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2 THE MACON NEWS. ESTABLISHED ISB4-. NEWS PRiNTING COMPANY. PUBLISHERS. R. L. McKENNSV. Businost* -V«r TOVI XV. LOYI ESS, Editor. THE EVENING NEWS will be delivered by carrier or mall. P®* y®* r » la.OO; per wt:k, 10 cent*. THE NEWS will be for gßi , on trains. Correspondence on live wbjecta solicited. Real name of writer «beuld accompany same. Subscriptions payable in advance. Failure to receive paper should be reported to the business •Tice. Address all communications to THE NEWS. Offices; Corner Second and Cherry Streets. CHTof < 1 ; □USD THE STATE TICKET. For Governor, ALLEN D. CANDLER, of Hall. For Secretary of State, MARK A. HARDEN, of Bartow. For Comptroller-General, W. A. WRIGHT, of Richmond. For Attorney-General, JOSEPH M. TERRELL, of Mer riwether. For Treasurer, j£’ W. M. SPEER, of Fulton. For Commisioner of Agriculture, O. B. STEVENS, of Torrell. For School Commissioner, G. R. GLENN, of Bibb. Long Range Water Power. The development of water power for electrical transmission seems to be at tracting considerable attention 'throughout the South. The matter is of such vast Importance to Macon that The News feels it its duty to present to the people of this community all the argument that is being advanced along this line. The Charleston News and Courier Is the latest newspaper to take up the argument for the benefit of that city and state. It sets In the development of water power for electrical transmission an inestimable •advantage in the contest for commercial and industrial supremacy. Alluding to the movement on foot in At lanta, Columbus and other cities for the development of water power for electrical •transmission, The News and Courier says: ‘‘South Carolina cities and towns and capitalists will take notice. Columbia and Anderson are pretty well provided for, by reason of the pow< rs they have already developed, but 'there are others within reach that are now running to waste—-and that, will surely be harnessed and put to work, by somebody, within a few years. Greenville and Spartanburg and Union, among other places, need to give a thought to 'the future and provide against sur prises, or to take advantage of their op portunlties. The use of water power trans mitted by wire is practically in its infancy, but that it has large probabilities Is plain ly shown by these great projects in other states. Wise communities in South Caro lina will look sharply after the water pow ers anywhere within their reach and got control of them against the time of need, if practicable, and even at a cost that now appears to be excessive. It will be noted that it is claimed by the promoters of the Atlanta project that the power they will command can bo "transmitted sixty-five miles without. much loss;" meaning that the energy of a waterfall can already be employed economically at that distance from its source. With new- inventions or further improvements of existing means and machinery, it may soon be made prac ticable to extend the limit from sixty-five miles to 100 miles or 200 or even 500. ' When that day comes, and it is prob ably near st hand, a great water power anywhere in the state will be available for manufacturing purposes anywhere in the state, and the town or city that can control such a power for its service will be highly favored among its neighbors— and have an advantage that will be of in estimable value in the contest for indus trial and commercial supremacy. Even < harleston .s not excluded by its position from interest in the situation and condi tions here outlined. When it shall be (practicable to transmit power by wire even 200 miles, economically, it could run its mills and factories by power drawn from falls and shoals nearly at the foot of the mountains! It would be well for our capitalists and business men to think on these things. A very little foresight and forehandedm ss may save us from years of certain loss and useless regret." An Ohio man has introduced a bill tn the state Legislature to prevent the mar riage of persons who are physically or mentally unfit for matrimony. It requires that all persons seeking to marry shall be refused license unless they shall have first secured a certificate of fitness from a board of medical men. for which the bill makes provision. If a company can be formed to underwrite the marriage contract, every thing ought to be made comparatively safe for the future Ohio bride and groom. At any rate, there's nothing like going about these things in a scientific and business like manner. Be Frank With the Reporter. The News has more than once called attention to the disposition of certain peo ple to deceive newspaper reporters with references to matters about which the public has a right to know. Where actual deception is not practiced it is sometimes the habit of some people to refuse to give ■the reporter any information at all, leav ing him to depend upon such rumors as he may hear. The unwisdom of such a course is so ap parent that it should not need to be dis cussed, but in a recent address before the New Orleans Press dub the distinguished Cardinal Gibbons presents some pointed fa< ts that are well worth repeating for the benefit of those who haven't as much sense as he. Cardinal Gibbons said: If I had one piece of advice to give a public man more than another it is, be frank with the reporter. It has been my privilege and pleasure to come in contact with and to know a great lumber of re porters. I have steadfastly adopted a policy of absolute frankness with them, and 1 have yet to have a confidence be trayed. They have never proven them selves unworthy of the estimate I placed on them as gentlemen. It is the public man who conceals, whose very act of con cealment is perceived by the reporters (for in the very nature of their business they must be quick to perceive)’ it is this very concealment which induces the re porter to further conduct his investiga tions and often get wrong what had he been in the confidences of the man whose manner provoked investigation, he would have understood and written intelligently about. And it is in this very manner that much of the complaint against the re porter originates. Tell the reporters the absolute truth. Never deceive them.” The trial of M. Zola in Paris is the greatest farce that ever disgraced a civil ized country and outraged an intelligent people. The News has never contended that vac cination is necessary -to render a jackass Immune. He is so by nature. Science and Intelligence vs. Ignorance and Bigotry. Some recent remarks, entirely conserva tive and reasonable, which recently ap peared in The News relative to compul sory vaccination and urging the necessity for general vaccination in Georgia, have called forth a rambling sort of tirade (it could hardly be called argument) from a Mr. French Strange, of Atlanta, whose communication is given space in this morning s Telegraph. .Mr. Strange gives rather more spirit to his card than is necessary, but thir 1-3 probably explained by the fact that a sim ilar communication to The News, written by uim, was not given space—for the rea son that it was not discovered until yes terday, having been test among exchanges on the editor’s desk. As is our custom, we would have given space to the communica tion today, but for the fact that we see no occasion to waste courtesy on a discour teous writer. After a careful perusal of Mr. Strange's communication in The Telegraph, we are forced to admit that it is unanswerable— because there is nothing in it to answer. He makes a number of ipse dixit state ments, without offering anything more ■than his own opinion to substantiate them, uDd we see no reason why the world should accept Mr. Strange's opinio«ns in preference to those of 99 per cent of the world’s most noted 'scientists, practically all of the medical profession and of all the scientific bodies that have given the sub ject of vaccination serious consideration. With the experience of Germany, Russia, France, England, more than half of the United States and of almost every other civilized country of the globe, where vac cination ds practically compulsory, to give these opinions weight It is more likely that Mr. Stange is sim ply one of those skeptics who believe in nothing that the majority of mankind ac cept as fact. They are not so much to be blamed for their peculiarities in this re spect, because some natural defect has simply rendered thf m perverse. Not so much in the spirit of argument, but merely for the benefit of the few others who are disposed to discard science and experience in considering the value of vaccination, we take the trouble to append herewith a few questions which Mr. Stange or anyone else afflicted with the same form of skepticism may answer if they can: <Why do the world’s scientists contend for vaccination. Why have Germany, Russia, France, England and ether civilized countries made it 'practically compulsory? Why has smallpox practically disappear from these countries? Why do the most intelligent physicians of the day endorse it? Why do these physicians (after render ing themselves and their families immune by constant vaccination) visit and treat ca.-.i of smallpox with impunity? Why do trained nurses (after being vac cinated) do the same? Why do Boards of Health, Boards of Education and other intelligent bodies, whose duly forces them to consider this matter, demand and enforce vaccination? Why do the cities of New York, Phila delphia, Baltimore and all the larger cities in this country keep "vaccine physicians” employed and enforce vaccination as an important health regulations? Why is no immigrant allowed to enter th 3 country until successfully vaccinated? Why is it impossible for smallpox to be come epidemic in a city or country where vaccination is practically compulsory? But why further perplex those who ar rogate to themselves more wisdom, more scientific knowledge, more infallibility than ninety-nine per cent of their fellow cr.-atures? We happen to have on our desk the Medical Record of February sth, which presents on page 216 ‘‘statlctics concern ing smallpox and other epidemics as re ceived in the office of the suprvisinig sur geon general of the United States Marine Hospital service during the week ended January 2S>bh, 1898, which is as follows: SMALL POX—UNITED STATES. Alabama Cases. (Bessemer, January 9 to 26 29 'Birmingham, January 9 to 26 78 Talledega, January 9 to 26 41 'Other points in Jefferson county 25 Georgia. Cases Atlanta, January 20 to 26 12 The same report shows one case in Chi na, one in England, none in Germany, none in 'Russia, none in France, none in •Spain, none in Italy, and none in any oth er foreign country except in Cuba, (thirty six cases) where general vaccination is, of course, impossible at this time; and in Ja pan (seventy-six eases) where vaccination is not compulsory. So that the United (States, or only two states thereof, show for two weeks 163 cases, or one-third more than the balance of the world for more than double the same period. It will also be observed that those states in the Union where smallpox is handled intelligently, are Quite as free from the disease as are those foreign countries where science and intelligence have suc cessfully combatted ignorance and bigotry. In other words, where compulsory vac cination, or some regulation closely ap proximating i:t, is in vogue, smallpox has been practically stamped out, but in Georgia and Alabama where every stub born or ignorant white man and free ne gro is allowed to roam at large without heeding the dictates of science, the disease nourishes and menaces the welfare of en tire communities. THE MISTLETOE BOUGH. Singular Notions Concerning Its Orig? and Growth. The oak long held its place among th< mystic trees and to injure one was vonsi.; ered an act of sacrilege, the last surriva of this being expressed in the saying that “to cut oak wood is unfortunate.” An in stance is given as late i;s 1057, where the cutting down of an oak, to which thi mystic plant had attached itself, was fol lowed by most dire consequences. Th: mistletoe was cut up and sold to apothe carles in London, but of those who or. it one became lame, two others each It.-' The hour of approaching maternity is to thousands of women the hour of deadly peril and almost un en<htrable suffering. If a B I rvf woman w hl take the right M I ca;£ her womanly self ]/ IyS she can view approaching Imotherhood I j iSHr with perfect 7 UA?'S? equanimity, and 1 j—without fear of fi ea th or shrink il~ jJ j big from exces sive pain ’ A if * 1 woman who is I thus armored in n/\ I strength, health ////L J and self-confi- v de nee is the //j/ iV• if* only one who i/’’ i i f - — has t *‘ e Hffht rl I'! | I to assume the i j :l <bdi es wife- j hood and moth- erhood. - ’ll. j-, r pieree's Favorite Prescription is the most wonderful of ail medicines for women. It fits th m for wifehood and motherhood. It gives them strength and vigor where a prospec tive wife and mother most needs them, and endows them with the confidence of perfect health in a womanly way. It acts directly and only on the child-bearing organism. It allays inflammation, soothes pain, heals ul ceration and gives the tortured nerves a rest It does away with the discomforts of the expectant period and makes baby’s coming easy and comparatively painless. Thousands of women have testified to its wonderful virtues. All good druggists sell it and honest dealers will not offer inferior sub stitutes for the sake of a little extra profit. Mrs. W. Robinson, of Springhill. Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, writes: ” I feel that I cannot say enough about your ‘ Favorite Prescription.’ I was confined oh the Sth of April, end I was only sick about thirty minutes in all. I car. truthfully say that your medicine worked wonders in my case. Although the physician was in the house I did not seem to require his aid. lam going around doing my own work and before I had to keep a girl three months till I was able to do my work. I recommended the medicine to a lady friend of mine and she is taking it. She expects to become a mother next month ‘ Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Ad viser—free. 1008 pages. 300 illustration*. For paper-covered copy, send 21 one-cetd atamps, to cover mailing. French cloth binding, 10 cents extra. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. an eye, while the man who cut down the tree broke bia leg. But all legend does not give the oak as the first bomaof the mistletoe. There were those who 1 cllovcd that it wm the forbid den tree in the midst of the garden of Eden, the tree of the “knowledge of good and evil,” while still o*'ers claimed that it vvr.s onre a forest tret . but .he cross having been made of its w .d it has since the ' cruclfi ion been only a parasite. Just why it h.is been ecclesiastically excorn- i municated and excluued from church dea erations it is Idfimill to say. There is aa instance on record of its having once been ; taken in procession to the high altar of York cathedral, but immediately taken out again, whereupon a general induig- ! ence and pardon of sins was given at the ■ city gates. Another instance is on record of its having once h■•< n found among the decorations of an E.rp' sh church, but by order of the clergyman immediately taken down. Where and when tho custom of kissing I under the mistletoe originated is also un certain. Some authorities claim that the mistletoe was not excluded from the early church decorations, and that at a certain part in the service the t'eople were allowed to embrace and ki s each other, but that this custom became so boisterous a demon stralion that it was abandoned, the mistle too, which seems to have been in some way connected with it, being then and there excommunicated. We find the pres ent custom first in the kitchens of great houses, w; ere the mistletoe was hung at Christmas, and woe to tho maid who did not get a kiss beneath it. For ono thing, the was doomed to remain single for that year at least. Woe also to t lie man who refused < r forgot the request of tho ma.d to furnish holly u:..l ivy for tho decora th.ns of the buu.?>. Ho was deburr d from the privileges of tho mistletoe. It was long customary, too, to pluck a leaf or bei.y aft. r every kiss. But a more pic.;,: quo setting to this custom of “kissi.",:; under the mistletoe’ is that furni-’' dI y the Scandinavian leg qnd. According ><» that, at the request of the gods and goddesses, Balder, aittr his death by tbc mistletoe arrow, was restored to Ji i, vvhik) tho inistlotoe itself was given into tho keeping of his motLor, Frigga, who was tho Scandinavian Venus, the goddess of love. But her power over it lasted only as long as it did not touch tho earth, Loki’s dominion, and she decreed that "every one who passed under it as it hung aloft should receive a kiss to prove that it was the emblem of love and not ot death. We can see in this also the proba ble origin of the idea that if mistletoe is dropped or placed on the ground misfor tune will follow. Tho song of the “Mistletoe Bough,” familiar to all, has doubtless done much to keep alive the old custom. At the pres ent time, however, tho mistletoe is rarely found on the oak in England, and is so scarce that the “kissing bunch,” a bunch of evergreens, ornamented with oranges and ribbons, has taken its place. In this country, on the contrary, tho plant, with its dainty white berries, is a menace to tbc life of thousands of oaks used for she.de and ornamental purposes, and hundreds of dollars are spent yearly for its destruc tion in order to preserve the life of the tree from which it gets its own life and n- irishment. When this is going on in a southern town, in passing along an av enue of oaks, ono literally walks on a car pet of mistletoe, and as the dainty berries crack under the feet there comes a feeling —is it inherited?—that one is almost com mitting an act of sacrilege to thus tread upon tho “cuter of ail ills.”—New York Post. Knows His Bible by Heart. “While visiting an old friend on the Tennessee river, near whore Shannon’s creek empties into the larger stream, not long since,” said a country minister, “I saw a negro lad of 12 who is as great a wonder to me as Helen Keller, the world famous blind girl and deaf mute. He lives in a typical Kentucky backwoods community and has bad no advantages. My friend asked me if I would like to see the youth, and I assured him I would. We went to the child’s home, if the little hut might be termed homo, and before I left it I had opened my eyes wide in astonish ment. The boy was born deaf and blind and with ono arm. Ho was for years, while a mere tot, called ‘the freak’ by the negroes, who unfeelingly poked fun at the unfortunate. This child was given a raised letter Bible by an old nomadic missionary who happened to see the pickaninny while preaching to tho negroes, and from it the boy learned every chapter in the Bible. He can quote any verse in the Scriptures and do it quickly. He spends every hour of his time in studying God’s word and says he is going to teach the blind chil dren of his race. The lad’s name is Harry William Balaam Freeman, and he is a good looking mulatto. I ajn going to get some friends of mine to join me in a col lection to bo sent the boy to further his studies. His mother works in the field, and his father is a steamboat roustabout. ” —lxjuinviiie Post. MAGICALLY EFFECTS /free\ TREATMENT gTO Alli FOR WEAK MEN 1 MEN7 GF ALL AGES NO !ifON7V BN A»VAHCE. Won derful appliance- fts«' scientific rem edies sent on trial to any reliable man. A world-wide reputation back of this offer. Every obstacle to happy married life removed. Full strength, development and tone given to every portion of the body. Failure impossible; uge no barrier. No C. O. D. schema. ERIE MEDICAL You Can nrrord to Patronize Home Industry When you get the best work and the low est prices by doing so. I ask no concession in my favor. I sim ply offer you the best work for the leas’ money. A comparison is all I ask. XV. H. Schatzman Builder and Repairer of Buggies, Wagons, Carriages Everything that can be done by any wheelright or blacksmith. Buggy and carriage painting a specialty. if ■ ****** T * •***-> T® Garas of Housekeeping i Will be considerably lightened if you will buy your kitchen hardware from J, W. Domingos Quality is every thing when cooking utensils are concerned. The high standard of my goods leaves nothing else to be de sired. Prices lower than any other house. A nice lot of gold fish and globes for sale. 561 Mulberry street MACON NEWS TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8 1898. Oil POWDER Absolutely Pure The Antiquity of Ice Cream. Icecream is an elder sweetmeat than many would suppose. In the beginning of the seventeenth century goblets made of ice and also Iced fruit—that is, frnit frozen over—were first brought to table. The lim.onadiers, or lemonade sellers, of Paris endeavored to increase the popularity of their wares Ly icing them, and one more enterprising than the rest, an Italian named Procope Couteaux, in the year 1660, conceived the idea of converting such bev erages entirely into ice, and about 20 years later iced liquors—that is, liquors changed into ice—were the principal things sold by the limonadiers. By the end of that cen tury iced liquors were quite common in Paris. Icecream, or iced “butter,” as it was first called from its supposed resem blance to that substance, soon followed. It was first known in Paris in 1774. The Due de Chartres often went at that time to the Paris coffee houses to drink a glass of iced liquor, and the landlord hav ing one day presented him with his “arms” formed in edible ice this kind of sweetmeat became the fashion. German cooks at once took up the new art. It was not long in reaching England, for in 1776 a French cook resident in London named Clermont wrote “Tko Modern Cook,” in which sweet ices were first described for the instruction of English cooks. Present day cooks have elaborated the ice enor mously.—Gentleman’s Magazine. Bicycles and Typewriters, New and second hand for sale or rent. Factory man in charge of repair department. J. W. Shinholser, Cotton Avenue and Cherry Street. L>. A. KEATiNG. ■<;?( < V- .-. -i --zSt’T f ■nr UudertAker and Embalmer. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Caskets, cases, coffins and burial obes; hears*; and carriages furnished o all funerals in and out of the city. Undertaker’s telephone 467. Resi dence telephone jaa Mulberr? *T»*t. Mamw. G* nr T t- DEATH NOW® 00 EFFECTS at O f ‘ c THE.-; CATON’S ’UITALIZEn Cures genera! or special debility, wakeful ness, spertnaiorhcca, emissions, impotency. naresis, e.c. 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Oldest exclusive undertaking house in Macon. Orders by telegraph promptly at tended to. Nos. 511 and 513 Mulberry street. Store phone 425. Residence ’phone 426. William’s Kidney Pills T las no equal in diseases of the ( ineys ard Urinary Organs. Have , 1 neglected your Kidneys? Have ’ 1 overworked your nervous sys- j I a and caused trouble with your . ineys and Bladder? Have you ns in the loins, side, back, groins 1 i bladder? Have you a flabby ap- . f Spvarance of the face, especially < j under the eyes ? Too frequent de- A I sire pass urine ? William's Kidney Y Pills will impart new life to the dis- ( ‘ eased organs, tone up the system .) and make a new man of you. By ’ mail 50 cents per box. ' ( * For Sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons, Wholesale Agents. WE ARE STARTING Hundreds in Business Each Month Elderly men and women make best rep resentatives, they are selling “Teoc,” the one thing that every one demands and must have. No one will be without it. Nature created “Teoc” for the benefit of mankind. Every family wants it. Every man, woman and child wants IL Send five two cent stamps for sample package and five names as reference. No attention paid to applications without reference. Teoc Mineral Co., Pacific Building, Washington, D. C. PUTZEL’S VAUDEVILLE. Every Night in the Week except Sunday. Commencing at 8 o’clock. Best Vaudeville Entertainment in the South. Three hours of genuine amusement. New Songs, New Dances, New Everything By the following artists FRANK BINNEY, G. CLAYTON FRYE. MISS KITTIE CHAPMAN, MISS EVA ALLEN, MISS EMMA BARRETT, MLLE. MINONA, FLO RUSSELL, BESSIE NITRAM, GEORGE MITCHAEL. New people, Emma Barrett and Mlle. Miaona. ft ; t W UfTSK The Reasons of It It is not by accident or by chance that the Ivers & Fond piano is held in sueh high esteem. There is a good reason for it. The New England Conservatory of Music did not hapen to buy 227 Ivers & Pond pianos in preference to other makes. There is a reason for it. It was not merely good luck that led nearly two hundred of the most prominent musical and educa tional institutions in the country to se lect the Ivers & Pond. It was the result of careful investigation and sound rea son. There are good sound reason why you should decide upon an Ivers & Pond if you are going to buy a piano. The reputa tion of the makers for liberal and fair dealing is your safeguard. The important patented improvements found in no other piano is another reason for deciding in its favor. But it is the watchful and pains taking care that follows every piano from start to finish, and the conscientious and intelligent attention given to even the smallest details of construction that is the reason why the Ivers & Pond Piano can be depended upen to give the best results and the best wear. F. fl. GuttenDarger & Co., Macon, Ga. nn i pm 4 d fl \ | iin ms M $7.65 ...COUCH. Have you ever seen any thing like it for less than $10.00? 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Consul Schuman, at Mainz, in a report to the state department, made public yesterday, says: ‘ In order to commend themselves to the wine growers of the western and southern parts of Germany, those members of the Reichstag who are the champions of the agrarian cause are beginning to agitate a campaign against the importation into Germany of American wines by advocat ing a higher import duty on them. Os course as long as the present treatiees re main in force, such a proceeding would be impossible, as under existing treatise, the United States has the rights of the most favored nation as regards the im port duty on wine. During the last few years the importa tion of American, especially California, wines has greatly increased. In the year 1895 the importation of American wines into Germany amounted to 24,494 hundred weight. Have your magazines rebaund by The Xew«’ bindery. UNION SAVINGS BANK ANO TKUST.COM P ANY MACON, GA. Safety Deposit Boxes For Rent. J. W. Cabaniss, President; S. S. Dunlaj vice-president; C. M. Orr, cashier; D. B Xelligan, accountant. Capital, J 200.000. Surplus, $30,001 Interest paid on deposits. Deposit you savings and they will be increased bv in terest compounded semi-annually. Till. EXCHANGE BANK Os Macon, Ga. Capital $500,000.fr Surplus 150,000.0* J. W. Cabaniss, President. S. S. Dunlap, Vice-President. C. M. Orr, Cashier. Liberal to its customers, accommodating to the public, and prudent in its manage ment, this bank solicits deposits am! other business in its line. DIRECTORS. W. R. Rogers, L. W. Hunt, Joseph Dan nenberg, R. E. Park, S. S. Dunlap, J. W Cabaniss, H. J. Lamar, Jr., A. D. Scha field, W. M. Gordon. ESTABLISHED 18G8. R. H PLANT. CHAS. D. HURT Cashier I. C. PLANT’S SON, BANKER, MACON, GA. A general banking business transact©# *nd all consistent cortesles cheerfully ex tended to patrons. Certificates of deposf issued bearing interest. FIRST NATIONAL BANK of MACON, GA. The accounts of banks, corporations firms and Individuals received upon th» most favorable terms consistent with con servative banking. A share of your bu» loess respectfully solicited. R. H. PLANT, President. George H. Plant, Vice-President. W. W. Wrigley, Cashier. Southern Loan and Trust Company of Georgia. MACON - GEORGIA. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, 560,000.0€ J. S. SCOFIELD. Pres. Jos. W. PALMER, Vice-Pres. F. O. SCHOFIELD, Treasurer. STEED & WIMBERLY, Attorney* Offers investors carefully selected First Mortgage Bonds, yielding 6 and 7 per cent interest, payable semi-annually. These mortgage loans are legal invest ment for the funds of Trustees, Guardians and others desiring a security which it non-fluctuating in value, and which yleldi the greatest income consistent with At solute safety. Acts as Executor, Trustee, Guardian Transacts a General Trust Business. E. Y. MALLARY, J. J. COBB, President. Cashier. Commercial and Savings Bank, 370 Second Street. A general banking business transacted. Courteous and liberal treatment to all. Interest paid on accounts in savings de partment, compounded semi-annually. Safety deposit boxes in our new burglar proof vault for rent, $5 and upward per year. lawyers. HILL, HARRIS & BIRCH, Attorneys at Law, Masonic Building 568 Mulberry Street, Macon, Ga. Will do general practice In state and fed eral courts. PHYSICIANS. DR. A. MOODY BURT. Office over Sol Hoge’s drug store, 572 Mul berry street. ’Phon 60. Hours: 11:30 m. to 1:30 and 4:30 to 5:30 p. m. Residence 452 College street. ’Phone 728 DR. J. H SHORTER, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, over Sol Hoge’s, corner Mulberry an 4 Second streets. DR, C H PEETE, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, 270 Second St Phone 462. E. G. Ferguson, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Office and residence 256 Second street, opposite Pierpont H»’ ‘ 1872 DR- J J. SUBERS 1897 Permanently Located. In the specialties venereal, Lost En ergy restored, Female Irregularities *n4 Poison Oak. Cure guaranteed. Address, in confidence, with stamp, 51* Fourth Street, Macon. Ga. Dr. M. Marion Apfel, Physician and Surgeon. John C. Eads & Co. Building. Phone 811. DR. MAURY M. STAPLER. Eye Ear, Nose and Throat. A 506 Mulberry street, Phone 121. ■ all® JhstrrjeridL Largest package—greatest economy. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago. St. Louis. New York. Boston. Philadelphia. \ 'sTZZw\\\ A Good Place for Tools. The expert mechanic relies on his own judgment when buying tools, but the less experienced must trust the dealer. That is why it is advisable to buy here. You can rely o« us. Jt is to our interest to sell th? best, whether it is tools or hardware. The price we sell at is low enough to enable any one to buy and the quality will make you a customer. i (HAIL —I I ] VICTORIA! I '* The greatest Bottled Beer 3 3 sold in the South. S S t-i 3 3 Experts pronounce this H * Beer to be only equaled on •> . ip 3 this continent by 2 | AMERICAN I QUEEN 7 H Both are Bottled Beers, / 3 3 full of body and sound as 4 3 a nut. ' £ ? F j BREWED BY H THE ACME BREWING CO., i : MACON, GA. Great Clearance Sale Os Men’s and Boys’ Winter Clothing Our salesmen haue instructions to sell every Suit and Overcoat regardless of cost. We must get rid of them at some price. If you are interested in Clothing this is your opportunity. 50c on the dollar will buy any Suit or Overcoat in our store. The Dixie Shoe and Clothing Co. Corner Cherry and Third Streets. Phone 617. Practical Plumbers. Sanitary Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Steam, Hot Water and Hot Air Heating. Special Attention to Repair Work. 617 Poplar Street, Macon, Ga. We Have Moved! Our office and sales room to two doors from the express office on Fourth street, wheie we are better prepared than ever to serve those needing Building Material of Every Kind. Macon Sash. Door Lumber Co The Callaway Coal Company Phone 334.