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Money to Lend. If you want to borow money on farm business or residence jM’O'perty on the most favorable terms see the Georgia Loan and Trust Company, O. A. OOLBMAN, Gen Man., 356 Second Street, Macon, Qa. 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. One hundred per cent 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. J. G. CARLISLE. T. P. A. E. P. BONNER. U. T. A. Order mv fine Elbertas for canning. They are the finest grown for that purpose Why not eat milk and peaches in winter? Phone 138. 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. if s 0 X/gh i g ZZ vtXY 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. X T 4 T. C. PARKER, Proprietor. J 4 C. E. Hooper, Manager. T ~ '- - T ~——— ■ ' ■ - —■ 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. " * • I Z 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