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CHEAP MONEY.
por cent. and 7 per cent, aoney now |
) ready for loans on Macon residence and
bu*!ne»» property. S per cent, money for
farm loans. Over $5,009,900 successfully
negotiated fn Georgia alone. Loan* made |l
ran be paid off at any ttma. We are bead
quarter*. O. A. Coleman. Gen. Man.,
356 Second street. Macon. Ga. |
ESTABLISHED 1884.
TANNER'S NERVE
MAGNIFICENT
Lynched by a Party of Pros
pectors on the Way to
Klondike.
STEADY WITH SIX SHOOTER
He Had Killed Two of the Party Who ’
Were Arranging That he Should
Quit Them at Once.
Seattle, V». N., Feb. 3. — Boj ’ sting m 2
i.,> it you ke, but r< member yo.i are
hanging uh steadiest man w.ta a >ix
hbo >:• i tl ei ever came out of Montana. i
You tay .ts ail right to hang me, and I
gan-KS it i*. lam only sorry I did not get
the rt'hi of them.” With these words Doc
Tanner f.vnl the executionens on the
morning of January 2 at VTHdes Paas.
The men who passed sentence on him i
were a party o' Ma.-zachusett* prospector*,
bound for he Copper river country, Alaska,
and toe crime for which Tanr«-r paid the
p ii.il y u:.- the killing of N. A. Gall, of
Wot ii'.ti jor, .Minn., and Win. 11. Lee, of
Lowell, Mas*.
The txpedliion consisted of forty m.n
and Tanner had joined them in Seattle on
their way north. He was supplied with
an outfit and taken into membership, but
unmindful of the fact that he was.quar
relsome and so ov< rb< arlng that his com
panions deeded tiiat he must IciV' the
party.
On January Ist a nn "ting was held in
Gall'x t> n: and luring the 'Oiiferenc 1 the
Hlaten ■nt was made that “W" must get
lid of Tannr. la t him take his share of
«’,<» outfit and shift for him-r If. We are
up here for business and we mean what w r e
nay.”
Four men wete attending, and no sooner
had the rcm.'.i ks been iitide than the tent
flap was mtlie daside and th" cowboy
stood there . > shooter n haul.
“Boys, 1 overheard what you talking
about me," he 'aid. deliberately. “1 am
hi re for business.”
Before hl* victims realized what had
happened he find twice an! the bullets
pierced <1 ill and Lee through the chest.
Tanner fired again, but his price bng shot
extinguished the candle and the bullet did
not take effect. One of the remaining
members crouched down behind some bag
gage and the other, cutting his way out
of the tent, gave the all rm.
Tinner, supposing the three mon to he
.lend, stepped in some of the brush and
u.-dti ' It was not long before he was (
captnrde.
A. <’. Ixrbbe, of ®an Franeieo, who wit
iie-sid the execution of Tanner, said he
never saw such an exhibition of nerve.
Tan-m r declined to make any statement
other than to say that at nine years of
age he was left an orphan. Gall and Lee
had families.
CHURCH DESTROYED.
The Oldest Presbyterian Church a! Albany,
Ind,, Burned.
New Albany, Ind., Feb. 3 The First
Presbyterian church, the largest tn the
city, was totally destroyed by fire last
night.
The total loss will be $75,000. Insured
for $20,000. The fire was caused hy n de
fective flue. The First National Bank
building adjoining, was damaged $‘2,500.
covered by Insurance. The church was
built in 1552. The congregation recently
celebrated their 80th anniversary,
WANT ARTILLERY.
To Protect the Coist Around New Orleans
From Attack.
New Orleans. Feb. 3—-At a meeting of'
the beaid of directors of the Board of
Ti ide of this city, rt.-.ilutions were adopt
ed mt moralizing President McKinley and
congress as well as the secretaries of war
and nnvy and Major General -Miles to
place an adequate force of well drilled ar
tilerymen at points where the new de
ft use works are to be placed to protect
the coast from the attacks of foreign
fleets.
The preamble of the resolutions points
out that the officials themselves have de
clared .lie artillery forces inadequate even
for peaceful times.
TWELVE BODIES
Found on Baker’s Island, Where They Had
Perished from the Cold.
Boston, Feb. 3 —Boston today resumed
her men.cl condition as far as street ear
and st, am tailway triflic is concerned.
Except a few of the downtown thorough
far. i. however. the streets are piled high
with snow .
The tales of wreck® and the loss of life
thus far received from the coasts furnish
the d..:kist chapter in the history of the
storm.
Yesterday’s report of twelve bodies be
ing found on Baker's island, in Salem
harbor, however, cannot be verified.
it is’very’cold.
Thermometer in Massachu
setts Registers 17 Below
Zero.
Springfield. Mass., Feb. 3—The cold
wave which moved into this section yes
terday morning, reached a climax this
morning with a temperature ranging from
6 to 17 degrees below zero, according to
location.
Railways and electric car traffic have
entirely recovered from the effects of the
blizzard, although the trains from distant
points were late this morning owing to the
intense cold.
EXPENSE IS HEAVY.
It Has So Far Cost New York Big Money to
Clear Away Snow,
New York. Feb. 3 —So far as traffic is
concerned the effects of the storm of last
Monday have been overcome.
The Leng Island railroad has succeeded
in raising the embargo on its eastern di
vision and today trains are running to
Green Point for the first time since .Mon
day evening.
The removal of the snow from the streets
of Manhattanbonough has, up to this time,
cost the city of New York $54,174.
$1.95 Men’s Undersuits.
Just about half price.
Phillips.
STORMY WEATHER.
Encountered by Vessels Com
ing from All Directions
to New York.
New York, Feb. 3 —The White Star
Line steamer. Teutonic, Captain Cameron,
arrived today from Liverpool and Queens
town, after a stormy voyage.
For three after leaving Queenstown the
Teutonic experienced a succession of fresh
southerly gales with heavy cross seas.
On January 31 the gale increased until it
blew with cyclonic force, accompanied by
mow. After uearly twenty-eight hours
the storm subsided into a fresh south by
southeast gale, then shifted to westerly a
gale and lasted up to the time of the
st amer’s arrival at Sandy H<x>k.
The Atlas Line steamer, Alps, and the
Norwegian fruit steamer Douglas are the
only arrivals from West India ports this
morning. Both of the ships experienced
very heavy weather after passing Cape
Hatteras. Their decks and sides are cov
ered with ice.
THEY’RE AFTER HIM.
A Black Brute Assaulted an Italian Woman
Near Willacoochee.
Willachoochee, Ga., Feb. 3. —Frank Mc-
Neal, a black brute, outraged and left for
dead an Italian woman peddler eight miles
from here last Thursday.
The woman lay unconscious in the
swamp until found yesterday. She revived
sufficiently to tell her story.
The fiend is still at large, but will prob
ably be captured. If he is the county will
be relieved of the expense of the trial.
ELGIN BUTTER.
We have the .Macon agency for Elgin
Creamery Butter. Received every week.
Guarant ed fresh and sweet. Call and see
us. Phone 132. Frank E. Roush Produce
Co.
COTTON FUTURES.
New York. Feb. 3. —Cotton futures open
ed steady. Sales 3,800 blacs. February
570, March 574, April 577 May 581, June
585, July 588, August and September 591,
October 592, November 594, December 596.
BODY NOT FOUND.
World’s Correspondent Says
That Spanish Have Not
Seen Ruiz’s Body.
INSURGENTS LEFT A LETTER
After Digging up the Body They
Laid a Note at the Bottom
of the Grave.
~ New York. Feb. 3.—According to the
Havana correspondent of the World, the
Spanish soldiers have not found the body
of Lieutenant Colonel Ruiz,
When Arranguren was killed, says the
correspondent, the insurgents who wore
near the spot where Ruiz was buried,
opened the grave and left in it this note:
“Excuse us, but .Ruiz's body is not at
your disposal.”
The firemen had a great funeral proces
sion in memory of Ruiz, but some other
body than his has been buried here, avers
the correspondent.
Nothing was left of the body, which has
been 'burned, except a few’ fragments. The
bon.es were charred, they report, and there
were machete cuts. Yet it was announc
ed before that the body had been fully rec
ognized.
Continuing the correspondent says:
“Autonomy is languishing through Gen
eral Blanco’s failure to purchase the im
portant leaders. Strife is reported be
tween the radical and conservative mem
bers of the autonomist cabinet and res
ignations are talked of.”
fifteeFThurt
In a Rear End Smash Up on
the Boston and Maine
Railroad.
Somerville, Mass., Feb. 3.—A local pas
senger train from Stoneham on the south
ern division of the Boston and Maine Rail
road. was struck in the rear and tele
scoped at Winter Hill station this morn
ing by a train from Concord, and several
passengers were injured, some seriously.
The number of those who were hurt bad
enough to be given medical attention is
reported as fifteen. The accident result
ed from the inability of the engineer of
the Concord train to see the train ahead of
his on account of the steam from his en
gine.
SHE WAS MAD.
Mrs. Sol Mack Tried to Kill E, E. Kahn
For Whipping Her Husband.
This afternoon at * o’clock Mrs. Sol
Mack, wife of Policeman Mack, attempted
to short E. E. Kohn, a produce dealer on
First street.
The trouble all grew out of a difficulty
which Policeman Mack and Kahn had this
morning.
Mack alleges that Kahn had sent dis
respectful me ssages to his wife. and this
morning he accused him of it, and a dif
ficulty ensued in which witnesses say that
Mack got the worst of it. Kahn says that
Mack was on duty and attempted to shoot
h.m. He prevented this by throwing him
down and taking his belt away from him,
which he carried up to the police sta
tion.
According to Kahn’s statement he was
in his store this afternoon when Mrs.
Mack came in. She immediately pulled a
pistol and pointed it at him. He di
rected her attention to the door, and when
she looked away he grasped the pistol.
His finger was caught by the hammer as
Mrs. 'Mack pulled the trigger, and was
badly cut. He finally succeeded in get
ting the pistol from her and has it in uis
possession now.
Mrs. Mack at once left the store, but
will probably be arrested this afternoon.
COL ROBERTSON'S CONDITION.
Marietta. Feb. 3. —Col. J. W. Robertson’s
I many friends are glad io know that he is
gradually recovering from his illness. He
is still confined to bis bed at the home of
his daughter. Mrs. H. G. Coryell, of this
| city. He was able to walk from his bed
I across the room this morning, and his
i physician. D. E J. Setz, said this after
, noon, when asked about the Colonel’s con
; dltion, that he is steadily improving and
, has been for the last few days, and if he
I did not relapse he would probably be able
I to be out of bed in a week’s time.
THE MACON NEWS.
GREAT BRITAIN
STANDS FIRM
She Has No Idea of Back-
Down in Her Chinese
Policy.
SQUADRONS ORDERED EAST
And the British Admiral Will be in a
Position to Oppose any Combi
nation Against Him.
Ijondon, Feb. 3. —On incontrovertible
authority the Associated Press has learn
ed that Great Britain has not backed down
on the question of rdaking TUlien-wan a
free port.
The Marquis of Salisbury, .Mr. Curzon,
parlimentary secretary of the foreign of
fice, the Russian ambassador and the Chi
nese minister each said yesterday in con
versation, that they had not heard of any
back down. The opening of Ta-Men-wan,
it is pointed out, was never made a condi
tion in any sine qua non sense in connec
tion with the loan to China.
In the preliminary negotiations on that
subject the opening of Ta-lien-wan was
“sketched in neutral tints.” Great Britain
only suggested the condition favoring the
speedy completion of the loans. She never
demanded it, and therefore in no sense can
be said to have backed down.
LIVE IN LUXURY.
The People Who Borrowed the Money from
Chemical Bank.
St. Louis, Feb. 3. —Mr. Francis Grable,
to whom William J. Quinlan, Jr., cashier
of the Chemical National Bank of New
York, loaned $393,000 of the bank’s money,
In consequence of which Quinlan saw fit to
resign his position as cashier, is now in
this city.
Mr, and Mrs. Francis Grable, and Mrs.
J. M. Latimer, the latter’s mother, are oc
cupying a magnificent suit of rooms at the
Planters Hotel in this city. The party ar
rived here yesterday, and have been very
quietly atending to their own affairs, and
are inaccessible to the representatives of
the local press
CAPTAIN GARRARD.
Columbus. Ga., Feb. 3. —Louis Garrard,
Jr., has been nominated to the captaincy
of the Columbus Guards and will accept
the nomination. The formal election will
be held in a few days. Mr. Garrard is a
son of Hon. L. F. Garrard and is a well
known young man.
Have your magazine* rebound by The
hlnflevT
CLUB
The friends of Honorable Allen D. Candler will meet
at the court hou e at 8 o’clock Friday night, for the pur
pose of organizing the 8188 COUNTY CANDLER
CLUB. All friendly to the cause are invited to attend.
Business of importance will be transacted,.
ANTI-SCALPERS’ BILL
Committee Has Decided to
Recommend Its Passage
to the Senate.
Washington, Feb. 3—The Senate com
mittee on interstate commerce today de
cided to report the anti-scalping bill with
the recommendation that it pass.
IT WAS A FAILURE.
Bridegroom of Twelve Days Killed Himself
in Despair.
Valdosta, Ga.. Feb. 3—News reached
here last evening of the suicide of James
E. Yarn, a well known and prosperous
farmer, in the northern part of the coun
ty. who had recently wedded a beautiful
young woman.
Varn left home a little after ’--"kfast
yesterday morning with a gun, which he
premised to return to a neighbor. Reach
ing the neighbor’s house, he inquired if
he could keep the gun a day or so longer,
as the hawks were said to be bad around
his place.
The neighbor, whose name is Smith, as
sented and loaned him seven more shells.
Varn then turned into the Valdosta road,
which leads to his own home, and when
cbout three hundred yards from his house,
he put the muzzle of the weapon to his
head and pulled the trigger. He was found
dead by passersby an hour or so later.
A note was found pinned to a tree, stat
ing that he had ended his life because he
had felt that his mind was failing, and
he knew that it was getting worse every
day. He was afraid of insanity and died
rather than suffer such an affliction.
Mr. Yarn was married only twelve days
ago, having married one of the most pop
ular young women in that part of the
county. He stated in his note that his
married life, though brief, had been happy
and he seemed to regret the rash step
more on his wife’s account than anything
else.
He belonged to one of the most promi
nent and prosperous families in the coun
ty.
NEARLY.7,OOO
The Attendance at the Schools
Will Soon Pass That
Mark.
The rolls of the public schools of the
city and county now show that there re
mains but a few names to be added be
fore rhe list will pass the 7,000 mark,
which was passed last year.
The attendance has increased since
Christmas, and Superintendent Abbott
says that he is sure that the roll will show
some increase over last year. The county
schools is where the increase will be the
most marked. Already the rolls in the
city schools show that the attendance is
better than it was last year, but the coun
ty schools are considerably off. The sec
ond crop of cotton has made this delay in
Utt wuudaace of the CQuairy
MACON NEWS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 3 1898.
CANDLER CLUB
TOJRGANIZE
At the the Court House To
morrow Night and the
List is Growing,
SENTIMENT IS UNANIMOUS.
All Factions and all Elements Seem
to Have Settled Upon Candler
Against All Comers.
A Candler Club will be organized at the
court house tomorrow night.
The movement was started yesterday af
ternoon and met with, a practically unani
mous approval.
Everyone is for Candler, and the organi
zation at the club with the work of the
members who are the first to join, means
that the membership will increase very
rapidly after the first meeting.
That the Candler boom is on ithe top
wave in Macon is one of the certainties.
All talk o-f other possible candidates meets
with a chilly reception and the friends of
the secretary of state are to be found in
political circles and our of them.
Allen Candler counts his friends among
the young and the old. The old soldier el
ement is with him and those who suport
ed Governor Atkinson in his last race and
when he first ran, are almost to a man in
the Candler ranks.
Mr. ope Pcihill, who started the list of
names for the Candler Club yesterday af
ternoon, secured nearly a hundred names
in a very short time, and today, when the
fact of the proposed organization was
made known, a very large number o-f
names were voluntarily put down.
It may be safely predicted that when
the time for organization comes not less
than three hundred names will be on the
list and that it will include the best known
politicians as well as the strong business
element of the city.
Mr. Hope Polhill, said this morning:
“I have found the Candler sentiment
everywhere and with only three exceptions,
those whom I have approached have sign
ed the list of members. I found three men
who seemed to be inclined to wait before
they put their names down, but I think
that even these will be found to be mem
bers of the club before we 'have gone very
far. —.-
“It is the most unanimous thing I have
seen for a long time and the best indica
tion of the certain Candler sentiment is
the fact that what have been known as
differing factions in the past, are now
united on the “One-eyed plough-boy of
Pigeon Roost.”
Advertise In The News and reach the
people
MRS. JEFF DAVIS
And Other Notable Ladies Will
Come to the Reunion of
Veterans.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 3. —Mrs. Joseph
Thompson has been appointed chairman of
■the reception committee of the Daughters
of the Confederacy for the reunion to be
held here next July.
On this ocasion Mrs. Jefferson Davis,
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, Mrs. Hill and
Mrs. Braxton Bragg will be the guests of
the Atlanta chapter. A great reception
will be held in honor of these distinguish
ed women, and Mrs. Thompson has been
invited to preside over the arrangements
for the affair. The appointment was made
by Mrs. W. F. Plane, president of the local
chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy,
and Mrs. Thompson has signified a will
ingnesss to accept the responsibility of the
post.
No woman in Atlanta is better qualified
to make the reception a success, and the
affair promises to be one of the most bril
liant social functions ever seen in Atlanta.
Many other prominent Atlanta women
have been appointed on the committee,
and it is probable that a meeting will be
held soon to begin arrangements for enter
taining the visitors.
The Georgia division of Confederate vet
erans has decided to invite each of the 137
counties in the state to send a delegation
of ten young ladies to the reninion.
This will bring together 1,370 of the
fairest young women in Georgia, and will
make such an aray of feminine loveliness
•as has scarcely ever been seen anywhere
before. Each county is expected to send
a full delegation and this gathering of
young ladies promises to be one of the
most interesting features of the reunion.
NO UNEASINESS
Is Felt in California on Ac
count of Action of Ger
man Government.
San Francisco, Feb. 3. —A nong the fruit
exporters in San Francisco the news of the
action of the German government a pro
hibiting the importation of American
fruit has created no alarm.
Albert Castle, of Castle Bros., voiced the
general sentiment in the statement that
California sent too little fruit to Gennan
ny to feel 'the prohibition. He agreed with
J. K. Armesby & Co., representing Thos.
F. Porter Bros. & Co., and Rosenberg
Bros. & Co., that at present the market in
Germany for this state in fresh fruit is not
of sufficient importance to justify alarm.
Joseph A. Filcher, secretary of the state
board of trade, said: “I believe Germany's
action is in retaliation for the sugar tariff
of the Dingley bill. It •will not affect Cal
ifornia much as we export small quanti
ties of fresh fruits to that country.”
$1.95 Men’s Undersuits.
Just about half price.
Phillips.
SENATE'S WORK.
President Asked to Produce
Correspondence Relating
to Germany.
Washington, Feb. 3. —In his invocation
aU the opening of the senate today the
explain made a fervent appeal for the re
storation to health of the senior sen-ator
from Massachusetts, Mr. Walthall.
The bill repealing the act granting
American register to the steamers Clar
iuel and others, was reported and passed.
Frye, of Maine, said that the act passed
under a misapprehension, as the vessels
were owned by Englishmen.
Germany’s order prohibiting the impor
tation of American fruits into that empire,
I called cut a resolution from Davis, of Min
nesota, the chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, calling upon the presi
dent, if not incompatible with public in
terest, to transmit to the senate the cor
respondence and other information bearing
upon the matter in his possession, or in
that of the state department. The reso
lution was agreed to.
In accordance with notice previously
given, Caffrey, of Louisiana called up in
formally, the resolution reported from the
committee on privileges and elections, de
claring that Hon. Henry W. Corbett is not
entitled to a seat in the senate from Ore
gon.
SIX SOUTHERN STATES
Send Their Representatives to the Central
City.
It is not often that an institution in
any city is in one day the recipient of so
nattering a testimonial as that paid the
Georgia-Alabama Business College yester
day by the states Mississippi, Alabama,
North Carolina, 'South Carolina, Florida
and Georgia. In this one day students en
tered as follows:
From Mississippi 2, Alabama 1, North
Carolina 4, South Carolina 2, Florida 3 and
Georgia 4. Making a grand total of six
teen.
„ No man anywhere believes more strong
ly in printer’s ink than Professor Martin,
•and his splendid success is a signal and
marked tribute to its wonderful potency.
wherWat?"
The Nobles Case Is Now Sus
pended Between Wash
ington and Twiggs.
JO QUE SEEMS TO KNOW
What Has Become of l.he Papers —
Mr. Marion Harris Says He Knows
Nothing of Them.
'Much inquiry is being made as to what
has become of the Nobles case, and at
present there appears to be no one who
knows anything about it.
Two months ago the case was argued
before the supreme court of the United
States. The case was decided so far as
that tribunal had jurisdiction. As is a rule
of that court the remittitur is issued with
in thirty days after their decision is ren
dered. The remittitur goes to the court
from which it was appealed, which in the
Nobles case was the supreme court of
Georgia. The rule of that court is that the
remittitur shall issue in seven days after
the decision has been made, but in a ease
where this court has made no decision
and the case comes from a higher court
there is no necessity for delay at all, and
the papers are usually forwarded direct
to the clerk of the superior court, and the
sentence is accordance with the decision
is pronounced.
The papers have never been received
by the Twiggs county superior court, and
until the official decision of the United
States supreme court -is received sentence
cannot be passed upon Mrs. Nobles.
Mr. Marion Harris returned from At
lanta last night, and when asked by a
News representative if he knew what had
become of the papers he said he did not.
and could not say when the case would
be brought to a focus. He said that he
had not learned anything in Atlanta as
to the whereabouts of the papers.
, Needles for all sewing machines at New
Home office. J. R. Burnett, 131 Cotton
avenue.
SIX HORSE ENGINE.
Was Used by Bob Gordon to
Make Moonshine.
Depty Collector Dismukes, Deputy Mar
shal George Thomas and Deputy Frank
Scott, yesterday arrested Bob Gordon, Jr.,
a white farmer living on the Ocmulgee
River road about eleven miles from Ma
con, on the charge of illicit distilling.
Gordon was brought to Macon yesterday
evening and was given a preliminary
hearing before Commissioner Erwin.
This is one of the most important ar
rests made in this district, for a long time.
In -fact, it is doubtful if ever before whole
sale illicit distilling has been carried on
to the same extent as by Gordon.
His plant consisted of a six horse en
gine and all the apparatus sufficient to
produce one hundred gallons of w’hisky a
day.
The plant had been carefully secreted
in the river swamp and was most conven
iently arranged. It has been in operation
for some five or six years.
The officers went out to Gordon’s place
and made the arrest, reburning with him
about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
Before Commissioner Erwin he waived
examination and was bound over to ap
pear at the next term of court.
Beautiful calendars at New Home Ma
chine office, free as the air you breathe.
J. R. Burnett, 131 Cotton avenue.
LAWYERS TO DINE.
At a Banquet in Chicago to be Given in
Honor of Joseph A. Choate.
Chicago, Feb. 3. —Joseph Choate, of New
York, arrived here today and will be the
guest of the Chicago Bar Association until
Saturday.
Tomorrow evening a banquet will be
given in his honor at the Auditorium 'Ho
tel, and the occasion It is expected, will
draw together perhaps the most represen
tative gathering cf jurists and lawyers
that has ever met in the west.
The two leading toasts are “Our Profes
sion,” Joseph H. Choate, of New York; and
“International Arbitration,” Edwin F.
Uhl, ex-ambassador to Germany.
LAST SAD SCENE
IN LIFTS STORY
Funeral of Hon. Robert Whit
field Took Place at
Rose Hill.
HIS END WAS PEACEFUL,
The Tired System Worn Out by
Long Illness Gave Way Under
» the Strain.
The funeral of Hon. Robert Whitfield
took place at 12:30 o’clock this afternoon
from St. Paul’s Episcopal church.
Ihe beautiful service of the church was
read by Rev. H. O. Judd, the rector, and
appropriate music was sung by the choir
of the church.
The .pallbearers were Messrs. Iverson,
Elliott, Marion, Howell end Charles Har
ris, the brothers-in-law, and Hon. Bolling
Ot Brunswick, the brother of
the deceased.
No regular committe was appointed by
the bar, but the membeis who were able
to do so attended in numbers. A delega
tion came from ’Milledgeville last night
and a' very large number were to have
come this morning, but the train was
fifty minutes late and j was impossible
for them to reach here in time for the
funeral.
The attendance at the church showed
that Mr. Whitfield connected among his
friends the leading people of the city.
After the services at the church the
funeral cortege proceeded to Rose Hill
cemetery where interment took place in
the Harris lot. A number of handsome
floral designs were sent in by the friends
of the deceased and his family.
The news of ‘Mr. Whitfield’s death was
the principal topic of conversation on the
streets yesterday afternoon. He was re
garded as one of the strongest figures in
the state and his untimely taking away is
a source of the most severe regret in a
very large number of people.
He had hoped on going to Florida to
reach by slow degrees the southern part
of the state where he could spend the
v. inter months and then return home in
the summer. But after reaching Suwanee
Springs he became very much weaker and
after two severe sinking spells the tired
system completely gave way.
His end was very peaceful and painless
and almost up to the last moment he re
tained his mental forces.
It is probable that Mrs. Whitfield and
her four children will reside in Macon in
future.
WALLACE DANIEL
Will be Laid to His Last Long Rest This
Afternoon.
The funeral of Mr. Wallace Daniel will
take place this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
from the First Baptist church.
The ballbearers will be Messrs. R. S.
Patillo, E. Y. Mallary, H. M. Willett.
Claude ‘Estes, Ed Huguenln and George
Hatcher.
The funeral services will be read by Dr.
J. L. White, the pastor.
Wallace Daniel had a very large num
ber of friends in Macon and his death
while not unexpected, was a source of
deep regret.
FOR LEGISLATURE.
Washington Will be in and
Boifeuiliet Probably Will
be Out.
Under certain conditions Mr. Hugh V.
Washington will be a candidate for legis
lative honors before the people of Bibb
county.
Mr. Washington has not yet quite made
up his mind but he is thinking of It and
is doing some figuring.
It is also stated that Col. Joe Hall will
be a candidate. Herring Winship is an
other name mentioned and Messrs. John
R. L. Smith and John R. Cooper are other
lawyers who are figuring.
•No little interest centers in the question
as to whether Hon. John T. Boifeuillet's
name will be in the pot this year or not.
The following from the Atlanta Consti
tution of today has considerable signifi
cance:
“Representative Charles C. Thomas, of
Ware, who was chairman of the journal
committee of the last House, and member
of the sub-committee on prisons, and who
will be a candidate for speaker pro tern,
next year, was one of the eapitol visitors
yesterday. He stopped over at Macon for
a day on his way up here, and in discuss
ing his visit there he said:
“I was very glad, indeed, to learn that
Mr. Boifeuiliet intends to enter the ra.ee
for clerk of the House to succeed Mark
Hardin. Mr. Boifeuiliet told me he had
decided to stand for the place, and I am
glad to be the first one to make the formal
announcement to his friends. No better
equipped man for clerk could be found,
and if ever a man deserved such an honor
at the hands of his friends in the legisla
ture, It is good old John. For eight years
he has been helping everybody else, and
I think the time has come when we all
ought to whirl in and help him. I believe
he will win in a walk.”
Mr. Boifeuiliet was asked about it this
morning. He said that he was not ready
yet to mike his announcement, but ad
mitted that he is thinking seriously of
making the race.
It is pretty nearly a settled fact that he
will be in the race for clerk cf the House
and he is in receipt of letters and verbal
encouragement from every quarter.
The labor organizations and the working
people generally are discussing candidates
to represent their interest in the place of
Hon. D. D. Craig, who has announced that
he will not make the race again. There
is some talk es Mr. Joe James as the next
representative of this element and he
would doubtless run a hard race with any
opponent.
Mr. Claude Estes, whose name has been
mentioned frequently in this connection,
announces that he will not be in the race.
Gloves. Hot kinds.
Phillips.
VETERANS OPPOSE THE PARK.
Americus, Feb. 3.—A largely attended
meeting of the veterans of Sumter county
passed resolutions opposing the holding
of the annual reunion of the United Con
federate Veterans at Piedmont Park and
requesting the Atlanta committee to se
cure some more central location.
The resolutions were sent General C. A.
Evans. Much enthusiasm was manifested
over the reunion in July and a large num
ber of veterans of Sumter will attend.
Avoid the cold weather
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5 MACON, GA.
IB TOLD YOU SO! ”
We’ve been telling you this cold weather
was coming and there’s lots more yet to come
and still you are not prepared for it.
No Use to Suffer
With cold when you can get a good warm
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