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4 You Can’t Buy intelligent'y aud with entire satisfaction to yourself until you have seeu our selection of the Latest SPRING DERBIES, In all the popular shapes and colors. Our line of ALPINES Are superb, from the cheapest quality to the best grade. Satisfaction guaranteed. South Atacon Dots tn the "South Macon Dots" which ap peared In The News Saturday evening the jraragraiph which contained r-terence to 4 he Fifth class in South Macon school was overlooked by the editor. Miss Thorner, one of the rncst anbie art efficient teach ers in the country. Your corespondent vis ited her class room 'n r g;:la. order with the other clasies, and a: tb. j time intends! M vlng Mils Tho'jer and her class quite a Ct eplimcitti.y norite. Mr. J. A. Laigvon died with Jrap‘y last n at 7 o' l>:k a* i * mu >l2l H«»«l street, after an illness of several mouths, in the 70th year of his age. An aged widow and six children survive Mr. Langston. The children are .Messrs. C. W., J. C. and J. A. Langston, Jr., Mrs. C. C. Godfrey, Mrs. .W. B. Feuot aud- Miss Mattie Langston. The lima ns of Mr. Langston were car ried to McDuffie county, his old home, for Interment today. The residence of Mrs. Alice Pierce, cor ner of first and Kim streets was partially destroyed by fire at 11:30 yesterday morn ing, together with the greater portion of her household and kitchen furniture upon which she had no Insurance. The roof is supposed to have caught from the kitchen flue while dinner was being cooked. The los will fasll heavily on Mrs. Pierce she being a widow and having six children dependent upon her for support. The house was the property of the es tate of the late Mrs. Venable. A card announcing a case of scarlet fe ver Is posted on the front of a residence on Second street near the railroad bridge. Mr. C. R. Avant, an englnerr on the Central railroad, is exceedingly ill at his Ihome at Newfberg. Miss Ella Avant will leave for Birming ham tomorrow or next day on a short visit to Mr. and Mrs. C. A Avant. Miss Ella will spend about ten days In Birmingham. “Smith.” F SONS OF VETERANS Will Meet Soon to Take up the Matter of the Reunion. A meeting of the Sons of Veterans’ or ganization, which was perfected in Macon a bong time ago, but which as almost been forgotten, will bo called in a few days for the purpose of taking steps in preparation for the veterans' meeting in Atlanta. The Sons of Veterans from all over the state will attend in large numbers and it is hoped that Bibb county wil send its share. At the meeting to be held soon the dress to be worn on the occasion of the visit to Atlanta will be decided upon and other Important matters of detail will be taken up. It has been decide that all the veterans attending the reunion will wear gray, aud the Sons of Veterans will not be behind in this. STATTINV/sfIGATING The Charges Against Carter that he Cheat ed Savannah. Savannah, Feb. 14 —The government this morning continued to investigate the • ’’■aptain Carter charge that he entered into an agreement with the Atlantic Con itnactdng Company to defraud the city of Savannah out of a large sum money by forcing the city to sell at a sacrifice a large quantity of stone ballast at quarantine. It was shown by an old bill against the city that rock when in ISB7 brought $1 per ton was sold for an insignificant amount 5n 1896 because Captain Carter declared that it must be moved at once. MACON "POST Os the Traveller’s Protective Asso ciation is in Good Shape. Post D., the Macon post of the Travelers’ S'roteetive Association, held an important meeting at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce on Saturday last. A large number of new names were add ed to the already long membership roll. The courtesies of the Chamber of Com merce were offered to the post and the (members were invited to join the Chamber of Commerce.’ A number of them will probably do so. The -Macon post will go to Savannah in full force during May week. A movement is on foot to give a benefit performance at some near date for the Ma con branch. CA.STOHXA. The f»5- _/? jißii* t-- fa# See the Lines of This Picture. See the They are Goods HHL as well shaped Repre- as the sents. Picture. Black, Chocolate, Kid or Cloth top, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50. CLISBY &. M C KAY, PHONE 29. Notes Taken On the Run. Rev. P. W. Gilbert, w’ho is well remem bered in Macon, having lived here for a short while, was in he city Saturday en route to his home in Georgetown. He has been in Atlanta for several weeks. The Board of Education holds its reg ular monthly meeting tonight and some matters of importance will be acted upon. The work of laying the cement rock on Second street has commenced at Poplar ai. i is i cing pushed as rapidly as a force of bands can do the work. Everyone who it is cf the opinion that when the work is completed Second street will be the hand somest s.r.et in Macon and it may be sa’ely predicted that a number of resi d<nce streets Os the city wil be laid in this material. Judge Gtcrge F. Gober of Marietta was registered this morning at the Brown hrase. Judge Gober has a large circle if friends in Macon. Dr. W. R. Holmes, dentist, 556 Mulberry, opposite Hotel Lanier. Try a bottle of Holmes’ Mouth Wash for preserving teeth, purifying the breath, bleeding gums, ul cers, sore mouth, sore throat, etc. For sale by all druggists. Mr. Edwin Kaigler went down to George town Saturday to visit home folks. Dr. Charles Lanier Toole, dentist. Of fice corner Second and Poplar streets. Miss Frankie May Bell, who has been visiting friends in the city so some time past, returned to her home at Preston Saturday. Mr. and Mrs, J. G. Parks, who have been the guests of Mrs. A. E. Chappell, returned to hteir home in Dawson Sauturday. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights of this week Mr. James Young, with a good supporting company, will be at the Academy of Music, presenting the following plays: Thursday night, “David Garrick.” Friday night, “Hamlet.” Sat urday night, “Lady of Lyons.” A matinee will be given Saturday. Mr. Young is re garded as the coming American tragedian and the press of the south is unanimous in stating that his performances are worthy cf liberal patronage. Dr. J. M. Mason, dentist. Office over Beeland’s jewelry store. Triangular Block. Telephone 452. The first story of the Volunteers’ armory is being painted granite color. One of the sidewalks on Fourth street, between Poplar and Cherry, is badly in need of repair. E. D. R. Salter, representing the Stuart Robson company, which wil be at the Academy of Music next week, is in the city today, hustling for his company. Stuart Robson wil present Ihis new play, ' The Jucklins.” Charles F. McKenzie of Augusta, Percy Clegg of Americus, M. F. Amorous of I’ineopolis, and W. G. Keen of Fort Val ley are on the Brown house register this morning. Nothing has been heard yet as to the disposition to be made of Tom Allen. Sheriff Westcott is awaiting instructions from Atlanta. CASTORIA For Infants and Children f*e- •■uw.nrr/ s' / staff MISS MAYHEW Was Delayed and Therofore Unable to Make the Display of Food Articles at The Em pire Store Today as Advertised—A Disap pointment. On account of an unavoidable delay in travel. Miss Mayhew did not reach the city In time to get her culinary display r&ady. and so was unable to serve our customers today in accordance with her engagement and as was advertised. We regret the disappointment, but if our lady friends will kindly call tomorrow, every thing will be in readiness, and a nice light luncheon will be served gratis, from 10:30 a. m. to 4 p. m. Valuable culinary hints will be cheerfully given to all lovers of good cocking. In the meantime, we in tend to offer special attractions to our trade in every department this week. The special Monday bargains will be continued as advertised with the exception of the 75c and $1 silks, marked down to 25c, which were all closed out 'today. BURDEN, SMITH & CO. '3 MwymggWEgjj A< * '•v ‘ ■ ifw tRrX VillS • *' '“‘tHSI Truly, there is nothing like seeing things from different standpoints! Valen tine Day, notwithstanding its symbol of . hearts and cupids and for-get-me-nots, is really most delightful to those people so ' charmingly young that their sole acquaint ance with hearts consists of the blood red one^on valentines; their one idea of Cupid is a fat little baby clothed in wings, and as for for-gec-ipe-not wreaths —-the eternal remembrance they symbolize is truly but a name with the average purchaser of the “valentine.” The worst of it is, that after useless! A mild sort of contempt—of su kindes-t cut of all,” for nwer do we so clttrly feel the limitations of added years as when we realize that the comic valen tine counter in the book store fails to at tract us, and we wonder that there are in the world people foolish enough to buy the “pretty valentines” that seem to us so useless! A wild sort of contempt—of su periority, comes over us, and then —we be gin to think —and we know that the feel ing we called “contempt,” was in very truth envy—youth being something that even the best of us enyy. At Christmas time we may participate in the general gift-giving, and enjoy the rtpll we give as much as the one we used to receive, but Valentine Day makes us feel hopelessly and helplessly old fashioned, even if we are in the “latest style,” So many of us remember how we felt superlatively rich with 45 cents to spend on valentines, and how hard we worked In the selection; generally the problem was settled by leaving the store with two lovely affairs, all lace paper and vivid coloring—one costing 10 cents and the ether 15 cents — ■this last comparatively elaborate, with two doors one half inch tall, opening and dis closing a bridal couple standing before the altar—an -appropriate sentiment, consid ering that the sender and the recipient of this valentine were aged respectively seven and six years, And is there anyone read ing this, yet young enough to remember when you thought it a compliment to send a comic valentine? Your list was made out Cf those people you wished to remember, of those grown folks who hod been kind to you, and then the serious time came: the addressing of the valentines by one of the family, who, being in the second class at school, was a disciple of higher education and knew how to make capital letters. Sad to confess, these “comics” failed in their mission, and always un-. apreciated, not. infrequently aroused real anger; the children—little Innocents—sent them with kindest intention, and they were directed with no thought of appropriate ness, but this hit or miss arrangement— “took aim the archer little meant,” and in some cases the result was appalling. The lovely Mrs. Smith was terribly conscious •that she had one tooth not all her own, and when little Bessie Brown left a val entine on her door step and the souvenir was found to be aearic-aiure of a woman with false teeth, Mrs. Smith spent an hour in tears, and then resolved that if she lived she would “get even” with her neigh bor, Mrs. Brown, for, “A child could nexer have thought cf doing a thing like this; cf course her mother suggested it!” Now poor little Bessie was vainly trying to pay Mrs. Smith the compliment of remem brance, and was in blissful ignorance of the pivoted tooth. The terrible appropri ateness of some of these valentines was indeed hard to forgive, and through this means more than one parent has been taught the meaning of “les enfants sout terriblcs.” Valentine Day is after all a thing of childhood thought and while the “grown ups” may have their spells of anger, the real heartache comes in the next day at school, when the girl who can boast of having received nine pretty ones, and twenty-seven “comics,” js the heroine of the hour. Mind you, the comic ones count in this game, and the hercine, -she of the many valentines, does not guess nor do her .admiring, envying, listeners, that at least eight of .the prettiest ones have been contributed by her considerate parents and doting uncles. Parents are well meaning, as a rule, but so few of them have good memories, and so many forget “’twas the youth of our youth—’twas an error su blime,” and so they neglect this matter of sending valentines, this duty that close ly follows on that transcendent one of filling the stocking. Some valentines, however, were the bona fide article—“none genuine without the trade mark,” and if you are a close observer, you will find on the back of these the initials of the send er, in rather uncertain characters, for he isn’t quite sure yet how to make capi tal letters. I wonder if a woman ever forgets or ceases to like the boy who sent her the lovely valentine all in a box to itself, with more than the usual amount of lace paper, a-nd such verses as these: May flowerets of love Around thee be twined, And the sunshine of peace, Shed its joy o’er thy mind. No other poetry (?) has ever reached her heart (?) as did "this, and somehow she always feels loyal to the eight old boy who thus contributed to her happiness with a 20 cent, valentine. The woman is grown, and the eight year old playmate has become a man she knows but slightly, and a $25 basket of Huyler’s would but faintly approach the joy that she felt in that 20 cent, vol-entlne. The moral of all this is, let the gro,wn people remember how little it takes to make children happy, and how next to impossible it is for men and women to even approach contentment. In ether words, send valentines to the children (r orticuDrlv the girls, as this is written from a g : :i’s standpoint), and know -hat the spending of $1 now,' is more than equivalent to the expenditure of SIOO in the veal's to come. One dollar! ! ! Why at the age cf eight that is a fortune il limitable, net bound by any horizon that ever w-as seen! You, the mistress of the beautiful home with money to use, and money to spend, and money to give, do you. can you. remember the time when to you $-1 was a fortune? If. not. then you are in an unhappy plight, for memory has deserted you. and childhood D worst- than gone. After all t’iis, the bare fact remains that Valentine Far is unkind, for we are made to feel the limitations, and we are under the necessity of cunning the golden rule if we would be “in it” at all. How the years fly! They do not glide, and they do not simply pass away, but at 5 alentine Day we feel -that each has wings like Cupid, and is indeed so in league w ; ’ the god that people must have some so; of belief in him if they would stay your--- at all. The Young Ladies* Aid Society of S . Paul’s church guild will nave a v.d ot-ne party this afternoon at the AppLton Church Home. Each person who attends must write a verse appropriate for a val entine, or failing in this, must pay a fine ot 10 cents. In Saturday's Atlanta Journal there is a charmingly written article from the pen of Miss Essie C. McMillan, of Macon. Her description of Jamaica is so beautiful that anyone who reads it, resolves to visit fn person that isle of such tropical loveliness. The article is interesting too from another view, for Miss McMillan gives one an in teresting glimpse into the lives of the in habitants of the various places on the is land, and of the homes and public build- MACON Nkws MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14 t BoB ings. The article, which is delightful reading, and is evidence of the ease and grace with which Miss McMillan writes. tinMk mtfar htrah rthar htrah rErarara The Current Topics Club had Its usual this morning and the -members enjojed a most interesting program pre pared by Mrs. George xV. Dqnean and Mrs, William H. Feltop. The subject was. “The Old Colonial Days in New York, Virginia and Georgia,” and most excellent and en tertaining papers were read by Mrs. R. E. Park, Mrs. J. D, Hammond. Miss E. F. ' Andrews, Mre. McEwen Johnston and Mrs. Morison Rogers, * • • Great preparations have been made for i the Valentine Ball at the Volunteers' ar i mory tonight, and from the number of tickets sold, the affair promises to add a ! goodly sum to the Free Kindergarten fund. There are still some tickets left, however, and they are for sale at the stores of Mr. Clem Phillips and Mr. Harry- Jones. The supper to be served Is worth more than the price of admission, and can be obtained at any time during the even ing, so that those people who wish to leave the dance early ean do so with perfect convenience. General dancing will last un til 12 o’clock, when the german will begin, and will be led by Mr. Prentice Huff. Those who wish to attend the ball and have net procured tink< ts. can pay the 50 cents admission at the door. ♦ ♦ ♦ A number of charming cntr-rtalnmenits are being given m honor of Mrs. Lucius M. Lamar, of Mexico, who is now the guest of her sister, Mrs. Roland Ellis. This afternoon Mrs. James H. Blount enter tains in compliment tp Mrs. Lamar, and tomorrow at. ? o’clock Mr.- johu ston invites a number of ladies to a luncheon to meet her. Mrs. William Lee Ellis gives a card party Wednesday after noon also in honor of M-’s. Lamar DR. WURTH’S OPINION Os the New Discovery in Medicine —A Re markably Successful Remedy for Dys pepsia, Indigestion and Stom ach Troubles. Dr. Wurtii, m commenting on recent discoveries in medicine, said: There is none which is certain to be §o valuable and far reaching in benefit as Stuart’s Dyspep sia Tablets, the new stomach remedy; 1 say far reaching, because people little re alize how important a sound stomach and a vigorous digestion is to every man, wo man and child. Indigestion is the starting point olf con sumption, heart disease, Bright disease, diabetes, nervous prostration, liver troubles; why is this so? Simply because eevery nerve muscle tissue in our bodies is created and nourished from the food we eat. If this food, is by reason of a weak stomach, compelled to lie for hours a sour, fermenting mass of half digested food, it poisons the blood and nervous system, creates gas which distends the stomach and bowels, causing pressure on the heart, lungs and other organs and se riously impeding their action. He says further, -the point to direct at tention is not the nerves, nor heart, nor lungs, nor kidneys, but the stomach, the first cause of all the mischief. The remedy to use for indigestion and weak stomachs is pot some -cathartic, but a remedy which will digest |he food, ip crease the flew of gastric juice, absorb the gases, and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will accomplish exactly this result in case of stomach trouble, because these tablets g.re composed of the digestive acids, aseptic pepsin, Golden Seal and bismuth, pleasant to taste, and not being a patent medicine can be used by anyone with perfect safe ty. I believe Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets will cure any form of indigestion and stomach trouble except cancer of the stomach. Full size package of Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets -are sold by druggists at 50 cents. A book on stomach diseases together with thousands of testimonials will be sent by addressing Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. The March Standard Designer is a most pleasant feature of a most disagreeable month. Its bright and interesting pages with their clever pictures are calculated to make even 'the despondent forget the cloudy skies and bleak winds that are now our common lot. Among its fashion con tents may be mentioned four handsome color plates, nine artistic half-tones, and seventy-eight other stylish illustrations of garments suitable and seasonable for ladles’, misses’ and little folks’ wear. Some of the literary articles that deserve espe cial mention are “The Arts of Beauty,” “In the Sick Room,” “For the Business Woman,” and the suggestion and hints on Fancy Work, Floriculture, Bicycling, ’ Etiquette and The Household. A contin ued story, a comedy, two short stories and two poems afford plenty of reading matter for all members of the family. Advertise in The News and reach the people. What Zola has Undertaken. The government is the snmilcst of M. Zola’s foes. He faces an angry nation, which, with exceptions that hardly count in the flood of passion anil prejudice, is ex asperated against Dreyfus alniost to the shedding of blood. indictment, what ever may come of it, is a piece of the most heroic courage it) the annals of civil life. He has had a foretaste of the persecution that awaits him. Colonel Picquart, who was the first to expose Kstcrhazy. has been arrested and shut up at Mont Valerien. It is rumored that M. Mathieu Dreyfus is to be prosecuted, and, if possible, to be bled with a demand for damages fixed at £30,- 000. But the most conspicuous figure of this group of brave men struggling for the justice of an open trial is the great writer who leads their forlorn hope. If the gov ernment give him an open trial, he may yet succeed in putting its methods to shame. It is more probable that it will bring his old age to ignominy and ruin.— London News. The Curfew Bell. The Rev. Charles A. Crane, a Methodist minister of Boston, advocates the revival of the curfew bell in that city. “Boston,” be said the other evening, “owes it to her self, and especially to her boys, to pass and faithfully exi cute a curfew law which shall require all children 16 years of age and under to be <ff the streets at 8 o’clock in the winter ‘J oci ick in the summer. Lineoiii, ..el.- , was t..- first city to adopt the curt.vv law. alim.t two years ago. ■'! -aba Iknv. r. Kan.-us City. Des Moines. . 1-.van.--1 n 1:s arc among <it . . . 1.- <-.! The : y u: ) smt <■( the iauoxat-lon is s’.rung i>- ci.!..', St. Joseph, Mo., says that seieu is :-t the people give it their sincere atq *1 here has been a reduction' ul 59 per cent in com mitments to the reform school from that city.” Frigl.tertius U'.iii. “Now, ju. i<= - ■ :.:ie;ou arc married,” said the exf-urivneed l.usi .nd, "the life in surance se.t.citurs will to after you in drove.?. ’’ “Is matriimm.', so dr r'getuus as that?" asked the : -"d tie tor nuptial honors, jvith apprebt. -.- ; voice.—Detroit Free Press. CA-STCTLIJM. ?,a FOR THEJRPHANS Rev. W. E. Mumford's Appeal for the Orphans Generously Re sponded to. A! HIHI TESTEROAV He Made a Touching Talk in Behalf of the Orphan's Home to a Large Congregation. Rev. W. E. Mumford, agent of the South Georgia Conference Orphan Home, preach ed at Mulberry Street church at both ser vices yesterday and at each service he presented the great and noble charity he represents. The collections amounted to about SSOO. This is over SIOO ahead of last year and is perhaps the largest collection ever taken in Macon for this cause from any single congregation. The congrega tion at both services were very large, the one in the morning occupying every seat in the church, Mr. Mumford hands The News the following; Editor News: My collections at old Mulberry Street yesterday for the orphans I represent, deserves more than a passing j notice and d am sure the press of this | city have shown in no uncertain way that I the editors and proprietors have 'hearts for ' this noble work and you will he glad to ' let the general public kpgw what was done i for it at Mulberry (Sheet ehureh yesterday. ‘ The claim of our orphans upon the lib erality of Macon people is unquestioned. At both services yesterday a collection was taken and the responses were more in the aggregate than those of any crtl'iec tion yet taken by me siQ«e (j have been working in this field. 1 want to return the gratitude of my heart to the congregation of Mulberry for their help. Their noble pastor was present and ably endorsed the work. He Knows hew to sympathize with £n agent, having been one several years in Texas, and, besides the cause appeals to' his generpus spuh I think it well to add here the names of my friends, as far as 1 have them at hand, who t®ok part in this collection for the children: S. S. Dunlap $25 00 N. E. Harris 25 00 Mrs. 'C. B. Willingham 25 00 B. H. Ray sh 00 Mrs. 'A. L. MiUet, 25 00 Miss Jane Hendrix 25 00 Dr. Hammond and Wesleyan Col- lege girls 25 00 W. G- Solomon,., ........ 25 00 T. 'C. (Parker., .. 20 00 W. S, Dedrich 10 00 W. B. Hill 10 00 A. W. Turner 10 00 W. W. Pinson 10 00 C. B. Adams 10 00 'Consolidated Street Railway Compa- ny, E. E. Winters 10 00 C. T. King 10 00 T. A. Cheatham 6 00 J. L. Gerdine 5 0() Mrs. H. B. Epminger...... .......... 5 00 43. Winship,,..' 5 00 W. B. King 5 00 R. G. Sparks 5 00 Mrs. J. B. Cobb 5 00 Mrs. J. D. Stetson 5 00 W. G. ißeeland 5 00 Miss iSallie iShinholser 5 00 Henrietta 'M. Burns 5 00 Mrs. R. W. McDonnell 5 00 C. iD. Hunt 5 00 O. P. and Mrs. Heath 5 00 Miss Lula Johnson 5 00 Mrs. J. W. Burke 5 00 Mrs. W. W. Ford 5 00 W. R. Holmes.... .. 5 00 M. J. Hatcher 5 00 Carl Dasher.. .. 5 00 J. F. Means 5 00 Mrs. J. M. Mason., 4 00 'Miss Lilia ClarK.... 3 00 A. IR, Freeman.... ~ 2 50 AV. M. Legg 2 50 J. C. Murphy 2 50 Mrs. C. W. Shlnholser 2 50 J. P. (Stetson 2 50 Olivia Hodges 2 50 W. P. Maline and Wife 2 50 Mrs. R. B. Bannon... 2 50 W. H. Tolmes 2 00 Mrs. E. E. Winters.... 2 00 E. >R. Henderson 2 00 Mrs. G. M. Dunwoody 2 00 Miss Annie Martin 2 00 W. OR. (Rogers 2 00 J. M. Mason 2 00 The following $1 each: J. W. Rounfree, Henry W. Walker, Miss Lurie (Postell, Mrs. iW. L. Parker, Etta Small, Mrs. R. M. Rogers, W. R. Rogers, Jr., 'Mrs, W. R. Rogers, Hattie L. Cochran, Jos. P. Holmes, Mrs. A. A. Davis, G. R. Glenn, Florence A. Glenn, Mrs. J. H. New man, J. H. Newman, R. H. Mason, Carrie Harris, Mrs, J. C. Holmes, Miss Leila M. Sassnett, C. P. Roberts, J. W. Domingos, Miss J. M. McEvoy, Mrs. W. D. 'Williams, Mrs. Charles Canning, Miss B. J. Kyle, Mrs. Leak, Mrs. Clifford E. Williams, Mrs. W. T. Morgan, Matihel Pope, Mrs. W. iS. Lane, L. W. Branch, Miss Ella Mae Wiliams, Mrs. M. H. Martin, Mrs. Thad Murphy, Mrs. J. E. Blackshear, A. E. Rogers, J. D. Newbanks, Mrs. J. D. Scott, J. L. Everett, C. M. Wiley, Mrs. E. H Dasher, W. B. Chapman, Mrs. A. G. Butts, Jno. T. Ganard, and others. About one hundred and fifty people were represented in the collection. I give such names as I have in my list, and to these and all who helped us, I desire to give our thanks. Subscribers to. Orphans’ fund will find our treasurer, Mr. C. T. King, always ready to receiye their contributions, and they can hand to him or to me. I trust we shall have for our institution the most prosperous year in its history. AV. E. Mumford. Grace Church Laninpost. A not very big or very important or to New Yorkers themselves noteven familial landmark has lately gone the way of ail landmarks and is now no more. It was the lamppost, with its letter box standing directly opposite Grace church, and which, by means of its counterfeit presentment, was known all over the country far and wide to all who had ever seen one of the best known of rural dramas. Every one reaaembers the scene—Christmas eve, the snow falling, Grace church in the distance, the letter box in the foreground and the old countryman, but just arrived in the city, his letter in his hand. “There,” ho says as he drops the missive in the box, “I Impose it’s at the postofiice by this time.” A minute later the postman comes in, unlocks the box and takes out all the let ters, whereupon Uncle .Tosh springs upon him and all but has him arrested for rob bery. The provincial audience that didn’t relish this scene is not on record, and of all jts details the letter box stamped itself most securely upon its memory. Many and many a faroff westerner and southerner has resolved then and there that when he paid that long looked for ward to visit to New York one of the first things he should hunt up would be the letter box in front of Grace church. It was like an introduction to at least a fea ture of the metropolis. Seme things about the city might seem strange and unfa miliar, but with the letter box in front of Grace church—naturally a landmark of great importance or why would it have been incorporated in a play?—it would be like meeting au old friend. Indeed it was not uncommon in summer when the rural contingent usually finds its way to the city to see sightseers of no unmistakable stamp grouped around that lamppost as sightseers of another stamp are grouped around the Milesian Venus in the Louvre. i iVitb the march of municipal progress the ’ lamppost has gone, however. The letter h box has been promoted to pppther corner. , The majority of New Yorkers may not even notice the difference, but to thousands of non-New Yorkers familiar with the play the change will be significant.—New York Sun. News Is the cheapest advertising medium Ux Georgia. _ STRiJOK BY fl CAR. Professor Rlunyon Cures a Remarkable Case of Epilepsy. Mrs. Tilden, 14 Blather Street, Cleve land, 0., says: “ FV-ur years ago I was struck by a street car and severely in jured. My trouble developed into a bad [ case of epi | lepsy, and since i that time I have been in / ■-'X a most wretch- ed condition. I felt as though XS' ■ ?> V • paralyze-i; WgSgSm limbs s- <: -J Xf: X'DaT" i to weigh a ton —no feeiing in th.m. 1 v.as tn orp s<■ an-j /; i \ TLA m e 141 nciwiy. V’</ S ’ afraid to be f<\' / A®* alone, and they n V' i » thought I was i I going to die. ’ My nerves were all unstrung; I could not walk acres* the rlcor, and in going up stairs 1 had to stop alnn- t every ‘ icp to collect my thoughts. Going downstairs was almost an impossibility, as at every step it seemed as if I were walking on air and would have to fali over. 1 was attacked with fits about once a week; at times I would fall cn the street. It was impossible for me to sleep to any extent, as I was subject to violent nervous spells. I also was subject to illusions; thought somebody was going to kill me; that I was going to jump out of tho window, and other things I had doctored with the best physicians, and to the last one I paid about SIOO, but got no relief. He said he did not think I would ever get better. As a last resort, I tried Munyon’s physicians, and was told that I could be cured. That was about two months ago. Since then I have not had a nervous spell, I can sleep well, have no more iilqaions, and. with the exception of q. slight pain in the back, am as well as I ever was in my life.” Munyon puts up a separate cure for each disease. At all druggists, mostly 25 cents a Vial. Personal letters to Prof. Munyon,. 1.505 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa., answered with free medical advice for any disease. @ MACON BOND AND STOCK REPORT. Macon 6s, 1910 116 —ll7 Macon 4s, 1926 105 —10514 Augusta 7s, 1903 11l Augusta 6s, 1905 114 —lls Augusta ss, 1919 109 Augusta 4145, 1925 105 Augusta 4s, 1927 102 Atlanta 6s, 1914 117 Atlanta 4145, 1923 106 Atlanta 4s, 1927 102 Savanah ss, 1909 108 Columbus ss, 1909 103 C. of Ga. first morg ss, 1945..118 —ll9 RAILROAD STOCKS. *S. W. R. R. stock 1 93% 94% Georgia R. R. & Bank’g C0..179 —IBO Atlanta & West Point R. R... 104 —lO5 A. & W. P. debentures 100 —lOl Augusta & Savannah R. R. .. 04 95 Southern R. R, pref ..30 3l Southern R. R. common .. 8 9 G. S. & F- first pref. 80 Bl G. S. &F. second pref., ~,.46 47 G. S. & F. common 25 26 Ga. & Ala. pref 23 24 Ga, & Ala. common 9 lO LOCAL STOCKS AND BONDS. Exchange 93 95 American National Bank.. ..95 96 Commercial and Sav’gs Bank. 125 —l3O First National Bank 117 —l2O Macon Savings Bank 75 —76 Bibb B. L. and Imp. Cq, ~,. 59 —6O Central City L. § T. Ass’n.... 60 65 Southern Phosphate Co 73 75 Acme Brewing Co 90 —IOO McCaw Manufacturing Co.. ..110 Wesleyan F. C. bonds, 7s ....105 —lls Macon Vol. Armory, 7s 104 —lO5 Bibb Mfg. 6 per cent 101 —lO3 Planters’ Wareh’e Co bonds..lo3 —llO Union Savings Bank 89 9O RAILROAD BONDS. C. of Ga. first morfl ss, 1895..118 —ll9 C. of Ga. collat trust ss, 1937.. 91 92 C. of Ga. first consolss, 1945.. 91 92 C. R. R. or Ga. Ist pref in.... 42 —43 C. R. R. of Ga. 2d pref in.... 13 l4 C. R. R. of Ga. 3d pref in,,., 7 8 G. & Ala. consol ss, 1945. 82 B3 G. &Ala. Ist pref 5 per cent... 103 —lO4 Southern R. R. ss. 1910 92 93 G. S. & F. Ist mor ss, 1895.. 100 —-101 G. R. R. & Bank Co 6s, 1910.,112 —ll3 G. R. R. & Bank Co 6s, 1922 . .113 —ll4 O. S. S. Co. Ist mor ss, 1920.. 103 GEORGIA BONDS. 3% per cent. 1914 ($5.00) 104 —lO5 3% per cent. 1907 to 1925..... ,105 —lO6 4 per cent. 1926 ~..113 —lls 4% per cent. 1915 116% —117% 4% per cent. 1922..’ 118 —ll9 Mrs. R. Gritzner. Ladies who are troubled with corns, bunions and ingrowing nails —and there are many of that sort—are advised to call on Mrs. Gritzner, Surgeon, Chiropodist and Pedicure. Who understands her business beyond question, having followed same for ten years. Her operations are not onlv painless, but she handles one's feet so gently that it is a pleasure and a com fort to be treated by her. While we think that our practitioners should qualify themselves to doctor the feet as they do other portions of the body, but as long as they do not, the suffering are obliged to patronize those who make foot diseases a specialty. Ladies can be treated at their homes. Charges very reasonable in all cases. Call or address, Mrs. R. Gritzner, 718 Cherry street. SIO.oTTrEE! If you’ve just taken a bad cough, cold or lagrippe. Do you suffer from continual constipation? Have you a disordered liver? Do you suffer from heart trouble? Do you have a languid, lazy feeling and headache occasionally? Get from any drug store a bottle of t. < | | | ? ? Lamar’s Lemon Laxative, Take it according to directions, and you will find relief, threby saving even more than ten dollars by restoring your health. One sample bottle free at any drug store. f ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Two Nights, Beginning Monday, the 14th, and Tuesday matinee, the Favorite Comedian, EDWARD TRAVERS, Supported by a Superb Company, Present ing Gillette’s Famous Comedy, “THE PRIVATE SECRETARY.” Tuesday Night the Latest Musical Comedy Success, “A JOLLY NIGHT.” Prices cut in half, 50, 35, 25c; matinee 25c; no higher. Seats on sale Saturday morning at Harry L. Jones Co.’s. " WE ARE STARTING Hundreds iu Business Each Month Elderly men and women make best rep resentatives, they are selling “Teoc,” ttie 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 it. 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. You Can RHord 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 least money. A comparison Is all I ask. W. 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. TReie's Everything lh Knowing That you have the correct thing when you pay out money for footwear. Any body can sell Shoes, but you want the light kind. Everybody will tell you that WE sell the right kiud. Stick a pin here, ladies. The Strong Shoe Company A. B. hinkle, Physician and Suryeon."' Office 370 Second Street. Office Phone 39. Residence Phone 917 Does general praetiee. I tender my services to the people of Macon and vicinity. Diseases of the eye, ear. nose, throat and lungs specialties. Office oonsutatlon and treatment absolutely free from 8 to 9 every morning, visits in the city for cash, day sl. night $2. I Invite the public to visit my office. Vaccination free. Office hours, 8 to 9 a. m.; 12 to 1 p. m., and 3 to 5:30 p. m. Garden Seed, And We Plant Them Streyer Seed Comp’y. HALF CENT A WORD. ADI l-RTI.'.K .1 i (’S <,r Wants, tor For Its-s-t, Lost, Found, Etc., are inserted in THIS COLUMN at Half Cent a Word eacli insertion. No Advertisement taken tor less than 15 cents. FOl Rent. FOR RENT —A nice six room cottage, good location, 148 Cole street. Apply on premises. HOUSE No. 1223, two-story, nine-room dwelling, water and gas; every con venience; corner Oglethorpe and Tatt nall streets, fronting Tattnall Square, for rent. Apply to M. Daly, 745 Col lege street. Miscellaneous. BUY your coal from Roush Coal Co. Phone 2-15. FQR SALE—One car weavel eaten corn, cheap. Fine fed for hogs. J, L. Turner & Co. A BARGAIN—Twenty room hotel furnish ed. Will rent half or all. Beautiful lo cation for families or transient. Near business, 770 Poplar street. BARGAINS in house furnishing goods, blankets and comforts to go at cost. Lace curtains, shades, spreads, etc., at prices unheard of before. The -A. IS. Thomas Furniture Company, 420 Pop lar jstreet, WANTED—Good men to work for frater nal association. Send name and ad dress to X, care Evening News. BRICKLAYING and plastering. Address O. F. Evans, contractor, Macon, Ga. WANTED>—A few men who can r ad and •talk English to call at 165 Ccton ave nue and learu how to make SIOO per month. WANTED—A few ladies to canvass the city from house to house. From $75 to $l5O can be made by a good worker. Address S. 01 1. care News office. FOR. SALE —Most desirable cottage home? in the city. All sanitary appliances, near both car lines. M. E. care News. BE your own boss and reap the profit of your labor. Address the “Close-Cut Novelty Agency,” Savannah, Ga., P. Q. Box 212. BARGAINS, BARGAINS—A few more fine blankets and heavy comforts at cost this week. Two air-tight wood burner heating stoves and a few coal burn ers at anything reasonable for you this week. The A. S. Thomas Furni ture Company. WANTED—HaIf house with refined fam ily. George P. Burdick & Co. WANTED—Light spring wagon, something that can be used for dray business. Address Wagon, care News. ONE furnished or three unfurnished rooms to rent. No. 452 New street. ELGIN BUTTER—We have the Macon agency for Elgin Creamery Butter. Received every week. Guaranteed fresh and sweet. Call and see us. Phone 132. Frank E. Roush Produce Co. FOUR carloads of mules, all grades and sizes, cheap. If you are thinking of buying call and see our stock. Will save you mouey. Hicks & Co., Waterman’s old stand. HEADQUARTERS for mules and horses. Two car loads of mules and horses on hand. Two car loads will arrive tomor row. All grades and sizes. Come and see them. Will sell you cheap. Hicks & Co., Waterman’s old stand. WHY not buy you a new stove. You can get one so cheap and on good easy terms. Where? At The A. S. Thomas Furniture Company, 420 Poplar street. Best stoves in town, lowest prices and best terms. WANTED—Three connecting rooms for light housekeeping or board for couple in private family; on the hill. Address Box 54. W. A. GOODYEAR, carriage, buggy and wagon shop. Horse shoeing, fine paint ing. Repairing of scales a specialty 453. 455 Poplar street. JUST RECEIVED—Three carloads of fine mules, all sizes and grades. Hicks & Co., Waterman’s old stand. FOR SALE —Desirable building lot on Cot ton avenue, near Gresham High School. Address E. E. Dickinson, care Central Railroad, Macon, Ga. LOANS on farms or city property can be made by us cheaper now than ever be fore and more promptly. Security Loan and Abstract Company. YOU ean do beter by buying from us on good easy terms than any other house in town. Call and see goods, get prices and terms and we will do the rest The A. S. Thomas Furniture Co., 420 Poplar street. MULES AND HORSES—We have on hand assortment of mules and horses, from the cheapest to the finest. You will save money by examining our stock before buying elsewhere. Water man & Co., new brick stables, Fourth street. HELLO! 558 Mulberry street, Migrath's Portrait Copying and Picture Framing House. Do you want a picture en larged or framed first-class but cheap, or a beautiful Klondike diamond breast or scarf pin, ear or finger ring, stud or cuff button for a Christmas present? If so, remember Migrath’s, opposite Hotel Lanier, 558 Mulberry street. FRESH Huntley & Palmer’s dinner bis cuit, Albert biscuit, German sugar wafers, ginger, vanilla, lemon, Gra ham and banquet wafers, lemon and vanilla creams, beaten biscuit, cold water biscuit, animal crackers, ginger nuts, etc. Ginger snaps, sc. pound. Flournoy. FOR SALE—“Electric City” bicycle Good comuitipa. Cheap, at 136 Cole street. BIRDS, poultry, celery and cranberries. Flournoy. ■ STRAYED OR STOLEN—From my house in Vineviile a hay mare. Suitable re ward for her return. News and Opinions OF National Importance. i HL£ SUN ALONE Contains Both. Daily, by mail $6 a year D’ly and Sunday,by mail..sß a year The Sunday Sun is the greatest Sunday Newspaper in tie world. Price 5- a copy. By mail $2 a year Address THE SUN, New York. ... Dainty Designs On delicate china—graceful shapes, tastefully colored—are in every piece. That’s descriptive of the latest arrivals in my china stock. Some of it rather costly —most of it very moderate in cost—seme downright cheap, but all pretty, all good, all full value at he prices. Acknowledged headquarters for china, Ciockery, Glassware, Tinware Wooden-' ware, Lamps, Stoves and Housekeepers’ Novelties, J. W. Domingos 561 Mulberry St, Horse Shoeing. New and Improved Methods, Guarantee! to Stop Forging. Scalping Knee and Shin Hitting. Prevents Contraction, corns and all ailments caused by improper shoing. Diseases of the leg and foot a specialty. PROF. C. H. MESSLER, 620 Fourth Street. Carried off highest honors of his class. Boston 1895. Philadelphia 1896. Academy of Music, Two Nights, Beginnig Monday, the 14th, the Favorite Comedian, EDWIN TRAVERS, Supported by a Superb Company, Present ing Gillette’s Famous Comedy, “The Private Secretary,” Tuesday Night the latest Musical Comedy Success. “A Jolly Night.” Prices Cut in Half, 50c., 3sc., 25c. No higher. Seats now on sale at Harry L. Jones Co.’s. Academy of Music. Wednesday, Feb. 16, Daniel Frohman's Company in His New York Lyceum Theatre Success, “The Prisoner of Zenda.” By Anthony Hope Hawkins. Prices, 25c., 50c., 75c., sl, $1.25, $51.50. Sale opens Tuesday.