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per e«nL and 7 per eent. eney new
ready for leans on Macoa residence and ;
tailness property. 8 per cent, money for
farm loans. Over $5,000,000 successfully
negotiated In Georgia alone. Ixtans made
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quarters. O. A. Coleman. Gen. Man.,
>56 Second street, Macsn, Ga.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
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Washington is Quiet and
. Everyone is Simply Wait
ing on the Committee,
IITERM,
Will be What the Committees
in Both Houses Will Rec
ommend,
LEE RECEIVES OWTIOI.
His is a Regular Triumphal March
to the Capital, Which He Will
Reach This Afternoon,
Washington, April 12 With the trans
fer of the responsibility lo congress, the
White House was well nigh deserted by
the usual contingent from the eapltol.
There the air of expectancy was appa
rent about the White House as to what
course the two houses of congress would
take.
Few public men put in an appearance
during 'the forenoon, but there were a
great number of sight-seers to whom the
public rooms in the man ion were orfee
more thrown open.
Representative Lacey, of lowa, was the
first congressman to see the president and
his mission was, as chairman of lhe house
committee on public lands, to consult lite
president regarding some matters needing
his early attention.
-COMMITTEE HESITATES
Republicans Show a Disposition to Batjk Up
McKinley.
Washington, April 12. The senate com
mittee on foreign relations resumed their
siting this morning. All members were
present <xc.pt Mr. Daniel. Tin, committee
finds it a very difficult task to rea h an
ngre< inent. on the terms of the resolution
it will report. There is by no means the
same unanimity there was when the com
mittee first nu t and decided to report the
'Foraker resolution. Many propositions have
been made covering al Hines of possible
intervention, but indications are today
that there will be a return to the com
promise proposition, which was made
prior to the receipt of the message.
It is understood 'this afternoon that the
committee has agreed on a resolution for
Immediate intervention and requiring the
evacuation of Cuba Spain.
MANY RESOLUTION
Introduced in the Senate Regarding the Ctt
ban Situation.
Washington, April 12. Tn the senate to
day Lindsay, of Kentucky, started the Cu
ban resolutions declaring that the United
States should co-op<*.ilc with Gomez in
any military operations in Cuba.
Wilson, of Washington, followed with a
rosohitlon authorizing the president to use
the army and navy to emi the hostilities
and secur" a republican government in Cu
ba.
Then camo Allen, of Nebraska, wit.h an
otoher, declaring a state of war to exist
between Spain and the United States and
recognizing the government of ■Cuba.
■Pettus, of Alabama, made a legal argu
ment regarding the authority to declare,
ami prosecute war.
Then Mason made a speech in favor of
war and the recognition of the insurgent
government in Cuba.
HOUSE COMMITTEE
On Fore'gn Affairs Has Agreed on Interven
tion but Not Recognition.
Washington. April 12 —The House for
eign affairs committee met today but has
not agreed on any resolution.
It is believed that s< ntlment is crystal
izing against the recognition of independ
ence. The committee expects to have
General Lee before it this afternoon.
The storing comnttee of the house,
Republicairs, authorize a canvass of the
house on the resolution which was offered
by Represr ucative Smith, of Michigan, de
claring for inui ili’te and armed inter
vention for the establishment of a state
government in Cuba, free and independ
ent.
It is to be presented to the Republicans
of the foreign aif.,.-- <o:amittee and things
seem in a fair shape to secure unanimity
of action on the basis of this compromise.
It is probable that the Republicans will
caucus tonight.
Cannon, chairman of the appropriation
committee, said: "I regard war as inevi
table. The United States will intervene,
and intervention means war."
Grosvenor, Dingley and other leaders, rt
is understood, have agreed to the resolu-"
tlon.
HOUSE WAS QUIET.
Bailey Got in a Little Talk’and Then Colum
bia Came Up.
Washington. April 12.—The house was
very quiet today but after a brief refer
ence to Cuba by Bailey, of Texas, consid
ered the District of Columbia bill.
REBELLION GROWS
In the Philiipine Islands, So Special Dis
patch Says.
London. April 12.—A special dispatch
from Madrid -says that advices received
from the Philiipine Islands, report that
the rebellion is increasing and that 10,000
rebels are under arms. Trouble is feared
pt Manilla.
LEE AT RICHMOND.
r
| He Was Given a Splendid Reception by the
Governor.
Richmond, Va., April 12.—Lee arrived
J here at 11 o'clock this morning.
The remained at the depot ten
' minutes. At least 10,000 persons were
present, including the governor and his
,-taff arid the Richmond Light Infantry
Blues.
The governor welcomed Consul General
Lee, who, in a brief speech replied, saying:
"1 cannot talk to you now. In fact this
is not the time to talk, but the time for
action. Cheers.) What are *ou yelling
about? Do you want to fight?"
A protracted outburst followed. Signify
ing willingness from the wild gesticula
tions of the crowd.
The General's wife, son and daughter
accompanied him to Washington.
Lee Would Turn Hack.
Emporia, Va., April 12. —General Lee
rose at 8 o'clock to catch the first glimpse
of Virginia soil, and said, “1 feel like a
different man. If I had only a good crowd
behind me I could turn back for Havana.”
WILL NOT STAND IT.
What Madrid Newspapers Say of President’s
Message,
Madrid, April 12.-- The Liberal pub
lishes what appears to be nearly a com
plete translation of President McKinley’s
m<-wage, printing salient parts in large
type. Commenting the Liberal ::ay::
"Although dispatches are extensive they
do mil suffice for lhe formation of a dr-fl
nite conclusion. in a general sense, it
aftiims and declares in the name of the na
tion the right of interferance in Cuba. No
fri-< people can hesitate to reject by all
mean,, in it powi r a doctrine annuling its
personality and reducing it to ignomini
ous tutilage. We have put up with every
thing, but unless we ignore our history and
consider the peninsula on a level with
Paraguay, isolated from the rest of the
world, we cannot and will not submit to
this.”
LEATHER WORKS
Get a Big Older From Government for War
Material.
Philadelpria. April 12.—England &
Bryan, leather dealers, have received an
order from the government for 10.000 sides
of leather-to be delivered at Rock Island
arsenal at the earliest possible moment.
The leather is to be used for the manu
facture of cartridge boxes, swTird, saber
and 'bayonet scabbards.
QUARANTINE
Men in Session in Atlanta Discussing the
Subject.
Atlanta, Ga., April 12. —‘Fifty prominent
health and quarantine officers and railroad
managers from different parts of the South
met here today for the purpose of enforc
ing a uniform system of quarantine in the
■Southern states.
Dr. H. B. Holbeck, of Charleston, was
chosen chairman, and a vice president from
each Southern state elected.
Dr. Holbeck reviewed the work of the
Mobile convention, and Dr. Soushon, of
New Orleans, presented the report of the
quarantine men there.
A number of papers were read and all
were referred to a committee on resolu
tions.
CABINET MEETING.
President's Official Family Throws Bouquets
at Him.
Washington, April 12. —The cabinet
meeting today was unimportant. No bus
iness of consequence was transacted and
nearly the entire session was consumed in
conversation concerning the reception of
the president's message. It is stated that
al'tlimTgh the entire accord with the views
of many members of congress, its recep
tion generally throughout the country was
very satisfactory to the administration.
PENNSYLVANIA WON
They Evened Up With the ’Varsity of Geor
gia Yesterday.
Atlanta, April 12. —The Pennsylvania
boys got 'their revenge yesterday. The ball
team from the University of Georgia went
down in the dust before the ball team
from the University of Pennsylvania and
last year's score was wiped out. Last year
the Georgia boys won the game by a score
of 4 to 0. and 'they had a magnificent team
of ball players. This year they lost by a
'score of 11 to 2, and it would be stretch
ing it to call the team even a fair one,
judging from their work yesterday.
The Pennsylvania boys did ont play a
brilliant game, but it was a steadv. win
ning game. Their work in the field was
lack* clock work, regulai and safe, and
only one error was put down to their
credit. It was not so much the work of
the Pennsylvania team that caused the re
sult. but the inferior work of the Athens
team. It would be hard to- imagine how a
team could put up o much worse game in
the field. They muffed the ball, fumbled
it and several times three or four men
would gel bunched after a ball and. of
course, none of them could get.lt. It was
impo'-ible for the scorers to keep an accu
rate account of who made the errors, be
cause the Georgia boys changed their' play
ers' positions In the field without notify
ing 'the scorers, but the positions of the
men who made the errors are accurate.
In the pitcher’s box Curtis did the best
work, and if he had been given any sup
port at all he could have won -the game.
The visitors only got seven hits off of him
and only one earned run. Dickson gave
up nine hit/ and did not prove himself as
good a pitcher as Curtis. Frazier, playing
in right field for the visitors is one of the
cleverest players on the team and is prob
ably the most popular member. He is the
son of a well known Philadelphian, and
has many- friends in the city. He was re
peatedly cheered yesterday in the snappy
and quick plays he made.
FOR INDEPENDENCE.
Washington. April 12.—The Democrats
on the house foreign relations committee
this morning agreed on a resolution for
independence and immediate and armed
intervention.
NAVAL RESERVES OUT.
New York. April 12. —The first battalion
of naval reserves of New York started for
League Island in three special cars this
morning. They will do duty on 3he moni
tor Nahante in New York harbor.
MAYFLOWER LOADS UP.
h'ew York. April 12. —The auxiliary tor
pedo boat destroyer Mayflower, left the
Brooklyn yard early this morning bound
for Newport. R. 1., to take on torpedoes.
WAR SHIPS MOVING.
Halifax, April 12.—The warships San
Francisco and New Orleans sailed this
morning for New York. They took on 250
tons of coal.
YOUR CHANCE
To buy a granite or marble monument or
slab cheap. Call on John O. Davis, with
1 Atlanta Granite Works,
And Marietta Marble Works,
Office, Holts, Triangular Block.
THE MACON NEWS.
NET IS CLOSING
■ AROUND JOINER,
But A!! the Evidence So Far
is Purely Circumstan
tial, and
HE MAY BE IIIOCEIT.
He and His Family Stoutly Deny the
Story He is Now in Jail De
tectives at Work.
Slowly the meshes of the net are closing,
around Harry Joiner, who occupies a cell
in the jail.
11. L. Brown, the man who found Yon
and his assassin together on the night of
the murder and who himself had a narrow
escape from the murder's knife, says ,thtft
while he will not say that it was Joiner
who ran him 'h« thinks that he is the man.
So far the evidence against Joiner is
purely circumstantial. It is one of those
dangerous cases where' the greatest injus
tice may be done to the suspect and where
the guil'ty may escape by the hanging of An
innocent man.
At present all the evidence goes to show
that Joiner is the guilty man and yet there
have been, hundreds of cases where people
have been punished on evidence even more
strong than that against Joiner and it has
turned out that they were entirely inno
cent of the crime.
Joiner himself denies the crime most
emphatically. He says he does not know
who the man was who attacked him and
whom he was forced to cut. But he as
serts that he was held up on last Saturday
night on his way home and that his as
sailant only- released him when he had
taken his knife from him and had cut
him.
lie says that he threw the knife away
and that he was so fudled and confused
that he lost all count of time and his
whereabouts, all he wanted to do was to
go home and rest.
On the other hand 'it is stated most pos
itively that Joiner was not dressed on Sat
urday night in the same clothes as were
found in his room on the morning of his
arrest and which he now wears. The po
lice say that this clothing cannot be
found and it is suspected that it has been
drowned. This is too denied by Joiner and
his family, who say that Joiner new wears
the same clothing now that he had on that
night and that there is no blood on them.
Officer Jenkins says .that he went to
Joiner’s house after the arrest and that
there he searched for the clothes with
b10c..1 on tinin but that he was unable to
find anything of the kind.
Joiner has a wife and little child. His
wife is ill and prostrated utterly by the
shock. His family, too, is greatly dis
tressed. i hej do not believe that he is
guilty of the crime, but they evidently
fear that something may corne out that
will prove his guilt beyond doubt.
Joiner did not bear a bad reputation
among tnose who knew him and his family
evidently have a deep affection for him. It
is said that he was a little wild and shift
less and that, he did not work as regularly
as he might but that altogether he was
not a bad husband or a son. It is thought
that the temptation of the sight of the
money which Yon carried was too much
for him and that-he determined to kill
him for it. If Joiner was the man all the
evidence' will point to the fact that he did
this with the utmost premeditation.
His family and his associates say that
he has never been seen with a razor or a
knife like the one found near where Yon’s
.body was.lying.
The police and the whole detective force
is at work on she case and they decline
to talk about it to anyone. But it would
appear that there may some developments
in the case this afternoon.
AN ART EXHIBIT
Will be Given by Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Y.
M. C. A.
The pictures which the ladies of the
Young Men's Christian Association Aux
iliary ordered some time ago from Phila
delphia. as was mentioned in The News at
the time, arrived yesterday afternoon, and
the date for giving the art and musical
exhibition has been arranged for April 22,
and after the entertainment is over the
pictures will be sold to the highest bidder.
The ladies' auxiliary of the Young Men’s
Christian Association have agreed to fur
nish the parlors of the new building, and
to 'this end they have prepared for art and
musical exhibition and the sale of the pic
tures, which were purchased from ene of
the most celebrated art houses in the
country.
These pictures are from the greatest
maters of the age. and some of them are
worth hundreds of dollars, though it is
hardly probable that any of them will
bring that much money.
The pictures will be ranged around the
walls of the room where the exhibition will
be held, which has not been decided upon
yet, and an admission fee will 'be charged
to come in and see the pictures and hear
the charming musical program that will be
prepared by Mrs. Manly B. Curry and Miss
Grace Ketner. musical director in the pub
lic schools, with many other notable sing
ers of Macon will be on the program.
All of the pictures that are not sold at
the auction, which will take place imme-
I diately after the entertainment, will be
■ placed in the parlor which the ladies are
to furnish.
Mr. Minter Wimberly has kindly con
sented to act as auctioneer, and this in it
self will be a treat, as Mr. Wimberly will
use all of his of persuasion, such
as he uses, to a jury, to get those present
to buy the pictures. He is familiar with
all the great artistic triumphs of the age,
and is in every way flitted for the place
for which he has been selected.
The place for holding this exhibition has
not yet been decided upon.
CHRIST CHURCH
Wardens and Vestryman Elected for Ensuing
Year.
The election of wardens and vestrymen
for Christ church parish was held last
night in the Sunday school room adjoin
ing the church.
Under the rule of the church this elec
tion is always held on Easter Monday. The
first week day of the church year. Follow
ing were elected.
Senior Warden. H. G. Gutter.
Junior Warden, Luther 'Williams.
Vestrymen, T. O. Chestney. -J. F. Roo
sevelt. John M. Walker. B. M. Davis, W.
R. Winchester. W. S. Payne and Robert
I Mumford.
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Hospitals and sanitariums
of all large cities have the
\ walls finished in plastico
j T. C. Burke.
MACON NEWS TUESDA
OPENED BIDS ■
FOR THE PAVING
Board of Public Works Will
Report to Council at the
j
Meeting Tonight.
TWELVE OF THEM SUBMITTED
For Both Brick and Asphalt—Con
siderable Interest Attaches to
the Matter—Many Strangers.
Asphalt and brick paving men are in the
city today in force and they were watch
ing one another all the morning.
The bids for paving with brick and as
phalt called,for by council, were opened at
the city hall shortly after noon, with the
following result:
At noon the Board of Public Works met
in the council chamber and opened the
bids. They were as folldws:
T. Q. Bowman, of New York Rock as
phalt, $3.23 the square yard.
Neufchatel Rock Asphalt Company, of
Baltimore, rock asphalt, $3.31 the square
yard.
Southern Asphalt Company, of Balti
more, for alabastross asphalt, three inches
asphalt and six inches concrete, $2.39 the
square yard.
Southern Asphalt Company of Baltimore
alabastross asphalt, six inches concrete
and two inches asphalt, $2.18% the square
yard. ,
Southern Asphalt Company, of.* Balti
more, for albatross asphalt, four inches
concrete and two inches asphalt,. $2.09.
Warren. Scharf Asphalt Company of New
York, for Trinadad Lake Asphalt, $2.20 the
square yard.
Keely Company, of Atlanta, for Ken
tucky Asphalt, $2.68 the square yard.
General Asphalt Company, of Baltimore,
for rock asphalt, $2.98 the square yard. .
Bowman Paving Company, of New York,
for’brick, $2.28 the square yard.
McNeil, Reynolds and Company, of
Lynchburg, Va., for brick, $2.24 the square
yard.
W- E. Laslie, for Chattanooga brick,
$2.08 the square yard.
M. M. Elkin, of Macon, £or the Grady
Shell Concrete, ninety-eight and a half
cents the square yard, with a guarantee
for five years.
This made twelve bids in all.
There was a considerable attendance of
those interested in the bids.
The paving now being done with tl»e
granite Cubes costs under the contract
$2.53 the square yard.
The specifications for 'the asphalt paving
for the bids which were opened this morn
ing call for six inches of concrete and two
of asphalt.
The 'Board of Public Works will meet
again at 3 o’clock for the purpose of draw
ing up their report to council which will I
be submitted tonight.
These bids arc not for paving any par- I
ticular street, but will be kept by the ci'ty j
council for reference and have been called
for in order to give the people of the ci'ty
a definite idea as to the cost of this kind
of paving, and the difference between that
and the present paving wi'th granite cubes.
So much has been said about the differ
ent kinds of paving that 'the members of
the city council thought it wise to have
the bids on hand so as to be able to gite
an effective Idea as to the cost of 'the work.
It is understood thatT'the people who fa
vor asphalt will make an effort to secure
this kind of pavement for Mulberry and
Cherry streets, and possibly for Second,
but there seems to be very general satis
faction with the paving that is now going
down and the probability is that there will
be a very strong effort on the part of
.those . who favor the stone to have the
whole - city put down in that material.
The representatives of 'the brick compa
nies have lately come into the field with
their propositions, but the asphalt repre
sentatives have been here for along time
and have done all they can to educate the
people on the subject of paving.
SECRET CONFERENCE/
Uncle Mark Hardin and Tobe Stevens Have
Caught the Infection.
Another secret conference was held this
morning. The candidates are getting reck
less and hold their conference in the
broad day light and in the most public
places and with the most public men.
It is probable that the conference held
this morning in the office of the clerk »jf ■
the superior court was not a premeditated
affair, however, and that the two were
found together and in the company of sev
eral of the- best men in the county had just
happened along and that they were really
glad to see one another.
At any rate a News representative found
Col. Mark Hardin, the candidate for sec
rea'try of state against Phil Cook and Hon.
_O. B. Stevens, the candidate for comuris
sioner of agriculture against Commissioner
Nisbett together.
What they may have been discussing
before the newspaper man "dropped in jt
would be hard to say. It may have been
a combination and then again it may not;
but it is very doubtful if they talked much
earnest politics together and that they
were careful what they did say, for per
haps neither one of them knows what votes
he is going to get in the Bibb county court
house.
But they were having a right good time
anyhow and the yarns they swapped and
the stories that they told, would win them
votes almost anywhere.
.’tii effort was made to get the two gen
; tiemen co agree to come to Bibb and have
a joint debate which would give them an
opportunity to let the public know what
good stories they could tell, for after all
these two gentlemen are so fortunately
situated that the voters do not care par
ticularly what their platforms are.so long
as they are good Democrats, and in their
cases they have been tried too-long to
leave that open to any question.
It seems, however, that ?.fr. Stevens will
persist in springing the question of hold
ing office for more than two terms. Uncle
Mark Hardin does not agree with him.
He Wants Colonel “Tobe” to leave that
matter out of his declaration of opinion
when he makes public speeches, but so far
the next candidate for commissioner of
agriculture has not agreed to this. He
says, however, that his remarks have ref
erence to the same office and not as in the
case of Uncle Mark, to the holding of one
Office and then turning round and running
for another on the next term. At any rate
he says that there are exceptions that
prove the rule.
A.I Must Pay.
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| week must pay promptly every week. Af
ter April Ist no balances will <be carried
over for any one. Papers taken weekly
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■ pay regularly may expect to have the paper
j discontinued. Remember, the boys are in
. structed to take no part payment after
i April Ist. Everyone who owes a balance
| should endeavor to get evt by that time.
APRIL 12 1898.
BUSINESS MEN '
FROM MOULTRIE
Are Guests of the Macon
Chamber of Commerce
Today.
ROYALLY ENTERTAINED.
>
A Swell Dinner Will be Served at
Log Cabin Club This
Evening.
Macon is hostess today 'to the business
men of Moultrie, Ga., the thriving county
seat of Colquitt county, and right royally
is she entertaining them.
The patty reached Macon at 11:10 on a
special train over 'the Georgia Southern
and Florida road. They were met at the
depot by the reception committee composed
"of the following gentlemen:
Charlton Adams, E. A. Chappell, Geo.
A. 'Smith, T. :D. Tinsjy, O. A. Coleman,
E. L. Martin, E. IA. WaxeLbaum, W. A.
Doody, Alex Block, A. 18. Small, Will
Beeland, T. J. Carling, E. E. Winters,
Church Berryman, J. fL. 'Mack, J. S.
Jones, Azel Freeman, Jos. Neel, J. M.
Cutler, Gus Bernd, Thad Parker, L. H.
Wood, S. B. Price, 'Minter Wimberly, W.
T. ?.lorgan, T.’ W. LoyleSs, G. C. Mat
thews, R. M. Rogers and Geo. F. Wing.
The visitors were conducted to the
Chamber of Commerce, where they were
rec< ived by the business men of Macon.
In behalf of the Chamber of Commerce
of Mhcon President Rogers made the visi
tors welcome and introduced Mr. I. B.
English, who made a most interesting talk
to the delegation on rates and the advant
ages that Macon could now offer them
since 'the new road had been built there.
Mr. A. G. Macdonald followed Mr. Eng
lish and a few words told of the rail
road facilities that the people of Moultrie
now enjoyed, if they wanted to extend their
trade to Macon.
Mr. Geo. Ketchum, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, congratulated the
people of Moultrie on 'the rapid develop
ment of the place, and assured them of
welcome to the hearts and homes of the
Macon people.
Mr. Martin Amorous, of Atlanta, made a
delightful talk of a few minutes in which
he said that he thought that the Moultrie
people were the best in the country.
In behalf of the visitors Colonel Hall re
plied that the people of Moultrie repeated
the old saying of “You tickle me and I’ll
tickle you.” He said the merchants of
Macon had tickled them and they would
try to provoke loud laughter from the
Macon people. Mr. Hall was loudly ap
plauded, and when he had concluded Pres
ident Rogers announced the program for
and said that 5 o’clock the party
would take the surface ear for the Log
Cabin where dinner would be served.
At 1:30 p. m., under the escort of the
reception committee, I. B. English & Co’s
compress, Stevens’ Sons Pottery, McCaw
Manufacturing Company’s plant, the 'Ac
me Brewery, and other industries were
visited. When the itinery was concluded,
the party boarded .cars provided by 'the
courtesy of 'Major E. E. .Winters, of the
Consolidated, and Colonel T. J. Carling,
of the Indian Spring lines, and treated to
a thorough view of the Central City. As a
fitting wind up of the day the delegation
will be taken to the Log Cabin Club,
where, uqdor 'the supervision of that vete
ran caterer, Jake 'Binswanger, a dinner
will be served, that will cause the visitors
to remember Macon for many a day.
Tt is intended to give the representa
tives from Moultrie a royal reception. It
is certain that the committee of arrange
ments, consisting of Captain I. B. English,
chairman; George A. 'Macdonald, Henry
Horne, G. C. Johnson, and A. E. Chappell,
have left nothing undone to promote such
a condition.
The men that compose the party from
Moultrie are the most progressive in that
little town, and they come to Macon to
see if they can be benefited by patronizing
some of the business men of this city. Ma
con is justly entitled to some of the trade,
of the Moultrie people, and she is making
every effort to get it. 'Following is a par
tial list of the delegates from Moultrie?
E. M. Tyler, A. J. Mumford, Prat Nich
ols, C. E. Melton, G. W. Hooks, Cnas.
Blanton, W. L. Adams, D. ®. L. Powell,
H. C- Bass, R. L. Store, Max .Elrich, J. A.
Chter, W. H. .Murphy, W. iR. Smith, P. F.
Hutchinson, S. 'M. Autry, M. >M. McCarthy,
j E. L. Wheatly, W. B. Jenkins, H. S. Mc-
I Call. P. P. Barrow, M. Blanton, J. I. Pow-
I ell, H. Spivey, A. R. Mi'.son, J. M. Msßae,
; N. Y. Lane, H. P. Harrell, J. R. Hall, M.
; D. Allen, O. A. Blade, H. J. Finch, D. B.
| Page, H. J. Murphy. J. T. McNeil, G. K.
Johnson, W. W. Webb. A B. Pr'ters, T. B.
Parks. J. G. Culpepper, W. C. Sessions. J.
I. Wilson, W. C. Vereen. D. S. Smith, A.
C. Darling, J. B. Mils. D. S. Sinclair. K.
W. Ham. T. C. 'McNeill. J. Holmes. H. E.
} Eliott. J. M. Heath. W. H. Smith. W. B.
I Barber. J. Godhold, M. A. Ham. W. E.
■ Connolly. C. E. Holmes. G. W. Huggins,
H. H. Kimbrfll, John Dukes, A. Conner, A.
Fuber, J. A. Collins. C. J. Kendall. J.A.
Collier, H. Washburn. J. G. Finch, A. B.
Turner, J. L. Hartsfield, D. M. Reeves. B.
j H. Clarke, M._ Moyers, J. S. Fisher, Park
■ Harjer, A. J. Rushin, H. A. Parrish.
This is not the only party of business
■ men that will be invited to Macon to form
I closer trade relations. The Macon and
I Birmingham road has offered the Cham-
■ ber of Commerce 'to transport the citizens
j and business men of LaGrange to Macon,
and they will be invited to come here
some time in May. The date for their com
ing will be arranged some time soon.
CHAPMAN READY.
Will Meet Bright as Soon as a Place to Race
is Secured.
Arthur Chapman, the mile champion bi
cycle rider of Bibb coutfty says that he is
| ready to meek Bright, the state champion
j for one quarter and a half mile any time
a track can be secured.
j Chapman says that he has never refus
i ed to race Bright on his own account, and
i that he has always fele that he should not
i neglect his business to prepare for the
race, hut Bright has become so persistent
in his challenges, that he will give him a
chance to get a view of his rear wheel.
CHIEF WILKINS
Os the Order of Railway Conductors is to be
Here.
Assistant Chief Wilkins, of the Order
of Railway Conductors, will be here on
; Friday night and will address a meeting
; of the railroad men in Macon. Chief Wil
kins is one of the most prominent men in
labor circles, and his coming will be hail
ed with the greatest pleasure by all circles
in Macon.
You can talk to 10,000 every day through
th* e«lunM of Th* Nev*.
TRAP SHOOTING
TOffIAMENT
With a Bis; Live Bird Shoot
for the Last Day, Will
Begin Tomorrow.
BIGGEST HELD IN THE SOUTH
Shooters Coming from a Great Dis
tance, and Some Fine Marks
manship Will be Shown.
The big trap shooting tournament under
the auspices of the Interstate Association
commences tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock
on the club grounds at Central City park.
This will be - the biggest shoot that has
been ever held in the South of the kind
and the attendance will be large.
Already a -number of 'those who are to
take part are in the city but the greater
number will arrive tomorrow and this af
ternoon.
Those who are here and quartered at the
Brown House, the .headquarters for the
shoot, are:
Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, of Pittsburg,
manager of the Interstate Association.
Paul North, of Cleveland, 0., whose
special work here is to look after the new
Magautrap which has been placed in po
sition on the grounds and will be used
during the shoot.
Mr. H. B. Collins, of the Dupont Powder
Company, is also here representing his
house.
Mr. A. G. Cour.tney, of the Remington
Arms Company.
Others will arrive on the trains this af
ternoon.
A large delegation will come in from At
lanta tomorrow morning and they wilt
come prepared to wipe Hie eyes of the
whole aggregation, but the Macon contin
gent who will take part say (that they will
be in the shoot when the bag is counted.
Cars will leave the Brown House every
fifteen minutes for .the grounds and re
freshments will he servea on the grounds
for those who take part in the tournament.
An admission fee of 10 cents will be
charged. The purpose of the admission
fee is not for the purpose of making any
money out of the tournament but in order
to keep the rabble out of the grounds.
The following is the program for the first
'day of the shoot:
FIRST DAY, APRIL 13—$100 ADDED
MONEY.
Event No. I—ls1 —15 blue rocks. Entrance
$1.50; $lO added to the purse.
Event No. 2—15 blue rocks. Entrance
$1.50; $lO added to the purse.
Event No. 3 —20 blue rocks. Entrance
$2; $lO added to the purse.
Event No. 4 —-15 blue rocks. Entrance
$J.;»0; $lO added to the purse.
Event No. 5—20 blue rocks. Entrance
$2; $lO added to the purse.
Event No. 6—15 blue rocks. Entrance
$l."50: $lO added to the purse.
Event No. 7 —20 blue rocks. Entrance
$2; $lO added to the purse.
Event No. B—ls8 —15 bine rooks. Entrance
$1.50; $lO added to the purse.
Event No. 9—20 blue rocks. Entrance
Event No. 10 —15 blue rocks. Entrance
$1.50; $lO added to the purse.
As already announced the first two days
of the shoot will be at targets and the last
day will bring on the big live bird shoot
which will be the best and the biggest that
has ever been held in the riouth. This
■feature of the shoot is bringing 'a number
of first-class shots from a distance and
'♦hose who attend will be able to sec some
of the best shooting that has taken place
in Macon.
MRS. NOBLES’ CELL,
No One Has Occupied it Since She Left it
Undisturbed.
Not a soul has entere'd the cell in the
county jail in which Mrs. Nobles was im
prisoned for three long years since she
left for the penitentiary, there to be im
prisoned for the rest of her natural life.
It was Mrs. Nobles’ request when she
left the jail that her cell be allowed to
remain the same and Jailer Stephans has
strictly regarded her wishes, and no. one*
has been allowed to remove a single article
nor to go inside of the cell. Before leaving
the old woman dusted everything, swyept
the floor and arranged everything very
tastefully and Jailer Stephans says that he
will keep her cell in this condition as long
as possible.
The cell in which Mrs. Nobles was con
fined was the smallest in the. jail, is on
the ground floor and fronts to-the gallows,
upon which one criminal has already
stepped to his death.
The walls of the cell have been decor
ated with colored * supplements of New
York papers and the old woman prided
herself on the neat appearance of her
room, as she called it.
Before leaving she made ail of her
friends a present, some gift that she had
made with her own hands, and they will
no doubt be prized by those who received
them.
“THE SLUMS OF NEW YORK.”
A Large Crowd Heard Mrs. Whittemore Lec
ture Last Night.
A large crowd went to 'Mulberry Street
Methodist church last night to hear Mrs.
'M, C, Whittemore, of New York, lecture
on the “Slums of New York,” and in the
interest of the rescue work in which she
is engaged.
Mrs. Whittemore has done more for
fallen women of the country than anyother
one interested in the work, and she has
devoted her life to the work. Her talk
last night was very interesting and much
interest was aroused in behalf of the work
in whineh she is engaged.
ARBITRATION BOARD
Did Not Take Any Action Yesterday on Ac
count of Absence of Mr, Noble.
The beard of arbitration on the differ
ence between the city and the sewer con
tractors "which was called to meet yester
day at the city hall, met but did not go
into the transaction of any business.
Mr. Stephen N. Noble, the contractor,
was unavoidably detained and was unable
to be present. It Is expected that he will
be here about next Monday and the board
will meet on that day for -the purpose of
comencing their work.
COUNTY COMMITTEE
Will Hold a Meeting at Court House Next
Saturday.
A special meeting of the Democratic
county executive committee will be held at
the court house on next Saturday.
The purpose of the meeting among other
things is to take up the letter of recom
mendation to the county committees sent
out a short time ago by Mr. Fleming du
Bignon the state chairman.
It will be an important meeting and a
full attendance is requested.
REGULAR DELEGATES
Os the Macon Post of the T. P. A. to Sa
vannah.
The Macon contingent of the great rush
of T. P. A. members toward Savannah,
will take place on next Tuesday night.
The Post D. Macon, representatives will
be as follows;
'L. H. Mood. C. O. Stone. F*. \. Isaacs,
D. Witman, D. P. Lowe. R. L. Smith, D.
D. McCall, A. R. Freeman, F. J. C. Park.
A. S. Hillsman. Henry Lanier, G. C. Car
michael, S. C. Moore and H. J. Wilder.
F. H. Turner. R. C. Corbin. J, R. Burke,
Oscar Chambers. J. Sanders. J. W. Mar
shall, S. E. Harris. H. C. Kendall. O: O.
Hall, G. L. Summers. J. H. Ots, W. L.
Ellis. J. A. Stewart,, and Paul Wa'tson.
It has been decided that the chartering
of one of 'the vessels of the Ocean Steam
ship Company for a trip down the river
is impracticable, owing to none-of the ships
being in port at the desired Line. The vis.
rtors, therefore, will be entertained in
other ways. The programme has been
definitely mapped out for the throe days
the convention will be in session.
The morning of Wednesday, the open
ing day. will be spent in the hall, where
the speeches will be made. Addresses will
be delivere by. Mayor Meldrim. State Pres
ident E. E. Smith. Hon. F. G. dußignon,
Hon. I atriek "Walsh, National President
Joseph Wallenstein, and Mr. J. s. Rey
nolds, of Augusta. Mr. 'Max Robinson, a
former Savannahian, and poet laureate of
the association, who was expected, cannot
be present. lie was to have read an orig
nal poem. Business meetings will be held
the afternoon the members and
their wives and daughters will go down
to Tyhee. A supper will bo served at the
'Hotel Tybee. a contract having been made
•with the proprietor for the entire hotel for
the afternoon and evening.
Friday morning a business meeting will
be held, when all the officers of the state
division and the delegates 'to the national
convention will be elected. The most im
portant office is, of course, the president.
It is said 'that President Smith will have
strong opposition to his re-election.
It is proposed to have the badger fight
on Wednesday pigtit. There may be some
opposition to it. but it. has n’ot been forth
coming, and it is though 'that 'the badger
and the dogs will mix.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Short But Interesting Session Was Held
Last Night.
A short session of the county Board of
Education was held last night. The meet
ing was well attended.
It was decided to gite each child in the
schools one day’s holiday to attend May
picnics, and that the superintendent as
certain from the teachers what day the
children wanted to be absent.
The committee on school buildings re
ported that the total enrollment up to date
was 7,266, which is 220 more than the total
enrollment of last year.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Meeting of the Stockholders of the Gas and
Water Com pany.
At ( the. annual me ting of the stockhold
ers of the Macon Gas Light and Water
Company yesterday the following officers
were elected:
President and Treasurer—A. E. Board
man. *
Vice President and General Manager—
W. A, Jeter.
Secretary— J. B. .Hall.
Directors—\. E. Boardman, W. V .Icier,
D. W. Jeter. J. S. Schofield, J. B. Hall cf
Macon, and Walter Wood and Stuart
Wood. of Philadelphia.
Tire report of Presidon' Wood was high
ly satisfT ary. The issue of sloo.r>W worth
of r< reiver’s ccri ifica tor. was ratified.
NEW WATER WORKS.
Big Main Through Viaevillo to the City is
Being Laid.
The big water main from the new pump
ing station to the city is being laid now
around through Vincville, and it will not
be many weeks before the city will be
supplied with water from the new plant,
which is one of the finest in the south
Nearly all of the machinery has been
placed, and as soon as the mains are com
pleted and connected everything will be
in readiness to turn on the water.
Plastico is the best wall
coating known. It not only
makes the walls pretty but
disinfects them.
T. C. Burke.
R Priceless Organ.
Is the eye and yet some people are. neglectful of it. More precious than gold are
the windows of the soul (the eye). Its delicacy and finished perfection is beyond de
scription. Yet notwithstanding that fact the eye is subjected to more use and abuse
than is any other organ of the body, for it is at rest only when closed in sleep. It
your vision is impaired it is wellTior you to bear in mind that a suitable pair of
glasses wiil not only lead you from darkness to light, but will, in a great many
cases, effect a» entire cure of your eye trouble. But on the other hand glassed
selected by yourself or fitted to your eyes by any one to whom the science of optics
is a sealed book, will,- in time, prove a g reat curse to your eyes. Mr. Friedman, the
optictl specialist, has been in Macon over a year, and while in this city has fitted,
glasses to hundreds of .persons, but has ye t to find any one who is not perfectly de
lighted with his work. All of his patients reecommend him in the highest terms.
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ARE RECRUITING
THEIRJTRENGTH
The Second Regiment Getting
Ready to Go to the Front
With Full Companies.
FOUR HUM MEN
In Rank and File, Including Staff,
Now Make Up the Regiment-
Col. Wiley Thinks no War-
The Second regiment is preparing to re
cruit its difft r<nt v, re ..’nii up to the full
strength under the o. <t._r of the adjutant
general.
It is not thought there will be much
diftieulty in doing this, as strange to say,
there are a good many cf the younger
members of the community who are anx
ious to see what a little active service, is
like.
Taken altogether the regiment is fairly
well equipped possibly as well as any reg
iment in the state, nut there is ..till much
to be done to put it in condition tor field
work.
Only one battalion is in good condition —
that of Major Kenan, which is equipped
for active service and needs but very little
additional supplies.
The Second regiment is made up ol the
following companies:
. Company A, Macon Guards, Captain J.
B. P. Stevens, with a present strength of
40 rank and file.
Company B, Macon Volunteers, Captain
S. B. Hunter, with -a present strength of
70 rank and file.
Company C, Floyd Rifles, Lieutenant
S. R. Wiley, with a present strength o's
27 rank and file.
Company D, Brown Fenclbles, of Co
lumbus, Lieutenant A. W. Hale, with a
present strength of 38 rank and tile.
Company F, Macon Hussars, Captain G.
P. R. Bell, with a present strength of 55
rank and file.
Company G, Columbus Guards, Captain
L. F. Gerrard, with a present strength of
30 rank and file.
Company I, Perry Rifles, Captain W. C.
Davis, wi'th a present strength of 39 rauk
and file.
Company K, Quitman Guards, Caj tain
W. E. Sanders, with a present strength of
45 rank and file.
Company L, Americus Light Infantry,
Captain C. E. Van Riper, with a present
strength of 22 men.
This gives the regiment a total strength
of 386 rank and file exclusive of the. staff.
As the total full strength is 675 it will
be seen that a good deal of recruiting will
have to be done to bring the cofapanies up
■to their strength.
But a good deal of quiet work is being
done to get the companies in good shape
and when the call comes it will be found,
tha t the regiment will be in as good "con
dition as any of them.
Col. C. M. Wiley is one of those who has
held all along that he did not think that
there would be war and he still holds to
the same opinion, but he says that he i -
ready to go out when the time comes and
lo fight if need be.
I'liere is no finer soldier in the service
cf volunteers or regulars that Col. C. M.
Wiley and there is no more popular officer
among the men in his command.
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and I can recommend it as a splendid lini
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