Newspaper Page Text
4
ORGANIZATION
HAS RUN DOWN
Debs' Social Democracy Has
Not Found Much Fa
vor Here.
DISBANDED AND GONE,
Cannot be Found A Good Story
Locked Up in the Bosom of a
Visitor Who Passed Through.
Debs' Social Democracy lx at a very low i
<bb in Macon. The organization which ‘
existed prior to th< coining of the labor
icailer some months ago, and which v. as
at that time fairly well up in membership
has gone to pieces and no one can tell
where is has gone or who are its mem
bers.
Whin Debs spoke in Macon interest in
the organization was aroused but no offer
was made by th- local officers to encour
age it and no meeting has been held since
that time.
lint while lo' .lly the organization has
gone up the flume there is something in
the wind in connection with Debs and his
colony that will be of interest to the whole
peojde of the .'■tale. Just what it is those
wlio know something about it will not say
but the evidence is abundant that some
thing is going on and that within a few’
weeks Interesting developments may corne
to the surface.
A News reporter gained some informa
tion yesterday but came in such away
that it is impossible to state more than
that something may be expected to de
velop.
The recent visit of a person prominently
connected with the undertaking and who
comes almost direct from Debs himself,
and the fact that his visit and his mission
were kept a most profound secret and in
fact were k,nown only to a few and those
few high In the counsels not only of the
Debs movement, but of other influential
movements in the state, would indicate
that he had something to impart if he
would only do so.
His name is C. F. Willard and he hails
from Chicago. He is prominent as a the
osophist now but has been identified with
undertakings that indicate his ability and
the confidence In which he is held by the
people who do not as a rule make mis
takes in their selection of individuals to
carry out big projects.
Mr. Willard was seen by The News re
potter but positively refused to talk. He
denied that he could say anything of in
terest if he would, but it was evident that
he was simply trying to get out without
any notoriety attaching to his visit.
He left Macon yesterday evening for
Atlanta and from there it is said that he
will return direct to Chicago.
He is charged with a somewhat delicate
mission and what his report will be can
not be foretold, but the indications are
that it will be of importance in a political
and a g< neral way in this state.
THE SPRING DEBATE
Between Mercer and Athens Will be a Great
Event.
•Mr. John Roach Stratton, who is look
ing after Mercer’s Interests in the debate
with Athens in Atlanta in May, says that
nil arrangements for the debate has been
made. Mr. Straton will be one of the de
baters from Mercer.
The Athens boys have not yet chosen
their debaters, lint will do so some time
next week, or perhaps may wait until
speakers’ places arc contested for and then
select the most available material.
MERCER VS. MILLEDGEVILLE
First Game of Ball Will Be Played With the
Cadets.
The first game of ball that Mercer will
play this year with another college will
be played in Milledgeville with the Cadets
of the Middle Georgia Military and Agri
cultural College, April 2.
For several years past the first game of
♦he season has been played with the Ca
dets at Milledgeville, and Mercer has suc
ceeded in coming off victorious nearly
every time. The Cadets have picked a
strong team this year, and say they will
interest the Tigers.
The boys have secured a round trip rate
of 75 cents and it is asked that as many as
possible go along to encourage the boys,
DEPARTURE OF DR. MASON.
He Left for His New Home in Texas This
Morning.
Dr. J. M. Mason left for his new home
In Fort Worth, Texas, this morning. He
was accompanied by his son. Holmes. The
other-members of his family will join him
some time next fall.
Dr. Mason has sold his business inter
ests in Macon to Dr. W. L. Smith, of
Hawkinsville. Dr. Smith has several rel
atives in Macon who are prominent citi
zens, and he will be welcomed by all Ma
ronites and friends of Dr. Mason.
A. B. hinkle, Physician and Surgeon.
Office 370 Second Street
Office Phone, 917, two cafls Residence Phone, 917, four calls.
Hoes general practice. I tender my services to the people of Macon and vi
cinity. Disease of the Eye. Ear, Nose, Thro at and Lungs specialties. All chronic dis
eases of the above, such as sore eyes, granulated lids, deafness, running at the ears,
ringing in the ears, catarrh, sore throat, h oarseness, conghs, consumption, etc., will
t>e treated at my office for $5 per month cash.
Eye glasses and spectacles fitted accurately and furnished. Prices very reasona
ble I will examine school children's eyes for glasses free from 3 to 5 p. m. on Sat
urdays. ,
Office consultation and treatment for t he poor absolutely free from S to 9 every
morning. Visits in the city for cash, day, $1; night, $2. Office hours: 8 to 10 a. m.;
12 to 1 p. m., and 3. to t> p. in.
They Do Sell
They Can’t Help Selling.
Why?
1 hose Gent’s Vici Kid Shoes that we offer for the
modest sum of $3.50 are
Pleasing to the Eye,
Pleasant to the Feet,
__ , Pleasurable to the Pocket.
Black or Brown,
Plain Toe or Tipped,
Lace or Half Congress.
Clisby&McKay.
Phone 29.
Notes Taken
On the Run.
Hon. Walker Jordan, who has so ably
represented Pulaski county in the last
two sessions of the legislature, is in the
city. He will be returned to the house
without opposition. This is a deserved
compliment to 'a spiendi representative.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cobb and son have
gone to Indian bprings to spend a week.
The revival at the First street Methodist
church grows in interest.
Mrs. Jeff Lane, who has been quite sick,
is now better.
Judge Charles C. Kibbce has about re
covered from his recent severe attack of
sickness.
Dr. Charles Lanier Toole, dentist. Of
fice corner Second and Poplar streets.
It is very probable, says the Atlanta
Constitution, that Mr. Andrew W. Lane
will be a candidate for he legislature from
Bibb county. He is a popular member of
the Macon bar. When Hon. William H.
Felton, Jr., resigned as solicitor-general
of the Macon circuit. Governor Atkinson
appointed Mr. Lane to the vacancy.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Snowden have gone
to Charleston on a visit.
Miss Adele Kershaw has gone to Fair
mount. Tenn., to school.
The Bohemian smoker next Saturday at
the Chamber of Commerce is being an
ticipated with much pleasure.
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.
Tonight week Rev. Thomas Dixon, of
New 1 ork, will lecture at Mercer Univer
sity. The noted divine wll have a large
audience.
Special services -wii be held this after
noon for children at Tattnall Square
Presbyterian church and Dr. Nathan
Bachman will deliver a lecture to them.
Mrs. G. E. Sussdorf, of Macon, and her
daughter, Mrs, F. M. Hampton, of New
York, are visiting at the Royal Ponciana,
Palm Beach, Fla.
Mary Belcher, the negro woman accused
of stealing clothing, was released from cus
tody this morning and her case continued.
The heavy hook and 'ladder wagon of the
fire department was carried down to the
park this morning, and placed in one of
the old fair buildings, where it will be re
painted. There was no other place avail
able where the long wagon could be stored
and painted. Roller bearings have been
put on this wagon, and it is now one of
the lightst running in the department.
Ed. L. Night, of Albany, is among the
prominent guests in the city today.
George Collier, of Indian Spring, is
among the prominent 'guests at the Brown
House today.
J. A. Scott, of Atlanta, is at the Brown
House.
L. H. Chappell, of Columbus, is in the
city today.
M. E. Foy, cf Echo, is among the prom
inent Georgians at the Brown House today.
C. L. Goodwin, of Athens, is at the
Brown House.
Mr. G. Boggs and Miss Marion Boggs,
of Athens, are in the city today.
Mrs. A. H. Kemp, wife of Manager
Kemp, of the Western Union, has arrived
from Brunswick, and for the present will
make her home at the Park Hotel.
The work of paving on Poplar street is
proceeding rapidly.
Six new cases of smallpox were discov
ered yesterday on Madison street. They
are in the infected district. It is thought
by some that a house to house inspection
cf all this district by the city, and Pleas
ant Hill by the county, would have a good
effect.
Mrs. Emory Speer and Miss Speer have
returned from Savannah.
The recorder has made a clean sweep of
the barracks, and after court this morn
ing the cage was empty,
A musical entertainment will be given
by the Vineville King’s Daughters tomor
row evening at the residence of Mrs. Al
len Chappell.
Chairman Azell Freeman, of the floral
parade committee of the Macon Carnival
association, has called a meeting of the
committee at the Chamber of Commerce
Saturday afternoon.
MRS- NOBLES IS BETTER.
Her Condition Considerably Improved Today
From Nervous Strain.
The condition of Mrs. Nebles is consid
erably improved today from the nervous
strain under which she has ben for the
past few days.
The physiciaps say that her illness has
been occasioned more from fright than
anything else. She said that she felt like
now that she would be shown some mercy.
All Must Pay.
All persons taking The News by the
week must pay promptly every week. Af
ter April Ist no balances will Ibe carried
over for any one. Papers taken weekly
must be paid for weekly. Those who fail to
pay regularly may expect to have the paper
discontinued. Remember, the boys are in
structed to take no parr payment after
April Ist. Everyone who owes a balance
should endeavor to get eve by that time.
HELP NEEDED
AND W QUICKLY
An Appeal for Assistance for
the People Who Are Liv
ing at Commonwealth.
THEIR AIMS AND OBJECTS.
Down to the Last Dollar in the
Treasury They Are Struggling
and Facing Doubtful Future.
Mr. A. H. Pease, of the Christian Com
monwealth of Georgia, one of the most
uMeresting colonies in this country, is still
in the city. He leaves tomorrow for South :
Carolina.
Mr. Pease writes the foilwing card to •
The News. It will be of interest to all
the readers of the paper and is deserving
of much more than passing notice.
There is no disguising the fact that this
little handful of people in Soutnwest Geor
gia are threatened with calamity. They
nave come to this state to work out what
they earnestly and honestly believe is the
correct course of life. Their whole capital
poured into a common purse is invested in
the lands which tney have bought and in
the necessary improvements. They have
not been long enough upon the ground to
reap tile full benefit of a crop, and while
their representative here does not say so
in so many words, it is a fact that the
commonwealth treasury has been drained,
they are down to their last few dollars
and between then and the time when any
crop could mature and relief be looked for
the struggle must be terrible.
One cannot but expect the self-sacrifice
and the unselfishness of the undertaking
represented in this colony and even those
who honest and openly differ with the col
onists as to the course of life they have
adopted cannot shut their eyes to the fact
that help is needed and needed badly.
Mr. Pease writes:
“The Christian Commonwealth of Mus
cogee county, Georgia is a society of men
and women who are divinely alive to the
great needs of the world of downtrodden
and oppressed humanity.
“We see that the mad rush for place
and power, for gold and the things of this
life, is causing the very existence of the
manhood and womanhood that God has
placed in us all out of those who are weak,
or who will not stoop to the greed that
makes the successful money getter.
“Because of this; because the world’s
sorrow is our sorrow, have w’e set our
faces as a rock to know no business but
friendship, no law but love.
“Love that shall suffer all, fear all, for
the Master’s sake who has taught us that
“even as ye have done it unto the host of
these, my brethren, ye have done it unto
me” for this cause have we given up our
lives and all we possessed to lift up the
fallen, to inspire again the great hope of
salvation right here and now, that shall
extend to eternity.
“We need help in this —tools and ma
chinery to start with, food, clothes, in
fact everything that people need to start
such a work, but over all else greater than
any need, is the need of men and women
who shall not waver through trial, who
shall keep this faith in latent brother life
within each and all.
“We came together from all states of
the union in December, 1896. We have
931 acres of land, have set out about 20,000
fruit trees, 5,000 grape vines, built a saw
mill, school house, printing office and sev
eral dwellings. The “Social Gospel,”
printed on the ground, sets forth our prin
ciples and work. It is edited by the most
able men of the land. The subscription
price is 50 cents. Any correspondence and
help of nay kind should be addressed to
Rev. Ralph Albertson, Commonwealth,
G a - A. H. Pease.”
SLAVISH
Is the Devotion of Wealth to Peace, Says a
Financial Writer.
New York, March 23.—“ Matthew Mar
shall,” financial writer of the Sun, says:
“How injuriously long continued peace
and material .prosperity affect national
character is seen in the way in which our
men of wealth treat international con
troversies. Being accustomed to enjoy the
comforts which their wealth procures for
them they have the same dislike of being
disturbed in their routine that the slug
gard has of being pulled out of his dowmy
bed when he wishes to sleep. All they ask
for is to be allowed to go on and accu
mulate more wealth and invent new
methods of investing it.
“The idea that the nation has duties to
other nations and to people outside out
own territory is repulsive to them. They
are, mentally, like jelly fishes, all fat and
muscles. The Venezuela proclamation sent
a chill of horror through them and inter
vention in ‘behalf of Cuba they look upon
as madness.
“No slavish devotion to peace at any
price can prevent the miseries of plagues,
famines, conflagration, shipwrecks and
commercial depressions, which bring no
compensation with them; whereas the ca
lamity of war secures, not success in a
desirable purpose, at least the conscious
ness of a duty performed.”
HODGKINS GETS DAMAGE.
Supreme Court Affirmed the Decision of the
Lower Court.
The supreme court yesterday affirmed
the decision of the lower court in the case
of Henry Hodgkins vs. the Central rail
way, in awarding the plaintiff damages
for being struck by the gatekeeper of the
road at the Union depot some time ago.
Hodgkins went to the train to meet a
friend, and the gatekeeper refused to let
him pass. - Hodgkins insisted, whereupon
the gatekeeper, whose name was Simmons,
struck him with his stick, and severely
injured him.
Hodgkins, through his attorney, Mr.
Marion Harris, entered suit against the
road and was awarded S7OO damages The
road appealed the case to the supreme
court, and yesterday the decision of the
lower court was affirmed.
STATEMENT DENIED
That Salisbury Has Tendered or Will Tender
His Resignation.
London, March 24. —The foreign office
denies the statement made by the Chron
icle that a cabinet council for Monday has
been called to consider an intimation from
the Marquis of Salisbury of his desire,
acting under medical advice, to resign the
premiership and the foreign secretaryship.
Marquis, who is much stronger, starts
for Rivier. on Saturday.
FLOOD SITUATION.
Dayton, 0., March 24.—The fi«C 4 situa
tion here is distressing. The hospitals
other buildings are crowded, and toe peo
ple are driven out of their homes. Not a
train is running in or out of the city.
Hew Books at Bun Biowifs
SIMON DALE, by A. Hope.
SH REWSBURY—Weyman.
DESERT DRAMA—Conan Doyle.
SON OF THE CZAR—Graham.
MADAM OF THE IVlES—Train.
PARIS—ZoIa.
■B ARN STORM ERS—2 Jtx . Willi a mso n.
Watch This Space.
MACON NEWS THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 34 1808.
What is Going
On in Society.
The irreverence of the American youth j
is clearly shown in this speech of a little
boy in the second class at the public
school; the teacher had carefully explained
to the children the great possessions of the
British Empire, and when the superinten
ient of the schools called, the teacher ask
ed one of the boys, “Harry, tell us about i
Queen Victoria!” Harry thought for a
moment, and then said, “Oh! I know.
She’s that fat old lady that owns a heap ot
land!”
Mr. and Mrs. Davis will entertain at
their home near McCall’s mill Friday
evening, in honor of the members of the i
Outing Club.
• • •
Mrs. Hamilton Yancy left today for At- ;
lama, where she will be the guest of Mrs.
Sanders Holmes for a few days.
* • •
Miss Turner, who has been giving free
embroidery lessons at the Woman’s Ex
change this week, leaves tomorrow for
her home in Atlanta.
• • •
■Mr. and Mrs. James Jackson Cobb and
•Master John B. Cobb, are speding a few
days at Indian Spring.
Miss Mary Cobb is visiting Atlanta.
The New York Latin Quarter.
Eastward from quaint old Greenwich
lies Washington square, whose vicinage,
together with a devious and doubtfully
defined district bisected by Broadway
and reaching irregularly eastward and
northward as far as Stuyvesant square,
has sometimes been styled tho “Latin
quarter’’of New York. Within this re
gion a few of the pioneer American au
thors, many of those who belonged to
what John Burroughs calls our “second
crop,’’ and a still larger number cf au
thors who “have not yet the advantage
of being dead,” have or have had home
or haunt.
Washington square has itself given
title to a tale by Henry James of New
York life. At No. 21 of the adjacent
Washington place that subtly realistic
novelist was born, and his father, “the
seer, ” wrote some cf his metaphysical
treatises. We may be sure that the
school kept by “a broad bosomed, broad
based old lady with a ferrule, ” of which
young James bad knowledge, was not far
distant, and if w e sit of a summer even
ing with Howells’ “Marches’’ among
the old trees of the square we see just
north cf it the “wide fronted house
with a big balcony before its drawing
room windows” and with steps and
trimmings of white marble in which
dwelt the Dr. Sloper of James’ tale
with his dull daughter and her plot
ting aunt. Another marble and brick
dwelling of the same row is that from
which Kitty, the heroine of one of
Brunner’s merry “Ballads of the
Town, ” disappeared to go “summering”
in a studio building on the other side of
the square. Hereabout N. P. Willis
suffered a flagellation from Edwin For
rest, provoked by the poet’s conduct and
criticisms in relation to the latter’s di
vorce ligitation.—Lippincott’s.
The Origin of “Tommy Atkins.”
The name of Tommy Atkins, which is
a sobriquet of the British private sol
dier in all parts of the world, had an
official origin and was originally used
in the instructions to noncommissioned
officers for purposes of illustration as
John Thomas is often used on election
forms.
Sample blank returns were furnished
to show sergeants and corporals and re
cruiting officers how genuine 0110 s
should be made out, and Tommy At
kins, private, Company B, was the fic
titious name always used. Model indi
vidual reports were also included in
the regulations, -signed “Thomas At
kins, private, Company B, ” or “Thomas
Atkins, corporal, Company C,” or
“Thomas Atkins, X, his mark. ”
Hence when a recruit arrived at a
garrison the soldiers usually addressed
him as Thomas Atkins until they found
out his real name. Drunken soldiers re
ported themselves as Thomas Atkins
when they were taken to a police sta
tion until the public took it up, and
Tommy Atkins became an affectionate
synonym for the gallant warriors of her
majesty’s land forces.—London Globe.
A Queer Russian District.
There is in Russia a district which is
wholly administered and during most
of the time exclusively- inhabited by
women. It is the province of Smolensk
and comprises a district of about 15
square miles, from w hich all the able
bodied males emigrate in the spring and
proceed to neighboring towns and dis
tricts in search of work, remaining
away about nine months of the year. In
their absence the women cultivate the
fields and manage local affairs general
ly under tho presidency of a woman
mayor. Before nightfall the women as
semble in a sort of clubhouse and play
cards till 1 or 2 in the morning. Virtue
there is compatible with unlimited
cakes and ale, and though the hours are
late and so much time is given to
amusement the commune is prosperous,
disorder is unknown and it is ono cf the
best conducted portions of the empire.
The czarina rakes an interest in it and
is proud of it. —New York Tribune.
The Vow of a Boy Nemesis.
Bring to me my large revolver and
my keen Damascus blade and the rub
ber boots I’m used to when in gore I
freely wade. Hither bring my trusty
sandbag, bring the snickersnee, I say,
for my day has come for murder, and
I’m going forth to slay. I shall go forth
to the slaughter like a bridegroom to
his joys, and I ll fill the nearest grave
yard with a string of gifted boys. 1
shall brain the boy attorney with a
spasm of delight, and the boy who
preaches Sundays he shall fall before
my might. Ou the trail of boy physi
cians gayly, gladly shall I camp. Let
the boy pianists tremble when they
hear my roaring tramp. When I strike
the boyish statesman, he must say his
prayer and die. When the boy reporter
meets me, mark ye how the fur shall
fly, for I’m weary and disgusted and
my mind has lost its poise; I have read
such beastly twaddle treating of the
gifted boys.—Atchison Globe.
Hix Explanation.
Gentleman —Well, Pat, I sse you
have a small garden.
Pat—Yes, sur.
“ What are you going to set in it for
next season?”
“Nothing, sur. I set it with potatoes
last; year, and net cue of them came
up.”
“That’sstrange. Hew do you explain
it?”
“Well, sur, the man next door to me
set his garden full of onions. ”
“Well, had that anything to do with
yt ;nr potatoes not growing?”
• ‘Yes suf. Them onions was that
strong that potatoes could, not see
to grow for their watering.
Strand Magazine. _
He MuxX Have Bern Inspired.
She—There is a doctor in Berlin who
after a great deal cf study has found
that married men live longer than bach
elors.
He —Save my life!
She—Oh, Clarence, how did you
guess that I loved you?—Chicago News-
HAVE DEVELOPED
GREAT THIRSTS
The Young Men of Macon Are
Offering Premiums on
the Real Article.
INDIES 1$ SOM SERVERS.
The Callow Youth Has Been Rele
gated to the Rear Where He
Belongs—Big Business.
The thirt that developed this morning !
was the greatest and most universal thirst I
that Macon has known for many a day.
The effect of the long drought concen
trated itself. Man, woman and child have
suffered from thirst today, and the strange
part of it all is that relief could only be
found at one place.
And what wonder! When suffering from
the tortures of thirst —when the throat is
dry and parched, and when the heart
longs for something cool —what more de
lightful than a lemonade or an orange
phosphate, what more glorius than a deep,
deep draught of one of the myriad of cool
ing concoctions that are known only to the
modern mixologist who presides behind
the bemirrowed soda fountain?
But when the <white-clad youth who
flings the fizzing glass across the counter
and sweeps away your nickel with a con
tempt born of familiarity with many nick
els—when this callow youth is banished,
for the nonce is relegated to the rear to
mix catnip tea and rhubarb, and in his
place the “Queen of Hearts” stands ready
to receive an order, what wonder that
thirsts are many and thirsts are great.
But when she smiles her thanks for the
wretched nickel that is tendered in re
turn for the sparkling glass of heaven’s
nectar, what wonders that men go out
upon the highways and offer fortunes for
a thirst?
The ladies have charge of Lamar’s foun
tain and 'Clem Phillip’s store today, and
they are doing a tremendous business.
Both stores are crowded. The proprie
tors have gone a fishing, but the men of
'Macon want more sumer garments, sum
mer hats, summer co .ts, summer ties and
summer all sorts than they ever wanted
before.
But the business of the day is at La
mar’s. The ladies are kept busy, they are
rushed, but with it all they throw in
smiles with soda water and pleasant
words with ice cream, and the smiles and
the words are priceless as compared with
the other chocolate gems and pineapple
gems and all sorts of gems.
Both stores will be kept open until a
late hour tonight, and the rush of business
will no keep up.
The hospital fund will be materially in
creased by the generosity of the propri
etors. 'H. J. Lamar & Sons give all the
receipts and idem Phillips gives 10 per
cent.
The ladies in charge are:
The Mesdames N. M. Block, S. R.
Jaques and L. O. Stevens, and the Misses
Daisy Clisby, 'Marie Nisbet, S. iSchatzman,
Julie Huguenin, Dellie Rogers, Emily
'Carnes, Mary Cobb, Emma Wise, Ida
Mangham, Ella May Williams, Seisel
Hatcher, Birdie Coleman, May Kennedy,
Carle Harris.
Recent Astronomical Progress,
The discovery of the last ten years which
has most occupied the attention of the
professional astronomer is that of the va
riation of latitudes everywhere on the
surface of the earth, the law of which has
been worked out by Chandler. The varia
tion does not involve any change in the
actual distance of points on the surface of
our globe froiu each other, but only in the
position of the axis of rotation. If an ob
server could station himself at the north
pole and erect a stick at the precise point
around which the earth was at any mo
ment rotating, he would find this point to
remain nearly in the same position all day
or perhaps for a few days. But in the
course of weeks he would find it to change
its position, and by continuing his ob
servations through a period of several
years he would find it to move round a
central point in a somewhat varying and
irregular curve, making a complete revo
lution in about 11 months.
The greatest distance from the centra]
point n ight be 25 to 30 feet, but the radius
of the circle in which the pole moves
ranges between this distance and almost
nothing. An observer in 1883-4, or seven
years later, in 1891-2, would have found
the distance about 30 feet. But during
the following revolution, the pole, while
keeping up its rotation, would have ap
proached very near the central point, so
that during the years 1887-8 and 1894-5
the amount of change was very small. If
Chandler’s prediction bo verified, the va
riation is now again approaching its lar
gest value, and during 1898 will be as
large as it ever was. The probable cause
of the deviation is found in the annual
changes undergone by the motion of the
great masses of air on the earth’s surface,
combined with the deviation of the earth
itself from a perfect sphere.—Professor
Newcomb in Forum.
A Discredited Drawing;,
The Roman correspondent of the Berlin
Tageblatt throw’s cold water on the exag
gerated reports of the discovery by Profess
or Maruccbi of a drawing of the cruci
fixion on an ancient wall in the Eternal
City. He says that the sketch is so faint
that the outlines of the cross as well as of
the persons surrounding it can be made
out only with the aid of a magnifying
glass, and then very imperfectly. To de
cipher the scene supposed to be represent
ed, to say nothing of the inscription, re
quires a strong imagination. tSo far as
the persons represented are concerned, it
is quite impossible to make out what they
are doing. The hammer that Professor
Maruccbi thought be saw in the hands of
one of the soldiers climbing upon the cross
might just as easily be a flag. Beneath
this figure is to be read the name “Mistil
lus,” or something like it. In the upper
left band corner are to be seen the Roman
numerals XI, IV and V. A ladder is
leaning against both cresses represented,
and it is quite possible that the picture
may be of a scene aboard ship. Os the
supposed figure of Christ the correspond
ent could see nothing at all. He could
read plainly the name “Piletus. ” Plainly
also appears through the confused mass of
half obliterated Latin and Greek inscrip
tions, though partly injured by dilapida
tion of the wall, the name “Crestos”
(Christus), behind which a large picture
of a hammer plainly appears. The en
trance to the room where this wall draw
ing is found is under the so called “Bridge
of Caligula.”
Chinese Minister Puzzled.
Mr. Wu was a guest at the last Gridiron
club dinner and was at first somewhat
puzzled regarding the fun that always
goes with a Gridiron dinner. When one
of the members stopped the dinner to com
plain of the soup and the president de
manded that the soup pot be brought in,
to see what gave the peculiar taste com
plained of, Mr. Wu looked serious and in
quired of his neighbor if the trouble could
not be adjusted without breaking up the
dinner. He saw the hotel proprietor
brought in, and then the soup pot, and he
expected to see trouble over the dinner be
fore it was served. But when the presi
dent club fished out a civil service
jeforih Wli froff) pho pot as the source of
the complaint against the soup, the Chi
nese minister saw the humor of the affair
and from thaf moment there was no guest
who caughf on quicker or enjoyed more
the jokes of the Gridiron then did he.—
Chicago Inter Ocean.
! ISAAC'S CAFE,
The only Restaurant
for ladies and gentlemen
iu the city. Table sup
plied with all delicacies
of the season. Polite and
attentive service.
Regular Meals 25c.
E. ISAACS, Prop.
Mrs. R. Gritzner
Renowned Surgeon-Chiropodist.
Removes Corns, Bunions and Ingrowing
Nails without pain; also cures biting and
diseased nails. Ladies can be treated at
their homes. Cali or address, Mrs. Gritz
ner. 718 Cherry stMet.
W CENT’II WORD’
Miscellaneous.
KAHN’S Store, 'below Park Hotel. Just
received, fresh Swiss cheese, Neuf
chatei, Pineapple, Edam, Philadelphia,
cream and hard cheese, new sauer
kraut and dill pickles.
AGENTS WANTED —For war in Cuba by
Seuor Quesada, Cuban representative
at Washington. Endorsed by Cuban
patriots. In tremendous demand. A
bonanza for agents. Only $1.50. Big
book ,big commissions. Everybody
wants the only endorsed, reliable book.
Outfits sent free. Credit given. Freight
paid. Drop all rtash and make S3OO
a month with War in Cuba. Address
today, THE NATIONAL BOOK CON
CERN, 352-356 Dearborn street, Chi
cago, 111.
BUY A HOME—Only $2.50. The prettiest
residenee lot near Mercer University.
William Rodgers, 451 Poplar street.
FRESH Fox River Butter in 5 lb. pails.
Flournoy.
FOR RENT—Two new three-room houses,
near car line, East Macon. Good water
and garden. Apply 558 Mulberry.
WE are selling our entire stock of monu
ments, headstones slabs at actual cost.
We invite you to call and inspect for
yourself. Central City Marble and
Granite Works, 378 First street.
STRAWBERRIES, apples, bananas, or
♦ anges, lemons, cocoanuts, almonds,
Brazils, Grenoble, walnuts, pecans,
raisins, prunes, dates, figs, • apricots,
Flournoy.
AGENTS —$7 daily to sell specialty soaps
and give customers double their value
in handsome presents, exclusive terri
tory, sample outfit free. Modoc Soap
Co., Cincinnati, O.
MULES AND HORSES—We have on hand
assortment of mules and horses,
from the cheapest to the finest. You
will save money by examining our
stock before buying elsewhere. Water
man & Co., new brick stables, Fourth
street.
ROQUEFORT, Neu'fchatel, Philadelphia
cream, Edam, pineapple, Swiss, lim
berger, sapsago, de Brea, and best
Now York cream cheese. Flournoy.
THOSE wishing work done before Me
morial day should place their orders
at once to avoid any rush. Our line
of finished work is complete. Central
City Marble and Granite Works, First
Street.
PRE'SERViES, jellies, jams, maple syrup,
golden drips, Cuba molasses, Georgia
cane, etc. Flournoy.
HELLO! EVERYBODY—Have you a pio
ture you want enlarged or framed
first class, but mighty cheap. Do
you want a beautiful dining room,
hall or parlor picture. I have
’em. A beautiful Klondike, African,
pin, ear or finger ring, shirt or cuff
or collar button. If so, remember
Migrath’s opposite Hotel Lanier, 558
Mulberry street.
W. A. GOODYEAR, carnage, buggy and
wagon shop. Horse shoeing, fine paint
ing. Repairing of scales a specialty.
453, 455 Poplar street.
WANTED—To buy second-hand bicycle;
good condition and cheap. 430 Poplar
street.
19 pounds sugar.?T? 7?r??7.T7? ??.$1 Loo
51b. pails jelly 25c
Snap beans, per can 5c
Lima beans, per can., ....... 7%c
Prunes, 31bs 25c
Dried apples, 3 lbs 25c
Dried apricots, 2 lbs ...25c
Dried peaches, 3 lbs ~...25c
Dried peaches, 2 lbs., 250
21b cans tomatoes, per dozen 85c
Matches, per dozen 5c
Flournoy.
We Have the
Peerless
Iceland
Freezers.
Will freeze in
five minutes. Call
and see them,
n n TTiVDII
11. u. 1 Hill ALL
o rn
s bl).
AN ORDIN\NCE.
To Punish Persons Exposed to Small Pox
and Like Diseases Who Refuse to be
Removed to Che House of i.'t'cniioa.
Be it ordained by the Board of Health
of the City of Macon and it is hereby or
dained by authority of the same. That
each and every person having b en ex
posed to small pox or other like contag
ious disease, and in the opinion of the
Board of Health it is best for the
public health that such person or per
sons should be removed to the house or
camp of detention, and in cases of emer
gency an order from the ehairman of the
Board of Health shall be sufficient author
ity for such removal.
Passed by the Board of Health March 9,
1898.
Be it ordained by the mayor and coun
cil ors the city of Macon and it is hereby
ordained by authority of the same, That
for a violation of the ordinance of the
Board of Health passed March 9, 1898,
the same requiring persons exposed to
small pox or like diseases, to be removed
to the house or camp of detention, when
deemed necessary by said board, the per
son or persons so offending shall be sum
moned before the recorder and punished as
prescribed in the act creating the said
recorder’s court.
passed bv the mayor and council March
22, 1898.
BRIDGES SMITH,
Clerk of Council.
Florida Gulf Coast Hotels
ON
Plant System.
TAMPA, FLA.— Tampa, Bay Hotel, Now Open.
D. P. HATHAWAY, Manager.
PORT TAMPA, FLA.— The Inn, Now Open.
J. H. EURDICK, 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
Central of Georgia
Railway Company
VfiEORGIA Schedules iu Effect Feb. 25, 1898, Standard Time,
area 7 90th Meridian.
No. 5 | No. 7 *1 No. 1 •] STA TIONS | No. 2 «| No. 8 *| N0.~6
11 20 am| 740 pm| 7 50 amjLv Macon. . .Ar| 7 25 pm| 7 40 am| 3 55 pm
12 19am; 8 40 pm' S 50 am|Ar.. ..Fort Valley. . Lv| 6 27 pm| 6 39 am| 2 53 pm
! 3 35 pml. |’lo 20 am|Ar. .. .Perry Lvj! 5 00 pm| |!11 30 am
I |H 15 amjAr. ..Columbus. . .Lvi 4 00 pin! |
I |l2 30 pm|Ar. . ..Opelika. . .Lv| 2 45 pm| |
I I 550 pmjAr. . .B’in ham. . .Lv| 9 30 am' |
1 43 pm; 10 01 pm; |Ar.. .Americus. . .Lv| i 5 18 pm, 1 2t pm
f 2 05 pm| 10 25 pmj I Ar.. ..Smithville .Lv 455 am|f 105 pin
3 15 pm 11 05 pm| |Ar. .. .Albany.. ..Lv 4 15 ami 11 50 am
5 o 0 pm| | |Ar.. .Columbia. ..Lv I 9 00 am
255 pml I |Ar.. ..Dawson. . ..Lv 11213 pm
3 37_pm| | |Ar.. ..Cuthbert. . ..Lv j 11 30 am
4 55 pm| | No. 9 *|Ar.. .Fort Gaines. Lvj No. 10 * 1 !10 30 am
4 29 P m l I 7 40 am|Ar Eufaula.. ..Lv 7 30 pm | 10:05 am
8 14 P“l I |Ar Ozark. .. ,Lv| |! 7 05 am
600 P |n l I 9:10 ami Ar .... Un Springs. Lv| 6 00 pm| | 9 15 am
7 25 Pm | Ar Troy. . ..Lv| | | 7 55 am
7 35 pmj I 10 45 amjAr.. Montgomery. .Lv| 4 20 pm| | 7 45 am
No. ll.*| No. 3.*| No. l.*i ? .Xo?2.*j No. 4.*| No. 12." "
800 am 425 am 415 pmjLv.. . .Macon. . ..Arj 11 10 am| 11 10 pin] 720 pm
922 am 547 am 542 pm|Lv. .Barnesville . .Lv| 945 r 945 pmj 605 pm
112 05 am 7 40 pm|Ar.. .Thomaston. ..Lv| 7 00 am j! 300 pm
955 am 616 am 613 pm|A«. . ..Griffin. . ..Lvj 912 am 915 pmj 530 pm
I 1 95 Pm [Ar.. ..Carrollton. .Lv| |! 2 10 pm
11 20 am 745 am 7 Inr Ar.. ..Atlanta. . . .Lv| 750 am| 750 pm| 405 pm
No. 6. ! No. 4. *| No. 2*| No. 1. •! No. 3. *| No. 6.
7 30 pm 11 38 pm| 11 25 amjLv. .. .Macon. . ..Arj 3 55 ami 7 45 am
810 pm 12 19 am 12 OS pm’Ar. . ..Gordon. .. .Ar| 500 pm 310 amj 710 am
8 50 pm ! 1 15 pmlAr. .Milledgeville .Lvj! 3 45 pm I 6 30 wn
10 00 pm ' 3 00 pm|Ar.. ..Eatenton. . .Lvj! 1 30 pm | 5 25 am
I ! 6 50 Pi®i|Ar. .. Covington. ..Lvj! 9 20 am| |
•11 25 aml*H 38 pmi*li 25 am Lv. .. .Macon £rp 3 4rjraa|* 3 55 am|* 3 45 pm
117 pm| 130 am f 1 17 pm|Ar. .. .Ten mile Lvj 156 pm 152 am] 156 pm
2 30 pm| 2 25 am| 2 30 pm'Ar. . .Wad ley. .. .Lvifl2 55 pm 12 50 amj 12 55 pm
2 51 pmj 2 44 am| 2 51 pm'Ar. . .Midville. . .Lv 12 11 pm 12 30 am| 12 11 pm
325 pm 315 ami 325 pm|Ar. .. .Mil ten. .. .Lv 11 34 am lx 58 pm| 11 34 am
5.4 13 pm 442 am 510 pm|Ar .Waynesboro.. .Lv 10 13 am 10 37 pm|slo 47 am
5530 pm 635 am ! 655 pmjAr... .Aug usta. . .Lv !320 am 840 pmjs 930 am
No. 16. *| 1 No? 15. » j“
I I 10 45 amlAr. ...Madison. .. Lv| 4 40 pmj j
| | 12 20 pmjAr. ... Athens ~ ..Lv| 3 30 pm| |
* Daily. ! Daily except Sunday, t Me al station, s Sunday only.
Solid trains are run to ands from Mac on and Montgomery via Eufaula, Savan
nah and Atlanta via Maccn, Macon and Albany via Smithville, Macon and Birming
ham via Columbus. Elegant sleeping cars on trains No. 3 and 4 between Macon
and Savannah and Aalanta and Savannah. Sleepers for Savannah are ready for occu
pancy in Macon depot at 9:00 p. m. Pas-sengers arriving In Macon on No. 3 and Sa
vannah on No. 4, are allowed to remain iusleeper until 7 a. m. Parlar cars between
Macon and Atlanta on trains Nos. 11 and 12. Seat fare 25 cents. Passengers for
Wrightsville, Dublin and Sandersville takell:2s. Train arrives Fort Gainea
4:30 p. m., and leaves 10:30 a. m. Sundays. For Ozark arrives 7.25 p. m. and leaves
7.45 a. m. For further information or schedules to points beyond our lines, address
J. G. CARLISLE, T. P. A., Macon, Ga. E. P. BONNER, U. T. A.
E. H. HINTON, Traffic Manager j. C. HAILE, G. P. A.
THEO. O. KLINE. General
Southern R’y.
Schedule in Effect Sunday, Jan. 16 1898.
CENTRA L TIME
READ DOWN j I HEAD UP " "
No. 71 No. 151 No. 9| No. 13j West j No. 14.| No? 8 |?Nm i6| No?Tlf
7 10pm| 4 45pmj 8 30am| 3 05am|Lv ... Macon .. .| 1 05am| 8 10am|10 45ajn| J 10pa»
9 45pm| 7 45pmjll 10am| 5 20anfiAr.. . Atlanta |lO 55pm| 530am|7 45am| 4 20pm
10 15ara| | 2 20pm| 5 30am|Lv.. Atlanta.. ..ArjlO 40pm| 5 00am| 5 00am| 110 pm
7 50 am j 4 45pm| 7 37am|Lv... Rton... Lv! 7 20pmjl2 Hamjl2 llamj 9 23am
1135 am | 5 54pm| 8 38am|Lv... Dalton.. ..Lvj 7 20pm|12 llamj 12 llam| 9 20am
100 pm | 7 20amI 9 50am|Ar. Chatt’nooga Lvj 6 lOpmjlO 00pm|10 00pm| 8 00am
|4 30am| 4 50pm|Ar. Lexington.. ..Lv|lossam| jlO 40pm
| 7 20am| 7 20pm|Ar. .Cincinnati! .Lv| 8 30am|. | | 8 00pm
I I 7 27am| 7 30pm|Ar. .Louisville. ,Lv| 7 45amj | j 745 pm
I | | 656am|Ar. ...St.Louis. Lvj 9 15pm| | |
I I 7 50pm| 9 25amjAr. .Anniston.. .Lv| 6 45pm| .| 8 10am
I |lO 00pm|ll 45am|Ar. Birm’ham.. Lv 4 15pmj | 6 00am
I I 7 40am| 9 40pm|Ar.. .Memphis. ~Lv| 6 20amj j 9 00pm
I I 7 lOanq 5 4 r pm|Ar..
9 50pm| | 9 50pm| 115pm|Ar. Knoxville... Lv|2 25pm|~2~25pm| | 4 05am~
I I No- 16£ No. 14| South | No?T3rNo.~ls| |
I |lO 50am| 1 10am|Lv .. Macon.. .Arj 3 o?amj 4 40pm| |
I |7 50pm| 7 25am|Ar. Brunswick ..Lv,9 10pm 9 30am
I I 9 30pm| 8 40am|Ar. .Jacks'nville. Lvj 7 05pm| 8 15am| |
I I- .| 6 lopmjAr ..Tampa ....Lvj 7 30am| | |
I 7 10pmI 8 30am| 3 05am|Lv . .Macon. . .Ar| 1 05am| 8 10am| 7 10pm|
I 9 45pm[ll loaml 5 20am a-. . .Atlanta.. ..10 55jpm| 5 30am| 4 20pm|
11l 50pm I2n’n| 7 50am|Lv Atlanta. . .Ar| 9 30pm| 5 lOamj 3 55pm|
9 30am 8 30pml 6 40pm|Ar. .Charlotte. .Lv| 12 30pm110 15pm 9 35anfi
150 pm 12 10am 11 25pm|Lv.. .Danville. ..Lvj 6 05amj 6 20pm 5 50am|
6 25pm 6 00ainj 6 00pm|Ar. .Richmond. Lv|l2 OOn’t |l2 OOn’n 12 OOp’n
3 40pm 1 55am[ jLv. .Lynchburg .Lv 4 05pm 3 40am|
THROUGH CAR SERVICE, ETC.
Nos. 13 and 14, "Cincinnati and Florida Limited,” Pullman Palace Sleeping
Cars and through vestibuled coaches between Cincinnati and Jacksonville and Tampa
via Chattanooga, Atlanta and Evereett; Pullman sleeping care between St. Louis and
Jacksonville via Louisville and Chattanooga; Pullman Palace sleeping cars between
Kansas City, Mo., and Jacksonville, Fla., via Birmingham, Atlanta and Everett.
Pullman Sleeping Cars between Atlanta and Brunswick. Berths may be reserved
to be taken at Macon.
Nos. 15 and 16, Express Trains between Atlanta and Brunswick.
Nos. 9 and 10, Elegant Free Chair Cars between Atlanta and Macon. Pullman
Sleeping Cars between Atlanta and Cincinnati. Connects in union depot, Atlanta,
with “Washington and Southwestern Vestibuled Limited,” finest and fastest traia
to and from the East.
Nos. 7 and 8, Fast Mail Trains between Macon and Atlanta, connecting in union
depot, Atlanta, with "U. S. Fast Mail” trains to and from the East. No. 8 car
ries Pullman Sleeping Car, Chattanooga to Atlanta.
F. S. GANNON, V. P. and G. M. Vv. A. TURK, Gen. Pass Agt.,
DEVRIES DAVIES, T. A., Macon, Ga. S. H. HARDWICK, Asst. G. P. A
RANDALL CLIFTON, T. P. A., Macon. BURR BROWN, City Ticket Agent,
’ 565 Mulberry Street. Macon. Ga.
TH El
NEW YORK WORLD.
Thrice-a-Week Edition.
18 Pages a Week .. .
... 156 Papers a Year
FOR ONE DOLLAR.
Published every alternate day except Sun
day.
The Thrice-a-Week edftion of the New
York World is first among all weekly
papers In size, frequency of publication
and the freshness, accuracy and variety of
its contents. It has all the merits of a >
great $6 daily at the price of adollar week
ly. Its political news is prompt, complete, I
accurate and impartial, as all of its read- ;
ers will testify. It is against the monopo- i
lies and for the people.
It prints the news of all the world, hav
ing special news correspondence from all '
points on the globe. It has brilliant illus- i
trations, stories by great authors, a cap
ital mumor page, complete markets, a de
partments ofr the household and women’s
work and other special departments of un
usual interest.
We offer this unequaled newspaper and
The News together for one year for 16.00.
4
sb
experts oil fashion bene bee . ''usily at work
three months securing the coming bring styles
in dress. Therefore, if you wish to know
WHAT TO WEAR THIS SPRING
you will find it in the Spring Number of the
BAZAR. A description will accompany each
fashion, giving practical suggestions on
HOW TO MAKE IT AT HOME
Newest designs in men's clothes, valuable
bints on the proper thing tn livery, maid
servants’ dresses, etc., all will be found
JN THE SPRING NUMBER OF
HARPER’S BAZAR, MAR. 12th
given in season to enable you to have your
'spring clothes ready for wearing at Easter.
4 WEEKS 25C. ON TRIAL
10 Cents a Copy ■ Sub., $4 00 » year
Addw HARPER a BROTHERS, PubU.h.r*, Si. Y. Pity
Have your magazine* rebound by The
<•«’ binderv. »cit3faHi
You can talk to 10,000 every day through
the columns of The News. __ _ „