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6 Hasler Hals. Easier Ha —AT— Newman's Millinery Company Though the weath er has been cool the past few days, we have been as busy as we could be taking orders and selling out of our Show Rooms, but to avoid disap pointments, we ad vise the ladies to come as early in the week as pos sible, not to leave it to the last day. We want to please and satisfy all our patrons. We are working at night,, but if the rush is too big we cannot, with the best of will, do justice to our customers and ourselves. We are receiving daily Dry Goods, and what you may not find one day you will the next, as we are buying to keep up our stock to the high est standard in our line. Very respectfully, Newman's Millinery Company MILITIA FORCES BEIWimtO War Department Colllecting Information About Troops of All the States. SATISFACTORY SHOWING Many States Have Well Drilled and Equipped Forces Which Could be Put Into Active Service. Washington, April 2. — The military in formation division of the war department i has in preparation a publication giving a I great mass of information concerning the I militia of the different states and territo- I ries, based on returns for 1897. It is of I peculiar interest at this time, in view o' the possibility of that reserve army being called upon for active service, For the sake of ready reference there has been pre pared a summary showing the more impor tant features of the operations of the guard. Among the facts shown are the ■ following: The total authorized strength is 184,848 I more than the organized strength. Okla homa has the smallest force, 500, and New i York the largest. ' There are regularly organized state hos pital or ambulance corps in California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massa j chusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New I Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont and the District of Colum bia. Many of the states have very effi cient regimental hospital and ambulance corps. Signal corps are reported as or ganized in a number of states. Official state encampments of instruction were held in thirty-one states during 1897. The duration of encampments varied from two days in Nebraska to ten days in the District of Columbia, six days being the average. Regular troops encamped with state troops in Alabama, California, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Tennessee, Texas and Vermont. Seventeen states, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Mas sachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Carl in a, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Wisconsin are reported as owning their camp grounds. As to armament the conditions are: Infantry--All the states except Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana and New York, are completely armed. In New York the Remington rilles are now being exchanged for Springfield rifles, calibre 45. Cavalry—The cavalry of all the states is armed with the Springfield carbine, cal ibre 45, except Illinois, Louisiana, Oregon, South Carolina and New Mexico. The Il linois cavalry is reported “same as in the regular service.” The greater part of the cavalry is also armed with the sabre and revolver in ad dition to the carbine. Artillery—Thirty-one out of the thirty nine states having artillery organizations have one or more gatling guns. Some states have the calibre 32 B. L. rifles; but a large proportion of the artil lery armament is old and out of date. j The equipment in 1897 though in slight ly better shape than the year before, is still far from complete. Considerable im provement was shown in the case of equipment. In almost all cases the artil lery harness is old and practically worth iness. Most of the field and staff officers in all the states own their own mounts. There was a slight increase in the num ber of shelter tents. The tentage is report ed as ample for the entire guard in Color ado, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, Ne braska, New York, North Carolina, Penn | sylvania, Vermont, Washington, Wiscon , sin, and the District of Columbia. Weekly drills by company and field ex , ercises were held in many states, and twenty states report a regular course of j instruction at armories during the winter i months. Guard duty was performed in a i manner far from satisfactory. There was I a marked increase in the amount of out post duty. Target practice was held in j thirty-four states. Although many states permit the exist j ence of independent commands, the ten | dency is more to discourage their support : or organization, particularly in the near | vicinity of the home stations cf guard, for i the reasons that they absorb material that I would otherwise find its way into the ranks of the regular organization and be , sidese, not being subject to the uniform I discipline of the regular state forces, they cannot be counted on in an emergencv. In the following states and territories I the guard was called on to aid the civil authorities in maintaining the law: Ala bama, California, Colorado. Illinois. • Ken ; lucky, Ohio. Pennsylvania, Texas. Wash ington and New Mexico. FROM A DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR. I have found Cheney’s Expectorant su perior to anything I have ever tried for ; colds and bronchial trouble. Send me by first mail six bottles of your mo-t excellent medicine. PROF. J. H. RICHARDSON. Sweetwater. Tenn. AT ONCE Two Companies to be Added —Second Regi ment and Others to be Equipped. Frankfort, Ky., April 2.—At the adju- I tant general’s office it is admitted that the enlistment blanks are being asked for by nearly all military companies, and that they are all adding new members. Many of these companies are asking and being furnished new equipments at the same time. It is further admitted that the proposed new companies to which the Second Regi ment is enttitled will be mustered at once. CASTORIA For Infants and Children i The fse« z? Jixiia /TV , z * tc n MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 2 iBgB TOO PROUD To Beg Are Some Starving Cubans—Terri ble Cruelty at Sagna. Fernandina, Fla., April 2.—The barken i tine Jennie Sweeney. Captain S. S. Hud son, arrived in this port direct from Sagua la Grand, Cuba, where it went from Phil -1 adeiphia with a cargo of coal. Captain Hudson handed a slip of paper to your representative, on which was written: “Help asked for 29,000 persons. Helped 19,950 persons. Supplies given in Santa Clara Province. “Walter B. Baker, “United States Consul.” Captain Hudson said that this memoran dum was taken ofi the consulate books by the consulate himself. He said: “I am sorry now that I did not try to get more information, and possibly I might have used it in some way to help those poor, miserable, staving people.” “Women and children, old men, dirty and in rags, with bony limbs, were at the consulate. Consulate Baker would take their names and where their huts were situated, and would send one of his men to see them.” While Captain Hudson was there the consul received a private letter from an American with a check for SI,OOO inclosed, with a short letter, telling the consul of the desperate state of affairs which exist ed among the better class of people, who were too proud to beg, but who were i sorely in need. The writer asked that the consul have these people looked up and use the SI,OOO to help them. Captain Hudson said that the Spanish soldiers locked as poor and bad as the starving people, and he said he is sure ten of Uncle Sam’s soldiers could lick one hundred such Spaniards as are seen i in and around Sagua. AN ENTERPRISING DRUGGIST. There are few men more wide awake and enterprising than H. J. Lamar & Sons, who spare no pains to secure the best of everything in their lines for their many I customers. They now' have the valuable agency for Dr. King’s New Discovery for i Consumption, Coughs and Colds. This is . the wonderful remedy that is producing such a furor all over the country by its many startling cures. It absolutely cures Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness, and ail affection cf the Tnroat, Chest nd Lung o . Call, at above drug store, and get a trial bottle free, or a regular size for 50 cents and SI.OO. Guaranteed to cure or price re fundede. J. F, CARENEY’S PICTURES Will be Shown at the Academy on Tuesday Night. J. Franklin Caveny, who will lecture here on Tuesday night next is one of the greatest entertainers on the stage. His is an entertainment unique, instructive and surprising. It is the demonstration of a marvelous talent. A. E. Palmer, of the Central Lyceum Bureau, says of him: “It is with sincere pleasure that I speak of the platform work of Mr. Caveny. I have had the opportunity of seeing his work both in part and full programs, and unhesitatingly say that his “Chalk Talks” never fc.il to captivate his audience. There is a novelty in his work which gives the charm; there is variety which gives the spice; there is strength coupled with deft ness which gives character. He is by tem ! perament and education, an artist; by genius, an entertainer. Mr. Caveny has j won golden opinions’ and he continues to I be received with the very warmest favor I and delight. I reading an advertisement o f Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and D-ar rhoea Remedy in the Worcester Enterprise recently, which leads me to write this. I can truthfully say I never used anv rem edy equal to it for cclic and diarrhoea. I have never had to use more than one or two doses to cure the worst case with my self or children.—W. A. Stroud. Popomoke City, Md. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists. REV. ADAMS AT Y. M. C. A, Interesting Talker on the Program Tomor row Afternoon. Rev. Adams, who has been conducting the services at the Christian church, will deliver an address at the Christian church tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock. Mr Adams has impressed all who have heard him during his stay in Macon, and the talk which he will make at the association to morrow will interest all who hear him. These meetings are growing in interest and importance every Sunday, and as the crowds come every Sunday the necessity for a new and larger building to accommo date the crowds is seen. A word to the wise is sufficient,” and a word from the wise should be sufficient, but, you ask. who are the wise? Those who know. The oft repeated experience of trustworthy persons may be taken For knowledge. Mr. W. M. Terry says Cham oe. lain s Cough Remedy gives better sat isfaction than any other on the market. He has been in the drug business at Elk- Ky.. for twelve years, has sold hun- Uteds ot bottles of this remedy, and nearlv ail other cough medicines manufactured, which shows conclusively that Chamber lain s is the most satisfactory to the peo ple. and is the best. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists. HEAVY FINE May be Paid to the Government bv Walsh & Co. Paris, Ky., April 2.—Representatives of Walsh & Co., who own the Paris Distill ing Company's plant here, are in Washing ton conferring with the government re garding the “equalizing” alleged to have been done in the company’s warehouses. 1 internal revenue officials have been worrying on tne ease for several weeks, and their report has been in the hands of .he V. ashington authorities for several days. . I s opinion of the revenue men that the firm will have to pay a heavv indem nity it the charges are proved. It is pos sible that it might be forced to pay tax on the original gauge of every barrel of whis- Ky now in its warehouses on which the S X^?rA n T Ot This woul *- amount <.O $09,000 or $ id, ooo. HOW TO LOOK GOOD. « , looks are realiy more skin T- : \n entireI Y on a healthy con- ? f al the Vltal or ’ ans - I* The liver is inactive, you have a bilious look: if your stomach is disordered, you have a dyspeptic look; if your kidneys are as ™"d ’ yoa ha V a look. Secure you will surely have good on t*t< CCc T ;C Bitters ’ is a good Altera tive and tonic. Acts directly on the stom ac'_; • r and kidneys, purifies the blood, pimples, blotches and boils, and gives a good complexion. Everv bottle 1 r SoId at am ar & Sons’ Dii a Store. 50 cents per bottle. Robert F. Smith, (Almost Opposite the Postoffice) ou are cordially invited to in spect my beautiful line Ties and Scarfs, Easter Hats for men and boys; bailors, both linen and straw for girls; Boys' Duck Hats and Caps; Mens Duck Hats and Caps \ AA*AAAAAAAV sAAAAAAAAAV My New Line Fans Will Be In This Week Brown Cold Cream and Glycerine Soap 10c. box All my fine 25c. boxes Soap to be closed out 20c. box Dollar Dolls 50c Fifty cent Dolls 25c Twenty-five Dolls 15 C ’ Fifteen cent Dolls 10c Twenty-five cent Garden Sets .....15c Smaller Garden Sets 10c AAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAA* A/VSA SAW Belts! Belts! Belts!! AAAAAWW VSAAAASAAAA*AAAAAAAAAA/SAAAAAAAWWW VAAVSAWWSAAWWV vsaaaawvsaaa Folding Chairs to close out 35 C Largest size D 11 Carriages to close out 35c Steel Enamel Boilers. 10,15, 20 and 25e' up.’ Two Gallon Water Coolers $1 qq Three Gallon Water Coolers 1 25 I Four Gallon Water Coolers 150 | Six Gallon Water Coolers 1 75 Eight Gallon Water Coolers 2 25 SAAAS AAAAAAAAtf W*AA*AAAA VWWWWVSAAA/VV>AA/uV r I sell the quickest and one of the best Freezers made. I do not sell the common one sold all around town. Peerless Ice and, two quart Freezers $1 25 “ three quart “ 150 four quart “ 175 six quart “ " 2 25 “ “ eight quart “ 300 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAA A’SAAVkA'SA ASAAAAAAAA ♦ y Lava Gridles and Spiders do not need any grease in cooking, save lard bills and health. SAAAAAAAAAA/ SAAAAAAAAAAAA V VWSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA' WWWWW\WvVvWAA' WAVAW See my 5 cent and 10 cent Counters. Closing out pure White China soup plates 90c and 1 00 per doz Closing out English granite soup plates 60c and 80c per doz Decorated Cuspadoes or Spittoons 10c to 35c Waiters 10c to 35c Feather dusters 5c to 40c Closing out Eight-day Clocks $2 00 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* VWW SAAAAAAAAAAA V VvVAWWVM My Chamber Sets are simply grand, the material of the best to start with, and the decorations superb. 1 Large Berry Bowl and six small ones, 25c for set of seven pieces and up; Closing Wall Lamps with Reflecto s, 25c; Flower Pots, 25c dozen and up. Closing out English Glass Vases 25c. ones, 15; 35c. ones, 20c. Bohemien Card or Flower Baskets 25c. ones, 15c.; 50c. ones, 35c.; 75c. ones, 50c. Closing out 130 pieces Dinner Sets $lO 00. Closing out after . 1 Dinner T Sets, 50c. I sell Tin Pans 2c., 1 2%c., 3c., 4c , 5c., Bc., 7c., Bc., 9c., J and 10c. Enamel Dish Pans. Oil Stoves, 40c.; two burner, 75. Vitrified ’ Hotel Dishes, 60c. per dozen. Spoons from Tin up to Silver-plated. I have never sold a spoon plated on brass. Knives and forks from the cheapest to the best. Fly traps, 10c. Do not fail to buy one of my Lava Griddles and Spid ers. Save your health and lard bill. Odd lot of bar glasses to be closed out at 30c. per dozen. Tumblers and Goblets, both thick and thin. Galvanized wash tubs 50c., 55c., 65c., and 75e. White China cups and saucers $1.20 per dozen. Blue and Brown Cuspadores, 25c. T-H-E F-A-I-R, . R. F. SMITH, Prop.