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About The Macon news. (Macon, Ga.) 189?-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1898)
HC?- ' ll »»“. 1., ■■i—n »r-»r <r-»>py OHEAF* MONEY. •H per eent. and 7 per eeat eaey aew reedy for loan* on Macon residence and business property. 8 p*r cent money t»r | farm leans. Over 85,000.000 Successfully negotiated In Georgia alone. Loans made can be paid off at any time. We are head quart era O. A. Coleman, Gen. Man., 856 Second street, Macan, Ga. ESTABLISHED 1884 ARMY ’All W WILL STRIKE SIMDLTANEOUSLY Order Has Gone Out and Active Preparations aie Being Made at All the Bureaus in Washington, AT SANTIAGO Province the First Landing Will be Made-Cervera Will be Routed, LEE TO MOVE ON PORTO RICO And Jacksonville Will be Used as the Base of Operations for the At tack on That Place. ■Washington, May 31 -The command to advance, given yesterday, has infused in tense activity into every branch of military and naval circles. 'it was shown today in the hurried but systematic preparations at the various bureaus at the war and navy departments and in the keen air of expectancy every where prevailing. The authoritative statements made yes terday by General Mlles and others that the orders for advance had been Issued left no further doubt on that, point. A report from Key West says that the steamer Florida r< turned there this moYn ing after successfully landing a most im portant expedition in Cuba is supplemi til ed by the information here J hat the expe dition was in command of General Lae re I, the widl known Cuban leader who lias with him 400 picked Cubans thoroughly armed and equipped by the United States. Prior Io tlie cabinet meeting reports were curt ent that the president had told some of his callers that he expected that. Commodore Schley would attack Admiral Cervera today in Santiago harbor. In quiry failed io substantiate this report. On the contrary those in position t» know tlie general plans of attack stated that tlie navy and army would act together and that one braueh of the service was not likely to strike a decisive blow until the other was ready to co-operate and Jllljs make llii' blow doubly effective. While there continues to lie entire off eial reticence as to tlie exact points of in vasion the concensus of opinion drawn from tlie most intelligent sources is that the eastern end of Cuba constituting tiio province of Santiago with Santiago de Cuba as its capital and Porto Rico will bo among tlie objective points. For this reason the situation in Santiago province and Porto Rico is thoroughly canvassed. General Lee last night left Tampa for Jacksonville on tin east coa t of Florida to open headquarters there. (But one inference can lie drawn from this movement, namely, that Jacksonville is to lie made the base of operational against Porto Rico. The town is admir ably situated for this put .pose, in fai t it far surpass, s Key West as a base of oper ations even against any eastern points of Cuba. The terminus of an excellent railway system leading from the North and West with a good steamboat connection with New York with a navigable river afford ing good harbor and at a distance of only 1200 miles from «San Juan in an air line to Jacksonville h aves little to be desired as a base of military operations. There seems to be little doubt that the plan of campaign contemplates the r< Auc tion of Porto Rico and this is being strong ly moved even before any serious alt nipt is made upon Havana. The president’s advisors point to what they regard as the danger of retreat on the part of the Spanish government it might be probable, aeording to their view for the Spanish to accept in the full the de mands of this government's ultimatum and prepare to withdraw their troops from Cuba. In such a ease the United States will be placed in the disagreeable’ position before the world of continuing to make war upon a country which holds out the flag of truce. The dilemma that, woud confront us in such a ease would be how to secure Porto Rico without offending against in ternational law* for it can be stated as truth that the administration is d. termin ed that Spanish rule in the western hemis phere must cease. Now that General Miles has gone it can be’ stated that for the last five days he has held frequent conferences with prominent Porto Ricans thoroughly conversant with the situation iti that land and able to give exact information as to the Spanish strength of defenses there. As to Santiago province the situation is explained today by an official well ac quainted with the’ conditions there. He nointed out that it is the most eastern point of Cuba and one completely isolated from General Blanco so far as railroad comie’ctious is concerned. For that reason it wolud be impossible for Blanco to hurry reinforcements to Santiago and the Span ish forces already there constitute all that it is possible to assemble for its defense. Pando has a force of about 5,000 troops with him and is strongly entrenched. A short railway connects hin. with the small seaport Gibraltar on the north coast where there are about 1,000 Spanish troops. General Garcia has headquarters at Bayamo, seventy-five miles west of San t!ago. The reports brought by General Collario and Lieutenant Rowan indicate that Garcia has about 4.000 men under bis Immediate command and about 5,000 are scattered in bands around Holguin, Vic toria de Las Tunis. Jigual Meron and other joints. •Aside from their offensive strength, the Cuban forces are looked upon as valuable in that they hold the interroads and passes and keep the Spanish garrisons penned up in six or seven seaport towns. For this reason R is said to be impossible for Gen eral Pando to move his forces from Hol guin to Santiago, as Garcia’s bands as well as his body troops are in the way. These forces are in considerable number within a few miles of Santiago. General Garcia's two staff officers, who have recently been in Washington arrang ing plans for a co-operation with Miles. |eft rwith him last night and there is a thorough understanding as to the part the Cubans are to take an the agressive move ments about to occur. 6W Linen Hates 50c. Phillips. SPIRIT OF CONQUEST Has Taken Entire Possession of the United States. Washington, May 31—Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky, discussing the prospect open ed up to Hie United States by the present war, said that he deprecated that spirit of coih|ii< t and territorial aggrandizement, which seems to have taken temporary pos session of the nation. "I have perceived and felt that spirit,” said he, “from the day this Congress open ed. It has grown in intensity and .power, and that with each succeeding day, and with each new event. There is no 'telling to what length it may carry this nation. ‘‘l regret to see it. At the outset of this war we de fined our purposes. It was to be a philanthropic and generous war of duty. We solemnly declared that it was not for the territorieal aggrandisement, and that so soon as Spain's troops should have been driven Cuba we would retire from that island and. so far as we could, end the war. “Os course, we will have to hold the Philippines and possibly Puerto Rico du ring the rest of the war, as hostages of a satisfactory settlement, when terms of peace shall .be discussed. ißut ■! am op posed to permanent possession of these islands by the United States. 1 do not see how we can hold them and govern them. I do mat find constitutional authority for any such new departure in the territorial policy and continental policy of the United States.” ST YI jISH PATTE RNS In SI.OO negligee shirts. Harry L. Jones Co. TOO MUCH WHEAT. Dry Goods House in Atlanta Fails for a Hun dred Thousand. Atlanta, 'May 31. —Moody Brewster, wholesale dealers in dry 'goods, tiled mort gages today aggregating $99,400. G. S. Brewster, a nu tuber of the firm, has left town. It is alleged t'hat his speculation in wheat caused the collapse. 500 Linen Hates 50c. Phillips. LANDED EXPEDITION. The Steamer Florida Made a Successful Trip to Cuba. Key West .May 31 —The steamer Florida returned this morning from Cuba, having successfully landed a most important ex pedition. SELLERS RIGHT. Phillips’ $1.50 Straw hats. EIGHT REGIMENTS Will Leave Chickamauga Within Forty-Eight Hours. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 31.—Prepara tions for the departure of eight regiments of infantry from Chickamauga for Tamipa .ire being vigorously pushed today and the indications arc that .alt of the eight will get out during the next forty-eight hours. The first to go will be the .First Illinois, First Ohio. 15" Indiana and Third Penn sylvania, under command of Brigadier General Snyder. The second detachment will probably leave tomorrow, composed of the Second New York. Sixty-ninth New York. First District of Columbia and Fifth Maryland. Brigadier General iL. .11. Carpenter will omm.uid. Each of tlie eight regiments will be i quipped with Springfield rifles, calibre 45, and :>OO rounds of ammunition. Each regi ment will provide itself with two day’s travel of rations in haversack and eight day's full rations in wagon train. Fifty days full rations will .be shipped by rail to the chief commissary at Tampa. The First Mississippi infantry, 1,02.8 mtn. Col. (Itorge <M. Govan, arrived this morning. LADIES’ UMiBRELLAS \ND PAR VSOLS Special discount sale. Phillips. OFFEREDBRYAN A REGIMENT The Governor of Louisiana Asks Him to Take a Command. St. Louis. May 31.—.A special to the Post- Dispatch from Jefferson City. .Mo., says: Governor Stephens in a telegram today offered wimniand Os a Missouri regiment to William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska, "in view of the fact that he (Bryan) can not get a regiment "from his own state.” LONGSTREET Os Georgia and Rowan of the 19th. Ge Army Places. M ashington. May 31. —The (president to day sent to the senate the name of Robert Lee Longstreet, of Georgia to be commis sary of subsistence with the rank of major and Lieutenant Andrew Rowan of the 19th Infantry, to be lieutenant colonel. HOPES TO GET A VOTE. Washington. May 31.—Senator John T. Margan. of'Alabama, speaking of the Nica ragua Canal bill, said: ”1 have hope of getting a vote on the canal bill before the adjournment of con gress. The question of building an inter j oceanic canal is. to my mind, one of the . most importnat matters of the time. There Is every reason why the canal should be I looked upon with favor. The bill now before the Nicaragua Ca ; nal committee appropriates SIftO.OOO.OOd i for the construction of the waterway be | tween the two great oceans. It provides, j also, for the purchase of the stock of the Maritime Canal Company. This company has valuable concession, which are neces sary before the canal can be begun." Keep cool in our 81.00 negligees. Harry L. Jones Co. THE MACON“NEWS. PRESIDENT FOR ANNEXATION He Says That It is a Necessity and Should be Speedily Accomplished. ULURS IT MT! HOUSE, President Was Closeted With Rep resentatives and Senators— Cabinet Meeting Today, Washington, May 31—President .McKin ley had a number of personal conferences with senators- mid representatives during the early part of the day. Four senators, Messrs. Platt, of New York, Frye, of Maine, Gorman, of Mary land, and Turpie, of Indiana, and Repre sentatives Updegraff, of Ohio, Clarke, of New (Hampshire, Weymouth, of (Massachu setts. Evans, of Kentucky, were among those who saw him. It was regular cabinet day. a fact which' tended to cut down the usual number of visitors. 'Adjutant General Corbin had a confer ence with him over some army appoint ments and some other matters incident to the volunteer services. The president has received no informa tion of any Important developments in the war situation up to the conferring of the cabinet. Representative Cannon, of Illinois, chairman of the house appropriations committee, was at the White House for a little while waiting to see the president. He had been in conference with the war department officials over the moneys needed to be carried in the general defi ciency bill. He said the additional esti mates growing out of the second call for volunteers would not be less than $40,000.- 000 nor more than $50,000,000. This brings to about $200,000,000 the aggregate to be carried by the general deficiency whicX will be reported to the house when the war revenue bill has .passed the senate. Senators Lodge, Foraker, Lindsay and Hanna wer closeted with the president separately. The president during the forenoon took occasion in interviews with his callers to reiterate the conviction that the annex ation of Hawaii should be speedily accom plished. THE CORDAGE TRUST Gets a New Lease on Life Because of Dew ey's Victory. New York, May 31. —(The war has reviv ed tfie rope industry in this country, and Rear 'Admiral Dewey's signal victory at Manila has put the American manufacto ries in the way of making fortunes. As a result it is understood that the manufac turers and other will revive the cordage trust soon. •Manila was, outside of Mexico, the main supply for raw material, and since .Admi ral (Dewey has closed that port prices have suddenly boomed up from 3% cents a pound to Sv. cents a pound for raw manila hemp. There is no chance to purchase ■Manila hemp for future shipment, which is usually done when .prices are normal. SPAIN SBOATS Are Out of Order arid Camaia is Delayed. Gibraltar, (May 31 —.Advices from Cadiz say that all the guns of both the batteries and forts are being replaced by heavier guns. It is reported that the departure of Admiral Camara’s fleet has been delay ed by defects discovered in the torpedo boats. STEAMER WRECKED. She Went Ashore Off the Coast of Jamaica This Morning. Boston, .Mass.,. May 31—The (Boston Fi uit -Company received a cablegram this morning announcing that their large steamer Belvidere, which left Jamaica Wednesday night, is ashore on Cape Maysi in eastern end of Cuba and is .probably a total wreck. 'The fate of the passengers and crew is unknown, but it is thought that they were possibly rescued. Among rhe passengers was Senqr Capote, vice president of the .Cuban republic. TO RAISE CAVALRY. Bili Introduced Today Providing for a Man in Dakota. Washington. May 31 —Senator Pettigrew today introduced a bill temporarily to in crease the army of the United States. It provides for the appointment of Ed mond E. English, of Yankton, S. D., as colonel and that be be authorized under the direction of the secretary of war to enlist and equip twelve troops of ligh't cavalry for service in the Philippines. quickwork - IN SPEER’S COURT Grand Jury Met but Was in Session Only a Few Hours. The grand jury in the United States I court met this morning and after having I been charged by the court at onee pro ceeded to the ir.vastigation of the cases now in jail awaiting action by the grand jury. It was a short session and the jury ad journed shortly after 1 o’clock after having returned true bills against the following prisoners in the jail. Sidney M. Johnson, colored, from the Macon postoffice for larceny from the mails. Ben Davis, colored, burglary from the mails at Plains. Ga. John Fadden, burglary from the post office at Kite. Virgil Williams, burglary from the post office at Tarver. Ga. Following were the members of the grand jury: Hamilton A Reid. James L. Dupriest, N. L. Shelverton, M. L. Byington. F. A Maidox. Clayton Sasser, Daniel D. Adams, T. J. Holliman, Robert Young. Charles C. Holt. John C. Mix. J. C. Wood, S. Napier, C. B. Ellis, J. S. Spence. William C. Faulk, J. W. Palmer, F. D. Ong. W. I. Griffin, E R. Off, W. F. Elder, I S Reid, foreman. m Von news Tuesday may 3 i 1898. 'i PRESIDtfiT IS IMPATIENT Has Determined to Pursue a More Vigorous Policy at Once. INVASION OE CUBA And Porto Rico Must Take Place Without Further Delay—Army Not Yet Equipped, New York, May 31. —The World pub lishes the following from its Washington correspondent: President (McKinley has expressed con siderable dissatisfaction with the slow pro gress made in preparing the troops for act ual service. He is surprised to find that scarcely more than one-half of the men are fit for service in the field, and he has made a’searching inquiry as to the cause. He was told that the reason the men had not been provided with uniforms and guns was that the contractors were slow in filling the orders placed with them. He thereupon directed that more speed be made in getting the men ready. More than twenty transports are waiting at Key West to take the troops to •Cuba. The .president inquired particularly of Secretary Alger and General (Miles as to the condition of the entire 121,000 volun teers who have been mustered into the service of the United States since his call on April 23d. He was informed that the troops in all the camps at the South were in no better condition. He ..han asked for estimates as to the length of time it will take to get the men ready. The estimates he received ranged from ten to twenty days. The latter estimate represented the opinion of the quartermaster general. \\ ithin that time, he was told, at least 125,000 troops, including the regulars, who are now ready, can be put into the field, thoroughly equipped for action. The president made particular inquiry concerning the number of troops available for duty in Cuba, and intimated that the first order to engage the troops now ready wo-uld be in Porto Rico. Secretary .Alger told him that 25,000 men could be sent away from Key (West and Tampa in six hours, ready for service. The- president’s inquiry and Secretary Alger’s response are interpreted to mean that the occupation of Porto .Rico will be inaugurated during the present week. Such is the expectation of the military men. The departure of General 'Miles, who has been ready for more than two weeks to proceed to Tampa to lead the Cuban inva sion, is again delayed Until the Porto .Rico expedition is further advanced. It is believed that General Brooko will head the expedition to Porto Rico. The (Porto .Rican campaign is looked’upon with favor both by the president and General (Miles, both from a military and hygenic standpoint . It is contended that the island will remove a point of refuge to any Span ish fleet which might be sent over, by tak ing away the coaling-station. Although the president has been urged to postpone the invasion of .Cuba until the rainy season is over, and for a time favor ed the .proposition, it is not believed that he will consent to any further delay. The plan of action, as his advisers un derstand it, contemplates the greatest ex pedition in getting the arniy ready for service in Porto Rico and Cuba as soon the Spanish war fleet has been disposed of and rendered absolutely powerless to in terfere with the thansport and landing of troops. The military officials expect that the Porto Rico expedition will go first, and that the invasion of Cuba by the land (forces will be simultaneous with the bom bardment of Havana by the United States W’arshlps. The president is beginning to realize the fact that the conduct of the war upon the lines of bloodless and peaceful campaigning is being severely criticised. The war has already lasted thirty-nine days and prac tically no progress has been made toward accomplishing the purpose of the United States in declaring war on Spain—that of driving the (Spanish from the island of Cuba. The war has cost the government in round numbers $100,000,000, the Spanish are still in control of the island and the work of driving them out is apparently much more difficult now that it was when the war started. STRAIW .HATS, Special values $1,25. Harry L. Jones Co. WILL REPORT - BACK TOMORROW. Board of Education Held a Special Called Meeting Last Night. The Board of 'Education held an imipor tamt meeting last night on a special call for the purpose of deciding on the amount of the appropriation to be asked for from the board of county commissioners. After the reports of the committees were received the board referred the matter to a sub-committee which will report at a meeting to be held tomorrow morning. It was “decided by the board to purchase filters for the schools in order that the danger from the unfiltered water might be oone away with. The report of the superintendent on the school census as given in The News yes terday was received with the greatest sat isfaction by the board. • According to the consolidated returns which was just made up there are 14,008 children of school age in Bibb county. This is an increase of 1.414 over 1893. when the la.-; census was taken. By school age is meant children .between the ages of 6 and IS. The percentage of increase in the county is a little over 11 per cent. The illiteracy in the county among children of school age is only S’a per cent., including both white and black, the actual figures being < < white persons of school age who cannot read and write and 41S colored, making a total of 495 children of school age in the county who can neither read or write. The 14.008 children of school age in the county are divided a? follows: Whites, 6,036; colored. 7,982, placing the colored in the majority, but the percentage of in crease since 1893 shows that the whites have doubled the colored as follows: 1893—'Whites, 5,171. 1893 —Colored, 7,423. Increased parcentage among'whites 16’5. Increased percentage among colored 7%. NO NEWS AT PORT AU PRINCE. Port an Prince. May 30—There is no news from Mole St. Nicholas or any point likely to hear of war movement g 500 Linea Hates 50c. Phillips. FRUIT GROWERS ARE IN SESSION Determined to Sell the Crop on the Trees or bv Auc tion at the Centres. COMMISSION MH, The Future of Georgia as a Fruit Growing State Now Hangs in the Balance. About one hundred fruit growers of Georgia are in the city today. 1 hey represent the most magnificent crop of ipeaUhes this state lias ever known. T hey are here to attend the meeting of the association off fruit growers called (for the purpose of discussing the question of handling the 'crop of the state. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Dudley M. Hughes, of 'Danville. He said in opening the meeting that he Was proud to call so large a gathering of the growers of the state together and announced the meeting ready for 'business, Mr. Cunningham, of Marietta, moved that all present who were not bona fide fruit growers, except the members of the ■press, 'be requested to leave. This was amended by Judge Gclber, of Marietta, ask ing that a call of the bona fide fruit grow ers ‘be taken and that they only be al lowed to vote. . A. substitute for the whole was Offered by Col. John IM. Stubbs, of Dublin, to the effect hat every one be entitled to a seat on the floor, but only bona fide (fruit grow ers be entitled to vote. Mr. Cunningham, 'president of the Amer ican Fruit Growers Union, was called on. He said that he would briefly discuss the peaeii situation. He said that the result of slipshod meth ods this myear meant ruin. He proposed to point out the defects and suggest a remedy. He said that the 'present crop was the most magnificent the state has ever known in nine years. The state will ship 2,000 cars of peaches and perhaps 2,500. The price of those peaches have got to be 'governed by conditions and the control -©f the con ditions are with the growers. Heretofore there has 'been no attempt at distribution. Un 1895 only the five prin cipal markets were supplied. They were glutted. The growers got nothing for their fruit, and this year, unless there is or ganization the conditions will be worse. !Mr. Cunningham said that there were two principal subjects to be discussed. The first was distribution; the second cash sales. The question df'freight was, he said, an other one for the 'consideration of the glowers. They were (paying too much freight, but to remedy this the growers were (powerless. The state railroad com mission had no 'control and the interstate commission was an ornament. Refrigeration, was another matter to be discussed, but,’ after all, distribution was the principal thing to be discussed, and he would 'convince any sensible person that the system ‘could ibe made perfect, but this could not Ibe done without the control of the bulk of the crop. The Amer ican Fruit Growers Union has a perfect sys'lem and with the assistance of the growers they 'can control the crop to per fection. “This year,” said Mr. Cunningham, emphatically, “settles the question of Georgia’s supremacy as a fruit growing state. Unless the crop is intelligently handled half Os the peach orchards of the state iwill 'be cut down before Christmas, but if sensibly handled Georgia 'will be the 'best fruit growing slate in the Union and even this crop will not half suply the demand. “The Union was organized for the pur pose of 'Controilin'g the shipment.” Incidentaly IMr. (Cunningham said that any 'cheap fruit lessened the cost of the peach aes. The Union went to pieces in 1895 because they were unable to control the shipment and prevent a glut. A perfect system of distribution under, present conditions is impossible, unless a union controls 90 percent, of the fruit, (but under this it is impossible to distribute properly. Mr. Cunningham outlined the plan adopted by the American Fruit Growers’ Union. It now managed to dodge the other fellows’ shipments. It can promise this to the growers, 'but not to 'perfectly control the price until it controls the crop. Speaking of cash business, IMr. Cun ningham said that no busines was as loosely handled as the fruit (business in the south. The plan in the souila is for the growers to work hard to raise the crop, to make up a car of peaches and allow it to go to the first slick talking drummer who gives the grower a good cigar. In the west no drummer can get a car of peaches on eommisison. All the fruit is sold for •’cash. By the auction a man gets every cent that 'his fruit 'brings. In the west everyth! htgnista stgifwysh-a.m the west everything that is not sold for cash at home is sold a't auction in the outside market. Mr. Cunnigham advised the growers of the state to put down their feet and swear that they would not sell a box of peaches exteept for cash at the orchard or at auc tion abroad. 'Mr. Cunninham was followed by Mr. W. L. Glessner and 'by Col. IStubbs, of Dublin. Col. Stufdbs spoke eloquently and em phatically. urging the growers to stand together. He manner in which the grower, as by himself, is robbed by the eommWon men. He spoke for nearly an hour to a most attentive audience and the 'point of his whole ar gument was that the growers must agree to se'l'l their fruit at home for cash or at auction. He offered the following resolution: Resolved, That we the fruit 'growers of Georgia, well represented, hereby pledge ourselves to either Ist, Sell our present crop of peaches on the trees or at the ipoint of shipment, or 2d. Ts not so sold to ship through the American 'Fruit Growers’ Union, reserv ing to each grower the right to direct the sale of his fruit 'by auction or ottherwise to be exercised at h’t edate of shipment. After some discussion of the subject the meeting adjourned at 1 o’clock to meet at 2. GOOD VALUES, Our SI.OO negligees. Harry L. Jones Co. BREAK IN WHEAT CAPS THE CLIMAX It Went Down With a Rush and It is Now Calculated to Stay Down. Chicago, May 31 —Today saw the climax of the Leiter wheat deal and May was down 50 cents to $1.25. There was a big break in the deferred futures on the fa vorable crop reports; large receipts every where and enormous wofj<|’s shipments. COTTON FUTURES. New York, May 31 —'Futures steady. June €4l, July 645, August 652, September 637, October 636, November 636 and 637. December 638, January 639. CAN’T TOUCH US Woven Madras Negligee Shirts, $1 00. Phillips. DEMONSTRATIONS FORJANDLER The Mass Meeting at the Court House Tonight to Nominate Delegates. WITHOUT OPPOSITION The One-eyed Plough Boy From Pigeon Roost Will Go Into the Gubernational Race. A mass meeting will be held at the Bibb county court house tonight. It will be a mass meeting practically though it is sup posed to be a meeting of the Candler Club. The purpose of the meeting is to select the delegates who will represent the Cand ler interests at the convention and who will be voted for at the primaries on next Monday night. Jud c W. D. Nottingham, as the presi dent of the Candler Club, will call the meeting to order and the selection of the delegates will then take place. Os course it is impossible to predict who these delegates will be but they will toe from the strong Candler merr in the coun ty. It is true, of course, that the county is now solidly for Candler and it is well nigh impossible to find a man in the coun ty who does not claim to be an original, but there are a few of the originals left and they will (be given the honor of being on the delegation. It is not all probable that the other two candidates, Atkinson and Berner, will have any delegates out in this county and the election will go all one way so far as Bibb is concerned and as Bibb goes so does the state. The talk of Atkinson has been steadily on the wane for the last thirty days until now it is hard to find an Atkinson man in the county. Berner has a few friends, but they will hardly muster up enough courage and enough money to put out a delegation to represent him on Monday next. The meeting tonight will be all one way and will be a purely formal matter though it may be looked upon as a (big day for those who formed the club a short few months ago. (At the time the enthu siasm was very cool and only about four or five people were gathered together on the call for the forming of a Candler Club. The club was formed, however, in the firm belief that Candler would win out and that the sentiment of 'Bibb county was in his favor. The result has shown how correct was that opinion. The club has now several hundred mem bers and is the strongest organization of the kind that this county has ever had. The* effort that has been made by tho morning paper and a few of the Atkinson gang to belittle and besmear Candler have only seemed to strengthen him in Bibb county. The people have made up their minds to administer a stinging rebuke to the little clique that thinks it can influ ence public opinion in this county. The nomination of Candler delegates to night. The election of those delegates on Monday next and the nomination of Cand ler next month will Ibe a bitter pill for thS Atkinson railroad combination to swal low. It will be also a rebuke to those who have joined with the Republicans in their desire to defeat Candler at any cost. It has been the desire of tho lilly whiles to defeat Candler because they knew that Atkinson could ibe influenced better than Candler to the hurt of the Democratic party. UNKNOWN~DEAD AT ANDERSONVILLE One and Perhaps Two More Numbered Among the Slain There. 'As usual the Andersonville celebration and observance of Decoration Day was des ecrated yesterday at the buryin ground of the soldiers of the North by the most dis graceful brawls among the semi-savages who thronged over the grounds. It was simply a repetition of the .annual free fight at Andersonville. The fight and the murder, the heathenish riot and tho barbarous enjoymen't of the rowdies who go to celebrate and not to commemorate make the chief feature of the day so far as the outside public is concerned. •All the other parts of the program sink into insignificance. But few respectable people go there except those who have rel atives buried there and to them the scenes enacted at these revelries are as terrible and even more than to any one else. The public simply understands that a program for the observance of the day is fixed up and that this is gone through by the minority, while the great majority be ing made up of negroes of 'the worst kind, having simply gone there for the purpose of picnicing and drinking proceed to get drunk, and the day never ends up without the shedding of blood. Yesterday as soon as the train from An dersonville arrived in the city a negro named Ed Washington, was taken from the train and locked up in the barracks, charged with 'being drunk and disorderly and the carrying of concealed weapons. He was identified by another negro as the one who beat him over the head with a brick ,and it is said that he is the negro •who cut a negro named Wiley Jaques, who lives in Unionville and who is “thought to be fatally stabbed. This, however, is denied by the negro and his friends. That some one was stabbed and that he lost enough blood to make up two murders, was evident from the condition of the car when it came to Macon. It was also evi dent that there had been a hot time on the way from Andersonville. The car looked as if a cyclone had struck it. The floor was bloody and all over it were scattered bits of clothing, and it is to be supposed that a close examination would have shown that there was plenty of hair mixed in "<jth 'the muss. Tne windows were broken, ahd in a gen eral way the car looked like a free fi?ht and a good one a.i ihat, had taken place in The negroes themselves would not talk much about the affair. It was reported that two negroes had been killed. Again .t was said th art three men and a woman had been killed, and a negro standing toy the one who was convying this misinfor mation to the reporter, said: Go way, niggah, yo doan know how many dey is daid.” It seems certain, however, that a't least one man was killed, but who he is and what he is, or where they left him, no one seems to know. It is more than probable that he will be counted among the un known dead at AndersouYille. LIGHT PLANT CHANGES HANDS It Was Sold This Morning by the Receiver to the High est Bidder at Outcry. MACON ANO INDIAN SPRINGS The Purchasers-Will linproue the Plant at Once —Terms of the Sale. The electric light plant of the Macon Gas Light and (Water Company was sold this morning at public outcry on the steps of the United States court house. it was bought in by the (Macon and In dian Spring Street Car Company for the sum of $40,000, which was the upset price fixed by the court. There were no other 'bidders. 'Mr. J. H. Hertz, representing the Macon and Indian 'Spring Street Car Company was the bid der, and the crying took but a short time, as it was known that there would be no other offers for the property, which was sold by 'Mr. T. D. Tinsley, the receiver of the 'Macon Gas Light and Water Company. The purchase consists of the poles and wires of the present company, together with all ©fits machinery. The purchasers have the privilege to remain in the pres ent 'building until the purchase money has all been paid. Under the sale the purchas ers are given one year in which, to make the payments. The purchase money is paid in four quarterly installments of SIO,OOO each. The new purchasers of the property will, •as soon as is practicable put in new ma chinery, and will improve the capacity of the plant so as to make it adequate to the demands of the town. 'lt is proposed to give 'Macon an electric light plant that is second to none in the state. Within as short a time as it will take to make the arrangements the plant will be renewed and Macon will then be one of the best lighted towns in the state. Special this week, $1.25 straws. Harry L. Jones Co. MAY LEAVE BRYAN OUT. Washington, May 31.—The aspirations of 'William Jennings Bryan to lead a regi ment to the front may toe thwarted, as will be the case with a large number of civilians who have been organizing regi ments in anticipation of the second call for troops. This Is brought about by the policy to be .pursued in organizing troops under the second call. It is proposed to fill up the regiments now organized so as to bring them up to their maximum strength before attempting to organize new regiments. Mr. Bryan is not the only one doomed to disappointment. (In many of the states it will take nearly ell the en tire quota under the second call to fill the organizations already sent to the field. NW ARBiIViA'I.S In SI.OO negligees. Harry 1.. Jones Co. | Georgia's • I h- c d r£ Best resort for recreation, rest, pleasure and the << S=> restoring of all afflicted with liver or kidney << •> troubles, rheumatism, dispepsia or malaria to d ! Health . J K- Has always been its famous Indian Spring, •) k; with its splendid summer home, THE y WIGWAM, cleared of all objectionable feat- = $ L ; nres, physically and morally clean, with unsur- y fd passed table, it becomes the ideal summer -J | Resort. R> &3 Rates on << T. C. PARKER. Prop. C, E. Hooper, Manager J Fl! I A re th e Belts we are now manu- ALIM IMI gH • factoring for Ladies and Gentle- A ■ men> Pure white and colored leather. See our handsome line of Buckles. TRUNKS REPAIRED. No dray age charged.. G. BERND cSc CO., 450 Cherry Street - Macon, Ga. Said a Discriminating Woman-- “John C. Eads & Co’s are not of the same class as the catch-penny goods of other stores.” That is a fair statement of the case—as the public sees it. We object to calling such a vast sale of Clothing a “Bar gain Sale,” but the public don’t seem to spare our scruples. Buying bright, new, stylish Clothing at a liberal discount off its real value is a “Bargain Sale” in the extreme. Well, so be it. A bargain sale here means getting what one wants and paying unexpect edly little for it. Sy I / (S A Ss \ ‘ SR) money on Hann. Loans on real estate. Easy monthly payments. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, Macon, (la.. 461 Third Street. PRICE THREE CENTS FLORIDA LANDS PARTY OF COBANS About Twenty-five Miles From Havana and Not a Shot Was Fired. SHE IS QUARANTINED And Not a Word Can be Obtained From the Vessel by Junta’s Representative. Key M cst, May 31—The steamer Florida which left on the 21st to land a party of Cubans on the island has returned. She is quarantined, but will probably be released today. Not a line of any authentic news has been received from her. It is reported that she landed her party about twenty-five miles east of Hava and that not a shot was fired. Senor Polo, the local delegate of th< Cuban Junta, has official information that the Florida expedition has been landed. JURY’S VERDICT MAKES IT USURY. Will be a Startling Decision in Financial Circles in the City. J'URY'S VERDICT MAKE'S IT USURY The verdict of the jury in the case of Dottenheimer against Ashworth in the United States court this morning is calcu lated to create no little stir in the com munity and in finanonal circles all over the state. The plaintiff borrowed money on prop erty from the Union Savings Bank. The money was not paid, the mortgage was foreclosed and the property sold to Ash worth by the bank. The plaintiff claimed that the sale was improperly made. The loan foreclosure and the sale were conducted on the usual plan. Supposing a loan of a thousand dollars is wanted, for five years at eight per cent, which would be SIOO. This is added to the principal and the borrower gives sixty norese payable monthly for $23.33 cents, each making an aggregate of $1,400. (The claim was made that this was a species of usury, as the 'bank got some thing like 12 per cent on its money. Mr. Washington Dessau, acting as pro hoc judge, iji his charge said that if usury existed the deed to Ashworth and the sale of the property under the foreclosure is void. The jury evidently found that there was •tTsury, as they brought in a verdict for the plaintiff.
