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8 Just Received SWELL Consisting of PRI N G Derbies & Alpines. H A P E S in all colors. ' a tZT / Four-in-Hands, R Imperials |ECKW EA R “ d puffs ftZ a WELL SPRING OF PLEAS- 4 <’ Xvj7\ ' s w^ut the bafoy in your home will prove, ■ • fT.-fr,-.-- -y 4>J if you have one of our hand- I l,j ■■>. ' l /‘L some baby carriages to send it out in the | |,. ' ’ pure air and sunshine, and give it good ■ |: ; .F- 7 health and Vigor. The carriage will also i 1- > ' 4.’:*-»£• I prove a well spring of pleasure to the iz? ■ / < Uid, for tihe springs 'are so light and !/ ; . 4< 7 ...’Cn .- '/ strong that the baby’s pleasure is derived ■‘ ', ', ' G , ,!|» 'f of handsome brass beds and cottage suits / \ /T,/' . .’i’/’-o •£S4£jt / ara Just he thing for this season of the L ( < ?> ' C The Wood-Peavy Furniture Co. JONES FURNITURE CO., 468 Poplar Street. Ollf* Sls OO Oclk I t- OUR + | Suits are beauties. |Sjß(ißlli6s. g a |j| Carriages f f From $6.00 to < Bed Spends, > « z- s s j (comforts, | sis«oo. Call and Lace Curtains, | see them. Table Cheniells, i Pictures, < Springs, S I Mattresses, INSTHLLjnENTS. | Lamps, I We will sell you any- < Toilet Sets, | thing iu our line on in- | Clo ks, Etc. | bailments and give you good easy terms to pay for them and guarantee to save you money on anything bought from us. Florida Gulf Coast Hotels ON Plant System. TAMPA, FLA. — Tampa, Bay Hotel, Now Open D. T. HATHAWAY, Manager. PORT TAMPA, FLA.— The inn. Now Open. J. H. FURDICK, Manager. WINTER PARK, FLA.— The Seminole, Open Jan. 17 A. E. DICK, Manager. OCALA, FLA.— The Ocala House, Now Open P. F. BROWN, Manager. BELLEAIR, FLA.— The Belleview. Open Jan. 17 W. A. BARRON, Manager. PUNTA GORDA, FLA The Punta Gorda Hotel, Open Jan. 17 F. H. ABBOTT, Manager. FORT MYERS, FLA.— The Fort Myers Hotel. Open Jan. 17 F. H. ABBOTT, Manager. KISSIMMEE, FLA.— The Kissimmee Hotel, Onen Jan. 3 L. E. BULLOCK Manager. Send to each manager as to rates and rooms and to the undersigned as to rail way or steamship rates, or sleeping car lines and times cards. B. W. WRENN, Passenger Traffic Manager, Savannah, Ga We Spend Money. . . in advertising—we’ve been paying the news papers to tell the people about this store—but our best advertisements are tne clothes we sell, and today, and tomorrow, and perhaps other days, we are selling last spring suits — Some less than regular price. Some less than regular price. Come in today. MSI Ml MAT BE WEN OFF A Very Serious Matter Now Under Consideration By the Government. COJIGHESSMEN ARE OPPOSING The Proposition Because in Geor gia It Will Materially Affect the Business Interests. Some opposition has developed in con gress to continuing the*appropriation for the fast mail service between Boston, New York, Washington, Atlanta, Montgomery and New Orleans. For several years the government has been making an appropriation for the spe cial mail facilities through the South. The chief opposition to continuing these facil-" ities seems to come from Mr. Loud, of California, chairman of the House com mittee on postoffices and reads. The government pays for hauling all the mails, of course. On account of the large territory aud population to be served in the Southern states it was considered wise by the postal department to pay a little more and get faster service between Wash ington and New Orleans, New York and Boston wanted to get in close touch with the South, and they were in. favor of extra pay for extra services. So it was arranged to give the railroads between Boston and New Orleans extra, pay for extra speed. •The result was that mail which left New York early one morning was in Atlanta the following morning and in New Orleans that night. The railroads said that they could not afford to run this exjra train at such high speed unless they were paid extra for it. It it were not for this fast schedule, the mail which now comes into Macon at 8 o’clock in the morning and is distributed from here all over the South and Middle Georgia, would not reach here until 4 o'clock in the afternoon and would not be distributed until 5 o’clock. This would make it practically a day late in this city and it would be quite a day reaching Mid dle and South Georgia than at present. The greater part of the South’s trade is with the eastern and northern cities. Therefore here is special reason for a fast service. The fast mail leaves Washington early in the afternoon with the Boston, New ork, Philadelphia and Baltimore pouches. This train has an express schedule to Charlotte and stops at none but important points, another train doing he local work. From Charlotte the fast mail has a night run to Atlanta and very few stops, so that it makes a quick run on here. At Salisbury the mail for western North Carolina and East Tennessee is taken up by another fast train which carries it by way of Asheville to Knoxville and on down to Chattanooga and across to Memphis, serving a large territory. At Charlotte the mail for Columbia, Augusta and southeast Georgia and Flor ida is taken up and distributed over a populous territory. _ When the train arrives in Atlanta at 5:15 o’clock on the morning after it left New York trains are waiting to pick up the mall sacks for Macon, iColumbus, Americus, Albany and all South Georgia. The towns along the Western and Atlantic and along the Central are also served promptly as are the towns on the South ern between Atlanta and Chattanooga. A fast train departs early for Birming ham and Memphis, serving northern Ala bama and Mississippi. As scon as engines can be changed the fast mall train which has come through from Washington resumes its journey and rushes on to Montgomery, Mobile and New Orleans, serving middle and southern Ala bama and Mississippi. At New Orleans close connection is made for southern Texas points. This service therefore gives quick de livery to mail for millions of people in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisia na and Texas. It is a service, too, which works smoothly and is of vast benefit to the business interests of all the states mentioned. If it is discontinued the rail way officials say that they will have to change their train schedules in such man ner that the eastern mail which now comes early in the morning will not arrive- until late in the afternoon.. They could not af ford to run the train as an express and it would have to do local work. This would utterly destroy its value to this section as a mail train and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, . Tennessee, Mississippi and southern Alabama and Texas would be practically a day further removed, from the north than they are now. For this reason some of the southern congressmen are working to have the special mail facilities continued and their constituents are watching them with deep interest. 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. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons* drug store. A UNIQUE LETTER Received by Mrs. Nobles From Two Little Girls in Mcßae. Mrs. Nobles has received a long letter from ’Mcßae signed “Two Little Mission ary Girls.” The whole letter is a prayer for Mrs. Nobles to pu’t her trust in the Savior. At the top of the first page is a colored picture of a lilly, and four of the petals are suposed to represent Peace, Hope, Joy and Love, and are so designated in the handwriting of the author. The sheets of the.letter are tied with a piece of white ribbon, and the following short verse from the Bible has been uniquely in scribed on a separate "piece of paper and pasted at the top of the letter, “God Is Love.” Mrs. Nobles says she has no idea who wrote the letter. AN INTERESTING MEETING Os the University Extension Circle Was Held At Wesleyan. The meeting of the Macon Center of the University Extension Circle at Wesleyan are always highly enjoyed, and especially so was the one last night, at which time many exceelknt papers were read. The subject of the evning was Roman literature. The first paper was read .by Professor Holmes, of Mercer University, ■ on “Roman (Religious Development, an 1 Its ; Effects on Other Nations.” Mr. Walter I Hill’s paper on “Roman Law” was most interesting. 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 sei! round trip tickets ' at one fare from all local stations within i radius of fifty miles. Tickets on sale i March 12th, limited March 13th. J. G. Carlisle, Tray. Pass. Agt. I MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH g 1898. ARBITRATION I AGREEMENT. That Old Sewer Matter Will at Last Be Decided by the Board. TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT Drawn Up and the Arbitration Com mittee Will at Once Go to Work on the Matter. At the meeting of the city council held last night an important question came up that calls to mind a matter that has been lying dormant for some time. When the sewers were completed Mr. Stephen N. Noble, the contractor, made a claim for. an additional amount of $70,000 account of delays and damage incurred by him because <rf the lawsuits and of ether matters which delayed the work, and which was not his fault but was a very considerable expense to him. This claim was not allowed by council, and suit--was entered in the United States court by Mr. Noble. Mr. R. H. Plant was interested financially in the contract and in the arrangement that folowed ‘Mr. Plant took a prominent part. Lt was, however, finally decided to arbitrate the matter and for a long time it has remained in statu quo. At last night’s meeting the arbitration agreement as settled upon by both sides, •was read, and the mayor was authorized to sign it for the city. • • The work of the arbitrators will take up fully a month it is thought, and will in volve very considerable application on •their part. If the claim of Mr. Nobles is allowed, the sewers will have cost the city very much more than was at first antici pated. Eleven aluofmen were present last night when the mayor called council to order. The first matter (brought up under the head of petitions and communications was a petition from J. T. Calloway, Jr., making a proposition to council to act as public weigher. It was referred to the commit tee on ordi'ance/. Messrs. Cherry & Jemison asked the en dorsement of council for their directory of the city of Macon to be issued next fall. They asked that council adopt the direc tory as the official reference book of Ma con. The mayor made the statement that the agreement on the matter of the question of difference between Mr. Nobles and the city in the mater of money claimed by Mr. Nobles as due him for the building of the sewers and for damages in coneetion with that building. The papers of agreement set forth that the matter having been referred to a (board of arbitrators the suit pending in 'the United Staes court be dismissed, and then goes into detail as to the organization of the board of 'arbitration made up of memibeos of council and a number of prominent citizens. The agreement of arbitration is a very .lengthy document and goes into the most minute details of the method to be adop ted iby the board in the course of its work. It is signed by R. H. Plant for Stephen N. Noble, and by S. 8.. Price as mayor of •Macon, who, on motion of Aiderman Pear sen, was given authority to sign the agree ment, The bills on second reading having been passed the committee reported adversely on the petition of Dr. Clark for services rendered in attending smallpox patients. The bill was for something over S2OO. The Macon Gun Club was given permis sion to use ithe park on the occasion of their tournament on April. J. J. Clark & ICO. were given permission to open a bar room at the old Exchange building on Cherry street. Alderman Williams offered a resolution providing for the printing of an itemized statement as to the cost of paving each block and that such itemized statement be attached to the notice to each property owner of his share of the paving. At this point council adjourned until next Tuesday at 6 o’clock. 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. PENSION MONEY, It Seems That There Will Be Hardly Enough to Go Around. It seems that the aprepriation of $690,- 000 by the last legislature for pensions for crippled and indigent Confederate soldiers and indigent widows of soldiers is not suf ficient to satisfy the demands of all who have a legal claim to share in these ben efits. Judging from a letter received yesterday by Ordinary Wiley from Commissioner of Pensions Richard Johnson,' there will be li'btle money left for many of these more reticent claims. The letter of .the com missioner gives some Idea of the extent to which t’he pension business has been carried in this state. It is as follows: “In answer to many inquiries as to the payment of unenrolled claims, the follow ing statement is made: “In all probability all widows’ claims meeting the requirements of the law, will be paid. “The only fund available to pay unen rolled soldiers’ claims, both invalid and indigent, is such as may be left aftar pay ing the respective rolls of 1897. ''What such margin may be cannot be determined until the rolls are T>aid, and every enroll ed claim should be in this office not later than the 15th of March (as was stated in the circular sent out on December 18th last,) after that date they will be treated as dead, though they will be paid if re ceived before the funds are exhausted. “It is estimated that 150 new claims can be put on the invalid roll, of. which 130 were aproved in December last, leaving twenty other places for which there are now on the file about 250 applications. • “It is also estimated that 250 new indi gent claims can be enrolled. There -will likely be more than 3,000 of such applica tions. “You can, therefore, see how slender the chances to pay new claims of either class. “The examination of new claims was not finished in 1897 until July, and it will probably take as long this year.” ~FACTORIES ARE PUSHED, Greater Demand for Guano Than it Was Thought There Would Be. Mr. J. N. Watts, representing one of the largest guano factories in the state, was in the city yesterday, and during his stay here said that nearly all of the factories in the state had about sold out what stock they had made up for this year’s supply and that now there was a great demand for guano and phosphates. The factories cut down their capacity when the saw that the price of cotpon was so low and that the farmers would not be in a good condition this year to buy much guano, but it has turned out that just about as much is being used this year as was last year, and now the factories can hardly supply the demaid. iOOUBLETRACK FOB THE CENTRAL Renewal of the Talk About the Macon &. Atlanta * Railroad. WILL IT BEBUILTAFTERALL? A Matter in Which Railroad Men All Through This Section Are Inter ested—What a Paper Says. Will the old Macon and Atlantic Rail road become something of actual use after all? The following taken from the Statesboro Star has probably come from an outside source, and, at any rate, is Interesting: “The owners of the old 'Macon and At lantic Railroad are having the roadbed through this county cleaned again. “This virtually means 'that the Central will have another line from Macon to Sa vannah, practically a double track, that will give it the finest service between those two 'points that can be imagfned. A gentleman conversant with the facts, who speaks with authority, said today: , “ ’ll is now generally understood that ■the Central of Georgia .Railway will begin very soon the extension of the old Macon and Atlantic Railroad to a point on the Central near Savannah. Meldrim is .the point, it is said, the extension will be made to, and trains will go into Savan nah over the Central railroad from that point. The construction of this extension will practically absorb all the .traffic be tween Statesboro and Savannah, and will about cover the territory contemplated by the extension of the Cuyler and Wcodburn, or rather the Savannah and ‘Statesboro railroad, as it is now 'called. The Cuyler and Woodtjurn Railroad, about twenlve miles long, recently passed through li- ' quidation in the United States court, and ’the purchasers, it is said, intended to ex tend it to Stateboro,’ but as tihe Central seems to be making full preparation to ex tend the Macon and Atlantic, it is hardly probable that both extensions will be •built.” ’ 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. AT THE ACADEMY. The Karger Concert Company Will Be Here Tomorrow Night. On tomorrow night the Karger Concert Company will appear at 'the Academy of Music in a benefit performance In aid of the Hospital Association and the Temple Guild building fund,.both of which organ izations will receive a liberal share of the recipts. The company has with them some of the foremost artists of this country, consisting of Mar Karger, violin virtuoso, who has recently returned from a triump ant tour of Europe; Miss Jeannette Miac- Clanahan, one of the leading American so pronas; 'Miss Marie Mildred March, and ’W’l ■ 4 % I i \ ’Vi ■ . ? - 4". ’ ■ \ V Veron Heclit. Mr. S. P, Vernon, whom .Maconites will remember as Sol Hec't, formerly a resident of Macon. The reserve sale began bhis morning, and those wishing to attend would do wel to secure seats at once, as the company will doubtless be greeted iby a crowded house. BURLESQUE OPERA. Comeneing Monday and continuing Tues day and Wednesday, a burlesque operatic company of specialty artists, in which the principal features will be on the order of a vaudeville performance, consisting of in strumenal and vocal music, wil foe at the Academy. The engagement was made for three nights in order to clearly demon strate to the class of theater patrons that want this kind of entertainmen't that the organization is deserving of their patron age. A GREAT ACTRE'S COMING. The distinguished artiste, Miss Margaret Mather, wil appear at the Academy Thurs day, march 12th, in a gorgeous production of Shakespear’s delightful comedy “Cym beline,” which achieved a phenomenally successful run at Wallick’s Theater, New York, last spring. The company support ing Miss Mather this season is said to foe stronger than she has ever had before. The ■announcement is made by the management that something like $40,000 was expended on the prodifetion 'before the curtain rose on the initial performance. This may seem like an exaggeration of the facts, but several of the leading critics dwell strong ly on that subject and unanimously give credence to the statement. FROM A PROMINENT LAWYER. I have used Cheney’s Expectorant in my famHy for years and pronounce it the best remedy I have ever used for croup. If given according to directions it cannot fail to prevent or cure. I always keep it in the house. Walter E. Moore, Webster, N. C. GRAND RALLY. . Os the Union Epworth Leagues at First Street Church. A grand union rally of the Epworth Leaguers of the city will be held at First Methodist church tomorrow ■ nigjit, at which time-it is earnestly requested that all the members of the league in Macon be present if possible. The meeting wil be a most interesting one, and the time is drawing near when the state conference will meet here, and it is necessary to organize all of the league workers In the city, and get them ready for the great work of entertaining the league. Interesting short talks wil be made by Messrs. R. F. Burden, O. A. Park. Rev. T D. Ellis and others. CASTOR (A For Infants and Children The half a cent a word column of The News is the cheapest advertising medium la Georgia. ELKS WILL HELP 800 MONUMENT At a Meeting Last Night [ Twenty-Six Dollars Were Donated to Fund for MOKDMEHT TO MIIIT DM The Amount Was Forwarded to W, R Hearst; of the New York Journal, Last Night. The Macon Lodge No. 230 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is the first organization of the kind in the "United States to make a contribution to th'e fund inaugurated by the New York Journal to erect a monument to the heroic dead of the battleship Maine. At a meetitng of the Elks held last ight it was unaniomusly agreed by the Macon Lodge to make a contribution io the fund. The order of Elks is the only strictly American organisation in the country. Nothing but Americans born can be mem bers, and for this reason the action of the body last night is an example of the loy alty of the American people. The following telegram was forwarded to W. R. Hearst, of the Journal, last, night by Secretary Wright: “New York Journal and 'Advertiser, Maine Department, New York City—As Georgians and Americans, we desire to contribute $26 as our offering co the mem ory of the heroes of the 'Maine. Macon Lodge No. 230, B. P. O. E. Semetime ago, imediately after the Maine disaster, the New York Journal started a fund with which to erect a monu ment to the brave sailors who had lost their lives from causes which the nation, has since been trying to find out. The Journal headed the list with a contribution of SI,OOO, and this has been added to rap idly,. and the donation of the Elks will be a part of it. IT WILL BE WAR. Interview With Bacon in Which He Talks Very Freelv. Washington, March 9.—(Speaking to a' corerspondent on the subject of the situa tion between this country and Spain, Sen ator Bacon said today: “It looks now very much as if we will have war—not because there is anything in the situation which necessarily requires war, but because it is to the interest of the dominant parties both in the United States and in Spain to have war. In consequence both in this country and in Spain, the constant tendency is towards those things which will produce war and not towards those which will prevent it, “The word has gone out that the Repub lican party will beyond a doubt be de feated in the fall elections upon the pub lic questions now before the people, and leading Republican newspapers are openly advocating a rupture with Spain as the only way to save the party. Os course when the war comes the rupture will not 'be on the political lines nor upon grounds of party necessity, but wil be put on grounds which will necessarily require all parties to support the war issues. But if it were not for those political interests the war would, in my opinion, be avoided. It could be done if the authorities both in Spain and the United States vyished to preserve peace. There is enough in the Maine incident and the issues which grow out of it to jus tify war, but if it were not for this political party necessity, both here and in Spain,’ there could be away .found to adjust mat ters'without war and with the preservation of national honor. “As it is, there seems to be a determina tion on each side to so place the other side as to leave no other 'alternative but war. “They will be smart enough to develop the issue that everybody will be obliged to support the was as a patriotic duty, but the real cause of the war, if Republican newspapers are to be credited, will be, all the same, for party advantage. “If there should be war i't will be popu lar. (All wars are poular so long as they last, nevertheless iit is not to the interest of the Souh to have war. The people of the North, if it should be a great war, might grow rich because they manufacture arms and munitions of .war, clothing and other military supplies and make vast food supplies, all of which would be enhanced in price. “On the other hand, the products of the South would decrease both in demand and in price. Hence I think the Southern peo ple ought to be urged to make preparation for the most liberal food products this year. “I seriously deprecate the probability of war and will be sincerely gratified if it can be avoided. At the same time it is entire lj possible that those who are engineering the mater may so shape and present the issues that everyone will be required as a patriotic duty to favor the war, however much he may regret the necessity. “If the United States government had recognized the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents eighteen months ago, or even ten months ago, Cuban freedom would have ben secured without a gun fired by the United States. The .Maine would not have been destroyed, the prospective war would, have been avoided, and more than a quarter of a million lives would have been saved in Cuba. More than that num ber have died of starvation in Cuba during the past twelve months.’’ ELECTED OFFICERS. Interesting Meeting of Directors of Loan and Trust Association. S’ -■ , < -5 • The annual meeting of the directors of the Central City Loan and Trust Asso ciation was held at the office of President W. H. Ross yesterday afternoon, when of ficers for the coming year were elected, a three per cent, dividend was declared’ and the report of the auditing commitee was received. There were no changes made in the of ncers of the association. Messrs. J. W. Cabaniss and S. R. Jacques had -been appointed to investigate 'the affairs of the company and make a re port for the stockholders. This report showed a net surplus of $10,065.97. DODGE SPEAKS TONIGHT.’ He Will Address the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Second Grand Master of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Dodge will address the members of this organization in Mor gan’s Hull, South Macon, tonight’ in the interests of the organization. Mr. Dodge has been making speeches all over the country, and has recently been in Atlanta, where he delivered several of his speeches. Mr. Dodge will not draw the large crowd that he -would if he spoke at a time when the man of the day, Hon. William Jennings Bryan, was not here. Subscribers must pay up and not allow small balances to run over from week to w’eek. The carriers have been in structed to 'accept no part payment from anyone* after April Ist. JUST AS BRYAN SAYS A Silver Dollar will purchase just as much as a Gold Dollar at THE STRONG SHOE GO’S In fact, it will purchase today a great deal more than a Gold Dollar used to. This not only demonstrates the PURCHASING POWER OF fl DOLLAR but our ability to sell more than ever for a dollar. We can do this indepen= dently of the increased value of money. We can do it because we use the convincing argument of cold cash in buying our goods direct from the manufacturers. We can do it because we buy in larger quantities ; than any other Macon house, wholesale or retail. ' I We often take the whole lot from the manufacturers and pay him cash for the same. Consequently we can often afford to sell for what other dealers must pay for them and still have a little profit left us. We consistently pursue the pol icy of quick sales and small profits, and this, together with our ability to buy for cash and in large lots, ex= plains our ability to sell cheaper than others. Here are a few cases in point: Nettleton’s $6.00 Ulen’s Shoes f0r.... $5.00 misses’ and Children’s $2.00 School 4 RA Shoes for i.uV Ladles’ Hich Grade $4.00 Dress Shoes for 3 00 Every other Shoes in proportion. Our stock was never more complete. Spring stock now arriving. The new styles are beautiful. The price is more attractive still. The Strong Shoe Company 387 Second Street. Phone 410.