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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.
Notes Taken
On the Run.
Rutland held its anual Sunday school
<i]<in at ion on itur.lay last and a large
numb* r* of people enjoyed the day at 1 *>-
besorkee. The uddi. -.s of the day was de
livered by Col. E P. Johnson.
\n inter* sjllng meeting of the Macon
Ait 'Club wa held at the studio of Miss
Bessie Rogers yesterday afternoon.
Dr. Charles Lanier Toole, dentist.. Of
fice corner Second and Poplar streets.
The girls at Wesleyan were given a
holiday yesterday to make up ‘for the loss
of a day on Saturday when examinations
were being held.
Architect W. F. Denny, of Atlanta, is
In the city today. .
, Th*- festival and dance given at Octnul
g* *, park last night by the Young Ladies’
Aid Soci'* tv was a great success. The rain
cant** up at lh-‘ wrong t itite for a thorough
enjoyment. of in*- evening, but the crowd
was good and .the 'financial kikcess of the
occasion was very satisfactory to thq
young ladies.
Lost Diamond ting about one and one
halt karat/ Finder will be liberally re
ward* *1 by hating same with M. (■'. Put
za 1.
Col. Dudley M. Hughes, of Danville, was
in ilu- city yi.siei'day. He says that the
crops along the M.o-oti ami Dublin road
will be unprecedented.
Editor Alton Pierce, of the Dublin Cou
lter, i a welcome visitor in th*- city to
day.
Mr H I’. Smart, of Savannah, is In the
city on business.
Dr W. It. 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.
Mi Sir ih Cox. w ife of I 1 ’ A. Cox, died
a fi w days ii .i al Emerson, (la. Iter only
daughter. ‘Mrs. .1 S. .Norman, who lived in
this < ily, di* it two ynars ago and Mrs. Cox
nev* r erased to mourn for Iler till heart
failuie gave her eternal fist. Mr. T. A.
Cox wa an obi engineer aud lived for
many year- in the eity.
C bl* t Bayne .Ellis is expected home in
about two week from Annapolis and will
be w armly web oim .1 by his friends.
It would look as if th*- famous Log Cabin
Club mo t be old under a mortgage unless
th*- amount due can 'lie paid oil in a very
short time. The property is now adver
tis*d for sale ami the members are making
a big push to have the debt paid oil.
Moonshine eases occupied the time ami
attention of the I'niied States court this
morning.
In tin- superior court today the case of
Mrs. \V. H. MeKey against the city of
Alacon and the Consolidated Street 'Rail
road -Company was continued and went to
the jury at noon 'riu- verdict returned
was in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of
S2OO.
Miss Ruby Williams, of Fort Gaines, is
registered al the Brown House.
Charles R. Hubbard ami wife and Miss
Lula Daniel, of Columbus, are in the city
today aud are registered at the Brown
House.
IMr. T. S. Mell and ’Mr. G. A. Mell and
wife, of Athens, are registered at the
Growl House this morning.
The discharge of Warren Wiley, who en
listed in one of the Macon companies when
he was under age. has -been secured from
the department at the request of his moth
er by Messrs. Racon and Bartlett. The
discharge has not yet been received at the
camp, but will reach there either today or
tomorrow.
Council meets tonight, but from the pres
ent indications it will be a dull meeting.
A meetings of the Macon Lodge of Elks
will be held tonight and several fawns wi'l
be put through the torture chamber.
(Mr. T. P. Bunkley will continue to act
as first sergeant of the Volunteers.
IMr. P. J. Kline, the well knojvn mer
chant. of Millidgeville. is in the city tod.tv
in attendance on the United States court.
E. S. Sylvester, of Augusta, is among the
visitors registered at the Hotel Lanier.
Messrs. Jemison A- Cherry, who propose
to issue the next directory of the city of
Macon and who received the endorsement
of the city council and of the Chamber of
< ommeree. have commenced the canvass
for the business of the directory.
The surgeon general of the army has re
quiring that persons desiring positions as
nurses in either army or navy shall make
HOT WEATHER SHOES!
FOR GENTLEMEN. —-
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Unbleached Linen . . . ) 7f|f
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CLISByITMcKAY.
their applications through the Daughters
of the American Revolution. Each appli
cation must be a*-compa'ii*-d by lite in
dorsement of a physician as to the appli
fiuit's .hara. ler ami nihility as a nurse.
Any- one wishing further information can
sieuri the same from Mrs. Porter King,
state regent of the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, or Mis. W. B. Jxxwe and
Mrs. William Green Raoul, regent and vice
regent of the local chapters.
'Mr. Hamilton Yancey, of Rome, came in
this morning on business. He is one of
the best known insurance men in the state.
CARD FROM i.M ft. PC: Jbl LT,.
Editor Evening News- J read with inter
est the article in your issue of yesterday
signed Blacksmith, giving th* reasons why
John R. Cooper, Esq., should be elected by
the people of Bibb county. I wish to say
that I endorse the sentiment which
prompted the writer and with your per
mission will tell a little of IMr. Cooper’s
history, fi ling that when a brave and gen
erous community like ours knows the noble
struggles he has made and the sacrifices
he has made in order to make himself use
ful to his fellowman, it will give him its
recognition, sympathy and support. He Is
asking our people the privilege of repre
senting them in the General Assembly of
Georgia. Surely our people w ill not deny
him this gratification of a laudable ambi
tion.
He may not observe in the strictest
sense that rule in life which Lor i Chester
field enjoined Uiphn his son. Sir Philip
Stanhcipe, towit: “Suaviter in modo et
mollitcr in re,” but'he has a heart of gold
ami is always prompted by motives of
rugged manliness. T challenge the world
to show one mean, dirty, contemptible act
that he has done.
He was raised on .a farm in Gwinnett
county amj was compelled to labor with
out educational advantages until he was
twenty-one years of age. During his boy
hood and young manhood he was the best
farm hand in the neighborhood. He could
hoe and pick more cotton, pull more fod
der. split more rails, clear up more forest,
spade more ditches, and get more work
out of a lazy yoke of oxen than any man
in the county, be he ‘‘Big Jim from Chero
kee,” or “Big Jim from Dooly.”
During the summers he would go to
school a mouth or so. The day after ho
was of are he jumped into a two-horse
wa-on with two niul* s bitched to it. (all
his father had to give him) and told his
friends that he was going to Atlanta.
They discouraged him, tolling him that he
would return in a. month with a good deal
of ixptrbncc, hut without his mules and
wagon. But he was not deterred, and
drove into Atlanta and began to run s
draj (turning Ids wagon into a dray.) He
was so faithful that a gentleman, observ
ing his compcti n y and fid* lity to duty,
bought hi.* mul* s and wagon ami hired
hirh at $lO per month to run his dray line.
Mr. Cooper served this gentleman long
enough to get a little money ahead. Then
he went to the State University and en
tered one of the lower classes. The stu
dents were amazed at his pluck and brav
ery, and while lie lacked the early train
ing of the more fortunate of his fellow
students, he soon showed them of • what
stuff he was made. He passed safely over
the “Pons asinorum" of mathematics,
went into the beautiful shades of “ars
Poetiea,” soon saw his way clear through
the mystic maizes of Logarithyms and
the increments of calculus, he learned to
riip with Euripides and cant with Can
tharides and easily took his A. B. degree.
He returned and studied law. During his
foqr years in college he took a high stand
in the literary societies, was anniversa
rian, and also took a medal as best debater
in his society.
He came from the college halls to Ma
con eight years ago without one dollar,
having borrowed enough to pay his rail
road fare from (Athens, and his success
here is known of us all. No young man
in Macon has done better.
’Mr. Cooper is in thorough sympathy with
the people. He knows their struggles and
needs. He is from them and one of them.
He is a Democrat by nature, by inclination
and by training. No one is nearer the peo
ple's interests than he. No one is more
jealous of their rights that he.
If he is honored with an election I will
pledge my word on the prediction that his
every act and word will be prompted by
his efforts to uplift and sustain those who
need'assistance in legislation. No. he will
not turn his back on the people after elec
tion time. It would be like brother turn
ing against brother.
I don’t know how his candidacy will be
received by our people. I wish I had' the
time to see every man in Bibb county, so
I could talk with him in person and re
quest his aid in Air. Cooper's behalf, but
I can say this, that Air. Cooper can count
on one good, solid vote, cheerfully given
by his friend and college classmate.
Hope Polhill.
Rocklin’s ArntcaJSalvc
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcere salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
•orns. and all skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. It is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sals by H. J.
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'FRUIT EXCHANGE
TOJRGANIZE
Will be One of the Results of
the Meeting in Macon
on Tuesday,
FRUIT SHOWERS 1 NECtSSIB
Plan Under Which It Will Work Will
be More Complete Than
Ever Before.
A fruit exchange on a scale larger than
I has ’been known in this state heretofore
| will in all probability be the outcome of
, the meeting of the fruit growers nere < n
, Tuesday next.
The exchange has been conducted here
j before, but owing to the extreme lightness
of the crop last year it did not da a flour
ishing business.
This year it will open with a rush and
it is thought that the great majority of
the fruit crop will tbe sent through the
exchange.
The great success of the Florida fruit
exchange in handling the crop of oranges
' has set a good example to the growers in
j this state, and the association will endeav
; or to impress upon the growers at the
I meeting on next Tuesday the absolute ne
| cessity for organization in the successful
■ handling of the fruit.
The only way that organization can be
made effective is through an exchange
and the shipping of the fruit, except what
may be sold for cash on the trees through
one channel.
The exchange can be made so effective
; that it will absolutely secure for the grow
er the highest possible price, and what is
better, it will give him his money every
time.
The curse of the commission men has
been the greatest of curses not only in the
South, but throughout this country where
there have been perishable crops to sell
and only certain markets to sell them in.
The grower has been at the mercy of
the dishonest commission man and the dis
honest commission man has been in the
majority. This is a fact and it is not only
catpable of ‘demonstration, but it is a fur
ther fact that the growers of oranges and
of peaches, of apples, of grapes, and, in
fact, of every kind of fruit and vegetable—
Including watermelons —have been robbed
out m hundreds of thousands of dollars—
millions, perhaps, by the commission men.
The ipeach growers have about decided
that it is time for them to get together
j and to thoroughly organize for 'their own
protection. This cannot be done after the
season has opened, and in fact it is now
almost too late, but a great deal can be
done with the co-operation of all of the
growers.
ißut without the co-operation of the
| growers the movement for the business
| like handling of the crop would be worse
i than useless. So long as a few of the
• growers stay out and still ship .the fruit
I through the commission men in the differ
ent cities the exchange cannot succeed to
the fullest extent. The growers who ship
to the commission men are putting a
weapon in the hands of th? commission
with which to fight the growers themselves
and the cost of the fight does not come out
i of the pockets of the commission men but
. out of the pockets of the growers.
The way it is done is this,' The exchange
; hamlies its own fruit. It has agencies in
the different centres of the country and so
i the agents are able, by a system of tele
graphic communication, to keep the home
, exchange from shipping to any glutted
i point. ConseqdVntly the price is about
kept even. The growers are kc-Dt notified
as to the prices in the different 'cities for
I for their owi satisfaction. This ystem can
I he made perfect when all the growers are
i shipping through their exchange, which is
I not a private enterprise, but one in which
all the growers are interested as stock
holders, and all of thorn share in-the pro
fits at the end of the seaso i. ,
But suppose' a large per cent of the
growers prefer to ship through the com
mission men —and there are always a num
ber who think that any innovation -is a
mistake. - They ship their fruit without
reference to what the exchange may he do
ing and without having the slightest idea
as to what amount of fruit is going into a
certain market on a certain day. Suppose,
however, that the exchange sends a thou
sand crates and the commission dealer re
ceives a thousand crates. If there is a de
mand for a thousand crates and the com
mission man wants to discredit the use
fulness of the exchange, he simply puts
down the price of the fruit and forces the
exchange to sell at his prices. He sends
th returns- to the grower with the state-
I ment that the fruit was not in good condi
j tion and therefore did not bring a top
i price, and the exchange, knowing the fruit
I it sent should have been in good condition,
has no excuse to make to the grower ex
cept that it cannot sucessfully compete
with the commission man.
’ln this way the state, in a good fruit year,
will lose something like a milion dollars,
which goes into the pockets of "the com
mission men.
AVhen the number of people who ship
their 'fruit and get no returns at all are
taken into consideration it is marvelous
how the growers will hesitate about the
method of their shipment.
The only other successful method is a
home market. The holding of auctions at
some one or two tenters in the state where
the buyers are forced to come and buy for
cash.
Os course the best thing to do is to sell
direct on the trees, and when the peach
growers have reached that point they will
have won the most perfect success.
SONS OF. THEIR FATHERS.
Several Have Received a Commission and
List Still Grows.
Washington, May 2-I—President McKin
ley has appointed the following “sons of
tbeir fathers” to positions in the new army
thus far, and the list is growing:
Russell Harrison. U. S. Grant, Webb
Hayes. Algernon Sartoris, son of General
Grant’s daughter; John A. Logan. John
Jacob Vstor, Benson Foraker, William
Joyce Sewall. ißradlee Strong, son of New
York’s c-x-mayor: Stewart iM. Brice, son of
I ex-Senator'Brice; Erskine ’Hewitt, son of
i New York’s ex-mavor; Fitzhugh Lee, Jr.:
George Creighton, brother of Vanderbilt’s
I son-in-law; Hiram E. Mitchell, son of ex
i Senator Mitchell; Lloyd Carpenter Gris
eom, son of the president of the luterna-
I tional Navigation Company: Harry S.
New. son of John C. New. ex-consul gen
eral to London under Harrison; Beverly
A. Read, son-in-law of Senator Money;
John Earl, son of the late senator from
South Carolina; Fred Moulton Alger, son
of the secretary of war; Andrew C. Gray,
son of the senator of Delaware; John A.
Hull, son of the chairman of the House
committee on military affairs: young Ho
barL son of A'iee President Hobart’s
brother; Colonel Fred D. Grant. Hugh H.
Gordon, son of General John B. Gordon,
ex-senator from Georgia; John C. Breck
inridge. grandson of the famous man of
that name; M. E. English. Indiana, son
of the candidate on the Democratic ticket
with Hanconck; Seth IT. Millikin, son of
the late congressman of Maine; Jay Cooke,
grandson of the famous banker; Charles
I C. Catchings. Jr*., son of the congressman
; from Mississippi; Edward Murphy, son of
j the senator from New York.
A.F<mc->T» T A
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MACON NEWS TUESDAY -vftNiNG MAY 24 idgb
NEGRO TROOPS
TO THE FRONT
All the Companies in Georgia
May be Marched Out.
HIMIT FIIH
Such Action —Macon Will Furnish
Three Companies—Judson ’
Lyons at Work.
It is highly probable that Macon’s col
ored troops may go to the front within a
very short time.
The colored troops of the state have
shown a willingness, almost an eagerness
to volunteer, and now they are about to be
allowed to do so.
The Atlanta Constituion’s Washington
corresj-ondent sends bis paner a story to
the effect that the president an 1 Secretary
Alger favor the mustering in of some of
the colored volunteers from the Southern
states.
Registrar of the Treasu Judson Lyons
and former Representative John R Lynch,
of 'Mississippi, had a long interview with
the presndent yesterday in behalf of the
colored volunteers who are anxious to take
part in the Cuban war. By special ap
pointment Lyons and Lynch calk'd at the
White House and discussed the subject at
considerable length with the president,
and the latter is disposed to give the col
ored troops an oportunity to show how
“nrbly” they can fight in a hot climate.
The president was informed that there
are thousands of colored men in the South
ern states, notably in Georgia, South Car
olina and 'Mississippi, who have volunteer
ed their services to the state authorities,
but the governors have not accepted any
but white volunteers. In view of the dis
position of the white troops to resent the
mixing of rhe two classes of citizens, ths
president was urged to recognize the ser
vices of the colored volunteers by assign
ing them to one or more of the immune
regiments provided for under existing law.
Registrar Lyons assured the president
that Georgia is ready to furnish one- or
more regiments from the colored militia of
the state. Savannah offers seven compa
nies, A’*anta four, Augusta four an.l Ma
con three. 'Savannah also has a color'd
tiuO'P of cavalry ii 1 'he opl** 1 thoroughly
organized colored artilerj* com
pany in the United tiSates. Nearly all of
these men are trained soldiers and they
have endured yellow fever. iMany of them
have had yellow fever and are will'ng and
anxious to be among the first d'visions of
Cuban invaders. Brunswick also has sev
eral companies ready for service.
CA-STOniA..
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WILL lALK TARIFF.
Washington, 'May ?4—All of this week
will be c'onsumcd by the 'Senate in debate
of the war tariff bill. Senator Allison, the
ranking member of the finance committee,
says: “I hope the Senate will reach a vote
this week. It seems to me that a vote
ought to be had by the end of the week,
providing the silver men do not filibuster.
I have every eonfidmee that they will not
place obstacles in the way of the bill.”
ASSIGNED TO WHEELER’S STAFF.
Tampa, Fla., May 24 —Capt. William
Astor Clianifr is now attached to General
Wheeler’s division as assistant adjutant
general. iHis m w uniform fit.:* to perfec
tion, and he has a fine military carriage.
JAPANESE DECORATION DAY.
The Visit to the Cemeteries Followed by
Sports and Picnics,
Army drill, discipline, inspection and
parade, with magnificent decorations, flags
and symbolist i in leaf, flcaver ami extem
porized material, form the first part of the
celebration exercises. Then follow wor
ship, the ceremonies of religion, visitation
of the shrines and cemeteries by soldiers,
people, dignitaries and priest;*.. re
freshing the inner man come the afternoon
sports, picnics, fireworks and general re
laxation with lanterns, boats, river joys
ami promenades or moon viewing at
night. Let mo describe an occasion that
I remember well. It Was in the far in
terior, away from the seaports, where the
true life of the people is seen.
In the days of 1871, when the national
spirit was bursting the cocoon of feudal
ism, it would be like describing “the Mul
ligan guards” or Falstalf’s company to tell
of the parade of a provincial regiment in
hybrid transition dress. Uniformity w?*s,
however, gradually established in a na
tional army, navy and civil administra
tion, ami then I saw in Fukui these same
Echizen troops smartly dressed in mat
uniform of French style with the mikado’s
crest on their caps. They looked very
promising. In Tokyo -afterward, dhrir.g
three years, I saw 10,000 troops at a time,
with their drills, evolutions, dress parades
and details of barrack life ami training.
In earnestness and perseverance they al
ready showed what loyal soidiers could do
in the Satsuma rebellion of 1877, and
what, with the uprising of the nation, wds
possible in Korea and China in 1894-5.
On May 4 as I remember, tens of thou
sands of people visited the new cemetery
in Fukui, called the Sho-Kon-Sha, or Soul
Beckoning Rest. Among tlie new tombs
of the loyal men slain in the civil war of
1868-70 fluttered many colored streamers
and banners with memorial inscriptions.
Hundreds came with beautiful flowers to
day before and upon the monuments. In
the afternoons the ladies of the prince’s
household visited tin- cemetery in their
gorgeous embroidered silk gowns and gir
dles. Then 1 thought myself back in the
inidille ages, when th** figures now on
playing cards were re.dities, as gorgeous
with their colors. Their hair was dress<-<l
in magnificent style in an exaggerated s*.rt
of pompatlour. outlaying from the foie
hcad. flanking the temples in a sort, of
semicircle or halo and gut het *1 I a. kw.ird
into a long, single ties.;, which in most
cases went down to the wai.-.t and in 501..*?
almost to their feet, the Lack part of the
hair on the head being held together by a
pretty Lot *i or t"t foist* .sla-ll com I*. One
gracious kuly, the prince’s wiiv, who with
her husband did so much, in ms year of
lonelim-ss, when i av. only r;ir* a white
man’s face, to make i*.y i..t cc.iiif*;; t.iUle,
was dressed in a siinpj*’ hut v*. ry rich garb
of white and crimson
The flower d.i >rut .1 monuments, th**
streaming penna;*ts. tl.c tluti* ring banners
ami the new and shining monuments,
with the reter--nt and *■ :■ .vdin -iy polite
ami well bred *-row*Ls* f p; -...i* it. th.it new
cemetery —which rttutraslcd in its fresh
n»*ss with the ;■< ntuuy old daimi**s’ ances
tral burying ground not far away, where
the mosses and liciieris s* cm to have been
feeding on the granite for ages, and, on
the other hand, with th- Urge city ceme
tery lx low. with its cremation furnaces
and ascending columns of smoko, having
near by a great mouml many rods long
and wide and several feet high, where in
indistinguishable mass lay the ashes and
bones of humanity swept off in successive
and old turn* jx-riodic**! famines —made a
scene forever impressed on my memory.
Tradition l;x.-ates the burial place of one
of Japan’s 12J emperors on this hill.
Hence it is a place of much interest.—ln
dependent.
Subscribers must pay nn and not silo**
small balances to run over from week to
week. Tbe carriers have been In stnfcted
to accept no part payment from anyone
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Miss Rosa Guerry and Lieutenant George
Snowden were united in marriage Satur
day evening at 6 o’clock at the residence
of the bride’s parents on Orange street.
The bride is the daughter of Judge and
Mrs. Dupont Guerry, and Is greatly ad
mired among a large circle of friends.
Liefltenant Snowden is one of Macon’s
young business men and is now at Griffin
with his company, the IMacon Hussars,
young couple have the best wishes and
congratulations of a host of riends.
• • •
•Miss E. F. Andrews has been requested
by the Educational Committee of the Geor
gia Federation of Women’s Clubs to mak
an address at the meeting of the federation
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FIGURED BLUE TAFFETA GOWN FROM HARPER’S BAZAR
The new cris-p taffetas which appear in
all the lates and most beautiful colorings
are cool-looking and lend themselves
charmingly to the fashionable mode of
trimming with linen, cambric or lawn.
'.A gown in faience blue covered with
turquoise and white Scrolls is combined
with white linen embroidery anil inser
tions. The skirt, fashionlalbly cut, with a
deep circular flounce, forms an apron,
sharply pointed in front, sloping higher
at the sides, and finishing at the back
each side of the tiny gathers at the middle.
Its width is four yards. The decollete
blouse displays a plain colar and plastron
of the embroidered linen which is encir
cled by a quaint little collarette, pointed at
the front and back and with scallops over
the sleeves, Linen insertion borders it,
and it is fastened at the side like the
in Columbus this year. The ladles of the
committee are most happy in the selection
of Miss Andrews, as her talks are invaria
bly interesting and entertaining.
* * »
Miss Julia Huguenln is some better to
day. though still very ill. -Her sickness
is the subject of intensest regret among
her friends and of these she has many.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Park have gone to
England, where he will engage in news
paper work in London.
• • •
'Mr. J. R. L. Austin will entertain a party
of friends at a small super tonight at the
Log Cabin. That, it will be a charming
affair is assured as Mr. Austin’s entertain
ments are invariably delightful.
* * *
The fashion ot patrloaism grows strong
er each day and is symbolized in number
less ingenious ways. One Macon lady is
making a collection of war souvenirs of
every kind, and already has a wonderfully
interesting assortment of flags., pins, but
tons, souvenir spoons, photographs, etc.
Undoubtedly in years to come this collec
tion will be very valuable.
• * •
Miss Mary Cobb is ill with fever.
• • •
The many friends of Miss Julia Hugue
nin regret to learn that she has return
ed from Atlanta ill with fever, and is now
seriously ill at home.
* * *
SWEET LAVENDER.
The days of our great-grandmothers are
coming back to us, and the dainty house
keeper is not satisfied unless her linen
closet is redolent with the sweet, fresh
fragrapce of lavender. Scented beds are
a great fad in England, also. While sach
ets -Of lavender laid in press and bureau
drawers, in oaken chest and linen closet,
are the usual means of imparting this fra
grance, the solidified perfume made up in
the form of “sweet balls’’ (grandmother's
fashion redivivus) will be found more sat
isfactory and lasting. The rule for this,
as given by an expert in the art, is to mix
a quarter ot a pound o. crushed lavender
flowers with ten drops of oil of lavender
and make it into a dough with a little
gum tragacanth. Knead this into balls
about the size of a marble, roll in pow
dered.orris root and put in a tight tin box
to dry. A supply of these may be made
and kept on hand in a closely corked bot
tle, to replace the old ones when their
pungency has vanished.
“THEN YOU’LL REMEMBER ME.”
A Heart Pang of Real Life in the First Reg
iment at Chickamauga.
Chmp Thomas. Chickamauga. Tenn., May
24. —'A dreamy youth, gifted with a clear
voice, started to flood the camp with the
sweet strains of “Then You’ll Remember
Me.”
The soldiers of the First regiment, O. V.
1., had just retired to their tents for the
; night.
There was a chorus of cat calls boots
and yells for the hospital corps. ‘‘Some
i body’s sick!" was the general cry.
Nothing daunted, the singer kept on. The
sarcastic boys in blue relented, unable to
continue their affectation of indifference.
The verse ended amid applause. As the
musical words of the second voice were
rendered only the singers’s voice was
heard in the camp.
j Toe listeners were trying to smother
| their thoughts of parents and home. Sobs
i from a bench in the shadows of an im
: mense oak diverted their attention.
I Happy Fred Brand was actually crying,
j He is one of the leading musicians and the
i life of the camp.
It was futile to ask what was the matter,
i He gave no excuse, but cnoked up at every
I attempt to utter a word.
I Long after “taps” had sounded a few’
i friends stole out to the now silent mourn
' er’s bench.
i Brqnd explained in a few words. They
' recolected a pathetic "Coroner’s item” that
| was forgotten in the swift whirl of the
j Queen City’s events. The item merely re
: lated that while Fred Brand, the musician,
! and his sister-in-law were accompanying
j 'corsage, with crystal buttons. The bad'
; of the bodice fits snugly to the waist line
I where the slight fullness back and front.
5s confined by a white kid belt. The small
sleeves are in the ordinary gigot fashion,
with a pointed trimming of insertion. The
proper cut of the gown can toe only ob
tained 'from the cut paper patterns pub
lished <by Harper’s Bazar, where it ap-
' pears.
(With this gown is worn a French bat of
coarsely plaited straw. A gauze scarf in
terlaced with satin baby ribbons is ar
ranged over the crown. The decoration of
“the front is a cluster of jetted wings and
quills, while under the brim at the back
on each side is a mass of deep red and
pale tinted roses resting on the hair.
Quantity of material for gown—taffeta,
16 yards; silk lining, 16 yards; insertion,
5 yards; embroidery, % yard.
with their instruments Brand’s wife, who
was playing “Then You’ll Remember Me”
on the piano, she droped dead from thf
piano stool.
The song was never finished.
The reporter who telephoned the “item’
to his office ‘passed it up with: “'Mrs. Fre(
‘Biand, 24 Fifteenth and Bremen, wife o
the musician, dropped dead while playing
the piano. Rheumatism of the heart. )N«
children.”
That occurred June 14, 1896.
Brand has no thoughts of remarrying.
“Then You’ll Remember Me” seems des
tined to forever float in his ears.
FROM A DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR.
I have found Cheney’s Expectorant su
perior to anything I have ever tried for
colds and bronchial trouble. Send me by
first mail six bottles of your mo< t excellent
medicine.
PROF. J. H. RICHARDSON.
Sweetwater. Tenn.
THE SCHOOL TEACHER.
Will Receive Only Half Pay in July—Appro
priation Short.
| The state school teachers wiil receive
i only half pay in July. For several years
they have been paid quarterly in April,
July, October and January. This year the
school fund was increased to $1,500,000 and
the tax levy was not proportionately in
crcastd, and that will not be done until
next fall. Consequently the theasury is kit-
i lag over the $400,000 which is the .iffter
l ence between last year’s fund and the in
-1 creased fund of this year.
The full quarterly payment of SIOG.OftO
was made in April, but there will only
about $260,M»0 on hand to pay the teachers
in July. They will have to wait for th
remainder of the second quarter’s pay un
til the tax money arrives in the fall.
Applicants for teacher’s license will be
examined in each county on June 17th.
State School Commissiner G. R. Glenn is
I mailing to the county commissioners cir
j cular letters instructing them to hold the
• annual examination of applicants for
teacher’s license on June 17th. About this
time every summer the examination is
held in each county at the county seat. The
questions will be (prepared by the state
school commissioner, who will send them
out a short time before the examination.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO CITIZENS OF
BELLEVUE.
On and after April Ist the News will
»e delivered by carrier in and aiound
Bellevue every afternoon. Those desir
hg the paper should send in their names
I it onee. First class service guaranteed,
I and weekly collections wil Ibe made from
'those who wish to pay by the week.
Monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or
annually due invariably in advance.
G. W. TIDWELL.
Manager City Circulation.
Hot Weather Fixings
Os every description Clothing that will help
to make this hot season bearable’—
Crash Suits, Serge Suits,
Negligee Shirts, Straw Hats,
Light Underwear Etc., Etc.
Just the stuff you need now and at the prices
you are willing to pay. Don’t worry but just
come to us and get fixed.
IS
MACON., GA*
A B? HI N KLE,
Physician ami Surgeon. Office 370 Second Street Office phone 917. two calls; resi
dence phone 917 four < alls.
. Does general practice. I tender my ser vices to the people of 'Macon and vicinity.
Diseases of the eye, ear, nose, throat ami lung ; a specialty office consultation ami
treatment for the poor.free from Bto9 a. in. Visits in city for cash - day sl, night
$2. 'Medical services free to families of all who an* in the army from Macon. Eye
glasses and spectacles fitted accurately and 'furnished. Pu,.; v. i y reasonable. Office
hours Btolo a. m.; 12 to 1 p. in., and 6 to 6. p. in. 'Monday. Friday and Saturday
nights 8 to 9:30.
Crump’s Park Bulletin
“Rip Van Winkle’' Tonight.
Pictures.
IWE WILL SUIT Oft ||A 1
you for .. ...: tw.yy
D MM , J
That means that we sell you a Summer Suit a]
U . •
that really suits yon, in gray or brown chev-
!.b iot, well made, desirable, fits right, looks J
right, for only $6.00. Better grades, of
ih'. . -u
K> course, for more money.
BENSON & HOUSER
h •
The Up-to-Date Clothiers.
“John Inglesnut” Declined.
James Paj-n has Litnseh' ti.id how ha '
refused “ John Inglesaut,’’ one of the most ’
successful stories of the century, lie ■
chanced to come across a j ariijmijih stat- '
ing the fact, and was. most indignant., tell i
ing the head of the firm that, he was going i
to give the writer a bit of his mind. “I 1
don’t think I woiil.l trouble to dothat,” |
the publisher replied. “Why not;'” asked !
Mr. Payn. “Because—well, b c ause you I
did refuse’John Inglesant,’ you’ know.” j
“I did nothing of the kind,” protested
Mr. Payn. •‘Refuse ‘John Inglesant! 1 ’
refuse ‘John Inglesant!’ I never heard of !
such a thing.” However, he was con- j
Vinced when his own letter of declinature j
was shown and laughed heartily over the |
incident, adding always: “I had refused i
‘John Inglesant, ’ and iny publisher hud I
never said a word of it to me. Wasn’t it |
good of him?”
It is also an open secret that, although :
Messrs. Smith, Ehler & Go. published '
“Robert Elsmere,” the book was rejected
by Mr. Payn. But, on the whole, he was
appiticiativo and quick to discern new tal
ent. —Publishers ’ Circular.
CA.STOTtIA.
Tka f«- z?
tiiaiia z Z ZT7 "Z —"" “ 1B
When you hear of War
Rumors of war, the pestilence that slalk
eth by day or the mosquito that flitteth
by night,
Flee to the Mountains.
■Leesburg, Va., is the place. Only 3G
miles from Washington. Write for illus
trated bodklet to Leesburg Inn, Leesburg,
Va.
R, F, SMITH,
(Almost opposite Postofuce.)
S/»7 ’ ing JI2 ts ar a Ties
Water Coolers,
i
Ice Cream Presets*
Ilemy Plates,
Not ions, C "rockeiy,
Glassware and China.
THE FAIR,
r the requirements of every dress-maker, pro
fessional or amateur. A valuable feature is its
CUT PAPER PATTERNS
Each issue contains, among its rich variety of
fashions, two gowns, for which cut paper patterns
are furnished. If you wish to wear the latest
UTILITY SKIRTS, WASH SKIRTS, SHIRT
WAISTS, TAILOR-MADE GOWNS
<?r if you are seeking new designs, you will find
what you want in the pages of the BAZ.AR, at
25c. PER PATTERN
WAIST, SLEEVE, or SKIRT - COMPLETE GOWS, 7>.
and if you 'will send us the number of the pattern
you wish, and enclose the amount, we will send
it to you. If you are not familiar with the
BAZAR, we will send you as a special offer a
TRIAL SUB. 25c. FOUR WEEKS
upon receipt of the money.
10 tents a Copy • Sub., $4 00 per year
AddreM HARPER a BROTHERS, Pnhli.her., S. Y. Clly
HALF CENT 11 WORD
ADVERTISEMENTS of WautH, for Sale
For Rent, LoM, Foinwl, Etc., lire iiiMcro <1
in THIS COLUMN at Half a Uot.i
each iiiM<M*tion z No A<ivHrliK*m»’nt lak<*n
tor less than 15 celntH.
Miscellaneous.
i LOiS t—Diamond ring about one and one
half karats. Finder will be .liberally
rmyardid by having same with M. G.
_l’utzel.
' WANT ED at the Atlanta Journal office
508 Mulberry street at 1:30 p. m. Mon.lay
a bright, active white boy not less than
| twelve years old, with good references.
| Good chance for right boy.
LOST —-White and brown eolored -hip
herd dog, answers to the name of
Gypsy. Return to 338 Ross sired and
receive reward.
I WANTED —-A quick, active boy for gen
eral work at Stubble-field house. Ap
ply at once.
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. I have
'em. A beautiful Klondike. African
I diamond pin, ear or finger ring, skirt
i or cuff or collar button. If so, remem
ber Migrath’s, oppohite Hotel Lanier,
558 Mulberry street.
A FULL line of sc-gars, tobacco and toilet
articles, fresh brugs, etc. Prescrip
tions a specialty. S. J. Nottingham
& Co. Fourth and Oglethorpe street,
>We take Acme Currency tickets.
W. A. GOODYEAR, carriage, buggy and
wagon shop. Horse shoeing, fine paint
ing. Repairing of scales a specialty.
453, 455 Poplar street.
FOR RENT —Three nice dwellings in East'
Macon on car line. Apply to J. S. Budd
Co.
MONEY to lend on Macon real estate.
■Long lime, low rate. Apply to P. E.
'Dennis, sfiß Cherry street.
AGENT’S WANTED—For war In Cuba by
Senor Quesada, Cuban representative
at Washington. Endorsed 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 sent free. Credit given. Freight
paid. Drop all clash and make S3OO
a month with War in Cuba. Address
today, THE NATIONAL BOOK CON
CERN, 352-356 Dearborn street, Chi
cago, II).
CITY TAX NOTICE.
The second installment of the city tax
is now due. I am compelled to issue ex
ecutions against those tin default. Pay and
save costs. A. R. TINSLEY,
Treasurer.
May 16th. 1898.
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Light
As a Feather.
Perfect in fit
and elegant in
style—the sum
mer weight
Suits w< are
making up.
GEO. P. BURDICK & CO.,
568 Mulberry Street.