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HOSPITALS ARE
INADEQUATE,
And as a Result Many Men
S Have Lost Their
Lives.
SOMEBODY IS TO BLAME
Description of Some of the Horrible i
Sights that Can Be Seen Any
Day at Chickamauga.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 26.-—The con
dition of Uie hospitals at Camp Thomas,
Chickamauga Park is uaost deplorable.
They are poorly equipped, dirty over
crowded and perfect deus of disease and
suilenug. .
The most pliable sights are witnessed
there <laiiy. M» n die lor w ant of nursing
and attention. Supplies do not come when
ordered and the surgeons are sadly handi
capped in their care tor the sick. Gen.
Breckinridge has taken personal charge of
all aiis oi tuis character in camp, and Has
succeeding in greatly remedying tilings,
however, the condition of the hospitals is
yet frightful.
Altuougn many of the surgeons, to all
app, araiices ait competent, me trouble
lies witn higuer oliicials. Requisitions
are made for more tents, but tuey cannot
be furnished. Nurses are lacking. Hos
pitals nave been placed in low, marshy
grounds, although dozens of eminences
stood close by. Gen. Breckinridge was
shocked beyond expression at me condi
tion of affairs he found upon bis arrival.
He reprimanded medical officer* lor in
competency in many instances, and at
once caused the erection of Sternberg
hospital, the only really decent one in
the camp. Men in the hrst stages of ty
phoid lever are placed on cots side by
Hide with men delirious and in a dying
condition. Convalesce'nts are in the same
tent.
Lieutenant Ixird, of the First Maine
Regiment, was a victim of such circum
stances.
A local undertaker went for the body of
a dead .soldier, and , hearing the most
heartrending cries, stepped inside a tent.
On one side was a dead body covered with
tiles. On the other was a man raving and
delirious. Lord was taken to the home
of Undertaker Sharp, where he is slowly
recovering.
Convalescents, weak and emaciated, are
sent to the city to take trams for their
homes. They are not provided with ra
tions, and are so weak that they are com
pelled to lie in the train sheds and on
depot Doors and lie dumped into trains by
railway employes. The proper food is not
provided for the sick. Head bodies are
allowed to remain in the hospital tents
among the sick for several hours.
Not a hospital in camp has a place to
put its dead.
The few nurses are worked night and
day without rest, and cannot properly per
form their duties.
Ice, milk and other things of a most
simple character, that would alleviate the
sufferings of the sick, are not in many
cases supplied.
The utter lack of organization and sys
tem in the medical department is largely
responsible for this stale of affairs.
There' are 4,880 sick men in camp. Five
hundred and sixty have typhoid. Until
lately very few supplies of any sort have
been furnished the medical department,
according to the statements of the sur
geons. Men have begged and prayed not
to be sent to the hospitals to die. Pri
vate hospitals have been established by
the Knights of Pythias and others in the
city, where as many are sent as possible.
The testimony of the men who have
been for weeks in the hospital Is the best
evidence of the horrible condition of af
fairs.
The hoapitala at Chickamauga will have
to be maintained until far into the win
ter. Gen. Breckinridge has won the love
and esteem of all the army by his inter
est In the men, and the Sternberg hospital,
which he caused to be erected, is a model
of nixtfness and cleanliness. It, too,
though, is becoming overcrowded.
CA.BTOn.T2k.
BekTß the Ihe Kind You Have Always Bought
Biß T re
KING ROBERT
OF FISTIANA.
Considerable Interest Over
the Fight. Planned bv
Bob Himself.
New York, August 26 —George Consi
dine said yesterday that, he had received
word from the Hawthorne Club that the
date of the Corbett-McCoy Dght had been
changed to October 1. Considine sent back
word to the effect that the time suited
him.
“Corbett is in San Francisco,” continued
Considine, “although I have not heard
from him. 1 suppose he will wait till to
morrow before writing me. The mill will
take place. There is no doubt of it. Af
ter remaining in ’Frisco three days Jim
will take the train back East and resume
training."
Just at present, however, stock in the
gloved argument between James John
Corbett and Norman Selby, scheduled to
take place at Cheektowaga, is selling be
low par. There was no hope held out by
the grief-stricken Corbett when last from
to support the last promissory note of the
Hawthorne Athletic Club that the contest
would take place either September 25 or
October 1.
Until Corbett is heard from the Buffa
lonians—or rather the New Yorkers who
are the moving spirits in the Hawthorne
Club, are not likely to take any action.
Norman Selby has stopped his hard work,
but will not allow himself to lose all the
benefits already gained by faithful
"preps.” Will Bob Fitzsimmons be given
the chance should Corbett feel inclined to
withdraw from Eistiana for the time be
ing? That is the one question that now
interests all followers of the short-haired
clan.
Not since Martin Julian presented Bob
as a substitute on the altar of Corbett’s
sorrow has His Freckled Majesty been
heard from. The Hoosier Kid. Mr. Selby
McCoy—delivered the brief opinion that
Fitz was "not on the level” and retired
to cogitate. In coming out into the open
and offering to again don the mittens
Champion Bob departed from the role that
he has consistently played ever since that
St. Patrick's Day affair out in Nevada.
Fitz has starred in “The Match-
Maker"—that is, he has been busy out
lining matches for the other fellows—a
jlan just as efficacious as a barbed-wire
fence In keeping himself out of the ring.
The offer to take Corbett’s place, how
ever, knocks down all those barriers of
his own building. McCoy may have a
chance to vault to the top without tack
ling Peter Maher, Tom Sharkey, Jim Jef
fries and all the other fistic guns of vari
ous calibers whom old Smooth-Bore Fitz
had elected to make things pleasant for
the young Hoosier before he could get near |
enough to the house of Fitzsimmons to
drop his card through the slot.
Perhaps it is idle to chatter about the I
outcome of a Fitzsimmons-McCoy clash I
before any such match is made. The Haw
thorne Club, however,will be whirlpool of
debt at Cheektowaga. The F : tz-McCoy is
sue will attract the attention that has
been given the McCoy-Corbett "preps.”
Neither Tom Sharkey nor Peter Maher
would prove half the drawing card that !
Fitz would be. The “Freckled One" will
stick to the stage this year. He Is to ap- I
pear with Edward Harrigan in a revival i
of “The Mulligan Guards Ball,” but the
chances are be will bid Thespis hold the
curtain, while he tackles McCoy, If Oppor
tunity will only step upon the stage of
action.
Fitz has displayed the trumps in his
hand. It remains for the Hawthorne Club
and Norman Selby to call it. That, “the
Kid" has a chance —a good chance—is cer
tain. He can hit Fitz—that's certain, and
perhaps he can stay with him and keep
out of harm’s way longer than Corbett did
out at Carson. However with a limited
round contract before him he might find
it a hard matter to put Fitz to sleep in 20
rounds for Fitz took as pretty a licking
as any man ever got in that ring in the
bierra Nevadas, stood by his battered gory
guns and then won out by a punch!
TO
Bean the Kind Yw Have Always Bought
Notes Taken
On the Run.
Mr. W. N. Hawkes, of Atlanta, was in
the city yesterday.
Music Lessons—Plano and violin in
struction at reasonable prices. Miss Nellie
Reynolds, 252 Washington avenue.
Col. Dan B. Harris, of Atlanta, is a
guest of the Hotel Lamer.
The .American Dental Parlors are, as
ev ryone known, the leaders in nigh clasts
dentistry and low prices. To say max we
nave since tne first of last October done
more crown and bridge work man all tne
dentists in tne city combined is no exag
geration. Hundreds of cases to refer co in
Macon.
Mr. John W. Pearce, of Atlanta, is at
the Hotel Lanier.
—We wil give any dentist one hundred
dollars tbat will make and pux on a gold
crown that is superior to tne crown we
charge tour dollars for. We make as good
gold crown lor s4.Ou as is made on eartn
at any price. Young & Lamer.
Mrs. Mitchell Rogers and her charming
little daughter, Minnie Louise, have re
turned from an extended trip to New
York.
—The American Dental Parlors, Drs.
Young and Lamer otter one hundred dol
lars to any dentist in Macon who will
make a better gold crown,regardless of,
cost, than Lite one they make for (S4.UU)
tour dollars.
Pygmalion and Galatea for matinee to
morrow.
Mr. R. T. 'Hitcßcock, of Atlanta, was in
the city yesterday.
Dr. W. L. Smith, dentist, 353 Second
street, over Beeland's jewelry store, office
telephone 452.
Mrs. Florence Berner ‘Williamson left
yesterday for Forsyth to visit friends and
relative*.
Drs. W. R. Holmes and Mason, dentists,
556 Mulberry, opposite Hotel Lanier. Try
a bottle of Holmes’ Mouth Wash for pre
serving teeth, purifying the breath, bleed
ing gums, ulcers, sore mouth, sore throat,
etc. For sale by all druggists.
Mr. D. A. Stroud, a prominent citizen of
Barnesville, spent yesterday in the city.
Mr. H. IH. Smith, of Dublin, is at the
Hotel Lanier.
Damon and Pythias will be repeated to
night by special request.
The work on the pavement on Third
street is being pushed rapidly. Already the
concrete is being laid and the brick will
be put down on Monday. Brick will be
laid on Cherry street at the same time.
iMessrsr. . J. Lamar & Son will open up
a store in the building formerly occupied
by Lamar Williams on Second street. The
firm will be ready for business Monday or
Tuesday. iA soda fountain will be put up
and the firm hopes to see their former
customers again.
The docket at the Police Station was
not as full as usual this morning. Only
twenty eases were booked and thirteen of
these were for drunks aud disorderly con
duct. The fines ranged from $2 to $lO.
The rain which fell this morning was
the hardest which has fallen in this city
in some time. The sewers were unable
to carry off the water and the streets were
Hooded. It is said that two inches fell.
Prof. Abbott is expected to return from
begin at onee to issue certificates of en
trance to the children who intend to en
ter school this fall.
Prof. Pollock said this morning that
'Mercer would have fully 3,000 students in
atteudauce at the next session. He says
that he receives letters every day from
people all over the state who wish to enter
their sons. The session opens on Septem
ber 21.
Master James Emmet Robinson, of Sa
vannah is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Blackshear.
Col. Oliver Orr will leave in a few days
for Charlotte, N. C.
Mr. H. H. Pelton, of Atlanta, is stopping
at the 'Hotel Lanier.
Mr. Will Gunn, of Lavilla, is visiting
friends in the city.
Mr. J. S. Haines, of Atlanta, is a guest
of the Hotel Lanier.
Mrs. N. G. Storey will leave Monday
for Americus where she will spend some
Lime.
Mr. Paul Blackshear, who left the city
city a few days ago for New Mexico, was
taken seriously ill in Savannah and has
mt been able to leave the city. His many
friends will regret to learn of his illness.
Mrs. Walter Lamar is still very ill at
her home in Vineville.
Mr. R. G. Stone will leave on the first of
September next to take charge of the
Georgia Piue Railroad at Bainbridge.
The Crump’s Park stock company has
the best show ever presented at the park
on the bills now. The show is the well
known drama 'Damon and Pythias." The
actors handle their Darts well and those
who have seen the performance say that
it is the equal of any presented at the
Academy of Music. Mr. McDonald, who
plays the leading parts, is a splendid actor
and knows what to do on the stage. He
is well supported by Mr. Charles C. Tol
son.
An alarm from box N 0.34 called the fire
department to a house at the corner of
First and Second streets this morning at
5 o’clock. When the department arrived
they found the kitchen on fire. The
chemicai”apparatus was brought into use
and the fire was extinguished in a short
time. The house was occupied by Jennie
Middlebrooks, a negro woman. The house
was owned by Mr. Henry Horne. The dam
age will not amount to over $25.
Levi Baskin was arrested yesterday by-
Deputy Marshal Thomas at Unadi’li on
the charge of illicit distilling. Baskin had
been running a large still near Unadilla
for some time. The officers have been
watching him and yesterday they decided
that >t was time to arrest him. He was
given a preliminary hearing before Com
missioner Erwin yesterday afternoon and
was bound over to the United States court
xnder a twe hundred dollar bond.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
COMANCHE ARRIVES.
New York, August 26. —The United
j States transport Comanche arrived this
morning from Mnntauk. The Comanche
I landed 5tK) officers and men of the Twenty- I
i fifth infantry from Santiago.
COTTON STOCK
NOW £ MACON
Eleven Hundred Bales of Old
Cotton All that is in the
Warehouses.
LESS IHU W EXPECTED.
The Warehouse Men Say That the
Price of the Staple Tnis Year
Will Inevitably be Low.
The stock of old cotton actually on hand
in Macon is 1,109 bales.
A personal canvass was made this morn
ing and every warehouse in the city was
visited. Following is a correct list show
ing the exact number of bales, both old
and new at each warehouse:
Old. New.
Willingham 250 68
Heard & Moore 194 25
W. A. Davis 245 15
F. S. Hardeman 38 21
B. T. Adams 225 15
English, Johnston & Co 5 50
B. H. Ray 0 0
Mayer & Watts 0 7
Ben L. Jones 152 15
It will be seen from the above table
there is not as mleh old cotton in the city
as many people think. The new cotton has
been coming in rapidly during the last few
days and in the course of a few weeks
the warehouses will be full.
zThe opinion of warehouse men is that the
price of cotton will be low.
Mr. Moore, of the firm of Heard & Moore,
in speaking of the price of cotton, said:
“The Texas crop will be large and that
of course will cut the price of cotton in
this state. The Texas crop from all advices
will probably be 3,000,000 bales. The crop
west of the Mississippi river will be large
and this, of course, will cut the price. I
do not see any chance for the price to go
up as there will be so much on hand.
Mr. B. T. Adams said that he did not
see any hope for the crop this year. Many
of the warehousemen think that the crop
will be as large as ever this year and say
that the farmers who 'were in the city
yesterday reported that the crops were
good in spite of the wet weather.
It is probable that Georgia will turn out
over a million bales this year. The rains
have not been general all over the state
and there are some portions which have
not been damaged very materially.
The 216 bales which have been brought
into the city this year have not brought
over 5 cents. The cotton which is coming
in now is stained and gin cut and is very
poor in quality and consequently it cannot
bring a very high price.
The farmers are blue over the prospects
of a low price and as the crop will be
somewhat short and the price low, will get
a great many of them in debt.
The warehouses will be full in itwo
weeks. Many of them have sold out their
supply of bagging and ties and have order
ed new stocks.
TO HELP THE WIVES
And Children of the Soldiers Now at Knox
ville.
The Soldiers’ Relief Association will hold
its regular meeting this afternoon in the
parlors of the Public Library. Mrs. W.
ID. Lamar is still very ill and will be unable
Ito preside at the meeting. Mrs. Elizabeth
Winship will be in charge of the meeting
this afternoon.
Mrs. Lamar will send in a written mes
sage to the association to use the funds on
hand for the benefit of the wives and fam
ilies of the soldiers who are still in the
army. In her message she will say that
there are several families in Macon who
are in need of things and are unable to
procure them, as their husbands are in
eamp and are not able to provide for them.
The association has done good work and
their efforts have been greatly appreciated
by the soldiers.
The association will continue their work
until all the Maoon boys have returned, to
their homes.
CHANGES NEXT WEEK.
September Ist Will See a Number of Rail
road Men Moving Around.
September Ist will bring a great many
changes in the railroad world, says the
Atlanta Constitution. Several, however,
which have been rumored will not occur.
But Superintendent Sprigg, of the South
ern’s Asheville division, will go to the
Lehigh Valley on that date. He will be
succeeded by Superintendent Loyall, who
is now at Louisville. Mr. Henry B. Spen
cer, assistant superintendent on the Ala
bama Great Southern, will go to Louis
ville to succeed Mr. Loyall.
The Central railway will make some
changes on that date in its western de
partment. According to reports, the com
mercial agents of the company at Mem
phis, St. Louis and Kansas City will re
tire and the commercial agent at Cincin
nati, will go to St. Louis and take charge
of the office there. He will be succ | ded
at Cincinnati by his chief clerk.
Mr. W. E. Estes, the Central’s commer
cial agent at Columbus, Ga., went to Sa
vannah recently as chief to General
Freight Agent Winburn, and the vacancy
at Columbus has not been filled perma
nently. Mr. W. P. Levis, the Georgia and
Alabama's commercial agent at Columbus,
has gone to Savannah to succeed Mr.
James Carolan. who had charge of the
Central’s export cotton business.
Mr. W. C. Chears, the Georgia and Ala- ‘
bama’s traffic representative here in At
lanta, is going to Montgomery as general |
agent for the company.
Traffic Manager J. M. Brown, of the
Western and Atlantic, will retire on Sep- •
tember Ist, and so will General Passenger I
Agent John Gee. of the Atlantic and West
Point. No successor to Captain Gee has ■
been announced.
Crump’s park, Damon and
Pythias tonight.
SARAH LECONTE ANDERSON
Passed Away this Morning at Nine
O’clock.
Little Sarah LeConte. the nine months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ander- i
son. died at the home of her parents on ‘
College street this morning at 9 o’clock. ’
The little girl was an unusually bright
baby and the grief-stricken parents have
the warmest sympathies of their friends
in their hour of bereavement. The funeral
services will be held from the residence of
Mr. axid Mrs. Anderson tomorrow morning ;
at 10:30 o’clock. Rev. H. O. Judd will
officiate. The interment will be at Rose ■
Hill cemetery. The following gentlemen
will act as pallbearers: Messrs. Albert
Jones. Louis Anderson, R. T, Anderson
and Custls Anderson.
TROUBLE AT GRIFFIN.
Is Feared on Account of the Difference of
Opinion.
Atlanta, Aug. 26.—The question of mus
tering out or of retaining in the service
the Third Georgia regiment has aroused
much dissension at Camp Northern.
The officers say that not ten men want to
Macon news Friday evening, august 26 189*.
go home. Those of the men whom the offi
cers permitted to be seen are almost unan
imously in favor of being mustered out
and an enlisted man has telephoned to the
Associated Press that not 3 per cent of the
regiment favors disbanding.
Word comes today that the suppressed
excitement among the men is intense and
that unless something is done to settle the
question trouble will result.
It is said that newspaper men are in
danger at the camp.
A CARD OF THANKS
Is Tendered Chief Jones and His Men by
the Merchants.
The merchants and property owners in
vicinity of the big fire of Tuesday have
sent a resolution of thanks to Chief of
Fire Department Jones and his men
thanking them for the work done at the
fire.
following is the resolutions
Mr. Monroe Jones, Chief Fire Department,
Dear Sir —We, the undersigned mer
chants, whose places of business were
threatened with destruction on account
Lamar’s Drug Store fire on last Tuesday,
desire to thank you and your department
for the able manner in which you handled
said fire, as we are sure that by acting as
you did you not only confined the fire to
the Lamar building, but saved our places
of business, W. L y Williams, Smith &
\\ atson, Frank . Powers, F. Guttenberger.
As property owners we heartily concur
in the above, C. B. Willingham, W. S.
Payne, W. H. Felton, J. W. Cabaniss.
WATER SCARCE
At Huntsville and Army Corps May ; Go to
Anniston.
Chattanooga, Aug. 26. It is announced
that it will be practically impossible to
maintain the army corps at Huntsville,
where they have been order to proceed
from Chickamauga.
The indications are that the corps will
be sent to Anniston.
Officials here have agreed upon the
change and await the endorsement from
the war department. The reason for the
change is the scarcity of water at Hunts
ville.
bankruptcy”
FROM UNADILLA.
Former Big Merchant Asks
for Relief From the
Courts. .
A petition to become a bankrupt has
been filed in the clerk’s office b>, Judge
. Allen Fort for W. B. Nichols, of Unadilla.
Nichols was a prominent merchant of
Unadilla and had been in business for
some time. He did a tremendous business
last year but this year his trade fell off
and he now prays to become a bankrupt.
His liabilities will amount to $15,000 and
the assets are not given in the petition.
In the petition he states that he owes
money and is unable to pay It and that he
wants to become a bankrupt under the re
cent law.
Commissioner Erwin said that the peti
tions have not been coming in as rapidly
as the public would think. So far only
three have been filed in the clerk's office
here. Mr. Erwin said that all petitions
filed would receive prompt attention. He
said that the absence of the judge from
the district had nothing to do with the
petitions being filed. He says that all the
petitions will be referred to the referee
at onee and that he would decide on them
at once.
NO REPORT YET.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 26.—The inves
tigating committee appointed by the
Knights did not report today as expected
and has asked for more time.
A HUMILIATED DONKEY.
One Who Was Taught to Use His Feet,
Not His flrains.
It is no reproach to he 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
took a secret oath to get even. At any
rate, from that time on he made my life a
burden.
He swelled when I cinched on the pack.
He laid down in the dust when we were
in a hurry. Rolling on the pack, he broke
everything breakable, and during the night
he trampled upon aud rolled on any pile
of goods that was left near Whenever he
succeeded in doing any damage he seemed
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
i he lay, bead down and feet in air, kicking
; and struggling, but unable to turn down.
IHe was caught. I ran up, and, sitting
I down right at his head, I laughed I guyed
; him and shouted my delight in his face
i upsidedown. It must have, been tiresome, I
I but I was merciless. I let him stay there
i for half an hour, while all the fellows got
I around to help me make fun of the don
‘ key. His ears gradually sloped and hung
loose and meek, dragging in the dust. His
i eyes closed. At last he ceased to kick He
j kept quiet and gave in. Then I helped
him up.
It was the most humiliated looking don
key, I ever saw. His ears were in mourn- '
ing and he kept his face turned away His
head hung !<■*< and his tail did not budge.
Os course we all guyed him all day, and
he seemed to acknowledge the corn abso- j
lutely.
But he wasn't conquered. The next
morning he rolled on our cooking utensils,
and, though that cut his back a little and
I bruised him, he had the satisfaction of
doing us irreparable harm. But I wasn’t
I 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 vxrned
loose the ffcs and walked away He
i browsed along up to the rubbish, smelled
lof it and smiled. His ears lay back hap
! pily and he steered himself up beside the
I pile. Then he sank upon it aud rolled
joyously, viciously. He rolled the cans
flat and bored his way down through the
other stuff till he struck the ashes His I
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 np
into a ball. He never got over it. Alter
that he never used head any more
(MAY DECIDE ON
OCMULGEE MILL
Prison Commission Has About
i Come to a Determination
as to the Site.
L
WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS
It is Expected That They Will Find
Ocmulgee Mill Preferable to
That at Juliette.
There is good reason to believe that the
prison commission will come to a decision
with regard to the site for the peniten
tiary in a very short time.
There is also good reason to believe that
the site selected by the commission will
be at Ocmulgee Mills, belonging to Mr.
* Walter Lamar and formerly the old Nut
ting homestead situated about three miles
from Flovilla on the Ocmulgee river.
This site has already been described in
' detail by The News. It is one of the most
beautiful in the state and the commission
ers have already -looked with favor on it
for the penitentiary if it can be secured
at a price in accordance with the means
in the hands of the commission for the
purchase of the site.
Ocmulgee Mills was purchased by the
late Colonel Henry J. Lamar with the in
tention of placing water power station
there for the transmission of electricity to
both Macon and Atlanta. It is situated in
a magnificent rolling country in a splen
didly wooded country.
The water power furnished by the nat
ural dam on the river at this point will
give five thousand horse power and this
can be easily increased to ten thousand
and at a very small outlay.
It seems that the commissioners are
hesitating between this site and that at
Juliette about forty miles above Macon
and a short distance down the river from
Ocmulgee Mills. They do not hesitate to
say that these are the two best sites that
they have seen in the state and they have
now made a thorough investigation of all
the sites that have been offered to them.
They will probably come to a decision
within the next week or ten days or it
may be sooner than that.
Os course the location of the peniten
tiary within a short distance of Macon will
be a good thing for the merchants who
will have an opportunity to get the con
tracts for some of the supplies.
The location at Ocmulgee river is re
mote from any town and the land around
it will be sufficient to afford ample facili
ties for the development of the plans that
the commission has in view.
The Southern railway will in all prob
ability build a spur track from the main
line to the penitentiary site if it is located
at the Ocmulgee Mills. At Juliette the
mills would would be on the main line and
all that it would be necessary for the rail
road to do would be to build a bridge over
the river at this point. This they have
already consented to do in the event that
the commission decides upon this site.
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Bears the Kind You Have Always Bought
LIST OF PRIZES
To be Given to Paid Up Sub
scribers of The News.
The following list of prizes will be given
away on September 30th, at which time
our offer will expire.
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Six prizes each for six months’ subscrip
tion to The News.
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Making a total of thiry-one prizes or $lO
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Al monthly subscriptions must be paid in
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ets.
The prizes are up from July Ist to Sep
tember 30th—thirteen weeks.
Tickets can be obtained by calling at the
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The News and will be issued at any time
after this date. Each 10 cents paid when
due entitles the subscriber to a ticket.
Each person paying promptly until Sep
tember 30th will receive thirteen tickets.
G. W. Tidwell,
Manager City Circulation.
The Sure La Grippe Cure.
There is no use suffering from this
dreadful malady if you will only get the
right cure. You are having pain all through
your body, your liver is out of order, have
no appetite, no life or ambbition, have a
bad cold —in fact, are used up. Electric
bitters is the only remedy that will give
you prompt and sure relief. They act di
rectly on your liver, stomach and kid
neys, tone up the whole system and make
you feel like a new being. They are guar
anteed to cure or prive refunded. For sale
at H. J. Lamar & Sons’ drug store. Only
50c per bottle.
The best thing with which
a mother can crown her
daughter is a com- i
mon sense knowl- I
edge of the distinct- I
ly feminine physi- i
y; /f r-v Every wo-
jT.CJa, man should thor
oughly understand
'CI v her own nature.
mt 6 D Every woman
d-MA should under-
Jj! the su-
Zi/ preme import- i
Z ance of keeping I
i herself well and
’ strong in a
’ womanly way.
Nearly all of the
pains and aches, nearly all the weakness
and sickness and suffering of women is due
to disorders or disease of the organs dis
tinctly feminine.
A woman who suffers in this way is un
fitted for wifehood and motherhood. Ma
ternity is a menace of death. Thousands
of women suffer in this way because their
innate modesty will not permit them to
submit to the disgusting examinations and
local treatment insisted upon by the average
physician. These ordeals are unnecessary.
Dr. R. V. Pierce, an eminent and skillful
specialist, for thirty years chief consulting
physician to the Invalids’ Hotel and Surgi
cal Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y., has dis
covered a wonderful remedy with which
women may treat and speedily cure them
selves in the privacy of their own homes.
This medicine is known as Dr. Pierce’s Fa
vorite Prescription. It acts directly on the
delicate and important organs concerned.
It makes them well and strong. It allays
inflammation, heals ulceration, soothes
pain and rests the tortured nerves. Taken
during the critical period, it banishes the
usual discomforts and makes baby’s advent
easy and almost painless. Thousands of
women who were once weak, sickly, nerv
ous fretful invalids, are now happy, healthy
wives, because of this medicine. It is sold
by all good medicine dealers and no honest
dealer will advise a substitute.
.“ When I commenced using Dr. Pierce's med
tanes some three years ago, ” writes Mrs. Ella T.
Fox, care of W. C. Fox. of Eldorado, Saline Co.,
Ills. I was the picture of death. I had no heart
to take anything. Weight was 125. My husband
had been to see five different doctors about my
trouble (female weakness). I commenced taking
Dr. Pierce s medicines, also wrote to him for ao-
• • I took four bottles of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite
I Prescription, and one vial of his ‘ Pleasant Pcfe*
lata,* and am now a weU woman.”
HALF CENT fl WORD '
ADVERTISEMENTS of Wants, for Sale
i For Rent, Found, Etc., are inserted |
la THIS COLUMN at Half Cent a Word
1 each insertion. No Advertisement taken
for less than 15 cents.
Miscellaneous.
WANTED—A good candy maker. Apply at
once, 513 Cherry st.
NOTICE—The business known as the
Forsyth street store, of which I have
been manager, has been sold to Mr. J.
S. Frink. I ask that you extend to
him the same patronage that you have
to me. I will remain at same place
some days to look after the settle
ment of October. Thanking you for
past favors. F. H. Mapp.
NOTlCE—Having purchased the business
known as the Forsyth street store,
respectfully ask that your patronize
me. I expect to keep a full line of
family groceries and will sell cheap
for cash. All I ask is fair trial.
J. S. Fri nk.
HAVE you lost anything? If so come lo
me and I will find it for you. If you
don’t believe it come and see. Amanda
Morgan, Fortune Teller, Vineville
district, ighland ave.
HOME seekers take notice—l have only
three choice homes for rent. Speak
promptly if you want to live in Vine
ville. C. B. Ellis or G. W. Ellis, Em
pire store.
YOUNG lady wants position as stenog
rapher. Will assist in office work also.
Address Stenographer, News office.
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.
Store 259 Second street. Officers above
263 Second street and part of 263 Sec
ond. Apply to R. E. Park, Macon, Ga.
FOR RENT—The offices over the Macou
Savings Bank; possession Oct. 1. Ap
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 iace 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, carriage, buggy and
wagon shop. Horse shoeing, fine paint
ing. Repairing of scales a specialty
455. 455 Poplar street.
GET our prices on iron or steel fence. The
lattst 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
parlor picture? 1 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.
*GENTS WANTED—ror war in Cuba by
Senor Quesada, Cuban representative
st Washington. Endorsed by Cuban
patriots. In tremendous demand. A
bonanza for agents. Only $1.50. Big |
book ,big commissions. Everybody j
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, $52-356 Dearborn rtroet, Chi
o*g». 111.
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
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.
e The Merchant r, business Men
••• and Citizens < jenerahy of •q*
• Macon Endorse the ... . •
ONIVEBSARY ANU (MAE 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 or Business [dan can attorn not to tie
represented in this 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. 1
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Wesleyan Female College.
Stands for the equal mental capacity of the sexes.
Any girl may take at Wesleyan courses in Hthics
and Metaphysics, Literature and History, the
Sciences and Mathematics, Ancient and Modern
Languages, equal to corresponding courses in our
male colleges, besides courses in Music, Art and
Elocution, equal to those of the best female col
leges. Therefore send your daughter to her home
college. It is cheapest for you and best for her.
To prepare her for college send her to Wesleyan
Academy. Address
J. W. Roberts, D. D., President.
FOR RENT
DWELLINGS.
110 Park Place, 6 rooms and kitchen.
758 Second st., 8 rooms and kitchen.
459 New st., 8 rooms and kitchen.
457 New st., 5 rooms and kitchen.
136 Cole st., 5 rooms and kitchen.
1363 Oglethorpe st., 9 rooms and kitchen,
with stables.
417 Forsyth st., 6 rooms and kitchen.
664 Plum st., 7 rooms and kitchen.
765 Spring st., 4 rooms and kitchen.
317 College st., 10 rooms and kitchen.
763 Cherry st.. 6 rooms and kitchen.
915 Walnut st., 10 rooms and kitchen.
917 Walnut st., 9 rooms and kitchen.
12 room house on Cnerry street suitable
for boarding, one block from business
portion of cily.
Dr. Shorter’s residence on Orange street.
The elegant three story store. No. 454 Third street,
now occupied by Messrs. Culver & Corbin. Best city, out
of town and country trade location in the city. Moderate
rent.
11. HORNE,
315 Third * treet.
-- Coast Line to Mackinac
wrw The Greatest Perfeo
pJsselglr A I ° tion yet attained In
stpau.o! Boat Construction:
STEAMERS. Luxurious . Equip-
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AND SAFETY ( ' and Efficient Service
To Detroit, Mackinac, Georgian Bay, Petoskey, Chicago
No other Lino offers a Panorama of 460 miles of equal variety aud intorest-
Fenr Trips per Week Between Every Day and Day and Sight Service Between
Toledo,Detroit and Mackinac cu.el'and" D£ ™“ T , A 5 N o D £ l ™ £ANB
PETOSUY, “THE SOO,” MARQUETTE Put -In - Bay Berths. T&e., sl. Stateroom, 91.75.
AND DULUTH. and Toledo Connections are made at Cleveland with
LOW R4TES PbtnrMon* Wlae-Llnur * Earliest Trains for all points East, South
Return, Inking Metis and BeApprox- Detroit £ ° r P oint *
I mute foot from Cleveland, SG; from Toledo, “ * H™d.v Tri™ J™.
sl4; from Detroit, $12.60. ’ Sunda, Trips done, July, Anyurt, r
’ ’ September and October Only.
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CHEERING NEWS
For persons having defective vision and desiring to obtain glasses
to improve and preserve their sight.
Mr, FRIEDMAN, the Optical Specialist,
Has returned from a pleasant trip to Florida. Persons wishing
to consult him about their eyes can do so by calling at his office,
314 Second st., where he has been located close on to two years.
Elegant 10 room dwelling of Capt. Park’s
on College street.
Paschal house, 6 rooms and kitchen third
door on Cleveland avenue. Vineville.
Irvine house, 6 rooms and kitchen, third
door from car line on Rogers avenue.
STORES.
414 and 415 Third street.
417 Cherry.
419 Cherry.
421 Cherry.
125 Cotton avenue.
469 Cotton avenue.
465 Cotton avenue.
421 Mulberry.
259 Second.
357 and 359 Second, will rent portion or all.
Wolff & Happ building, half or all, will ar
range suitable for tenants.
I Stables near Cox & Chappell’s.