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SAILORS COME
FROM THE FRONT
They Talk of their Experience
While With Sampson’s
Fleet.
Illi IfIUBIIO SERVICE
After They Have Had a Little Taste
of Horne Life —Gaine of Hide
and Seek is Interesting.-
A numbi r of seamen who have seen as
in io h of the war so far as anyone were in
flu city yesterday on their way to New
York.
The fit t two men are apprentices, hav
ing be. n honorably discharged, after serv
ing th.ir time, while the third was also
honorably disheharged. Their discharges,
signed by Captain Thornton, of the De
troit. state they can return to the ship
within tin . e months, in which case they |
will be < iititl. d to the pay due them bad
tliey remained. After visiting their fami
lies in New York and Philadelphia, the
men say it is their intention to return,
•believing they can accomplish more for
themselves there than elsewhere.
til wtre with Admiral Sampson's fleet j
when the fortifications at San Juan were
bombard, d. Lee tells an interesting story
of the fleet Efri<r it left Key West, where
the ships coaled, until the Detroit led the
wav in the channel to Kort Moro. After
having K.y West the Detroit was sig
nalled from the flagship New York to fol
low the lowa. The cruiser steamed out,
soon overhauling the Indiana, between her
and the lowa, and took her place. At
Cardenas they Joined the Amphitrite, Ter
ror, Montgomery, Porter and the Niagara,
a coal collier. The ships All coaled at
Cape Haytien, after which they put out,
all the time hunting for the Spanish
licet.
The night before the attack on Fort
Moro at San Juan. Admiral Sampson sig
nalled the Detroit that she was to lead in
the channel. Admiral .Sampson had by
this time removed his tlag to the lowa.
The Detroit was signalled before daylight
the morning of the attack, to steam ah.wd
1.000 yards. •Everything was in readiness
for fighting, all wood and other ignitable
things having been thrown overboard. The
lowa, just behind the Detroit, fired three
fl-pounders into Moro to get the range.
The fire was at once returned from the
fort, and then fighting began in earnest.
le seems to have been understood that
(Admiral Sampson’s real tactics were to
arouse the Spanish fleet, supposed to have
been in the harbor. Orders were given
that the tire should be concentrated on
the first Spanish warship sighted in the
haubor. The warships did not appear,
though, and after shelling the. fort heavily,
the final shots being‘made at the ships
circled around, each pouring shell into the
fortifications. Admiral Sampson retired.
From the story given, however, the forti
fications were not reduced, and the last
short was fired from the fort. Lee said
there was some disappointment by- the
men that the Spanish ships did not appear
as expected.
During the throe hours the bombardment
continu’ d Lee said 175 5-inch shells. 134
6-pounders and 19 1-pottndcrs were fired
from the Detroit. The bombardment con
tinued about three hours, he states.
William Anthony, the orderly who gain
ed so much renown by advising Captain
Sigsbee that the ship had been blown up
and wa~ sinking, is now oh the Detroit.
\ll the nun rescued from the battleship
•Maine, after recovering from their injuries
in hospitals at Havana, were taken to Key I
W. --t amt .t. ’.cd trt different ships. Nine
teen wore detailed to the Detroit.
Interesting accounts are given by the’men
of the anxiety the crews feel in hunting
the Spanish fleet. They seem to regard the
present maneuvering as a sort of hide
and-seek. the Spanish fleet doing the hid
ing.
As soon as they visit their homes'the
men will return to the Detroit, turn over
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■With the most attractive line of bargain* 1
In Dry Goods and Clothing ever seen in I
Georgia.
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Coat and Vest. Just what you want, Mr
Man, for this sweltering weather.
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For 75 Cents.
I Anot her lot something like the above, only
a little nicer material
For SI.OO.
< oat and vest. Value never before bought
for less than $2.50.
For $1.25.
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j A high grade Alpaca Coat and Vest.
their honorable discharges, and start on
another hunt for the enemy's fleet if some
thing is not heard of it in the meantime.
1 hey will then receive S3O a month instead
of s2l and rank as third-class quartermas
ters.
Yellow .Jaundice 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. Hell, 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.
THE DEWEY FAD.
Bobies, Horses, Neckties, Streets, Postof
fices, Named for Manila's Hero.
On the morning after the destruction of
the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay the Na
tional Guard of •Massachusetts' went into
camp at South Framingham, and with one
voice named the encampment from which
they have since been mustered into Uncle
Sam’s regular forces Camp Dewey.
Dewey’s relatives are popping up all
over the country. Pictures of “cousins’’
are liberally published.
Manila phosphate is at all soda counters ;
as well as Dewey cream, Dewey nectar and
Spanish shake.
In thousands of barrooms in New York
the customer, as he lines up at the maple
rail, is confronted with a lithograph of the
I American flag, with a portrait of the ad
miral in the center and across the face
the legend: “Dewey Smile?”
There are no (Manila cheroots on sale in
the United States, but young men who do
not know better are patriotically puffing
I a smoothly rolled Wheeling stogie, large
quantites of which are being marketed as
Dewey cheroots.
Manila straw hats, although expensive,
will be worn by the young men of wealth
who did not enlist.
Since 'May 1 many thousand boy babies
have been named George Dewey something
and the girls are Georgiana Dewey.
The promptest municipal action taken in
recognition of the hero was by the city !
council of New Orleans, which got togeth- '
er the next day and changed the name of
Spain street, one of the oldest thorough
fares of the Mardi Gras city, to Dewey
street.
The postoffice department has received |
applications from a dozen would be post- 1
office towns, asking to be called Dewey, j
and as many more applications from exist- j
ing offices desiring a change. The most
important of these is that started by the
residents of Union Hill, N. J., a prosper
ous suburb of Hoboken, in sight of New
York 'City.
With the assembling of the western leg
islatures this fall there will be Dewey
counties created in at least half a dozen
states. • »
The town of Deweyville, as a suburb to
Topeka, Kan., has been plotted and duly
recorded, and the-autumn real estate an
nouncements will teem with Dewey Ter
races. Dewey Parks, Dewey Highlands,
(Manila Glen.
The music shops are teeming with Dewey
marches, glees, gallops, waltzes, triumphal
marches, navy battles of Manila and a
hundred or more songs, serio-comic and
sentimental, extolling the heroism of the
admiral and his men.
The amateur poets have found a bonan
za in Dewey and Manila. There are rhymes
without number for either.
'An enterprising shirt-waist manufactu
rer has put on the market the Dewey j
blouse, a combination of the stars and .
stripes.
, There are more kinds of badges, buttons, j
stick rpins, paper weights, watch charms, •
sleeve buttons, etc., bearing Dewey's feat- I
ures sold on the streets and in the stores |
than were issued in honoi of either of the ■
presidential candidates two years ago. j
A ten-strike on a bowling alley is now |
called a Dewey. On the baseball field a i
home run is called a Dewey. The race |
horse Dewey in his two-year old form will
make his apear.ince as soon as he shall
j have been registered. The Dewey will be
' a name much coveted for yachts, house
boats or other pleasure craft.
The Dewey tan shoe has a sharp but
heavy toe that suggests the bow of a crui
ser. The Dewey neckwear is of the tri- ’
color, and the Dewey collars and cuffs will •
be along in a few days.
The half a cent a ward eelumn of Ths
N*w» la the cheapest advertising medium
TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER
In prices on FRIDAY and SATURDAY at our store.
Nothing reserved, All lines get the hot shot.
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For $3.50 ’*’ .
Five dollars’ worth of genuine Sicilian Cloth
made into a Coat and Vest.
For $5.00
The material is Serge; the colors blue, brown
and grey. It’s sack Coat and Vest and its value
is $lO 00.
For 50 Cents
Imported Madras Shirt. Attached collar and
cuffs. $1.25 you’ve paid for it.
The Dannenleglo
ACTIVITY ALL
ALONGJE LINE
War Department’s Plans for
Conduct of the War.
PHILIPPINES FIRST
Then fc for Cuba—-How and Where
the Troops Will be Sent—
Battles Imminent.
'New York, 'May 26. —A special to the
Tribune from (Washington says:
Extraordinary activity in the war and
navy departments this morning, which was
not limited to the higher officials, but in
duced by every individual in both services,
g.ave every indication of important and
immediate developments in the conduct of
the war, while an unusual exhibition of
secrecy served to strengthen the belief that
a (battle alnog the whole line in the West
Indies had become a question of hours
rather than days. Rumors too definite to
be ignored, but lacking official authentica
tion, explained the remarkable hurry and
bustle to the president’s determination to
have 'Porto (Rico occupied by American sol
diers without further delay, and that the
troops which had been concentrated at the
gulf iports for the invasion of Cuba were
to embark immediately on the twenty-four
transports which had been secured, and,
under convoy of Sampson’s squadron, be
sent at once to seize ISan Juan de Porto
Rico and established >a permanent colonial
government in the island similar to that
which General Merritt is charged with
creating in the 'Phillipines.
'However startling the report, its
plausibility soon received corroborative
strength through the reluctance of every
official to deny it, while many senators
and other prominent civilians, having in
fluential relations with those carrying on
I the war, only affirmed the existence of
the sugested plan, but gave cogent rea-
I sons for its sudden adoption by the author
[ ities.
It was said that the events of the last
few days in Cuba, culminating in the use
fulness of Cervera being securely “corked
up” at Santiago de Cuba and the destruc
tion of the untrammelled cable communi
cation between the colonies and Mardrid,
gave every assurance of the speedy col
lapse of Spanish resisance to the inevita
ble, and that the United States- government
had awakened to the necessity of actually
possessing Porto Rico before the end came.
That island and the Phillipines had come
to be looked upon as an essential recom
pense of the United States for its expensive
intervention in behalf of Cuba’s freedom,
and the fear had arisen that unless they
were actually secured before Cuba fell,
embarrassing complications, leading possi
bly to grave international complications
with European powers, might not be avoid
ed. With the Spanish military forces at
Havana effectually isolated and without
even remote hopes of reinforcements with
Spain's naval, force this side of the Atlan
tic completely paralyzed, and with the
i Madrid government already tottering in
1 its insecurity of policy, the opportunity for
■ dealing a crushing blow through the seiz-
I ure of Porto Rico was hardly to be resist-
I ed. The unsanitary condition of Cuba,
■ the strength of the army there, and many
1 other causes which operated to' delay the
invasion of the island with the insufficient
1 forces of trainer regulars which it had
been possible to concentrate at Tampa in a
single month, wholly disapeared as factors
of delay in the Porto Rican project.
The military authorities expressed su
preme confidfience in their ability to sweep
•the Spaniards from Porto Rico with the
men now at their command, while still re
luctant to attempt the greater task of
establishing a position in Cuba with the
same force. With the 19,000 well equipped
and seasoned regulars gathered at Tampa.
New Orlenas and Mobile, and the fleet of
transports already lodging many of them,
in fact, ready to sail from those points,
that satisfactory assurances were given to
the president that there would be no possi
bility of a reverse at San Juan de Porto
Rico after the heavy batteries had been re
duced by Sampson’s ships. The withdral
of these forces, it was shown, would leave
11.000 men. the pick of the volunteer army,
at the gulf ports, while scarcely a day’s
journey away were the forty regiments of
Infantry, nine light batteries of light ar
tillery and eight troops of cavalry at
Chickamauga camp rapidly being trained
in effective coups, with the certainty of
becoming speedily ready to meet anv
emergency that might confront 'the gov
ernment should Cuban occupation become
necessary. When the excitement in the
war department over the Porto Rican ex
pedition was at its height, the president’s'
•proclamation calling for an additional force
of .5,000 meh was issued. This action con
firmed the prevailing impression that ag
gressive stops were imediately contemplat
ed,, especially as it had became known
that the authorities were agreed upon a
strength of about 275.000 men to carry out
the responsibility which it bad become evi
dent that the government had already in
curred. The division of this aggregate
force had been determined upon at yester
day’s cabinet meeting in practically the
fellowing proportions:
Piiillipinese occupation 25,000.
Porto Rican occupation 25,000.
Cuba 100,000.
Reserve and home defense 125.000.
The estimate for the Cuban army of oc-
MACON NEWS THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 26 1896.
cupation was based on the conviction which I
is new common to all authorities, both
civil cud military, in Washington, that
order cannot be restored over that large
area of .territory without the presence
there for some time to come of at least
100 regiments, and that little or no reli
ance can be placed on t'he capacity of Cu
'banis for self-government for at least a
year or two. As regards Porto Rica, it is
not believed that the inhabitants will be
able to maintain a government of their
own in less than a generation and practi
cally the same conclusions are reached
concerning the Phillipine Islanders. The
necessity of 125,000 men under arms at
home, at any rate until some time utter
permanent peace has been assured, is rec
ognized, as well as the necessity for re
lieving ‘the volunteers after a brief tour of
duty In the tropics, and providing prompt
reinforcements, should any of the condi
tions been underestimated.
General Miles had expected to start for
Tampa last night, Ibut delayed his depart
ure until Saturdaj’ nigh't, the president de
siring to have the benefit of his advice in
the meantime. It is understood, however,
that the presence of General .Miles at
Tampa is not esesntial to the departure of
troops at that point, but in case an inva
sion of either Cuba or Porto (Rico is begun
this week, General Miles intends to hurry
after the expedition in a fast war ship
■which the navy will place at his disposal.
Rumors are especially persistent that
I actual military operations in ‘the West In
dies will begin before June 1, and specula
tion seems equaly divided on the chances
of an invasion directed against Cuba or
against Porto Rica. It is said to be the
desire of the government to strike .a blew
at (Spanish obstinacy by imediately seiz
ing and occupying Porto Rico, an island
whose climate is far mbre healthful than
that of Cuba, and whose value for purpo
ses of indemnifification at the close of the
war is self-apparent. With the aid of a
part of Admiral Sampson’s fleet, it is
thought that Sa.n Juan could be taken.
C.A.H'POTITA..
Th# fae- y?
jitnila s ,> ,s 88
etguatur#/ x xLZyf/- -1*- rz- every
$2.64 TO ATLANTA.
And Return, May 28, Via the Southern
Railroad.
Account the Mercer-i Athens Oratorical
contest the Southern railway will sell
round trip tickets from Macon to Atlanta,
Saturday, May 28th for trains leaving Ma
con at 8:30 a. m.. 4:45 p. m. and for the
“Mercer Special” leaving here at 9 a. mi
Tickets good until Sunday night May 29th.
A train will leave Atlanta about 11 o’clock
Saturday night after the debate.
RANDALL CLIFTON, Trav. Pass. Agt.
What is Going
On in Society.
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The current number of the Cosmopolitan
Magazine has an article on “The Corona
tion of Wilhelmina of Holland.” This
event which is looked forward to with
pleasure by all the young queen’s - subjects
will take place at 'Amsterdam at noop on
September 6th, just six days after Wil
helmina passes her 18th birthday. It
seems at the legal time for coming of age
in Holland is 23 years, but the constitu
tion provides that an exception *be made in
the case of a sovereign, and this young
queen’s subjects are not only loyal but are
distinctly proud of bur, dnd are ready ’to
pledge to her their earnest support and
affectionate homage during her reign.
Wilhelmina is said -to be personalty at
tractive, finely and appropriately educated
for her position in life, and withal a most
lovable young woman.
Macon society is not only quiet this
week —it is positively depressed, for a
number of the most admired belles in the
city are seriously ill with fever. Os these
the most dangerously sick are Miss Julia
Huguenin and Miss Matney Hatcher and
their condition is the subject of grave anx
iety to their relatives and friends. Those
young ladies who though less dangerously
ill are yet prostrated with fever, are Miss
Cleveland Smith, Miss Dellie Rogers, Miss
-May Cobb. (Miss (Emily- Williamson, Miss
Irene AVinship, and Miss Clifford Wilcox.
With this list it is hardly possible for any
degree of social gayety to exist, much less
to thrive.
• « •
Miss Martha Johnston returned last
night after a prolonged absence from
home, during which time she visited New
York, and was the guest of Miss Alice
Castleman in Louisville, Ky. Miss Castle
man is the young lady whose beauty cre
ated such a decided sensation in New York
a year ago, and is a belle in Louisville as
Miss Johnston is in Macon. It is rare that
two such unusually handsome and attrac
tive young women are seen together and
the Kentucky papers have had much to say
of the admiration they received both in
Louisville and in Lexington. Miss Castle
man’s father. General Castleman, is prom
inent in military circles' and while their
guest. Miss Johnston spent some time Tn
Lexington where the Kentucky military
• are in camp.
The Georgia Woman’s Press Club will
hold its annual meeting on June 15th in
Atlanta. .
?PE<TAL NOTICE TO CITIZENS OF
BELLEVUE.
On and after April Ist the News will
»e delivered by carrier in and aiound
Sellevue every afternoon. Those desir
bg the paper should send in their names
At once. First class service guaranteed,
and weekly collections wil Jbe 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.
THE ENEJRY BERTEN
RT EVERY POINT
That’s what the people say in speaking of our Great Bargain
Sales when compared to others.
For 39 Cents
300 dozen French Negligee Shirts- Made of
very light, strong cambric. Light and dark
colorings. Detached collars. Worth seventy
five cents.
Hen’s Linen Crash Suits
Just received. An immense lot of them. Haven’t
exactly yet decided on the price, but as they
were bought very low we guarantee you’ll not
kick when we price ’em. Come and see.
SALE DE DRINKS
TO YOUNG BOYS
Active Steps Will be Taken to
Prevent the Evil From
Now On.
SALOON MEN MIIE HfIJUEST
They Ask That the Parents of Boys
Furnish Them With Names and
They Will Do the Rest.
The funeral of James Pettigru Ker
shaw took place yesterday evening from
St. Paul’s church and was largely attended
by the friends of the young man and of
the family.
The funeral services were read by Rev.
H. O. Judd.
The killing of young Kershaw was one
ofi the sole topics of conversation yester
day. It was deplored generally and had
the slayer of the young man been in the
county jail last night he would in all prob
ability have been taken away from there
very quickly, but as it is he will be given
a speedy trial and a special grand jury
will be called together for the purpose of
finding the necessary bill and bringing the
case to as quick a trial as possible. It is
felt that in this way only can the safety
of prisoners at the jail be assured and the
sheriff is very anxious that as much haste
as (possible be made with this case.
Stephens was taken up to Atlanta yes
terday morning and the trip was without
incident. The man himself was perhaps
the least concerned of any of the party.
It was fortunate that the news of the kill
ing had not gone out or otherwise it is not
at all probable that the officers would have
reached Atlanta with their prisoner.
Speaking of the affair last night, Mayor
Price said that it was to 'be deeply deplored
and he thought that the best thing that
could be done now was to close the place
where the killing occurred. It is more than
probable that the license will be revoked
at the next meeting of the city council.
Cayr, who is at the hospital, is receiving
every possible attention and it is thought
that he will recover. He does not yet
know of the death of young Kershaw. He
was not in the bar when the first shot was
fired and did not see Kershaw fall but
rushed in immediately after he heard the
shot and was himself immediately with
the charge of shot in the neck. While he
talked to the people around him it is
thought that he was only half conscious.
He continually asked for '“Jimmy,” and
was told that he was all right. Afterward
those who were with him thought that it
would be better not to tell him for the
present as the shock might be too great
for him.
His relatives in Jackson county have
been notified and will be here today.
It- is (probable that out of this terrible
tragedy will come a very determined
movement to prevent the sale of anything
in a bar to minors and the saloon keepers
themselves have profited by the terrible
lesson.
It will be very difficult for a minor to
obtain anything to drink in a barroom in
future unless his appearance is so decep
tive as to enable him to get it on false
representations.
The saloon keepers themselves say that
it is very hard indeed to tell when a young
man is a minor, especially when he repre
sents himself to be of age. They suggest
that the parents of young men who wish
their sons kept out of barrooms and who
think that they are in the kabit of drink
ing in such places notify the proprietors
of the saloon or the chief of police and that
the names can then be quietly furnished
to the saloon and the sale of anything to
that particular young man will be in this
way prevented, as no saloon keeper or bar
tender would dare to violate instructions
given in this way and to their credit be it
said that they do not wish to do so.
Ths fte-
S’nills 5 y y
4’48.
Crump’s Park matinee Sat
urday 4 p. m.
Many soldiers now feel the effects of the
hard service they endured during the war.
Mr George S. Anderson, of Rossville, York
county, Penn., who saw the hardest kind
of service at the front, is now frequently
troubled with rheumatism. “I had a severe
attack lately,” he says, "and procured a
bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. It did
so much good that I would like to know
what you would charge me for one- dozen
bottles.” Mr. Anderson wanted it both for
his own use and to supply it to his friends
and neighbors, as every family should have
a bottle of it in their home, not only for
rheumatism, but lame back, sprains, swell
ings, cuts, bruises and burns, for which
U is unequalled. For sale by H. J. Lamar
ic Sons, druggists.
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.
_ PROP J H. RICHARDSON.
Tm,
: Notes Taken
! On the Run.
The Savannah ’News says: Rev. F. F.
Reese, of Maron, the able and ever pleas
ant secretary of the Episcopal diocesan
Convention, lately in session in this city,
will ’be the guest of Rev. 'C. H. Strong, of
St. John’s chiirteh on a few days’ outing
this week on 'Mr. 'Pascal Strong’s new
yacht (Doris. Messrs. Reese and Strong
were about. the hardest 'worked members
of the convention, and a short trip among
the inlets and sounds of the coast will be
the 'best recreation they could take to rest
themselves.
The literary and scial department of the
Vinevtlle Epworth League will meet
Thursday night at 8 o’clock at the resi
dence of (Mr. Charles Holmes on Forsyth
street.
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. *•
tA prayer service in connection with the
regular monthly meeting of the Woman’s
‘Missionary (Society of Mulberry Street
•church will toe held Friday afternoon at 5
o’clock in the Annex. For special reasons
this will take the place of the meeting to
'have been held next Tuesday afternoon.
1 Monroe Howard and Mack Howard, were
arrested the other day ‘by Deputy Sheriff
Riley and placed in jail. The former is the
negro who drew a gun on Mr. Butler al
the Nisbet place at Loraine some time
ago. 'Deputy Riley brought in the gun at
the same time.
R. C. Middleton, of 'Birmingham, is in
the city at the .Brown House today.
Rev. I. IF. Griffith, of Shellman, is the
guest of (Rev. J. G. Harrison at the Or
phans’ Home and will ipreateh at ‘Manches
ter church tonight.
Miss Lillie Clay is visiting the family
of Mr. Green Freemey, on Ross street.
The case of Walter King, charged with
entering a bonded warehouse, was heard
this morning before Judge Emory Speer
in the United States court.
■Dr. Hugh'Mosier, of White Springs, Fla.,
is registered at the Brown House today.
Dr. Charles Lanier Toole, dentist. Of
fice corner Second and Poplar streets.
Colonel Ed. L. Wight, of Albany, came
up this morning. It is not improbable that
under the call for extra troops the name
of IMr. Wight will be heard in connection
with some important position.
Mr. G. R. Lombard, the well known
machinery man of Augusta, is in the city
today.
Mr. Jerre Hollis says that he wishes it
understood that he is in the race for coro
ner. He has tried it for sometime he says
and finds that it really does not pay him
to give his time to it but that he will
make the race again and he hopes that his
friends will rally to his support. Uncle
Jerre has a good strong political follow
ing and will give the man who beats him
a hard race.
The -work of paving on Cherry street
will commence now very shortly. It will
start as soon as the contractors have got
through with the work now being rapidly
pushed on Poplar street.
The water has been so terribly muddy
for some time that there has been no little
kicking and The News has been asked to
draw the attention of the Macon Gas Light
and Water Company to the matter. The
water was a little better this morning.
Three vollies fired by one of the colored j
military companies last night shortly be
fore midnight as a compliment to one of
their, officers created a considerable
amount of alarm and uneasiness among
the residents. It is the opinion that this
form of amusement adopted by the negroes
should be suppressed at this time. Their
euns could be put to a better use in the
armories of the regular military compa
nies of the state.
The case of Maloy against Graham was
non-suited in the superior court yesterday
afternoon.
Crumps park is doing its.banner business
so far and even the increased capacity of
the pretty little theater 4s not sufficient to
accomodate the crowds.
The library and social department of the
Vineville Methodist church will hold an
interesting meeting tonight.
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CASTOTITA..
The fas-
MORRIS PUTZEL
>
Badly Injured by a Fall From His Bicycle a
Few Nights Ago.
‘Mr. Morris iPutzel met with <a painful
accident a few nights ago. He is still con
fined to his room and the physicians think
that he has had a wonderful escape from
death.
He was riding on his wheel out to Oc
mulgee Park when the front wheel be
came entangled in a stick or a root and
‘Mr. Putzel was thrown violently on his
head- ■
The side of his face was badly cut and 1
bruised and he will be disfigured for some
time. ’
Subscribers must pay up and not allow
small balances to run over from week to ’
week. The carriers have been in structed
to accept no part payment from anyone 1
afior April 1
REIFORCEHIENTS
HURRYING
FORWRRD
And FRIDAY and SATURDAY they will
be brawn up in line to swell the strength
of the bargains already to the front at our
store.
Bed Spread, 59c
Special for Friday and Saturday, <51.00
quality.
Ladies’ Collars, 10c«
Guaranteed ?/pure linen Peyser’s. All
shapes.
Ladies Gauze Vests
8, 10, 12, 15c
Tape neck and sleeves, made of selected
Cotton.
Lawn Shirt Waists, 25c
Dark ground, small designs, bright colors.
Ladies’ Shirt Waists,
49c
Percales, (Cambrics, Irish Dimities. Great
range of colorings in light and darks.
Value 75c to SI.OO.
FS HATS 1
r i
k For Comfort and Health. We have them in several
shapesand kinds. Those nice Linen Hats, round or .j
Alpines, only 50 Cents. The latest things ont are J
L’ our Tan Linen Hats with colored brims, cool and g
k pleasant to the head, and don’t show wear, only 50 <4
Cents. Well ventilated, light, durable Straw Hats,
!at sOc, $ I ,00, $ 1 .50. And the best on earth —
> The Hawes Hat for $3.00
j BENSON & HOUSER i
r: The Up-to-Date Clothiers.
Crump’s Park Bulletin
The “Country Politician” Tonight.
Uatinee Saturday 4 p. in.
t
BOARD OF HEALTH
Held Its Regular Meeting Last Night-
Smallpox Situation.
The board of health held its regular
meeting last night, and among other things
of a routine nature the smallpox situation
came up for discussion.
According to the report of the chief
sanitary inspector, there is every reason
to believe that the smallpox will have en,
tirely disappeared within the next ten
days.
There are- now eleven cases at the nest
'house at the park. Not a case has been
found in the city for the last sixteen days,
and all the cases that have been removed
to the pest house were taken from the
house of detention.
There are now nine inmates in the house
of detention.
In the county pest house there are only
three or four cases. All the cases both in
the city and the county pest houses are
doing well and can be discharged in a few
days.
Bucklin's AruicaJSalve
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 is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by H. J. Lamar A Baas’ drug
■tara.
ESTES AGAINST CITY.
Suit for Damages Brought in Superior Court
Today.
The superior court is this morning en
gaged in hearing the case of Elliott Estes
; against the city of Macon.-
This is 'a suit for damage done by the
city in the grading of the street up near
•Mount de Sales, where this property is
situated.
It was bought by Mr. Estes for the pur
pose of dividing it up into lots and selling
again, and he claims that the changes
made by the city in the street threw- the
property into such a condition that he was
unable to dispose of it and that it was in
jured very greatly.
iHe claims to have been damaged to the
extent of $50,000 by these changes and is
suing for that amount.
The case will be heard this afternoon
and may be brought to ac lose today. The
city is represented by Mr. Minter Wim
berly and Mr. Estes by Estes & Jones and
Hardeman, Davis & Turner.
GRAND LURY -
Will be Empanneled on Mon
day Next to Hear the Evi
dence in Kershaw Case,
The grand jury will be impanneiled on
next Monday for the purpose of hearing I
the evidence in the Kershaw murder ease |
against John Stephens, the negro who is
now in jail m Atlanta for safe keeping. ■
The following jury was drawn this
morning:
Theo. W. Ellis, George F. Wing Morris
(Happ, Alex Block, W. A. Davis, A. A.
ICordson, J. J. Tinley, W. E. Hill, J. H.
Williams, B. F. Vinson, A. W. Gibson,
•Clem Phillips, C. T. King, Thomas Hen
ley, William Beddingfield, George S. De-
Borde, Holmes Johnson, J. H. Napier, J.
>D. Stetson, L. B. Rhodes, M. <M. 'Minshew,
Oscar Chambers, T. U. Connor, J. J. Cobb,
J. T. Grace, W. S. Lowe, W. G. Hall, W.
G. Solomon.
As the other grand jury has only just
adjourned it is not at all probable that this
jury will have anything to do but hear
the evidence in this case, and in all prob
ability a bill iwill be returned on Monday
afternoon.
SO.ODO [DEN TO 1
LAND AT ONCE 1
4
On Cubausoil could not have created more G
consternation in the Spanish ranks than
our great low price sales have in the <<
1 ranks of competition. * <<
1- _ jz
Remnants. ii
•<
000 Remnants in light summer weight 7
materials, white and colored. Great op- •)
U portunity to get a summer waist or
skirt at one-quarter value. <4
- “ ~ «
Gloria Serge Umbrella,
1 Special value, 50c
■ Colored Silcot Umbrella
A very special bargain
; ' $1.75 J
Ladies’ Sailor Hats,
• 25, 35, 50, 75, 89c KI
<4
Ladies’ 3
, Neckwear.
i IO to 50c J
Beautiful assortment just come in. All ’)
the new colorings and shapes.
V -
HALF CENT fl WO J,
AJUVKRTISKMKNTS of Wants, for Sale
For Rent, Lost, Found, Etc., ate iUHurted
in THIS COLUMN at Half Cent a Word
each insertion. No Advertisement taken
! tor less than 15 cents.
I
Miscellaneous,
HELLO! EVERYBODY—-Have yuu a pj.--
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.
IFRES'H Fox river and Jcrs. y butter.
•Flournoy.
A FULL’ line of sugars, tobacco and toilet
articles, fresh brugs, etc. Prescrip
tions a specialty. S. J. Nottingham
& Co. Fourth and Oglethorpe street,
•Wo take Acme Currency tickets.
W. A. GOODYEAR, carriage, buggy and
wagon shop. Horse shoeing, fine paint
ing. Repairing of scales a specialty.
455, 455 Poplar street.
MONEY to lend on Macon real estate.
Long time, low rate. Apply to P. E.
Dennis, 568 Cherry street.
HAVING purchased the grocery business
of Bullock & Jones, corner Spring
street and Cotton avenue, we respect
fully ask a continuance ol the patron
age extended thorn. We -will ke<-p a
first class stock at all times and goods J
will be delivered to any part of the
city. In connection with our grocery
business we will also run the oil and
gasoline business. Oils and gasoline de
livered in our automatic cans, furnish-
cd free. Powell & Frink’.
PEACHES, pineapples, strawberries and
blackberries. Flournoy.
AGENTS WANTED—For war lu 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 rtash and make S3OO
a month with War in Cuba. Address
today, THE NATIONAL BOOK CON
CERN, 352-356 Dearborn street, Chi
cago. Hl.
JF you have mules to sell call at Water
man & Co’s brick stable on Fourth
street. We want a few.more.
Horse Shoeing,
New and Improved Methods,
Guaranted to
Stop Forging.
Scalping Knee and Shin Hitting. Prevents
Contraction, corns and all ailments caused
by improper shoirrg. Diseases of the leg
and foot a specialty.
PROF. C. H. MESSLER,
620 Fourth Street,
Carried off highest honors of his class.
Boston 18U5. Philadelphia UtM.
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IT IS NO IDLE BOAST.
THE NEWS ’
LEADS IN SUBSCRIP
TION.
We can prove it. Ad-
j. vertisers should bear
this in mind. it
reaches more Macon
I homes than any other
I paper.
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