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ESTABLISHED 1884
PEACE IS
PROBABLE
Spain Has Been Placed Under
Martial Law in Anticipa
tion of Hext Move.
SAGASTA~WILLINGJ
He Savs that There is Now
No Hope for Spain to
Retain Cuba.
IIRMS ARE SUGGESIED
But Detail Has Not Been Given Out
The General Aspect is that
Peace Proposals Will Now
be the Next Step.
(Copyrighted by Xssociated Press.)
Madrid, x a in., July 15—The official
Gazette today publishes the royal decree
temporarily ■’tispendlng throughout the
Spanish peninsular the rights of Individ
ual . a; guaranteed by the constitution.
Tiie decree adds that the governor will
render an account tA parliament the use it
may make of this measure.
The pulJleation of the decree is gen
erally accept. 0 a- being convincing proof
that Bpwiv Is now ready to sue for peace
and that negotiations to that effect are
actually In progress.
The government wishes to have full
power to suppress any evidences of dis
content or rebellion whenever they ap
pear.
Carlists are’ furious and are sure to at
t. nipt to cri ate' tiouble.
One tnlnlst. r lias < >• pre-seal tihe convic
tion that oti icial overtures of pi ace will
be made before Sunday and there is rea
son to belli, ve that I’lance has offered her
service to Spain and that Spain his drawn
up the conditions for peace which offers
tiie basin of negotiations.
Premier Sag.asta I quoted as saying that
Spain wants peace, but “that it must be
an honorable peace as Spain deserves.
“The army," the premier is said to have
add. I. “Is anxious to resist to the but
kite government cannot eon .nt to such
useless sacrifice. Had wo our fleet the’
situation would be very different."
At noon the Pacific tend, ney may be said
to lie increasing.
The general public t akes a favorable view
of the sugestion that the powers attempt
a re-establishment of peace, but it is said
contrary to reports, that France has not
taken the initial move.
The minister for war at Correa is quoted
as saying th it peace might be arranged
on the following terms:
The United States .and Spain agree to
let the Cuban:- decide by plebiscite wheth
er they desire independence or autonomy
under th suzerainty of Spain. The two
governments to .agree to abide the result
of the piebis. it ■ hl the event of the
Cubans voting for independence the United
States to allow Spain nine months in
which to withdraw her army gradually
from Cuba.
DAY DENIES
That Any Peace Negotiations Have Opened
in Washington.
Washington. July 15- -It is authorita
tively stated by Secretary Hay that there
is no truth in the published report that
peace negotiations have been opened at
Wa. ’ington h ad by Sir Julian Pauncvfort
assisted by the Russian ambassador to
Japan. s< minister and other foreign di
pl om its
MARSHALL ABOARD.
The Wounded Correspondent of the Joyrna|
is at Charleston
Charleston, S C._ July 15—The British
steamer Sylvia with W R. Hearst’s news
paper riant put in this morning from
Santiago Edward Marshall correspondent,
wound.d .it I.aoua ina. is aboard It is
desired to send him North by rail but the
ship is held at quarantine.
PRISONERS AT
PORTSMOUTH.
Much Sickness Among tFp
Spaniards Who Have
Just Arrived.
Portsmouth. N. H.. July la.—The auxil
iary cruiser Harvard, having on board
I.OOS Span.sh prisoners, arrived at Ports
mouth today. •
Six of the Spaniards died on the passage
from Santiago. Another death occurred
this forenoon, and three patients are not
expected to live until night.
Forty serious cases are in the sick bay
and forty equally bad in other portions of
the ship.
All are afflicted with malarial fever, with
which disease those who died were afflict
ed. The physicians will make a further
inspection and etermine whether she wiH
be sent to quarantine.
Five dollare for two and a
half is your trade at the Ro
chester Fire Sale.
HARO FIGHTING
AGAINST FEVER
Worst Enemv that Our Sol
diers Have to Face Now
in Cuba.
TIEIMEE NEW CASES
In the Last Twenty-Four Hours—
Three Deaths—Strong Meas
ures to Prevent Spread.
Washington, July 15—The war depart
ment has posted the following from the
assistant adjutant general, Greenleaf, of
Miles’ staff:
Siboney, Friday, July 15.—Only twenty
three new cases of yellow fever, and three
deaths were reported in the past twenty
four hours.
“The disease is mild. The camp site will
be moved whenever practicable. I have
taken vigorous '■xintia.ry precautions to pre
vent the spread of the disease.
PRIZE BROUGHT IN
The Britishers Caught by the Hist and
Wainptictet at Key West.
Key West, July 15—The British schooner
Ernickelson, which was captured June 30
by the Hornet. Hist and Wampt.ucket oft
Cape Cruez attempting to run the
blockade was brought here this morning
by a prize crew.
She has a cargo of provisions, hogs,
goats, etc.
MILITARY
APPOINTMENTS
Made bv President in Many
Ranks this Morning.
Washington, July 15 —The president has
made the following appointments;
To be brigadier generals of volunteers,
William S. Worth, Edward Pearson,
Emerson H. Liscum, Ezra ePwers. ’
A. ■■•ictant adjutant generals with rank of
major, John I). Mily.
Captain of Infantry, Ben Alford, William
H Sage, George H. Patten, Edward O.
Caul. John A. Uopray. John F. Morrison.
Captaiiiis' of Fifth volunteer infantry,
Robert S. Teague, Thomas H. Underwood.
Walton Shields. Janies C. Nixon, Edward'
S Whitaker, Thomas H. Sharp, Kibble J.
Harrison.
First lieutenants of Fifth volunteers.
Byron Dozier, Dabney H. Hood, Marion
Lcitcher, William J. Jennings, William
Crainshaev, Thomas B. Frank. George G.
Whitehead, Arthur W. Orton, Phillip H.
Stern. Norman C. Jones, ■Claude A. Allen.
Second lieutenants of Fifth volunteers,
Robert T. Bullard, George Culver, Thomas
C. Baird. Virgil P. Randolph, Charles J.
Fromberg. Thomas L. Anglin, John Burke,
William A. Crossland. Jr., Jennings J.
Pierce, Walter C. Harkins,
* VERY HOPEFUL.
Outlook for Peace is Considered Good in
Washington.
Washington, July 15- —There have been
no overtures of peace received by any of
the United States emlxassy or legation
abroad or by the department of state at
Washington," was the statement by a
member of the cabinet today and was
caleld forth by various reports that ranged
all the way from an announcement that
the basis for a treaty of peace already had
been reached to the more guarded decla
ration that the Spanish government had
conveyed in an unofficial manner to the
United States government an intimation
of some of the concessions it was pre
pared to make to secure peace.
However the prospects of the speedy
institution of peace negotiations have
brightened decidedly since the collapse of
Santiago. The moral effect of that victory
for the American arms is beginning to be
felt in the direction of peace.
if the cabinet has discussed terms of
peace up to this morning the fact has not
been divulged.
The news from Madrid that Spain has
been practically placed under martial law
is regarded as a most hopeful sign.
It is construed to mean the purpose on
the part of Spain to bind up in advance
the turbulent elements in Spain that might
be expected to take advantage of public
discontent caused by the heavy sacrifices
the government will make to obtain peace.
TENNESSEEANS
IN PRIZE DRILL
On Pacific Slope and Drill
Like Regulars,
San Francisco. July 15.---The Tennessee
volunteer regiment gave an exhibition
dril at Merritt’s pavilion last night which
was witnesesd by 5,A» people.
Military experts unite in praising the
splendid showing made and the efficient
work of the men of the South under Colo
nel Smith
\l lof their evolutions were performed
w th the precision of regulars.
COTTON FUTURES.
New York. July 15-—Futures opened
quiet. Sales 1.300. July 610. August 700.
September 600. October TOO. November 500,
December 10. January 14. February 16.
March 19 and 22.
CHEAP EXCURSION.
Macon to Tvbee, $2.75 Ronnd Tr'pf July
16th.
On July 16 the Central of Georgia Rail
way Company will run the largest excur
sion of the season, Macon to Tybee, only
$2.75 round trip, under auspices of Macon
Tost D. T. P A. Tickets good on all regu
lar trains returning up to and including
train leaving Savannah 9:30 p. m. Mon
day.
Avoid the rush and telephone 305 or ap
ply at Union ticket office and make sleep
ing car reservations.
J. G. CARLISLE. T. P. A.
E. P. BONNER, U. T. A.
THE M ACO' T NEWS.
TERRORIZED ST
PUERTO RICO,
Inhabitants Are Flying to the
Interior in Anticipation
of Attack.
SAN JUAN POPULATION
Is Greatly Alarmed and the City and
Suburbs Are Practically De
serted by the People.
St. Thomas, July 15.—Advices received '
from San Juan show that the inhabitants
of that place are greatly alarmed.
They expect the port to be attacked by
the Americans. The terrified inhabitants
are fleeing into the interior and it is said
the city and suburbs are practically de
serted.
STATE BORROWS MONEY.
Governor Atkinson Negotiotes a Loan at 2
1-2 Per Cent.
Atlanta Ga.; July 15—Governor Atkinson
returned home yesterday afternoon from
New York with a new record for Georgia,
he having borrowed $200,000 in 'the metro
polis at 2'/ 2 per cent.
This is the lowest interest rate at which
Georgia or any other Southern state lias
ever borrowed money.
Tennessee negotiated a loan in New
York recently for 4 per cent. New York
city has just borrowed $1,000,000 at 3 per
cent. Levi Leiter had to pay 4 per cent
for the $3,000,000 which he borrowed to
pay off his own debts.
Governor Atkinson says that Georgia has
splendid credit abroad. He made his ar
rangements with the National Park bank
of New York, which is Georgia’s fiscal
.agent in the metropolis, and he made the
loan for five months at one-half of 1 per
cent less than the rate which the United
States government will pay on the money
which it raises by the new bond deal which
closed yesterday. The bank’s first propo
sition was to loan the money at 4*per cent,
but it finally came down to the unusually
low rate of 21/i per cent.
The governor did not take up any col
late! al. He mortgaged nothing and put
up nothing except Georgia’s promise to '
pay. He reached New York Sunday and
left there Wednesday, and w’hen he capie
away the money w’as on deposit to the
state’s credit.
This loan was made to enable the school
d. pai tment :o pay off the teachers. The
state treasury has $200,000 on hand to the ,
credit of the teachers’ fund. That was I
just half enough. No money is coming into |
the state now and 'there will not be much ,
until November, whin !t will roll in. The I
loan matures December 10th. The interest ■
will be $2,083.33.
NO DETAILS ~~
OF SURRENDER
Have Yet Been Received in
Washinston Official Circles.
Washington, July 15.—The cabinet ad
jmjrped without a knowledge of the terms
of surrender which were to be made at
Santiago by the commissioners referred to
by Shafter in his dispatch yesterday.
'Nothing further has been received from
the general on this subject, and the as
sumption is that the commissioners are
stjll at work,
The details are likely to be more complex
than is generally supposed, for aside from
matters of actual moment, such as meth
ods pf transportation, th» carriage of arms
by the troops and the transportation of the
surrender'd Spanish officers, there are tpany
smaller matters to be attended to, some pf
them growing out of the fantastic Spanish
notion of honpr, which are qpite 4s trouble
some to deal with as matters of vital im
portance,
Yellow fever is an additional cause of
apprehension. The war department does
not deem it prudent just now to make a
detailed statment about the campaign,
“HEAD MONEY.”
Over $200,000 Will be Paid Officers and ■
Sailors.
Washington. July 15. —'.More than $200,000 ’
will be paid by this government as “head
money" to the officers and sailors who de
stroyed Cervera’s fleet. This is according 1
to the 1 tw, which provides for the pay
ment of SIOO a head for every man on the I
shoips of an enemy when these ships are j
destroyed. A few of rhe officers will re- ;
ceve a pretty good fortune.
The law governing the distribution of
this money is very explicit. There are
exact provisions for carrying it into effect,
and pvery man, according to his rank, will
be paid in due season.
According to the law the officers and .
men of Sampson's fleet will be entitled to :
SIOO for every officer and man on board the
six Spanish ships that were destroyed oft
Santiago. Records in the bureau of intel- |
ligence at the navy department show’ .he
complement of officers and men on the
ships as follows:
Vizcaya 500. Maria Teresa 500, Admi
rante Oquendo 500. Cristobal Colon 450,
Furor 67, Pluton 70; total 2.087.
On this reckoning the government will
pay to officers and men of Sampson’s fleet
$208,700. The figures in Commodore Wat
son’s dispatch to the navy department are
slightly different, but change the result
only a trifiie
M'KINLEY
IS HOPEFUL
He Thinks That Peace May
be Looked for Soon Now
Washington. July 15 —McKinley gave
expression today to strong hope for an
early peace.
Responding to congratulations on the
success of the Santiago campaign he said:
“I hope for an early peace now.”
In the course of other interviews he gave
voice to the same sentiment not express
ing entire belief but a strong hope that
peace would come.
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profit each customer makes
in every trade at Rochester
Fire sale.
MACON NEWS FRIDAY JULY 15 1898.
HOW THE NEWS
CAMETOSAMPSDN
The Guns of the Squadron
Had the Range and Were
Ready for Action,
SPANIARDS. 100, PBEPAiUO
For a Desperate Resistance—Anx
ious Time on Board the Fleet
as They Waited for News.
Washington, July 15.--Up to noon to
day the administration had made public
no further advices from Santiago.
Toral surrendered in the nick of time,
for had the plans of today’s battle been
carried out Santiago would have been torn
to pieces before night.
The fleet had the exact range and and
although the city is about eight miles away
Schley said shells could be dropped in the 1
heart of the town every two minutes fas as ;
long a time as Shafter thought necessary.
Aside from the work of the fleet seven
batteries of artillery were in position and
so placed that three inch shells could have
been hurled into the town from all sides.
The Spaniards, however, had made care
ful preparations and bad even erected bar
ricades in the streets, ready ti fight to the
last.
Shafter and his officers confidently ex
pected the American loss to be heavy if
they had to attempt to capture th.e eity by
assault, and elaborate hospital arrange
ments were made in anticipation of such
an occurrence as he pressed onward.
The Oregon was the first vessel in line,
and as the signal, “the enemy has surren
dered,” was first made out from the bridge
of Captain Clarke’s ship a cheer burst from
the officers on the after deck and was
echoed by the men clustered forward.
At the same instant the other ships in
the fleet caught the momentous meaning
of the bright colored signal flags which
flashed at the Hist's swaying masthead,
and a great cheer from a host of throats
swept through the squadron from ship to
ships, while answering pennants flew from
each vessel in response to the New York’s
repetition of the signal.
Eventually the Hist delivered the dis
patch. It contained no details, being sim
ply a brief message by wire to Sampson
from Shafter, saying the enmy had sur
rendered.
Abopt 11 o’clock General Mites sent an
aide camp from Jurugu-a to Sampson, tell
ing him the the chances for surrender were
good and no shot must be fired from the
fleet without definite orders from the
shore. As the hour of noon approached the
New York ran close in shore at Aguidores
and tack position in readiness for the ex
peeled bombardment.
The Brooklyn ranged in the rear of the
New York, and the other vessels took up
positions previously assigned.
The swift litt}e Hist steamed tp Juragua
to await word frpm General Miles.
'Noon tame and although the expected
call to quarters was not issued, the men
linguered anxiously close to their places,
eager to begin the work of bombardment.
From the bridges of the warships the
officers trained their glasses alternately
on the signal station ashore ajid on the
fleet transports of Juragua, where the Hist
has disappeared.
As one and two o’clock passed without an
order to begin the bombardment, the ex
citement among the officers who knew the
significance of the delay, became intense.
It was a few minutes after 2 o’cl»ck
when the Hist pushed her way from be
hind the anchored transports and started
on the short run from Jqragua to Agui
dores.
Rolling and pitching jp the rough sea,
the ga||ant littje yacht dashed for the
flagship, signaling as she pressed onward.
9,577 LINKS OF
ENDLESS CHAIN.
Thev Came in the Shape of
Letters to Miss Schenck
Yesterdav,
New York, July 15. —‘Miss Nathalie
Schenck, of Babylon. L. 1., who has start
ed a correspondence with every man, wo
man and child i nthe United States on the
theory that it is better a hundred postmas
ters should perish than one soldier should
lack for hospital attendance, had a fair
mail yesterday.
Nine thousand five hundred and seventy
seven letters were turned over to her by
■Babylon’s postmaster, who slept last night
with ice bags on his head.
While the postmaster slept his
force of assistants, sustained by frequent
draughts of raspberry vinegar, worked all
night getting off arrears of mai| for other
less fortunate Babylonians than M'ss
Schenck.
Miss Schenck, the designer of the end
less chain, alone remains unruffled. She
received her mail yesterday in a bean bar
rel of tiemendous proportions. Six strong
men lifted it off a truck and placed It on
her grandfather’s front porch. She gave
each of them a dime and then asked if
they would do her a favor. Os course they
would.
“Well, then,” said Miss Schenck, in her
most honeyed tones, “I want each of you
men to write his best friend to send me a
letter containing a dime for the Red Cross
fund, but before doing so instruct each of
your corespondents to write to his or her
best friends to do the same thing, but not
before they have instructed their best
friends to follow up the good work iiee?’’
The men retreated sopjswstai perplexed,
but none the less resolved to fulfill the fair
lady s wishes, and the endless chain was
started in the devoted little town qf Baby
lon. Before the end of ;he week it is be
lieved the enure population will be en
: meshed. Brother will be writing to sister.
I sister to aunts and cousins and father to
1 mother-in-law. It Is even within the pale
of probability that some heartless wretch
1 will t>e writing to Postmaster Dowden.
Miss Sehencke and her grandfather. Mat
-1 thew Morgan, the ertired New York bank
-1 er, admit, however, that the letters have
accumulated so rapidly that they are ar
least tour days behind in the sorting of
j them after working all day Sunday and
yesterday and far into the nights.
; Bordfires fed with the opened letters
| burned all day esterday in the rear of the
, Morgan villa, and the epistolary effusinos
of the far. West mingled their smoke with
that of the eloquent literary masterpieces
of Brooklyn and Borough of the Bronx.
One hundred per cent
•profit each customer makes
in everv trade at Rochester
Fire sale.
OFFICERS RETAIN
THEIR SIDE ARMS
Terms of the Surrender Will
Not be Made Public for
Some Time.
BREIT SURPRISE 10 SHI
Officers of High ERank, Was the
Surrender—Thought Trouble"
Only Fresh Begun,
Off Aguidores, July 14, via Port Antonio,
July 15.—Santiago was surrendered today.
Menaced by the American forces on land
an don sea. disheartened by past defeats
and without the hope of victory, General
Torah yielded the city to save his people.
With the final stroke of the general’s
pen the only stronghold in the province of
Santiago has fallen and the power of Spain
in eastern Cuba is crushed.
What the terms of the surrender tvere
is ont made known. Thev will be made
public when General Miles returns from
the front, and may be suppressed for days.
On board the flagship New York it is
believed that the Spanish officers will be
allowed to retain their side arms and the
Spanish army will be given safe convoy
•to Spain.
Admiral Sampson has not yet been in
formed of the details of capitulation. The
end came swiftly and unexpectedly. The
Santiago campaign, with its deeds of splen
did daring and dark with the record of
slaughter, was believed by many men in
high tank to have only just begun. The
refusal of the Spanish surrender has been
so emphatic and so recent that both the
army and navy had forsaken the idea of
victory without further bloodshed.
FINISHING YEAR’S WORK,
Prof. Abbott is Busy Finishing Up W'th the
Schools.
Professor Abbott is very busy at present
finishing up the year’s work. He says that
this year has been the most successful
year with the schools since his connection
with them-
It will take nearly three weeks more to
finish up the work. Professor Abbott will
leave the city as scon as his work is com
pleted and will take a much needed rest.
NEGRO WOMAN
DROPS DEAD
On New Street this Morn'ng
Neer Cotton Avenue,
Josephine Parsons, a negro woman,
dropped dead this morning at 7:30 on New
street near Cotton avenue, of apoplexy of
the brain.
She was carried to fier home and Dr. Ge-
W'inner was called in, but it was too late
to do any good.
The woman was up attending to her
work this morning when she was suddenly
stricken.
Coroner Hollis held an inquest over the
body today, and the jury gave out the
same verdict as the doctor.
THE THIRD REGIMENT
Will be Mustered Into the United States I
Service Tomorrow.
I
Griffin, Ga., July 14—The Third Georgia
regitnent will be mustered into the ser
vice of the United States government to
day.
Uniforms, shoes, hats, undershirts and
complete equipment will be issued to the
men as fast as it can be handled from the
quartermaster’s department.
This news came to the camp last night
with the return of Colonel Candler, and
the 500 soldiers here went wild with joy.
All of the troops coming in after today
will be mustered in as Individuals and will
be given their uniforms immediately. All
of the equipment is on hand, and there
will be no delay in supplying the men with
everything needful.
The announcement was made yesterday
afternoon that no company would be mus
tered in until the regiment is completed.
This disappointing statement dampened
the spirits of the boys, and they went
around anything but happy, until Colonel
Candler returned from Atlanta and told of
the muster beginning today. The indi
vidual muster of the men is due to the
earnest efforts of 'Lieutenant Fred Palmer,
the mustering officer, and Colonel Candler-,
both of whom have beep making tireless
efforts to secure the privilege of having
the meu mustered in before the comple
tion of the regiment. This was greatly
desired, so that the pay of the men could
begin aft once, and most particularly be
cause the men could get their guns and
uniforms. Lieutenan-t Palmer has used all
his influence, which, combined with that
of Colonel Candler, served the much de
sired end. There are 500 men tq b& mus
tered in. and others are coming in at the
rate of nearly one hundred a dgjj. The
boys have been in camp by; days, and
they are agreeably surprised to find that
they will Lv mustered in so soon. Some
of them did not expect to be mustered in
for a month. The fact that ike men are
to be mustered in apd to get pay from the
moment of arrival la camp is a great ip
dqc-fHient.to men to enlist. All doubt and
uncertainty is removed and the recruits
may feel assured qf getting uniforms and
everything peedful upon arrival here.
CHEAP EXCURSION.
Macon to Tybee, $2 75 Round Trip, July
16th.
On July 16 the Central of Georgia Rail
way Company will run the largest excur
sion of the season. Macon to Tyhee, only
52.75 round trip, under auspices of Macon
Post D, T. P. A. Tickets good on all regu
lar trains returning up to and including
train leaving Savannah 9:00 p. m. Mon
day.
Avoid the rush and telephone 305 or ap
ply-at Union ticket office and make sleep
ing car reservations.
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J. F. HEARD.
DID HOT MOR
MTU
Ben Williamson Says that He
Knew Nothing of His
Whereabouts.
SICE LIST MONOS! BIGHT.
Eli Taylor, Brother of the Murderer,
Says the Same Thing; Taylor
Resting Easily.
Mr. Ben Williamson, on whose planta
tion Ab Taylor was eaujtht yesterday morn
ing, is in the city today. He called a: the
jail for the purpose of seeing Taylor in
company with a News reporter, but the
doctors prevented anyone from seeing Tay
lor this morning.
Mr. Williamson says that he wishes to
disabuse the public mind of any idea that
he was harboring Taylor since 'the tragedy
or t’-at b<- had any desire to screen him
from the law.
He says, however, that it was his in
tention to protect Taylor from the mob and
from the lynching if possible, and that in
this effort he had been thrown in connec
tion with the murderer on the day after
the murder, but that he had not seen him
since that time.
Mr. Williamson’s statement on the sub
ject as given to The News this morning
is as follows:
“On last Sunday, the day of the killing,
I was fifteen miles away from the place
where it occurred until ate in the evening.
I first heard of it on my way home and
when I was about two miles away from
my house.
“On Monday afternoon I went to Lizella
depot 'and there met Messrs. C. M and
(Monroe Newberry, who were just from Mr.
Lowe’s house. They told me that the crowd
would most certainly lynch Taylor if they
got him and that they had never seen men
more determined in their lives.
“I went home from the depot and then
went into the field to plow. Taylor's moth
er lived on my place and her house was
in the field where I was plowing. The
rows turned twenty feet from her door.
As I plowed I looked into her house and
there I say Ab Taylor. I went up to the
house door and spoke to him. I told him
that the crowd was going to lynch him if
they found him, and advised him to let.
me get him quietly to jail. I told him to
go down in the field to a place where I told
him in the field. There he lay out for
that evening and I took him supper. I 'told
his brother Eli that if he would take his
brother to a place in the big road I wo’uld
meet him with 'Mr."J. W. Hamlin and we
would drive him into town tn the jail.
“Eli Taylor refused to do this and did
nat meet us. Since that time I have not
known anything about the whereabouts of
Taylor until they caught him in my or
chard.
“As evidence -that the man was not con
cealed in my house or anywhere about it,
there is the fact that Mr. Sanders, one of
she posse hunting Taylor tracked him on
the morning he was captured from the
big road to my orchard on his hands and
knees, coming from a direction opposite my
house.
“I had no desire to shield aTylor from
the law and punishment for his crime, but
he and his brother and mother lived on my
place and within a few yards of my door,
and I was determined to save him from
lynching at. the hands of the mob.
“I do not believe in lynching and I do
not sympathize with the murderer, but I
do think the law should b; allowed to
take its course.”
Mr. Williamscm's statement is borne out
-in full by that made by Eli Taylor, the
brother of the murderer. Mr. Taylor called
on The News this morning and stated that
Mr. Williamson knew absolutely nothing
of his brother’s whereabouts front Monday
evening until the morning he was captur
ed, nor did he know that he was on his
way to the orchard, or that he was in the
orchard Ab Taylor had been hiding in
the woods two miles away from William
son's house until the night before the cap
ture. His brother had brought him from
this place to where he was captured in the
hope of concealing him under Williamson’s
corn erib. But on their way there the two
became separated and Eli Taylor went
home thinking that his brother either had
gone there or that he would come. When
he reached the house he found a posse
there. They allowed him to go in the
house but would not allow him to go out
again, and in this way he was unable to
give his brother warning.
A. B. Taylor was resting easier this
mo-rning. His wounds are not dangerous,
but he is sg nervous that the physicians
thoqght n wise to prevent any from dis
turbing him. He was, therefore, shut out
from all callers.
WILL IMPROVE”
THE LIBRARY.
Directors Met Yesterdav and i
I
Adopted Means to Im
prove the Institution.
A very enthuslask meeting was by the
board of librarj’ directors yesterday after
noon in the parlors of the library.
Plans were adopted which are ’ sure tc
put the library 7 on a fine footing and to
pay off the debt which now hangs over
it. The directors decided to buy new
books and to give the library as good a
collection as can be found.
Arrangements were made with the J. W
Burke Co. to remodel the boot .“halves
This will greatly improve the apearance
Os the interior of the library. An active
canvass for subscribers will begin at once.
A large excurson to Warm Springs will
be run over the Macon and Birmingham
Railroad at an early date, and the director*
hope that they will make money out of ex
cursion.
The library isenow in better condition
than it has been for rears, and the direc
tors are determned to make it one of the
most flourishing Institutions of the kind in
the country.
CHEAP EXCURSION.
Macon to Tybee. $2.75 Round Trip, Jjh
; 16th.
On July 16 the Central of Georgia Rail
way Company will run the largest excur
sion of the season. Macon to Tybee, only
$2.75 round trip, under auspices of Macon
Post D. T. P. A. Tickets good on all regu
lar trains returning up to and including
train leaving Savannah 9:00 p. m. Mon
day.
Avoid the rush and telephone 305 or ap
ply at Union ticket office and make sleep
ing car reservations.
J. G. CARLISLE, T. P. A.
E. P. BONNER, U. T. A.
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Macon's Leading Store!
SATURDAY’S BARGAINS
4,000 Yds EnWroKteries.
OOn Qri e ’ O? e TJ golng t 0 close these remnants out
at 2Oc, 30 c 35c, 40c, 50c, 60c, 65c, 75c and SI.OO
unich leCe °* yards. Just half price. Choice is worth
On Sale Saturday Morning.
->0 pieces 10c figured Muslins, yard 5c
10 pieces more those 10c 40 inch Batiste, yd 5c
~0 pcs 16c 40 inch flue white Apron Lawn,yd..lOc
'* dozen 25c Child’s Vests to close, each 5c
fit 50c Each
!•-I ’ ’.!•’ :•’:■ T ■:• fr-t-a- b H4H I D
f A Near-by Hotel J
Don’t go on a long journey to find your 4*
J summer’s rest, comfort and health, when you 4*
(an R et them all within an hour’s ride from
J Macon at J
J The Wigwam |
At Indian Spring, where the accommodations J
4* are the best, the rates low, the attractious all
Y that could be desired.
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4 T. C. PARKER, Proprietor. J
4 C. E. Hooper, Manager. T
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eP. A.Guttenberger
Pianos, Organs ano musical
Instruments.
Celebrated Sohmer & Co.’b Piano.
Matchless Ivers & Pond Piano.
The Wonder Crown, with orchestral at
tachments.
, The Reliable flush & Gerst’s Piano.
Estey Organ, Burdett Organ, Waterloo
Organ.
•Number of second-hand pianos and or
gans at a bargain.
452 SECOND STREET.
DodT Lay It to the Water. ~
Pure water is necessary to health, but clean premises is equally import
ant. DISINFECTANT LIME is the only thing that guarantees a perfect
sanitary condition. Keep the yards well sprinkled. It will neutralize the
poisonous gases and prevent sickness —will save you many a dollar in doc
tor’s bills. iße advise-d in time. We have reduced the price to 50 cents per
barrel delivered. One barrel may prove the salvation of your family. Use it.
now. Don’t wait.
T. C. BURKE, MACON, GEORGIA
The Re union Sale
Continues With
Brisk movement...
The alliance between Eads and Neel
will be formally established on August 1.
In the meantime you may secure unpre
cedented values at either store. The main
object of merchandising now is to reduce
the bulk of stock. Os course we don’t ex
pect to even realize cost. We are ardently
trying to deplete every department.
That’s why prices are so phenomenally
low. The goods are worthy in every res
pect, and would bring quick buyers at
regular rates in any market. Nothing but
• the consolidation of the two firms would
justify present sacrifices.
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ffloneg on Hand.
Loan* on real estate. Easy monthly p->y
ments. ,
GEO. A. SMITH, Gttn. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macou. Ga,. 401 Third (Street.
PRICE THREE CENTS