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TENT UP, ALL
IN READINESS.
Elks Are Duly Waiting for
Saturday to Come to Pull
Off the Grand
SOCIAL EVEN! OF THE SHM
The Attendauce Will Be Tremen
dous—Nearly All of the Boxes
Have Been Sold.
Everything ig now In readiness for the
grand *ociai circus which the Elka will
pull off on Saturday, and the event bids
fair t* eclipse any thing of the kind ever
given in Macon before.
The scheme of giving a social circus is
not an original one with the Macon Elks,
for it has been worked in several instances
bofore, but has always proven a great suc
<-et:K. its first success is from Uhe fact that
there are well known local characters on
the program. Such will be the case witli
the Elks circus in Macon.
The big tent which Is being pitched for
Hoti. William J. Bryan's speech tonight Is
where the circus will be held, and with the
exception of the* crowd that will <issenitol<
to 'hear Mr. Bryan t ie largest number of
people that lifii ever ass. tnokd on that
block will b<> present. There will be not
only a tr< mendous crowd of Macon people,
but hundreds of vi.ut-.r, . AH of the rail
roads have granted reduced rates, and for
mihs around the people will take advan
tage of them.
Seteral lodges in dlffcren, parts of the
State Will attend in a body, and will oc
cupy conspicuous placed in the parade.
Yesterday afternoon the gentlemen who
will do the bareback riding for the circus
were at Central City park, where the Har
ris Nickel Plate dhows are now situated,
practicing for the coming event.
All of these riders are daring, and some
of their feats of hor;a manship will oe won
derful.
On the morning of the 12th, at 8 o’clock,
n meeting of all the lodges in the state
■will be held in the Elks' headquarters in
(Macon, for the purpose of adopting a new
ritual.
Tiie circus parade will commence to
move about noon. It will be headed by the
.Macon lodge, all members in uifiform.
Then will come the visiting Elks and the
rest of tin proces.-ion. It has been decid
ed to have only two bands, Card’s famous
military band and the regular circus hand
W ith tins, two excellent musical organi
ganizations music enough can be furnished
for any parade.
All during the day the Elks will keep
often house a.'t their lodge rooms, and
r< fit sbnit fils will be served to all visitors.
Manager Harris, of the Harris Nickh
Plate .ohc'.vs, says that he lias everything
in whip shape for his part of the program.
He has secured some of theflnest circus
talent in the country, and outside of the
fact that tin* Elks themselves will give a
show that is well worth the price of ad r
mission, ihe regular perfe.manee will be
most excellent.
'bhe performance will commence promirt
ly at 2 o’clock an I the present indications
are that there will not lie standing room
under the tent.
There are SOO reserved scats and fifty
boxes. Nearly all of the boxes have been
taken, and a "large number of the reserved
seats have been disposed of. The aale of
tickets is going steadily on.
All of the offices of the circus will be
filled by Elks. 'I icy will sell and collect
tickets, sell lemonade, peanuts, popcorn
and have complete control of everything.
'I i< re will be two performances. Ont
In the afternoon and one at night, and a
eonct it after t ach pt rformanee. Messrs.
l»an Hall anil Rudolph Dennick have com
pli te ('.large of the program tor the con
cert. which in tire-- success.
Tile Elks have entered into the circus
Io make it one of the grandest things ever
pulled off in the south. Tiey will use the
paraphernalia of the Harris Nickle Platt
Railroad Shows, w'licit have been greatly
enlarged Cais y. ar. The ni .cAci ment of
the shew has tendered to the Elks the usu
of their tents anil other paraphernalia, and
also tin services of their own performers.
Invitations have been issued 'to every
lodge jn the state, and there will be hun
dreds of visitors here
The grand street parade ami pageant
wll begin to move nt noon on March 12.
Os ail the magnificent street pageants ‘that
have ever passed over the streets of M t
con this will be the grandest. Blazing in
brilliancy. marvelous in ineoh.inlsin, stu
pendous and sublime in conception, sights
to <lelight and astonish ai once. Those who
jnlsH It will always regret it.
Proft.-sor E. 1.. Martin, who was elected
to go in front of the parade and hold up
the wires for the tall band wagons anil
cages to pass under, says that he will b<
unable to net in tills capacity, and. in fact,
will not lie able to appear in t.ie paradt
nt all. ns he ha be. n given a part of th;
program with which he is not as familial
as hi should l>e. find it will take all of his
time in prai tiring for it. The managt -
niei t insist thn't he give k!u\skirt dance
which made him famous in the vaudeville
world, and though it has been some time
rance be attempted those matveious crea
tions. he says he thinks he will be ablt
to master it by March 12. The goods for
the skirt are being made up at the factory
now.
To avoid the el-ctrio light wires the pa
rade will confine itself to those streets
where there are no wires. This has been
decided on at the request of the ci!'- au
thorities.
. There will be two mammoth brass bands
In the process.on. They will both be under
the direction < . Professor Card. At fust
there was some objection to such music,
•bu't this was mini overruled, as it was
.proven that it would at least be necessary
to have a band to every mile of the parade,
and it has been estimated that it will be a
little over twelve miles, long.
I’t would be impossible* to describe all the
marvelous features in this parade. There
will be several droves of real Elks, cows,
sheep, etc., from Dodge county, genuine
goats from Jones county, and in the cages
will be sem some of far most marvelous
captures of the men sent out by the man
agement of the menagerie. Chickens,
ducks, pigions, to say nothing of the rab
bits from the banks of the Ocmulgee, and
wood r.i s from Fort Hawkins.
It is estimated that it wil take the pa
rade three hours to pas a given point, and
while the spectators watch in breathless
excitement, light lunches will be served
to any of rhe saloons.
Immediately after rhe parade the visitors
will repair to the eiycus grounds, where
the different officials will direct them to
■the ticket windows and lend them every
service possible—tout no money.
The handling of a crowd such as will
attend the circus is no small matter, and
it will take all the ingenuity at 'the com
mand of the superintendent of the beer
wigons to accommodate the people.
Instead of giving rhe slack wire per
formance to which he was assigned. Mr
C. R. Wright has decided to make the bal
loon ascension, as he is more familiar with
“high lonesomes.” A decidedly new and
novtff feature of the parade will be the
substitution of Church Berryman for the
steam calliope. He will be placed in a one
horse wagon, and his risibles operated by
George Macdonald with selections of tois
hates: funny successes. There are very
few human calliopes such as Mr. Berry
man. There is a melancholy sweetness in
the dulcet tones of his playing.
At 2 o’clock, with the blare of trumpets
ahd a mighty burst of music, the perform
ance will eomtnenctJ, ahd the folowing is
the latest revised program:
Grand, entree.
Opening solo. Laughing Song, by Mr.
Church Berryman.
Representation of the Olympian games
as conceived by members of the company.
Flying leap over a barrel of Irish pota
toes by Mr. Jud Hill. (This feat will be
performed without the assistance of spring
boards or other paraphernalia.)
Song by Mote.
Bareback riding by Mr. Sidney Wiley.
Leaping from springboards over horses,
elcphums. etc., by Messrs. Birch. Liflin &
Company.
Howbk sailor perch, by Messrs. Hoddy
and Oarroll.
of traln <'d sea Hons under
th£* J lrec>tion of Professor Hollingsworth.
rldlns by Mme - Correna and
Clown Mot*.
Ten minutes internjiwfion in which to
drink red lemonade and eat hot tomaie.
Sparring contest between George Wright
and Frank Turpin.
Double stack wire performance by To
mato, the Japanese, and Rowdy Wright.
Very gorgeous costumes.
Flying rings, by Miss Forepaw.
Four uor&e act (WiK.b the laugh) Mr. A.
Castillo. ’
A few minutes with George Macdonald.
Feats of balancing by Tomato family.
Grand skirt donee by Ptofessor Martin.
Cahxum llg.us and delightful music.
* Double trapeze act toy Che Huddys and
Japanese family Tomato.
A forecast ci ibt coming war and a lec
ture* on horses, by Mr. Robert Smith.
Song and Dance, the Song That touched
My Heart, by Mr. Sidney Wiley.
Roman leaders, by Misses Fcrepaugh,
Hines and Forcpaugh.
Head balancing act, Messrs. Eugene An
derson and Benny Smith.
Acrobatic feat by Messrs. Lon Hollings
worth and John Byrnes.
Living pictures, by J. Lewis.
Rough Riders of the Plains cf Jones,
Messrs. Robert Hodges, W. G. Smith and
Jim Farnum.
Irish Skit, by Messrs. Tom Hall and
•Dennis NclHgan.
Trick Mule and Pony, Motz and Shea.
“Do You Know One Silva Minerva?”
RtciTuTiem by Mr. Robert W. Smith.
Las: -act from the celebrated drama.
“July George,” as interpreted by Billy
Fret.man. 'lain will be presented for the
lit.-, time in Macon in the English lan
guage. it was originally written in the
sort language of the Africans.
Performing elephant, Gypsy, by Mr.
Shea.
Startling Rap from the top of the tent
into a bath tub, by Mr. Lee Tinsley.
Feats of Equilibrium, by Tomato family.
Hurricane Hurdle, by A. Orton.
Izachelle, by Miss Forepaugh.
Handspring up to date, Iks Dunwoody.
Cak-i walk by the entire company, and a
closing hymn by Messrs. Joe Preston and
John Curd in b Hat.
PUMMTION
Only a Few Weeks Until Ma
con Will Have High Pres
ure and Plenty of Water
INSURANCE RATES CUT
In Consequence of the Increased
Water Supply—A Magnificent
Water Plant,
The work on the new waterworks pump
ing station up -the river has progressed to
such a degree now that it is only the ques
tion of a week or two until the plant is
completed, and Macon will be using water
from one of the finest pumping stations in
the 'South.
it is expected by the insurance men that
when the new plant gets into operation
the rate for '.Macon will ibe lowered, as the
low pressure here haS been one reason why
■the rates are 'high. The inadequacy of
the present supply has ben demonstarted
on several occasions.
The new pumping station will embrace
all the latest and improved machinery for
such purposes, and* will toe a splendid
example of ithc skill of modern engineers.
The two monster ten million gallon re
servoirs were completed some time ago,
as were the wells. The pumping and
boiler rooms are rapidly nearing comple
tion, and the machinery is on the ground
ready to toe placed in position.
From the Ocmulgee Pairk club house
to the waterworks station is just about a
mile, on a straight line to the river. A
large ten-inch main will be run from the
pumping station to the Intersection of Cot
ton avenue and New street, in the city,
and the contract of the water company
with the Ocmulgee Land and Improve
ment iCompany provides that the water
company shall open and .improve a street
along it-he line of pipe between the river
and the club house, which will give an
unlntcrupted view of the river.
it is interesting to note the precautions
the company is making to keep the water
clear, and also to keep up the supply under
any and all conditions.
They have several pumps with an aggre
gate capacity of 10,500,000 gallons per day,
and have reserved a place *£or another
large pump should the city’s continued
growth demand it. As 'the present con
sumption of the patrons is only
three million gallons per day, it will be
seen that a very good margin is left for
future increase of demand.
The water is first let into a large basin
or sink, whiciv is ibuilt up from a solid
foundation about six or eight feet below
the river bottom. The walls of this basiu
are made of heavy timbers so constructed
■that no amount of freshet or wind could
dis-Uu'b it, and the heavy timbers, besides
being interlocked at their ends, are
weighted down by huge piles of rocks 'built
upon the inside of the crib. This inclos
ure protects the basin from trash, fishes,
or other objectionable matter, and the wa
ter flows from this basiu or crib into the
first well, a hundred yards from the river
bank. A large main or pipe conducts the
water from the basin into the well by
gravity, being lower at the end where the
well is titan at the river.
In the well is a huge pump which throws
the water up through two large mains or
pipes to a couplsof immense basins built of
earth and cement. Each of these basins
hold two and a half million gallons of wa
ter. Os course, when the water gets into
the basins it is as muddy as when it
flowed in the river bed. but it is slowed to
remain there twenty-four hours to settle.
Alum is thrown into the basins so as to
help calrify the water. A gate connects
the two .rrasins. so that either of them may
be cleaned ou; and the mud wa-ii<d off
from the bottom and sides every week or
so. M hen one is being washed out in
this way the other is used for the water
supply, but hose and all .the appliances arc
arranged so that the work of cleaning the
basins Joes not consume much time, and
the two basins will be constantly and
steadily in use.
The water is taken by means of other
pipes front these two basins of either of
them to filters, which are large barrel
shaped concerns about twelve feet in di
ameter, filled with layers of sand, gravel,
etc. intende to catch and hold every parti
cle of mud that might be in the water
when it comes from the big basins, and
even will take the yellow stains out of the
water, which is then run into what is
called the clear water well. The clear wa
ter well is connected with pipes which run
to the city and furnish the consumers with
their water.
All parts of the plant are set several
feet above the highest water mark that the
swollen river ever made, and every piece
of machinery has a duplicate, so that there
can never be a necessity for shutting off
the city's water supply. If anything should
happen to ithe filters the witer can be
turned directly from the big basins into
the city mains. If anything should hap
pen to both of the big basins, the water
can beturned into the filters or the clear
well, and be sent into the city without
having one through the basins.
Within a short time Waterville will be
abandoned by the waterworks company,
and al! of the company forces will be
tr.insftrcd to the new station.
t’nder the city contract with ithe com
pany it is generally conceded that the
company cap deny any citizen a connec
tion with the mains, if they so desire,
but this was never done except in cases
i-be mains were found too small for
the demand on them. Now that the plant
,o a.ge and so complete, it will perhaps
never again be necessary fcr the companv
to use this great power of denying a cit
izen the use of water from the main near
est his premises.
beßt advertise la *ll the
HERO OF
THj_ MAINE.
The Story of a Gallant* and
Big Hearted Ghaplian in
the Disaster.
11 FATHER JOHN" CHADWICK.
Loved and Trusted by His Ship
mates, Proved Himself of
Their Confidence.
From the New York Herald.
After Captain Sigsbee, the man who
seems to have attained a heroic figure in
the incidents of the tragedy of the de
struction cf the Maine is the chaplain.
Father John P. Chadwick. All accounts
agree that he showed himself-fully equal
;o the most exacting demands of the emer
gency. He was one of the last to leave the
vicinity of the wreck, and only sought the
shore when there was apparently no furth
er possibility of rescuing another of his
’.veil beloved “boys.” In the hospitals he
was tireless in comforting and helping the
wounded and in consoling and making
ready fcr their last voyage the gallant
men whose lives were sacrificed in the
awful calamity. His was the central figure
of the imposing obsequies of the honored
dead. He saw to it that each body re
ceived the proper marks of identification
and that each grave could be hereafter
specially located.
in addition to all this, the remainder of
Father Chadwick’s time was chiefly spent
at the Machina dock, where the mangled
and battered bodies of the dead were
drawn ashore, seeking, amid the most re
pulsive and forbidding environment, the
smallest sign for identification, and the
last sad mementos for the loved ones far
away. He has indeed proved himself an
ideal “sky-pilot,” to give him the familiar
sea title of his calling.
But in this’there is no surprise for the
legion of the clergyman’s friends and ad
mirers in this, his native city. The record
only realizes the estimate they long since
formed of him and predicted of his career
when he accepted his commission in the
navy at President Cleveland’s appointment
in March, 1895.
Although more than forty per cent of
the men in in the service are Catholics, of
the twenty-nine chaplains of that church.
The majority of the chaplains are Bap
tists. The navy department' takes no cog
nizance of religious belief. According to
an absurd and anomalous custom, it as
signs the chaplain to his station without
any regard for the doctrinal bias of the
men. The chaplain is merely one of the
ship's company, just aS there must be en
gineers, lieutenants, et al., in it. Hence
the place was generally used to give fat
berths to ministers of the denomination
most in favor during the current adminis
tration. r
A chaplain ranks as a lieutenant. For the
first five years he draws $1,500 a year for
shore duty, SI,BOO a year for sea pay and
$1,200 while awaiting orders. His rank and
pay increase with his years of service.
Xfter five years he gets $2,800 a year, and
lie can retire with the allowance of his
rank at the legal age limit. A glance at
the naval register would seem to show
that many of the chaplains had long terms
but very little sea'service. Those who
have families are naturally averse to the
separation it would involve and the mo
notony of the very 'rivjal duties life on
board ship would mean for them.
One chaplain’s name, for instance, was
on the pdy roil-for twenty-five years, with
only three years’ sea service; another,
ranking as captain, with $1,500 a year pay,
had six years at sea during twenty-seven
A third, retired as commodore at $3,700 a
year, had only seven years sea-going in
the total'of fifty of his service, wh’le a
luckier fifth had no sea record at all dur
ing a thirty-four years’ term.
The injustice of denying to Catholic
sailors, who form so large a portion of the
navy, the ministrations of priests of their
own faith was seen in 1887 by President
Cleveland,,who appointed the Rev. Charles
Parks as the first Catholic priest to re.-
ccive a chaplain’s commission in the navy.
He was the chaplain of the Vermont, at
the navy yard, for three years; then was
detained to the Philadelphia and is now
aboard on the San Francisco. The second
priest appointed was the Rev. W. H. I.
Rainey, whose father had also served in
the navy. He went to sea at once, and was
for several years on the Asiatic station.
He is now attached to the Vermont at the
Brooklyn navy yard. The thjrd and last
Catholic chaplain is the hero of the Maine
episode, Father Ch id wick. He was broken
into his duties at the navy yard by Father
Parks, and joined the Maine when she was
put in commission and served with her
ever since. .
Father Chidwick was born in St. Ga
briel’s parish, East Thirty-seven street,
this city, thirty-four years ago. His fath
er, the late John B. Chidwick. who died a
short time after his son’s appointment as
chaplain, enjoyed the distinction of serv
ing the Union in both army and navy
during the civil war. His mother is still
a resident of the upper section of the city.
He has one brother. William B. Chidwick.
who is in business here, and a sister, who
is a nun in the Convent of the Sisters of
St. Joseph, Peterboro, Canada.
Y’oung Chidwick grew up under the
watchful eye of the founder of St. Gabriel’s
the venerable Father William H. Clowry,
well remembered as one of the pioneer
priests of the parochial school, where he
had the Christian Brothers as his instruc
tors.
He was an apt and diligent pupil, and.
though loving his books," was equally eager
to participate in all the boyish sports and
ventures of his comrades. When he had
finished his term in the parochial school
he was sent to Manhattan College, whence
after the usual classical course, he receiv
ed his bachelor's degree, and was gradu
ated with the class of ISS3. He then elect
ed to give himself to the.service of the
Church, and being received as a diocesan
student went to make his theological stud
ies at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Troy. These
were completed in the subsequent four
years, and he was ordained a priest by
Bishop ■ McNeirny on December 17, 1887.
Archbishop -Corrigan then assigned him
for duty as an assistant to the Rev. Chas.
H. Colton, rector of St. Stephen’s Church,
East Twenty-eighth street, where he re
mained until his appointment to the navy,
March 25, 1895.
When r asked Father Colton yesterday
to tell me something about the now fam
ous chaplain’s personality he answered:
“Well, there Is nothing too good that
you could say of him. During the eight
years he was with me here I found him an
ideal priest. I know many young priests
who have special characteristics, but few
who unite so many attractive and brilliant
personal traits as can be found in Father
Chidwick. He has a cheerful, winsome
temper and a most simple and trustful
nature. His wit is keen and ready, but -it
is never used to inflict the slightest gain
on any one, •
“He is an eloquent and fluent speaker,
and his clever, handsome face reflects a
well balanced, bright aa-nd talented mind.
Th.-> ’ca’onsness faithfulness of his
attention to the sick and peer the
parish here were really remarkable. We
y-ho bn??? the man, and what a.trying po
sition that of a Catholic chaplain in the
navy is. were well satisfied, when Arch
bisbop Corrigan named him for the com
mission, that no mistake had been made.
The scenes in Havana. « well as his whole
record in the navy, have amply justified
this appreciation of his sterling charac
ter.”
Father’ Chidwick has * strong athletic
MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 6 1898.
frame, standing five feet six Inches in
height, and weighs 160 pounds. In the
messroom his companionable and lovable
disposition makes him a general favorite
with his brother officers. Among the men
his influence is unbounded, and is contin
ually felt in the improved morale and dis
cipline of good natured Jack, whose faults
and laches are usually only the result of
bis traditional convivial disposition.
It is likely that when Father Chidwiek
returns to New York his friends and ad
mirers will join in tendering him some
special mark of recognition of the part he
played in the Maine disaster.
Plies, flies, t'nest
Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment win
cure Blind, Bleeding, and Itching Piles
when all other Ointments have failed. It
absorbs the tumors, allays the Itching at
once, act* as a poultice, gives Instant re
lief. Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment
t* prepared only for Piles and Itching of
the private parts, and nothing else. Every
box Is warranted. Sold by druggists, or
sent by mail on receipt of price, 50c. and
tI.OO per box.
WILLIAMS M’F’G. CO., Prop’*.,
Cleveland, O.
LOW RATES TO ELKS’CIRCUS
From Central of Georgia Railway Local Sta
tions.
On account of Elks’ Circus at Macon
March 12th, the Central of Georgia Rail
way Company will sell round trip tickets
at one fare from all local stations within
radius of fifty miles. Tickets on sale
March 12th, limited March 13th.
J. G. Carlisle, Trav. Pass. Agt.
in aHWdary.
Do Not Want to Lose Services
of Miss Moore as Music
Teacher.
BUT HAVE NO ALTERNATE.
It Is a Great Difficulty—lndividual
Members of the Board Want
Miss Moore Remain.
The question of a successor to Mrs.
Moore, the mucic teacher of the schools
of the city and of the county, is a matter
in which a very large number of people in
Bibb county are interested. -It is known
that a very strong pressure has been
brought, to bear on the Board of Education
to retain the services of Mrs. 'Moore and
it is hoped by a great many people that
the Board will decide to forego the de
mand for a strict adherence to the rule
requiring vaccination in this single case.
The individual members of the board
are unanimous in their regret that the
conditions are such as to make it impera
tive on them to let Mrs. Moore go and it
is to be presumed that the board as a
whole is very much tempted to wink at
the vaccination requirement in this case,
but at the same time the members of the
board say that to allow Mrs. Moore to re
main tftider the conditions would be sim
ply letting down the bars for others and
this they say they have no right to do
especially as it is the intention of the
board to make this rule permanent.
The conditions are, to say the least of it,
peculiar and very extraordinary. It is not
probable that the same conditions would
occur again say the friends of Mrs. Moore
and those who wish to retain the services
of a. most excellent teacher, Mrs. Moore’s
opposition to vaccination is based upon a
religious soruple and being a Christian
scientist* she c annot, she says comply with
the order of the board. But on the other
hand the board says that, there may be
fifty pupils in the schools whose 'parents
are Christian scientists and if Mrs. Moore
is allowed to remain, no vaccination could
be demanded of them and in this way the
whole scheme of the board would break
down.
It is not a pleasant situation for the
board, and their petion in the matter is
being watched with no little interest.
Ths fas- yj?
Jiails z is efi
Kentucky’s Freakish Well.
“One of tho most remarkable natural
wonders I ever saw, ” said a gentleman
from the Purchase today, “is an old un
used well on the Tennessee river, down
in our country.
“Nobody knows who dug the well or
why it was ever dug, as it is not near
any farmhouse or village. But the un
usual thing about it is its freakishness.
For instance, last summer, during the
drought, when water was at a premium,
I went-to the well while fishing in the
neighborhood and found it over half
full of the coldest limestone aqua pura
lever drank. But*every fall and winter
the well goes dry, and there is seeming
ly no stream from which the well can
draw its supply of watqr. An old man
who lives near by told me that last sum
mer was tbe only time he had ever
known limestone water to rise in the
well.
“‘Why,’said tbe old river man in
speaking of the mysterious well, ‘I have
drawn the very best of iron minc-ral
water out of it at one time and white
.'sulphur at another. The negroes say the
well is haunted because steam rises
from it in the winter time, when there
is not a drop of water in it. The blacks
shun it as they would the boss denizens
of the infernal regions, swearing the
water is poisoned and that a draft
from it means death to him who sw’al
lows the potion. And it is as queer and
freakish a spot as ever I saw. ’ ”—Louis
ville Post,
London Bridge.
The Britons themselves were quite
unable to construct a bridge of any kind
unless in the primitive methods observ
ed at Post bridge and Two bridges, on
Dartmoor, by a glabxif etone laid across
two bowlders. The work, therefore, was
certainly undertaken by Roman engi
neers. We have, in the next place, to in
quire what kind of bridge was built at
that time by the Romans. They built
bridges’ of wood and of stcnei Many of
these stone bridges still remain; in oth
er cases the pieces of hewn stone still
remain. The bridge over the Thames,
however, was of wood. This is proved
by the fact that had it been of tbe solid
Roman construction in stone the piers
would be still remaining; also by tbe
fact that London had to be contented
with a wooden bridge till the year
■(>, when the first bridge of stone was
ctimmeEced.
Considerations as to tbe comparative
inf-.igmfif r.uce vs Louden in tbe first cen-
to the absence of stone in the
peiehbcrkcoA r.r.d as to tbe plentiful
Hqpiy of me best wood in the world
from the icrtsls north of the city con
firm the theory that the bridge was built
of wood. We have only, therefore, to
learn how Roman engineers built
bridges of wood elsewhere in order to
know how they built a bridge of wood
over the Thames.—Pall Mall Gazette.
Advertise In Tbe New* and reach the
people.
...Big...
Clearance
...Sale...
MEN'S WINTER SHOES
\
To make room for a tremendous
stock of Spring and Summer Shoes
soon to arrive we have decided to
close out our stock of Men’s Winter
Shoes at a sacrifice, Such rare val
ues have never been offered before at
such low prices. The same goods
could not be bought by wholesale at
the figures we name today.
' Every Pair a Bargain.
Men’s Hand Sewe Cordovan Bals gin pA
and Congress, worth H.OO. AH
Reduced to V' v V
Men’s Enamel and Box Calf, double Q T A
soie, hand-sewed, wort 1r5.00.
Reduced to V<vv
200 pairs Men’s Winter Tans, hand- A a A
sewed, regular price 4.00.
Reduced to Vav J
Men’s Winter Tan Shoes, hand 0 E A
sewed, regular price 5 00. *1 00
- Reduced to vivv
250 prs Misses’ Winter School Shoes J nr
heavy soles, so mer price 2.00. i Zfj
Reduced io lov
—W ~ihe 1
*3 oo ' z
Every Pair Warr anted-
ACKNOWLEDGED TO DE THE-fiEST
EQUALSANY SHOE-
Special attention
to mail Orders~
■ ■■■—mi I •■■u.whuu-l - - - L _ -
Mail Orders Promptly Filled.
Ross Sims & Co.
BIG SHOE STORE.
Phone Bio. Third Street.
English’s “T Ad.
Tall, turbulent, tipsy Timothy Tittle
thwaite. the third tired, thirsty Thespian,
“tie” tourist, trudgingly traveling through
the thickly thronged. tortuous thorough
fare toward Tuhistown. Tautologically
talking theoretical, theological theses to
tedious, te-dhy, testy Theodore Taylor, try
ing to talk trade topics to taciturn, tru
culent Thomas TVcnt. the tailor. Tarrying
to the tavern to treat Thomas to toddy.
Timothy toted traffic .rifles, trinkets to
trade to tattling, tantalizing, teasing,
tasty, trim Theresa Thigpen, “the Titian
■tressed” teacher. Trading to Theresa
toys, tops, tins, tubs, trivets, testaments,
thread, thimble, treacle, tobacco, tacks,
tracts, tomatoes, turnips, tow, tape, tar,
towels. Theresa trading to Timothy tooth
some tarts, tansy tea. turpentine, tallow,
trussed turkeys, turtles, terrapins, tad
poles. truffles, togs. tags, traps, trays,tripe,
tapioca. This tedious tale to terminate;
thus thought the three travelers. This the
thirtieth time that this terse truism.
“English Paint stops leeks, yes it do,"
lias been seen by us. It must be so.
IT IS SO.
English Faint does stop leaks—“YES,
IT DO.
English Paint has one fault, viz:
HARRY ENGLISH, Albany, Ga.
.ja The Nicest Thing
in Rockers
J" > s n F«dty wife. We have rockers of every
* ''D 1 * ! kind—latest styles, handsomest designs.
’ ’ I*'! I * They don't cost half as much as you
0 j. -T* w ' would think they ought to.
WOOD-PEAVT
Furniture Company.
Special Inducements
Special Sale of
FURNITURE.
Commencing Tuesday, March the Bth, we will, during
the following 10 days, sell anything'in our store AT COST
for cash. We want room for big spring shipments now on
the way, hence we offer you this great opportunity to secure
the biggest bargains ever offered in Macon.
Bear in mind that for each dollar you spend you get
one chance on the $65 “Buck’s” Steel Range which we arc
going to give away. It’s the most valuable premium ever
offered. Sec it in our window.
Don’t forget that this Special Sale will only last for
ten days.
GARDEN,
“The Furniture Man.”
TIIE ANSWER
To the Volunteer Rebus is:
“Choice cut flowers for sale. Fine cigars, candies, soda
water, case for ladies and gentlemen. The Volunteer, 362
•Second street. W. H. Park, S. K. Bassett,”
Certainly will the
Digestion be Dam
aged by poorly cooked food. The cooks are the best and
the service unexcelled at
THE VOLUNTEER,
Call and see for yourself.
Otfe. 3»3E<. The only safe, sure end
Jgs< rtHh t ny IHL r laJLon
U Ask for OR. ESOTT-'S 3P££ni’Y3£OYAX. ?X3A3 and. take no other.
Sena fox' circular. Price tI.OU per box* & boxes for ss.ou.
XJK,. CHRiVIICALi CO., - <ULevela.nci, Ohio.
For sale by H. J. LAMAR & SONS. Wholesale Agents.
G awe s
1 Bats..
The one hat for men of taste
and judgment—-in Alpines,
derbies and soft === Colors:
cedar, pearl, brown and
black. Each only . . . $3.00
BENSON & HOUSER,
rhe Up-to-date Clothiers.
21 festrt TALK IS CHEAP!
l =; Hit DONT PAY s,o ° FOR A
e^/WWW TALKBNS MACHINE
when you can buy one which for amusement will
make the children happy and cause the old folks to
' JgF s 3 SP 11 ®- Complicated machines get out of order
THEUNII ED ST ATES TALKING MACHINE
tssimpie, durable ; no parts to break or get
out of order. Any child can operate it.
C t2i~ It ‘S neatly encased it. a hard w..<-d box,
. . . . , . , we j] nnShec. size t ! <x: iincites
. w ‘ th ra ' hinges and catch; has hearing tubes for two persons,'one Ber-
ime: s Gramophone) recora and twenty-five needle points. Price complete with one Record
(express charges prepaid) $3.50 weight 4 lbs. Remit by Bank Draft, Express, or Post-
Office money order. Agents wanted. For terms and particulars address
UNITED STATES TALKING fIACHINE CO., (DEPT. I}) 57 E. 9th ST., NEW YORK ClTii
It won’t last forever, but on every roof
that I paint I give a written guarantee
that “if the above n.rmed roof leaks or
needs painting •at any time within Dn
years from date 1 am to do the work
needed without any expense to the owner
of building.
English Paint—English Guarar.ft-c is
good.
My price is 50c a square of 100 feet.
1 have pleased every one of my custom
ers—l ean please you. Save your work for
me. I will be in Macon as soo.i as 1
complete some work now under way in
Albany. I have contracted to paint the
Alliance warehouse. This m. kes the fifth
cotton in Albany that 1 have
painted, viz: Muse &• Co., one-half acre;
Cook’s half acre; Hail’s half acre; .Gan
naway one acre, and Alliance one acre.
I don't want you to think that I refuse 4o
paint small roofs. I paint all sizes. I
once painted a root for 25c and w; ited 60
days for my pay. I don't paint shingle
roofs, but 1 do paint gutters, valleys, etc.
As I will be very busy on my arrival in
■Macon you will please send your address
on a postal to me in Albany and I will
call and see you about your roof. I can fix
it. so that it won’t leak and it will stay
fixed.
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