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$35,000 Special JTloneu
to loan oti Macon improved property In
•um» of SI,OOO and upwards. per cent
straight. NO COMMISSION.
THE GTSORGTA LOAN ANT) TRUST CO..
O. A. Coleman, General Manager.
356 Second Street.
ESTABLISHED 1884
PANDO SKIPPED
WITRJILLIONS
Had to Get Out of Cuba After
Using the Greatest Pre
cautions.
CARRIED VAST TREASURE,
There Will Be Great Discontent
Among Unpaid Soldiers When
They Learn of Departure.
New York, Sept. 3. —A dlsjuatcb to the
Herald from Havana via Key Weet saje.
"Having Huccttunfully done everything in
his jKiwer to convey 'the impression that
he Is sailing to Spain via New York on the
otcamKhip Philadelphia on Thursday, Gen
eral Pando secretly started direct for his
native land about ten hours later on the
French steamer Notre Dame de Salut, it is
•aid, with twelve mlllon franca.
The secret was so effectively kept that
very few persons here have any knowledge
of it and all the Havana papers announced
I‘ando’s departure on the Philadelphia.
Before X o’clock In the morning when a
very few. people were about, Pando and the
treasure were put aboard th< ship, all pre
caution being taken to avoid notice.
Pando was no sooner aboard the ship
thnn he sent for Captain Pillard and In
trusud the twelve million francs to his
safe keeping, taking a receipt for It.
Pando then locked himself in a state
room and remained concealed until the
ship left the harbor in the evening.
There are many plcaslble reasons for
Pando’h conduct and much d< pends where
the treasure carried away came from, but
whatever th* source, the army is seven
months in arrears and tho civil list four
months, and while both cry out for pay,
it is obvious that a dangerous amount of
discontent would be stirred up if the
knowledge of the transportation of uuch
amount l>eea.me public.
Although Pando had the reputation of
having considerable private wealth It Is
prepowterous that such a sum could be re
alized on his properly here under tho ex
isting circumstances.
HINT THAT HENRY
WAS MURDERED
Rumor that Indicates Condi
tion of Public Mind in
France.
New York. Sept. 3.--A dispatch to the
Herald from Paris cays:
"Among the wild rumors flying about is
one that seems too incredible to merit
even Botlce, did it not show the state of
the public mind.
This Is the belief that Colonel Henry
did not commit suicide. The Figaro says
that when the commissary of police arrived
at Mount Valirlen lie asked for Henry’s
valise and the razor with which he eom
mited suicide. He was told they both had
N-en sent to the minister of war.
This extraordinary proceeding could not
fall to be commented upon here where the
respect for legal formality Is carried to
such an extent that people would leave a
man hanging rather than cut him down
■before the arrival of the police.
The Eelair. referring to the matter, says:
"This controversy has horn us to what
depths certain individuals can descend, so
we are not surprised to read that the sui
cide of Henry was, perhaps, murder.
WEYLER WARLIKE.
Would Fight so “Spain's Safety at Head of
Masses.”
Madrid, Sept. 3 General Weyler, pre
siding over a meeting of members of the
Weyler Club at Palma. Island of Majorica,
yesterday declared that the disasters which
had come upon Spain must be retrieved.
He denounced the government's censor
ship of news as a persecution which would
make it Impossible to establish the respon
sibility for the disasters, which the poli
ticians were endeavoring to fasten upon
the ermy and navy. He would put himself
at the head of the masses, he declared, in
order to fight for the safety of the coun
try
* LIABLE AND NOT
Ruling of the Treasury Department on the
Revenue Act.
Washington. Sept. 3—The treasury de
partment holds that articles of agreement
or contracts for sale of real estate are not
subject to the stamp tax unless it conveys
some right of title.
It is also held that inheritance consist
ing exclusively of government bonds Is
subject to the tax under the same condi
tions as money or other personal property
under section 29 of the war revenue act.
KITCHENER~IS~
ADVANCING
His Cable to the War Depart
ment Today—Tells of
Success.
London, Sept. 3—The war office has re
>i-ived a dispatch from General Sir Herbert
Kitchener byway of Nasri It is not dated
and reads:
"The march has been very favorable.
Practically no one has fallen out of ranks
or been invalided
'During the two days have driven jn the
Derv.sh cavalry and small parties after a
•light resistance.
This morning we reached Egina. a
mile and a half south of Kerreri and six
miles from Omdrumann. A mounted
camel corps with a horse battery pushed
forward to Khorshamba whereupon the
entire dervish force Issued from Omdur
mann. They were clearly visible. I esti
mated his force at 35.000 men. They ad
vanced at 11 a. m Sirdars’ dispatch breaks
off at this important point. Further news
is awaited with in-tense interest.”
AX e are slightly disfigured,
but still in the ring, on Sec
ond street, next to'Old Curi
osity Shop.
H. J. Lamar & Sons.
ALL GEORGIA
TRDJPS HELD
The Third Has Been lOrdered
from Griffin to Jackson
ville, Fla.
FINAL BULLETIN ISSUE.
Probable that the Best of the Vol
unteers Will Be Held at Least
Until Spring.
Washington, Sept. 3. —A bulletin was Is
sued by the war department today an
nouncing the additional regiments to be
mustered out of the service:
Adjutant General Corbin said that In all
probability few, if any, of the other troops
will be ordered relieved from duty at this
time.
The bulletin of organ izalt nons to be mus
tered out is as follows:
The First United States Volunteer In
fantry ,at Galveston.
The Ninth Massachusetts Infantry, at
Montauk.
Batt.rice B, C, and D, of the First Maine
Artillery, at August, Me.
Companies A, B and D of the Second
Washington Infantry, at Vancouver Bar
racks.
Washington, D. C. Infantry.
First Battalion of Nevada Infantry, at
Carson City.
Ninth New York Infantry, at Huntsville,
Ala.
Third New York Infantry, at Camp
Meade.
Fourteenth New York Infantry, at
Huntsville, Ala.
Second New Jersey, al Jacksonville, Fla.
First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, at
Ft. Pickering, Mass.
In collection with the order it is signifi
cant of the government’s intention to re
tain many of the volunteer troops in the
service that orders were Issued transfer
ring thirteen regiments from their state
camps to the various camps of mobilization
throughout the country. It is understood
that orders have been issued with a view
to the retention in service, perhaps until
next spring, of the organizations named iu
the orders. The regiments included in
the orders -are:
Third Georgia, at Griffin, Ga., to Jack
sonville.
Fifteenth Minnesota at St Paul, to
Camp Meade.
The Fourth New Jersey, at Seagrt, to
Camp Meade.
The Eight Infantry, (regular,) at Ft.
Thomas, to Lexington. Ky.
The Fifth Massachusetts, at South Far
mington, to Camp Meade.
The Thirty-fifth Michigan at Island Ha
ven, to Camp eMade.
The Third Mississippi, at Jackson, Miss.,
to Lexington, Ky.
The Two Hundred and Second New York,
at Hempstead, to Camp Meade.
The Third Carolina, at Fort Macon, to
Knoxville.
The Fourth Kentucky, at Lexington, to
Knoxville.
The Third Alabama, at Mobile, to Jack
sonville.
The Third regiment of United States
Volunteers from Jefferson Barracks to
'Lexington.
The First Territorial regiment from Tuc
zon, Arizona, to Lexington.
YELLOW JACK
Is Spreading and Increasing
in Mississippi Towns.
Jackson, Miss,, Sept. 3 —The yellow 7 fever
is spreading at Orwood, nine new cases
being reported from that place this morn
ing to the state board of health.
One case has developed at Waiterford, a
small village five miles east of Walterville.
The state board now regards the situa
tion as rather serious, and although very
prompt measures are always practiced, ex
traordinary efforts will now be put forth
to stamp out the disease.
Surgeon C-arter, of the United States
marine hospital service, arrived at Water
valley last nijiit and was informed this
mornig of the new cases Orwood. He im
mediately ordered a special train anel went
to Taylor Station, where, after an investi
gation. he will hurry to Orwood. There
are now twenty-two cases at Orwood. One
death has occurred.
RETURN OF TROOPS
From Peurto Rico Hastened by Increasing
{Sickness.
Washington. Sept. 3 —The war depart
ment is making every possible effort to
hasten the withdrawal of troops from
Puerto Rico on account of the increasing
and alarming sickness among the military
forces in the island. It will be several
days before adequate transportation can
be provided. A garrison only large enough
to preserve law and order In the island
will be maintained, and the other forces
will probably be furloughed as soon as
they shall reach the United States.
OFFICERS WOULD SERVE.
Poll of Second New Jersey Regiment on
Quitting Completed.
Hackinsack, Sept. 3 —The commission
appointed by Governor Voorhees to go to
Jacksonville and find out how many men
in- the Second New Jersey regiment want
to come home instead of going to Cuba has
completed its labors Ninety per cent of
the officers want to continue in the ser
vice.
SOLDIERS'S SUICIDE.
Had Been Sick for Some Time and Ended
It All.
Montauk Point, N Y.. Sept. 3. —The sec
ond suicide which has taken place at Camp
Wikoff occurred last night in the infantry
camp. Private John Wagner, of the
Seventeenth regular infantry, hanged him
self from the ridge pole of his tent dur
ing the temporary absence of the guard.
Wagner has been ill of malarial fever for
two weeks and last night was delirious.
His home is not known here. He enlisted
at Columbus, O.
MISSISSIPPI SAILED.
Ponce, Sept. 3. —The United States Trans
port Mississippi sailed this morning for
New York, having on board the PemißyJva
aia cavalry and artillery,
THE MACON IvRWS.
M’KINLEY AT
CAMPJCKOFF
General Shafter Was Not
There to Meet Pres
ident.
WILL MEET AT HIS TENT.
General Wneeler With An Escort of
a Thousand Soldiers Met the
Commander-in-Chief.
Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, Sept. 3
The president and secretary of war ar
rived here at a quarter to nine.
Major General Wheeler and his staff
greeted Messrs. McKinley, Alger and their
party on the station platform. Outside, a
thousand smart troopers of the Third
cavalry were drawn up and the converted
yacht Eileen in the roadstead slowly
boomed forth the president’s salute of
twenty-one guns.
General Wheeler met the president .be
cause General Shafter has a touch of fever
and does not feel able to move from his
cot.
Besides General Wheeler is still in de
tention and it would hardly comport with
the discipline of the camp for the com
manding general to disregard the deten
tion rules.
General Wheeler arranged for the party
to go through the detention camp past
Shafter’s tent where the president will
greet the commander of the Santiago
forces.
russiaandTrance
WILL OBJECT
lo Great Britain’s Coming
Change of Policv in
Egvpt.
London, Sept. 3. —The Pall Mall Gazette
says it is satisfied that a general Anglo-
German agreement has been reached to
act together in various quarters of the
world. The paper adds that it has veri
fied yesterday’s information and as an in
stance of when Germany’s support will
prove exceedingly useful points out that
the fall of Omdurman will change Great
Britain’s position in Egypt and that in
face of inevitable French and Russian re
sentment “Germany will be useful as an
active guarantee of our permanent occu
pation.”
TROOPS FOR ATLANTA.
Army Officers Say They Will Be Camped at
theSPark.
Atlanta, Sept. 3 —Five thousand soldiers
will in all probability be encamped at the
exposition park, as a result of the report
which has been submitted by the board of
officers, appointed to look Into the avail
ability of the place.
There seems little reason to doubt that
favorable action will be taken by the war
department officials, and that at an early
date five regiments of soldiers will be com
fortably quartered at Atlanta.
An army officer who requested that his
name should not be mentioned, stated to a
Journal reporter:
"I have no doubt .but the troops will be
sent here. It is true that there will be
considerable expense necessary to prepare
the park for their reception, but I believe
the government will not hesitate to ex
pend the sum needed.
"The repairs suggested by the board In
its report can be made more cheaply than
establishing a new camp elsewhere, and
the troops would secure what they now
have nowhere else, good buildings, good
water and good sewerage.” ‘
The strong points embodied in the re
port of the officers were the advantages of
dormitories, the excellent drinking water,
the bathing facilities, the perfect sanita
tion, and the accessibility of the park by
the Southern railway and the street car
lines.
The cost of the repairs which were sug
gested have not been estimated, but a
member of the board said he had no idea
the park company would be expected to
pay for them.
Some work will have to be done on the
roofs of most of the buildings, and floor
ing will have to be put in the machinery
hall and the forestry building. Kitchens
will have to be provided for. Arrange
ments will have to be made for testing tlm
buildings. Additional closets will have to
be put in and some water and sewerage
connections will have to be made.
Some provision will also be required for
quarters for the officers, and a place se
cured for a drill ground. The space in
side the park, it is estimated, would not
be large enough for one regiment to drill
in. but by the use of property adjoining
the park, sufficient room will be secured.
When the suggested improvements are
made, it is believed the park will be the
flnest camping place in the country.
MIDWaTTs
MOVING AWAY.
The Plaisance of the Chicka
mauga Camp is Broken
up.
Chickamauga. Sept. 3 —. Headquarters of
the First and Second brigades of the first
division of the third corps moved to An
niston this today.
The Fourteenth New York left for An
niston this afternoon.
Battery “A.” Georgia Light Artillery,
left for Griffin this afternoon and the sig
nal corps left for Knoxville.
Chickamauga is rapidly assuming a de
serted appearance. Only a few regiments
are left and nearly all the camp followers
have departed.
The little town of Lytle, which had been
one of the busiest places in this section for
four months, is getting back to its normal
condition.
The Midway, the scene of much turbur
lence during the summer, is being done
away with.
The Ohio hospital train arrived in camp
this morning. It will leave for Columbus
with the sick Ohio volunteers tonight.
We are now ready to fill
prescriptions at our new
store, Second street, next to
Powers’ Curiosity Shop.
H. J. Lamar & Sons.
MACON NEWS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 3 1898.
DROPPED DEAD
ON STREET CAR
Awfully Sudden Death of Mrs.
Catherine Else This
Morning.
HEART DISEASE THE CAUSE,
Caught by the Conductor as She
Fell Forward from Her Seat—
A Startling Occurrence.
Mrs. Catherine Else, an old lady 70
years of age dropped dead on the Macon
and Indian Spring car line this morning
about 10 o’clock.
She got on the car at her residence, 814
Orange street, and the car had not gone
fifty yards before she was dead.
The car was in charge of Conductor H,
L. McSwing and 'Motorman A. J. Edge.
Mrs. Else got on the car with the inten
tion of going to see her daughter, Mrs 'R.
L. Henry, who lives on Walnut street.
The conductor stated that she got on the
car without any assistance and that she
seemed all right when she got on.
Conductor McSwing wh<C. asked ajjout
the matter said:
“Mrs. Else got on the car at the corner
of Spring and Orange Streets and seemed
to be in good health. I collected her fare
and started back to my place on the rear
end of the car when Mr. Harry Kendall
called me and said that the lady wanted
me. I went to where she was sitting and
she asked me if I had given her the
change for the money she gave me. I told
her that I had and as I did so she fell for
ward and I caught her. Mr. Erwin and
Mr. Kendall came to my assistance and
helped me to lift her from the car to her
house. She died in our arms.
As Mrs. Else was being carried home Dr.
Williams passed by and he was called in
and a few minutes later Dr. Gewinner, the
family physician came. The doctors said
that the cause of her death was heart
failure.
It was known that 'Mrs. Else was
troubled with heart disease as Dr. Gewin
ner had been treating her for some time.
The death was a particularly sad one.
Mrs. Else was on her way to see her
daughter when she died and the members
of her family are grief-stricken.
She was 70 years old and has lived in
Macon since 1859. She leaves five children
to mourn her loss. They are Mrs. R. L.
Henry, Mrs. G. W. Sherwood, Mrs. Paul
Keller, Mr. T. B. Else and Mr. W. W.
Fife. All of her family live in Macon with
the exception of Mrs. Keller, who lives at
Montieth, Ga.
No arrangements have yet been made
for the funeral. Mrs. Else was one of tha
most highly thought of ladles in the com
munity. She was a good Christian woman
and was loved by all who knew her.
HOSPITAL TRAIN
Has Arrived at Philadelphia With Many Sick
Aboard.
Philadelphia, Sept. 3 —The third hospi
tal train sent from this city under the aus
pices of the Medico Chlurglcal hospital ar
rived from Camp Meade with more than
one hundred sick soldiers on board this
morning. Most of the men are suffering
from typhoid fever although quite a num
ber are down with malarial and other
fevers.
None of the patients are believed to be
dangerously 111.
Over 300 sick soldiers are now here,
among them the following:
From the Second Tennessee, L. Frazier,
of company K, Dresden; E. E. Bogg, of
company E, Abington; General Cloen, of
company E, Aulon; Wm. Kemp, of com
pany D,; Priest Leonard, of company C,
Raleigh; William Mays, of company A,
Nashville.
CHICAGO BREAKS
HEAT RECORDS
Whole of West Is Suffering
from Unprecedented
Weather,
Chicago, Sept. 3—Should the high tem
perature continue unbroken until tomor
row morning, all Chicago heat records for
duration will have been broken..
The record today has been five consecu
tive days with a maximum temperature in
the nineties. In’ many places work has
been suspended in the shops and where
the men were obliged to labor exposed to
the sun.
The suffering of the people in the tene
ment districts has been intense.
For extent and intensity of heat the pres
ent hot wave is about as severe as any
thing ever observed by Professor Cox, of
the weather bureau.
“It covers,” said he, "practically the
entire country east of the Rocky Moun
tains and has ran as high as 102 above in
Kansas while in Huron and South Dakota
there have been three successive days with
100 degrees weathr.”
Th reports of fatalities and prostrations
from heat in the past twenty-four hours
in Chicago showed one dead, nine pros
trated with recovery doubtful and three
less seriously overcome.
SWEDEN ACCEPTS.
King Has Notified the Czar that He Will
Send Delegates.
Stockholm, Sept. 3 —On the recommend
ation of the Swedish-Norweigan counsel
King Oscar has notified the czar of his ac
ceptance of the invitation to send dele
gates to the peace conference.
RATE WAR IS PROBABLE.
Transfer Companies Are at Outs With Each
Other.
The transfer companies of the city will
probably be at war with each other in the
next few days. Each line has been cut
ting its rates for the past few days and
it will not be long if the present rates con
tinue before it will be possible to have
trunks hauled very cheap.
BANK EXAMINERS
Wil! See Whether the Law is Being Com
plied With or Not.l
Washington, Sept. 3.—Secretary Gage
has given instructions to the bank eram
iners to make such inspections of the pa
per held by banks as will enable the ex
aminers to report whether the war reve
nue act is being or has been, complied
witlu _ _ . , il ._ .
CALLS MEETING
MONDAY NIGHT
On Monday Night at Eight
Thirty Mr. Henry Horne
Will Speak
IT THE ACADEMT Os MUSIC
He Will Discuss IMatters of Vital
Importance to'. Property Owners
of the City of Macon,
The season at the Academy of Musics
will be opened by the manager of the
opera house himself.
Monday night at 8:30 o’clock at the
Academy of Music Mr. Horne will address
the property owners of Macon.
He will lecture or discourse or discuss
questions of vital interest affecting the
internal economy of this municipality.
The subject will be handled straight
from the shoulder, says Mr. Horne, and
the facts as they exist will be given to
the public.
Mr. 'Horne says that he does not intend
that this shall be regarded as an attack
on the administration. He bears no en
mity he says but he deals with facta
which as a property owner he thinks that
he should lay before the property owners
of the city.
The mayor and aldemen and all the pub
lic officials are invited to be present at the
meeting and hear what Mr. Horne has to
say.
It is safe to say that the attendance on
this meeting will be large and that the
first attraction of the season at the opera
house will draw a good house.
BOATS TO HAVANA.
Regular Schedule Will Be Commenced on
Monday.
Commencing Monday’ the regular boat
service ‘to Havana was resumed.
'At present only one steamer, the Mas
cotte, will be put on ‘the run between Port
Tampa and Havana. The other steamer of
the line, the Olivette, which was leased to
the government, was sunk yesterday at
■Fernandina. The Mascotte will make two
trips a week.
It is expected that the rush of Americans
to Cuba wi'l open with the first trip of the
Mascotte to Havana and that it will con
tinue and steadily increase throughout the
winter. The travel to the favored island
will become so great that it is doubtful if
oni boat will be sufficient to transport the
cf*< for, naturally, everybody who in
tend smaking the voyage will be anxious
to be among the first to get there.
That there will be a large influx of pros
petcors and investors and schemers to
Cuba ’there is no doubt, and, as the saying
is, the early bird catches the worm, so it
will be with those who intend going to
Havana, the first to get there will have
an advantage from Which no doubt they
will profit.
GRANDRALLY
OF LEAGUERS
Will Be Held at the South Ma
con Methodist Church
Tuesday Night,
All the unions of the Epworth League
will meet at the South Macon Methodist
church next Tuesday night. A special
program has been arranged for the occa
sion and the meeting promises to be very
interesting.
Everybody is invited to attend the meet
ing. Following is the program:
Song.
Prayer.
Song.
Address by Col. N. E. Harris.
Song.
Workers’ Experience Meeting.
Voluntary takks—Best methods of con
ducting devotional meetings? Charity and
help meetings? Literary meetings?
Doxology.
Benediction.
The president of the 'Macon Union of
Epworth Leagues will give one subscrip
tion to the Epworth Era for one year to
that visiting League which has the best
percentage of attendance at the above
meeting.
TWO YOUNG PEOPLE UNITED.
A Surprise Marriage Took Place At Grace
Church Thursday.*
Mr. John Deßord and Miss Alice Garfield
were married at Grace church Thursday
night. The marriage was a surprise to all
of their friends, as none of them knew
about it.
It was known, however, that the young
people were engaged, but nobody thought
of them marrying so early. The couple de
cided that they bad waited long enough
and they had the knot tied. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Mr. Snow.
Mr. Deßord is an employe of the Dime
Savings Bank and is one of their most,
trusted employes. His bride is the daugh
ter of Mr. Charles Garfield( city drummer
for Jaques & Tinsley.
MANY MACON BOYS
Will Go Off to School This Fall—Techs Will
Get a Majority.
Macon will be well represented at the
different colleges this fall and it is ex
pected that fully twenty-five young men
will go off to college. The following young
gentlemen will attend the different col ■
leges this year:
Mr. Charlie Ellis and E. P. Mallary will
attend the university of Virginia this fall;
Mr. James Hines will be at the Tech: Mr.
Arber Hertz will attend the college at
Auburn; Mr. Fletcher Cater and Ike Har
deman, Jr., will go to the Tech; Mr. Car
lisle Nisbet and Mr. Roland Hall will at
tend Auburn; Mr. Hinley Abbott will go
to Emory: Mr. Leon K. Willingham will
attend college at Richmond, Va. ;Mr. Will
Davis will enroll at ‘Athens; Mr. Gus
Wingand will go to the Tech; Mr. Albert
Henry will go to the Tech; Mr. Percy Wil
liams and Mr. Charlie Taylor will go to
the Tech; Mr. Clarke Wilder will go to
Barnesville; Mr. Clifford Ray will go to
Barnesville.
Our soda water patrons
will find us next to the Old
Curiosity Shop, where we are
dispensing, as before the fire,
the best soda water and gems.
H. J. Lamar & Sons.
HIGHEST RATE
BIBBJAS PAID
County Commissioners Have
Figured It Out and
Fixed It At
EIGHT SEVENTY NINE.
The Total State and County Tax
Rate Will be a Dollar and a
Half on the Hundred.
The state and county rate of taxation
for this year will be $1,500 as against
$1,280 last year.
Clerk Stuart Davis, of the board of
county commissioners, figured the tax rate
of Bibb county for the present year at
$8.79 on every thousand dollars’ worth of
property.
His esliti ate will be submitted to the
commissioners at their meeting on next
Tuesday, and the probability is they will
adopt It.
This rate will be an increase on last
year’s rate of $1.20 on the thousand. The
state rate this year is $6.21, or an increase
of $1 on the thousand. If Clerk Davis’ es
timate for county is accepted, the com
bined state and county rate for Bibb will
be sls on the thousand, or $1.50 on every
SIOO. The rate last year was $1.28 on the
hundred.
The rate this year will be the highest
Bibb county has ever had. The increase
in county rate is due to several causes,
towit: The county incurred an extra ex
pense this year of about $7,000 on account
of smallpox; there has been a decrease of
$300,000 in taxable values, and last year
the commissioners lowered the tax rate,
which caused the total revenue to run
several thousand dollars behind the aggre
gate expenses.
There will no doubt be a great deal of
kicking on the part of property owners
when the high tax rate becomes known,
but there is no way of avoiding the levy
and payment.
RELIEF ASSOCIATION
CONTINUES WORK.
Vuthnance and Rountree Pre
sent Them With the Box
Promised Last Month.
The Soldiers’ Relief Association met last
night at the Public Library and some very
important business was transacted. The
first thing to come up before the associa
tion was the box of money which was pre
sented by the firm of Huthnance & Roun
tree. It will be rememberd that in July
Messrs. Huthnance & Rountree promised
to get a box and put In one cent of every
cash sale for the month of August. The
box was turned over to the ladies yester
day afternoon.
It is not known yet how much the box
contains as the money has not been count
ed. Mrs. Walter Lamar, who is in At
lanta, has the key and it cannot be opened
until the key is secured. The box is very
heavy and it is thought that it contains
fully $25.
The ladies extended a vote of thanks to
the firm who presented the box.
It was decided that the association would
turn its entire attention to the wives and
families of the Macon soldiers who are in
the army. The ladies now have four fam
ilies on their hands and it is probable that
they will have more. They ask the help
of all the friends of the association. They
want money and provisions mainly, and all
persons who wish to continue to the work
can send their contributions to ’Mrs. Ross
White or Mrs. Elizabeth Winship.
A fund has been set aside for the sup
port of one of the families and the ladies
will try to get one of the sick ladles in the
hospital as she is too sick to remain at her
home where she cannot receive the proper
attention.
Mrs. Winship reported that she had
turned over nineteen pajamas to Miss
Boone for the Army and 'Navy League.
Mrs. Ross White was given the full power
to act in the home relief work.
The association will meet again next
Friday and adopt plans for an entertain
ment which will be given soon.
FLANAGAN DYING.
The Murderer is Wasting Awaw in DeKalb
Jail.
Atlanta, Sept. 3.—Edward C. Flanagan,
■DeKalb’s double murderer, is wasting away
in the Fulton county jail, and unless the
mills of justice grind fast and crush him,
disease and starvation will steal the vic
tim twice allotted to the gallows.
■Flanagan is a physical wreck and is fast
losing what little vitality he has. He eats
little of nothing, and is in a state of de
spondency. He has lost all hope of life,
and would prefer to die by starvation than
to swing by the neck on a rope adjusted .by
the DeKalb county hangman.
OMDURMANN.
Has Fallen Before Steady Ad
vance Into Interior of
Soudan,
London, Sept. 3—The Evening Telegraph
this afternoon publishes a brief dispatch
saying:
“All the forts at Omdurmann have been
destroyed. Great success. No casualties.”
GOLD FROM SEA WATER.
Company at Lubec, Me., Has Again Started
Operations.
Lublc, Me., Sept. 3.—The machinery of
the Electrolytic Marine Salts Company is
running again under the personal supervis
ion of A. B. Ryan, president of the com
pany. Three of the famous eumulators
were set at work Saturday and the dynamo
started. Ryan said that he still had faith
that the process for extracting gold from
sea water was all right.
We will replace the soda
water tickets our customers
lost in the fire. Let us know
how many you had.
H. J. Lamar & Sons,
Second street, next to Old
Curiosity Shop.
NO! NO!! NO!!!
of course you would not wear a’last season’s hat—a rather
unfavorable credential.
By the way have you purchased your new Fall 1898 hat?
Vi e think it opportune to call your attention to the fact
la we have hats, hats and hats, soft, stiff and semi-stiff.
Same embrace all the latest ideas from Stetson, Knox, Mil
ler and Dunlap.
OURS3SODERBYHAT
We guarantee as durable as any $5.00 hat in the market.
We have other good one at £3, £2.50, $2 and $1.50. Call
and let us hat you rightly and becomingly.
Your Watch
Needs Cleaning !
I hat’s what’s the matter with it. It can’t keep good
time while full of dust. Bring it here and we’ll fix
it so it will run right, for only $2.00, with one year
guarantee.
BEELRND The T J< r we,er .’ m .
Triangular Block.
Mercer University,
MACON, GEORGIA.
' high-grade institution, with goo d equipment and with an excellent fac
ulty. Full course in Latin language and literature, Greek language and
literature, English language and literature, modern languages, mathematics
and astronomy, natural history, physi cs and chemistry, history and philos
ophy, the Bible, law. Many students finish the college year at a cost of $l6O
for all expenses. For catalogue or further information address
P. D. POLLOCK, President, Macon, Ga.
City Baggage Transfer Co
Prompt delivery of baggage to aud from all depots.
Office next door Southern Express Co.
W. H. ARNOLD, Manager.
518 Fourth Street. Phone 20
f COOL NIGHTS i
J 42 PLEASANT DAYS- ::
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In the fall of the year when the long summer «»
has tired nature out INDIAN SPRING is **
4* the most delightful health resort in the South.
$ THE WIGWAM,- — a I'
. *»
4* Under its new management, is pronounced by « »
4» all the patrons of the hotel this year as equal * »
in every respect to the best hotels. T
V You can find rest, health, comfort and pleasure " *
4 at the WIGWAM J
J T. C. PARKER, Proprietor. J ‘
4 # C. E. Hooper, Manager. J
Crump’s Park Bulletin
Ton ight==“ I nshavogue.”
Dunlap Hats.
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ZZ y ou have woo tn one
zt's useless for us to say more to
you than that New Nall Shapes .are now on
sale. If you have not, ask some one that has
or come see them for yourself
Nou'll have the satisfaction of knowing
thatyout Hat zs right no matter where you
go, if you wear a Dunlap
TO BE HAD ONLY AT
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mtmeu on Hand.
Loans on real estate. Easy monthly pay
ments.
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon, Ga„ 461 Third Street.
PRICE THREE CENTS