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HOW CUBA
WILL BLOOM
When the Present Struggle
for freedom has.
Ended.
WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES
Open to Americans Interesting Re
ference to the Former Home of
a Macon Gentleman in Cuba.
Th*- following from the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat will be read with Interest, not
crily In i of itn general value as giving
a glimpse of a country soon to become a
I art of the United States, but because it
lias a local connection.
The writer is evidently familiar with
the island and describes it moat enter
tainingly, but the feature of the special
local interest is the r< sere nee to the Me-
Hatton home.
1 *r, II M Mellatton, Macon’s distin
guished physician, was, as his many
friends know, at one time a resident of
Cuba. his family having gone thence
from New Orleans. The MctHattons owned
a beautiful home in f'uba and lived in
luxury there until the last war I»r. M>
liatton's mother, who is a most talented
woman, has written several books, among
Horn one dealing with live in f’uba an I
tut t'libam and Hr Mellatton, himself,
takt s almost a pi rsonal interest in the
pn < tit -(niggle in that country. He, too,
thinks almost a n< w world will be opened
up to young Americans very soon, whore
industry and energy will create fortunes
in a coniiparatively short time.
The following article, which was well
Illustrated, was sent to Hr. 'Mediation by
some friend whoknew of his f’ufban home
and who had read this description of it in
tlic Globe-Democrat.
Dr. Mellatton has, very kindly, allowed
Tiic News to reproduce it. It is as follows:
\ftT fuur centuries of misrule, the nat
ural wealth of Cuba is yet largely a matte"
of conjecture Enough itas been ascertain
ed, however, to justify the statement that
every metal and mineral used In the arts
and sciences may he found in the island.
Gold lies been discovered in several rivers,
and silver in four or five of the mountain
ranges Copper abounds in a hundred dif
f* relit localities There are exhaustless
quarries of of marble, some of it equal to
the best Dublin; lead, iron ore, quicksilver,
zinc, and so on through the list, are found
in many plant The world ; s more famil
iar with the agricultural resources of me
IMI ml. because Spain, whose policy has
been to reprt ss the progress of her colo
nics, except so far as her own revenue was
concerned, could wring (speedier profit from
the soil.
There is not a fairer or more fertile
country on the globe, or a richer of equal
Mize, than Cuba would be with reasonable
oportunites for development. Its topogra
phy is so varl d from hot plains at the
level of the sea to plateaux hundreds of
feet higher- t .rat evrything may be
grown, from the banana of Mexico to the
liar lev of Norway, corn and cotton, wheat
and sugarcane. Hut 'the curse of merciless
taxation bus been alike on the farmer and
the planter, the merchant and the miner,
and prevented any from obtaining full suc
cess When the war ends the new repub
lic of Cuba will have to begin at the bot
tom. economically is well as politically.
'Heaven knows our own borders and South
ern stages were poor enough after the civil
war; and If such levaslanon was possible
in a land where war Is conducted on as
nearly civilized methods as war can be,
what must be 'the ease where the conflict
of years lias been waged with Spanish g-.iv
agi ry on one hand and the torch and ma
chete on the other, and our bombardments
have add'd the finishing touch to the gen
eral ruin?
Neither tongue nor p< n can . onvey an idea
of tin luxuriance of vegetation on a Unban
plan’a l loti it its best. sugar cam
grows ia ser.'.d rtrks tea hei.'if equal .1
only bv that in the most favored portions
of Brazil; and a field of pineapples, each
golden globe of fruit protected by bayonet
like leaves. Is a wonder. But as one star
differeth from another, the glory of the
pineapple plantation is rivaled by that of
the banana. The early Spanish priests who
had visited Cuba and seen bananas grow
ing. used to Insist that the bunches of
grapes mentioned in Holy Wr't as borne
between two men when the Hebiew spies
reform'd from their inspection of the land
of Canaan, were not grapes, but bananas.
The enormous pale green leaves, from ten
to twelve feet long, and ft-inged on both
edges, seemed to spring from the ground in
graceful sweep The abundance with which
this remarkable plant produces fruit, and
the little care required for its cultivation,
has not proved an unmixed blessing. The
came is true In all tropical countries
where the banana and the black man
flourish together. \n acre of banana plants
with little or no attention, will produce
more than one hundred times as much
food as the same area planted in wheat.
So lotig as a man has plenty of food for
tituiself and family, with no trouble hut to
pick it. why should he exert himself to
produce something else?
Bananas grow wild everywhere In Cuba,
and in some places are a good deal of a
nuisance Nearly every garden and door
yard on the island has its banana trees.
The plant takes root on the slightest prov
ocation and thrives without any atten
tion The possessor of only a few feet of
ground can have some trees whose crop
is unfailing, and the consequences are that
n great many bunches are brought to mar
ket. on women’s heads and on burros’
hack-* The market supply of The United
States conies from Cuba. Jamaica and Cen
tral America, and our annual importation
of the fruit averages 16.00ii.000 bunches.
New York. Baltimore, Philadelphia. Sa
vannah and .many other ports receive im
mense consignments. t Boston fruit com
pany owns banana plantations extending
100 miles along the coast line of Jamaica,
and runs its own fine fl«vt of steamer*. The
Cuba banana is generally of the red variey.
while in Jamaica the yellow kind is culti
vate.! Americans usually prefer the lat
ter. but Cubans claim that their fruit, al
though smaller, has a superior flavor.. It
is said that one hundred square feet of soil
wall sustain forty olants. and will yield at
least 6iHt pounds of fruit every year, and
that w th the best methods of cultivation
an ». re ~f land will produce 175.000 poun ’»
of bananas per annum.
The very best tobacco producing country
In the world ;s the Yuelto Abajo." of Cu
ba. and in other parts of the island the
plant may be grown to almost equal ad
vantage. first the insurgents spared the
tobacco fields, though destroying all the
cane they could lay hands on—perhaps be
cause any Cuban had rather forego his
bread, and certainly his sugar, than his
oicarrettes. But after Weyler's celebrated
decree of two years ago. forbidding the
exportation of Habana leaf tobacco, and
then hie action of permitting shipments
of tobacco on the sly to those who had paid
him liberal commissions, the Insurgents
were furious and destroyed every planta
tion in the Vuelta Abajo They leveled all
the factories and burned upwards of 4.000.-
000 pounds of stored tobacco. At present
the tobacco industry is good for nothing
in Cuba, and it will take a quarter of a
century to render the famous region as
flourishing as it was in January. 1896. But
the incomparable soil, climate and natu
ral conditions remain un.mpaired by
“wars wild alarms." When peace is re
stored those who come in with a little
money may buy the best tobacco lands in
the world very cheaply, and become Croe
euse* la course of time. ast winter sever
al far seeing Americans took took time
by the forelock aDd wade large purchases
in this direction.
It seems a pity to take advantage of oth
er people’* misfortunes, but a great many
will be doing it now in Cuba. Thousands
of rich plantations may be bought for a
song, because the impoverished owners
are compelled to sell at any price. On
most of thege estate* the mills, factories
and houses are melancholy heaps of ruins.
And even out of these somebody will be
making money during the next few month*
in the shape of old junk The boilers, ma
chinery and other debris are worth consid
erable as scrap iron and old brick. Last
winter a company of New Englanders pur
chased .8,000 acres of hand in the beautiful
Trinidad Valley, on the south side of the
island, midway between Santiago and C‘en
fuegos. The section is equally well adapted
to coffee, sugar and tobacco. The company
has not done anything yet with the land,
knowing that it can afford to wait for
years, if necessary, and then realize heavy
interest on the capital invested. The Vale
of the Holy Trinidad, by the way, is the
very garden ;;pot of the island; of extraor
dinary beauty, fertility and perfection of
climate. But one hears little of it outside
of Chiba —partly, I am told, because of the
English, German and American syndicates
which own large tracts of land in the val
ley, are keeping their operations as secret
as possible, to avoid competition. In ail
the cities of f'tiba there are many fine old
castles, which are literally begging for pur
chasers at a tithe of their original value.
In every instance financial distress compels
a sale. Perhaps the owner has returned to
Spain or has been killed in battle; in very
many casts whole families have been wiped
out by the war and distant heirs will gladly
take what they can get for the property.
Think of owning for a winter residence
th'- stately palace of a reduced “granlee”—
with its marble floors and pillared corri
dors and inner court yard, with palm trees
and fountain!
As to business enterprises on a small
scale, there are Innumerable openings in
Cuba for men with a little money and
more good judgment and energy. A few
acres in market gardening, for instance,
with their continuous crops from year to
year, would perhaps yield t’he quickest
and largest returns for the smallest amount
invested. Chicken raising, too, has al
ways been a strangely neglected industry
in the West Indies. Fowls and eggs figure
conspicuously every day in the Spanish-
American menu, yet nobody in Cuba has
yet gone in'to the chicken business with
brooders and incubators, as so many do
with profit in the United States. In short
a man with eyes in his head and the bus
iness instincts of the average American,
wil sec avenues for profitable investment
of money and labor in every direction as
soon as peace is restored on the devastated
island.
Nearly as I can ascertain, about 200
Americans of pure Anglo-Saxon blood —
that is, not counting the naturalized Cu
ban-Americans —now own property in Cu
ba. Time was when a Cuban sugar plan
tation was considered a safe and valuable
investment, and the same will again be
true within the next ’half year. To cite
some famous examples: During our civil
war, when the best grades of sugar sold
for as high as 20 cents a pound in the
United States. Mr. William H. Stewart, the
New York millionaire, purchased a mag
nificent estate, called “La Carolina,” near
Mntanzas harbor. He paid SBOO,OOO in gold
for the property, and for years it returned
him more than 20 per cent on the invest
ment.
In 1802 Mr. Moses Taylor, another rich
and influential New Yorker, who had been
a large importer of Cuban sugar, purchased
a half interest in the famous “San Mar
tine” plantation near Marianao. It was
just the size of the District of Columbia,
ten miles square, and superbly equipped
with mills, machinery and a fine old castel
lated mansion for a family residence. Mr.
Taylor never told his most intimate friends
what he had paid for his half, but he ad
mittid that the purchase money came back
to his in less than two years. For a
whole decade the yield was simply marvel
ous, one s-ason reaching 14,000.000 pounds
of sugar.
The great importing firm of Ojoiro,
Warburg * Co of Me.v York owns a very
large sugar estate in Santa Clara Prov
ince. The Walshes, sugar refiners of Phil
adelphia, are also heavy owners of Cuban
estates. The Bishop family, of New Ha
ven, Conn., holds a valuable tract of land
near Remed-ios, about two hundred miles
from Havana, which has enriched three
generations of heirs and owners. In 1867
James Mediation, of East Baton Rouge
Parish, La., went to Cuba without much
money to buy a small plantation. He
found one of 2.000 acres near 'Matanzas
City which his friends advised his not to
touch, as its soil was of the comparatively
worthless, light-colored variety, known in
Cuba as mulatto-land,” and had been
worked so long exclusively in sugar that it
yielded hardly half a crop. But Mr. Mc-
Hatton seen something which ho did not
disclose until later on. At one end of the
estate was a series of deep caves, whose
existence had been almost forgotten, and in
these lay a fortune. For centuries un
counted millions of bats had resorted to
these caves, and time and nature’s chem
istry had converted their droppings into
the very best fetilizer for wornout sugar
cane and tobacco lands, known to man.
Within three years the IMc Hatton place,
enriched by bat guano, was turning out
8,000 pounds of sugar to the acre, and the
shrewd Louisianian made another fortune
in shipping the surplus guano.
The possibilities of mining in Cuba can
not yet be accurately computed. Several
large and wealthy companies have been
operating to some extent in Iron and cop
per, and report that the mines are practi
cally exhaustless. Promlent among them
is the Spanish-American Iron Company,
which has its main office in New York,
and is made up of capitalists who nave
been active in iron mining in the Lake Su
perior region. A few years ago this com
pany acquired control of several thousand
acres of valuable iron ore deposit in the
southern coast of Cuba, between Santiago
and Guantanamo. So far the mines have
cost rhe company a good deal more than
they have yei-lded. in surveys and pros
pecting, opening mines andestablish facili
ties for handling the product. In order to
ship the ore economically it was necessary
to construct an artificial harbor by build
ing a great breakwater on the open coast.
Extensive loading piers were built and a
fleet of steamers equipped. Up to a few
weeks ago they were regularly shipping
large quantities of ore to Pennsylvania,
mostly to the furnaces along the line of
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
One of the oldest and largest mines in Cuba
is called the Juragua. and is jointly owned
by the Pennsylvania Steel Company and
the Berhlehem Iron Company. Another
called thejagua Iron Company, has $2,000,-
000 of $3,000,000 invested in Cuban min
ing property, and Mr. Andrew Carnegie is
not far behind.
A large class of Americans that has been
greatly affected by the war are the engi
neers in charge of the steam machinery
on all the sugar plantations. On the larger
places the machinery was very expensive
and elaborate, reguiring expert engineers.
Besides the usual steam appliances there
were dynamos, furnishing the electric
lights for sugar houses and residences, and
many other up-to-date contrivances. The
busy season on the plantation lasts about
five months in Cuba, and in this time the
engineer makese from $2,000 to $3,500 in
gold, besides his living and that if his
striker or assistant. Americans are pre
ferred as engineers by all the sugar grow
ing countries south of us. even Pemerara.
‘because- they are readier and more fertile
in expedients. In case of mishap to the
machinery they can generally repair it or
improvise some makeshift so that the work
will not stop. Two years ago there were
400 American steam engineers registered
at the Bureau of Foreign Employes in Ha
vana. Fannie Brigham Ward.
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THEY LOOKED
mm DEATH
The Spanish Prisoners Fullv
Expected the Americans
to Kill Them.
RETURNED CORRESPONDENT
Has a Good Deal to Say About the
War and Some of the Incidents
that Occurred.
Washington, July 19—The following in
terview with AV. J. Taylor, a Cuban cor
respondent who has returned to Cincin
nati. appears in the Washington (D. C.)
Times;
Mr. W. J Taylor of Cincinnati, 0., cor
respondent of the Seripps-'M' Rae League,
who has been with the American army in
Cuba, arrived in Washington this morn
ing.
He reached Old Point Comfort yesterday
aboard the steamship City of Washington,
which brought about 200 wounded soldiers
from Siboney.
Mr. Taylor tells an interesting story of
the march fiom Baiquiri to the hills over
looking Santiago. He has not a high re
gard for the Cubans as soldiers, though
they make good sentinels, and are apt
scouts.
'Mr. Taylor tells of the hardships and
dangers (to which the Americans are ex
posed.
The saddest sight of the war, he said,
was the wounded as they were (being car
ried off the field to the hospitals. The
mountain roads are rough, and the array
wagons are without springs, so, that from
■the first turn of the wheels to Siboney was
one long jolt. Besides this, the wounded
were exposed to the fire of Spanish guir
rillas, who were in ambush.
Mr. Taylor saw Dr. Danforth fall, shot
through the head, as he dismounted from
his horse to minister to a wounded soldier.
As soon as the enemy could be located by
his fire, the American sharpshooters and
the Cubans were set upon them, and soon
had all they did not kill or capture on the
run.
Another trouble which the (American
forces have to contend with, Mr. Taylor
says, is yellow fever.
The first to Itake the fever was Major
Webb, of the Thirty-third (Michigan, and
within a few days several other cases de
veloped. Fortunately the fever so far is
of a mild type. It is necessary now before
a person can leave the island to have a
clean hill of health from Dr. Gui'teras, the
yellow fever expert.
Mr. Taylor says the first transports met
with much trouble and delay.
As soon as practicable after disembark
ing the troops, with 'the Rough Riders In
front, pushed on over the mountain road
to Siboney. It was wlftle making this trip
that the Rough 'Riders ran into an am
bush. Aifiter getting out of that predica
ment the troops camped in the grass. The
at my kept marching forward, and during
the following week General Shafter estab
lished headquarters within five miles of
Santiago.
The Spanish soldiers, (Mr. Taylor says,
generally fight desperately. This, how
ever, is the resul't of having been taught
that capture by Americans means death.
A .prisoner who was offered a drink of
water refused, saying that he could see
no reason why he should not die thirsty
as well as hungry.
On being informed that it was not th*
intention of his captors to kill him he
seemed surprised, and then ‘begged for
water and food.
Mr. Taylor also gives an interesting ac
count of the fight a‘t Aguadores. The
Thirty-third 'Michigan regiment, to reach
Aguadores, was obliged to pass within
range of two batteries on the east and west
of the outlet of San Juan river. Two
Americans were killed and six wounded.
Once across, the Thirty-third was sup
ported hy the fire from the Suwanee and
New York, 'the former engaging the east
ern battery and the New York opening
on the western battery.
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THE BRaDPIELD REGULATOR C4L.
Atlanta. Ga.
MACON NEWS TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 19 1898.
OBJECT OF THE POWERS
Said to be One of Observation. But Compli
cations May Result.
London, July 19 —The .powers on this
side of the ocean are getting ready to
watch Commodore Walison's operations
against Spain. England ha- sent a bat
tleship and several cruiser:-, to Lisbon, and
has several o’her warships at Gibraltar.
A French squadron, consisting of two bat
tle ships and three cruisers, has left Tou
lon for Tangiers. Dispatches from Rome
this morning report that Paly is about to
send a squadron to she coasts of Spain,
and it is probable that Germany, Russia
and Austria will follow suit.
The object of the powers, it is said, is
merely one of observation. It is feared
though, in some quarters that grave Inter
national complications many grow out of
the American commodore's cruise.
WATSON IN A NUT HELL.
Here is a nutshell biography of Com
modore J. C. Watson, who will command
the fleet that goes to Spain:
1842—-Born in Frankfort, Ky., August
24.
1860 —Graduated in Annapolis Academy.
1864 —AVounded by fragment, of shell in
Mobile Bay in August after having lashed
Farragut to the mast.
1862-64—Present at bombardment and
passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip
and of the Chahnette batteries. Made the
passage, with Farragut. of the Vicksburg
batteries, of Grand Gulf and of Port Hud
son.
1887 —Was appointed captain on March
8.
1894 —'Appeared before Bluefields. Nica
ragua, on (the San Francisco and effective
ly demanded respect for United States
Consul Baker.
1897 — .Made commodore on November 7.
1898— Took change of 'Havana blockade
on May 7.
1898 —Was due to invade Spain on July
12. Awaiting orders from Washington be
fore crossing the Atlantic.
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To the Superior Court of said County:
The petition of the Wesleyan Female
Cclloge, a corporation of said county duly
chartered and incorporated under and by
the 1 1 uv. of said state, respectfully shows:
That your petitioner desires its charter
amended as follows:
1. By striking all of- paragraph four of
the original act of incorporation entitled,
“An Act to incorporate a Wesleyan Fe
male College to be located in the city of
Macon, Ga.,” “assented to December the
19th, 1843,’’ except the enacting clause,
and by substituting in lieu of the words
■stricken, the following words, namely,
“That the Trustees of said College and
their successors in office shall have power
and authority to procure and secure loans,
issue and negotiate bonds, or enter into
any contract which they, or a majority of
them, shall deem necessary for the use of
said College, and to secure said contracts,
bonds, loans or other negotiations by
mortgage, security or trust deed, pledging
all or any part o*f the real estate of the
said “The Wesleyan Female College;” but
the said trustees shall never dispose of the
College building nor the lot or lots on
which the same is situated; provided,
nevertheless, that the said college building
lot or lots on which the same is
situated as well as all the other
property of the said Wesleyan Fe
male College,” shall be subject to
levy and sale under mortgage, security
or trust deed properly given, as well as
under any proper judgment that be ren
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2. Petitioner prays the court that said
amendment be duly made by the court af
ter due advertisement according to law,
and that the charter of said college as
thus amended be renewed for the term of
twenty years with the privilege of renewal
at the expiration of said time according to
the law in such cases provided. And pe
titioner will ever pray.
ISAAC HARDEMAN,
DUPONT GUERRY,
N. E. HARRIS,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
I, Robert A. Nisbet, Clerk Bibb superior
court, certify that the foreging is
a true copy of the original petition to
amend charter of Wesleyan Female Col
lege. as the same appears of file in said
clerk’s office. Witness my signature and
seal of office this Bth day of July, 1898.
R. A. NISBET, Clerk.
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Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting
a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you
(because he makes a few more pennies on it), the in
gredients of which even he does not know.
‘'The Kind You Have Always Bought”
BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF
Insist ots Ha ving
The Kind That Never Foiled You.
THE CENTAUrt COMPANY, 77 MURRAY SI HUI. N«_WVOH#E SIT*
fth Southern R'y.
Schedule in Effect July 6, 1898
CENTRAL TIME
READ DOWN. ' RE.AD UP.
'.No. 7 | No. 15 | No. 9 | No. 13 j We at. | No. 14 f No. 10 | No. 8 | No.kT
7 10pm| 44 5 pm] 8 00an\| 2 05am|Lv.. Macon ..Ar| 2 05am] 8 20am]10 55ara| 7 10pnT
9 45pm j 745 pm jlO 40am| 4 15am|Ar.. Atlanta. Lvjll 55pm| 5 20amj 8 10am| 4 20pm
7 oGamjlO 00pm] 4 00pm| 4 20amjLv.. Atlanta. Ar|ll 50pmj 5 00am] |ll 40am
10 20am] 1 00am| 0 25pm| 6 30am|Lv.. Rome.. Lvj 0 40pmj 1 44am| | 9 00am
11 30am| 2 34am| 7 34pm| 7 22am|Lv.. Dal ton...Lv 8 42pmjl2 10am| | 760 am
I 00pm| 4 15am] 8 50pm] 8 40am|Ar Chat’nooga Lv| 7 SOpmjlO 00pm] | 8 00pm
7 10pmI 7 10pm| 7 40amj |Ar .Memphis . Lv| | 9 16am| j 8 00pm
4 30pm]... | 5 00axu| |Ar Lexington. Lvj |lO 50am| JlO 40pm"
7 50pm| | 7 50amj |Ar Louis ville. Lv| j 7 40am| | 746 pm
7 30pm| | 7 30am] |Ar Cincinnati Lvj | 8 30am| | 8 00am
9 25pm| | 7 25pm] |Ar Anniston .. Lv] | 6 32pmj.. | 8 00am
11 45am| |lO OOprn] | Ar Birm ’ham Lv] | 4 16pm| | 6 00am
8 05am| | 1 10am| 7 45pm|Ar Knoxville. Lvj 7 00am| 7 40pmj | 740 pm
dT77T.“|... fNo."I4"PNo. 16" j 7 Southi T“N0716. | No. 13 | |
,| 7 10pm| 2 10am| 8 35am ! Lv.. Macon .. Ar| 8 20am] 2 00am| ]
| | 3 22amjl0 05am]Lv Coch ran.. Lv| 3 20pm|12 55am] ]
| | jlO 45am!Ar Hawk 'ville Lv| 2 50pm| | j
| | 3 54am|lO 50amjLv. East man. Lv] 2 41pmjl2 25am( j
j | 4 29amjll 36am|Lv.. Hei ena.. Lv| 2 03pmjll 54pm| |
| j 6 45am| 2 38pmjLv.. Jes up... Lvjll 22am| 9 43pm] |
| ] 7 30am] 3 30pm]Lv Ever rett.. Lv]lo 45am| 9 05pm| |
| | 8 30am| 4 30pm|Ar Bruns wick. Lv| 9 30am| 6 50pm| |
| ] 9 40am] 9 25am|Ar Jack’ville. Lv] 8 00am] 6 50pm] |
*.| N 0.7 | No. 9 [ No. 13 | Ea st. } NO; 16 | No. 10 [ [
I 7 lOpin] 8 30am] 2 05am]Lv.. iMa oon.. Ar] 8 20amj 7 10pm] j
] 9 25am] 8 30pm| 6 lOpmjLv Charlotte Lv|lo 15am| 9 36am| |........
| 1 30pm]12 00n’t|ll 25pm]Lv . Dan ville. Ly| 6 07pm| 5 50am| |
| 6 25pmj 6 40am] |Ar. Richmond Lv]l2 01n’n|12 10n,n| |
| 5 30pm| 7 35am| |iAr.. Norfolk. Lvj 9 30am|10 00pm| |
| 3 50] 1 53am| ]Lv. .Lynch burg Lv| 3 55pm| 3 40am] j
| 5 48pm| 3 35am| ]Lv Chari’ville Lv] 2 15pmj 1 50pm] |
| 9 25pmj 6 42am| |Ar Washgton. Lvjll loamjlO 43pm] j
-.11l 25am| 8 00am| |Ar Balti’more Lvj 6 17am] 9 20pmj j
| 3 OOamjlO 15am] |Ar Phila dlphia Lv 3 50amj 6 55pm| j
| 6 20amj 12 45n’u| |Ar New York Lv|l2 15amj 4 SOpmj |
| 3 pm| 8 30pm| |Ar .. ..Boston Lv| 5 OOpmjlO 00am] |
THROUGH OAR SERVICES, ETC.
Nos. 13 and 14, Pullman Sleeping Cars between Chattanooga and JacksoirvUU.
also between Atlanta and Brunswick. Berths may be reserved to be taken at
Macon.
Nos. 15 and 16, day express trains, bet ween Atlanta and Brunswick.
Mos. 9 and 10, elegant free Observatior ears, between Macon and Atlanta, alao
Pullman Sleeping cars between Atlanta and Cincinnati Connects in Union depot,
Atlanta, with “Southwestern Vestibuled Limited.” finest and fastest train in thv
South.
Nos. 7 and 8, connects in Atlanta Union depot with “U. S. Past Mail Train” to and
from the East.
Nos. 7 and 6, Pullman sleeping cars between Macon and Ashevtlle.
FRANK S. GANNON, 3d V. P. & G. M., J. M. CULP, Traffic Manager,
Washingon, D. G Washington, D. C.
W. A. TURK, G. P. A., S. H. HARDWICK, A. G. P. A.,
Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga.
NFXAT.L CLIFTON, T. P. A.. BURR BROWN. C- T. A„
Macon, Ga. 565 Mulberry St., -Macon, Qa.
Central of Georgia
Railway Company
ircEOßcii Schedules in RiVct Feb. 25, riLmcWfi liu •
90th Meridian.
n N oa 5 ! F?; 7 *l No - I *l STATIONS I No. 2*j No. B*| Na. <
II 20 am: .40 pm, 750 am]Lv Ma con . . Ar] 725 pm] 740 am] 350 uu
i 2 24 pm, 840 pm! 850 am] Ar .... Fort Valley Lv] 627 pm; 639 am; 242 pm
. 335 pmj. I*lo 20 am]Ar. .. .Per ry Lvj! 500 pm] j!ll 30 am
••••••••••I, I 650 pmlAr. . B'mham . .Lvj 930 am| j
. 3 3o pmi..........] 9 40 amjAr ....Perry.. ..Lvj 445 pm] ill 30 am
1 o 2 pm; 10 01 pm, .jAr ..Arner ions ....Lvi j 5 18 pm] 107 pm
’ \ J,i pm Pm. Ar. ..Smithville ..Lvj j 4 55 am]f 12 42 pm
| pm; 11 Oo pm < > Ar •••■Alb any ...Lv ] 415 am] 11 35 am
!j j } Ar • -Columbia .... Lv, j j 855 am
”. pm l Ar ....Dawson ....Lv | ! | 11 52 am
t pm l Ar bert ...Lv, ] | 11 Ham
aOO pm; INo 9 * ]Ar .. .Fort Gaines ..Lv No 10 * ] 955 am
4 ft pm ,i ! ‘ 15 am;Ar . ...Euf aula ....Lv 730 pm, !1020 am
8 14 pm,.... 1.. |Ar Ozark ....Lv, j 650 am
pr 600 pm ' 1 905 am 600 pm; ; 905 am Ar ..Un S
7 2a pm, I jAr Troy. . ..Lv' I ..| 7 5b am
7 20 pm, ] 10 35 amjAr.. Montgomery ..Lv| 420 pmj | 7 40 am
f n ’*i . No. 3.*| No. I.*! | No. 2.*] No7T*|No. 14.-
800 am 420 am 410 pm Lr.. . .Macon. . ..Arl 11 10 am| 11 10 pmi 720 pa
922 am, a4, am 542 pm]Lv. .Barneaville . .Lvj 946 1 945 pm| 605 pin
112 05 aim.., 7 40 pmjAr.. .Thomaston. ..Lv! 7 00 ami j' i 00 run
955 am 616 am 613 pmjAr. . . Gri ffit. . ..Lv[ 912 am 915 pm| 580 pm
-11 47 am jAr.. ..Newnan. . .Lvj !223 pa
i• 1 *>6 pra| lAr.. ..Carrollton. .Lvj ' 2 10 pm
11 20 ami 746 amj 725 pmlAr.. . .Atlanta. . . .Lv}
No. 6. !! No. 4. *1 No. 2*| ; N*. L • No. 2. *J~ No. 6.1
7 30 pm 11 38 pm] 11 25 am;Lr. .. .Ma con. . ..Arj 2 65 ami 7 46 am
810 pm 12 IS am, 12 08 pm,Ar. . . .Gor uon. .. .Arl 600 pm 110 am] 710 am
550 pm ! 1 15 pmjAr. .Milled gevilie .Lv|! 2 45 pm j 6 20 sjj
10 00 pm 1 3 00 pmjAr.. ..Eato nton. . .Lvl! 1 30 pmi. | 5 26 am
I 4 f> pmjAr. . .Mac hen. . .Lvjlll 20 amj |
i 1 <sopm Ar .. Covington. ..Lv)! 920 am] |
•11 25 am *ll 3S pm;*ll 25 amjLv. .. .Macon. . ..Arj* 2 45 pmi* 3 55 ami* 3 45 pm
117 pmi 130 amjf 117 pm Ar. .. .Tennille Lv| 156 pm 152 am 156 pm
2 30 pm] 2 25 am, 2 30 pm Ar. . .Wad ley. .. .Lvtfl2 55 pm 12 60 am 12 55 pm
2 51 pm| 2 44 am] 2 51 pm]Ar. . .Mid ville. . .Lv| 12 11 pm 12 30 am 12 11 pa
225 pmj 315 am 325 pm,Ar. .. .Milieu .. .Lvl 11 34 am lx 68 pm 11 34 am
* 4 13 pmj 4 42 am! 5 10 pm]Ar .Waynesboro.. .Lvj lo 13 am 10 37 pmjslO 47 am
■ 5 30 pmj 6 35 am,! 6 55 pm Ar... .Aug usta. . .Lvj! 2 20 amj 840 pmja 9 30 am
1 2 42 am! 2 60 pmjAr. .Rocky Ford. .Lv; 11 10 am 11 19 pm;
I 3 58 amj 4 08 pmjAr.. . .Dover. . ..Lv! 10 6 2am 11 00 pm|
I 600 ami 600 pm Ar.. Sava nnab ..I,v| g 45 amj 900 pmj...........
I No. 16. *| | No. j ‘
j I 7 50 am Lv.. .. Macon.. ..Arj 7 30 pm |
| I 9 40 am Ar.. Monticello .. Lvj 5 45 pm {
j 10 06 amjAr. .. .Mac hen .. ..Lvj 5 27 pm ....j
*! 12 30 pm Ar .. .Eatonton .. .Lv]! 3 30 pm |
I 10 45 am Ar. ...Madison. .. Lvj 440 pm |
j 12 20 pmjAr. ... Athens .. ..Lv| 3 30 pm |...!!!!.*!
• Dally. ! Dally except Sunday, fMe al station. • Sunday *nly.
Solid trains are run to ands from Mac on and Montgomery via Eufaula, Savan
nah and Atlanta via Macon, Macon and Albany via Smithville, Macon and Birinln*-
aam via Columbus. Elegant sleeptng cars on trains No. 3 and 4 between M*oo»
and Savannah and Aaianta and Savannah. Sleepers for Savannah are ready for •<•
pancy in Macon depet at 9:00 p. m. Fas-sengers arriving in Macon on No. 3 and ga
rannah ou No. 4, are allowed to remain lu sleeper until 7a. m. Parlor cars between
Macon *n-; Atlanta on trains Nos. 1 and 2. Seat fare 26 cents. Passengers for
Wrightsvilie Dublin an.l take 11:25 Train arrives Fort Gaines
4:45 p. m., and leaves 10:10 a. m. Sundays. For Ozark arrives 7:30 p. m. and leaves
7 30 a. m. For furtner information or ach edules to points beyond oar lines, address
J. G. CARLISLE, T. P. A.. Macon, Ga. E. P BONNER. U T. A.
E- H. HINTON, Traffic Manager j. <3. HAILS, 3. F. A.
THLo. D. KLIN'S, G ea*ral Superintendent.
HOT SPINGS, Nort Carolina
Mountain Park Hotel and Bachs—Modern Hotel Ideas in Every Department—Table
asid Service Unexcelled.
Swimming Pool, Bowling. Tennla. Golf, Pool and Billiards. Photographer’s dark
room, Riding, Driving, Tennis. Large Ball Boom and Auditorium. Special reduced
summer rates.
BEARDEN’S Ordhestra. t. D. Green, Manager.
POPULAR SUMMER RESORT.
Dalton, c,a., now one most popular summer resorts In the South—
climate delightful, scenery superb, beautiful drives, good livery. Hotel Dalton Is
Ff or . t SCtker an d the com merclal traveler. Elegantly built, electric
tn mllix-x u ’ bot anl cold baths on every floor. Special rates to
formatkin given BUroTuer tr<m\ lower Geoagla and Florida. Further in-
D. L. DETTOR. Proprietor Dalton. Ga.
Newport of the South.
SEASON OF" 1898.
Hotel St. Simon
St. Simons Island, Georgia.
Newly equipped. Rates SIO.OO per week. Sea batli
ing, Tishing, Boating, Dawn Tenuis, Driving, Dancing,
Billiards and Pool. Two germans weekly. 25 mile bicycle
path. Excellent orchestra. Hotel lighted by electricity.
Table the best.
W. B. ISAACS, Lessee.
Keep out of Reach of the Spanish Gun.
TAKR THE
C H. & D. TO MICHIGAN.
3 Trains Daily.
Finest Trains in Ohio.
Fastest Trains in Ohio.
Michigan and the Great Lakes constantly growing in popularity.
Everybody will be there this summer. For information inquire
of your nearest ticket agent.
Warm springs, Ga.
9 ITIOUNTHIN RESCRT.
The health and pleas
ure resort of the South.
With better bathing than on the coast.
Swinging Pool, sox 150 Feet.
of warm mineral water, 90 degrees tem
perature. Also individual pools. 1,200 feet
above sea level.
Delightfully Cool Climate. Ab
soiutelv pure air. No mos
quitoes ;
First-class accomodations and ser
vice. Electric lights, excellent or
chestra
Board, per day, $2.00 t* $2.50,
week $ll.OO to $14.00. Four weeks
$36.00 to $44.00
ONYY 3 HOURS FRORI HIRBON.
Write for booklet with full in- |
formation j
CHRS. L. DHVIS, Proprietor. ]
Frn HI
I
And Cottages.
Tallulah Falls, Ga.
Open for the season. Board from sls to
S3O per month, according to room. Six
hundred feet of shade piazzas in center of
finest scenery at Tallulah.
Climate unsurpassed. Bight elevation.
All modern improvements. Table excel
lent.
MRS. B A. YOUNG, Proprietress,
Tallulah Falls, Ga.
Glenn Springs
Hotel,
Glenn Springs, S. C.
Queen of Southern Summer
Resorts.
There is but one Glenn Springs and it
has no equal on the continent for the stom
ach, liver, kidneys, bowels and blood.
Hotel open from June let to October Ist.
Cuisine and Service excellent. Water
shipped the year round.
JWMPSON & SIMPSON,
Managers.
Bedford Alum, Iron and lodine
Springs of Virginia.
From whose water the celebrated “Mass”
so extensively kncvwn and used, is manu
facteured. Opens June 16, and la the most
home-like place In Virginia for recuper
ating.
A modern writer on the mineral waters
of Europe and America says: “Bedford
Springs water cures when ah other reme
dies have failed, and especially in derange
ments peculiar to femalra.”
Long distance telephone connections,
send for a 50-page Interesting phamplet of
proofs. P. O. Bedford 9prtng«, Va.
.1. B. MABEk, .IK-, Proprietor.
STURTEVANT HOUSE, I
Broad war ».<l iU.li St., New Yolk, B
American A- D' topean plan Wil- L
liam F. Bang, proprietor. Broad- |
way cable cars X>» ssing the door M
transf< r to ail parts of the city ■ ,
I Saratoga Springs
I ? THE KENSINGTON.
and cottages.
H. A. & W. F. BANG, Proprietor*,
New York Oldce, Sturtevant House.
Ocean View House.
St. Simon’s Island Beach, Ga
Fine surtf bathing, good table, artesian
water. A. T. ARNOLD,
Proprietor.
I For Business Men <►
In the heart of the wholesale dis
trtet. <,
For Shoppers j*
3 minutes walk to Wanamakers; < J
] % 8 minutes walk to Slegel-Ooopers *,
j t * Big Store. Easy of accees to the
; , * great Dry Goods .Stores. 4 >
Iy For Sightseers
One block from ears, giving <
easy transportation to all points < ►
Hi Altai,
I New York.
Cor. 11th St. and University
Place. Only one block from <
Broadway. i ,
ROOMS, $1 UP. RESTAURANT, %
Prices Reasonable. * ►
MACON AND BIRMINGHAM 11. R. CO.
(Pine Mooutuln Route.)
Effective June 5. 1898.
4 20 pmlLv Macon ArjlO 36 am •
4 20 pnriLv Sofkee LvjlO 14 am
546 pmjLv ... .Collodea.... Lv| 909 tun
5 57 ptntLv ... Yateeville... Lvj 8 67 am
6 5f7 pmfLv .. .Thomaston... Lvj 828 am
7 07 pmjAr ...Woodbury... Lv] 7 48 am
~ SOUTHWRN RAILWAYT
7 25 pmjAr. Warm Springs. Lv] 7 29 am
803 pmjAr .... Columbus... Lv! 600 am
*8 07 pmjAr? Griffln Lv| 860 am
_9 46 pmfAr Atlanta Lv] 5 20 am
Souther., railway.
4 "0 am|Lv .... Atlanta ....Arj 9 40 am
6 0$ pmfLv Griffln Lvj 9 32 am
5 26 pm ; Lv ... .Columbus.... Lv] 9 «0 am
6 49 pmfLv .Warm Springs. Lvj 8 06 am
707 pmfLv.. ..Woodlbmy.... Arf 7 48 am
7 27 pmfAr ..Harris City.. Lvj 7 28 am
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA.
745 pmiAr .. .Greenville... Lv| 710 am
520 pmiLy ... .Cohimtxks.... Ar] 940 am
7 27 ..Harris City.. Arj 7 98 am
_8 20 pm,Ar ... .LaG; auge.... Lvj 695 am
<M»<ee connection at Macon and Bofkee
with the Georgia Southern and Florida
Central of Georgia for Savannah, Albany.
Southwest Georgia point* and Montgom
ery, Ala., at Yateeville for Roberta and
points on the Atlanta and Florida di
vision of railway, at Harris
City City -with Centra! of Gtorgia railwoy,
for Greenville and Columbus, at Wood
bury 'with Southern railway for Colum
bus and Griffln, at LaGrange with the
Atlanta and West Point railway.
JULIAN R. LANE,
General Manager,
Macon, Ga.
R. G. STONE,
Gen. Pass. Agt.
PULLMAN CAR LINE
MID
BETWEEN
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, or
Louisville and Chicago and
THE NORTHWEST.
Pulman BufTet Sleepers on night trains.
Parlor chairs and dining cars on day
trains. The Monon trains make the fast
est time between the Southern winter re
sorts and the summer resorts of the
Northwest.
W. H. McDOEL, V. P. & G. M.
FRANK J. REED, G. P. A.,
Chicago, 111.
For further particulars addrees
R. W. OLAOING, Gen. Agt.
Thotnasvflle, Ga.
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New Steam
DYE WORKS,
F. H. JOHNSON, Prop’r.
25c Second Street, Macon, Ga.
Ladies’ dresses nicely cleaned
; and pressed. Also Gents’ Linen
Suits.
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