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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 Have beeu carefully observed in the selection of Nobby Spring Clothing for Men and Boys. 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. Window Glass, Mantels and Grates. Can furnish any size or parts broken. Call before cold weather comes. T. C. BURKE. RIZ, RAZ, RAZZLE! BOOM!! And your whiskers are off. THEZ DOZIT DOES IT! It is the saw-edged eradicator. No more rough edges. You’ll be happy all the time. THE TROY STEAM LAUNDRY Is always up-to-date. Prompt and perfect work. ZT— N EZ 256. T? SWEET T I sweet MUSIC. 11l ■ -™ ~ ' MUSIC. Boston Ideals. ° A r MARCHE 16111 ' Hcademu of music. Closing the Lyceum Course. Balcony reserved for Ladies, 50c. Here It Just what every woman wants. No more trouble ■with your hair curler. “PERFECTION.” Self-Healing F Hair Curler. I ■ ;; I r I Hi The whole thing f ower half is is called a Curler. .; ftjj» called the handle. The upper half is called ft the Curling Iron. ft Price $1.25. Nickel Alarm Clocks, 75c. J H & W. W. WILLIAMS, JEWELERS, 352 Second Street. The only safe, ours and reliable Female PILL JSfFENNYBOYAL FILLS. Ask for »». MOTT d PSFNYEO2AL FULLS and take no other. Send for circular. Price SI.OU per box, fa boxen for $5.00. DR. MOTTS CHEMICAL CO., - Cleveland, Ohio. 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 f 8% per cent, and 7 per cent oney now m 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