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8 Negligee Shirts. Look in our window today for one of the new concerts in Negligee Shirts. Step inside the store and we’ll show you every style worth having in Shirts of all kinds from 50c. to $3.00. Our Shirt stock is one of our pet de partments, andjwe’ve got it right. B. A. WISE, “THE RENTING AGENT.” FOR RENT. No. 208 Spring street, 5 r. with bath and gas $21.25 No. 358 Spiing street, 5 r. with bath and gas 20.00 No. 259 Orange street, 6 r. with bath and gas * 12.50 No. 723 College street, 7 r. city water 16 66 N<-. 1710 Second street, 5 r 10.00 No. 616 Second street, 5 r. with servants’ house 17.00 No. 715 Arch street, 7 r, with bath and gas 20.00 No. 421 Walnut street, 9 r. with bath and gas 25.00 No. 915 Walnut street, 9 r. with bath and gas 16.00 No. 105 Wilder street, 5 r 7.00 Jeff Davis street, South Macon, 6 r., large lot 6.00 VINEVILLE. Near St. Stanislaus, Main street, 6 r SIB.OO Lynn avenue, 5 r ...... 10.00 Lynn avenue, 4 r 8.00 No. 523 Pine street, 5 r, bath, 2 r. servant house 15.00 Lists of Stores and Offices Furnished on Appli- cation. B. A. WISE, 358 Second Street, - - Macon, Ga. 1889. ESTABLISHED NINE YEARS. 1898. Southern Dental Parlors, Are the originators of “Live and Let Live” charges for High Class Den tistry in Central and Southern Georgia. Our business is constantly increasing because we prove all our claims. We Don't Do Rny WoiK We Can’t Guarantee. 5-cent cotton dont admit of war-time prices for dentistry. Our charges are: 22k Gold Crown, best made at any price $4.00. Bridge work, (per tooth) best made at price 4.00 Set of Teeth on Rubber Plate 5.00 Set of Teeth on Bose Pearl Plate (prettiest and best plate made) . 8.00 Gold Fillings, governed by size of cavity 1 up Teeth extracted without pain 50c. (No loss of consciousness or bad after effects) All Other Work at Proportionately low Charges We want your patronage, and as an inducement for a limited time We will Pau Your Railroad Fare to and From Dlaoon. If you want Dental work done and want to save money you should act promptly, and write for particulars, as our offer is strictly limited. SOUTHERN DENTAL PARLORS, Wm. G. LONG, D. D, S., Propr. and M’gr. 614 Cherry Street, - - - Macon, Ga. Military Shoes, Suitable for Marching. Broad Soles, Wide Toes, Low Heels, Best Calf, Calf Lined, Welt Laced. Just the Shoes for comfort in military service (or any other). Feet do not get tired in them. Will last six to twelve monts $4.00 Neverbreak strings with each pair. CLISBY McKAY. Phone or telegraph for a pair. MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 23 1898 I J MSB ■ re- Um * ‘is The question of war and going to war may be a man’s affair, but certainly it is .t subject upon which a woman may ex press her opinion, for “out of the heart the mouth speaketh.” Many otherwise sensi ble men do not even faintly realize what “enlisting" means! It is one thing to be long to a military company as a sort of delightful club, with the possibility of be ing called upon to prevent mob violence or to defend property, and quite another to leave home and family and business, and risk life —for what? • The majority of our would-be patriots are (if the honest truth is confessed) rather hazy on this seemingls’ trivial question, but a few older men pause Jong enough to consider, “Why am I fighting? Not to protect my home or my loved ones, or my principles— not for gain <cf any kind —for we do not wish Cuba to be added to cur territory—cot for glory, for what coun try yet has failed to defeat Spain? War in olden times was a question of physical prowess, and of swordsman’s skill, but modern implement s of war have pro gressed to such a horrible extent that hu man skill is naught, and so-called bravery consists in an effort to mow’ down 1,000 men with two or three guns one minute sooner than they can mow you down. When you have attentively examined the guns at West Point and Annapolis, and have understood their power, all desire for war is dead within you—if you are a sensible woman. The probability is that yours is not the only country that has been manufacturing these demons of de struction, and when I saw guns that the polite army officer explained would fire twelve miles and kill 300 men at one shot, all my warlike fervor was killed on the spot, without so much as the srtking of a match. Then it seemed to me that the time had come for the plan of “arbitra tion” to prevail in civilized countries, for if two nations warred with one another, and each were nrcridcd with “improved” war implements, the old story of the iKl kenny cats would have a modern illustra tion. None would be left to tell the tale, for they would both kill each other. About six men might be needed to man the guns, and the other thousands would simply be spectators if victorious, and superfluous corpses if defeated. Fighting isn’t what it used to be, and the rifieat the shoulder and the sword at the side, play but a small part in battle. To the would-be soldiers who would volunteer their services, the war seems to offer opportunities of dis tinction, and the thought never once oc curs to most of them that they will never come within seeing distance of the enemy, and in modern warfare the term “facing your enemy” is exploded—not remarkable either, for the entire scheme consists of explosives. The editorial in yesterday’s Evening News, and the advice of the brigadier gen eral of New York, certainly strike the right chord in the heart of each woman in the land, and appeal to the common sense of each man who is rational enough to rightly and calmly consider the step he is taking. It sounds well in the ears of some to hear the talk of “duty to one’s country.” But how about the duty to one’s mother, Wife, dependent sister? The Bible says that a man’s first duty is to his fam ily, and it passes my understanding how any man can feel willing to desert the im perative duty of providing for the wants of the women in his family, and rush into death by battle or by disease that almost certainly awaits him in Cuba. If neces sary to protect ’the coasts of southern cit ies," then, of course, let the southern men go forth, and the southern women -will bid them farewell with hearts that will be strong with encouragement, and will find no room for weakness, but for the men of our communities to wilfully, needlesly vol unteer in this war is too much for femi nine forbearance. The truth is that most of the men who would go today if the call were issued for volunteers, feel in their hearts that they are really doing wrong to leave their duties here, but have a false idea that they will be considered cow ardly. forgetting entirely that “the bravest are the tenderest,” and that the youth who leaves his mother to suffer poverty and want is a poor sort of creature to be de pended on to guard the flag of a country. So far, let it be fully understood, the members of home military companies ha\e not been asked to take any part in the war and the probability is that very few of them will be needed. Until the real ne cessity comes, each man should hesitate about" leaving the duty nearest home,-and he will be honored for having the courage of bis convictions. No man ought to go into the army because he is afraid of what people will say if he stays out, for of all cowardly fears on earth, the fear of being called a coward is the most cowardly. • » • Mrs. Benjamin Cleveland Smith gave a card party yesterday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Joseph Bond, of souisville, Ky. Mrs. Smith is an ideal hostess, and her hospitality was much enjoyel by her guests. Mrs. McEwen Johnston won the prize, a silver and gold berry spoon. • * • A party of Macon people left this morn ing for Warm Springs, where they will spend sevnal days, the guests of Mr. Chas. Davis, at a house party given in hon or of Miss Bosher. Those who went from Macon were Miss Bosher. Mrs. Lee Jor dan, Mrs. Louis Stevens, Mrs. Ashton Starke of Richmond, Miss Birdie Cole man. Mr. Samuel S. Dunlap, Jr., Mr. Clem Phillips, Mr. Stewart Jones and Mr. Charles Sims. Among those who will go from Columbus will be Mr. George Ma son and Mr. Little. * • • Mrs. Henry W. Lockett, of New York, is visiting Mrs. Hickey, on Orange' street. • » • Mrs. Fannie Lamar Rankin returned yesterday to Atlanta after a visit to Mrs. Walter Lamar, in Vineville. • * • The Current Topics Club -will meet Monday morning at the residence of Mrs. McEwen Johnston, and the subject, of course, will be the war with Spain, as there is no other current topic at pres ent. Mrs. Walter Lamar and Miss Ida Mangham have charge of the program. * » » The following cards have been received by friends of the contracting parties: “Samuel McKay and Miss Zoe Stanley announce their marriage on Thursday, April the twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.” • • • Mrs. Gray Goodwyn is much better, and is steadily improving in strength. This WdijyFiO i is most welcome news to many pecple, for Mrs. Goodwyn is not only unusually pop- , ular in society, but is generally and gen uinely beloved by all who come within reach of her attractive personality and sunshiny presence. • • • Miss Mattie Wilson has returned from New York, and her’ Macon friends will have the pleasure of hearing her remark ably fine voice again. Miss Wilson has spent the winter studying music under Miss Emma Tnursby, and at the New York Conservatory of Music. bouth Macon dots Revival services at Jones’ Chapel church continues with unabated interest. Rev. J. D. Anthony preached an able sermon at 3 o'clock yesterday to a large and apprecia tive audience. This aged, true and tried solder o’ the cross will preach again at 11 o’clock a. m. tomorrow. 'Several heavy rains fell in South Macon during the forenoon hours today, giving us a fine season, which will revive vege tables, fruits and grops—coming just in time to save the oat crop, 'which was suf fering dreadfully. During tie first heavy ram, about 9:30 o'clock *h’s morning, ligi'ning struck the residence of Mr. B. P. Fa rcloth, 121 Ash street, damaging it considerably. The lightning s iuck the comb of the roof near the ch inney, where it seemingly divided, then num.ng along each valley to the eves, tore o fthe boxing, plastering and weather boarding trom one side of both the rear and front room. Mis§ Bettie Knight was standing inside the door of the rear room having her hand resting on the back of a chair, w’hen the chair post was broken by the shock. Her arm is black and blue from the effects and gives her considerable pain. Mrs. Fairchild was standing by the stove. The lightning having been attrac ted by the stove pipe, knocked the top sec tion off, ran down the pipe, singed Mrs. Fairchild’s neck and face. She feltlittle in convenience from it at the time. Two or three hours afterward, however, she was forced to take her bed and call in a physi cian. A small child was standing in the door of a rear room, and, strange as it may seem, escaped unhurt. The chimney was not injured and the soot was shaken from it and lodged in the hearth. „ Mr. Fairchild says his chimney will not need burning “out” again soon. “Smith.” A CANNON CRACKER Used to Draw a Crowd, But the Peop'e Were Busy Reading the News. For days past hundreds of people have stood in front of The New’s building eagerly reading the war bulletins as they came from the Associated Press wires. Second street has been blocked from day to day. The News being the only paper in Macon which furnishes the news on the day it happens, the public have, very naturally, made The News building a center for fresh and reliable war news. In about exact proportion to the circula tion of the two papers, a few people have stood around the Macon Telegraph board on Mulberry street. What little populari ty it could claim was probably due to the fact that it wasn’t crowded and, therefore, afforded a better view for the few who gathered there. But yesterday afternoon the Telegraph’s war editor conceived a novel plan for drawing a crowd. He invested in a laige cannon cracker, and while the excitement in the neighborhood of The News building was at its aeight, this cannon cracKer was touched off. A few innocent souls, al ready excited by the stirring war new.;, rushed down to learn who was hurt and what it was all about. But, finding them selves deceived, they promptly returned to the r’i 'f news source o' the city. Moral—Give the people the news on the day it happens, and they will know where to expect it —it wflll not be necessary to fire off a cannon cracker to get their at tention. It is not necessary for The News to fire off a cannon cracker in order to draw a crowd to its bulletin board. The people j’ st na.t tally know where to get ‘.he tews first. DON’T FORGET The best ?1.50 Straw Hats are hero. __________ Clem Phillips. ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bibb Real Estate and Improvement Company will be held at their office, 456 Second street, on Wednesday, April 27th, 1898, at 12 m. R. S. COLLINS, Secretary. The idea of bringing to gether all of the veterans and other ex-members of the company and forming an as sociation to be kno-wn as the Old Guard of the Macon Volunteers, has been dis cussed for months. All of the above described members are requested to meet at the Armory on next Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. The privileges of the Ar mory are restricted to the active and honorary members of the Macon Volunteers. B. C. Smith, G. C. Conner, D. B. Woodruff, W. W. Wrigley. This is the Package— . remember it. It contains Y o Washing Powder that cleans everything j ! quickly, cheaply and perfectly. k SYi33LV>*K>il w WflsMOWfei Chicago. St. Louis, New York, > c Boston, Philadelphia. Right Things At Right Prices Distinctly different in superiority over lines shown elsewhere in the city, exactly and correctly describes our great and extensive stock of NoDDu Spring] Sults, Hals | and Furnishings. KF l(For Men, Boys and Children. Stylish and well made Men’s Suits, $6.50, SB.OO and SIO.OO rnd up to $20.00. Every Suit guaranteed to give absolue satisfaction. Your inspection invited. Why Spill JIUIK and tiibr cru Oyer it. That is just what you do when you go for your glasses to aa. one to whom the science of optemetry is a sealed book. Glasses are a blessing to l mankind when properly fitted, but a great curse when no t so. The fact that your glasses enable you to see well and do not tire your eyes does not prove by any means that they are suitable and are not injuring the eyes. The eye wil adapt itself in time to any glass. Therefore you can perceive that you are no t a competent judge as to whether or not your eyes are fitted right. Mr. Friedman, the optical specialist, has done thousands of dollars worth of work since he came to’ this city, but has yet to find anyone who is not perfectly satisfied with his work. The Macon Optical Parlors, No. 314 Second Street. Home Industries arid Institutions. Henry Stevens’ Sons Co. H. STEVENS’ SONS CO, Macon, Ga., Manufacturers of Sewer, and Railroad culvert pipe, fittings, fire brick, clay, etc. Wall tubing with perforated bottoms that will last forever. Macon Fish and Oyster House. CLARKE & DANIEL, wholesale and retail dealers in Fresh Fish, Oysters,Crabs, Shrimps, Game, Ice, etc., 655 Poplar street. Tel ephone 463. Fisheries and paching house, St. Petersburg, Fla. Macon Machinery. MALLARY BROS. & CO., dealers in Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills. Specialties—Watertown Steam Engines, Saw Mills, Grist Mill» fi Cotton Gins. Macon Refrigerators. MLEECKE’S Improved Dry Air Refrigerators. The best Re frigerators made. Manufactured right here in Macon, any size and of any material desred. It has qualities which no other refrigerator ©a r he market possesses. Come and see them at the. factory oe St There ore Tailor-made Suits Here, ready-to-wear, that are bright with the spirit and finish of highest grade work. No other kind has a place here. No need to let it have. Knowing where to buy and what to choose, we select only those garments that represent sparkling origin ality and sprightliest fashion. Our policy is to al ways keep in the lead in every feature of style, or service, or sensible saving. The season is ready: the stock is ready. Newest ideas: lowest prices.