Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

LA ® EVANS WILL SPEAK HERE During the Session of the State Conference of Ep worth Leagues. MORE HOMES ME NEEDEE At Least Eight Hundred More Will Have to Be Secured at an Early . Date. A nv 'ting of the executive committee of the local Epworth Leagues was held at the offices of Daaher, Park & Gerdine yester day afternoon. The principal object of th. meeting w;n to decide on Home place tc hold the meetings of the conference, an*, ■where to pitch the tent. The committee has a scheme on foot now. They also discus.-ed the question o' •where the sunrise prayer meetings shotft be held, and decided that one of the park would be tin place, either Crump’s or Oc rnuigee. These sunrise prayer meeting are always interesting and delightful part, of the program of the conferences. The whole conference wbien is being ar ranged for Macon will be the best that th Epworth leagues of the state have eve. htid. Th< state executive committee me in .Macon some time ago. and arranged th program, but they realized that there wer many whom they selected that could no take part, and for that reoson they will no - give It out until they have filled all th places. One of the principal features of the pro gram will be the address which will b delivered on the opening night by Hon Lawton B. Evans, of Augusta, on “Edu cation and Character.” Col. Evans is or of the most gifted speakers in the soutt and is-superintendent of the education; board of Richmond county. He has dot more than any oth< r man in the state, pt: haps, toward the advance ment of educt tional interests, and has published set eral school books. The committee is anxious to urge upc the citizens of Macon the importance < decorating the city in honor of the oecs fdon. White and gold afe the colors of t league, and all of the merchants will b 'asked to make their decorations of th: color. When the conference was held t Atlanta last year the city was decorate from one end to the other and every defer enco was shown to -the visitors. Tim holding of the conference in Maco will be a great thing in the way of advet • Using the city, for. outside of' the dele gates there wil be hundreds of visltoi here. Some of them will come to witness the holding of the conference, while other ■will come to take advantage of the reduce railroad rates, and make ■ purchases. Tim committee is now making an effo; io got ome one to lead Ihe singing durin th* conference. Pianos will be the instrr. mentH used. The music will be a featur of the piogram. Chairman King, of the entertalnme’i committee, says that the people are no rts| ending to the cal for homes forth visticis. and so far not half eoaug; homes have been provided. The commit tee will need seven or eight hundred mon ’ Lists of delegates are pouring in dailj and the number of the will be much large that was at flrrt -supposed. It is urgentl requested by the entertainment commute th-'alt those w'ho can possibly take some c the delegates send their name and add re? to Mr. King or some member of the en ter tain men t committee. ENUMERATORS AT WORK. They Are Pushing the Work of Taking Scho-. Census. The enumerators chosen by the Beard c Wdu-htlon to fake the school census o Bibb county are pushing the work as rap Idly as possible, and will complete th work a little sooner than was at firs thought. The Board of Education hopes to gt enough money next year to make the ad ditlons of buildings to the regular systet that are needed. If the census turns ou what, is expected, the appropriation will b ionc-third larger than it was this year. ONE TorFcaSE Reported Today and Arother Late La Night, One ease of smalpox was reported to th -Board of Health -this morning and one las; 1 night. The ease this morning was in Tybee an. the one yesterday on Monroa street. 801 l of them have been removed to the pes house. The Boardof Health seems to he eneour aged over the situation. With compulsort vaccination the whole town will now b. -Immune and the disease must die out. THE MACK CASE Came Up for Tria! in the City Court Thi Morning. The case against Mr. Sol Mack, the ex policeman ch irged by E. Kahn with as •ault and battery, came up in the clt. court this morning. The prosecution was conducted by So- , licltor General Hodges and the defense tv W. P. Bracken. The jury retired at 11:30 and was stil; out at 2:30. It is thought by many oi those who heard the argument that a mis trial may be the result. It will be remembered that in this cas- Mack, who was on duty, approached Kahn, who keeps a green grocery store on First street, and accused him of having written a letter to his wife. The argument led to high words and the words to -blows in which Mack got the worst of it. Afterwards Kahn charges that Mrs. Mack came to his stprp hh.i that she tried to shoe- him. and would have done so if he had not grabbed the pistol, * pn account ok this affair Mack was sus pended from the police force. VACCINATION Becomes Corrtpu ! sory Tomorrow—What the Mayer Says. The compulsory vaccination ordinance becomes effective tomorrow and woe be tide the man and woman or the child who cannot show a scar or a vaccination cer tificate. Mayor Price says that there shall be no dodging and that as this thing was brought about by a popular demand he will see to it that the populate is vaccinated. Tomorrow morning bright and early the pollge and the officials ot the Hoard of Health will have their instructions as to how ft} given to them and they Will get after everyone irrespective of euje pr color or previous condition, The offenders or rather those people wtn> declined to be vaccinated will be in continently yanked before the recorder and will be called for or six months in jail. There are some few people in the city who say positively that they wil not be vaccinated and it would be interesting to know what the city is gping to do about It. But the Board of Health say that they cannot make fish of one and flesh of an other and that they will enforce the ordi nance. The mayor says that the ordinance goes and that this town has just got to be vac cinated and that is all there is to it. Subscribers must pay up and not allow small balances to run over from week to week. The carriers have been in structed to accept no part payment from anyone after April Ist. STATE’S POWER LIMITED. It Cannot Take the Property of a Citizen Without Compensation. The decision of the United States su preme court in the Nebraska maximum rate case, delivered last Monday, was one of great importance. It has long been a xailed, and the decision was just about what has been expected. The principle involved was rhe extent to which a state can go in reducing railroad freightr ates. There is no question about a state's authority to regulate rates. That was decided a year ago in the Granger cases. The railroads contended then that t state had no right or power -to regulate vhat they should charge. On this cooten tion, however, they were wrong, so the supreme court held. It declared that a legislature can prescribe or fix rates, or it an delegate the power to a commission or x> some official. But when it comes to fixing a rate, a rate or Its commission must have-regard or the railroad's owners and not put the ates so low that the railroads will not be Able to make any money. The owners of i railroad are entitled to make a reasona >le interest on thelri nvestment, says the upreme court. Otherwise, a commission might fix a rate which would prevent a ailroad from making enough to pay its unning expenses. That would be taking s property without due compensation, .nd would be contrary to the eonslituion f the United States, which guarantees to verp person protection to life and proper ty. In Nebraska the commission made a re action in rates that amounted -to almost 0 per cent. They were purely local rates, nd the commission claimed that it had ne power to make what rates it pleased, nd that the federal courts had no business o interfere because interstate traffic was :ot concerned. A similar decision has been rendered by federal judge in California and -by the 'nited States supreme court iu the Reagan ase from Texas. This Nebraska case will enceforth affect the orders of commis ons on local rates. Right now there -is a robahiiity of a contest being made -by the wnminslon Ln passenger fares. The -gov mor i. id the commission have a fight on gainst some of the roads In their state, nd the roads are talking about appealing o the courts for protection. ATKINSON~HERE. le Came From Brunswick and Will Stay for the Speaking. Judge Spencer Atkinson, -arrived in the ty last night, and registered at the Hotel ,anler. He has just returned from a trip to outh Georgia and says that he finds verything his way down there. He will remain over for the Bryan peaking tonight and will leave for At anta tomorrow. Judge Atkinson is looking well. He tughs at the suggestion 'that he will re re from the race before the convention nd that the administration forces have >out decided to turn their strength over > Mr. Berner as the most available man. He seems to be extremely confident of is own success. “I could not resist the temptation of topping over in Macon and shaking hands ith my friends here,” he said. “I got uch a cheering reception when I was here efore that it does me good to be here.” While he is here Judge Atkinson will robably arrange a day for a speech 'as is supporters -are urging him to make imself known to the mass of the people i Bibb county. The Atkinson Club be organized here as 00-n as a sufficient number of signers can e found to make an encouraging showing. A prominent Democrat met the judge I the court house this morning and said -.at he was in a terrible fix. "Judge,” he s'aid, “I do not know what > do about it. My partner is a Candler tan and I _ani inclined that way myself, ou see my partner helped to put out andler’s eye in the war and he says'l ave got to vote for him. On the other and my wife was almost raised beside ou and she says that I have got to vote or you. So there you have it.” A gentleman from 'Brunswick is here rday and he is kicking himself all over he state of Georgia. He says that he has ■issed the opportunity of his life. • “It’s this way,” he said, “About a year ’zo 1 happened to meet Judge Atkinson •i a bird hunt. I have a magnificent set r dog and the judge wanted him, but I id not want to part with the dog under ny consideration. Then in a jocular lood the judge said that if I would give im the dog he would make me private 'cretary when he was elected governor f Georgia. I didn't give him the dog and iy chance is gone. “How old is the dog?” asked a veteran n politics who happened to be standing >y and heard the wail of the Brunswick nan.” “Oh, he's -a young dog,” was the reply. “Then don't fret yourself," said the olitician. “The judge won’t get a cMnce o -appoint you private secretary for the •ext. three years anyhow and you will get II the more hunting out of a good dog. ou made a good trade by not trading at 11.” But the Brunswick man being a Bruns vick man refused to be comforted. What is Going On in Society. The Progress Club rooms were the scene f a beautiful wadding ceremony yestor ’ay at noon, when Miss Maud Waterman ind Mr. B. A. Ehrlich were united in mar iage by Rabbi Marcusson. Only the rela ives and intimate friends of the contract ng parties were present at the ceremony, nd Mr. and Mrs. Ehrlich left immedHte y for a bridal trip through North and “-ast. The v.sheys were Nir. Burton Ehr 'ich. of Bainbridge, Mr. H. Glaser, Mr. A. 1. Wachtel, Mr. J. Saunders. The bride, vho is the attractive daughter of ■frs. Henry Waterman, was elegantly at ired in a cloth traveling gown, and ear ied a bouquet of white carnations. The wide entered with her father, and was .'receded by her maid of honor, Miss Bir l-.e Maeme, and the bridegroom entered vith his best mam Mr, Melvin Ehrlich. Mr. and Mrs. Ehrlich will live tn Savan nah. where Mr. Erlich is a prominent bus iness man. ** » . Mrs. John M. Cutler and Mrs. Harry Kendall are visiting Mrs. Cutler’s mother. Mrs. Bell in Atlanta. Mrs. James Budd and Mr. James Budd, Jr. have returned home, after a pleasant visit to Monticello, Fla, •vr ♦ 4 • Mrs. \ alerta Lamar McLaren is expect ed in Macon soon, to visit Mrs. Jack La mar in \ ineville. Mrs. McLaree will be accompanied by her nephew. Master La mar Washington, and will probably’re. main in Macon until June, when she will go to England t«r the summer, Hom are the street car motormen to be vaccinated, when they are in constant need of both hands? “Nell—T understand Mabel Good has broken her engagement to Mr. Lord.' Belle ‘it suddenly occurred to her that t he society papers would head the account of the wedding: ‘Good-Lord.’ ” Those who will take part in the Ballad Concert to be given next Monday night by the Hospital Auxiliary, will meet Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. L. T. fallings on College street. Bargains in millinery at Rees & Hendrix on account of dissolution. Charles R. McCrary, of Ellaville, is among the guests registered at the Brown House today. ROLAND ROSS DIED YESTERDAY —— The Most Prominent Man in the Hearts of the People of Jones. m MI SHO»T ILLNESS The Regret is Universal, the Sor row Sincere—the Funeral Will Take Place This Afternoon. The death of Judge Roland T. Ross, of Jones county, which occurred yesterday afternoon at his home in Clinton is deeply regretted throughout this section of the country. No man was beter known to the great masses of the people than Judge Ross, and his untimely taking away is a shock to his friends. He was taken sick only on Sunday last, with pneumonia, but the disease had taken so firm a hold that his physicians at once saw that it would be impossible to save him. His lungs have been in a weak state for some time, and it Is said that consump tion was feiared by the physicians who at tended him and his family. Judge W. E. Lester, of Clinton, came in yesterday evening to make arrangements for the funeral. He said that the scenes at Clinton consequent upon the death of Judge Ross were the highest testimony to the esteem in which the man was held. “The, whole county is in mouring,” he said. “I never saw anything like it. The sorrow is genuine, too. Had he been a father to the whole community nothing could have been more sincere than the sorrow of the people.” Here in Macon when the fact of the death of Judge Ross became known the expressions of regret were universal. Judge Ross was fifty-eight years of age. He had been ordinary of Jones county'for the last thirty-five years, and no man wielded a greater influence in the politics of the county than he did. It might be said, in fact, the politics of Jones county centered in him. 'He controlled politics by honest sincerity and -fair methods. Not a single thing can be laid at his door of which he or his friends could be ashamed. He leaves a wife and nine children— two sons and a daughter. His oldest son is about nineteen, his daughter fifteen and his youngest son ten years of -age. The sympathy of the whole community goes out to them in the great loss they have sus tained. Judge Ross was a prominent member of the Masons, and belonged to the Mahel Lodge of Macon. A delegation from the lodge went down to oJnes county this morning to attend his funeral, which will take place at Clinton this afternoon at 3 o’clock. A large'delegation of Ma'con people, in cluding a number of members of the bar and prominent Masons, went to Clinton at 9 o’clock on a special train to attend the funeral, and they will return at 5 o’clock this evening. , THE HOUSTON POST Is Represented in the City Today by Col. R. M. Johnston. Colonel 'R. M. Johnston, editor of the 'Houston Post, of Texas, and one most prominent newspaper men in the is in the city today and, will be present, to night at the Bryan speech. Mr. -Johnston -is on his 'W-ay home from Atlanta where he -aten-ded a meeting of Southern morning newspaper publishers. The Houston Po»t, which 'Colonel John ston so well represents, is one of the very strongest papers in the South. Its editor is an honored guest of the city. MRS. COMER’S REMAINS Passed Through Macon This Morning En Route to Alabama. The rdma-ins of Mrs. Kahhe-rine L. Co mer, mother of President H. M. Co mer, of the Central railway, who died in Savannah Monday, passed through the city this morning en route to Alabama, where the funeral will take place this af ternoon. 'Mrs. Comer was among the first gradu ates of Wesleyan Female College, and was perhaps the oldest living graduate, with the exception of Mrs. Catherine E. Ben son, of Macon, who was the first graduate, having received her diploma (n 1840. PAY TOMORROW, The Last Day's Grace on the Payment of the Paving Tax. Tomorrow is the last day of £race to the property holders of Fourth street in the district which h’s been paved, and it their Part o r the tax is not paid tomorrow their property will be levied on to pay the tax. Treasurer Tinsley published a notice several days since to this effect. The property holders will have to pay one third the cost of the paving, the city one third and the street car companies one third. Harket Report. By Talbott & Palmer. LIVERPOOL COTTON. The following were the ruling quotations on -the exchange today. Tone steady. Sales 10,000. Middlings 3 13-32. and March 22. March and April 22, April and May 22, May and June 23-23, July and Anguct as, Ovt, a.ua rr-ov. 2 Q . nt-o\. and Dec. 22, Closing—Feb. and March 23-24, March and April 29-24, April and May 23-24, May and June 24. June and July 24, July and August 24. August and Sept. 24. Sept, and Oct. 23-24, Oct. and Nov. 23, Nov. and Dec. 23, Dec. and Jan. 23. NEW YORK FUTURES. The 'following are the ruling quotations ou the Exchange today, tone steady: Opening—January, 6.16; March,' 6.06; April, 6.05; May, 6.11; June, 6.15; July. 6.16; August, 6.17; September, 6.14; Octo ber. 6.11; November, 6.12; December, 6.14. Closing—Januar. 6.15; March, 6.06; April, 6.07; May, 6.10; June, 6.10; July, 6.13; August. 6.15: September, 6,14; Octo ber. 6.12; November, 6.10: December, 6.12, COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS, Galvegtpn 3,736 3,:jS 5,053 New Orleans .. ~11,279 5.485 12,064 Mobile 841 80S 1,825 Savannah ~ .. .. 1,897 1,291 3,344 Charleston.. ~ ~ 2.537 399 827 Wilmington ~ 443 170 219 Norfolk SB6 1,389 980 Ne w York .. ~ .. 265 326 Boston 1,694 359 1.207 Philadelphia .. .. 206 1 West Point 58. Total all ports. .23.929 13.895 28,431 • ....1895-6 1896-7 1897-8 GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Wheat—Opening—May 10514, July 91%. Closing—May 104%, July 90%. Cats—Opening—May 26%, July 24%. Closing—May 27, July 24%. Corn —Opening—May 30%. July 31%. Closing—May 30%. July 31%. Lard —Opening—May 5.17, July 5.25. Closing—May 5.20, July 5.25. Pork—Opening—May 1025, July 1030. Closing May 1030, July 1035. Sides—Opening—May 5.12, July 5.20, Closing—May 5.15, July 5.20. RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO. What—Today 91, tomorow 110. • Corn—Today 378, tomorow 350. Oats—Today 189, tomorow 225. Hogs—Today 24,000, tomorow 27,000. MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 6 1898- THE BICYCLE TRACK. Senator Bacon Writei a Letter to the Macon Club About It. At the meeting of the Macon Bicycle club last night a letter from Senator Ba con was read relative to the gift of the land across the river for the new race track which the club proposes to erect. The club has been waiting to hear from Senator Bacon before deciding definitely upon the location of the track. , The land upon which the club wants to build the race track is'directly in front of Senator Bacon's house, and he said in his letter, that while he did not refuse this particular piece of land, that he would rather the club would wait until he re turned to Macon and could talk with them about another portion of land that he had in mind, which the club bad selected. Senator Bacon said that he would re turn to Macon in a few days, and would confer with the club. ft was decided to wait for his return, 4 and in the meantime to confer with the street car authorities with reference to running a line across the Spring street bridge. President Taylor, of the Bicycle club, says that he understands that the Con solidated is considering the matter of ex tending their East Macon line over into North Macon, and in this erent it will be an easy matter to have Che line run to the race track grounds. The expense of building the new track will be borne by the members of the Ma con Bicycle club, and the amount will be returned to them as fast as the club real izes money from the races which they will pull off at the new track. Nearly every town of any importance in the state has a race track for bicycle rac ing, and the members of the Macon club feel 'that they should have one . by all means. Some gentlemen from Cochrane were here a few days ago getting rules and reg ulations of the L. A. W., and will organ ize a branch of the league in Cochrane. They have already commenced work on a race track, and the citizens of that place are enthusiastic over the plan. President Taylor says that if the track is built this summer he has all kinds of offers from crack riders to come here for a meet, and will net a large amount of money for the club. This matter will be considered as soon as the new track is as sured. AMATEURS Wrecked a Train This Morn ing on the Yazoo & Miss issippi Railroad, Memphis, .March 9.—'Southbound- train No. 6, of the Yazoo and Mississippi Val ley Railroad, was thrown from the track by train wreckers at 2:30 o’clock this morning sixty miles from here. No one was injured but a delay of four hours was caused. The work was evidently that of amateurs and if robbery was their purpose they be came too frightened to atempt to carry out their plan after the derailment. DATE ARRANGED Mercer Will Meet Athens on Diamond Here April 26. The annual game of ball between Mer cer University and Athens will be played at the ball park in Maeon on April 26. The Mercer boys have completed their practice, dhd when they go up against the red and black they will show how the" can play ball. Hugh Jennings is coach ing the Athens boys. The Macon bovs will get Gordon Soussy, who 'v;ill be re menibered as Coach for last, year’s foot ball teaim. Notes Taken On the Run. Visitors from Forsyth w'ho are up to hear Mr. Bryan speak tonight are Hon. Sam Rutherford, Cyrus H. Shiarp, and William D. Stone. Mr. *B. S. Walker, one of the most pros perous citizens of Monroe, is among the prominent guests at the Brown House to day. M?. Nathan, of Atlanta, was among the guests at the Brown House last night. C. A. McDaniel, of Atlantia, is a guest in the city today. At 1:30 this afternoon the fire depart ment was called 'to 130 Franklin street It was found that the roof of Walter G Per kins’ residence h'ad caught fire from a flue but was extinguished before the depart ment arrived. The damage was small. J. W. Robertson, the sage of Habersham, is m Macon today with the 'rest of th° boys. Dr. Charles Lanier Toole, dentist. Os- Ice corner Second and Poplar streets. Colonel R. M. Mixson, of Augusta, is in the city today. Colonel Mixon is one " of the best known railroad men in this coun try, and knows how to .tell a joke. a /;s Th T aS Tu ° ker ’ of Atl .ahta, is a guest at the Brown House. V alter B. Clements, the clever travel ing passenger agent of the Seaboard Air Line, is a guest in the city today. He is registered at the Brown House. J. Thomas Tucker, of Atlanta, is a guest at the Brown House. Dr. J. M. Mason, dentist. Office over Beeland’s jewelry store, Triangular Block. Telephone 452. W. C. Sawyer, of Cuthbert, is registered at the Brown House. E. W. Frye, of Marietta, is in the city 'today. Tom Wisdom, of Wisdom's Store, Ga., is a guest at the Brown House. All the boys on the road know Tom, for he has left his old home at the store, and now carries a sample case full of cigars, representing one of the largest cigar manufacturers in the country. His heart is in the right pl'ace. Win Thornton, of TalbattOn, is a guest in the city today. E. J. Wilder, of Americus, is among the prominent guests at the Brown House to day. Dr. W. R. Holmes, dentist, 556 Mulberry, opposite Hotel Lanier. Try a bottle of Holmes’ Mouth Wash for preserving teeth, purifying the breath, bleeding gums, ul cers, sore mouth, sore throat, etc. For sale by all druggists. Mr. Iverson Johnson left this morning for Montezuma, where he makes his home in the future. He will go into the law of fice of Judge J. W. Haygood, at that place. W. L. Moss, of Athens, is registered at the Brown House today. Passenger travel on the roads running into Macon has again increased to its usual amount. Majos J. F. Hanson left this morning for Montgomery. Recorder Freeman had a light docket this morning. Only a few cases of drunk and disorderly came up. Miss Eva Jerome, of Kansas City, is spending a few days with Mrs. E. W. Gould, on Cherry street. Miss Jerome has just returned from Florida, where she spent several weeks very delightfully. The revival services at the Presfovterian church continues in interest. Dr. Bachman is doing much good with the strong ser mons which he is delivering. Twelve new members were initiated at the meeting of the Elks last night. The organization is growing rapidly. The Yonah Lodge is growing fast. Ar the last meeting several gentlemen were initiated into the mysteries of the order. On next Sunday at the Y. M. C. A., Hon. N. E. Harris wil delives a lecture on In temperance. This is one of the series of lectures chat are being delivered at che i. M. C. A. on the four great evils of the day. Here's Health jM Life T » WJLLIAM TJD YAN JENNINGS 11 IN 1/111 ■ The Peerless campion ol ffie People. There’s Health and Long /• ifc to those people who drink ACME BEER, The Peerless Btwerage for Ri’cn and Poor. Silverites and Gold bugs can both agree 0,7 one proposi= tion, i. e., that Acme Beer is the Best. . Poll them where yon will and this will be the general verdict: Victoria and American Queen, The most popular beverages ever bottled or put on tap. ACME BREWING CO MACON, GEORGIA, U. S. A. ♦ SOCIETY IRCUS + THE EVENT OF THE SEASON! ‘ •——•-- . f . “The monkey, he’ll be there, . The hippopotamus and the bear, The big baboon, the little raccoon-- And All the People for Miles Around Wii! be Eit the “ SOCIETY CIRCUS ” To be given in flacon, Ga., next Saturday, iTarch 12th, afternoon and evening, rain or shine. The Greatest Amusement Event Os the Season Two stupendous, marvel ous, mirth-provoking per formances under one big canvass by the celebrated HARRIS Nickel Plate Shows, Assisted by 100 JUHCON ELKS All specially trained for the occasion, performing feats hitherto unknown since the days of the Circus Maximus. Prices, 50c, Children Under r 2 years, 25c; Reserved Seats, icc. [ * ■ ’k ■ w. ■v ‘ - -Jk -, ' \ • Mw :~~- .»-■ Fyffi; ~ —~~ ’ Y'v i Harris Nickel-plate Shows JpAwyir WKawS . W W '-; > siSiSu ■* '■< - I isilm K “M«« R . .^'T <>5r ummswc fSArcet mm mt in6Hf w amchka hau Positively Their First And Last Appearance In Public. An array of artists seldom seen with one amusement j enterprise. Families of tra peze, high wire and aerial performances. Wonderful equilibrists and specialty troupes from the orient. Herds of trained horses, per forming elephants and trick animals. By far the Biggest, The Best, the Most Novel Entertainment ever witness ed in Macon. Saturday, jnar. 12 Two performances in the big tent—corner Poplar and First streets.