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COMPULSORY i
Vaccination—Physicians, of
Macon Give Their Opinion
On Subject of Smallpox •
FOR THE SECOND TIME
Board of Health Will Request City
Council to Pass An Ordinance
Requiring All to Be Vaccinated.
The Board of Health has parat’d a reso
lution providing for compulsory vaccian
t lon.
This Is th. second time such a rcsolu
lion has seen pa>sid since smallpox ap
peared in Macon. The first time the coun
cil rcfusi d to ratify the action of lite
board and in doing so itas incurred a very
considerable amount of public censure. It
remains to be ,-irn whal will Ite
It Is considered probable that the ordi
nance asked for by the board of health
will be promptly passed by council tomor
row night and most certainly the matter
will bring up a li '.ill if there is any inten
tion of I tie part of members of council to
light the movement.
While there is some doubt among the
members of the city council as to the legal
power possessed by council to pass this
ordinance and enforce it, still it is believ
ed that it is proper to put the matter to
a test. The physicians of the city are al
most unanimously In favor of compulsory
vaccination and they endorse the action
of the Hoard of Health in pushing the
movement. If council refuses to pass the
ordinance it is not, at all improbable that
that, some members of the Board of Health
will resign so strong is the feeling for
vaccination.
The Board of. Health has secured a
modern disinfecting outfit, .ft arrived yes
terday and was put in use today for the
first time.
Following Is the resolution passed by
the Hoard of Health on Saturday:
Resolv. 1. That the mayor and council
of the city of Madon and are hereby re
quested to attach the following penalties
to the ordinance passed by the Board of
Health January 25, 1898, reading as fol
lows: •
Be it ordained by the Board of Health
of the city of Macon and it is hereby or
dained by authority of the same, That
each and every person, adult, and child,
male nod female. r< siding in the corporate
limits of the city of .Macon, who is not
successful!' vaccinated by the 10th day of
March, 1898, or who has not been success
fully vaccinated within the lagt six
months, be and the same is hereby re
quired to be vaccinated on or before the'
said lilth lay of March, 1898.
Be It ordaimd by the mayor and coun
cil of the city of Macon and it is hereby
ordained by authority of the same. That
whenever It shill come to the knowledge
of the said Board of Health that any per
son residing tn the city of Macon has
not been snecrssrully v.icinated, or who
cannot exhibit a proper certificate of suc
cessful vaccination, or furnish other satis
factory evidence thereof, it shall be the
duty of said board to immediately place
a guard or guards about the house ot
nremlsescf such person and prevent his or
her egress therefrom, and should such per
son resist such guard in the performance
of his duly, he or she shall be summoned
before the recorder of said city and min
ished as prescribed in the act creating
said recorder’s' court.
Be it further ordained, That from and
after the Hlth day of March. 1898. it shall
be unlawful for any person to walk, be or
pass on any of the streets or alleys of the
city of M aeon unless he or slu shall have
been successfully varinated. or shall have
a proper certificate that it is not neces
sary for su -h person to be vaccinated, and
for a violation of this ordinance the per
son so offending shall be summoned before
the recorder and punished as prescribed
in the act creating said recorder's court.
Provided, however; that, this ordinance
shall not apply to persons exhibiting an
affidavit of h'- or her family physician
that, vaccination would jeopardize the
heal ot such person.
In view o' the f’ct that council will be
called upon t.i m-t upon this ordinance to
morrow night. The News has asked the
physicians of Macon for an expression of
opinion upon the subject of t'he appearance
of the smallpox and its treatment.
A number of tht*' replies from the physi
cians are given. The physicians who be
long to the Beard of Health of course say
that they would prefer not. to give any
further expression to their opinions than
is contained in their action as members
of the Beard of Health and which will
speak for itself when read before council
tomorrow night.
It is a fact that there is a unanimity
upon the part of the physicians of Maeon
on the subject of vaccination. There is
not a member of the medical fraternity
in the city who does not believe in com
pulsory vac-dnation. The medical asso
ciation as a body has decided among them
selves that compulsory vaccination ought
to be enforced an<T the Board of Health
made up of the leading physicians of the
city having twice within thirty days pass
ed resolutions and asked the city council
to take action and to enforce vaccination
there can be no doubt as to where they
stand.
The Board of Health is made up of the
following members:
R. B. Barron. M. D., N. G. Gewinner.
M. D., Max Jackson, M. D., and Howard
J. Williams. M. D.
To the expression of opinion given in
the communications below these names can
be added as favoring compulsory vaccina
tion. •
Further than this it is safe to say that
every physician in Macon favors it and
some of the physicians who stand highest
in the confidence of the public declined
to write their opinions now or to allow
them to be pifblishcd but they are even
more emphatic than any of those whose
opinions are given. They say. however,
that the matter is in 'the hands x>f the
Board of Health and that “When the city
is threatened with an epidemic it is noth
ing less than criminal in council to re-
fuse to act upon the recommendations of
the Board of Health and to act promptly.”
Here are some of the communications
on the subject:
Or. McHatton.
Editor News;—On Jan. 25th two cases of
smallpox were reported to the Board of
H<allh of this city. That night the board
demanded a penalty for compulsory vacci
nation from the city council, and requested
a pest house. We are now beginning to get
the resuit of the council’s action. Should a
case occur today in any of the boarding
houses of the city, there »s no more prepa
k ration for i:s proper attention chan there
was on that date. There may be only two
cases in the county, but the two cases re
ported f'om the city on Jan. 25th were seen
by th? county physician, who pronounced
' t i-in respectively chicken pox and exzema
We have had six or seven cases of small
pox fibm the case of chicken pox, with
' one hath, and three cases from the case
of exzema. Consequently, it may be of
benefit to the county officials if they are
in the future assured of a careful diagno
sis in all suspected cases. In regard to
what should be done—or rather what
should have been done —there is no ques
i tion. Absolute vaccination in the city and
I county, a pest house with appropriate ac-
I commodations and comforts for the va
rious classes of our population, with a
I competent physician. in charge of same.
• . 'H. McHatton.
Dr. K. G. Feremon.
Editor News: —Dear Sir: In reply to
your note of inquiry, I am free to state
for publication my opinion of the manner
in which the smallpox epidemic has been
handled by city and county officials. There
is no state making vaccination com
pulsory, hence the rot of the board of
health passing an ordinance to that effect.
The Board of Education cannot require a
child to be vaccinated for the same reason.
The city has done all it possibly could un
der the circumstances. The county officials
ate showing their steeple ears by hunting
a place for a pest house. The Ross Home
property is ample. The city ought to re
quire it of the county commissioners that
a place be provided for these cases, for the
city pays more by twice over for the sup
port of Ross Home than the county. In all,
all has been done under the rotten state
of affairs that could be. Go to your legis
lature and have a decent compulsory vac
cination law passed, requiring every fool
opposed to vaccination to be subjected to
vaccination at t'he point of a shotgun if
needed. Vaccination as conducted in the
city cannot be said to be of much conse
quence, for no one knows whether the
eases said to be vaccinated have taken.
The arms are scarified and lymph in
serted. but who knows whether they have
taken or not.. The whole thing is rotten
from one end 'to the other.
E. G. Ferguson, M. D.
Citv Physician Sullivan
Editor News: —In my opinion the mayor
and council are in no way to blame for
the further spread of smallpox i.n Macon. I
know that they have done all in their pow
er to cope with the disease.
As far back as a year ago the mayor had
over 1,200 negro children vaccinated, and I
have the records on file in my office. So
you will see the work of vaccination has
been much more thoroughly done than is
generally imagined.
I feel it unfortunate, however, that the
medical fraternity has not unanimously
agreed about the existence of the disease
in this city and county—or, rather, that
Dr. Worsham has misdiagnosed certain
rases. It is always difficult to handle the
public in epidemics of this kind, anyway,
and where even one physician declares the
non-existence of a disease, it is almost im
possible to convince the entire public that
all the other members of the profession
may be right, and the one wrong. I find,
too. that the negroes object, more or less,
tc vaccination, and they will tell you that
Doctor So-and-So says it is of no benefit. I
think more barm has come from this sort
of thing than from anything else.
I think, however, the city authorities are
dialing with the epidemic as best they
know how. I agree with the Board of
Health, however, in favoring a pest house,
and compulsory vaccination. It is the only
way to cope with an epidemic of this kind.
Respectfully, J. S. Sullivan.
Dr, J. E. Johnson.
Maeon. Ga., Feb. 28th. 1898.
Mr. Tom AV. Loyless, Editor News:
Your communication received in reference
to my views in relation to smallpox and
■its management. In reference to the man
agement of smallpox by the city officials, I
have not been called upon to investigate
or take any part in its management. In
reference to the county officials, I was
called upon, through Dr. Worsham, to meet
him and Dr. C-nas. H. Hall, and examine
the patient in Craft’s alley, Vineville, and
report upon said case. We met and ex
amined said patient, and I found it to be
a pronounced case of varaloid, or modified
smallpox, said patient having been vacci
nated some two years ago. The technical
phrase, variola, implies smallpox in sub
jects that ‘have not been vaccinated. The
term varaloid implies a modified type of
smallpoxx after the subject has been vac
cinated. which makes the disease very
much mere mild and less dangerous to life.
I regard rigid quarantine and vaccina
tion absolutely necessary to suppress the
disease. I suggested to the Bibb county
commissioners in my report of the ease
in Vineville the importance of immediately
vaccinating every person in Binev lle dis
trict. also the establishing of a pest house,
and quarantining every suspicious case, as
in my opinion this was absolutely neces
sary, and the only way to stamp out this
dreadful pest, and if promptly and prop.rly
conducted they would be able to suppress
. and control it. The Bibb county commis
sioners acted promptly upon my sugges
tion. and ordered everybody in J3ibb coun
ty vaccinated at once. They also approved
my suggestion in reference to the pest
house, and will carry same into effect as
soon as possible. Tris, in my opinion,
is all that is necessary and can be done
done for the preservation of the eiti
i zens of Bibb county and the protection of
her commonwealth. Smallpox is no con
tagious until umbilicus of the vesicles pre
sent themselves, which occurs from the
fifth to the seventh day after the attack.
The first symptoms are usually rigor or
chill, followed by high temperature, pain
in the head and the extremities, and other
symptoms of acute fever, which lasts from
three to four days? The fever then cools
off, and under careful examination‘may be
found discolorations in or under the skin,
on the face, chest and the extremities.
Next, you will find pimples or roughness
of the skin over these splotches. Next the
vesicles will present themselves, almost
transparent, being from the size of a pea
to the end of a finger.
In my opinion, if the county commis-
I sioners will continue In the course they are
now pursuing, we will have but little diffi-
I eulty in controlling and stamping out this
most dreaded pest. Respectfully yours,
J. C. Johnson. M. D.
hr. J. B. Hinkle.
Mr. Editor:—ln reply to your favor of
the 22d. in which you ask my opinion of
the manner in which the smallpox has
been handled by both the city and county
officials, and make such suggestions as to
how I think it should be handled. I will
THE MACON NEWS.
say, as to the manner in which it has been
handled, I have not investigated, and
therefore cannot comment, but 1 am con
fident we have level beaded men at the
head of our sanitary department, and able
and conscientious men on the board of
health. And I have no doubt they have
done and will do everything which lies
within their power to check and extermi
nate this dreadful and loathsome disease,
smallpox.
Now, as to my opinion of the manner in
which smallpox should be bandied, I will
only briefly outline. Without doubt, small
pox can be promptly stamped out of a
community, but to do this the first cases
must be dealt with by isolation, disin
fection and vaccination. When a case is
detected, though there should be a dcubt
as to Its being genuine smallpox, the phy
sician should promptly report it to the san
itary authorities, and the public given the
benefit of the doubt by the sanitary officer
taking charge and isolating -the case or
cases as completely as possible, provide
nurses and attendants who have been suc
cessfully vaccinated, or who have previous
ly had- the disease. Every person living
in the house, and thereby directly exposed,
should be immediately vaccinated and
quarantined in a separate apartment until
fourteen days 'have passed—the incubation
period of smallpox. To safely quarantine
such persons it may be necessary to confine
them In a quarantine station. For this
purpose every large city should maintain a
quarantine hospital, near the smallpox
hospital, but sufficiently distant to insure
safety to its inmates. If the smallpox pa
tient is so situated that he can be safely
isolated and provided with proper atten
tion, he may be permitted to remain at
home for treatment, but the sanitary au
thorities should furnish a reliable guard to
compel isolation and compliance with all
necessary sanitary precautions, and a large
poster on a red flag should be placed at
the entrance so as to warn persons not to
enter. If isolation at home ils impossible,
thqn a properly organized hospital is the
only place where such a patient can, with
due regard to public safety, be treated.
For such purpose a smallpox hospital is
a necessity in every city. This hospital
should be situated outside of the city lim
its In an isolated place, and provided with
every necessary comfort—so as to induce
patients to cheerfully seek shelter therein.
They-should be transferred to the hospital
in a closed ambulance. The infected
clothes, bedding, etc., of the patient
should be burned, and the house thorough
ly disinfected.
Vaccination is our only safeguard for
immunity. When properly performed and
the virus is introduced into the system, it
grants partial or somplete immunity
against smallpox. The city council, board
of health and county officials should unite
and use every effort possible to induce the
public to be vaccinated. Free vaccination
should be offered the public, not only by
the city but by physicians in private prac
tice, for we all ought to unite in one
unanimous effort to stamp out such a fear
ful disease. Vaccination is not such a ter
rible ordeal as some people Imagine, and
where an epidemic stares its in the face
no one should hesitate or shrink for- one
moment from vaccination. If proper care
is taken not co scratch, bruise the arm or
disturb the scab, there will be very little
trouble. From observations and all the
authorities I have consulted, I do not recall
one single case where an individual has
lost his life or an arm from vaccination.
~ iA. B. Hinkle, M. D.
Dr. M. M. Lively.
Editors Evening (News:—'Replying to
your card, I, ’ being comparatively a new
citizen", feel that’it may sound presump
tions to say anything, but considering the
great importance of your enquiry, I ven
ture a suggestion or two at the risk of ad
verse criticism or even censure.
I suppose that the city and county offi
cials have done the best they could, consid
ering the lack of co-operation on the part
of many of the citizens and some physi
cians, but the protection for the people
against this awful pest has not been such
as I t'hink that they had a right to expect
or demand.
Allow at least two parties to walk the
streets and enter stores with smallpox
broken out on them has been offense suf
ficient to arouse the indignation and re
sentment of our citizens. Besides, we have
been repeatedly informed that the colored
people have gone in and out of the tmall
pox house on Calhoun street when they so
desired, and that many of them have
availed themselves of this privilege.
All this renders the situation serious ac
cording to my judgment. Then the pub
licly expressed opinions of some physi
cians that there is no smallpox, lessen our
chances of freeing ourselves of this dread
ful scourge.
Smallpox is a disease communicated by
actual contact or by coming near to it.
It seems to me that it ought to be wiped
out in ope month.
My plan would be vaccination, and above
all complete isolation.
L-et every suspicious case and chicken
pox, be Shut closely in at their homes un
til diagnosis of smallpox is made, and then
sent to the pest house, or very carefully
guarded at'home by wide awake and plenty
of guards.
One sleepy guard at one door of the
house cf a certain class of our citizens is a
complete farce.
I dq not think that physicians who at
tend smallpox should be allowed to asso
ciate with any one who has not been ex
posed.
However cleanly they may be, or care
ful, they have no means of protection for
themselves or others, than that which ev
ery thoroughly vaccinated citizen has.
Let the county and city pay a suf
ficiency of immunized physicians an extra
good salary to treat most carefully . this
most loathsome disease, neglecting for the
time their regular practice. Respectfully,
M. M. Lively.
Dr. O. C. Gibson.
Dear Sir:—-In reply to yours of the 22d,
will say, upon the breaking out of the
smallpox, the city officials should have re
sponded to the Board of Health in their re
quest for the building of a pest house and
compulsory vaccination. The quarantine
should have been rigid in all cases. All
persons having been in contact with the
cases should have been quarantined, in
stead of being allowed to run at large. As
to the county, a plan of vaccination should
have been pursued different from what
has, as the smallpox could have been
spread to the 'brrders of the county before
one man could have vaccinated any num
ber of the people in the country. Re
spectfully, o. C. Gibson.
Dr. N. G. Gewinner.
Editor News:—ln answer to your postal
requesting my “opinion of the manner in
which the smallpox epidemic has been
handled by both the city and county offi
cials.” etc., I have the honor to inform
you that as I am a member of the Board
of Health, I do not think that it would be
becoming in me to criticise their actions
in the papers. We have smallpox in our
city and county, but . twelve, fifteen or
even twenty cases of a disease does not
constitute an epidemic, and I sincerely
hope that it will not become an epidemic.
Respectfully, N. G. Gewinner.
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MACON NEWS MONDAY FEBRUARY 28 1898.
FLOYD RIFLES
MINCYJ
Meeting Will be Held Tonight
for Purpose of Consider
ing Successor.
TOM DREW W m
His Business interests Require His
Attention Resignation Has Not
Been Sent In Yet.
The Floyd Rifles will held a meeting
tonight and at that time the resignation
of Captain Tom 'Drew will again come up
and will be acted upon by the company.
Some time ago Captain Drew sent iu his
resignation but was persuaded to with
draw it at the earnest request of the com
pany and of the military generally. But
Captain Drew has found that his business
will not allow of his giving the affairs of
his company the attention which they re
quire and he has resurrected the resigna
tion which will now go into force.
As Captain Drew will insist on the resig
nation it will be accepted by the company
and will then go to Colonel Wiley in com
mand of the Second regiment. It will
probably be accepted by Colonel Wiley
and then the company will be in shape to
elect a successor to Captain Drew.
kt is more than probable that Lieuten
ant Sidney Wiley will be the choice of
the company though upon this point some
of the members do not apparently care to
talk just at this time. They say that it
is too soon to talk until the resignation
of Captain Drew has been accepted by the
colonel.
It is even possible they say that the
company will steadily refuse to accept
Captain Drew’s resignation and that he
may be persuaded to withdraw it again.
■But Captain Drew says that the resig
nation must go this time and that it is
absolutely impossible for him to serve any *
longer. It is with evident reluctance that
Captain Drew has taken this step for there
has been no more enthusiastic soldier irt
Georgia than Captain Tom Drew, and the
regiment will lose a fine officer when he
goes out.
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED
For the Location of the 1900 Meeting; of the
Supreme Lodge.
The first gun has been fired, and it was
on southern soil. The Knights of Dallas.
Tex., have inaugurated a movement look
ing to the securing of the supreme lodge
convention and Uniform 'Rank Eqcamip
ment of 1900. The next convention of the
Grand Dodge of Texas, which will meet at
San Antonio, will 'instruct the - supreme
representatives to make every effort to se
cure the convention and Encampment for
Dallas. This is the first gun.
WILL BE IMPROVED.
Crump’s Park Will Be An Ideal Resort When
the Improvements Are Completed.
Many improvements will be made at
Crump’s Park this summer, and this pop
ular place will be more attractive than
ever.
The casino will be enlarged and the roof
raised. While the stage will undergo many
improvements, besides being greatly en
larged. Major Winters has booked some
valuable attractions for the coming sea
son, and says that he will give the people
Shows that are as valuable as any that
have been here this season at he Acad
emy of Music. »
“THE MAINE DISASTER”
Was the Unique Subject of Dr. White’s Ser
mon Last Night.
A large crowd heard Rev. J. L. White
preach last night on the subject of the
Maine disaster. The sermon was a strong
one, and Mr. White said that there was a
strong possibility that the work was due
to Spanish treachery. •
HAPPY JACK CLANCY.
He Will Again Have Charge of the St. Si
mons.
Tire many friends in Maeon of happy,
whole souled Jack Clancy will be glad to
learn that he will again have the manage
ment of that popular resort, St. Simon’s,
again this season.
There is not a better hotel man in the
country than Jack Clancy, and he has done
a great deal the past 'season for St. Si.-
mon’s while manager there. He says that
he will make the place as interesting as
possible this summer.
NO NEW CASES
Have Been Reported to the Board Since Last
Thursday.
No new eases have been-reported to the
Board of Health 'this morning or yester
day, in fact no new cases have be: n report
ed since last Thursday evening, and the
smallpox situation is locking decidedly bet
ter.
The authorities say that they hope to be
able to keep the disease within the bounds
of its present location, and it is thought
that no more cases will develop now out
side of the district of Green and Jones
streets.
Another spell of cold weather may, how
ever, bring out some cases, and every one
hopes that now that the last day of winter
has been passed that the summer will sej:
in in a hurry. '
MEMORIAL EzXERCISES
At Mercer Tomorrow Morning in Honor of
B. L. Willingham.
Memorial exercises will be held at Mer
cer tomorrow morning in honor of the
memory of the late B. L. Willingham,
who was a beloved benefactor of the 'insti
tution.
The following gentlemen have been se
lected as speakers for the occasion: Hon.
C. A. Turner, Rev. J. L. White, Rabbi Ma
cusson, Rev. E. B. Carroll and President
Pollock, of the university. The exercises
will commence at 8:45, and all guests who
expect to attend are requested to be pres
ent at that time.
Mr. Willingham was one of the staunch
est supporters of the university, and in the
past few years has lent much material aid
to it. He was most generous in bestowing
gifts upon the institution, and all of the
students and patrons of the college honor
and revere his name.
Water’s White Sunlight Oil, five gallons
for 50 cents. Cans and wicks furnished.
Consumers’ Oil Company.
CARDINAL
GIBBONS; SPEECH
He. Advocates The Utmost
Conservatism in Handling
the Main Question.
EVES OF THE WORLD ON OS
He Says, and the Reputation of the
Nation For Good Sense is at
Stake -Solemn Mass.
Baltimore. Feb. 28. —-A solemn requiem
mass for the repose of the souls of those
wfio lost their lives with the destruction of
the battleship .Maine, was celebrated at the
cathedral here this .morning.
Cardinal Gtobbns made an address and
read the services for the dead.
A number of naval and military officers
were present, including those of the militia
and naval reserve.
The Cardinal said: “We do not realize
how ardently we love our country until
some crisis occurs which awakens our de
voting to her and arouses our .admiration
and gratitude for those who have died in
her service. Such crisis has quite .recently
occurred for we have assembled here this
morning to assist at the holy sacrifice for
the souls of the brave officers and men
who 'have lost their lives at the post of
duty. We are also called together to give
expression to our heartfelt condolence and
sympathy for the bereaved relatives of
■those faithful defenders for their country
whom the nation mourns.
“I see before me representatives of our
army and navy. »I see representatives of
our excellent state militia and our fellow
.citizens at large. You represent a sorrow
ing nation, for every home in our broad
country feels the loss as a personal one.
“Too much praise cannot be bestowed
on the president and on the members of
his cabinet, and particularly on the sec
retary cf the navy and 'his able assistant
as well as on the houses of congress, for
the calmness and tranquility, the self
control and self-possession which they
have exhibited during the fearful ordeal
through which the country has been pass
ing in the last few days. It needed only
a spark to kindle a great conflagration,
and a patient and dignified executive and
legislative bodies are all the more com
mendable in their views of the mischievous
and intemperate utterances of some of thte
sensational newspapers.
“This nation is too brave, too strong,
too powerful and too just to engage in an
unrighteous or precipitate war. Let us re
member that the eyes of the world are on
us whose judgment we cannot despise and
we will gain more applause and credit for
ourselves by a calm deliberation and mas
terly inactivity than by recourse to arms.
“Thrice is he armed who hath his quar
rel just.
“I hope and believe for the honor of
humanity, that the destruction of the
Maine was caused by accident, and in that
ease Spain cannot be responsible; but sup
pose some fiendish Cuban, had occasioned
this fearful loss of life in order to em
broil our nation in war with ’his mother
country, in that case Spain should not be
responsible and even had some fanatical
Spaniard perpetrated this atrocious crime,
there would be no necessity for recourse
to the arbitrament of the sword.”
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Will Positively Enforce the Vaccination Rule
Tomorrow.
All of the teachers and pupils in the
schools of Bibb county have been notified
that if on the morrow they have not been
successfully vaccinated they will be forced
to leave the schools.
This notice was served at the. instance of
the Board of Education, who decided some
time ago to enforce the resolution, which
has for the past few years been forgotten.
In the rules governing the schools of the
there h.as for the past few years
been a resolution to the effect that all
children and teachers in the schools shall
have been vaccinated, and htat they are
required to show evidence that they have.
When the epidemic of smallpox began to
rage here some time ago, the Board of
Education decided that now was the best
time to put the resolution into force, and
establish a precedent that meant that here
after all children in the schools would be
free from danger from the dread disease.
SUDDEN DEATH.
Miss Martin, of Vicksburg, Stricken With
Paralysis. .
Miss Ella Martin, a cousin of Professor
Martin, of the Commercial College, died
this morning at Prof. Martin’s home, at 120
Washington avenue.
This death was the result of a second
stroke of paralysis. The first stroke oc
curred some time ago, and Miss Martin
seemed to have completely recovered. S'he
was an old lady nearly seventy-five years
. of age. Her home was in Vicksburg, Miss.
She was the sister of Gen. W. T. Martin,
of Natchez, Miss., and has a sister. Mrs. J.
AV. Kerr, living at Brandon, Miss.
Miss Martin was making her prepara
tions to return heme to Mississippi, and
this morning at breakfast appeared to be
in the best of health and spirits.
Shortly after her breakfast she returned
io her room for the purpose of packing her
i unk. Immediately afterwards she fell and
died without speaking a word to any one.
Miss Maritin was a most brilliant wt man,
and her death will be sincerely mourned
ly a very large cirdie of friends.
Prof. Martin will probably accompany
the remains to Vicksburg or to Natchez,
as Gen. Martin, who has been communi
cated with, may direct.
SPRING GOODS
arriving every day; no let down in our
stock, but you can expect the ne-west and
best of everything to be found here, as
the season advances.
Holmes Grocery Company.
ENUMERATORS
For Bibb Schools Will Commence Their Work
Tomorrow.
t
A meeting of the enumerators who were
chosen by the Board of Education to take
the school census of Bibb county, was held
at the office of Superintendent Abbott
Saturday afternoon and instructions as to
how the work should be done, was given.
All of the enumerators were present,
and Superintendent Abbott furnished them
with the necessary blanks and instruc
tions. ,
The work will be commenced tomorrow,
and it will take several days to complete
it. Tlhe results« of the enumeration will
be compiled by Superintendent Abbott and
forwarded to the state school commission
er.
Superintendent Abbott says that he ex
pects the taking of this census to be of
great benefit to the schools of Bibb, inas- !
much as it will w that in the past few
years the number of school children has ■
increased to such an extent that the ap- !
propriation is not now near large enough. ,
The schools are all full now, and it will I
become necessary to erect more buildings
to accommodate the increasing attend
ance. z
Following is the board of enumerators
which will commence the work tomorrow:
Howard District. J. L. Guerry.
Hazzard District. Will Heath.
Warrior District, Lee Long.
Godfrey District, Robert A. Ware.
■Rutland District. R. A. Johnson.
Vineville District, A. J. Davis.
East Maeon and first ward of the city.
B. D. Lumsden.
Second ward. A. F. Parrott.
Third ward. Miss Mary Patterson.
Fourth ward. R. R. Greer.
The work of the enumerators of Bibb
county will be carried on after the plan
which has been arranged by Superintend
ent Abbott. He was vested with full
power by the special committee selected
by the Board of Education to s’elect the
enumerators and arrange for the taking of
the census, to govern all of the enumera
tors and to direct the taking of the cen
sus. The. work will be pushed as rapidly
as possible.
DAUNTLESS CASE
Will Come Up in Savannah at This Term of
Court.
Jurige Emory Speer left yesterday after
noon for Savannah where he will open
court on Tuesday.
Among the cases set to come up at this
session of the court in Savannah is that
against ’’stintless charged with filli
busteriiig.
The fact that the vessel is off again on
another expedition of a nature similar to
that which her owners or alleged owners
are now charged with conducting makes
the case all the more interesting.
It is possible that during the session of
the court in Savannah another charge will
be entered against the vessel. There is now
no doubt that the. Dauntless is the prop
erty of the Cuban Jun ta.
This fact is said to have been ascer
tained definitely and may be brought out
during the hearing in Savannah.
TO REVISE PROGRAM.
The Elks Are Not Satisfied With the Present
Program.
The program for the Elks’ Social Circus
will be reviesd the latter part of the week,
and will be upon a grand Scale instead of
a farce, a.s it was at first decided. Artists
from the north, who are famous in the cir
cus world will be (brought to Macon, and
"will take part In the performaifce.
There will be also a large amount of lo
cal talent in the program.
NEW MEMBERS.
Many Additions Made to the T. P. A. Ranks
Satuiday.
At a meeting of the Post D., T. P. A.,
held Saturday morning at the Chamber ot
Commerce, a large number of new mem
bers were added to the membership lists.
There were a large number of the members
of the post present, and the following gen
tlemen were voted members of the post:
George F. Kershaw, general managear
for the MciCaw Manufacturing company.
Stokes Hilsman, traveling salesman for
McCaw Manufacturing company.
George P. Burdick, of George P..Burdick
& Co., tailors.
Frank W. Hazlehurst, of F. W. Hazle
hurst & Co., brokers.
W. A. Roush, president of the Roush
Wheel company.
William W. Jones, traveling salesman
for Culver & Corbin.
D. F. Crowell, traveling salesman for
R. J. Reynolds.
W. G. Hampton, traveling salesman for
P. H. Haines & Co.
Charles M. Tiilman, of Taylor Brothers,
of Winston.
The committee appointed some time ago
to arrange some attraction for the benefit
of the post, stated that it was not yet
ready to report. The attraction will be
put on at the Academy of Music when it
has been arranged. A letter was read
from President Joseph W-allerton, *of the
National Association,’Stating that he would
make the Macon post a visit some time
in the near futre.
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INDICTED
Will Be Hanna, Dick and Daugherty in Con
nection With Bribery Charges.
Columbus, 0., Feb. 27. —Matters are be
ing shaped here lor an effort to have Sen
ator Hanna, National Republican -Secre
tary Dick, Ohio Central Committee Chair
man Daugherty and others, whose’ names
have been mentioned in 'connection with
the alleged attempt to bribe Representa
tive Otis, of Cincinnati, to vote for Han
na, indicted by the Franklin county grand
jury, which will meet in April.
According to the present program, Judge
David F. Pugh, an anti-Hanna Republi
can will, within a few days, resign from
the common pleas bench here in order to
take charge of the threatened prosecution
of these men.
Pugh is one of the most noted common
pleas judges of the state. ’ He has pre
sided at many famous trials, and is noted
for his rulings standing the rest of the su
nreme court.
He first gained state prominence through
the tally-sheet forgery case in Columbus
some years ago. He presided at the trial.
Pugh is one of the few Republicans who
have been able to carry Franklin county.
He has several times been mentioned in
connection with a supreme judgeship nom
ination.
The people who are behind the pros
pective effort to Ecpure the indictments
have been looking up the law, and say
that, while the alleged attempt to bribe
Otis was made in Hamilton county, the
alleged offenders could be indicted in
Franklin county.
Judge Pugh was one of those who went
to Cincinnati to work up the case against
Hanna just before the senatorial election.
His term as judge will expire next May.
In May the judges-elect of this county
will take their seats, and the Franklin
county bench will then be wholly Demo
cratic. •
WOULD-BE ASSASSIN
Who Tried to Kill King of Greece Has Been
Af-rnHod.
Athens. Feb. 28 —One of the men who at
tempted the life of the King of Greece
Saturday has been arrested. His name is
Karditza. and he is a minor employe in
the mayor’s office here.
He refuses to give name of his accom
plice. Municipal councils throughout the
country are addressing messages of sym
pathy to the king and thousands of con
gratulatory telegrams are arriving at the
palace.
The royal family is said to be greatly
troubled at the expositions of loyalty.
Use Safety Oil. None other as good. The
best is the cheapest. Five gallons for 75
cents. Sold by Consumers’ Oil Company,
only.
Through Pullman Buffet
sleeping cars between Macon
and New York via Georgia
railroad and Atlantic Coast
Line.
ffllT HAS COURT FOUND
IS ■ TUB QUESTION
MORE WARSHIPS.
Resolution Introduced Calling For TWenty
Million Dollars.
Washington, Fob. 28.—. Representative
Bromwt’ll, Republican, of Ohio, today in
troduced in the house the following resoki
i ion.
"That the secretary of the navy be. and
hereby is. authorized, whenever in his
judgment it shall become expedient for
the best interests of the country, to do so,
<_o secure options upon and consummate
purchase of such battleships, cruisers,
rams, iorptdo boats or other form of naval
vessels as are of the most modern .type,
and ready for immediate use, together
with the necessary armament and equip
ment for the same as in his judgment are
necessary to place the naval strength of
the country upon a proper footing for im
mediate hostilities with any foreign power
with which the same may be threatened.
PACIFIC COAST
Squadron Will Be Kept There on the Defen
sive-
New York, Feb. 28 —It has been decided
by the navy department to keep on the
Pacific coast the full force of the naval
vessels now there, the Washington corres
pondent. of the Herald.,
The department-officials recognize the
fact that the strength of the Atlantic
squadron would be greatly increased by
attaching the battleship Oregon to Rear,
Admit al Sicards command but they appre
ciate the danger of leaving the Pacific
cease without a vessel of this class, just
as they appreciated the importance of de
fending the ports of the Atlantic, coast by
vessels of the Monitor type.
DIVERS AT WORK.
Eight of Them Now Under Water at the
Maine.
for the divers who are at work securing
bodies from the wreck of the battleship
Maine, and making salvage there.
Including t'he Spanish divers there
are probably eight men below water simul
taneously.
Great preparations are on foot among
the Spaniards here to give a hearty wel
come to the Spanish cruiser Viscaya, which
is expected to arrive at this port today.
.General Weyler’s street is arched with
'bunting, and the Casino is gay with color.
It is believed that the election of' the au
tonomist delegates -set for March 20th will
be postponed until April 27th to correspond
with the election for deputies to the vortes
in Spain. The postponement,-however, has
not yet been offieially. announced.
Anoter tug belonging to the Merritt &
'Chapman Derrick and Wrecking company,
with a powerful apparatus, is expected
from the north at any time.
Eight-room house- for rent, now occupied
by Mrs. G. J. Blake, 221 Forsyth street.
Possession May Ist. Apply to John C.
Holmes.
BACON OPPOSED
The Sealing of Corbett in the Senate This
Morning.
Washington, Feb. 28In the senate to
day the bill extending the time for the
construction of a bridge across the Mis
souri river at Yankton's, South Dakota,
was passed.
Hoar, of Massachusetts, chairman of the
judiciary committee, moved that the sen
ate non-concur in the house amendments
to the bankruptcy biil and that a commit
tee of conference be appointed.
Stewart objected to the appointment of
a committee on conference and the matter
went over until tomorrow.
The consideration of the Corbett ease
was then resumed. Bacon, of Georgia,
addressing the senate in opposition to
Corbett’S claims. He felt it was extremely
fortunate that in this case the senate was
not controlled by partizan motives because
be he thought it ought to be undestood by
legislatures that they must perform their
duties or the onus of their failure should
fall upon their states.
Burrows, of Michigan, followed with an
extended and elaborate argument in oppo
sition to the seating of Corbett. He main
tained that the governor of a sate had no
authority to fill an original vacancy.
MURDER
Os An Old Man Was Prompted By a Purse
Full of Money.
Cincinnati, Feb. 28. —John Aberselles,
aged 51, was murdered in his room on Ann
street, Newport, early today, having 'been
previously robbed of a purse of SSOO.
He had evidently struggled with the
thief. The noise of the struggle aroused
Fred' Duetzer, who occupied adjoining
rooms. He heard a pistol snot. Rushing
to Aberzelle’s room he saw James Ratrt
can in the doorway with a revolver.
Ratiean escaped and Aberselles was al
ready dead, having been shot in the back
of the head.
Aberselles was known to be in the habit
of carrying large sums of money on his
person, and had recently exhibited this
purse with SSOO.
Dunlap Hats
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CHEAP MONEV.
per cent, and 7 per cent oney now
ready for loans on Macon residence and
business property. 8 per cent money for
farm loans. Over $5,000,000 successfully
negotiated in Georgia alone. Loans made
can be paid off at any time. We are head
quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man.,
• 356 Second street, Macon, Ga.
PRICE TWO CENTS
Absolutely Impossible to Say
What They Have Decided
As Regards the Maine.
MORE WAR SHIPS.
Resolution Introduced This
Morning Calls for Com
plete Refitting of Navy
•
DIVERS ARE HARD AT WORK.
Eight of Them Are Below Water at
the Same Time-Welcome For
the Cruiser Viscaya.
Key West, Feb. 28—Tn the United States
court of inquiry into the loss of the bat
tleship Maine in the harbor of Havana on
February 15 began its session here this
morning.
Those officers and civilians here who
believed the reports from Havana saying
that the court had already decided that
the loss of the Maine was due to treachery,
have apparently changed their minds, for
today the universal question is “What has
the court found out?” while yesterday one
heard all around “When will w-ar be de
clared?”
Brought face to face with the court, men
realize for the first time how unlikely it
will be for the court to allow any inkling
of its conclusions to be known out of due
season.
An unusual bustle pervades this little
town from the early morning hours.
The torpedo boat Cushing went over to
the New York and brought to shore Cap
tains Sampson and Chadwick and Lieu
tenant Commander Porter.
Lieutenant Commander Marix. the judge
advocate who is staying on the island with
Commandant Forsythe, was already at
the federal building directing the prepa
ration of the United States district court
for the sessions of the court of inquiry.
A small crowd gathered outside early
watching for the developments. Long be
fore the officers were ready to go to the
court room the enlisted men saved from
the ill-fated vessel were up and waiting
at their temporary home in the barracks.
It is not known whether any of them
will be. called, but all preparations have
been made so that the court should not be
delayed in its work.
NOTHING OFFICIAL
Is Given Out in Washington and Everything
is in Doubt.
Washington, Feb. 28.—Nobody at -the
navy department from secretary down has
any information whatever as to whether
or not the Maine court of inquiry will re
turn to Havan from Key West, and in fact
the plans of the court are absolutely un
known here.
For this reason it is said at the depart
ment that any statement as to the prob
able da'te upon which t.he court will report
its conclusions to t'he secretary of the
navy are purely speculative.
It is very doubtful in the mindsof the
officers here whether the members of the
court themselves are able to pass an opin
ion on this point at this tme, as it is be
lieved that he work so fardone, aside from
that relating to the recovery of the dead
bodies and personal property, 'has been
scarcely more than preliminary.
Judge Advocate Lemley found a message
this morning from the Merritt & Chapman
Wrecking Co., dated New York, reading as
follows:
“The tug Underwriter, with the Derrick
Chief in tow, passed Sandy Hook at 12:40
p. m., Sunday, 27 th, bound for.Havana.”
Assistant Wrecking Master Tooker was
on the Underwriter. Assuming that fair
weather prevails, the tug will be in Ha
vana about Saturday.
WANTS SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
Hull Asked That of Congress For the Carter
Trial at Savannah.
Washington, Fee. -a-—Chairman Hull of
the house military affair’s committee,
asked unanimous consent in the house
today for a consideration of the resolu
tion authorizing a special investigation of
the charges in connection with the alleged
misappropriation of funds at Savannah
harbor. Cox, Democrat of Tennessee, ob
jected.
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