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ABOUT CARNIVALS
AND THEIR HISTORY
The History of Carnivals,
Their Origin and Growth
in This Country.
OF INTEREST 111 MACON,
The Approaching Carnival Makes
This Article by T. C. DeLeon
Particularly Appropriate.
The following from the gifted pen of
Mr. T. C. DeLeon which appeared in a
recent Issue of the Atlanta Journal will
be of especial interest in Macou at this
time:
The great tide of travel towards the
M<ardi Gras carnivals in the Creole cities
of the south has already begun. How
many of the tens of thousands who visit
annually these great occasions at New
Orleans, Mobile and Birmingham know
what a carnival is?
Perhaps no word in English is more
misused, even while it carries to every
mind a certain glamor; a nebulous idea
of glitter, rollicking fun and pageantry.
The American carnival—fiorn among the
southern Creoles, nearly three quarters
of a century ago—has spread its fame be
yond the confines of our own country; has
perhaps done more to “advertise” the
cities where it is held than have their
serious attempts at progress; and has pro
duced frequent imitation in busier north
ern and western centers. New York city,
Albany, Baltimore, Cincinnati, St. Louis,
Louisville and others prove this; and yet
this tallsmanice word, “Carnival,” remains
but a word to the g< neral reader, and a
sadly misused word, 100 often.
The carnival is not only of antique ori
gin; winding its glittering length through
Europt tin streets, long before one Cris
toval Colon had pestered Ferdinand and
Isabella into sending him over unknown
»< as. Indeed it is of Pagan origin—ante
dating the winter voyage of Lief Erick
son himself; for there is no sort of doubt
that the Mardl Gras festivals of today in
America are direct and lineal descendamts
of the Lupercalia and Saturnalia of Rome,
or that their popularity has come down
from antique cousins, many times re
moved, in the Olympic games. And, in
brief, we may assume that the carnival is
lhe natural child of that love of glitter,
pomp and popular entertainment inherent
in man in all ages whether he wrote the
Baghvat Gluta. the Norse mythology or
the history of Livy; whether he follow the
bloody varyings of the Roman arena and
the Spanish bullfight; or the more noisy,
If less dangerous, sports of the Bouf Gras
of ancient Paris, or the glittering nebulae
of modern Now Orleans.
CAiRNIVAL AS A WORD.
Carnival, as a word, merely means only
a festival or rejoicing. Space forbids dis
section of the scholars’ wrangles as to its
origin. Some claim —and are popularly
endorsed that it is deprived from the
J.din caro, c-arnls (flesh) and vale (fare
well), meaning “farewell to meat.” This
might apply to lhe Mardi Gras carnival of
old France and modern America. That is
merely a church festival, falling on the
day preceding Lent; Shrove Tuesday, or
Mardi (Tuesday) and Gnas (fat. or gross)
In the French tongue. This recurrent fes
tival a movable feast—ever precedes the
forty days of Lenten fa c t In the Roman
ami Episcopal churches. Thereupon reigns
a popular festa, often reaching back for
many days before the timai midnight of
Shrove Tuesday, upon the stroke of which,
mirth, music and mummery disappear as
by touch of some groat magician’s wand,
sackcloth becomes the only wear and fish
diet any prayer are Supposed to purge the
soul of much sin.
But the more commonsenslble deriva
tion seems (o be the late accepted one of
carne (flesh) and levare (to lighten);
from which comes the Latta word car
nelevamen (the solace of the flesh).
Thence are derived the words carnival,
rarneval, or carnival as we spell It. Thl<
tightening of the flesh need not be by any
process, remotely connected even, with
religion, or Its “outward and visible seem
ing" of church observance. As was pre
mised the orgies of eld, st Rome, in their
Saturnalia and Lupersalla, were “oarnt
vals,” equally with the pomp and circtim
ytfljice of her "triumphs” by viotor gen
erals on their return from war. The
Olympic games of Greece, in their many
aided aspect* of manly vigor. warlike
prowess, musical and dramatic art and
peculiarly' of jxtpular pleasure, paid for
by the richer classes, were strictly speak
ing "carnivals.” And far antedating these
we see grand .ami grotesque processtons
passing the avenues of Babylon. Thebes
and Alexnndrie in the living freoos and
entablatures of Assyrian and Egyptian
tombs.
Hence I claim that, as the American of
today Is the multi-grand son of Adam, so
his carnival Is born out of that pleasure
love and picturesque instinct in every hu
man heart, which doubtless caused that
onrllest reveller’s remorse (he knew no
headache then on Ash Wednesday morn
ing) when he cried: "And I did eat,”
But the direct, visible and reachable
grandsire of the American Mardi Gras
Carnival is unquestionably of French
origin. At the mediaeval French courts
(he popularity of masquerades is historic.
In those days, as in these, the people aped
the follies of their betters (?) almost as
largely as their vices. By easy transition,
(he masques of the palace became the
grotesque revelry of the streets on all
public holidays; and French love of fun
and color and grotesqueness made tran
sition as rapid as easy from revelry to
license. Then—with her ever quick grasp
upon every outward form that was popu
lar and effective to attract the multitude
—(Mother Church stepped in. She gave
religious as well as spectacular color to
the ante-Lenten observance of Mardi Gras
(Shrove Tuesday); the carnival of the
■Boef Gras, with his gilded horns, chaunt
ing choristers and endless lines of bizarre
masqueraders, became greater and more
riotous each year. At last decency com
pelled its inhibition by legal statute; but
the popular Mardi Gnas Carnival—ln dif
fering forms, still held sway in Baris. We
find it standing out in bold relief even
against the dissolute background of "the
Regency days; 1 ’ down to those when the
Terror was the only revel and red An
archy’s the only masque.
THE AMERICAN CREOLE.
The American Creole is the lineal de
scendant of the Frenchman: replacing in
the south the Spanish Diego (or Tiago)
much as the Anglo-Saxon Puritan of the
north has dominated the Dutch and other
adventurers who followed to Plymouth
Bock. Jamestown and New Amsterdam.
And this Creole has his name and state
as much misused as is that if his great
annual festa. Distant ciities class as
"Creole” all mixed races of the Gulf litto
ral; most frequently confusing with him
the negro and mulatto mongrels of that
section. }a very fact.’your Creole proper
is as French, in origin. education and
habit, as the Parisian of today. Correctly
the Creole is only the child of foreign
parents, born upon American soil; the
word (derived from the Spanish crillo, or
criada) meaning only “born here.”
For many generations the old Creole
families sent their children to France for
education. They returned thorough French
men in taste and feeling; their home
cities were then barren of much what is
now noted in amusements; and the love
of masquerading reigned paramount, both
at balls and in public. Yet there was no
ordered, or even attempted carnival. That
was bora in the city of Mobile, an New
Year eve, 1830—sixty-eight ytars ago. De
tails of lhe curious facts of its conception I
and birth will be given In the second pa
per of this series. Space here confines us j
to the bare fact that the Cowbellian de ;
Rakian society, then born, became the ;
father of that whole glittering progeny,
whose deft use of color and form for
poetic, allegorical or historical themes has
delighted millions of beholders in a dozen
cities of the Union; and annually attracts
to the Creole cities throngs of visitors at
Mardi Gras, ever sending them away with
fresh delight and wonder at those combi
nations of beauty and education, achieved
only by adding prodigal outlay to long ex
perience and loving labor.
“The “Strikers' of Mobile were eldest
children of Cowbellian de Rakian. Some
of the latter moved to New Orleans; avail
ed of the reigning love of masquerade,
and the now world-famous Mystic Krewe
of Comus there held its first revel, in 1857.
Thus it is seen that for seven decades
the Mystic mummers of the Creole cities
have “held high carnival;” broken only
by those four black years that were all as
night.
And later, when the brother’s hand was
armed
To smite the brother—as each thought, for
right!
What this curious family of Mystic
brethren arc; how they have grown into
numerous, rich and influential sealed
lodges, that, make a very Masonry of Mum
mery; what they annually proffer in edu
cation, delight and entertainment to their
own cities—and to the visiting thousands
within their gates; all this will have to
be postponed for other articles of this
series. T. C. DeLeon.
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MRS. CROCKETT S FUNERAL.
Her Remains Laid to Rest in Rose Hill
This Morning.
The funeral of Mrs. Oscar Crockett, who
died yesterday at noon, took place this
morning at 10 o’clock at Rose Hill ceme
tery.
A large number of friends accompanied
the remains to the grave. Mrs. Crockett
was dearly loved by all who knew her.
During her long suffereing she has shown
the patience that exemplifies every Chris
tian at the approach of death.
The following gentlemen acted as pall
bearers: T. C. 'Parker, A. H. Morris, N. I.
Brunner, AV. C. Turpin, L. E. Culver. L.
McManus, C. M. Lattimer and J. E. Ellis.
C ASTORIA
For Infants and Children
Ths fte- ,
Hear Marion Crawford tonight.
A Straight Lum.
“A straight line Is the shortest distance
between two points. (Geometrical Defini
tion.) A telephone line is the quickest
and most satisfactory means of communi
cation between two points. (Commercial
fact.) First point—The toll system of the
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
Company affords the means of holding pri
vate conversation with your correspon
dents in Atlanta, Rome, Newnan, Griffin
Columbus, Opelika, Americus, Albany
Athens and intermediate towns, and gives
all the advantages of personal interviews
without the expense, fatigue and incon
venience of traveling.
Second point—A night rate has beer
established and connections between thi
hours of 6 p. m. and S a. m. can be had at
one-half of the day rates.
NO CHANCE FOR BOYS NOW.
American Sea Captains Nowadays Reluc
tant to Take Them on Voyages.
Hardly a day passes that Shipping Com
missioner Tolman does not have two or
threo applications from boys who want to
ehip as sailors, The most of these boys are
between tho ages of 15 and 18 and have
never boon out of the sight of land or seen
a vessel larger than a small coaster. All
of these applications are treated kindly by
Mr. Tolman, who, after questioning them
as to their homes and parents, their inten
tions f ai)<] reasons for wanting to go to
sea, generally ends the interview by assur
ing the would be sailors that he has no
opportunity for them to ship at present,
but will bear them in mind and give them
the first chance that comes along. He ad
vises them to call again in a few days, but
it is not often that the shipping commis
sioner ever hears from them again. The
boys are anxious to see something of the
world ftni| in pearly every case have good
homes and opportunities for entering some
kind of business which will prove more
lucrative and far mure pleasant than a
sailor’s life.
The applications from the boys are so
numerous that Mr. Tolman does not pay
much attention to them now. He seldom
has a chance for boys to ship on largo ves
sels, as pp sea captajns wish to take them.
There is sometimes a chance for boys to go
to se- in too larger vessels which are bound
on long voyages for South America or the
West Indies, but as nearly all the vessels
sailing out of Portland are in the coasting
trade the shipmasters have no use for boys
and will not take them if they can help it.
And yet, though the shipmasters will
not take boys and give them an opportu
nity pf learning seamanship, they all corp
plain because there aye not to bo found
more American sailors. Said one ship
master the other day : “I have not had an
American sailor on my vessel for so long
that I cannot remember the last one. They
ore all Norwegians, Danes. Germans, Nova
Scotians or P. E. I.’s, Irishmen or ether
foreigners. It seems as if there werp po
Ainorioan sailors ailoas new."
When Shipping Commissioner Tolman
asked this very shipmaster if he had room
on board his vessel for a bright young
American boy who wanted to learn sea-
I manship, the master replied: “Why, my
j dear sir, what use is a boy to pie? I
I couldn’t afford to nay him S 5 a month. I
! have no use for a boy on my ship. A man
who eats of the bread of my owners must
be able to pay up for it, and his salt be
sides.’’
Until some chance is given boys toleprp
Rt'gmanship op American vessels there is
little chance of there being a great increase
in the number of American seamen. This
| is recognized to lie a serious question by
i the navy department-, and for the purpose
of encouraging American boys to learn
seamanship the apprentice service was in
augurated. This is giving the navy an
able corps of petty and warrant officers,
but the enlisted men in the navy are still
mostly foreigners. The reluctance es ship
masters to take boys into their vessels and
teach them tho rudiments of seamanship
probably explains the scarcity of the
American sailor on board the Yankee men
o’-warand in the merchant marine.—Port
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IN THE KLONDIKE.
A Dance That For Wealth Rivaled the
Bradley-Marrin Ball.
Seattle, Wash.. Feb. 8. —E. Hazard
Wells, the Scripps—Meßae correspondent
tells many clever stories of life with him
during the past four months in the frozen
north. “The Society of the Klondike is
truly cosmopolitan,” said Mr. Wells. A
short time before I left there a dance was
given at “the forks" of (Bonanzo and El
dorado Gulches, by the two Misses Mo
loney, pretty and enterprising young wo
men, who recently conducted a restau
rant in Dawson. It was the opening event
of the season among the Bonanza Kings.
Most of the straight women in the camp
were invited. Tin-horn gamblers and bun
co sharps were strictly barred, so far as
known. A number of saloon keepers in
good standing were among the guests. The
affair was conducted with ail possible
eclat, an excellent supper being served,
despite the shortage of grub in the camp.
Several fiddlers furnished music. It is
hard to say whether the more money was
invited io the recent Bradley-Marrin ball
in New York city or to the Misses Malo
ney’s hoe-down upon the Klondike. Mil
lions of dollars were certainly represented
at "the forks” by men wearing blue shirts,
jeans pantaloons and moose-skin mocca
sins. Had the guests of the two rival
balls been brought face to face it is hard
to say which would have been the more
amused over the other’s apparel.
“Among the Misses Maloney’s celebri
ties were Alexander McDonald, “Nigger
Jim” —and others, as society newspaper
reporters say. Either Alex or Jim carried
enough cold dust in his sack to have sand
bagged and floored half a dozen European
society counts, had the latter appeared to
court favor with the fair Klondike heir
esses.
“The ball opened promptly at 8 p. m.,
and proved to be a most enjoyable affair.
A swell meal was served at midnight. The
flour for this banquet was valued at $1.25
per pound, whereas the Bradley-Martins
only used ordinary flour, costing 1 or 2
cents per pound.
“Along about the middle of the arctic
night—say 5 p. m.—the Maloney ball broke
up. The Bonanza Kings present figured
out the cost of the affair at about SSOO
and they insisted on tendering the Misses
Maloney this amount. The fair hostesses
objected and there was a embarrassing
silence, which was finally broken by the
Bonanza Kings, who marched silently out
of the house in a body, leaving their glit
tering pile of gold nuggets behind.
A SOCIETY LADY’S ADVENTURES.
“An Illinois society lady sitting in a
tent, with the thermometer twenty below
zero, buying real estate and lending
money, was one of the persons on whom I
called one morning. She was richly attir
ed in furs, and wore a short dress of dark
woolen stuff, beneath which peeped out a
pair of leather leggings surmounting
daintily No. 3 boots.
“ ‘Allow me, Mrs. Keiser, to introduce
Mr. Wells,” said my sponsor, J. M. Chris
tie, and thus Mrs. K. and I became ac
quainted.
“ ‘You see,” she remarked, putting dawn
■her pen upon the little pine table behind
which she sat, ‘it had been my intention
for some years to visit the Yukon Valley.
I had traveled extensively, but always felt
that 1 would not be satisfied until I had
visited the great river of Alaska. When
the Klondike excitement came up I saw
my opportunity, and at once publicly an
nounced that I would accompany any gen
tleman and his wife who Choose to take me
■to the Yokon mines. A married couple of
St. Louis came forward, and we made the
traveling arrangements. My niece, Miss
G. L. Osborne, decided to accompany me.
We left our home in Jacksonville, 111.,
three months ago. Now that we are here,
it is not my intention to sit idly by. I am
ready fqr business, and proposeto do spnis
before spring copies. I shall loan money
on good security. Pipbaly I shall obtain
some mining claims,'
“Mrs. Keiser and 'Miss Osborne reside in
a small log cabin near Pioneer’s Hall,
Dawson. Miss Osborne is an attractive,
vivacious girl, and I very much fear that
gome of the Klondike money kings wijl
be hopelessly smitten ere the Idese of
March are heralded by Jack Frost.”
BEET SUGAR.
United States Interested in the New Plan,
The Cost Is Enormous.
Portland, Ind., Feb. B.—lndiana and a
number of her sister states are becoming
interested in the raising of sugar beets.
Professor W. A. Baird, of Norfolk, Neb.,
who is Superintendent of a plant which
converts the raw beets into sugar, was
in the city and had the following to say
of it:
"The coming year will see a great inter
est taken in the production of Its own su
gar by the United States. Last year the
government sent out some four tons of
seed, scattering it all over the country for
experimental purposes. The hesult of these
trials about in and some of them are very
flattering,
“Indiana, from these and other sources,
seems to be one of the most promising of
the states. The co-operative factory is
talked of a great deal, but generally about
persons who know very little about such
plants. A small plant, say one capable pf
working one hundred tons of beets or
less per day, could not be made to pay.
The cost of labor would be practically as
high as one of three or four hundred tons.
A three hundred or four hundred ton plan:
has been found to be about the smallest
profitable. This will cost up to half a
million dollars by the time it is equipped.
“Beets will pay when an average of ten
tons per acre are produced, these having
12 'per cent of sugar and a purity of 80.
Beets should not be raised two years in
succession on the same ground, hence for
a factory of the size mentioned, which will
use up the product of 4.000 acres, it wi|!
require 12.000 acres of ground withrp, a
radius of about twenty miles.
"Indiana has many advantages in the
way of cheap fuel, good water, good lime
stone and fine railroad facilities,"
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SHERIFF’S SALE.
GEORGIA, Bibb County—Will be sold
before the court house door in said county
on the first Tuesday in March next all
that lot or parcel of land situate, lying
and being in the county of Bibb, state of
Georgia, on the south side of the Atlanta
division of the Central Railway Company
of Georgia, in what is known as Cobbham,
being lot No. 15, as shown by a plat re
corded in clerk’s office of Bibb superior
court, book A. J., folio 667. Said lot front
ing on Washington avenue 40 feet and
running back along a 22-foot alley 120
feet to Houston avenue. Levied on and will
be sold as the property of R. H. Swain, to
satisfy a fi fa. issued from the city court
of Macon, in favor of H. E. Gibson, sur
viving partner, etc., vs. R. H. Swain.
LEO B. HERRINTON,
Deputy Sheriff.
MACON NEWS TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8 1898.
DENMAN THOMPSON
In the "Old Homestead” at the Academy
on Thursday Night.
Thai sterling actor. Mr. Denman Thomp
son, about whose head the halo of more
than twenty years of triumph has shed its
luster comes to the Academy Thursday
for the first time in his famous play, “The
Old Homestead.” Srill youthful in mental
vigor and genius, and genius despite the
hand of Father Time, which, however, has
dealt kindly with him, this eminent his
torian will gladden the hearts of the
theatre-goers of this city with the great
character he has created in the immortal
Joshua Whitcomb. The strongest kind of
a cast will appear, among which are the
famous “Obi Homestead” quartet consist
ing of Messrs. Orcutt, Baker, Kammerlee.
and Meyers, and besides an added four of
new singers. This attraction is guaran
teed to please all (heater-goers to be one
of the best of the season.
HOYT’S BEST FRIDAY NIGHT.
Mr. Hoyt has been catering to the visi
ble side of the fickle public for the past
decade, and has during that time contri
buted many successes to the American
comedy stages, but in presenting “A Con
tented Woman” it is said that he has
eclipsed all his former successes. Much of
the success of this popular playwright is
undoubtedly due to the happy faculty he
combines with authorship in the selection
of artists to bring into reality the crea
tures of his brain. This is forcibly illus
trated in the company now presenting “A
Contented Woman” which comes to the
Academy Friday evening. This highly
entertaining skit will be pleasantly re
membered by theatre-goers as creating
ro end of hearty laughter, and playing to
the largest audience of the season when
ever presented; and it is promised that it
will be even funnier and brighter than
ever. The sale of seats will be in progress
tomorrow and indications are that “A
Contented Woman” will repeat if not sur
pass the former great business of the Hoyt
plays produced in our city, a’l of which
have given most excellent satisfaction.
GEORGE GANTT
Is Being Urged For the Legislature by His
Friends.
The friends of Mr. George W. Gantt in
East Macon are pushing him forward
without his knowledge to succeed Mr. Bio
feu illct in the house of representatives
from Bibb county.
Mr. -Boifeuillet’s announcement that he
would no be in the race, has determimd
Mr. Gantt's friends to make an appeal for
him to enter the race, which they will do
in a few days.
For several years it has been the wish
of a majority of the people on the other
side of the river to enter the race, but he
has persistently refused, but it is thair
intention now to bring so much pressure
to bear on him that he cannot refuse.
For a number of years Mr. Gantt has
been j n the employ of Mr. Ben L. Jones,
looking after the latter’s warehouse in
East Macon. He has never been in poli
tics, but he is a man who numbers his
friends by his acquaintances, and
should he consent 'to enter the race he will
prove to be one of the strongest men in
the contests
'Mr. Gantt has always attended strictly
to his owm business, and has established
for himself the reputation of being an
honest, fair minded gentleman. A man
who inspires confidence in every one who
knows him.
Hear Marion Crawford tonight.
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WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD “CASTORIA,” AND
“ PITCHER'S CASTORIA,’’ as our trade mark.
I, DR. SAMUEL PiTCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
loas the originator of "PITCH EE’S CASTORIA.’ the same
that has borne and does now , zr -~— on every
bear the facsimile signature cf jSz/if wrapper.
This is the original “PITCHERS CASTORIA,’ uhick has been
used in the homes of the Mothers of A nerica fcr over thirty
years. LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and sec that it is
the kind you have always bough- on the
and has the signature cj FMdMsF wrap
per. No one has authority from me to u>e my name ex
cept The Centaur Company cf which Chas. H. Fletcher is
President. j '
March 8. 1897.
Bo Not Be Deceived,
Do not endanger the life cf your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you
(because he makes a few more p nnies on it), the in
gredients of which even he docs not know.
“The Kind You Have Always Bought”
BEARS THE FAC'SiMILE SIGNATURE GF
Sir j . -pF-
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Failed You.
IH4E GLKIAOP. GC *PA»i¥» 71 KURHAV .-IREi; KEW YO.’W G’TV-
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Willingham
Sash and Door Company.
DEALERS IN
Painters’ and Builders’ Supplies,
Cabinet Mantels, Tiles and Grates.
Wir* Facilities Unsurpassed.
LET
Sell you SEED and plant
YOUR GARDEN
We have an experienced white gardener who understan
his business. Leave orders now.
STREVER SEI ELD CO
466 Poplar Street.
FRESH VACCINE DAILY
From now until the scare is
over. We will receive fresh
Vaccine Points every day.
Price, ISc. eadi, 2 for 2Sc.
GOODWYN’S DRUG STORE.
Buy of me and get what you pay for. Prices, $3.50
per ton and up.
Best Red Ash, Genuine Jelico,
Eureka, Nut and Egg Hard Coal.
HOLMES JOHNSON, st.
P HONE 73.
G. BERND & CO.,
Are Leaders
In STYLE QUALITY AND PRICE
When in Need of
Fine Harness, Saddles, Robes, Blankets, Whips, etc., call and see us.
Riding and Huntng Leggings in all stvles.D
TRUNK REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
Prepare for Winter.
Window Glass, Mantels and Grate?.
Can furnish any size or parts broken.
Call before cold weather comes.
T. C^BU RKE. =
Don’t be Selfish
While buying a coat, blow yourself and put
one on the HOUSE. It needs it. I will
take pleasure in coating your house inside or
outside with up-to-date schemes of coloring at
moderate prices.
G. W. LINGO, 6201 cijerru st.
’ MAOON, GA.
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Central of Georgia
Railway Company
Schedules [in Effect Jan. 23. 1898, Standard Time,
CO.jZ 90111 Meridian.
ll N °o Im* - N f.l 7 * ! - N -°A 1 STATIONS | No. 2•( No.
J“ '•n,r' m° o’4° am Lv Macon. . .Ar| 725 pm] 7 4ft aj>| 355 Btn
•3.-> pm i,IH uo 2 o m Ar ;- ' Fo £ Vall<? y- • hv, t 27 pm| 639 am| 253 P m
. Pm - 1 . 0 , 2 . 0 am Ar - Lv|! 5 00 praj |!H 00 ‘ dla
i 43 nm 550 P m i. Ar - ■ B’mham. . .Lvl 930 am; 1..’..*..*.’.’.’?
f ' bi pin io *- P “ 1 1Ar " • AmerlcU3 - • -Lv| | 5 18 pm| 1 28 nnt
3 1 ?.7- pw l Ar " -.Smithville .Lvil 455amf1 vb P m
550 .m ‘ . ! f r ’ " A f“ an /-- - Lv| !415an|11 50 am
3 1 3 -- Pm lAr- --Cuthbert. . ..Lv'. 11.11111 Ti. 1[ 1 [[ *’ 1 „59
4^7pm”' 7 aa’ 9 u Ar " F ° rt Gaines - bv i N ». 10 •' !10 30 am
S D pmL* ‘ Rut aula.. ..Lv 7 30 pm; | 10:05 am
795 9:10 ain Ar .... Un Springs. Lv|"e W pmf.7;f.7.'.'.'. I |‘ 9
L±L pin ; 10 45 am Ar.. Montgomery. .Lv 420 pm] 7 45 am
9 - am ' 415 Pm'.Lv.. . .Macon. . ..Arl‘ll fo°'am| ! 11 ?o’pm| 7 N 20 Vm
'■‘’os m? 4 ‘ aU ‘ - P ni >Lv. .Barnesville . .Lv 945 r 945 pm, 605 pm
• “.? “ n * i • 40 pm \f„ .Thomaston. ..Lv 700 am l» 300 U m
95aam6 16 am 613 pm t Ar. . ..Griffin. . ..Lv, 912 am 9id pm| 5 pm
JI 4 ‘ am l Ar.. ..Newnan. . .Lvj I 3 23 pm
iii® a!u ’« am ir7. ■.■.AUaui , a tOn .‘ 50 bm ITjOpml 405 pm
.du; .. .‘SLI , N i 2
SlO pm 1_ Dam 12 08 pmiAr. . ..Gordon. .. .Ar 500 pm 310 am 710 am
", pni !P 1 15 pm|Ar. .Milledgeville .Lv ! 3 45 pml 6 30 fju
10 u i>m |! 3 00 pm Ar.. ..Eatonton. . .Lv ! 1 30 pmhI 5 25 am
i] I' 4 45 pm|Ar. . .Maehen. . .Lvjlll 20 amj|
’ I®so pm Ar. .. Coving ton. . .Lv !! 20 am|
•11 2> am -11 38 pm -11 25 atnjLv. .. .Macon. . ..Ar|* 3 45 pm]* 3 55 am|*~!
~ P ‘ n 1 99 am i f 117 Pni|Ar. .. .Ten nilleLvj 156 pm 152 am 156 pm
pm , 2 „"k am i 2 30 PmiAr. . .Wadley. .. .Lv|fl2 55 pm 12 50 am 12 55 pm
-el pm, 2 44 am, 2 51 pm'Ar. . .Midville. . .Lvl 12 11 pm 12 30 am 12 11 pm
3-> pm 3 1:> am: 325 pm|Ar. .. .Millen. .. .Lv 11 34 am lx 58 pm 11 84 am
31 g* Fm ’ 42 ain l 510 pmjAr .Waynesboro.. .Lv 10 13 am ; 10 37 pinlslO 47 sm
she pni; 6 3:> am ! 655 pm|Ar... .Augusta. . .Lvf! S3O am| 840 pm|s 9 30 ata
I 3 art >l 350 pmiAr. .Rocky Ford. .Lvj 11 10 amj 11 19 pml
i 353 a m| 408 pmiAr.. . .Dover. . ..Lv! 10 5 2am| 11 00 pml
’’ v Jll 800 pmiAr.. .Savannah. ..Lvj 845 am| 900 pm|
I No. 16. •! r~No7’isf*~
I 9 00 amlLv.. . .Macon. . .Ari 7 90 pm
j 10 55 am|Ar. ..Monticello ...Lvi 5 18 pm
| H 20 am|Ar .. .Machen. .. .Lv| 5 00 pm
|U2 30 pm|Ar. . .Eatonton. .. Lvj 3 30 pml|
I 12 00 pmiAr. . .Madison. . .Lvl 4 13 pm ! i
• • -jI _l_2o pnfiAjp . ..Athens. . ..Lv| 300 pml |
* Daily. ! Daily except Sunday, f Meal station, s Sunday only.
Solid trains are run to ands from Macon and Montgomery ■ via Eufa ila, Savan
at n and Atlanta via Macon, Macon and Albany via Smith/ille, Macon and Blrmlng
h; m via Columbus. Elegant sleeping cars on trains No. 3 and 4 between Macon
and Savannah and Aalanta and Savannah. Sleepers for Saxanuaa are ready for o< >u
pt noy in Macon depot at y:00 p. m. Pas-sengers arriving in Macon on No. 3 and Sa
vannah on No. 4. are allowed to remain iusleeper until 7a. m. Parlor cars betweea
M ico?i and Atlanta on trains Nos. 11 an<ll2. Seat fare 25 cents. Passengers for
Wrightsville, Dublin ard Sandersville takell:2s. Train ariives Fo~t Gaines
4: ’0 p. m., and leaves 10:30 a. tn. Sundays. For Ozark arrives 7.25 p. m. and leaves
a. m. For further information or schedules to points beyond our llres, address
J. G. CARLISLE, T. P. A., Macon, Ga. E. P. BONNER, U. T. A.
a. ii. HINTON, Traffic Manager J. C. HAiLE. G. P. A.
THEO. D. KLINE. General Superintendent.
My One Sin-
gle aim is to do better
ROOF PAINTING than any one else.
1 furnish matrial, labor, paint the
roof for 50 cents a square of 100 square
feet, and give a written guarantee that
“If the above named roof leaks or needs
painting at any time within ten years fro
in date, I am to do the work needed with
out any expense to owner of building.”
Albany, Ga., June 5, 1897.
We know Mr. Harvey English to be a
citizen of Dougherty county, Georgia, a
property holder therein: that he has done
a large amount of painting in Albany, Ga.
We have heard of no complaints about his j
work. Work entrusted to his hands will
be faithfully executed, and his guarantee
is good. J. T. Hester, tax collector; Sam
W. Smith, ordinary: S. W. Gunnison, tax
receiver; R. P. Hail, clerk superior court;
W. T. Jones, judge county court; W. E.
Wooten, solicitor-general Albany circuit;
Ed. L. Wight, mayor of Albany and repre
sentative in the Georgia legislature; B. F.
Brimberry, John Mock, C. B. James, tgent
Southern Express Company; N. F. Tift, J.
C. Talbto, L. E. Welch, A. W. Muse, Y. G.
Rust, postmaster; J. D. Weston, S. R.
Weston.
Albany, Ga., Nov. 19, 1895.
The roof painting done for me by Mr.
Harvey English has been and still is one
of the most satisfactory pieces of work
which I ever had done. He stopped all
leaks in a large tin roof, and there were a
gr. at many. His whole transaction was
fair, b isiness-like and satisfactory. Re
spectfully, A. W. Muse. j
Albany, Ga., Jan. 28, 1597. j
Mr. Harvey English has covered the roof I
of the engine room of the Albany Water
works with bis roof paint, and I am well
satisfied with the work. He has also done
some work for me personally, two years
ago, which has proved satisfactory.
C. W. Tift,
Chief Engineer Albany Waterworks.
Quitman, Ga., June 8, 1894.
I have hbi my tin roof painted by Mr.
English. It leaked very badly. Since it
was painted it HAS NOT LEAKED A
DROP. He painted a roof for Capt. J. G.
McCall that leaked so badly that no one
would rent it. He had it painted and
worked on until he had about decided that
HARVEY ENGLISH, Albany, Ga.
“English Paint stops leaks, yes it do.”
H Golf WatGH~ “
Is a good investment, because it enables you
to save time. When “time is money” by
knowing the exact time when you need to
know it. That’s the kind of Watches we sell,
and don’t think our prices high because others
are. We can sell you a gold filled (not plated)
Watch for $20.00, gonts’ size; ladies’ for $lB.
BEELAND, the Jeweler - - - Triangular Block.
LANDLORDS!
Do you know that we are the only exclusive rental agents in Ma
con. No other departments. If you are not satisfied with your in
come give us a trial.
A. J. McAfee, Jr., & Co.
357 Third Street.
Home Industries
and Institutions.
Henry Stevens’ Sons Co.
11. STEVENS’ SONS CO, Macon, Ga., Manufacturers of Sewer,
and Railroad culvert pipe, fittings, fire brick, clay, etc. Wall tubing with
perforated bottoms that will last forever.
Macon Fish and Oyster House.
CLARKE & DANIEL, wholesale and retail dealers in Fresh
Fish, Oysters,Crabs, Shrimps, Game, Ice, etc., 655 Poplar street. Tel
ephone 463. Fisheries and paching house, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Macon Machinery.
MALLARY BROS. & CO., dealers in Engines, Boilers, Saw
Mills. Specialties —Watertown Steam Engines, Saw Mills, Grist Mills,
Cotton Gins.
Macon Refrigerators.
MUECKE’S Improved Dry Air Refrigerators. The best Re
frigerators made. Manufactured right here in Macon, any size and of
any material desred. It has qualities which no other refrigerator on
the market possesses. Come and see them at tl>e factory on New St*
roof. Since Mr. English painted the root
it could not be fixed except with a new
it has not leaked any. He has painted roofs
for J. W. Hopson, John Tillman, Clayton
Groover and others. He does the best work
I have ever seen done on tin roofs. He is
an honest and upright man, who would not
deceive jou for your money.
J. B. Finch, Merchant.
Albany, Ga., Jan. 29, 1897.
Having had Mr. Harvey English to paint
I several roofs with his incomparable prep
aration for stopping leaks, it affords me
pleasure to bear testimony to his honest
workmanship and to the fact that “Eng
lish Paint Slops the Leaks; Yes, It Do.”
Joseph S. Davis,
Cashier First National Bank.
Albany, Ga., Jan. 25, 1895.
Mr. Harvey English iias stopped a very
bad leaking roof for us with bis English
Paint. I recommend his paint to any one
| who is troubled with leaky roofs.
F. Whire, Supt. .
Georgia Cotten Oil Co., Albany Mill.
Mr. English has done some work for us
that required the best of paints and skill
as a workman. Without soldering he has
made a very leaky roof dry and tight. It
gives us pleasure to recommend him.
T. J. Ball & Bro.,
Wholesale dealers in choice groceries and
delicacies.
Thomasville, Ga., Ag. 18, 1894.
The corrugated iron roof of our shop
I leaked so badly that in times of a heavy
rain, we have been compelled to shut
down all work and wait until the rain was
over. Mr. English painted the roof with
his English Roof Paint, stopped the leaks,
and now the work go>-s on, rain or no rain.
His paint is a first-class article. We take
pleasure in recommending English and bis
paint. Beverly Bros. & Hargrave,
“Big Jim” Variety Works.
Thomasville, Ga., Aug., 1894.
I hav had Mr. Harvey English to do
some painting for me on iron and tin roofs.
I am satisfied be has a superior roof paint
Wiley C. Pittman.
Thomasville, Ga., July 21, 1894
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