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Money to Lend. If you want to borow money on farm business or residence property on the most favorable terms see the Georgia Loan and Trust Company, O. t. COLEMAN, G< n Man.. 35b Second Street, Macon, Ga. ESTABLISHED 1884 PAM HAS ARRIVED Siiil BFIIBHTS Department Has Received Information of the Arrival of the Second in Command of the Spaniards, MEN FORJHAFTER Reinforcements Will be Sent Forward Until He Has Plentv. HE CONFERS WITH SAMPSON As to the Advisability of Entering the Harbor and Taking Part in the Blockade. Washingon, January 5. —There will bo no IfombanliiH'iit of Santiago today and possibly not during the present week. This is the opinion of the members of tin cabinet .is expressed ou leaving the white house. Seen lari.-s Long and Alger have been kepi in coi.'.-iant communication with Gen eral Shasta r and Admiral Sampson upon the situation and the conclusion has been . reach, d that it would not be advisable to attempt to carry the city by storm with the present forces of Shafter. X dispatch received last night confirmed the report that I’ando, with about 6,000 men had arrived in the city. This rein for.■< ini'ii, makes the Spanish forces de fending the city t(<nn 16,000 to 18,000. The very gnat advantage of being trenched adds very materially to their strength, and in lite opinion of niiliatry men men makes an effective fighting force from a third to a half greater than our own. Shafter in his dispatch states that the exces.-ivc heat and rains of the last two weeks have contributed nearly as much as th. Spanish bullets to the ineffectiveness of our army. Under th.se circumstances it is unwise to atempt to carry the city by assault. Tliis view is shared by the officials here and is also understood by Sampson. it a cabinet meeting the president direc ted telegrams to lie sent to Shafter and Sampson suggesting that they confer as to the situation and particularly as to the ad visability of the admiral attempt to force an entrant', ot the harbor of Santiago and so be in 3 position to render effective aid in an assault upon the city. It is known to be Shafter's desire to have the fleet enter the harbor. Orders have been given looking to the Immediate dispatch of troop ships from Tampa with a reinfocement for Shafter and others now off Santiago to be brought here at the earliest possible moment to in in the transportation of reinforcements. It is probable 15,000 will be sent forward as rapidly as the transportation is provi ded. Thus augmented there seems to be no doubt that the forces under Shafter will be able to storm and take the city without delay. The arrival at Santiago of Pando with reinforcements occasioned some comment on the course of Garcia and the Cuban troops in not holding Pando back, partic ularly in view of the fact that Lawton's brigade was eo-operaitng with Garcia, but it is believed that the later left Lawton in an embarrassed position. At the same time the disi>osition author ities is mi *jily to meet the situation now presented rather ban question how it came about. Active steps toward the getting of rein foe. incuts to Shafter is in progress. Three regiments. Garretson's brigade, go from Camp Alger. FORTIFYING COAST TOWNS. Camara’s Torpedo Boat De stroyers Return to Meet Watson. London, July 5- The .Madrid correspond ent of the Daily Chronicle says: The enthusiasm for the Spanish sol diery continues and there is a bitter re sentment for the bad military and naval organization and resignation of the re sponsible ministers is demanded. "The war fever is running high. The cabinet is divided into peace and war par ties. An uneasy feeling has been caused by the special precautions being taken. Admiral Camara will pass through the Suez canal tomorrow (July 5.) The de stroyers are returning to destroy Commo dore Watson's squadron. The eoast towns are being rapidly forti fied especially Punta Cabrera Chorrocules, commanding Gibraltar bay with the object of preventing the Americans from coaling. There' are renewed difficulties regarding the exchange of bank notes at Algeciras and Badejez. Seuor Gsimazo, minister of public in structions and public works talk of pre cautions in view of the attitude of the working man in Castilla. BIG DRY DOCK. Government Has Granted Subsidy for Its Equipment. London. July s—The admiralty has grant. <1 an annual subsidy to equip the Calliope dock at .Auckland, one of the largest dry docks in the world. The government owns a large area of land adjacent which will be utilized for coal and naval depots. The daily Tele graph commenting ou the announcement says it means a second naval station for the South Pacific. HAT FACTORY Burned by the Careless Throwing of a Cracker. Orange, N. J., July 5—A fire cracker thrown into the open window of a shed on the fourth started a fire which entirely destroyed the large hat factory of Austin Drew & Co., and a number of frame dwell ing houses* causing a loss of over SBO,OOO. MADE A SORTIE. Severe Battle Between Insurgentsand Span ish al Manila. London, July s—<A special dispatch from .Manila dated July 2 says that Captain General August! made sortie for the pur pose of repairing the aqueduct which sup plies the city and in the endeavor com municate with General Monet. The insur gents concentrated the troops and opposed teh sortie forcing the Spanish commander to return to Manila. The insurgents suf fered severely and the Spanish are report ed to have fifty men killed and 150 wound ed. ROBBED MAILS. Another Postoffice Thief Arrest, d Last Night. Arthur Marshall, the night porter for the transfer of the mails, was arrested the Union dej>ot last night by Postoffice Inspector J. R. Rosser on the charge of robbing the mails. 'Marshall was charged with stealing a pair of suspenders and some neckties from a decoy package addressed to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Conway, Savannah. After Marshall had handled all the mails Inspector Rosser, who had been shadowing him, got. on the mail car and went out to the junction to get the package. In opening the package he found that it had been opened before and that two pairs •of suspenders and some of the ties had been taken out. Inspector Rosser returned to the depot and arrested Marshall. He found one pair of the suspenders on a pair of pants be longing to Marshall and some of the ties in his pocket. He also found some jewelry in Marchall’s pocket. When asked about the suspenders Mar shall said that he bought them. The Inspector said in the court this morning 'that Marshall had been robbing tile mails ever since he was appointed last December and that he opened all the mail belonging to the banks. Marshall was tried before Commissioner Erwin this morning. He plead not guilty, but the evidence against him was too strong. He was bound over to the United States court under a $:>00 bond. He was unable to give bond and was sent to jail. kansasTose? VERY HEAVILY. Some of the Best Known Men of that State Were Wounded. Leavenworth, Ks., July s.—Many of the wounded of the Twentieth infantry and Sixth cavalry came from Ft. Leavenworth and most of them have families here. Brigadier General Hamilton Hawkins, wounded in the foot, was commander of tho Twentieth infantry when it left here, and has since been promoted from colonel to the present station. He is a graduate of \\ est Point and rose to the rank of cap tain of volunteers during the rebellion. He was in command of West Point and the infantry and the cavalry school here. He will retire on the age limit in November. First Lieutenant Albert L. Mills, shot through the head, was an instructor of the department of tactics and strategy at the infantry and cavalry school here and is a most promising officer. Captain John B. Rodman, shot through the neck and shoulder, is a son of General Rodman, the famous ordnance officer who invented tfie Rodman gun. Captain Rod man was graduated from the military academy in 1863. For service in the civil war he was made second lie>Aiant. He was captain of the Twentieth on leaving here in April. Captain 'A. P. Bloekson, shot in the leg, was formerly secretary of the infantry and cavalry school here. Lieutenant Colonel J. L. Haskell was the second officer in command of the local infantry and military school and was a member of the board, of officers who pre pared the present drill regulations now in use in the army. He made a brilliant re cord during the rebellion. Captain Jackson, Seventh infantry; Lieutenant W. <S. Wood, adjutant Ninth cavalry; Lieutenant Grisard, Seventh in fantry, and Captain Charles Dodge, Twenty-fourth infantry, are graduates of the military and cavalry school here. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Carrol, Sixth cavalry, was made a major for brilliant service in the rebellion; has served in mauy Indian campaigns and carries a me dal of honor for gallantry. Captain John Kerr, Sixth cavalry, was born in Kentucky and graduated from West Point in IS7O. Lieutenant Albert H. Scott was born in Texas and graduated from the Leaven worth military academy in 18S0. STILL IGNORANT OF DESTRUCTION. Spaniards Know Nothing Of ficial About Destruction of Fleet. Madrid, noon, July s—Not5 —Not one official dispatch from Cuba makes mention of the destruction of Cervera's squadron, and consequently the American accounts of the battle will cause surprise and sensa tion though they-are discredited by the Spanish offieals. Everyone is waiting for news of today’s expected bombardment of Santiago and it is anticipated that the fighting will result in appalling bloodshed. The Spaniards doubt whether the Amer icans, even if they destroy the city, will succeed in penetrating it as their losses are confidently expected to be enormous. QUIT THE CABLE. Operators at Santiago Go Aboard the Brit ish Gunboat. New York, July s—The Central Cable office of the Westerh Union Telegraph Co. tbies morning issued a notice to the effect that its cable operators at he city of San tiago had gone on board of the British gun boat. TH E MACON..... NEWS. 7 LOST HIS SHIPS LIKE-ASAILOR. Cervera Gives Out an Inter view on the Loss of His Fleet. WAS THE ONLY THING LEFT. He Says that He Was Obliged to Go Out and Fight in the Open Sea, Copyright by Associated Press. Off Santiago, July 4, via Port Antonio— The first and only statement concerning the recent naval battle made by the Span ish commander, Admiral Cervera; was to a correspondent of the Associated Press on board the batleship lowa. It is as follows: "I would rather lose my ships at sea like a sailor than in an harbor. It was the only thing left for me to do.” FOR MANILA, Preparations for the Departure of More Troops. San Francisco, July s—ln5 —In accordance with the wishes of the war department Major General Otis proposes to hasten preparations for the departure of more troops to Manila. The Peru and City of Publa can sail this week if so ordered. The Pennsylvania has been favorably passed on by Major Buhlin. chief quartermaster. The Titania will be taken by the govern ment on her return from the northwest ports and other steamers are being con sidered. RUSSIANS GOING To Cuba to Observe the ;Tide of |the War Events. St. Thomas, July s.—Pokalwisnef, naval attache of the Russian embassy at Madrid, and Colonel Gilinski, of the Russian caval ry, have arrived at St. Thomas from San tander, bound for Kingston, Jamaica. Their ultimate destination is Cuba where they are going to observe the war move ment for the Russian government. RECORDS BROKEN In the Swimming Tournament at San Fran cisco. San 'Francisco, July s—At the swimming tournament of the Pacific A. C., one .Amer ican and two coast records were broken. H. A. 'Wideman won the 100 yard race in 1:06; H. A. Brewer, the 220 yards in 2:51, breaking Reader's American record of 2:57 and E. B. Stalle won the one mile in 28:20, beating .Howard’s coast record by nine seconds. OLD INDICTMENT, Soldier Was Arrested on a Four-Year-Old Charge. San Francisco, July s—John5 —John Watters has been arrested on an indictment of embez zlement found in Boston three years ago. He was a salesman for Cairns & Smith, jewelers of that city and fled with goods valued at over SI,OOO. Coming to this city he enlisted in the Fourth United States cavalry, deserted, was caught and impris oned at lAleatrase. He had no sooner been released than he was taken into custody for the old crime. He admits his guilt. DR. DANFORTH, Well Known in Milwaukee, Wounded at San tiago. 'Milwaukee, July 5.—H. W. Danforth, acting assistant surgeon, reported among the wounded at the battle of Santiago, Is a Milwaukee man. Dr. Danforth had previously served with the Cuban army, being a personal physi cian for almost a year to General Maceo, the leader, who was killed in an ambush. MAY MOVEIN FIFTEEN DAYS. The Officers at Camp Price Think Order May Come Then. The Fourth of July was thoroughly en joyed by the men in camp although they were subjected to a long march. The men were disappointed when it was announced that the ball game would not be played as they were all anxious to see the game. The men in camp is getting much tan ned. They are in the sun for a greater part of the day, and their brown hats do not afford them very much protection. Company M showed up splendidly yes terday in the parade. This company has many new men who haven’t been in camp for a week and their officers, Lieutenants Jones and McCall deserve much credit for the splendid showing the men made. Captain Wilson’s company showed up in fine form also. This company has new men also. Many people visited the camp yesterday and were struck with the nea. appearance which it presented. The camp is one of the best in the country and Is decidedly the best located one. Every man in the regiment is proud of the flag which was presented to them yes terday and will willingly die fighting for it. The bugles for the bugle corps will probably arrive today and the twenty-four men who have joined this squad will soon be ready to sound all calls which are nec essary. The regiment has nearly its full quota and as recruits are coming in every day it will soon be filled up. The officers say that they do not know when they will be ordered to leave but they expect to be sent to the front within the next fifteen days. The regiment will soon be ready for field service and when they do leave all Macon will give them a rousing send off. The regiment is the pet of Macon and every one in the city Is interested in it. Gent’s finest of shoes, that were 5.00 and 6.00 now 3.50, 2.85 and 2.00. Fire Sale. MACON NEWS TUESDAY JULY 5 1898. MUST MOVE WITH ALL SPEED Orders to Troops at Chicka mauga Give No Definite Time, BUT THE ORDER IS OUT And Probably Within the Next 24 Hours They Will Move—Geor gia Not Mentioned, Washington, July s.—The brigades of Ernest and Haines, now at Chickamauga, will move with all possible dispatch to Charleston, Savannah and Mobile and oth er Atlantic coast points. There htey will take transports for San-, tiago. The commands making up this body of reinforcements are General Er nests’ brigade, the Third Wisconsin, - the Fifth Illinois, the First Kentucky. • General Haines’ brigade, the Ninth Pennsylvania, Second Missouri, First New Hampshire. General aGrretson’s brigade, the Eighth Onio, Sixth Illinois and Sixth Massachu setts. It is understood that orders to the bri gade at Chickamauga are to move with all possible dispatch, without fixing the exact hour, it being left with those on the field to-mawe the best arrangements with the railroads for moving southward toward Charleston, Savannah and othe r coast towns of embarkation. The navy department have no additional details of the annihilated Spanish fleet and it is said the reports from Sampson and Watson giving the essential facts are not likely to be followed by minute details ex cept through the mail. Admiral Sampson was not present when the engagement began and Con f odore Watson’s dispatch last night indicated that he had reached Santiago after the fight. In the absence of both Sampson and Watson, the direction o fthe fight would have fallen to Commodore Schley, and be ing in the heat of the engagement on the flagship Brooklyn, it seems probable that he gave the signals by which the Amer ican ships maneuvered. STAMPS ARRIVE This Morning But Were All Sold in About an Hour, Stamp Collector Nelson received thirty thousand 2-cent stamps from the revenue department this morning. The stamps did not last over an hour as he sold the complete lot. He is expecting another large lot tomor row morning and he thinks that they will not last any length of time. ROUGH RIDERS COMING HERE. Left New Mexico Today and Will Pass Through Macon. Sante Fee, July 5. —One hundred re cruits for Colonel Woods Rough 'Riders have left here to join the regiment at Santiago. They will go via Memphis and Birmingham to Savannah, where they will embark on the transports. ROYAL COMMISSION Can be Brought About Think the Dele gates. St. Johns, N. F., July s—Sir James Win ter, the premier, and Receiver General Morine, the colonial delegates to London, wire that the prospects are favorable for a satisfactory condition of the negotia tions for a royal commission. 'Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, concedes the right of Newfoundland to insist upon a revision of French claims on the west coast of the islands and upon enforcing a strict ob servance by the French of their treaty agreements. Mr. Chamberlain also agrees that New foundland is entitled to membership on the commission appointed to adjust the differences between the United States and Canada. The (British government will in sist upon the presence of a British consul at St. Pierre. CIPHER CABLES May Now Go Through from Some of the Islands. New York, July s—The5 —The Commercial cable company yesterday issued the follow ing notice: “We are advised that messages in code cipher may now be accepted for Anbigue, Barbados, Grenada, Guadaloupe, Marini que. St. Kits. St. Croix. St. Lucia, St. Thomas, .St. Vincent and Trinidad. “The islands of Cuba, Jamaica and San Domingo and Hayti and Porto Rico are closed to all code and cipher message and messenges in any form to or from Spanish officials at any point here or abroad are prohibited.” GARRETTSON’S BRIGADE GOES. Is Under Orders to Proceed at Once to San tiago. Washington, July s.—The brigade under General Garretson at Camp Alger. ha= b en ordered to proceed to Santiago. The Eighth Ohio regiment goes to New York to take the cruiser St. Paul. The other regiments, the Sixth Massachusetts and Sixth Illinois, will go to Charleston, S. C., where the Yale and Harvard will be intercepted on the way north to embark these troops for Santiago. AT CHARLESTON. Charleston, July s—The cruisers Colum bia and Yale arrived off the mouth of the harbor presumably waiting to convoy troops. No men have yet arrived. Any ladies’ shoe in the house this week for 2.00, in cluding all of Burt’s. Worth 3.00 to 5.00. Fire Sale. SPANISH FIRE ON WOUNDED MEN Sharpshyoters in the Trees Took Pot Shot at Ambu lance Corps. MAKY IIIIHI THIS Iffl, Gallantry of the Officers Was Con spicuous—Joe Wheeler Would Not Stay to Rear. Copyright by the Assiciated Press. Center of the Line Before Santiago, July 1, (delayed in transmission) via Kingston, Jamaica, July 4.—-One feature of the fight that has greated great indignation among the American troops is the fact o f the Spanish having sharpshooters in the trees along the line of march of the American troops. Os course if the sharpshooters had fired ou armed men, they would have done noth ing more than might have been expected, but one Spanish marksman from his post fired on ’.vouuded men and ou those carry ing (he wounded to the rear. Several members of the ambulance corps were wounded in this manner, and two men who were toiling along to the rear were shot and killed. Some of these marksmen were posted less than a mile from the American camp. Colonel Liscom, of the 24th infantry, said: “1 was fired on several times by the men in the trees and several bullets flew very dose to me.” Inter in the day a company of cavalry wa. lint along to clear them out and the work was effectively done. The gallantry of the general officers was conspicuous during the fighting. Major General Wheeler was seriously indisposed the night before the battle, was suffering from an attack of fever on the morning of the fight, but as soon as he was aware that the 'United States troops were likely to be engaged he ordered an ambulance to convey him to the front. iHis surgeons attempted to disuade him but the old general was obdurate and to the front he went. The sound of fighting restored his breath and in a short time he was calling for his horse and personally directing bis division in his attack ou t ie great redoubt. General 'Hawrkins, commanding the Fiist brigade, Ninth division, was couspielous from the manner in which he expos'd himself to Spanish bullets, and it is a mir acle how he escaped serious injury. Af ter taking the redoubt on the hill by his 'command, aided by a detachment from General Wheeler’s division he stood for a long time on the summitt of the redoubt watching the progress of the fight A heavy fire was concentrated on the spot where he was standing, but free from apparent fear be surveyed the field of battle while the bullets were whizzing past by the hundreds. (Lieutenant Colonel 'Roosevelt was in front of his regiment throughout the day, and his boot heel was carried was car ried away by a piece of shell. The greatest caffe and attention was be stowed upon the wounded men and all ■were eared for in a short time after reach ing the hospital. The hospital of the Sec ond division was established on the field of battle as was also a cavalry division hospital. The hospital of the First division was established a short distance west of Gen eral Shafter’s headquarters, wh<re by 3 o’clock fully 500 men had received medi cal attention. Those seriously hurt were kept near the hospital, the officers being placed under palms. The men were placed upon the ground around the tents and made as comfortable as possible. The ambulance corps proved very effec tive and no wounded men were allowed to remain on the field after dark. The pro visional hospital received a lot of men who all night long loitered along the road from the front as best they could. Wagons conveyed many, but others preferred walking, and throughout the night the road was filled with the wounded who moved slowly along the path leading down to the sea coast. THREE MURDERS; OTHER CRIMES Make Up the Record for St. Louis for the Fourth of Julv. St. Louis, July a. —Three murders and a probably fatal shooting and a death by burning is the record for July 4 in St. Louis. Fred Loos, a huckster was stabbed to death and a companion, Dick Ormes so seriously stabbed he cannot live. A party of men were shooting clay pigeons on Loos’ form near the city in the afternoon, Loos returned home from celebrating, ac companied by Ormes, and remonstrated with the sportmen. A fight ensued result ing in Loos’ death. S ,W. Mann, a street car conductor was shot and killed while on his car bv an unknown negro, who escaped. Frank W. Sasse, a bicycle rider, was shot through the heart and killed acci dently while wheeling on Locust street. The man w ho fired the shot escaped. Fannie Hittier, a little girl set fire to her dress while exploiding fire crackers and burned to death. Ed. Middleton, a negro, was shot in the neck and will die. The shooting was the outcome of an old grudge. COLUMBUS WON. Macon Team Lost to the Chattahochee Boys Yesterday. The Macon baseball team returned last night from Columbus, where they had been to play the team from that city. The Columbus team was victorioits, beat ing the Macon team by a score of 8 to 2. The Macon team reports a royal time and say that they were excellently treated by the Columbus boys. The Macon team lined up as follows: Bruce Jones, catch er; Charles Harris, pithcer; Jim Carter, first base; John Ruan, second base; 'Mack Nisbet, shortstop; Cooper Winn, third base; Jule Newman left field; Sam Cor bett, center field; Jim Tindall, right field. Any ladies’ shoe in the house this week for 2.00, in cluding all of Burt’s. Worth 3.00 to 5.09. Fire Sale. HORSE FLESH AS y ELIM Gen. Gomez and His Armv Have Manv Priva tions. FRETS UNDER THE DELAY. All He Wants is Supplies—Thinks Cubans Should Do Most of Fighting. Key West, June 29. —Correspondence of the Associated Press—Copyright 189 S by the Associated Press—Col. (Bernabe Boza, chief of the staff of Gen. Maximo Gomez, who is in Key West left Gen. Gomez on June 19. He says the old commander was in good health, better dressed than any of his soldiers and had an excellent horse, but was eating the miserable food that the soldi, rs 1..,,; o n. Gen. Gomez was chaf ing at his enforced inactivity and was looking forward eagerly to the time when he would be able to take the field. If he could obtain supplies he would move to the westward. With a well mounted army he would be able to threaten Havana. Gomez is at La Delicas, Santa Clara province, with his staff and an escort of 200 men, half of them mounted. His camp is conducted in the most soldierly fashion, for Gen. Gomez would have it so whether he commanded ■ten men of ten thousand. He rises early, often at 3 o'clock, works all day and is the last one to bed at night. He knows very well what horse flesh tastes like and has also eaten that other Cuban delicacy— palm buds. A few weeks ago when the Gussie expedition convoyed by 'the Su ' wanee set out to carry supplies to Gen. Gomez the latter called In his scattered men until he had gathered 3,000. With these he waited fourteen days at the coast for the expedition. Finally, giving up hope of its landing he ordered the men to dis perse. The secrifice necessiated by this moblization were very great. For Instance Gen. Alonteagudo was obliged to kill 150 horses for food. The little bands are able to forage about the camp to catch fish in the rivers, to pick fruit and dig sweet potatoes, but a large army cannot live on the country. The bands are back where they were, but with few horses and some are discoursed. The killing of horses is not resorted to, except when absolutely necessary to pre vent starvation. Juan F. Jova, ex-consul at Sagua La Grande who was intrusted by the United States government with the delivery of the Gussie supplies to Gen. Gomez is very much concerned over the general’s plight. When the Suwanee and Gussie failed to land on the north coast. The Gussie re turned to Tampa and the Suwanee went around to the south coast, intending to make a landing on the other side of Santa Clara province. But Rear Admiral Samp son called the Suwanee at Santiago and asked that the supplies be delivered to the Cuban allies under General Cabroco. This was done. M. Jova has an idea that the United States government will feel bound to de liver to General Gomez the supplies that were not landed by the Gussie and which were taken back to Tampa. If the gov ernment does not send supplies it will at least furnish a war ship on which the Cubans will be permitted to send food to General Gomez. Mr. Jova canont be emphatic enough in his demand of the oft-published report that General Gomez has said he did not desire the aid of the United States, the Cubans were able to drive out the Span iards and would look on American inva sion as offensive. Mr. Jova says: “tMr. Gomez has said to me over and over again that it would be a shame to send American boys to die of fever in Cuba while Cubans who are immune from dis ease who are anxious to fight and who know the country are without guns, clothes and food. Let the Cubans do as much of the fighting as possible, and let the Americans help us first by equipping the army.” The most elaborate relief work now Key West where 1,500 Cubans are .being fed. Six hundred persons receive daily rations from a public kitchen maintained jointly by the Red Cross, the Cuban cigar makers and other Cubans. The 'chief part of the expense of this kitchen is borne by the local Cubans, the Red Cross giving food and supplies. A list is kept of persons receiving food. Each ap plicant receives a card every week. When the applicant draws his rations the card is punched for that day. Today the kitchen served boiled fish, boiled rice, boiled beans and thick soup. The bill of fare * is changed every day. When the representative of the Associated Press called today most of the applicants were children and they bore no resem blance to the pictures of concentrados that used to be published by newspapers. Any one desiring a meal may get it at the kitchen, but to draw rations regularly the applicants must be enrolled. The Red Cross furnishes fobfl supplies once a week to families who do not draw relief from the kitehen There is joy in the fleet over the news that the Red Cross society is to send ice to the Santiago squadron and to the Ha vana blockade. The lack of ice has caused much suffering among the vessels and many officers have been invalided home. The ice factory at Key West has a ca pacity of 20.000 pounds a day and could easily sell seventy-five tons. The hospitals receive the preference in th sale of ice, then the regular patrons of the factory, after that the steamers, then the common run of people who come with baskets and pieces of string and bags to carry away the ice. The tug Tacoma came in from Pensacola this morning. She will probably take the place of the Captain Sam, which went to Santiago. The Captain Sam left for Santiago once before but turned back because her crew was afraid to go along the north coast. The Associated Press tug Cynthia will con voy the Captain Sam, and as no Spanish vessel has been on the northeast of Cuba for a good many weeks it is likely that the Cyn-tbia will deliver her safe to Admiral Sampson. The Nashville came in from the blockade this morning. Following is a list of the vessels in port at 8 o’clock this morning: Monitor, Puritan, Terror, Miantonomah, Gunboats Wilmington, Nashville. Torpedo boats Rodgers, Foote, Cushing, Winslow, Dupont. Frigate. Lancaster. Colliers, Loonidgyg, Evelyn. Revenue cutters Woodbury and Windom. . Supply ship Hannibal. Auxiliary gunboat Uncas. Auxiliary cruiser Yankee. Any ladies’ shoe in the house this week for 2.00, in cluding all of Burt’s. Worth 3.00 to 0.00. Fire Sale. Sightly, Made Rightly, . Worn Nightly, Is the model ot our Night Shirts consist ing of White and Fancy Goods iu feather weight, neckless -and Nainsook. If you wish to be comfortable wear one of these comforts. . . . The swellest line in the city. e n “"‘‘""“TWMMrw-rTmrr i ■piwuhio 111■<imiifflfixiHinii wihii—mw—i Eyes Hurt You? No wonder. It’s a terrible'strain to read all these war bulletins. Bring your eyes here and let our Mr. Crasley, a thorough competent opti cian, fit you with a pair of neat glasses that will relieve the strain and stop the “hurting.” No charge for examinations and the glasses only cost X1,.00 and up. BEELHNO. Block. T 'i 4 I Indian spring Water, j *5 X J No long li-t of testimonials ne- 4» cessary. The medicinal value X 4 of Indian Spring water is well X known to Maconites T J Tickets for daily delivery 14% Jr cents per half gallon. X X 4* ‘‘The Wigwam” Indian Spring 4 4 Delivery System. 4 * T. C. PARKER, Proprietor. $ ± Phone. No 6. * X Special! Today we place on sale one Hundred Sulls Cheviots, Plaids, Check-, Wool Crashes, etc., at ONE-HALF PRICE SIO.OO Suits, $5.00 sl2 50 ’Suits, $6.25 $15.00 Suits, $7.50 SIB.OO Suits, $9 OO S2O 00 Suits, SIO.OO They are small lots—one or two of a kind. Maybe your size is among them. The prices will close them quickly. Don’t wait. See window display at the old store. In all other departments we are pruning the stocks, and you will always find something you need. The price will be less than you expect. MACON_ G_A. ffloneu on Hand. Lotus on real estate. Rasy menthly UHyilKMltS. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, Maeon. Ga.. 401 Tlilrxl Street. PRICE THREE CENTS