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ESTABLISHED 1884
ARMISTICE MH BE
GRANTED BY PRESIDENT
Provided Spain Gives Assurance that It Will Be Followed by a
Treaty of Peace On Certain Well Defined
Lines Laid Down,
THEIR ANSWER
Will Be Given to Ambassador
Gambon by the President
Tomorrow.
LONDON WILL SATISFIED.
And All Europe Rejoices Over tLie
Idea that Peace Can Be Brought
About In Near Future.
Washington, July 2" By tomorrow our
govt rumeni will have dt'ti rinin <1 and
eoniinuni.-.ifed to th< French .ambassador
ju> t what form the steps leading towards
peace shall take.
It is likely that If tile Spanish govern
ment is really in earm st in its desire for
peace our govirnment will consent to an
arinlstjee as preliminary, Bui it can be
staled ixisitlvejy that the president is de
termined to 10-e no ground through Span
ish diplomacy.
The a.rmirtlee, if granted, will be condi
tioned upon the most binding pledges that
it Is to be followe by a treaty of peace.
Moreover, the preliminary agreement that
provides for the armistice must constitute
in Itself an undertaking on the part of
Spain to submit to certain broad conditions
imposed by the United States as a basis of
peace. w .
.Military operations are to go steadily
so. ....... o ... M .nt 1 lined Utaiea ... <
<<>ne<rned until negotiations have ad
vanced much further than at present. They
are subject to Interruption at any moment
by an armistice but It must lie said that
it is secret ly expected to lie immediately
realized when the Spanish government
learns of the extent of the dem mds to I ■
made by the United States.
The 1 ffeet will In l to induce a reflex
movement which In turn will result in thf
continuation of active hostilities for a
time This time is expected, however, to
be brief only perhaps so long as Is neces J
wary for Mlles to completely' invest San
Juan. That stroke it is thought, will
bring the Spanish government to a reali
zation of its sense of the hopelessness of
further resistance if it lias not before that
time yielded to the earnest representations
of those European powers that hav* b< X
so prsistent in the efforts to secure peace.
Military experts Blow two week a th<l
maximum period of time necessary for
Alii. io secure this commanding position
mid therefore it is hoped that within that
space of time the Spanish government will
have been brought not exactly- to approval
treaty' peace, but to the application for the
armistice that in as conditions will
amount to a concession of those things
most di sired by tile United States govern
ment.
TO DECEIVE HER PEOPLE.
Spain’s Denials of Peace Negotiations Are
for Home Consumption.
London. July 27 -The equivocal denial
from Madrid recently when inquiries were
made on the subject of the reported ne
gotiations was seemingly given out at the
Spanish eapitol prior to Spain’s formal ap
plication at Washington for peace.
Many similar communications, intended
for home consumption, may he expected
during the negotiations, hut the only pur
pose of uch denials is u> allay Castilian
susceptibilities and they will not affect the
real point at issue.
The liveliest satisfaction is expressed in
all quartets and in the newspapers
throughout Europe at the fact that Spain
had at last done the right thing for the
first time during the war and peace is
looked upon as being within measurable
distance.
It is t iken for granted that the opening
of negotiations implies the cessation has
tlliti.s and it is believed here that the
United States was at first unofficially ap
proached and gave the general idea of the
conditions she would insist on before
< ambon presented his note and the formal
negotiations will consist chiefly of the
formulation of the terms already prac
tically settled.
PRIVATE PROCEEDING,
Spain Demes All Official Knowledge of Ne
gotiations.
Madrid. July 27. —The government denies
that it has be. n occupied with the question
of *< tee.
I’ ctnier S.v.rasn contradicts the state
ment that nffi ■;.<! negotiations ate m
progn < hut th<* foreisrn oftVe announce
that the negotiations are due to private
initiative proceedings.
IN THE NAMF OF SPAIN.
French Official Now Pays that Ambassador
Camhon Acted.
Par July 27.—The following of fie:. I
note w :s i ■ .u< d here today:
"At request of the Spanish govern
ment th Fren.-b ambassador at Was
ington has b < n auiaorizeal by the Fr-neh
govern’.’;, r.t to present a note from the
cabme' a' Madrid to the president of th-
United
"It i« in ti name of Spain 'hat Cimb
don. who is .-.ha dto -.vat ■?. Spanish in
ter. sts ;n th. United States, made <o"-
muni .: . „n to Pr. .-id. nt McKinley at the
M hit- House y< sti rda.v in th, presence of
Seen :at y Bay."
EMBASSIES NOTIFIED
By Government of France that Spain Has
Asked for Peace.
Palis, July 27.—The government of
France has notified all the French eru
ba.ssi.-s of the fact that Spain has made
proposals through M. Cambion, the French
ambassador at 'Washington, for peace with
the United States.
"VERY DESIRABLE’'
Is Peace, Says Davis, if It Can Be Secured
Without Great Concessions.
St Paul, July 27.—“ Peace is very d<-Hir
able if it can be obtained without too
great a concession on our part,” says
Senator Davis, chairman of the committee
on foreign relations m the senate.
"The foreign relations committee have
nothing to do with the peace treaty until
1 it ha.i b< >‘ii acted on by the pr-.sident and
’ <-.ibii'<t. The treaty will then be sub-
I initte 1 to congress and the senate may by
I a two thirds vote ratify it.”
PRICES GO UP.
Madrid, Noon, July 27.—The big rise in
1 price stoday on the bourse today is looked
upon as denoting great confidence that
i peace between Spain and the United States
i will be concluded.”
CARNIVAL SUBSCRIPTION
Will Be Discussed this Afternoon by Mayor
and Finance Committee.
The mayor and finance committee of the
city council will meet litis afternoon to
discuss the petition of the carnival com
mittee asking for an appropriation of
i SI,OOO.
i Tlie matter wan referred Io the finance
I commil tee by the council last week, but
the committee wishes to have the assis
anee of the major.
While nothing is known as to what
I will be done it is highly probable that the
amount asked for will be appropriated, a.s
- v ral of the members of the finance
committee are known to be in favor of an
appropi iation.
LILTLE DAMAGE
Was Done, But Fire Department Had a Run
this Morning.
A fire alarm was turned in tills morn
ing at eleven o’clock and carried the fire
department to Knobloch’s bakery on Cot
ton avenue.
Volumes of smoke were seen issuing
from the doors and windows when the tire
Ui p uiuivlll arrived and it was thought
that a big fire had broken out. But the
department quickly extinguished the
Hames and not much damage was done.
U is not known how the fire originated.
Tlie loss will probably- amount to about
*7,0.
HUMANITY
ACTUATED THEM.
Official Statement from Prince
Henrv, of Prussia, on
glrene Incident.
Berlin. July 27. —A dispatch from Shan
hai says the official statement from Prince
Henry of Prussia, with regard to tin Irene
incident at Subig Bay, Philippine Islands,
has been published in the Ostastitisehe. It
says the Irene went to Subig Bay 10 take
oil sone' Spanish women and children who
were in distress. The Isla Grande, a Ger
man warships, happened to meet a steamer
belonging to the insurgents, which left
without any d’.fl'.ulty arising. On return
ing the Irene was met outside of Manila
by two United States ships, which did not
speak her.
In conclusion the statement sets forth
| that the removal of the women and ehil-
I dren was “effected from motives of hu
| inanity and with a strict observance of the
I rules of neutrality.”
NITROGLYCERINE,
Double Explosion at Hercules
Powder Companv Works
Kills Five Men.
Point Gala, July 27. —Early thie morning
an explosion took place in the nitroglycer
ine house of the Hercules Powder Compa-
I ny. No one was in the building at the time
and later a erew was sent to clear aw ly
' the debris and extinguish the flames and a
1 second explosion took place, killing five
; men and injuring many others.
BISMARCK.
His Illness is Again Cause of
Uneasiness in His
Family.
Hamburg, July 27 —The health of Bis
w’.ark is again causing his friends un
easiness Counts Herbert and William Bis
marks with their wives are now at
Frederieksruh.
LIGHTNING STROKE
Killed Mary Green as She
Sat in Her House Yester
day Evening.
Mary Green. a negro woman, was killed
, by lightning at her home near the colored
Blind Academy shortly before 7 o'clock
! list night.
The woman was in the house w’-r -a
struck. The house and furniture was
considerably damaged. The chimney'
i being completely demolished.
The house was rhe property of Mr. Ellis
Talbott,
COTTON FUTURES.
New York. July 27 —Futures opened
1 steady. August SO. September 83, October
87. November 89, December 94. January 97,
February 6, March 603, April 607, May 612.
0 Io *
THE MACON NEWS.
LITTLE MONEY
TO DO BUSINESS
Shafter Says that Customs
Have Been Honestlv Ad
ministered at Santiago.
DYING Os STARVATION.
Many of the People Still Suffering
from Effects—He Contradicts the
Press Reports Sent Out.
Washington, July 27.—The War depart
ment today made public the following from
Gen. Shatter in response to a jiletry by the
department as to the ships being turned
away from Santiago.
Aujutant General, 'Washington.—Press
reports are not true, I only know of taree
ships having arrived, one from Kingston
and '.he o'her two from the United States.
The Bratton has sold her cargo. The other
ship, from New Orleans, sold only a part
of it, and tills me they are going away to
night. 1 think they will sell before they
leave.
"The trouble is they did not expect to
have to pay duty and arrived here with
out money. The Spanish customs, as ap
plied io a Spanish subject have only been
collected and our charge is 20 cents ner
ton, ordered by the secretary. I discovered
this morning an attempt on the part of the
municipal authorities to collect a local tax
of 40 cents for one hundred, kilos in this
instanc* amounting to $25,000. 1 had al
ready settled the matter by ordering it
non-colleetible.
“The fact is th are is no money here to do
business with and the merchants here are
very timid about making parchases, fear
ing the affect of the Red who are
really feeding the town.
“A New Orleans man, for instance,
brought cattle which sold for eighty-five
dollars a head,, the person buying kills one
day. selling the meat at 75 cents a pound.
Ofgeourse few people can buy.
“The first week we were here the peo
ple were starving to death and I think a
few are now suffering from the effects of
starvation. I am positive, however, s hat
the customs have been honestly adminis
tered.
“(Signed.) Shafte-, Maj. Gen.”
EDDIE AND J’MMY
Will Race for a Big Purse Next Saturday
Week.
Philadelphia. July 27. —Eddie McDuffie,
Os Boston, and Jimmie Michael, will race
twnety-five miles for a purse of $2,500, the
winner to take all, at Willow Grove on
Saturday, August 6. All the great pacing
teams in the country will act as pace mak
ers.
MRS. BARBARY NAMED
A Member of the Library Commission for the
State.
Governor Atkinson yesterday appointed
five members of the library commission
authorized by an act of the last legislature.
Under this act the members are to be
apointed for three years, but they draw no
pay and are not allowed anything even for
traveling expensese.
The members are: Miss Annie Wallace,
Atlanta; Mrs. Nora L. Barbrey, Macon;
Mrs. Eugene Heard of Elberton; Mr. Alex
C. King and Mr. H. C. Peeples, Atlanta.
The business of the commission is to give
advice and council to all libraries in the
state and to all communities which may
propose to establish them as to the best
methods of doing so, the selection of books,
cataloguing and other details of library
management. The commission shall make
biennal reports to the governor.
HAVE ORDERED
BANDAGES.
The Football Team Will Com
mence Its Practice Next
Month.
The Macon football team under the man
agement of Holt Virgin will begin practice
next month. The football armor, consist
ing of suits, shin guards, nose guards,
head harness, adhesive plaster and band
ages was ordered today.
The team is composed of the best lot of
players ever gotten together in the city
and it will make other teams hustle in
order to beat them. The first game of the
season will be played in Macon on October
11 for the benefit of the Carnival.
The game will be against Columbus. The
Athens team will make its first apearance
in football in Macon on October 30th. This
game will probably be the best of the sea
son as the Athens boys know football and
have been .playing for years. Mr. Gordon
Saussy. Cornell '96. will nrobably coach
the Macon team and when the two teams
meet it will be a battle royal.
The <Macon team will probably average
180 pounds, which would maute it one of
the heaviest teams in the South.
A captain has not yet been selected but
will be chosen in the next few days. As
soon as the suits arrive the boys will go
in light training and will do some prac
ticing at night so as to be in good shape
when the regular practice season comes.
The Macon people are going to support
the football team this year and the man
ager. Mr. Holt Virgin, promises them
nice games. Auburn will probably come
and a game with the Techs is almost a
certainty.
The Macon team will play clean, hard
football and nothing else and will allow
no opposing team to do otherwise.
The change in last year's rules makes
the game a prettier one and less danger
ous. Ten yards are now required to be
made in three downs and only five men
can play back of the line.
The changes will tend to open the game
and more kicking and end running will be
done.
REFUSE BUSINESS
Over the Cables to AH Points Except San
Juan.
New York. July 27. —The Central Cable
office of the Western Union Telegraph
Company has been advised by the West
Indian and Panama Telegraph Company,
(owners of the cables to Porto Rieo,) to
decline to accept business for all stations
at Porto Rieo except San Juan.
<1 n’t do it
don't buy straw hats until you see the
bargains here. phillips.
MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY JULY 27 1898.
CUBANS FAILED
ID REINFORCE
Consequence Was Wanderer’s
Expedition Was Driven
Back by Spanish.
SIX MEN WOUNDED
In an Effort to Land at a Point Some
Distance West of Havana.
Taken by Surprise,
Key West, July 27. —News reached here
today of the attempeted landing on the Cu
ban shore of a large expedition of men and
arms by the steamer Wanderer, which left
Key W< st a week ago. Banes, west of Ha
vana, was the point selected for debarka
tion, but on arriving there the expedition
was confronted by a body of cavalry num
bering a thousand or more and a sharp
engagement ensued.
The Wanderer was to have net r. mtl by
a party of Cubans, who had evidently been
disposed of by the Spanish forces before
the arrival of the steamer.
T .* V ai dered had a por km of her sup
plies landed when a sudden attack was
made by the cavalry.
The sharpshooters returned te fire and
enabled the Wanderer’s boat to get off, but
not until six of the men were slightly
wounded.
WILL LIGHT UP.
Spain Has Decided to Let Light Shine in
Balearlic.
Madrid, July 27 —The Spanish author
ities have decided to reilluminate the light
houses in the Baleriac islands which were
ordered extinguished shortly after the out
break of the war.
AGREE WITH SAMPSON.
Reports of Commanders of Other Vessels Do
Not Differ from His.
Washington, July 27 —The reports of
Captain Chadwick, of the New York, Cap
tain Taylor, of the Indiana, Captain Phil
lip, of the Texas, and Lieutenant Com
mander Wainwright, of the Gloucester, on
the destruction of Cervera’s fleet which
are included in Sampson’s report, were
made public today. They do not differ in
any particular from the reports of Ad
miral Sampson and Commodore Schley
and all go to show the remarkable gun
nery, coolness and enthusiasm of every
man in the fleet
CLEARWATER -
OR NO PAY.
Action Taken at the Meeting
of Citv Council Last
Night.
Council met last night and after the
minutes of the last session were read and
adopted and some minor petitions were
read the finance committee reported ad
versely on the petition of Ida Davis, a
negro, who wanted a reimbursement of $9
for clothes stolen from her house while
she was confined in the city pest house.
Aiderman Pearson moved that the peti
tion of the Carnival committee be referred
to the mayor and finance committee and
that they be allowed to act. The motion
was adopted.
The city engineer reported to the coun
cil that the Metropolitan street railway
was using old rails in putting down the
track on Cherry street and that when the
pavement of the street was finished, the
track would cause the street to be undu
lated. The report was referred to the
committee on streets, who were instructed
to report on the matter at the next meet
ing.
A resolution was introduced and carried
that unless the Macon Gas Light and
Water Company furnished the city with
clear water by August 10 the council
would pay no more bills for water.
Council passed a resolution extending
thanks to General Manager Wright, of the
Macon and Dublin railroad. Colonel Dan
Hughes, Messrs. Stubbs and Wimberly for
the kindness shown the council on Mon
day.
A communication was read from Sexton
Hall, of Rose Hill cemetery inviting the
mayor and council to visit the cemetery
this afternoon to inspect the improvements
made at the cemetery since he has been
sexton. It wis decided that council would
attend in a body.
The pavement matter did not come up
at this meeting and the council adjourned.
chum ort hie
cool night robes at reduced prices,
clem phillips.
MACON BRICK
To Be Used on the Tifton Court House—the
Other Is Unsatisfactory,
Tifton. Ga., Juy 27. —The contractors,
Messrs. Hugger & Wineton, of Greenville,
Ala., are having some trouble w'ith Ber
rien county’s new $16,000 court house.
Before beginning work Mr. Hugger, the
senior member of the firm came here and
looked over the land. Nashville, the coun
ty seat, where the court house is to be
built, is thirteen miles from the railroad,
and as the court house is to be brick, the
hauling was the most important it?m in
considering the expenses.
Mr. Hugger decided that ne clay around
Nashviile would make good brick. '.nJ a
lot of briek making machinery was sh pped
to Nashville and several thousand btick
were made and burned before work be
gan.
The walls had been finished six feet
high when the county comm ssioner- in
spected the work and objectel to the qual
ity of brick that were being used. The
arenitects, Chamberlain & Co., of Ten
nessee, who sold the plans and prom fed
to supervise the work, were s.nt f r and
they pronounced the brick unfit for 011-
side work.
The walls will be torn Ji*n and briek
w L be shiped from Maeon tor the na side
wall, while those made in Nashville will
be used in filling
$1.75 for any lady’s, 2.50
for an\- gent’s 4.00/5.-00 or
6.00 shoe in the house. Last
week Fire Sale Rochester
Stock.
PROSPECT FOR
FALLJPENING
Os Business in this Citv Is
Exceedingly Good and
Merchants
ALREADY FEEL IMPROVEMENT
The Large Amount of . Money Put
in Circulation by the Fruit Busi
ness Is a Great Help,
Macon is beginning to feel the effect of
the immense amount of money that has
been put in circulation as the result of the
big peach crop and business is getting bet
ter every day.
The outlook is that the fall business in
Macon will be better than it has been for
many years.
There is some inquiry for city real es
tate and the dealers say that it is wonder
ful what an impetus has been given to the
inquiry for farm and fruit lands as a re
sult of the big crop.
Several good buildings are under con
sideration in the city and more of the emp
ty stores will be occupied than the people
have any idea of.
The banks report that their collections
are good, and farmers coming into the city
from the country say that the outlook is
excellent for the cotton crop and for corn.
The first bale of cotton may be expected
here from this district proper within the
next two or three weeks, though a bale of
cotton from further south may get here
any time next week. In a general wily it
may be truthfully said that Macon is in
better spirits than she has been at this
time of the year for the last six years.
WORK IN EARNEST
BY THE CHAMBER.
It Looks as if the Macon Wa
ter Rates Must Come
Down.
The water and gas rates paid by the
people of the city of Macon have been
taken up in earnest by the Chamber of
Commerce and it looks as if the result of
the deliberations of a committee appointed
by that body to confer with the Macon
Gas Light and Water Company and to act
in conjunction with a committee from the
city council might be to bring a change in
the*:: rates.
it is evident from the report of the oom
mittee -that the rate on water paid in Ma
con is higher than is paid in any other city
in the country. But this does not apply to
the rates outside of those charged on the
meter. At least this is the claim made by
the company, who say that while the me
ter rates are high, the rates charged on
water by the opening are fair and just.
The committee was appointed at the last
meeing of the city council and will act
with the other committee as soon as an ar
rangement can be made for a conference
with the Water Company. At present this
company is having a hard time. They
found it very difficult to get- the new
pumping station into working order, -and
the water is still muddy.
The people have been slow in paying up
their water bills in advance and a large
reduction on all tho bills paid has been
made by the company, in some eases going
as high as 30 per cent.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Captain of First Tennessee Wounded by a
Lieutenant.
San Francisco, July 27—Just after the
close of target practice by the First Ten
nessee regiment, the pistol of Lieutenant
Law, of company “C,” was accidentally
discharged, the bullet passing through the
calf of Captain Reed’s- right leg. He will
be laid rip for several days.
appeaUfor
THE WOUNDED.
Mrs. R. E. Park Asks Help
for the Men at Mc-
Pherson.
Mrs. R. E. Park, the vice president of the
Army and Navy League of this state, has
made an appeal to the people in behalf of
the sick soldiers now at McPherson bar
racks and hospital.
In this appeal she says that she recogni
zes the claim of the soldiers at Camp
Price, but she says that the men who
been at the front and have been wounded
in defense of their country’s flag and hon
or, have the first call.
Mrs. Parks is at present visitng in Atlan
ta, but as soon as she returns the work of
the Army and Navy League in this district
will be pushed with the greatest vigor.
Several entertainments are on the tapis
for the Relief Association here, but this
organization has nothing to do with the
state league, though all of the ladies in
the former are heartily in favor of the
organization of which Mrs. Park is the
head in this district and will end their aid
to any undertaking looking to the increase
of the treasury fund.
Following is Mrs. Park's app. al to the
Macon public:
There is an urgent need for old and new
sheets, pillow cases, towels and old ana
new underclothing suitable for the sick,
for jellies, and similar delicacies, both at
Fort McPherson, where six hundred men
are already in the hospital and accessions
expected daily, and also at Tampa, where
the sick list is increasing with fearful ra
pidity.
Will not the Macon public, without de
priving the Macon soldiers of any needed
aid. assist in this emerg:ncy? All contribu
tions in these neeesasry articles, or money
to purchase them, should be sent without
delay to Miss Sallie Boone, 71& Second
street, Macon, Ga. Miss Boone will for
ward all contributions to Mrs. W. Y. At
kinson, president Army and Navy League,
Executive Mansion, Atlanta, Ga., who will,
through her committee, place them where
most useful. May there be a quick an I
generous response to a pressing need.
Mrs. R. E. Park.
Vice President Army and Navy League,
For Sixth Congressional District.
Each local auxilliary is requested to send
a list of contributions of every kind to
Miss Sallie Boone, Secretary Army and
Navy League, Macon, Ga.
STRATON WON
GOLD^ MEDAL
And the Oratorical Champion
ship of the South in Con
test at Monteagle.
MERCER IS PROUD OF HIM.
He Took the Prize Away from Eight
of the Great Universities of
the South,
Mercer University and Georgia repre
sented in the person of Mr. John Roach
Straton, have won the oratorical cham
pionship for the South and gold medal at
the great contest which took place at
Monteagle, Tennessee.
This is the first time that Georgia has
competed and the fact that she has car
ried off the honors will be a source of
great satisfaction and pride to the <_% lege
men of tin .-tare and to the people gen
erally.
Mercer University has especial cause to
be proud as it was one of her men who
carried off the honor.
Mr. Straton was selected to represent
Mercer in this contest some time ago and
the Mercer students and the friends of the
college generally have had great confidence
in him. In the inter-collegiate- contests
in Atlanta he has won for the last two
years, but everyone realized that it the
contest before him at Monteagle he had
tremendous odds to work against.
Eight of the universities of the South
were entered in the contest. For the last
few years Vanderbilt University has car
ried off the championship, in fact it has
been almost conceded that Vanderbilt had
a cinch on the medal and the entry of
Mercer was not looked upon with any ap
prehension by the supporters of the Ten
nessee college.
Vanderbilt was booked for a “win” this
time and as a matter of fact the brief tel
egrams received here today say. that she
did make a noble struggle for it, but the
wonderful oratory of the Georgia boy car
ries everything before it and he won.
Mr. Straton’s subject for the contest
was: “The Breaking up of the Solid South,
the Salvation of the South.”
While the details of the contest ar*e not
yet at hand those who have heard Mr.
Straton can readily imagine how ably he
handled his subject and the fact that he
won over eight other contestants is full
assurance that his speech must have been
a magnificent effort.
Mercer was the only Georgia college rep
resented in the contest, but, as Mr.
had already carried off the honors\from
all Georgians, it would have been useless
to put any other representative in.
In fact this is the first time that a
Georgia college has competed in this great
event among the colleges of the South and
the friends of Mercer and the people of
Macon have good cause for congratula
tions.
Mr. Straton will receive a very hearty
welcome on his return to Georgia and to
Macon.
NEW FEATURES
FOR CARNIVAL.
lhe Mystic Parade Will Be
the Biggest Thing Ever
Seen in Georgia.
Not a day passes now without something
being done for the big Macon Carnival and
Diamond Jubilee to be held in October.
Among the other features which have
already been mentioned the Mystic 'Parade
is receiving a great amount of attention
from the committee in charge and some
changes have been made in the plans that
will add greatly to the attractiveness of
the parade.
Mr. G. C. Matthews is the chairman of
this committee and he is devoting a consid
erable amount of enegy and ingenuity to
the development of a feature that is sure
k> create a sensation when the time comeis.
The drawings for the floats have been re
ceived and are exceeding attractive. The
making of these floats will, in all probabil
ity be placed in the hands of an expe
rienced contractor who has visited the city
and who fully understands all about the
mechanical devices that are now a regular
part of such parades.
The floral committee has- already com
menced on its work and have received as
surances of great help from the ladies and
it is probable that a large number of out
side towns will be represented in this pa
rade.
The carnival ball will be the biggest
thing of the kind ever seen in this state,
and it is proposed to make it something
that will be a distinct feature of the car
nival celebration.
NARROW ESCAPE
•
Os Two Young Men in a Runaway at Indian
Springs.
A runaway occurred yesterday at Indian
Spring which came near resulting in a
serious accident to a party of young Macon
people, who were out driving.
The horses became frightened while go
ing down a hill, and started on a run. The
driver became very much excited and
diopped the reins. The trap in which they
were riding struck a large rock and turned
over but fortunately no one was hurt. Two
of the young men, Mr. Henry Lamar, Jr.,
and Mr. Nat Parker, were slightly bruised.
The young ladies escaped without injury.
ON UP TRIP. }
City of Macon Lett Brunswick Yesterday
With Good Cargo.
The steamer City of Macon left Bruns
wick for the up trip yesterday afternoon
and will be here next week.
A river man says that there is no fear
now of low water or such water as will
prevent the trips of the boat regularly for
the rest of the year.
The boat on this trip carries the biggest
cargo she has ever brought up the river,
and from now on her trade will be brisk.
The committee having the matter in
charge will commence the work of com
pleting arrangements for the building of
another boat without delay and it is hoped
that by the time the fall business opens
Macon will have two boats on the river.
$1.75 for any lady’s, 2.50
for any gent’s 4 00, 5.00 or
6.00 shoe in the house. Last
week Fire Sale Rochester
Stock.
STYLISH TROUSERS.
Just now is the time that most every oue needs
an extra pair of Trousers. Don’t be foolish and
pay high prices for Trousers when you can buy
them much cheaper from us. We can fit the large,
small «r tall man iu these Trousers, consisting of
stripes, plaids, pinchecks aud all the latest weaves.
Glance at these prices aud you’ll be convinced :
Swell $2.50 Trousers now for $ 1 67
Swell 3.00 Trousers now for 2.00
Swell 3.50 Trousers now for 234
Swell 4.00 Trousers now for 2.67
Swell 5.00 Trousers now for 3.34
Swell 6.00 Trousers now for 400
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Your Watch
Needs Cleaning !
That’s what’s the matter with it. It can’t keep good
time while full of dust. Bring it here and we’ll fix
it so it will run right, for only $2.00, with one year
guarantee.
BEELfIND, Th B lock .
Crump’s Park Bulletin
Tonight—Chick & Peters—lnternatlonai Stars
NOTICE.
Our Store will be closed today
and tomorrow.
Stock-taking.
Go to
MACON., G A»
. . . while we are closed.
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money on Hana.
Loans oc real estate. Basy monthly pay
ments.
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitabla Building and Loan Association,
Maoon. Oa.. 44H Third Street.
PRICE THREE CENTS