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8 Per Cent Guarantnod! pihl ; Wl |..r, llrrtl | y a "“I’raved ert.ir in iu<«a Hl* amount. decile,! with ’niOD Having* Bank and Tmrt Co GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable But’ding and Loan Association, Mtcon. G.»._ 401 rh,,.,! street. STABLISHED 1884. ‘IT WOULD BE CRIMINAL RIB Cllfflffl, TO BEE USE" To fct Upon the Recommenda tion of Hie Soard of Health Oo Question Os | 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. A Clever Trick. It certainly looks like it, but there is really no trick about it. Anybody can try it who has lame back and weak kidneys, malaria or nervous troubles. We mean he can. cure himself right away by taking Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up the whole system, acts as a stimulant to the liver and kidneys, is a blood purifier and nerve tonic. It cures constipation, headache, fainting spells, sleeplessness and melancholy. It is purely vegetable, a mild laxative, and restores the system to its natural vigor. Try Electric Bitters and be convinced that they are a miracle worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50c. a bottle at H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug store, 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. — jfl 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 They Are Here for 1898. . The best we can say for them is they are the “Standard of Perfection” in Headwear, and no man makes mistake by supplying himself with a Hat that is recognized by all good dressers from New York to California. Our Salesmen Will Take Pleasure in Showing Them. \ / 4 ... 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. Advertise in The News and reach the people.