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CHtAP MONEY. | per cent. and 7 per eeat. oney ready for loan* on Macon residence *.id baslneea property. 8 per cent money for farm loan*. Over fS.oOO.WO succ< W .Uy negotiated In Georgia alone. Ixmnn r *de can b« paid off at any tin-. We arc } . ad- j quarter*. O. A Coo-man, Gen Ma ... lf»< Second street, Macon, (.*. i ESTABLISHED 1884. M WEES To Join the Powers io a Naval Demonstration Before Cuba. SPAIN INXIOUS To Get the Powers Into the Fuss in Some Wav, But So Far Fails. GERMANY WHIG But Austr'a is in the Lead L Get the Powers Disc ssed Not Known of in Washington. Home. April 15. Pop. 10 Romano says it undei. in.ls that the powers of Europe ! will in:. rs. n- 1" ■ veen the I’ni.- l State.- ■ ami Spain in favor of the latter, and adds ; tha rfordinn t > the information gather- ! . d tin- iniin ■n ! mil will take the form of a naval .1. nions: r ition in which all tile pawwill take part. , GREAT BRITAIN Will Take No Part in Great Naval Demon stration. Ixmdou, April 15 Tiie British foreign off! -e do. not believe that the powers will make a naval demons;ration. An .tmba -odor' - opinion is that efforts toward a naval ijemon.-tration could not ai.aa : 1. fits at Britain having refus, I to' join such a movement. SENATORS INTERESTED. In th;* Alleged Effort to !>-• Made by the . ‘Powers. I— W:u hiuyjoii, Aptii 15 - Mu.-h interest is expies, ed among the saumtors over the re port of a prob.ilih reiie.v:.! <•- th concert of European pow. rs in 111.- interest of peace. > The opinion of the senators most con versant with Bit op.-an affairs is that ho eomph :e coalition can be seemed on any very-radi-al pros. . against the course of the failed S:a es. This is b.i cd on i--- b-1- f that Great Btiiain will no: Join -i my repre .entation that will manifest pr.'ju.lie ■ .lyainst the full. I Stale- AUSTRIA LEADS. In the Effort of the Powers to Secure Naval Demonstration. London, April 15. -A dispatch from Rome referring to the rumors of a proposition to make an intervent iotjal naval demonstra tion oil Cuba, .-ays that .Austria is taking the lead in the matter, but Great Britain and Germany are not. favorable to the suggestion. GIVES LiP ALL HOPE. London. April 15 The Austrian am- ’ bassador admits that he hr>s given up hope of Europe. DROPPED HIM Like a Hot Potato When th > British Consul Spoke. Havana. April 15. An American citizen, Joaquin Belan; curt, was arr. sti.l yester day.* charged with br.-fng correspondence from the insiv cn: < aips. The British consul .-eto iai !u re. who is in charge of tile United Slates intersts. demanded his release and lour he was granted his free dom. CABINET MEETING Awal! n;' Ac’ion of Cm press No Informa tion From Powers. Washington. April 13. —The Cabinet meeting was d.-voted to a general discus sion es the Cuban situation, but without anything of importance resulting. The government has received n-o note of preparation of any sort or. the part of the powers and the members of the cabi net do r.a: til t h that the effort obviously being male by Spain to eon eentrate the powers in her favor will result in their agreeing on any particular line of action. The present pos.tion of the administra tion is -.hat e-f awaiting congressional ae» tion without attempting to influence it or postpone ale. >; in. The president. can he slated, is not likely to veto any resolution that congress may adopt on the Cuban question. The administration does not believe that congress will pass a resolution for the rec ognition of the lUdepen-lei’i-e of the insur gents. but if it should a veto would be im probable. It is sand that the president might re gard it as an encroeahment on the prerog ative of the constitution clearly making it the duty of the president to recognize the independence of a nation. At the same time the cabinet .has not discussed the course to be pursued in case of congres sional declaration for independence. NAMES FOR TUGS. The New Purchases Will Sail Under Other Names. Washington. April k3.—Secretary Long has selected names for five of the steel sea-going tugs recently purchased for ser vice on the Pacific and gulf eoasts.. The tugs C. G. Coyle and Penwood, pit reh;'. • d at New Orleans and Mobile respectively, will hereafter be known as Choctaw and Powhattan. The tugs Fearless. Vigilant and Active, purchased on the Pacific coast, will retain their present names. The half a cent a word column of The News is the cheapest sAvertlsing medium la Georgia. ENTIRE ARMY Order to Issue Todav Calling on It to Assemble in Florida. Warhington, April 15—An order will be I Lined late today ordering the entire gular army to assemble on the eoast — •los'ly in Florida. LEAVES OF ABSENCE ./ill be Granted to Government Employees Who Are Enlisted. Washington, April 15. —Postmaster Gen- I ral Gary has issued the following: It is ordered that in th ■ ev.nt of a call :>on any of the regular military organiza ona to enter the military service such Hi rs. such offie. rs a , clerks, letter car et-: of other employ, .e of the post office epa::.me-nt, postoffic . or rail way mail i vie , who are members of si:_-h organi ; e,ii and rnli.it-d m the mili ary or na *l •• rvir-i will, upon appli ation, be ranted (a- far a: possible v ithout se i .on- impairment to the servi ej lea.es f absence i . rut pay I'h.ir politic is -ill h' mid up. t. a viitiug .heir return, md ti ;> till. 4 duii. ■ their absence by tn p iti. 11 po nt im (i : s. L* - "i ib. < a.-, .md r iike conditions i ■ ill i- -a d■ i pestrna r-;. Such 1. ivc.s in be extended i..,ai timi to iim- , bat t j beyond the date of the comaiis- ion. LUjUIU ikt.J. Another Sens.uiu.tai Scene in the House This Morning. Wa-I’.-ington, April 15—There was an ti ttn i lively iq ne in the House today. Bailey -aid that the speaker was respon sible- for the late scene in the House. Ho: words passed between Hall and Ihilzt.ll, of Pennsylvania; who alleged that liaib y was taking a daily airing and that he had. as the papers stated, lost his head. Bailey responded angrily that the gen tli men when insulted and called liars were charged with having lost their heads if they resented it. 'He said he would in finitely prefer,losing his head in resenting in In-mlt thap his self-respect in submit ting to one. , The Democrats applauded Bailey and the R< oitbli .ins broke into cheers when tihe -peaker yvlth a voice of trembling with tipprer ul feeling declared that he re fuse i to enter into a discussion of his ionise with Bailey. Bailey scored Reed severely and said he was ready to rest his justification upon the judgment of those who witnessed it. -FLYING SQUADRON Has Returned to Hampton Roads From Its Practice Cruise. Norfolk, April 15. —The Hying scyiadron rounding the capes and will be in Hamp ton Roads in one hour. COL. R E. PARK • Will Deliver the Address of Welcome to the Medical Association. The State Medical Association will meet a: ('umberland island next week. •t’oloncl K. E. Park has been invited to make the address of welcome on this ocs casion. The program for the meeting has not yet hi en completed but it will be interesting. The convention will be largely attended. TWELVE MILLION Militia May be Called Out by the President Says Miles. Washington. April 15 —Major General Miles said tedav that considerable misap prehension exists in regard to Hie raising <.-f Hoops in the event of war. “In Hie event of the passage of the res olution reported by the senate foreign committee," said Miles. "The president will .have authority to call into the ser vice militia to number twelve million.” The third section of the resolution em powers the president to use the entire land and naval forces and call into service the militia of Hie United States to such extent as is necessary. TO THE ISLAND. Indications Are That the Island Will be In vaded. Atlanta. April 15.—The. United States army is getting ready to invade the islands of Cuba. This fa.-.t has been made evident by an order issued at headquarters in this city today directing that all of the aparejos or pack-saddles in the department of the ; If be sent at once to St. Louis. Dus order is believed to have great sig nificance by the officers at headquarters as indicating that the saddles will be needed very soon.. There is a large sup ply depot at St. Ixiuis, and it is believed that the saddles are sent there to be re paired auif placed in condition for use in the Cuban hills and mountains. The pack-saddle employed by the army < capable of holding three hundred pounds ami this weight is easily carried by the mules. There are frequently as many as one hundred mules in a train, and the amount of amunition or supplies they car ry is very large. They go through portions of a country where wagons could not be taken, and are now employed by the Span ish very largely in Cuba. The' number of aparejos in the depart ment is not known here, but an order has b en sent to all the posts to forward all they have to St. Louis. If during the progress of the war with Spain it becomes ne- ssary to enter Cuba elsewhere than at Havana, the mule trains will be relied on. MILLION PESETAS Is the Subscription With Which Queen Re gent Heaos the List. Madrid. April 15.—-Toe queen regent has tended the national subscription with a million pesetas, arousing great enthusi ► asm. FIFTH TO TYBEE. One Company Will Leave Atlanta for Savan nah Tonight. Atlanta. April 15. —Beneral Graham to il ty ordered a company of infantry to Ty bee. Company H. of the Fifth infantry will leave for i.rvannah tonight. OFFICIALLY IGNORANT. Washington, April 15.—Chief Wilkie, of [ the secret service, knows nothing of the reported capture of the alleged layer of the Spanish mines or torpedoes in Cuban wa iters. THE MACON NEWS. W WILLVOTE TOMORROW. Debate on the Resolution Con tinues and Will Last Into Night Session. RESOLUTION WILL PASS As Recommended by the Committee When it Does Come to a Vote- Southern Senators Talk. Washington, .April 15—The prospects now are that there will be no-vote in the Senate today - . There will he a night ses sion, although an effort will be made to secure adjourt mi nt at fi o’clock. The g.illt-rii e of the seriate were crow ded long before noon in anticipation of sfieeclies on th' resolution. t: .- c-iGii.sry morning business was Imd i.-- ..nd Cullom spoke. Ho declared that the hour for action was about to strii. The black crimes of Spain in Cuba call timid for venrean'■i'. He --til U it t e V.US 1.1. . . I..JU.S : murder ai d the iv n Ing'l’.ow should be -t;i! k at I.n After making an extended argument for immediate action, Mr. Collum concluded by saying: "Thanks to the unwavering sense of jus tice of the people of the United States, the murderers and outlaws who now exerc-ised a ‘brief ,shO'W of authority in Cuba will become incominuniendo until justice shall be satisfied, and the avenging army shall write the verdict and the sentence of an offended world, and if the people of this country shall do nothing more in this cen tury than drive barbarians into the Carri bean, and wu as people shall earn the praise of every lover of freedom and hu manity the world over. Berry, of Arkansas, was the next speak er. He wanted to vote for the Turpie’s resolution which recognized the freedom of Cuba but would support the president. Then with an impassioned outburst he pledged the South to loyalty to the flag while he would reserve judgment until the record had been made up of the valor of the Southren soldiers. He believed the record to be imperishable in the history of modern civilization and at the close, some glorious day with Stars and Stripes flying over the plains of desolated Cuba the valor of the South would stand side by side with the valor of their Northern com rades. (Great applause from the galleries). The conclusion of Berry’s speech brought'Cockerell, of Missouri, to his feet with a protest. He invoked the vice presi dent to announce that the senate could not be turned into a beer garden. Daniel, of A’irginia, took the floor. The first sentences of the famous orator were: “We stand upon the edge of war. This na tion is one with sword in hand and if the word that now hesitates upon the lips-be sroken and the command “forward” be given, upon some proud day the Stars and Stripes will be waving over Moro castle and Cabanas prison.” He said that up to now he had been for peace, but that the time semed to have gone by and he wanted to do everything possible to support the president in the mtds of Uie hour. "I wish,” said Daniel, “to cast my voice in my own good time, without pressure. War will wait a day. Possess your-souls in peace, gentlemen while the awful issue of war or peace is decided. The men who declare this war are not the men wbo prosecute it in the field; they are not the men who will sustain the glory of our bullet-tattered standards before the en emy. Daniels was content neither with the House resolution nor the Senate resolu tion. "Tn my judgment.” said he “Our first step should be to write on the statute books of this country a recognition of the great Cuban republic which has won a place among independent nations by its own valiant sword.” Senator Tillman took she floor and said that there would be war wheneA-er the resolution is adopted. But there is no rea son for not saying candidly what we mean to do. Tillman said he would speak in a non partisan way, adding that Populists, Re publicans are we, but all Americans to make Cuba free. Tillman announced himself for the rec ognition of the Cuban republic, and said if only a general declaration of freedom was to be- incorporated the president with the United States troops on the island, could establish any government he might see fit. Under such circumstances who would con stitute the returning board. Tillman did not suspect the preaident, but he had same very wicked partners, who were not free from the suspicion of being influenced by the Spanish bondhold ers. ESCARD ARRESED. He is the Man Who Planted the Mines Under Weyler. Chicago. April 15.—The Times Herald Prints a story charging A. Crandall, alias Emanuel Escardo, who. acting under the direction of Weyler. planted the mines in the Havana harbor, has been arrested in Chicago and taken East. The story could not be confirmed. FRUIT NOT DAMAGED. A »_-ry Large Crop is Expccled by the Ex perts. The fruit crop seems to be safe. So far •as known there was no serious damage to it in any part of the state. Dr.. B. L. Mclntosh, of the state agricultural depart ment, said this morning: "There was no serious damage to fruit ; in any part of the state as the result of :he recent cold weather. In north Geor gia it was nipped a little, but in almost . every case there was plenty of it left on trie trees to make a good crop.. The ten der vegetables were killed in some places. ! bu' there is no serious damage to gardens. The same reply was made of local fruit i men to inquiries made of them.. HIS LAST SERMON. Rev. Adams Has Closed the Meeting at the Christian Church. Evangelist Adams, who has been con ducting the series of meetings at the Christian church for the past few weeks, preached his farewell sermon last night to a large and appreciative congregation. Mr. Adams has been doing a splendid work at the Christian church and under his : powerful sermons many have professed : conversion. He leaves Macon with the I best wishes of the people who have come 1 in contact with him. MACON NEWS FRIDAY APRIL 15 1898. (INSPECTION OF MILITARY Preparatory to Putting the Second Regiment on War Footing. WILL GO TO CUBA Is the Anticipation Now of the Ma con Volunteer and Floyd’s Tonight An inspection of the Macon military will be comenced tonight by Colonel C. M. Wi- I ley. Lieutenant Colonel E. D. Huguenin left ! this morning to inspect the Columbus I companies of the second regiment, :fnd will also inspect the companies at Amer icus and at Perry. He will probably in spect the company at Forsyth next week. The Macon Volunteers and the .Floyd Riflcse will be out tonight. On Monday night the Macon Guards and the Macon [ Hussars will parade for inspection, i As already announced the purpose of this inspection is to find in what particu lar of equipment the Second regiment is lacking under the order issued by the ad jutant general of the state some time ago. The enlistment rolls of the. compa niese in M-acon have been running up rapidly since the order for the enlistment of men up to the full strength oT the com pan iese was issued. The IFloyd Rifles and the Macon Guards : have had the largest accessions to their ranks but all the coinpaniees report that they have added a number of men. It is probable that more active work of enlist ment will be done next week. The Second regiment is about two hun dred men short of its full strength and it is not thought by Colonel that there will be any particular difficulty in se curing this number in a very short time. A remarkable feature of the corespon dence of the Washington' newspaper men is their intimate knowledge of the plans of the naval and military department in the event of war. As a matter of fact, they don’t know anything about it and tfiey are simply guessing. Most of them • have made the wrong guesses. For instance, everyone of them state that at the outstart Ulis is to be a naval campaign entirely. They seem to think that the troops will be called upon to do nothing but to watch the coast or “stand ready.” ■A military man who is very well known in Macon and whose opinion is based upon actual experience in such matters, says that there was never a bigger mistake made. “Spain's torpedo flotilla has never left the iCanariese,” he said, “nor is it at all probable that it will do so. At the outset Spain will act on the defensive. “This country has decided to intervene, and Spain will say go -ahead with your intervening. Land your troops on Cuba and invest the island. “Now is that not natural. Spain under stands very well that -she cannot prevent this country from landing on the island of Cuba, but after we have landed the trouble begins. Spain has some 50,000 fairly good troops on the island. She oc cupies on the island all the positions. She is entrenched an fortified and knows the island. The taking of 'Havana will be no easy job, for the island has to be passed through and the Spanish forces on the ground and it is said acclimated and in better shape to stand the fighting than we and the trial* of our men will be very se vere. Then Spain understands that the rainy season and the season of fever is coming on and that it will be more than usually hard on our men. They will fight to the best of their ability every inch of the way in Cuba. The victory there will eventual ly lie with us some time through much loss and tremendous expense. “That to my mind is the inevitable. The troops of this corrtnry may expect to go to Cuba and unless I am very much mis taken the Cuban campaign will be a hard one. GRAND CHIEF WILKINS Will Deliver an Address to the Conductors Tonight. Grand Chief Wilkins, of the Order of Railway Conductors, is in the city today and will deliver aiyl address tonight to the railway men of the city. The subject of the address will be organitzatinon, and the prominence of the speaker ensures a large audience. The address will be delivere at Odd Fellows’ hall, South fdacon. The special effort that has been made throughout the state to push aaofowafow throughout the state for some time past push this subject indicates that the la bor leaders are making a determined ef fort to bring all the laboring classes into | line. i When Eugene Debs spoke here he said that this effort would be made and in talking to friends he pointed out that as this was the first thing to be done before co-operation could be secured among the working people of the country he and those who stood with him in his movement would pay particular attention to it for I sometime to come. WHITMAN AND LANIER Were the Subjects of Prof. Trigg s’ Lecture Last Night. The lecture at Wesleyan Female College last night by Professor Triggs, of the Chicago University on Walter Whitman and Sidney Lanier was wc-ll attended, and delighted the crowd that heard him. This w-as Professor Triggs’ last lecture at Wes leyan. There was considerable interest in this lecture as it touched on Sidney Lanier who is dear to the hearts of every Macon citi zen. CENTRAL RAILROAD Has Received Orders to Prepare for Remov al of Troops to Tybee. The Central railroad authorities at Ma con have received orders to have equip ment ready to be furnished at a moment’s notice in case it is called for to transport troops from McPherson barracks, Atlanta, to Savannah. Up to 3 o’clock no order had been given for the removal of the troops, but it is an nounced that they will be through here i tonight, leaving Atlanta this evening. New Home machines sold on easy terms and as cheap as any first class machine for cash. J. R. Burnett, 131 Cotton ave nue. PENITENTIARY The State Prison Commission Will Meet Next Tuesday at Juliette. BIG THING FOR THIS CITI The Strong Probability is That This Site Wil! be Selected -It Has Many Advantages. The state prison commission will meet next Tuesday at a poinf near Macon and will probably decide to locate the state penitentiary there. The property which they ga to inspect is the Juliette mills property on the South ern road about twenty-three miles above' Mae-on. The probability is that this site will be selected as it offers .all the advantages that the commission is looking for. The water power at this point is of espe cial value and the location of the place is. just what the commissiort wants, in fact the place fills all the requirements. The selection of the Juliette mills site will be a goad thing for Ma»on. one of the best things that has happened for many years. It will give the merchants of the city a ch’ance to get in the supplies for the penitentiary and in many other ways will bo exceedingly beneficial. The property is in the hands of Mr. Henry Horne and he has been notified that the commission will inspect the property next Tuesday. From other sources he has learned that the members of the commis sion look with favor on the site. The necessary amount of land including the mill and the water power is offered at $50,000 and is considered by good judges to be Well worth the price asked. The main part of the property is situated on the other side of the river and the lo cating of the penitentiary there will neces sitate the building of a bridge across the river. This the Southern railway has agreed to do. It is estimated that the central location of the property will bring about a great saving to the state in the cost of trans portation of the prisoners, in fact esti mates show that the cost of the property will be saved to the state inside of a few years if the penitentiary is placed at Juliette. There is a stone quarry on the property and many other conveniences and neces sary adjuncts to a first-class penitentiary. There is also ample brick and pipe clay which can be manufactured there for use on the public roads. The commission will arrive at Juliette on next Tuesday, morning and will be met there by the officials of the Southern rail way and a number of other persons who are interested in the movement. As the bids are all in and closed there is now no chance for interference and as this property is by far the best that has been offered there is little doubt as to the ac tion of the commission. MERCER VS. AUBURN. The Two Teams Will Cross Bats at‘the Ball Park To morrow Afternoon. The Auburn baseball team will reach Macon this afternoon at 7 o’clock and be escorted to the Brown House where they will bd quartered during their stay in Ma con, and tomorrow afternoon they will meet the Mercer boys on the ball diamond at the Central City park. The coming of the Auburn team is awaited with much interest by the Macon ball cranks, as there are two Macon boys on the team, Lowe at Second and MeGol rick at third. The game will be called tomorrow af ternoon at 3:30 by Umpire O’Conneli, and the two teams will line up as follows: Mercer. Position. Auburn. Jones".catcher.. .. Blankenship AdespitcherGarrett Mansfieldfirst basePettus Harrissecond base Lowe Stinsonthird baseMcGolrick Massenbergshort step Stewart Jones:left fieldFoy Acre..’.center fieldßoyd Copeland..- right field Smith The Mercer boys are in excellent trim for the fray, and will do their best to put up a shut out game to the Alabama boys. Garrett, who has showed up in magnificent form .so far, will pitch the game, and says he will endeavor to let the boys down without a hit. Garrett is one of the stead iest pitchers that ever played on the’Mer cer team, and always knows what to do with the ball when he gets in. He watches the game an is always posted on how many are out, etc. His base running is also a feature, and he does his share of the stick work. The Auburn boys have many admirers' in Macon from the fact that they always brought good athletes to Macon to play both baseball and football, and in the lat ter game they have no equal in the South. Mercer easily defeated the Auburn boys last year, but they do not expect to have such an easy walkover this year, though they will do all they can to give them a shut ou|. The’ visitors have strengthened their team considerably since their game with the Techs in which they were de feaed. It is said that Lowe on second is doing some of the best work on th% team. In the gamese her? last year on the Gresham High School team Lowe gave great prom ise of being one of the best college ball players in this section, and it is said that he has verified all these predictions. Mc- Golrick, another Macon boy, is said to be a strong man on the team, and the work of these two boys will be watched with interest. Piles, Piles, t-iiegs Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment win ears Blind, Bleeding, and Itching Piles when all other Ointments have failed. It absorbs the tumors, allays the itching at once, acts as a poultice, gives Instar* re lief. Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment is prepared only for Piles and Itching of the private parts, and nothing else. Every box Is warranted. Sold by druggists, or sent by mall on receipt of price, 50c. and 11.00 per box. WILLIAMS M F'Q CO., Prop’s., Clavalaad. o. COLORED TROOPS PASS THROUGH I Eleven Carloads of Them Were in Macon Early This Morning. EN ROUTE TO THE FRONT. All of the Men Were in Good Con dition and Say They Are Anx ious for a Fight. A •! eci.ii .train carrying Hie Tv ruty fifth regiment of infantry of the United States troops pus. ; J through Maroa morning over the fkmtm rti i iiiw.iv for Key West. The troops w< r. ... . ■wiia the exception of the oiltoers, who all white men. l ite train nached Maron at c o' i k from Atlanta and stay.it i;-i. out.- i enough to change engine.-. When the train of eleven cits il at the r-.,o;:-:i depot a small cro.vu of iai’u.M < ;... n. ; idlers were th. re io meet them. Hao it been I ilown at .hat hour the troops would pa-.; throu It there would have been a trenv ndcu crowd th r . The detachment was under the <■: tamacd of Lieutenant Coloqel Daggett ,:■■■: con sists of Company G, Captain \*> il Li u tenants Cronin affd Muss. :.iui i i.nipany A. Captain Sanbokn, LivUteminis Busti and French. The officers are among tire b-st in the army and are iu good emitral of t.iai. .. ored soldiers. Tire o 'deers were too busy* while here to talk much, but all o; them said that the. negroes were good soltiL .s and that they were anxious to meet the Spanish.’ The field equipment of the troops filled several cars. All of the supplies for w men were on board and the soldiers w> re prepared to go into active fighting -• r viee at once. Mr. W. It. Allen, who has chance of • train for the (Southern road-, was with ; troops and will go as far as Jiiaini. lie <•:• - peets them to reach Key West tomorrow From Here the train went to Ev,-reti :".y, from there to Jacksonville and from there to Miami. There the troops will take a st< amec. • (Col. Daggett stated that the n:;> d ;.. had been quite pleasant and LLa men had stood the flltigue of the long i ; . v. : y well, although they were used to tit-, ii .w and open exercise. AT FIRST BAPTIST, Meeting of Local U- ion of Baptist Young People. A largely atteneded meeting of th-. 1.-. al Baptist Young People’s U;>;oa t a; the First Baptist church hut nig:;:, nt which time a committet was nominate the delegates that will the convention which meets ; : ' m h. The committee wiil be r.e-l at> the meeting whiqh will be held at he church Sunday, afternoon, ■£■ :v<. r. ; i w - est'ing talks were. made. io . • people impressing upon them th. a nee of the coming c-oitv, n ion. PAVING FIGHT. . • Asphalt Men Had a Lively Tin - Over the Rids. ' The paving fight, or struggle for su premacy is getting i: . . ;.t.a a,-.,.- i a. ■ eating and some int.-i .niit? .- tar>- come out about lite l:i :... . -i.ro n< i the other day at the. city . wdl. It ■ . ■ that the Southern i a l , <’s pai'.y of Baltimore stole a male? i n n boyst a quiet way the r< presen la liv. . : dis- ferent com-pauies .that 1-0)1111.;;.!. ...1 sr. L ing bids have been mu.- teri’-g nr ;/ ‘ ■■ and many and divers .hjice l>< ' : r - adopted by one ami t’h< other 'o .. 1 . ■ >.<! o-f the other fellow. On the . day was thought that the Warren S peo ple and the Neufchdte 1 natu:; 1 : would bv the only bidders. In f.<■ ' tin- r. resentatives of those -t>:n;>au:. ■ though that they had the iusi.L- track*. Th»- la; depending upon the superiority of th:- as phalt irrespective of the price. A representative of the Sc-uthern peo ple, however, had been in r.-. 1 ty so: a. week tinder an assumed r...nv- o -of the hotels and had been a.-tuaHy meeting. one of the men every .lay without :.he la - ter having any suspicion of .lie fact th. !. the Southern’s man to whom he I. id ale - ter of introduction was in the city. At the last moment the suspicion of the hi.M -s who had been so confident was arouad and the bid was lowered, bu; the Southeru people were a little lower ■: iil T' -elc men are very confident 'h;:‘. . ..:1: z one if not more than ci; oft., • -.4 laid in their material and the fight is ... on to ge t the property own; rs to asi . one particular brand of aspmiti in pr .. - cnee ;o the other. CONCENTRAIIC';. Was the Subject of Mr. t’lncen’s Seirccn Last Night. Using as a text Paul’s words. “This one thing I do,” Mr. Pinson pi. . Cwt l i t night at Mulberry ::tr€ec chore : con- centration or religious purpose. lie hi discussed the subject of sing;. lies;, of thought and aim as uec* ary eondii im. of success in purely human mini;-:. The illustrations of this truth were taken from the life of Palisy, the potter, and C-:: baldi. Palisy devoted his life ? irh in . use eagerness to .the discovery 01 rhe seer • for the enameling of pottery. !:;• migli' have_ gene along comfortably in l. i - busi ness as a pattein making ... its of the or dinary kind and earning a fortune in bis business, but he determined to conqu. r a secret which he foresaw would be of su preme importance in his art; and to t; purpose he devoted his lime and hi- for tune. In the prosecution of bis -n w orl-r be reduced himself and his. family to v,anr He tailed so hard and so self-deoyingiy tnat it was said that his clothes u his bones as they would harg v.y ... . , many sticks of wood: yet finaiij the d. vo jion of life time was rewarded ■■ i h the glory of a great discovery, .jo in - .... of Garafealdi. He he’d before him-, if a splendiu vision of Italian freedom. He never lost that vision, not even when an exile in this country he ma.de ca - ■ a living in New York, and finiliy as ' r I result of a Mfe of devotion to a sing!;- alm Ihe was rewarded with the triumph of ' marching through the cities cf his L 1 ; land and cf being hailed as the deliverer of his people. The subject wa- then ap plied to the business affairs o' ’lh : ar I t was shown that the plain dictates of com mon sense require those who are in ear nest and who really eare to succeed in the religious life to use the same qualities of : persistence and devotion which are the 1 necessary conditions cf su-'-c-ess in worldly I affairs. j sermon conc-luded with a strong ar l i fno'-ing appeai for devotion an J co ten . tration of purpose, with an eamc cT rirot- -t i against all half-heartedness in the reli gious life. The prayer and song service tonigbr at 7:30 o’clock will be led by Hon. N. E. Har ris, after which the regular preaching ser vice will be conducted by Mr. Pinson. • HOSPITAL PLAN <o:’ the Gresham Memorial is Now Nearly Ready. T'.e plans for t-he new Gresham Menw ' ■ *'■ are bung prepared and have been aimost -completed. '■ Den: y. who generously offered 1 . ri" the plans'free and to superintend :he con.-trucuor. of the building on the '.n e arms, has been at work for some -11.? on 'he- ’ plans. They show a hand some but not elaborate exterior all un nec ssary expense being left out, but the interior arrangements will be as perfect as ::iey can be made. \refilled Denny has been in conference the physicians on the subject of the interior arangeraents. Some difference of opinion has come up, but these differences oiiP. tea l to make the plans all the better. Only --cine S6OO of the subscription to the fund n-. eessary to pay off the mortgage site remains to be raised. The finance t om.nittee_of the hospital draws attention to ,his fad and hopes that ■ e\ . > can “uascribe will do so at once it; ■■ h;<: ti;c lis: m.,\ be closed up. ! ' ■ ” « >d' a r llet-tion 03 the city ’he t- tiLr >’ on! i have remained so h ■ iinhmshul and as th.are many pco »’•’ : nt'.-.-i ibe and hav. allowed n’-’tor t> escape their attention the iitiam-e commitiu' hopes now that there' wHI be no fin th. r delay. UNITED FLAGS. h 't;< that the North and is Now Together. Item the ilag s aft above Irwin’; Geor gia Music House is displayed a L’nlred >< jus T'oih--Ji rate flag waving in l nison. Thcs;’ fiag-; arc sewed togetaer— itieitby carrying out the idea of a united North ami South—, wo Hags as one today. ; it a lew years ago we-re- opposed-in the most terrific eonfiiet known in the world’s ■tisti'iy. : lie sent i nr. 111. is nm.- i appropri ate' <:n the eve of wl.u promises to be ;> war with a fiu-igu foe. ami illustrates in sentimtnt "I nited we stand, di- Hig.h up the mast Is the flag of the t'uban IL public. BUSINESS INCREASING. City of Macon Bound for This Por£ With a Heavy Cargo. The City of Macon is now on her way to the home port, and has or. the heaviest irgo of goods that she has yet carried, and ha- bad to refuse some business along '.lie way for lack of room to put it. J liis will not be the only htavy cargo that the boat will have, but she will carry down a large cargo on her return trip, as the Macon merchants are ’getting in theif work down the river, which they have not '.cried lie;ctofore. The stock lor the new boats has not all <■ < u raitr .i yet, but the committee will go : ’ t’t ;; lew days to see tile business men m the city ami solicit stock. It. is hop< d ■ '■at i’i< p. w boat will.be running by early SHORT ON PENSIONS.* liter,- Are 3,000 Applicants and Only 250 Provided Lor. 'a; i:i roll of pensioners of the ■ been paid. The number on t'r. l lull ; 3, ss .mJ the amount they have t'rotu tiie slate treasury is $i!)0,000. '■( L.' irniti-.i- v. ho on the roll las 1 ! 3 ; have di. J or move.! from' ii> > staie ■ aid aiiir ;n . hav< bi .11 filled .There ■ ■'>:< tm" iii< •’ applicants for invalid penssim; Os the indigent roll of pen- !o:i;-:- .ke i;: ■''.O more can be paid out. of rl - fumL; on hand. For the.-.e 250 pi.ii tn-te ai- al. ut 3.001) applicants who ■ tn. ot 1 • reached at all.. YONAH LODGE. Meeting Will lu Held Tonight —New Mem bers. '.n interesting meeting of the Yonah Reb K.ish Lodge will be her* at the 'III !•’ Hows’ hall tonight, at which time twelve n v members wiil be initiated, swelling the it -moorsliip list to over one hundred. Tiie lodge was instituted in Macon with about forty charter members, and since that lime has grown rapidly, until now it erne of the largest Yonah Rebekah lodges in the cotitnry. The' lodge wili be visited tonight by Dr. Cm ; tham 1.1 his capacity as deputy grand master. 1 -sell needles for all kinds of sewing machines. J. It. Burnett, 131 Cotton ave- Why Split jnilK and Then Cry Over It. Tnat is just what you do when yon go for your glasses to anyone to whom the sei.-n 3of ops • ro'r-try is a sealed book. Glasses are a blessing io - mankind when prop.: l .y fitted. bur a great curse when not so. The fact that your glasses enable you to s <? w. il and do not tire your eyes does not prove by any means that they are suitable and ar* no! injuring the eyes. The eye wil adapt itself in time to anvglass. Therefore you can per f ive that you are no t a competent judge as to whether or not your eyes ar>- fitted right. Mr. Friedman, the optical specialist, has done thousands cf doi’ai. th <rf work since he came to this city, but h<rs yet to find anyone who is not perfectly atiriied with his work. The Macon Optical Parlors, No. 3f l Second Street. n ART I N’S ~ Mill Si® iji rs Is World Famous Ar. /Z > For lts exquisite weave, ' - £■&■; * ' ■< beautiful dye and non— J glossing qualities. Your < " J tailor would charge you Hk&ff to ma^e a su it °f this IgW cloth. We can sell you a suit of A & enu^ne English Serge |fl Jvß" nc hly lined and made to V ’• -5- | fit the moment you want it W J? \ for i. - -...-.... AHf• r'CKwxK f C;PC 00 ‘ Waste not, «POO.bU Want not.” (JayrrscJifel ts pi<?Kw«Kcle*l»3sortM. 8 Per Cent Guaranteed! Dividends paid satnl-annnally. Stock secured by deeds to improved real estate in more tbxn double the amount, deposited with Union Savings Bank and Trust Co. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, Macon. Oa.. 4«I Third Street. PRICE THREE CENTS RAILROAD MEN READYJFOR WAR Federated Train Service Em ployees Are Alive to the Situation. . CHIEF POWELL SENDS ORDERS Instructs Members to Give the Roads the Very Best Service Which Haul Munitions of War. Tfip federal, d railroad employes of America stand r< ady to mass to the. sup port of the federal government in case of war with Spain. The railfoad men have been kept In 4e.uch w th the developments of the situation in their official journals and by circulars sent out by th- executive oh leers of the organizations. The employes of the to ids which haul troops and munitions of war have been instructed to strive to better the service of the roads and in every way facilitate the handling of the business of the toads. The emplayes are taking an active iuterest in the question, and many crews have vol unteered to man trains at ten minutes’ uoti e to carry 'troops and munitions of war to the front regardless of everything. Mr. W. V. Powell, of Peoria, Hl., grand chief of the Order of Railroad 'Telegraph ers. who is one of the most, active railroad labor leaders of tin country, as well as one of the most conservative, keeping the members of his organization alive to the situation and in referring to the pros pective war with Spain, in a communica tion to a Georgia lodge of his organiza tion under date of : wo days ago he says: ‘•The railroad employes throughout the country of all classes stand ready to rally to the support of the government in this prospective war, and no class of men will do their duty more cheerfully and patriot ically than the federated railroad train service order of men of this country, whether they- are at the front in actual warfare or whether they continue at cheir usual posts of duty handling the thousands of trains which carry soldiers and muni tions of war to the front. “While deprecating the fact that war with Spain seems necessary that humanity may be protected and .the safety of the cit izens of the United States guaranteed, I believe that everything compatible with honor and dee< ncy has been done by the United States to bring about a peaceful solution of the vexatious controversy, and that the government's demands must now be enforced, even if war ensues. If war comes the nation’s honor and needs are first to be considered. On roads where troops, munitions of war, coal and supplies are being traa&poi ted to the base of operations, the very best possible ser vice must be given 'by our members, it will not be the policy of the Order.of Rail road Telegraphers to take advantage of or ' embarrass any’road during the exelt’ng times w hich are liable to come, so long as our members arc treated with the consid eration due them.” Similar statements have been made by other executive officers of the railroad ser vice orders, ami the railroad men are tak ing a wide interest in the present crisis. It war comes it is safe to say that, no class of men will rally to the front and aid the government more quickly that the train service men of the country, north, east, south and west. THE~N’UMBER 13. The Bad Luck Theory Em phatically Dis proven. When thirteen young ladies from ether cities and states recognize t'nc superior advantages of the Georgia Business Col lege and enter in one week it means bad luck neither to the college nor to the city. Thirteeq is the exact number of new names enrolled on the oollege register this week, and it was preceded by eight cew entries' the previous week. New desks have been purchase ’ and added to the college every month for the past seven months.