, and Mr. Bryan will be the
presidential candidate.
“No power can swerve the Democratic
i masses, especially from the South and
West, from this purpose.”
COTTON FUTURES.
New York, Feb. I—Cotton futures opened
quiet; sales 10,000; February 567; March
I 573; April 577; May 579; June 583; July
j 586; August 589; September 587; October
j 5&0; November 592; December 595.
WOMAN vLAIMS IT.
...
She Says That the Express
Package With $3,700
Belongs to A er.
There is another development in the
mysterious express package containing
$3,700 which was received by Postmaster
Hertz sometime ago and by him forward
ed acronling to inner directions to the At
lanta branch of the Southern Express Co.
A ."«»■ days ago Postmaster Hertz re
ceived a letter the post mark of which
showed that it came from some point in
Indiana. In this letter the writer claims
that the package received by the post
master and forwarded to Atlanta, belongs
to her. She does not vouchsafe to give any
of the details leading up to her ownership,
but she says that the money is hers and
Postmaster Hertz has forwarded the let
j ter to Superintendent Hurlburt in Atlanta.
This letter is as mysterious as the origi
j nal package, for it contains no date line
and no olue as to the whereabouts of the
writer is given except in the postmarks.
On the face of it, however, there is no
reason to attach any importance to the
! letter and it would seem highly probable
! that it was some practical joke.
I There is every reason to believe, as was
• stated in The News some time ago, that
the detectives have already solved the
problem and that they know the where
abouts of the individual who returned the
money stolen at iSocial Circle something
over a year ‘ago. Os course, there are those
' who pretend that they know all about it,
: but this information comes from a most
reliable source.
RUTESWUCED
On Shipment of Less Than
Car Lots of Grain
and Flour.
GOOD FOB THE BETIILEB.
The Experiment of a Differential
Has Failed and the Whole
salers Are Put Back.
The railroads will restore the old
through rates on grain, Hour, hay, meat
ai d products, soap, sugar and rice on Feb
ruary loth.
After three months’ trial the differential
rate in favor of carload shipments was
found to be unsatisfactory and there will
be no difference in the rates on earloads
and less than car load shipments.
Last fail the rates were advanced 4
cents per 100 pounds on shipments in less
Than car load quantities. This action had
been discussed for nearly two years. The
wholesale merchants wanted the distinc
tion made because it gave them an ad
vantage over the retail mershants. There
was always opposition to the increase by
some of the southern roads and the pro
position was twice voted down in the old
association when it came up. Finally the
objectors yielded and agred to the expe
riment. It scon became apparent that the
new rates were not working satisfactorily
everywhere. At some points the whole
sale men did not want them and at other
points there were wholesale dealers who
wanted them made still higher.
All the advance was made in the through
rates. Here in Georgia there was consid
erable adjustment, but in no instance was
the local raised.
The new rates had not been in operation
very long before the complications were
such that the railway managers dowkn this
way got after their connections to go back
to the old tariff. The mater was brought
up in December and then was worked on
by the objecting lines until the consent of
every line was obtained to the reinstate
ment of the rates which prevailed before
the advance. Copies of the old tariffs were
sent to the interstate commerce commis
sion, as required by law, and the reduction
will go into effect February 10.
No distinction is made in Georgia be
car lead and lr.->s than car load shipments
of grain, flour and meat.
In view of the voluntary action of the
railroads, it is thought that the petition
now pending before the commisison for
a reduction of the rates on less than car
load shipments will be withdrawm.
SCALPER’S BILL
Will be D iscussed at a Meet
ing o? the Chamber of
C o m m er c e T o m o r r o v/.
A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
has been called for tomorrow afternoon,
but in the official call for the meeting its
object is not mentioned.
The object of the meeting is to get the
sentiment of the business men of the city
expressed on the scalpers bill that is now
pending before the House of Representa
tives at Washington.
At this meeting, which is hoped will be
a large one, the members of the Chamber
of Commerce present will be asked for an
expression of opinion, and the general
opinion of the meeting will be wired to
Congressman Bartlett at Washington.
Though to the average citizen the scalp
cds’ bill would seem of no importance to
any one except the railroads, the country
at large, it is alleged by the railroad men,
is affected in more ways than one.
Besides rhe consideration of the scalpers
I bill matters of importance of different
i nature will be discussed. This will be the
first meeting held in the new quarters of
the Chamber of Commerce.
The new quarters of the Chamber will
be formally opened with a meeting next
Tuesday. The members are now contem
plating giving a banquet, at which time,
matters of importance to the welfare of
Macon will be discussed.
FARMERS SWINDLED.
Got No Returns or Dividends and Are Held
Doubly Liable.
Topeka, Kas., Feb. I—lt develops that
the farmers of this county have been vic
■ timized in a wholesale manner by a uni
que swindling scheme. Thousands of dol
lars have been lost, through the “Western
Exporting and Importing Company,"
which began doing business here two
years ago.
Farmers were induced to buy stock and
ship produce through the company to Eu
j rope. No returns were made for the sec
ond shipment, and yesterday the farmers
were notified that they would be called
upon to pay the liabilities of the company
under the double liability law.
STRAYED OR STOLEN. ~
A white and brown spotted water spaniel
about one and a half years old, answers
! to the name of Prince. A liberal reward if I
returned to John S. Hoge at Lamar &
Sons.
Have your magazines reb*und by The
News’ bindery. „
FINISH FIGHT
FOR POSTOFFICE
The Old Line Republicans
Have Their Knives Out
for the Lily Whites.
BOCK OH WHICH THEY SPLIT
All Republican Eyes in the State Are
Turned to Watch the Fight for
the Macon office.
The Macon postoffice is after all the
rock upon which 'the lily whites and the
old line Republicans in -Georgia will prob
ably split unless something arises that will
smooth matters over. At present it looks
like a fight, and a fight to a finish, for
knives are out and the fun has commenc
ed.
The difficulties in Atlanta and Augusta
and Savannah seem to have been smoothed
over and Judson Lyons having been turned
over, u;i..kd to trust to the protecting
care of “Mars fWillum,” Decaux having
been endorsed by old liners and lily whites
for Savannah, there is little left but the
Macon postofflee.
But that is a snag as ugly as ever stove
a hole in the bottom of a craft, and the
snag is as obtrusive and as ugly as ever.
Os course everyone knows the candi
dates. The one is ex-Unitcd States Mar
shal Walter Corbett, who served under the
Harrison administration, and who belongs
to the old guard. He has worked shoulder
to shoulder with them and has given his
money and his vote to the Republican par
ty when the lilly whites were fighting Re
publicanism tooth and toe nail in Georgia.
The other candidate is Harry Still
well Edwards, the novelist and newspaper
man, who voted the Republican ticket for
first time in 1896, but who has the support
of M'ajor Hanson, himself a new recruit,
but withal a powerful factor in 'the Repub
lican party in Georgia so long as MdKin
ley is in the White House.
Hanson and his followers from the ranks
of Democracy are determined to get -the
Macon office. They have always been
looked upon with suspicion by the old line
men and now they are denounced. Major
Hanson returned from Washington on Sat
urday and hooted at Corbett. He said that
Edwards was the man and the president
had so stated, -not only to Hanson, but to
Corbett himself. This was too much. The
wrath of the old liners overflowed. It
bubbled and it boiled and 'Colonel Locke,
the spokesman for the old guard, comes
back in this way:
“I have seen President McKinley since
M'ajor Hansen saw him and since he spoke
to Corbett on this subject, and I can say
that President McKinley has never told
Corbett that he would appoint Edwards.
He did not tell me that he would appoint
either Edwards or Corbett, but I say most
positively that Mr. Edwards will not be
appointed postmaster at Macon and that
Corbett will be appointed.
‘ “We do not propose to sit by and see
'this appointment stolen and that is all it
would amount to if Edwards should be ap
pointed.”
Colonel iLocke is an original straight out
McKinley man, and he is risking his repu
tation 'as a political prophet as well as a
leader. He is backed by Johnson and oth
ers of the party and he intimates that he
has ammunition in reserve in this light
which will do some execution.
In all events it is going to be a pretty
fight from now on. Major Hanson is rec
ognised as a pretty hard fighter and he too
is out for glory!
The whites of Republican eyes are 'all
turned towards Macon, and if there are not
some lively developments and some juicy
morsels for the Democrats of the state to
role under their tongues, then there is no
virtue in signs.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Met This Morning and Transacted Routine
Business.
The county commissioners met in regu
lar session this morning.
Mainly -routine business was transacted.
The bond of the contractors for the new
annex to the jail was approved. It was
for $1,600.
J. F. Means made a report of about S2OO
collected from defaulting tax payers.
The application of James Smith, of
Twiggs county, for S6O damages done to
him in a runaway, was refused.
A petition for a road in the swamp was
referred and a road wah ordered built -in
the Godfery district.
The bond of Bailiff Smith was refused
on account of insufficient security.
Other minor matters of detail consumed
the time of the meeting.
MANNA AND SNAKES.
Sam Jones Compares Bible Times With
Today.
Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 1 —“ I am not in fa
vor with free schools,” said Sam Jones.
“No, sir; not free schools (except for in
digent children), free turnpikes, free pen
sions, free silver, nor free anything else.
I want every man to pay for everything
he gets.
“This system of free things is leading
straight to government paternalism.
Pretty soon, if things keep on the way
they are going, the daddies of the country
will lie down at their ease, saying: ‘No
need for me to work; the government ’ll
take care of me.’
“Look at the history of free things in
the Bible. Our Lord never gave anything
free but once, and that was when he rain
ed manna down for the Israelites in the
wilderness, and there never was a more
anarchistic crowd than that. They be
haved themselves so badly that the Lord
had to follow up his rain of free manna
with a rain of free snakes.”
a promotTon.
Something of Interest About
Rea! Estate.
The News takes special pleasure in an
nouncing to the public the recent promo- I
tion of Mr. Frank Nisbet, formerly with ‘
Gordon & Budd. As every body knows, Mr.
Nisbet is one of the best posted real estate
young men in the city, and his energy,
added to his knowledge of the real estate
profession renders him a strong supporter
to Mr. Gus McAfee, with whom he has
accepted a very worthy position. The
agency to which Mr. Nisbet has this day
agreed to give his services is cne of the
oldest and most successful in the state,
j And now under the management of Mr.
I McAfee, supported by Frank Nisbet, their
patrons may rest fully satisfied that their
interests will be carefully watched. Mr.
Nisbet has been associated with the real
estate business of Macon for a number of
years, having been reared in this line un
der Cape George W. Duncan.
j IT* t *^ then stop, but pay a visit to our win-
dows and see the stylish Hats—regular
1 ? o/■ ■] prices V S'3.W), aß j #4.00
IkLclCl m .
. Now Going at $2.00.
1 ms Aiso look at the SI.OO Shirts
No Going at 75 Cents.
Great values indeed.
Men and Boys’ Suits at
331-3 Per Cent cash Discounts.
I Underwear at
as Per Gent cast! Discounts.
Don’t be Selfish
\\ hile buying a coat, blow yourself and put
one on the HOUSE. It needs it. I will
take pleasure in coating your house inside or
outside with up-to-date schemes of coloring at
moderate prices.
G. W. LlNGO,Cfierru St.
_ MACON, GA.
FREBH V INE DAILY
From now until the scare is
over. We will receive fresh
Vaccine Points every day.
Jpilcb, 15c. each, 8 for 26c.
GOODffYN’S DRUG STORE.
Buy of me and get vhat you pay for. Prices, $3.50
pei- ton and up.
Best Red Ash, Genuine Jelico,
Eureka, Nut and Egg Hard Coal.
HOLMES JOHNSON, Oo , a ” e st.
PHONE 73_ _— k
Little 80-Pbbd
as Los{ Sheep,
TtM ar| d so tiave many farmers who have been
f gIuTS fattening them for the market. Ws are
|St*«** receiving every day the finest meats that
/*•* 'l* eVel " trotted on a hocf - an( l ve will cut
\ I ' * aDd prepare £or your table in an ar-
tistic manner and sell them at lowest
market P rices -
GsoFQia Packing Co.
Buying Eyes Isn't an Easy Matter
rhe best oculists and opticians are not
y P' magicians—they can’t rector'’ sight to the
A" blind. Don’t wait to consult until you can’t
L V /• see well —it’s little things that count. A
\ MFM little headache, a few spots, burning lea-
,-r-T Py sasions—these are the warnings that are
HI I i I BM (bfrr-— — I to ,je deeded. It is better to be too early
\V\l ]/ \ hili 'll liH I I than to ° late- C areful examination of ’.be
\ If |H|I |l J i 11| / ey£S ls tree an!i P aialess -
f ai, i a W r ' ofS|
R 3bl SECOND STREET,
The on ]y exclusive optical store in the city.
All Yesterday
There was a continuous and appreciative audi
ence busy with Overcoats. They came in direct
response to the news in the papers that we are
Selling Them
At Cost
The prices are revelations. You’ll remember,
if you’ve read. If you have not, just come and
interview the Overcoats.
■ - ~—— ~-'- 1 ■-
8 Per Cent Guaranteed!
Dividends paid eeml-annt ally, stock aecr.-ed
by deeds to improved real estate In n..re
than double the amount, deposited aith
Union Savings Bank and Trust Co
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon, Ga., 461 third Street.
PRICE TWO