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, OHEAP MONEY.
9H per cent, and 7 per cent, -ioney now
■ ready for loans on Macon residence and
Li business property. 8 per cent money for
farm loans. Over >5,000,000 successfully
negotiated in Georgia alone. Loans made
can be paid off at any tltrt. We are head
quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man.,
358 Second street, Macon. Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
MASKED MAN
AHDMYSTERY.j
Home of a Well Known Citi-
zen of Thomasville Visi
ted by a Stranger.
MANY shotsTiere fired
But no One Was Hurt and the'
Sheriff Is Now After the
Intruder With Dogs.
Tbotirn-ville. Ga., Feb. 4—'Mr. Jim Vann
and family had a rather strange experi
ence I .st night betiveen 7 and 8 o'clock.
They were sitting quietly and pleasantly
paszing away the evening around their ■
fireside when some one, heavily masked, •
entered the house from the rear and made i
his appearance In the family room.
Mr. John Vann inquired what he want
ed. He said he wanted him.
The masked man had a huge stick in
one hand and a revolver in the other. Mr.
Vann secured his gun and the war began.
A number of shots were fired and the
house was pierced by several bullets.
Finally the strange man got out but the |
firing to and fro kept up until he disap- i
p.ar.d,
Bh< riff Irons and his dogs were soon on i
the scene and he and his neighbors made
a dllllgent search for the intruder, but
failed to capture hint.
The whole affair Is shrouded In mys
tery.
Vann lives two miles from this city and
i one of our best citizens. If he has an
enemy In the world he does not know it.
It Is not known whether the man was
white or black.
APPOINTMENTS.
Blun Gets Savannah and Thomas Ray Val
posta Postoffices.
Washington, Feb. 4--The president sent
the following nominations to the Senate
4 Os lay:
Postmasters: Georgia, John O'Donnell,
of Bainbridge.
Henry Ilium, Jr., of Savannah.
Thomas M. Ray, of Valdosta.
MANY INJURED.
A Train on the South Haven and Eastern
Wrecked in Michigan.
Lawrence, Mich., Feb. 4. Train No. 3
on the South Haven ami Eastern Na raw
Guage railroad was wrecked here today
and at hast half a dozen persona were
injured.
It was the first train through since Wed
nesday noon ami left here at 'PIO a. m.
A quarter of u mile from the station the
snow plow jumped the track and was piled
Into the locomotive, which drew the train
train and two coaches.
Gla eow, Feb. I - A mail train and
freight were in collision today on the
Glasgow and Southwestern Railway near
frnon. The driver ami fir > a.'.a of l.ie
freight train ami I've workm.'n wno *».'
0". njai.l the Trail train were killed Li
al l ")i Jiii ty |•< rsons were in jure 1. sem ?
of thiui fatally.
GOOD REPORT.
The National Building and Loan Association
Makes Statement.
Knoxville. Tenn., Feb. 4—The first re
port of the Southern Building ami Loan
Association since the recti vership, was
made today. It shows over $150,000 cash
oh hand ami a dividend of 10 per cent was
dcclerade. The association was one of the
largest in the country.
A LITTLE SPAT
Between Flemming, of Geor
gia, and Powers, of Ver
mont.
Washington, Feb. 4—-In the House to
day a bill passed to amend the act of Jan
uary 31. 1805. granting rights of way
through public domain for tramways, ca
nals and reservoirs so as to grant those
rights for cities and private corporations.
\t present the rights of way are given
only for milling and Irrigation purposes.
Fleming. Democrat, of Georgia, asked
a unanimous consent to set aside next
Monday for the consideration of the bill
repor.id by the Pacific railroad committee
to grant adciftional powers to the president
in the matter of the sale of the Kansas
Pacific read. The sale is to take place ou
February 17, he said, and it is important
if atfything is to be done it should be done
at once.
Powers. Republican, of Vermont, chair
man of the Pacific railroad committee,
said the consideration bill would be a
waste of time as it had already been dem
onsiiated th.it ifie Senate would not pass
a similar measure.
"You are chairman of the committee
that reported the bill." said Mr. Fleming*
"Is it not meritorious enough to receive
consideration
"The bill is harmless.” replied Mr.
Powers. "The president already has suf
ficient* power."
"But he distinctly asked for additional
powers in his message,” retorted Mr.
Fleming.
Shattuck. Republican, of Ohio, then ob
jected to Mr. Fleming's request.
A conflict then occurred between the
appropriations committee and the commit
tee on claims. This was private day
under the rules, but the appropriations
committee desired to proceed with the
fortifications. appropriation’s bill and con
tested the right of way with the claims
committee. The appropriations' commit
tee was defeated on roll call, and the
House proceeded to the consideration of
private bills.
manuverTng.
The Japanese Eleet Will Soon
Make a Trip to Chinese
Waters.
Yokahoma. Feb. 4.—The Japanese fleet
is manoeuverlng prior to a cruise in Chi
nese waters.
The press is silent on the situation in
China, and it is believed that the premier,
the Marquis of Ito. is awaiting a settle
ment of the German claim before commit
ting Japan to any policy.
The Russian squadron is without smoke
less coal and the supply here is small.
MONTGOMERY ARRIVES.
Havana. Feb. 4 —The United States
trujjer Montgomery, arrived at Matanzas.
NECK BROKEN.
James Allison was Hanged for the Murder'
of Mrs. Orr.
Berlin. Ont.. Feb. 4.—James Allison was |
hanged here today lor the muder of Mrs. |
Anthony Orr, near Galt, on August 9.
Allison’s neck was broken by the fail
and be died instantly.
Alßeon. who was a lad of eighteen years, ■
employed on Mrs. Orr's farm, confessed to
having killed Mrs. Orr with an axe while
atending to his morning chores and hid
ing the body temporarily in a corn patch
until he should have an opportunity to
carry it to a neighboring swamp.
The motive for the murder advanced at
the trbal was that of revenge for Mrs. Orr's
refusal of his improp r attentions bti. this •
Alli-jou in his confer.f.loti stoutly contradic
ted.
A FRENCH DUEL.
A Deputy and an Editor Fight and the Lat
ter is Wounded.
Paris, Feb. 4. —A duel has been arrang
ed between M. Alexander Miller, editor of
La Petite Republique Francaise, and one
of the Paris deputies, M. Hurt Laverton,
deputy for St. Yriex, was fought with I
swords today. The former was wounded i
in the rigb tarm. The dispute grew out ■
of an altercation during the debate yes
terday in the chamber.
OIUWSEED.
Senator Bacon Declares That
i
the Purchases Should Be
Made From Growers.
GEORGIA PLATsOGGESTEO,
The Agricultural Appropriation Billi
Brought On a Somewhat Warm
Discussion in the Senate.
Washingotn, Feb. 4. —While the senate
had under consideration the agricultural
appropriation bill yesterday Senator Bacon
urged the importance of tue adoption of
the plan suggested by the Georgia legis
lature for tne purchase of seeds —that is,
that the department make its purchase
of seeds from individual growers when
better seed can be obatined by doing so.
The legislature adopt>l a joint resolu
tion tearing upon this subject.
As Senator Bacon pointed out, the idea
is to cored a great evil that has grown up
in the administration of the law. The orig
inal intent of the law has been ■grea.ly
abused by indiscriminate 'purchases of the
seeds at wholesale from dealers, and appa
ll ntly without any desire to secure qual
ity. The senator illustrated by citing the
great difference in cotton seed. Under the
system that has prevailed in the depart
ment the poorest seeds have been distri
butee! —seeds that had absolutely no value.
Much of the fault was due to the secretary
of agriculture under the last administra
tion, who was against the system of free
seed distribution and used eyerp possi
ble means of makirtfe it valueless.
Senator Bacon said he did not seek to
amenjl the bill under consideration, far
the matter was-one which did not require
legislation, but involved the proper ad
ministration of the department. For that
reason he called attention to it in this
public way, feeling sure it would have the
desired effect.
Senators Platt, Hawley and Faulkner,
arid others took part in the discussion, In
dorsing what Senator Bacon had to say.
SUSPENDED.
Officer Mack and His Wife
Fined $5 Each by the
Mayor.
Police circles are decidedly stirred up
over the ease of Officer Mack and his wife
and their fuss with E. E. Kahn, the
groceryman, full details of which were
given in The News yesterday.
Last night Mack’s wife was arrested on
a warrant sworn out by Kahn charging
her with attempt to kill him and Officer
Mack was at the same time placed under
arrest on a peace warrant.
In the recorder's court this morning
Mack and his wife wer fined 55 each for
fighting and Mack has been suspended
from the force pending an investigation.
The affair will be Investigated by the
police commission and it is thought that
Mack will be discharged. He was on duty
at the time he went to Kahn and accused
him of insulting his wife and brought on
the fight which resulted in his receiving
a beating fnm -id his wife’s effort
to revenge that beating.
BOUND OVER:
Mrs. Smiley Tried to Kill
Stripling for Killing Her
Chickens,
The two cases of the state against Mrs.
E. T. Smiley, charged with carrying con
cealed weapons and pointing a pistol at
another, were heard in Justice Balkcem’s
vuurt yesterdaj- afternoon, and Mrs. Smi
ley was bound over to the city court under
$l5O bond on both charges. which bond she
promptly made and was released to ap
pear in the city.
The evidence against Mrs. Smiley as to
an attempt to shoot another was not de
nied. though the charge of concealed
weapons was. The facts in the case as
alleged by the prosecution, were publish
ed in The News yesterday.
Mrs. Smiley accused B. R. Stripling of
killing two or three of her fine chickens.
She is the wife of Yard Foreman Smiley,
of the Southern Railway, and while her
husband was on duty she decided to
avenge the death of the chickens. She
armed herself with a pistol, which she al
leges was not concealed. and went in
search of Striplin. When she found him.
he was with some ether men. She told
him to step put and she would settle the
’ifference with him- Stripling had no de
sire to face an enraged woman with a pis
tol, and he got out of hej wav soon
1 jii;’ had a warrant sworn out
for her.
The case will come up for a hearing in
the city court in a few days.
iDCKEY PATRICK DEAD,
Saratoga. N. Y., Feb.—W. G. Patrick,
jockey and starter, known on every track
. in the United States and Canada, di d to
| day of pneumonia. He was born at Mt.
I Holly. N. J., thirty-six years ago.
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THE MACON NEWS.
IMMIGRATION
BILL WILL PASS.
Friends Will Push it Through
at the Earliest Possible
Opportunity.
REPIIDLICAHPFOSITIOH
is Organizing, However, and With
the Minority They Hope to
Defeat the Measure.
Washington, Feb. 4. —Friends of the im
migration bill are hopeful of securing its
consideration early next week.
At the same 'time doubt has arisen lately
that it is expedient to press the question
further during the present session of con
gress. owing to the political antagonism it
would arouse. The prevailing sentiment,
however, is that the measure will be taken
from the speaker’s table as soon as the
military academy appropriation bill is out
of the way, and that the bill will pass with
a considerable majority after two or three
days discussion.
Representative Mahaney is organizing
opposition on the Republican side of the
chamber, and with this element will co
operate most of the minority members.
Chairman Danforth hopes to have the i ill
passed as it came from the senate, with
the single change of making the educa
tional test include both reading and writ
ing.
Representative McCall, of Massachu
setts. will offer an amendment embody
ing this change.
A substitute to the entire measure will
be proposed by Representative Corliss, of
Michigan, whose ‘‘birds of passage” feat
ure was embodied in the immigration bill
passed congress and was vetoed last year.
The substitute will be general in char
acter, however, and not specially directed
against border immigration.
THE SENATE TODAY.
A Considerable Amount of General Business
Was Transacted.
Washington, Feb. 4—At the opening of
the Senate today it was decided that when
the Senate adjourned today it be until
Monday.
A bill providing for the erection of a
public building at Beaumont, Texas, at a
cost not to exceed SIOO,OOO was passed.
Platt, of New York, offered a resolution
which was referred to the committee on
military affairs directing the secretary of
war to return to the Seventh regiment of
artillery (formerly the 113th N. Y. V. I.)
the flags cf the regiment.
A bill authorizing the construction of
two bridges across the Choctawhatchle
river, a navigable stream In Dale county,
Ala., was pased.
Mr. Lindsay then took the floor to sepak
on the resolution of the Kentucky legisla
ture asking him to resign.
At 12:35 o’clock on motion of Mr. Davis,
of Minnesota, chairman of the foreign re
lations committee the Senate went into
executive session, ,
JUVENILE THIEVES.
Three Youths Were Arrested by the Detec
tives This Morning.
■Charles Gilliardi, Tom Tubberville and
Grover Tucker were arrested this morning
by Detectives Ford and Rogers on the
charge of larceny.
All of these boys are under fifteen years
of age, and are badly frightened at their
arrest. .
The boys are accused of stealing knives
from the Fair Store and also from Dr. Mi
grath, and say that the knives found in
their possession, which were identified by
Mr. Smith, the proprietor of the Fair
Store, were traded to them by a son of
Mr. Smith. The case will come up for a
hearing this afternoon before Judge Balk
com.
Gilliardi is one of the boys that got into
the trouble at Eatonton some time ago, it
being alleged by the railway authorities
that he and another bay tried to wreck a
train.
inyitedToaugusta
High Compliment Paid to Miss
Mary Lamar Patterson.
The following correspondence will ex
plain itself and will be read with interest
by the lady’s many friends:
Augusta. Ga., Jan. 31, ISOS.
'Miss Mary Lamar Patterson, Macon, Ga —-
Madam: I have been instructed by the
Federated Labor Union of this city to for
ward you the following inclosed resolu
tions, unanimously passed by that body.
In this connection allow me to say, that
such a reform has, iu every state. been
inaugurated by labor organizations, hence
your sounding the tocsin was a very
agreeable surprise. There sea law in
•about eighteen states prohibiting child la
bor, If you desire any data on this sub
ject. such as we are in possession of we
will cheerfully impart.
Thanking yen in the name of labor for
the emancipation of children from the fac
tory, and trusting you noble effort will fee
crowned with success, I have the honor,
Madam to subscribe myself,
Your most obedient servant,
Jerome Jones.
President Augusta Fereral Labor tin ion.
Augusta, Jan. 30, 1898.
i Augusta Federal Union—
Brothers: In order to fittingly show our
appreciation of the noble stand taken by
Miss Mary Lansir Patterson, of Macon,
m behalf of a child labor law for the state
I of Georgia, and also in the interest of the
i upbuilding of organized labor movement
■ in the city of Augusta, be it,
Resolved, That this body extend its
heartfelt thanks to Miss Patterson, and
that Miss Patterson be invited to make the
leading address before the working peo
ple of Augusta on Labor Day, the first
Monday in September. 1898, at the celebra
■tion to ne given under the auspices of the
Augusta Federal Union; and be it furthej*
Received, That tins thank
and the Augusta Herald for the
editcrail published recently in regard io
the noble efforts of Miss Paterson, and for
i the .friendly attitude which that paper
1 assumed towards organized fator. and be
: it further
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu
tions be forwarded to Miss Patterson at
■ Macon, together with the invitation ot be
orator of the day at our Labor Day cele
bration.
Respectfully submitted,
Roy Kemmiss.
ANOTHER FROM KENTUCKY.
Cheney’s Expectorant cured my nephew,
a little 4-year-old boy. of a severe case
of croup. No other medicine did him any
good. Send me by express one dozen bot
lleg. ' W. H. MILLEN,
Adairsville, Ken.
IWork on the anex to the jail will com
mence in a few days,
MACON NEWS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 4 1898.
CITY OF MACON
STARTS HOME,
Captain Miller Is Delighted
With the Success of
the First Trip.
TO WjS BOATS.
A Meeting to Be Held by the
Navigation Company to De
cide on Future Action.
The City of Macon has begun her re
turn voyage, and in the course of a few
days the first boat, proving the feasibility
of navigation between Macon and the sea,
will be established.
The boat left Brunswick yesterday with
a lairly good load on board, and it is ex
pected tnat tne return trip will be made
in as good time as was the trip down.
Commenting on the arrival of the boat
the Brunswick Times says:
‘‘The steamer City of Macon is here and
her first trip from siacon to 'the sea is a
successful reality.
"The new steamer was at the Mallory
wharf yesterday morning, and attracted
much attention. She came to Brunswick
light, having discharged ail of her cargo
at points along the river, where it was
consigned. The trip was made without
accident or delay, and, although the river
was lower than it has been in some time,
the steamer passed through the most dif
ficult reaches without grounding.
Many citizens went to the wharves yes
terday to see the new boat. She is one
of the neatest and completest of her kind,
and makes fair time.
A cargo of miscellaneous stuff was
taken on board at the Mallory wharf yes
terday. In the afternoon, the steamer
went to the Southern wharves to take on
700 sacks of salt, which were brought over
on the British steamer, St. Irene. She
will return to the Mallory wharf this
morning, and take a supply of wood for
the return voyage, leaving at 5 o’clock.
Captain Miller is quite enthusiastic over
the success of the first trip, and says the
experiment of river trade between Bruns
wick and Macon will be proven perfectly
feasible by his company. ‘Two new boats
will be built at once,” said Captain Miller,
‘and then we will have one steamer per
week to Brunswick.’ ”
As soon as the boat reaches Macon a
meeting of the directors of tne Macon
Navigation Company will be held, and
that time plans for the future conduct,of
the line will ,be discussed.
President Smith, of the Navigation Com
pany, says that it is not the intention of
the company to call on council to expend
anything until it has been proven that
navigation is perfectely feasible, and ho
believes now that it is, and has been
proven so. When the company asked the
city for aid in building the boat the latter
said that they did not feel that they could
make an appropriation to help defray the
expenses of building a boat, but if a beat
should be built and proved a success that
the city would make all improvements
and buildings .in the way of wharfs, etc.,
that were needed.
Notes Taken
On the Run.
Dr. Charles Lanier Toole, dentist. Of
fice corner Second and Poplar streets.
Solon. H. Bryan, manager for Joe Camp,
"who lectures at Mercer tonight, is in the
city.
Dr. J. M. Mason, dentist. Office over
Beeland’s Jewelry store, Triangular Block
Telephone 452.
Judge Felton was engaged this morning
m setting cases for the week commenc
ing February 14.
The Epworth League of Mulberry street
Methodist church will hold an interesting
business meeting tonight.
City Treasurer A. R. Tinsley leaves to
day for Florida, where he will take a well
earned vacation among the orange groves.
The friends of Mr. Robert Hunter will
be glad to know that he is recovering his
strength and today was able to sit up for
a short time.
The fire department turned out to an
early call this morning at 5:30, A house ou
upper Walnut street was threatened, but
no great damage was done,
Richard Martir, was bound over to the
city court this morning by Mayor Price
on the charge, of larceny. He stole a watch
from a negro named Perry.
Rabbi Marcusson will deliver an inter
esting lecture tinighc at'the Beth-Israel
synagogue on the "Dreyfus Scandal.” A
large audience will hear the rabbi.
L>-‘-‘-is Randall, who assaulted Will John
son, another negro employed on the pav
ing work on Fourth street, on Monday
last, has surrendered io the police.
Mayor Tiice will appoint a dog catcher
in a few days and people who own fag
lesa canines would do well to tag them
as a war wil be made ou stray dogs.
Mr. C. C thomas, one of the most
prppuuenc men in South Georgia, ami a
Candidate for speaker pro tem pf the next
house of representatives, is in the city.
Mary Hunt was bpund oyer this morning
by Mayor Price for stealing a dress from
\\ . A. Doody's store. In the case good de
tective wprk was done by officers Dumas
and Plunkett.
the compresses of the city have about
suspended work. They get about one day’s
work cut of each week now and the work
is so irregular that it is a hard matter to
keep experienced men there to do it.
Three wedding parties passed through
Macon yesterday from down the. South
western road. They al; went through to
Atlanta and from there will probably go
to different points In the North.
Marshal Thomas, the six-year-old son of
Mr. H. J. Thomas died this tnpring and
the sympathy of their many friends go out
to the bereaved parents. The funeral will
take place tomorow morning at 10 o’clock.
Dr. M . R. Holmes, dentist, 556 Mulberry,
opposite Hotel Lanier. Try a bottle of
Holmes’ Mouth Wash for preserving teeth
purifying the breath, bleeding gums, ul
cers. sore meut'n. sore throat, etc. For sale
by all druggists.
Some interesting anouncements will be
made at Grace phurch next Sunday morn
ing. The membership of the ehurch has
grown to such ?.n extent and the church is
in such a properous condition that plans
for further enlargements will be dor
cussed.
The Ladies’ Missfapary Society of the
Tattnall Square P resbyterian church will
give an entertainment tonight at he resi
dence of Dr, S. L. Morris, on Huguenln
Heights. It will commence at 8 o’clock
sharp,
W. Mills, a bridge builder of Cincin
nati, took an unexpected cold bath this
morning, when he fell into Echeconnee
ereek, where he had gone to look over the
work proposed by the county commission
ers. He was slightly bruised about the
head.
A large party of laborers were carried
down to Lumbed City yesterday by some
gentlemen who are interested in getting
out ties for the railroad. These gentlemen
say that they wilt take all the hands they
can get, and that there is no excuse for
a negro being out o£ a job in that country.
J. E. Babbitt, charged with cheating and
swindling was bound over this morning at
the recorder’s in the sum of S3OO.
Babbitt is the man who claimed to rep
resent a South Georgia firm in the pur
chase of mules from J. R. Hicks & Co.
There is every.reason to believe that Bab
, biU is a crook, of the first water.
A CHARTER
Was Granted to the Georgia and Alabama
Business College.
Yesterday afternoon in the superior
court a charter was granted to the Geor
gia-Alabama Business College, of this
city, incorporating that company with a
capital of $30,000.
Since its establishment in Macon the
Georgia-Alabama Business College, under
the management of Professor E. L. Mar
tin, has been a pronounced success, and
now will extend its field of usefulness into
otheiOitles and states.
Colleges will be established at different
cities in Georgia and Alabama, and sever
al other Southern cities. The institution
is one of the most complete in the South,
and its growth in the future, as it has beei
in the past, will be phenomenal.
CHILD’S DEATH.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hinkle, of
Pneumonia.
Anita, the six-year-old daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. A. ®. Hinkle, died at. the parents’
home this morning on Orange street of
pneumonia.
The little one has been sick with the
drdad disease for some time, and the end
was expected, though it was a great shock
to the parents. The funeral will take place
from the residence this afternoon 4
o'clock. The interment will take place at
Rose Hill Cemetery.
LETTERJIEF.
Sidney Johnson Has Destroy
ed Letters in the Macon
Postoffice.
BY thFThqusand.
He was Arrested Yesterday by Post
office Inspector Rosson on
a Denny Letter.
Sidney M. Johnson, a negro who has
been a clerk in the Macon postoffice for the
last seventeen years, was arrested by Post
office Inspector ißosscn, and was’ given a
hearing before Commissioner Erwin this
morning on the charge of stealing letters
from the mails.
Johnson is a well known negro and was
represented before the commissioner this
morning by Colonel John R. Cooper. He
did net plead guilty at any time nor was
he given ia hearing last night as has been
stated. Mr. Cooper asked for a postpone
ment of the case until the 14th, which was
granted, and Johnson was bound over in
the sum of SBOO. He is now in jail.
.The fact that letters were continually
.Sissi ng from the mails has been known
for some time and Inspector Rosson was
detailed to come here and remain until he
had located the guilty party.
He has been here for three weeks and
has occupied day after day a position in
the cuddy hoie, entrance to which is af
forded from the postmaster’s private roam.
This closet, which is only to be reached by
a ladder, has a spy hole through which the
inspector can watch what the clerks are
<\_.ng. On several occasions lately he has
seen Johnson take packages from the -mail
which he would rifle of their valuable .con
tents, destroying the letters.
Yesterday morning the inspector pre
pared what is called a test letter address
ed to the Newnan Old Corn Distillery,
(Newnan, Ga. The letter contained a $5
bill and a silver dollar, both of which
were marked for identification.
MISS JENNIE BUTNER.
Funeral Took Place This Morning from the
Park Hotel.
The funeral of )Miss Jennie Butner look
place this morning from the Park Hotel.
The pallbearers were Messrs. John, Wil
liam, Sam and Harry McKay, Wiley
Barnes and Tom Merritt.
The impressive services were lead by
(Rev. R, R. White, of theiFirst Presbyte
rian church, of which Miss Butner was a
devout member. Mr. White was assisted
by Rev. W. McKay and Rev. BasjQjp An
thony.
WITH LAUDANUM
L. L. Patton, of Savannah,
Committed Suicide,
Savannah. Feb. 4.--E. L. Patton, Jr.,
suicided last night by taking laudanum.
He died this morning at 4 o’clock.
He left a note io his parents, who live
In Columbia, S. C,, defending the suicide
and denying that it was a coward’s last
resort.
Twice he atempted tb kill himself be
fore, once shooting himself in the head
at Bristol, Tenn.
His letters named those whom he wish
ed to act as pallbearers and indicated the
exact spot in Bonaventure cemetery where
he wished to be interred.
He was a member of the Volunteer
Guards batallion and left a written request
that the Guard’s quartette, which he ha<l
organized, should sing at his grave.
The deceased s.ood well. He was sten
ographer io.r Tiedman & Bros., large
wholesale merchants of this city. His af
fairs were straight. He was twenty-six
years of age. He has a brother in the
United States navy,
BRIDGE ROW FIRE.
Part of the Old Wooden Build
ings Gone.
At 3:45 o’clock this afternoon the fire
department was called out to an alarm
from the corner of Fifth and Walnut
streets.
The fire Is located in the building next
-to the store formerly occupied by Mose
Green.
The store is owned by Mr. Matt Daly.
The second story was burned. It is fully
covered by insurance in the Southern
Mutual.
LEG BROKEN.
An Employee of the Acme Brewing Compa
ny Met With an Accident,
Mr. John A, Knox, residence 1059 Elm
Street, was seriously hurt at the Acme
Brewing Company, where he is employed,
day before yesterday.
Mr. Knox is employed in the ice works
at the brewery, and while with some other
workmen engaged in the discharge of his
duties, some piping fell on him and broke
his rigin leg. The injured man was car
ried to his home and the broken member
set. He is resting easy today.
Mr. Knox is a brother to Miss Kate
Knox, who has been confined with small
pox.
CANDLER CLUB
MEETINGJONIGHT
Work Will Start at Once for
the Democratic Can
didate.
POPULlSTS’ campaign,
They Will Hold Their State Con
vention in Atlanta Next
Month.
The Candler Club meeting for the pur
pose of organization is the talk of the
town today.
The meeting will be called to order at
8 o'clock tonight and the outlook new is
that it will be largely attended.
The list of the members of the club has
grown steadily, and, as etated yesterday,
among those who have signed the call aire
the leading men of Macon, and are taken
from every faction that has hitherto work
ed upon opposing lines.
The indications therefore are that Cand
ler has a walk-over in Bibb.
The prevailing sentiment is that the
Candler boom has been worked up to a
Pu ... • ;?h would now make it hopeless
for any other eaudiadte to announce.
If any of those who have been figuring
on it were to announce now they would
find that they have missed the opportuni
ty.
The campaign is going to be started ear
ly on the part .of the Populists and there
fore will be a long one. The papers have
called their state convention to meet in
Atlanta on March 16'th.
The populists at that time will nominate
a full state ticket and will announce -the
platform on which they are to wage their
fight in the next -campaign. They hav,
departed from all political procedure in
calling their convention at such an early
date —'nearly three months sooner than any
other state convention has ever been called
before —and this fact has done more to at
tract the attention of their opponents than
anything else they could do. It means
that the Democrats will also have to make
early nominations and that the campaign
is to be a long and lively one.
This precipitate action on the part of
the Pops will unquestionably force an ear
ly Democratic state convention, because
the Democrats are honestly desirous of
making .good their promise of an old
fashioned majority of a 100,000 votes, and
they do not want any of their opponents
to get a start on them. But while the
Democrats seem to have already decided
on most of the candidates that are to make
up their state ticket, the Populists are
hopelessly at sea. There is no question
that nine out of every ten Populists in the
state want Tom Watson to nun for gover
nor, but the Hon. Tom is one of the mi
nority and he is declining to run with a
vigor which discourages bis most sanguine
supporters. The latter got up a postal
card vote in his interest a few weeks ago,
but Mr. Watson has ordered it to be stop
ped with a peremptory tone that is most
significient of bis future intentions.
It is pretty safe to say that even the
present overwhelming sentiment of his
party will not induce Mr. Watson to ac
cede to their wish, and the Populists lead
ers are reluctantly turning to look for an
other gubernatorial candidate. They are
not a very hopeful lot. When the execu
tive committee met last December
there was title enthusiasm manifested.
Judge Hines, the last Populist candidate
for governor says that he will not again
accept the nomination, and he declined
even to discuss the possibilities already
suggested in the newspapers. He had
heard the Hon. Walter B. Hill, -of Macon,
spoken of and he spoke in mostc ompli
mentary terms of Mr, Hill, but he declared
it populistic dpctrine to let the convention
nagie its own candidates. Other Third
paryt leaders who were approached on th*’ ,
subject said prety much the same thing,
and the consensus of opinion was that no
body knew what was going to be done.
honTJoTcamp.
His Lecture at Mercer Univer
sity Tonight.
At Mercer University tonight, Hon, Joe
Camp, the silver tongued orator from the
hills of North Georgia, will deliver his
famous lecture “Truth and Sham.”
Mr. Camp will be greeted by one of the
largest and most cultured audiences that
has greeted a lecturer in Macon in some
time.
Mr. Camp’s praises have been sung
wherever he has appeared, and he has
been pronounced by some of the finest
orators in the South, to be the best that
they have ever heard. Mr. Camp's style
Is peculiarly eloquent, and his humor is
most laugh-provoking.
Mr. Willie D. Upshaw -will introduce
the speaker, who is his personal friend,
Mr. Camp reached the city yesterday.
The Wesleyan young ladies will attend
the lecture tonight tn a body. The ad
vance sale of tickets predicts one of the
largest audiences that have been seen at
tk»? ohapel in some time.
A FINE SHOWING
Made by the Commercial and Savings
Bank.
The News publishes elsewhere today a
statement of the condition of the Com
mercial and Savings Bank, of Macon,
which is most gratifying to all who are
interested in Macon's welfare.
Considering the age of this bank, the
statement is remarkable in many res
pects. First in showing a surplus of
$12,500; second in shewing undivided pro
fits of $10,093.31 and third, in showing de
posits to the amount of $140,867.18.
Thp success of the Commercial and Sav
ings Bank is a part of Mac-on’s business
history. No financial institution in this
city has ever shown a more rapid, and, at
the same time, healthy and substantial
growth.
Its standing is forcibly indicated by the
value of its stock on the market, it being
quoted at $1.30.
The Commercial and Savings Bank is
in charge of men of large experience in
the business and financial world. They
are men who are thoroughly identified with
the community, and are popytar with all
classes.
Attention dtrected to the statement
publisher elsewhere in today’s News.
DIAZ DENIES
That is Coming to This Coun
try in the Near Future.
City of Mexico, Feb. 4. —There is no
foundation for the report of the contem
plated early visit by President Diaz to the
United dates. This denial is made by h ; s
authority. He has a warm feeling towards
the United States, and a constant interest
in its affairs, but has no present intention
of going there.
I Avoid the cold weather
By buying one of our...
SUITS AND OVERCOATS
AT Z7 /I 2 PER CENT
3J 1 U CASH DISCOUNT
AH Underwear at 25 per cent cash
discount.
Big assortment of Gloves.
Best taundiy it Ton
T : * s wa y our laundry is known by every-
1 T ona * n *°*n. The cleanest laundry, and
■ - k • ,he whitest linen, the most perfect domes-
tic P o!is11 - ant * garments sent home as
./ J >£3 800,1 as when we received them, are all
''''-Lip synonymous. You can’t beat us for beau-
‘y or finish-
•I**• ? u v _2-AjT—-A J • '
W ’Ln CRESCENT STEAM LAUNDRY.
-yr R. E. Urquhart, Proprietor, 403 Cotton
Sa JSi» f ilw*> ''' „ alMiHi Avenue. Phone 17.
ONLY
l~—w l|j|
But Just See Them.
JNo, 1-—Goodyear welt, coin toe, cottage box, smooth
calx, heavy single sole.
TJo. 2 McKay sewed. London toe, cottage box, satin
cah % double sole.
And shine them free.
Clisby & McKay.
Phone 29.
REPORT OF THE GOJiDITION OF THE
Commercial and Savings Bank,
LOCATED AT MACON, GA.
On the 27th Day of January, 1898.
RESOURCES.
Notes and bills dss-
ccumedslsß,o74 31
Demand loans 4,230 00—162,304 31 ,
Safety deposit vaults and safe.. 5,450 00 j
Furniture and fixtures 405 35 |
Current expeneses 303 54
Interest paid depositors 1,156 59
Due from banks and
bankerss 15,261 88
Cash on hand 28,473 87 —$ 43,840 75
I
$213,460 54 |
STATE OF GEORGIA, Bibb f’ounty, SS.: I J. J. Cobb, cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowl
edge and belief. j. j. COBB, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this second day of February, 1838.
W. P. WHEELER,
Notary Public Bibb County. Ga.
Phone 617.
S. G. BOUIS <&, CO.
Practical Plumbers.
Sanitary Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Steam, Hot
Water and Hot Air Heating.
Special Attention to Repair Work.
617 Poplar Street, Macon, Ga.
Great Selling
At Cost
Bear in mind that these daily talks are simply a series of
notices we owe it to you to give. Very unusual values are here
—values that may never be matched again. This is merely the
logic of business. Manufacturers cannot take our orders today
at prices that are current here. Os course we will not sell at
cost during the entire year. But from now on until we notify*
you of a change our policy is money out of the store’s profits
into your pockets.
■i
8 Per Cent Guaranteed!
Dividends paid semi-annually. Htock secured
by deeds to improved ,eai estate in more
than aonbie the amount, deposited with
Union Savings Bank and frost Co.
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon, Ga., 461 Third Street.
PRICE TWO CENTS
LIABILITIES.
| Capital stock paid ups 50,000 00
I Surplus fund 12,500 00
| Undivided profits 10,093 31
Dus banks and bank-
ers $ 683 94
Deposits subject to
check 92,297 00 ,F*
Depostis not sub-
ject to check 25,027 72
■ Time certificates of
deposit 22,856 47—5140,867 18
i $213,460 54