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by deeds to improved real eetate In more
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Equitable* Building and Loan Association,
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STABLISHED 1884,
SHOTS FIRED
ONLYJN_SALUTE
Arrival of a Spanish Cruiser
at Havana Was the Chief
EEvent of the Day.
WAR PREPARATIONS
Are Going Forward With Much
Haste as Possible-—President
Anticipates War.
The wild reports current in the city this
morning to the effect that war had been
declared or that a Spanish war ship had
been find ti[>oii by an American vessel, or
vice versa is positively « :thout foundation.
The lat< x.t a.nd most reliable information
is given by the Associated Press ri ports
in The News:
Havana, March s—The5 —The Spanish first
class cruiser Almirantc Oquendo arrived
In Havana harbor this morning from
Spain. She received a hearty welcome from
tlie ferry beats and tugs on hoard of which
were the civil and militar authorities and
■the different societies which have been
waiting for the warship's arrival.
The docks were, crowded with sightseers
Rockets were sent up and Hags and other
decorations displayed on the vessels in
port and tiie public buildings and palaces.
The Almirante Oquendo made a fine ap
pearance as she returned the salute from
Foil Cabanas and then saluted the fort
and admiral.
Captain Joaquin Lasaga is in command
of the Oquendo.
The papers here say the newly arrived
vessel is of the .same class as the Vizcaya.
The same ceremonies were observed on
the arrival of the Almirante Oquendo as
were followed out when the Vizcaya reach
ed this port from New York.
Fitz Hugh Lee, Jr., son of Consul Gen
eral Lee', is among the passengers who ar
rived today on the Olivette steamship
The 1 i y*h t house tender Mangrove is ex
pected a-t any time with the naval court
of inquiry. The .smoke stacks of the
Maine have been removed ami the divers
hope to recover some bodies today.
WAR PREPARATIONS.
President Thinks it is Well to Be Prepared
for Emergency.
New York.* March 5—A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Fully realizing the Importance of pre
parations for the emergency, the president
has directed the navy department to open
negotiations looking to the purchase
abroad of warships.
This fact is now for the first time made
public. It. probably would not have trans
pired at this juncture but for excitement
can "ad by the statement that Spain had
purchased or is negotiating “or the war
ships being built for Brazil and other ships
under construction.
The correspondent obtained the admis
sion that while the president doesn’t an
ticipate war he recognizes there is a pos
sibility of hostilities growing out. of the
Cuban problem and the Maine disaster and
proposes to be prepared.
Eight nun of war are practically com
pleted In foreign ship yards have been
offered to the United States. The presi
dent has given consideration to the ad
visability of placing an option. The navy
department has been carefully watching
the construction of the ships abroad
through the eyes of naval attaches .in
London. 'Paris, St. Petersburg, Berlin,
Vienna and Rome.
INCREASED SUPPLIES
Os Ammunition and Guns Sent to the Pacific
Slope.
San Francisco. March s.—lncreased sup
plies of ammunition for high power guns
have been ordered by the war department
from the Benicia Arsenal to the 1 forts at
Presidio and Lime Point.
Today twenty tons of powder and a large
supply of projectiles will be placed aboard
the barges at Benicia and towed to the
■Presidio wharf.
The supply of munitions at the arsenal,
which will be almost exhausted by this
shipment, will be replenished by a train
load of ammunition from the east.
The veteran officers at Presidio are con
fident 'that the works at Fort Point and
Fort Baker are now strong enough to suc
cessfully resist any fleet that Spain could
send to the Pacific.
SHIPPING SEAMEN
As Rapidly as Possible On All the War
Ships.
Valejo, Cal., March s.—'Admiral Kirk
land has received telegraphic orders to in
struct Captain Louis Kempff of the receiv
ing ship Independence, to sign all able
bodied seamon that can possibly pass.
The shipment of boys which has been
going on for months will continue. The
Charleston, Yorktown and Philadelphia
are the best ships here, but little work is
being done on them at present.
Admiral Kirkland says be can prepare
the vesesls for sea within six weeks.
Five hundred men are employed in the
construction department and orders have
been received for the employment of an
additional number.
DLEEGATES ELECTED.
Meeting of the Mulberry Street Church Ep
worth League.
At the business meeting of the Mulberry
Street Methodist Church Epworth League
held last night in the annex, delegates for
the conference which meets here in April,
were elected. They are as follows: W. W.
Pinson, J. L. Gerdine, W. G. Solomon, C.
E. Homan, O. A. Park, L. W. Branch,
Miss Nanette Carter. Miss Lula Johnson
and Miss Kate Martin.
Delegates from the other leagues in the
city will be elected at an early date.
THE BOSTON IDEALS TONIGHT.
If you like fine music don't miss it.
WILL INSTALL
DUBLIN LODGE
Elks Travel to the City On
the Oconee This
Afternoon.
RECEPTION AWJITS THEM,
They Will Make Dublin Howl This
Evening When They Torture Their
New Members and Brothers.
Twenty-five members of the Macon
Lodge of Elks will leave this afternoon
at 3:15 o'clock for Dublin, where they go
to Install a lodge of .Elks at that place.
The party will be headed by Past Exalted
Ruler S. R. Wiley.
A lodge was organized in Dublin some
time ago with about thirty members, but
some d< lay has been experienced, in getting
the paraphernalia for the installation of
the lodge, but now all arrangements have
been made.
The Mac-on Elks will be entertained
loyally while in Dublin, any they are ex
pecting a big time. After the Installation
takes plate a social Session be held at
which, time it is probable that speeches
v, ill be made by the local members of the
Elks and some of the visitors will reply.
Past Exalted Ruler S. R. Wiley will be
the in-tailing officer, and will be assisted
bj' the members of the Macon lodge.
The party will spend the night in Dub
lin and return to Macon tomorrow morn
ing.
The Dublin lodge will attend the social
circus which the Elks will pull oil here on
the 12th, In a body, and will occupy a
conspicuous place in the procession.
Secretary Wright has received a large
number of letters from Elks all over the
state, and many from those outside of the
state, who say that they will attend the
circus if possible.
Mr. Dan Holt, has charge of the program
for the concert, and when it is completed
it will be one of the best that has ever
been seen under a tent in Macon. The
program will be made up nea’tly alto
gether with local talent.
Probable That a Station Will Be Established
in Florida.
Washington, March s.—The proposed
transfer of Dry Tortugas, which is qow
regared as the most important quarantine
station off the southern coast, to the war
depart menit, would necessitate the imme
diate selection of another location for a
•station off the coast of Florida.
The quarantine season against ports af
fected with yellow fever and o-ther infec
tious diseases begins April 1.
If the war department decides to re
sume control over Dry Tortugas and Fort
Jefferson there is no time to be lost by
Marine Hospital officials in finding an
other station.
Already some correspondence has been
had with officials in service on the Flor
ida coast and several of the Florida keys
have been suggested as suitable places to
which the station might be transferred.
Among them Fleming Key-—which Sur
geon Murray at one time considered su
perior to Dry Tortugas as a location for a
quarantine station. —Mullet Key, where
the state of Florida now maintains a sta
tion and Bahia-Honda which is east of
Key West.
Owing to the admirable location of Dry
Tortugas. which is directly in the track
of all vessels bound to the United States
from the West Indies. South and Central
America and the perfect character of the
quarantine station, it will be given up as
with the great regret by the Marine Hos
pital if the war war department insists
taking possession.
Yellow fever patients are not treated at
Tortugas station, but at Bird Key, six
miles away. Those who were injured in
the Maine explosion, who were in the hos
pital at Havana, were detained at this sta
tion before being taken to Key West. The
t ime advantages claimed for Dry Tortu
gas as a point for quarantine 'arc claimed
for it as a stragetic point for the fleet
operating against Cuba.
It was used in the civil war as the base
of operations against the Confederate
states. Old Fort Jefferson is located on
Gordon Key.
Gordon Key consists of ten acres. On It
are Tortugas harbor light, having a range
of thirty-one miles and a quarantine sta
tion. The anchorage to the nothwest of
Gordon Keys has a usable area of one by
one and a half miles, with seven to eleven
fathoms of water and excellent holding
grounds.
Into this anchorage are three channels,
and Surgeon Murray says that with a little
care any vessel in the word can get in
without a pilot.
HEARST’S GUESTS
Bound Lor Cuba Touched at Charleston This
Morning.
Charleston, S. C., March s.—lA party
consisting of Senators Money, Gallinger,
Thurston, and Representatives Smith, of
Michigan, and Cumming, of New York,
with several ladies and their families, ar
rived this morning on ‘the Flagler yacht,
Anita.
They are en route to Cuba to make a
personal Investigation of the condition on
the island. They go as the guests of AV. R.
Hearst, of New York, The Journal party
leave tonight or tomorrow.
SUMMER UNIFORMS
For Police and Fire Departments Will Be
Furnished by Pettibone.
Major O. T. Kenan, recently appointed
Southern agent for the Pettibone Manu
facturing Company, has secured the con
tract from the city to furnish uniforms
for both the police and fire departments.
He is nbw measuring the men for .the uni
forms. They will be the handsomest that
the departmens have yet had.
Bucklin's Arnica Salve
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. It Is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
rc-r sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons* drug
•tor*.
SPRING GOODS
arriving every day; no let down in our
stock, but you can expect the newest and
best of everything to be found here, as
the season advances.
Holmes Grocery Company.
THE MACON NEWS.
SENATOR BACON
TO INTRODUCE
Aon. William Jennings Bryan
When He Speaks Here
Next Wednesday.
ALL ARRANGEMENTS MADE
For the Reception of the Great Lead
er When He Comes Here—Ad
ditional Names for Committee.
ENTHUSIASM ON THE 'INCREASE—
Everything is ready for the coming of
Hon. William Jennings“ Bryan, who speaks
in Macon on next Wednesday night, and
will speak, from the the present indica
tions, to the largest gathering ever brought
together to hear a political speech in Ma
con.
The Young Men's Democratic Club of
.Bibb county has waked up from its period
of rest and will from now on be found well
to the front in everything that will tend to
forward the interests of the Democratic
party in Georgia, even if it becomes nec
essary for them to take up arms and go to
Cuba or to Spain.
The first and the greatest work before
them is the giving of a fitting reception to
William Jennings Bryan, who is the head
and the front of the Democratic party in
this country, and whose coming to Macon
will od the party much good.
Mr. Bryan will be met in Atlanta on his
way here by a delegation appointed by
the Young Men’s Democratic Club and 'by r
them he wiil be escorted to the city. Ar
rived here he will be received by the com
mittee whose names were published in The
News yesterday. * A number of names were
inadvertantly left from the list.
Those added to the list are as folows:
James H. Blount, Sr., George A. Smith,
W. H. Schatzman, R. F. Burden, Thamas
R. Ayer, D. Q. Abbott, W. M. Rogers, Lew
Kilbourne, C. T. Massenberg, R. J. Ander
son, C. C. (Kit) Anderson, Jere Hollis,
Tom Henderson, W. Lee Ellis, A. W. Lane,
J. H. McGehee, J. S. McGhee and W. L.
Henry.
On the arrival in Maccn Mr. Bryan will
be escorted to the Hotel Lanier where an
informal reception will be tendered to
him. Much of the rest of the program de
pends upon the time of Mr. Bryan’s arrival
hero, which has not yet been definitely
decided upon. It is hoped, however, itlfat
Mr. Bryan will get here at 11 o’clock on
the Southern road in which event it will
be possible to make the reception more
elaborate.
The executive committee of the Young
Men’s Democratic Club met yesterday af
ternoon and discussed the details -of this
reception. The citizens of Macon have re
sponded liberally to a request for sub
scriptions sufficient to pay the expenses of
the proper reception and entertainment of
the speaker of the day.
Never did a soliciting committee have a
more pleasant reception, for everyone re
alizes that the coming of Mr. Bryan will
draw more people to Macon than anything
else that has taken place here In many a
year.
The big tent will be put up on Monday
and the extra seats will then be put up.
It is thought that the tent will accommo
date about 5,000 • people, and ample room
will be reserved for the ladies who may
wish to hear Mr. Bryan, and for this pur
pose a very large number of seats have al
ready been applied for.
Senator ©aeon has been asked to intro
duce Mr. Bryan, and will probably accept
if he can possibly spare the time from his
official duties. .
IF YOU LIKE GUITAR MUSIC
You will be delighted with the Boston
Ideals tonight.
GOOD WORK GOES ON.
The Hospital Fund Has Bien Increased By
Another Hundred Dollars.
The Hospital fund was materially in
creased by the donation of $lO6 this morn
ing.
The good work is going on, and within
the next week the full amount of $3,500
should be in hand.
The total amount subscribed to date is
$1,309, which is made up as follows:
Joseph Dannenberg $ 500
J. M. Johnson 100
W. M. Johnson 100
S. R. Jaques 100
R. H. Plant 100
Acme Brewing Company 50
A. & N. M. Block 50
Rev. A. M. Williams 5
Mrs. Laura Whitehurst 5
Burden, Smith & Co 100
Talbott & Palmer 100
Cash 50
Isaac Hardeman 25
W. H. Ross 50
T. D. Tinsley 50*
Cash (lady friend) 6
*
Total 'to datesl,39l
Let the good work go on. * a
PRESIDENT WAXELBAUM
Returned From New York —Carnival Associ
ation Will Meet.
President E. A. Waxelbaum, of the Ma
con Carniav lAssoeiation, returned this
morning from Boston and New York,
where he has been for the past few weeks.
President Waxelbaum says that he has
many valuable ideas gathered while in
New York. A meeting of the executive
committee of the association will be called
next week, when the report of the com
mittee which went to New Orlans will be
received, and other matters of importance
transacted. Mr. Waxelbaum has secured
one feature taht is ahead of anything ever
brought to the South.
HAVE YOU SEEN OUR
New hats, $1.25, $1.50. Phillips.'
WORK FOR CUBANS
King’s Daughters Are at Work for the Suf
ferers.
New York. March 5. —The Central Coun
cil of King’s Daughters will next week
begin the branch relief work of cutting
and sewing garments for the Cuban suf
ferers. thousands of whom, Miss Barton
has declared in her letters, are in rags.
LODGE Os SORROW.
Mexico City. March 5.-—The lodge of sor
row held by the Masons last night in hon
or of the Masons who perished on the
Maine explosion, was numerously- attend
ed. The hall was draped in black, <nd
speeches were made expressive of sympa
thy for the United States.
HATS FROM PHILLIPS.
Right price. Right style.
MACON NEWS SATURDAY MARCH 5 1898.
THE CONVENTION
ATJVILRICUS
Executive Committee Has
Sent Out a Very Impor- B
tant Circular;
• PROGRAM PREPARED,
Delegates to the Convention Can Be
Given Free Entertainment by
the Hospitable People.
The state executive committee of the
Young Men’s Christian Associations of
Georgia has sent out a circular telling of
the state convention to be held in Ameri
cus March 17th, and closing March 20th.
In this circular attention is called to the
great importance of the convention, and
the associations in the various cities are
urged to do,their utmost to make the occa
sion a success.
Secretary S. Walters McGill, who signs
the circular with Chairman J. Frank Beck,
anticipates that the convention will be one
of 'the largest and most successful ever
held in Georgia, and he looks forward ti it
with great, expectations.
Each association in the state will send a
deleggation. Both city and college asso
ciations are entitled to unlimited delega
tion, and" the secretary urges the associa
tes to 'Send as many delegates as possible.
The instructions are that the delegates be
furnished with the proper credentials.
The association of Americus has agreed
■to furnish free entertainment to all 'the
delegates, and the names of all delegates
will be sent to Lee M. Hansford, of that
city, not later than March 15th.
Special excursion tickets will be sold to
■Americus from all points in the state at
the rate of one-third fare on the certificate
plan. In order for the delegates to secure
the reduced rates it will be necessary for
them to obtain a purchase. certificate at
the time they get their ticket.
The program to be rendered at the con
vention is an unusually brilliant one. The
program has not been completed, but the
following are some of the men who will
addrtss the gathtring:
H. P. Andersen, of Asheville, N. C., field
secretary of the internati-o ’ committee,
known °
the
Ira uc.
Cumberland Presbyterian, ... ~. c
of his splendid addresses.
H. E. Roseyear, state secretary of Ken
tucky.
Dr. A. A. Marshall, of Atlanta.
Rev. A. J. .Smith, of Savannah, will have
charge of the Bible study and quiet hour.
Rev. R. R. White, of Macon.
W. K. Matthews, of New York, college
secretary of the international committee,
who has been so helpful to the college
work of the South.
Prominen t men of in the as
socat ion's work.
It is requested by the executive commit
tee that Sunday, March 13th, be observed
■as a day of special 'prayer for this con
vention. If it is impossible for any asso
ciation to observe that day, it is requested
that the nearest day to it be used.
The executive committee says the asso
ciation officers and members can help in
making the convention a memorable oc
casion by observing the four following re
quests:
Choosing the best men for delegates,
who will arrange to ‘be present at the
opening and remain till the close of the
convention.
“Providing said delegate with a clear
understanding concerning their part in
planning the policy for the new’ year in
Georgia, and in providing for the annual
budget.
“Seeing, that they are preprel to take
part in the of topics, giving re
ports and the devotional exercses.
“Prayer for and expecting the abiding
presence of the spirit of God at every ses
sionsion, ruling over all deliberations and
guiding all our thoughts.”
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THREE LINES LONG
Wil! Be the Petition for Executive Clemency
for Mrs. Nobles.
The petition which will be presented to
the governor for executive clemency for
Mrs. Nobles will be about three lines long,
and in the application there will be no
argument or reasons why pardon should
be granted. The argument for Mrs.
Nobles will be made before the pardoning
board, and will not be in writing.
It is a question among many whether
or not the governor or the pardoning
board has the power to pass the sanity of
Mrs. Nobles, and the majority of opinions
is that they cannot, the pardoning power
of the governor lay in the fact that he see
reasonable evidence to doubt the guilt of
the party accused, or that there were cer
tain phases of the crime which the courts
could not consider.
If it be the case that the governor can
not pass upon the sanity of Mrs. Nobles
she will no doubt be left in the position
of her going to the penitentiary or being
bung. The courts have already said, that
they thought that Mrs. Nobles was not in
sane, and that she had no legal right to
appeal to the courts on that ground. This
is the point which has always been con
tended. and always ruled against her.
If a petition were submitted to the gov
ernor by citizens of the state it would not
bo for the governor to send the woman to
the asylum, but to commute her sentence,
to life imprisonment in the penitentiary.
They could not ask that she be sent to the
asylum, for .this would be a question upon
which the governor cannot decide.
The Discovery Yet.
W. P. Repine, editor Tiskilwa “Chief,”
says: “We won’t keep house without Dr.
King’s New Discovery for consumption,
souths and colds. Experimented with
many others, but never got the true reme
dy until we used Dr. King’s New Discov
ery. No other remedy can take its place
in our home, as in it we have a certain
and <ure cure for coughs, colds, whooping’
cough, etc.” It is idle to experiment with
other remedies, even if they are urged on
you as jus: as good as Dr. King’s New Dis- '
covery. They are not as good, because this
remedy Las a record of cures and besides
is gun'antecd. It never fails to satisfy.
Trial i onics free at H. J. Lamar & Son’s
drug store.
Piles, files, t-ues:
Dr Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment win
euro Blind. Bleeding, and Itching Piles
wl. n all other Ointments have failed. It
•L-nrbs the tumors, allays the itching at
once, acts as a poultice, gives instant re
lief. Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment
la prepared only for Piles and Itching of
the private parts, and nothing else. Every
box la warranted. Sc’d by druggists, or
rent by mail on receipt of price, 50c. and
SI.GO per box.
WHiUAMS M’F’G. CO., Prop’a.,
e ‘ Cleveland, O.
COm HEALTH
BOARD ACTIVE
Organized This Morning and
Will Conduct a Most De
termined Campaign.
DR, HOLT GIVES HIS MS.
The Board Will Adopt Them and No
Trouble or Expense Will Be
Spared in the Fight.
The recently appointed county Board of
Health met this morning in the grand jury
room at the court house.
Os the twenty-one members elected
nineteen were present as follows-:
Howard District —Dr. Ousley, C. I. Mc-
Elroy, R. E. Bowman.
Hazzard District—Dr. Powers, -N. A.
Powers, T. A. Clay.
Warrior District —Dr. Redding, and Don
Parker.
Rutland District —Dr. Heard, J. B. Wil
lis, F. M. Barfield. ’
Godfrey ,District —Dr. Scovin, William
Bedingfield, J. T. Bailey.
East Macon —Dr. Carroll, C. C. Balcom.
Vineville —Dr. W. F- Holt, Washington
Dessau, T. R. Ayer.
Mr. R. E. Bowman of the Howard dis
trict, was elected temporary chairman and
S. C. Eavies, clerk of county commission
ers, .temporary secretary.
Mr. Washington Dessau briefly explain
ed the object of the meeting and for the
selection of the county Board of Health,
which is as follows:
This body is to be organized merely as
advisory to the county commissioners of
Bibb county, and at their instance and re*
quest. It is to have no authority beyond
that which may be given it by the county
board of commissioners.
The idea in having the representatives
upon the board of each militia district is
for the purpose of enabling the board to
be more extensively advised of the health
conditions, as to smallpox, in each dis
trict. The members from each district to
act in emergency eases, and when, con
sultation with the other members of the
board cannot be had upon matters of
general importance the whole board will
act as a body.
Permanent organization was then effect
ed as follows:
Chairman, Dr. W. F. Holt, of- Vine
ville.
Secretary, S. -C. Davis.
Dr. Holt then read the. following com
munication:
Dr. Holt’s Opinion.
Mr. Chairman: While I am ready and
willing to serve as one of the Board of
Health for the Vineville district, and will
cheerfully assist and eo-ciperate wth your
'honorable body in endeavoring to eradicate
smallpox from our community, yet as my
'views as to the methods and means to be
employed are so fixed and pronounced, I
•think it.is but right to the county commi-s
--sioiiers and just to myself that I should
briefly outline the <plan proposed. If after
hearing and carefully considering it your
beard are unwilling to adopt the plan
herein suggested, then I shall respectfully
request that I be relieved from serving on
the Board of Health and another be ap
pointed in ray stead. Tiis true the plan I
shall propose will require an expenditure
of money, as there is no cheap method of
dealing with and stamping out smallpox.
I am convinced that it will prove economi
cal in the end. I am reliably informed
that the city council of Atlanta spent in
that city SIO,OOO in vaccination alone. That
it cost Griffin $3,500 -to thoroughly and
successfully eradeoate smallpox from that
city. Up to date Macon has spent $5,000,
and the smallpox is still with us. The
county commissioners, -I am glad to state,
have in this threatened epidemic acted
promptly and in such a maner as to de
serve the thanks of the whole 'community,
and I am convinced will continue to do all
in their power to stamp ou smallpox from
the county. Now as to the details. I
would earnestly recommend that your
county physician be instructed and em
powered to employ as many assistants as
may be necessary and to make at once—
without delay, a thorough and complete
house to house inspection, going over the
same territory previously traversed by him
and vaccinating every man, woman and
child in the district, keeping a careful re
cord of the number of every age and sex,
and repeating the visit over the same ter
ritory after rhe lapse of -ten days, in order
that he may determine who in the com
munity are unprotected. By this means
you will have accomplished two very im
portant and desirable results. You will
net only have immuned the entire district
through vaccination, but will have ac
complished what can be done in'*no other
’ way, and in my judgment the most im
portant, you will have ascertained whether
there are any concealed smallpox cases in
existence in that locality, as it is well
known to your board that a case of small
pox was discovered a few days ago on
Third avenue in Vineville that had been
concealed for several days.
House of detention.
Should a case of small-pox be reiported or
discovered, require your county physician
to visit it immediately and pro-mpily re
move it to the pest house and have the
other inmates who have beejt exposed to it,
removed to -a house or camp of detention
which has been prepared and selected by
your body for the purpose. In that camp
.or house of detention the inmat-s of the
house where the smallp. x existed are to
be kept and guarded for at least two
weeks. As soon as the smallpox patient
has been removed to the pest house or
smallpox hospital, and the other inmates
to the detention camp, let it be the duty
of a competent and reliable, man—if you"
please, under the direction of the county
physician, to repair at once to the infected
house, take a careful written inventory
of the contents of the infected house and
at once destroy or burn all the bedding,
blankets, carpets, etc., then to carefully
and thoroughly diisnfeet the room .or
rooms with Formaldehyde, which is now
regarded as the very best disinfectant and
germ destroyer known to the medical pro
fession and used and endorsed by the
United States government. An excellent
apparatus for the purpose can be purchas
ed at a cost of SIOO.
After this disinfection of the apartments
has been accomplished, the apartments
should be closed for twelve or twenty-four
hours, and at the expiration of that time
-the windows and doors should thrown open
and persons can then occupy the premesis
without danger of contracting smallpox.
This may seem a costly means of coping
■with smallpox, but experience and records
have taught us that we fight against a
mighty foe, and to be peony wise at this
important juncture la to trifle with the
lives and interest cf our community.
Respectfully submited for consideration I
to the ecynty commissioners,
Wm. F. Holt, M. D.
The following resolution was offered by
Dr. Heard and adopted:
Resolved, That realizing that sndallpox
Is in our midst, it is the sense of this
on fourth page,)
WADE HAMPTON
ISJNVITED
To Be the Orator in Maccn
Upon Next Memo
rial Day.
DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY
Will Ask Him to Come—Action Tak
en at Meeting Held This
• Morning.
The idea of building a National Univer
sity is gaining interest among prominent
and intellectual men and women all over
the coumtry.
The plan of erecting a National Univer
sity at Washington was conceived by our
first president * who bequeathed to the
government for that purpose property
valued -at $25,000 which legacy would now
amount to $1,000,0(10 were this debt with
-accrued inttu.J, paid.
Having been so long unattended to there
is no legal claim on the government for
any portion of this amount. The patriotic
women of America, with the indorsement
of the National University committee have
organized the George -Washington Memo
rial Association for. auxiliary, though inde
pendent work, in promoting the interests
of the university of the United Stales.
They seek to keep alive In the national
heart those noble instincts of love and
patriotism which must be the glory of any
country whose men and deeds have con
tributed to the national honor.
Their purpose is to erect by popular
subscription cf $250,000 the first educa
tional building of the university that shall
be known as the George Washington Me
morial, and' shall sd-amd as a just and
living tribute to his interest in this greafc
cause. Thus begun, the growing interest
in matters educational as a lever-, our pub
lic men cannot longer disregard the fact
that this is a case wherein “A public trust
is a public duty.”
The National University will not inter
fere with the vast number of so-called
universities now in existence bu£ will be
the crown and glorious finish to our 'now
unfinished system of education. As the
shaft of marble erected to Washington’s
memory remained so long without the
cap-stone—so our system of education has
stood doing duty well and bravely—but
without -the crowning glory that will come
only with the erection and operation of a
true university.
Among the distinguished men who are
now advocating the National University
may be mentioned ex-Governor -Hoyt,
Chief Justice Fuller, Andrew B. White,
Dr. Gilman, of Johns Hopkins, Dr. Sey
mour, of Cornell, Dr. Andrews, of Brown,
Dr. Jordan, of Deland Stanford and hun
dreds of other leading thinkers and scien
tists. The Georgia organization of the
George Washington Memorial Association
is composed of the following ladies:
Mrs. Isaac S. Boyd, vice chairman for
Georgia; Mrs. Joseph Thompson, vice
chairman executive board; Miss Alice
Baxter," state .secretary; Mrs. Lindsay
Johnson, state treasurer; Mrs. James
Jackson, chairman fifth district, Atlanta;
Mrs. Walter Damar, sixth district, Macon;
Mrs. J. A. Rounsaville, seventh district,
Rome; Mrs. Billips Phinizy, eighth dis
trict, Athens; Mrs. John Aiken, city chair
man, Cartersville.
Mr. and Mrs. Clewell, of Salem, N. C.,
spent a few days in Macon this week, the
guests of Dr. and Mrs. Morris and Mr. and
Mrs. James H. Blount. Mr. Clewell is
president of the college at Salem, and he
and his wife are making a tour of several
states, visiting their former pupils and the
parents of those young ladies now at
Salem, and also forming the graduates into
an Alumnae Association. Thursday night
Mr. and Mrs. Blount gave a tea in honor
of Mr. -and Mrs. Clewell, at which were
present the -Macon ladles who have been
pupils at Salem. Miss Fannie Blount is
attending school there now.
The Daughters of the Confederacy met
this morning and transacted some impor
tant business. It was unanimously agreed
to invite -General Wade Hampton to make
the memorial address in Macon on the
2Gth of April. Mrs. T. O. Chestney, secre
tary of -the Sidney Lanier Chapter, will
write the letter of invitation and will en
tertain General Hampton at her home if
he comes. The music for the occasion will
be arranged by Miss Mattie Woodruff.
The Macon Artist’s Club is the latest
literary club formed here, and will un
doubtedly be a means of pleasure and In
struction to its members. Miss Mason is
president, Miss Rogers, vice president,
Miss Boone, secretary; and Miss Davis,
treasurer. The club will meet twice a
month, on Monday afternoon, and the first
subject studied will be Art in America.
cens’us’Tnu MERATO RS
Wil! Finish Their Work About the First of
April,
The work of taking the school census of
Bibb county is going on as rapidly as pos
sible, and Superintendent Abbott says he
thinks it will be the first of April before
they will complete their work-.
The taking of the census is no small
job, and means much hard work for the
enumerators. No idea of what the results
will be can be had until the work is fin- ;
ished and the reports made.
GRAND MASTER MACHINIST
Will Address .the Organized Labor of Macon
at Hebernian Hiil.
Grand Master .Machinist James O’Con
nell, of the International Association will
deliver a lecture to the organized labor of
Macon tonight at the Hibernian hall.
"While in the city Mr. O’Connell will be i
the guest of the local njuehinists, who will :
entertain him ip royal style. A cordial
invitation has been extended to all work
ing men to hear him. His speech will be
to suggest solutions to practical questions
that confront the working men of today.
WANTED
A capable man to take j
charge of truck garden at
Idle-Hour Farm. One who •
understands his business and!
will attend to it. Will get |
comfortable home and good
salary. None but an experi
enced gardener need apply.
R. H. PLANT.
LISTEN TO THE MANDOLIN
Music of Boston Ideals tonight.
Just Received
SWELL Consisting of
PRI NG Derbies & Alpines.
H A P ES in 311 colors -
lIEW Four-in-Hands,
lOBBY Imperials
JECKWEAR and Puffs
What Would You Think
_ m an who had a hun=
Don t i dred pumpkins to carry a
mile and had only a sack
an( j an ox move them
Thoughts w ith who would put a
or rock in one end of the
A sack and a pumpkin in
Penny; the other? You would
s hey know that
Are
He DM Hot TfiJnJt
Just
Turn Did you ever think
Them why it was that you
On would pay your cash
The down for Shoes where
Shoe credit prices prevailed?
Question It was because
g You DM Hot Thlnlc
Save ~ .
You y v
Many \ t I /
Pennies. I X.
Think J X iW
Os a i ’Y
Ladies’
Shoe ‘ 1
Like FOR
Plant’s .
jpoy Ladies, we think we can give
zu you a Shoe as good as any Shoe
$2.50. at any price.
E, B. HARRIS & CO
—THE
“Shoe Brokers’
The Only One of Our Kind on Earth.
We ve Moved
A good lot of those extra odd suits—the price
is what did it—if we have your size it’s like
finding money on the sidewalk.
Some Winter Suits—some Spring Suits—
they are from last spring, but just’as good as
if they were built today—as long as they last.
GL PR!PF
r “ I V-z iZL
CHEAP MONEY.
per cent and 7 per cent oney now
ready for loans on Macon residence and 'Si
business property. 8 per cent, money for
farm loans. Over $5,000,000 successfully '
negotiated in Georgia alone. Loans made -i
can be paid off at any time. We are head- •.9
quarters. O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man.,
856 Second street, Macon, Ga.
PRICE TWO CENTS