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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. SIOO REWARD SIOO. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all Its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foun dation of the disease and giving the pa tient strength by building up the consti tution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer SIOO for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHE NEY & CO.. Toledo. O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall’s family Pills are the best. Hear Marion Crawford tonight. 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 land (Me.) Press. Bucklin’s Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, 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. Hear Marion Crawford tonight, * 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," Annual Sales over 6,000,000 Boxes FOE BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Giddiness, Fulness after meals. Head ache, Dizziness, Drowsiness. Flushings of Heat. TjOss of Appetite, Costiven<“ss, Blotches on the Skin, Old Chills, Dis turbed Sleep. Frightful Dreams and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations, THE FIRST DOSE WILL GIVE RELIEF IN TWENTY MINUTES. Every sufferer will acknowledge them to be A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. 81-.ECH t'S’.M PILLS, taken as direct ed, will quickly restore Females to com plete health. They promptly remove obstructions or irregularities of the sys tem nnd cure Sick Headache. F or a Weak Stomach Impaired Digestion Disordered Liver IN MEN, WOMEN OR CHILDREN Beecham’s Pills are Without a Rival And have the LARGEST SALE of any Patent Medicine in the World. 25c. at all Drug Stores, 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. FRENCH ANSY AFERS These are the Genuine French Tansy Wafers, imported direct from Paris. Ladies can depend upon securing relief from and cure of Painful and Irregular Periods regardless of cause. EMERSON DRUG CO., Importers and Agents for the United States, San Jose, Cal. C. T. KING, Druggist, sole agent for Maoon, Ga. Money. Loans negotiated on improved city prop erty, on farms, at lowest market rates, business of fifteen years’ standing. Facili ties unsurpassed. HOWARD M S MITH 314 Second St., Macon, Ga. Sliig is a non-poisonotiß •emedy for Gonorrhoea, Jleet, Spermatorrhoea, whites, unnatural dis harges, or any iufiainma ion, irritation or ulcera tion of m u sous mem branes. Nou-astringent. Sold by I»rujrgists, or sent in plain wrapner, by express, prepaid, for SI.OO, or 3 bottles, $2.75. Circular sent ou review BICYCLE Given Away —AT — H. J. Lamar & Sons. Come See How We Do it. C.B.Wa Cotton Factor, maoon, - - Georgia PULLMAN CAR LINE BETWEEN Cincinnati, Indianapolis, or Louisville and Chicago and THE NORTHWEST. Pullman Buffet Sleepers on night trains. Parlor chairs and dining cars on day trains. The Monon trains make the fastest time between the Southern winter resorts and the summer resorts of the Northwest. W. H. McDOEL, V. P. & G. M. FRANK J. REED, G. P. A, Chicago, lIL For further particulars address R. W. GLADING, Gen. Agt G*. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. 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- r 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. r —.. . 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 . 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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 3