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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 By buying one of our. .. SUITS AND OVERCOATS AT ZZ I_Z PER cent UU Id CASH DISCOUNT All Underwear at 25 per cent cash discount. Big assortment of Gloves. Ming Eyes Isn't an Easy Matter The best oculists and opticians are not ,<x magicians—they can't restore sight to the / .blind. Don’t wait to consult tin il you can’t I See we 'l~it’s 1 ttle things that count. A J l Y QJ little headache, a few stmts, burning ten- w I■—Tr II fit sasions—these ; re the warnings that are V //1 jp My inr /' heeded. I. is better io le too early nAiI 11/'\ I'■ I* 'll ‘A I ill / than too late, <’artful examination of the \ II I I til / eyeS an<? Paiule3a ' \JullK fl® a nld Optical Pallors, 314 SECOND STREET, The only exclusive optical store in the city. Little 80-Paep j||L Has Lost Rei Sheep, and 30 have many farmers who have been f sWfe fattening them for th© mark t. Wc era 1 receiving every day the finest meats that V / I* T ever trotted on a hoof, and we will cut Th < <E»4 j 4 and prepare them for your tab ein an er- A/ tistic manner and sell them at lowest . 'X&T'rv market prices. Georgia Packing Co. Don’t be Selfish While 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. LINGO, ™ Cherry st. 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 Business Suit for SIO.OO, a genuine Melton Overcoat for $7.50 and a pair of Wool Gloves for 50c. Others want more, but that’s the way we sell ’em. BENSON & HOUSER The Up-to=Date Clothiers. G. BERND <&, CO., Are Leaders In STYLE QUALITY AND PRICE When in Need of Fine Harness, Saddles, Robes. Blankets, Whips, etc., call and see us. Riding and llunuig Leggings in all styles.D TRUNK REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Everybody Can Save And still get the best styles and the best qualities that can be had in Clothing. This Cost sale of ours is putting every gar ment in the store that for any cause whatever holds back or has been getting into an eddy. At Jumping Prices. It’s money found for men and boys. Our orig inal prices gave you great savings. We now take off all profits We’re having a regular jubilee—a jubilee of economy. 8 Per Cent Guaranteed I Dividends paid wnU-annn.Jly. Stock secured by deeds to improved r-su estate in m< re than double the amount, deposited wth Union Savings Bank and Trust Co. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, Macon, On., 461 Third Street. PRICE TWO CENTS