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THE GDORGIA LOAN AND TRUST CO.,
O. A. Coleman. General Manager,
356 Second Street.
We offer the following money for this
weeek: R 2.750 to loan on good farm prop
erty; 119.475 for city loans. Our nates will
satisfy you that, we are headquarters. No
delay. Cail and see us.
STABLISHED 1884
NOT SUICIDE,
BUT MURDER
Picquard Says That He Has
No Intention of Killing
Himself.
WILL BE TRIED FOR FORGERY
Created An Intense Sensation this
Morning in Court- Phase of
Dreyfus Case.
I*arls, Sept. 21.—The papers here tny
that minister for war, General Chanoine,
han examine'! the documents in the Drey
fus ease and has ordered the prosecution of
Colonel Picquard on the charge of forgery
and using forged documents.
The trial of Piquard and Ijoblios laweys
on the charge of revealing the documents
concerning the national defense was to
have begun today.
The public prosecutor, however, asked
for an adjournment on the ground that the
prosecution of Piquart had been ordered
by the minister of war,
Ijoblois, who was counsel Cor Zola dur
ing the Liter’s famous trial, indignantly
op[>owd the adjournment, which he Baid
was an atempt to hand over Piquart into
the clutches of the military authorities.
iPlcquard then road and made a statement
which caused a sensation. He said:
“This is, perhaps, the last time I shall
npeak in public. I shall stop perhaj>s in
the military prison Cheriche Midi. There
fore I wish to declare that if 1 find there
the strangling cord of Le 'Mercier Piquart
of the razor of Colonel Henry, it will he
murder, for I have no Idea of committing
suicide.”
The 'audience was intensely moved and
shouted: "Vivo Piquart.” The Judge, how
ever, after a short deliberation, decided to
indefinitely adjourn the case and Picquard
was led away between policemen.
M’INTYRE SICK.
Chaplain of the Oregon is Down With 'Ner
vous Prostration.
Denver, Sept. 21—Chaplain Mclntyre, of
the battleship Oregon, has been stricken
with nervous prostration and his physi
cians say he may be confined to his bed
for eorne time.
It is probable that the court martial or
dered next week for the trial of Mclntyre
on the charge of having unfairly criticised
the action of Admiral Sampson and Cap
tain Evans at Santiago will he obliged to
postpone its proceedjngs for several weeks.
REPATRIATION -
COMMENCED.
Soldiers of SpainSAre Leaving
for Their Homes Across
the Water.
San Juan, Sept. 21—The repriation of the
Spanish soldiers began today. Four hun
dred men of whom 200 are sick ami 200
belonged to the engineer corps sailed for
Havana on board the French steamer
Chateulafite.
Eight hundred infantry belonging to
Asturias battalion ail tomorrow on the
San Francisco.
There was no demonstration by the I
Spanish people. Some of lite Spanish Held
pieces are already on board th<‘ San Fran- I
cisco, but a question arisen in the com- I
mission concerning the disposition of some I
of the guns and it is not settled when this i
dispatch was filed.
The captain general gave notice to .he
Spanish troops to retire from Abonito.
Baranquitas. Barros. Hun acao. Guamiria
and Cayey. Our troops will o, • tpy these
towns as soon as they are evacuated.
REPUBLICAN RALLY.
Waycross is Looking Forward to Big Speak
ing Soon-
Waycross. Ga., Sept. 21—It is under
stood that a big speaking will be held in
Waycross in the near future. It will be
!n charge of the fusionists and either the
opera house or court house will be used
for the occasion. The speakers will be
Major J. F. Hanson, of Macon, a well
known Republican politician: Col. J. M.
Wilkinson, of Valdosta, the Republican-
Populist fusion - candidate for congress
from the eleventh district; Hon. Ren milt
kin. of Jesup, editor of the Jesup Sentinel
and fusion candidate on the state Populist
ticket for commissioner or agriculture.
dastard’deed
OF A COMRADE.
Storv of a Klondike Murder
Told for First Time bv
a Witness.
Washington, Sept. 21—George Bowman,
of Bridgeport, Conn., was murdered last
•winter during terrible snow storm by a
companion named Johnson, of Springfield.
Mass. He was almost in sight of the Gol
den meeca when his strength failed and he
sank down in the soft snow.
Johnson, who was the leader of the
party, went back to him and with an oath
blew out the unfortuniate man’s brains
with a revolver.
This Is the terrible story told for the
first time by J. C. Sachs, who has just re
turned from Alaska. His partner, E. T.
Galhoun, of Yonkers. N. Y.. witnessed the
deed. He nearly lost his life by a bullet
from Johnson’s revolver.
Nothing was ever heard of Johnson and
It is presumed he perished in the snow
storm while trying to escape.
RIGID QUARANTINE
Has Been Put on by Texas Against New or
leansTFreight.
New Orleans. Sept. 21 —News reached
the Southerin Pacific today that as the re
sult of the announcement of four cases of
yellow fever here. Texas has slapped on an
absolutely rigid quarantine against all
freight from New Orleans. Both the South
ern and Texas Pacific roads are tfius tied
up. No details.
•
CONVICTS ARE
i IN POSSESSION
Cayenne, the Capital of
French Guinea is Scene
of Dangerous Outbreak.
’ 4,000 DESPERADOES
In the Main Prison Will Probably
Be Released Before Help Can
Be Scored.
London, Sept. 21.—A special dispatch
from Paris says the deputy representing
French Guinea in the chamber has receiv
ed a dispatch announcing that mutiny has
taken place among the convicts at Cay
enne, the capital of French Guinea.
The mutineers overpowered and murder
ed the guards then stormed the military
storehouse and seized the arms and ammu
nition there.
They are, now, according to the dispatch,
beseiging the principal prison. It is feared
that they will succeed in freeing the 4,000
convicts confined in the building.
Reinforcements have been telegraphed
for to the island of Martinique, but it is
said that they did not arrive in time to
suppress the mutiny.
Devil’s Island, where Albert Dreyfus, a
former captain of French artillery, is con
fined under sentence for ‘having sold the
secrets of the war department to a foreign
government, is but a short distance from
Cayenne and it is possible the revolt of
the convicts may be the death knell of the
prisoner whose condemnation has so stirred
up the French nation, as his guards are
under strict orders to kill him if any at
tempt Is made to release him or if there be
a possibility of escaping.
alger 7 s”review
Os the Troops at Knoxville
Took Place this Morning.
Knoxville, Sept. 2il—Secretary of War
Alger, Surgeon General Sternberg and
party, arrived this morning from Lexing
ton and were met by the reception com
mittee of citizens.
The party proceeded at once to Camp
Poland, where the Second division of the
first corps commanded by Brigadier Gen
eral 'McKee, passed in review before Gen
eral Alger.
Seven regiments, the First Georgia,
Thirty-first Michigan, Second and Sixth
Ohio. First West Virginia. Third ‘North
Carolina and Sixth Virginia, two of the
latter colored took pant in the review.
The secretary and party after reviewing
the division, inspected the camps and hos
pitals.
After lunch in the city the party was
driven to points of interest about the city.
They leave this afternoon for Chattanooga
and Camp Thomas.
DOUBLE CRIME
Os a Negro in Tennessee Arouses la Whole
County.
Knoxville, Tenn.. Sept. 21. —A special to
the Sentinel from Mountain City, Teen.,
gives information of a double crime of a
negro desperado, John Williams.
He fatally stabbed Sherman Dunn, white,
aged 20. The attack was made without
He then ran into the 'hills
and criminally assault d a white woman.
She is in a critical condition.
Thomas Potter, a whitt man, was attrac- f
ted by the woman’s cries and atempted to .
arrest Williams. This he succeeded in do- ■
ing after a fierce struggle.
There is considerable excitement in
Johnson county over the affair.
CERVERA r SPAIN.
Tne Admiral is Greeted ZWith Cheers by Ithe
Populace.
Santander. Sept. 21 —The anchor Line
steamer City of Rome, chartered by Ad
miral Cervera to transport to Spain the
Spanish sailors captured at the battle at
Santiago, arrived here today from Ports
mouth. N. H.
Captain Eulate. the former commander
of the Vizcaya and the other Spanish
naval officers landed and were mistaken for
the party of which Cervera was a mem
ber. The latter, however, is still on board
the City of Rome, but a crowd of people
followed the officers and cheered for Cer
vera.
Eulate refused to make any statement
for publication.
KENNEDY INDICTED.
Grand Jury Today Returned Verdict of Mur
der in First Degree.
New York. Sept. 21—The grand jury to
day returned an indictment of murder in
the first degree against Dr. Samuel Ken
nedy. accused of the murder of Emeline
C. Reynolds, better known as “Dolly Rey
nolds in the Grand hotel on August 16.
SHORT MEETING.
Os the City Council Was Held Last
Night.
Eleven members of the council were at
the meeting last night.
Nothing of any importance was done and
• the session was very short. The Macon
Cycle Club petitioned the council for the
use of the park on Thanksgiving day as
they will hold a a big bicycle meet here
at that time. The club had to call off the
races which had been arranged to be held
during the Carnival. The petition was re
ferred to the committee on streets.
A communication from City Attorney
Wimberly was read stating that the four
suits, which had been brought against the
city at the present session of the city court
had been won by the city. The communi
cation was filed in the clerk's office.
The Maloney Directory Company asked
the city to buy fifteen copies of their di
rectories. The petiton was referred to the
committee on finance.
It was decided by council that College
street between Washington avenue should
be paved with shell concrete. The report
. of the committee on streets recommended
that Oak street be paved with shell eon-
I crete between First and Second and that
all streets which would cause Second
street to be damaged by water to also be
paved. The report was adopted.
The committee also reported favorably
on the petition of L. M. Erwin to protect
Christian church from one of the large
sewers.
THE MACON NEWS.
AWFUL DETAILS
Os EXPLOSION
In the Great Grain Elevator
Building at Toledo
Last Night.
NEARLY EVERY EMPLOYE
In the Building at the Time Was
Killed—Superintendent and
Three Children,
Toledo, 0., Sept. 21 —The dust explosion
in the great elevator of the Union Eeleva
tor and Transportation Company last night
resulted in the death of most of the em
ployes in the structure and a money loss
exceeding half a million dollars.
There were 450,000 bushels of wheat,
corn and oats in the store and the entire
force was at work shipping an order of
80,000 bushels of oats by rail at the time
of the disaster.
The explosion was heard all over the
city and resembled the distant firing of
heavy artillery.
The roof of the structure was thrown a
hundred feet into the air and fell a mass
of wreckage. The sides of the building
were thrown outward leaving the huge
grain bins standing without covering.
Every part of the wreck was instantly a
mass of flames and the conflagration was
seen miles away.
The list of casualties is as follows:
Grace Parks, aged 19, daughter of Su
perintendent W. J. Parks; John Carr, a
shoveler; Fred Garrett, a shoveler. Everett
Smith, a machinist; an unknown Polish
shoveler; another shoveler unknown.
The following are missing and are be
lieved to have been burned inside the
building:
Frank Van Hobson, a grain inspector;
Samuel Alexander, a weigher; Harold
Parks, aged 6, son of Superintendent
Parks; Charles Keefer, an engineer.
The injured are Hamilton Parks, .aged
10, son of Superintendent Parks, fatally
burned: John Smith, a shoveler, will rob
ably die; Barney Welsh, a shoveler, fa
tally hurt; Fred Pargellis, may recover;
William J. Parks, superintendent, burned
all over, fatally injured; W. C. Jordan,
yardmaster of the Ohio Central railroad,
badly injured.
Superintendent Parks had his three chil
dren with him in the building. He was in
his office at the time of the catastrophe.
He was blown through the window arid
was found twenty feet away frightfully
burned and his clothing torn off. His
daughter, Grace, was seated at her fath
er's desk and she was blown through the
door, her clothing aflame. She rose and ran
a short distance when she fell and rolled
down a twenty-foot embankment onto a
Lakeshore train. When picked up her
clothing was all burned off except her
shoes, and she died soon after.
BAPTIST MISSIONS
NEED FUNDS.
Dr. R, J. Willingham Secre
tary of Gergia Missions
Talks.
Rev. Dr. R. J. Willyigham, secretary tor
the Baptist Foreign Mission Board, spent
last Sunday in Macon.
Speaking of the work of the Foreign Mis
sion 'Board. Mr. Willingham said the work
being carried on in Brazil is wonderfully
prosperous, and that last year 253 converts
were baptised at the Baptist mission sta
tions. Os China he said sixty converts have
been baptized this year in the South China
mission, and the North China mission has
more than doubled, its membership within
the past year.
Dr. Willingham said that Southern Bap
tists should have 500 missionaries at work
in China, because the people there are anx
ious to receive the gospel and to leairn the
language and customs of the American peo
ple. He said that w’here a few years ago
Americans were spit upon and reviled, they
are now invited into the houses of the peo
ple and they are encouraged in every way.
In Japan, Africa and Italy, said the min
ister, the work is moving along smoothly,
but with no very large results.
Dr. Willingham made a statement at the
close of his talk in 'which he insisted that
the brethren should combat the idea that
the Foreign Board is out of debt. ‘‘lt was
out of .debt at the convention last May,
but many of the brethren have not since
been active in raising missionary money.
The running expenses of the board are
S3OO a day. or $9,000 a month.
In the last four months the board has
received less than fifteen thousand dollars,
when it ought to have received forty thou
sand dollars. Last year at this time the
amount of money was ten thousand dollars
more than it is for the same period of this
year. •
Dr. Willingham urged the brethren to
keep the subject of missions before their
people and to send in as much money as
possible at an early date.
BACK FROM KLONDIKE.
Brunswick Man Says that He is Glad to See
Georgia.
Brunswick. Ga., Sept. 21 —Romaine Mc-
Collough, Brunswickian. returned from the
Klondike yesterday, ■ where he went early
last spring.
During his absence McCullough traveled
14,000 miles, went over the Chilcoot Pass,
and experienced all the hardships and
pleasures that go to make up travel in
that frozen country. He says that all of
the claims that are worth anything have
been staked off. and that there are but few
of these. The number of people there is
far in excess of the capacity of the coun
try, and the majority are either leaving or
trying to leave as rapidly as possible. Mc-
Cullough received a warm welcome from
his many friends here and says he is glad
to get back to Georgia again.
FARRAGUT’S SPEED
She Has Nearly Made the Running Called
for by Contract.
- —"
San Francisco. Sept. 21 —The new tor
pedo boat destroyer Farragut, has almost
demonstrated that she can make the speed
of 30 knots an hour required by the gov
ernment. She made one mile in one min
ute and fifty-nine and a quarter seconds
and several miles in a fraction over two
minutes.
A slight accident, caused by something
getting between the propeller and the hull
will necessitate some delay before an ot
afiial trial will be made.
MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21 1898.
FUNERAL TRAIN
FORJICHMOND
Will Leave Narragansett To
morrow With Remains
of Miss Davis,
swims oi comDEßffl
Will Raise a Monument—Movement
Has Been Started in Richmond
—Circular Issued.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 21.—The remains
of Miss Winnie Davis will leave Narragan
sett Pier tomorrow morning and will reach
the city early Friday morning.
Immediately upon the arrival of the body
it will be escorted to St. Paul’s church,
where her father worshipped and was con
firmed. It will be placed in the lecture
room and will remain there under a guard
of honor until 3:<80 o’clock p. m., when the
funeral will take place, the interment be
ing in Hollywood, in the Davis section.
Colonel Archer Anderson was requested
to make the funeral arrangements, but at
a conference this afternoon of the Jefferson
Davis Monument Association and members
of the R. E. Lee Camp, Confederate Vete
rans, of which Miss Winnie Davis was a
member, it was decided to place the de
tails of the funeral in the hands of the
camps. These have not yet been perfected.
The active pallbearers will be members of
th camp. Delegations are expected to at
tend the funeral from all parts of the
South.
The -selection of honorary pallbearers is
now being made by the veterans’ commit
tee, and so far these names have been
chosen:
‘Major General Joseph Wheeler, U. S. A.;
Burton N. Harrison, Clarence Carey, A. A.
Meginnis .General Archer Anderson, Wil
liam O. Skelton and Taylor Ellyson.
At a meeting of the Richmond Chapter,
Daughters of the Confederacy, held today,
the following was adapted:
‘The Richmond chapter, Daughters of
the Confederacy, have a a mee.iag at Lee
Camp hall September 20, 1898 resolved to
inaugurate a movement to erect a monu
ment over the grave of Winnie Davis, “The
Daughter of the Confederacy,” feeling sure
that this work will meet with the sympa
thy of all overs of the South -Daughters
of the Confederacy, veterans’ associations,
and many others over the whole country.
The said chapter requests that all who wish
to join them in this work of love will
send in their names at once, and it is the
intention of the chapter to have the mon
ument commenced January, 1899.
The chapter will attend the funeral in a
body.
The following order has been issued by
Miss Kate Cabell Currie, president of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy:
General Order No. I.—The president of
the United Daughters of the Confederacy,
with a sorrow too tender and deep for
words to express, announces the death of
Miss Winnie Davis, the much-loved
“Daughters of the Confederacy.”
The love and devotion ever bestowed
upon her by the entire Souhtland was but
a just tribute to her glorious womanhood.
As daughter, sister, friend, she was true
to every duty and we can proudly take her
as a fitting model for all to imitate and re
vere.
The entire South is bowed in grief and
every daughter of the confederacy extends
to the heart-broken mother their sincer
est sympathy and love.
The president of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy directs that each di
vision and every chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, as soon as
possible, take suitable action expressive of
their sorrow, and as a token of sympathy
to the grief-stricken mother and sister,
would suggest that each Daughter of the
Confederacy wear for thirty days a badge
of mourning, and that each chap* ? hold
memorial services and that a page in the
book of records be set aside as a memorial
on which shall be inscribed the resolutions
to the memory of the “Daughter of the
Confederacy.”
Mrs. Katie Cabell Currie,
President.
Mrs. John P. Hickman, Sec. U. D. C.
LIVELY SCRAP
Beiween the City Plumbing Inspector and a
Plumber.
The city hall- was the scene of a lively
scrap yesterday afternoon between Mr.
John Daly, the plumbing inspector and
Mr. W. P. Bennett, a plumber. There has
been some hard feeling between the two
men for some time and yesterday afternoon
Bennett called at the office of the inspec
tor and attempted to whip him.
Mr. Daly’s son interfered, however, but
Bennett got a little the best of it. Cases
were made against both parties and they
were tried before the recorder this morn
ing. ' “41
Bennett was fined $25 but the sentence
was suspended, and the case against Daly
was dismissed. None of the parties were
injured in the scrap.
WIFE SAYS~SHE
SPOKE FALSELY.
Mrs. Burns Says ithat Her
Husband’s Storv is
All True.
Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 21—The Morning
Call today contains a copy of an
affidavit from Mrs. Burns, wife of the man
who shot and killed Engineer Heslep, at
Sterling, in which she refutes all past
statements made by her. In the affadavit
she swears that Burns’ statement of the
shooting is correct, and that the state
ments she has made contrary to this were
untrue, and due to fear on account of be
ing among strangers.
LUCK OF A GEORGIAN.
Bob Gantt Wins in the Race for the Legisla
ture.
Spartanburg, S. C„ Sept. 21.—The friends
of Mr. Robert J. Gantt ate congratulating
him ®n his success in the legislative raee.
Mr. Gantt, “though only a resident here
for two years, entered the canvass against
five of the strongest men in the county,
making all the more notable the splendid
• victory which he won. He is a native of
Elbert county, Georgia, a graduate of the
State University of Georgia and will be the
| youngest member of the next South Caro
lina legislature.
Everybody is delighted with his suc
ce*» and they predict lor M \ Gantt a bril
liant career.
COL. CORBETT'S
FUNERAL TODAV
An Old and Honored Citizen
of Macon Died Shortly
After Midnight.
SHORT SKETCH Os BIS LIFE,
Came to Macon from South Carolina
—He Had Many Friends All
Over the State.
Colonel E. C. Corbett, one of the old
est and most prominent citizens of Macon,
died at his residence on Washington ave
nue this morning at 12:15 o’clock after a
long illness.
The announcement of Colonel Corbett's
death will be read with sorrow by the
whole community as his friends are num
bered by the hundreds. He had been in ill
health for the past four years and about
three weeks ago he was taken critically
ill. When death came last night he was
surrounded by his family.
The funeral service will be held this af
ternoon from the First Baptist church.
Rev. J. L| White will conduct the services.
The interment will be at Riverside ceme
tery.
The following gentlemen acted as pall
bearere:
C. B. Willingham, E. Y. Mallory, W. A.
Davis, S. G. Bouis, R. H. Brown, Sol Hoge.
Colonel Corbett was born in Buford, S.
C., December 16, 1822, and in 1845 he mov
ed to Savannah where he lived for a num
ber of years. When the war broke out he
was among the first to volunteer, and or
ganizing a regiment of his own, he placed
it at the disposal of the Confederate gov
ernment. His regiment was ordered to the
front in the early sixties© and no regiment
did better service.
He first moved to Macon in 1877, and
since then has proven himself a valuable
citizen. During his residence here he has
engaged in the stable and hotel business.
Colonel Corbett leaves a wife and six
children to mourn his loss. They are Mrs.
Anna Horne, Mrs. W. W. Brown, Mrs. W.
H. Wooten, Lieutenant W. P. Corbett, Cor
poral M. L. Corbett and Mrs. J. A. Thomas.
•Lieutenant Walter Corbett, wiho is at Camp
Poland with the 'First Georgia regiment,
was notified of ‘his father’s death this
morning, but it was found that it would
■be impossible for him to arrive here in
time for the funeral.
SCHWANN IN THOMASVILLE.
Spent the Day Looking Over the Sites
There.
Thomasville, Ga., Sept. 21—General
Schwan, in command of a military board,
spent the afternoon in the city with the
object of selecting a site for the encamp
ment of 5,000 to 10,000 troops. Mayor Cul
pepper and other leading citizens took
charge of the board and showed them the
available places. General Schwan was
much pleased with La Cubana, a mile
north of the city, and expressed the opin
ion that this was the most desirable place
he has yet seen for a camp. Thomasville’s
chances for securing a camp seem very
bright.
'GERMAN WILL BE GIVEN
At Ocmulgee Park Tonight by Young Men
of the City.
The yo-ung men of the city will give a
german at Ocmulgee Park tonight. The
dance promises to be a very swell affair.
Card’s band has been engaged for the oc
casion and will furnish the music.
The engagement lists are at the store of
Harry Jones, on Second street. The cars
will run to the the park until a late hour.
The dance is given by the young men com
plimentary to their young lady friends.
COBB-LOWE
' MARRIAGE
Will Take PI ace Tomorrow at
Weslevan College.
The marriage of Miss Eugenia S. Cobb
and Mr. W. B. Lowe, Jr., of Atlanta, is
to be solemnized tomorrow at high noon.
It will be a home wedding of quiet beauty
and elegance, at which will be present
only the near relatives of the bride and
groom.
The ceremony will be performed in one
of the parlors of Wesleyan College, with
which institution Mrs. J. B. Cobb, the
bride’s mother, is prominently connected,
and where she and her daughter make
their home.
Dr. Young G. Allen, a lifelong friend of
the family, will officiate.
The bride will have no attendants ex
cept her sister, Miss Mary Cobb, who will
act as maid of honor. The bridal couple
will leave tomorrow afternoon on 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 a
great number of friends throughout the
state. She is a lovely young woman of
charm and culture.
Mr. Lowe, the only son of Mr. and Mrs.
■William B. Lowe, belongs to one of the
most prominent families in Atlanta; his
father is a successful capitalist; his moth
er is a social leader who has recently been
chosen president of the General Federa
tion of Women’s clubs.
Mr. Lowe is bright and popular and has
traveled extensively. He Is now success
fully engaged in the lumber business. The
wedding will be largely attended A>y some
of Atlanta’s most prominent society peo
ple who are relatives of the bride and
groom. .
Among those who will be present are:
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Steele, Mr. J. W. Pope,
Mr. and Mrs. Spaulding, Mr. and Mrs.
James English. Jr., Mr. H. L. English, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed McCandless, Mrs. John Sla
ton, Mrs. Dr. Jarnigan, Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Lowe, Mr. F. C. Frazier, Mrs. Wood
ruff.
Mr. A. J. Ryan, one of Atlanta’s most
popular young men will act as best man.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lowe. Jr., will make
their home this winter at the residence of
the groom’s parents on Peachtree street,
Atlanta.
■
FOREMAN INJURED.
Brunswick. Ga., Sept. 21—W. J. Chackel
ford, foreman of the Brunswick and West
ern. was badly crushed about the face and
head between two cars yesterday. He was
coupling them at the time. His injuries
are not necessarily fatal, though they are
very painful.
MERCER OPENED
ODORS TODAY
Under Brighter Auspices Than
Ever Before in Historv
of the College.
PROFESSOR POLLOCK PLEASED
He Says that the Prospect is Excel
lent— Wiil Petition to Have
Football this Year.
Mercer opened this morning- with the
brightest prospects ever known In the his
tory of the college.
Many young men from all parts of the
South were in the chapel this morning
when President Pollock (jailed the open
ing exercises to order. Professor Pollock
made a short talk in which he welcomed
the new boys to the colege.
The exam Pot Ans for the new scholars
•began this ii,o. nifig and it will take some
time to complete them. Students are ap
plying tor admission to all classes. Many
of the new boys attended the summer
school, which was conducted throughout
the summer, and it will not be necessary
for them to stand the examinations.
The law class will be unusually large
this year as many of the new students will
take the law course. The senior class will
be one of tue largest ever known in the
history of the school.
The total enrollment will probably reach
the three hundred mark in the next two
weeks. It was impossible to find out the
exact number of pupils in attendance at
the college this morning, but it is said
there were fully two hundred and forty.
Many of the new students are very much
disappointed because football will not be
allowed at the college this year. Still they
say that they will do as the faculty de
cides, but that they are going to present
a petition to the faculty to allow them to
Play.
Mercer will be represented at the inter
collegiate oratorical contest which will be
held in Atlanta in ‘October, and the boys
feel confident that their man will win.
Flannigan will probably be the one who
will represent the college. He represented
Mercer at the Georgia-Mercer debate in At
lanta in April, in which Mercer came out
victorious.
[Professor Pollock is very much pleased
with the prospects for the year and says
that Mercer is becoming more widely
known than ever. •
The 'fraternity men have been doing
some hard work for the past week and are
still meeting all of the trains looking for
•new men to spike. The rivalry between
•the “frats” this year is greater than ever.
The new men who come in seem at a loss
to know the meaning of being so popular.
As the boys will not be allowed to play
football they will turn their attention to
baseball for ’99. Manager Turner says
that the team for '99 will be the best that
Mercer has ever put m the field.
GRAND LODGE
OF ODDFELLOWS.
Much Interest , Throughout
the State in the Meeting
in Boston.
The Sovereign Granl Lodge of the Inde
pendent Order of Odd Fellows is in session
in Boston, Mass., this week, and the delib
erations of the holy will be watched witi
interest by the members of the order in
Macon and throughout the state. There
are many matters of interest and vital im
portance that are to be discussed by the
lodge during this session.
Georgia’s grand lodge is represented by
Hon. John B. Goodwin.
This is the seventy-foui >h communica
tion of th' overeign lodge, which is com
posed of four elective and four appointed
officers, nine past grand sires and 187
representatives from the grand lodges and
grand encampments of the United States
and Canada.
A number of amendments to the consti
tution proposed at the preceding annual
communication, will come up for final ac
tion. One is intended to increase the vote
required to change or amend the unwritten
secret work of the order to four-fifths of ail
present. Another proposes to change the
time for holding the sessions from annual
to biennial. Several efforts have been
■made in the past to effect these changes,
but every time the vote has been heavily
against them.
Another proposition in which considera
ble interest is felt, relates to the qualifi
cations of representatives. At the present
they are required to be past grands in sub
ordinate lodges and to have received the
royal purple, which is the highest degree
conferred by the subordinate encampments.
To this it is proposed to add that they shall
be members of a Rebekah lodge and of a
Canton and to have received all the de
grees of the order. As a three-fourths vote
of all the members present is required to
alter or amend the constitution, it is very
doubful whether any of these proposed
changes will be made.
The chief interest in elections centers in
that of deputy grand sire, as that is the
stepping stone to the highest position in
the order. There are three aspirants, the
claims of whom have been well canvassed.
They are A. C. Cable, of Cincinnati; J.
Otis Humphrey, of Springfield, 111., and
Robert E. Wright, of Allentown, Pa.
(Detroit, Mich., stands a good showing of
being selected as the next place of meeting
of the sovereign grand lodge.
The reports of the grand treasurer will
show a balance on hand of $60,843. The
grand secretary will show a mebership in
all lodges of 839,608, in the encampments
of 128,930 and in the Rebekah lodges <>f
298,263. There have been add'lions to
membership in he year of 8,352. The Pa
tria.vs Militant, or uniform'd brancn -:>f
the order, has a membership of ll.tti,
there n<iag regiments in thir
teen b' wanes
ISSUING HEALTH CERTIFICATES.
Parties Going Into the Fever Districts Are
Arming With Paper.
The Board of Health has been issuing
health certificates for the past two days to
parties who are going into the infected dis
tricts of Mississippi and Louisiana.
The quarantine regulations are very
strict, and to prevent any trouble travel
ers are providing themselves with certifi
cates to show that they are from the heal
thiest city in the South.
ATHENS KNITTING MILLS.
Athens, Ga., eSpt. 21 —The Athens Knit
ting Mills were placed in the hands of a
receiver yesterday. James W. Camak was
appointed receiver. Assets, $11,000; liabii
. ities, $4,300.
iwawr THE MS SUITS
j any one might be proud of
I ;I making, whether a custom tail
» £/■,or or uot. There’s as much
" 1 care and attention given to ea a
H detail as in the finest and higL-
* est price tailoring in the land,
, i and there’s no Suit here that
isn t vorthy of the guarantee of entire satisfaction.
4) 1() ()( ) seems to be the popular line, but higher or
lower, the goods are right. The making’s
light and the best value is given that the same amount of
monej ever secured. Look at the line which is priced iu
accordance with your purse—
ss, SB, sio, sl2, sls, $lB, S2O, $25
That last price means that you’re getting everything
that custom tailors give at double.
BOYS’ SUITS MEN’S
'Such a collection we never had. Such a CIIDNIICHIM/T
coleetion was never seen before in this
section. Some specially for school wear.
$1.50 to $3.50, GOODS
Finer ones up to SSOO. Every fad and every fancy finds place
here; every article of staple merit is sure
ft—* H A 'l* tO b e here - Uest in all points of real
n*Lai Cv 1 1/A. 1 goodness and priced at the lowest notch
The „ f tovnv. in your hrn means "'”" y "" ““ ' Or -
price— hat "° My «“ ”“ ke Negligee Shirts, White Shirts
mn r\r\ x a Laundered and unlaundered.
$3.00 to $4.00 Fancy and Black Sox.
--and better than nine-tenths Medium and Uaow
'that are offered at the same figure. IVLCQllllll QHQ xICHVy
NECKWEAR | Pure Linen Collars and Cuffs
As fine as was ever brought together. Fine Suspenders,
and moderately priced, too— rx rr -r-r 11
i7i Cun Holders.
From 10c to $1.50 Handkerchiefs,
—and not a style or color combi- , xf i . ni • .
nation missing. Men’s Night SllirtS.
100 Pieces Soin Casfimeie
r—' They are slightly soiled by water and
‘•x dirt. Actual value material, 25c. What t
y could you secure better for the chil- y
dren’s school dresses ? --
THE /CONTINUES only a few days
pnCAT longer. Many choice things
vJtxtiA. I you ladies need still to be found in
SALE the stock—Laces in Vais and Tor-
/AC 'T'MC chons, Solid and Fancy Ribbons,
Ur Int Kid Gloves, P ; n and Fancy Rib-
CHAPMAN bons, Lace Curtains and Portieres,
CTACL Z Hosiery and Corsets. They njUSI DB
* Vk/iv y SOld at OBCB. Take us an offer oji
any article mentioned.
Notice to Railroad Employes
Bri* q- ch ck ’o our store We’ll cat 4 them with
pleaou.c tor von a e bank ng h- u-s.
| COOI NiGHTS ' it
t PLEASANT DAYS- t
4 r . ,
In the fall of the year when the long summer
has tired nature out INDIAN SPRING is
the most delightful health re ort in the South. T
t THE WIGWAM,J
. ,4
Under its new management, is pronounced by 4
4 all the patrons of the hotel this year as equal 4
in every respect to the best hotels. 4
You can find rest, health, comfort and pleasure JT
J at the WIGWAM J
J T. C. PARKER, Proprietor. 4
J C. E. Hooper, Manager. J
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For the
Business Man.
A Business Suit, of Course.
Marvelous what a touch of style will do—or what the
' lack of it will do. Costs nothing to put in, if the
tailor knows how. And it lifts the rig from the
level of commonplace, so that even careless eyes
notice it.
You can pay SIO.OO for a Business Suit here—
Mixed, Cassimere or Scotch Cheviot—and secure
that elusive style touch. Or you can pay $15.00 for
an All Wool Worsted in fancy effects; or twenty
other prices for twenty other styles.
Unusually large variety of Suits for young men,
$7 50 up.
money on Hand.
Loans on real estate. Easy monthly pay
ments.
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon, G*„ 461 Third Street.
PRICE THREE CENTS