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4 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. fl 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. > "J. - SL X jS- . ?he fte- simile / / -s itui a(' s'y ■ - -■' .-f -r-' The half a cent a ward column of Thr Neva la the eheapsut aAvertitini mediunr. 1« 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. •£’ O T 2 X.Z-L. The fse- zf simils /-y 1! ca Z z .//.,> every 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. —.. j Crump's Park Bullet in Wednesday Matinee, “Cou ih ry Pol it ician,” Wednesday Night. /a - '-.I G-' ./ Ft ■ ; ' WiS \ *"- 2 1 ■'■ V'. , j , ;■• W2IC2 f v- 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