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4 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.