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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. BtickHn’s Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for odts, 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