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A Peculiarity
Os our stock of handsome and new Spring
Suits is that we can fit the short and the tall,
the. slim and the stout, and fit them exactly
right and at right prices.
Our extensive stock of Spring Garments for
Men and Boys is by all means the handsomest
and tastiest an ay we have ever shown.
The same can be said of our Stylish Straw
Hats and Negligee Shirts aud our prices are
very reasonable.
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What is Going
On in Society.
Mrs M< L.iren m«l Mrs. Jack Lamar give |
a lar;;<- raid party l.hi.-' afternoon in honor I
of Mi Sir.th Giant JackxoiL of Atlanta, j
Tin hon i will be decorated with red, |
AHI e and blui flowi i and with American i
flags.
Mr. >nd iMts. Samuel bang, who have
, u vi-itin;-. Mr Floyd Hon, left yester
day for .W< t I’oint. Ga , for a visit to Mr.
bang para nt .
Mi Walter bamar and the Misses
Watt have their usual Tuesday afternoon
reception today from I to s o'clock. They
Will bl- I. isied in receiving by Mrs. Cor
bin and Mrs. Roland Wills.
The hr; Cabin german last night was a
brilliant, and delightful altair and a
< harming compliment to the visiting young
ladii i. The young ladies all wore strict
dr.-ss with -allies and bows of the national
colors, and liny Hags for ornaments. Mr.
Au tin led thi girman, and some very
pretty fburi: wire danced. Lieutenant
Yates, of the United States army was one
ol the visitors present.
Mir, Jrsiph E. Willet, of Mlanta, is
visiting hie son. Mt. Hugh M. Willet, at
237 College sireet.
i.Mi tolm M. Culler will entertain at
cards tomorrow night complimentary to
Airs, Sarah Grant Jackson.
'.Mrs. M< Lari n givi s a card party tomor
row morning at the residence of Mrs.
Wall, i Lamar, in honor ot Miss Wattsand
Mis- Mat Legh Witts, of Virginia.
i.Mr George W. Human and Mrs. Wil
liam H Felton will entertain at cards to
morrow afternoon at 1 o’clock.
The many frit nds of i.Mrr. J. L. Harde
man will learn with regret of her serious
illness at her home in Mineville.
At the residence of the bride's parents
on College street yesterday' afternoon at
3 o’clock. Mi :■ Carrie May Lane and Lieu
tenant Granville Conner were married.
Rev. F. F. Reese officiating. The bride is
the eldest daughter of Colonel and Mrs.
Jefferson Lane and since her debut has
been one of the mo. t admired members of
Macon ■a. i.-ly. I.lent, mint Conner is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Granville Conner and
is one of Macon’s finest young business
men. In -.••ide.- being deservedly’ popular in
social and military circles. No cards were
j-'-med to the wedding, ami the ceremony
was witnessed only by the families of the
contracting parties and a few intimate
friends. The bride was very lovely in a
dainty white dress, and Sergeant Lawson
Brown was best man. Lieutenant Conner
left yesterday afternoon for Griffin to join
his company, the iMaeon Volunteers.
TRAVELLING MEN GIVE AID.
They Are Assisting in Making Preparations
Tor the Reunion.
The commercial men of Georgia are tak
ing a lively interest in the. Inly reunion of
The Confederate Veterans, and are helping
the Reunion Association prepare ifor it.
The commercial travelers are a strong
body of men. They cover every part of
the country, and when they take hold of
any movement they give it an impetus
■which sends it booming along.
The traveling mon are heartily’ enlisted
In the coming reunion of old soldiers. They
say that the whole state in concern in tre
event and there is no sectionalism in their
association. ,
Mr. E. E. Smith, the state president, is
sending out a letter now. asking his asso
ciates to solicit contributions of provisions
and money in all parts of Georgia. Hams,
bread. Hour, butter, eggs ami everything
eatable will aeepted and forwarded to the
commissary. The work is deeply apreeia
ted by the ex-Confederatcs.
The traveling men -report that every
where they go the veterans are enthused
nt the idea of holding the reunion in At
lanta. All who arc able will come ami
they will be in uniform this year. The pa
rade will be picturesque.
Thousands of sons, daughters and friends
of the veterans are coming, too. Each day
shows a growing interest in the matter,
both 'here in the city and abroad. The
stories of the war iwhich are received at
headquarters any day would fill a book
'Many a chapter of unwritten history is
heard there.
Judge Newman, ordinary* of Washington
county, writes that he has been engaged
for some time making a roster of the
soldiers who went into the Confederate
army from Washington county. iHe 'has
succeeded in completing the roll c*f all but
three companies, and he thinks he will be
able to get those names.
CA.S POTI X /V.
Ths fie- Zs
s’.Bila 7“““ ’-sea
future/ > every
DRESSY HEELED OXFORDS
; Black, Rrown, Choc-
( Kid° l or e vesting Top. 900
V-Turn Sole or Flex-IpLIUU
iUle.
SPRING HEEL LOW SHOES.
Brown, Chocolate,
-a. Black. (hn nn
Flexible Soles. \/
' ,ar,R Ox!ords ’ LowdJLluU
Button, One Strap.
CLISBY 66 McKAY.
Notes Taken
On the Run.
Mr. Thomas H. Jone”, son of Mr. Ben
nett Jones, and Miss Clara Green Were
married on Sulday at Grace church by the
pastor. Rev. W. C’. Snow. It was a runaway
ft was a runaway match and the cei. mony
was performed without the knowledge of
tlic parents of the couple.
Dr. W. R. Holmes, dentist. 556 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.
Earnest Willie will colure at the Belle
vue Baptist church Wednesday night. The
lecture will be given complimentary to the
pastor, J. D. Briggs. All are cordially in
vited.
Dr. Charles Lanier Toole, dentist. Of
fice corner Second and Poplar streets.
The last meeting of the University’ Ex
tension wiill be tn id tonight and a large
aitti ndance of memebrs is expected.
Mr. George Sims is confined to his home
with .i somew hat serious attack o's illness.
He was unable io 'be out yesterday morn
ing ami this morning inquiry at his house
showed that he war. not much better.
in the superior court this morning the
case of Proctor again. 4 the Macon and
Birmingham railroad was con'timn d and
concluded. It went to the jury about it
o’clock and after an absen. e ol an hour
they rendered a verdict for the plaintiff
in the sum of SSOO. The ease will in all
probability be appealed.
Superintendent A Gordon Jones, of the
Southern, is out of tile city today on im
portant .business.
W. R. Thigpen of Savannah, who was
formerly a popular clerk in the Hotel La
nier. is in the city today.
Mr. O. A. Coleman lift this morning for
Gavannah, .where he wil taake a prominent
[ irt in I lie proceedings ol he Brotherhood
of St. Andrew.
\ number oti recruit-- for the cavalry’
Ifrom this county 1. ft this morning on the
Georgia Southern and Florida for Tampa.
Hardly a day p i :scs now and hardly a
train goes out that some tears are not
shed as a oldit r oil' to the front.
Gati h i per Holmes ;ay.. i.hat it ir. i pretty
hard strain on a ti nder bi ari<-d man.
OUR COUNTRY SCHOOLS.
“Citizen'’ Suggests Some Changes in Their
Management.
Tn calling attention to the public schools
of the county, we regret to state that in
our opinion very’ little in the way of edu
cation is accomplished considering the
amount of money’ expended upon them.
We are sure Hie schoolare very much in
ferior to our school:- of a few years ago.
Tn the different communities there is
but little, if any interest felt in the
schools. We attribute this lack of interest
to tlic present management. The school
patrons fully’ realize that they have no
voieo whatever in the choice of teachers
or the control of the school in any way,
the entire matter being under the full con
trol of the 'Board of Education, which is
composed largely* of active business men,
who are not in touch with the country’
people and really don't know what they*
need. 'We believe the country people
should have representation on the Board
of Education, believing it to be fair and
just and decidedly best for the country
schools.
We believe that in most instances male
principals would meet the requirements of
a country school far better than lady
teachers because they would come in con
tact with the patrons, stimulate in them
interest for the iu ■ ■ • of the school, and
manage the schools better, and would in a
short while bring the schools up to the
standard of a few years ago.
We think the money* paid the principal
of the country school-; to be a useless ex
penditure and waste of public money. In
our opinion far better results could be at
tained with male principals, and a visit
from Superintendent Abbott once a year,
and there would also be a saving to the
county of one thousand dollars per annum
for school put poses.
We realize that the attendance in some
of the schools has been meterially* effected
on account of vaccination —the smallpox
epidemic having been stamped out. we be
lieve the -Board of Education should res
cind the resolution requiring children to be
vaccinated before entering school.
Citizen.
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GREAT REVIVAL
AT GRACE CHURCH
Strong Sermon Preached Last
Night by a Great Re
vivalist
OH CURSE Os STRONG DRENK.
He Drew Strong Word Pictures and
Gave Examples of the Evils of
Intemperance,
The interest manifested at Grace church
! last night was intense, and, as usual, there
i were, a number of converts and accessions
: to the church. „
Last night Mr. Leitch preached from a
I part of the 24th and 26th verses of 1 Pro
. verbs, “Because I have call'd and ye re
fused; I will mock when your fear com
eth.”
“God calls you tonight as he has ever
done before. He calls by a living ministry.
He calls by the Holy Spirit, and he calls
I you by his providences. Y’ou people in Ma
con have he? rd every kind of minister
preach, and there is certainly no one in
this ci tv who can have sufficient excuse
before tee judgment bar of Go-1, for not
accepting Jesus Christ You have had edu
cator and cultivator ministers io preach to
you. You have had them from between the
plaw hamlies, you have had ex-barkeepers,
and ‘onight, by God’s providence you have
this st-ange preacher who was saved from
rum and sin, to preach the Gospel to you.
The arrangement was for me to preach
in the Epworth League tent shortly after
the league conference here, but by’ some
means the tent has gone to Selma, and I
am unxpeetedly here tonight in this dear
little church with a message for some of
you. Holy Spirit help some one to hear
Go-d s call tonight! Every good impulse
is an impression of the Holy Spirit, and
you dare not resist it. The Holy Spirit is
prompting you tonight, perhaps, to speak
to some one who is not a Christian, now
standing by our side.” ,
.Mr. Leitch told of a preacher, a Sunday*
school teacher and a father and mother,
who had resisted the promptings of the
Holy Spirit to speak to a frivolous y'oung
woman two weeks before her death, about
the condition of her soul, and the young
woman passed out of this life crying “Lost!
lost! lost-” as the result of this neglect.
.Mr. Leitch believes that God calls most
strongly by his providences, and sometimes
he says it is necessary to take a good wife
to bring a husband to Christ. Sometimes
a sweet child has to be taken.
Mr. Leitch amply illustrated bis sermon
with incident ami story in speak.ng of the
call of God through bis providences. He
to almost pathetically of a sweet little girl
whose death brought her wicked father to
seek the Lord.
“The father of this little Christian was
a drinking man, and one afternoon as he
camo home staggering, he passed his little
girl who was playing with a number of her
companions. After the father had passed
by, the children with whom his little girl
pushed her aside and said, ‘We will play
no longer with you for you have a stag
l goring papa.’ The little girl’s heart was
broken and she went to her mother on
whose breast she leaned and sobbed herself
to sleep. Her mother tenderly put her to
bed in her little crib, but her sleep was
troubled, and as she slept she dreamed her
father, who heard her moans, came to her
i crib and changed her position, thinking it
would make her rest easier, but she awoke
an.l saw her father bending over her,
when she told him about her dream.
She had dreamed, she said, that her fa
ther bad come home staggering again, and
that it troubled her so. that it had made
her sick, and that now she woul 1 not be
r sick much longer, for she was going to
heaven, and with her little bands she pat
ted 'him on the cheek, and sa.'T, “Father,
you won’t come home staggering any more,
will you? The little girl’s fever grew
hotter and hotter, until it had burned her
pure life out, and she went to join the
angels. The father of this sweet little girl
was brought to Christ, but at what a sac
rifice! God is calling you tonight. It may
take death to bring some of you, but if
you die without Christ, it will not be be
cause you have not had a call from God,
either through his ministry, his Holy
Spirit or his providences. There will be
special services this afternoon at 1 o’clock
for the children, though everybody is in
vited to attend, and preaching again to
night at S o'clock by (Mr. Leitch.
ENGINEERS PICNIC.
Thev Will Go to Beech Haven in Force on
Thursday.
The annual picnic of the Locomotive
Engineers will be held at 'Beach Haven on
Thursday and will be an immense affair.
These picnics of the Brotherhood are
always attended by several hundred peo
ple. The ladies auxiliary joins with the
regular order in the picnic and in this way
the interest and the enjoyment is kept
up.
The train for Beach Haven leaves the
I nion depot at 8 o’clock and returning
will reach the depot at 6:30 o’clock.
The following committee bas charge of
the arrangements for the picnic: O. L.
Mi Wat. rs. J. 1. Whidden and E. F. Adams.
BACK TO TAMPA.
The Escort for the Spanish Prisoners for
McPhetson.
The detachment of the Twenty-fifth in
fantry, which acted for an escort for the
Spanish prisoners, passed through Macon
this morning on their way to rejoin the
regiment at Tampa.
They have had little sleep since leaving
Pampa. Fla., their order to preserve vigi
lance over the prisoners being imperative,
and as there were only ten of them, little
time was allowed for anything else. With
the departure of the colored troops, the
Spaniards will have the soldiers of the
Fifth regiment left at the fort as their
guardians. The detachment of ten soldiers
who left last night is made up of picked
men who have been tried in their regi
ment. (All of them are above the average
height and splendidly proportioned, and a
Spaniard would meet with rough treatment
in their hands. Lieutenant Moss said yes
terday before leaving for his regiment:
"I don’t anticipate any trouble from
Colonel Cortiliji and his men. They ap
preciate fully their present position, and
see how impossible it would be to escape.
“One of my men found one of the Span
iards, shortly after leaving Tampa, on the
platform of the car we came in. evidently
thinking of making a break, but with a
little rough treatment he was brought to
his senses. That was the only thing I
have seen out of the way in the behavior
of the prisoners during the time they have
been under my charge.”
Yellow Janutlice Cured.
Suffering humanity should be supplied
with every means posisble for its relief.
It is with pleasure we publish the follow
ing: “This is to certify that I was a ter
rible sufferer from yellow jaundice for over
six months and was treated by some of the
best physicians In our city and all to no
avail. Dr. Bell, our druggist, recommended
Electric Bitters, and after taking two bot
tles, I was entirely cured. I now take great
pleasure in recommending them to any
one suffering from this terible malady. I
am gratefully yours, M. A. Hogarty, Lex
ington. Ky.” Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons,
druggists.
MACON NEWS TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 17 1898,
AFTERMATH
OF ELKS' MEET.
Returning Delegates Have
Some Interesting Sto
ries to Tell.
Returning delegates from the convention
of the Elks which met in New Orleans
last week give a glowing account of the
meeting among the mo t interesting of the
souvenirs brought back by the delegates
is the collection of the badges from the
different states that were represented in
the convention.
All widths and lengths of ribbon* were
used, from the narrow hair lined strip to
the broad streamer almost a foot in
length.
Various emblems and mottos, mainly
sifinificant for designation of the locality
from whence the wearers came, were at
tached.
These emblems were of glazed china
with appropriate inscriptions, embossed
papier-mache, gilt and silver ornaments,
etc.
Small articles were also pinned to many
of the ibadgts, telling at a glance of the
prevailing industry or manufacture of the
town.
Thus on tiie Kentucky badges were
small whisky jugs; Lynn, Mass., had a
kathfi sole acting as a weight for the
bottom; Colorado a small bit of quartz;
Trenton, N. J., a miniature china pitcher;
Virginia a plug of tobacco; Conm riicut,
from two different lodges, had a wooden
nutmeg and a rifle cartridge.
Minneapolis, Minn., whose lodge, by the
way, carried off the coveted prize for the
best badge of the convention, and where
the reunion of 1897 was held, had for the
distinctive sym'bol a diminutive Hour bar
rel, with the familiar XXX branded there
on.
The Augusta badge, which received the
most favorable notice, was simply the
purple ribbon as the base, in combination
with the Federal colors, and with nothing
else except the Elk’s head. Last year the
cotton boll on the Augusta badges attract
ed universal comment.
One Texas lodge had a broad white rib
bon, showing a daintily attired young lady
with a brown dress, black hat, tan shoes
and a vivid scarlet vest, whereon was
printed “Gal-vest-on.!”
Patterson. N. J., had the laconic query,
“Who Struck Billy?”
'Wheeling, W. Va., had a bevy of girls
on bicycles along a country road.
Buffalo, a bison’s head.
It seems that the gathering of these
badges as memorials of the occasion, espe
cially with the feminine portion of the
visitors, amounted to a fad, and when it
is known that 350 different lodges from all
over the broad republic were represented
at New Orleans, it will be seen that to
make a representation of a part, much less
a complete collection, was no small task,
ami one productive of considerable strat
egy and wiles.
One of the gratifying and pleasant fea
tures of the occasion was the presence of
an unusually large number of ladies,
whose husbands, fathers and brothers were
Elks of either high or low degree.
Young ladies, maids and matrons seemed
to predominate, and the spectacle of these
fair ones, decked in all of the spring
finery, with ribbons and badges pinned to
every conceivable inch of their dresses,
from shoulder to corsage and from waist
down to the very hem of the skirt, and, as
one of the boys expressed it, they looked
like “animated, chromatic lumps of sweet
ness.”
Many facts of interest were brought
back by the returning members of the local
lodge concerning the growth and prosper
ity of the order.
Among these are the statement that
many requests for charters have been re
ceived from foreign lands, principally from
England.
Inasmuch as a prerequisite for admis
sion to the Elks is American citizenship,
they have had to be refused.
The largest lodge is that of Grand
Rapids, Mich., with 737 members, New
York following a close second with 73G.
The largest gain in membership during
the year is at Jackson, Mich., with 230
members. The total membership Is 44,-2i>’3,
an increase of 7,737 during the year.
Three new states have received the light
of lElkdom since the last reunion, viz:
Alaska, New .Mexico and Oklahoma.
THE LIFE OF f\ MANDARIN.
It Is Itiither Siow oral Monotonous to
Western Notion*.
Most mandarins, says a writer in The
Cornhill Magazine, pass the whole of
their lives without taking a single yard of
exercise. The late Nankin viceroy, fa
ther of the Marquis Tseng, was considered
a remarkable character because he always
walked “a thousand steps a day" in his
private garden. Under no circumstances
Whatever is a mandarin ever seen on foot
in his own jurisdiction. Occasionally a
popular judge will try to earn a reputa
tion by going out incognito at night, but
even then he takes a strong guard with
him and, as happened when 1 was at Can
ton, gets his head broken if he attempts to
pry too closely into abuses. As the police
and the thieves are usually copartners in
one concern, it naturally io/ows that cau
tion must be used in attacking gaming
houses which have bribed themselves into
quasi legality.
A mandarin’s leisure, which may be
said to begin at 5 p. m. n..d continue un
til 'J, is in one or other of the follow
ing ways: Either b.<‘r. ad.. p<.. L . by hhn
self or lie sends lor his secretaries t<> drink
wine, crack melon seeds and compose
poetry with him, or he may shoot olf a
few arrows at a target in his garden, Gr
and this is commonest —he may invite the
rich merchants to a ’‘feed" in his yamcns
or accept-invitations from them. But this
is rather dangerous w ork, for there is a
sort of unwritten law against mandarins
leaving their own yamens except on offi
cial business bent. On the other hand,
merchants of high standing steer clear of
the local mandarin unless, as happened
when I was at Kewkiang, ho happens to
be a compatriot of theirs.
On his grandmother’s, mother’s and
wife’s birthdays the mandarin receives con
gratulations and presents—of course on Lis
own too. On these festive occasions ho
may give a play. In China theatrical en
tertainments are commonly hired private
ly, though as often as not the "man in
the street” is admitted gratis. But even
here caution is requinsl, for many days in
the year arc netasti, on account of emper
ors having died on those anniversaries,
and it goes very hard with a mandarin if
he is caught "having music” on a dies
non.
Chines* I—always 1 —always supposing they are not
opium smokers, invalids or debauchees—
retire to rest as early as they rise.. In most
Chinese towns everything is quiet after
sunset, and l;y 7 or 8 o’clock every one is
either in bed or is einqriy crooning away
the time until sleep comes on. Notwith
standing the recent introduction of kero
sene lamjis (iorbiddeii in many large
towns), the usual light i t the common dip
or t lie rush.
Dii.m rs and teasts cannot take place ev
er}* day. so what happens « a nine evenings
out oi ten is tills; V, hen t':e corn -jH.nd
ence of the day has been read, dnuted,
achieved, seaieil o. di-natched. when the
secretaries La,_e stt ue!; their tialances anil
exhibited the profits of the day, when the l
business of the judgment :eat is at an end.
the mandarin gets out of his roljes, hat, I
collar, loots, chaph t ami leathers- into an I
easy costume in which he looks just like
the ordinary frouzy, greasy tradesman,
lights his pipe and retires to the harem.
After performing the proper obeisances to
his grandm<>tfcer or moth,---, lie may take a
platonic cup <>i t*a < r gittel with his wife,
after which h • select: the apartment of
one of his concubines. He will even take
his eveuilig meal in her room, smoke a
few pipes with her—for all women smoke ‘
in China —apd perhaps playa game or two
at cards.
MEN’S DOLLAR UNDERSUITS.
Unusual value. clem Phillips.
FOLLOW ARMY
TO THE FRONT
The State Committee of the
Y. M. C. A. Will Send
a Company.
IHEM THEY MAY GO,
The Y. M. C. A. Will Go Also Will
be Regularly Enlisted Men .nd
Will Receive Pass s.
The state committee of the Y. 'M. C. A.
met yesterday in Atlanta and sent out an
address to the people of the state.
The army branch at Griffin will accom
pany the soldiers stationed there wherever
they are sent. The secretary and his as
sistant will have an army pass issued
from Washington which will enable them
to go with t'hc troops without cost. They
will receive the same salary as a private
in the army and will 'be furnished the reg
ular rations apportioned to he men. It is
the idea of the state Young Men’s Chris
tian Association committee to put its rep
resentatives on the same footing with the
privates in the ranks, since in that way
they can better reach all with their work
of spiritual and physical guidance.
At a meeting of the state committee
hold yesterday afternoon in the- office of
Secretary McGill, the following letter was
issued to the people of Georgia:
To the People of Georgia—Our common
country is now in the midst of all the hor
rors and evils of iwar. The military of the
slate, in patriotic response to the call from
the president, promptly volunteered their
brave services, and they are now in camp
awaiting orders. These brave men have
made great sacrifices in accepting these
duties in defense of their country and in
the furtherance of civilization. They will
be exposed to many physical and spiritual
dangers.
Not accustomed to the hardships of the
camp life, these men wHll be subject to de
spondency, disease and demoralization. Far
away as they must be from the sacred in
fluences of home, and practically deprived
of accustomed religious influences, it be
hooves the Christian people of the state
to provide for them «ich privileges and
comforts as may be possible.
When the call from President McKinley
for volunteers came the state Committee
of the Georgia Young Men's Christian As
soc ation was quick to realize the opportu
ninty for practical helpfulness which was
presented to them. tAn arrnv committee
has been 'apointed to undertake definite
religious work for these men. The plan
as outlineci has t*he endorsement of Gener
al Miles and the hearty approbation of the
officers in charge of the Georgia troops.
It is the purpose of the army committee
to establish a Young Men’s Christian As
sociation tent with each regiment to pro
vide for the spiritual welfare and material
comfort of the soldiers. These tents will
be provided with reading matter and writ
ing facilities; young men’s prayer meet
ings will be conducted, Bible classes or
ganized and other lines of religious work
undertaken. A commissary department
department will be provided for the bene
fit of young men who are sick. In this
department young men who are sick will
be furnished with light diet and needed
delicacies gratis on the order of the army
physician.
To do this work efficiently money is
needed. Every citizen of Georgia should
have part in providing these blessings and
comforts for our sons. We earnestly re
quest that men and women in all parts of
the state will consider it a religious duty
and privilege to have part in providing for
this work. Cash contributions are needed
at once. Friends desiring to contribute
wil please send subscriptions to ex-Gover
nor Northern Atlanta, amid all contribu
tions received will be acknowledged
through the columns of the Constitution.
The urgency of the case prompts us to
again solicit a hearty and prompt re
sponse to this appeal.
Signed by the army committee.
W. J- Nor then,.
Chairman.
W. Woods White,
E. W. Martin,
Charles A. Davis,
R. J. Guinn,
Chaplain O. J. iNavo.
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The Horrible Niger Company.
That afternoon we took part in a func
tion which is only too common in every
African trading station —a funeral. A
young clerk had breathed his last a few
hours earlier, after four days’ suffering at
a temperature of 107 degrees, and now
thej T wore laying him to rest. A deputa
tion from tlie steamer attended, and tho
scone was a striking one, impressive be
cause of the curious mingling of the pa
thetic and grotesque. Four naked Kroo
boys were busy baling the water out of a
three foot trench, while a white trader
Stood above them mumbling something
from the book held in a shaking hand, and
an alcohol soaked trader stumbling over
the solemn words of the last office is not a
seemly sight.
A rough deal box, such as “long Dane”
guns are shipped in, Lay sinking in the
ooze, and a few dripping men stood bare
headed in the rain. Then at a signal the
naked aliens tumbled the case into the
trench, and it refused to sink. Clods were
flung upon it, but the buoyant deal rose
stubbornly to the surface, until two Kroo
boys stood upon it to hold it down, and
the mold was shoveled about their knees.
Afterward a cottonwood log was laid upon
the whole, in case it might break through
yet, and as we hurried away a mate ex
pressed the feelings of the rest by saying,
“When my time comes, I’ll hold on hard
until you can launch me from under the
ensign into clean blue water.”—Black
wood’s Magazine.
Bishap Thorold’H Crisp Notes.
The late Bishop Thorold’s crisp notes
were proverbial. At the time that the
bishop put forward his new church’s
scheme another scheme was broached by
one of the leadiug clergy in the diocese.
The bishop wrote;
Your scheme is < xceilent, but don’t publish
it now, or jours x. ill .annon mine, and xve
shall neiiht.r of i.s get . ,lo ike pocket.
On another occa; ion . hare working
south London parton . . ;■ :;iug for
long leaxetogo to the Roly Lund. His
answer was
Mr Dear , ——. By all means. Go to
Jericho. Y ours, A. W. B.
•—London Figaro.
Bucklin’n Arnica Salie
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. It 1s
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded, price 25 cents per box.
For sale by H. J. L*m*r & £•«■* drug
stare.
WHOOPING COUGH.
I had a little boy who was nearly dead
from an attack of whooping cough. My
neighbors recomended Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy. I did not think any medi
cine would help him, but after giving him
a few doses of that remedy I noticed an
improvement and one bottle cured him en
tirely. It is the ‘best cough medicine I
ever had in the house.—J. L. Moore. South
Burgettstown, Pa. For sale by H. J. La
mar & Sons, druggists.
HALF CENT fl WORD
ADVEKTISKMENTS of Wants, for Sale
For Kent, I.ost, Found, Ktc., are inserted
In THIS COLUMN at Half Cent a Word
each insertion. No Advertisement taken
for lesKthan 15 cents.
Miscellaneous.
ROOMS FOR RENT —Three comfortably
furnished rooms, two erf them fronting
street. Within three minutes' walk
of business center. Apply 757 Mulber-
WANTED —Situation in home by reliable
white person. Apply this office.
WANTED—A position by a young laxly
as stenographer. Tampa Fish & lee
Co.
FOR RENT—'<My home, furnished, near
Wesleyan, on ear line. Six rooms,
hails, kitehen. telephone. For summer
months. Apply to Louis J. Anderson,
Postolfice.
ONE OR TWO young men can get good
table board at lift Nisbet street, head
of Cherry, at $12.50 per month.
ONI- '-.'l, TWO young men can get board
and room .it vety r<-.<s<>uai.le rate
v. iC.ln three blocks of the business
portion oi the city. Address J., care
News.
.it..-.**.- v» v i i i • rui »n Cuba by
Seuor Quesada. Cuban representative
a: Washington. Endors d by Cuban
patriots, in tremendous demand. A
bonanza for agents. Only $1.50. Big
book .big commissions. Everybody
wants the only endorsed, reliable book.
Outfits seut free. Credit given. Freight
paid. Drop all rtash and make S3OO
a month with War in Cuba. Address
today, THE NATIONAL BOOK CON
CERN. 352-356 Dearborn street, Chi
cago. 111.
ROOMS FOR RENT—Three - comfortably
furnished rooms, two of them fronting
street. Within three minutes walk of
business center. Apply 757 Mulberry.
HELLO! EVERYBODY—Have "you a pic
ture you want enlarged or framed
first class, but mighty cheap. Do
you want a beautiful dining room,
hall or parlor picture. 1 have
’em. A beautiful Klondike, African
diamond pin, ear or finger ring, shirt
or cuff or collar button. If so, remem
ber Migrath’s, oppohite Hotel Lanier.
558 Mulberry street.
W. A. GOODYEAR, carriage, buggy ami
wagon shop. Horse, shoeing, fine paint
tng. Repairing of scales a specialty
453. 455 Poplar street.
•5-lb pail : jelly2sc
s'i'h pails apple butter2sc
•Devil.>d and potted ham and tonguesc
Salmon, 3 cansosc
I'al'inon 10c
Salmon 12 , / L-’C
Salmon steak 200
'Finest 'Jersey butter2sc
Flou rnoy.
iNti’W is the 'time to have your lace cur
tain.' laundered. Mrs. Ryder, near
. Ci uimp's park, does the very best work.
All curtains laundered at only 25 cents
per window.
ci PY T\ ' NO I'H’i:.
The second installment of the city tax
is now due. 1 am compelled to issue ex
ecutions against those fin default. Pay ami
save costs. A. it. TINGLEY,
Treasurer.
May IGth, 1898.
•REIfEI VER'S SALE. ““
Under ami 'by virtue of a decree of the
circuit court rtf the United States for ‘the
Western division of the southern district
of Georgia, rendered on the ll'th day of
'May, 1898, in the equity cause of Rufus
H. Carswell et al. vs. the Macon Gas Light
and Water 'Company et al., the under
signed will expose for sale ami sell at pub
lic outcry to 'the highest bidder between
'the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m., on Tues
day, 'May 31, 1898, before the court house
door of the United States court, at Macon,
Ga., the electric plant of the Macon
Gas Light and Water Company, including
all boilers, engines, dynamos, generators,
electric wires, poles, arc lights, incandes
cent lights, and all equipment appertain
ing to said electric plant, but not includ
ing the real estate on which said plant is
locaited, or buildings, free from all liens
of the first, second, third and fourth mort
gage 'bonds of the Macon Gas Light and
•Water Company, and free from the liens
of al) outstanding receiver’s certificates
and all debts ami claims against I he. re
ceivership and against the ,'Macon Gas
Light and Water Company. No bid to be
received for a less sum than $40,000. The
terms Os sale being that the nurshaser
shall pay to the said T. D. Tinsley, receiv
er, to be by him applied as directed in
said decree, the sum of SI,OOO in cash;
$9,000 upon the Ist day of June, 1898; one
third erf the balance of the purchase money
upon December Ist, J 898; one-third of said
balance of purchase money upon March Ist
1899; and ’one-third of said balance of
purchase money upon June Ist,
1890; said deferred payments tn
bear interest from the Ist day of
June, 1898, on payment of the installment
of the purchase money due upon that day;
the title cf said proporiylo remain in the
Macon 'Gas Light and Water Company un
til all payments are completed. None of
the machinery shall be removed from the
grounds of the said (Macon Gas Light and
Water Company until all of the said pur
chase money has been paid. Receiver will
furnish proposed bidders aeces to the plant
and ‘books of the company for information.
Upon default of the purchaser to promptly
■pay when due the first or any subsequent
ddfered payment of purchase money, the
court reserves . the right to retake said
properties and enforce the colcction of the
entire debt by a resale of said 'properties.
•Said purchaser is to pay all taxes, in
surance and license, and at his own ex
pense to make all necessary
repairs on said property- and
keep the same in good repair during
the time it is held under this decree so
long as any portion of said purchase mon
ey remain unpaid. The purchaser
shall have the right to pay any or all of
said installments at any time before their
maturity and interest shall be calculated
up to the date of such anticipated pay
ments. Reference is hereby made to said
decree authorizing the sale.
•Mjioon, Ga., May 14, 1898.
T. D. TINSLEY, Receiver.
FUNERAL ?;• > Ill’ll.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Y. G. Jar
ratt are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral of the latter tomorrow (Wednes
day) morning at 10 a. m. from their resi
dence, 153 First street.
MARRIED.
In this city Monday, at the residence
of the bride’s father. Major Jeff Lane, Mr.
Granville Cowper Connor, Jr., to Miss
Carrie May Lane. Rev. F. F. Reese rector
cf Christ church, officiating. No cards.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
To the Democra'ts of Bibb county: I
respectfuliy announce myself as a candi
date- for representative of our county in
the next general assembly of Georgia,
subject to your nomination at the primary
election to be held June 6'th, 1898.
JOHN R. GOOPER.
I respectfully announce my candidacy
for the House of Representatives in the
Democratic primary of June Gth.
Roland Ellis.
If in Need of a Safe,
Buy a Good One.
Below is a list of merchants who know
a good thing when they see it. List of
sales since March 22, 1.898:
Georgia Quincy Granite Company.
Jones Grocery Company.
Rogers & Joiner Commission Company
L. C. Crawford.
J. S. Frink.
A. E. Harris.
Jake Ginsburg, Cordele, Ga.
J. B. Ran.
M 6. Rogers.
J. B. Frink.
Et' Devlin.
H. Kessler.
N. I. Parr.
E. Friedman.
W. J. Wyche.
Hardeman Grocery Company.
A. Dclkin, Atlanta, Ga.
Davidson Jewelry Company.
11. D. Adams.
J. T. Callaway, Jr
412 Second St. Phone 334.
Lisle Underwear.
There is probably nothing that a man wears
with more satisfaction than nice Underwear. In our
stock the most fastidious cannot fail to be pleased.
We show the nice things in Gauze, Nainsook, Bal
briggan, Lisle and Silk and Lisle Mixed and the
price range is sure to please—
-25c, 50c, SI,OO, $1.25.
And on up to $3.00 a Garment
See us on your Underwear.
I MACONt,..CrA ! ,
f. Bovs’ * 2
Straw Hats, 2
t For 25 Cents
b .... -
L; Not the flimsy, “sleezy,” cheap kind, but ;■
!Fs genuine good rtraw, good enough for any-
body to wear anywhere. m
Better ones, <-f coui -c, at cents. [ns .'1
? send thebov down; we’U fit him ail ripht. If
r ’ •
F goods arc not as 1 ep:ctcnic-1 y<dir money
u back. 2
[ BENSON & HOUSER i
The Up-to-Date Clothiers.
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Crump's Park Bullet in
Wednesday Matinee,
“Cou ih ry Pol it ician,”
Wednesday Night.
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In tfie Hands of fl Boy
A good Ice Cream Freezer will do as well
as a poor one operated by more skillful hands. The Ohio
Frcezeris a m ney and time saver. Its first c<>s- is not great,
it uses little ice and freezes in less time than any other.
Strong and durable. With and without wheel. From 2to
20 quart.
And while on this cold subject h t us remind onr cus
tomers that we have Ice Picks, Ice Miavers, North Star
Refi igerators and many other ice goods at moderate prices.
No Book to carry around. No
Tickets to get lost. In using
Trading Stamps simply have your
book at home and ask for Stamps.
When you buy for cash. Every
member of the family can get
them. We give you orders cn
merchants or elegant Premiums
valued ai $.5.00 to $9.00 each.
Philadelphia Trading Stamp Co.,
Office Goodwyn’s Drug Store,
Macon, Ga.
THE BIG PREMIUM.
Buck’s Steel Range.
$65 00 VALUE $65.00
Will be given away within the next few days. We
have only a few more chances to give out and when these
arc gone Mr. J. W. Cabaniss will open the package contain
ing the winning number and announce same. Look up
your tickets, you may hold the lucky number.
Don’t this weather suggest a Refrigerator? Re
member the “Wisconsin Peerless” is the only abso
lutely odorless one and we guarantee no contamina
tion.
Lach dollar you spend with us entitles you to one
chance on the Big Premium.
GARDEN, THE e Tn niture