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2 WILL INVKTIGJTE SOME JOCKS Important Duty Before the Next Grand Jury of This County. CASE IN POINT GIVEN Has Been Investigated by the News Usurious Money Lending Ex clusively Among Negroes. The next grand jury which will meet on the third Monday in April, will take up a matter that should have had the attention of the grand juries of Bibb county some time ago and without doubt their investi gations will not be relished by a class of people who have been engaged in a shady wort of business in Macon. These are the loan associations that make a specialty of their dealing with the negroes and who take advantage of the ignorance of their clients and customers to extort money and transact a business usury that would not be allowed for one minute If all the facts were known. As a matter of fact the business carried on by some of these companies, as they call themselves, which do business in small offices in different parts of the city is a system of the most barefaced robbery and shameless extortion. The company seldom remains long at one place and seldom does business for any length of time under the satin name, but they have many alliases. They feed upon the necessities or ihe ex travagances of the negro. Their loans arc all made In small sums varying from <.ne to five dollars and ;he ra'c of intcreat is flexible. It m never less than thirty per cent a month and of ten goes to a hundred per cent for the same period of time. A case in point which was investigated by a News reporter shows the following facts: The name of the company is changed for obvious reasons, but will be presented to the grand jury at the proper ■time if indeed the representatives of the “company” are still in the city when the grand jury meets. On November Sth, Mary Weems, a cook in a well known family, borrowed from the Sun Loan Company the sum of $3 and as security for this gave a mortgage on all tier household furniture worth about s;>o. Fhe mortgage fell due exactly thirty days after It was signed and the entry on the face of the mortgage shows that on the Sth day of December the borrower owed the Sun Iman Company the sum of $4.60. The interest on a loan of $3 was $1.60 for a period of thirty days. The woman paid to the company accord ing to the entries on the mortgage the sum ot $3.40, but was unable to pay any more on demand. One day last week the mortgage on all this woman’s household furniture was foreclosed through the court of a justice of the peace in Macon and the woman was called upon to jay $2.85 more. In other words this woman, an ignorant darkey, paid to the Sun Loan Company made up of white men In this city a total amount of $6.25 in repayment of a loan of $3 made four months ago an interest of $3.25 for the use of $3 for four months. But that is not the worst of it. When the baliff came to the woman’s house to collect the money she had only 50 cents. That amount would not satisfy the agent ol the company who accompanied the bailiff and had it not been for the inter vention of the white people who lived close by and who paid the money every piece of the woman’s furniture would have been carried away. So that not only would she have paid the original loan of $3 and forty cents interest for the use of the money for two months, for the last of the repayment of $3.40 was made on the 17th of January, but the shylock creditor would have seized SSO dollars worth of furniture to pay more interest. A little figuring will show what a com fortable income can be derived from a small amount of capital invested in this way. The Sun Loan Company, of Macon, if it has a capital of SI,OOO. makes a net in come of over a thousand dollars per an num out of it and still has the thousand safe while it has probably sold another thousand dollars worth of the furniture of its victims giving it a very comfortable income of $2,000 and over per annum on »n investment of SI,OOO. The solicitor general of the circuit might employ himself profitably on the investi gation of such cases prior to the meeting of the grand jury. Yellow Jaundice Cured. Suffering humanity should be supplied with every means posisble for its relief. It is with pleasure we publish the follow ing: “This is to certify that T was a ter rible sufferer from yellow jaundice for over six months and was treated by some of the best physicians in our city and all to no avail. Dr. Bell, our druggist, recommended Electric Bitters, and after taking two bot tles. I was entirely cured. I now take great pleasure in recommending them to any one suffering from this terible malady. I am gratefully vours. M. A. Hogarty. Lex ington. Ky.” Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists. SPECIAL NOTICE TO CITIZENS OF BELLEVUE. On and after April Ist the News will d.hvered by carrier in and around Bellevue every afternoon. Those desir / g the panor should send in their names ft once. First class service guaranteed, end weekly collections ril jhe made from those who wish to nay by the week. Monthly, quarterlv. semi-annually or annually due invariably in advance. G. W. TIDWELL. Manager City Circulation. I h-ive been afflicted with rheumatism for fourteeen years and nothing seemed to give me anv relief. I was able to be prnnnd al Ithe time, hut constantly suf fering. I had tried evervCiing I covid hear r>r and was a+ las* tnld to trv Chamber lain’s Pain Balm, which I did. and was immediately relieved and in a short time cured. I am hapnv to sav that it has not since returned. —Josh. Edgar. Germantown, Cal. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists. FOR GOLD An Expedition Will Penetrate Alaska Arc tics. Seattle, March 28.—Prince Luigi, of Ita- I ly, has placed $5,000 in a local bank to back an expedition to the arctic region in j Alaska in search of gold. The party will I number fifteen and will be in charge of 1 Major E. S. Ingraham, of this city, who , had personal charge of the arrangements . in connection w.th Prince Luigi’s escen i sion of Mt. St. Elias last year. The expe i dition will be gone for two years. The prince would accompany it but for the fact that King Humbert has asked him to lead an exploration party to the North Pole. BY THE POUND Wood is Sold at Chilcoot—Many Women on the Trail. Kokomo, Ind., March 28. —George War renburg, of Kokomo, wrote his wife under date of March 3d, from Chilcoot Pass as follows: “There are four thousand of us on the trail, some pressing on, others in camp. We pay cents a pound to get our goods packed across the pass. It is the worst jam of men I ever saw. As one moves forward another steps into his tracks. The weather is fine on top of the pass, but below where we are the wind is blowing hard. ‘Hay is SBS a ton; oats $80; wood for burning 2 cents a pound; butter, sl, and higher on the other side of the sum mit. There are a good many women on the trail, all of them dressed in men’s clothing, and they look just like boys. It costs $1 to send a letter from the far side of the pass.” BELLIGERENT. “Let It Be Known That England Will Fight.” London, March 28.—The Globe, in an ed itorial on China, says: “We are in a corner, and apparently there is only one way out. We are un willing to believe that the government, after enunciating certain principles, will tamely allow their rivals to transgress them. The ministers themselves have spoken brave words as regards the only possible course for England to take in such circumstances as the present. Now is the time for the government to justify their words. The question inevitably oc curs: ‘Are Port Arthur and Talien worth going to war for?’ A negative answer should humiliate all patriotic Englishman. Ltt it be known that we will fight at once unless Russia shall give way.” Discovered by a Woman. Another great discovery has been made and that, too, by a lady in this country. “Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for seven years he withstood its se verest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and her death seemed immi nent. For three months she coughed in cessantly and could not sleep. She finally discovered away to recovery by purchas ing of us a bottle of Dr. King’s New Dis covery for Consumption, and was so much relieved on taking the first dose that she slept all night and with two bottles has been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Luther Lutz.” Thus writes Mr. W. C. Hammick & Co., of Shelby, N. C. Trial bottles free at H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug store. Regular size 50c and sl. Every bottle guaranteed. ACCOSTED HER, Speaker Reed’s Friend Had Washington Lawyer Arrested. Washington, March 28. —William B. Mat thews, a prominent lawyer and real estate dealer of this city, was arrested yesterday in the senate wing of the capitol upon complaint of Mrs. Grace P. Boardman, a personal friend Os Speaker Reed. She charged Mat thews with following her about the capitol and insulting her. Mat thews if forty-seven years of age and mar ried. He was released today on SSO collatter al for 'his appearance in court Monday for 'trial. THE MIND AS A DISEASE PRODUCER. “We know that a congested liver pro duces gloom, perhaps leading to suicide; anoiher kind of gloom is perhaps due to a congested spleen; a disorderly heart produces apprehension of coming danger; certain intestinal conditions produce fear; morbid conditions of other organs-mar the sense of strength and manhood or woman liness. We know also a few converse truths: That gloom or despair may induce jaundice; that good news will make the heart beat vigorously; tha-t cheerfulness will cairn and regulate its beat; that fear and anxiety may paralyze digestion.” We know also beyond any doubt that Beecham’s Fills, the established and staple liver regulator the world over, will so re organize the working system of the hu man body that congested, morbid or dis ordered conditions in men and women are absolutely and entirely removed, and with the ensuing good health come bright eyes and a happy heart. Beecham’s Fills are for sale the world over at a quarter a box, although on their merits they are known proverbially to be “worth a guinea a box.” —Dr. Herbert A. Coryn in the National Review. CONFIRMATION By Bishop C. K. Nelson at Christ Church Yesterday. Bishop C. K. Nelson, of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia confirmed twenty candidates at Christ church yesterday morning. The chancel and the altar of the church were beautifully decorated for the occa sion and the services were very impres sive. The bishop preached the sermon as an address to the newly confirmed members of the church. During his stay in Macon the bishop was the guest of Rev. F. F. Reese, of Christ church, and at the services last night he was present and took part in the serives. The sermon last night by Rev. F. F. Reese on the Ninth commandment, was interesting and was heard by a large ‘ congregation. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children MACON NEWS MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28 1898. The Only Cure You can fool people, but there is no such thing as cheating Nature. A doctor may prescribe salves and lotions to be used externally, and deceive the sufferer from Eczema for the time being, but the poison in the blood is not deceived by it. It is bound to show again in the shape cf ugly eruptions and scales. Eczema is a deep-seated blood disease. I! is so difficult to cure that today there is only one medicine which sufferers can take with certainty of a cure. Swift’s Specific (S.S.S.) never fails to cure Eczema. It searches out the germs that cause the disease, assists Nature to throw off the poison, and cures permanently. It makes the blood well and keeps it well. It is the only Real Blood Pur ifier, because it is the only medicine for the blood that is composed en tirely of vegetable ingredients. Every one who has bad blood should send to the Swift Spe- cific Co., Atlan- W/’ ta, Ga., for valu- fxX able free books. Money. Loans negotiated on improved city prop erty, on farms, at lowest market rates, business of fifteen years’ standing. Facili ties unsurpassed. HOWARD M. SMITH 314 Second St., Macon, Ga. An Opportunity Os a Life Time. I have for sale a fruit farm of fifty three acres, with nine thousand bearing trees and vines, all varieties of fruit, new six-room house, inside the city limits of Americus. If going to plant fruit trees or vines buy ®f me and you will get tres true to name raised in South Georgia. Advice furnished regarding adaptability of your soil. J. HENRY FREEMAN, Architect and Builder. 464 Second Street, Macon, Ga. BiJig <2 is a non-poisonous ■emedy for Gonorrhoea, Beet, Spermatorrhoea, Vhites, unnatural dis barges, or any inflamma ion, irritation or ulcera tion of ni uco u s mem branes. Non-astringent. Sold by »ruggistK, or sent in plain wrapper, by express, prepaid, for SI.OO, or 3 bottles, $2.75. Circular sent on reguest WiiHam’s Kidney PiHs t Has; no equal in diseases of the w dneys aLd Urinary Organs. Have A u neglected your Kidneys? Have T u overworked your nervous sys in and caused trouble with your\ dneys and Bladder? Have you t ins in the loins, side, back, groins J? d bladder? Have you a flabby ap x pearance of the face, especially 4 under the eyes ? Too frequent de- X J sire pass urine ? William's Kidney Y \ Pills will impart new life to the dis- $ eased organs, tone up the system A land make a new man of you. Bvi Y mail 50 cents per box. ' $■ & Williams Mfg. Co.. Props., Cleveland. O. 1% For Sale by 11. J. Lamar & Sons, Wholesale Agents. SHERIFF,S SALE. Will be sold before the court house door in the city of Macon during the legal hours c-f sale, on the first Tuesday in April next, the following property: Twenty-seven shares of Central City Ice Works stock, as evidenced stock certificate No. 2, five shares, No. (3) three, five (5) shares. No. four (4) five (5) shares, No. five (5) five (5) shares, No. six (6) six shares, five (5) shares, No. seventy-seven (77) two (2) shares. Leveled on as the property of J. T. Kavanaugh to satisfy a fi fa. issued from the city court of Rich mond county in favor of W. W. Beals vs. J. T. Kavanaugh. Also t the same time and place all that undivided one-third (1-3) remainder in etrst in lot No. five (5(, square sixty-seven (67), in the city of Macon, Bibb colunty, Georgia, as per map of said ciay made by A. E. Boardman, and more particularly d'escribed in deed of said lot, recorded in book “G ’ folio 191, in clerks’ office, Bibb county. Georgia. The above onetihird (1-3) remainder undivided interest having been devised by A. T. Hines, to be enjoyed ‘after the termination of the life estate of the present ennant, Mrs. Carrie Hines, by the last will and testament of Treat Hines, deceased, recorded in book “C” of wills in ordinary’s office. Bibb county, Georgia. Said one-third (1-3) undivided remainder interest levied on as the property of A. T. Hines, to satisfy an execution issued from the city court of Macon, of said county, in favor of F. O. Schofield, against said A. T. Hines. G. S. WESTCOTT, Sheriff. Will be sold before the court house door in the city of Macon, Bibb county, Georgia, during the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in April next, all that tract or parcel of land lying in the city of Macon, said Bibb county, and be ing part of lot No. 4 in block No. 34, front ing 54 feet on Elm street and extending back 210 feet along the alley which ex tends from Elm to Boundary streets to another alley in the rear, said lot of land being parts of lots 7 and 8, in block 34, of Wheeler’s map of the city of Macon. Lev ied on as the property of J. L. Anderson, guardian, etc., and Elizabeth Venable, to satisfy a fi fa. issued from the city court of Macon in favor of Sophia M. Osborn vs. J. L. Anderson, guardian, etc., and Elizabeth Venable. L. B. HERRINGTON, Deputy Sheriff Bibb County. O. A. M&A'IIAM. G*neral Undertaker and Embslmei. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Caskets, cases, coffins and burial robes; hearse atH carriages furnished to all funerals in and out of the city. Undertaker’s telephone 467. Resi dence telephone 46® Mulberrr Mier-* CZ* SIO.OO FREE! If you’ve just taken a bad cough, cold or lagrippe. Do you suffer from continual constipation? Have you a disordered liver? Do you suffer from heart ‘ .able? Do you have a languid, lazy feeling and headache occasionally? Get from any drug store a bottle of ti I I I ’ ’ Lamar’s Lemon Laxative, Take it according to directions, and you will find relief, threby saving even more than ten dollars by restoring your health. One sample bottle free at any drug store. : • •; V’.'-v-IX- 'A T- c STYLES FOR SPRING During this week Messrs. Burdick & Company will display the most up-to-date line of imported suitings, vestings, etc., for spring that will be seen in Macon this season. Their cutting and tailoring facili ties are very superior and their customers will find it an easy matter to obtain re sults that are very pleasing. Geo. P. Burtfiolt & Go., Importing Tailors. jrfinninrtinEiiiiuuisiiniuncUiuuitiiiiinruiiiiiiuiiiiniiiiiiiiiig | A COLLEGE EBUCATIOH BY MAILI ~ Th orou Kb instruction B S in book-keeping and S = business, shorthand,sci- ~ s ~ ence, journalism, lan- S | guages, architecture, s a Burveyin.g.drawing;civ- 5 15 ' mec banical, steam, £ = electrical, hydraulic, a a municipal, sanitary, a - abroad and structural 5 engineering. Expert in- a etruct ors. Fifth year. S E Fees moderate. | = Wntii Dlustrated catalog free. | ~ Il 4L 8 ‘ulliMfel State subject in which s E interested. 2 NATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTITUTE, fine.) = EllßSecoad National Rank Building, Washington, D. C. g S. S. Pfflfc Latest styles and best makes of Buggies, Wagons and Carriages . . . New stock of Baby Car riages ; the celebrated Cleveland Bicycle SSO to $100; Crescent Bicycles, better than ever before, S2O to SSO. WJLREiGHEBT PRiIGTICaL PfIPEH HHJiQEH AND INTERIOR DECORATOR. HONEST WORK, LOW PRICES. Esti mates cheerfully furnished. Drop me a postal. 163 COTTON AVENUE, MACON, GA. WB fllß BOOR-SbIIBIS Up to date and a trifle beyond. Always were— always will be. When you wish the latest call on yours truly. If we haven’t it you need look no fur ther. We make a specialty of “having it.” BURR BROWN, The Book-Selle”. 1872 DR. J J. SUBERS 1897 Permanently Located. In the specialties venereal, Lost En ergy restored, Female Irregularities an 4 Poison Oak. Cure guaranteed. Addrtss, in confidence, with stamp, 511 Fourth Street, Macon, Ga. Dr. M. Marion ’Apfel, Physician and Surgeon. John C. Eads & Co. Building. Phone 811. a. b. hinkle, Physician and Surgeon. J Office 370 Second Street. ■ Office Phone, 917, two calls Residence Phone. 917. four calls. Does general practice. I tender my services to the people of Macon and vi cinity. Disease of the Eye. Ear, Nose. Throat 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, hoarseness, coughs, consumption, etc., will be 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 8 to 9 every mdrning. 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 6 p. m. — On the Fence Which divides your garden and chicken runs depends the success of both. This is a good time to repair breaks or put up new fencing. Heavy wire fbr hogs and other animals and lighter weights for chickens. Barbed wire for field fencing. We can quote better prices than any other house. The Greatest Success of the Year — TRADING STAMPS Wait a few days before making your spring purchase. We will give you a list of the leading merchants of Macon who give TRADING STAMPS. One stamp with every ten cents’ worth—CASH. For one book of stamps take your choice of MAHOGANY TABLES, SOUP SET, MAHOGANY ROCKERS, SILVER TEA SET, MORRIS CHAIRS, SILVER FISH SET, OAK DESK, ’ SILVER BERRY SET, ONYX TABLES, ROGERS KNIVES, OPERA GLASSES, ROGERS FORKS, CLOCKS, MANDOLIN,. TEA SETS . GUITAR, SILVER PITCHERS, JARDINIERES, JAPANESE VASES. BANQUET LAMPS. FREE AGAIN MONDAY. On account of the inclement weather last Mon day we will again give to every lady that calls at our store a package of Sweet Peas. Also to every one that has a cow, horse or stock of any kind we will give a sample package of our stock powder. Streyer Seed Comp’y, THIS MATTER ———— OF JEWELRY Is much a matter of taste. No matter what your tastes are, we can suit you, be cause we’ve got the stock to select from, and the prices are right. GEO. T. BEELAND, Jeweler, Triangula’’ Block. take'Periodical Tickets.AEX7 NEW YORK WORLD. Thrice-a-Week Edition. —i: 18 Pages a Week . . . ... 156 Papers a Year FOR ONE DOLLAR. Published every alternate day except Sun day. The Thrice-a-Week edition 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, accurate and impartial, as all of its read ers will testify. It is against the monopo 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 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 $6.00. experts on fashion leave bee . ''usily at work three months securingtbe coming bring styles in dress. Therefore, if you wisrj to know WHAT TO WEAR THIS SPRING rozz will find it in the Spring Number of the Fl AZ AR. A description will accompany each 1 fashion, giving practical suggestions on HOW TO MAKE IT AT HOME Newest designs in men's clothes, valuable hints on the proper thing in livery, maid servants’ dresses, etc., al! will be found IN THE SPRING NUMBER OF HARPER’S BAZAR, MAR. I2th given in season to enable you to have your spring clothes ready for wearing at Easter. 4 WEEKS 25C. ON TRIAL LIO Cents a Copy - Sub., $4 00 a year ires, HARPER A BROTHERS. Publishers, K. V. Oty 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 „