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8 Per Cent Guaranteed I Dividends paid Mint annually. Rtock Men red by deeds to Improved real estate in more than don bl e the amount, deposited with Union Sannas Bank and Tract Co GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, Macon, O*., CHI Third Street. ESTABLISHED 1884. RECOGNITION OF HIS_S ERVICES Asked for in Behalf of the Family of the Late Ad miral Worden. ECHOES fROM THE SIXTIES. A Memorial Presented Asking That Officers of the Monitor be Recog nized by the Government. Washington, Feb. 7.—A communioation was received by the senate from .the sec retary of war today presenting the urgent necessity for immediate action to control the disorderly element assembling in Alas ka. Chandler, of New Hampshire, presented a memorial which called to the attention of the senate one of the most thrilling events of the civil war. The memorial was prepared in 1874 by the late Admiral Worden, who as lieuten ant in the navy commanded the Monitor In the historic meeting in Hampton Roads between that vencsl and the iron-clad Mer rimac. Chandler said Admiral Worden conceiv ed the idea that it would be proper for the government of the United States to pay to the officers and crew of the Monitor S2OO each in the nature of prize money, but after having prepared the memorial concluded not to present it tocongress, lest his motives might be misconstrued. Candler said that he now took occasion to present the memorial himself and he hopid <xmgr<ss might see its way clear, in view of the wonderful victory achieved by lieutenant Worden, to 'do something sub stantial for the surviving members of his family, who are not in good financial cir cumstances. He asked that the memorial be referred to the naval affairs committee, his idea being lie said that the secretary of the navy could evolve some plan where by such recognition by the government could be made of the great services ren dered to this country by Astmiral Worden. Hale, of Maine, paid n high tribute to Admiral Worden, and a pea led to the sen ate to accord not only a just but a gener ous treatment to the surviving members <rf Ins family. hoppeFand _ sousa Will Tour Eutope Together in Force Next Season. Chicago, Feb. 7. —DeWolff Hopper and John Phillip Sousa are going to Europe to give American comic opera and American band music throughout the old world. All the members of the Hopper opera company, "El Capitan,” and all the mem bers of Sousa’s baml are booked for the trip. The start is to be made sometime in the fall and lioth companies expect to be away the entire season of 1898-’99. In conse quence of this trip abroad the production of DeWolff Hopper’s new opera will be de layed until some time in 1899. BEET SUGAR. A Big Company Organized in New York State. Albany, N. Y., Feb. 7—The Buffalo Beet Sugar Company, of Brant, Erie county, incorporated today with a capital stock of $600,000 in shares of SIOO. to manufacture and refine beet sugar. The directors are Clarence M. Fenton, Benjamin Fenton, H, P. Bissell and Eu gene F. Rea. of Buffalo, and J. C. Battle, of Piquo, O. The Etie Preserving Company, of Buf falo, owns 5,995 shares of the capital stock. MILITARY BILL. Was Taken Up by the House This Morning- Attendance Light. Washington, Feb. 7 —Attendance in the House today was small. A bill passed to ratify the act of the territorial legislature of Arizona authorizing the erection of a capital building. Without further prelim inary business the House went into a com mittee of the whole and took up the con sideration of the military academy appro priation bill. after aThens. The Mercer Ba'l Team is Making Great Preparations. The management of the Mercer baseball team is making great preparations for the coming season, and there is but little doubt in the minds of the students out there but that Athens will be any easy vic tim. Two of the best ball players in the state will enter college in a few days and go on the team. One of the new men is a star pitcher, and with tnansfleld the team will be amply supplied in the box. The game with the Cadets at Milledge ville has been called off, as the cadets say they are unable to get up a team. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Subject of Admitting Professionals Will be Taken Up Monday. Commencing Monday, the delegates to the National Assembly of the League of American Wheelmen, that convenes at the Southern Hotel in St. Louis Wednesday, Thursday. Friday and probably Saturday, will begin to arrive. The League of Amerncan Wheelmen is divided into two different bodies —the L. A. W. proper and the National Assembly. The latter is composed of delegates elec ted by the members in each state division. Jt holds its meetings in the winter, and they are conducted in a strictly business manner. The national meet of the L. A. AV. is an entirely different affair. It has no business at all to transact, and holds no business sessions. It is best known as the sumer outing or vacation of the wheel men, and they gather at one point to have a good time. The most important subject to be taken up next week wil be the election of offi cers. From president indications Isaac B. Potter has a clear field for re-election. The subject of admitting professionals to membership in the L. A. W. will be dis cussed. and probably changes will be made in the racing rules. At last year’s meet ing delegates to the assembly went all the way from San Francisco to Albany, N. Y., to cast their votes. Only one woman will be a delegate to the coming Assembly, and •be will come from Nevada. FOR FORGERY. Lord William Neville Will be Indicted by the Grand Jury. London, Feb. 7.—'Recorder Sir Charles 'Hall addressing the grand jury in the case of Lord William Nevill, fourth son of the Marquis of Abergavenny, who was com mitted for trial on January 31, charged with fraud, in connection with the suit of Sam Lewis against Lieutenant Spender Clap, of the Second Life Guards, to re cover 11,113 pounds due on two promisory notes cashed for the prisoner, said the evidence “apeared to establish a prima facie case of forgery” and it would be thtir duty to find a true bill against Nevill. Eventually the trial of Lord William Nevill was set down for Wednesday next. ZOLA’S TRIAL Commenced This Morning in Paris ana Arouses Great Interest. Paris, Feb. 7 —The trial of M. Zola, who is being prosecuted by the government as a result of a letter which he wrote last De cember to Aurore, strongly reflecting upon high officials conected with the Dreyfus case opened today in the assizes court of the senate. The most keen public interest is mani fested in the case. Hundreds of people surround tae court aav .is to gain al mittanee. Police loamras will be taken to insure the most rigid order. Have your magazines rebound by The Nsws’ bind*’ - ' COLLECTOR’DUNN. His Name Was Sent in for the Port of Brunswick. WIMBISH IN ATLANTA To Be Surveyor of Customs—Some Other Appointments Made bv President Washington, Feb. 7. —The president to day sent the following nominations to the senate: Treasury—'Christopher C. Wimbish, sur veyor of custom's for the port of Atlanta, Ga. Collector of customs, Henry T. Dunn, for the District of Bruswick. Joseph H. Short for the District of Vicksburg. 'Frank E. Lee, Texas, District of Galves ton, Texas. TOO MUCH NAME. A Very Distinguished Spanish Lady Gets a Divorce in North Dakota. Fargo, N. D., Feb. 7. —-On Saturday night States Attorney Fred Morrill secured a di vorce for a Spanish lady. Cruelty was the grounds upon which the decree was secufcd and no fight was made on the suit by her husband. The plaintiff was the Countess Marie De La Concepcion De La Canteray Clark De Goebel y Fernandez. The defendant was Juan C. Goebel y Fernandez. They were married at Madrid, March, 1892. The lady belongs to one of the oldest and wealthiest families in Spain and owns large estates in both Cuba and Spain. Minister Woodford, of the United States, resides In one of her houses at Madrid and the lady is second in rank and wealth only to the family of the premier. JOCKEY SLOAN Has Arrived in San Francisco and Outlines His Plans. San Francisco, Feb. 7. —Tod Sloan, the jockey, is back in the city which he is pleased to call his home. He arrived here from the east last evening and was warmly welcomed by his friends. He is several pounds heavier than when he left here, but expects to ride at about 103 pounds. He confessed to being in ipoor condition, owing to his long journey, and will not accept any mounts here for several days. After six weeks he intends to go east. He will live up to his contract with Fleischmann, he says, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding. Next year he may be expected to do a good deal more racing abroad. This year, he says, he will not be able to race abroad for the reason that the English racing season closes in November, and his con tract with Flieschemann will keep him in America until that time. VERY GORY A Don at Havana Wants Some American Blood. Havana, Feb. 7.—The Conservatives are organizing their party throughout the is land. Weyfer has been named honorary president and Romero Robledo as vice president. On Sunday, as General Lee was entertaining the officers of the Maine at La Play«. the Conservatives held a large meeting at Mariano, two miles away. ; Romero Rubio, one of the speakers, said i that the great enemies of Spain were en i joying themselves not far off; that he • hoped that the day was not distant when Spain would show .them what Spanish sol diers could do, and that the Americans were very much mistaken in believing that Spain to be a weak nation because she had not been able to subdue 30.000 Cubans; but that was due to the fact that the Cu bans were sons of Spaniards, having the same blood and the same vigor. But. had they been 30,000 Americans they would have been annihilated long ago. The ora tor received deafening applause and hur rahs. THE MACON NEWS. PARDON ROARD DID NOT MEET But Commutation of Sentence in the Allen Case is Now Certain. ffICTIO THIS MOMiIG. All the Papers Have Been Prepared and the Action of the Board Has Been Settled. The final action of the Board of Pardons in the Allen case was looked for today, but the Board of Pardons which was to have met at 10 o’clock this morning failed to get together. It is understood that the papers in the case have all been prepared and that 'Al len’s sentence would certainly have been commuted today had the board met. This action will be taken, however, to morrow’ in all probability. The news of the commutation of the sen tence of Tom Allen will be received with pleasure by a very large number of peo ple. As the time has passed the magnifi cent effort to save his client’s life made by Col. J. W. Preston has been watched with the deepest interest and has enlisted the sympathy of those who had before been lukewarm and has won over those who were most bitter, as the murdered man’s friends in their denunciation of Allen. Had it not been for the persistent efforts and the dogged determination of Colonel Preston, nothing could have saved Alien’s life. 'His case has been carried through every court to the highest tribunal in the land. Notwithstanding the fact that the original finding of the jury has been up held, the lawyer and friend of the doomed man has stood beside him without shirk ing any work or effort that might save his client’s life. Allen himself has at all time lived in great hope that the final outcome of his case would be commutation. He has al ways stuck to the same story and those who have heard him are firmly convinced of the truth of his statements. He has always said that he did not know Carr and that he has no recollection what soever of the shooting. He says that he was drunk and that while the killing took place he had no knowledge of what had occurred. It is ia close shave for Allen, however. Next Friday is the day set for the hang ing. In speaking of it he has said that he was ready for his doom though he firmly believed that he would not be called upon to give up his life. He has always spoken like a .brave man prepared to die and deeply regretting the killing of Carr. For some days past he has been very unwell and the tremendous strain of hope deferred has told upon him. He has lost weight and is depressed in spirits, but the news from Atlanta will necessarily work a wonderful change on him. graWTury Will Meet for This Term Next Monday. The grand jury of Bibb county will meet on next Monday. Following are the names of the grand jurors drawn to serve for the term: George T. Harris, E. D. Huthnance, John J. Jelks, A. Gibian, E. AV. Burke, L. S. Worsham, M. C. Balcom, George W. Dun caia AV. L. Douglas, C. C. Wilder, J. T. Dozier, C. D. Findlay, AV. T. Shinholser, S. H. Sheppard, T. Skelton Jones, T. H. Henderson, AV. W. Brown, R. Lee Long, R. W. Jemison, Edgar A. 'Ross, AV. F. Elder, Joseph N. Neel, AV. AV. DeHaven, AV. C. Turpin, Frank B. West, Alex Blair, A. L. Wood, A. B. Small, Thomas R. Ayer and H. J. Thomas. The civil docket will be taken up in the superior court next Monday. MARTIN’S CASE. Court at Wilkesbarre Was Crowded With Interested Spectators. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb 7. —Hundreds of persons, anxious to hear what action Judge Woodward woud take in reference to the sensational outbreak on Saturday between Attorneys Garman and Lenahan, opposing counsel in the Latimer shooting case, thronged the court room today. Judge 'Woodward spoke of the incident of Saturday, saying that after he had left the bench and before court adjourned an altercation had arisen between two of the lawyers engaged in the trial which the court did net fully hear, nor did he real ize the words used until they were seen in the newspapers. "Had we heard,” said the judge, “what was said, we would have dealt with the lawyers in a summary manner, as the af fair so deserved, and if there is a repeti tion of it we shall punish the guilty par ties for contempt of court.” The first witness today was Silas Jones, a justice of the peace of West Hamilton. He stated that he had seen the meeting of the deputies and strikers at West Ha zelton, and followed the deputies to Latti mer. He saw Sheriff Martin advance to wards them with a paper in his hands. Some of them surrounded him and an al tercation occurred, but the witness could not see exactly how 'the altercation com menced or how it terminated. He heard a couple of shots and then a volley. He saw several men fall, and two of the men who fell near him were dead. Just before the noon adjournment the court acepted bail for all the accused dep uties and sheriff in the sum of $6,000 in each case, making $402,000 in all. Bail was furnished by the Philadelphia Surety Company. ON FLOATING ICE. Thrilling Experience of a Party of Men on Lake Erie. ’ Cleveland, Fe.b. 7.—Five workmen who had started to walk across the ice from the new waterworks crib, five milese out in the lake, were rescued last evening by the fire boat Clevelander from an ice floe after an exciting experience. The men bad started to walk to the shore and when one mile out discovered that they were on a detached ice floe and rapidly moving away. After prolonged cries and waving their coats they finally attracted the attention of a skater near shore, who telephoned to the fire boat. After a hard battle with the ice, the Clevelander succeeded in crush ing her way through, the heavy ice and rescuing the men. You can talk to 10,000 every day through the columns of The News. MACON NEWS MONDAY FEBRUARY 7 1898. ATLANTIC CITY Big Fire This Morning De stroyed a Vast Amount of Property. Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 7. —A fire which originated in the Academy of Music this morning destroyed half a block of buildings entailing a loss of about $65,000 before being got under control. The origin of the fire is a mystery. Of ficer Robinson discovered fire issuing from under the board walk in front of the Acad emy of Music. A general alarm was sent in, but before the engines arrived the Academy of Music was enveloped in flames. The fire spread to La pres’ confectionery store and there communicated to the rear of the Bryn Mawr hotel. The flames quickly spread to Beth’s Are furnishing store, Rutter's school of Phre nology, Myers photograph gallery, the Gold Mine bath house, Smith’s rolling chair es tablishment and a portion of the vitascope parlors on the board walk. For a time it looked as if the Berkley hotel, the largest house on Kentucky ave nue, would surely be destroyed. The rear of the hotel joins the burned buildings and a stiff west wind fanned the flames toward the big house. Several lines of hose were run out the hotel windows and the sides of the build ing and the surrounding property were thoroughly drenched. The guests in the Berkley hotel hurried ly packed their clothing and prepared tor a hasty retreat, but the wind shifted at this time and this alone saved the hotel. MRS. LANE BETTER. Washington, Feb. 7. —The condition of Mrs. Lane, daughter of ex-Senator Black burn. is reported Improving today. She had a good night’s rest and is taking nour ishment more freely. MEETINGONFRIDAY The Executive Committee of the Carnival Association to Start the Ball. COMMITTEES TO BEFOOL And a Full Program for the Three Days of the Carnival Will Then be Made Up. A meeting of the executive committee of the Macon Carnival Association will be held at the Chamber of Commerce next Friday, at which time a full attendance of those who are interested in the success of Macon’s Diamond Jubilee are requested to be present. President E. A. Waxeibaum said that the association had been holding back to see what Atlanta intended doing in the way of having a carnival, trades display or centennial celebration. The city council of Atlanta has refused to aid in the demonstrations that some of the citizns are anxious to make, and now it is almost certain that Atlanta will not have anything that will interfere with the Macon Carnival. At the meeting next Friday all of the committees will make reports, and it is expected to get down to work and make the four days which will be taken up by the Diamond Jubilee, the most brilliant in the history of Macon. Mr. George A. Macdonald, who is chief of the bureau of promotion and publicity, has been at work for the past week or two ■arranging a program, which will probably be submitted to the meeting next Friday. Os course as arranged so far the program is merely outlined. The floral parade will be repeated, and will be made more exten sive and brilliant than the last one. President Waxeibaum is most enthu siastic and says that the carnival will be one of the grandest ever displayed in the South. Those who saw Macon’s exhibition last year, and who had also seen New Orleans’ magnificent display, said that the one here was equal to those of the Crescent City in every respect. FOULLY MURDERED The Postmaster a Goodwyn’s Station Found Dead this Morning. Atlanta, Feb. 7. —J. H. Polk, aged G 5 years, and postmaster at Goodwyn, a sta tion fifteen miles north of here on the Southern road, was murdered at his home on Saturday night about 7 o'clock by un known parties, and his store, which he ran in conection with the postoffice was rob bed. His dead body was not discovered until this morning. 'He was shot through the head and death was instantaneous. There is no clue to the perpetrators of of the crime. He had SSOO on his person, which was left undisturbed. HELD FORCONTEMPT The Judge of a Kentucky Court Has Arrested the City Officials. Independence, Ky., Feb. 7. —Seven mem bers of the Covington council, the city clerk and attorney, are held in contempt of count by Judge Tarvin and have been placed in the custody of the sheriff with the alternative of purging themselves of contempt before the day ends or being committed to jail. The trouble arose from the refusal of the council, on the advice of their attor ney to obey an order by the judge to pro vide the necessary furniture for the court house in Covington under the law. While Independence is the county seat, the court is held in Covington for general convenience. Upon the failure of council to obey the judge's order he ordered the removal of the records to this little village and cited the members of council to apear today to answer the charge of contempt. These unusual proceeding has aroused the keenest interest and the town is crowded with visitors. •DOLE IN BUFFALO. •President Dole and party arrived this morning from Washington In a private car over the Pennsylvania Railroad. A committee headed by Captain John M. Brinker, president of the Pan American Exposition Company, met the train and escorted the party to the hotel. MANY ISSUES INMimiGN For the Legislature in Bibb County Will be Put Forward. BOIFEUILLET OUT OF IT, He Will Run for Clerk of the House and So Leaves the Field Open for Another. Hon. John T. Boifeuillet will not be a candidate for the legislature in Bibb coun ty this year. As predicted in The News sometime ago he has decided to make the race for clerk of the House or Representatives to suc ceed Hon. Mark Hardin, and his friends say that he is certain of election. Mr. Boifeuillet is in receipt of letters and telegrams from all over the state con taining assurances of support. The withdrawal of Mr. Boifeuillet’s name from the race gives an opening for more candidates and already they are beginning to 'talk. The crop will be a large one and those who are certain 'to be in it say that they will make it lively. vne of the leading issues in the legisla tive campaign in Bibb county this year will be whether or not the board of road commissioners shall be abolished. The roiad board has been in existence about twenty-six years, and has givefi great satisfaction, and given to Bibb county 'the best system of public roads possessed by any county in the state. The board consists of twenty-seven members, three citizens from each of the nine districts of the county. They serve without pay, and are elected by the grand jury. The board of county commissioners, consisting of five members, who are elect ed every four years by the people, are of the opinion that the road board should be abolished and their powers and duties ds legated to them, the county commission ers. The county commissioners had a bill in troduced at the last session of the legisla ture to abolish the read board, but it was defeated. It is said the fight will be re newed at the next legislature, hence an effort will be made in the approaching legislative race to nominate and elect leg islators from Bibb who will favor abolish ing the read board. The read board now elects the superin tendent of the county ehaingang and the county commissioners wish to have the right of electing the superintendent. In addition to the above there will be another issue in the campaign that will have to be met. The temperance people say they will not vote for any man who does not clearly define his position in favor either of pro hibition or the Bush bill. If necessary they will put forward temperance candi dates. Last year in the Democratic prim ary they supported Mr. Charley Howard and he received over 800 votes. If there are several candidates this year, and all the temperance people vote solidly for one man and he receives also other votes he will be formidable and may stand a good chance of winning. The liquor men at are not organized in Bibb, and it is not known if they will organize before the campaign opens. Liquor has not had an organization in Bibb county in many years, and at late elections whisky’ dealers have manifested but little interest in politics, and are sel dom seen at the polls working. The question of the independent incor poration of Vineville or the annexation of the suburbs may pop up to bother the candidates no little. There is a growing sentiment in Macon for the extension of her territory. Macon thinks that the suburbs in a radius of one and a half miles at least should be annex ed to her, and thus add 15,000 persons to her population. All these people depend on Macon for support. They work in the city, but live in the suburbs. A part of the citizens of Vineville have been trying some time to obtain independ ent incorporation, but a majority of the people of Vineville are opposed to the in dependent incorporation of Vineville and would rather Vineville be annexed to Ma con. The people of Macon would be glad to receive Vineville into Macon, but they •are storngly opposed to Vineville having independent incorporation. Candidates for the legislature may have to take de cided position on this matter. There will be other issues besides the above. mawTprTce Talks on the Subject of the Manufacturers’ Con vention. 'Speaking on the subject of the conven tion to be held in Atlanta this week for the purpose of promoting manufacturing industries and for the discussion of mat ters calculated to improve the con ditions in the South, Mayor Price says: “I believe in the encouragement by mu nicipalities of any kind of manufacturing interest. Manufactories take down the rent cards and fill empty houses; they stimulate trade and circulate the dollars; they increase the population and make the cities grow; they find work for the worker and put bread in the mouth of his child; they quicken, brighten and sustain every other interest, and make glad the waste places. The whirr of wheels and the rip of the saw is sweeter music than that of a brass band, and can arouse mors enthu siasm in a town thai has ambition to go forward. I have the honor of being the first mayor in the South to relieve manu factories of a license tax, and am an ad vocate of still further relieving them where it is possible to do so. I am in full accord with any movement looking to their en couragement and promotion. ’ CUTTING EXPENSES Central Railway Discharging Employes. A large number of employes a-t the shops of the Central Railway have been dis charged, as the management of the road is after saving some of the salaries that are now being paid. Mast of those who were discharged from the service were in the carpenter’s depart ment. The officials say that it will not be such a hard matter for the men discharged to get positions as carpenters are nearly always in demand. It is understood that cuts will be made atother points of the system. CONDEMNATION Is in Store for Bridge Row— The Old Buildings Must Come Down. For a number of years past Bridge Row has been a thorn iu the side of Macon, and the squalid quarters that now line the street are a last in danger of being pulled down. Several members of the city council have decided to introduce and support a resolu tion to have the old rotten wooden build ings iu this section condemnedand pulled down. (When an alarm of fire was sounded a few days ago and someone said Bridge Row was burning a sigh o. relief went up from many, though the fire was in a por tion of the street that is not offensive. But Bridge Row won’t burn, for time and again fires have been discovered in that quarter and as many times extinguished. There are a few instances where sub stantial brick or wccden buildings can be found on the street, but as a rule the buildings are’one story dives occupied by ■negrots. The houses have fall n into de cay, and the health officers make double rounds in this section. (Passengers getting off the Southern Ra l way train are not impressed with the city when they see the many hovels that front on a street which should at least have some pretence of a city. Trade in the stores on the street has al most been stifled by the surroundings. With the pulling down of the old buildings and t’ro ' >e ton cf new onees the proper ty v.oultl v.ouble in value, and a goo.l bus iness could be established there for mer chants. Some of the old buildings near the Cen tral railway bridge have been pulled down, for they soon would have fallen into the street. The best time to advertise is all the time. DODBfWELLED The Younger Sister-of Miss Knox Has Mild Case of Smallpox. REPORTED TO THE BOARD. By the Attending Physician This Morning-She Has Been 111 for Several Days. Another case of smallpox was reported to the Boarrd of Health this morning in the person of Miss Lilian Knox, the youn ger sister of Miss Kate Knox, who has been suffering with the disease. The case was reported in due form by Dr. M. A. Clark on one of the card’s fur nished by the Board of Health for such cases. ■Dr. Barron, chairman of the Board of Health, is out of the city, and will not re turn ui til tonight at 7 o'clock, when it is probable that some action will be taken by ■the board. Miss Knox has ben in he house with her Bister while she was 1.11, and as she had been successfully vaccinated did not think there was any danger in her catching t'he disease. Dr. Clark says that he thinks her case will boa very mild one. There are many people in Macon who believed there was not a genuine case of smallpox here, but now that it has .shown that it is contagious, it will be believed that this is a case of genuine smallpox. Miss Knox has been ill for several days, but Dr. Clark was not certain until today that She had smallpox. He at once re ported the case. TOBACCO? A Combine is Reported to he Organizing. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 7. —A gigantic com bination of plug tobacco manufactories has been talked of here for seme time past. A capitalist of Hamilton, 0., is said to be in England to interest a syndicate there in the scheme. A rumor is afloat that all the unat tached manufactories in America are to be included and capitalized at $50,000,000. The agent is said .to have asked for op tions on the Weissenger Company’s, John Finzer & Bros.’s, Starter Bro’s., and Wil liams’ factories, in Louisville, but inquiry at these places failed to substantiate the report. No one can lie found among .he tobacco men here who knows anything definite about the plans. However, options are reported to have been secured in other cities, including New York and Middletown, O. If the rumored consolidation should be made, there would be pitted against each other the American Tobacco Company, Liggett & Myers, and the nevz combine. The new combine would have considerably the best of the. fight from the standpoint of capital and capacity. As it is now, the American Tobacco Company has an annual output of plug amounting to about 40,000,000 pounds a year; 36,000,000 of v.’hich are made in Louisville; the Liggett & Myers Company makes about the same amount, or perhaps a little less, while the combined output of the proposed gigantic company would be something like 50,000,000 or 60,000,000 pounds a year. DETERMINATION On Both Sids Still the Feature of New England Strike. New Bedford, Mass., Feb. 7- —The begin ning of the fourth week of the cotton oper atives strike showed nothing but the same determination on both sides to stick to their respective positions until the other yields. Secretary Cunnan, of the joint strike committee, issued a statement saying that the total amount of money received up to Saturday, February 5, at 9 a. m., was $1,345. “In looking over the amounts received from outside sources,” says Secretary Cunnane, “every evidence that New Eng land is beginning to help. The people of Lowell, Lawrence and Boston in particu lar give encouraging signs.” You can talk to 10,000 every day through the columns of The News. COL, LOCKE WMf bays If Edwards Claims Macon as His Home He Committed a FRAUD ON THE BALLOT. For on the Night of the Election He Said He H d Voted for Mc- Kinley at Sparta. The Repuolicans of Macon are very much , ttirnd up over a statement contained in j batr.rday s .\tlar.ta Constitution in which ■■■'■ Harry Edwards is quoted as saying ’ that he lias always been a resident of Ma i con, and that his residence at Sparta has I only’ been temporary. Through it is true that Mr. Edwards has ■ lived in Macon most of his life, the Re publicans who are pushing the claims of , Mr. \\ alter Corbett for postmaster to suc ceed Mr. Hertz against Mr. Edwards, i claim that previous to the time of Mr. Mc ‘ Kinley’s election and at the time, that Mr. I Edwards was -a resident of Sparta, and ' that was his voting place. lu speaking of the matter Colonel Locke i said that it was nonsense for Mr. Edwards ’ to in ake any claim for the Macon posio.fiee I upon the ground that he was a resident of Mactn, and voted for the president. “Un the night of the presidential elec tion.” said Mr. Locke, “Mr. Edwards came to me at Republican headquaters and said that he had voted for Mr. McKinley at Sparta. “ ‘At Sparta/ ” said I. “Yes,” he replied, “that is my voting place.” “Now,” continued Colonel Locke, “it Mr. Edwards persists in claiming Macon as his home, and a man usually considers his voting place his home, if he voted at Sparta as he said he did, he commit ted a fraud upon the ballot, and that is one thing that we do not want in the Re publican party.” “The records have been examined and it has .been found that Mr. Edwards did ■not vote in Macon.” The delay in making the appointment for the Macon office has somewhat provoked those who thought that Mr. Corbett would be appointed, and a more vigorous opposi tion to Mr. -Edwards is being male. Mr. Corbett is still iu Washington, and those who are on the inside say that he has fixed everything so far as the ’Macon postoffice is concerned, despite the fact that Major Hanson seems confident that Harry Edwards is appointed. Th'e ap pointment of a postmaster at iMacon means a split in the party in this section, and it is believed by many Democrats that this is one reason why those in power are hesitating about making the appointment. Colonel Locke himself says that he has never expected that the appointment would be .made until four years from the time Mr. Price, was appointed, but he does con fidently expect that Mr. Corbett will be ap pointed when the president does act in the matter. He says the president will not go back I on those c-n whom he depended tor the | n< <>h : , who are worthy of his con side vicn ai.d are backed by the coll'd party' organization. HOGAN’S ALLEY Atthe Academy of Music for Toni gh t—other Attfac tions. A return engagement for Gilmore & Leonard’s “'Hogan’s Miey” company is the inevitable result of that play being per formed once so popular has it become. This play will appear at the Academy of Music tonight, ar.d promises to be a great success. -It was constructed especially for the fun-loving public. The desire to please runs through every act and the re sult is a series of the most irresistable laughter making scenes. It includes lets of puns that snap back and forth pnd a number of songs that are up to date. The complications are gradually spun out. Mickey is a hero. He leads the alley to victory. Hogan hears good news and the band plays on. All the actors are stars iu theii line, special ante nt ion being drawn to Campbell and Caufield. Taylor and Kar c'her, Clements and Marshall, Harry Cran dall, Joseph J. Conlan, Johnnie Dugan, Mamie Ward, Frank Rhoades, and the Misses Ethel Cope, May E. Cunard, Anna Driver, the ’Chappelle sisters, and Tiddle dewinks, as Mickey Dugan, that inimita ble “Yellow Kid,” is the life of the play. JASPER COUNTY TO THE FRONT. I wish to say to you and to the public that I have been using Cheney’s Expector ant for years and. can truly say it is the best preparation for coughs and croups in existence. BOYKIN R. SMITH Jasper County, Ga. Men’s Furnishings Fair prices for all Furnishings and all the time. That is the principle that has made our Furnishing Goods Department the safest and most satisfactory place for you to patronize Here you are not trapped by a few popular novelties adver tised at less than cost today, to be told tomorrow that “the supply is exhausted.” It’s an easy fraud to work. Does it make permanent customers ? All the right things are here at popular prices. Underwear at Cost. CHEAP MONEY. SH per cent, and 7 per cent, loney now ready for loans on Macon residence and business property. 8 per cent, money for farm loans. Over 10.000.000 successfully negotiated In Georgia alore. Loans made can be paid off at any time. We are head quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man., 356 Second street, Macon, Ga. PRICE TWO CENTS TELEPHONES. The Macon System tc be Im proved in the Near Future. Some improvements of an important na ture are to be made in the Macon Tele phone system. Manager .Weaver is not inclined to talk upon the subject but he admits that the improvements will bo made in the near future, or as soon as the company can reach this point. Among these improvements a new switchboard will probably be included, though this report is not confirmed by the manager, while it is not denied. Nothing furth< r has been done about the new telephone system, which has been talked of as stated in The News some time ago. It is more than probable that in ary event that the ordinance requiring the laying of all the wires underground will prevent anyone else from coming here. At any rate the Bell people will give Macou a perfect service and there will be no complaint from Lite subscribers here. The experience of other places with a double telephone service has not been sat isfactory. While competition between two compa nies is going on the subscriber is obliged to keep two 'telephones and the cost of the two even at the lowest possible cut rates is higher than the one telephone. The service is not as satisfactory and there are many other causes that bring about dis satisfaction. Bucklin’s Arnica Salve . The best salve In the world for cuts, cruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive ly cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug ■tore. sabbath onsu nd ay Movement to Change the Jewish Sunday to First Day of Week. The suggestion advanced by Rabbi Moses J. Gries, of Cleveland, 0., that the Saturday-Sabbath be changed to the first day of the week has brought about au interesting discussion among the recog nized leaders of the Jewish faith. Saturday, the historic Jewish Sabbath, which has for centuries been observed as i'_ a day of rest and religious service, is held too sacred by many of the leaders of the faith to be abandoned for the civil Sun day, and before Rabbi Gries secures many followers in his movement he must nec essarily bring to bear convincing proofs that the first day of the week will meet with the endorsement and approval of several million Jews. Many and interesting are the opinions which have been elicited from prominent rabbis throughout the east and the ques tion is now being discussed both in the temples and in the Jewish papers. Rabbi Gries is one of the most prominent men of Jjis church and his opinion iy regarded by all Jews with great consideration. The question is not a issue and Rabbi Gries is not the fatWr of the move ment by any means, as there have frees wiio £ 1 ■ ■ to become interested in the and he is now bringing the discussion “ prominently to the front. In the east for many years a Sunday service has .been held in the Jewish tem ples for the accommodation of those who have not the opportunity to attend tem ple services on Saturday. The special Sunday service, however, has not been regarded as any effort to abandon the Saturday services, which have always been regularly attended. In New York, where distances are con siderable, services are held every Sunday in the Jewish temples. These services are largely attended and on account of the conditions found in the great metropolis, they are probably the most interesting services of the week. In Boston. Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chi cago and other large cities where it is im practical to attend religious service on the busy week-day Saturday-Sabbath, these services have been held with great suc cess, but it had never been believed by many that the special services would in any way tend to destroy the historical Sabbath of the Saturday. THE OLD HOMESTEAD. A notable event in the dramatic annals of the stage in this city will be the appear ance of Denman Thompson in his own play, “The Old Homestead,” with all the elaborate attention to detail that made its four year run in New York, and its re cent long stay at Chicago, so successful. The effects and settings are new, and the cast is the best that nas ever rendered this play. In a word, nothing has been left undone that will assist in making this en gagement 'the dramatic event of the tea son for Thursday night. A CORRECTION. Macon, Ga.. Feb. 6, 1898. —Editor Even ing News: It is a mistake about Tom Tubbeville being in the swamp on Tues day with Gioves Tucker and Charles Gar lardi with pocket knives. R. F. SMITH. Advertise in The News and reach the people.