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8 Per Cent Guaranteed I "
Dividends paid eenfl-annually. Stock seenred
ny deeds to improved real estate In more
double the amount depoeited with
' nion Having* Bank and Tmit Co,
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon. 401 Ph ml Street.
STABLISHED 1884.
SPAIN BUYING
MW SHIPS
She Has Plenty of Money and
is Paying Cash For What
She Gets.
WOULDN'I SELL Oil CREDIT
Englishman Was Too Sharp to Let
the Dons Get Away With Her
Ships Before Paying in Full.
London, March I—Spain has purchased '
the two cruisers which the Armstrong's
have t>< i n building for Brazil, the Ama
zonian and her sj.ster ship, urt-named of
4,000 tons each with 23 knois speed and
10 guns.
Spain is also* negotiating for and prob
ably will tenure two erm • rs of similar
type which have been building in France
for Brazil.
The Amazonius is ready for launching
and the sister ship will soon be ready.
The Spanish government is also endeav
oring to secure guns and large supplies of
ammunition in England and on the con
tinent for immediate use.
The government of Spain seems to have
funds, for it is understood to be paying
a large part of the purchase money in
cash, giving good securities for the bal
ance, these being only the terms upon
which the Armstrongs would deal.
Some weeks ago Spain attempted to pur
chase ships and supplies in England on
credit from prominent firms, but the firms
refused to give Iter credit. Since then
Spain has raised funds from unknown
sources.
Diplomats in London express the belief
that French financiers are helping the
Siuinlsh government. It is known that
Sjmln is trying to purchase three other
ships which are being built by the Arm
strongs, but has not yet succeeded in mak
ing a bargain, consequently there is still
time if the United States wishes to fore
stall her.
SICARD’S PRECEPT
Concerning the Court of Inquiry and His In
structions.
Washington, March I Admiral Sinard’s
precept convening the court of inquiry for
the investigation of the Maine has neen
received by the navy department.
Aside from the usual orders Admiral
Sicard directs the court to record any In
formation as to the person of persons not
connected with the navy who are in its
opinion resjxmsible in part or wholly di
rectly or indirectly for the explosion and
loss of the Maine with names and degree
of responsibility in each case.
The orders are dated Key West. Feb
ruary 19, and directed to Captain Samp
son, president of the court. After the con
stitution of the court the text of lhe order
says;
"The court is authorized to hold its ses
sions on hoard any ship of the North At
lantic squadron or in the city of Key AVest
or in the harbor of the city of Havana.
“Attention of the court is invited to the
inetruetions concerning the particulars to
be investigated in case of the' loss or
grounding of a ship of the navy contain
ed in the United States navy regulations.
"The court will diligently and thorough
ly inquire into all the circumstances at
tending the loss of said vessel on the date
named and upon the conclusion of "the In
vestigation will report to the commander
In chief its proceedings, all the testimony
taken and the facts which it may deem
established bj the evidence adduced to
gether with its opinion so as to further
the proceedings if any. should be hail in
the matter. ,
"The court will also report whether or
not the loss of said vessel was on occa
sion named in any respect due to the fault
or negligence on the part of any officers
or members of the crew of said vessel,
and if so, the names of such officers or
crew and in what respect and to what ex
tent they were at fault or negligence.
“If the court shall be of the opinion that
further proceedings should be had in the
matter it will include in the report a suc
cinct statement as to the person or persons
against whom and the specific matter upon
which such proceedings should be had.
"The court will also report the opinion
as to the cause or causes of explosion,
rather ineidety that bear directly or in
directly upon the loss of <he Maine.”
COURT OF INQUIRY
Is Still at Key West Awaiting Orders From
Washington.
Key West, March ± —The naval court of
inquiry into the loss of the Maine is still
here. Inactive and awaiting orders from
Washington. Hulse, the court's chief
stenographer, has reteurned to Washing
ton, leaving Bissell, hls associate, here.
MELVILLE’S PAMPHLET
On the Advantages of Nicaragua and Hawaii
to Be Printed.
Washington. March 4 —The resolution
was passed by the Senate today .authoriz
ing the printing of 150.00 copies of pamph
let by Commodore George W. Mellyille on
the commercial military arid siragetic ad
vantages to the United States of the Nica
raguan canal and of the Hawaiian Islands.
An arrangement was made to vote op
the Alaskan homestead and right of way
bil) at 5 o’clock today’
The Alaskan bill was then laid before
the Senate, an amendment by Mr. Rawlins
of Utah, to section 2 being laid on the
table,
Advertise tn The News and reach the
people.
NO GROUND FOR WAR
Says Lord Wolseley, if M aine Was Destroyed
by Individual.
New York. ?.fareh 4—A Journal special
from London quotes Lord Wolseley as de
claring that he does not as yet believe
there* is any proof that the blowing up of
the Maine was not due to an accident. He
■ays:
"If the accident theory must finally be
abandoned, the act of an individual work
ing by stealth could not be construed into
an act of the Si>anish government and na
tion, and therefore to be regarded as suf
ficient ground for war.
"The* very idea is absurd. If one of
Great Britain’s warships, while anchored
in New York harbor were to be destroyed
by a bomb, directed by a crhzy Irishman,
Gnat Britain would never dream of de
claring war against the United States.”
NEW MATCH OF PAPER
The Ola Style Wooden Lucifer's Days Are
Numbered.
New York, March 4 —The paper match
is the latest thing out.
The days of the old-fashioned wooden
match are said to be numbered. Matches
are to be made of paper. By a new pro
cess the paper is eut in strips about half
an inch wide. These are drawn through
and saturated with a flame-producing ma
terial.
They are then rolled into tubes and cut
the length of ordinary matches and dipped
in the phosphorus to form the head, which
is lighted by striking in the same manner
as the ordinary wooden match. It is pre
dicted that the matchmaking industry will
be entirely revolutionized by this new
method. The matches are very much
lighter and are thought, to bo more relia
ble than the old sort. Paper of various
kinds will be employed, that made from
wood pulp being better adapted for this
purpose.
FACTS ARE KNOWN.
Evidence Conclusive That Outside Agency
Did It.
New York, March 4.—A dispatch to the
Tribune from Havana says: The leading
facts of the Maine disaster are now in pos
session of the naval board.
The divers have continue 1 work during
the absence oi the board at Key West.
They have discovered nothing to change
the evidence first gathered, which shewed
apparently that the explosion was exter
nal. The more thoroughly the hull is ex
amined the more thoroughly convincing
apepars the -original evidences that the
explosion was from without.
MORGAN’S RESOLUTION
Will Demand the Correspondence on Condi
tion of Cuba.
Washington, March 4—Senator Morgan
said today it was his purpose to introduce
a resolution at an early date making a
second call upon the president for the
consular correspondence bearing upon the
condition of affairs in Cuba.
“I think,” he said, “that the Senate and
country are entitled to know officially
w.hat the condition there is and that the
reports of the consuls should not be with
held for an unusual length of time.
“1 do not, however, wish to complicate
thns matter with the Maine disaster and
shall not introduce the resolution while
the court of inquiry is sitting unless its
report is unnecessarily delayed.
“I have set no time for the presentation
of the matter but will be guided as to the
time by the circumstances as they arise.”
He said in reply to a question that the
resolution proposed by him would be
couched in terms demanding the submis
sion of the correspondence.
WAR UNAVOIDABLE
Between Nicaragua and Costa Rica the Dis
patch Says.
New York, March 4—A special to the
Herald from Safi Jose, Costa Rica, indi
cate that war between Costa Rica and
Nicagaura is unavoidable.
Costa Rica is completely cut off from
telegraphic communication with the out
side world, as the only station working in
conjunction with the Columbian govern
ment lines is San Juan del Sur.
The Nicaraguan government refuses to
permit the transmission of messages, com
mercial, diplomatic or otherwise. The
situation is really grave and troops are
hurrying to the frontier daily.
DEFENSE CLOSED
In the Trial of the Miners Up at Wilkes
barre.
Wilkesbarre, March 4—The defense in
the case of Sheriff Martin and deputies
closed this warning. After recalling some
of the commonwealth witnesses to ascei
tain whether at the preliminary hearing
in September they testified that at the
meeting of the strikers at Harwood the
night before the shooting all agreed not
to carry clubs or weapons tne common
wealth was given short time to prepare a
plan of rebuttal testimony.
SAW AN ENGAGEMENT;
Senator Proctor Had a Live War Experience
in Havana.
New York, March 4—The Herald’s Ha
vana correspondent says: "In his recent
excursion Senator Proctor saw a lively en
gagement between a band of 250 insurgents
and an equal number of Spanish-infantry.
It took place almost within sight of Ma
tanzas, in the streets of which city the
senator was later approached by a mes
senger from Gomez who openly proclaimed
his'identity and his mission.
WILIT INSPECT GUARD
Orders Issued to the National Guard of Cab
ifornia.
San Francisco, March 4—Major General
Dickinson has issued orders for the in
spection of the national guard of Califor
nja. The naval militia are also to be in
spected. both branches of service have
been placed in readiness for an emer
gency.
RAIN PROTECTORS.
Gloria Umbrella®, SI.OO to $1.50.
Phillips.
A CLEVER TRICK.
It certainly Jopks 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 M'e rueaii he
can cure hiiuaeif right away by taking
Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up
the whole system, acts as asttmuuni tc
-:e liver an 4 kidneys, is a purifier
and nerve tonic. It cures constipation,
1 “cadache. 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? Duly
50c a bottle at H. J, Lamar & Sons’ drug
store. ■'*’
LISTEN TO THE RAINDROPS
Under our $1.50 Umbrellas.
Phillips.
THE MACON NE WS.
FLOWERS PLACED
ON THE GRAVES
American Residents of Ha
vana Send Memorial
Wreaths to Cemetery.
Dims ARE IT mst
But the Water is Muddy-No Addi
tional Evidence Has Been Se
cured to Relieve Spain.
Havana, March 4. —A warm rain weath
er prevailed this morning. Everything has
setkd into the regular Lenten quiet so far
as can be observed.
The divers are working slowly but very
steadily during such ours as passible in
the tuibid waters.
The big barge has been found useful In
carrying the big pieces of wreckage.
The Spanish divers have been down but
little to the wreck of the Maine, and re
ports sent as coming from them are likely
to be incorrect.
A niimber of beautiful wreaths and flo
ral pieces were sent to the Colon cemetery
today by Americans of the city to dec
orate the graves of the victims of the dis
aster. The scheme will be contineud and
the flowers will be renewed when wither
ed.
Cable dispatches from Madrid published
say that Senor Moret, the mini-Pe- for the
colonies confirms the statement of General
Perado, that the government has never
thought of dismissing the volunteers. It
also denies the reports that a flotilla of
Spanish torpedo boats and torpedo boat
destroyers are coming to Cuba.
Senator Proctor and Colonel Parker
went to Artemesia, Province of Pinar Del
Rio tnis morning. They will return at
midnight. The senator is not likely to
leave Havana tomorrow, as he cannot get
health clearances in time.
ANOTHER BOAT
Is Needed for the Navigation of the Ocmul
gee River,
Advices from the City of Macon, which
is now on its way up from Brunswick, in
dicate that the boat is making a most suc
cessful trip, and will be ready to leave on
the third trip to Brunswick next Tuesday.
To begin with, The News would im
press upon every merchant in. Macon the
wisdom of giving the boat a shipmeift on
its return trip. Such substantial encour
agement as this is what is needed, to make
river navigation a permanent success.
In the next place, Macon should go to
work at once to put another boat on the
river. This is necessary in order to main
tain a regular schedule. A regular sched
ule is necessary to the successful and per
manent development of a ’healthy, profita
ble river trade. Under the present ar
rangement the boat must depend upon the
chance shipments, but with two boats on
the river full cargoes could be made up in
advance each week.
It has already been abundantly demon
strated that Ocmulgee navigation is both
feasible ryid profitable, as well as highly
beneficial to Macon. Why not, therefore,
go to work in earnest and build another
boat a.t once. Macon could easily support
four boats, but two will do the work for a
while, and the other two would come in
time. Another boat is absolutely neces
sary, however, and we urge the Macon
Navigation 'Company, the Chamber of
Commerce and the merchants and citizens
of Macon generally to give the matter im
mediate atention.
PRIVATE BILL DAY.
Diplomatic and Consular Bills Will Now Go
to the President.
Washington, March 4. —This was private
bill day in the house. Before the regular
order was demanded the conference report
on the pension appropriation bill was
agreed to.
Mr. 'Hitt, chairman of the committee on
the Diplomatic and consular apropriations
bill. recommended the adoption of ail the
senate amendments, which was agreed to.
Both the pension and the diplomatic
bills will now go to the president.
The house then took up the considera
tion of bills of the private calendar.
BLOWN TO PIECES
While Celebrating the Birthday of Robert
Errmett.
Frankfort. Ky., March 4 —Will Overton
while assisting Arsenal Keeper Dixon in
firing one hundred guns in celebration of
the Irish anniversary today was blown al
most to pieces and Armorer Dixon was
badly hurt by a premature explosion.
BARNES HANGED.
Ff>t. Cambridge, Mass., Marcn i.—Lo
ri ir:o Barnes was hanged tolar. Barnes
murdered John Dean, a farmer, 75 years of
age, and took S7O.
PRINCESS DE LIGNE.
Paris, March 4 —The Duchess of fie Dqn
deeauville, aged 55, died today of menin
gitis. She was born Princess De Ligue.
WHIP THE SPANIARDS.
Rome, Ga., March 4—War news has
stirred up the colored population of this
place. Colonel Mallory, a gallant, ex-
Confederate officer living In Rome, pro
poses co organize 25.000 of the ' floating
negro population into troops officered by
experienced white army men and land
them in Cuba. These negroes can stand
the torid clime better than whlt,e men,
and the pestilences will not hurt them.
Colonel Mallory's plan is that upon the
conclusion of the war every negro who
returns shall receive 40 acres of land and
a mule. There are millions of acres of
land in the South suitable for farming,
which may be bad for $5 per acre ?>r
less. This offer woubj fie great induce
ment to the negroes,
GET THAT NEW BMBREIX.I
From Clem Phillips—sl.oo to $5.00.
Household Gods.
The ancient Greeks believed that the
Penates were the gods who attended to the
welfare and prosperity of the family. They
were worshipped as household gods in ev
ery home. The household god of today is
Dr. King’s New Discovery. For consump
tion. coughs, colds and for all affections of
Throat. Chest and Lungs it is invaluable.
It has been tried far a quarter of a cen
tury aqd is guaranteed to cure, or money
returned. No household should be with
out this good angel. It is pleasant tq take
and a safe and sure remedy ter old and
young. Free trial battles at H. J. Lamar
A Son’s drug store. Regular size 50c. and
SI.OO.
MACON NEWS FRIDAY MARCH 4 1898.
FEW CHILDREN
' TURNED AWAY
Great Work That Has Been
Done by the Board of
Education.
RULE MADE PERMANENT
In Future Every Child Making Appli
cation for Admission to the
Schools Must be Vaccinated.
Less than two hundred children through
out the county were obliged to leave the
public schools on account of non-compli
ance on the part of their .parents with - the
rule laid down by the Board of Education
requiring vaccination of all the pupils in
the public schools.
When it is taken into consideration that
there are over six thousand children in the
schools, the per centage of those not vac
cinated is remarkably small.
In the Vineville district not a single
child was unable to show a certificate of
vaccination. In the Nisbet school only one
child failed and in the country districts
generally the rule was complied with re
markably well.
It shold be stated that since the first of
the month a very large number of those
who had to leave on that day have come
back again, and Superintendent Abbott
says that when his reports come in this
afternoon he expects .to find that a major
ity of those who were not vaccinated have
complied with the rule. »
Most of those who failed to show cer
tificates had carelessly forgotten the date
and did not fail on account of the objec
tion on the part of the parents to vaccina
tion itself. In fact, those who look upon
the rule as a hardship and refuse to com
ply for consciencious scruples, are very
few and far between.
Superintendent says that he con
fidently expects that before long not twen
ty children will be barred front the schools
on this account and he earnestly hopes
that none of them will be kept aWay from
school.
The Board of Education has determined
to make the rule requiring vaccination
permanent, and in future every child en
tering the public schools will have to show
a certificate of successful vaccination.
'When school opens next September,
every child of six years old applying for
admission to the schools, will be required
to show the vaccination certificate.
In this way the Board of Education is
doihg a great work for the future in this
county, and should smallpox ever again
make its apearance the difficulty of coping
with it will be very much reduced. In fact
it will be seen that some years hence the
number of people vaccinated in this county
will be remarkably large.
At present with six thousand of the chil
dren vaccinated it will be readily seen
how large a proportion of the population
has been vaccinated, as 'it is reasonable
to suppose that most of the .members of
the.families where children have been vac
cinated have themselves submitted to the
operation at the same time.
The people who are not vaccinated in
Bibb county, are very few and far be
tween.
LARGE MOUTH, SMALL MOUSE.
Colored Preacher Tells How He Swallowed a
Baby Rodent-
PASADENA, CAL.,' March s.—This is
the way the Rev. J. H. Kelly, the pastor
of a colored Baptist church here, tells the
story of how he went to sleep the* other
night and a mouse crawled into his open
and capacious mouth. He woke up chok
ing, he says, and didn't know what had
happened.
“I didn’t'in the-slightest remember the
animal’s crawling over me or down me,
but as I became fully awake I swallowed.
There was a tightening of the muscles of
my throat and I began to feel terrible pain
Tjie mouse had slipped down a little and I
could feel it clawing and hear it squeak,
distinctly.
"Then I must have got to my feet and
put on my trousers'and coat. I can’t rec
ollect doing this, but I found two or three
hours after that I bad them on. I was
half crazy and I couldn’t reason. The
pain was intense, for. as I say, the mouse
was clawing my insides. 'My brain reeled
and I believe that I could have had my
leg amputated without feeling it.
“Where did it hurt? Well, the hurt was
hard to locate. The pain seemed to be
where the mouse was and the mouse seem
ed to be everywhere at once—ali the way
down my esophagus. I can remember
vaguely rushing into the other room where
my neighbor slept and mumbling some
thing about swallowing a rat. I could
■bareiy make a sound and it hurt terri
bly.”
But he recovered and is now laughing
over the incident.
HOW THEY CAME OUT. •
Result of New Orleans Races Among the
Bookmakers.
New Orleans. March 4. —It is a pretty
hard matter to tell just who has got th?
money at this meeting, for none of the
book-makers will acknowledge that they
are winners to arfy extent. "Kid" Weller,
after being en the block about two months,
quit lostr to the extept of about $12,000,
and Johnny Fay says that his winter’s ex
perience has cost him even more than
that.. He has taken his slate down. Mike
Dwyer left something over SIO,OOO behind
him when he went to Florida, and Virginia
Carroll, after being the hero of a- half
dozen battles, took hls book off the line,
and js shooting at them with the.“piker”
brigade. There have been some very warm
ones sent through; and while few favor
ites win all of these 6 and 8 to 1 shots are
well backed.
Any time the right people get their
checks down they are pretty sure to cash,
and the Texas contingent will go home
with their pockets well filled. The other
day when Terramie won at odds of 100 to
1 I counted just fourteen lined up behind
Eddy Austin’s Tremont Club book waiting
to cash their tickets. In a jumping race
Thursday Uncle Jim was backed down
from 6 to 1 to 9 tolO, an<J ne w a s
barely shooed iij, some one remarked
that oiiglii to have plenty of these
jumping during Lent, because they
were sp fishy. "Hops” Landeman, after
|opksng 0,-er the field decided that he
would not put up his slate.
ITALY’S 4GBILEE
Was Celebrated With Much Pomp in Rome
Today.
- - •
Rome, March 4, The jubilee anniversa
ry of the Italian constitution was celebra
ted today amid general rejoicing.
King Humbert, on horse back, accom
panied by the Cpunt of Turin, the foreign
and military attaches amj the ministers of
war taended by a brilliant suite, rode to
tlie Mareo Esplanade, where he re*
Viewed 9,000 troops,
The queen viewed the march. Their
majesties met with an enthusiastic re
eeptioa.
AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Rev. C. A. Young Will Speak on Next Sun
day Morning.
Rev. C. A. Young, who is now lectur
ing in the university at Athens, Ga., will
be in the city on Saturday and Sunday.
He will speak at the Christian church
at 11 o’clock on “Our Position With Re
gard to Missions.” At 8 p. m. he will speak
on “The Divinity of Christ," at 4 p. m. he
will speak in Mulberry Street Methodist
church annex cn “The Bible and Higher
Education." Those wtyi are interested in
educational matters especially should hear
this lecture. It is expected that large con
gregations will hear Mr. Young at each
service. He is an orator and a scholar and
comes highly commended.
A CAKE WALK.
One of the Genuine Sort Will Be Held at
Colored Presbyterian Church.
A genuine colored cake walk will take
place at the. negro Presbyterian church
next Monday night, and all of the fancy
“gemmuns” of the swell set. will put on
their very highest collars, and resort to
their fancy step to catch the eyes of the
judges.
There are very few people who have
seen a genuine cake walk. Those that are
seen -on tfie stage are nothing to compare
with the genuine article. In most cases
it is overdone, and no white man can put
the frills on like the colored race. Selec
tion of partners for this walk are being
made, and it wiM be a grand event at the
church. -
MARINE INTELLIGENCE*
Steamer City of Macon Sighted Off Port at
Doctortown Wednesday.
The City of Macon will steam into the
Macon port Monday afternoon with the
largest cargo that she has yet carried. She
left Brunswick Tuesday., afternoon at 4
o’clock and passed Doctortown Wednes
day afternoon. She will leave Tuesday
morning for Brunswick again.
GOOD TEMPLARS.
They Will Hold a Rousing Meeting in South
Macon Tonight.
A rousing meeting of the South Macon
Lodge Independent Order of Good Temp
lars will be held in their lodge rooms this
evening, at which time they will cele
brate their anniversary;
Rev. M. A. Jenkins, of the Tattnall
Square Baptist church has been chosen as
speaker for the occasion, and a great time
will be enjoyed by all.
The South Macon lodge is in a flourish
ing condition, and the meeting tonight
will be largely attended.
ORGANIZE TOMORROW.
Members of the County Health Board’ Re
quested to Meet Tomorrow.
The members of the county Board of
Health who were appointed by the county
commissioners .at their meeting Tuesday,
are requested to meet in the grand jury
room- at the court house tomorrow at 10
o’clock for the purpose of organizing.
There are three members selected from
each district, and the commissioners think
that they will all serve.
POPULISTS NOT DEAD
Is What Chairman O’Pry Gays About the
Party.
Chairman O’Pry, of the executive com
mittee of the Populist party in Bibb coun
ty says that the meeting tomorrow will
be held to shpw the people that the party
is not yet dead, and he says he believes
it will show up stronger than ever in the
next election.
The meeting will -be held at the court
house tomorrow at 12 o’clock, and at that
time delegates will be * selected to the
state convention which will be held in
Atlanta on the 16th.
EPWORTH LEAGUE,
Important Meeting to Be Held at 7:30 To
night.
The business meeting of the Epworth
League of Mulberry Street Methodist,
church which will be held this evening at
7:30, will be of more than usual import
ance. Among other important, maters to
come before the meeting will be the elec
tion of delegates to the state conference cf
the Epworth Leage, which will be held
here next month.
The membership of the Mulberry Street
Church League is larger than that of any
other league in Georgia. Under the con
stitution they will be entitled to nine dele
gates.
It is hoped that there will be a large
attendance of the friends as well as the
members of the League at the meeting to
night.,
AS A DAIRYMAN.
Vice President Egan of the Central Doing
Great Work.
Vice President Egan, of the Central rail
road, says he thinks there will now be
great activity displayed in dairying by the
farmers along the liae of the Central.
Last week Mr. Egan was in Atlanta,
and he went down the road with a party
of gentlemen for the purpose of talking
to some of the farmers and interested
parties about the possibilities of dairying
when carried on near a city of the size and
importance of Atlanta. These parties had
been notified by wire of the proposed visit
of the vice president, and at many of ‘the
stations they were gathered to hear his
views on the subject of dairying and mak
ing butter and cheese.
During bis career Mr. Egan has picked
up a great store of practical knowledge
about such things, and he was able to 'give
his hearers an exposition of the subject
that induced many of them to give it seri
ous thoughts. He believes that many
farmers living along the line will now take
up dairying in connection with their other
work. Some time ago Mr. Egan had a
special milk train put on to run early in
the morning from pptats south of Atlanta
iptp th? eny. This was to enable producers
to get their products to their customers
in time for the preparation of the morning
meal. The road charges but a small pr'jc#
for the transportation of larg? oans of
milk. It is likely that ike industry will
grow along the Jiae, as the Central will do <
all It can to foster it.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Rendered This Morning by Justica Russell in
New YoHi.
New York, March 4.—Justice Russell in
the supreme court has decided that where
judgment s confessed by an-insolvent eoy
pi-ation for. tin purpose of favoring some
particular creditor, and the prooej.’ings
kept secret, the judgment is invalid.
Umbrellas and rain coats.
Clem Phillips.
You can talk to 10,000 every day through
the columm of The Neva.
TWO IMPORTANT
JDECISIONS
Bearing on Matters of Inter
est in Macon and
Through Georgia.
BUILDING ANO LOAN
Directors Feel Relieved at the Out
come of This Case- The Moss
Case Thrown Out.
A decision banded down by rhe supreme
court on the day before yesterday is of
considerable interest to the people of Ma
con and more particularly to some of her
citizens who were interested as directors
in the Bibb Building and Loan Association.
The case was that of McAfee against the
' Bibb Building and Loan Association. Mr.
McAfee was a stockholder in the associa
tion which wtni into liquidation, but fail
ed to paj t.ut full value.
Mr. McAfee," who lives at Smithville,
took the position that <he directors of the
asoeiation are individually liable to the
stockholders but the supreme court de
cided against him and all anxiety which
any of the directors may have had has
been set at rest. The Bibb-Buildjng and
Loan Association was a disappointment to
a very considerable number of people and
to the promoters of the company. Follow
ing is the decision of the Court:
Fish, J. —1. As decided by this court in
the case of BUUhune v. Wells, 94 Ga. 488,
“a single stockholder in a corporation ag
gregate cannot, without suing in behalf of
all the interested stockholders and allow
ing them to become co-parties, maintain an
action against the directors for misfeas
ance or non-feasance in their official con
duct, whereby the income or earnings of
the corporation, and consequently the
value of the plaintiff’s stock were less
than they otherwise would have been."
In the present case the plaintiff under
took, in his own name and right, to bring
just such an action as that above indicated
without joining with himself, as co-plain
tiffs, other interested stockholders or suing
in their behalf. It follows, therefore, that
as to at least one essential and coruroling
point, the case at bar is governed by .the
decision in the case just cited.
2. Even if the petition had been amend
ed by making the corporation a party de
fendant, it would still have been fatally
defective, and consequently there was no
error in sustaining the defendant’s de
murrer.
FUTURES ARE GAMBLING.
Another case of local and in fact of
general interest, involving as it does the
question of dealings in futures and their
relationship to gambling, is that of Moss
against the Exchange Bank of Macon in
which Mr. R. E. Moss, of Athens, sues the
Exchange ißank. The cause of the suit is
interesting. Mr. Moss was dealing in fu
tures and had a deposit at rhe Exchange
Bank. The cotton market fell and the
brokers drew on Mr. Moss for .the amount
■to cover his margins. The bank did not
pay the drafts and in the-slump Mr. Moss
was swallowed up. Then as the plagney
thing will do cotton took a turn and went
up again. Had Mr. Moss paid his margins
and stayed in' the game he would-have
come out a winner so he sued the bank
for the amount which he would have re
ceived had he w r oin. But the supreme court
takes the stand that the whole titin?, action
was gambling and that it is therefore out
of the province trf the counts to take any
cognizance of the matter. The decision is
as follows:
Moss v. Exchange Bank of Macon. Before
Judge Felton, superior court.
Lumpkin, P. J.—A contract for the pur
chase and sale of cotton futures is a gam
• ing contract, and therefore illegal and
contrary to public policy. This being so,
neither such a contract nor the loss or
gain resulting therefrom can be invoked
to measure the damages sustained by a
party thereto in consequence of the failure
c.r refusal of a bank to comply with its
agreement to advance to him money which
he intended to use as a ‘‘margin” in con
ducting a speculation in such “futures.”
AFFECTS THE CITY.
Another decision of considerable impor
tance and one that will probably affect the
status of more than one case that has been
disposed of or is now pending in the recor
der s court, or in the state court, having
been sent up from the recorder’s court,
was handed down in Atlanta yesterday by
the supreme court.
Under that decision a man cannot be
convicted of selling liquor on Sunday and
of selling liquor without a license.
A case of this nature came up in the re
corder’s court on last ' Monday, when a
negro was tried for selling liquor without
a license and was fined by the recorder
who also sent him to the superior court
under bond for selling liquor on Sunday.
Under tne decision handed down yester
day this negro will, in all probability, be
turned out of jail, or it is almost certain
that the fine imposed by the recorder will
be remitted, and that a ease will be made
against the negro for selling liquor on
Sunday under the state laws, - The text of
the decision is as follows:
Fish, J. 4. A sale of spiritous liquors,
although made upon the Sabbath day, is
nevertheless a violation of a statute mak
ing penal the sale of such liquors without
a license.
2. A municipal corporation cannot, in the
absence of express legislative authority so
to do, enact a valid ordinance for the pun
ishment of an act which constitutes an of
fense against a penal statute of this, state.
Such authority cannot be inferred from the
“general welfare clause” usually found in
municipal charters. ■
3. A section in the charter of a city, de
claring that the mayor and general coun
cil thereof "shall have full power and au
thority to Tegulate the retail of ai’deat
spirits within the corporate li-Riitw of said
city, and at their discretion to issue li
cense to retail or to p-rtoold the same, and
to fix the price be paid for license at anv
sum they, may think proper, hot exceeding
thousand dollars,” does not confer up
on the municipal authority the power to
enact au ordinance prohibiting and mak
ing penal im* retailing of such liquors
without license; the offense therein pro
tded for being a misdemeanor under sec
tion 431 of the penal code.
The last sentence in that section, which
reads, “No perstja shall be liable to indict
ment in the superio, courts for a viola
tion of this section, when he has been tried
by the corporate authorities for the same
offense,’ has application only in oases
w here such corporate authorities have a
lawful jurisdiction over the offense.
A PROMINENT MINISTER SPEAKS.
From a personal test, and a thorough
outside observation, I am prepared to re
commend Cheney’s Expectorant as a posi
tive remedy for Coughs, Colds and Croup.
Jonesboro, Ga.
Macintoshes and Umbrellas.
Phillips.
DICTATES
OF ■ .
FASHION
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Whatever is the correct thing here you are
sure to find it at a correct price.
Our stock of Hats and Furnishings for
spring 1898 is superb. All leading novelties
aye shown here. Prices right.
Prepare for Winter.
A.
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Can furnish any size or parts broken.
Call before cold weather comes.
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Nickel Alarm Clocks, 75c.
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For sale by H. J. LAMAR & SONS, Wholesale Agents.
Special Clean-up Safe,
We will place on sale today all
the odd suits accumulated
during the winter. They must
go and go quickly . . . .
Note the Phenomenal Prices:
SIO.OO Suits reduced to ...-. $ 5.00
$12.50 Suits reduced to 6.25
$15.00 Suits reduced to 7.50
SIB.OO Suits reduced to 9.00
$20.00 Suits reduced to 10 00
A few Overcoats at Half Price.
CHEAP MONEV.
1
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ready for loane on Macon reaidenco and Is
business property. 8 per cent money for
farm loans. Over $5,000,000 successfully oar
negotiated In Georgia alone. Loans made
can be paid off at any time. We are head
quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man., M
358 Second street, Macon, Ga.
PRICE TWO CENTS