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ONE THOUSAND
WATERMELONS
Wanted bv Directors of the
Library for Eating on
Fourth of Julv.
WALKING MATCH BOOMING.
At Least Ten Soldiers from Camp
Price Will Enter-Fort Valley
and Macon Will Play Ball.
Th. dirt'i .i >1 th< Library association
hav. begun work in wriKrt for tbe cele
iH.uioi. of tii'- Fourth of July in 'Macon.
■J ... l.u.iiiy <li“ always look after
the Fourth of July entertainments and it
n.u.,1 b.- .-aid that they have always given
in. people spl. ndid entertainments.
Tin i have pronusi dto give the people
flic 1., >1 . ntei (aii.iiii lit that itas ever been
pjVin . I'-. Iniy have had a. great deal
of i * ■..• n. i>. • ,n this line and this year’s
i. ,-ulis will shew for It.
l iie walkin;' match is on a big Ixxirn.
All the arrangements have been complet
ed. 'I he entrance fee is to be two dollars.
About iv, .iiiy nu n havt already entered
airl ,i gnat many more are expected.
jl i < .pee.t.d that fully fifteen soldiers
from eamp Price will enter the race and
they ought to prove good walkers.
Th. two Lewis brothers, who made such
excellent records here some years ago
wh<n the fatuous J. W. Eord was the
ciiampioit wall er of the country, will en
ler the race and are now in hard training.
The: e two men alone will draw an im
mense crowds as they are famous the
country over as being fast walkers.
I he judg. s for the match will be select
ed from the officers of the regiment at
camp I rice. The ram isopen Io every one.
The prizes will be $76 lor Ihe first man
lout, J'.o for tiie second, and SCS for the
thud Tin match will be commenced at
11 o’clock in the morning and will last
until 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Three
hours will bo walked In all.
A big watermelon eating match has
ticen arranged and twenty-five negroes
nave i ut< r. .1 Ihe i onlest. Phe prize is to be
live dollars. Twenty live melons are to
be placed in a line in front of the grand
stand and twenty, live negroes are to be
placed by them.
The only rule of the contest is that the
fir. I negro who eats his melon first will
receive the prize. The negro will be re
quired to get into his melon the bast way
posible. This will be one of the most
ciiiiii ing sights ever seen at the park.
The school childia n chorus will be a
drawing attraction. T hey will assemble at
vill be marched to Ihe park in charge of
the \eadeiny of Music at 2 o’clock and
the mem.lu i s of (’apt. Lawrence’s compa
ny. They will sing the songs “Dixie” and
*’ America."
Fort \ .lb v will cross bats with Macon
as soon as the flag presentation ceremo
nies are over.
Lieut.-Fol. Heaves, f’apt. Harris and
Lieut. Blount were appointed to look af
ter the oldit rs’ program.
The people who go Io the park on Mon
day wii see some great things.
, A CLEVER TRICK.
It ’certainly looks like it, but there is
really no trick about it. Anybody can try
it who has lame back and weak kidneys,
malaria or nervous troubles. We mean he
can cure himself right away by taking
Electric Bitters. This medicine tones up
the whole system, acts as astimulant to
the liver and kidneys, is a blood purifier
and nerve tonic. It cures constipation,
headache, fainting spells, sleeplessness
and melancholy. It is purely vegetable,
a mild laxative, and restores the system to
its natural vigor. Try Electric Bitters and
•be convinced that they are a miracle
worker. Every bottle guaranteed. Only
60c a bottle nt H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug
•store.
KENT-SCHELLING.
Marriage in East Macon of Two Popular
Young People.
The wedding of Air. Geo. Schelling and
Miss Minnie Kent, which occurred at the
East Macon Baptist personage yesterday
was quite a pleasant surprise to the many
single thought, two hearts that beat as
Mr. Schelling is a well known and-pop
ular young man. and has won for ’his bride
one of the sweetest and most refined young
ladies of East Macon. Certainly such a
congenial couple as they have proven to be
the old aphorism "two souls with but a
single though, two hearts that beat as
one," is again brought to the memory of
their friends.
0-A.STOTI.Z.Zk.
Bears the Kind You Have Always Bought
Special sale at the teal
store. A beautiful French
china pitcher holding one l
pint, handsomely embossed, I
gold handle, etc., presented
to all purchasers of teas, cof
fees, baking powder, spices
and extracts, of fifty cents
and upward, Friday and Sat
urdav this week, July Ist.
and 2d. The Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Co.
Open June Ist. On N. W. and C. W.
E R. Modern in all its appointments. Hot
and cold Li thia water ou every floor. Bath,
toilet and gas. Write for rates.
J. H. BROW & CO.
Proprietors.
Southern Ties.
Black Vici Kid, Kid Top,
Patent Tip, Turn Sole,
Medium Heel.
$2.00
Black Kid, Cloth Top,
Patent Tip, Medium Toe,
Turn Sole, Thin Edge.
$2.50
CLISBY <sc M’KAY,
Phone 29.
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Notes Taken
On the Run.
Messrs. Deeaean and Bartlett are moving
Atlanta.
Mr. J. AV. Pearce, of Atlanta, Is in the
city today.
Col. T. W. Jones, of Atlanta, is a guest
of the Lanier.
Mr. E. C. Speer, of Americus, Is at the
Brown House today.
Mr. J. W. Oglesby, of Quitman, is stop
tendent of the board of education of Rich
mond county, is in the city today.
Mr. A. J. King, of Thomaston, is stop
ping at the Brown House.
Captain Gleason of the United States
army is at the Hotel Lanier.
Mr. Thomas B. McCormick, a prominent
New Yorker, is a the Lanier.
Mr. J. M. Caraway, of Atlanta, is regis
tered at the Lanier.
Music Lessons— -Piano and violin In
struction at reasonable prices. Miss Nellie
'Reynolds, 252 Washington avenue.
Ms. and ’Mrs. W. A. Slaton, of Griffin,
passed through the city esterday afternoon.
Drs. W. R. Holmes, and Mason, dentists,
556 Mulberry, opposite Hotel Lanier. Try
a bottle of Holmes’ Mouth Wash for pre
serving teeth, purifying the breath, bleed
ing gums, ulcers, sore mouth, sore throat,
etc. For sale by all druggists.
Mr. Thad E. Murphey left this morning
for Indian Spring, where he will spend sev
eral days.
Dr. Charles Lanier Toore, dentist. Of
fice corner Second and Poplar streets.
Mr. Y. A. Shipman, a prominent mer
chant of Jacksonville, Fla., is stopping at
the Lanier.
Dr. A. S. ‘Moore—l can do your dental
work for less money than any dentist in
Georgia. 121 Washington avenue, Macon,
Ga.
Miss .Mildred Henderson leaves for Co
lumbus tomorrow, where she will attend a
house party given by some of her friends.
Dr. W. L. Smith, dentist, 353 Second
street, over Beeland’s jewelry store, office
telephone 452.
Mr. D. S. 'Newkirk, a prominent mer
chant of Shellman, is in the city today.
Mr. R. 'A. Wilson, of 'Abbeville, is in the
city today, stopping at the Brown House.
■Mr. IH. M. Sandwich, prominent lawyer
of Thomaston, paissed through the city to
day.
Mr. Charles L. Williamson, an old Ma
con man, but now of 'Atlanta, Is here to
day.
Messr. H. A. Sherrill and Albert Sum 5
mens of (Hawkinsville are guests of the
Hotel -Lanier.
Messrs. Disson and Bartlett are moving
their office into the Pythian Castle. They
will have rooms on the second floor.
Mr. Charles G. Johnson, of Columbus,
Ga., Is registered at the ißrown House.
(Mr. Leopold Haas, of Atlanta, is in the
city today.
Jackson, Miss., June 30.—One case of
yellow fever was reported today at (Mc-
Henry.
Prof. Lawton B. 'Evans, one of Augus
ta’s most prominent citizens and superin
tendent of the board of education of Red
mond county, is in the city today.
Post D. oftheT. F. lA., will give an ex
cursion to Tybee island on July IG. The
low rate, of $2.75 for the round trip has
been offered. Low rates from (Barnesville,
Athens, Griffin, Montezuma and other
points along the route can be secured.
Bucklin's Arnica Salve
The beat salve in the world for cuts,
nruiaee, seres, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
•orris, and all skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. It la
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents par box.
For sale by H. J. Lamar A Baas' drug
COOT THREW ~
HALF A BRICK
But it Does Not Appear that
He Intended to Hit Mose
Williams.
In the superior court this morning an
other murder trial came up and Coot Mc-
Kay is now on trial for the murder of
Dave Wiliams, a young negro boy.
It is not at all probable, however, that
a verdict of murder will be secured, as
the evidence in the case does not show
that there was any intent on the part of
•McKay to hit the boy with the half brick
w’hich he threw' and which struck the boy
on the back of the head, crushing his
skull.
It was some time before the boy lost
consciousness, and it was not until the
next day that he was taken to a doctor,
who found that trephining would be ne
cessary.
Before he died the boy stated to several
people that Coot McKay did not intend to
hit him with the brick.
McKay is being ably defended by Messrs.
Johnson, Hatcher and Orr. Mr. Roland
Ellis is conducting the prsecution.
MAGAZINES FOR SOLDIERS.
Library Sent a Big Lot of Reading Matter
to Camp Price.
The Library sent a large quantity of
books, papers and magazines to camp
Price this morning.
They were distributed out among the
soldiers. The soldiers were very glad in
deed to get the papers and books as they
are short on reading matter.
DOWN TO WORK
AT CAMP PRICE,
The Soldiers Are Now All
Eating Their Meals at
the Park.
SERVICES HELD LAST NIGHT
Attended by a Large Number of
Soldiers—Will be Held Every
Night this Week.
Camp Price is now an ideal military
camp. Everything is fixed up in splendid
order and the camp presents a neat ap
pearance.
The soldiers are being drilled in the
>1 ct the company, which they are
learning very fast. The school of the com
pany is a very fine drill for the recruits.
i be officers are all required to stay in
camp now. Very nice quarters have been
fixed for them. The captains and first lleu
;< uunts’ tent is in front of the company
Th< other officers are fixed up
along the stret.
The soldiers are now eating in camp.
They are no longer brought to town. Two
men are detailed every morning as cooks,
and the two who are detailed and probably
whose whilom-lily fingers have never been
stained with toil, proceed to “peel chick
ens.” The food which the soldiers receive
isn't fine at all. They have plenty of sub
stantial food. Each company in camp has
its funny man, and some amusing things
cau be seen when the rival funny men are
pitted against each other.
The officers in charge rarely ever have
trouble with the men. One of the officers
remarked yesterday that they were the
best disciplined body of recruits that he
had ever seen.
There were no soldiers on the sick list
yesterday. The sanitary condition of the
camp is excellent and, of course, that will
prevent sickness. The soldiers have better
water from the well than the iMacon peo
ple.
The men will be given their arms in a
few days and will be put through the
manual of arms very rapidly. Knowing
how to handle a bun is by far more impor
tant than knowing how to march.
The soldiers all want the Krag-Jorgea
sen rifles but the officers say that they
will be given the old Springfield.
The camp is under strict military dis
cipline. The men are not allowed out after
taps. Taps are sounded at 11 o’clock and
all the men must be in at that time and
all lights jnust be out.
The regiment is the pet of Macon and
all ‘Macon wishes to see 'Col. Ray’s regi
ment well equipped before if is ordered
away.
Church services were held at the camp
last night and a large number of soldiers
were in attendance. The services were in
rbarge of Rev. Mr. 'Pinson.
A great many people from the city were
present and all of them seemed to be well
pleased with the manner in which the ser
vices were conducted.
Services will be held at the camp every
night this week.
Fire sale Rochester Shoe
Co’s stock.
FREIGHT RATE
KNOCKED OUT.
Merchants Won on Their
Protest Against Small
Package Charge,
The Macon Chamber of Commerce
has just been instrumental in securing
the revocation of the order increasing the
minimum charge and weight on freight in
single shipments. This will be good news
to a number of Macon houses which had
begun to fear that their trade with points
in adjacent states, in which shipments of
small weight were made would be handi
capped by the material increases in freight
charges under the new order.
Under the order refered to the mini
mum charge on single shipments was rais
ed from [wenty-live to fifty cents, with
the aditional proviso that the charge on
a single shipment should also be not less
than the full rate for a 100 pound ship
ment. The practical result of this was to
raise the freight rate on small shipments
in many instances from fifty to one hun
dred per cent.
The interest of the Macon merchants
was at once aroused in the matter, and the
Chamber here was soon in posses
sion of numerous leters showing how de
trimental this change would be to certain
business interests.
A large number of business houses here
would have been hurt if the order had
continued in effect. The merchants all
pointed out .that with the advance they
would lose considerable trade, the diffi
culty they experienced in getting ship
ments from the factories necessitating
hundreds of small back order shipments
on their part to their customers. The
shipments would have been a considerable
extra expense, and would have prevented
such shipments in many cases. The same
reason held good in the wholesale gro
cery trade, and it was also pointed out by
houses in that line that small shipments
of cigars and tobaccos, tvhich are quite
common, would be handicapped by such
an increase. All the wholesale grocers, as
well as the hardware houses, the drug
firms and others, took a decided stand
against the ordered increase.
Fire sale Rochester Shoe
Co’s stock.
STAMPS ON TELEGRAMS.
Must be Affixed Before the Message Will be
Sent.
inager Kemp of the Western Union
telegraph company received -advices yes
terday from the main office in regard to
liie stamp tax on telegrams, which goes
into effect at midnight tonight.
brom that time a 1-cent stamp issued
by the internal revenue department must
be placed on each telegram before it is
icceived by the company. It does not
matter what the character of the dis
pute.!. or whether it is paid for or frank
•l. the stamp is a viral necessity, prelim
inary to its being placed on the wire.
■i a.i-in .id messages have no more stand
ing with the government than those of
the humble citizen without a pull, who
pays for all he sends.
Cable giams are not excepted, either, the
same courtesy not being extended to for
eign telegraphic business as is accorded
loit ign business in the. postal money order
department.
The office the Western Union here,
as well that of the Postal Cable, will
be kept supplied with stamps for tran
sient business. The person sending the
telegram pays for the stamp. Large ex
porting houses and other firms using the
wires considerably will doubtless keep
themselves supplied with stamps and send
their messages over to the office already
for transmission. The revenue to the gov
ernment from this source is expected to
be very large, and the burden will be so
light upon any one person or firm that it
will hardly be felt.
Fire sale Rochester Shoe
Co’s stock.
MACON NEWS THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 30 iSsb.
PREACHER HOOTED
When He Tried to Save Wil
liams From an Angry
Mob.
Macon, Mo., Juen 30.—Henry Williams,
colored, charged- with the outraging of the
Browitt girls a few days ago, was hanged
by a mob to a bridge today. He died pro
testing his innocence.
Rev. Robbins. Sheriff Glenn and Mr. Mc-
Vicker made speeches pleading with the
lynchers to let the law takes its course.
Robbins was hooted down and McVick
ers was knocked senseless.
Thv sheriff and his deputies were over
powered, disarmed and the jail broken
into and the prisoner secured.
ON EXPRESS PACKAGES.
The Agent Here Will Call for Compliance
With the Law.
Mr. Greer, agent of the Southern Ex
press Company, states that he has receiv
ed instructions to comply with Uncle Sam’s
edict, and on and after July Ist will re
quire a 1 cent internal revenue stamp at
tached to every receipt or bill of laden is
sued, and a two cent stamp for every
money order sold.
Mr. Greer undestands that the stamp is
required for each receipt issued for a sin
gle shipment. This may comprise one or
more packages forwarded at the same time
to the same consignee by the same con
signor.
Shippers will be required to attach the
stamp to the receipt before the shipment
can be accepted, whether it is intended
that the transportaion charges are prepaid
or to be collected from the consignee, and
in no case can the tax be colected at des
tination, the law requiring the stamp to be
atached to shipper’s receipt and embraced
in the same receipt.
The agent states that he will ‘keep a lim
ited supply of the requisite stamps for the
accommodation of ladies, and transient
shoppers, and will not be able to supply
them in any quantities at least for the
present.
. To save any annoyance to forwarders, he
requests that shippers provide the neces
sary stamp before offering the shipment,
■as he oanot accept the goods until the law
has been complied with.
The public is cautioned not to make the
mistake of attaching the stamps to the
article itself, but to the receipt for same.
CLEAR WATER.
No More Muddy Water for the People to
Drink.
The water is-now as clear as a crystal
after having resembled mud in color for
about three months.
The people are all very happy over the
prospeci or not having to drink mud any
longer.
The water which the city is geting today
docs not come from the new pumping sta
tion, but there is enough clear water in
the reservoir to last until the new pump
ing station can be used.
The new pumping station with its filters
will probably be put in operation tomor
row and then the city will have one of the
finest systems of water works in the
country.
VINEVILLE METHODIST
Concert to be Repeated on the Night of
July 4.
The concert given on last Tuesday even
ing by the ladies of Vineville Methodist
church will be repeated on the evening of
July 4 th. The whole program is extreme
ly beautiful and appropriate to the date
on which it is to be rendered. Several
attractive features are to be added to the
program. 'All those who were present last'
Tuesday evening pronounced the entertain
ment a grand success. Certainly it com
bined the very best talent that Macon af
fords. The News will announce the pro
gram tomorrow. The News predicts that
the size of the audience will only be limi
ted by the size of the building.
DISCREDITED.
Navy Department Attaches no Importance
to Rumor About Brooklyn,
Washington, June 30. —‘No word has
come to the navy department from Samp
son making the slightest reference to the
Spanish story of the sinking of the
‘Brooklyn by a shell frohi the Santiago
harbor defences.
As Sampson is within an hour or two’s
reach of a cable station and his orders re
quire him to report instenly any such oc
currence the officials of the navy depart
ment denounce the story as a fabrication.
SOLDIERS’ RELIEF ASSOCIATION
Will Have an Important Meeting Tomorrow
Afternoon.
The Soldiers’ Relief Association will hold
an important meeting tomorrow afternoon
at 5:30 o’clock at the Public Library.
The public is cordially invited to attend
all of these meetings and they are also
cordially invited to join.
The object of the association is to give
aid to the soldiers and their families in
every way possible.
The money with which this is done is
derived from the dues of the members and
the gifts from other sources.
MURDERER CAUGHT
Yesterday Morning bv Policemen Pearce
and Thompson.
Ike Edwards, who has been wanted in
Forsyth for a long time for the murder
of Mark Howard, was captured yesterday
morning by Policemen Pearce and Thomp
son. Edwards killed Howard about six
months ago, about a game of craps and
skipped the country.
A reward of $25 was offered for him and
the officers have been on the look out for
him for some time.
GERMAN WARSHIPS.
Berlin, June 30.- —The German warship
Geir, it is announced left Havana Wednes
day on the way to Santiago de Cuba via
Jamaica.
The Question of Diet.
An article by Sir Henry Thompson, en
titled ‘’Why Vegetarians'?” in The Nine
teenth Century is an exhaustive treatise
on the subject of diet He demolishes the
theory of vegetarians that they are total
abstainers from flesh products, as in their
use of milk, butter and cheese they in
dulge in highly concentrated proteid con
•taining food of animal origin, to say noth
ing of eggs, which contain the material of
the developed chicken. There are few
vegetarians who confine their diet abso
lutely to productions of the vegetable king
dom.
To this practice Sir Henry Thompson
opposes the argument that no form of
vegetable nourishment has been discovered
upon which it is possible to rear the young
mammal, in which man is included. He
wishes to be informed why an animal that
is born into the world of carnivorous par
ents, which is solely dependent for its ex
istence upon animal food—milk—should
suddenly adopt a vegetable diet, and at
what age such a change should be made.
In the matter of food Sir Henry Thomp
son denies that there is any reason for ex
clusive forms of diet. Considerations of
age, personal habits, occupation, climate
and surroundings should be the determin
ing factors in governing a choice of food-
All fads that ignore this principle, wheth
er they take the form of exclusive adher
ence to a flesh or vegetable diet, are not
conducive to the maintenance of health
and physical activity.
PYTHIAN CASTLE
OPENS ON FOURTH
Public Will be Entertained
With Delightful Music
During the Evening.
SPLENDID OFFICE BUILDING.
Equipped Throughout With Every
Modern Convenience and One of
the Best in the State.
The new Pythian castle will be opened
formally on the night of the Fourth of 1
July.
No regular program has been prepared,
but music will be furnished and the public
is cordially invited to attend. Refresh
ments will be served in the handsome new
hall on the third floor of the building.
The Pythian castle on Mulberry street
is the pride and boast of Macon. The
work of construction has been watched
with the deepest interest and the develop
ment of the plans, making it one of the
haad.-omest if not the handsomest building
in the city, has called forth the highest
priase for the architect and the contracts,
the Macon Sash, Door and Lumber com
pany.
It was first intended to open the build
ing with a fair to last a week, but it was
thought advisable to postpone this fair
until a more opportune time. The heat of
the weather and the war being calculated
to detract from the attendance and the
enthusiasm looked for when the bazar is
held, which will be some time in the
coming fall.
A number of offices on the first and sec
ond floor of the building have already
been taken and it is certain now that
every room will find a tenant in a very
short time.
on the ground floor one of the best of
fices will be taken by the Macon and In
dian Springs company and the new elec
tric light company.
On the second floor several of the lead
ing law firms of the city have already en
gaged their offices.
The building is equipped with every
convenience and will be the best office
buildings in the city .
A cordial invitation is extended to the
public to be present at the meeting on
next Monday night. The building will for
the first time be lighted throughout by
electricity and will present a most attrac
tive appearance.
BANKS WILL PAY
Semi-Annual Dividends Tomorrow and Mon
ey Will Circulate.
The banks of Macon wil pay their semi
annual dividends tomorrow to their bond
holders.
The Georgia Central .Bank will declare
a dividend of 2% per cent, and will also
pay the Southwestern dividends in the
next five days making the entire amount
paid out nearly $15,000.
These payments wil put a great deal of
money into circulation and the trade of
merchants will begin to look up. Many
men will be all smiles tomorrow.
THREE PER CENT.
Semi-Annual Dividend to be Paid by Ex
change Bank.
The directors of the Exchange bank
have decided to pay a semi-annual divi
dend of three per cent, on and after July
5. The total earnings for the bank for the
last six months is $42,500.
This is good news to the stockholders of
the bank. It shows the splendid financial
condition of the bank and it reflects credit
on the management.
STRONG ADVOCATE
Os Mrs. J. B. Cobb as Presi
dent of Wesleyan Col
lege.
The alumnae of Wesleyan College never
made a wiser move than that which places
the name of Mrs. J. B. Cobb before the
Wesleyan trustees with a request that she
■be elected president of that institution, ft
is earnestly hoped .that this wjill be the
outcome of next Wednesday’s election.
'Since Dr. Bass’ death no one but Mrs.
Cobb can do as much for the college. She
has the advantage of knowing the best
methods for its welfare, as pursued in the
past. She also has the courage, the abil
ity and the determination to introduce
whatever is necesary to give continued life
to it. It has been the wish of the trus
tees for some time to interest the alumnae
particularly in the building up of the col
lege. If Mrs. Cobb is made president the
alumnae from every part of the Southern
states will rally to her standard and work
for the college with an enthusiasm that no
other president could possibly inspire.
A woman so eminently fitted for the po
sition would not only make a financial suc
cess ,but would revive the old time love
for Wesleyan in the heart of every graud- ■
ate. Without doubt Mrs. Cobb would
work harder and accomplish more for Wes
leyan than any other man or woman now
living. If the trustees wish to see the col
lege grow and thrive as it has not for
years, let them give us this noble woman
to represent it at home and abroad, as its
honored president, one whom our heads
and hearts unite to praise. The crying
need of old Wesleyan today is a president
such as Mrs. Cobb would make. It is my
sincere belief that no man could fill the
place as satisfactorily as she. A woman
of lofty principles and high attainments,
belonging to one of Georgia’s noblest old
families, having a record of hard work for
Wesleyan already to her credit. Mrs. Cobb
would be more acceptable to the alumn-ae
and patrons than any other person the
trustees could select. I hope with all my
heart that this urgent call from the alum
nae will not be disregarded.
A Graduate of Wesleyan.
HINES-BRINSON.
A Home Wedding Celebrated on Plum Street
Yesterday Afternoon,
Miss Florence Hines and Mr. Geo. 'M.
Brinson, of Stillmore, were married at .the
home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
R. A. Hines, on Plum street, yesterday af
ternoon.
Rev. J. L. White performed the ceremo
ny. Only a few friends and relatives of the
bride and groom were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Brinson left last night for
Atlanta and will go from there to Ashe
ville, N. C., and various other points.
Mrs. Brinson, as Miss Hines, was one of
Macon’s most popular young ladies, and
her numerous friends regret to see her
leave.
Mr. Brinson is one of Georgia’s best
known business men. He has numerous
friends throughout the state who extend to
him and his bride a hearty and earnest
wish that their future may be all that they
can wish.
WILL RESTORE DUTY.
Paris, June 30.—The cabinet has deci
ded that the full duty on wheat will be re
stored tomorrow.
JAS. M. FINDLAY
DIED SUDDENLY
Shortly After Noon Todav—
Funeral Arrangements
Not Yet Made. .
Mr. James M. Findley, son of Major C.
*D. Findley, died today about one o’clock,
at his residence at 1206 Arch street.
Mr. Findley was bookkeeper for his
father and was about 21 years of age He
had been marled only a year. He was a
popular young man and was liked by all
who knew him. He leaves a devoted wife
and many friends to mourn his loss.
A few weeks ago Mr. Findley had a
slight stroke of paralysis from which he
had never recovered.
No arrangements have been made yet
for the funeral.
LOSS OF VISUAL ACUTENESS.
Reasons That Tend to Make Children Need
Glasses.
It Is Interesting to compare the visual
acuteness of the normal eye before and
after the effect of some purely physical
cause that tyay be within the realm of
either nature or civilization. Taking a
few instances of each for illustr ‘ton, I
will cite from nature first. It is well
known that severe illness greatly Impairs
the acuteness of vision of an otherwise
strong eye. 'Almost the first thing a con
valescent will do is to call for a book or
newspaper to while away the tedium of
the sickroom. Unless warned not to try
his eyes too much, ho is apt. through for
getfulness, to overtask his accommodative
powers or injure the already weakened
ciliary muscle. When the rest of his body
recovers its normal strength, the eye con
tinues weak. After straining the eyes
more in the vain hope that his sight will
improve the person, if he. is trise, will con
sult experienced help. If Titherwiso, he
will pick up the first pair of spectacles
available, regardless of whether they
should be too strong or too weak for his
eyes. Should he finally go u> an optician,
the lattsr will often find it difficult to fit
glasses satisfactorily.
Other natural causes that affect eyes are
wind, dust, light and heat when excessive.
Eyes otherwise good enough become weak
under such conditions. Tho weakness
may be due to an error of refraction, and
under most conditions the accommodative
power of*the eye is strong enough to over
come the error. But under such atmos
pheric or climatic conditions as I have
mentioned the accommodation is lessened,
and the eye cannot find relief except by
the use of glasses. They should generally
be convex.
Having mentioned those losses of visual
acuteness due to natural causes, next in
order are causes produced by civilization.
At the outset 1 will say that if the patient
were to change his occupation and take
plenty of fresh air and exercise the opti
cian’s service might*never be needed, but
these “ifs” are in the way and are not to
be got rid of by the average Individual.
Take a boy from the country, bring him
to town and place him at clerical work,
writing perhaps all day and into the night;
put him behind a counter and let him
stand all day with one hour free out of 12
or more, or let him sit at a workbench,
following a trade that keeps his eyes fixed
steadily hour after hour 12 or 18 inches in
front, of him. Take this same youth with
hitherto good eyes and bid him use them
day in and day out reading for a profes
sion, or let him occupy his time in a dim
ly lighted room or bond over a desk be
neath artificial light all the time. 1 might
go on giving instance after instance with
out particularizing any calling as more
harmful than others to the eyes.
Is it a wonder that the children of this
generation are wearing glasses along with
their grandsires? Old age is no longer the
reason for wearing glasses. In nine cases
out of ten the young man needs a convex
glass to assist his overtaxed eyes in fulfill
ing their duties.
In addition to these causes of weakened
vision it is hardly necessary to mention
the common evils of tobacco and alcoholic
stimulants. Again, if the strong consti
tution of a boy cannot save his eyes from
■their thousand and one uses, how can frail
women escape? The ever increasing army
of women workers in shops and offices and
the new avenues of employment opening
to them swell the number of spectacle
wearers. It has Ijeen my purpose to point
out that it is not the serious and very
plain errors of refraction that cause the
most of an optician’s patronage, and he
must often attribute the loss of visual
acuteness to other causes.—Jewelers’
Weekly.
Louisiana’s Tiger Zonavss.
There were occasions during tho civil
war when some of the Confederate soldiers
were anything but apostles of sweetness
and light.
Early in the trouble the notorious Louis
iana Tiger zouaves camo through Atlanta
on their way to Virginia. For hours be
fore their arrival telegrams kept the wires
hot advising our citizens to keep out of
tho way. Rumors reached here of the
murderous assaults made by the zouaves
upon people en route, and just before the
train was due in the afternoon the women,
children and timid citizens were in a state
bordering on hysterics.
When the train rolled in, the Tigers be
gan jumping off before it stopped under
the car shed, and they at once scattered in
every direction looking for liquor. Tho
sight of their bronzed, foreign looking
faces and their bizarre uniforms scared the
spectators into fits, and most of the non
combatants made a rush for their homes,
where they bolted their doors and did not
again venture out until the next day.
The. zouaves had a few fights among
themselves, but they did not bother the
inhabitants as much as had been exjiected.
They were so noisy and threatening, how
ever, that the provost guard rounded them
up at night and penned them up in the
old courthouse yard, where Dr. d’Alvigney
made a speech to them in French, which
had the effect of putting them in a good
humor.—Atlanta Constitution.
A Gambol of the Lambs.
A man who attended several of the ro
hearsalsof the Lambs’ clubgreat star min
strel show tells me of a bit of dialogue he
overheard the other day—a bit of dialogue
which he thinks the public will not have
a chance to hear. Big De Wolf Hopper
was acting as interlocutor, and Bones Mar
tinotti interrupted him constantly in the
familiar minstrel show manner. At length
Hopper ceased to frown upon him, and in
tho familiar minstrel show manner again
roared out:
“Now, Martinotti, what is it?”
“Veil, Meester Hopper,” said Martinot
ti, “I want to ask you just uno question.
What does your wife say when you told
her you has been to the club?”
The first tambourine, Jeff De Angelis,
interrupted.
“Which one?” he asked
“Which one what?” roared Hopper
“Why, which club,” answered De An
gelis innocently.
“Ohl” said Mr. Hopper.
“What did you think he meant, Mr.
Hopper?” asked Martinetti.
Hopper struck the Casey at the bat at
titude.
“I refuse to think,” said he. Washing
on Post.
Barred From the Beer.
A man in Munich the other day was
rash enough to permit himself to make
derogatory remarks about the be< r at the
Hofbrauhaus. He was cited to the man
ager’s room, and there a paper was pre
sented to him to sign, declaring that lie
Would retract his shameful remarks about
JJofbrau beer. The guilty man said he
could not conscientiously sign it. The re
sult has been an older that he shall never
again be admitted to the sacred precincts
of the court brewery of Bavaria’s capital.
CASTO H.XA.
Bears the in(, Y ° U Ha ’ e AIWayS B ° UgM
Fire sale Rochester Shoe
stock.
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Special attention is called
to our forced sale of Fancy
Crash Pants, Light Wool
Sweaters at 33 ’3 per cent
discount.
CLEM PHILLIPS.
1 WisK ■
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How much better to have a
SUIT IMAiDE TO ORDER
—to your own order —than to get into one
cut, made, and finished by machinery
along with hundreds of others of the same
style and pattern.
Have some individuality about your at
tire. Permit us to clothe you properly.
The cost of a perfect fitting, handsome
suit made from any of the serges or
cheviots in our large assortment is only
$30.00.
We guarantee satisfaction.
GEO. P. BURDICK & CO.
>
Fruit Growers’
Express.
ARMOUR & CO., Prop’rs.
Are now prepared to furnish refrigera
tion to all fruit growers in the territory
for handling the peach crop. The com
pany is prepared to make contracted with
the growers, and having ample cars and
ice supply is prepared to handle all bwsi
nass with proniptnes and dispatch. For
information as to rates and sohedlues ap
ply to any of the following district agents:
H. J. Hark, Fort Valley, Ga.
T. E. King, Marshallville, Ga.
Inman H. Payne, Jr., Americus, Ga.
P. B. Griffith, Eatonton, Ga.
W. S. Deidrick, Elberta, Ga.
Or to office Fruit Growers’ Express, Ma
con, Ga.
I. M. FDEWING.
General Southeaate.ru A<unt.
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
We will sell at auction to the highest
bidder, on July 28th, at 9 o’clock a. m.
all the household effects, live stock, and
corn, fodder, oats, hay, etc., belonging to
the estate of H. J. Lamar. Sale will take
place at the residence of H. J. Lamar,
lately deceased, and will continue until
property is disposed of.
H. J.. LAMAR.
W. D. LAMAR.
Executors Estate of H. J. Lamar,
June 30, 1898.
PULLMAN CAR LINE
qj) patwav
BETWEEN
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, or
Louisville and Chicago and
THE NORTHWEST.
Pulman Buffet Sleepers on night trains.
Parlor chairs and dining cars on day
trains. The Monon trains make the fast
est time between the Southern winter re
sorts and the summer resorts of the
Northwest.
W. H. McDOEL, V. P. & G. M.
FRANK J. REED, G. P. A.,
Chicago, 111.
For further particulars address
■R. W. GRADING, Gen. Agt.
Thomasville, Ga.
Macon, Dublin
and Savannah R. R.
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P.M.IP.M I STATIONS, |A.M~|A.M.
4 00i 2 301Lv ...Macon ....Ari & 40|10 15
4 151 2 50 f ..Swift Creek ..f| 9 20! 10 00
425 3 00. f , .Dry Branch ..fj 9 10| 950
4 35] 3 lOif ..Tike’s Peak ..fj 9 00| 9 40
4 4's| 3 20;f ...Fitzpatrick ...f| 8 50| 9 30
4 50f 3 30;f Ripley f| 8 40! 9 25
5 05* 3 50|s ..Jeffersonville.. s| 8 25| 9 15
3 15| 400 f.. . .Gallimore.... f| 805 j 9 05
5 25j 4 15ls ....Danville ....sj 7 50| 8 50
3 30 4 25;« ...'Allentown... sj 7 50| 8 50
5 40 4 40|s .....Montrose.... sj 7 25] 8 35
5 50; 5 00 s Dudley sj 7 loj 8 25
6 02 ] 5 25 s Moore sj 6 suj 8 12
6 15; 5 40. Ar. ... Dublin ...Lvi 6 3pj 8 30
P.M.~PJM.| |A.M. |A. M.
♦Passenger, Sunday.
d Mixed, Daily, except Sunday.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.
/At a meeting of the board of directors
of the Exchange bank, held this day, a
semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent was
decdared out of the bank’s earnings pay
able on and after July sth.
C. M. ORR, Cashier.
Macon. Ga., June 30, 1898.
S' \ g Made a
i Well Man
THE jir. 0.. of Me.
CJREAT joLaZr __
LTRENCH REMEDY produces the above result
*- L in 30 days. Cutes Nervous Debility, Impotency.
Varicocele, Failing Memory. Stops all drains and
losses caused by errors of youth. It wards off In
sanity and Consumption. Young Men regain Man
hood and Old Men recover Youthful Vigor. It
gives vigor and size to shrunken organs, and fits
a man for business or marriage. Easily carried in
the vest pocket. Trice TA PTC 6 Boxes $2.50
by mail, in plain pack-yy L J O.ag e > with
written guarantee. DR. JEAN O’HARRA, Pari»
E. Y. MIALDaRY, E. N. J’ELKS,
President. Vice-President.
J. J. COBB. Cashier.
Commrcial and Savings Bank,
MACON, GA.
General 'Banking Business Transacted.
$5.00 wil rent a box in our safety de
posit vault, an absolutely safe plan in
which to deixjsit jewelry, silverware and
securities of all kinds.
UNION SAVINGS BANK
AND TRUST UOftIPAN Y
MACON, GEORGIA. ,
Safety Deposit Boxes For Rent.
J. W. Cabaniss, President; S. S. Dunlay,
Vice-President; C. M. Orr, Cashier.
Capital, $200,000. Surplus, $30,006.
Interest paid on deposits. Deposit your
savings ano tuey win be increased by in
terest compounded isetui-atinuaily.
THn. EXCHANGE BANK
of Mueon, G».
UapHa! $500,000
Kurpius too.ooo
J- W. Cabaniss, President.
S. cs. Dunlap, Vice-President.
U. ‘M. Orr, cashier.
Libetal to its customers, accommodating
to Hie public, and prudent in its manage
ment, tins bank solicits deposits and otcer
business in its line.
DfR'ECTORS.
J. W. Cabaniss, W. R. Rogers, R. E.
•Park, 11. J. Lamar, N. B. Corbin, 8. 8.
Duuiap, L. I\V. Hunt, Sam Meyer, \V. A.
Doody, J. H. Williams, A. D. Schofield.
Southern Loan
and Trust Company
of Georgia.
MACON, - - GEORGIA.
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, WGO.OOO OO
J. S. SCOFIELD, Pres.
JOS. W. PALMIER, Vice-Pres.
F. O. SUHOi'iIEUD, Treasurer.
BT’EUOD WIMBERLY', Attorneys.
Offers investors carefully selected First
Mortgage Bonds, yielding 6 and 7 per cent,
interest, payable semi-cinnually.
These mortgage loans are legal invest
ments for the funds of Trustee#, Guardians
and others desiring a security which is
non-fluctuating in value, and which yields
the greatest income consistent with ab
solute safety.
Acts as Exxecutor, Trustee, Guardian.
Transacts a General Trust Business.
ESTAHLISfIED J MUM.
fc. a PLANT. CHAS D. HURT,
Cashier.
I. C. PLANT'S SON.
BANMFR,
MACON, GA.
A general banking business tranaactaa
and all ccmdsteiit eorteeies cheerfully *x
leaded to patrons. Certificates of deposit
issued bearing interest.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of MAOON, GA.
The aoiounts as banka, corporatlea*
firms and individuals received upon Lb«
most favorable terms qonstetent with con
vsrvatlve banking. A ebare of your baa
neaa respectfully solicited.
R. H. PLANT,
President.
George H. Plant, Vice-President.
W. W. Wrigley, Cashier.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
Real Estate Loans
■We have large quantities of money sub
ject to sight draft for loans on city, farm
or suburban property.
Straight interest loans.
'Annual payment loans.
'Monthly payment loans.
Security Loan and Rbstract Co.
370 Second St., Phone 82.
T. B. WEST,
Secretary and Attorney.
FHIHICIANf.
DR. A. MOODY HURT.
Office over Sol Hoge’s drug store, 572 Mul
berry street. 'Phone GO.
Hours: 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 and 4:30 to
5:30 p. m.
'Residence 452 College street. ’Phone 728.
DR. J. H. MfOKTKR,
'Eye, Ear, -Nose and Throat.
Oover Sol Hoge’s, corner .Mulberry and
Second streets.
DR. C, H. PEETE,
’Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
270 Second street.
’Phone 462.
DR. VIAU BY M. STAPI Ekf,
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
506 'Mulberry street. ’Phone 121.
1872. DR. J. J. bUBEKS. 1897.
Permanently located.
In the specialties venereal; lost energy
restored; female Regularities and poison
oak. Cure guaranteed.
Address in confidence, with stamp, 519
Fourth street, Macon, Ga.
HARRIS, THORIRS & GLRWSON,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
Macon, Ga.
Idle Hour Stock Farm,
Macon, Ga.
Stallions at Farm
CLEBURNE.
Trial 2:11/4, by Brown Hal, dam by Pat
(Malone. Cleburne is a half brother to
Star Pointer, 1:59%.
BARON STAMBOUL
Trial 2:27%, by Stamboul, dam Bon Bon
by Baron Wilkes.
Address —
J F. GODARD, Manager
Money.
Loans nogotiato<i on improved city prop
erty, on farms, at lowest market rates,
business of fifteen years standing. Facili
ties unsurpassed.
HOWARD M. SMITH
Second St., Macon, Ga.