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tneaetae- L-.jjil, x.!-i! . j i j _ ' Money to Lend. If you want tn be row money on farm business or residetfce property on the most | favorafble terms see the Georgia Loan ami Trust Company, O. A. COWMAN, Gen Man., 356 Second Street, Macon, Ga. ... - . . . -.-- ESTABLISHED 1884 CANDLER 111 THE LEAD ALL AVER THE STATE. He Is Sweeping II From the Mountains to the Sea With an Avalanche of Votes, ELLIS LEADING In Bibb County He Takes the Inside at Every Pre cinct. Hill 1 GOOD SECOND Is Making a Magnificent Race Sup ported by the Citizens Who Op pose Railroad Tyranny. Atlanta, June 6- The state Democratic primaries being held throughout Georgia today for the purpose of nomination of a full state ticket. Although .lection is not to be held until October sth. the result of todya’ls prelim inary contest is equivalent to election an I Interest is manifested. The three candidates for governor are Alltn D. t'andler. Robert L. Berner and Spencer R AI kinsan. At 2 o’clock advices from many cotrniits indicate that Candler is leading. Berne’- is running rather close second ami Atki t' son a poor third. The vote is very light. Atlanta, June 6. Clarke will go for , Candler by a small majority. Fish Is elected associate justice, and Er win and Farmer elected for legislature. Burke la for Candler handler and Tate are carrying Cherokee. Candler is getting Dade. Close in this county between Maddox and Harris for congress. Burner and Candler are running side by Hide in Clay. Ware for Atkinson by 250 majority. Hall for Candler. Colonel Candler voted early at Gainesville. Berner is leading in Jasper. Wilkes for Candler. Berner Is leading in Butts. Jackson for Candler. Tate for for con gress. Clay is for Candler and Livingston. Close [n Crawford Candler is probably leading. Candler carries Catoosa. 'Berner two to one in Merriwether. Berner leads in Chattahoocheee. Atkinson leads in Douglass. Branan will probably carry Douglass for congress. Morgan for Candler. Candler gets Tallin fa rro. Polk is close but Candler is polling good vote and will probably got majority. Bartow is for Candler, and Harris for congress. Harris is for Candler. Franklin is for Candler. Berner and Candler are close in Stewart. Carroll is for Candler by a small major ity. Colquitt is for Candler. Berner is leading in Washington. Cook ami Stephens are ahead. Indications are. that Candler and Maddox will carry Floyd by 1,000 majority each. Campbell is for Berner, Cook and Ste vens. Close in Pierce. Harden leading. Candler. Cook and Stevens are leading in Hart. Berner Is leading in Habersham ■Hancock is for Candler. Cook and Ste vens. Baldwin is for Candler. Cook and Tur ner Monroe is for Berner. Cook and Stevens by a small majority. Jt wodiiad'E. phensp htrahtrah rahorohoaa Johnson is for Berner. Cook and Stevens. Walker is solid for Candler. Atkinson is ahead in Haralson. Berner and Candler are close in Gwin nett. Tate for congress. Terrell for Candler, Cook and Stevens. It is so close in Walton that there is no indication of how it stands . Candler. Hardin and Stevens lead in Pulaski. Candler has Thomas. Cook and Stevens are leading. t'andler g< ts Richmond. Early is for Candler. Cook. Wright, Nesbitt and Glenn. Berner leading tn Macon. i'andler and Cook get Dodge. Cobb is close. Berber ga ping. Hardin, Nisbeft and Turner leadipg. Harris leap ing for congress. Upson is in doubt. Candler is probably leading also Cook and Stevens. It is too close in Putnam to forecast. Candler. Cook and Stevens are leading In Newton. It is close in Warren but conceded to Candler. Cook and Stevens. Giltner and Pickens are for Candler, Cook and Stevens. ■A combination in Dougherty is alleged by which the Atkinson vote is being polled straight for Berner |>«Kalb is for Candler. Nesbitt and Ltv- LEGISLATIVE RACE IS CLOSE. Ellis is in the Lead and Hall Will Make Him a Good Second. The election is going off in Bibb county as smoothly as a well run machine. There is not a crowd or a fuss anywhere, and the voters are not slow about coming forward either "* !>•-*- »-» -. l r P to 2 o'clock something like 1,4 W votes Jiad been cast. Roland Ellis is well in the lead for the legislature and all the. interest centers in the legislative race. In nearly every precinct Ellis has taken Jhe lead, and how the others are coming put it would take a fortune to tell or a me dium jo say. As c sM r | hppse at 2 p'clocjc between six and seven hundreds votes had ijeeij cast. Elks has received nearly all of these vqtes and 'Reid is coming up clpse tp him wish Hall pushing him hard. ’fhat is the eertnjate for the caurt house, Wild after all Ji will 'be the court house that will tell the tale, though Cooper has had a very nice vote at the court house, and it is probable that he may make up for it somewhere else, at the Godfrey, for in stance, or In East Macon, at both of which places places he has received a very nice vote. Tite report from .the court house shows that Ellis , Hall and Reid are about the Order of things there. East Macon shows Ellis, Cooper and Reid, with 140 votes cast and about 100 more to come. In the Godfrey district 100 votes had been cast at 2:30, with another hundred to be cast. The evidence is that Hall is in the lead. Ho is running like a scared rab bit and lias polled nearly every vote that has been cast. Cooper Is a good second, and Reid seems to be coming in a good third. But here to -Ellis seems to be pick ing up and will do well before the' day is out. At Findlay’s foundry at 2 o’clock 250 votes had been cast. Ellis’ friends claim that he is in the lead there, but others say that Craig has taken the lead and that he will get a vote at that place sufficient to make up his elec tion strength counted with the good stiff vote that he will get at all the country precincts. Advices from Skippertown are t'o the ef fect that Ellis has a good start there and that Craig follows him closely. At Manchester Ellis is in the lead with Reid and Craig and Cooper running in the bunch. At all the precincts Lane is getting, a very comfortable vote, and it is not at all improbable that he may find a place among those who are so close together. The indications are that the vote will be one of the closest that has ever been poll ed 1 nthis county in a legislative race, and that it will take close figuring to pull some of the candidates in. OREGON DID.NOT SINK THE TERROR. False Report Sent Out Em phatically Denied From the Flagship. Mole, St. Nicholas., June 5. —Advices re ceived here today from the Flagship New York, off Santiago, and forwarded at 4 o’clock on Sunday afternoon, say that there is no truth in tlje report from Port Anto nio that the Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Terror had been sunk by the Oregon. It is also reported from the flagship that no further news has been received from the Merrimac prisoners. A launch came ou from shore Sunday morning under a Hag of truce, and the Spanish officer who was in charge said that he thought he saw a flag of truce flying on Ixiard the lowa. When the officer discovered his mistake the launch returned to Morro castle. The United States transport, Resolute, has arrived off Santiago with apprentices so rthe fleet. The United Staes dispatch boat Suwa nee also reached the fleet safely. TO EXBHANGE. Arrangements Being Made to Get the Heroes Back Again. Washington. June 6—The war depart ment has supplied to the navy a list of names procured from the commandant at Fort McPherson of tile Spanish prisoners of war there. The department this morning sent this list to Sampson and the admiral himself will enter fnto communication with Cer vera respecting an exchange of prisoners. Cervera will be allowed to select from the list the persons whom he will take in exchange for Naval Constructor Hobson and the gallant crew that manned the .Merrimac on her last run. Hobson’s rank as relative is that of lieutenant of the junior grade and he stands at the head of that grade and in the corps. By the ordinary rules of exchange he wood be about equivalent to a captain in th 1 army, the highest grade officer among rhe Spanish cartivee at McPherso i is a hist lieutenant. So in order to equalize ttte exchange it may be necessary for Sampson to throw ip with the first lieu tenant ope of the dozen second lieu tenures among the prisoners. Hobson’s crew, pope being of cotumia-, i toned grade, be exchanged man fpr matt for six Spanish private soldiers among the prisoners of war. . When Sampson and Cervera have ar ranged the details the list of prisoners to be exchanged will be submitted to the war department which would direct the com mandant at McPherson to send the men to the front. . - - - UNITED STATES COURT Case pt the Nations! Bank Against Colqu hoyn Bone Over. In the United States court this morning the case of the American National Bapk against Colquhoun. being a suit for the foreclosure of a mortgage, was continued indeffinitely, as the bank was not ready for the hearing of the case. The suit is being defended by Nf. qtthoun, who Is the defendant in the case,’ and ts the fatuous 'English exploser an.j who came to Georgia some few years agp an'd purchased about three thousand acres o nthe Mgcoq and Dublin road, He paid for all the property except a small slip which he claims the parties who sold to him had not good title in and could not make deeds. The American National Bank in some way got hold of the property and entered suit for the foreclosure. - - * Mr. Colquhoun had already paid some thing like SI.SOO for the property. It had been his intention to colonize the tract, bu. he gave up the idea during his absence in England, and transferred the property to his sister. Mrs. Ross, of Atlanta. A CARD. We wish to inform the ppblic that jt is our intention to publish the city lirectory this jear. having received the endorsement of the Chamber of Commerce in-1 city council. A rumor is being circulated by an agent of another directory company that we had abandoned the idea which is a mistake, . Jemison & Cherry, Managers. THE MACON NEWS. WILL ATTACK DURJEABOARD That is the Plan of the Second Spanish Fleet Headed This Wav. HU I WTOfDI Has Been Fortified and the Zone lof Cultivation Has Been Increased Considerably. Havana, via Vera Cruz. Mexico, May 30. —That news has arrived at Santiago of what is known here as the first division of the Spanish fleet, has considerably lightened the hearts of Spaniards and the news has been received with great rejoic ing- The feeling of satisfaction is all the more intense as it is hoped the Spanish war ships will soon enter the harbor of Hava-, na, after which, uniting with the Second division under Camara, it is believed the naval forces of Spain will attempt to strike a decisive blow at some part of the United States. At least this is the veiw of the situation taken by the Spanish authorities here. Havana an'd the rest of the island, so far heard from officially, are pronounc ed to be ntirly quiet. The Spanish of ficials here claim -that if 50,000 men were needed to attack Havana by land and bv sea when the war broke out, at least 100,000 men will be need to atack the Caban capi tal now, in view of the new strengthened fortifications, and because the so-called cultivation zone has been extended, thus, it is claimed, making Havana a Spanish Sebastopol. This increase in the cultivated area about Havana, will, it is asserted, support the inhabitants with food a long time. In spite of this outwardly cheerful aspect of affairs, anxious feelings exist The peo ple go so far as to charge Senor iMoret, the Spanish minister of colonies, with “having sold Cuba to the United States.” This causes discontent, and if the Spanish fleet does not arrive here before food be comes really scarce, rioting may be expec ted. There is hardly any business transac ted and .the city looks deserted, there being few people on the streets. People remain ht home excepting when the sound of a gn fired from one of the forts cuases the. people to rush to the windows or into the streets, and if several shots are fired thousands of people rush to the wharves to see if the American fleet is approaching. Railroad communication between the Prov ince of Santa Clara and trains are some twenty-four hours overdue on account of blowing up of .culverts by the insurgents. The damage, however, is soon - repaired. This happened even in the province of Havana. Twice, within the last ten days, culverts have been destroyed with dyna mite, anti in one case only six miles from Havana. NOT BELIEVED IN WASHINGTON. They Say There That the Theorv Is Impossible, But Is Part of Future Plans. Washington, June 6—Naval officers shook their heads in negation this morn - ing at the stories being circulated to tho effect that troops have been lan led in force at Santiago. They ire so confident that the reports are too premature to warrant the belief that from their knowledge of the move ment of the transports at Tampa an;! Mo bile it is not possible for t'he troops’ ships to have arrived by this "time on the south coast of Cuba. 'The Resolute, reported yesterday as having been at St. Nicholas Mole, Hayti, for a brief space of time is pot a troap ship in the strict sense of the term. She is a large transport and has on board tne SOO marines taken to Key West on the Panther. After lyin F in harbor for several weeks suffering firm close confinement on board the ship men were landed and went into camp near Tampa, where they were thor oughly drilled. The Resolute nicked them up about a week ago and started for Admiral Samp son’s fleet. Marines are not to be used as at first supposed on board the fighting ships of the fleet but were intended to constitute a landing force to support the fleet in an attack upon any fortified point where it decided to capture and occupy. Now the plan of campaign against San tiago is understood to contemplate the co aperatiop between the fleet under Samp sou and the United States troops under General Shafter. It is believed that to prevent confusion in the direction of the forces ashore marine detachment com manded by Lieutenant Colonel Hunting ton will be placed under orders of General •Shafter to act as part.of the ferula-* Army for the time being. 808 HUNTER __ IS LIEUTENANT In the Regiment *of Immunes Under Col. Rav—Clav ton a Sergeant Mr. iR. F. Hunter -will be a lieutenant in the regiment of inlunes under Colapel Ray, He came in this morning from Camp Nor-then and will at once commence the work of recruiting for the company. He will open up a recruiting office tomorrow morning and with -Messrs. Taylor and Crenshaw, of Hawkinsville, will push he work o eftgnitgcmfwypshrdluhrJlurfi n n work of getting up a company as fast as be possibly can. It is probabfe that the captaincy of the company w‘il| gq to ;Mr. Taylor. Cook Clayton will he the first sergeant Qf. the company. Lieutenant C. M. Wiley will probably go upon —Colonel Ray’s staff. Captain S. B. Hunter came down this morning with the men who are going to leave him. He says that selection of so many men from the volunteers for respon sible positions is the highest compliment that could be paid him. COTTON FUTURES. New York. June 6 —Futures dull apj study. Sales 300. June 035. July tH2, Au gust t»46, September 631. October 630. No vember 630. December 632, January 635, February 642, March 642. - MACON NEWS MONDAY JUNE 6 1898. LOUR THOUSAND Under Cover of Sampson’s Guns—Report Says They are at Santiago. JOiNED If CiKli With Three Thousand Insurgent Troops—They are Now Ready for a Final Struggle.’ New York, June 5.—!A spec’ tl from Jamn.ca reports that five thousand. Un:'.-’I States ‘loops have landed near Punta Ca brera. west of ‘Santiago, where a junction to show that her boilers were still out of order. The landing was effected under cover of fire from Sampson’s fleet. With the iro >ps were several heavy seige guns. NEGRO LABOR. Removal of United States Engineer at New Orleans Asked. New Orleans, June s.—The employment of negro labor on Forts Jackson and St. Phillips, twenty miles down the Mississippi river, promises interesting developments: Major Quinn, Uhited States Engineer for this district, at first listened to Demas, it is alleged, and discharged the white la borers and sent down 350 negrq.es, (because Demas claimed that the negroes has been diserimnated against in the matter. Then it was found that the negroes were incom petent to carry on the work. In the meantime there Mid been a strike among the white men remaining at the forts. Yesterday in the Louisiana legisla ture Senator St. -Paul introduced.a resolu tion that the Louisiana representatives in Washington be urged to secure the trans fer of Major Quinn from the station in charge of the (.Mississippi- river defense. The resolution has created a great sensa tion in this city. MISS M’KENNA Sister of Associate Justice McKenna, is Dead. San Francisco, June 5. —Miss Katherine McKenna, a sister of the associate justice of the supreme court, is dead. She was 57 yearso Id. CAPTAIN GRIDLY. ' His Family Has Been Notified of His Death in Japan. Erie, Pa., June 5. —Last night the family of Captain 'C. V. Gridley, residing here was notified by the navy department of the death of Gridley in Japan as the result of the battle of Manila. AT CHICKAMAUGA. A Sham Battle Was the Feature of the Day. Chickamauga, June 6—Another big sham battle,was the event of the day. The bat tle was between the regiments “composing the first division of the Third corns and about 10,000 men participated. This divis ion, which is commanded by General Grant, is doing unusually hard work and rapidly becoming proficient in all branches of military training. Regimental and eomipany drills are keeping men of the other divisions em ployed. The officers, one and -all. from General Brooke down, are now congratu lating themselves on the excellent appear ance of all eamps and the perfect success of the sanitary pracautions" and remark able healUhfulness of the men in camp. - COURT OF NATIONS. Is Urged by the Mahawk Lake Confer ence. Lake Mohonk, N. Y.. June 6—At the closing session of the Lake Mohonk Arbi tration conference, the platform was made public. It urges the establishment of a Court of Great Britain and the United States, to which not only these two na tions may resort, but all other govern ments for the peacc-Cul settlement of their differences. cu urt, it is argued, should be followed by other similar with other natjgrfs. Professor John F. Clark, pf York, said she combined interests of Iqhor tend to pre vent war. T. P. A. DELEGATES. A Number Have Returned After Attending the National Convention. - . . Several member -of the delegation of the Georgia division of the Travelers’ Protee tive. Association have reiurend from Oma ha. where they went to attend -the annual eaiD’eatioa. At the convention Georgia won the Texas Horus, which are presented each year to the division* having the greatest percentage of Increase. In addition to winning distinction in .this manner Georgia captured the impor tant office of first vice president of rhe national association. Mr. E. E Smith, of Atlanta, president of the Georgia division, was ejected to this office. HEAVY FIRING Evidently Proceeding From Guns of tLe Largest Calibre. Cape Haytien, June 6. 10:50 a. m.—At 8 o’clock this morning a strong cannon ading was heard before Port Aquadores. A Quarter of an hour later the noise of cannonading wes greatly increased. The firing was evidently proceeding eroin suiis of the largest GOLDSCHMIDT VERY ILL. Beilin. June 6—l. Goldsi'-hm ! .p, l’aitr-4 States consul general, has fieeu ill for three weeks aq(l his epiiditian has taken a serious turn SPANISH FOURS. Paris. June 5. —Spanish fours advanced i'7-16- Mr. P. Keu/hum c/ pike ffity. Cql., says: “Duriqg my brother’s sickness from sciatic rheumatism ehamberlaln’s Pain Balm was the only remedy that gave him any relief. Many others have testified to the prompt reliefl from pain which this liniment affords. For sale by H. J. La mar & Sons, druggists, PEACE IS WHAT SPAIN WANTS And She is Willing io Fake It at Almost Any Kind of Price. CUT TINO MIfIIATDR. None of the Powers Are Inclined to Take the Part of Spain at Present. ■Washington,June 6.—The belief is grow ing in tlie best informed government cir cles that Spain is sincerely anxious to make peace, and even now she is seeking a favot-alole opportunity to make overtures in that direction. Numerous evidences of this have come to the administration, but wp to now no actual move has been made towards as certaining on 'what basis the United 'States would consider peace. It is said the first step will be towards having some disinterested power make in quiries of this government as to what terms will be accepted, after which terms oeing -stated it would be for Spain to form a commission and make a formal tender of peace. The authorities feel that Spain is feel ing her way towards movements of this kind. One evidence of it is the utterance of its Spanish ambassador at London, urging that peace movement. It is thought to be higL.y iniprobalole that a Spanish officer of his rank would make a statement 01 this kind unless it voiced the view entertained by the au thorities at Madrid. Another evidence is the sending of Senor Castillo to Paris, his principal .mis sion being to enlist sympathy there, and to . encourage a movement towards se curing peace on a basis honorable to Spain. With this comes the report of the seri ous embarrassment of the Bank of Spain ou which the government relies for funds. The d< ipeiate condition of ’the Spanish forces at Manila and Havana are looked upon as added reasons why Spain should be solici tious for pt ace. “ But while Spain is thought to be anxious to secure pqgee she apears to be unable to secure the services, of a disinterested power to take the initiative in a peace movemeni. This was the opinion expressed today by a leading member of the diplomatic coups. It is said much surprise has been caused at the foreign capitals by the resentment in the United States against the kindly representations the great powers made to McKinley some weeks a'go which has been treated by the American press and public opinion throughout the United States as an intrusion on the part of the present great powers. For that reason the efforts since made by Spain to induce the European powers tc intervene have met with flat failure because'none of the powers wish to arouse the enmity of the United States. For this reason this diplomat pointed out that the European powers are loth to befriend Spain at the (present time even to the extent of making inquiry as to what basis of peace will be acceptable to the United States. No one power would undertake such in quiry he said, as it would subject that power to being positively insulted. He thought that su'ch a snub would quite likely, in view of the manner in which the kindly representations of powers have 'been received some weeks ago, and while a power willing to act alone neither could the powers be brought together for united action along that line. For this reason it is pointed out that Spain’s isolation at the present time.made it extremely difficult for her to secure any intermediary by which she could .conduct the initial steps towards securing peace. CAVALRY DRILLS Afford Amusement at Chickamauga—First Ohio Ranks High. Chickamauga Park, Ga., June s.—There are now 42.000 soldiers-encamped at Chick amauga, and the indications are that early next week there will be an extensive moving of volunteers to this historic spot. Saturday was another hot. dusty day at the park, without anything in the way of striking events to vary the monotony of routine. So far ah is known at present (there are no other troops to leave the camp soon, except the Fir-st Ohio cavalry. This cavalry will leave for Lakeland, Fla., within the next five days, or possibly sooner. It was authentically stated- today that lack of equipments was all that held the First Cavalry from ranking among the the First voluate?rs. Five hours are cpnsum.q daily in ilrili regulations and training the horses for the service. The latter affords considerable aipusement for the boys. Troop H has received its horses, and Captain Herman is using hig utmost effi ciency to bring his troops up to the 'bi"h -. est standard. The First Cavalry Brigade fef West Army Corps, has been organised. The brigade is composed of the First United Stat ’s Caval ry of Rough Riders, the Ftr-st Ohio and First Illinois calvary. Colonel Grigsbt will command the brigade. Th? andicipa ter (Jeparmvj of the First Ohio will not Colonel Qfrgshy’s brigade long, bro kep, since the Second United Stites Vol unteer Cavalry, reorganized --in the far West, has been ordered to Chickamauga Park. BOMBARDED FROM A DISTANCE American Battleships Took a Few More Shots at Santiago. Madrid, June 6—A dispatch to the Im parcial fre-m Santiago de Cuba says that at TO o'clock on Saturday evening twenty American warships opened a hot attack on Santiago but were so distant sha- their Mots did not reach ike forts. Seeing fqtjlity of the enemy’s can nonade the sr*anjarfif made no reply but the attacking fleet continued to regain jn its distant position. The bombardment lasted forty five min utes am- waa ppt resumed. Oft Suuflay sixteen war-hips were still moored in sight of Santiago. DEMONSTRATION At Belfast Ha§ Caused Considerable Ex citement. Belfast, Ireland, June 6—Great excite ment has been caused by the nationalist demonstration In hrnor of the revolution of 1798. Several collisions have occurred be tween tne demonstrators and the c:cwd. were thrown and a gem-ra) melee followed. Many arrests we-: made. TWO DANGLED FROM* LIMB And It is Not at All Unlikely That Two More Mav Go the Same Way. SHOT THE MARSHAL DOWN And Were Arrested —When the Of ficer Arrived He Found That They Were Gone. St. Louis, June 6—A special to the Post Dispatch from Clarksville, Mo., says: An excursion boat from Quincy and Han nibal arrived yesterday with -300 negroes aboard. After the boat tied up Curtis Young got into a fight with a colored woman named Lona Bryan, of Hannibal. It became gen eral and Marshal Molen went on board to quell it. He put Curtis Young under arrest when so'm. bcdv in the crowd shot the marshal m the back and he died in fifteen minutes. There was great excitement throughout the town when the shooting ' became known. A posse of fifty men went on board the boat and arrested Sam Young, Curtis Young, Bob Taylor and Charles Taylor, all colored, and took them to the jail. There they were locked up pending the arrival of the sheriff and prosecuting at torney from Bowling Green. When these officers arrived today they found that Curtis Young and Sam Young had been taken from jail and hung to trees. * It is feared the other -two men will suf fer the same fate. GOT A GOOD JOB. Student of the Georgia-Alabama College Falls on His Feet. — Mr. R. S. Lundy, well known in ’Macon has fallen on his feet in Tampa. He -writes to his friends here that fie has secured a position with the paymaster’s department at $1,600 a year and his board. This will be good news to the freinds of iMr. Lundy in Macon. He is a worthy young man. The Georgia-Alabama Busi ness College is to be congratulated on this fresh evidence of the success that its pu pils meet with all over the country. The Georgia-Alabama Business College is a receommendation all over the South for young men leaving its halls. Professor Martin never fails to do his best for those students who have gone through their course in his college. SHOULD USE LIME. Opening Ditches in the City Without the Use of a Disinfectant. The fact that ditches and trenches are being opened i ndifferent parts of the city and in the streets without the use of lime, has been called to the attention of The News by a number of citizens. There is an ordlance covering this and the city should see that the ordiance is ob served. A great deal of sickness may be caused by the opening up of fresh ground at a toime like this, and the complaint about the neglect of the ordinance requiring the use of Hine as a preventative is very gen eral, RECORDER FREEMAN Presided in the Court This Morning for First Time in Many Weeks. Recorder Matt Freeman presided in the recorder's court this morning and was con gratulated by his frineds on being suffi ciently receovered from his recent illness to take his seat on the bench. The recorder had not, however, much work before him for a Monday docket. The cases were sppst}y minor drunks and disor derlies. A couple of cases of carrying con cealed weapons went to the city court and the youthful burglar who was caught in the Anderson Music Stare on Saturday night was committed and will have his trial at the proper time in the superior court. FINAL EXAMINATION For the Public Schools Commences bn Jun lsth. The public:- Schools of Bibb county will close on June 16th and the final examina tion* ’preparatory thereto will begin to morrow. The closing day of the city : chools wi-th the exception of the GreshAnj High school, is not unusually marked with any special ceremonies, but the county schools always have a program of exer cises, in addition to the examinations. The following are the dates for the clos ing exercises of each of the country schools: M olden'high school, afternoon and night, June 17th, Wgreier high school, morning, June 16-th. Union high school, morning. June 15th. Sardis school, morning. June 16th. Planters’ school, exercises morning, ex hibition at night, June 15th. Mt. Pleasant, morning, June 15tJh. Hamlin, morning, June 16th. * Midway, morning, June 16th. Chambliss, morning, June 15th. Bloomfield, morning. June 15th. Bellevue, morning, Jujie 16th. Singer’:- Hill, morning. June 15th. Price, morning exercises a.afi dinner at noon. June 15th. Holton, morning. June 15th. Masseyville, morning, June 15th. McCrary, morning, June 16th. Castle, morning, June 15th Newburg, morning, June 16th Avondale, morning and dinner at noon, June 15th Skipperton, morning, June 15th. Manchester, morning. June 16th, ATTENTION! Executive Committee. The members of the Dem ocratic executive committee of Bibb county will please meet at the court house at 12 o clock noon tomorrow (Tues day)! June 7th, to consolidate the vote of the primary held today. By order of T. J. WARE, . Chairman. S. Altmayerj Secretary. Distinctive Excelling.. Features... Distinguish our new stock of Crashes, Alpacas, Drap de Etc, Sicilians and Serges. The materials are top notch of good taste and elegance, the styles the very newest, the workmanship superb in evefy detail and the fit as close as perfect can be. Our prices are marked in plain figures and are just right. Our stock of stylish Straw Hats and Neglige e Shirts are the handsomest in the city. Crump s Park Bulletin Woodward & Warren Co. tonight in “The Galley Slave.” Gather Your Rosebuds ... . While you may, for procrastination may d eprive you of them. So with your eyes if th-ey need help. Remember that there is n o remedy like suitable glasses, -when fitted -properly, ere your eye sight is too far gone. Mr. Friedman, the optical spe cialist, has been located with us for nearly two years and has fitted glasses to thou sands of persons in this city and the surrounding section, but has yet to find one among his patrons who is not perfectly sa tislied with his work. 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It is of made-to-order style and quality. It was tailored by skilled artists, and only came to us at “money loss” prices because certain dealers did not take the full lines ordered. Suits of the varying light weights for summer wear. The fabrics are of Fancy Cassimeres, Chev iots and Worsteds— s7.so, $lO, sl2 and sls. Worth fully a third more. < / t J VZ x/z | money on Hand. Loans on real estate. Easy monthly 1 payments. ’ GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, Macon. <l*.. 461 Third Street. PRICE THREE CENTS