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4 MS GW BEEN APPOINTED? Said that He Will Take the Position of Superinted ent of the G. S. & F. TO SUCCEED MR, JEEF LANE Railroad Officials Will Neither Con firm Nor Deny the Report, Which Comes Straight. It is stated upon good authority that Mr. O. M. Grady will be appointed superinten dent of the Georgia Southern aad Florida Hailroad to ,u< .<d the late Mr. Jeff Lane The rumor, tor tumor it L so far, ha; not been confirmed by the orfieials of tn? mad. but mithir h..s it iittn denied, and the strong probability is that there is good foundation lor it. , , . h Theh information came to The New.-, this morning from a reliable source, and win n the ofiicials of the tf.orgia Southern and Elorwia were a.-ked about it they deelin. d to either confirm or deny it. .Mr. Giady lias been cm. cted with the Georgia Southern and Fl irida kaliroad siin it ri ■ built mt * Floi '!;>, and is <onsid,|.k one if the b st pracicj! tail 10.d in i a :h ' ou.K.-y. H" has ilway 1,,.. i,.i most valuable mm ' > the Gvtngia Soul < rn, ami his appiiiiun. ui as supei.n tetm.nt. if it is ma le, will be popular with ~ , , | i ,ti 1 r<■ad ~i ■’i 'ii the ell v, a.r w, 1. as the employes and other officials. Since the death of Mr. Jiff Lane the po sition of superintendent has been tilled by Mi William (theckly Shaw, the vice pres ide nt and general manager. Il is rumored that some other important ehangi s in connection with the other de partments of the road are under considera tion and that they may go into effect by August or Sept, mln r Ist, These changes will be of' intereit to the people of Mocon and while not entirely a surprise in ra road circles, will be so to the general public. CAHTOniA. Bsari th« sf ,h 8 Kind You Havfl Always Bought 8 *““” HARD AT WORK. Prufessot Abbott Will Not be Free for Some Weeks Yet. Professor Abbott is still in the city fin ishing up his work for flu year. ■ He says that till of his committees have not re ported yet and that his annual report has not (been sent In to the printer. He says that he will complete his work about the Sth of \ugust and will go at once to the mountains in western North Carolina. The school- will open on the 25th of September and he says that the attend ance this year will be larger than ever before. BENHAM APPOINTED. Ret nd Admiral Made a Prize Commis sioner by Judge Speer. Mt. 'Airy, Ga., July S 3 Judge Emory iSpei r. of Hi, United Slates district court. Southern district if Georgia, has appoint ed Hear \dmiral E. W. Henham, United •States navy, retired, a prize commissioner for the Southern district of Georgia Tile commissioners ar,' now taking evidence in the ease of the British steamship Adtilla, aded at Savannah. She is alleged to be a blockade runner, and was captured 'by the ■ Marblehead at Guantanamo. The Solace hospital ship also claims a share of the money. These cases, when brought into Georgia ports, come under Judge Speer’s Jurisdict lon. Free Medical Treatment i ... for Weak Men • j I Z Who Are Willing to Pay When • 'I \ Convinced of Cure. / A scientific combined medical nnd mechanical cure ha> rZ/'/Y-M ii I •*'<'» discovered for " of Men." Its succes» has 7 J l / £•<.• A V II I been so startling that the proprietors now announce that f. ** ;/ Z VffX — I I I J wil * svlhl if 0,1 trial—remedies and appliance I V I I f ~Without advance ray men t- to any honest man. \ I , ,if not till that is claimed—all you wish—send it Z/fi /)// Z" ’ / back that ends it—pay nothing! //a v bo such offer was ever made in good faith before, J! / X'k S-5- >''n\ we Relieve no other remedy would stand such a tesfc V. V-fX //Z This combined treatment cures quickly, thoroughly \\ nnit forever all effects of early evil habits, later ex- Xx -sr-7 \ fjr Cesses, overwork, worry, etc. It creates health, DI C/A, strength, vitality, sustaining lowers and restores tl x. weak mid undeveloped portions to natural dimen- / sioiis uj I functions. 3l> Any lan writlu « in earnest will receive descrip- T i 'xb. t<on, pHtiiculars and referent t* in h plain sealed en- ' / velope. Professional ctuitidcnee No deception noi feck, thia offer (Cut out and send th^otiee^nUon° f ) * >nul reputation ERIE MEDICAL CO., ffalo, N. Y. Crump's Park Bulletin Concert Sunday Afternoon. City Baggage Transfer Co Prompt delivery of baggage to and from all depots. Office next door Southern Express Co. W. H. ARNOLD, Manager. 518 Fourth St. Phone 20. White Shoes To wind up the season without any White Shoes in stock is our aim •• SX S2OO •• Almost half price. B, C and D widths. Come while we have your size. Phone 29 CLISBY & UcKAY. PtIODE 29 INDIAN YELL Scared the Spaniards- Additional Inci dents of the Great Fight. New York, July 23 —Lieutenant L. H. Gross, of the Ft. Thomas (Ky.j regiment, who was among the iwounded brought to New York on the transport Seneca. says of the assault on San Juan bill, July i "It was a terrific hail of shot and spoil, and the Ft. Thomas regiment .was in the thickest of it. I was wounded in the left leg during the charge, and ten of my men ;eil almost at the same iuMaut that I dropped. "As we charged our men gave an Indian y< 11. It frightened the Spaniards and they -tarted on the run. But they soon recov ered from ui.e first shock and hailed bul lets into us—ten shots to our one. I was near the trench where Lieutenant Garry Ord, of the Ft. Thomas regiment, was killed. Whether the man that shot him was one whom he had ordered spared, as the papers said, 1 don’t know, but the Spaniard was on the ground when he fired, i he bullet struck poor Ord in the mouth and werr # itjto his brain. He pointed to the Spaniard, saying: ‘You know what to do with that fellow, boys.’ Then he drop ped d< ad. I wouldn’t like to tell you about what was left of the Spaniard." As Lieutenant Colonel Egbert, Sixth in fantry, was carried from the Seneca on a stretcher, he said: “Thank God. 1 am again on American soil,” and then dropped his head back and closed his eyes, as if ex hausted by the effort. He has a bad wound in the left lung, but may ultimately re ■ovi. i. Egbert and Gross, with William Smith, a Ft. Tmomas musician, ,who is hot in the left side, were taken to the Bellevue uospital. Kuckiiii's Armen sniv, The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles or no pay required, it is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25c per box. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug store. TREASURE CHEST. On the Ulloa Was an Attraction Even in Face of Death. New York, July 23. — X disp.i*. n to the Evening J'. • •..a'' from Cwi'.e, under date o' July 17tn. rays that di-.cro have examin ed the hulls and interior of the Spanish warships sunk by Dewey’s carnage. The cruiseh Reina Cristina has all of her woodwork burned out, and charred human remains were seen in several places. Trie course of an eight-inch shell is clearly traced by a line of ruin extending from her stern to her waist. The cruiser Castilla was les.; burned, but was terribly wrecked. I'her are plan traces w!r?re six big shells tore her hull to pieces. The warship is now a trass of twisted iron and charred beams. a CvUijlete wrejk, much like mat of th? Maine n Havana harbor. Many of the bodies aboard are badly burned. The Don Antonio de Ulloa did not burn. She sank quickly, riddled to pieces by shells of all sizes. A number of dead hud dled together near the ladder leading to the superstructure shows that the men were killed by shell as they were attempting to lift the treasure chest to the superstruct ure asd save it. The description of hese ships shows the .state of the retaining vessels of the sunk en Spanish squadron. Heaps of bodies near the ladders leading to the engine rooms of the ships show that the engineer force made a rush to escape, but failed. SOUSA ACCEPTS. He Has Been Given the Rank of Chief of the Bands. Washington, July 23. —John Philip Sousa, the famous New York bandmaster, has ac eepted an invitation from Major General J. 11. Wilson to become a member of his staff, with the rank of captain. The un derstanding is that Sousa will take charge of the musical organizations in the army 1 encamped at Chickamauga, and secure uni formity and excellence in the work of the musicians. The offer has been under consideration by Sousa for sometime be ; fore he decided to accept it. Sousa will j probably be appointed to General Wilson’s , staff within a few days. CASTOTIIA. Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought 1 8ien r Notes Taken On the Run. The soldier under arrest for stealing shoes is not Private W. F. Morgan, o£ Comjany. "I,” but Private Morgan, of Company “H.” Private W. F. Morgan has many friends in Macon and the report of the arrest without giving the initials or the company, might cause him some embar rassment. Mrs. Kaikler and son, Edwin, returned home this morning after several weeks’ absence from the city. Drs. W. R. Holmes and Mason, dentists, 556 Mulberry, opposite Hotel Lanier. Try a bottle of Holmes’ Mouth Wash for pre serving teeth, purifying the breath, bleed ing gums, ulcers, sore mouth, sore throat, etc, For sale by all druggists. Centenary church. Rev. Thomas D. Ellis, pastor. Class meeting 9:45 a. m. Preach ing 11 a. m. and 8 p. tn. by the pastor. Sunday school 4:30 p. m. Bible and visit ors classes will be letured to by Captain E. Y. Mallary. All cordially invited. Dr. W. L. Smith, dentist, 353 Second street, over Beeland’s jewelry store, office telephone 452. Concert at Crump’s Park Sunday .after noon. Music Lessons—Plano and violin in struction at reasonable prices. Miss Nellie Reynolds, 252 Washington avenue. Miss Mary Lee Melhaffy, who has been visiting her cousin, Mrs. James Campbell, left for Atlanta yesterday, much to the re gret of her many friends. Dr. Charles Lanier Tooie, dentist. Of fice corner Second and Poplar streets. Tattnall Square Presbyterian Church — Preaching by Dr. Morris at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Chris tian Endeavor Society Wednesday evening at 8 p. m. Seats all free. Miss Mary Roush and Miss May Wilder ■will leave next week for Indian Spring, where they will be the guest of Miss Gladys Parker at the Wigwam. Miss Mary Lizzie Fountain and Miss Ruby 'Monk, two charming young ladies of Butler, are visiting Mrs. Lula Frink. ■Miss Fountain is a recent graduate of But ler Female college. Miss Cora Hall, of Irwinton, spent a few hours with her cousin, Mrs. Lula Frink, as she was passing through en route to Athens. Mr. Jack Fountain, of Butler, is regis tered at the Brown House. Miss Merriam Newman and Miss Helen Thorner leave tonight for Savannai, where they will .pend the summer with friends and relatives. Masters Frank and Price Hertz leave to nigh for Thomasville, where they will spend some time. Rev. W. A. Mumford will preach at the First Baptist church tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock. Mr. J. F. Delacy, of Eastman, a promi nent citizen of that place, is stopping at tae Hotel Lanier. Mrs. L P. Hillyer and two coys sre spending the summer at Porter Springs. Mr. Rhodes Bronson, of Columbus, is a gues of the Hotel Lanier. Mr. C. T. Osburn, of Columbus, is stop ping at the Hotel Lanier. Mis Mary Woodward, a charming young lady of Unadilla, is a guest of the Brown House, Mr. W. G. Hinson, of Hazlehurst, is at the Park Hotel. Mr. Walter Christie and sister, Miss Mat tie Christie, of Dawson, are visiting Miss Gregory on Plum street. Mr. J. C. Haile, of Savannah, general passenger agent of the Central Railroad, is in the city today. He is stopping at the Brown House. Mr. W. A. Baker, a prominent, citizen of Rome, is at the Brown House. Mr. B. K. Hall, of Americus, is register ed at the Park Hotel. Mr. L. F. Coxy, of Arabi, is a attest of the Brown House. Mr. J. T. Hall, of Waynesville, is a guest of the Brown House. Dr. C. C. Bullard, of Opelika. Ala., is registered at the Park Hotel. Mrs. W. C. Davis, of Perry, is at the Brown House. Mr. W. J. Henderson, a prominent citi zen of Davisboro, is at the Brown House. Mr. J. W. Conway, of Atlanta, is stop ping at the Hotel Lanier. The contractors have completed the pav ing of Poplar street. Poplar street is now in spendid shape and the pavement is well laid. Mr. Roger Stratton, of the Macon Volun teers, is in the city on a two days’ leave of absence. He says that the Georgia boys are getting along very nicely and that they are expecting to go to Porto Rico with General Brooke. Miss Louise Rogers has returned after an extended visit through Virginia. Mr. R. M. Brauerfield, of Athens, La., is I a guest of the Park Hotel. The Macon Gas Light and Water Com pany Lave made extraordinary efforts to give tue people of Macon clear ware*, but so far they have been unsuccessful. They however, promise the people clear water today an 1 .-ay that it will remain cleat from no*- on. Father Winkelried, who has been very ill for sometime past, is recovering. It is thought now that he is out of danger and that he will be able to resume his work. During his illness he has been at St. Stan islaus, where he received the best of at tention. The services at First Street church to morrow will be the same as usual. Preach ing by the pastor at 11 a. in. and S p. m. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Epworth League at 7:15 p. m. and class meeting at 4 p. m. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of FOLLOWED HIS BROTHER. Private James Safford Died at San Fran cisco This Morning. San Francisco, July 23. —Frank Helver son, a private of the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers, died at the French hospital to day from pneumonia. James E. Stafford, of Company C, of the First Tennessee, died from the same cause. Stafford is from Gainsborough, Tenn., and is related to Zebe Stafford., the Tennessee private who died here just a week ago. MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 23 189 b HALF CENT fl WORD. Miscellaneous. WANTED —To rent, six room house in good locality. State price and location to S. A. M., Jefftf Davis street. South Macon. FOR SALE—3 small farms, close in, of 25, 50 and 100 acres respectively, at S2O per acre. High and level, fine land for truqk and fruit farming. D. W. Hollingsworth. W. A. GOODYEAR, carriage, ouggy ana wagon ahop. Horae >noeiug, fine paint ing. Repairing of scales a apecialty 453, 455 Poplar street. FOR SALE—The residence on Georgia avenue, recently occupied by Major Curry. A. O. Bacon. OWN YOUR OWN HOME—Only - $l5O. Beautiful residence lot near Mercer University. Will exchange for horses, mules, farm lands, &c. Call quick. William Rodgers, 451 Poplar street. WANTED—To rent, six room house in good locality. State price and location to S. A. M„ 329 Jeff Davis street, South Macon. •LOST—A liberal reward for an order book for Whin, Johnson Company. Return to the undersigned or to R. G. Hyman, corner Cotton avenue and Cnerry street. iR. L. Hyman. FOR RENT —Two comfortably furnished rooms, one fronting Mulberry street. Apply 757 Mulberry street. G*ET our prices on iron or steel fence. The latest and most up-to-date patterns. A postal card will get our illustrated catalogue.. Central City Marble and Granite Works. FOR RENT —Three large rooms with bath room and pantry. Good location and will rent cheap. 'Apply J. H., care News. IF in need of a horse of any kind call and 6<*e our horses and get prices. We can save you money. Hicks, Warfield & _ Minton. Phone 346. 1 WILL give music lessons for one year free to the first two girls who will get me six music pupils each. A grad uate with honor and medal from the most conservatory south. Charges rea sonable. Address or come to 229 Tatt nall street, Macon. FOR SALE—One car load of well broke horses, which are several fam ily horses and ponies for the boys. Prices to suit the times. Hicks,•War field & Minton. NOW is the time to have your iace cur tains laundered. Mrs. Ryder, near Crump’s park, does the very best work. All curtains laundered at only 25 cents per window. WANTED —'For a family of four, board with a private family, or three fur nished rooms close in, suitable for light housekeeping. Address A. 464 Plum street. Hurtfah for Dewey. Have his or any other picture you want framed or enlarged first class, but mighty cheap. Do you want a beautiful hall, dining room or parlor picture? I have ’em. Also breast, scarf or hair pins, rings, cuff and col lar buttons. If so remember Migrath’s, 558 Mulberry street, opposite Hotel Lanier. AGENTS WANTED —For war in Cuba by Senor Quesada, Cuban representative at Washington. Endorsed by Cuban patriots In tremendous demand, A bonanza for agents. Only $1.50. Big book ,big commissions. Everybody wants the oniy endorsed, reliable book. Outfits sent free. Credit given. Freight paid. Drop all rtash and make S3OO a month with War in Cuba. Address today, THE NATIONAL BOOK CON CERN, 352-35 S Dearbora ChD eag*. ITI. Ladies’ Low Shoes. All Kinds and Conditions, at Prices that Lay Over all Competition. E. B. HARRIS & CO THE SHOE BROKERS. In order to reduce our stock of specta cles and Eyeglasses we will, for a short time, sell all $2.50 Spectacles _and Eye glasses for $1; all $3.50 Spectacles and Eyeglasses for $1.75. We guarantee them to be the best quality, and if not satisfac tory will return the money. H. J. Lamar & Son Cherry Street, Macon, Ga. XJ six x'x six s«x six 1/ /i 'b 'i' 'b 'b 'b K“ NEXT *W EEK! Will be Our Last at THE EIRE SALE Rochester Shoe Stock. We are told that the store has been rented for a clothing store and we must make room for the contractors to repair the build ing, beginning August ist. This Leaves Just One Week to Close Out One-third of this stock amounting to $7,500. To do this we have got to hustle, and the people must hustle too. To induce them to help us in this gigantic sale we offer ANY GENT’S SHOE IN THE HOUSE, $2.50 This includes every $6.00 patent calf or $5.00 Vici kid Gent’s Shoe, in fact any Shoe in the house. Now think of this, will you ever have this chance again? Probably not. Up to date elegant Shoes at less than half price. Think of it: Any Lady’s Shoe including all of Edwin C. Burt's $5.00, $4.00 and $3.00 ones; Eddy & Webster's 53.00 ones; Drew, Selby & Co's $2.30 ones— Your Choice for $1.75 Nearly three pair for the price of one. Several families have bought from $25 to $75 worth from this sale, because it was a good investment any way you can figure it. Shoes are a necessity and you better buy in a supply now. Bans’ Vici Kid and Gall, Some Hand-sewed Shoes, Worth 52.00 to $3.00, for SI.OO. Misses’ Shoes at same prices for the very finest of goods. Child ren’s and Infants’ Shoes at your own price. Bargain counters laden with attractive inducements of goods that were slightly wet. COME NEXT WEEK FOR IT WILL BE YOUR LAST CHANCE E B. HARRIS, Purchaser ROCHESTER SHOE COMPY’S STOCK 519 Cherry Street, Macon, Ga __\J _V_ 'b 'b 1/ Xl xp X|X /x XjS X,S •<-