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HAD NDT SAUD
Eliomo ACT.
Property Holders Will Lose
Opportunity of Their Lives
on Monday Next.
DILI NtEDED Iffli.
The Chairman Had It, but the
Meeting Refused to Back
Him Up Properly.
Mayor Price will lead the twelve alder
men out of Macon tomorrow night and on
Monday the ci y will be without an execu
tive head.
It leaked out last night that at a meet
ing of the property owners of the city held
during the day the preposition to .ake a
very boi l step on that day was con-: '.. red.
The meeting was largely attended. The
ladies and gentlemen present had been
notified of the meeting and of the place
and hour, but beyond the fact ths.t it was
said to be for business afieeting directly
the interests of the person addressed the
call did not set forth the real object of the
meting.
The News has been requested to keep
■the place of the meeting a secret as the
owner of the place says that he fears the
consequences if i.t came out that he rented
his hoMse for any such purpose.
The meeting was held yesterday in the
day time as a number of ladies were of
necessity present.
The object of the meeting was stated
by the chairman who addressed a packed
house.
But no one was there but property
owners. Inner guards and outer guards
had been placed at the doorways and the
credentials of inch person were examined.
As a means of identification those who
had been called were requested to bring
the letter with them. In fact the utmost
caution was observed and it was impossi
ble for anyone to get in who was not a
property owner.
Lt should have been stated before that
those present were property owners on
Cherry street.
The chairman of the meeting said that
■he had called it in the firm belief tlfa-.t it
was necessary for the property owners if
they were to have their wishes carried out,
to take action When opportunity offer
ed. He said that if they wanted asphalt
on teh street, now was their one chance,
the chance of a life time.
Unless they took advantage of the op
portunity »they would have brick or any
old material that they did not want.
They would have to pay out their money
for improvements on their own property
and would have to pay it for improvements
that they did not want.
They had asked for asphalt and had
been given brick. They wanted to pay for
asphalt but would have to pay for brick.
Hence the call for this meeting.
The chairman, who is a man of courage
and determination, afraid of no danger and
ready at any time to espouse the cause of
the weak and oppressed urged the proper
ty owners before him to arouse them
selves to action. He said that the time
had oome when the worm must turn and
he as one of the biggest worms of them
■all had determined to turn no matter
what the consequences might be.
“But, he said, while I am prepared to
go certain lengths in my own interest's
and in the cause of humanity, there are
certain things that I will not do and one
of those is to sacrifice myself altogether.”
To take action when the mayor and alder
men were in the city mean, destruction.
The odds are too heavy, for of what avails
the property owner his wishes, his prayers,
his pi-teous supplications when the mayor
and council are determined ,to carry out
their edicts and determined to take a
course in the contrary direction.
So the cahirman proposed that during
the absence of the mayor and council on
Monday, they employ a sufficient of
hands to lay asphalt on Cherry street from
First to Fourth and that they then might
perhaps escape some of the wrath and
consequences.
But notwithstanding this bold stand
taken by the chairman, the rest of the
property owners were too nervous and af
ter a long discussion held in hushed tones
the meeting broke up.
GRAND JURY
Has Been Working Rapidly this Week on Mi
nor Cases.
The wrand jury has done some very
hard work this week, and tomorrow when
they rest from their labors they will look
back over a week of good work. Some of
the usual list included in the indictments
are looking nervous while others Who have
been keeping out of mischief say that they
have missed it this time. The list of in
dictments containing the names of many
important offenders has been kept careful
ly hidden away, if. in fact, any of the
bills so far found, with the exception of
one against Joiner, are of much import
ance. A great many have been found,
however, and they are. as a rule, against
the small fry. Next week the civil dock
et will be continued in the superior court.
This week having been taken up with the
Lamar will case a number of cases put
off for a hearing this week. The following
w-eek the criminal docket will be taken
up.
Free Pills.
Send your address to H. E. Bucklen &
Co., Chicago, and get a free sample box
of Dr. King’s New Life Pills. A trial will
convince you of their merits. These pills
are easy in action and are particularly ef
fective in the cure of constipation and sick
headache. For malaria and liver troubles
they have proved invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from every
deleterious substance and to be purely
vegetable. They do not weaken by their
action, but by giving tone to the stomach
and bowels greatly invigorate the system.
Regular size 25c. per box. Sold by H. J.
Lamar & Sens, druggists.
The half a cent a ward column of The
New* is the cheapen advertising medium
la Georgia. . .
LAMAR CASE
Was Decided Yesterday and Goes to Supreme
Court.
A decision was rendered in the Lamar
will case yesterlay afternoon.
The question a: issue was whether Hen
ry J. Lamar. Jr., shall be put to his eiec
i tian to choose either under the will of his
father or against said will. Judge Felton
| decided, after elaborate arguments by the
, various attorneys in rhe case, that Henry
IJ. Lamar. Jr., must decide whether to
! s and under the will or against it. The
i case will be carried to the supreme court.
Henry J. Lamar, Jr., is one of the exe
cutors of tne will, and he is also a lega
tee under the will. He cla ms that he was
during the lifetime of the testator, and is
tow a partner In the various drug busi
nesses conducted with his father, the tes
tator, and by reason of such claim of own
ership he entitled to certain interests in
said properties, independent of his share
as an heir. TSe will makes no mention
of such ownership, and Mrs. Fannie La
mar Rankin, of Atlanta, in her answer fil
ed in court to the original bill stated that
such ownership does not exist, and ceased
about ten years ago.
WILL HONOR
BOYS IN GRAY.
In Times of War the South
Does Not Forget Her
Fellow Heroes.
In these stirring times of war the South
will not forget to do honor to the heroes
of ’6« an.l with voice and bear: eulogize
the noble confederate deal, where’er they
sleep, tnougb some grav. s may be hid
away in forsaken spots where man’s foot
seldom treads now.
All over the the sunny Southland Memo
rial Day will be observed, and this beau
tiful custom inaugurated by a Georgia wo
man, will lose none of its attractiveness,
and tears will course down the furrowed
cheek of the veteran as he stands by the
grave of his comrade, and hears the words
of adulation and patriotism spoken by the
sens and daughters of the fallen le'enders
of the cause of the South. T tonga union
lines have been wiped out, am! the South
I and North stand shoulder to shoulder now
in the strife that is in its infancy be
tween two powerful nations, there'is noth
mg ..a- can n.; kc the loy tl hearts of the
S.i.t*: fo’-gei that their fl-.:*. duty s to
those who fought for them years ago. One
of' the South’s bravest leaders is now the
United State’s most loyal subject, and the
eyes of the nation are turned' on him in ad
miration. From North, East, West and
South his name is in every mouth. Gen
eral '’Fitzhugh Lee is one of the many
noble men that fought for the cause that
they tt ought was right, and have com
i manded the respect of the world.
The exerices in Macon Tuesday will be as
patriotic as ever, and thousands will go to
Rose Hill cemetery to hear the oration
over the dead, and the volley from the
guns of the military boys, who can never
be more loyal to the Union than these men
were to t'he Confederacy.
Sexton Hall has made Rose Hill look
like a new place since he took charge
about two years ago. He has devoted his
whole time to beautifying the place, and
now in its dress of green, besprinkled with
the roses, which Dr. Hall says are more
plentiful than he has seen them in years,
it is a fitting place for the last sleep of
Confederate soldiers, who occupy one cor
ner of this, one of the most picturesque
burial grounds in the South, down where
the Ocmulgee sings its sad song to the
sea.
No pleasanter afternoon can bs spent
than in going over Rose Hill in company
with Dr. Hall, and having all the graves
of the distinguished people that are buried
there pointed out. The first burial took
place in Rose Hill on February. 28th, 1840,
Mrs. Caroline Nelson, of Baldwin county,
’being buried there. Her grave is the first
lot to the right as one goes in the main
gateway. She was buried above ground,
the coffin being laid above ground and was
bricked over. She had a perfect horror of
the coffin being laid on the ground and was
her wish that she be buried above ground.
In the cemetery there are two lots side
, by side that hold the ashes of two of
Georgia’s governors. One, shows the marks
of every attention. An iron fence encom
passes the lot. and a marble column rears
its head upward, while there arc evidences
of loving hands in the flowers that freshen
in the vases every few days. This is the
last resting place of ex-Governor and ex
; United States Senator Alfred H. Colquitt.
Next to this is a lot sadly in need of some
loving hand to repair the decaying fence,
and to plant fresh flowers around the
grave of one of Georgia’s chief executives.
For years the grave was grown over with
briars and could no be seen. Dr. Hall
keeps it in as good condition as the rules
of the cemetery will permit. No stone
marks the resting place of the man who
; was once at ’the head of the government
’ of this proud old state. The simple brick
; grave needs attention, but no one ever
visits this place and sheds a tear over the
1 grave. On the simple little gate is the
’ name of George W. Towns.
| The place where the speaking will take
I place this year is the same natural am
phitehater which was used last year, just
outside the cemetery gate. The place is
splendidly adapted for such purposes, and
J the terraces which were fresh built last
: year have been sodded by Dr. Hall, and the
place is a most delightful one now. The
j platform which was used for the speaking
I last year has not* been torn down, and it
' will be used again this year.
The ladies have no yet perfected all of
the details of the Memorial Day program.
' Colonel R. E. Park will be orator of the
■ day. All of the Macon military will take
I part in the program and fire the customary
i salute over the graves of the dead Confed
! erate soldiers. ,
AT THE Y. M. C. A.
Dr. I. T. Tichenor Will Lecture Tomorrow
Afternoon.
Dr. I T. Tichenor. secretary of the home
i mission board of the Baptist church, will
sneak at the Young Men's Christian asso
i motion tomorrow afternoon.
Dr. Tichenor is one of the most inter
| esting talkers that has been to Macon in
I some time, and is sure to interest all who
I hear him.
Tomorrow morning Dr. Tichenor will
| speak at the First Baptist church.
MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 23 1898
EQUIPMENTS '
FOR THE BOYS,
Krag Jorgensen Rifles Will
Be Here Early Next
Week.
fflfflK THE! m
Will be Supplied by the Government.
How They Will Be Fitted Out
for Active Service.
Two thousand Krag-Jorgtnsen rifles and
a like number of field service uniforms,
vith blankets, canteens, haversacks, shoes
and underclothing, will be sent to Atlanta
for the equipment of the state troops which
Georgia will have to send to the war in
response to the call made upon this state
„y President McKinley yesterday.
The bright new uniforms which seme of
the companies have just received will
be discarded for the service clothing sent
here by the government. The boys who
volunteer to fight the Spanish will be pro
vided with complete outfits and the state
of Georgia will not be called upon to fur
nish one item toward the equipment.
The old Springfield rifles with which the
troops are now armed will be left in the
armories and bright, new Krag-Jor
gensen guns just from the factory will be
shouldered by the soldiers. Acting Adju
tant General Brown has been notified by
the war department that the complete
equipment would be furnished by the gov
ernment and he is net worrying over the
guns and uniforms at all. The equipment
will probably come the first of next week.
The members of the different companies
of the Second regiment have been wonder
ing if they would be compelled to carry
the heavy and cumbersome rifles which
they now have and there has been a gen
eral demand for new guns. The Krag-
Jorgensen guns are almost as heavy as the
Springfields but they are easier to handie
and have many other advantages. This
gun shoots five times without reloading
and the Springfield is a single shot gun.
Then the velocity of .the ball from a Krag-
Jorgensen gun is much greater than the
Springfield and it carries much further.
Some old army men contend that the
Springfield gun is the best and that they
prefer it to any other because of the heavy
ball it carries. They say its balls when
striking a man produce such a shock ,as
to entirely .disable him, while the Krag-
Jorgensen ball makes a clear-cut wound,
but does net produce the heavy shock to
the nervous system.
The equipment for the 2,000 volunteers
from Georgia will form an enormous as
sortment of articles. There will be 2,000
pairs of shoes, with the same number of
uniforms, campaign hats and blankets.
There will also be a canteen, tin cup and
tin pan for each of the men. The outfit
which each man will have to carry will
weigh just thirty-eight pounds and will
fill the big army haversacks which the
boys will have to lug around on their
shoulders. But the soldiers will not have
to do any great amount of heavy march
ing, as there are railway facilities con
venient over there and the marches will
not be very long in Cuba.
The idea of the government in supplying
equipment is to be certain that all troops
who go to the war are completely equip
ped. The war department officials did not
believe the boys would be well enough
equipped if allowed to get up their own
wearing apparel. The young men who will
go will have to take off the white linen
shirts and stiff collars and wear the brown
neglige shirts. When they start from here
there will be no opportunity for dress pa
rade effects, but the holiday feature of
military tyork will be eliminated by the
cold, grim reality of actual service in a
bloody war.
The Georgia soldiers will be well fed.
although the food may seem a little coarse
to the majority. They will be supplied
with a plenty of good, strong food which
will be suited to hard work. The food of
the soldier is such as to conduce to his
health and the open air exercise with sub
stantial diet will probably be beneficial to
many of the city lads.
The soldiers are very much
over the prospects of a change in officers
and many of them declare they would not
serve if they were to be placed under new
officers. They have been assured that
they would have the same officers from
corporal up to major. All of the troops
are enthusiastic admirers of Colonel Wiley
and the men say they want to serve under
him.
Governor Atkinson said yesterday that
he had not decided which of the state
troops he would order out first. He said
he would keep some of them in the state
for domestic defense, but he thought there
would be enough who would not volunteer
to go to Cuba to make up a good home
guard. All of the soldiers who are anxious
to go will be given the opportunity.
While the call for roops ■will be issued
today, it is hardly likely that the boys will
be sent out of the ststt'e before an interval
of at least a week has elapsed. The equip
ment must arrive from Washington and
the muster officers must ccme before the
boys can be placed in shape to go.
The rifle competition at Savannah was
indefinitely suspended yesterday on ac
count of the war. The contest was to have
taken place from May sth to May 7th and
the troops had been making active prep
arations for the big event, but now they
will prepare for live targets and a fiercer
competition.
SUPERINTENDENT BEAUPRIE.
Says He Will Leave Macon the First Week in
May.
Superintendent W. R. Beauprie who has
tendered his resignation as superintendent
cf the Macon division of the Southern rail
way, says that he will leave Macon the
first week in May, and go from here to At
lanta. Mr. Beauprie says that he does not
intend going into any business this sum
mer, and he thinks that he will never go
into the railroad business again. Says he
is going to read baseball and war news this
summer.
E y. maClary. e. n. jelks,
President. Vice-President.
J. J. COBB, Cashier.
Cswai anil Savings Bank.
MACON, GA.
General Banking Business Transacted
th?.*- -
$5.00 will rent a box in our Safety De
posit Vault, an absolutely safe plan in
which to deposit jewelry, silverware and
securities of all kinds.
UNION SAVINGS BANK
AND TRUST.COMPANY
MACON, GA.
Safety Deposit Boxes For Reat
J. W. Cabanlss, President; S. S. Dunla>
vice-president; G. M. Orr, Cashier.
Capital, $200,000. Surplus SJO.OM
Interest paid on deposits. Deposit you;
■savings and they will be increased In
terest compounded semi-annually.
THt EXCHANGE BANK
Os Macon, Ga.
Capital |500,000.»’
Surplus 150,000.8’
J. W. Cabaniss, President.
S. S. Dunlap, Vice-President.
C. M. Orr, Cashier.
Liberal to its customers, accommodating
to the public, and prudent in its manage,
ment, this bank solicits deposits an*
other business in its line.
DIRECTORS.
W. R. Rogers, L. W. Hunt, Joseph Dan
uenberg, R. E. Park. S. S. Dunlap, J. V>
Cabaniss, H. J. Lamar, Jr., A. D. Scha
field, W. M. Gordon.
ESTABLISHED ISOS.
a. H. PLANT. CHAS. D. HURT
Cashier.
I. C. PLANT’S SON,
BANKER,
MACON, GA.
A general banking business transacted
»nd all cansisteni cortesies cheerfully ex
tended to patrons. Certificates of depoeii
issued bearing interest.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
ot MACON, GA.
The accounts es banka, corporatieas
firms and individuals received upon th*
most favorable terms consistent with con
servative banking. A share of your bus
iness respectfully solicited.
R. H. PLANT,
President.
George H. Plant. Vice-President.
W. W. Wrigley, Cashier.
Southern Loan
and Trust Company
of Georgia.
MACON - GEORGIA.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, #60,000.00
J. S. SCOFIELD, Pres.
Jos. W. PALMER, Vice-Pres.
F. O. SCHOFIELD, Treasurer
STEED & WIMBERLY, Attorney*
Offers investors carefully selected First
Mortgage Bonds, yielding t’ and 7 per cent
interest, payable semi-annually.
These mortgage loans are legal Invest
ment for the funds of Trustees, Guardians,
and others desiring a security which 11
non-fluctuating in value, and which yield*
the greatest Income consistent with Ab
solute safety.
Acts as Executor, Trustee, Guardian.
Transacts a General Trust Business.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
Real Estate Loans
We have large quantities of money sub
ject to sight draft for loans on city, farm
or suburban property.
Straight interest loans.
Annual payment loans.
Monthly payment loans.
Security Loan and Rbsiract Co.
370 Second St, Phone 82.
T. B. WEST,
Secretary and Attorney.
PHIsICIANS.
DR. A. MOODY BURT.
Office over Sol Hoge’s drug store, 572 Mul
berry street. "Phon 60.
Hours: 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 and 4:30 to
5:30 p. m.
Residence 452 College street. ’Phone 728.
- Dtu J. H SHORTEtt,
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
over Sol Hoge’s, corner Mulberry and
Second street*.
DiC C. EL PEETE,
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
870 Second
Fieone 461.
DR. MAURY M. STAPLER.
Eye Ear, Nose and Throat.
506 Mulberry street. Phone 121.
Dr. M. Marion Apfel,
Physician and Surgeon.
John C. Eads & Co. Building.
Phone 811.
Dr. W. D. SMITE? -
DENTIST.
Successor to Dr. J. M. Mason. 353 Sec
ond street. ’Phone 452.
F. A. GUTTENBERGER & CO
422 Second Street. ""
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Pianos and Organs.
The celebrated Sohmer & Co. Plano ORGANS.
The celebrated Ivers & Pond. The Estey Organ.
The reliable Bush & Gerts and numerous The Burdett Organ.
other good makes. The M aterloo Organ.
I have been selling Piancz and Organs for the last twenty-five years and have
always sold e.nd always will sell the very best instruments at the greatest bargain*
Perhaps YWft
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Enough gs—
Down your wa, but if not we have an excellen line of garden
hose at 10c per toot. The rubber in it is good and so is
the fibre. A handy little “hose cart” costs only SI.OO.
Protects the hose and soon saves its price.
Don’t let the grass on lawn or plat get too big for you.
We have several makes of Eawn Mowers that run easy, cut
clean and cost from $3.50 to $6, according to size. Hand
clippers, good for corners and small patches at 50c
These are just reminders that we are alive to the needs
of the season.
tastes®
English’s “T” Ad.
Tall, turbulent, tipsy Timothy Tittle- It won’t last forever, but on every roof
thwaite, the third tired, thirsty Thespian, tllat 1 paint I give a written guarantee
“tie” tourist, trudglngly traveling through taat 'be above named roof leaks or
the thickly thronged, tortuous thorough-
rare toward Tunistown. Tautologically [ needed without any expense to the owner
talking theoretical, theological theses to of building.
tedious, techy, testy Theodore Taylor, try- . English Paint—English Guarantee—ls
ing to talk trade topics to taciturn, tru- i good.
culent Thomas Trent, the tailor. Tarrying | My price is 50c a square of 100 feet,
to the tavern to treat Thomas to tofldy. | I have pleased every one of my custom-
Timothy toted traffic trifles, trinkets to ers—l can please you. Save vour work for
trade to tattling, tantalizing, teasing, me.' I will be in Macon 'as soon as 1
tasty, trim Theresa Thigpen, ’’the Titian complete some work now under way in
tressed” teacher. Trading to Theresa Albany. I have contracted to paint the
toys, tops, tins, tubs, trivets, testaments, Alliance warehouse. This makes the fifth
thread, thimble, treacle, tobacco, tacks, cotton warehouse in Albany that I have
tracts, tomatoes, turnips, tow, tape, tar, naway one acre and Alliance one-half acre,
towels. Theresa trading to Timothy tooth- Cook’s half acre; Hall’s half acre; Gan
some tarts, tansy tea, turpentine, tallow, naway .one acre, and Alliance one acre
trussed turkeys, turtles, terrapins, tad- I d on ’t want you to think that I refuse to
poles, truffles, togs, tags, traps, trays,tripe, I paint small roofs. I paint all sizes, sorts
tapioca. This tedious tale to terminate; I and conditions. I once upon a time paint
thus thought the three travelers. This the I ed a roof for 25c and waited sixty
thirtieth time that this terse truism. aays for my pay. I don’t paint shingle
’’English Paint stops leaks, yes it do,” roofs, but Ido paint gutters, valleys, etc.
has been seen by us. It must be so. As I will be very busy on my arrival in
IT IS SO. Macon you will please send your address
f?L. . . . . , , oa a postal to me in Albany and I will
English Paint does stop leaks YES, ca n aa( j see you a b Ou t your roof. I can fix
IT DO. it so ti , at it won >j i ea i£ aD d it will stay
English Paint has one fault, viz: fixed.
HARVEY ENGLISH, Albany, Ga.
THIS MATTER
OF JEWELRY
Is much a matter of taste. No matter
what your tastes are, we can suit you, be
cause we’ve got the stock to select from,
and the prices are right.
GEO. T. BEELAND, Jeweler, Triangular Block.
take Periodical Tickets.*®£r
A Handsome Clock,
Free to Our Customers.
We have 200 handsome Bronze Clocks, guaranteed perfect timekeepers, that we
are going to distribute among our custome rs absolutely free of expense to them.
The Way It Is Done.
With each purchase of Dry Goods, Sh oes, Clothing or Millinery you receive a
ticket to the amount of your purchase, and when you have tickets to the amount of
$15.00 you get a clock.
No Chance. No Drawing.
And remember our prices are 25 per cent less than any house in the south.
”he Dixie Shoe and Clothing Co.
Corner Cherry and Third Streets.
Department Upstairs.