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8 Per Cent Guaranteed! n | r l l, e»niß •*”d-aonn*Hr. Stork seeur’>d Imprwed rest ratafee In more Th * depoaitad with I nloa «*via ;a R aU k aud f rut Co. GEO. A SMITH, Gen. Min. Equitable Building and Loan Association, M<e H», G*., 4Oi Inird Street. ESTABLISHED 1884. COURT OF ffIESTMM WILL MHCE WORK Associated Press Correspondent Sends in a Very Sensa- Dispatch. WDO HOLE Is Said to Have Been Discov ered in the Bottom of the Maine. IS EMPHATICALLY DENIED, London Correspondent Says That Visitors Were Allowed on the Vessel on Day of Explosion. Washington, .Feb. 17—The navy depart ment received a dispatch 'this morning fiorn Admiral Sleard, in command of ‘the North Atlantic squadron, giving details of the court of inquiry to investigate the Maine disaster as follows: "Captain Hampson, president of the court, Captain Chadwick, Lieutenant Com mander S< rot dor, Lieutenant Commander Marlx. Captain Sampson, president, of the court, is commander of the battleship lowa, now at Tortugas. Captain Chadwick is commander of the New York at Key West. Lieutenant commander Schroeder 1s executive officer of the battleship Mas ■achusebta, now at Tortugas. Lieutenant Commander Marlx is executive officer of the Vermont. He was formerly with the Maine as executive officer, before the de tail of Lieutenant Commander Wainwright who relieved him. It is believed that under the most fa vorable circumstances this investigation cannot be made for several days. Arrangements must be made for the proper working of .living oii'ifits and the board of Inquiry has just been released from duty with the Eilings court martial In this city. 'He left Washington at 11 o'clock today by a train for Key West and is supposed io be assigned to duty as the judge advo cate of the court. It is probable that the board will Ik? con veyed from Havana to Key West by the Olivette or one of the light house tenders ns it is again stated today that the navy department has no Intention of sending another man-of-war to Havana immedi ately. General fear is expressed by old officers at the navy department that the de-(ruc tion of the Maine has been so complete •it least in the forward portion of the ship, ■when* the explosion is believed to have occurred, that it would be perhaps impos sible to find sufficient, evidence in the wreck in the hull to declare with cer tainty the cause of the disaster. The reports coming from Havana and printed this morning descriptive of the occurrence of the wreck yesterday strengthen these doubts. The fallen smokesta di. the disappear ance of the big turret guns, the overturn ing of the deck forward, all seem to in dicate that enormous destraction has oc curred below, it may be said, however, that nothing has yet developed in the news from Havana as to the appearance of the wreck or in the conflicting stories of the survivors to the change opinion of a majority of the officers stationed in the navy department that the Maine was sunk as the result of an internal explosion. As to the origin of this explosion there Is still a wide difference of opinion, but the coal bunker theory today finds very many more strong supporters than any other theory. This theory is based on the supposition that spontaneous combustion in one of the bunks which, in the Maine, are separated from the magazine forward by a single thin partition of iron ignited the maga zine and caused the destruction of the ves sel. Proofs of similar fires on other vessels of the navy being produced in profusion at the navy department today. EVIDENCES OF TORPEDO. Sensational Dispatch Sent Out by Associated Press Correspondent. Key West. Feb. 17—The correspondent here of the Associated Press has just re turned to this place on board the Olivette from the scene of the wreck of the United States battleship Maine. Divers who have been working about her bottom have dis covered an inch percussion hole in the plate. Admiral M&nterola has sum moned Captain Sigsbee to appear before a militar judge penal to make the neces sary depositions. All proof of torpedo work will be removed. Another man-of war is expected here tonight. A bulletin from Key West, indicating that evidence of the use of a torpedo had been discover ed in the case of the man-of-war Maine, was written and sent by Mr. Weatherford, the regular Associated Press correspond ent at Key West, who went to Havana re cently and who left the latter city yester day (Wednesday) at 1 p. m. on the steam er Olivette. NOT CONFIRMED. The President Had Heard Nothing of Evi dence of a Torpedo. Washington, Feb. 17 —The Key West bulletin regarding the finding of a hole in the bottom of the plate of the Maine, and referring to the work of a torpedo, was sent to the White House by the Associated Press and shown to President McKinley. His only comment was that it was the first he had heard of it. The president not wish to make any statement con ; ‘Tuning the reports that come regarding disaster, but he permitted the fact to ‘ be known that the administration had no advices tending to confirm the Key West report. DISCREDITED. The Story is Not Believed at the Navy Yard. Washington, Feb. 17—The navy depart ment discredits the story coming from Key West that divers have found an 8-inch percussion hole la the bottom of the Maine. Secre ‘ary Lon;; says there is no such thing as a percussion hole and that there is no 8-lnch torpedo and no other way in which such hole could be account ed for. It is. of course, possible that a shell exploding inside of the ship pierced a hole of that kind in the outer skin, but that it would be readily revealed by the character of the angle and whether or not the skin bulged in or out around the punc ture. It is more likely, if there is any hole at all of the kind, that it is simply an outlet of one of rhe numerous pieces from the inside of the Maine. Secretary Ix.ng positively denies that Captain Sigs bee has in any way through his telegrams expressed the opinion that a torpedo caus ed the disaster or that it came’ from ex ternal cause. Captain Sigsbee said, on the contrary, he could not venture to express an opinion. FROM GOOD SOURCE The Associated Prsss ’Correspondent Says the Report Came. New York, Feb. 17. —One of the regular staff correspondents of the Associated Press at Key West cabled from there at 11:35 this morning that the report of the finding of a hole in tae hull of the Maine, evidently caused by a torpedo, was sent from Havana just before the Olivette sailed, and from a source regarded as re liable, but cannot be verified owing to the strict censorship at Havana. The report is not verified bythe officers of the Maine, who have arrived at Key West from Ha vana. FROM INTERIOR Officers and Men of the Maine Think the Ex plosion Came. Key West, Feb. 17 —The Associated Press correspondent here has had an op portunity to question a number of officers and men who were aboard the warship at the 'time of the explosion and the univer sal opinion of all of them is that the ex plosion is due to some interior cause and not the result of explosion of a torpedo on the outside. IN MADRID. Much Regret is Expressed Over the Maine Disaster. Madrid, -Feb. 17—The disaster to the United States battleship Maine is sincere ly lamented by the press and public here, and especially by the Spanish officials whose regrets are mingled with apprehen sions lest the accident is used as au aug ment for American hostility. The Queen Regent is visibly affected and displayed i motion and pleasure at the friendly con duct of the Spanish sailors and authorities at Havana. General Stewart L. Wood ford. United States minister, is receiving private as well as official expressions of sympathy, and the government is confi dent that “the able policy of President McKinley and the good sense of the ma jority of Americans will maintain peace.” VISITORS GN THE MAINE. It would Have Seen Easy to Have Deposited a Bomb. New York. Feb. 17—The Evening World has received from Sylvester Sccvel, its cor r -pendent at Havana, the following reply to the inquiry as to whether strangers were allowed on the Maine the day of the disaster: “Yes, visitors were on the Maine all the afternoon of the day of the explo sion. A bomb might then have been de posited near the magazine, as I have al ready cabled. Cables are much delayed here." WILL VISIT US The Spanish Battleship Vescaya Will Come to New York. Madrid, Feb. 17—Premier Senor Sagasta has held an important conference with the Minister Marine and Rear Admiral Ber mejo on the subject of a voyage of the first-class armored cruiser. Vlsoaya, to the United States. It is said at the ministry in Madrid a long telegram in cipher has been sent to the Spanish charge d affairs at Washington to Senor Dußose. directing him to give instructions of ihe precise character to the commander of the Vis caya, so soon as that vessel reaches the American coast “So that he may be pre pared to avoid all eventualities.” It is possible that the charge d' affairs will personally go to New York to deliver the instructions referred to. WILL CARE FOR THEM Resolution for Appropriation for the Families of the Victims. ■Washington, Feb. 17. —It is probable that the families of the victims of the Maine disaster will be cared for by the govern ment, as were the survivors of those lost in the Samoan hurricane several years ago. when fifty-four American officers and sail ors were lost from the Nipsic, Vandalia and Trenton, which were wrecked on that ocasion. Representative McClellan, cf New York, introduced a joint resolution appro priating $150,000 for this purpose in the house today. ILLINOIS Offers Her Moral and Material Support to the President. Springfield, 111., Feb. 17—Governor Tan ner today oalk-d on the legislature to au thorize a tender to the president of the United States “The moral and material support of Illinois" to prevent or punish any attempt at a hostile invasion of our country." This he did in a message to the senate and house. In the senate the message came as a profound surprise. The debate on the Berry police report was interrupted to re ceive it. While it was being read by the governor's private secretary there was the deepest silence in the senate and at its conclusion there was a burst of applause from both sides. ALLEN’S RESOLUTION. Washington. Feb. 17—Senator Allen in troduced a resolution today instructing the senate committee on naval affairs to in vestigate the Maine explosion. It went over under objections until 'tomorrow. LONDON MARKET Operators on the Stock Exchange Were Un decided. London, Feb. 17—Operators on the stock exchange today were undecided. The tight ened money market as well as the Maine THE MACON NEWS, disaster tended to check fresh business. American railroads opened more cheerful, but until Wai street shows the way the market here is indisposed to do much bus iness. Although the volume is small, prices materially improved upon parity level. Spanish securities are firmer on the belief that the destruction of the Maine was the result of pure accident. GERMANY DENIES That Any Effort at a Demonstration Against Us Will be Made. Berlin, Feb. 17—The North German Ga zette this afternoon says it is authorized to state that the recent report emanating from Madrid that a number of high Span ish officials propose to leave their cards at the Germon embassy with a view of thus setting on foot a demonstration against the United States is utterly devoid of foundation. AS SEEN IN MACON. What People Say Locally About the Maine Disaster. The principal topic of conversation on thestreet today, sa it was yesterday, is the Maine disaster, and there is hardly a man in Macon who has not some opin ion of his own, which is expressed to every person he meets. When one stops on the corner where is always to be heard the latest and most interesting news, the first thing he hears is expressions of this nature: “I think we ought to go down there and show them that we are net to stand their foolishness any longer. If I was president I would send every boat in the navy down there and shoot every Spaniard that I saw.” Then could be heard the gentle remon strance of the cooler headed man and he begins to set forth the results of such an unwise and hasty action. Nothing of a warliike nature has oc curred in several years that has attracted as much interest and in many cases anx iety for war as has the Maine disaster, though none can give reason for the desire to precipitate a war. The general tone of feeling towards the Spanish and the tardy manner in which the United States au thorities have acted in the Cuban matter which is pronounced by all clear thinking people to be caution well <| splayed, has wrought the impatient up to such a pitch that the only thing that will satisfy them just now is war, though none of them are anxious to participate. The flag on the Uniited States court house is flying today at half mast on ac count of the disaster under a general order sent cut by the government. Anxiety for further news is expressed and the News telephone is kept busy by the inquiries as to the latest. The universal belief is that the disaster was the result of treachery on the part of the Spaniards and feeling runs high. A News reporter tried this morning to get a variety of opinion, but in realty it is all one way. Those who do not say that they are convinced that the Maine was sunk by the hand of a Spaniard hesitate to declare that it was an accident. They prefer to wait for further developments and say that the closest investigation should be made. Nothing of a public na ture that has happened of late years has stirred up so much general talk. NEW TERMS. Twelve Specific Propositions Which Will Be Submitted to the Patriots. Havana, Feb. 17.—Radical members of the Autonomist party have decided to make more liberal offers 'to the Cuban pa triots for peace in the island. Twelve prop ositions, as follows, will be submitted: “1. The volunteers will be dissolved, and a Cuban militia will be formed. “2. The insurgent colonels and generals will be recognized. “3. 'Cuba will be called to pay only $100,000,000 out cf the $600,000,000 indebt ednessdue for both wars. “4. Cuba 'will pay $2,000,000 for the crown list. “5. Cuba will make her ow’d treaties without interference by the Madrid gov ernment. “6. Spanish products will have only a 10 per cent. margin of protection over simi lar products from other countries. “7. No exiles or deportations will be made, even in time of war, to iSpain, Africa or to penal settlements. “8. Death sentences for rebellion shall be abolished. “9. iMartial law cannot be ordered by 'the captain general without the assent of both the house and senate, if these bodies are in session, or without the assent of a ma jortiy of the cabinet if they are not in ses sion. “10. The archbishop of Santiago de Cuba shall always be a native Cuban. “11. The actual insurgent party shall have three seats in the first cabinet. “15. An armistice of fifteen days will be granted for the discussion of terms of peace.” These terms are accepted by the Auton omistparty in full with .the exception of Senors Galvez, Montonoro, %ayres and De Son to. TWO - HUNDRED Fishermen Were Carried Out to Sea on an Ice Floe. Copenhagen, Feb. 17 —A dispatch re ceived here from Helsingfors says that a tract of ice on the coast of the gulf of Inlan broke adrift in a snow storm and was carried to sea with 200 fishermen and several horses. Advertise in The News and reach the people. GROWING IN POPULARITY. Only Two Days Remaining to See the Dis play of Food Articles—Call Tomorrow. Only two days are remaining in w’hich to see the display of food articles now on exhibition in our store. Remember valu able hints on good cooking will be given by the skilled attendant in charge and a nice light luncheon will be served, gratis, •between the hours of 10:30 a. m. and 4 p. m. The exhibit has been steadily grow ing in popularity every day this week and a large number of the ladies have called. We cordially invite all and lady friends to call tomorrow and next day and look through our various departments and see the special attractions in new desirable goods we are offering, particularly the bargain silk counter. You will find on it choice silks, elegant dresden patterns, former price 75c to $1.25 marked down to 50c. to close out. And d< 't forget to take lunch with us. BURDEN, SMITH & CO. FIFTY KILLED In a Terrible Explosion in a Russian Colliery Today. Bochum. Prussia, Feb. 17—A terrible explosion of fire damp occurred in the Vereinights Oaroclinengleurk colliery at Hamme this morning. Thirty-seven bod ies have been recovered. In addition many miners were seriously injured. It is be lieved that fifty persons perished. You cap talk to 10.000 every day through the columns of The News, MACON NEWS THURSDAY FEBRUARY x 7 1898. INJUNCTION IS TALKED OF An Effort May be Made to Prevent the Building of Pest House. TOTH Os THIRTEEN CASES In the City and County—Ail of the Cases Light—Physic : ans Advo cate Compulsory Vaccination. And now an effort is to be made to stop the building of a pest house at the place proposed by the county commission ers and the Board of Health of the city. This morning a man named Douglass, who lives in about two hundred yards of the place where the pest house it to be built informed the chairman of the Board ot Health that he would enjoin. Legal opinion is to the effect that Doug lass would be able to carry out his wishes in this respect. A conference was held this morning and what the result will be cannot now be said, but it is very probable that the loca tion of the pest will have to be changed unless some agreement can be reached be tween Douglass and the authorities. There are now actually twelve cases of small pox in the city. Six of these cases are on Calhoun street in one house, where the woman Johnson, the first case that appeared, lives. None of the cases are serious and they are all now, with the exception of the last reported case, in a fairway to recovery. Os course, the last cases have not gone through the critical stages, but there is no reason to suppose that they are any worse than the others. The twelve cases in the city are as fol lows : Four cases on Magnolia street: Miss Knox, her sister, father and the nurse who has had charge of the cases. One case on Monroe street, a negro, and one case on New street at the back of the Corbett house as reported today in the News. These are all the city cases. Nothing new was reported today and the chair man of he Board of Health says that he does not think that any of the cases are at all likely to result fatally. There is one case in the county out side of the city. That of the negro boy living in Craft’s alley, in Vineville. This makes a total of thirteen cases al together, so far as known, in the county and city combined. The work of vaccination is being car ried on very rapidly and probably 11,000 people have been inoculated since vacci nation at he city hail commenced. Work on the pest house was commenced this morning, the lumber being hauled on to the ground, and unless the injunction being talked of is put into force in a few days it will be ready for occupation. Physicians cf reputation who speak of the situation do not deny that it is very grave and advise the utmost precaution. None of them now deny the existence of small pox in the city and as the best and in fact, the only two methods of extermi nation recognized are vaccination and isolation, they urge upon every resident of the city the importance of vaccination, both as a public and a private duty. Many of them say that on acount of the dis inclination of a large number of people and especially of the negroes, to be vac cinated, the safest method would be com pulsory vaccination for all people in the city as the only way of securing immunity, such as will insure protection for every one. CO-EDUCATION. Colored Baptists Adopted the Suggested Plan Last Night. The Baptist Educational convention in session here has decided to adopt the edu cational plan as proposed by the Home Mission Educational society of New York City, and voted to that effect last night. When it was decided 'to do this there was a split in the body, and about 150 who were opposed to the plan lert tire church, and said that they would not support the action. As soon as it was decided to adept the plan the election of officers for the state association was gone into, and resulted as follows: E. R. Carter, of Atlanta, president; W. G. Johnson, of Macon, vice president; E. P. Johnson, of Madison, second vice pres ident: J. J. Durham, of Savannah, third vice president; S. K. Floyd, Augusta, sec retary. The headquarters of the association will be in Atlanta. The following board of state managers was elected this morning: G. H. Duell, Augusta; E. R. Carter, At lanta; E. G.Fisher, Atlanta; A. Perm, Au gusta; 'Willis Murphy, Atlanta; W. G. Johnson, Macon; W. L. Jones, Atlanta; E. P. Johnson, Madison; A. J. Alleft Cuth ibert; C. T. "Walker, Augusta; J. J. Dur ham, Savannah; R. S. Davidson, Athens: P. J. Bryant, Americus; A. P. Menden, Athens; S. S. Crawford. Tennille. The plan as proposed by the New York Home Mission EEdueational society Is to take charge of all the buildings (belonging to the colored Baptists of the state, and conduct the plan of education in the state with the assistance of the Baptist church, which will furnish the funds. The Bap tists of the state have two colleges and several academies, which will be turned over to the society, and the co-operative educational plan entered into. A picture of the convention was taken this morning. POPULISTS Senator Butler Takes a Shot at the Republican Ad ministration. ulist convention here has come to an end with the victory for the fusion force. The state convention was set for June 15, and the middle-of-theroaders. desiring an April convention, found themselves so much in the minority that they made no struggle. They will make an effort to control the convention, however. Senator Butler, in his speech at the last meeting, took a shot at the administration. Some one called out, “How about the Maine?” He replied, pointing his finger solemnly at the interrupter, ' “I don’t know how about it, but if we had a truly American administration I know we would know about it soon.” Bucklin’s Arnica Salve The best salve In the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, apd 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. sale by H. J, Lamar & Sens’ drug •tort. . . ORIOLES COMING. They Will Practice in Macon This Spring at Central City Park. Mr. Thad Parker received a leter this morning tnat the ißaltimcie base- ball club w.ii come to Macon again this spring to practice about ten days, and to get the benefit of the Mascotting powers of the Macon ball diamond. Manager Ned Hanlon announced some time ago that he had <|ecided to go to ThomasvNle, but he has since decided that this would be an unwise step for the team, and that Macon is the only place where the team can get the proper Hoodo on the other teams of the big league. The decision of the team depended on the action of council upon the request of Manager Hanlon to have the ball diamond at Central City park fixed up. Council has decided to make the improvements asked for by the club, and the team will come to Macon some time in March. The Orioles have always been favorites in Macon, and all of them are well known here. The team will be very much the same that it was last year. They will be quartered at the Brown House. THE SOCIETY CIRCUS. The Elks are Advertising the Event Exten sively for March Twelfth. The large advertising posters for the so ciety circus to be given by the Macon Elks on the 12th of March have arrived and now they are seen on every bill board and adjacent fences. The circus is attracting atention all over the state and there will be a large number of visiting Elks present when the event takes place. The program has been arranged on the most extensive plan and promises to be an event of much brilliance. WERE DELIGHTED. Mr. and Mrs Cross Went Through Colored Schools Yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Cross of Montpelier, Vt., were shown through the colored public schools yesterday afternoon and expressed themselves as being delighted with the sight. The couple have never been south be fore and were anxious to see how the col ored schools were conducted. Mr. Cross says he thinks the south is doing far more for the negroes than any other section of the country, and he was surprised to see that they 'were treated in the schools with equal consideration with the white chil dren. d’elighted Was Last Night’s Audience With the Prisoner of Zenda. The most pleasing performance seen in Macon for some time and one of the best in the history of the Academy of Music was that given by the Prisoner of Zenda company last nignt. The play, like the novel, is strong in its conception, is original and from the first is was apparent that it was full of oppor tunity for the playwright. In hands such as those to whom it has been entrusted in the persons of he com pany that presented the Prisoner of Zenda last night it is a wonderfully fine per formance and when to that is added the admirable staging and the general care with wi’Jn the play is produced, even on a one night stand, too much credit cannot be given. There has never been a more thoroughly interested nor a more thoroughly pleased audience in the Macon house than that of last night. They were not drawn there by any one particular star, but by the play, and the play was given to them without any effort to make one member of the company more prominent than another. Each of the powerful and attractive characters In the play was well presented. Every one of the magnificent and dramatic climaxes were drawn to the strongest con clusion. No opportunity was lost. A good example was set by some of the stars that have visited Macon at advanced prices and have contented themselves in their production with the very ordinary scenery of the theatre, very much to the disgust of those who understand the pro prieties. The utmost care was observed last night in the staging of each act. The scenery was good and faithful. The cos tumes were true and the effect was sus tained from the beginning to the end of the performance. Manager Horne is to be congratulated on the production of the Prisoner of Zenda at the Academy last night. HABEAS CORPUS Case Was Tried This Morning Before Ordi nary Wiley. Ordinary C. M. V.’il-ey -this morning heard the habeas corpus case of Mrs. Nannie Cain against Seaborn Cain for the possession by the mother of their child. The father and mother live in East Ma con and have been separated, the father having possession of the child. Tha mother sues for possession. An agreement between the parties in the case was postponed until May 17th, the mother to have the child in the interim. In this way the ordinary hopes that the parents will be able to arrive at an ami cable agreement and that the case will be dismissed before the time comes for the trial again. NOT GOING OUT Os Business, But Are Selling at Lowest Prices Just the Same. F. A. Gutenberger & Co., 422 Second street, are not going out of business; but have the very best grades of pianos and organs at lowest prices and easy terms. Lot of second-hand pianos from $25 to $150; second-hand organs from $lO to SSO. Sale on now. Call at once and secure a bargain. The Coming Woman. Who goes to the club while her husband tends the baby, as well as the good old fashioned woman who looks after her home, will at times get run down in health. They will be troubled with loss of appetite, bearaches, sleeplessness, fainting or dizzy spells. The most wonderful rem edy fcr these women is Electric Bitters. Trcusf.nus cf sufferers from lame back and v.eak kidneys rise up and call it blessed. It is the medicine for women. Female complaints and nervous troubles of all kinds are soon relieved by the use of Elec tric Bitters. Delicate women should keep this remedy on hand to build up the sys tem. Only 50e. per bottle. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Son. A Straight Line. **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 interview* without the expense, fatigue and incon venience of traveling. Second point—A night rate has been established and connections between the hours of 6 p. m. and 8 a. m. can be had at •ae-hatt of the day rate*. THAT GRESHAM MEMORIAL Will be One of the Subjects Under Discussion by Association. AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING To be Held Tomorrow—The Board of Directors Will in All Proba bility be Re-elected. The Macon Hospital Association will hold its annual meeting tomorrow after noon. At that time the new board of di rectors will be elected and there is no reason to suppose that there will be any change in 'the personnel of the board as it ■ait present exists. The report of the finance committee will show that the affairs of the hospital have been managed with the utmost care and that the institution is in a good condition. It is fret horn debt except for the mort gage of $3,5v0 that still remains on the property. It is understood that a strong effort will be ait once made to wipe out this debt. In fact it is necessary that it should be cleared off before the offer of Mr. Gresham to build a memorial can be carried out. It should not be understood, however, that Mr. Gresham, of Baltimore, when he offered to build a memorial to his honored father in Macon and proposed that it be in the shape of an addition to the Macon Hospital attached any condition to his gift. He did not; but in accepting his offer the directors on their own motion de cided that it would only be proper to pay off the mortgage before they took Mr. Gresham’s money to add to the hospital building or to put 1a new building upon the site. There will not be any very great diffi culty in securing the amount necessary to pay off this mortgage. Mr. Joseph Daninenberg has started the ball rolling with a subscription of SSOO and to this have been added three one hundred dollar subscriptions bringing the total up to SBOO and within a few days, or perhaps by to morrow night the amount will have been increased to SI,OOO. The impression has gone out that Mr. Gresham’s offer to the hospital associa tion was simply to build a small addition to the hospital, but as a matter of fact the memorial building to be erected by him will be the hospital building proper and the present structure will be the annex. The Ladles Auxiliary of the hospital has already agreed to furnish the Gresham memorial building so that the amount of fered by Mr. Gresham, $6,000, will all be put upon the building. When it is taken into consideration that a hospital building is extremely plain and that no money need be spent on interior decoration the sum of $6,000 Will put up a very creditable building. The ladies auxiliary of the hos pital has done most excellent work for the last year. They now have something over SSOO in bank and will probably add large ly to that amount. CENSUS BLANKS ARRIVE. Work of the Enumerators Will be Commenced March 1. The census blanks for the taking of the census of the school children of Bibb coun ty have been received by Superintendent -Abbott. A general meeting of the enumerators w;ill be called by Professor Abbott at his office on Saturday morning, February 26, when he will give definite instructions concerning the work to be done. The work of enumerating will commence on March 1 and will take about thirty or forty days to complete. . As soon as the returns are all in Super intendent Abbott will consolidate them on a general blank provided for that purpose. When finished these consolidated returns will be forwarded to the state school com missioner. A census will be taken of all children between ‘the ages of 6 and 18 years. The number of those between the ages of 10 and 18 years who can neither nor write will be taken, the blind, the dumb, those over 10 years who have never been to school will all be given, together with the situation and the value of all school houses in the city and county. The result of this census will be an in crease in the amount of the appropriation for the next five years for Bibb county. The last census was taken in 1893. ATHENS GAME ARRANGED Mercer Will Play Them Here Sometime in May. The game of baseball between Mercer University and the University of Georgia has been arranged, and will be played in Macon some time in May. The games between these two colleges have always been most interesting, and have attracted large crowds not only from Macon, but also from the surrounding towns. Last season’s game was won by Athens, the first time they have succeeded in downing the Mercer boys in years, and the game this season will be a struggle in which both sides will fighe masterfully for the supremacy. NOT HIS BUSINESS. Hardee’s Sharp Rejoinder to Judge Advocate Barr. Savannah, Ga., Feb. 17—The court try ing Captain O. M. Carter gave up consid erable time this morning to examining the charge of swearing falsely in the city court of Savannah in the case of J. B. Brown vs. the Atlantic Contracting Com pany. William P. Hardee, Brown’s attorney, went upon the stand. He Is very friendly to Captain Carter, and when Judge Ad vocate Barr asked him to recite the tes timony of the accused in the case referred to he refused to do so. “Do you remember the oath you took when you became a member of the bar?" the judge advocate asked. “That sir is none of your business,” was the rejoinder. The discussion created the most pro found sensation of the day. Other witnesses were introduced in con nection with the charge referred to. John K. Garnett, of Garnett, S. C., went upon the stand and swore that Captain Carter was a stockholder in the Hunting Island Land Company from which the Atlantic Contracting Company obtained the brush for the mattress work in the Savannah river. News is the cheapest advertising medium in Georgia. You Can’t Buy intelligently and with entire satisfaction to yourself until you have seen our selection of the Latest SPRING DERBIES, In all the popular shapes and colors. Our line of AI—PINEZS Are superb, from the cheapest quality to the best grade. Satisfaction guaranteed. . /< /7 si tßib’s EYeiuthinoT In Knowing That you have the correct thing when you pay out money for footwear. Any body can sell Shoes, but you want the right kind. Everybody v ill tell you that WE sell the right kind. Stick a pin here, ladies. The Strong Shoe Company 368 Second st. Piione 410. Willingham Sash and Door Company. 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