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THE GEORGIA LOAN AND TRUST CO..
O. A. Coleman, General Manager,
356 Second Street.
We offer the following money for this
weeek: 12 2.760 to loan on good farm prop
erty, $19,475 for city loans. Our rates «ill
satisfy you that we are headquarters. No
delay, flail and see u*.
ESTABLISHED 1884
HAVING KNOXVILLE
EN ROUTE HOME
JUS AFTERNOON.
Fid Section of the First Regiment Will Reach Macon at
About Five O'clock Tomorrow Morning and Rest
Will Re Here by Eight,
ft ROYAL BECEmIwAIIS THEM,
Rousing Meeting of the Citizens of Macon Held Last Night
at the Chamber of Commerce to Make Arrange
ments For the Dav.
COMMITTEES WERE HARD AT WORK THIS MORNING,
Contributions Are Coming in Rapidly Everyone Anxious that the Boys
Shall Have a Hearty Welcome Home Again Ladies Will Assist
Card's Band Will Furnish Good Music During Day.
By Asswx'late.! Pre««.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 23.—This after
noon at about 3 o’clock the first of the
three sections Which are to take the First
Georgia regiment home will leave the city.
The regiment Is being loaded this morn
ing and preparations for an early start are
(being made.
All the cars arc in readiness. The South
oren railway will handle the troops to Ma
con. No regiment that has been at Knox
ville has made a finer impression than that
of Colonel Lawton.
The First Georgia regiment will reach
Macon tomorrow morning but the exact
hour when the first section of the train
Is scheduled for Macon cannot be ascer
tained t'hle afternoon.
The reception that the regiment will re
ceive will be equal to the appreciation that
Macon has for the men of the regiment
not only the local companies but all the
companies from the neighboring towns and
from Savannnah.
A rousing meeting of the citizens was
held at the Chamber of .Commerce last
night. A number of people were present
and a number of others announced that
they could not tve present. but asked that
they be called on to do their share in the
reception.
Colonel Wiley was chairman of the
meeting and stated its object. Mr. It. W.
Smith acted as secretary.
On motion Lt was decided to make the
reception of the First regiment hearty and
liberal and to appoint a wmiroiKne to
take the matter in hand with ixiwei to
make all the arrangements. The commit
tee was appointed as follows:
(Messrs. George W. Duncan, J. Russell
Kennedy, E. D. Huguenin, John W. Byrne,
and Robert \V. Smith.
Colonel Wiley was made ex-officio chair
man of the committee.
Lieutenant Robert Hazlehurst announ
ced that the Macon Volunteers had ap
pointed a committee which would be glad
to co-operate with the citizens’ commit
tee.
Mr. W. C. Turpin announced that the
ladies had held a meeting during the af
ternoon and while .they had taken no defi
nite action because they were uninformed
as to the course that the reception would
take they wished it understood that they
are .ready to do their share of the work.
The announcement that the Acme .Brew
ing Company bad given a checque for a
hundred dollars for the reception fund
started the ball rolling and in a few min
utes about a hundred and fifty dollars
more was subscribed. Everyone present
gave something and everyone was heartily
in accord with .the movement.
After the adjournment of the meeting
the committee appointed met and arranged
the manner in which the soldiers should be
received. It was determined that as {.hey
were to arrive in the morning there should
be an ample supply of a substantial break
fast on the grounds so that each section
of the train as the men came in could be
at once given a good hot breakfast. Later
In the day when all the regiment has ar
rived a dinner will be spread and a sub
committee was appointed to make .the ar
rangements for the contract for both the
dinner and the breakfast. As it meant
something for the provision to be be made
for a thousand men almost at twenty-four
hours notice, the committee at once made
out the specifications and within an hour
the contract was made with (Mr. J. Bins
wanger.
The general committee was assisted in
its deliberations by (Messrs. D. B. Wood
ruff, W. C. Turpin and Ben C. Smith, of
the Macon Volunteers’ committee.
The ladies are requested to send supplies
to the Volunteers armory on Saturday
from 5 o’clock up to noon. It is especially
desired to impress upon them that owing
to the short notice it will be Impossible
for the caterer to provide anything but
very plain eating and the ladies are looked
to to add to the supplies with “something
better.”
Mrs. Mallory Taylor requests the follow
ing arwioirecoment: The men of the city
will prepare sandwiches and coffee for the
soldiers’ breakfast Saturday morning. The
ladies will add to this menu whatever they
can. All who desire to contribute any
thing to help out the breakfast can do so.
Chicken and biscuits are most desired, but
anything to eat will be highly acceptable.
The contributions must be sent to the
Volunteers’ armory by 5 o'clock this (Fri-
day) afternoon. It Is hoped there will be
several hundred responses to this.
The ladies of the city, headed by the Re
lief Association, will give the soldiers a
dinner Saturday. Contributions for this
must be sent to the Central City park by
11 o'clock Saitaurday morning. This is in
tended to be an elaborate affair, and as it
tak( . a great deal to feed a thousand sol
diers, everything that can be secured .will
be gratefully received
It is especially requested that nothing
should be sent with a view of having it re
turned. (for what is sent either to the Vol
unteers' armory or the park will never be
set n again, perhaps. Nobody wkl’l try to
r< eovt r it.
The committee melt again this morning
and commenced the work of getting up (the
funds for the reception. It was found that
the sum of S6OO would not be sufficient for
the purposes and as the committee does
not waol to see stintipg they determined
to raise all Che money possible ami if any
thing is left over it wiH be used for the
First regiment while Lt is in camp here.
The city was divided up and the differ
ent sub ■committees commenced work at
once. Up ,to noon the response to the call
had been most, satisfactory, but as .there is
but little time in which to do all the work
and as all the members of the commiittee
are business men and have their 'time
iruoh taken up the request is made that
I he News ask the citizens who may wish
their names to go on the honor role of
subscribers to this fund to hand in their
names to Colonel C. M. Wiley or to any
member of the committee.
Mr. J. Binswanger, who has taken the
ontract for the provisioning of the men
tomorrow is the 'busiest man in town to
day. He has undertaken a big contract
but those who know the indefatigable
ike know also that he will 'do what he
undertakes and the people of Macon may
r, ft assured that the soldiers will be given
an ample breakfast and dinner and that
there will lx no lack of anything.
From the best information obtainable
today from the Southern road: is the regi
ment will leave Knoxville this afternoon,
first section leaving there at about 3
o'clock.
This would put the first section into Ma
con at about 5 o'clock tomorrow- morning.
The sections will be about half an hou<
apart and i.he regiment will come in three
sections. Under these circumstances it is
more than probable that the whole regi
ment w ill be in Macon .before 9 o'clock.
The dinner will be given in the open air
a- noon or perhaps at 11 o'clock. The ex
act hour will’ be settled at a meeting of
the committee this afternoon.
The committee will meet this afternoon
at 5 o’clock at Colonel Wiley's office.
Second hand school books bought, sold
and exchanged at McEvoy Book,and Sta
tionary Co.. Largest stock ever seen in
Macon, Almost any old books taken in
exchange for the other books.
GET RIGHTOUT
SAYS UNCLE SAM.
Peremptory Instructions Sent
to the Cuban Evacuation
Commission.
XV ashington, Sept. 23—A very peremp
tory message of instruction has been sent
the Cuban military commission and by
them made the basis of a note to the Span
ish commissioners.
The authorities at Washington will net
make public the terms of the note but the
general tenor is that the United States will
not be satisfied with any further delay In
the evacuation of Cuba.
It is to the effect that the terms of the
protocol called for the immediate evacua
tion of Cuba and the Spanish sovereignty
must be relinquished. The American com
missioners have been informed that the
evacuation of Cuba cannot be delayed.
MANDOLIN CLUB
Left this Morning for Fort Valley to Play in
a Concert.
The Macon Mandolin Club left this
morning for Fort Valley, where they go to
give a concert for the benefit of the Masons
of that city. The concert will be given to
night at the Grady Institute.
The following young gentlemen compose
the club: Messrs Clarence Mansfield. Fred
I avis. Custis Gutenberger. Ferdinand Gut
tenberger. Henley Whitehead and J. L.
Everett.
The club will render some very select
music, and the concert, no dourt, will be
a success.
$3 fall derby. Phillips.
THE MACON NEWS.
0
MANY MINERS
ARE ENTOMBED
Explosion of Gas and Fire
Damp in a Pennsylvania
Mine this Morning.
FAMILIES WERE FRANTIC
Ahd tF?e Scenes Around the Mine
When the News of the Disaster
Spread Were Terrible.
Brownsville, Penn., Sept. 24. —Fifty-four
men were entombed in the Umpire mine
below 'Brownsville by an explosion of gas
have been taken out. The dead are James
Hall and John Bennett. Searching parties
are making frantic efforts to reach the
entombed miners, but progress is slow and
there is great danger of another explosion
which might bury them also under tons of
rock and earth.
Immediately following the explosion of
gas there was a second explosion of fire
damp. There were 140 men in the mine
at the time of the explosion, work having
been begun for the day a short time pre
vious. Os these 58 were in entries Nos. 9
and 10. Four men, Jacobs, Davis, Whet
zell. Walker and a Hungarian were near
the mouth of entries, the others were far
When the explosion came these four made
a rush for the main heading, which they
succeeded in reaching, though all were
more or less injured.
Os the fifty-eight men in entries 9 and
10 these four are the only ones known to
be aliVe. They say there is no possible
chance of escape of the fifty-four men
who worked with them.
The intelligence of the disaster soon
spread and the crowds gathered around the
mouth of the mine. Terrible scenes of
grief and horror were presented. The
wives and children of the entombed men
were frantic with grief and shrieks and
wails were frightful to hear. Notwith
standing the great danger rescuing parties
are working bravely, but the efforts are so
far unsuccessful.
Twenty-seven entombed miners have
just returned to town, having escaped by
traversing a mile and a half of under
ground passages, coming out at the open
ing near Lynn station, four miles from the
opening of the mine. Nineteen miners are
still unaccounted for. John Baker and his
son George, who escaped by the back way,
are terribly burned about the face, but
will likely recover. All who escaped are
injured or burned. The dead are unrecog
nizable, being burned and mutilated.
Old books bought, sold and exchanged at
the “Old Book. Store,” next to Curiosity
Shop. Thousands of old books on hand.
GETTING READY TO SAIL.
Marshal Barnes Expects to Leave With the
Adula Tomorrow.
Savannah, Sept. 23.—<Marshal John M.
Barnes arrived in the city yesterday for
the purpose of .m.king preparations for
taking the Steamship Adula to ‘New York
as soon as possible.
He has advertised for officers and crew
for this work, but it is probable that he
will need only a few more men, as most
of those who are to make the trip have
already been secured. Captain Frank B.
Avery will be in command and Engineer
Williamson will have charge of the engine
room as chief. The others of the officers
and crew needed will be secured today.
Marshal 'Barnes expects to leave the city
either Friday night or Saturday morning.
He has pretty near everything in readiness
now, and the hull and boilers will prob
ably be looked after by the local inspectors
today. Upon his arrived in New Yprk the
marshal will advertise the Adula for ten
days in the Herald and some other paper,
and then she will be put under the auc
tioneer's hammer. There were numerous
applicants at the marshal’s office yester
day for positions on the vetsel.
Thousands of second hand school books
at the ‘‘Old Book Store,” next to Curiosity
Shop. Old Books bought, sold and ex
changed.
BRYANNOTAFTER
MUSTER OUT.
That Was Not the Object of
His Visit to Washington.
Washington, September 2-3.—C01, W. J.
Bryan spent yesterday in Washington, saw
the president and war department officials
and went away without suggesting either
that his regiment be mustered out or that
he proposed to resign his commission. This
was Colonel (Bryan's first appearance here
in uniform and naturally he attracted
much attention. Before he came the dis
patches had much to say about hi?, in
tentions and the suggestion that he might
resign his commission called forth a lot
of criticism from the men who stay up
nights trying to find (some means to hurt
him. The crowd that howled because he
talked before being mustered in and has
been equally critical be cause he saw fit
to observe the proprieties and has not
talked since donning his uniform—this
crowd has been vigorously jumping on
him for his ssuposed desire to leave the
service.
Bryan met Governor Holcombe, of Ne
braska. here yesterday. When it was
learned that they would be here the con
clusion that they were coming to secure
the muster out of Bryan's regiment was
jumped at.
The fact is. however, is they made no
such request. They did have a list of sick
men in the regiment whom they wanted
sent home, and they thought the best way
to accomplish what they were after was to
come here.
After seeing the adjutant general, the
acting secretary of war and the ceneral
of the army, they called at the white house
and paid their respects. Governor Hol
combe talked of the exposition at Oma
ha. which the president is soon to visit,
and the president questioned Colonel Bryan
at some length concerning conditions of the
camps in Jacksonville.
Neither at the war department nor at
the white house was the possibility of mus
tering out the Third Nebraska discussed
and ‘there was no suggestion at either place
of Bryan resigning his commission.
So far as known, therefore, the talk of
his resigning is confined to the newspapers.
He did not disclose his purposes. Like
many another who enlisted for the fight,
he does not particularly relish the idea of
garrison duty in Cuba.
The Nebraska silver men are anxious to
have his counsel and his leadership in the
congressional campaign, which is very hit
ter out there, but whether he will gratify
them he will not say at this time.
Like ether volunteer regiments the Third
Nebraska is not anxious to stay in service,
I but will probably do so. If Bryan resigns
i the colonelcy he will undoubtedly be able
1 to give good reasons for doing so. As it is,
all he will say is that he has nothing to
say at this time.
Second hand school books by the thous
and. Never so many in Macon before as
at the “Old Book Store." 412 Second street,
next to Curiosity Shop.
Big sale winter underwear,
reduced prices. Phillips.
MACON NEWS FRIDAYJSEPTEMBER 23 1898.
FIFTY THOUSAND
VOLUNTEERS
Fullv that Many Will Be
Needed in the Armv of
Occupation.
PLANS ARE DISCUSSED
In Washington Circles for the Dis
position of the Regiments in
the South.
Washingotn, Sept. 23.—Now that Hunts
ville and Anniston have been selected as
the places for camping the regulars until
they shall be ordered to Cuba, the Presi
dent and the war department officials are
devoting their attention to the volunteers.
According to the present plan, it was
learned yesterday, few of the volunteer
regiments still in the United States army
camps or those doing garrison duty at the
coast forts will be mustered out of the
service for some time to come. It is not
the intention of the war department au
thorities to keep the volunteers now gar
risoning coast forts much longer at those
posts. Their places will be taken iby the
batteries of the regular artillery whose
places ti> volunteers took at the begin
ning of the war.
Whether to send the volunteers thus re
lieved by regulars to camps where other
volunteer organizations are assembled or to
place that part of the volunteer force
Which is to be retained in the service in
barracks, is a question which the president
and his advisers in the war department
have had under consideratoin. General
Miles has strongly advised that the vol
unteer organizations be put in barraefis
until they are needed in Cuba or elsewhere.
From dispatches received here ysterday the
president is inclined to agree with Gen
eral’Miles. It was also stated yesterday
that sin'ce General .Miles’ return from Porto
Rico, 'the president has sought his views
on every question relating to the moving
or assembling of troops, volunteer or reg
ular.
Several days ago it was suggested to the
president that, for various reasons, it
would be unwise to keep the volunteers
much longer in camp. It was pointed out
to him that the volunteers are not yet in
nured to the discomforts of camp life, and,
now that the autumn season with its cold
rains, is advancing, the health of these
troops will be still more impaired if they
are kept in camp. As a substitute for the
camips, it was suggested that the volun
teers be put in' (barracks or near several
large cities. The volunteers would then
be near railroad centers and near sea
ports and could readily be moved to Cuba
or Porto Rico. The president learned that
it would be a comparatively easy matter
to secure barrack room for 40,000 volun
teers iu this way, and he was informed
■that, from the present outlook, it would
not be necesasry to retain more than 40,000
of the volunteers in the service.
It was said yesterday that he bad au
thorized the quartermaster general’s de
partment to find what it would cost to se
cure barrack room for 40,000 volunteers in
cities near the coast. The prau which then
suggested itself to the quartermaster gen
eral’s department was to put about five
thousand volunteers in each of the eight
seacoast cities, or cities with several rail
roads centered. Some of the cities sugges
ted were Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Boston and New York,
Buildings will be erected in each of these
or other cities, should the plan ibe adopted,
where 5,000 volunteers can be 'comforta
bly and conveniently housed, each man to
have, when asleep, 140 cubic feet of air
.space. The proper army officers in New
York, and .presumably in other pities, have
been directed ot find out at what rental
per month such building can be obtained in
the city or suburbs.
It has been suggested that such buildings
may be found in Jersey City not far from
the railroads, in Hoboken and in Weehaw
ken. It was also suggested yesterday af
terdnoon by one of the officers commis
sioned to find the buildings that just such
quarters as are wanted could be found in
vacant stores and lofts right along Broad
way. It was even suggesetd Chat owners
of some of these building, out of patriot
ism, might be willing to give the free use
of their property to tne government for a
month or two. It is not anticipated that
the troops will be kept in barracks more
than three months at the outside. It was
recalled yesterday that after the Astor
Battery was recruited Colonel Astor gave
Ihte use of one of his stores just south of
Spring street as a barracks for the bat
tery.
The officers here Will set about their
work immediately and report to the quar
termaster general as soon as possible.
“Knox” fall hats. Phillips.
COTTON COMING
IN RAPIDLY.
Is of Much Better Quality—
Drv Weather Has
Helped It.
Cotton has taken a spurt in the last feiw
days and wagon loads of it wil) be brought
into the city tomorrow and the warehouse
men are preparing to handle it. The
exact number of bales in the city at
present is not known, but it will gp into
the thousands.
All the farmers are delighted with the
dry weather, as it gives them the oppor
tunity io gather their crops without get
ting the cotton stained. The corn crops
this year will be the best ever made Un
some time and the farmers will begin to
gather it in a few days.
The price of cotton will, in all probabili
ty, go up in a few days. All of the ■ware
housemen and cotton buyers’ think this,
and -to the farmers it will be good news.
HOW TO LOOK GOOD.
Good looks are really more than skin
deep, depending entirely on a healthy con
dition of all thp vital organs. If the liver
is inactive, you have a bilious look; if
your stomach is disordered, you have a
dyspeptic look; if your kidneys {.re af
fected, you have a pinched look. Secure
good health, and you will surely have good
looks. “Electric Bitters” is a good Altera
tive and Tonic. Acts directly on the stom
ach, liver and kidneys, purifies the blood,
cures pimples, blotches and boils, and
gives a good complexion. Every bottle
guaranteed. Sold at H. J. Lamar & Sons’
Drug Store. 50 cents per bottle.
10 mills 1 cent, 10 cents 1
dime, 10 dimes 1 dollar—lo
[collars. They’re 4-ply.
Dannenberg’s.
BOWED HOE ■
'ROW BEER
Funeral of Miss Winnie Davis
at Richmond this Af
ternoon,
MANX DISTINGUISHED MEN
Are Then to Attend Her Obsequies
and Pay a Last Tribute of
Respect.
Richmon-d, Sept. 23.—The funeral train
bearing the remains of Miss Winnie Davis
arrived this morning and was met at the
depot by the Lee Camp of Confederate
Veterans. ,
There was a large crowd at the depot.
The remains were escorted to St. Paul’s
church by the camp, where the funeral
will take place this afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The weather is fair and there will be an
immense Outpouring of people.
There are many distinguished visitors in
hte city to attend the funeral.
RICHARD MALCOLM
JOHNSON DEAD.
The Well Known Author, Lec
turer and Novelist is
Dead.
Baltimore, Sept. 23.—Richard Malcolm
Johnson, lecturer and novelest, died this
morning after an illness of several months.
LIFE IN DANGER.
Emperor of China Has In
creased the Guard at
the Palace.
London, Sept. 23 —'According to special
dispatches received from Pekin, the menr
bers of European community there believe
the life of the Emperor of China is in dan
ger. It is added that the dowager Empress
desires tpl aeco Prince Kung’s grandson
on the throne. The Emperor, it is added,
realizes the strength of the conspiracy
against him and has ordered tihe guards
at the palace strengthened.
IN GOOD - FAITH.
The Spanish Are Acting in
Evacuation of Porto
Rico.
San Juan, Sept. 23. —Everything regard
ing hte evacuation of the island of Forto
Rico by the Spanish troops is proceeding
satisfactorily.
The Spaniards are acting ! n perfect good
faith and turning over everything as htey
quit the various towns.
Preparations are being made for an im
pressive and elaborate ceremony when the
American flag is raised over San Juan.
Thousands of old school books for sale
at McEvoy Book and Stationary Co. Old
books bought, sold ami exchanged. Cash
paid for old books.
MONEY ORDERS
AT HOME OFFICE.
New Plan Adopted by Depart
ment Will Be Great Con
venience.
—— —•
A new rule regarding money orders will
shortly be received at the Macon post
office.
The order will probably be received to
day or tomorrow. Several other postoffices
have received the new instructions and
Postmaster Hertz is looking for a copy of
the order shortly.
The new rule regarding money orders
will prove a great convenience t,o the pub
lic, and will make the orders partake
more of the nature of currency than they
have ever done before.
The new rule will be that money orders
issued at a postoffiiee can also be cashed
at the same office that they are drawn
from,
This is a decidedly new departure and
will prove, as stated, a great convenience
to the public. The convenience can be il
lustrated as follows: Suppose a person liv
ing in the city desired to pay a person a
sum of money living in V'ineviUe. The
party in town could buy a money order
and mail it to. the party in the suburbs.
The latter could get the order cashed at
the Macon postoffice. This, as will be seen,
at first glance, would save the party in
Macon the trouble of sending a cheek or
the money out to Vineville.
The money order would act as a receipt
for person Nq, 1, Maney orders have been
used for some time as a medium of ex
change at the clearing house, and now
they will be usde to a much greater ex
tent by the public than ever before
These money orders may now used,
for illustration, in paymen;, of gas bills,
merchants’ and grocers., bills, etc.
In smaller places the person indebted to
a farmer may have an order drawn in fa
vor of the latter payable to him by a
neighbor who obtains and delivers the mail
for the neighborhood, she entire cost, aay
for ten dollars, being but 19 cents.
Tickets for the entertainment for the
benefit of Appleton if'hurch Home will be
found at the drug stores of Lamar & Sons,
Mallory Taylor and Sol Hoge’s next Thurs
day.
Business men can obtain
skilled help from Georgia
Business College, which an
il u all 3’ brings hundreds of
youths and tens of thousands
of dollars to Macon.
Boys’ school suits, the ha r d
wear kind—sl.so, $2, $2.50.
, Dannenberg’s.
COMMISSION
INSPECTS SITES
Visited Central Citv Park and
Ocmulgee Company’s
Lands.
APPEARED WELL PLEASED
But Did Not Commit Themselves to
Anything About What
They Saw.
General Schwann and the commission
appointed to investigate the sites for the
encampment of troops in the South is here
today.
They arrived in the city on the train
from Savannah and points in South Geor
gia, where they have been inspecting sites
for the last few days.
They were met at the Union depot this
morning by Mayor 'Price and the following
committee: Messrs. T. D. Tinsley, T. J.
Carling, L. W. Hollingsworth. R. B. Bar
ron, Henry Horne and Senator Bacon and.
Congressman Bartlett.
As the work of the commission here was
necessarily 'to be hurried no time was lost
in preliminaries. Carriages had been pre
pared and the party at once proceeded to
Ceuitral City park, more properly knoWin
on such an occasion as Camp Price, where
the admirable site was seen by 'the com
mission. They went very carefully into all
the detail and investigated everything.
The members of the commission while
committing themselves to nothing were not
sparing in their praise of the place as a
site for a camp. The splendid record for
health that was made iby the Third regi
ment under Colonel Ray while it was en
camped there is much tin the favor of this
camping site.
There is an ample supply of both the
city water and a splendid well. The city
offers the ground, the buildings and every
thing that the soldiers may need. The
splendid buildings on the grounds suffi
cient for the needs of a very large force
struck the commission as a very strong
addition to the advantages of this site.
All the members of the commission
were, however, very guarded in their ex
pressions of opinion. Personally they
seemed to be struck tby the advantages of
the site, but officially they were extremely
impartial as between tehis site and any
others ithiat they have visited. The park,
however, showed up to the very best ad
vantage.
After seeing Camp Price and going over
the ground very carefully the commission
was driven out to the lands of the Ocmul
gee Land and Improvement Company,
where they were shown several most at
tractive sites on the high land overlooking
Macon and the surrounding country,
It was evident that here too the com
mission was interested lo say the least of
it as the place and the sites they were
shown from which selection might be made
would be very hard indeed to surpass for
the purpose.
While the grounds here lack some of the
improvements of Camp Price and are
further aw r ay from 'the city still the in
ducements are equally as great so far as
the offer on the part of the land owners
is concerned. Here, as at Camp Price, the
commission is offered the site free with
amply water supply. .Macon is now in a
position to furnish this supply better than
she was when Colonel Ray was here with
his regiment as the new pumping station
and filters are in perfect working order
and can supply water in any quantity, in
fact more than twice as much, afe Macon
now needs.
Brigadier General Theodore Schwann is
president of the board. His aide is Lieu
tenant G. T. Summerlin, of the Eighth
cavalry. The other .members of the board
ar£ Colonel O’Reilly, chief surgeon of the
Fourth army corps, with headquarters at
Huntsville; Lieutenant Colonel F, G.
Hodgson, of the quartermaster's , depart
ment at Washington; Captain W. E.
Cralghlll, of the Engineering corps, who is
chief of the government works at Wil
mington, and Captain Dodds, of the Ninth
infantry, who is acting advocate of the de
partment of the Gulf, and also by reason
of his being teh junior member, recorder
of the 'board.
Macon is by no means the only place the
board will report upon to the war depart
ment. It is the twelfth already that has
been visited, and it is said there are as
many as yet to be inspected. When it is
considered that only three or feqr earn’?
are to be established, it may readily be
seen 'that (Macon's chance of getting troops
camped here are by no means certain. The
war department did not order the board
to visit the city. It was decided by the
board that Macon should be included in its
itineracy, but it is said this will have
effect with the war department w v en
comes .to making a selection. ks t h/board
.was given full discretion io visit p]ace
tt might see fit vlsit> in addition
those prescribed in orders received from
the department.
Th camp board bgan its work at Hunts
ville, Ala. It was at that place 'that the
officers assembled. One day was spent
there looking over sites in the vicinity
From Huntsville the officers went to An
niston. Then the following cities were
i taken in the order named: Atlanta,
Opelika, Columbus, Warm Springs, Amer
icus, Albany, Thomasville, Waycross and
Savannah,
The commissioners left this morning at
half past eleven o’clock on a special train
over the Macon and Northern for Athens.
They expressed themselves as highly
pleased with the camp sites around Macon
and it is very probable that they will 'lo
cate here. It is probable that a regiment
of cavalry will be stationed at Ocmulgee
park shat a regiment of infantry will
be camped at Camp Price.
i The gentlemen who accompanied the
commissioners told them to name the
things they wasted and that any demands
which they would make would be acceded
to.
The gentlemen who accompanied the
commission feel sure that they will make
a favorable report and that Macon will
have at least two regiments here during
the winter.
AT BRUNSWICK;
The City of Macon Arrived There at Neon
Today.
The City of Macon arrived at Brunswick
today at 12 o’clock. The boat made rapid
time and on the down trip picked up a
lirge cargo. Captain Hathaway wired Mr.
George Smith this morning that he had on
board a large cargo of naval stores and
cotton. The boat will lay over in Bruns
wick until Tuesday. The Mallory line
steamer will bring a large consignment of
goods for the boat and it will leave as
soon as they can be loaded.
The fashionable hat—
Young’s $3 and $4.
Dannenberg’s.
everything
to assist you will be gladly done
J US T IPHA TYO UIP ANT
Stylish, Reliable and Up-to-date, you will find here
OUR PRICES
Are positively lower than elsewhere for like Qualities.
TrouXr a . nuouncin R Fall opening of our Stylish Suits,
Hats, Underwear, Neckwear, Etc.
an 4 W '? ? * dd OUr su £g estion . that you ought to come
you abXlute°satisfactiou* Y ° U Hght a " d B uarantee
eTHE BAZAR) cnerruSt.
tub Largest and most FashionaDle
jnininerg * Establishment
In Central Georgia,
llave a good 11 at; the secret of thy grace
Lives in the ornaments that crown thy face
I utue may flourish in unbraided hair,
but Nature scorns the shocking llat to wear
most Charming Display of millinery
HatS, t)ne our we ß known society belles
Rnnnpfc was heard to say, when visiting our
DUllllCib, Millinery Parlors recently: “I am sur-
Feathers, prised that this new firm so far sur-
Flnvvprc passes the display of old established
1 lOVVcib, houses. Their Hats are prettier, smart
Ribbons, I and up to date, and their prices lower.”
Ornqmpnfc We don t , want you to take this lady’s
■■ailidilS word for it, but come and see for your
self. Make a thorough examination of the fascinating
Millinery in ourestablisliment.
Ever Shown in niacon.
EL TAKE TRADING STAMP’S
(HE FAIR STORE *
Hab removed to Cherry street, next to
Payne & Willingham s and L. McMa
nus’ furniture stores and opposite Em
pire Store.
STRONG SHOE COmPHNY I
L\ - J
| MATURE - s i x |
> SHAPES z ’ s - i
F". Look at a child’s foot; look at a pinched toe, '4
F; corn and bunion-marked man’s foot. The «
r one is Nature Shape—the other can still be. «
£ The Shoemaking we are put- J
hug into these Nature Shapes •)
is our best of best. The easiest
Shoe ever made <
h ent Calf, Enamel Calf, Stuart Watson |
l StSvS 1 B !“ k !»■««■ wnw., i
ik By Offering the Lowent Prices.
~The
Double-Breasted
Prince Albert. ■
\ The fashionable design of the
~ | season is shown in our illustra-
/ L tion. They are made of fine
I; t \ Granite Worsted, silk-faced, and
/ | I are the correct thing for gentle-
men who wish to be up to date.
/1 'I | We have them—
I S2O and $25
'y —the Coat and Vest.
Fine Trousers $6.00 to $9.00
money on Hand.
Loans on real estate. Easy monthly Day
men t*. w
GKO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon. Ga.. 461 Third Street.
PRICE THREE CENTS