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4 ASPHALT FOLK KNOCKED OUT Council Decided to Accept thj Bid of the Brick Com pany as the Lowest If THAT MATERIAL IS USED At All on the Streets of Macon - Petition From Property Owners on Second Street for Cubes. The asphalt men wire knocked clean Out of the box, and the Chattanooga brick men are hoping against hope. This is one result of the meeting of the city council last night art which the board of public works reported its findings on 'the subject of the asphalt and the brick paving bids which were opened yesterday morning. The report brought great joy to the heart of the Southern Asphalt Company’s repre sentative who was present at the time, and he bugged himself. His bid for pav ing under the specifications was two dol lars and eighteen and a half cents the square yard, and the board recommended the acceptance of that bid in the event of asphalt being used for paving purposes. It also recommends the acceptance of the bid of the Chattanooga Brick Company to do the work for $2.08 cents the square yard with brick in the event of that mate rial being used. Alderman Morgan, however, dashed the hopes of the asphalt man to the ground when he moved to lay the acceptance of the asphalt bid on the table and to adopt a resolution which he introduced provid ing that if any paving be done in the city Os Macon with material other than now in use, it be done with brick and that the bid of the Chattanooga Brick Company be ac cepted as the lowest. The resolution passed unanimously and the asphalt men found that they were out in the cold, in fact, some of them inconti nently left the room, in that way showing that they saw very clearly that they con sidered the council chamber no place to waste their time and talents. FAVOR GRANITE CUBES. But the chances are that the whole city will be paved with granite cubes. There is no inclination on the part of the peo ple of Macon to extend their patronage to the (Chattanooga Brick Company. The pavement that is now going down seems to be very satisfactory to everyone, and ex perts from a distance say that it is the beat payment that they have ever seen. Then, in addition to this the pavement that is now going down is, to a great ex tent a home industry, and to patronize home industry is to be the cry in Macon. The experiment of making brick for pav ing purposes has been tried in Macon and the brick made which was put down in front of the city hall has stood the wear for a year remarkably, in fact it shows no wear at all. If Macon paves with brick at all she will pave with brick of home man ufacture. The probability that the paving will be done in the future will be done by the present contractors and with the granite cubes is borne out by the fact that a pe tition was read last night from the prop erty owners on Second afreet asking that this street be paved from Boplar to 'Mulberry with granite cubes. As that petition has on it the names of the prin- , cipal property owners in the two blocks | involved, there can be no doubt as to the material to b*c used on that street. The property owners on Third street have, some of them, asked for asphalt, but it is doubtful if they will ask for foreign made brick in preference to the granite cubes which are infinitely more durable and equally as noiseless, it looks as it the granite cubes had won the day and as if both the brick and 'the asphalt had been knocked out of the box, unless the asphalt men decide to carry on the fight, which is not at all ikely. ROUTINE MATTERS. This was the most interesting matter before the council last night and the rest of the meeting was strictly a matter of routine work. The public property cofh mittee decided that it might not be safe to allow the Anti-mob and Lynch Law As sociation to hold a mass meeting at the park on June 11th, in view of the fact that some of the members of the association might catch some infectious disease and the park would not be a healthy place for them. This was qualified by the recom mendation that they might have the park if the pest house had been removed from there by the time the convention was to be held. It may be put down as a fact that the Anti-mob and Lynch Law \sso ciation will not hold a meeting in Macon this year. A number of applications for a reduc tion of assessments coming from large property owners were presented and re ferred. Mrs. Phillips, of East Macon, asked that the street car be made to run in the cen ter of the street Instead of on the side walk, and as the side walk would appear to be a most dangerous place for the street ear to run. it is probable that the peti tion will have the desired effect. A number of minor petitions affecting either the persons or the property of some of the citizens went to the proper com mitteees. The Macon Gas Light and Water Com pany was granted a special permit to root UP as much of the streets of the city as they chose, provided they put -the streets in the same condition that they found them. Aiderman Pearson offered a resolution providing for the improving of the railroad bridge on Second street. In doing so he L‘ n ' ed i° Ut f ? at Second street is becoming th»t th* e ' ard and the drive of Macon and iitlrJ. . Pr T nt bridge is tightly and entirely inadequate nt „ lhat recommendation reurred will call for the puttin- un of a JS.’" »>’ 1- I Ladies’ Bright Dongola | Patent Tip, Round Toe, I n°" Southern Button, ' s “oe) very flexible ana dressy $2.50 Broun Vesting Top Vici $3.00 Black Vesting Top, Vice vamp $3.00 CLISBY & McKAY MACON BAPTISTS May Try to Get the Southern Baptist Con vention to Meet Here. The Bapt ts of Macon arc making a I strong puil to get the people generally of Macon interested in bringing the Southern ; Baptist convention here jn 1595, as was , mentioned in The News some time ago. The convention for 1898 will go into ses ! sion at Baltimore on May 1, and the invi | ration for the next convention will have to be extended at that time. This convention is made up of delegates from all of the Baptist churches in the Southern states, and 4. a representative body of the Christian people of the South. 1 here are about 3,000 of them, and the en tertainment of such a crowd would be a I tremendous undertaking, but Macon has I already demonstrated that she can enter tain any crowd that comes. At a meeting held at the First Baptist church some time ago, the matter of in viting the convention to Macon was disc ussed and it was decided that if the peo ple generally of the city would be induced to help entertain them, and co-operate in getting them to come here. President Rogers, of the Chamber of Commerce, has issued the following call ! to the citizens of Macon: To the Editor of The News: I have been •reliably informed that the Southern Bap tist convention will assemble in the city of Baltimore on May 1 of this year, and will have in attendance no less than one thous and delegates. I have also been informed that if this city of ours will commence in time and put forward the energetic, cor dial welcoming effort that is proverbially characteristic of our live, wide-awake citi zenship, there are strong probabilities that we can induce this large assembly of con secrated, intelligent Christians to hold their convention of 1899 in the Central City of Georgia. Could this representative assemblage of one of our powerful Christian denomina tions be induced to come here the amount of good, in my humble judgment, that would result to the city at large cannot be computed. I think any city that will throw open her gates to large conventions like the one named but shows that progressive and far sighted spirit evidenced always by wide awake communities. I propose, if I can get the backing of this town, to make an effort to get these brethren to convene here in 1899, and with that end in view’, there will shortly be in troduced in the Macoh Chamber of Com merce a set* of resolutions inviting these people, with their thousand delegates, to meet with us next year, and I am sure the resolutions will receive the hearty en dorsement of our entire membership. These resolutions, if adopted, will be read to the Baltimore convention, and be received, I am s,ure, .in the same spirit they are sent. We eall on all good citizens to join with us in this movement to make Macon a city for conventions and large gatherings; and if our people will but back us up in this movement, nothing but the greatest amount of good will be the result. R. M. Rogers. The bringing of such a large and repre sentative body of people from all parts of the country’to Macon would be a big ad vertisement for the city and would no doubt bring good results. WILL CANVASS For Subscriptions to the Macon Carnival This Week. President Waxelbaum, of the Carnival Association, says that everything is in readiness now for the canvass that will be made for finances for the running of the next carnival, and the committee will go out this week or early next week. “We have been working quietly for the past few weeks, as there is much agitation about war and advertising just now would do very little good, besides is is too early to begin to form definite plans, which we are not'certain that we can carry out,” said ’Mr. Waxelbaum. “We have secured I ttvo attractions, however, that have never | been seen in the Sou tn, and they will j draw tremendous crowds." Tlie carnival Association will have a | -special advertising car fitted up, and paint ed white, with the name of the associa tion painted on it, and while the car is not in actual use it will be hauled all over the country as an advertisement. i’lie success of the next carnival depends a very great deal upon the liberality of the merchants, and the entertainment will, be cut so as to fit the amount o! money that is raised, the more many that it is raised the more entertainment can be se cured. The plan of having one brg band will not be practiced this time, but several smaller ’out good bands will be secured. 1 They will be brought from nearby cities ' and the expenses will not be so large. 1 FINANCE COMMITTEE Os Macon Hospital Association Will Hold a Meeting. Chairman S. R. Jaquese, of the fioanoe committee of the Macon Hospital Atsovia tion. has called a meeting of the commit tee for this afternoon at 3 o’clock at the American National Bank for she purpose 1 of devising means for the Rising of the rest of the money that » neede for thq paying off of the debt on the hospital. Only about S7OO is needed now, but the 1 contributions have been coming in so slow- ‘ ly for the past few weeks that thq commit- ’ tee ha,s been decided to taka; some active ’ steps at qncc and raise the money neqffed ’ USED BABY AS A CLUB. —. Now it Has Concussion of the Brain and Will Die. Raleigh. N. C„ Apr a 13.—William Scott of MHnnngton. w\n e at home with his ainily yesterday talking about the pros- Peet ot war between United States and >IXIIII. Nettie Seott. William’s sister, be longs to the sanctified band, and declared war rhe world would end right away. Ssfbtt's wife and Nettie quarreled about the matter and the former told the latter to leave or she would knock her down with her baby which she had in her arms. The woman caught her baby by the legs swung it around and dealt her sister L,,?" ~ terr> « s blow-on the side of the head. Her husbasd tried to take the babv t er ' bU L3 wM to beat hcr before he will die S °‘ Thtil baby has €One ' Jssioa i : liiicklin’M A.rwi4fM Salto The beet aaJve in th* world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulrerK. salt rheum, fever sorea. tetter, chappy hands, chilblains, corns, and all akin sruntiens, amd positive ly cures piles, or 30 pay repaired. It is guaranteed to glws» perfect satisfaction or I money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. by J. lamtrI amtr £ Sens’ drug M PIGEONS SLAUGHTERED. The Gun Club Tournament Has Commenced and the Shootists Are Here. GOOD RECORDS MADE. First Day Opened Up Well—Cars Running Every Fifteen Minutes For Convenience of Public. The Interstate Trap Shooting Tourna ment was opened this morning on the grounds of the local Gun Club a; Central City park. The attendance is remarkably good and the members who are here expect a splen did three days’ sport. There is no delay in getting down to w’ork and so well have the arrangements been made that one event runs Into t'he other and the shooting is almost as inces sant as it is possible for the contestants to fire their guns. The state is well represented and the different events will show that Georgia holds her own well with the visitors who are here from a distance, some of them having come two thousand miles to take part in this shoot. The attraction of the meet is the live bird contest which comes off on Saturday. On that day over seven hundred birds will be trapped and the excellence of the shoot- I ing makes it very certain that a few of the I birds will cross the boundary. The .headquarters of the association ‘ during the shoot is the Brown House and cars are running every fifteen minutes for : the convenience of the participants and the public. The following program will shot off 'to morrow: SECOND DAY—APRIL 14—$100 AjDDB-D MONEY. Event No. I—ls1 —15 blue rocks. Entrance $1.50: $lO added to purse. Event No. 2—15 blue roqfet Entrance $1.50; $lO added to purse. Event No. B—2o blue rocks. Entrance $2: $lO added to the purse. Event No. 4 lt> tdue rocks. Entrance $l.:.0; $lO added tq, the purse. Event No. blue rocks. Entrance $2; $lO added <c> the purse. • Event N<x 6—15 blue rocks. Entrance sl.ao; S!Q, added to the purse. Even', 'No. 7 —20 blue rocks. Entrance $2; added to the purse. Invent No. B—-158 —-15 blue rocks. Entrance $1.50; $lO added to the purse. 1 Event No. 9—20 blue rocks. Entrance $2; $lO added to the purse. Event No. 10—10 blue rokes. r Entrance $1.50; $lO adde to the purse. T SUNDAY SCHOOL MEN. The International Committee W® be in Session. - r Cainsville, April 13.—Delegates to the Mato Sunday School Association. are ex pected to begin to arrive in Che city Sun day. Ihe convention will fcp % attended by about 300 delegates and will meet in the ' list Methodist church. Monday evening, remaining in session until Wednesday af ternoon. Hon. W. S. Witham of Atlanta lectures at the auditorium. Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock on the “Weight Train vs. the Ves tibuled Limited Sunday School.” A num ber of the members of the International Sunday School committee will attend the convention,. Judge. J. B. 'Estes of Gains- V'Ule wi’,l; deliver the address of welcome, which iviil be responded to by Hon. John M. Given of Atlanta. An interesting pro gram has- prepared. k VOLUNTEERS Will Have Their- Annual Outing at Warm Springs. r At a special meeting of the Macon Vol- . unteers. last night it was decided to have ' the annual outing at Warm Springs this year instead of at ißcach Haven as for merly. This action was taken at tlie re quest of a large numbers of the company. The annual outings of the company are always pleasant affairs, and the o ae this year will be especially so, as it is hardly probable now that the company will tgo into eamps. z /: s - ON TO SAVANNAH, r w—» Kacoa Drummers Leave Here Next Tuesday Night. Nex week the 'Macon delegates to. the T. P. 'A. meet in 'Savannah will leave Macon on a special train. The train will be known as the “T. P. A. Special,” and will arrive tn Savannah on the, following morning. The cars will be profusely dec orated with bright banners, and no one can fall to tell where the tra? n comes from or what party it contains, ’in addition to the delegates and alternates from the post a large number of members will make the trip. It is said that a iar; number will come in order to see the m ,-w disappearing guns which have been mo anted. The Georgia division hr ,s received a con gratulatory letter from ’..he national secre tary on its wonderfuE growth during the past This divi sl< >n has added more new members to its list than any other The Savannah pest is making very great preparations for the recept tion of the visitors .'mil delegates and the convention promises ‘to* be one of the most successful in the Instc-ry of the Georgia division. • MOULTRIE MEN Were Well Pleased 'With Their Reception in IM aeon. The delegat’ccr of bus in ess men from Moultrie who were the guests of the Chamber of Commerce yofterday, returned to their brumes last nightt at 11:25. every one expr .ssing himself as’ delighted with the tree .tment they had received at th* hands jf tbebtisinessmen of Macon. All the afternoon was spent in locking at the different business houses of the city and the manufacturing interests. Every one was delighted with the splendid show ing mad»' to them, and on every side ex pjessionjs were heard that means that Ma con and Moultrie will be as Mr. Hall put it, “ticl le each other” in the future. At •* o’clock the party went out to th* Lag -Or ibin. where that prince of caterers, Jake I linswanger, was in waiting with his white aproned assistans, to serve the par ty w .th one of the most delightful barbe cws that a Georgian has ever tasted, and tia t is the highest compliment that can paid to a cue. Numbers of enthusiastic speeches were ’a, ".de, and before the evening was soenrt 1 social relations that will lead to close bus iness, relations were established. Mr. Hall, who acter as speaker for the visitors, has the true freshness of the Georgia orator, and all during his speech he kept the jolly party laughing at his original witticisms. A large number of the party staid over today, and many of them have already opened trade with the Macon merchants. FROM A DISTINGUISHED educator. I have found Cheney's Expectorant su j perior to anything I have ever tried for I colds and bronchial trouble. Send me by first mail six bottles of your mo-1 excellent ; medicine. PROF. J. H. RICHARDSON. Sweetwater, Team MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13 1898. Exclusively Our Own, Many lines of the beautiful new goods we are showing this week are confined to our store Yon wont find them in the other stores. Our offerings arc culled from the best makes known to the trade by experienced buyers. You can’t go wrong if you get it at _. 512 Cherry Street. BROOKS FOR CORONER. Well Known Driver of Hook and Ladder Company Will Run. Mr. George Brooks, driver for the hook and ladfier company of the fire department says that he Is going to run for coroner, subject to the Democratic nomination. It is more, than probable that Mr. Hollis will run for the place again and if he does things will be lively as far as this office is concerned. FIRE THIS MORNING Smith Grocery Company Suffered a Small Loss. ‘ i At 5 o'clock this morning the department ■ Was called out to the store of the .Smith I Gr-pcery Company on Cotton avenue, which j Was discovered to be on fire. The flames were found to be confined to I the front of the building, and the prompt ! work of the department is all that averted a st-rious conflagration. The loss amounts to several hundred dollars covered by in sura nee. ROCCO’S RETURN After a Visit to the Shores of His Native Land. Sylvester Roccoa has returned from the shores of Sunny Italy. He will once more take up his life’s work •beside his fruit stand and through the « mists of the steam of the peanut roaster, will dream of the beauties of Naples moonlight on the shores of the Meditera nean—sunlight on the orange groves, whose green and gold blends with the blue rof the tideless sea. Sylvester is satisfied. He has seen his i sisters and his cousins and his aunts. He has tasted of the joys of life once more, hand is not apparently reluctant to return hto its realities. NON-BESSEMER MEN .COMBINE. t Largest Pool Ever Known in History of Iron Business. Cleveland, 0., April 13. —The initial steps ■ toward the formation of one of the big gest combines in the history of the iron • business were taken at a inceing held here today. Practically all of the man.ufactur- • ers of foundry iron between the Alleghany ' and Roey mountains were represented. The, .pri.sc.nl movement is the dllxet re '< salt, of the formation of the association of ■ Ibessemer furnace iften recently completed : in this city. The men who are to go into Ulie new combination, however, are What ■ ai.e known as non- Lessemer mi n —the maiiutacturers of foundry iron who do not ‘ tv.o.rk bessemer ore. The nou-bessemer manufacturers of the sw.th and of the east have already formed ii.wa strong organizations. The meeting of rnlif western men»here today was for the of forming the manufacturers in .territory into a sub-organization and tlieei merging all the three organizations, i covering tiie east, west and south into i one mg combine. • -A general headquarters will be estab ! lished at. New York with branch head quarters «t same central point in each of the three districts.. At today’s ■ meeting • the manufacturers appointed a committee i tq bring the plan to a focus. Ij SHOOTS HACK DRIVER. Quarreled About Fare He Had to Pay for Being Driven Around. Savannah, Ga., April 13Albert Wash ington, a negro hack driver, was shot and \ killed in front of the Planters’ hotel yes terday morning by J. J. Lee, of Waycross, an employe ot the Plant system. The shooting was the result of a quarrel - over hack fare. Washington charged Lee $1.50 fare for driving him around and Lee threw him 50 cents, as he entered the hotel. This Lee refused to take. This hap pened last night. Yestreday morning the negro returned j to the hotel and demanded his fare. After some words Lee gave his the other dollar and then the negro shaking his linger in , Lee’s face began cursing him, so it is stated. This was too much provocation for Lee, it appears, and drawing his pistol from his pocket he shot the negro. Five shots were fired, the first striking a horse. The others entered the negro’s body and he died in about two hours. Lee is now under arrest, having walked up to a policeman and gave himself up just after the shooting. Rlieuiuutisiii Cured. My wife has used Chamberlain’s Pain Balm for rheumatism with great relief, and I can recommend it as a splendid lini ment for rheumatism and other household use for which we have found it Valuable. — W. J. Cuyler, Red Creek, N. Y. Mr. Cuyler is one of the leading mer chants of this village, and one of the most prominent men in this vicinity.—W. G. Phippin, editor Red Creek Herald. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists. MRS. JOHN A. NELSON. An Old Resident of. East Macc. Died Yes terday. Mrs. John A. Nelson died yesterday af ternoon at her home in East Macon. She was 70 years of age. Mrs. Nelson was the widow of the late John A. Nelson, who during his life time was one of the most prominent factors in this section of the state. The funeral will take place this after noon at 3 o’clock from the Presbyterian church in East Macon. Interment will be at Rose Hill and the funeral services will be read by Rev. R. R. White of the First Presbyterian church. EDWARDS-NAPIER. Wedding Will Take Place at Christ Church iThis Afternoon. The marriage of Miss Annie Foster Napier and Mr. WMliam Annesley Edwards will take place from Christ church this evening at 6 o’clock. The newly married couple will leave im mediately after the ceremony on the Southern Railway for Atlanta, where they will remain for a few days gefore going to Washington, where they will make their future home. The church ceremony will be largely at tended as Miss Napier has a very large circle of friends in the city. SPANISH FOURS. London, April 13. —Spanish fours show a decline of 3 1-8 from yesterday. GRAND LODGE OFJVORKMEN Will Meet in Macon in Bi ennial Session on the First of May. SIX STA T ES REPRESEm It is Expected That Sovereign Grand Master Robinson Will * be Here. The grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen will meet m Macon on ■May 11th and be in session several days. Six states will be represented at the meeting. The session are held bi-ennialiy. The last session was held in Macon two years ago. Tliere will be about 150 delegates in at tendance upon the meeting of the lodge, and it is expected to have Sovereign Grauu ‘Master Worwir.an Robinson present. The meetings Will be held in the Odd 'Fellows’ hall, and the local lodges, of which there arc two, will entertain in royal style. The states that will be represented at the meeting are North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida Alabama and Louisiana. SPECIAL SERVICES At Mulberry Street Church Daily at 3:30 and 7:30 P. M. The special religious services previously announced began yesterday afternoon and last night in Mulberry street Methodist, church. They are expected to continue for two weeks or longer. The pastor preached two strong and able sermons at the ser vices yesterday afternoon and last night— the text being respectively Faith and Prayer. There will begin at night, at 7:30 a prayer and song service which will con tinue for thirty minutes, to be followed by the regular preaching service, at 8 p. in. Those who are willing to take part iir the singing are requested to bo on hand promptly and take seats on th' platform. The Epworth League is expected especially to rally to the support of these special ser vices.. , • At the meeting held in the church Sab bath before last about 300 of tlie members voluntarily pledged themselves to conse cration and work for these services. Tlie fulfilment of these pledges will secure the success of the meeting as a no aus of ben efit to the church and to all who come within reach of its inlluence. AN ENTERTAINMENT. On the Green Opposite Wesleyan College Thursday. A festival will be given Thursday after noon on the lawn in front of Wesleyan Female College by Mrs. D. B. Woodruff’s circle of the King’s Daughters. A beautiful doll is to be raffled. The chances are ten cents each, and the holder of the winning ticket will be very fortu nate indeed. ,The doll will be seen on exhibition at the Empire Store. Refreshments will be served during the day and the young people will have a de lightful time. WHAT A RUBBER NECK IS. Thomas Vlanblocortl, sixteen years old. Center street court Sunday by Policeman Sebnitz, of the Oak street station, on a charge of disorderly condqct. Schultz told Magistrate Cornell that Vlanblocom had been belaboring another small bey at the time of the arrest. “Tommy Burns called me a rubber neck.” said Vlanblocom, “so, of course, I soaked him.” “What is a rubber neck?” asked Magis trate Cornell. “I give it up,” said Lawyer Costello, who appeared for the hoy. “Its beyond me,” confessed Policeman Parton, who arraigns the prisoners. “I did know, but I've forgotten,” said Roundsman Lane. Magistrate called up a small boy who was waiting arraignment on a charge of shooting craps in a back street. The ques tion was put to him and he smiled in con scious superiority. “Ah, dat’s easy,” said he with a grin. “<A rubber neck is a guy dat toitin’ his nut aroun’ to give ’de glad hand ter ev’ry purty gal dat passes. Den he’s a nosey bloke dat’s all de time a puttin’ his necK outer joint, ter see wot ev’rybody’s a-doln.’ He’s a Johnny Pry, dat’s wot he Is.- Dem fellers oughter take de hinges outer dere neck.” “A remarkably lucid explanation.” said the magistrate, as he fined Vlanblocom $5. The lad’s mother paid the fine. Gastronomic Chips. Life is the queerest of conundrums. We spend one-half of it in guessing what it is and the other half in regretting that we didn’t guess it sooner. An empty stomach at bedtime may wreck your sinmbers as surely as an over loaded one. It is a case of Scylla and Charybdis— steer wisely between them. A man may have the wisdom of Solomon in other matters and yet be fool enough to forget that bis stomach is bis best friend. They say that “poverty is the mother of health.” Perhaps she is, but she some times squeezes our diet so tightly that she becomes ‘'the mother of wrinkles.” Let our stock of wisdom be ever so scanty, there is no better place to spread what we have of it thanaver the table. “Oh, yon say “I pay my cook to spread his own there!' Doubtless you do, but if your cook s w isdom be of the average cook s ejuaiity-you pay and look for some thing which you do not get. A wise cook is one of the blessings that heaven is chary in sending us. Those we get, and get in abundance, cornu from the other place.— Table Talk. CABTOTTZA. Tks fifr tfsatur* < trsry Notes Taken On the Run. The first coat of paint is being put on the metal work of the Pythian Castle on Mulberry street. The hotel registers yesterday and’today show that the travel is very heavy. All of the hotels were filled up last night. The presence of the delegates to the Knights of Honor convention and those who are in attendance on the shooting tournament has helped to swell out these lists. Among the visitors in Macon today i# Mr. B. W. Sperry, formerly proprietor of the Brown House and Hotel Lanier and than whom there is no more popular man in the city. Mr. Sperry was one of the organizers of the Macon Gun Club several years ago and since then has been an en thusiastic member. He is watching the shooting at the park with the deepest in terest. The remains of Mr. P. W. Sisson, who died yesterday at the City Hospital were shipped this morni'fig to Savannah, where his mother lives. Mr. Sisson was the first engineer to run a train over the Macon and Northern railroad. Miss Mamey Wiley left this morning for Eatonton, where she will visit Miss Reid. The body of Mrs. Margaret Small, who died on Monday night at the residence of her son, Mr. Arthur Small, was taken this morning to Tunnell Hill church yard for interment. No scsion of the city court was held this morning. The superior court now holding in Houston county, will probably adjourn tonight. The subject of Rev. Adams’ sermon at the Christian church tonight will be “The Warning of an Enemy’s Fire.” Dr. W. R. Holmes, deiftist. 55G Mulberry, opposite Hotel Lanier. 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. The Epworth League tent has been taken down and stored away for future use. Dr. Charles Lanier Toole, dentist. Of fice corner Second and Poplar streets. I can do your dental work for less cash (han 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 door. A. S. Moore, 121 Wallington avenue, Macon, Ga. Mr. A. L. Sterne went down to Albany this morning to attend the wedding of Mr. John Armstrong. Richard Vaughn, of Monroe county, was given a hearing before Commissioner Er win this morning on the charge of illicit distilling. He was arrested yesterday by Deputy George White. Among the visitors from .Moultrie who stayed over here last night to see the merchants of the city today, were Messrs. E. E. Melton, H. J. Finch, Ira Dekle, G. W. Spring, M. M. Blanton, C. M. Blanton, iB. J. Darner, Hon. J. G. Culpepper and Bob Shipp. They are quartered at the Brown House. THOMSON-GORDON. Marriage of These Two Prominent Young People Took Place Yesterday. The .wedding of Miss Lute Gordon, daughter of the late Walter Gordon and Mrs. Loulie M. Gordon, and Mr. Walter S. Thomson, of Philadelphia, was solemn ized at noon yesterday at the home of General John B. Gordon, Kirkwood, Ga. The prominence and popularity of the con tracting parties rendered the occasion of interest not only in Southern, but North ern society, while, the beauty of the bride and artistic details of the wedding will make it an occasion memorable always to those who were presnt. Mr. and Mrs. Thomson left last night for a short trip, after which they will re turn to Atlanta for d few days prior to a visit to Philadelphia. They sail for Ger many the latter part of the month, where Mr. Thomson’s extensive business interest will require his temporary residence in Bremen. I was reading an advertisement of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy in the Worcester Enter prise recently, which leads me to write this. I can truthfully say that I never used any remedy equal to it for colic and diarrhoea. 1 have never had to use more than one or two doses to cure the worst Stroud, Popomoke City, Md. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists. NO CHANCE FOP. BOYS NCM American Sea Captains Nowadays Reluc tant to Take Them on Voyages. Hardly a day passes that Shipping Com missioner Tolman docs not have two or three applications fro® boys who want tv ship as sailors. The most of these boys are between the ages of 15 and 18 and have never boon out of tho sight of land or seen a vessel larger than a small coaster. All of these applications are treated kindly by Mr. Tolman, who, after questioning them as to their, homes and parents, their inten tions and reasons for wanting’ to go to sea, generally ends the interview by assur ing the would be sailoru tb,.t he has no opportunity tor them to ship at present, but will bear them in mind and give them the first chance that comes along. He ad vises them to call again in a few days, but it is not often that the shipping commis sioner ever hears from them again. The boys are’anxious to see something of the world and in nearly every ease have good homes and opportunities for entering some kind of business which will prove more lucrative and far more pleasant than a sailor’s life. The applications from the boys are so numerous that Mr. Tolman does not pay much attention to them now. Ho seldom has a chance for boys to ship on large ves sels, as no sea captains wish to take them. There is sometimes a chance for boys tog.,' to sea in the larger vessels which arc bound on long voyages for South America or the West Indies, but as nearly all the vessels sailing out of Portland are in the coasting trade the shipmasters have no use for boys and will not take them if they can help it. And yet, though the shipmasters will not take boys and give them an opportu nity <;f learning eeamanship, they all com plain because there are not to be found more American sailors. Said one ship master the other day: “I have not had an American sailor on my vessel for so iong that I cannot remember the last one. They are ail Norwegians, Dam s. Germans. No va Scotians or P. E. I.’s, Irishmen or other foreigners. It seems as if there were no American sailors afloat now.” When Shipping Commissioner Tolman asked this very shipmaster if he imd room on board his vessel for a bright young American buy who wanted to learfi sea manship, the master replied: “Why, my dear sir, what use is a boy to me? I couldn’t afford to pay him $5 a month. I have no use for toy on my ship. A man who eats of the bread of my owners must be able to pay up for it, and bis salt be sides. ’ ’ Until some chance is given toys to learn seamanship'on American vessels there is little chance of there being a great increase in the number of American seamen. This is recognized to be a serious question by the navy department, and for the purpose of encouraging American boys to learn seamanship the apprentice service was in augurated. This is giving the navy an »ble corps of petty and warrant office:.-, but the enlisted men in the naiy are still mostly foreigners. The reluctance of ship masters.to take boys into their vessels and teach them tho rudiments of seamanship probably explains the scarcity of the American sailor on board tho Yankee men o’-war and in the merchant marine.—Port land (Me.) Press. Subscribe for The News. $-•s° READY s,s °° Eor your inspection o Elegant fitting o B’s° 8 ’5° SpinoSnß. ' B ’°° Made of Elegant J later ials, Choice De ’sC ns, Excel lei• t 10.00 ii r C 7 a // • 20.00 / / orkmans/up, 1i fis tic cut, style and fin ish . 1\ obb v 11 a is, 12.00 beautiful b eJcxeai, 25.00 bine Shuts. ! I 1 F. A. GUTTENBERGER & CO 422 Second Street. •* ’ •\\ > «! ■ J jgsT >;_A- sd ‘Hi 'gw ~ • On f .... Pianos and Organs. 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