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335,000 Special JOoney to loan on Macon Improved property in sums of II.(MW and upwards. per cent straight NO COMMISSION. THE GBOROfA LOAN AND TRUST CO., I O. A. Coleman, General Manajr< r, 356 Second Street. ESTABLISHED 1884 I ORDER ISSUED TO MUSTER OUT First and Second Regiment Were Ordered to Go Out This Morning. / THIRD TO JKtMUfc Goienor Atkinson Wires the De partment as to Mustering Out Second Regiment. Washington, Sept. 12.—An order was is- I r.i<ul thin morning mustering out the Finst and Second Georgia regiments. This settlei* the question finally as t.o which regiments from Georgia are to be kept In. The regiments will go home aw j soon as transjiortation can be arranged for and other details attended to. The Third Georgia regiment will go to Jacksonville. Governor Atkinson today wired the see- ' | rotary of war suggesting that the First ’ battalion of the Second Georgia be num- > ten d out. at Savannah. The other compa- ’ ■ nles at Atlanta, the Rome company at 1/ Rome and the other two com panics from Augusta to be mustered out at Augusta. The tel. gram said further: ) "Will be glad if you instruct the colo- ’ •V /ncle of the First and Second Georgia reg- ! tL ’ Intents to ascertain bow many of the men i of tlheir respective commands -desire to re- | I main In the service and to be transferred ! * to the Third Georgia. •jj “As soon at this ph Jone please have the ; colonel of the Third Georgia ascertain how many of his regiment desire to be dis charged.” RECEPTION FUR THE FIRST. Suggested that the Boys Be Given a Warm Welcome Home. It is proposed to give the members of the First. regiment a big reception on the occasion of their arrival in Macon. So far no action has been taken in this diiection bit' it is being generally talked, of among the friends of tiie members of the different companies. The good suggestion is made that the r>, abers of tiie different companies from notch the Macon contingent was made up get together ami appoint committies to make arrangi mints ami outline a program I for till- reception. If these companies will ( * take rhe initiative the whole town wifi readily fall into line and the whole affair can lie very quickly arranged. | The regiinuii is to be mustered out in Macon, Savannah and Albany, but all the companies will pass through .Vacon. If possible the whole regiment will be In cluded in the reception, but it the other ■ companies cannot stop, the Macon boys will be made to feel that their welcome 1 borne Is sincere and warm. There should be no delay in making the preliminary arrangements for the recep ; tlon as the boys are Habit to be ordered away at any time. Furniture, Carpets and rugs, slightly damaged by smoke, at a genuine di. c tint. Wood-Peavv Furniture Co. FEVER REFUGEES Will Not Be Admitted to Atlanta Except by Agreement With Other C t 1 - . Atlanta, Sept. 12 Ma.or Colbcr his re ceived several telegrams from citizens of Ja. ksou. Miss , inquiring whether Xtlan’a will open its gates this jmras formerly to fever refugee*. The mayo'- said today. “The question i g cannot be determined until it is known tu whether other Southern cities would en force the quarantine regulations adopted at the Atlanta convention last \pril. Il< believes that there is no cause for alarm anywhere as frost is expected soon. Under tin sc conditions Ije did not think it advisable to call a conference at present to consider the matter. My residence on Plum street, with all modern im provements, for rent. N. M. Block. WAR SYSTEM Os the Army and Navy is to Be Remedied Says Walker. Washington, Sept. , 12. —Representative Walker, of Massachusetts. one of the Re publican leaders in the house, said today: ”Yu may depend upn it that congress wil liuvestigate the army and navy sys tem from A to Z. The feeling is wide spread among the people That the system, particularly as applied to the army, is de > feet lye. “Congress will endeavor to leap nto what extent it is responsible for mistakes in the * X war with Spain, and will strive to prevent ' ' the recurrence of anythng of the sort in ihp future." f Club ties and bows, 18c; worth 25c and 50c. Phillips. ) * FIRE IN SOUTH MACON. Two Reside ces on Cedar Street Completely O-st-qvcd, h Fire broke out this afternoon in the res idence of Mrs. Shine on Cedar street in South Macon. The next house, occupied | by Mrs. Hayes also caught apd UvUi were completely destroyed. By good work - on tbE part of the neighbors, the other property in the neighborhood was saved. Both were • one story houses. It is rot known if in surance was carried on yi ;he bouses. The street Is outside the city limits and consequently the department could do nothing. Mrs. Thomas, a lady living near the > scene of the fire was prostrated as a result L of the fright and is in a crjiicai condition. A She is attended by physicians’ and *4l is F hoped that her life may be saved. L Youman’s hats. | Harry L. Jones Co. WEAPON WENT ' ' TO HER HEART Remarkable Evidence of the Will Power of the Assas sinated Empress. wm II DEATH MH To the Boat and Lived for Some lime With Fatal Wound in the Heart’s Centre. Geneva, Sept. 12.—The postmortem ex aminations on the remains of the laite Empress of Austria. assassinated on Sat urday last by the Italian anarchist whose name is variously given as Leccheni, Lu chesi and Luginj, hats revealed that the weapon completely transfixed the heart, penetrating three and one-third inches and making a wound one sixth of an inch wide. The fact that her majesty walked fifty yards to the steamer is ascribed to her re markable will power and natural energy. The body of the empress has been en closed in a trippie coffin and placed in the room transferred into a mortuary chamber. Tha walls of this apartment are veiled wi.th black drapery covered with silver stars, and several sisters of charity are continu ally on their knees beside the bier, pray ing for the soul of the departed. Near by stands the prayer table of the i deceased, bearing her rosary and crucifix. CADET WHEELER Was Buried this Morning in the Family Bu rying Ground in Lawrence County. Montgimi ry, Ala , Sept. 12.—The rem-.ins of Cndi t Wheeler, who was drowned In the oci an at Montauk I\>int, lait week, were interred in the family burying ground in Lawrence county this morning. The serv ices were extremely simple. General Wheeler has not announced the length of his stay at home. LAST TWO REGIMENTS Will Leave Chickamauga Tomorrow Night Paying Off Today. Chickamauga, Sept.. 12—The Ninth New York is being paid off today. The regi ment will leave for home tomorrow. The St corn! Kentucky is in readiness to move and is expected to get away before to morrow night. The departure of these regiments will leave about 1,800 men at Chickamauga, these comprising one regi on nt and 000 men in the hospitals. JUDGE COOLEY DEAD. \nn Harlror. Mich., Sept. 12 —-Judge Thomas M. Cooley, the noted jurist and constitutional lawyer, died today. GOVERNMENT’S REPLY To the Spanish Note of Protest as to Phil ippines. Madrid, Sept. 12 —-The French ambas sador, M. Cambon, who has been acting for Spain in the peace negotiations, hav. called to the government here the Amer ican reply to the Spanish note protesting against hostilities upon the part of the in surgents in the Philippines in spite of the pt ace protocol. The United States promises to send en voys to induce Togalos to respect the sus pension of hostilities, and to prevent ves sels leaving Manila with insurgents having the intention of propagating the insurrec tion in other islands. SITUATI IN (BETTER Jackson, Miss., Sept. 12—The yellow fe ver situation is comparatively quiet. No new casts have developed. The panic has subsided and many who tied at the first . larm have returned to the city. Dr. Carter, of the Marine Hospital ser vile. has taken partial control and is now arranging to fumigate and disinfect the mails. i it it nt Kilgore has black vomit Jli is morning and it is thought that he will die. worth of furniture, carpets and rugs, slightly damaged by smoke, at a lib eral and genuine discount. Wood-Peavy Furniture Co. INSTRUCTIONS TO COMMISSIONERS Will Not Be Made Public— Day Had Conference With the President. j Washington. Sept. 12—Secretary of State Pay arrived at Washington from his home i at Canton today. As soon as he had break- I fasted he repaired to the White House, ■ where he had a conference with the presi dent. which it is presumed had special reference to the nature of instructions to be given to the peace commissioners. Nothing has been heard at the state de- , part meat from the other members of the ommission and it is quite uncertain i whether theye will fie a majority of the l body here tomorrow to hold even an in j formal meeting which is desired in order to arrange for the departure of the com mission on the 17 th. Mr. McArthur has just returned to Washington from 'N’e'j Yprto, U'here he >\ aH. the details of the trip and ’ it is now settled that the American com missioners will take passage on the Cam pania. leaving New York on Thursday. It is not expected that the instruction to be ! given to the menjbepg o; eemmtssion 1 , e i|i be mM<t as the commissioners I I will be placed at a considerable disadvan tage in conducting negotiations whjye i their case is made known in advance. MINE WORKERS Executive Board Went Jlnto Sess gn TofUy a! Indianapolis, Sept. IB —The naiiongj ex ecutive board of United Mine Workers of America met here today. All the members were present. One of the main questions ' to come up is whether Rachford, who has recently been appointed a member of thk industrial commission by Mr.“ McKinley, t will continue to serve as president of the main workers. Pay third installment of city tax by September 15 and save tax execution. THE MACON N E WS. SHARP MESSAGE FROM GEN, MILES “Never Mind What Aleer Savs, I am in Command Now.” TROOPS MUST RE MOVED, Camp Wickoff Will Be Broken Up at Once and None of the Troops Will Be Left at that Point. New York, Sept. 12 —A dispatch from Camp Wikoff to the Press says. “Under premptory orders from General Miles, preparations are being made to I break up this camp at once by sending I home all the soldiers here. This is entire- I ly contrary to what has bedh the under- I standing of the officers in command. ‘General Shafter said last week that 6.000 or 7,000 men will be kept here until October and this is supposed to have been the order of Alger. An officer said today that when Miles' orders came a telegram was sent to him saying that his order was ■ contrary to that of Alger and Miles replied I “Never mind what Alger says; I am in command now.” “ ‘That course settled it so far as the officers here are concerned and, unless Miles' orders are countermanded, next week will see the practical end of Camp Wikoff. “General Bates said: ‘My orders are to send the troops as fast as transportation can be arranged. “When asked if these orders did not conflict with 'those of Alger’s he simply* said: 'They are new orders.’ ” ALGER TALKS. He Says that There’s Nothing New in Miles’ Order. Detroit, Sept. 12.—Concerning the re ports from Camp Wikoff that the camp is preparing to break up under peremtory new orders from General Miles, Alger said today: “There is nothing new in that. Caimp iWikoff from the first was merely intended as a detention camp. The purpose from the first has been to get soldiers away from there as soon as possible. No change in. this purpose is indicated by these dis patches. GENUINE CASE OF YELLOW FEVER Is Reported at Porto Rico by Surgeons—Sick Percent age High. 'Ponce, Sept. 12. —United States aimy surgeons believe that there has been a gen uine case of yellow fever in this camp. Charles Miner, a private of the Nine teenth infantry, died on Friday, but it was not until an autopsy was held yesterday that the surgeons pronounced it yellow fe ver. The report of the hurricane on the Is land of Barbadoes delayed the sailing of the Spanish warships for Spain. All of our ships on this station are safe in the harbor. General Henry’s report made to General ißrooke yesterday on the condiGoh of the troops on the south side of the island, shows 1,553 sick out of a total of 11.000, the highest per centage yet reported. Although the per centage of sick is high, a generally large proportion of the cases are net se rious and the death rate is low. New shirt arrivals. Harry L. Jones Co. MILES MASTER Os the Alger Situation Says One of His Best Friends. New York, Sept. 12. —An army associate of General Miles said last night: “General Miles returns to Washington in very good humor. He has said some things and he stands by every word he has said. Furthermore, he can prove the truth of every statement. He knows why the secretary of war has gone to Camp Meade, and he knows why General Shafter has gone there.. Watch results and see if what I tell you does not prove true. Alger has sent for Shafter to pump him dry. If, with Shafter’s assistance as & bureau of Information, the secretary can make out a case against Miles, there will ibe a court of inquiry. If he can’t, there won’t he. If Alger expects to cope with General Midee he must cover up his tracks better, and he must study strategy. Miles is now the master of the situation, and it will take abler men than the secretary of war an<} an abler man who managed, or mismanag ed. the Santiago campaign, to outgeneral Miles. You know his record is he never lost a battle.’’ 50 and 75c ties at 25c, Phillips. DEATH RATE Twelve to Fourteen a Day in Jacksonville. Writes a Richmond, Ind., Sept. 12. —Joseph E. De vers, of this city, a member of rhe Rich mond company, with the 161st regiment, at Jacksonville, writes as follows: “Our company streets clean, and when that sßtid it is all said. Now about vh« bojxs. Lying down in Florida’s seorch : ing sun and eating beef tha» is shipped from Kansas, that is so rank we can hardly stand to handle it. We threw aJmest ail the beef away. Tye gel a couple of pieces yt hqro tacki hus spoonful of beans and the same of rice, and coffee made from water that smells as if something rottet' were m it- Our boys are <9 a yen sorry condi-' tion. Yo« would hardly know some of ’ \hem. they | marched 19 jacks(»nv|lle last Tuesday, and I ©ver et the men feN out of line, over come by the heat. They had poor medical attention, and some of them died. From I twelve to fourteen men die every it? camp.” . *' ’ , * y.r —u 1.-U- • Those shirt and underwear bargains at Phillips’ are go ing with a rush since the Lamar fire. Men needing fall goods can’t afford to let this chance pass by. MACON NEWS MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12 1898. COL. REAVES HAS RESIGNED He is Now on His Wav Home from the Regiment at Santiago. RAT GOT RID OF HIM By Putting Hard Work and Difficult Duties Upon Him —Major Gor don Was Suspended, Santiago de Cuba, 3:17 p. m., September 11, via Cape Haytien, 6:30 p. m., Septem ber 11. —At last the affairs of the Third regiment of immunes have begun to take shape, and the result is the departure by the Nashville, of Lieutenant Colonel Reaves, and the suspension of Major Frank Gordon from duty pending the hearing of the enanges against him of conduct unbe coming an officer. The troubles of the Third regiment began before it left Georgia, when Colonel Reaves was forced upon Colonel Ray as his next in command. Reaves is a somewhat anti quated gentleman with old ideas of slow ness and personal ease, which do not com port with the active duties of a colonel in command of a regiment during exciting times. His appointment to the lieutenant colonelcy was said to be due to the polit ical pull of United States Senator Bate, of Tennessee. Although the Third regiment was 'being organized as an active force, it was thus placed under some officers who owed their places simply to politics. Against this Colonel Ray vigorously pro tested. He declared that his lieutenant colonel was unfit either physically or men tally for the position to which he had been commissioned. The first ehargese of this nature were preferred against Lieutenant Colonel Reaves immediately upon the ar rival of the regiment at this post, but they were difficult of direct substantiation, and the consequence was that they fell through. It was at this point that a new idea sug gested itself to Colonel Ray, namely: That it would be much easier to convict his lieu tenant colonel of the delinquencies com plained of by assigning him to such active duties as would make the facts apparent The consequence was that Lieutenant Col onel Reaves was given very little time for wining, dining or parading upon the plaza. He was engaged in hard work hy the direct command of his colonel, from which he could not escape. It did not take Colonel Ray long to sea that his new policy was having its effect, and that his lieutenant colonel was get ting very tired of strict military exactions. The lieutenant colonel realized that he was engaged in a losing fight, and that his dis comforture would come sooner or later. Ac cordingly he made a virtue of necessity and resigned. Colonel Ray lost no time in having the paper pushed through, and at the moment that this dispatch is being written Lieutenant Colonel Reaves is on board the Nashville, which is plowing its way up the windward passage, (bound for the continent. The second case which has troubled Col onel Ray no little was that of Major Frank Gordon. Everybody who knows Frank knows him to be genial, whole-souled and Impulsive, given to warmth Os expression and not at all a martinet in his views so the performance of difficult tasks. His original ambition was to be a captain, and if he had been left in that commission some of his later faults might have been overlooked. But the embryo captain made such an impression upon the heart of Col onel Ray that he himself had the young man commissioned as major, and he was •given co.manmd of one battailoin of the regiment. Frank immediately felt good, and celebrated his prosperity with his friends. This celebration, which began even before Georgia faded away from the vision of the regiment as it sailed out on the waters blue for Santiago, was Kept up when this city was reached. Frank was glad that he was a major. He was equally glad that the Americans had won the war. He was rejoiced when he saw the stars and stripes ■waving over the town palace, and in his exceeding good nature, he rejoiced all the more. While this was going on, however, military discipline was (becoming lax and Colonel Ray regretted the impul siveness which had led h ! m to make a major of Frank before he had satisfied himself that the young man could resist the temp tations attendant upon prosperity. Therefore, he has filed charges of a mil der sort against (Major Gordon, and pend ing the hearing of them the major is under military displeasure, but his exceeding good humor is likely to get him out of the trouble, for, after all, Colonel Ray is kind hearted, and dearly loves the dashing young man who gives to the Third regi ment that spirit and eclat which is so nec essary to a thorough military organization. Furniture Sale. We offer a discount that discounts all others. See others, then see oursi and yoiU will be sure to buy from us, Wood-Peavy Furniture Co, cerverTbids" US FAREWELL. The Old Admiral and His Men on the City of Rome. Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 12—of ;ije sailors and marines whs survived the dis aster which hetell the warships of Admiral £ervera at Santiago were taken from Seaveys Island this morning to the steam ship City of Rome. By 9 o’clock all had embarked. Cervera with his son, Apgel, made farewell visits to the officers of the navy yard previous to boarding the City of Rome. On the way to the boat the admiral spqke enteusiasvi-. caJly to those who aeeqmpaaied him of the of tee Americans toward the Span Is a prisoners to the staff and himself. He said he would carry home with him many happy recollections of the kindness and generosity of those high in official circles as well as of the citizens in even walk of life. ' ’ $2,000 worth of gent’s fall underwear was packed away in our storage room upstairs before the Lamar fire. Room was badly smoked, boxes dis colored, but fabrics unin jured. These goods will be sacrificed for cash. Clem Phillips. SULLIVAN SLEW HIS TENTMATE Awful Tragedy Last Night in the First Regiment at Camp Poland. BOTH MACON VOLUNTEERS. Snllivan is a Bibb County Boy and His Victim Came from East man, Dodge County. The news of a terrible tragedy which occurred at Camp Roland. Knoxville, late last night reached Macon this Private A. W. Sullivan stabbed and kill ed Arthur Burns, his tent mate. Both of the men belonged to the company made up of the Macon Volunteers. Sullivan’s fam ily lives at Walden in this county and Arthur Burns lived near Eastman before joining the first regiment. According to the best information re ceived here it seems that the two men had been drinking and were heard quarreling in their tent about midnight. Suddenly one of the voices stopped and Sullivan came out of the tent shouting that he had killed Burns. He was arrested and an ex amination proved tha his statement was correct. Burns was quite dead having been stabbed several times. Sullivan was placed in confinement. But it is thought that he has completely lost his mind. He behaved like a maniac. The affair has east a gloom over the whole regiment. The men had been tent mates from the time the regiment was mustered in at Griffin. Sullivan has all the time been looked upon as somewhat weak-minded. Two of his brothers enlisted with him but they were discharged, one o£ them being under age. We are offeiing a genuine discount on our entire stock of furniture, carpets and rugs, slightly damaged by smoke Wood-Peavy Furniture Co. NAVIGATORS WILL MEET This Afternoon to Discuss the Building of a New Boat. The stockholders of the Macon Naviga tion Company will bold a meeting this af ternoon at 4 o’clock at the Chamber of Commerce for the purpose to see how /much more money is needed to build a new boat. A committee has been canvass ing the city for subscriptions for some time past and has been meeting with good success but they have not secured a suf ficient amount to build the new boat and it is the purpose of the stockholders to raise the money if possible. A committee will go to Washington when congress begins its session and lay before them the figures showing the increase of commerce on the river since the boats have been running and will ask for the appropriation which was granted for the improvement of the rivet in 1890. The stockholders in the present boat are all elated over the prospects of ha ig a new boat on the river at an early date and they hope to be able to run a regular schedule between here and the coast. They are keeping down the freight rates as it is and when the new boat is put in operati | the rates can be made lower. My residence on Plum street, with all moderr im provements, for rent. N. M. Block. BAGGAGE MASTER WILSON Was Badly Injured m His Car Saturday Night. Mr. Henry Wilson, baggagemaster on the Georgia Railroad was badly injured Sat urday night about 8 o’clock in the depot. He was busy marking up checks when the train broke loose and came together ■again witlh great force and several large trunks which had been piled up in the car fell on Mr. Wilson. He was severely injured about the back. He was taken to hie home on Waltnu-t street. The doctors say that it will be some time before he will be able to go out. Ladies’ neckwear. New, Stylish. Harry L. Jones Co. NEW GOVERNMENT To Be Organized in the Philippines hy the Spanish, Madrid, Sept. 12.—The representatives of 'the parties of the minority met today to consider the question of absenting them selves from the Atting's of the Cortes, in consequertae of the actions of the majority in resolving to hold secret sessions of the chamber, but only nine members agreed ro hold .aloof from the sittings as a matter of duty. The cabinet council yesterday decided to continue the secret sessions of the Cortes, and discussed measures to the end of or ganizing the Spanish government of Min danao in the Visayas Islands in tee Philip pines, irrespective of the island of Luzon. Ins’tructons were sent to General Rios, the new governor of the Philippines, in ae cordanee with the decisions reached. Pay third installment of city tax by September 15 and save tax execution. OREGON AND IOWA * Will Be Sent Qnce to ike Pacific Coast by Magellan. Washington, Sept. 12.—The navy depart ment is shifting some officers on the bat tleships Oregon and lowa preparatory to their departure from New York on a long cruise to San Francisco byway of the strains of Magellan. The department has just selected from among the fleet the colliers acquired dur ing the war with the best and largest ca pacity, to accompany the battleships on the long run. These are the Cassius and the Scandia. Youmans fall shapes. Hurry L. Jones Co. ARE YOU ALL IN FOB KINGSHIP? The Entries Will Close To night ! f There Are Others Who Want Honor. TlltOll TAKES 1 lEM, Winship Cabaniss May Yet Show Some Strong Running—Other News of the Carnival. The nominations for the king of the car nival! wiU close tonight at 12 o’clock. This means -thgt nobody else can be nominated, ■but it does not mean that the voting will stop. The contest is growing very inter eesting and in the next two days it is ex pected that many things will h appen, which will prove to be a surprise to some of the . candidafrs. A pr. sent Mr. Ellis Talbott la in the lad a few votes, while Mr. Pren tiss Huff is close behind him. The friends of Mr. Winship Cabaniss have 'been hard at work for the past few days, and a 'large amount of money has been saved up and it ■will be brought into play during the next few days. The numerous committees of the carni val are hard at work, and as the time draws nearer for the celebration every thing assumes better shape. The finance committee is getting on in an excellent manner ad have found no trouble at all in getting subscriptions. The patriotic committee has almost com pleted their plans for the celebration of the patriotic part of the program. Miss Walker has been selected as Miss Columbia, but as yet nobody has been appointed to fill tho shoes of Uncle Sam. The Carnival buttons have been placed on sale and they have proven to he very popular. Severad hundred have already been sold. The arrangement which was perfected a few days ago with the race horse men will draw a big crowd to the city during the carnival. New features are being introduced every day. The great battle of 'Manila will be reproduced in such a manner that it will seem to be real. President Waxelbaum receives letters every day from people all over the country who wish to attend the carnival. Every thing now points to the carnival being the 'greatest event in the history of Georgia. The Trade’s display committee will be gin work tomorrow morning canvassing the city for floats. It was the purpose of the committee to begin work last Tues day but some of the members were out of town and it was impossible to start. Several firms have sent in their names for floats already and the committee will probably finish their work by Thursday. The chairman says that the committee will have no trouble in securing floats and that it is probable that over a hundred will be in the Trade’s display procession. Stylish Furnishings. You can see the new things here. Harry L. Jones Co. lawyeFtomkins DIED SUDDENLY One of the Most Prominent Members of the Bar in the South. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 12. —Henry Clay Tomkins was taken suddenly ill at his of fice this morning and died in a few mia utese of heart failure, due to acute indi gestion. TT e ranked among the ables law yers 1 n the South. Fall neckwear. Harry L. Jones Co. Pay third installment of city tax by September 15 and save tax execution. BIG RUSH OiX REGiSTRA I ION For the Schools, Commenced at Superintendent’s Of fice this Morning., Many people and pupils have applied at the office of the Board of Education today lor admission cards to the public schools for the coming year. Professor Abbott opened bis office promptly at 8 0 clock and all during the morning his of fice was crowded. The number of pupils in the first class this year will be exceedingly large. Pro fessor Abbott says that he is expecting fully three hundred pupils to enter the first year class. Many children applied this morning for admission cards and did not have their vaccination certificates. It was necessary to send them back after them as the rules of the board say that no one shall be given an admission, card unless they have a certificate of successful vacci nation. Many out of town residents- were also at the office this morning who wanted to en ter their children in the schools. It seems that Macon’s schools are recognized throughout the country as all of the peo ple are anxious to get their children in. The Board of Education will hold its first meeting since July tonight and some very important business will come up. All of the committees will make their reports as co -he work done throughout the sum mer. They will also discuss the work for the coming year. fturing the summer many of the build ings have been thoroughly renovated and they now present at different appearance. New furniture has been placed in some of the schools and many of them have been equipped with the latest school fixtures. The schools will open on Monday the 26th and Professor Abbott is expecting the largest attendance in the history of the schools. I Pao third installment of i city tax by September 15 and save tax execution. Be patriotic. Buy a Car nival button for 10c. Phillips. OUR HATS ARE ON TOP That’s where our Hats • are, ON TOP, as to Price, Quality, Durability and Style .... A Hat that isn’t stylish is fit for nothing but the rag bag. li you want something that will fit well, look well, weai well, and always give you something presentable to show for your money try one of our $3.50 — Derbies —53.50 W e guarantee these Hats to be as good as any $5.00 Hat. W e have the swellest lines of Alpines in the city, con sisting ®i all the latest shapes in Condor, Cedar, Otter and Pearl, with pearl and black baud, brown and black. Give us a trial. We will please and suit you. Mercer University, MACON, GEORGIA. A high-grade institution, with good equipment and with an excellent fac ulty. iFull course in Latin language and literature, Greek language and literature, English language and J itera titre, modern languages, mathematics and astronomy, natural history, physi cs and chemistry, history and philos ophy, the Bible, law. Many student*; fitiish the college year at a cost of $l6O for all expenses. For catalogue or fu rthor information address P- D. POLLOCK, President, Macon, Ga. 'F o Yrr r. I New Store 3 f New Goods i| p • Our entire stock is not in, but we have a sufficient stock now 7 to supply your wants. Goods J & are coming every day. Our line will be complete shortly J k and everything NEW. No shopworn goods to palm off. 4 J Clothing, Hats, 1 r (ient’s Furnishings, 1 Trunks, Valises, etc. M P. D. TODD & CO | 519 CHERRY ST 519 J - Crump s Park Bulletin Tonigh t--“A Coon in Klondyke.” -'t* t COOL NIGHTS < T *» t ® PLEASANT DAYS-- J 4* -la the fall of the year when the long summer f has tired nature out INDIAN SPRING is Y the most d eiightful health resort in the South. X THE WIGWAM,—| Under its new management, is pronounced by 4» all the patrons of the hotel this year as equal in every respect to the b est hotels. You can find rest, health, comfort and pleasure T at the WIGWAM - * «» T T. C. PARKER, proprietor. J J a ? 5 C. E. Hooper, Manager. 4 Hfc1 3 TT T T ’'l % T-T ’T 'I This Storei is a Fine Example of Energy. ■. Intellectual, creative, resistless energy. Our pride has been in—work. Our dem onstration has been—work. We have magnified labor. Labor is the strength and glory of genuinely progressive retail ing. In this light we present our claims to the public. In this attitude our sale of Summer Goods, at reduced prices, towers before the mental vision of all who read this. money on Hand. Loans on real estate. Easy monthly pay ments. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, Macon, Qn.. 461 Third Street. PRICE THREE CENTS