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CONSCIENCELESS
IMPOSITION
Negroes Charged Fifty Per
Cent a Month on Small
Loans Made to Them.
RUMS lit THE Ml
Are Elastic and Allow the So-Called
Companies to Charge Almost
Anything They Please.
Since pnbl.' t.t.on in Tie- News a few
.lays ..go of a <•..-< pointing to the usury
jtliut ipra< .a t»i by mom y lenders in
tl.Js city who <lo bu.-ine.ss solely with the
negro. under :1m gui • • «i loan coiiijm
ni. r, a ininilx r of similar ea.-.es have been
Landed in.
They go lo how that a condition of
things < xi.-.L th., call for the'attention
of th. mithoril i< ’
'1 lie f.o t of the matter is that thp un
fortunate n. gro. .. are being plucked right
and left by Up mon.-y !< nder.-: and their
agents. It its .-ug',■muted that the city
should iuve.,l .gate these companies before
granting Inn. • , and life licenses of soni.
of th« m now operating .should be revoked.
The negro should be protected in his ig
norance from tlie .harper a. lit would from
any outer per. on doing an illegitimate
buxine s, and it . not night that an ille
gitimate buipu. ss should be licensed.
Tile .suite law is against usuary, and all
right-minded people are against it as a
form of robbery. '1 lie city cannot lawfully
grant a Ir i i,m to tli.se people, 'but it is
done. I: is true Liiat the methods em
ploy. d by them may bring them within the
law, on a technicality, but this does not
pn.tt.t .tie in ro who pays 100 cents a
month lor the use of tile money.
Tiiej u.-e irregular mortgage forms. On.
of these i. now in possession of The News,
ami, properly filled out for a loan, does not
show Hie original amount loaned out, tout
shows ih.it thirty days from the date ol
I lie m.iking of liie mortgage, on all tin
household g,.a.ds of the borrow, r, a certain
amount of money will lie due. After tills
it provides (hat eight per eent shall be
the amount paid, but it should be stated
that i lie origin. il amount loaned being $5,
tlie amount due thirty days afterwards is
si.so. showing that th. negro is changed
~o per e« nt for tlie money loaned lo him
for thirty days.
Il the full amount is no paid at tlie end
of the month the property 'mortgaged be
comes at once tlie property of the “Loan
Company," ami this property represents
ten tunes the value of tlie amount origi
nally loaned.
The mortgage blanks employed contain
errors in spelling. Their wording is ex
itr. nn iy diflieull lo translate. Here is a
scnieme taken from from one of thces
mortgages,. which has been given to The
News as evidence:
“.And kt is further agreed, That the
whole 'debt, shall become due and payable
and the mortgage may be foreclosed for
the whole amount, costs atfd expenses, if
’ami sale Is made this property or any
interest ’therein without consent of the
mortgages. ”
This clause of the mortgage is here
given verbatim <i ■ -i iatim without any
change in tlie wording or of the punet.ua
it ion.
Another clause in the mortgage provides
“th,.l the mot ii,age shall stand good for
ami imiude .ill tutui advances of monev
to date ol for. . Insure or settlement owing
'by the party of th.* tii-sl ao the party of
'the s' oml part.”
Hhe full si;tuith'ama of this clause is
11,11 11 •It'd grasped, nor is it likely io be
understood until < xpl.lined by the course
pursti.d by these people, who imagine that
in this way they ate able to evade blind
justice.
Hut the purpose of this is that jf the
negro cannot pay his debt at the end of the
month for which 50 per cent (in one of the
eases shown to I lie Neus.) has ben charg
ed, then he can borrow enough to pay his
interest for another month.
This the "Loan Company” will allow
him to do if the property will stand it.
and will take their chance of collecting
•from time to time, in small installments,
enough to make it worth their while not
to tor. dose This is especially true
'W>ere ill. negro has a job ami will pay a
small ins.ailment Caeh week, which lie
will do for a y< ar in some instances.
Carried out then to its conclusion, if u
loan of is taken as an example, the re
sult will be as follows:
At the end of the first month the mort
gage would call fm- $".50.
\t the end of twelve months, if Jhe 50
per eett'l is eharged each month on the
principal ami interest as accumulated
EASTER NECKWEAR
A profusion of all the new shades and
shapes in Spring Neckwear. Our best efforts
have been directed in getting the finest
g ods at a moderate cost. Come and judge
how well we have succeeded. It’s all new at
512 Cherry Street.
BLACK.
$3.50. $3.50.
V xi ’ -W H* I
Laee &® Bl
$3.50.
Chocolate.
CLISBY &. McKAY.
Phone 29.
each month, the unfortunate negro would
owe $648.33.
The calculation is interesting, and it
looks impossible, but it is nevertheless a
fact.
But even if the “Loan Company" only
charges the negro the interest at the end
of each month, he will have paid at the
end of a year S3O, and will still owe the
original $5.
While it is not ai all probable that the
first illustration is carried out in fact by
the “Loan Company,” it is a positive fact
that the latter method is followed and
liiat there are hundreds of negroes in the
city who have been victimized in .this
way by different “Loan Companies” doing
business in .Macon.
The matter needs attention. It is a cruel
form of robbery. It is a slavery that cre
ates crime and which brings the white
people of a communty into contempt
among the n.groes who know better than
their fellows, but who do not protest, be
cause it is none of their business, and
‘'White folks” are at the head of the
“Loan Companies.”
What is Going
On in Society.
Mrs. S. R. Jaqu.-s left yesterday for Sa
vannah to be pi esent at the meeting of the
Colonial i>ames in that city.
Mis. Orme ami .Mrs. Frances Block, of
Atlanta, passed through Macon yesterday
on their way to Savannah. They will re
turn to this city Saturday and will be the
gm-'.- of .Mrs. S. e T. Coleman am! Miss
Bfrdie Coleman.
Mrs. Hugh Willet will visit Augusta
next week, the guest of .Mrs. Elizabeth
Jordan.
-Miss Clifford Wilcox has returned from
Charleston.
Miss Lula Randall is attending the
Chatauqua in Albany.
The .Atlanta Chapter of the Daughters
of the Confederacy will giv.e a dramatic
ntertairnnent immediately after Easter.
I he play is to be Ben Hur, and some of the
no.st prominent people in Atlanta will
take part.
• • *
Mrs. R. E. Park will attend the meeting
>1 the General Federation of Woman’s
lubs in iX’iiver this summer. Georgia
lub women are always proud to be repre
sented by' Mrs. Park, in any assembly.
♦ ♦ •
Violets seem to gain rather than lose
in fashionable favor, ami not only is the
lower used lavishly in millinery creations,
>ut the. natural blossom is worn whenever
xisnible and vioh-J, shchet powder is the
most popular perfume.
Some of the new spring goods are simply
■harming, and, judging from the lavish
display of silks, the summer of ’9B will be
ear excellence a silk season. Organdies,
mulls, swisses ami dimities come in the
most delicate tones and shades, while
piques are seen in all the delicious color
ings of Scotch plaids, and are therefore the
most pronounced novelty of the season.
Ihe newest shirt waists for summer
wear are made severely plain, all the full
ness centering in a pout at the front, the
sides being drawn down to fit the figure
closely, while the sleeves are decidedly
mail ami are gathered into the armholes,
vitli but. scant fullness on the shoulders.
Pl iids, piques or striped cheviot are the
top notch of style in these useful gar
ments, ami when such patterns are used
are invariably cut on the bias.
LEG CUT OFF.
Negro Switchman Victim of a Serious Acci
dent.
Will Powers, a negro switchman in the
employ of lihe Central railway, was run
■O'r by ari li engine No. 111 at noon to
day, ami his left leg was severed just
above the knee. •
Powers was swinging froma ladder on
on. of the cars which the engine was
pushing, slipped ami fell under the wheels
with the above result.
l‘r. Williams was called, ami did all he
•ouhl to relieve the man’s sufferings. The
leg was cut completely off. but the flow of
I ! >od was soon stopped.
The injured man was sent to the hos
pital.
Rev. E. Edwards,, pastor of the English
Baptist church at Minersville. Pa., when
suffering with rheumatism, was advised to
try Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. He says:
A tew applications of this linament
proved of great service to me. It sub
dued the inflammation and relieved the
pain. Should any sufferer profit by giving
Pain Balm a trial it wil please me.” For
sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists.
MASS MEETING.
Cleveland. March 30—A mass meeting
has been called for<tonight to demand of
President McKinley that the freedom of
Cuba be Immediately recognized and the
butchery stopped, even though it result in
war.
Adairsville. Ga., March 30—Two freights
mot on the Western and Atlantic railroad
near There this morning. Engineer Charles
Elliott was killed.
GOOD SHOWING
BY ASSESSORS
Decrease in the Valuation on
Real Estate Throughout
the City But
MORE PERSONJt Mfflffl,
The Comparative Figures Show a
Very Small Decrease as Against
the Report of Last Year.
The report of the city assessors was the
most interesting matter that came up be
fore council last night at the regular meet
ing.
The report shows that there has been a
decrease as outlined before but the amount
of this reduction is so small as to be a sur
prise even tb the assessors themselves.
The figures show that the valuations are
as follows;
Real estate . .*. $ 8,872,638
Personal property 5,307,840
Total $14,179,840
As compared with last year these figures
show the following differences:
Reduction in real estate $37,491
Increase in personal property 24,259
Making a total reduction of only $13,252.
These figures show up it is thought very
creditably for the city. The reduction in
the real estate is to be accounted for in
tlie fact that the assessors were very par
ticular in the assessment of real estate.
Heretofore and since the fall in the value
of property commenced the valuations on
real estate have been higher than the
values on the property market warranted
and as was pointed out some time ago in
The News there was considerable com
plaint among the property owners and the
real estate men about this. It is thought
that the action of the assessors in reduc
ing these values will have a beneficial ef
fect and that there will be less complaint
from the property owners this year than
ever before.
Eight-room house for rent, now occupied
by .Mrs. G. J. Blake, 221 Forsyth street.
Possession May Ist. Apply to John C.
Holmes.
MORE MONEY
Has Been Received for the Benefit of Hos
pital Mortgage.
The following ’additional subscriptions
have been received for the hospital:
Culver & Corbin 20 00
Cash, (lady frilled) 5 00
'W. T. Harlbaum 10 00
Simon Josphson... 20 00
Huthnance & Rountree 10 00
Waterman & 'Co 10 00
Cash 20 00
Cash ’ 20 00
Joseph Neel 10 00
Cash 5 00
Cash 4 20
C. T. King 15 00.
Total. ' .’ $ 149 20
Subscriptions previously acknowledged:
Joseph 'Dannenberg $ 500 00
J. Cvl. Johnston 100 00
W. 'M. Johnston 100 00
S. R. Jaques 100 00
R. iH. Plant 100 00
Burden. Smith & Co 100 00
T’nos. C. Dempsey 100 00
Talbott & Palmer 100 00
Isaac Block 100 00
Cash 5 0 oo
Acme Brewing Co 50 00
A. & N. M. Block 50 00
W. H. Ross 50 00
A. D. Tinsley 50 00
Henry Stevnes’ Sons Co 50 00
J. W. Cabaniss 50 00-
Edward 'Wolff 50 00
Sam Mayer 50 00
Sam Mayer 50*00
Southern Hardware Co 30 00
■lsaac Hardeman 25 00
I. B. English 25 00
C. L. ißartlett .' 25 00
Cash 25 00
Grady & Co 25 00
Natural (Rock Asphalt Paving"
Co., by Alfred Harley 25 00
Cash 25 00
Cash.. 20 00
Ladies’ Aid Society Christ
Episcopal church 20 00
W. R. Cox 20 00
Richard Johnston 20 00
Cecil Morgan 15 00
Nisbet School Hospital Auxiliary 15 70
J no. C. Eads 15 0 0
College Street Circle of King’s
Daughters 10 00
Jack T. Lamar 10 00
John T. Moore 10 00
A lady friend 10 00
J. T. Gantt..* .• 10 00
Cash 10 oo
Waxelbautn & Sims 10 00
Lady Friend 6 00
Rev. A. AI. Williams 5 00
Miss Laura Whitehurst -5 00
Geo. W. Morgan 5 00
A. E. Harris 5 00
Geo. T. Beeland 5 oo
' as h 5 00
Macon Typographical Union 25 00
Culver & Corbin 20 00
Hugh Al. Willet 5 00
D. V. V. Social Club, of East 'Ma-
C°a 12 18
Mrs. L. O. Stevens, president
Ladiees’ Auxiliary Association,
from H. J. Lamar & Sons, sales
of soda water 85 05
Sales of books, “Scenes and
’Drama,” donated by Mrs. Mc-
Laren 45 00
G. Bernd, Sr 10 00
G. Bernd. Jr 10 00
Joseph Block ! 5 qq
Napier Brothers 5 00
Strong Stx> Co ; 5 qo
Granite Shoe Co 15 00
Ross Sims & Co ■ 15 00
T. E. Merritt 5 00
“CUBA, MONEY, DIGNITY”
Will be the Upshot of the Situation Savs a
Madrid Paper.
Madrid, .March 30. —The general tone of
the press foreshadows peace.
An exception is the Paris (Republican.)
which, referring to the conference yester
day between Woodford and Senor Sagasta
and Senor Moret, sees therein that the
United States is “gaining time and await
ing the rainy season so as to take Spain at
a disadvantage in Cuba.”
It also expresses the belief that the
Spanish government is prepared to make
further concessions, and fears that the
upshot may mean the “loss of Cuba, mo- i
ney and dignity.”
Subscribers must pay up and not allow
small balances to run over from week to ■
week. The carriers have been in structed i
to accept no part payment from anyone
after April Ist.
TERROR TO KEY WEST.
Charleston. March 30.—The Monitor Ter- !
ror sailed this morning for Key West, after |
having her air compressors repaired . and J
taking on coal. The Monitor Puritan came i
in at noon.
Subscribers must pay up and not allow
small balances to run over-from week to
week. The carriers have been in strutted
to accept no part payment from anyone
after April Ist
MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 30 1898.
Notes Taken *
On the .Run.
The Central railway’s handsome new
ships are about completed, and will be
moved in the course of a few weeks.
At the meeting of the Macon Bicycle club
last niglbt nothing was done, as Senator
Bacon has not answered the loiter which
the cluub wrote to him some time ago
asking fort»- use of the land on which
they wish to build their new track.
I can do your dental work for less cash
than any other dentist in Macon. Why not?
No office or house rent to pay. My ex
penses are light. Telephone 275. Vineville
and Belt Line of street cars pass office
I floor. A. S. Moore, 121 Wahington avenue,
I Macon. Ga.
Mr . A. L. Sterne, who has been spend
ing a few days in Albany with his moth
er, returned to the city this morning.
A meeting of tftie executive eommitee of
the Macon Carnival Association will be
held at the Chamber of Commerce Friday
afternoon.
The tent in which the meeting of the
state conference of the Epworth Leagues
will be held will be put up Monday. The
contract for the erection of the seats and
platform has been let.
Dr. Charles Lanier Toole, dentist. Of
fice corner Second and Poplar streets.
A large and interested congregation
heard Rev. Mr. Morrill deliver another one
of his powerful sermons at the First
Street Metlhodist Church last night. The
meetings at First Street are increasing in
interest.
Mr. \\. N. Benns, editor of the Butler
Herald, Taylor county’s official orgjn, is
in the cilty.
Dr. W. R. Holmes, dentist, 556 Mulberry,
opposite Hotel Lanieu. 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.
'A number of Macon Baptists, including
Drs. White and Carroll, of the First and
Tattnall Square churches, left this morn
ing for Augusta, where they will attend
the state convention of that church, which
meets in Augusta this afternoon at 4
o’clock. The convention, they say, will be
the larges that has been held in many
years, if not the largest that has ever
'beet held in the state.
Yesterday was the last return day for
cases in the superior court for the next
term, but no c4«es of particular import
ance we r e filed. As a matter of fact, there
is less litigation before the courts just at
this time than ever bei'ere in live history of
Macon, or at least for the last ten ar
twelve years. All the lawyers admit that
this is true.
Mrs. N. B. Johnson and her twin boys
it turned from a ten days visit to their
plantation in Calhoun county, near Leary.
■Ga., yesterday.
Miss Mamie Stewart, quite a beautiful
and accomplished young lady of Americus,
Ga., is visiting Mrs. N. B. Johnson, of the
city. '
At Tattnall Square Presbyterian church
last Hight Dr. Bachman spoke interesting
ly on the “Restraining Love.”
The Mercer boys are making great
preparations for the game o.£ 'ball which
they will play with the (Milledgeville Ca
dets at Milledgeville Saturday. A spe
cial’rate has been secured for the occa
sion, and a large number of Maconites
are expected to go over.
The Barnesville Cadets will pass through
this afternoon en route home from Albany,
where they went to attend military day
at the Ohatauqua.
Governor Atkinson and staff passed
through the city this morning en route to
Atlanta from lAbany, where they have
been attending the iChatauqua that is in
session there.
Mr. T. C. Parker of Macon, has returned
from Washington city, where he has been
to see General Passenger Agent 4V. A.
Turk, of the Southern railway, relative to
selling round-trip railroad tickets ito In
dian 'Sprin in connection with the herdic
line which Mr. 'Parker will run from ail
trains at Flovilla to the Wigwam at In
dian Spring. Mr. Parker * succeeded in
making • satisfactory arrangements, and
'the cheapest railroad rates that Indian
Spring has ever enjoyed will be put on this
season. The 'Southern railroad has agreed
to sell round trip tickets with a herdic
ticket attached.
Mr. J. S. iShingler and wife, of Ashburn,
are guests at the Brown House today.
Governor Bob Taylor passed through the
city this morning en route to Albany,
where he goes Ito deliver a lecture tonight
before the Chatauqua Asociation.
An interesting meeting of JSie Yosah
Lodge will be held next Friday night.
The Georgia Southern and Florida offi
cials say that the reason they refuse to let
the travelling men ride on their freight
trains when they have the thousand mile
books is because they are now defending
a SIO,OOO damage suit because one of <the
men was hurt while riding on a freight.
The new suits for the Mercer baseball
team have arrived, and will be worn the
first time in the game with Milledgeville
Saturday.,
Charles Aeble, in advance of the Punch
Robinson Co., in is the city making ar
rangements for the appearance of his
company at the Opera House for five
nights, commencing Thursday, April 5.
This aggregation has been here before,
played to large houses, and will doubtless
leave them again. Punch this season car
ries all his own scenery.
Horace Worsham, an employe at the
Acme Brewing Company, was painfully
but not seriously burned on the face and
neck yesterday afternoon. He was work
ing rhe machine which nuts fresh coat
ings of pitdh inside the beer ke.gs. One of
the bung stoppers flew out and’ blew a lot
of the hot pitch in his face. He was car
ried 'to the hospital, where his wounds
were dressed.
At the regular meeting of Central City
Lodge. Knights of Pythias, tonight, the
Long Form' Third Rank will be given-.
The team is now in first-class shape, and
a pleasant and. instructive evening is as
sured all who attend. The Knights of
other lodges are cordially invited to be
present.
M. P. Carrcjl. of Augusta, is in the city
today, and is autographed at the Hotel
Lanier.
Ed Racine, the popular clerk at the Ho
tel Lanier, is wearing crepe on his arm
today. Some lunatic closed the rigis.ter at
tlhe hotel, and Racine .says that the hotel
might as well close up shop and the
whole business go to farming.
Jim Tillman and Drayton Cheek, two
moonshiners front Jasper county, were
given a hearing before Commissioner Er
win this morning on a charge of illicit dis
tilling, and were bound over to th° next
term of the superior court. Tillman and
Cheek were conducting a large business.
Deputies George Tiomas and White, who
made the arrest, destroyed two copper
stills and over two thousand gallons of
beer.
In the Anthony divorce ease yesterday
Judge Felton refused to grant Mrs. 'An
thony the temporary alimony asked for,
but ailowed her SSO for her attorneys’
fees. The ease will come up for a hear
ing at the next regular term of court.
Col. C. M. Wiley is i» Atlanta today on
business in connection with his office as ,
eminent commander of the Knights Tem
plar.
against the birds.
ImpoHers of Feathers to Oppose the Hoar
Bird Bill.
A meeting of importers of feathers and
the various parts cf birds used for orna
mental purposes was held recently in New
York to protest against the Hoar Bird .
bill.
The bill prohibits the importation into
the United States of feathers and parts of
birds for ornamental purposes, and trade
in sugh articles between rhe states is also
WtlFll ! In P re P arin S for SPRING SEA
IIIIUI SON> 1898 can on]y be j udged
by an inspection of our stock,
in/ p It is thoroughly complete and
11 abundant, with crisp and pleas
ing novelties in
Have men's ana sou’s
Suits, Hats ana Furnishings,
UOIfS. At Proper Prices.
We have used our best efforts to please
you, aud are ready to serve your wants.
Cha.Wachtel's fon
forbidden. The bill docs not bar out such
articles when intended for museums or
zoological collections. The meeting adopt
ed resolutions which will be sent to the
New York representatives in congress and
also to Chairman Wingley, of the ways and
means committee, to which the bill will
probably be referred. The resolutions say
that a large amount of money is invested
annually in the importation of the articles
affected and that the bill would cause the
stock already imported for the fall trade
to be absolutely useless. The passage of
the bill, it is also contended, would de
prive 20,000 persons in New York alone of
employment. The resolutions wind up by
saying:
“If the importation of birds and feathers
is wrong, then the government is culpable
also by exacting duty and thus licensing
trade in them; and while indorsing all ef
forts of private individuals, states and the
government in their humane endeavors to
prevent the slaughter o' natural song
birds, we do not protest against placing all
birds upon the list of song birds; and,
further, we believe the passage of such a
measure will decrease very materially the
revenue of the nation at a time when such
funds are most needed for meeting a great
Increase in expenses of the government
owing to international complications-.”
It was decided to send this committee
■to Washington to oppose the bill: <The
chairman and secretary, William Josephy,
George Silva and S. Danziger. The assist
ance of dealers in millinery goods will be
sought in opposing the bill.
TO ENCOURAGE ENLISTMENTS
Authority Given to Enroll Men for a Period
of One Year.
Washington, March 30. —To further en
courage enlistments in the navy, authority
has been given recruiting ol’Ucers and the
two special boards m the west and south
to enroll men for a period of one year,
■with, a provision if there is no dc-mand
for a large number of seamen during that
time thc-y may be honorably discharged on
application. The usual period foi' eaiist
iinent is for three years, and a man who
join the navy is expected to remain
Ithrough his term,. If he deserts he is en
a tblaicklist, 'but so anxious are the au
thorities to enlarge the enlisted strength
of the service, •tha’t they will now take
back men who left the service previously
with a blot on their record. The men
Iknown to have been bad fellows are no;
to be allowed to enter, but those who sim
ply overstayed their time and failed to
report within the period fixed when their
■names are put on the deserters’ list and
who later showed up, will be taken in.
It is believed that the short time period
■of enlistments will have the result of at
•■aoting numbers of men who prefer not
to pledge themselves for a full term on the
new ships. Seamen who have never been
fin the navy, but wh'o are anxious to ex
perience the life on war vessels, the offi
cials expect, will now offer their services
fr a year’s enlistment. From all the re
cruiting stations more encouraging re
ports are being received, indicating that
not so much trouble is being met as orig
inally in inducing men to enter the navy
■jAt Mare Island the numner taken tn has
been so great that it has become necessa
ry to transfer the apprentices from the. re
ceiving ship Independence to the Adams.
’The second board, now near the lake re
gion, reports success also. In two weeks
men will he on hand, the authorities say,
for all the ship?.
Fiarket Report.
By Talbott & Palmer.
NEW YORK COTTftN FUTURES.
The folowing are the quotations oh the
Exchange today:
Opening—January 6.01, Mardh 5.58-, April
5.88, May 5.96, June 5.96, July 6c., August
6.01, September 6c., October 5.97, Decem
ber 5.97.
Closing—Janpary C.« 9. March 5.96, April
5.96, May 6.01, June 6.03, July 6.05, August
6.08, September 6.07, October 6.05, Novem
ber 6.06, December 6.07.
COMPARATIVE PORT RECEIPTS.
1895-96 1896-97 1897-98
Galveston 3,605 617 1,743
New Orleans .. .. 9,321 6,258 6J76
Mobile. 211 8 281
Savannah 2,419 ‘ 820 90S
Charleston 54 426
Wilmingtsn .. .. 144 26
Norfolk 833 691 302
New York 640 .... 289
Boston 1,762 590 1,063
Philadelphia ... 72 51
West Point .. .. 447 .... ....
LIVERPOOL COTTON .
The following were the ruling quotations
on the Exchange today-:
To(je, steady; sales, 12.000; middlings, 3%.
Opening—February and March 19, April
and May 19-20, May and June 20, June and
July 20, July and August 20, August and
September 20, September and October 12.
October and November 19, November and ■
December 18, December and January 18.
Closing—JFebruary and March 20, Mareh I
and Aprli 20. April and May 20. May and
June 20-21. June and July 20-‘2l, July and
August 20-21, August and September 20-21.
September and October 20. October and
November 19-20, November and December :
19, December and January 19. 1
GRAIN IND PROVISIONS.
Wheat—Opening: May 1.04. July 8214.
Closing: May 1.03%. July 82.
Corn—Opening: May 28" i. July SO’i.
Closing: May 28%, July 30%.
Oats —Opening: May 25, July 23. Clos
ing: May 25, July 23.
Pork—Opening: Mav 9.45, July 9.47.
Closing: May 9.40, July 9.47.
Lard—Opening: May 4.97, July 5.05.
Closing: May 5.00, July-5.07.
Sides—Opening: May 5.00, July 5.05. i
Closing: May 5.00, July 5.07.
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO.
M heat—Today. 129; tomorrow 75. Corn I
—Today, 1111; tomorrow 175.’ Oats To- I
day 166; tomorrow 220. Hogs—Today, 24 -
000; tomorrow 26,000.
The fas- /t
City Tax Notice.
The Tax Digest is now open for the pay
ment of the first instalment of the city
tax. which, by ordinance, was due March
15dh. Pay and save costs.
A. R. TINSLEY, Treasurer. <
ISAACS CAFE,
The only Restaurant
for ladies and gentlemen 1
: in the city. Table sup-
I plied with all delicacies
, i of the season. Polite and
i‘ i attentive service. j$
Regular Meals 25c.
E. ISAACS, Prop
HALF CENT fl WORD.
ADVERTISEMENTS of Wants, for Sal
For fCtt-ikt, Lost, Found, Etc., are inserted
In THIS COLUMN a! Half (lout a AVord
each insertion. No Advertisement taken
for less than 15 cents.
Miscellaneous.
25 EXPERIENCED machine hands; piece
work; good pay; ail at once. Weekes
Manfg. Co., 456 Fourth street.
BUY A HOM®—Only S2OO. Prettiest resi
dence lot near 'Mercer University, ad
joining Mr. Robert Cheeks. William
Rodgers, 454 Poplar street.
j FOR RENT—-Three or four rooms. 865
I New street, corner Orange street.
NOTICE —I have six, sets of sample har
ness. I can give a bargain in fine
goods. J. L. Gresham, 451 Poplar st.
IF you have money to invest you cannot
do better than to invest in a fifty-three
acre fruit farm in city of Americus.
Need money; see me quick. J. Henry
Freeman, Architect and Builder, 806
Second street.
fsr RENT—Three large rooms, fur
nished or unfurnished. All convenien
ces. College street, near Wesleyan.
“L. L.," care News.
AGENTS WANTED —For war in Cuba by
Senor Quesada, Cuban representative
at Washington. Endorsed by Cuban
patriots. In tremendous demand. A
bonanza for agents. Only $1.50. Big
bodk ,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.
FOR RENT—Two new three-room houses,
near car line, East Macon. Good water
and garden. __Apply 558 Mulberry;
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.
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.
HELLO! EVERYBODY—Have you a pic
ture you want enlarged or framed
first class, but mighty cheap. Do
you want a beautiful dining room,
bail 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, carriage, buggy and
wagon shop. Horse shoeing, fine paint
ing. Repairing of scales a specialty.
453, 455 Poplar street.
We
•’ Catch
9ur
Own
E ish.
don’t buy from middle
men. For freshest and best
fish, ail kinds, every day in
the week, call on
CLARK & DANIEL,
655 Poplar Street.
|
Academy of Music.
Monday, April 4.
Engagemenlt of the fatness writer and
lecturer,
W. C. BRANN,
Os the “ICONOCLAST.” in his celebrated I
lecture.
Rainbow Chasers.
Reserve sale opens Saturday.
Prices. 25 cents to SLOO.
Burr Brown’s
Select Library.
REMEMBER, We will rent you
any book in the store NEW or !
old. You can get all the latest
and -best books right here.
WE KEEP POSTED.
WE ARE BOOKSELLERS,
And know our business,
WATCH THIS SPACE.
Rainy Weather
Make see i grow if they are GOOD.
We don’t have any other kind.
Plant now.
Streyer Seed Comp’y.
466 Poplar Street.
landlords!
Do you know that we twe the only exclusive rental agents in Ma
con. No other departments. If you are not satisfied with your in
come give us a trial.
A. J. McAfee, Jr., & Co,
357 Third Street. . ’
Central of Georgia
Railway Company
Schedules in Erlect Feb. 25, IS9B, Standard Time,
x 901)1 Meridian.
No. 5 | No. 7 *1 No. 1 *| STATIONS | No. 2 *| No. sV~No. V
11 _0 amj 740 pmj 7 50 amjLv Macon. . .Ar| 7 25 pm| 740 am| 3 55 pm
U lJam| 8 40 pm| 8 50 amjAr.. ..Fort Valley. . Lv| 6 27 pm| 6 39 ain| 2 53 pm
.3 3o pmj. |!io 20 amjAr. .. .Berry Lv !5 uO pm| 1111 30 am
m l |
1 112 30 pm|Ar. . ..Opelika. . .Lv| 2 45 pmj |
••••••••••I 5 50 pmjAr. . .B’mham. . .Lvj 9 30 ami’ 1........’..’
,o A- pm | 2- pm j Ar -- --Americus. . .Lv| j 5 18 pm; 12$ pm
t2Oupml 10 2o pm| |Ar.. ..Smithville .Lvj j 455 aai|f 105 pm
B J® P m 11 Oa P m I Ar. .. .Albany.. ..Lvj | 415 am] 11 50 am
o 50 pm| | |Ar.. .Columbia. ..Lv; j | 9 00 am
2 5a pm I |Ar.. ..Dawson. . ..Lvl I I 12 13 pm
3 37 pm|. I. |Ar.. ..Cuthbert. . ..Lv | | 11 30 am
4 aa pmj | No. 9 *|Ar.. .Fort Gaines. Lvj No. 10 *| |!10 30 am
429 Pinj 1 7 40 amjAr Eufaula.. ..Lv 730 pml I 10:05 am
8 14 P m l-- I |Ar Ozark. .. .Lv| j |! 7 05 am
6 00 P m ! o*lo am|Ar .... Un Springs. Lv| 600 pmj | 9 15 am
7 25 pmj I jAr Troy. . ..Lvl | | 7 55 am
7 35 pm| | 10 45 amjAr.. Montgomery. .Lvj 4 20 pm| | 7 45 am
No. ll.*| No. 3.*j No. i.*j 7 No? 2~*F’’~No7T*i
800 am 425 am 4 1-5 pmjLv.. » .Maeon. . ..Ar 11 10 am| 11 10 pml 720 pm
922 am 547 am 542 pm|Lv. .Barucsville . .Lv 945 r 945 pmj 605 pm
!12 05 am 740 pmjAr.. .Tiiom asfew. ..Lv 700 ami I 300 pm
955 am 61G am 613 pm|Ar. .. . .Griffin. . ..Lv 912 am| 915 pm 530 pm
I til 47 am |Ar.. ..Newnan. . .Lv I I 3 23 pm
I 1 05 pm |Ar.. ..Carrollton. .Lv | I 2 10 pm
11 20 am 745 am 735 pm-Ar Atlanta. T.vl 7so pr>,i 7so nw. <nn
NoTgTT No. 2*1 —————- •
7 30 pm 11 38 pm| 11 25 amjLv. .. .Macon. . ..Ar| I 355 ams 7 45 am
8 10 pm 12 19 am! 12 08 pmjAr. . ..Gordan. .. .Ar| 500 pm| 310 amj 7 10 am
8 5° I ,m I 1 15 pm|Ar. .Milledgeville .Lvj! 3 45 pml | 6 30 #.m
10 00 pm ' 3 00 pm|Ar.. ..Eatonton. . .Lv|l 1 30 pmj | 5 25 am
I 4 45 pm|Ar. . .Machen. . .Lvjlll 20 am| |
••.tv/”' ■ ® 50 pmjAr. .. Covington. ..Lvj! 9 20 am| |
*ll 25 38 amjLv. .. .Macen. . . .Ar|* 3 45 pm * 3 55 am|* 3 45 pm
117 pm| 130 am|f 117 pmjAr. .. .Tennille... ...Lv| 156 pm 152 am] 156 pm
2 30 pm| 2 25 am| 2 30 pmjAr. . .Wadley. .. .Lvlfl3 55 pm 12 50 am| 12 55 pm
2 51 pmj 2 44 am| 2 51 pm|Ar. . .Midville. . .Lv 12 11 pm 12 30 amj 12 11 pm
325 pml 3 15 am| 3 25 pmjAr. .. .Millen. .. .Lv 11 34 am lx 58 pm| 11 34 am
s 4 13 pm| 4 42 am| 5 10 pm|Ar .Waynesboro.. .Lv 10 J 3 an> 10 37 pmjslO 47 am
s 5 30 pm| 635 ami! 655 pmjAr... .Augur-,ta. . .Lv ! S2O am 840 pm|s 930 am
-.I 342 ami 350 pm|Ar. .Rocky Ford. ;Lv[ 11 10 am 11 19 pmj
j 3 58 amj 408 pm|Ar.. . '.Dover. . ..LvT 10 5 2am 11 00 pmj
I 600 am; 600 pmjAr.. .Savannah. ..Lvl 845 am 900 pm|
| No. 16. *; 1 No. 15. *| |
| 7 50 am|Lv.. .. Macon.. .. Ari 7 30 pm| |
j | 10 45 amjAr. ...Madison. .. Lv| 4 40 pmj ;
I | 12 20 pm|Ar. ... Athens .. ..Lv| 3 30 pm|'... a |
* Daily. ! Daily except Sunday. *Me al station, s Sunday only.
Solid trains are run to a/idf from Macon and Montgomery via Eufaula, Savan
nah and Atlanta via Macon, Macon and Albany via Smithville, Macon and Birming
ham via Columbus. Elegant sleeping cars 0:1 trains No. 3 and 4 between Macon
and Savannah and Aaianta 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 7a. m. Parlor cars between
Macon a fid Atlanta on trains Nos. 11 am; 12. Sear fare 25 cents. Passengers for
Wrightsville, Dublin and Sandersville takell:2s. Train arrives Fort Guinea
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. D. KLINE. General Superintendent.
... ipijX. Southern R’y.
Schedule in Effect Sunday, Jan. 16 1898.
CENTRA L TIME
READ DOWN | j READ UP “
No. 7j No. 15| No. 9| No. 13| West | NoTT4.j No. 8 |No. 16j NoTTIC
7 05pm| 4 45pm| 8 30am j 3 05am;Lv .. Macon | 1 05am| 8 10am|l0 45am 705 pm
9 45pm| 7 45pm|ll 10am| 5 20am|Ar.. . Atlanta 110 55pmj 530amj7 45am| 4 20pm
10 15amj | 2 20pm| 5 30am|Lv.. Atlanta.. ..Ar|lo 40pml 5 00amI 5 00am| 110 pm
750 am j 4 45pm| 7 37ara|Lv... Rton... Lvl 720 pm 12 Hamjl2 1 lam] 9 23am
1133 am: | 5 54pm| 8 38am|Lv... Dalton.. ..Lvj 720 pm 12 1 lann 12 Haml 9 20am
1 00 pm; | 7 20am| 9 50amjAr. Chatt’nooga Lvj 6 lOpmjlO OOpmjlO OOpmj 8 00am
| [4 30amj 4 50pm|Ar. Lexington.. ..Lvllo 55am| 110 40pm
I I 7 20am| 7 20pm|Ar. .Cincinnati! ,Ly| 8 30am! | | 8 00pm
I | 7 27am| 7 30pm|Ar. .Louisville. #Lv| 7 45am|........|........j 748 pm
| | | 656am|Ar. ...St.Louis. Lv| 9 15pmj | I
I | 7 50pm| 9 25am|Ar. .Anniston.. .Lv| 6 45pm|......... | | 8 10am
| |lO 00pm|ll 45am|Ar. Birm’ham.. Lv 4 15pmi | | e, 00am
I | 7 40amI 9 40pm|Ar.. .Memphis. ..Lvj 6 20amj I j 9 00pm
I i 7 10am;_5 4 r 'pm;Ar.. .Kan, City. „Lv|lo 4(-amj I | 9 30pm
9H>opm[. | 9 50pm| 115pm|Ar. Knoxville... Lv|2 25pm| 2 25t»m| . j 4 ng—7
| j No. 161 No. It Sou th" | No. 13| No. 15|
1 oOpmj 3 00am|Lv.. Eastman. .Lvj 1 14am| 2 40pmj |
I j7 50pm| 7 25amiAr. Bruns wick ..Lv|9 10pnij 9 30am! |....hh
I I 9 30pm| 8 40amjAr. .Jacks’nville. Lv| 7 05pm| 8 15am| |
I 710 pm 8 30amI 3 05amI Lv . .Maecu. ~ArfToSamTslbamj Tiopm|./ V
I 9 45pmjll lOamj 5 20am w. . .Atlanta.. . .10 55|pm| 5 30aml 4 20pm|
I 9 30amj 8 30pml 6 40pm|Ar. .Charlotte. .Lv!l2 20pm|10 15pml 9 35am|
I 1 50pmjl2 lOamlll 25pmjLv.. .Danville. ..Lv| 6 05am| 6 20pm| 5 50amI
m 1 lAr. . .Boston. . ,Lv' I SWtunbO OOaml ”
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 Kvereett; Pullman sleeping care between St. Louis and
Jacksonville v,ia Louisville and Chattanooga; Pullman ralaoe sleeping ears 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 Train? 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 train
to and from the East.
Nos. < 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. W. 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.
MITCHELL - HOUSE,
THOMASVILLE, GA.
MRS. A. H. HALE, of Watch Hill House, R. 1., Prop’tress
Open from January to April.
Miles of bicycle paths; Country Club golf links; Gentlemen’s Driving Associa
tion; fine drives and good delivery.
To Sportsmen and Others:
I have leased the game preserve of my plantations in Thomas county with the
Mitchell House, Thomasville, to Mrs. A. R. Hale. The grounds are “posted ” and
the hunting privelege being reserved for the guests of the Mitchel] House only all
parties wishing to shoot on these lands will please apply to Mrs. A R Hale
lessee. . • • »
T. C. MITCHELL.