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■The Americans
Once Occupied
Havana City.
It is not generally known that Ameri
can troops were at one time in Havana ir.
conjunction with English soldier*, and
they suffered principally from that terrible
gcourgt. yellow fever. It Is the foe to be
drea ltd more than ail the bullets or shells
of the Spaniards about Cuba.
Jan.* - G. Blaine one*- remarked that the
United States could well affcrd to pur
chase Guba at " a good round price” in or
der to vet rid of the annual danger of yel
low fever. A commission from the United
States which visited the island several
years ago and investigated the character
of this continuous menace to that counthy.
reported: “Cuba has become the great
nursery and camping ground of one of
the deadliest diseases. It easily becomes
most seriously afflicted, it annually dis
seminates to other lands, as from a central
hell, disease and death.”
But Havana has never been difficult to
cap-ure by an armed force. Santiago de
Cuba, on the southern coast, was the first
capital. the seat of government being
transferred to Havana in 1550. The next
year pirates, under the notorious Jacob
Sores, sacked the churches and the houses
of the wealthy, and forced the command
ant of the fort to surrender. After com
mitting numerous outrages and murdering
many of the influential citizens, Sore* de
part*]. The place was afterwards re
peat* liy seized by buccaneers. It was un
suc'essfully attacked, ho wever, by Sir
Francis Drake in 1585.
In 1762 an English squadron, command
« 1 by Admiral Pocock, the entire force un
it r Lord Albemarle, landed soldiers and
,-ailors at Cojimar, about four miles from
Havana, bombarded the city, and com
pell* 1 it to capitulate on Aug. 14, a
«l»-f ns* of two months. They retained pos
>* of the city until July of the folio v
ing year, when it was restored to Spam by
th*? provisions of th* treaty of Paris.
Our army would probably follow the
plan of L *rd Alm marie, t i tigh, as Coji
mer !• today within the reach of the guns
of Mho -a.-tle, in Invading army would
probably b. kind* d a little farther east,
po.-.sibiy on the beach of Bacuranao, and
from there inarch directly inland to de-
ioj th< Havana railway, and thus sever
all comibiinicat ion with Mantanzand
comba:, if necessary, with the 60,000
Spanish soldiers. Troop* can also be land
ed n*-;,;- the villag* of Caban:;.- or Mariei.
,t few miles wot of Havana, to tear to
plc**-s the West* rn railroad. But an army
of n upation should not ir allowed to re
main there any great length of time. The
deadly clima e would soon decimate the
iardy - >idier.-: of a more northern region.
Th* 1 instil g i nt forces would serve as
guides and vanguards, and might at an
■ally day be left m preserve the military
government of the island.
As f* w horses are in Cuba, it would be
necessary for the United States govern
jm n to transport them for the use cf the
/ aval’y, and the Texas pony has long been
recognize*! as the l>* -t bread for this pur
pose.
But our naval force is sufficient to lay
every city In Cuba, in ruins after a few
hours' bombardment, and an army is only
an auxiliary to complete the subjugation of
that gem of the Antilles.
THE NEXT SESSION
Os the Georgia Teachers' Association Will
be Interesting.
The next session of th* Georgia Teach
ers’ Association will be one of the most
important sessions tn its history. In ad
dition to several discussions of great im
portance, several special topics will engage
the attention of the association. Such
questions as the enlargement and enrich
ment of the course of study for the com
mon schools of the State; the supervision
nec* ssary to carry it into effect; the in
tellige-nt ami thorough affiliation of the
secondary schools with the nigh schools in
;he line of the uniform requirements
adopted for th* fr*shn.an class by the Uni
versity of Georgia, Emory and Mercer; the
beginning of a movement among the fe
male colleges of the state looking to uni
form requirements; and tne investigation
by the association of the curricula of
schools .n the state empowered to grant
degrees—-all these questions will be before
the association. It will be seen .that these
involve all the vital issues which
enter into the future educational prosper
ity of the state. It is felt that the next
session of the association wil be wonder
fully fruitful in moving forward the edu
cational life of the state.
A one-far* rat* has been secured on all
the railroads in the state to Cumberland
Island and return. It will be a most de
lightful summer outing for the teachers:
and their coming together cannot fail to
be of the greatest inspirational value to
education in the state.
The oft leers of teh association for 1897-
and 1898 are as follows:
President, P. D. Pollock, president of
Mercer University; first vice president,
J. M. Pound, president Gordon Insittute;
second vice president. Mrs. M. A. Lips
comb, president Lucy Cobb Institute: sec
retary. C. B. Gibson, superintendent of
schools, Columbus; treasurer. IV. M. Sla
ton, principal Boys' High School. Atlanta.
The following program has been ar
ranged:
Wednesday Evening. June 29. S o’clock
—Meeting of board of directors and trus
tees in Auditorium, followed by an infor
mal experience meeting and reception .
Thursday Morning. June 30. 9 o’clock —
Devotional exercises; 9:20 a. ra.. annual
address of the president, discussion: 9:60
a. m.. “Relation of the Association to the
Legislation of the State, and What That
Relation Might Be.” Supt. G. G. Bond.
Athens; discussion led by Supt. W. B.
Merritt. Valdosta: Supt. S. V. Sanford.
Marietta, and Prof. W. H. Palmer. Al
bany; 10:40 a. m.. “Education of the Ne
gro.” President George Sale. Atlanta Bap
tist College ; 11:’.0 a. m.. “Some of Geor
gia’s Educational Needs —How to Satisfy
Them.” Supt. J. C. Woodward. Newnan,
Ga.; discussion (ten minutes): 11:50 a. m..
“What Kind of Normal Schooling Do We
Need at Present in Georgia?” Prof. E. C.
Branson, chair of pedagogy. State Normal
Cologe. Athens. Ga.; discussion (ten min
utes): 12:30 a. m.. report of committee on
legislation, report of reading circles, an
nouncement and appointment of commit
tees.
Thursday Afternoon. June 30. 3 o’clock
—“High School Teachers’ Round Table.”
Chairman. President J. M. Pound. Barnes
ville; report on uniform entrance require
ments for the freshman class adopted by
University of Georgia, Emory, and Mer
cer, Prof. W. D. Hooper. Athens; report
of committee on correlation of colleges and
high schools. Prof. Charles M. Snelling,
University of Georgia, chairman. “Clas
sical Versus Practical Education,” Prof.
M. L. Brittain, Boys' High School, Atlan
ta; “College Entrance Requirements, En
glish,” Prof. J. E. Kemp, Gordon Institute,
Barnesville, Supt. W. E. Thompson, Dub
lin; “College Entrance Requirements,
Mathematics,” Prof. M. T. Peed, Emory
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SPRING COSTUME WITH TUNIC OVER-SKIRT FROM HARPER S BAZAR
Among the new fabrics shown by im
porters for spring all-wool, softly falling
appropriate Ito the clinging folds which
are coming into fashion again. One of the
novelties is Sicilienne, a silk and wool
weave with a tiny silk cord crossing it, and
resembling silk in softness and lustre.
The trimming for these dairy wools are
rows of macrine stitching, bias folds of ’the
material stitched, bands of silk of a con-
I trusting color, and frills or bands of black
satin ribbon. There is also a revived fan
cy for milliners’ folds in clusters of three
or four.
An imported Sicilienne gown of attrac
tive simplicXy in the new burnt-silver
gray is made with a tunic dress. This tu
nic reaches exactly to the bottom of the
underskirt in front, in accordance with
the preset** tendency towards long slender
effects, and slopes gradually upward
towards the back, where it forms, an open
box-pleat, falling ca either side of the
folds of a circular underskirt. The latter
is a new three-gored model, measuring
three and three-quar’ier yards at the foot.
The old fashion of using two materials, one
for the under-dress and the other for the
over-skirt, is coming into vogue again in
Paris, as. for instance, cloth over si’>k, and
nuns’ veiling, grenadines and other trans
parent tissues with a skirt of novelty silk
Colege, Oxford; Prof. Gardner, Donald |
; Frazer Institute, Decatur; “College En- i
i trance Requirements. Latin,” Prof. W. M. I
Slaton, principal Boys' High School, At
lanta; Prof. W. D. Hooper, University of j
Georgia, Athens.
Thursdap Evening, June 30, S o’clock. —
“Uniform Requirements Among Female i
I Colleges in the State.” discussion by Pres- ■
I idem A. J. Hammond, Macon; C. C. Cox, ;
I College Park; A. W. Van Hoose, Gaines
, ville; G. A. Nunnally. La Grange; A. J. 1
I Battle. Rome, and R. W. Smith, La
: Grange.
Friday ‘Morning, July 1, 9 o’clock. —De-
I votional exercises;- introduction of new !
‘ business; 9:30 a. m., (.1) Theme, State
! Course of Study.” Professor T. J. Wooster,
' chair of pedagogy. State Industrial and
Normal School, Milledgeville; 10:10 a. m.,
•i (1) "Natures Studies in a State Course of
Study for the Common Schools,” Super
intendent A.. F. Ware, Cordele; 10:30 a.
m., (2) “Literature in a State Course of
Study for the Common Schools,” Miss Ma
mie Pitts. Atlanta; 10:50 .a. m., (3) “Man
i uel Training in a State Course of Study
I 1
for the Common Schools.” President Ly
man Hall. State Technological School, At
; lama; discussion (ten minutes) by Super
intendent W. L. Abbot*. Madison, and Su
perintendent N. E. Ware. Hawkinsville;
11:20 a. m., (4) Physiology and Hygiene
in a State Course of Study for the Com
mon Schools,” Professor D. L. Ernest.
Athens; discussion (ten minutes) by Pro
fessor A. H. Allen, Columbus, and Super
intendent T. E. Hollingsworth. Washing
ton; 11:50 a. m.. report of committee to
recommend state course of study for the
i common schools, chairman, J. S. Stewart,
Dahlonega; L. B. Evans, Augusta: Otis
Ashmore. Savannah: W. R. Power. Ma
rietta: W. C. Wright, Covington; discus
sion.
Friday Afternoon, July 1. 3 o'clock—
“ County School Commissioners' Round
Table,” R. J. Guinn, county school com
missioner, Fulton county, chairman: (1)
■ “General Theme: The Value of Skilled,
Regular and Systematic Supervision of
Our County Systems:” (1) “Skilled Super
vision as Related to Intelligent and Uni
form Work Among the Teachers.” discus
sion lead by Superintendent Lawton B.
Evans, Augusta, fifteen minutes, general
discussion ten minutes; (2.) "Skilled Su
pervision Necessary to Carry Out With
Any Marked Success a Progressive and
Liberal Course of Study for the Common
Schools." discussion led by Superintendent
Otis Ashmore, Savannah, fifteen minutes;
general discussion ten minutes; (3) “Skill
ed Supervision as Related to the Organiza
tion of Teachers for Instruction, for Im
provement.” discussion led by Superinten
dent J. C. Harris. Rome fifteen minutes;
j general discussion ten minutes: (4) “How
Can This Skilled Supervision Be Secured?”
' discussion led by Mr. M. L. Duggan, coun
ty school commissioner. Hancck county,
; fifteen minutes, general discussion, ten
' minutes. ; •» -* v
Friday Evening, July 1, 8 o'clock—
MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 2 1898.
; beneath. Such models afford a means of
freshening up old gowns.
A circular bertha with graduated box-
1 pleats in front is open from the neck to
the bust, where it fastens invisibly, so that
| it may be removed when one prefers the
bodice without it. The later is drawn in
I pleats to a slight point in front, which
I passes under a girdle of satin, made with
open bands in the back. The back of the
| bodice is cut round. The beitha is made
1 with no stiffening except the sarin lining.
| and fits around the shoulders with scarce
! ly any ripples; like all the new models, the
; tops of these perfectly Itig'ht sleeves have
i 'no fullness. They are finished at the wrist
j by a double turn-down cuff, with a tiny
I revers on each side. The tunic and bertha
■ are bordered with bands of panne, than
which no satin is more lustrous and vel-
| very. The proper cut of the gown can be
obtained from the cut patterns furnished
■ by Harper’s Bazar, when it appears. Ap-
I proximate quantity of material —wool.
; foiky-two inches, for entire costume, eight
I yards; silk or satin lining for entire cos
| tume, sixteen yards; satin trimmings,
; bias, three yards.
The hat of chiftonne straw, in a round
form, is one of the new spring models
which are designed to be set squarely on.
the top of Ithe head. The trimmings are
an airy scarf in coral and gray, forming
I great bows, and a bunch of velvet spring
i flowers.
I “Remeniseences of Ante-Bellum Schools,”
j President R. W. Smith, LaGrange-; ad
: dress, Hon. G. R. Glenn, State School Com
missioner.
I Saturday Morning, July 2, 9 o’clock —De-
j votional exercises, new business, election
' of officers; 10 a. m., “The Origin and Pur
i
i pose of Degrees.” Professor H. J. Pearce,
■ Gainesville; 10:30 a. m., “What Schools
I Should Be Permitted to Grant Degrees,”
I Superintendent Fermor Barrett, Toccoa;
discussion (twenty minutes;) 11:20 a. m.,
report of committee to investigate the cur
ricula of schools in the state that confer
' degrees, President J. M. Pound, chairman;
discussion; 12:40 a. m., installation of of
ficers; adjournment.
An Easter Offering.
Weary and worn upon life’s stage.
I've found a quiet hermitage
Where grief forgets the tears it shed
And hopes revive that once were dead,
Where love divine with heavenly glow’
Makes the sad heart forget its woe,
And Christ, the risen, still inspires
With pahpier thoughts, with pure desires.
Oh. may each wayworn pilgrim find
Such rest of bodv. peace of mind!
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Many there be as wel as I
That solace find in this retreat,
Who hear the busy world go by.
Yet canot tempt their straying feet,
1 For dearer to their hearts by far
Than all allurements of the world
Is he who first removed death's bar.
And open wide tis gates were hurled,
I And. thinking of his empty grave,
They know His power who came to save.
Lily or palm I cannot bring.
Nor rarer offering to His shrine.
The mead of gratitude bemine
; And of His love to loudly sing—
: That love which brought Him down to
earth
To show us diviner way
By which the vilest sinner may
Remove the ban that cursed his birth.
O. Risen Christ, for hope divine
Our heartfelt gratitude is thine!
NEIL MACDONALD.
FANCIES.
A new design in girdles is composed of
. two parallel silver chains about an inch
apart. They are held in place by verti
cal bars of silver at intervals of three or
four inches. Diamond shaped and circular
pieces are also used, instead of the plain
bars, and are enameled and set with pre
cious stones.
The girdle is also shown mounted on
black or brown leather belts, and is gen
erally of girt silver. Among the designs
are silver disks, enameled in Scotch plaids
with a ruby set in the centre of each disk,
and also enameled pansies on silver, sur
rounded by wreaths of forget-me-nots.
Velvet belts with diamond shaped
buckles of oxidized silver are popular. A
I counterpart of the buckle is worn at the
back, and on each side is a circle of sil-
• ver of a design similar .to that of the
| buckle.
• Another leather belt isin imitation of dog
' collar studded with little pyramids of sil
i ver, and with a name plate at the back.
STYLE IS ONE THING;
-ECONOMY IS ANOTHER!-
When the two can be combined,
you have just the right combination.
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Edwin Clapp’s Shoes
For men are conceded to be the best,
aren’t they ? What do you pay for
them elsewhere ; six dollars, $6.00,
don’t you ? Os course you do. But
we let you have them for five dollars.
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any. if you have ever worn this Shoe, you will not
hesitate to say so. You thus get the equal of any $5.00
Lad ies’ Shoe sold in Macon and pay
ONLV $3.00
For them. This is $2.00 saved, isn’t it ? Two dollars
for you to add to that Easter dress or bonnet. We
simply mention the above to prove our statement. The
same rule holds good throughout the store. Another
case in point isour
$3.00 TANS.
If you see them you’ll say at once that others would
ask you $5.00 for the same shoe.
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Therefore, we have all sizes, all shades, all toes. We
can fit anybody, please anybody. And you save the
difference between what you pay us and what others
would charge you for the same goods.
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| Corner Third Street and Bargain Lane.
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