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MURDERED!
The Prices on Pianos Io The
Irvine Warerooms.
EVERY INSTRUMENT
To be Sold at Less Than the
Factory Cost, On
EASY immii EMITS.
These Pianos Must be Sold Before
the Sale Closes, ana the Prices
Will do the Business.
OPENS SATURDAY
It Will Only Take a Few Minutes to Step
Into Irvine's Warerooms and Verify
Every Statement Made.
No such opportunely has ever been pre
tunted to the citizens of Macon and adja
cent territory to buy a piano for less than
the actual factory cost, and that too on
nniall monthly payments, as will be given
ut the great closing out sale of the Irvine
Music House.
This sale will open on Saturday morn
ing, and there will be thorwn upon the
market a great number of pianos of the
Jiighewt grade, such as
Chickerings,
Kimballs,
Franklins,
Knabes,
Albrechts,
Fischers,
(Hinzes.
Every instrument is new and fully guar
anteed. Each one is marked in plain fig
ures, and it only takes a few minutes to
step into Irvine’s and see what these
prices arc.
Every statement made in the papers
will then be confirmed.
There will be placed on sale Saturday
morning fine $350 to $550 pianos for $lB7,
$lO7, $266, $247, S2OB.
Twenty-five dollars cash and $lO per
month will buy them.
There will be offered medium size, high
grade pianos, that retail everywhere at
$325 to $175, for $173, $lB3 to $236.
Twenty-five dollars cash and $lO per
month will buy them.
There will be offered pianos in inexpen
sive cases, but of the very best makes,
and fully guaranteed for $l4B, $152 to $l6B.
Twenty-five dollars cash and $lO per
month will buy them.
The organs will be sold at prices that
seem simply too ridiculous to mention, but
$6 cash and $5 a month will buy them.
Sale opens Saturday morning and will
continue ten days.
Those living outside of Macon Should
telegraph friends here to look into this
eale for them. Pianos sold outside of Ma
con will be hauled and delivered at depot
here. The prices are 'too low to pay
irH-ghl.
POSTPONED.
Mr. Young’s Engagement
Commences Tomorrow
Night.
Owing to the inability of Mr. Young to
arange his route so as to reach Macon to
night, the performance intended for to
night will not be given, but Mr. Young w ill
open his engagement here tomorrow night
in “David Garrick,” giving “The Lady of
(Lyons" for Saturday matinee, and “'Ham
lev” Saturday night.
The performances deserve to draw a lib
eral patronage from the fact that Mr.
Young and bis company are deserving of
nuch. The entire press of the south are
unanimous in their praise of Mr. Young
and his company, and the plays announced
•will be produced in the very best manner
possible as to costuming and special scen
ery. The performances are given for .the
benefit of the St. Joseph Cadets, one of our
most worthy organizations, and whose
members are taking an active interest in
the same.
Courted Into Court.
On next Wednesday night Marie Dress
ier and Mr. John C. Rice, two of the best
known professional people on the stage,
will be at the Academy of Music in one of
the most laughable society comedies that
has ever been produced in Macon. The
Academy management guarantees this
performance to be the 'best of the kind
that has ever been, or will be, seen this
season.
Shore Acres.
On next Thursday Mr. James A. Herne
will be at the Academy in his magnificent
pastoral play, Shore Acres, which will be
produced with all the original cast and
special scenery. This is Mr. Herne’s first
•visit to the south, and will likely be his
last, and theatregoers should not miss the
opportunity of witnessing .the perform
ance. Os its kind it will be the very best
that has been given at the Academy in
years.
I An Indicator
Os What is Contino This
Season a DolightfiUly
In stylish
Soring wIRilRk Awfully
| Footwear. Comfortable
;> Charmingly Reasonable.
<► We don t have to catch up—you can always find us
I at the head.
CLISBY &, M°KAY,
PHONE 29.
What is Going
On in Society.
Mrs. William Lee Ellis gave a card par
ty yesterday in honor of Mrs. Luc.us
Lunar, of Mexico. The first prize, a Vene
tian glass sugar bowl and -cream pitcher,
was won by Mrs. Gray Goodwyn, and pre
sented byher to Mrs. Lamar. Mrs. Ba-on
received the “booby" prize, and also gave
it to the guest of honor. The consolation
prize was cut for by everybody, and won
by Mrs. Louis Stevens.
• » •
The Young Ladies’ Luncheon Club was
entertain* d yesterday afternoon by Miss
Aimee Dunwoody at the home of Mrs.
Dunwoody. The prize, a Bohemian glass
vase, was won by Miss Eunice Williams.
The club will be entertained at its next
meeting by Miss May Kennedy.
• • •
Mrs. Frank West and Miss Mary Tins
ley have issued invitations to a card party
Friday afternoon in honor of Mies Nall, of
of Griffin.
• • •
Mrs. Walter Douglass Lamar has sent
out invitations to a luncheon to be given
Saturday at 2 o’clock.
• • •
Mrs. Bagley, of New York, is with her
parents, Capt. and Mrs. S. S. Dunlap, on
High street.
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Miss Ethel Brown leaves this week for
Augusta to visit her sister, Mrs. Benson.
• • •
Mrs. H. M. Wortham and Mrs. Lee Jor
dan are expected borne next week. They
have made an extended European tour,
spending several months in Paris and
making a stay oif some length in Rome.
The many friends of these popular women
will be glad to welcome them home.
The members of the Macon Lodge of
Elks are making great preparations for
theicSociety Cirous on -March 12th. They
have sent out the following unique invita
tions to the other lodges:
“There’ll be a hot time
In the old town
That night.”
Macon Lodge, No. 20, B. P. O. E.
Society Circus,
March 12, 1898,
Beloved: —
We, “The People of Macon,” being the
members of Macon I_>odge, 230, B. P. O. E.,
intend to have a real nice, hilarious time
on March 12, 1898, being the occasion of
the
“SOCIETY CDRiOUS,”
given under the auspices and for the ben
efit of the Elks. We want our antlered
brethren from every enclosureto join us
here, bringing with -them accumulated
gobs of hunger and thirst. In fact, we
want to play an unlimited game of hospi
tality with you, table steaks.
In -the verbiage of the polite letter writer
the invitation which wo extend to you
should read 'this-a-way:
“The members of “Macon Lodge, No.
230, B. P. O. E., request the -pleasure of
your company at the “Society Circus,” and
subsequent social session to be given in
Macon on March 12, 1898.”
R. S. V. P.
But the -full purpose, Intent and effect
of this agreement cannot be expressed in
such meagre form.
A monster parade will be given in which
lions, the elks and the elephants will par
ticipate, and we want as many elks in line
as -possible.
Come along and help us to paw up the
earth. Help us to make history for this
city, this state and our country. Macon
needs a coat of paint, and while we are
good workmen -we want more weight—
we’ve got the paint.
Yours in loving anticipation,a
(Macon Lodge, No. 230.
Low rates on all railroads.
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The 'beautiful canta't, “King -Rene’s
Daughter,” for solo and chorus, will be
given under the direction of Miss Loudon
at the Wesleyan 'College chapel on Mon
day, Feb. 21st., at 8 o’clock.
The St. Cecelia class will -be assisted by
the following soloists: Mrs. Clifford Wil
liams, Mrs. Lucile Brown, Miss Maud
Campbell -and Miss Cobb. For the song
reci-tal which will form 'Part I. -to the pro
gram, the following musicians have kindly
given their services: Mrs. Wallace Eu
gene McCaw, Mrs. Ed Schofield, Mrs. -Clif
ford Williams, Mrs. Stallings, Mr. Monroe
Ogden and Wm. E. -Dunwody. Mrs. Wil
liams will sing the song, -which has just
been published. The entertainment is -to
be given for the benefit of the -musical
history department of the Wesleyan Col
lege library.
* * •
It seems -that some Atlanta matron has
seenfit -to write a lecture to the girls-of
that city, telling them that she doesn’t
think it -good manners to permit indis
criminate kissing. Ofcourse 'people out
side of Atlanta and in -that city, -too, no
doubt, are surprised to hear that the young
women in society need any reproof on -that
score. Anyhow, it seems -that the re-ported
state of affairs has reached New York, and
Miss Isa Urquhart Glenn, of Atlanta, now
studying artin New York, was interviewed
on the subject. Miss Glenn is an acknowl
edged belle, -and these who know her need
not be told -that she is fully capable of de
fending her side of any question. Both the
New York Herald and the 'Philadelphia
Times print an interview -wi-th Miss Glenn
in which she emphatically denies that it
is at -all the custom with Atlanta women to
use the kiss as a mode of greeting.
• • •
The Log Cabin german will take place
next Friday night, rain or shine, and -the
young men are requested to make engage
ments promptly.
• « •
Miss Settle, who has been the admired
guest of Miss Theo Chestny, left yesterday
for -Atlanta.
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Miss Florrie Jeane -Richards, of Griffin,
is visiting Mrs. W. T. Morgan, on First
street.
Free of Charge to Sufferers.
Cut this out and take it to your druggist
and get a sample bottle free of Dr. King’s
New Discovery, for consumption, coughs
and colds. They do not ask you to buy
before trying. This will show you the
great merits of this truly wonderful rem
edy. and show what can be accomplished
by the regular size bottle. This is no ex-
I periment, and would be disastrous to the
proprietors did they not know it would
I invariably cure. Many of the best physi
j clans are now using it in their practice
: with great results, and are relying on it
in most severe cases. It is guaranteed.
I Trial bottles free at H. J. Lamar & Sons’
drug store. Regular size 50 cents and sl.
You can talk to 10,000 every day through
I the columns of The Newt.
SAID TO BE
THEJEST YET
Macon’s Streets May be Like
Those of Paris and
London.
WOODEN BLOCKS
Said to be the Most Satisfactory-
Wooden Paving Material
What is Said Os It.
Macon has so far heard something about
every paving material in use, but she has
not yet hoard much of the Williams
block pavement, with which the “noise
less treets of Paris” and of London are
paved. But she is to hear of this pave
ment, and if the claims made by Captain
John H.Grant and W. P. Laramore, of At
lanta, who are here in the interests of this
material are true, then Macon is to be
given an opportunity to pave her streets
with -the best, most noiseless and most
durable pavement known to modern times.
While very few 'people are acquainted
with the merits of the Williams block
pavement, it must -be tma.gined that it
is a new, untried material. Messrs. Grant
and Larramore came -to Macon fully pre
pared to prove the marits of the Williams
block pavement, and to allow that no other
material equals it
It is in use in Paris, in London, in San
Francisco and a great many other places,
and it is said to have stood the test of
years. Atlanta is oi.e of the first cities
'this side of the Rooky Mountains to try
-the wooden blocks, and it is said the peo
ple of that city now give this material
preference.
The Atlanta Journal recently contained
the following in reference to the .work in
that city:
It now looks as if the repaving of Wash
ington street from Alabama to Woodward
avenue will be -put through without any
unnecessary delay.
Mr. Green B. Adair, junior councilman
from the Second ward, who is a resident
of that popular thoroughfare, has taken
the matter in hand. He is now -conferring
■with City Attorney Anderson in regard to
the matter, and the latter is of the opin
ion that all that will be necessary is -the
re-introduction and -passage by the general
council of the former ordinance ordering
the taking up of -the Ibelgian blocks and
the laying down of the -new pavement.
When the ordinance was -passed last year
there were a number of property owners
who objected to the repaving of Washing
ton street on the ground that it would en
tail unnecessary expense upon a number
of the property owners.
The case was carried into the state
courts, and finally reached the supreme
court, where a decision was reached -a
short -time ago in favor of the petitioners
for repaving.
WILL GO TO WORK IMMEDIATELY.
“I have been designated as the man to
put it through,” said Councilman Adair
this morning, “and I am now in conference
with Judge -Anderson regarding the proper
course to pursue. He is of the opinion that
the re-introduction of the -original -ordi
nance will be the proper -thing to do, and
if he decides upon that plan I shall follow
his directions at the next meeting of coun
cil.
“If it is necessary to draw up a new or
dinance to cover the -case, that will be
done. At all events we are to put the
ball in motion so -that at least five blocks
of what we -consider the ‘hub’ of the city
so far as public thorough-fares are con
cerned, shall be properly paved.
“I have lived on the corner where I now
reside, facing Washington street, for
twenty-two years, and I have just been
calculating how much money I paid to the
city in 'taxes during that period, and it
amounts to upwards of $15,000.
“I think, like many other property own
ers, that we are jenti tied to a decent pave
men. We are tired of the rough and
noisy Belgian blocks. That portion of the
street runs in front of the capitol of the
state of Georgia, the -Girls’ High school
building, the Second 'Baptist and Central
Presbyterian churches. 'We ‘feel that we
are due some recognition from the city,
and that this beautiful highway, leading in
front of some of the most important build
ings in the city, and furnishing one of the
most frequented drives in Atlanta, should
receive deserved attention.
NOISELESS MATERIAL.
“The wooden blocks with which it is
proposed to lay the five short blocks con
templated in the ordinance, have been
tried on North avenue from Williams to
Peachtree street, and 'they have been
found pre-eminently satisfactory.
“The blocks are set in concrete with the
joints broken, and cemented with a liquid
solution of asphaltum and maltha, war
ranted to be as durable and tenacious as
the wood itself, and even mere so, and on
top of the blocks there is laid one-eighth
inches of asphalt, which makes a perfectly
noiseless pavement, and one which is guar
anteed for ten 5 ears.
“With such a pavement laid on that por
tion of Whitehall street, we will have one
of the most beautiful driveways in Atlan
ta, and we are anxious to have the work
done, at the very earliest moment pos
sible. The supreme court has decided in
our favor, and it only remains for us to get
the requisite authority from the general
council to begin the work, and I feel con
fident that there will be no further obstacle
placed in tne way of our accomplishing the
work.”
The Atlanta Constitution, alluding to the
completion of this work, said:
The new paving on North avenue was
completed yesterday. The street is now
laid with 'Williams’ wooden 'blocks, and is
one of the handsomest in the city. It is
now open to the public for the first tim
in several weeks.
Messrs. Grant and Laramore have an
abundance of testimony to offer council in
•favor cf the 'Williams blocks, and they say
they are prepared to give Macon a pave
ment that will at once include all the qual
ities of economy, durability, noiselessness
and smoothness.
Fains in the Chest.
Until I began the use of Cheney's Ex
pectorant I suffered frequently at night
with difficult breathing and pains in the
chest. I am now entirely well, and a stout
believer in your medicine. Rev. Goodman
Huges, Dahlonega, Ga.
ALCHEMIST
Who Claims to Have Made Gold From Base
Metals.
New Brunswick. N. J., Feb. 14.—A
small, mild mannered man named Ayers,
who labors in a little shop at the foot of
Richmond street, asserts that he has
solved the problem of transmutation of
base metals into gold.
“It may be claimed that I cannot manu
facture gold.” he said, “bat I manufacture
a metal that is of the same specific gravity
as gold, that responds to every test that
gold will answer, and that in chemical
combination forms the same salts as are
formed by gold. It is exactly of the ap
pearance of gold, in fact it is gold.
“My scheme is -to effect a combination of
aluminum and copper. These two metals
will not ordinarily mix, but I have suc
ceeded in forming them into a metal by the
aid of certain processes and chemical that
must remain secret for a time. The effect
of the combination Is a metal that will an
swer all the purposes that gold is put to,
one that will stand all the tests of 12-karat
gold, and possibly of 14-karat gold.’
MACON NEWS THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17 1898.
Notes Taken
On the Run.
At the parsonage of the First Street
Methodist church yesterday Mr. A. I. Car
roll, of Macon, and Miss Sudie Roach, of
Mount \ erncn. Ind., were united in mar
riage, Rev. G. W. Matthews officiating.
Col. R. W. Glading of the Monon route
is among the guests in the city today.
Col. Glading says he hasn’t time to think
of the blowing up of the Maine. He is too
busy with railroad matters.
New line of girdle jewelled belts, also
pompadour Spanish shell side combs, just
received at Lazarus' Jewelry Palace,
Cherry street.
The fire department was called out at 8
o’clock this morning on account of a small
blaze at the cross alleys at Spring. Cotton
avenue, Oak and Orange streets, in a house
occupied by a negro named Peter Purley.
The fire caught from a defective stove pipe
and only a portion of the roof was de
stroyed.
Mr. R. M. McNeal, of the Marietta Mar
ble Company, is in the city today and is
registertd at the Brown House.
W. H. Thomas, of Washington, D. C.,
is in the city today.
J. A. Cotten and B. L. Tisinger, two
well known lawyers of Thomaston, are in
the city today.
Mr. I. D. Crawford, who will be well
remembered as the proprietor at one time
cf the Hotel Lanier, has taken the man
agement of the Munston Hotel of New
York.
Deputy Marshal Frank Moseley went
down to Americus yesterday to serve the
habeas corpus papers in the injunction case
against the North Macon Land Company.
Good work is being done in the city by
the First Street mission recently estab
lished. The night school has now about
twenty pupils and the number is being
steadily increased.
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. B. S. Miller, a prominent attorney of
Columbus, is among the guests at the
Brown house today.
Mr. J. P. Foster and wife, A. A. Mur
phy and 11. F. Saunders of Atlanta, are
guests at the Brown house today.
Mr. Howell R. Simmons of Americus is
a guest at the Brown house today. Mr.
Simmons is one of the most brilliiant at
torneys at the Americus bar.
Dr. Charles Lanier Toole, dentist. Of
fice corner Second and Poplar streets.
Dr. J. M. Head, left today at 11 o’clock
for New Orleans on business. Dr. Head
is thinking of locating in the Crescent
City.
Mrs. Albert Guerry whohas been in the
city for some time past looking after the
disposal of the picture painted by her hus
band of the late L. Q. C. Lamar, left this
moring for Columbia, S. C., where she
goes to confer with a committee from the
legislature with reference to having por
traits painted of some of South Carolina’s
illustrious dead.
Dr. J. M. Mason, dentist. Office over
Beeland’s jewelry store, Triangular Block.
Telephone 452.
Not a single prisoner 'has registered at
the Bibb county jail since Tuesday.
There are les inmates now of the jail than
there has been in months. So far there
no one has come to carry Tom Allen to the
penitentiary.
COMMITTEES
Os Various Nature for Chamber of Commerce
Have Been Appointed.
President M-orrisonßogers.of the Chamber
of Commerce,has appointedrhe committees
which will act for the Chamberof -Com
merce during the coming year. It will -be
the duty of these committees to attend to
maters which will come up in their partic
ular line, and will save the necessity of
appointing temporary committees every
time -something is to be done.
The following are the -committees which
President Rogers appointed.
Transportation: J. S. Jones, chairman;
C. B. Adams, I. B. English, H. M. Worth
am, E. A. iWaxelbaum, F. W. Hazlehurst,
G. C. Johnson.
Finance—T. D. Tinsley, chairman; T. J.
Carling, W. T. Morgan, Alex Block, Joseph
Neel, O. A. Coleman, Charles Hurt.
Navigation—George A. Smith, chairman;
I. B. English, C. B. Adams, Henry Worth
am, G. C. Johnson, A. iB. Small, A. -E.
Chappell.
Inland Trade —A. B. Small, chairman;
N. B. Corbin, A. :E. Chappell, H. S. Bar
field, John Eads, R. F. Burden, John C.
Holmes.
Outward Trade—J. F. Hanson, chair
man; I. B. English, -Wallace E. McCaw,
Alex Block, B. F. Stone, J. S. Jones, Clar
ence Weekes.
Banks and Currency—J. W. Cabaniss,
chairman; F. L. Mallary, L. (P. Hillyer,
George H. iPlant, Charles -Hurt, J. M.
Johnston, W. G. Solomon.
Health and Sanitation—Dr. W. L. Win
chester, chairman; Ben L. Jones, W. S.
Schatzman, Dr. C. H. Peeke, J. W. Burke,
W. W. -Brown, C. H. Hail, Jr.
Postal -and Telegraph Service—J. H.
Hertz, chairman; ‘Albert Jones, E. S. Curd,
Claud Estes, Morris Harris, Ben L. Jones,
W. B. Sparks.
Manufacturers —-Wallace E. McCaw,
chairman; -N. M. Block, W. P. Stevens, C.
C.Straten, Henry Horne, T. J. Carling, Le
gare Walker.
Information and Statistics —Clem Phil
lips, chairman; Minter -Wimberly, B. -B.
Ford, J. H. Hertz, Winship Cabaniss,
Howard M. Smith, Dr. C. H. Peeke.
Immigration—Henry Horne, chairman;
Frank Benson, Howard M. Smith, James
■Wright, J. L. Mack, George W. Duncan, T.
C. Parker.
Agriculture—'W. B. Sparks, chairman;
Sam Mayer, A. B. Small, A. C. Felton, I.
B. English, Edward Wolff, T. J. Carstar
phen.
Commerce and Commercial Usage—W. A.
Doody, chairman; J. F. Hanson, T. D.
Tinsley, Ellis Talbott, W. W. Hallam, Ed
gar Wilson, A. Daus.
Advertising and Publicity—N. M. Block,
chairman; E. L. Martin, John Eads, Mer
rill Callaway. George A. Macdonald, E. A.
Waxelbaum, Azel R. Freeman.
Legislation—T. J. Carling, chairman'
W. T. Morgan, W. R. Coxe, Ed Art-one, W.
J. Beeland, N. B. Corbin, Clem Phillips.
Insurance—F. L. Mallary, chairman; T.
Skelton Jones, Mortis Harris, Cooper
Winn, B. 18. Ford, 'W. A. Davis, S. G.
Bonn.
Members, Resident —E. L. Martin, chair
man; Frank Benson, 'Max Lazarus, T. S.
Lowry, E. EJWlnters, J. C. VanSyckle,
Robert H. Smith.
State Expositions—-Azel Freeman, chair
man": George P. Clark, L. D. Abel. John
tR. Courtney, N. G. Gewinner, J. D, Thom
as, T. J. C. Park.
Streets—W. T. Morgan, chairman; D. B.
Hill, Dr. W. R. ’Winchester, E. E. Win
ters. Dr. H. -H. Johnson, Howard M.
Smith, -O. A. Coleman.
Roads and Parks —Wm. H. Ross, chair
man; S. R. J-aoques, George Duncan, Ben
L. Jones. Wm. McEwen, Robert Plant, El
l;s Talbott.
Library—C forge A. Smith, chairman;
Clem Phillips, Azel R. Freeman, W. T.
Morgan, T. D. Tinsley, Howard M. Smith,
Merrill Callaway.
Reception and Building—E. E. Winters,
chairman: W. H.Schatzman. T. C. Parker,
W. J. Eeeland, George R. Cherry, Church
Berryman, G. A. Newcomb.
Non-Resident Mem..ers —E. A. Waxel
baum, chairman; Joseph Dannenberg, G.
C. Johnson. Henry 'Wortham, W. A. Daody,
C. B. Adams. E. A. Chappell, T. D. Tins
ley, James -Rctmtree, Joseph Neel, A. B,
Small, Walter Houser, N. B. Corbin, Frank
Rogers, H. S. Barfield, J. Waxelbaum,
Alex Block, I. B. English, W. A. -English,
W. A. Davis. B.'B. Ford, J. S. Jones, Clem
Phillips, John Eads, John C. Holmes, O. A-.
Coleman. _ s » . s.
SUCCESS OF
NAVIGATION.
What has Been Looked Upon
as a Dream is Now
Certainty
A GLORIOUS REALITY.
At the Lowest Water Macon’s First
Boat Has Been Able to Make
the Trip to the Sea.
Dispatches received in the city this
moring convey the intelligence that the
steamer City of Macon had been sighted
off harbor at the drawbridge of the South
ern railway down the Oemulgee river yes
terday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The time
consumed by the beat, to say nothing of
the fuel, was only two hours, which is a
record breaker.
Capt. Miller hailed that all was snug
beneath decks and is making a successful
trip to the seashore.
The gentlemen who have taken the ini
tiative in the movement for river naviga
tion are naturally proud over the success
of themovement. The boat made the first
trip all right, but other -boats have done
that one week within the last few years,
but they never came back.
It has been the theory of the govern
ment officials all the time that navigation
on the Oemulgee was practical. Something
like $300,000 has been spent in appropria
tions for the deepening of the channel be
tween this point and Brunswick, and an
other appropriation has been made.
Macon has always been looked upon as
the head of navigation for the Oemulgee
river, and the Southern railway, seme
years ago, was obliged to put in a draw
bridge where the road crosses the river
some three miles below the city.
But the trouble has been that the right
kind of .boat has never been put upon the
river until within the last year the Macon
Navigation Company was organized, and
a boat was built which, carrying a full
cargo, would notdraw mere than two and
a half feet of water.
Even then 'the Skeptics said that the
“City of Macon” might reach Brunswick,
but that she would most certainly stick on
a sand bank on the way up.
Doubt as to the practicability of the
navigation of the Oemulgee has been scat
tered to the four winds. The 'merchants
are enthusiastic, and they have good rea
son for their enthusiasm.
Leaving out the question of how much
freight the “City of Macon” can carry
(and she can carry 500 tons), it has been
demonstrated that under the most adverse
conditions the trip to the sea and back
again, giving time for loading at both
points, can be made inside of ten days.
With a fleet of boats on the river two
boats can reach iMacon every week,
and a vast amount of heavy freight can be
carried.
But the successful navigation of the Oe
mulgee, demonstrated by the 'Navigation
company, assures Macon of another thing,
and that is river rates.
It is estimated that Macon spends some
thing like $2,500,000 a year for freight.
With the reduction consequent upon the
granting of river rates on the railroads, at
least 10 per cent, on this gross outlay can
be saved. Hence it can be seen that the
trip made by the “City of Mancon” means
a saving of at least $250,000 per annum to
the merchants of the city of Mancon.
The cost of the building of the “City of
Macon was not more than $4,000. If throe
more boats are built at a gross cost of
$20,000, and suitable wharves are erected
for $5,000, the investment will be a most
excellent one for Macon.
This fact is now appreciated by the peo
ple generally. Wbat has hitherto been
looked upon as a wild and impossible
dream having become an established fact,
Macon must be proportionately benefited.
Captain Gillette, of the river and har
borcorps of engineers, has been invited to
visit Macon, and while here he will be en
tertained by the Chamber of Commerce
and the Macon Navigation Company. The
plans in view will be shown to him in full,
and as much depends upon his recommen
dations, his visit is looked forward to with
the greatest interest.
It is probable that the Chamber of Ccm
imeree will one day next month give a ban
quet to celebrate the arrival of the “City
of Macon” on her up trip, on which occa
sion Mr. George A. Smith, to whose efforts
the success of the .movement is largely
due, will be the toast of the day.
Mr. Smith has worked hard to bring
about the result that was achieved when
the boat was docked in Macon yesterday
morning. He has been looked upon as an
enthusiast, and has been made the butt
of the joker, who thougnt that the mis
takes of the past in the matter of draught
of .the vessels would be repeated, and that
the practical navigation of the Oemulgee
could not be made an established fact.
But this boat has worked under the most
unfavorable auspices. 'She has made the
trip both ways when the river was lower
than it has been at a corresponding period
■for the last twenty-five years, and during
■an unprecedented drought.
The fee- ,
stalls Xlv / / ls M
Amortise in The News and reach the
People.
Plies, riles, t-uest
Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment will
cure Blind, Bleeding, and Itching Piles
when all other Ointments have failed. It
absorbs the tumors, allays the Itching at
once, acts as a poultice, gives instant re
.'lef. Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment
is prepared only for Piles and Itching of
the private parts, and nothing else. Every
nox is warranted. Sold by druggists, or
sent by mall on receipt of price, 50e. and
SI.OO per box.
WILLIAMS M’F’G. CO., Prop’s.,
Cleveland. O
THE FAIR,
(Almost opposite Postofflce.)
Cake stands, 15c.
Fruit stands, 15c and 25c.
Spanish Root Soaps.
Brown’s Cold Cream and
Glycerine, 10c box
See my 5c and 10c coun
ters.
See my enamelware, glass
ware, tinware and notions.
Spanish Root Soap, purely
vegetable and good for the
toilet and a fine Sanitary
Soap.
Neat line of Tumblers and
Goblets.
Willi give a free sample of Spanish Root
Soaps till all are gone.
R. F. SMITH.
Proprietor.
MACON BOND AND STOCK REPORT.
Macon Bs, 1910 116 —ll7
Macon 4s. 1926 105 —los>/i
Augusta 7s, 1903 11l
Augusta 6s, 1905 114 —lls
Augusta ss, 1919 109
Augusta 4bas, 1925 105
Augusta 4s, 1927 102
Atlanta 6s, 1914 117
Atlanta 4)is. 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 —
Georgia R. R. & Bank’g Co.. 179 —IBO
Atlanta & West Point R. R. ..104 —lO5
A. & W. P. debentures 100 —lOl
Augusta & Savannah R. R. .. 94 —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 8ank.125 —l3O
First National Bank 117 —l2O
Macon Savings Bank 75 76
Bibb B. L. and Imp. Co 59 6O
Central City L. & T. Assn.... 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 consoles, 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 —lOl
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
31/2 per cent. 1907 to 1925 105 —lO6
4 per cent. 1926 113 —lls
4% per cent. 1915 116y 2 —ll7>£
4Vi 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.
HALF CENT fl WOBD.
ADVERTISEMENTS of Wants, for Sale
For Kent, Lost, Found, Etc., are inserted
in THIS COLUMN at Half Cent a Word
each insertion. No Advertisement taken
tor less than 15 cents.
For Rent.
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 245.
WANTED—Good men to work for frater
nal association. Send name and ad-
dress to X, care Evening News.
WANTED —Printer with SSOO to buy inter
est in newspaper. Address Printer, care
News.
TRY our plain small sweet, pickles fresh
saltine and animal crackers. Bradley
& Martin.
WANTED—A few men who can read and
talk English to call at 165 Coton ave
nue and learn 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. C. of 4, care News office.
ONE furnished or three unfurnished rooms
to rent. No. 452 New street.
ELGJ N” 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 money. 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.
FRESH Busy Bee strips. Bradley & Mar
tin.
FOR SALE cheap, a No. 2 Remington
typewriter, walnut case, cylinder top.
W. H. Harris, Nickel Plate Show.
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.
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.
KAHN’S store, below Park hotel. Dressed
poultry, sausages, cheese,herrings, red
cabbage, horse radish roots, pickled
mustard.
MULES AND HORSES—We have on band
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.
News and Opinions
OF
National Importance.
THE 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 5c a copy. By mail $2 a year
Address THE SUN, New York,
A. b. hinkle, Phuslclan and Surgeon.
Office 370 Second Street. Office Phone 39. Residence Phone 91 7
Does general practice. I tender my ser vices to the people of Macon and vicinity.
Diseases of the eye, ear. nose, throat and lungs specialties. Office consutation and
treatment absolutely free from S 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. rm
English Peas
All Varieties reduced to
15c Per Quart
Everything for Garden.
Streyer Seed Comp’y,
466 Poplar Street.
THE ANSWER O
To the Volunteer Rebus is:
‘‘Choice cut flowers for sale. Fine cigars, candies, soda
water, case for ladies and gentlemen. The Volunteer, 362
Second street. W. H. Park, S. K Bassett.”
Certainly will the
Digestion be Dam-
aged by poorly cooked food. The cooks are the best and
the service unexcelled at
THE VOLUNTEER,
Call and see for yourself.
Prepare for Winter.
Window vriass, nJautcls and Grates*.
Can furnish any size or parts broken.
Call I jefore cold weather comes.
_T = C ;
| Bis s
Clothes J
r Are getting rather “slick.” Why don’t you 4
;f‘. ask linn to buy another suit? Probably the
last man he bought from filled him to his
ifc clothes, but we’ll fit his clothes to him for
b Only SIO.OO d
P BENSON & HOUSER, J
p The Up-to-Date Clothiers. J
Florida Gulf Coast Hotels
ON
Plant System.
TAMPA, FLA.— Tampa, Bay Hotel, Now Open.
D. P. HATHAWAY, Manager.
PORT TAMPA, FLA.— The Inn, Now Open.
J. H. EURDICK, Man ger.
WINTER PARK, FLA.— The Seminole. Open Jan. 17
A. E. DICK, Manager.
OCALA, FLA.— The Ocala House, Now Open
P. F. BROWN. Manager.
BELLEAIR, FLA. — The Belleview. Open Jan. 17
W. A. BARRON, Manager.
PUNTA GORDA, FLA The Punta Gorda Hotel, Open Jan. 17
F. H ABBOI T, Manager. w
FORT MYERS, FLA. — The Fort Myers Hotel. Open Jan. 17
F. H. ABBOTT, Manager.
KISSIMMEE, FLA.— The Kissimmee Hotel, Onen Jan. 3
L. E. BULLOCK Manager.
Send to each manager as to rates and rooms and to the undersigned as to rail
way or steamship rates, or sleeping car lines and times cards.
B. W. WRENN, Passenger Traffic Manager, Savannah, Ga
MITCHELL - HOUSE,
THOMASVILLE, GA.
MRS. A. H. HATH, of Watch Hill House, R. 1., Prop’tress
Open from January to April.
Miles of bicycle paths; Country Club g olf links; Gentlemen’s Driving Associa
tion; fine drives and good delivery.
To Sportsmen and Others:
I have leased the game preserve of my plantations in Thomas county with the
Mitchell House, Thomasville, to Mrs. A. R. Hale. The grounds are “posted,” and
the hunting privelege being reserved for t he guests of the Mitchell House only, all
parties wishing to shoot on these lands will please apply to Mrs. A. R. Hale,
lessee.
T. C. MITCHELL.
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, Cherry st.
1 MACON, GA.