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MIL SAIL
■W.
Third Regiment Delayed io De
parture-Awaiting Arrival of
Transports at Savannah.
OFF TOMORROW
From Macon, but the Exact
Hour Has Not Yet Been
Fixed.
NO GREAT ENTHUSIASM
At the Prospect of ißeing Sent to
Santiago, But No Evidence of
a Desire to Shirk Any Duty.
A <li»pat<h from Savannah, received to
day, f-.iw that th.’ Third regiment of
I nit.d States volunteers from Macon and
the Third and Fifth from ColunUbus, Miss,,
will embark at Savannah on the troopships
iiiio Grande. lama and .M i tines Waske which
left New York yesterday and are expected
to arrive at Savannah tomorrow.
The Third regiment of Immunes, Col.
I’ II Hay commanding received orders
yesterday afternoon to proceed at once to
Savannah, where they will take a trans
port for Santiago.
The order was received at 2 o’clock and
was contained in a (brief telegram. It was
supposed at first that the railroads had
received corresponding orders and that
the regiment would move out within a few
hours.*
Later, however, additional orders were
received that indicated that the trains
would not toe ready for the soldiers before
Saturday and it is now on the program for
them to take the trains for Savannah
some time on Saturday. It will 'probably
toe about noon before the troops board the
train- and they will go aboard the trans
port at that plaee on Sunday morning.
tin the rneiipt of the orders the tents
•«r;\ -dl ruck and later in the afternoon
the sin;< ; .- .’icltcr tent..- were erected.
Vltogi.tiir the imii are phased with the
orders thought th< feeling of enthusiasm
exhibited when the regiment was first di
rect, d to hold itself in readiness were re
ceived has passed away.
The reports from Santiago have cast a
damper on the spirits of the men and the
feeling now existing is a stern and un
flinching determination to do their duty.
The tents were down and packed in
■about an hour’s time and the men pro
s'. <ded to have their knapsacks, haver
sacks and canteens marked with the com
pany letter. Hat ornaments, consisting of
two iguus crossed, with the number of the
regiment and the letter of the company
wa served out to the men to be placed on
their hats.
The News was the first paper to give in
formation about the regiment breaking
catnip and as a result fully five thousand
people were down yesterday watching the
men at work. Sisters, sweethearts and
■wives were down to bid their soldier lad
dies good bye and many pretty girls were
seen weeping yesterday afternoon.
Few of the men had any time to talk
to the ladies, as they were kept busy pack
ing up.
Some of the .privates sang lively melo
dies while packing up "Hot Time in the
Old Town" being the favorite but others
■who were not feeling, so gay were singing
songs which caused many tears to How.
Company M’s famous quartet sang t»p until
ii late hour last night.
The canteen proprietors will accompany
the regiment when it leaves and wherever
the regiment Is .■amped the canteen will
toe opened up and beer will continue to be
nerved. The officers will take their things
which now adorn the mess hall and say
that they are going to be as well fixed
down th re as here One of the lieutenants
id v. sierday that it would not he out of
place to carry an Ice factory along.
After the large tents had been taken
down the dog tents were pitched so as to
give the men some place to sleep last
alight. The camp had an awkward ap
pearance after the large tents had been
taken down. The officers' tents were al
lowed to remain standing, and will be up
until the last moment.
One of the Immunes was bemourning
his fate loudly yesterday. He said that
he was not afraid of the whole Spanish
army but that he would be sure to die
with yellow fever. He said that he did
not know that he would have to face yel
low fever when he joined the army.
Very few of the regiment are really im
munes and It Is said that the whisky
drinkers will take the fever more readily
Than tetotallers.
The officers had intended to give a ball
(tonight, but It was necessary to call it off.
The ball was to be a grand affair—given
especially for the lady friends of the of
ficers.
The sick men In the hospital will be car
ried on wth the regiment. The men are
not very sick and It Is thought that noth
ing serious will result from it.
Just at this time a review of the work
don. by Colonel Ray in getting this regi
ment into its present shape is interesting
an example of how quickly this country
has thrown an army »f raw recruits to
gether and made soldiers out of undrilled
men in a short time
'Military men of the older coifntries of
the world accustomed to the systems pre
vailing where there are large standing
armies could hardly credit the transform
ation that has taken place tn this one
regiment.
Two months ago the first work of mus
tering the regiment commenced. The re
cruiting officers booked for commissions
on condition that they raise a certain
numtotr of men went out into the bvways
and gathered in as rough a looking set as
it would be pos«lble to imagine. The work
of mustering continued for over thirty
days and at the end of the time Colonel
Ray had under his command a mob—
nothing more.
The drill sergeant of an English regw
mental depot would have looked at the
material before him and while he would
never have said that he could not make
soldiers out of them he woald have told
you that he could not turn them out as
fit to be seen on the streets In company
formation let alone on regimental drill
under three months and yet here they
are a good looking regiment of fine look
ing men. not finished of course or likely
to be finished under a year or two of hard
•work but soldiers Just the same and a
disciplined body understanding their duty
and their position and putting up a good
article of regimental drill every afternoon.
The most remarkable part of it all is
that it may be said that with few excep
tions officers and non-commissioned of
ficers were as raw as the men. Conse
quently the work had to be done through
out in every company from the captains
jjown and in every battalion from the
majors.
The old soldier who has seen none of
thia emergency work, but la accustomed
to the routine drilling of small squads of
recraita In a hundred of two depots all the
year round until they are fit to join their
companies aa soldiers and then with the
companies until they are fit to turn out
with the regiment will hardly credit the
fact that here exists. A whole regiment
recruited and drilled ready for service
within sixty days from the time the first
recruit was taken from the plow bandies
and mustered in.
But here it is. The Third regiment will
march out of Macon a fine serviceable
body of good fightimg men of whom any
colonel can be proud'and who will, If kept
together for two years, stand the equal of
any regiment of regulars in the service.
Colonel Ray and his officers were not
given the advantage of the pick of the
volunteer companies of the state, they
took them from the plough, from the bench
and from the streets, the alleys and the
•hedgerows and out of the rawest of raw
material, they hammered a regiment of
soldiers.
■Macon will miss the Third regiment
when it leaves. The soldiers have been
very much in evidence during their stay
here and have behaved themselves won
derfully well, in fact better than regular
soldiers would have done under like con
ditions.
It ia said today that the regiment Is to
be paid off before it leaves. If this is so
there will be lively times in the old town
tonight and tomorrow, but Colonel Ray is
in no way inclined to grant any license to
the men of his command, even on the eve
of their departure for Santiago.
Notes Taken
On the Run.
The house of Hattie Wilson, a negro, on
Third street, was broken into and robbed
yesterday afternoon and several articles
were stolen.
Mr. T. B. West has returned home after
an extended trip to New York and the
East.
Mr. Fred D. Bush, of Atlanta, is stop
ing at the Brown House.
Miss Sadie Sehatzman is in Thomaston,
where she is receiving many attentions.
Mr. J. W. Preston, a prominent citizen
of Savannah, is a guest at the Brown
House.
Miss Julia (Frankenstein has returned to
her home in Savannah, after a pleasant
visit to 'Macon.
Miss Olive 'Dunlap, of North Carolina,
is visiting iMrs. H. C. King, on Washington
avenue.
Mr. J. H. King, of Perry, is a guest of
the Hotel Lanier.
Mr. S. H. Hardwick, assistant general
passenger agent of the Southern Railway,
is in the city today, a guest of the Hotel
Lanier.
Mr. Lew C. Brown, a prominent citi
zen of Madison, is registered at the Brown
■House.
Maj. William Gary, a prominent cltizer
of Augusta, Is at the Brown House.
Mr. W. A. Johnson, of Atlanta, is a
guest of the Hotel Lanier.
Mr. W. B. Calvin, of Atlanta, is regis
tered at the Brown House.
Rev. S. L. Mbrris, pastor of the Tattnal
Square Presbyterian church, left last
night for Savannah, where he will spend
his vacation. During his absence his pul
pit will be filled by one of the local
preachers.
Dr. Charles Lanier Toote, dentist. Os
fice corner Second and Poplar streets.
Mr. 'Robert Murphy, a popular young
man from Barnesville, is visiting Mr. Clay
Murphy on Forsyth street.
Drs. W. R. Holmes and Mason, dentists,
556 Mulberry, opposite Hotel Lanier. Try
a bottle ot Holmes’ Mouth Wash for pre
serving teeth, purifying the breath, bleed
ing gums, ulcers, sore mouth, sore throat,
etc. Foe sale by all druggists.
Mr. J. L. Beach, of Brunswick, a mem
ber of the prison commission and perhaps
the most prominent man in Glynn county,
is in iMacon today with the prison com
missioners.
A number of Macon people will go up
to Indian Spring next week to attend the
meeting of the Agricultural Society.
The Mulberry Street Church Epworth
League will hold the regular meeting to
night at 8 o’clock at the annex. A full
attendance is urged, as important busi
ness is to be transacted.
Dr. W. L. Smith, dentist, 353 Second
street, over Beeland's jewelry store, oflflee
telephone 452.
The Cherokee Club concert has been
postponed until Monday night.
Music Lessons—-Piano and violin in
struction at reasonable prices. Miss Nellie
Reynolds, 252 Washington avenue.
The account in yesterday’s News of the
sudden illness of .Mr. Floyd (Ross seems to
have been very much exaggerated, and
The News regrets exceedingly the sensa
tional coloring given the matter. It ap
pears that iMr. Roas, who has not .been in
good health for some time, was simply
overcome by heat, and there is every rea
son to believe that he will be out again in
a few days.
The Soldiers’ Relief Association will
hold the reuglar meeting in the parlors of
the Public Library this afternoon at 5
o’clock.
The congregation of Fulton Baptist
over which there has been so much legal
complication, has divided and eighty-six
members have organized the Thankful
church, calling T. E. Turner, the former
head of Fulton church, as pastor.
KINKS OF THE REVENUE LAW.
The Question of Returns by Corporations
Liable to Special Tax J|
The statement that persons or corpora
tions, liable to a special license tax under
the new revenue bill, were subject to a
fine of 50 per cent, if the taxes were not
paid by August 1, appear to have been a
misconstruction, the penalty, probably be
ing exacted for a failure to make returns
by that time.
Other banks sent only the sworn re
turns on the blanks furnished by the col
lector. Nothing in the lav or the blanks
indicated to whom the payments are to be
made, and the deputy collectors here have
apparently no authority to receive and
sign for such monies.
While the banks are pl iced in this posi
tion. the brokers of all classes have had
no trouble in getting their money accepted
when they sent it along with their returns.
This is believed to be due to the fact that
in their case, a special license is stated,
while as regards the banks the tax is
based upon the capital and surplus, and
varies with the different Institutiias as a
result. The returns mads by them are
probab.y all to be verified before the call
is mad? for the money.
It is the impression that the making of
returns absolved any one liable to a tax
from the 50 per cent, penalty. A list of
those who have neglected this will be
made up as soon as possible.
It may be a matter of interest to vari
ous parties, who are supposed to be lend
ing out money privately, and sometimes at
quite high rates of interest, that they are
not regarded as liable to the tax upon
money brokers. It is only a person openly
conducting a business as such who mud
i pay the tax.
CA.STORTA.
Baan the The Kind You Haw Always Bought
HOME SEEKERS'
RATESJRE OFF
But the Carnival Edition of
the News Will Supply the
Necessary Information.
RECEIVE Mffl Ulis
For this Information on Every Hand
Nothing Now to Send Out
This Edition Will Supply It.
It seems that Macon is now not entitled
to the home-seekers rate which was in
force some time ago and which most peo
ple thought was still good for those who
are looking for homes in the South and in
Georgia.
According to a letter received recently
by 'Mr. George A. Smith it seems that
these rates have been taken off.
The following letter is explanatory of
the fact and shows that these rates while
they were in force were calculated to do
'Macon some good:
Mace, Ind., 1898.
Mr. George A. Smith—Dear Sir: Last
February one year ago when I was at
'Madon I went to your office and had a
good talk with you and the people there.
I was well pleased enough, so I want to
come back again the way things were last
fall, I could not come, so I got ready today
and went to Crawfordville and bought my
ticket for Macon. The agent charged me
$25.45. One year ago I got the ticket for
$20.45. To top the thing out the train was
a little late and the agent got to looking
over his orders and saw that IMacon, At
lanta, Augusta and Savannah, these four
towns, were left out. The agent said he
could not sell a home-seekers ticket to
qny of these four towns. Why is that? I
wanted to go to Macon. So he tore the
ticket up and gave me my money back and
I came home and was looking over the
book that you gave me when I was down
there and I saw that you were the presi
dent of the Macon Advertising and Infor
mation Bureau. The book you gave me
had the pictures of your town in it.. I
didn’t know if you had anything to do
with throwing out the four towns or not.
I went to the other road and they said
they had the same orders, that they could
sell to some other towns round there but
could not sell to these four towns. I was
trying to get some others to come along
tout this arrangement knocked it all in the
head.
Ex-Governor Northen, of Atlanta, jvrote
to me sometime ago about coming. If you
don’t know anything about the changes
will you please send this letter to Governor
Northen. I have lost his address and
oblige your friend, A. Smiley.
This letter also goes to show how im
portant it is for Macon to have literature
to send out among those people who may
be seeking homes in the South.
At present there is nothing of the kind.
IMr. George A. Smith has exhausted his
supply of literature and there is nothing
now that can be sent out in reply to the
many queries that come in both to Mr.
Smith and to the city authorities about
'Macon and the surrounding country.
This is the need that The News is trying
to supply. The Chamber of Commerce is
doing good active work for IMacon and that
organization is also in receipt of many
applications for information about Macon
tout except in a general way the secretary
is unable to replj- with any book or statis
tical information.
The special Anniversary and Carnival
(Edition of The News will supply this want
as it will contain all the information that
would be wanted about this city and sec
tion.
No trouble or expense will be spared to
make this the greatest edition of the kind
that has ever (been put out by a Southern
town and the people of the city are show
ing their appreciation of the fact that The
News is making this effort for 'Macon more
than for The News.
Leters of encouragement and verbal evi
dence of appreciation are reaching The
News every day and this will serve to en
courage the management to give its best
efforts to th undertaking.
CAPT. COLQUITT
HAS RESIGNED.
He Will Not Go to Santiago
With the Third Regi
ment.
Captain Colquitt, of the Third regiment,
has resigned his commission and will not
go to Santiago with the immunes.
His resignation was tendered a few days
ago. The reason is not assigned and while
Colonel Ray will recommend the accept
ance of the resignation he will not state
the causes that have led up to it.
The announcement of the resignation
has caused a small sized sensation at the
camp and among the friends of the cap
tain. But assurances are given out that
there is no reason to think that there is
the slightest reason for any sensation in
connection with the resignation of Captain
Colquitt and that the causes leading up to
it were on a purely private and personal
nature.
Colonel Ray says that the cause for the
resignation are entirely between Captain
Colquitt and the department and the colo
nel himself.
It is possible that there may be some
other resignations in the regiment before
the time conies for the regiment to ’eave
for Santiago, but the colonel will not say
that this is a fact and the other officers
are not inclined to talk on the subject.
It may be set down as a fact, however,
that there will be a few changes to be
made before the next twenty-four hours
have passed over.
DISMISSED APPEAL
Os Emile Zola on the Decision rs the Assize
Court.
Paris. August s—The court of Caisson
has dismissed the appeal of Emile Zola
against the decision of the Versailles as
size court which on July IS sentenced the
author and M. Perreux. the managing
editor of the Auronore each to one year
imprisonment with 3,000 francs fine and
to pay the costs of the suit for libel
brought against them by the officers who
composed the Esterhazy courtmartial.
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN.
Chairman Dußignon Talks About the Pros
pects.
At a meeting of the State Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee, called at Atlanta on
August 10, Chairman dußignon will an
nounce the campaign committee and other
committees, upon which will devolve the
work of getting out a large Democratic
vote for Colonel Candler, and the remain
der of the Democratic state ticket on the
second Tuesday in October.
Headquarters, Mr. dußignon stated to
the Savannah News, will then be opened
and the campaign begun. It will be an
eight weeks fight, and practically all the
telling licks will be put in in the last four
or five weeks. Short and sharp is the
MACON NEWSmDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5 189 b
motto which has been adopted and it is
proposed to try and outdo Alabama in
snowing under the Populist - candidates.
Another big victory, coming on top of the
Alabama Waterloo for the Pops, will tend
to accentuate the last despairing wail of
ex-leader Tom Watson.
The Populists have. Mr dußignon has
been informed, placed Mr. Carter, editor
of the Meldrim Guidon, in charge of their
headquarters at Atlanta. He will look
after the campaign from now on. Mr.
■ Carter has made several trips to Atlanta
recently in reference to the status of the
Third party. It is presumed that he will
attend especially to the literary end of the
fight for candidate Hogan and the other
candidates on the Populist ticket.
BENEFIT FESTIVAL
For the Soldiers Relief Fund at Ocmulffse
Park.
Misses Raso Thorner and Florette Cecil,
assisted by other young ladies, are going
to give a festival for the benefit of the
Army and Navy League on August 15th at
Ocmulgee park.
Refreshments will be served and Card’s
orchestra will furnish music for dancing.
The refreshment tickets will be sold for
10 cents and the dancing tickets will be
50 cents.
Cars will be run to the park until 12
o clock and the young ladies expect to
realize a handsome sum for the League.
GUITERAS ON CUBAN FEVER.
Great Expert Says it Will Be More Serious
Later.
’ Philadelphia. Pa., August s—Dr.5 —Dr. John
Guitteras, the famous yellow fever expert
and one of the leading advisors in this
country, arrived at his home in this ctiy
from Santiago, where he is engaged in the
yellow fever work. He said: “The yellow
fever cases thus far has been of a light
order and the mortality has not been
heavy. The most serious sources of trouble
at present is from typhoid and malarial.
.Most of the men are ill from one or other
of these diseases. As the season drags on
yellow fever becomes more serious.
FEIGNEDTrAZY.
Remarkable Confession Made
by a Georgia Man in
California.
Newnan, Ga., Aug. s.—Four years ago
Hugh Buchanan, well educated, rich son
of the late Congressman Hugh Buchanan
of Newnan, Ga., and a scion of one of the
most prominent families in the state,
killed a man at Marysville, Cal. On being
tried he was adjudged insane and remand
ed to the Napa asylum, San Francisco.
Several days ago Buchanan made a
startling acknowledgement. Throwing off
■the horrible mask of insanity he had been
feigning for four miserable years, he de
clared to the world he is not insane, and
that family wealth was used to obtain the
verdict in order that the name of the
proud Southerners could not be stained by
a prison record. He now comes forth,
makes a clean breast of his story, and de
mands that the people of California place
him on trial for murder, preferring a life
imprisonment, or even the gallows, to the
hell upon earth he has been suffering.
The story will create a decided sensation
over the state. The Buchanans are
well known in Georgia. His father served
three consecutive terms in the national
house of representatives, beginning in
1880. and was a congressional colleague of
California’s governor, Budd. He also
served as a captain in the Confederate
army, and for three years after the war,
he was one of Georgia’s superior court
judges.
“At the time of the trial,” says Dr.
Gardner, “I was called as a witness for
the defense, with Dr. Elmer Stone, 'Dr.
Rodgers and Dr. Barr. That was after I
had examined the prisoner and concluded
that he was insane. The expert witnesses
for the prosecution were Dr. Rucker, of
Oakland, who had been superlntedent of
the asylum at Stockton, and Dr. Robert
son, of Livermore, who conducts a private
sanitarium. When the trial was in pro
gress the judge apointed all the doctors a
commission to try the defendant for in
sanity, discharging the jury that had been
on duty three days.
“The doctors for both the prosecution
and defense agreed that Buchanan was
insane and we rendered a unanimous ver
dict accordingly. A second jury commit
ted Buchanan to the Napa asylum.
“It was the opinion of the experts that
the patient would be continuously insane
and I do not think his condition has im
proved. I regal’d him as Insane and a
dangerous man, though to sit and talk to
him people would ordinarily think him
perfectly sane. His desire to be tried for
murder is evidence of his insanity, for
there was no excuse for the killing.
“But I am perfectly willing he should
be taken out on a writ of habeas corpus to
have the matter tested at any time.”
Whether he is sane or not in wanting
a murder trial, Buchanan is in the posi
tion of a life prisoner at Napa, with con
ditions about as severe as a sane mind
could devise in connection with any Cali
fornia prison life.
TRANSPORTS TO SANTIAGO
Those Now at Porto Rico Ordered to
Ponce.
Washington. August s—The war depart
ment has ordered a large fleet of trans
ports at Ponce to proceed to Santiago to
join with the transports already therein,
the bringing of Shafter’s army back to
this country.
There are ten large transports in the
fleet at Ponce having a capacity of 1,000
men.
In all they have a capacity of 6,540 men.
GEORGIAN DIED AT PONCE.
Lieutenant Hubert Who Graduated at West
Point in 1880,
Washington, August s—'Adjutants—'Adjutant Gen
eral Corbin has received the following:
Ponce, August s—Captain Edgar Hubert
of the Eighth infantry, died of brain fever
last night. Notify his wife at Fort Rus
sell.
Captain Hubert was born in Georgia.
He was appointed to West Point from that
state and graduated in 1880 from the mili
tary academy. He was highly accomplished
in military matters and was regarded as
one of the most intelligent and energetic
officers in the army.
A New “'Heated Term.”
We have a little 4-year-old tot at our
boarding house named Teddie, who daily
enlivens his parents with some original
speech or other, with which of course the
boarders are regaled at mealtimes. The
latest was listened to this morning at
breakfast A local pain made the applica
tion of a hot water bag desirable, and
when it began to cool Teddie said:
“Pupa, won't you ■ button’ this ng
again?"
“And did you.*’’ asked "Hop.”
“Certainly," the happy father made re
ply
"Well, don’t keep it up," said "Hop,”
"or you’ll make a ’hotten’ tot of that cher
ub ’’ —Hardware.
May Play Hia Million.
Charles Broadway Rouss, the blind mil
lionaire of New York, who is said to have
offered $ 1,000,000 for the restoration of
his sight, is perhaps in away to have the
opportunity to pay the money. His offer
has been regarded as a standing one and
has brought such a large number of spe
cialists and doctors of all kinds with cures
that for the past two years Mr. Rouss has
employed John F. Martin, afflicted with
the same sort of blindness, to test the
many treatments offered. Now Mr. Mar
tin is under the care of a Dt. Cassidy and
with some new methods is reported as be
ginning to regain his vision.
aS REMOVAL SALE! lao
CENT \ CENT
As already announced, we will move on or about October lst\*° tbe store, No
608 Cherry Street, between Payne & Willingham's and McManut\ & Co’s. This
means that we will be forced to close out our immense stock, which includes almost every
thing except drugs and groceries, at and below cost. In fact, rather than tTV to move our
• present stock we have decided to apply a uniform M
Discount of 20 Per Ct
pMMMB To everything in stock except Coates’ Thread and Lamp Chimneys, which articles cost I JL J
almost as much as we get for them.
We give you our word, and we have never knowingly made a misstatement to the
public, that 20 per cent is about double our regular profit. Hence, you see, |
you will be able to get practically everything in our stock at practically less than COSt |
during the next few weeks. B
In order that you may appreciate the full force of this statement we append herewith B
a few prices on staple articles. Read the list: |
1 Fine English Porcelain Chamber Sets. | quart. $1.50; less 20 per cent discount. Silver plated Table Spoons, per set. [ )
$6.00; less 20 per cent discount, $4.80. $1.20. $1.50; less 20 per cent discount, $1.20. k 7
[ ‘Fine Chamber Sets (all these have slop Peerless Iceland I fire Cream Freezers. 4 Silver plated forks, per set. $1.50; less
k J jars), $5.00; less 20 per cent discount, quart, $1.75; less 20 per cent discount. 20 per cent discount, $1.20.
4 $4.00. $1.40. Hooks and eyes, for gates 1, 2 pair. sc; J
Decorated Chamber Sets, (without slop Peerless Iceland Ice Cream Freezers, 0 less 20 per cent discount, 4c.
jars), $3.75; less 20 per cent discount, quart, $2.25; 'less 20 per cent discount. Fine decorated (Lamps. $1.25; less 20 per
$3.00. 81.80. cent discount, SI.OO.
Decorated China and Saucers, per set, 60c: English Porcelain Dinner Plates, per Flne decorated Lamps, $1.20; less 20 per
loss 20 per cent discount, 48c. dozen, $1.00; less 20 per cent discount, 80c. et?nt discount. 96c.
Nice China Cupsand Saucers, per set, 75 c; rhino i» . i... ■ decorated Lamps. $1 00; 20 per ’
’ g less 20 per cent discount, 60c. 20 ’ cent discount, 80e. L
i I Feather dusters, each. sc; leas 20 per cent ~ ” «<- • Irish Green Glass Lamps. 50c; less 20
g discount, 4c. * n Tea Spoons, per set, sc; less 20 per jx>r cent discount, 40c.
1 B Large Split Feather Dusters, each, 15, 20, eent discount, 4c. Fine engraved lead glass Tumblers, per
. Eg 25 ,35 , 40c; lew 20 per cent discount, 12 Tin Table Spoons. per set, 10c; lees 20 dozen, 70c; less 20 per cent discount. 66c. igJpF’’
to 32c. - per cent discount, Bc. Plain lead glass Tumblers, per dozen.
English Porcelain Bowls and pitchers, Good quality Tea Spoons, per sot, 10c; 60c; It ss 20 per cent discount. IS
g $1.00; less 20 per cent discount, 80. less 20 per cent So. Plain lead glass Tumblers, per dozen.
Peer less Iceland Ice Cream Freezers, 2 Good quality Table Spoons, per set. 20c; 50c; less 20 per cent discouni. 40e
H quart, $1.25; less 20 per cent discount, less 20 per centj discount, 16c. Fine banded ground glaas bottom Tumb- I ’
4 ■ SI.OO. Silver plated. Tea Spoons,per set, 75c; lera, per dozen, 60c; less 20 per cent dis- 1
>H Peerless Iceland Ice Cream Freezers, 3 less 20 per rent discount, 60c. count, 48c.
|We do not Sell Common Tumblers, Usually Sold bv So-called First Class Crcckerv Stores.
® Steel Enameled Ham'Boilers, each, 60c; Enameled Cooking Pots, each. 40c; less I Enameled Boilers, with cover, 25c; less
■ less 20 per cent discount, 48c. 20 per cent discount, 32c. ' 20 per cent discount. 20c.
| Steel Enameled Ham Boilers, each, 70c; RnamaJedl Cooking Pots, each, 50c; I .coun®?. 118 PanS ’ ( g I
| IPM *”*' Ct Ut discount, 56c. 20 per centt discount, 40c. I Enameled Baking Pans, 20c; lees 20 per J
I 1 B “Steel Enameled Ham Boilers, each, 75c; Enameled 'Boilers, with cover, each, 10c; j cent discount, 16. •*’
I j ® lees 20 per cent discount, 60c. j €aß op pet cent discount, Bc. | Enameled Baking Pans, 25c; less 20 per
H l cent discount 20c *
M It you oam buy a common tin Ham Boil- Enameled Boilers, with cover, 15c; has | Enanleled .Baking 'Pans. 30c, lese 20 per
■er anywhere in Macon for the price of 20 per cent discount, 12c. i cent ( ij sco;lll t 24c. R
B three iflne enameled ones we wil make you Enemeled Boilers, with cover, 20e; loss ’ Enameled Wash Pans, 10c; less 20 per B
a p reaen j o f one. 20 per cent discount, 15c. j cent discount, Bc. g G
Here are Four Specials Bargains for Your Consideration: |
—4 g sn ver plated Child's Knife, Fine steel Carving Knife, was Jelly Glasses that sold for 30c Side Kltcehn 'Lamps with No. B L
B Fork and Spoon Sets, were 85c, now 68c., worth $1.25. per dozen, now 24c; smaller 2 burner, were 25c, now 20c, m
g 50c, now 40c. size, 24c, are now 19c. worth 50c.
I Bear in mind that before this discount was applied these goods were cheaper in price | ! . A j
j I than they could be had at any other store in Macon. It naturally follows that the saving B K
l to y° u b Y reason of this REMOVAL SALE will be considerable. Come now, don’t wait, g
[... L\ J Plw a few weeks we may have sold out the very things that you most desire.
452 and 455 UA ID CT ADD 452 and 4541
Mulberry St. { f AIK d l vUEI .J*“ lbWry J?' I
bor the next T hirty Bor the next 1 hirty S
Days. R. F. SMITH, Proprietor. Days. g
PER I PER
REMOVAL SALE! g°
BETTER PRICE
OH COTTON CROP
A Leading Macon Business
Man and Farmer Savs
He Expects
HELI #Ol SO UNE
As Some People Think—The Buyers
Are Bulling the Crop and Bear
ing the Price Already.
While every one, as usual, is bulling
the cotton crop and bearing the price as
much as iossitole, it is a fact that this is
good r< asbn to believe that tho price of the
staple will advance and that because the
crop is not as large as some people, and
especially the buyers, think.
The face of the matter is that the evi
dences go to show that while the cotton
weed is magnificent the crop picked will
not be- very big or anything equal to what
it was las. year.
This should be good news to every man
who has cotton and will be good news to
tae merchants of Macon.
A very prominent farmer, business man
and careful observer said yesterday to a
News reporter that he had no idea that
the cotton crop for this year would be as
big as people thought. He has travelled
extensively through the state and says
that the yield of the staple cannot be as
large us most people think. He says:
“The fist of August, as a matter of
Course, is always too early to make a
prediction as to the future of the growing
crops. The condition of the crop up to
date only can spoken of with any degree
of certainty. The information at hand is
that the cotton crop has scarcely ever been
known to have been more promising at
this time of the year.
“It would be absurd, therefore, to pre
dict the size of the crop which will be
gathered. August and September are the
critical months, and a sudden change in
crop conditions is liable to make all pro
phecies idle.
“In-1895, for instance, this time of year
the condition of the growing cotton weed
was as magnificent as it now is, the pros
pect for a great crop being fully as prom
ising, but on the 10th of August of that
year a change set in and by the 10th of
September the condition of the cotton crop
had become most unfavorable, and a poor
crop was the result, sending the price of
cotton a cent and a half to two cents
a pound higher than was expected.
“It is too early for cotton to begin to
come in, but if the weather conditions
begin coming in earlier this eason than
last. The outlook is now that it will be
gin to come in in good quantities early in
September.
“Prices, of course, may be expected to
depend upon the size of the crop. If the
yield should prove to be equal to that
of last year it is hardly probable that
even so good a price as .last season will
be maintained. The lowest price of cot
ton in this market last year was 5 1-8
cents a pound. The reason that the price
of last year will hardly be maintained
this year, the size of the crop being equal
to that of last’yera, is that approximately
3,000.000 bales will be carried over, in vis
ible and Invisible stock, or that much stock
will ov on hand to begin the new crop on.
“The times, however, are favorable for
better prices than last year. There is more
money tn circulation and tra le is going
to be letter this fall than last and these
facts in themcelvee may ten I to main tarn
the price of cotton, making it as good this
year as last in this market.
“The minds of the people have been
taken off the financial question this year.
They have been thinking in other direc
tions and the fact that more money has
been put in circulation and more avenues
of employment opened up aas made times
easier than last year.
“With the war question settled, the out
look is that trade will brighten up and
that the country will blossom into general
prosperity this fall.”
CAR MEN ON STRIKE.
New York, August 5.- —The employees of
the Syracuse rapid transit company, num
bering 400 went on a strike today. 'No
cars are running.
HALF GENT ft WORD.
AIvVKRTISENENTS of Wants, lor Sale
For Rent, Lost, Found, Etc., are inserted
in THIS COLUMN at Halt Cent a Word
each insertion. No Advertisement taken
tor lesHthan 15 cents.
M iscelianeous.
FOR SALE —Snuff jars; all sizes, from
one gallon up. Apply to Walter Nel
son, corner Fourth and Pine streets.
FOR RENT—The offices over the Macon
Savings Bank; possession Oct. 1. Ap
ply at Macon Savings Bank.
FOR RENT —<No. 769 Mulberry street, 10
rooms, all conveniences; No. 270 New
street, next to Mulberry, 9 rooms, all
conveniences; No. 535 Georgia avenue,
7 rooms, all conveniences, on car line.
E. A. Horne, 454 Cherry street.
REV.~W. A. L.~ BLACK’S colored congri*-
gaticn of memebrs will be organized
at the corner of Pine and Fifth streets
Monday night, August 8, 1898, by the
Pastors’ Union of this city. Come one,
come all, and be with us.
WANTED AT ONCE —One spring wagon,
one set of harness and one horse. Must
be in good condition. Cash. Apply No.
412 Poplar street.
WANTED —Position, by a young man who
is not afraid of work. Address Clar
ence W. Wills, 501 Giles street, South
Macon.
FOR SALE CHEAT —Beautiful home in
Virevllle; will sell on long time to
good purchaser; also two vacant cor
ner lots to close out at a bargain.
C. B. _Ellis._
JUST RECEIVED —Car load of well broken
horses. We can save you money if you
will call and see our stock before buy
ing elsewhere. Hicks, Warfield & Min
ton, Phone 346.
W. A. GOODYEAR, carnage, buggy and
wagon shop. Horse sb&elng, fine paint
Ing. Repairing of scales a jpeclaltj
♦sl. 455 Poplar street.
GET our price* 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.
I 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.
NOW is the time to have your iaee cur
tains laundered. Mrs. Ryder, near
Crump’s park, does the very best work.
AH curtains laundered at only 25 cents
per window.
AGEBTB 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 only 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 BOGIC CON
CERN, 352-35 S Dearborn nit'Mt, Chi
cw. in.
Hurfiah 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 breaet,
scarf or hair pins, rings, cuff and col
lar buttons. If so remember Migrath’s,
558 Mulberry street, opposite Hotel
Lanier.
WANTBD—To rent immediately, one or
two rooms on ground floor. Must be
cheap. Housekeeper, this office.
DR. A. E3. HINKLE, Physician and Surgeon.
(Does General Practice.)
Office No 370 Second street. Residence No. 571 Orange street.
’Phone 917, 2 calls. ’Phone 917, 4 calls.
Diseases of Eye,' Ear, Nose and Throat specialties. Eye glasses and spectacles
fitted and frames furnished; price reasons hie. Each eye is separately examined and
carefully tested, so that the full vision may be brought out with accurately fitting
glasses. All chronic diseases treated at office for $5.00 a month. Confinement
oases (without complication) including 3 days treatment, cash sls. Visits in city—
day, cash, $1.00; night—(s2.oo. All calls over telephone day or night will receive
prompt attention. Office hours—B to 10 a. m., 12 to 1 and 3 to 6p. m.; Monday, Fri
day and Saturday nights 810 9.
JIShPEHHYhOYAL PILLSiysSsS T
Ank for D». MOTT » FXX.L3 and tak.e no other.
Send for circular. Price SI.OO per box, tt box«-n tor $5.00.
im. MOTT’S CHKMJCAL CO., - Cleveland. Ohio
For sale by H. J. LAMAR & SONS, Wholesale Agents.
25 Per Cent Oil
sjz We Can’t Make
z i x It Too Strong...
We Can’t Emphasize sD
The Fact Too Much... Z E
That we will turn our splendid stock of
gRASH SI JII S'™
?nto cash as rapidly as possible HOW? Our prices '
Will do it. We offer for your inspection a fine stock. If
you contemplate anything in the Clothing line you can’t
afford to ignore this.
BENSON & HOUSER,
The Up=to=Date Clothiers, Macon, Ga
Coast line to Mackinac
KIBUU •trbi The Greatest Perfeo
s—i?
' EAMERS, Luxurious . Equip-
SPEED, me nt. Artistic Fur-
COMFORT ■** nlshlng,Decoration
ANO SAFETY ( and Efficient Service
To Detroit, Mackinac, Georgian Bay, Petoskey, Chicago
No other Lins offers a Panorama of 4450 miles of equal variety and interest.
Four Trisa per Weak Wutweaa Every Day aud Day and Night Service Between
Toledo, Detroit and Mackinac ciX£nd“
FXTOSUI, “THZ HbO,” ■AXqI'TTTB Put-in-Bay 7Se.’si. Staterowo, »1.7a.
ASD Dl'Ll'Tß. Connections are made at Cleveland with
TAWWAWW4I* ** 4 M va Jt ana ’Oicao. Earaebt Train* for all points East, South
_ * te Pl«tnre%que ■aekinas and Southwest, and at Detroit for all point*
iMluSlne M«l. ud Berth.. Opr.i. Korth and Northwert.
Imate Cost from Cleveland, >l3 yfrum Tolvde, Sunday Trips dune, duly, August, ,
sl4; from Detroit, SIS.frO. September and October Only.
so” ?X'T..?, dd x.' Deiraii ana cievemia iwiooiion company
J. S. BUDD & COMPANY.
320 Second Street.
FOR RENT==lmmediate Posssession
208 Orange Street. 233 Bond Street.
122 Holt Street. 1064 Walnut Street.
1016 Oglethorpe Street. Lemon Flace, Oglethorpe Street.
Huguenin Heights, corner Lawton and Be llevue Avenue.
Possession October Ist. 4
364 Spring Street. 280 Orange Street. 2
115 Washington Avenue. 758 Second Street.
728 Walnut Street. First Street.
6 room Dwelling with four acres ground at Log Cabin 'Park.
Stores and offices different locations. . <