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INSURANCE RATES
WILL BE LOWER
Fight Will Be Made to Secure
Their Reduction—Will be
Commenced Here.
THEY ARE TOO HIGH NOW.
They Can Be Reduced When the
Fight Commences—Not Known
Just How it Will Start.
it Is rumored that a big fight is to be
made for a reduction of the insurance
rate® in Macon. Just how the fight is to |
be cotumcncod and carried on is not given I
out, but that it will come there aeems to be
little or no doubt.
U has been brewing for some time. In
fact .for several y«ars past it has been
irpoken of in a general way without any
thing being done.
Now, however, there is something more
than talk in it, and within the next few
weeks unices an agreement is reached by
which Macon will secure lower rates from
all the companies Che fight will be on in
earnest.
The Chamber of Commerce will probably
lake the matter up and all other bodies in
the oily will be asked to come in and give
the movement their support.
READ’S STATION.
Social Notes From Down the Road Near
Macon.
Road's Slat ion. August 24 —Misses Hattie
I‘lank and Annie Lou Thomas, of East
Macon, are the much admired guests of
Miss Mattie Jones.
Misses Mary and Bessie Harrell, of Jef
ferson, are visiting their grandmother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Everett.
Miss Edith Davie, of Macon, is visiting
Miss Mary Jones. Many social attentions
are being Shown her.
Dr. E. J. Denson and family are visiting
his brother-in-iuw, Mr. B. F. Reid. Dr.
Denson Is one of Allentown’s most promi
nent physicians, also a candidate tor the
senate.
Miss Hettie Massey, who has been
spending the summer with her uncle. Dr.
W. O. Daniel, will return to her home in
Montezuma this week much to the regret
of her many admirers.
Messrs. George Hubbell and 'Will Read,
of Macon, spent a few days last week very
pleasantly at "Solitude,” the country home
of Mr. Read's father. They came down to
"angle for the finny tribe,” and chase old
"brer fox.”
Mr. W. B. Barfield left today for Indian
Spring, where he will spend ten or fifteen
days.
Miss Newton, one of Jones county’s fair
est daughters, is the charming guest of
Miss Main ye Brown.
Miss bevy Durden, of Walden, is visiting
her unole, Mr. Daniel Durden.
Messrs. "Walter Pierce and Louis Moore,
two of Macon's most model young men, at
tended preaching at the Baptist church
Sunday.
Mr. Jeff Tharpe and sister, Miss Reba,
are among the guest at. "Lover’s Retreat.”
Mrs. and Miss eNwman, of Atlanta, are
spending the summer with Mrs. Leila Den
son.
Messrs. Walter and Ida Burket, of Dry
Branch, are visiting Mr. Will Everett.
.Mr. Neighbor, of Macon, will deliver two
sermons at the IBaptist church today, one
at 11 o’clock a. tn. and the other at 2
o’clock.
Miss lone Robertson is In the Central
City, the guetit of her sister, Mrs. O. R.
Tharpe.
Misses Mamie, Mat and Bess Read have
returned to their home "Solitude,” after
spending a few days pleasantly with the
family of Mr. J. T. Bond, of Bond Mill.
Missea Gertrude McCoy, of Jeffersonville,
and Lullo Cook, of ’“Elmwood,” visited
visited friends in town this week.
Mr. J. C. Marcy, of Solomon, is visiting
Mr. Jim Jones.
Mr. Charlie Dye and wife, of Eastman,
have returned home.
Mrs. Charles Pearce and sweet little
daughter, Gussie, came down today to
visit her sister, Mrs. John Paul. Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Rabun Pritchett are visit
ing the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
L. Durden.
Mr. and Mrs. Hardeman Melton, of
Swift Creek, are visiting Mr. D. B. (Mel
ton’s family.
Mr. Starr, of Flovilla, is in our village
this week.
Mr. Albert Ray, a prominent young
farmer of near Macon, came down Sunday
and is stopping at the “hotel."
Messrs. S. E. Jones and D. S. Faulk, of
Jeffersonville, spent Saturday at “Soli
tude."
IN THE POLICE COURT.
Judge Freeman Disposes of Several Cases
Thismorning.
Six small negroes were brought before
Judge Freeman this morning, charged with
'throwing rocks at the passersby on Fourth
street. All six of them plead not guilty
and informed them that the policeman who
had arrested them had pulled the wrong
crew.
The judge decided, however, that the po
liceman was not mistaken in his "pull”
and he told the parents of the coons that
he would let them off if they would whip !
them. They decided to do so and for a (
while the police station resounded with
yells. The yelling disturbed the judge and
he ordered the beating to be stopped.
Willie Thompson, Eddie Thompson and
Mlles Jackson, three coons whose ages
range between twelve and fourteen years,
and who live in the vicinity of Bridge I
Row, were arrested this morning on the )
charge of stealing a hide from the Abel |
Packing Company.
It seems that the hide was stolen from I
the butcher pen of the packing company
and sold to one of the hide merchants in
the city. The three boys were seen loaf- .
Ing aroun dteh pen yesterday afternoon
and the police arrested them. They plead
guilty when brought before Judge Free- I
man and were buond over to the city court |
under a SSO bond. They could not give the
bond and were carried to jail.
WELL SATISFIED.
Orders to Muster Out Received With Pleas
ure By the Troops.
New York, August 24—The report of the I
condition of the men on the Yale, which I
arrived at Montauk Point last night has |
not yet been made by the quarantine of- |
fleers. In the electrical storm which con- |
tinned for four hours last night, the wind
blew down many soldier's tents, twisted
the wires about camp, blew down the Red
Cross hispital tent in the general hospital i
and caused havoc generally. Two tents
were blown into the ocean and wrecking
five unoccupied tents. The men in the
detention hospital will prevent the land
ing of some of the sick soldiers on the
transports. The news that the order will
soon be issued to muster out the volun
teers in camp, including the Rough Riders
and the Seventy-first regiment was re- i
reived with much satisfaction.
CALL FOR TICKETS.
Subscribers who are entitled to tickets
on the prizes which are to be given away
by The News can obtain them on Wednes
day Thursday of Friday of each week by
calling or sending to the office of the sub
scription department. Office hours 8:30 j
a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Remember that sub
scription must be paid when due to secure
tickets. G. W. TIDWELL,
Manager City Circulation.
Life rut out of prices at
the big bankrupt sale—Chap-1
man’s.
Notes Taken
On the Run.
Mr C. I. Walker, Jr., of Charleston S I
C., is in the city today.
Chaplain L. B. Warren returned to
Camp Northen this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Wiedman, of Mil
ledgeville, are stopping at the Hotel La
nier.
Dr. William O’Daniel, a prominent phy
sician of Bullards, is at Lht . ilotel ,
Music Lessons—Piano and violin in
struction at reasonable prices. Miss Nellie
Reynolds, 252 Washington avenue.
Miss Antionette Seymour, of Columbus,
in visiting friends in the city.
Mr. J A. Cotten, a prominent citizen of
Tuomaston, la stopping at the Hotel La
nier.
Mr. J. T. Williams, of Atlanta, is at the
Mrs. J. C. Shaw, Miss and Anrw .
Shaw have returned from Indian Spring.
..J 1 ”' R ’ Maiwn, dentists,
abb Mulberry, opposite Hotel Lanier Try
a bottle of Holmes' Mouth Wash for pre
i serving teem, purifying th*. b rfca tn, deed
ing gums, ulcers, sore rnouui, sore tnroat
etc. tor sale by all druggists.
Hon. Jacob L Beach, of Brunswick, is
a guest of the Brown House.
Mise Louis Summers, of Barnesville is
visiting friends in the city.
Mr. James Walsh, of the Augusta
Chronicle, was in the city a short wmle
yesterday.
Dr. W. L. Smith, uentist, 353 Second
street, over Bteiand’s jewelry store, oillce
telephone 452.
, Mr. Ben Al. Webb, representing the
Sweet Water Milling Company of Cnatta
nooga, Tenn., is in the city today.
Mr. C. M. Shackelford, a prominent citi
zen of AJbany, is a guest of me Brown
House.
Mr. James F. Prince, of Atlanta, is stop
ping at tne Brown House.
Mr. John Greer Brown, one of the most
prominent farmers in the state, was in the
city yesterday.
Dr. Charles Lanier Toole, dentist. Of
fice corner Second and Poplar streets.
Mrs. Walter Nelson sailed yesterday on
the Kansas City for New York, where she
will be gone for some time.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gilbert, of Wadley,
are at the Brown House.
Mrs. V. A. Menard and children are vis
iting relatives in Griffin.
Mr. J. T. Jones, of Savannah, is a guest
of the Hotel Lanier.
—The American Dental Parlors, Drs.
Young and Lanier otter one hundred dol
lars to any dentist in Macon who will
make a belter gold crown.regardiess of,
cost, than me one they make for ($4.00)
four dollars.
Col. E. H. (Berry, of Sparta, is a guest
of the Hotel Lanier.
Mr. W. C. Cole, of Atlanta, is stopping
at the Hotel Lanier.
Mr. J. C. Hale, a prominent citizen of
Winchester, Tenn., is at the Lanier.
Mr. H. D. Duckworth, of Savannah, is
at the Hotel Lanier.
—W« wil give any dentist one hundred
dollars that will make and put on a gold
crown that is superior to the crown we
charge four dollars for. We make as good
gold crown for $4.00 as is made on earth
at any price. Young & Lanier.
Miss Lennie Flemister, of Griffin, is at
the Lanier.
Mr. W. G. Smith is visiting friends in
Forsyth.
Mr. Clarence Mansfield has returned
from a two week's visit to St. Simons and
Cumberland.
—The American Dental Parlors are, as
ev ryone knows, the leaders in high class
dentistry and low prices. To say that we
have since the first of last October done
more crown and bridge work than all the
in the city combined is no exag
geration. Hundreds of cases to refer to in
Macon.
Trumpeter Lester Bayne, First Georgia
infantry United States volunteers, is ex
pected in the city this week from Knox
ville. His many friends will be glad to
see him.
“Damon and Pythias” at Crump’s park
tonight.
The Progress Club will tender its mem
bers and their lady friends a dance out at
Ocmulgee park on Monday evening. August
29th. Great preparations are being made to
Insure the enjoyment of all those fortunate
to attend.
Mr. J. Maas left this morning for New
York, where he will go byway of the Sa
vannah steamship line. Mr. Maas says
that he intends to bring to Macon this
season the finest stock of fall millinery
that has ever been seen in the city and
that he will surpass all 'his former efforts
in this direction. The well known good
taste of Mr. Maas insures to the ladies of
Alaeon the very best and the latest in the
fashions of the day in millinery.
OA.S6TOH-T-A-.
Bears the Kin(l V ° U Have AlwayS BOUgM
Big ".r
ANXIOUS TO GET HOME.
Sentiment in Favor of Letting the Soldier
Boys Return.
Sentiment steems so run decidedly in fa-
■ vor of the privatese of the Georgia regi
ments who prefer ‘to be mustered
out of service rather than be re- i
<1 wired to serve for the remainder of the I
two years enlistment doing garrison duty
in Cuba or Porto Rioo.
i There is nothing in garrison work, with
I its dull daily routine of life, that either ap
i peals to a man's patriotism or offers any |
hope of glory or of advancement. It was
not for such duties, the expression is gen
erally heard, that the Georgia boys enlis
ted, and it is easily found on inquiry, that
the feeling here is strongly in favor of giv
ing all a chance to return home honorably
i who may desire to do so.
“In the ranks of the privates of the
First and Second Georgia regiments,” said ;
one man yesterday, in discussing the mat- |
ter, “are many young men who gave up
good positions, took the chance of winning
their 'whole future professional or business
careers to enlist to do garrison work after
that was is over, and no stretch of terms
of enlistment can never make it clear to
them or to the conscience of the country
that it was so intended. It is all right for
some of the officers, who are making more
money and having an easier time than they !
ever enjoyed before, to shout for a longer
! retention in the service, but it is the desire
of the privates that should be considered
lin this matter. The friends and relatives '
of the boys in the ranks will be perfectly
justified in bring pressure to bear to have i
their wishes considered in this matter and
not the wishes of a few officers. The pri
vates are none the less patriotic because,
■ now that the war is over, they desire at
the earliest opportunity consistent with
the country’s necessities to be mustered
out of the service and object to doing gar
rison work in time of peace.”
The bargain bugle blows
|at Chapman s bankrupt sale.
Visit the store. Hear the
blast.
CANAL OPENED
WITHJSH EDI
Big Event in the History of
Macon Was Celebrated
Todav.
HEALTH OF MACON IMPROVED
Already as a Result of a Cleaning
of the Swamp—Barbecue Was
a Very Select Affair.
Work on the drainage canal in the
swamp has been completed and the county
commissioners and road commissioners are
celebrating the event with a big bar
becue nt the foot of Poplar street in An
derson's old brick yard.
The barbecue suggested itself yesterday
when the lake was drained and a large
number of fine fish were caught.
Some of the fish weighed as high as
twelve pounds and they were thoroughly
enjoyed by a select party invited to the
fish fry and barbecue, which was held at
the dinner hour tdoay.
All of the county officials were invited
but the members of the press were left
out, presumably because of the well known
appetite of the scribes.
The completion of the swamp drainage is
something of which the people of the city
have good reason to be proud and will have
a generally good effect on the health of
the city. In fact, there are many who say
that the record now shows a great im
provement and that the drainage of the
swamp is responsible for this fact.
Superintendent Paschal has done good
work in draining the swamps and he de
serves the compliments that he is receiv
ing on every hand for the excellence of the
work.
The road commissioners and county
commissioners, by whom the fish fry and
barbecue was given today to celebrate 'the
opening of the canal, are coming for their
share of the praise and it would appear
that it is all well deserved.
It is to be presumed that the barbecue
was as tender as it usually is, that the
sauce was perfection and that the fish
were fried to a turn.
RAVING WAS ~
MAIN MATTER.
Council Was Asked to Reopen
the Bids For the Paving
of the Streets.
(Council held another one of its short
meetings last night but nevertheless some
important business was transacted. The
Hirst thing to came up was the petition
qf the Dannenberg Company through their
attorneys, Hardeman, Davis & Turner,
asking that the grade on Cherry street re
main as it is. The petition was referred
to the committee on streets.
A petition from the residents of Madison
street was read asking that the street be
paved with shell concrete. The petition
was referred to the committee on streets.
A communication was read from the sec
retary of the meeting of property owners
which was held at the Academy of Music
last night asking that all the streets which
had not been paved and that those on
which work had not been commenced be
paved with asphalt.
Alderman Pearson wanted the communi
cation filed in the clerk's office but Aider
man Gibson moved that it be referred to
the finance committee.
A petition from the Southern Asphalt
Company was read asking that as the com
pany had agreed to pave the streets with
asphalt for $1.93 a square yard those
streets which had not been paved to be
paved with asphalt.
paved with asphalt. The petition was re
ferred to the committee on finance.
Mr. Horne in submitting the petition
asked that a committee be appointed from
the council to go to Savannah and inspect
the paving in that city. Aiderman Wil
liams arose at this point and stated that
he was in favor of reopening the bids and
giving every company a chance and that
the company which would pave it tor the
lowest price would be given the contract.
The other members of council did not
seem to be in favor of that and that mat
ter was referred to the coanmitee on fi
nance.
The committee on markets reported that
the roof of the market was in very bad
condiion and that the market needed a
new roof. In their report they requested
permission to advertise for bids. The re
port was referred to the finance commit
tee.
Alderman Damour introduced aa ordi
nance referring to tearing up the paved
streets, if the ordinance committee re
ports favorably on his ordinance it will
be necessary for the people who wish to
take excavations in the street to secure a
written permit from the city engineer and
they will also be repuired to pay tne cost
of he excavation. The work is to be put
back by the city forces and the person
having the work done is to pay for it.
Several other minor petitions were read
but were of no importance.
WATER-RATES’
ARE TOO HIGH.
Committee is of the Opinion
that Meters .Should Be
Universally Used.
The committee appointed by the Cham
ber of Commerce to confer with commit
tees from the Macon Gas Light and Water
, Company and the city council held its first
i session at the Chamber of Commerce yes-
I terday afternoon. The purpose of the eom
; mittee is to ascertain if the citizens of
Macon are not entitled to a more reason
| able rate in gas, water and electric power.
’ The committee is composed of the follow-
I ing gentlemen:
Mr. Calder B. Willingham, Mr. J. D.
Stetson, Mr. S. S. Dunlap, Mr. A. B.
Small, Mr. George A. Smith. Mr. Ben L.
i Jones and Mr. N. M. Block.
Mr. George A. Smith was elected chair
man and Mr. George Ketchum, as secre
tary of the Chamber of Commerce, acted
as secretary. The committee was unan
imous in agreeing that the meter system
was the best for the citizens of Maeon as
the meter would show the exact amount of
water used.
The committee decided that the water
rate, 30 cents per thousand gallons, was
excessive in comparison with the rates of
other cities. The committee was not sup
plied with the necessary information as to
the rates in other cities and they adjourn
ed until next Tuesday afternoon at 4
o’clock.
Bring your dollars and get
double tneir value at Chap
man’s bankrupt sale.
MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14 189&.
RETURN-THANKS.
Sisters at Mount De Sales Are Gratefu
For Help Received.
The Sisters of Mercy wish to express
I their great appreciation of the hearty co-
I operation of all those whose efforts contri
| buted to the success of their lawn fes
j rival.
I They feel especially indebted to the gen
| erous donors of the refreshments; to the
i ladies and young girls who served, and to
the liberal patrons.
They return sincere thanks to the local
press for advertising; to Professor Weisz
whose orchestra delighted the pleasure
seekers; and to Captain N. Gewinner. who
kindly permitted the St. Joseph’s Cadets
to appear in their handsome uniforms
thus lending an additional attraction to
an already beautiful scene.
NEW SUPERINTENDENT
Mr. Amos A. Cordsdon Selected for the Gor
don Cotton Press.
From the Savannah Press.
Mr. Amos A. Cordson, formerly of Ma
con, has taken up his permanent abode in
Savannah, -ie has received the oppoint
ment of superintendent of the Gordon
press, a position which he once filled sev
eral years ago with great ability. Mr.
Cordson was transferred to a similar duty
in Macon, where a man of his judgment
and experience was necessary to thorough
ly perfect and manage that plant. He has
hosts of friends in Savannah whoarepleas
.ed to have Mr. Cordson back with them,
and they are also gratified at the confi
dence and trust placed in him by his su
periors.
GEORGIANS ARE
MUSTERED OUT.
Batteries “A” and “B” From
Savannah on the List
Issued Todav.
Washington, August 24.—Orders were
issued for mustering out the following reg
iments :
First Vermont, First Maine, Fifty-second
lowa, Sixth Pennsylvania, Fifth Indiana,
Second New York, Second Nebraska, 157th
Indiana, all volunteer infantry; also the
batery of Ohio Light artillery, the First Il
linois volunteer cavalry, batteries A and B
Georgia light artilery, the Twenty-eighth
Indiana light batery, and the New York
and Pennsylvania cavalry troops now in
Porto Rico. Other orders 'to muster out
troops will be announced as soon as defi
nite decisions reached.
WANTS PROTECTION.
Phillipine Islands Positively Refuse to Lay
Down Arms at Present..
Manila, August 24—At a conference to
day between the insurgents and the Amer
icans the former declared emphatically
that they are willing to co-operate with
the Americans and surrender their arms
promptly if assured that the islands would
remain either in the American or British
colony or under the protection of the
United States or Great Britain, otherwise
the insurgent leaders asserted that they
would not dare disarm but must positively
refuse to do so. They threaten fresh re
bellion within a month if the Americans
withdraw.
Staange Things in Georgia.
Crawfordville Advocate-Democrat: W. B.
Jackson, of Oglethorpe county, has a three
legged chicken.
Dahlonega Signal: We hear that the
tombstone in the court house marked
, Henry Freeland should be Lewis Freeland, ;
who was a member of the Fifty-second
Georgia and was killed in Atlanta.
A curiosity in the shape of a squash
was taken to the editor of the Thomasville
Times by A. G. Holt. The squash was four
and a half feet long and was only an Inch
in diameter at the largest point. It look
ed like a long green snake.
' Conyers Weekly: J. M. Houseworth
brought in the largest melon this week
, that ever fond its way to Conyers. It
weighed eighty pounds and ta known as the
Triumph melon. Mr. Houseworth purchas
ed the seed from a gentleman in Flarida.
, The biggest watermelons of the season
are reported at Thomasville by John Zieg
ler and brother of Lake Park. They have
two mellons in their patch which weigh
ninety-five and ninety-two pounds, respec
tively. Neither is fully grown, and both
are expeced to go above 100 pounds when
' ready to be pulled.
Washington Gazette: Mrs. J. W. Chap
man of this place has a fine Jersey cow
that has just completed one year’s butter
record. An exact account was kept and
in the 365 days the cow produced 472
pounds of butter. This was outside of
the cream and milk used by the family. Of
ten times a little more than two pounds of
butter were made from one day’s milking.
LEMONS AS MEDICINE.
They regulate the liver, stomach, bowels,
kidneys and blood as prepared by Dr. H.
Mozley in his Lemon Elixer, a pleasant
lemon drink. It cures biliousness, con
stipation, indigestion, headache, malaria,
kidney disease, fevers, chills, impurities
of the blood, pain in the chest, heart fail
ure, and ail other diseases—nine-tenths of
all the diseases of the South and West are
caused by the failure of the liver and kid
neys to do their duty. It is an estab
lished fact that lemons, when combined
properly with other liver tonics, produce
1 the most desirable results upon the stom
. ach, liver, (bowels, kidneys and blood.
Sold by druggists. 50c and $1 bottles.
MOZLEY’S LEMON ELIXER
Cured me of sick and nervous headache,
I had been subject to all my life.
Mrs. N. A. McEntire, Spring Place, Ga.
MOZLEY’S LEMON ELIXER
Cured me of indigestion. I got more relief
and at once from Lemon Elixer than all
other medicines. J. C. Speights,
Indian Springs, Ga.
MOZLEY’S LEMON ELIXER
Cured me of a long-standing case of chills
! and fever by using two bottles.
J. C. Stanley,
Engineer E. T. Va. & Ga. R. R.
MOZLEY’S LEMON EDLIXER
Cured me of a case of heart disease and
indigestion of four years’s standing. I
tried a dozen different medicines. None
but Lemon Elixer done me any good.
Tules Diehl,
Cor Habersham and St. Thomas sts.,
Savannah, Ga.
MOZLEY’S LEMON ELIXER.
I fully endorse it for nervous headache,
indigestion and constipation, having used
it with most satisfactory results, after all
other remedies had failed. J. W. Rollo,
West End, Atlanta, Ga.
Subscribers must pay up and not allow
small balances to run over from week to
week. The carriers have been in utructed
te accept no part payment from anyene
Avril !«♦
Beats the Klondyke.
Mr. A. C. Thomas, of Marysville, Texas,
has found a more valuable discovery than
has 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
I New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs (
and Colds. He declares that gold is of lit- j
tie value in comparison with this mar-
i vellous ere—would have it, even if it cost
i 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.
Don’t take our word for it;
see for yourself the low prices
at Chapman’s sale.
TAYLOR WAS
FOUND GUILTY
Jurv Brought in the Verdict
at Four O’clock This
Afternoon.
MAGNIFICENT FIGHT MADE
By Botn Sides—Speeches Were
Equal to Anything Ever Heard
in the Courthouse.
Abner Taylor, the wife murderer, has
■been found guilty and has been sentenced
to hang. ' *
The jury retired to make up its verdict
at five minutes to four o’clock the jury
returned. . - %
The verdict was guilty without recom
mendation to mercy.
Taylor was at once sentenced byh Judge
Felton. He will be hanged on September
20th.
While sentence was being pronounced
the prisoner stood without showing the
slightest emotion.
The Taylor case has been a remarkable
one in many respects. It has been remark- -
able on account of the attitude of the pris- j
oner and on account of the closeness of the ■
watch that has been kept on him by the
officers during the course of the trial. The \
fact that this watch has been kept has led
to the belief that Taylor would atempt to
do something desperate (before his last
chance came.
The case is remarkable on account of the |
magnificent defense that has been put up
for the man. The speech of Mr. Dupont
Guerry yesterday afternoon before ad
journment and this morning for an hour,
was one of the finest that has ever been
heard in the Bibb county court house.
He dealt almost entirely with the insan
ity side of the question and he argued out
a fine showing.
The opening speech for the defense,
which was made by Mr. Charles Hall, was
one of the best that has ever been heard
from so young a member of the bar. Mr.
Hall was congratulated justly on his ef
fort.
Mr. Roland Ellis spoke for over two
hours in conclusion this morning, and did
not disappoint those who had expected a
good effort from him on this occasion. It
was, without doubt, a most powerful ar
raignment of the position taken by the de
fense on the insanity plea. Mr. Ellis did
not become passionate, nor did he make
any effort at oratorical display, but he was
dispassionately logical and strong from be
ginning to end.
The case was given to the jury at 1
o’clock.
Several Tilings at Once.
The Philadelphia Record says that the
late Dr. William Pepper could do several
things at once. He had two secretaries,
whom he kept busy, while perhaps at the
same time he examined several patients.
He worked on an average 18 hours a day, |
and when he began to feel the effects of
fatigue he would lie down on a couch or a
sofa and be sound asleep in a minute or
two. A nap of ten minutes would suffice
for several hours’ work to follow. It is re
-1 lated of him that on one occasion he called
to see a man suffering from some disease,
and, finding him asleep, the doctor lay
down by his side and was soon fast asleep
also. Curiously enough, although as a
physician he advocated perfect regularity
at meals for his patients, he did not him
self observe the rules ho laid down for
others.
The Settler of Majorca.
The Vienna newspapers are calling at
tention just now to the circumstances sur
| rounding the life of the Archduke Ludwig
Salvator, nephew of the emperor, who is
known as the “Settler of Majorca.” The
archduke’s life has been as romantic as it
has been eccentric. After the tragic death
of a princess whom he was about to marry
he spent some time in cruising about the
Mediterranean until, struck by the nat
ural beauty of Majorca, he determined to
take his permanent abode on the island.
His castle bears the name of Miramar and
rests on the crest of a lofty peak, crowned
by ancient oaks and olive trees.
In memory of his dead bride the arch
duke devotes himself to works of charity.
His favorite studies are ethnography and
geography, and his works on these sub
jects are adorned with his own drawings.
He has written a history of the Balearic
islands and established an asylum for the
sick and unfortunate of ail nationalities
and creeds.—St. James Gazette.
Gcutlc Walt Whitman.
“Once,” says the d in of a great uni
versity to a writ, f in The Conservator, “I
called on Walt Whitman with a number of
my follow professors The old man re
ceived us with that gentle courtesy which
was characteristic, and among other things
he asked me kindly, ‘And what do you
do?’
“I said th it I held the chair
physics and logic at my university. The
old poet gave a reassuring smile, as one
who encourages a child and answered:
“ ‘Logic and metaphysics—ah, yes, I
suppose we have to have people to look
after these things, even if they don’t ex
ist.’ ”
Hawaiian Pigeon Post.
A London Times correspondent says
that the Hawaiian government has, in co
operat ion with a syndicate of planters and
merchants, organized a pigeon post service
between the eight largest islands of the
Sandwich archipelago. Communication
had previously been carried on under diffi
culties and at irregular intervals, vessels
no* always being able to reach the islands.
Several hundred birds have been trained
to the service, and the attempt to establish
a daily bird post has been attended with
success. The most distant of the outlying
posts is 250 miles from Honolulu, the cen
tral station.
Sentinel Holds Up an Officer.
An Irish sentinel of the Fifth Missouri
at Chickamauga was sharply reproved by
. the officer of the day for permitting per
■ sons to approach without giving the conn
! tersign. The Irishman listened patiently |
and was then about to walk away, when i
the officer called sharply, “Well, you have
notasked me for that countersign yet.”
Quick as a flash the soldier thrust his bay
onet point uncomfortably close to the offi
cer’s breast, while he grimly ejaculated,
“Lave us have that countersign, thin,
and be dom quick about it!”—Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Latent Hatton.
The latest button, according to the Phil
adelphia Record, consists of a genuine rev
enue stamp of the new issue, which is
pasted on the button and glossed over.
The words “I pay war tax” appear above
and below the stamp, and as practically
every individual pays a war tax either di
rectly or indirectly, no one need fear creat
ing a false impression by wearing one.
Revenue Coll, ctor McClain thinks the ap
pearance of the button will encourage de- I
linquents to step up and pay the tax
Cheaper than ever sold for
, before—all goods at Chap
man’s bankrupt sale.
A HUMILIATED DONKEY.
One Who Wax Taught to Us® His Feet,
Not His Brains.
It is no reproach to bo called an ass. He
Is full of brains, pluck and will power,
and it is boastful to say that you have got
the best of one of them. But I’m conceit
ed, I am, for I beat the most intelligent
ass that ever made up its mind to humili
ate and trouble me. I hired him to go
camping in the Yosemite valley. I picked '
him out of a band of donkeys, and the
ground of my selection was his cheapness.
The owner asked less for him than any
animal in the bunch.
He stood about to my belt, and I han
dled him as if he was a baby, lifting him
up and dropping him for fun. That didn’t
seem to bother him. He slept, or dreamed
at least, right through it. But one day
he fell to his knees when I let him down,
and I laughed at the sudden awakening.
That hurt the donkey’s feelings. He
looked at me over his shoulder, his ears
pointed straight at me, and I believe he f
took a secret oath to get even. At any
rate, from that time on he mado my life a
burden.
He swelled when I cinched on the pack. j
He laid down in the dust when we were j
in a hurry. Rolling on the pack, he broke !
everything breakable, and during the night .
he trampled upon and rolled on any pile i
of goods that was left near. Whenever he
succeeded in doing any damage he seemed i
to me to wear a malevolent smile, and the
hardest licking I could give him failed to
remove the expression of triumph from
his face. No, sir; an ass is no ass. But
man isn’t, either—not all men.
One morning as I was packing him I :
conceived a plan of revenge. I put on all
the stuff in a round pack that would help
him roll; then I made the top flat—per
fectly flat and quite broad. When all was
ready, we started off, and I let him have
all the rope he wanted. He took a lot, got
well ahead of the line and suddenly drop
ped, stretched out and rolled. He swung
over and over till at last he landed on the
flat top of the pack and stopped. There
he lay, head down and feet in air, kicking
and struggling, but unable to turn down.
!He was caught. I ran up, and, sitting
! down right at his head, 1 laughed. I guyed
| him and shouted my delight in his face
■ upsidedown. It must have been tiresome,
but I was merciless. 1 let him stay there
! for half an hour, while all the fellows got
; around to help me make fun of the don
key. His ears gradually sloped and hung
loose anil meek, dragging in the dust. His
eyes closed. At last he ceased to kick. He
i kept quiet and gave in Then I helped
I him up.
Itwas the most humiliated lookingdon
key, 1 ever saw. His ears were in mourn
ing and he kept his face turned away. His
head hung low and his tail did not budge.
' Os course we all guyed him all day, and
he seemed to acknowledge the corn abso
lutely.
But ho wasn’t conquered. The next
morning he rolled on our cooking utensils,
and, though that cut his back a little and
bruised him, he had the satisfaction of
doing us irreparable harm. But I wasn’t
through, either. I knew he wouldn’t roll
on his pack any more, and I thought I
could stop the other trick. The next morn
ing after we had cleared up our camp I
covered the smoldering ashes of the camp
fire with dust and grass and put on the
top of it all some old cans and rubbish,
straps, ropes and things. Then I turned
loose the ass ami walked away. He
browsed along up to the rubbish, smelled
of it and smiled. His ears lay back hap
pily and he steered himself up beside the
pile. Then ho sank upon it and rolled
joyously, viciously. He rolled the cans
flat anil bored his way down through the
other stuff till he struck tho ashes. His
spine cut deep into the fire.
He uttered a squeal and rolled out of
the fire and up to his feet, his back curved
high like a camel’s. There was a big
burned spot about as big as a saddle, and
it must have hurt, but the ass suffered
most in mind. He looked ashamed, cowed,
humiliated almost to death, and as we
laughed at him he seemed to shrink up
i into a ball, ilc ucwr . ‘ r it. After
that he never used Jijs head any more.
The Merchants, Business Men
••• and Citizens Generally of
• Macon Endorse the ... . •
ANNIVEHSAHV ffl CSRhIVAL EDITION
OF
THE MACON NEWS.
IT WILL BE A BIG THING FOR MACON.
Thousands of these handsome publications will be
scattered all over the country. They will be in de=
mand in every home in Macon, and, unlike the or
dinary special editihns of newspapers, will be kept
as valuable for reference purposes. THE ANNI
VERSARY EDITION OF THE MACON NEWS will
be the most perfect publication of the kind ever put
out by any newspaper in this state. The reading
matter will be carefully compiled, giving a vast
fund of statistical information that has never been
published. In addition to the reading matter the
edition will contain a large number of new views
of Macon and the different points of interest in and
around the city.
No merchant oi Business [Ban can afford not to De
represented in (Dis Publication.
It should be a directory to every business house in
the city and should reflect the every day commer
cial life of Macon.
Remember that The News can now be found in it’s old
home on Cherry street, the most convenient and
the handsomest afternoon newspaper building in
the state.
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The Exploit of a “Eady."
A special request has been sent to the
ladies who reside in the Naval academy to
forego visiting the lower part of tho acad
emy grounds, where the prisoners are lo
cated. In spite of this several of the ladies
walk in the neighborhood of the Spanish
quarters. One, a little less timid than
l others, engaged in conversation with Eu
, late, much to the discomfiture of the lat
ter, who appeared restless and uneasy at
■ the lady’s presence. She, not in the least
daunted, approached Eulate near enough
to cut a button from his coat. Eulate be
came indignant, but with the taunt that
“you got your deserts,” the lady walked
off, triumphantly bearing her souvenir
button.—Baltimore Herald.
A Freak of Fashion.
The London News the other day chron
icled this incident: “A fashionably dressed
lady, attired in white, with a large hat,
and carrying a varicolored ‘en-tout-cas,’
Was to be seen walking down Parliament
! Street yesterday afternoon with a thin
; chain around her waist, to the end of the
chain being attached a small live monkey,
■ which was holding on to her hip as best it
. could.”
Useful Material.
Lady Novelist (getting up copy)—Ate
, you on duty, my good man?
Sentry—Lor’ bless yer, no, mural I’m
; jest a-waitin for me chum, Lord Wolseley.
We’re a-courtin the cook an ’ousemaid
’ere!—Comic Cuts.
Trade Terms.
The Everyday Girl—So she threw him
: fver, did she?
The Bicycle Girl—Yes, she spilled him.
•-Philadelphia North American.
HALF CENT A WORD
ADVERTISEMENTS of Wants, for B «le
For Kent, Kost, Found, Etc., are inserted
in THIS COLUMN at Half Cent a Word
each insertion. No Advertisement taken
tor less than 15 cents.
Miscellaneous.
YOUNG lady wants position as stenog
rapher. Will assist in office work also.
Address Stenographer, News office.
WANTED —Nice looking mulatto girl to
clean up house. Apply at News office.
FOR RENT.
DWFiTIT.TNGS Elegant 10 room dwelling of Capt. Park’s
110 Park Place, 6 rooms and kitchen. Paschal house, 6 rooms and kitchen third
758 Second st., 8 rooms and kitchen. door on Cleveland avenue, Vineville.
459 New st., 8 rooms and kitchen. Irvine house, 6 rooms and kitchen, third
457 New st., 5 rooms and kitchen. door from car line on Rogens avenue.
136 Cole st., 5 rooms and kitchen.
1363 Oglethorpe st., 9 rooms and kitchen, CrpMDVQ
with stables. -*■ LzXVJbO.
417 Forsyth st., 6 rooms and kitchen. 417 Cherry.
664 Plum st., 7 rooms and kitchen. 419 Cherry.
765 Spring st., 4 rooms and kitchen. 421 Cherry.
317 College st., 10 rooms and kitchen. 125 Cotton avenue.
763 Cherry st., 6 rooms and kitchen. 469 Cotton avenue.
203 First st., 8 rooms and kitchen. 465 Cotton avenue.
915 Walnut st., 10 rooms and kitchen. 421 Mulberry.
917 Walnut st., 9 rooms and kitchen. 259 Second.
12 room house ou Cherry street suitable 357 and 359 (Second, will rent portion or all.
for boarding, one block from business Wolff & Happ building, half or all, will ar
portion of city. range suitable for tenants.
H. HORNE,
315 Third Street.
INTELLIGENT young lady desires light
work as stenographer. Not an expert.
Small compensation. Address “Hope,”
this office.
STRAYED from 243 Jett Davis street.
South Macon, two heifer calves, colors
Jersey and red. A liberal reward for
their recovery. H. A. Morgan.
FOR RENT October 1. House on Oak
street, near Second. Apply M. O’Hara.
FOR RENT—3I7 College street, Dr. Ma
son’s, 364 Orange street, Dr. Shorter’s,
Third story 412 Cherry street. Store
of Anderson & Son, Triangular block.
1 Store 259 Second street. Officers above
263 Second street and part of 263 Sec
ond. Apply to R. E. Park, Macon, Ga.
WANTED—White butcher and meat cut
ter to butcher and sell meats, make
sausage, &c. Single man preferred.
State salary expected. Apply with
reference, stating experience. Lock
Box 43, Ashburn, Ga.
> FOR RENT—The offices over the Macon
i Savings Bank; possession Oct. 1. Ap
i ply at Macon Savings Bank.
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.
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. Horae shoeing, fine paint
ing. Repairing of scales a specialty.
451. 455 Poplar street.
GET our prices on iron or steel fence. The
laUst and most up-to-date patterns.
A postal card will get our Illustrated
catalogue.. Central City Marble and
Granite Works.
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
1 parlor picture? I have ’em. Also breast,
scarf or hair pins, rings, cuff and col-
I lar buttons. If so remember Migrath’s,
658 Mulberry street, opposite Hotel
■ Lanier.
AGENTS WANTED—For war tn 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 BOOK CON-
> CERN, 352-556 Dearbora atroat, Chi
cago. 111.