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CHEAR MONEY. B’-i per cent, and 7 per cent, joney now ready for loans on Macon residence and business properly 8 per cent, money for j farm loann Over $5,000,000 successfully negotiated in G*v>rpia alone. Toxins made can be paid off at any time. We are head- 1 quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man., 356 Second street. Macon. Ga ESTABLISHED 1884. FOUNOHERNUDE IN SNOW BANK, The Suicidal Mania in Wash ington Has Two Moro Victims. GATHER HANGEO HIMSELF While Searchers Were Looking For His Demented Daughter Who Had Tried Suic'de. Washington, Feb. 2.- The suicidal ma nia which has caused a number of at tempts as self-destruction In this city for th*' pa-t several weeks, may result in the lon of th< lives of Walter Taylor, clerk in the treasury department, and his pret- | ty twenty-year-old daughter. Lucy. Miss Taylor has been in ill health for ' some time past, and last night her ill ness assumed a suicidal form. She was with difficulty pursuaikd to retire to her room, and about 1 o’clock this morning after a violent strngggle with her parents v *lO tri'd :o hold her, she plung' d through th'.- window of her home and fell into a enow bank in ihe front yard. She then ran, terribly cut and bruis •<!, through the -Ttef s and after half an hour’s si arch v. .i - found in a snow bank almost nude by a policeman. she was taii ri home, and it was then so ind that during her absence her father had hanged himself with a rope attached I to th. boiler of a stove. Hr was cut down and removed to the hospital unconscious. At noon physicians reported both Mr. u' .) M Taylor improved and there was no logger any doubt as to their recovery. E\RTHQUAKES. Severe Shocks Felt in Several Parts of Asia Minor. Constantinople. Feb. 2.-—Violent earth quake shock: have been felt at Bankers mid around Hrusa in Asia Minor. Numer ous tat ilitles—r tilitd and great damage was done. The suit.m his subscribed for the relief of the sufferers. POOLED hk ItHESTS. The Boat Lines Between St. Louis and Memphis Have Combined. st. Lottis, Feb. 2 An agreement has be. n r. .chid by Ihe St. Louis and Tenm’s si e River Pai'kci Company. the Eagle 1’,., ket Company and the Lee Line of Mi mphls by w hich their Interests have been pooled and a line of steamers has Inin |ut on to take the plari of the de fun, t Anchor line for ail points between this city and Memphis. Steam, rs will have twice a week, Tues days ami Fridays. One of the steamers will be the Herald of the Eagle Packet Company’s line . nd the other the City of Paducah, of Ihe St. Louis and Tennessee River Pa ■■el Company's line. Both will be unde;- the control of John E. Massen gale. secretary of the St. Louis and T< li nes ■ <•■• Packet Company w iio will he. also agent for the new line. It is also r< ported that at the United States marshal's sale of the \nc.hor line property on next Monday, February 7. the same pool may purchase three Anchor line b.oats and reopen the Anchor line system all the way from New Orleans. STILL _ANO I HER. American Wire Industry is Now Under a Trust. Cleveland. 0., Feb. 2.—The Leader says; The Arm clean Steel and Wire Company, in other words a consolidation of the entire American wire industry, stems to be an accomplished fact, one of the strongest in dications in support of Fils conclusion is the sudden and marked stiffening in the price of wire and nails which has come generally this week. The price was put up Monday over a dollar a ton beyond what It was previous to the recent temporary drop, and as much as SB. $1 and $5 a ton over some pr'ees for wire which were re ported as having been nutde la-t week. WILSON COMING South to Investigate Tobacco Growing in Florida. Washington, Feb. 2- Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural d partment, wil leave Washington in a week or ten days fora visit to the South, hl- objective points be ing North and South Carolina ami Florida It Is probable that most of his time will be spent in the latter state where Secre tary Wil;on wi.nts to look personally into the questi n of t .Using high grade tobacco. Ho bdiev. ; the Florida country is capable of producing tobacco almost if not equal to that of the finest raised in Cuba and Sun,t|tra. If this opinion is borne out, it may result In the purchase and planting under governmeui.il supervision of foreign tobacco seed with a vi-w to determining just what may be accomplished under careful cultivation. CHATTANOOGA CASE Decided This Morning Against Roads Entering that Town, Chattanooga. Feb. 2. —In the interstate commerce commission versus the East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company, and sixteen other roads, known as the ■’Cb»;tanomi.i case." United States Judge Severus delivered the dee -ion this morning. The decision is advers to the railroads and a complete victory for the commission and uty of Chattanooga. An order was isued for the railroads to at once make Chattanooga rates the same as nt Nashville. ANOTHER SHIP Will Go to Cubi to Reinforce the Marine. New York. Feb. 2--Tiie Washington cor respondent of the Herald telegraphs: Encouraged by the excellent effect of the visit of the battleship Maine to Havana, the administration has determined to send anotehr man-of-war upon a friendly visit to Cubans ports. Tn? vessel selected is the cruiser Montgomery, which is now taking on board a supply of coal at Key West. $1.95 Men’s Undersuits. Just about half price. Phil lips, COLDEST YET. Boston is S.ill Completely Cut off Frcm Outside World. New York, Feb. 2.—This is the coldest day of the season. The temperature, which was gradually falling yesterday afternoon and last night, registered 5 degrees above zero at 8 o'clock a. m. today, a droo of tw-'uty-two degrees since yesterday, at 2 p.rn. Since 1 o'clock this morning it has risen two points. The thermometers in the streets show a considerably lower record, many of them registoring two degrees above zero. East and North river are full of ice and the ferry boats are delayed on this ac count. The surface and elevated railroads ran behind time and local traffic is consid erably congested. OUTRAGES Committed in Bulgaria and Prevention is Demanded. Constantinople, Feb. 2—The Bulgarian agent has presented a note to the Turkish government pointing out the seriousness of the occurrence in the vilaye of Uskub, where 552 Bulgarians have been arrested on the charge of storing arms. The agent further alleges that many of the Bulgarians have been tortured to death and that women and girls are out raged and as a result were dying. There fore the agent urgently demanded the im mediate cessation of the oppression. The withdrawal of the military surrounding the locality, the transfer of all prisoners to Uskub for trial, and the dismissal of a number of officials. The note has caused a considerable sen sation among the Turkish ministers and at the palace. COTTON FUTURES. New York, Feb. 2. —Cotton futures open ed dull but steady. Sales 2,000 bales. Feb ruary 775, March 575, April 577, May ..Si, January ".si, July 587, August 591, Sep ti mbe r .">32. October 551, November 593, December 555. AMERWFRUIT Is Barred Out Prussia by a Decree of the Minister of Finance. CONSUL OEMMS BESSON, The Reply Is That It Is Because Insects in California Are Com municated to Prussian Trees. Berlin. Feb. 2 —The Prussian minister of finance, Dr. Miguel, issued a decree yesterday which goes into effect immedi ately, prohibiting the importation of every kind of American fresh fruit. The decree was sent to all government ports end frontier stations excepting Bava ria, Saxony and Wurtemburg. The United States embassy wits not pre viously warned and United States ambas sador. Andrew I). White, sent a formal letter to the foreign office today inquiring upon what authority this inimical step was taken. The United States consul at Hamburg, Dr. Pugh Pitcairn, telegraphs that 16,000 barrels of American apples have been for bidden to bt unloaded and two trains of American fruit have also been forbidden to cross the frontier at Emmerich. On receipt of this news White sent a second and stronger remonstrance to the foreign office calling attention to the evi dent violation of the treaty. At the for eign office it was learned that the Prus sian government prohibits the entry of Xmerican fruit on sanitary grounds, claiming that California and other ver min threaten the German trees and fruit. COMMITTEES Appointed Yesterday to See the Business Men of Macon, An interesting meeting of the local com mittee ci pointed by the Georgia Omaha Exposition Commission held an interest ing meeting at the Chamber of Commerce new rooms yesterday afternoon. The meeting was to have been held the afternoon before but owing to the*absence of Chairman English and several of the numbers the meeting was postponed until yesterday. In opening the meeting Chairman Eng lish made a most interesting talk on the work that lay before the committee. He urged the necessity of Georgia’s making a creditable exhibit at the exposition, and he clearly portrayed the benefits to be derived from inducing immigrants to come here, Chis commission, which was appointed by the commission was for the purpose of aiding in getting a creditable exhibit for Georgia at the exposition. The following committees were ap pointed: Committee, to confer with wholesale and retail nierchatns—Joseph Neel, chairman: T. D. Tinsley, N. M. Block, George Ketchum. Committee to confer with mayor and city council —T. J. Carling, chairman; George A. Smith. J. H. Hertz. Committee to confer with banks, insur ance companies and manufacturers — Charles Hurt, chairman: H. C. Idanspg, Merrill Gallaway. A meeting of the state commission is oeing held in Augusta today, its object being the same as that of the one held in Macon last week. Augusta is taking eon side cable interest in the commission, and will make handsome donations to the cause. DEBATERS ELECTED The Young Men Who Wil! Meet the Athens Boy? in Joint Debate. At a meeting of the students of ?>lercer University yesterday the young men who will represent Mercer University in Ujo pint debate between that' iustreuuon aim the Universliy of Georgia in the spring w< re elected. Mr. John Roach Straton and Mr. J. C. Flannagan were the ones selected. Both Mr. Straton and Mr. Flannaetan are known well in Macon, and it was Mr. Straton. who won the intercollegiate medal at Atlanta some time ago. when every col lege in the suate was represented. Mr. , Straion rs considered the best orator in the state, as was decided by the contest in At lanta. Mr. Flannagan has won for him self an enviable reputation as an crater since be has been a student at Mercer, I and the debate, which will take place in j Atlanta in May, will be one of the live | liest that the two colleges have yet par tietpated in. Advertise in The News and reach the j people. THE MACON NEWS. NEW TELEPHONE JOMPANY. It is Probable That Macon Will Have One in the Near Future. LOOB OVER THE RROUNO Partie3 Are Here—They Have Con nections for Long Distance and Ample Capital to dothe Work. There is some talk of a new telephone company for Macon and the report that the ground is being surveyed with that end in view is borne out by the fact that ap plication has been made to council for in formation on the subject of the ordinances affecting telephone companies in the city. ■At the meeting of council held last night application was made for this information and the communication was referred to a committee which reported last night re fering the applicant to the city clerk for all the information required. But that is not all. Representatives of the syndicate proposing to come to Ma con and give the Bell Telephone people some competition have been in the city for the last few days and have gone very carefully over the ground. The result of their observation is that there is every probability that the new company will come here. A gentleman who seems to be in their confidence says that arrangements are even now being-made and that their plans will all be ready before any information will be given out officially. The company is, he says, amply able to comply with the requirements which in clude underground wires and they will go into sharp competition so far as prices are concerned with the present company. They will, he says, have long distance conections and that now they have their feelers out all over the state. jonFswllltell What Happened to Him at the Academy of Music Tonight. “What Happened to Jones,” one of the liveliest and most hilariously differing farces of the times, will be quartered at the Academy tonight with such clever people in the cast, as George C. Boniface, Jr., George Ober, William Bernard, Reuben Faxm, J. AV". Cope, Cecil King ston. Harry Rose, Anna Belmont, Kath ryn Osterman, Mattie Ferguson, Florence Robinson, Mrs, E. A. Eberle and Rose Sturat. “Jones” had a very successful run of three months at the Bijou theatre, New York, and were it not for the fact that May Irwin was booked there and insisted on opening in spite of the fact that, liberal inducements were made to have her post pone her coming, Broadhurst’s merry farce could easily have remained there the entire winter. The story of "What Happened to Jones” is one of those narratives that doesn’t sound well on paper. The gentleman who sends a type written synopsis of his “at traction” to the hungry critic is distinctly at a loss when dealing with a farce like this. Its humor must be seen to be savored. Ebenezer Goodly, a professor of anat omy, has been to see a glove contest that has been raided by the police. Jones has also been. Jones is a drummer who sells hymn books and playing cards —one as a steady thing, the other as a side issue. Jones has lost his coat-tail in a scuffle with a policeman. To bridge over this damning fact he dons the ministerial garb of the bishop of Ballarat, Goodly’s broth er, who is expected to pay a visit to the Goodly household. Complications with girls, with the typical amorous spinster, with the usual hen-pecking wife, and with everything and everybody in sight—com plications thick, furious and bewildering. Arrival, of course, of the real bishop. Confusion of the real bishop, wbo is mis taken for an escaped lunatic. HOYT’S “A MILK WHITE FLAG.” If ever the Academy was too small to accommodate our theater-goers it should be tomorrow night when Hoyt’s roaring success, “A Milk White Flag,” which has created more genuine hearty laughs than all the other Hoyt comedies combined, will be presented In this city, with the wealth of elaborate scenery, gorgeous cos tumes and stage accessions. "A Milk White 'Flag is the rpost pretentious work that this popular playwright has ever of fered to the amusement loving people and it has proven the most phenomenal suc cess. Everywhere it has been presented the "standing room only" sign has been displayed, and as it possesses such mag netic drawing qualities, it is quite a guar antee that “A Milk white Flag” is one of the most jolly entertainers that every body wants to see and should see. Mr. Hoyt has a knack of securing the best comedy people in the profession in Amer ica. and he really seems to have surpassed himself in the company which is present ing his spectacular comedy The east is a strong ope. and includes such names as John W, Dunne, George Tail man. Frank R. Glenn. Richard Granella. E. J. Demming. John Barclay, Maud Mac- Donald, Louise Rosa. Lillian Dane, Jobe Howland. Stella Blair, Sylvia Myrrdoek. Inna Prast, Eva Hill. Eva Mansfield. Zella Holland, Harriet Merritt. Ethilia Grace, and a large corps of pretty and shapely chorus girls, and a fu|i military band. •Gloves. Hot kinds. Phil lips. HE DENIES IT. Governor Atkinson Says That He Was Not at Conference, Atlanta, Go., Feb. 2.—Governor W. Y. Atkinson denies today most positively that he was present at any conference of any sort to urge Spencer Atkinson or any other man to make the race for governor to suc ceed himself in this state as has been ■ stated. MRS. MARY DENNINGTON. Newberg, N. Y., Feb. S. —Mrs. Mary Denniston, widow of ex-State Comptroller Robert Denniston, died in Washington villa today, aged 86, Os her eleven children seven survive her. Among her sons are Henry M. Dennis ton. director of the United States navy, stationed at Portsmouth. N. H.. and Rev. James 0., pastor of the presbyterirn church of the statec ollege of Pennsylva nia. One of the daughters is the Wife of Robert Deyo, of New York, MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 2 1898. 7IS ND LONGER AJMYSTERY. Messenger Saunders Arrested For Stealing the Social Circle Money. AS TOLD FtHE NEWS. Some Time Ago—All the Facts then Given are Borne Out by the Ar rest-Relief for One Man. The mysterious express package contam ting $3,700 is a mystery no longer. With the exception of the name of the man who sent the package and the place where he had been located by the deteetves, the whole story has been given by The News. It was stated positively by The News two weeks ago that this package represented the money stolen from Social Circle a year ago and that the detectives had located the man whom they believed to be the guilty party in a city outside of the state. Efforts were made by other newspapers to discredit the whole story before ■che public, but they are now forced to ac knowledge the corn and, belated, publish t'he facts as given in The News. Lucius L. Saunders, who was formerly an express messenger on the railroad run ning between Gainesville and Social Cir cle, was arrested on in Cincinnati, charged with th? theft, and the detectives say they have a strong case against him. The announcement of Saunders’ arrest on the charge of robbery will create a sen sation throughout the state, as he is well known 'here and is well connected. In ad dition to this, the arrest will bring hardly less than joy to the heart of A. I. Butt, Jr., of Milledgeville, Ga., who was under the shadow of the crime for some time. Butts was an express messenger at the time of tihe robbery. He was running on the Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern road, and it was while he was absent from his car in Social Circle that the robbery occurred. His mother brooded so over the position in which her son had been placed that she lost her mind and is now at Mil ledgeville in the asylum. Throughout the story is full of unusual interest. It was on the forenoon of the day of the robbery that Southern Express Messenger Butts reached Social Circle via the Gaines ville, Jefferson and Southern. He had In inis safe four packages, containing SI,OOO each, from the Bank of Winder to the Lowry Banking Company. Leaving the express car tor a few minutes in order to have a balk with the station master, he returned to find that the safe had been rifled and the money taken. Messenger Butts, who is quite young and compara tively inexperienced, had just entered the service of the company. He enjoyed the fullest confidence of his employes. He was unable to account for the disappearance of the packages except upon the theory that he had neglected to lock his safe and that in his absence some on purloined them. I>ess than a month ago interest and cu riosity were again revived by the an nouncement in The News that there had come anonymously to the express office here a package containing a portion of the stolen .money. The express officials gave out no particulars, but it was learned that the package, which contained $3,700, had been forwarded from Macon. It seems that a package addressed to the postmaster of Macon was opened and re vealed a second package addressed to the Southern Express Company at Atlanta. The natural surmise was that a denoue ment was close at hand. It came on Saturday last, when Lucius L. Sanders, a postal clerk running on the Social Circle and Gainesville route at the time of the robbery, was apprehended at Cincinnati, 0., charged with its perpetra tion. Saunders passed through Atlanta yesterday in the custody of officers en route to Monroe, Ga., where he will be tried. Saunders hails from the neighborhood of Winder, where his relatives reside. He. has been in the United States mail servdee for several years. This, so far as known, is his first criminal offense and it is thought the authorities will consider that fact in meting out justice to him. The best, time to advertise Is ali the •Ime. CONFUSION On Account of the Similarity of 1 and 10c Stamps. Uncle gam’s latest production in the way of postage stamps is causing so much trouble that the entire issue may have to be withdrawn. The first shipment of the new 1-eept stamps arrived in Macon a fe-w days ago, but in the limited time they have been here the business men of the city have done more genuT.e kicking than for weeks. x\pt tnat the stamps are not pretty, fur they are certainly artistic and eclipse in b<auty any 1-eeut stamps ever issued by the government, but the fault lies in their almost exact similarity to the 10-cent postage stamps now in use in the United States. The 10-eent and 1-eent stamps are both of that most attractive shade of green known as pea green. They look as if they were printed from the same dies, but tor the fact that the words on one announce the denomination as being 1-cent and on the oiher as 10 cents. It is almost impossible to distinguish the two stamps and this is causing ail the annayanee. A business man with any sense of economy dislikes to stick 10-eent stamps on letters which a 1-eent stamp would carry, but this is just what every business man is doing. All the big firms in the city have to use 10-cent stamps to send heavy mail. They also use large numbers of 1-cent stamps in sending out circulars. Some of them say they get their stamps mixed at night and put a 10-eent stamp on an unsealed letter and a 1-cent stamp on a heavy package. One business man received several letters du ring the past week with two green 10 cents stamps on each, which had evident ly been put there by mistake in place of two 1-cent stamps. The government stamp’ commission did not foresee the trouble that might arise from the similarity of the two stamps, but it is apparent enough now. So far nothing has been done about the matter except the kicking by the men who suffer from the similarity. The new stamps are certainly an improvement over the old flat green 1-eent stamps. The shade on the new Issue is much more artistic and at tractive. Have your magazine* rebeund by The ’■Jewa* blnderv $1.95 Men’s Undersuits. J’-ist about half price. Phil lips. SCALPING And the Bill Against Them Will be Under Discussion Today. The meeting of the Chamber of Com merce this afternoon promises to be of considerable interest to those who attend. The railroads of rhe South are taking a ; great deal of interest in the fight that is being made against the ticket scalpers, and in the bill that is new pending before ■the house of representatives at Washing ton, and this meeting is a direct result of the interest that the roads are displaying. Mr. George Macdonald of the Georgia Southern and Florida is the prime mover in the matter in Macon, and he says that many things that will interest even the private citizen will be discussed and it will be shown how important it tis to the travelling public as well as to the rail roads. The main object of the meeting this af ternon is to get the expression of the peo ple of 'Macon on this subject through the business men. In case their opinion should be favorable to t'he roads, it will be wired to Congressman Bartlett to aid him in making up his mind as to what will be the proper action to take in the matter as re gards Ms constituents. A. tremendous fight has been made by the railroads to have the scalpers bill pass the 'house, and they feel confident now that they have won the fight and that it will be proven when the vote is taken. But the ticket brokers feel the same way and claim that they have the majority, both in the house and in the senate. Some of the evi dence brought, out in the senate commit tee investigatiion was most sensational, plugged tickets were brought in by the score, and at times the argument grew most personal. At the meeting of the Chamber of Com merce this afternoon other matters will be discussed. The formal opening of the new quar ters of the 'Chamber of Commerce wil take place next Wednesday, and a special pro gram has been prepared for the occasion. SECMEET Will Be Made a Boulevard of Macon by the Council. IWT BDCK IS ffllllt Council Met Last Night and Deci ded to accept the Bid of Georgia Qunincy Granite Co. At the regular meeting of the city coun cil held last night the bid of the Georgia Quincy Granite Company -tor paving .was approved and they have consequently been awarded the contract for further paving the streets of Macon. The extent of that contract depends on the amount of paving to be done in gran ite cubes. Another matter es importance was that council ordered the laying down of cement rock as a pavement of Second street from Poplar street cut. This pavement will ex tend for several blocks and as the work of curbing has cpmmeneed, when Second street is completed in this way it will be the boulevard of Macon. Council was called to order with Aider man Winship and Wilder absent. After the reading of the minutes of the last regular meeting, and also the called meeting on the subject of compulsory vac cination petitions and communications were called up. The Board of Public Works reported the opening of the bids for paving and recom mended that the bid of the Georgia Quin cy Granite Company be accepted as the lowest bidder. The report was received and the bid was approved. The board also recommended the laying ; of cement rock on Second gfr-eet as on Poplar street. On inquiry by Pearson, the mayor explained' that this meant the im provement of Second street from Poplar to the limits, On motion of Aiderman Goodwyn the report was received and the street was ordered paved. This will make Second street one of the handsomest in the city. The cement rock ha.> proved a great suc cess on Poplar street, and when it is laid without a grade it will be better. Leave of absence was granted to Treas urer Tinsley for ten days, The finance committee reported adverse ly on the petition of Shinbolser & Co. for a reduction pf the license on typewriters. The re&vOn for this was that the license ; ordinance had been framed and no good reason is shown for the reduction. On the opening up of Ash street the committee reported as information that the work would require a considerable outlay of money. It was referred to the finance committee. Alderman 'Damcur offered an ordinance to require curbing on Orange and Plum street, requiring the property owners to put down curbing and failing to do so rhe city to do tire work and collect tor it ac cording to law. Council then adjourned to the next meeting. wallacFdaniel Died This Morning at his Res idence on Spring Street. Mr. Wallace Evans Daniel died this morning at S:3O o’clock of typhoid fever, having been sick just three weeks. He was only twenty-five years old, and fell on sleep in. the prime of his manhood. He was a member of the First Baptist ehyrch, | He leaves behind a devoted father and * mother, Dr. and Mrs. W. B Daniel, three | fond sisters and a loving w>ife, and many admiring friend*. who mourn their loss in I his death, The funeral services will be held tn the j First Baptist church tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. The friends and acquaint ances of Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Daniel, and Mrs. Rosa Daniel are invited to attend. Gloves. Hot kinds. Phil lips. EARL OF CLONNELL. London. Feb. 2 —Beauchamp Henry John Scott, sixth earl of Clonmell, is dead. He was born in 1847 and was formerly captain in the Scotts guards. Something to Know. It may be worth something to know that the very best medicine for restoring the tired-out nervous system to a healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. The medicine is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone to the nerve centers in the stomach, gently stimulates the Liver and Kidneys, and aids these organs in throwing off the impurities j in the blood- Electric Bitters improves the appetite, aids digestion, and is pro nounced by those who have tried it as the very best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for 50c. or SI.OO per bottle at H. J. Lamar & Sons’ Drug Store. BALDWIN'S MOST BRILLIANT SON, Hon. Robert Whitfield Died This Morning at Suwanee, Florida. UNIVERSALLY MOURNED. One of the Leaders in the State - A Life of Great Promise is Too Suddenly Cut Off. Hon. Robert Whitfield, of Milledgeville, died this morning at Suwanee Springs, Florida. The announcement is not unexpected by any means. It has been known for a long time that consumption had about sapped the life of the man, who still young, had taken up to a few years ago a most ac tive part in the affairs of life and who was very properly counted as one of Georgia’s most prominent men. The r<. cf the death of Bob Whitfield was receitved by people all over Macon with the deepest regret and by a large number of his more intimate friends with sincere, sorrow. With him has passed away one of the most brilliant of the orators and sons of Georgia. Always courteous, always the gentleman and ever as gentle as a woman he leaves a gap that it takes time to fill. He was only 45 years of age and for the last twenty years and up to a year before nis death he took a most active part in the political, social and economic affairs of this state. He married Miss Effie Harris, daughter of the late Judge J. C. Harris, of this city. Mr. Whitfield went to Florida a few days ago in the hope of prolonging his life —not of recovery, for he fully realized that his days were numbered. His brother. Hon. Bolling Whitfield, of Brunswick, was with him at he time of his death. Mrs. Whitfield had intended to join her husband at Suwanee in a few days. A telegram received this morning an nounces that the remains will reach Ma con this afternoon at 4:35 on the Georgia Southern and Florida train. The body will be taken to the residence of Mrs. Harris at 222 Forsyth street and the funeral will take place tomorrow af ternoon from St. Paul’s Church, Rev. H. O. Judd officiating. The pall-bearers will probably be the brothers-in-law of Mr. Whitfield and the bar will probably appoint honorary pall bearers. Robert Whitfield was born in Baldwin county in 1852 and was considered one of the most gifted young men in Georgia in his early life. His boyhood and youth was spent during the “unpleasantness” on the old family plantation in Jasper county. In 1867 he entered Mercer University, then located at Penfield, Ga., where he remained two years. Fie next entered the University of Geor gia at Athens, from which he graduated in 1870 with degree of batchtlor cf philoso phy, some of his class mates being the following gentlemen: Washington Dessau Walter B. Hill, Nat E. Harris, C. L. Bart lett, Judge C. C. Jones, Rev. J. D. Ham mond, Dr. A. S. Campbell. The ensuing year he graduated with the degree of batchelor of laws and immediatetlv located at Conyers, Ga. Six months Inter ne went to Jackson, Ga., so as to be conveniently near -Indian Spring, on account of his health He remained there three years, do ing some practice, and then spent the year 1875 on the plantation in Jasper county. The ensuing year he located in Mil ledgeville, and formed a law partnership with Hon. Fleming dußignon,- which con tinued until 1884. A year or so later he entered into a partnership with John T. Adams, which existed until the time of his death. In 1878 Mr. Whitfield was elected so licitor general far the Ocmuigee clrci-’c. comprised ths counties of Morgan, G-reene’ Putnam, Jasper, Jones, Wilkinson and Laurens. This election was for an unex pired ipm, the incumbent having resigned, but wo years later, in 1880, he was elected to a full term of four years. In 18&3 he was again elected to the same offioe. The following November he resigned, having been elected at the October elec tion to represent the twentieth senatorial district in the general assembly. In that body he was made chairman of the com mittee on the penitentiary and was placed on the committee of general judiciary and lunatic asylum. As a legislator he was interested in the railway question before the senate—par ticularly the lease of the Western and Atlantic railway. He was the author of a resolution for the settlement ot the bet terment issues with the lessees, defeated at the time, but afterward passed sub stantially as he introduced them, and he was made chairman of the joint special committee appointed to setlte the ques tion and to whom the resolutions intro duced were referred. It was while in the senate in 188!) that Mr. Whitfield hgd the hard fight, which he won, to secure the location of the Girls’ Normal und Industrial school at Milledge ville, and it was during this sensational term that Mr. Whitfield developed, by in tellectual capacity great legislative ability and stateamanlik? qualities, which marked him one o fthe foremost men of the state. In 1890 the people called again for his services and be was elected to represent Baldwin county in the general assembly and was placed on the committee of gen eral judiciary, finance, lunatic asylum and Western and Atlantic railway and chair man of the special judiciary committee. Mr. Whitfield has always* taken a very active part in politics and attained to great popularity, prominence and influence. He has served on the state Democratic executive committee and in 18ft? and 1894, in coftiplfanue wih a reju’st of the cate -nm nlrtce. stumped the state. Tn the e for Ihr S ath district congressional n<’»ri uation he was defeated bv his old class 'll Hr. (’hr l ies L. Bartlett. Mr 'A ••’ifitid was a Muon and a mem ber of the Protestant Episcopal church. The half a cent a word column of The I News is the ch-aapest advertising medium : in Georgia, CAUGHT IN BELT, } George Mullis Met a Horrible | Death Last Night. George Mullis, a trusted employe of the I McCaw Manufacturing Company met with j a terrible death at the manufacturing i plant last night about 8 o’clock. .Mullis is one of the hands employed at > the mills for the purpose of handling pro- j ducts. One of the large belts flew off, and | though it was not Mullis’ duty to put the ! belt cn, he attempted to do it, and in so j doing met with his death. Mullis grasped the belt and In some way j became tangled and was carried around • the shafting rapidly until he was mangled ■ beyond recognition. His death was almost ■ instantaneous. He was left hanging to the shafting. The dead man leaves a wife and four children. He was about thirty-five years of age. The verdict of the jury summoned by Coroner Hollis this morning was that the deceased came to his death from acclden- ! tai causes, that could in no way attach I blame to anyone. The half a cent a word column of The News is the cheapest advertising medium Ln Georgia. . .... Don’ -j- And then stop, but pay a visit to our win- dows and see the stylish Hats—regular 0< j J prices £3.00, £3.50 and £4.00 . Now Going at $2.00. 1 ins Also look at the SI.OO Shirts No Going at 75 Cents. Great values indeed. Men and Boys’ Suits at 331-3 Pgr Cent Cash Discounts. Underwelr at 25 Per Gent cash Discounts. Are Your Corsets Fitted Correctly? French lashion makers say: Economize if you will in the matter of labr cs for your gowns, but buy a good corset, for therein exists the secret of an ideal figure. Corset Special. Beginning February 7th, for one week, we shall make a splendid display of the celebrated ZU. Z>. Corset Models, in exquisite silk and satin materials. During tbi; exhibition an Expert Corset Fitter, Miss G. D. SEX ION, of New York, will be at your service to explain the advan tages 01 a Correctly Fitted Corset that will insure a graceful appearance to every figure. We cordially invite every lady to view this exhibit, whether in need of a Corset just now or not. ALL “W. B.” CORSETS ARPC MADE WITH AN IMPENETRABLE PROTEC TIVE COVERING FOR THE BONES, WHICH PREVENTS THE POSSIBILI TY OF THEIR PIERCING THE MA TERIAL. SI.OO to SIO.OO Per Pair. ■■■ _li I1 I 1 i—W <h Eyes Isn't an Easy Matter ~ Os F -*'*>£ The best oculisti and opticians are not EfjOy 7 magicians—they can’t restor" sight to the .Aga blind. Don’t wait to consult until you can't I A see well —it’s little things that coun‘. A \ LA little headache, a few spots, burning ter- iV. yi sasions—these are the warnings that are (I I\\ ■ 1 ■ IM /' l ,e deeded. It is better to be too early \ Hirillh L'ill / than too late. Careful examination of the 1111 ill I 'l' 11 / e r es i 8 free and P ainlfcS3 . Tte Atlanta Optical Parlon, JW 314 SECOND STREET, The only exclusive optical store in the city. Men's and Boys' Ready-Made Clothing At COST. Used to be that ‘‘ready-made” stood for sameness. Careful men dreaded the “uniform” effect. So did we —and we skipped it. Now there is ample choosing, and counting styles of fabrics and of shapes and finishes, there is the originality and made-far-youness effect in the ready-to-wear Suits here that one would get from a custom-tailor. These are the kind we’re selling at COST. 8 Per Cent Guaranteed! Dividends paid nerol-annually, stock secu’-.ja by deeds to improved r<af estate in more tbar doable the amoun-. deposited wi h Union Savings Bank and Tmt Co. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, Mncon, Ga., 461 Third Street. PRICE TWO CENTS