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4 CUBANS CLAIM EVERYTHING. They Say that the Property Belongs to the Republic and Its Soldiers, CNIISIIE [VEN IUHEIS Os Our Soldiers, and in Fact, What ever They Can Lay Their Hand On—Are a Bad Lot. Santiago De Cuba, July 22.—(8y Mail.)— The Cuban* claim everything in Cuba. The warth and the fullness thereof is theirs. .Not only does the land belong to the €u- I ban republic, but the personal property of the private citizen, the fruits of his or chard. the cattle in his fields, the vegeta bles in his garden, the furniture in his house. hi< extra uit of clothes —everything that has the least value attached to it ie a part of the common fund of the new re public. The inventory of the Cuban possessions do.a not Stop there. It also includes the blank, is, haversacks and rations of the American soldiers whenever the soldier’s back is turned. The only visible representatives of the Cuban republic in this province are the eoldiers. and by day and night they are btitdly engaged in reducing everything in eight to immediate possession. They never eay "By your leave,” and give no receipts. They simply claim and take in the name of the Cuban Republic. They are very careful, tiowever, to sec that no American soldier is in eight while they are engaged in adding to the Republic’s store of wealth. •When the American soldiers landed at Baiquiri and Stboney they disembarked in a cruel hurry. Whole regiments left their blanket tolls, haversacks and canteens on the beach, or left them by the roadside on the way to the firing lines. These were confiscated by the Cubans, and now almost a month after landing, hundreds of sol diers sleep without blankets or tents, and have not even a change of underwear. Those who did the most fighting for Cuba Libre have suffered most. In the forced march to 101 Caney, San .Juan and El Poso, it was impossible for them to carry their heavy accoutrements. When, after days of constant fighting and nights of sleeping in the rain, with only a leaden sky for a .over, they found time to send back for their dog tents, blanket* and clothing, all were gone. Even the bodies of the dead were not re spected. 'Whenever opportunity offered these were stripped of arms and clothing. On the morning of the battle of El Caney, the Americans went out to bury the Span ish dead. Eighteen bodies were found and al) of them had been robbed. This could not have been done by Spaniards, for they could not have passed the outposts during the night. The Americans would not have despoiled the dead. Tht h brot her of General Vara De Rey, shot through the neck at El Caney, and dying .whispered to an American and ask ed him to find the body of the general and give it decent burial. Three days’ search was made but the body was not found, al though it was known where he fell, shot through both legs and the head. The Cu bans said that they had buried the body, but were unable to find the place. They did not attempt to explain why they had not buried the other dead. An American who served one year in the Cuban army says that whenever a Spanish officer of high rank Is killed the Cubans vent their useless rage by severing the head from the body and inflicting on its ■trunk a horrible and nameless mutilation. This may account for the absence of the body of Vara De Ray. The thievery of the Cubans became so persistent, and on such a wholesale order, that it was found necessary to Issue an or der from headquarters directing American soldiers to drive all Cubans out of the eamp whenever they were found Inside the lines. It was given out that the order was made to prevent the infection of the camps with yellow fever. Whatever the cause. It was gratefully received by the soldiers. How ever limited the Spanish education of the American soldier, he has learned to say: "Get out of here," In choice Castillian, and to emphasize it with the toe of his boot if it is not immediately obeyed. This order was .given just in time. The shallow cup of American patience was about to run over, and a collision seemed not far off. It must have been a better knowledge of the Cuban and his nature than one can have In the United States that Induced Gen. Shafter forbid the entrance of any Cuban soldiers into the city. The streets are guarded by American soldiers under the direction and command of an American officer. The stars and stripes float over the ■palace of the governor general, but there is no Cuban flag beside it. On Jhe day of the surrender the resi dents. Cuban and Spanish alike, were in a state of nervous aprpehension lest the city should be turned over to the Cuban army. A merchant, whose store was closed and barred, asked me whether the city ■would be turned over to the Cubans. When told that they would not even be permitted to enter, he raised his hands above his head and said: "Thank God!" This man was a loyal Cuban, but he loved his hard earned money more than he hated the Spaniards. The Cuban soldiers are In a very bad frame of mind because the city, which they did nothing to capture, was not turned over to them. The day after the surrender a Cuban captain, who is in the confidence of both Garcia and Castillo, said: "They feel very bad, as do all of us. We have simply been cheated out of'our rights, swindled by the Americans. Santiago be longs to us. and we ought to be in charge. Didn’t your president and congress prom ise to turn the island over to us? America I is now in control of a large part of this I province. Why doesn't it be true to its promise and give it to us?” It was sugested to him that after the island was entirely conquered and the Cu bans had shown themselves capable of maintaining a stable government might be <» a better time for delivering the goods. "That’s not our idea.” he answered. "We want this Island piecemeal, as fast as It is taken. Everything on it belongs to us. W« are being swindled, swindled, swindled.” When asked whether, had the Cubans been placed In charge, they would have confiscated the property of the cltizns. he said: "We would have taken everything we wanted. Nothing belongs to the citizens; everything belongs to the republic.’ ’•Would your army have gone into pri vate houses and taken away the personal belongings of the owners, such as food clothing, bedding, etc?” "Certainly we would. Do you suppose that we would stay out tn the street and j Jasso what we wanted through the win- ' dows’" He was so pleased with this piece of repartee that he laughed uproarously. Notwithstanding the vigilance of the American sentries, a few Cuban soldiers manage to sneak Into the city dally. They are not forgotten when they are gone. Two of them went into a store, bought a ma chete apiece and told the proprietor to come out in the woods and collect hie money. A Spanish major sent a servant to take his horse to water. The servant re turned without the horse, saying the Cuban soldiers had taken the horse away from him. Senor Messa suffered the loss of two horses yesterday. They were fine animals I for this country, and cost him S2OO tn gold. Th<y were bitched In front of his house and watchd by a 15 year old servant. Two Cuban *oldler* came along and took both j horses and servant. Messa begged for his property and was coolly told that it belonged to the Republic. I He then besought them to leave his ser vant. They cursed him and threatened to shoot him if he did not shut bls mouth. This morning the servant returned, hav irg stolen away from the Cubans in the night. He reports that they had a lot of other plunder, which they were taking to I the mountains. Complaints of this character are becom ling so common that It is very probable that the guards In the city will be atrengh i ened and a closer watch kept to keep the j Cubans out. Notes Taken On the Run. Sergeant Lawson Drown, of the Macon Volunteers, Is in the city on a seven days' ■ furlough. The Public Library will take charge of the Macon football club, which will play all its games for the benefit of the library. The finance committee of the Carnival j Association has already $2,500 in sight for ' the carnival and the canvass of the city I has not yet commenced. There will be no trouble in raising the necesasry SIO,OOO. Dr. Charles Lanier Tooie. dentist. Of fice corner Second and Poplar atreeta. Mr. Minter Wimberly left yesterday af ternoon for Washington, Ga. Mr. AV. M. Klrsh, of Atlanta, is visiting Judge J. P. Ross. Miss Katie McKay has returned from Baltimore, where she has been visiting her sister. Dr. W. L. Smith, dentist, 353 Second street, over Beeland’* jewelry store, office telephone 452. A soldiers’ benefit will be given al Oc mulgee park next Monday night. A con cert will be given by Card’s band as the free donation of the band to rhe relief fund and refreshments will be served by the la dies. Des. W. R. Holmes and Mason, dentists, 556 Mulberry, opposite Hotel Lauler. Try a bottle of Holmes' Mouth Wash for pr»- servlng teeth, purifying the breath, bleed ing gums, ulcers, sore mouth, sore throat, etc. For sale by all druggists. A great game of ball will be played on the 20th instant between the Macon team and a picked nine from the Wiregrass. The boys from Southwest Georgia say that they have a team that is well nigh invincible. A big excursion wbll be run from down the road for the occasion and several hundred people will come up to root for the Wire grass representatives on the diamond. An effort is being made to get the L. A. W. of the state to meet here during the carnival. Muslo Lessons —Piano and violin In struction at reasonable prices. Miss Nellie Reynolds, 252 Washington avenue. The Savannah Press says: Mrs. Ray, Mrs. Sidney Wiley, Mrs. Major Gordon and Mrs. Wylly, wives of the officers of the Third regiment, have come to Savan nah to be with their husbands until they leave and bid them good-bye before sailing for Cuba. If conditions at Santiago war rant Mrs. Ray and Mrs. 'Wiley will follow ■the regiment. Mr. J. N. Waddy of Atlanta spent yes terday at the Park hotel. Chief Jones, of the fire department. Irrft this morning for New York and Buffalo, where he will spend his vacation. While away Chief Jones will inspect the systems of tire departments in the large cities and will gather new ideas for the Macon de partment. Misti Adelaide Walker left this morning for Augusta, and while away will visit points in North Carolina. Miss Daisy Lee Hall returned home yes terday from Cooper Institute. Miss Mavbelle Hodges of Milledgeville is visiting Miss Daisy Hall. ■Mr. Harry Hodgson, a prominent citizen of Athens, is a guest of the Brown house. Mr. 'A. M. Sandwich, a prominent at torney of Thomaston, is in the city today. Mr. L. J. Rogenstein, a prominent mer chant of Atlanta, is a guest of the Hotel Lanier. Mr. B. C. Harris of Sandersville, is at the Brown house. Mr. Stephen Neal of Talbotton is stop ping at the Brown house. iMr. John D. 'Easterlin. general superin tendent of the Southern Bell Telephone Company, is in the city today. Mr. W. E. ‘Lester, a prominent citizen of Quitman, is registered at the Brown house. Mr. T. E. Cauthorn of Atlanta, repre senting the J. & iP. Coates’ Thread Com pany, is stopping at the Hotel Lanier. Mr. W. A. Winburn of Savannah, gen eral freight agent of the Central railroad, Is etopping at the Brown house. The monthly missionary prayer meeting of the First Street Methodist church will be held tonight and "William Carey” will be the special study. Members are urged to attend. Mr. B. H. Wright, cashier of the bank of Thomasville, is visiting his sister, Mrs. George A. Smith, at 629 Orange street. Mrs. J. G. Daughtry left this morning for Alabama to be gone some time. Mrs. Mary Thomas of Milledgeville, is visiting Mrs. George A. Smith on Orange street. Sergeant Herbert Smart, of the Macon ■Hussars, now stationed at Camp Thomas, is in the city for a few days. SHORT OF WATER. Great Difficulty is Experienced in Getting It at Montauk Point. New York. August 10. —Troubles beset the officers charged with the establishment of the camp at Montauk Point. General Young planned to have 300 tents erected by sunset ye.sterady, but the non-appear ance of 600 laborers who had been en gage! in neighboring towns made it im passible. There is no water anywhere. Two two inch pipes were sunk in the sand near the station yesterday, but the water was brackish for three days. One hundred ■diggers have been slinking wells in the valleys all about the site of the camp, but not a drop of water has been found. When the well diggers arrived large I bowlders which made digging almost im possible were found as deep as twenty feet below the surface, and shaft after shaft I was sunk only to be abandoned, until the ■ slope from Fort Plain to Rocky Ridge is fairly honey-combed. At the foot of the ridge, at the north end of the plain, it is proposed to sink a ten-inch pipe, which, if the water be found in quantity, will supply 250.000 gallons of uater a day. enough for the cavalry camp and for half of the in fantry. But only water gravel has been found, yet the hole is already twenty-four feet ■ deep, and many large boulders have been I removed by means of ropes. Pipes and pumps have been placed at intervals all j over the plain. It is estimated that despite the delay, I shelter and food will be provided for the first detachment of troops which is expect ed to arrive today. The men and horses will drink water from Great Pond, which is slightly flavored with salt. BRIDGES SMITH MAKES REPORT Os His Trip to Detroit and the Good Work of Municipal League. W WE THIRD WITH BUICK. It Is a Disappointment to Asphalt Men—The Petition for Use of Main Building Refused. An unexpected tnove came up in council last night when the report of the finance committee was received. At the last meeting of council Aiderman Huthnance introduced a resolution in which he asked that it be ascertained if the city had enough money to complete the pavement of streets, as he wished to get the paving finished before the carnival. The report of the committee recommended that Third street be paved with brick from Poplar to Mulberry, and that the contrac tors be instructed to finish the work by the time for the carnival. The report recom mended that no more streets should be torn up unless they can be finished by the carnival. The report of the committee was adopted unanimously. A petition was read from he Macon Cycle Club asking that the club be allowed to use the track at the park 'for bicycle races on August 16, for the benefit of the Sol diers’ Relief Association. The report was referred to the public property committee with power to act and the committee held a meeting just after the adjournment of council and gave the necesasry permission. On the petition of the Union Basket and Carrier Company of South 'Carolina, asking for the use of the main building at Cen tral City park, the committee reported ad eversely. The committee reported that the contract with the State Agricultural Socie ty prevented them allowing any other cor poration to use the building. The commit tee, however, informed the representative of the company that the city would assist the company in any other way possible. Chief Jones of the fire department was granted a ten days’ leave of absence. The mayor stated that .he had received information from Professor Pollock that the city was entitled to two more scholar ships. He nominated Messrs. Will Jones and Gus Wachtel and the nominations were confirmed. City Clerk Smith, who has just returned from (Detroit, where he went as the spe cial representative of the city to attend the national meeting of the mayors and councilmen, submitted the following re port, 'which was ordered filed in the clerk’s office: Macon, Ga., lAugust 9, 1898.—Honorable Mayor and Council, Gentlemen: I deem it my duty to make a report as your repre sentative to the convention of cilty officials held in the city of Detroit last week. Some 1,500 delegates from all parts of the United States were in attendance. The work of the week was of a highly interesting char acter to those concerned in municipal af fairs, .'bringing out for the punpose of in terchange a multitude of ideas, all of which are calculated to do good and to advance progressive cilty government. As no action was taken on any of the valuable papers read, or the discussions which followed these being only for the purpose of information and precept, one could only judge by the applause which followed any particular idea or sentiment of the great majority of the delegates and consequently the sense and expression of the convention. Therefore, taking the ap plause for my guide, 1 give below, as briefly as 1 can, the sentiment on the vari ous topics discussed that prevailed. Garbage Disposal.—The crematory was considered the best disposition of garbage, the cost of cremating in cities, ranging from 30 to 50 cents per ton. New Haven, Conn., is one of the cities clinging to the old methods of getting rid of the garbage, dividing and sub-dividing the city into districts and contracting with men to re move iit from each district under certain penalties. There is always a scramble for those contracts and the garbage is fed to pigs on small farms. It was urged and claimed that the money spent in keeping a city clean is always a good investment as a city’s cleanliness is one of its biggest assets. Municipal Ownership.—dt was plain that a great sentiment prevailed in favor of municipal ownership of water and light plants, and also car lines. Some of the points were made: That the ownership of such plants by cities improved the condi tion of the employes, who must make good citizens by reason thereof; that while bet ter wages are paid the men than are paid by private corporations, the public receiv ed a cheaper service and the rate of tax ation was reduced; that it bettered the condition of the employes and made them more contented citizens, as a strike among letter carriers, policemen or firemen or other government employes was never heard of. In his paper on municipal own ership Mayor Jones, of Toledo. 0., said: “In Europe, where it has been in opera tion long enough to give it a fair test, it has proven very remunerative to the cities which have tried it. Edinburgh, Scotland, is a notable example. From the revenue derived from the municipal ownership of public service all the running expenses of the municipal corporation are paid, thus obviating the necessity of having local taxes for municipal purposes. There is no reason why such results cannot be obtain ed in the United States.” ■Commissions.—The concensus of opinion, as expressed by the applause, was that commissions were useless and expensive; that municipal power should be concen trated into the smallest possible focus, and the shifting of responsibility to boards or single headed commissions is contrary to the very spirit and purpose of municipal charters; that the mayor is the chief ex ecutive of a city and should be unha'mper ed and unhandicapped by commissions or boards. To get a government for the peo ple by the people it is for the people to look to and hold the mayor alone responsi ble for the execution of the laws and the progressive work of the city—the mayor and council to enact the laws and then to leave the mayor free to execute them by such methods as he may deem best for the city’s interest. Should he fail, then the people have the power ,to replace him with another man. Regulation of Saloons. —Prohibition pro duces blind tigers, and blind tigers force men to violate the law, and as liquor will always be drunk and sold, the saloon may well be regarded as a fixture and it re mains for cities to so regulate it that it may be easily controlled by the police. This can be done by elevating it. It must be raised to a high standard, and the high er the standard the more readily and easily controlled. High license weeds out the lower class of saloons, but the license should not be so high as to be prohibitory, for then an inducement would be offered for the illicit sale of liquor and the police will be busy, but a license sufficiently high to preclude the dangerous dive. In speak ing of the bad effects of a law meant to be prohibitory. Mayor Smythe, of Charleston. S. C„ told of the operation of the well known dispensary law of his state. There are no saloons in Charleston, but there is more liquor sold and drunk and more drunkenness than before the law went into effect. On the subjects of paving and vvater service the papers were disappointing, giving out no new ideas. Incidental to the set subjects, the members of the conven tion discussed many matters of interest, but to enumerate them or to give even MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST io iBgB. a short synopsis would fill this report out to great length. All of these, no doubt, will appear in the journal of the conven tion and will be at the service of any member of the council who may wish to see and read them. I desire to return thanks to the mayor and council for the opportunity of attend ing the convention and the subsequent en joyment of the many pleasures that were made a part of the session. Respectfully submitted. Bridges Smith. GOOD TIMES I Are Coming He Says, Because the Genera trm is Aga ntt Trade. He was a potpouri bum, chief gossip, and the man who sits on the barrel and whit- I ties a railroad crostie into a toothpick. A little knot of us had finished the post mortem on the war and had taken up the wofnout subject of hard times. At this point the philosopher wedged into the crowd and conversation and discharged his cargo of knowledge thusly; “Yes, we got hard times, and why should i we not, but hear me, this will not last long. Times are goin' to get better, and in a few years, too. I got a good reason fer this: in fact, I know what I am atalkin’ about. There is not a silver linin’ to every I purse now, but in a few years every purse will have a Klondike linin’. "Just now there’s no demand for us me chanics, but in a few years all this will be over and us mechanics will be in demand. There is a reason fer all this. “At all these places I found things the same way. Good fellers out of job, but there is a reason fer all this. “Now, when things gits quiet in a few years and we all settle down agin to every • day life, not leavin’ the Sundays out, we will find better times. "Now, don’t git discouraged about the times, but go right ahead sowin’ seeds, plowin’ fields and makin' machinery, fer the good timese are cornin’, and I'll tell you my reason fer this.” Here the philosopher stopped, looked ■around him a moment to assure himself that everybody was listening and then de livered his reason in a slow, measured tone. Here is what he said: "Us mechanics will be in big demand in a few years, because the risin’ generation of boys are too high-toned to learn a trade.” NEW POSTAL LAW. Giving Much Inconvenience to the Postal Clerks. Clerks around the postoffice will be very glad when the public finally learns that second, third and fourth class mail matter cannot be forwarded through the United States mail. The new law has been in effect since July 1, but it is being disre garded daily and much inconvenience is the result. Many valuable packages are mailed as second and third class matter and unless the senders follow the rules, especially in remailing, there is a chance of the prop erty being losit. The new law says that second, third and fourth class mail mater shall not be re turned to the sender or rematled until the postage has nee i fully prepai I on the same, provide 1 that in all eases where un delivered ma'er of '.‘hese clrsses is of ob vious value to the sender, if known, shall be notified of the fact of non-delivery and be given the opportunity of prepaying the return postage. Conforming to this law postmasters are ■directed not to return to the senders in future undelivered second, third or fourth class mater, even though it may bear a return request, until the postage for re turning shall have been fully paid. Such mater cannot be remailcd except upon the same conditions. The rate of postage for returning third and fourth class mail is the same as for its original dispatch. The rate for returning or remailing undeliv ered second class matter is Ic.for each four ounces. ‘Where the matter is, in the judgment of the postmaster holding it, of sufficient value ! to warrant its return, he ■is required to notify the sender of its non delivery and thus give him an opportunity of paying the return postage. Where the mail is not of obvious value and no pro vision for paying return postage on it is disposed of as waste materitl. In all cases where the postage for returning or for warding the matter is paid the postmaster is required to apply the necessary stamps and dispatch it at once. The above law, however, does not apply to letters or other firslt class matter, as ■these may be returned or forwarded as heretofore without extra cost. TAX ON THEATRES. Commissioner Scott Has Reversed His Deci sion on the Subject. Internal Revenue Commissioner Scott has revised his decision relating to taxing theatrical companies with a war tax. His first decision imposed a SIOO tax upon them when they showed in cities of $25,000 pop ulation or less. ■His revised decision places Upon every company a $lO tax when it shows in towns of 25,000 or less, or when it plays in build ings tor which the SIOO tax has not been paid. The revision takes the burden from the theatrical man and places it upon the owner of she building. Where the per formance is given outside of a regular the ater the company will only be assessed sltl A very important decision of Internal Revenue Commissioner Scott was received Monday morning bearing upon bank taxa tion. The decision of Commissioner Scott has been that banks must return for taxa tion the amount of their capital and the surplus. Monday’s additional ruling touches their undivided profits. He has ruled that a return of all undivided profits must be made also, and that they are sub ject to the same tax rate as the capital and surplus. It was determined that co-operative as sessment insurance companiese, not fra ternal or beneficial, were liable to the tax of regular insurance companies. Their policies will also have to be stamped. Thd decision is a reversal of Commissioner Scott's first opinion. MAXIM’S GUNS. Sold Them to United States and Not to Spain. New York August 10.—'Hiram S. Maxim, ibventor of the first automatic rapid fire gun, has arrived from England with his wife. In a few days they will visit Mr. Maxim’s mother, now 83 years of age, at Wayne, Me. Referring to the stories at the begin ning of the war that his firm was selling guns to Spain, Maxim said: “I was not in a place to deny anything then because our house had confidential relations with the United States govern ment. But now that the war is over and I see that peace is assured, I shall make it plain that we were misrepresented. The truth of the matter is that as soon as the war was about to be declared our firm got options on most of the purchasable guns of Europe and we then sold to the United States nearly all the supply. "We had control of $2,000,000 of other business besides that in our own shops. :We would have sold more than we did to this government if England, acting un der the neutrality laws, had not been forced to stop us. "Although I have been living for seven teen years in Europe, I am proud of the fact that among my acquaintances I am regarded as a holy Yankee. The last thing my English friends said to me when they heard I was going to America was, "tell them not to give up the Philippines.” The feeling was very strong there that the United States should give keep the flag wherever the land or naval forces bad planted it.” GARNET STONE HAS RESIGNED He Will be General Manager of the Georgia Pine Railroad. TAKES EFFECT ON SEPT, 1, One Os Macon's Most Popular Rail road Men Will Change His Work and Leave M.con I Mr. R. Garnet Stone, the general freight and passenger agent of the Macon and Birmingham Railroad, has resigned his po sition on the Macon and Birmingham to accept the position of general manager of the Georgia Pine Railroad, which runs from Bainbridge to Arlington. Mr. Stone was formerly the general freight agent of the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad, and resigned that posi tion some two years ago. 'He is one of the most popular railroad men in the city and the announcement of his resignation will be a big surprise in railroad circles generally. He has a host of friends in Macon who will wish him well wherever he maw go, and will watch his career with interest. The new road with which Mr. Stone will be connected is one which will, no doubt, prove to be a splendid railroad. Mr. Stone is out of the city and could not be seen in regard to the resignation. No one has yet been named for his successor, but it is highly probable that it will be done in the next few days. CORBETT AND M’COY. Something About the Two Fighters Who Are Getting Ready to Meet. Buffalo, N. Y., August 10—'Now that the contract for the building of the Hawthorne A. C. has been let matters are progressing more rapidly toward the final results of the meeting. Homer Selby, who was in Buffalo for a few hours yesterday, stated that his brother is, unlike other times in the past when he trained for a (boxing con test, taking on weight instead of reducing. He is in the best of condition, and 'Sam Fitzpatrick, who trained and seconded Peter Jackson in his historic fight with Coribett in San Francisco several years ago will take change of McCoy’s work, and he will be helped out by his protege, Jack Daly, the Wilmington light-weight boxer. Corbett has written to the management of the Buffalo Gymnasium engaging all of the vacant rooms for two weeks (before the contest, and has also secured the big hotel and roadhuose formerly owned and con ducted by Barney Fossett at Cheektowaga. He will have all his trainers and help there so as to get in condition not a quar ter of a mile from where he will again battle for the heavy-weight championship of the world. The fact that every cent of the ?20,000 purse will go to the winner is a big in ducement to the outside sports to come to Buffalo, as they are positive from that that the contest is on the square. The two local newspapers which have been trying to arouse local sentiment against the box ing match have evidently found out that a majority of the citizens here want it, and have consequently drawn off, and there is not the slightest chance of the big contest being stopped. Yesterday the membership in the club amounted to 4,755. The names are coming in fast. Parson Davies brought 780 alone from Chicago. HAY FEVERS TIME HERE. The Miserable Sufferers An ticipate Several Weeks of Sneezing. Kerchew. Ah, chew hoo. . Pflew. Whoophee. Oh, pstchew. These and other sounds of a similar character will be household expressions be fore many days. The hay fever is due to reach Macon from Tuesday of this week to the 25th. Then it will be that the countless victims of the malady, disease, will wish that nature had furnished them with nosea lined ■with zinc or some other insensate material. The last named date will find the nose cursed contingent weeping copiously from eyes and nose alike and using handker chiefs galore. Incidentally, the affliction causes a tre mendous boom for the haberdasher and the laundryman. Your true-blue hay fever pilgrim can tell you the exact second or moment of the identical hour of the fatal day when the first cold, clammy, spine-searching shiver and the tormenting tickling of exquisitely sensative tissue shall become manifest. Then follows a melancholy stretch of from six to eight depressing weeks until the first genuine frost clears the atmos phere and lifts the most abject and acutely suffering of men to their normal condition and reunion with their best physical and spiritual selves. During the interval the eyes and nose, and, generally speaking, the only impor tant parts of the pationet’s physique, pay almost continual tribute to the sneeze inspiring tantalizer. Science regards yel low fever as a “cinch” for cure compared to this misnamed complaint. Whence it comes and whither it goes is a problem to which the vexing story of the winds is a perfect self-evident proposi tion. Many have supposed the inflammation is due to the pollen of decaying vegetation in the air. This theory has been accepted for two reasons, viz.: First, the late Henry Ward Beecher, who first classified the fever, supposed it to be true. Second, nobody has made a better guess to this day. This is passing strange, when one consid ers that a prolonged stay at a lake or ocean resort, or at some $lO-a-day summer resort, in a high altitude is the only posi tive cure for the trouble. One thing is .sure. The person who suc ceeds in inventing a stay-at-home remedy for this most annoying of hot ■weather ail- , ments will have erected to his memory by a grateful, swell-nosed public a structure of marble or brass compared to which the Washington monument shall be an ordina ry every-day affair. A LAWN PARTY Will Be Given for Benefit of Mount de Sales Academy. The good Sisters of the Mount de Sales academy are going to give a lawn party on the .Academy grounds on the afternoon of August Ith. The punpose of the lawn party is to ob tain funds to make some much needed im provements in the interior of the academy before <the opening of the next session. The afternoon will be devoted specially to the children and numerous games will be arranged for them. Refreshments will be served and a small price will be charged for them. Ice cream 10 cents and lemonade 5 cents. Everybody, Protestant and Catholic alike are invited. Lt is safe to say that a large crowd will attend the party as the public is always willing to help the good Sisters. VINEVILLE BABIES “7 ’ Won a Majority of the Prizes at the Baby Show Yesterday. The baby show held in Vineville yester day afternoon under the auspices of the Vineville Epworth League was a great success. Many babies from all parts of the city were entered in the contest for the prize, but the Vineville (babies took a majority I of the prizes. The winners of the prizes were Martha Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eu gene Anderson, and Ruby Taylor, daugh , ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Taylor, lit was a hard matter for the judges to award the prize and it was decided to give a prize to each. This contest was open only to girls between 18 months and 8 years of age. Martha Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Taylor, was awarded the prize, a gold bracelet, for the prettiest girl under IS months. The sons of Mr. Cater Etheridge and Mr. Harry Tindall received the prizes, gold spoons, for the boys. The occasion was very much enjoyed and the show was a financial success. PENNSYLVANIANS Refused to Drill on the Grub They Are Get ting at San Francisco. I San Francisco, August 10.—Company M of the 10th Pennsylvania volunteers, com posed of recruits for companies C and D at Manila, has broken out in mutiny. At meal time forty-five men of the full quota of sixty-two, informed the acting commander, Sergeant Shaw, that they would not drill on the alleged scant fare furnished to them. Sergeant Shaw reported to Lieutenant Colonel Barrett, who promptly ordered all the malcontents under arrest. Up and down the camp they were marched for three hours. They have been stripped of their arms and have been guarded on all sides by sentinels from other companies. A court martial seems imminent. THEY STOODTIN WITH HOOLEY. English Noblemen Admit Hav ing Received Big Money from the Promoter. London. August 10—On the resumption today of the examination into the affairs of Ernest .T Hooley, the .bankrupt com pany promoter, the registrar announced that Hooley was ill. Mr. Duguid, formerly financial editor of the 'Pall Mall Gazette, explained that the thousand pounds 'Hooley paid him was as compensation explaining that Hooley ap pointed him city editor of a newspaper, but was unable to fulfill ,the contract owing to the objections of Harry (Mariks. The Earl De LaWarr, admitted having received eight thousand pounds through Hooley’s agent after the flotation of the Dunlop Company, but the witness said that he had never received anything to trans mit to .the Earl o>f Albemarle nor had he received two thousand pounds for intro ducing Hooley to Lord Grenville. M’KINLEY’S UNCLE Struck by a Street Car and Seriotrslv Injured Today. Canton, 0., August 10.—Josph Saxon, uncle of Mrs. McKinley, was struck by a street ear and seriously injured today. He is well advanced in years and suffered from defective hearing. COTTON FUTURES, New York, August 10.—Cotton futures opened steady. August 592, September 96, October 99, November 602, December 605, January 9, February 11, March 15, April 18, May 20. Bucklin's Arnica Halve 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. TO OPPOSE WOLCOTT. Denver, August 10—Hon. Charles S. Thomas, a leading lawyer and former Democratic national committeeman for Colorado, has formally announced his can didacy for a seat in the United States sen ate now held by Senator Walcott. ENGINEERS ARE OFF. New York, August 10. —The transport Chester, with the First regiment of volun teer engineers, numbering 1,200 men, sail ed to day for Porto Rico. Secretary of State Day. Secretary Day is a delicate looking man, with quiet and unobtrusive manners. The other day a policeman who has been on duty at the White House lor the last three months called a newspaper correspondent aside and inquired: “What is the name of that man you talked to so long this morning? I’ve seen him around here quite often. ” “That,” answered tho correspondent, “was Judge Day, the secretary of state.” “What!” exclaimed the policeman. “That was Secretary Day? 1 knew he was one of the war board, but 1 had no idea it was Day. Why, good Lord, he looks as if a puff of wind would blow him away. ” Exchange. On Fire For Fifty Years. A coal mine in Scotland which caught fire over 50 years ago and has been burn ing ever since has at last burned itself out. The mine is on the Dalquharran estate, Dailly. It was sot on fire by the engine working the fans, and, although many costly attempts have been made to extin guish it, they have been unsuccessful. The flames have from time to time burst forth in tho ground in volcano fashion. The fire was prevented from spreading beyond the one area by reason or the “dikes” of rock which intersected it, and so saved ad jacent mines.—Newcastle Chronicle. Not a Very Good Boy. Sammie had just returned from Sunday school, and his mother asked him if he had been a good boy. “No; not very,” was the truthful reply. “Then you didn’t get a good behavior card?” queried his mother “Oh, yes, I did,” replied the pre cocious youngster. “I saved the money you gave me for the heathen and bought two from the other boys.”—Troy Times. C-A.STOTI.X-A.. Bears the Y ° U HaVB AlWa * S Beats the Kloudjke. Mr. A. C. Thomas, of Marysville, Texas, has found a more vaiwable discovery than ■hau yet been made in the Klondyke. For years he suffered untold agony from con sumption, accompanied by hemorrhages: and was absolutely cured by Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds. He declares that gold is of lit tle value in comparison with this mar vellous ere—would have it, even if it cost a hundred dollars a bottle. Asthma, Bron chitis and all throat and lung affections are positively cured by Dr. King s New Discovery for Consumption. Trial bottles free at H. J. Lamar & Sons’ Drug Store. Regular size 50 cents and sl. Guaranteed to cure or price refunded. DISCOUNT 33J4 DISCOUNT Refrigerators 50% Off. Balance of Stock Off Come get a Haviland Dinner Set cheap before they are all gone. You have never heard of anything like it in the history of the Crockery and Housefurnishing business of Macon, or any other city. And it is to be coped y ou will never hear of it again. Financial reverses has made it necessary in this instance. A Deed of Assi gll in ent And an order f om the court to sell at on e, regardless of anything tells the story. You may need these things, or you may not, but whether you do or not. if you are wise you will buy now. Not two weeks hence, but NOW—Monday and all next week, until y,u have invested every cent that you can spare. Here are some of the things to bo disposed of at this sale: Crockery, Glassware, Woodwenare, Agateware, Tinware, Ironware, Refrigerators, Stoves and Ranges, Ice Cream Freezers, Table Cutlery, Toilet SetsJTin and China, Lamps, from the cheapest to the finest Dinner Sets, from English Porcelain to Finest Haviland, Ornaments in Dresden, Bohemian Glass, Etc , Cut Glass Tumblers, Goblets and Wine Glasses, And everything else embraced m the Housefusnishing line. A chance to get a fine China Din ner or Tea Set for the price of a common one. A chance to get a Steve that will pay you to throw away your old one* A chance at a Refrigerator that makes it folly for you to wait until next summer. A chance at a rare and beautiful Bric-a-Brac thot makes it inexcusa ble for you to leave your home una dorned. Everything narked in Plain Figures You can see the former price and figure the discount for yourself. The greatest cut ever made in Crockery and Housefurnishing Goods in this or any other city. 331-3 Discount MORRIS HARRIS, Trustee, The J. W. Domingos Stock MULBERRY STREET. _ Coast Line to Mackinac NBW STEEL The Greatest Perfeo PASSENGER tlon yet attained In steamers, _ 4 ,.. Boat Construction: Luxurious . Equlp 6PE ED, Zr* ment. Artistic Fur- COMFORT ]i * nishlng,Decoration AND SAFETY ' andEfflclentServlcs To Detroit, Mackinac, Georgian Bay, Petoskey, Chicago No other Line off ora a Panorama of 400 miles of equal variety and interest. Trip* ptr Week Between Every Day nnd Day and Night Service Retween Toledo, Detroit ana Mackinac ciXft? DETROIT AND CLEVELAND HToaut, “TH, M 0... iakqvktt. Put. In - Bay ft!.;?,?£2™™“,;.",,. AND DULUTH. and Toledo. Connections are made at Cleveland with LOW RATRS te PUturesquu HacldnM and Earliest Train* for all points East, South Return, Including Meals and Berths. Approx- ?? d Southwest, and at Detroit for all point* ■ mate Cost from Cleveland, SIT; from Toledo. Worth and Northwest. sl4; from Detroit, $12.60. Sunday Trips June, July, August, , _ , , , September and Oetotor Only. Denon ano cieveiano Navigouon cwnpoiw "SE-5 Tho only Bas3 > sure Bn< WPENNYROYAL PILlS.=Egs Ask for MOTT 3 FEK2TYBOYAI. FiLX.B and take no other. Send fox circular, i’rlco SI.OO per box, O boxes for §5.00. IJJR.. AiO r L”.L'’y (JHEJ MLXC-A-Ij (JO., ~ Cleveland, Oliio. For sale by H. J. LAMAR & SONS, Wholesale Agents. HALF GENT fl WORD. ADVERTISEMENTS of Wants, for Sale ' For Rent, Lost, Found, Etc., are inserted in THIS COLUMN at Half Cent a Word j each insertion. No Advertisement taken tor less than 15 cents. M iscellaneous. FOR RENT- —All or part of house, imme diate possession, or will rent three rooms same floor, partly furnished, if desired. Gas stove in use, bath and conveniences. Private address Quick, Evening News. FOR RENT —Office ground floor and sec second third stories of building now occupied by News Printing Co. Will divide into offices to suit tenants. Clis by & McKay. FOR RENT—Number 525 College street. A handsome and commodious new res idence with all the modern improve ments. A choice home in a choice locality. T. U. Conner. FOR RENT—My mother’s residence, 406 Orange street, furnished or unfurnish ed. One of the most desirable homes on the Hill. Nine rooms, all modern conveniences. Apply to Augustin D. Daly, Exchange Bank building. I USE snuff jars, instead of fruit jars. From one gallon up for sale by Walter Nel- I son. A couple of gentlemen can get good board : with room by applying at 713 Cherry ! street. i FOR SALE —'Snuff jars; all sizes, from one gallon up. Apply to Walter Nel son, corner Fourth and Pine streets. ! FOR RE'JT —The offices over the Macon Savings Bank; possession Oct. 1. Ap ply at Macon Savings Bank. I 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 lace cur tains laundered. Mrs. Ryder, near Crump’s park, does the very best work. All curtains laundered at only 25 cents per window. W. A. GOODYEAR, carnage, buggy and wagon shop. Horse shoeing, fine paint ing. Repairing of scales a specialty. 452, 455 Poplar street. GET 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. 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 11.50. Big book ,blg commissions. Everybody wants the only endorsed, reliable book. Outfits sent free. Credit given. Freight paid. Drop all ’•tash and make J3OO a month with War In Cuba. Address today, THE NATIONAL BOOK CON CERN, 252-J54 Dearbora stiaor, Chi cago, UL Hurrah 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.