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$35,000 Special money
to loan on Macon improved property in
•uma of SI,OOO and upwards. per cent
straight NO COMMISSION.
THE QBORGIa WAN AND TRUST CO..
O. A. Coleman. General Manager,
256 Second Street.
ESTABLISHED 1884
CLOSE CONTEST
IN ARKANSAS
The Fight Between the Dem
ocrats and Republicans
Is Very Bitter.
WHISKEY PLAYS A PART,
Trouble is Looked for in Several of
the Counties and Results Are
Eagerly Looked For.
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. s—The state
election is in progress in Arkansas today.
The weather is warm and generally fair
throughout the state the conditions of
which favor a large vote.
Two years ago a total of 141,000 votes
was east Jones, Democrat, receiving
(>I,OOO, Remmel, Republican, 35,800. Files,
Populist, 14,000, and Miller, Prohibition
ist 800.
This being an off year the total voted is
hardly to exceed 125,000.
There is much excitement in several
of the counties, over in Crawford county
the fight between the 'Democrats and 'Re
publicans is very bitter.
It is alleged that whisky in large quan
tities Is freely distributed in that county
by both sides and trouble is looked for.
The sheriffalty contest in Garland coun
ty is interesting. Secret committees com
poM-d of determined men and the friends
of opposing candidates are stationed at
.very polling place in Garland county for
the avowed purpose of preventing fraudu
lent voting and corruption.
The situation in Jefferson over the r|e
for sheriff is such as to caus. a feeling of
apprehension are reports from that count
ty are eagerly awaited
SHAFTER’S ARROGANCE.
Caused Spread of Yellow fever Says Expert
Senn.
Chicago, Sept. s.—An article by Lieuten
ant Colonel Senn, surgical expert in the
army, published here today, says:
"It was not the medical department, but
the arrogance of stupidity of the Com
manding General of the Invading army
that is res|H>ntsible for the extensive out
break of yellow fever during tho Cuban
campaign.”
GIRLS KISSED HIM.
They Bombarded Cervera for His Kindness
to Lieut. Hobson.
Annapolis, M D., Sept. 5.—A party of
Baltimore excursionists yesterday discov
ered Admiral Cervera, hw son and several
paroled S.|«ani«h officer* walking in the
street. The visitors made for the admiral
with a cheer, and many of the girls kissed
and careseed him, praising his conduct to
ward Hobson. They then started in on the
officers, who fled down a side street and
took refuge in a drug store until a carriage
Arrived and rescued them from the kindly
■lege. . 4, k ./
BANKRUPTCY CASE.
Liabilities Nearly Two Million Dollars—U.
P. Involved.
Amaha, Neb., Sept. s.—The most impor
tant case under tho bankruptcy law yet
recorded In Nebraska, so far as the amount
of liabilities is concerned, has just been
filed. It is the petition of B. F. Reynolds.
The liabilities are close to $2,000,000. The
assets are given as a $50,000 Judgment in
the United State's court against the Union
Ihicitle Railway Company.
REID’S VIEWS
Oil Subject of Cuba Puerto Rico and the
Philippines.
New York. Sept. s.—Whitelaw Reid, re
cently appointed a Peace Commissioner,
has an article on expansion in the Century
Magazine for September. From it his creed
appears to be that Cuba must have good
government; that Porto Rico is rightly
ours, and that what humanity forbade In
Cuba, we cannot re-establish in the Phil
ippines. KeM's ideas assume great impor
tance, in view of his appointment.
GOOD’S BOYCOTT
IN HAVANA.
Gigantic Combination Said to
Have Been Formed to
IForce Down Prices,
Havana, via Key West, Sept, o — A gigan
tic scheme to boycott American goods was
discovered on Tuesday. Spanish mer
chants refused to buy American products
except at greatly reduced prices. la order
to force a sale the merchants employed all
the drays, so that the provisions could not
be moved from the wharf at the time re
ceived from the government. The goods
were loaded back on the schooner and the
merchants came to terms.
Thousands are starving though the mar
kets are flushed with food stuffs of all
kinds. Wednesday an English steamer ar
rived with over 27,0000 barrels of flour.
There are at least half a dozen cargoes of
food supplies that cannot find buyers. The
market is so flushed with goods of all kinds
that prices will soon be down lower than
4n the United States. The papers of Ha
vana maintain strict silence about the fate
of Cuba.
Everything is waiting on the commis
sioners. The papers claim that business
will remain at a standstill until the com
missioners shall arrive. Sentiment at Ha
vana is greatly in greatly in favor of the
American form of government, and partic
ularly hostile to Cuban rule.
If the merchants were certain that Uncle
Sam would assume immediate control bus
iness would boom at once.
FAIRCHILD NO BETTER.
Dedham, M ass . Sept. 5. —It is announced
at Kalrstern this morning that the condi
tion of Hon. Thomas B. Fairchild is un
changed from that of the past twenty-four
hours. Physicians are in constant atten
dance.
Bockltn’e Arnica Salve
The beet salve In the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
Bvree. tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
eorns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cure* piles or no pay required. It is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 26c per box. For
by H. J. Lamar £ bona' drus store.
ACCIDENT TO IOWA
Engine Rooms Were Flooded as Result of
Insecure Valves.
* ~
New York. Sept. s.—The Tribune says «n
; accident occurred to the battleship lowa in
the dry dock at the Brooklyn, navy ayrd,
the extent of which could not be learned,
on account of the reticence of the officers.
It is reported that the engine rooms were
flooded by the entrance of water through
an open sea cock or cocks. As the ship
was being floated one of the sea cock's or
Injection valves In the lowa’s hull was
either open or insecurely fastened, for
from the outside pushed, the cock valve
back and the water gushed into the hull.
The damage is not yet known.
FROM CHICKAMAUGA.
Only One Regiment Will Be Left There for
the Winter.
Chickamauga, Sept. s—The removal from
Chickamauga Is now being made rapidly.
Four Ohio batteries left for Columbus
this morning
Tae Thirl Tennessee b.roke camp and left
for Anniston this afternoon. General L.
AV. Colby, commanding the Third brigade,
First division, Third corps, departed with
his staff for Anniston this morning.
The Eighth New York has completed its
preparations for departure and will move
tomorrow.
The First Mississippi is ready to move
to the home state tomorrow.
The Sixth United States Volunteers,
which is to be the only one left at Chicka
maga, will move its camp tomorrow and
will be better established for a long stay.
Tomorrow the work of paying the men
remaining at Chickamauga will begin.
Only about C.OtiO are to be paid and the
paymasters expect to get through in two
days.
Five deaths were reported this morning.
PINGREE’S NURSES.
Sixteen Women to Take Care of Mcntauk
Sick and Wounded Soldiers,
New York, Sept. 5. —A young man enter
id the Hott 1 Metropole at the head of six
teen young women, marching by twos,
He registered as H. S. Pingree, Jr., of ‘De
troit, Mich., and is a son of Governor Pin
gree, of that state. The young women were
trained nurses, organized by Pingree and
brought here to help the sick and. wounded
nt Montauk Point. They were in excellent
spirits, and, as it was their first visit to
New York, moat of them, later under effi
cient guides, visited the Bowery and Chi
natown.
COLON IS LOST
And Watson Doubts Whether the Teresa Can
Be Raised.
Washington, Sept. s—Commodore Wat
son, who was directed to examine the con
dition of the sunken Spanish ships Cris
toval Colon and Maria Teresa, has report
ed to the navy department that, in his
opinion, the Colon cannot possibly be
saved, and he questions whether the Teresa
can. It Is possible that all work on the
ships will be stopped unless definite re
sults shall be obtained by the wreckers in
the next few days.
HEATSTROKES
AT SANTIAGO.
General Shafter Talked About
the Condition of the
Troops.
Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y.,
Sept. s—Late5 —Late last night General Shafter
talked to reporters about certain points of
his campaign, of disease, of supplies and
the transports home.
"Did you have yellow fever?" was ask
ed.
“Yes, we did. Our first case developed
at El Caney. It spread like a prairie fire.
Many a man had yellow fever who never
will know it. It is not so dangerous as
the calentune or heat attacks, that unae
ellinated men have in the regions of
Cuba. Why, it is a common thing fisr a
man's temperature to rise from a normal
state to 105 in a few hours. That means
death in most cases.
"It can give cards and spades to yellow
fever in the game of death. I’d rather have
yellow fever by a damned sight. I tell
you when a man burns up Inside there is
little hope for him.
"As to the transports, we sent the best
we had. It was that or keep the men
there.
"If we could have had a few weeks to
equip hospital ships the conditions would
have been better. If the war had con
tinued we would have stayed right there,
fever or no fever. The sudden end of the
war was unexpected. We were not pre
pared for the unexpected. I made it an
invariable rule to send home 25 per cent
fewer men on a transport than she had
brought out. That was a fair view to
take.”
“But. General Shafter, the Allegheny got
in with very many sick, and buriecj
teen at sea.”
"I am astonished at that. What regi
ment was it?’ asked the general.
“The ninth Massachusetts.”
“Oh. well, that explains much. For
some reason that I cannot fathom that
regiment has been most unfortunate
throughout the war. It lost its colonel,
two majors, several company officers and
a larger percentage of men by sickness
than any regiment down there.”
“How about the Seneca and Concho?”
was asked.
"Probably there was some just ground
for the charge of overcrowding in two
ships that brought men home in the early
summer.” answered General Shafter.
"Possibly those were the ships. The
men were clamorous to get home and the
vessels stopped somewhere on the route
to take on more men. That was beyond
my control. It should not have been. But
since that time not a ship has been over
crowded Remember, that my hands were
quite full at Santiago for a few days after
"the surrender.
“We gave the sick all we could of what
the government provided Cuba is a desert
waste. Nothing is to be had there.”
MISS WINNIE DAVIS.
Her Condition this Morning
Unchanged—Very Dan
gerously 111,
Narragansett Pier. Sept. s.—The condi
tion of Miss Winnie Davis thia morning
was unchanged. She was. perhaps, a little
more comfortable, but the oppressive heat
retards improvement.
(ARRIVED FROM GEORGIA.
New York, Sept. s—Three hundred and
seventy-seven members of the Eighth reg
ular infantry arrived at Jersey City thia
morning from Camp Hobson, Ga. One of
the men, Edward Bergot, is down with
typhoid. They continued their journey to
Montauk.
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THE MACON NE
GLADSTONE'S
WILL ANO WISHES
He Desired Simple Burial if
Possible and no Laudatory
Inscription on Tomb.
BEQUESTS TO RELATIVES
And Instructions to His Executors
and the Future Possessor of
Hawarden Castle,
London, Sept. s—The will of the late
William E. Gladstone as probated shows
that the personal estate 4s valued at
59,506 pounds.
The will was written by himself in an
ordinary memorandum book.
It is a document of about 200 words and
is a remarkable specimen of penmenship.
The second clause of the will has refer
ence to the funeral arrangements and
says:
“Commending myself to the Infinite
mercies of God and his incarnate son as
the only and sufficient hope I leave
particulars for my burial to my executors,
specifying only that they be simple and
private unless there be conclusive reasons
to the contrary, and I desire to be buried
where my wife may also lie. On no ac
count shall a laudatory inscription be
placed over me."
After appointing his sons as executors,
the will charges the future possessor of
Hawarden to remember that as the head
of the family it will be his duty to extend
its good offices to the other members
thereof according to his ability and their
manifest needs and merits.
The rest of the document leaves souve
nirs to the servants and bequeaths to his
grandson, William, as heirlooms all the
patents of crown offices held by the tes
tator and the books and prints presented
to him by the queen, his letters from the
queen, etc.
RAN THROUGH WATER.
Journey of Four Days from Atlanta to Sa
vannah.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. s—The5 —The passengers
who left Atlanta for Savannah last Wed
nesday reached here yesterday tired, hun
gry and bedraggled. The trains which
have been massed about Savannah in all
directions were populated with people
from all parts of the country and their ex
periences have been decidedly unique. The
train over the Georgia Central spent two
days at Tennille and one each at Wadley
and Millen. It was then carried to Au
gusta and ultimately worked its way into
this city via Yemassee.
During the long delays the passengers
were cooped up on two sleeping cars and
the situation was an unpleasant one for
the women and children; but all made the
most of their unfortunate environment and
there was no complaint, except that which
was prompted by the neglect of the Geor
gia Central railroad officers to make the
slightest effort toward acquainting the
passengers with the real situation of af
fairs. They were left entirely In the dark
as to their prospects of getting to Savan
nah and it was only when they joined in a
united protest that the railroad company
began to take an Interest in them.
At Wadley the ladies took part in a
church concert and the men played base
ball. All sorts of schemes were suggested
in order to kill time and at one point the
passengers engaged in a game of marbles.
President ‘Mumford, of the Southern bank,
won first honors, wth Superintendent
Loftin, of the Savannah waterworks, a
close second.
The train which finally carried them into
Savannah plowed through water most of
the way, but met with no accident. The
whoule country, however, shows marks of
the severe storm, 4n the shape of roofless
houses, broken trees and flooded cotton
fields.
Through the energetic work of railroad
and telegraph repair crews direct commu
nicaton and transportation facilities have
been renewed and Savannah is once more
in connection with the outside world.
standsTn fear
OF COURT martial.
Private Hill of Ninth Cavalrv
Denies an Interview
In Toto,
Edward S. Hill, a private in the Ninth
cavalry, who enlisted in Macon at the out
break of the war stands in fear and
trembling of a a courtmartial as a result
of an interview purporting to have been
given out by him to an immaginative re
porter and which appeared in yesterday’s
Telegraph.
The statements attributed to Hill are:
1. That he was on a sixty days’ fur
lough.
2. That he was wounded three times.
3. That he was at Santiago.
4. That he was given $3 only to pay ex
penses on his journey from Montauk to
Macon.
5. That Montauk was worse than Cuba.
These are all the points In the article
under big headlines which was a good
story if It were true and a good story if it
were not true. So not being true it was a
good story anyhow.
Hill was not at Santiago.
He accidentally shot himself in the heel
while cleaning his gun.
He got more than 13 for expenses and he
is on a thirty day furlough.
Hill denies that he said anything at all
about the condition of the troops at Mon
tauk.
But he Is a private in the Ninth cavalry
and he is in Macon now.
INVESTIGATION
Os like War Department is Favored By
Tanner.
Washington. Sept. s—Corporal Tanner
is In favor of a thorough investigation of
the charges against the war department.
He thinks the blame rests chiefly with in
competent subordinates. He says that
much sickness always prevails In armies
during war, and that the ranks of the
Union soldiers during the first year of the
rebellion were racked by disease, perhaps
to a greater extent, if a fair comparison
possible, than in the war with Spain.
Corporal Tanner says it is an injustice
to hold Secretary Alger accountable for the
trouble.
“No one in all the land is more pained
than General Alger over the suffering and
deaths la the camps/' he s?U4,
MACON NEWS MONDAY SEPTEMBER 5 1898.
HORNE MEETING
IS POSTPONED
Will Be Held Some Time To
morrow-Announcements
to Be Made Later.
PRESIDENT SHREVE EXPECTED
He Will Discuss Asphalt Paving and
Explain Many Points—Charges
of Collusion to Come Up.
Mr. 'Henry Horne has postponed the
meeting of the property owners and citi
zens of Macon called for 8:30 o’clock to
night at the Academy of Music.
The meeting will be held some time to
morrow, but the hour has not yet been
fixed. Announcements will be made in the
local papers tomorrow.
The reason given by Mr. Home for this
postponement is that he had expected Mr.
Shreve, the president of the Alcatraz As
phalt Company to be present at the meet
ing but Mr. Shreve could not reach Macon
until tomorrow morning. Mr. Horne wants
him to be present in order that he may
speak to the audience authoritatively on
the subject of asphalt paving.
Mr. Horne says that as no committee
has been selected by the citizens or by
council to investigate the charges of col
lusion made between the paving compa
nies, he has wired the Chattanooga paving
brick people asking them to be present at
the meeting and will take the matter up
direct with them and their representative
in the open meeting if they can face the
music.
He especially invites the mayor and
council of Macon to this meeting and says
that what he has to say will interest and
affect them. He wishes it understood,
however, that he is not making an#attack
on the administration but that what he
has to say is for the purpose of drawing
attention to some of the things that have
been done and some of the things that
have been left undone.
It is of course a part of the paving fight
that has been going on for some time, <>ut
the matter has assumed a somewhat dif
ferent ‘aspect as Mr. Horne says that he is
not now interested in any of the profit to
accrue to any one by the awarding of a
contract for any material, he has been put
on his metal, however, by what he says
is the treatment he has received at the
hands of the mayor and council and he
says further that he can show where the
finances of the city could have been
handled to better advantage and the pav
ing work done at a less expense to the
property owners.
For instance, Mr. Horne says, that the
Increase of the license tax on business In
the city has been material since the time
he was mayor of the town and that with
this increase of the receipts in hand the
mayor and council could have made the
money go a great deal further.
Just what line Mr. Horne will tak at to
morrow’s meeting is not of course known
but it is a fact that there is considerable
Interest .end tht the first attraction at the
Academy of Music will drawn a large
house.
LOWE-COBB.
Marriage is to Be Solemnized on the Twen
ty-Second.
The marriage of Miss Eugenia S. Cobb
an dMr. W. B. Lowe, Jr., of Atlanta, is to
be solemnized Thursday, the 22d of this
month. It. will be a home wed ling of q,,>»t
bea..iy and elegance, at which will ba pres
•>t ‘rs near raatives of tne bride and
groom. The ceremony will be performed
in one of the spacious parlors of Wesleyan
college, with which institution Mrs. J. B.
Cobb, the bride’s mother, is prominently
■connected, and where she and her daugh
ters make their home.
Dr. Young J. Allen, a life-long friend of
the family will officiate.
The bride will have no attendants except
her sister, Miss Mary Cobb, who will act as
maid of honor. It Will be a noon wedding,
the bride and groom leaving at 4 o’clock
for their wedding journey north.
The marriage interests many friends of
the young people, especially those in At
lanta and Macon.
Miss Cobb is the fair representative of a
prominent name in Georgia, and has any
number of friends throughout the state.
She is a lovely young woman of charm and
culture.
Mr. Will Lowe, the only son of Mr. and
Mrs. William B. Lowe, belongs to one of
the mos prominent families in Atlanta; his
father is a successful capitalist; his mother
is a social leader who has recently been
chosen president of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs.
Mr. Lowe is bright and popular, a young
gentleman of Intelligence and travel. He
Is now successfully engaged in the lumber
business. He and his bride will make
their home this winter at the residence of
his parents on Peachtree street, Atlants.
TWO HUNDRED
LAY ON GROUND.
Two Men Died at Montauk
While Hospital Being
Unloaded.
Montauk, Sept. 5. —The transport Roma
nia, which arrived yesterday with six hun
dred men from Santiago, was the means an
additional test of the capacity of the hospi
tal in the detention camp.
Os the six hundred men on the Romania
about two hundred of them were so sick
that they had to be put in the hospital.
The authorities at the detention hospital,
although they knew of the transports’ ar
rival, were not informed of the number of
sick they were expected to care for. The
hospital holds 450, but today’s arrivals in
creased the number to 800.
About two hundred had to rest on the
ground while the transport was being un
loaded . Two of the men died.
WILEY CADETS.
New Military Organization Has Just {Been
Formed.
The Wiley Cadets will hold a meeting at
their armory (Third street, rear St. Bar
nabas church,) this evening at 7:30 o’clock.
All the members are requested to be prea
ent.
The company extends a cordial invitation
to all boys who want to join, between the
ages of 14 and 19 years.
A large company should be had as they
will drill during the carnival. The com
pany has cow about forty ajecobers. “P.”
CLEAN SWEEP
Predicted for Soosevelt in N.Y. Guberna
tional Nomination.
New York, Sept. s—The Roosevelt boom
for governor Is growing. Unless the un
expected happens, he will be nominated by
the Republican convention at Saratoga,
September 97. Brooklyn was supposed to
be a stronghold of Frank S. Black, but at
a meeting of Brooklyn - delegate«Tt“w*a
found that IGO out of 132 are for Roosevelt.
The Manhattan delegates are all solid for
him and bis up state strength grows dally.
Senator Platt told Louis Payne, Black’s
chief lieutenant, yesterday that he would
not oppose Black. The Roosevelt men say
this was cold comfort for Payne and that
the Rough Riders will have a clean sweep.
DINNER TO PRESIDENT
Will Be Given at the Hobart Residence this
Evening.
New York, Sept. s.—The President and
Mrs. McKinley and Vice President and
Mrs. Hobart, who are at Patterson, N. J.,
went out for a drive this morning in the
direction of Passaic Falls.
This afternoon United States Senator*
Thurston, of Nebraska; Foraker, of Ohio,
and Burrows, of Michigan, are expected at
the Hobart residence to have a conference
with the president.
This evening a dinner will be given, in
honor of the president.
DUSTERS IN DENVER.
Editors from All Over the Country Reach the
City.
Denver, Sept. s.—Editors of scountry
newspapers, many of them accompanied
by their families, have poured into Denver
today from all parts of the country. They
come for the purpose of attending the thir
teenth annual convention of the National
Editorial Association, the sessions of
which begin tmorrow and will continue
four days.
The reception committee met the arriv
ing delegates at the Union depot and aided
in comfortably settling them.
MORE TROOPS
FOR HONOLULU.
Is Expected that Three Regi
ments from Presidio Will
Go There.
San Francisco, Sept. s.—The Examiner
reports Brigadier General Miller, now in
command of the troops here, as saying that
within a month three of the regiments en
camped at Presidio will be on their way
to Honolulu or Manila.
They are the First Tennessee, the Fifty
first lowa and the Twentieth Massachu-
Be+‘<s.
The Sixth and Seventh California regi
ments are to be mustered out. The Cali
fornia heavy artillery has also asked to be
mustered out and the Eighth California
will be assigned to garrison duty.
This will leave three regiments for avail
able service at Honolulu or Manila and the
general expects orders to send them across
the ocean.
TO CORONATION.
Queen of the Netherlands and Her Mother
Leave for Amsterdam.
The Hague, Sept. s—Queen Wllhelmla
and the queen’s mother started from this
city for Amsterdam, where the coronation
takes place. The route from the palace to
the depot was filled by immense crowds of
people who gave the young queen an en
thusiastic ovation.
IS A PEST HOLE.
Negro Miner’s Camp Near Pana Creates
Some Alarm.
Pana, 111., Sept. 5.—A number of Alaba
ma negroes who took the places of the
striking caol miners at Springside, have
contracted malarial fever, half a dozen
cases being reported today.
It is said that all the sewerage from
Pana empties into the pond near the mines.
The negro quarters have become a pest
hole in a few days. Owing to the prospect
of contagious disease being propagated in
the negro camp and communicated to the
city, a movement is in progres to have the
state board of health investigate the condi
tion at Springside and break up the camp.
LAWSON BROWN
IS LIEUTENANT.
Governor Atkinson Made the
Appointment this Morn
ing.
Governor Atkinson has appointed Ser
geant Lawson Brown to the second lieu
tenancy in the First Georgia regiment,
made vacant by the resignation of Lieuten
ant Robert Hazlehurst.
A telegram was received in Macon thia
morning announcing the appointment, and
it gave pleasure to the many friends of
the young soldier.
Lieutenant Brown is now sick at the
residence of Colonel C. M. Wiley on Col
lege street, but within the last few
days he has shown a very decided im
provement. The good pewa of his promo
tion to a lieutenancy will do much to has
ten his complete recovery.
The appointment will give pleasure to
the members of the Macon Volunteers, of
w’hich Lieutenant Brown has always been
an enthusiastic and active member.
He will rejoin his regiment as soon as
his physician will permit him to do so.
THIRTY-SECOND MICHIGAN.
Regiment of Volunteers Passed Through the
City Yesterday.
The Thirty-second Michigan regiment
passed through the city yesterday morn
ing en route to the camp at Huntsville,
Ala.
The regiment has been stationed at Fer
nandina, Fla., for the past month and the
men all seemed glad to get away.
The trains arrived here about 10 o'clock
and the officers came to the Hotel Lanier
for breakfast.
Some of the men on being questioned
said that they were anxious to get out of
the service. One of the officers was asked
about the matter and he also said that he
wished to get out and that he would ten
der his resignation in- a few days.
The regiment consisted of a fine body
of men. The trains left the city about
11:30 and they probably reached Hunts
ville this monuag. w .
ws.
CHARLES C. SIMS
DIED LAST NIGHT
At the Quincv Hospital Near
Boston, of Tvphoid
Fever.
UNIVERSALLY REGRETTED,
He Was One of the Most Popular
of Macon’s Younger Men—His
Mother and Brother There.
Mr. C. C. Sims, one of Macon’s most
popular and most highly thought of young
men died of typhoid fever last night at the
Quincy hospital ten miles from Boston,
where he had been carried by his friends.
The news of his death was a shock to his
friends and to the people of Macon. It was
only a few days ago that he was seen
walking the streets in perfect health
and the n<-- . ■' . he was ill was a great
surprise to the family.
Mr. Sims left the city about three weeks
ago for Lake George and on his way there
he stopped over at Chickamauga to see his
friends in the camp. From Chickamauga
he went to Lake George, N. Y., where he
was joined by his brother, Captain Ross
Sims. He remained there for a few days
and went down to Boston, where he was
taken ill. His friends there saw that he
would be seriously ill and advised him to
go to one of the hospitals and as all the
Boston hospitals were crowded he was
carried to Quincy. He had the best of
medical attention and had two trained
nurses to attend him.
It was thought at one time that he
would recover, but when the doctors saw
that he could not live long they at once
telegraphed for his mother and brother
and they left Friday night for his bedside.
It is not known whether or not they
reached there before he died.
Mr. Sims was one of the best known
young men in the city and no one had
more friends than he. He was always full
of life and made everything seem cheerful
when he was around. By his death Macon
loses one of its best citizens and one of its
most highly esteemed young men. He was
liked by all who knew him and his death
will be mourned by the whole city.
It is not known when the remains will
reach here as no definite arrangements for
the funeral have yet been made.
C. C. Sims was born in Macon and at the
time of his death was about 35 years Os
age. Up to about a year ago he was in
the wholesale and retail shoe business with
his brother, Captain Ross Sims. The part
nership was dissolved and he formed an
other with Mr. E. A. Waxelbaum. the firm
being known as Waxelbaum, Sims & Co.
A short time ago Mr. Sims retired from
the firm. He was prominent yi business
and social affairs at all times and has been
identified with most movements of a public
nature.
HAD aTrOUGH ~
VOYAGE.
experiences of the City of
Macon on Her Way to
Brunswick.
The Brunswick Times says:
The steamer City of Macon arrived in
port yesterday after a rough trip down the
Ocmulgee and Altamaha rivers. She left
Macon on, Saturday and It was supposed
that she would arrive here on Wednesday,
but she was delayed by the high waiters.
In the Ocmulgee river between Macon
and Hawkinsville the steamer encountered
a great deal of drift and in backing to
make certain points in the bends of the
river her wheel came in contact with the
obstructions, knocking out a number of
the buckets and impeding her progress. She
has a hole in the side of her engine room
from the same cause.
She carried a considerable cargo from
Macon, but it was consigned' mostly to
points along the route and she brought
very little stuff to the city.
She will lie over until Monday to await
the arrival of the Mallory line steamer be
fore starting on the return trip. The round
trip from Brunswick to Macon and return
consumed twelve days.
The crew report the country above here
flooded by the heavy rains and serious
washouts on the Florida Central and Pe
ninsular railroad at the crossing of the Al
tamaha. Work is reported to be progress
ing rapidly on the new boat in Macon,
which is to be placed on the line as soon
as completed.
IN THE CHURCHES.
Special Services at South Macon Church-
Pastor’s Return.
The third quarterly conference of the
South Macon Methodist church was held on
Saturday evening at 8 o’clock. Yesterday
commenced a series of services that will
last a week. Rev. F. A. Branch preached
in the church last night. The services thia
week will be held at 3 o’clock p. m . and at
7:30 o’clock. The pastor of the church will
be assisted during the week by Rev. H
C. Brewton, of Oglethorpe.
Most of the pastors of the Macon
churches who have been away for their
vacations, have returned and yesterday
were in their pulpits. Rev. F. F. Roose, of
Christ church preached twice to good con
gregations. Dr. J. L White, of the First
Baptist church, has returned and ha*,
completely recovered his voice, which it
was feared at one time he would lose.
Dr. Carroll, of the Vineville Baptist
church filled his pulpit yesterday.
Rev. G. W. Matthews, of the First Street
Methodist church, has returned from the
Indian Spring where he has been in atUn
danee on the holiness camp meeting.
VIRGINIA ISSUES
Will be Free Silver and the War's Misman
agement.
Richmond, Va., Sept. s.—The Democratic
state committee has discussed plans and
issues for the coming congressional eam
paign in Virginia. It is admitted that free
silver aq£ the manner in which the Span
ish-American war has been conducted will
be the issues in this state. The Democrats
propose to hold the administration and the
Republican party responsible for the man
ner in which the sick and wounded were
treated. The contest promises to be a
warm one, especially in the Ninth District,
where General James A. Walker, the com
mander of the old Stonewall Jackson bri
gade, is the Republican candidate.
The question of acquiring new territory
will also be an important issue of the cam
paign. The friends of Fitz Lee, who is a
candidate for the United States senate in
1900, will be la evidence this year.
NO! NO!! NO!!!
of course you would uot wear a last season’s hat—a rather
unfavorable credential.
By the way have you purchased your new Fall 1898 hat?
\\ e hi ink it opportune to call your attention to the fact
tiiat we have hats, hats and hats, soft, stiff and semi-stiff,
bauie embrace all the latest ideas from Stetson, Knox. Mil
ler and Dunlap. ’
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and let us hat you rightly and becomingly.
Your Watch
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That 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.
BEELRNn Thejewe|er ’
DULIIJJ'IJW, Triangular Block.
Mercer University,
MACON, GEORGIA.
A bigh-grade institution, with good 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 es and chemistry, history and philos
ophy, the Bible, law. Many students finish the college year at a cost of $l6O
tor all expenses. For catalogue or further information address
P- D. POLLOCK, President, Macon, Ga.
I COOL NIGHTS J
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