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HOLIDH FDR
THESCHOOLS.
Board of Education Will Hold'
a Meeting this Afternoon
t° Discuss It.
Will Milin St 6MITEO
The Children Are Anxious to See the
Whole Show and it Would be
Impossible to Held Them.
T.i»- Bo tri o' Education will hold a
;■ « rjg th;r afternoon a* the office of the
superintendent at 1 o'clock. The meeting
•was calk I yesterday afternoon by Presi
dt . 4 N.'t 'ti and the object of the meeting ;
> -I •'•'i b about giving the school chil
dren holiday during the Carnival.
Fh‘ Beard will no douot corue to a de
.■ :>n about the matter at once and there 1
• ms to be no doilbt about the- children
r< • iv.ng a holiday. Nearly every member j
« f th<- Boat I ;« in favor of letting them out ,
and it is sure to pa?a.
Superintendent Abbott stated yesterday
•„ft» moon that the only thing against the
children receiving holiday was that the
Living Flag exercises in which many were
■ ■ partlcipaTc would necessitate all of the i
cbildr'-n being together, but he think* that
the matter can be easily remedied.
All of the children will be overjoyed if {
th'-y are given permission to see the sights
of th- Di amend .Jubilee without being
mark* 1 abstn?. Thi- question will be the
only one to come up -before the meeting
it. ! iy, but on Monday night the regular
xn>'f ting will be held.
•At this m f ting the r s pert of the super;n
tci’dent will be received. The superinten
dent will givt in his report the total num
ber of pupils now in the schools and it is
thought that some recommendations will
be made. Other business of importance
will also come up.
Eve :y member of the board who has been
si . n ’s ir favo. - of granting the children
a holiday. President Waxelbaum was I
around to see Superintendent Abbott about :
tip, matter and it is thought that he made ■
a favorable impression. Many of the chil- !
dr. n will not attend school anyway during
th- 1 Carnival and the citizens think that -
th. board has just as well give them holi- ;
day. i -
V. >:her li ‘ of artificial roses at Newman
Millinery Co.
MUMFORD-HARWELL.
Approaching Nuptials of a Popular Young
Couple.
lixvitati n.s are out for the wedding _>f
Mln Clara .Mumford, daughter of Rev.
William E. Mumford, of Vineville, and
Mr. John Ransom Harw< 11, of Atlanta.
The bride elect is one of the most popu
lar cf the young ladies of Vineville and is
as charming as she is popular. Mr. Har
well was formerly connected with several
of rhe big dry goods stores of Macon and
Is a young business man of sterling char
acter and ability. He lived here for a
number of years and during that time
made a large number of sincere friends.
Mr. Harwell is now representative of
the In ion Manufacturing and Commission
Company of Atlanta.
The young people are in receipt of con
gratulations from their friends all over the
state.
SOUTHERN CORRESPONDENTS
Os the Georgia Loa i and Trust Company to
Be Entertained.
The Georgia Loan and Trust Company
will entertain their Southern correspond
ents in Macon on Tuesday next.
\ night a banquet will be given to the
visitors and altogether arrangements have
been mad. for a most elaborate entertain
ment.
i'be Georgia Loan and Trust Company
has been in business in this state for the
last fifteen years and their progress has
been steady and solid. They have now
correspondents in most of the Southern
states and me representatives who will be
here on Tuesday next will be a fine body
of men.
The visitors will be in charge of Presi
dent Cokman and Mr. Shipp, the efficient
secretary of the company during their stay
in Macon, and this fact ensured for them
a most delightful experience.
SHOOTING SCRAPE
Causes Some Excitement on
Plum Street.
The residents of Plum street were
greatly excited for a time this morning,
as it was thought for seme time that a
negro woman had been killed. It turned
out, however, that she was only slightly
.wounded and the excitement subsided.
The cause of the excitement was that
Ophelia Lyman got jealous of another wo
man ami in au attempt to shoot her she
shot Alive a bystander. The wound
is not dangerous and the' woman will re
cover. Ophelia was arrested and was
tried before Judge Freeman this morning
on the charge of shooting at another. She
was bound over to the superior court un
der a S2OO bend. She went to jail in de
fault of bond.
SMALL BLAZE.
Firemen Were Called to a House on Second
Streetllhis Morning.
A telephone 1 called the fire depart
ment to the residence of Mr. T. J. War-
Ten. at 858 Second street this morning
about 6 o'clock. When the department ar
rived the roof of the kitchen was found
to be smoking. ,
The chemical engine was brought into
use and the fire was quickly extinguished.
The damage will not amount to $5.
CARNIVAL VISITORS.
Many Yaune Ladies of Adjoining Cities Will
Be Here.
•Macon will be crowded with young lady
■visitors during the Carnival. They will
come from all points in adjoining states
land will greatly add to the attractiveness
of the occasion. Among the following are
young ladies who will visit here during the
Carnival. Musses lone Murphey, of
Barnesville and Elizabeth Thomas, of For
- syth will vis t .Mrs. T. E. Murphey on For-
I -syth street.
Mim Lila Reynolds of Augusta, and Mies
i Mabel Frazier, of Columbus, will be with
Miss Mattie Hunt.
M.ss Inez Murrah, of Atlanta, au 1 Miss
Crawford, of Milledgeville, will be with
Mr*. Murrah. on Madison street.
Miss Kerwin and Miss Clements, of Co
lumbus. will visit Mi? i Mildred Henderson.
Miss Dillon, of Thomasville, will be the
. guest of Miss Margarette Callaway.
Miss Persons, of Monticello, will visit
Mis? Monro.* on Boundary direct.
Miss Watts, of Fcrsytb, will be with Miss
•Monroe.
Mias Jordan, of Columbus, will be with
Mi-*s Griswold.
Miss Tarbui on. of Thomasville, will visit
Mb* Annie Horne.
The News requests that all people hav
ing visitor s with them during the Carnival
to eend their names, to the office on Cher
ry street and they will be published. ’
PUBLIC COMFORT.
Arrangements Made for the Visitors to the
Carnival.
The people who visit Macon during the
Carnival will find ho cause for complaint
in 'the arrangements made for their recep
tion and comfort. The Carnival Associa
tion recognized the importance of properly
arranging for the entertainment of visitors
and with that end in view the Public Com
fort committee, generously aided by the clt
j izens of Macon, have so systematized'■the
public comfort work that no one need fear
that proper care will not be given to all
visitors in Macon daring the Carnival sea-
son.
I The Bureau of Information, with a force
of men specially selected for the work, will
be located in the Johnson & Harris build
ing on the corner of Fourth and Cherry
streets. To each applicant for board and
lodging, or either, an information check
will be issued giving the name, street and
number cf the person to whom he is as
signed with the rate per day for board and
lodging or for either. In addition the check
will givb the time cf departure of all trains
for the home of the applicant, and the rate
lof back fare for licensed hacks. At each
: railroad station guides will meet all in-
I coming trains and direct carnival visitors
to 'the Bureau of Information.
People who are listed for the entertain-
I ment of ten or more people, will be re
qnuired to have a porter or guide at the
I Bureau of Information to conduct all the
1 guests assigned to their respective places.
•Postal cards will be furnished to each per
son listed on which to report on the 12th,
13th and 14th of October the number of
people they can care for. This plan is
adopted in order that 'the Public Comfort
committee may be advised of how much ac
commodations they have for visitors on
the above named dates.
I Artificial rose for floral decorations or
dresses 30c dozen at Newman Millinery Co.
AN EXCITING CHASE.
A Couutry BailiffThases Two City Negross
Through the Streets.
People on Poplar street this morning
were very much surprised when they
saw two negroes coming down
the street at a pace that would have done
credit to a race horse and a bailiff with
two ropes? iu his band yelling far some
bo iy to stop the negroes. The negroes had
been arrested for stealing, and Bailiff Ault
nian had been sent 'to Maccn to carry them
back to Houston county.
He tied the negroes together with ropes
as he left the police station and he tad not
proceeded far when the negroes cut them
selves loose and were going down the
street at a rapid pace. It seems tnat the
mother of cne of the negroes had slipped
I up behind the bailiff and given one of the
boys a knife and they cut themselves loose.
After a long chase bo:h of the negroes
were captured. One was caught by a far
mer from the Warrior district and the
other was pulled by a policeman. The
bailiff was frightened badly and.was very
I much excited. He made the negroes secure
j again and marched them to the train. He
says that he will never come after negroes
again without handcuffs.
100 Boys Wanted to sell Carnival Edi
tions of The News. Apply at once.
South Macon Dots
Mr. Gu? Long is having a neat residence
erected near his brother's heme on Ells
street.
Mr. William Bedingfield is having his
residence in the southern suburbs paint
ed up inside and out most beautifully.
Judge W. C. Randall is weilding the
brush, w-bich is a sufficient guarantee
that the job will be finished in elegant
style.
Mrs. W. J. Wyche, who has been quite
feeble for several weeks, is able to be out
again much to the gratification of her
many friends.
Mr. Ed Wilder has been laid up with
rheumatism for several days.
Mrs. W. H. Hatcher, cf South Macon, is
visiting Baxlev. Ga., and writes that the
storm was tremendously heavy at that
place, several buildings having been blown
down, among them the Baptist church.
Many other buildings were injured con
siderably, the Methodist church having
bevn blown from its position and moved a
short distance, though not wrecked.
Two white women, two children, one an
infant in the arms of one of the. women,
and the other woman and a little boy
carrying small bundles, spent yesterday
wandering up and down the Houston road.
The last seen of them they were trying to
get lodging at the home of a colored wo
man. who lives near the Rutherford place.
Who they are or where they came from
| or are going to any place in particular.
this deponent knowerh not. It is presumed
that they decided »to take old Father Time
by tbe forelock and visit the Central City
in good time for the Carnival. “Smith.”
• Roses 30c dozen. Newman s Millinerv
Co.
$5,000 worth of decorations
just in for the Carnival at
Powers’.
MACON NE\X> FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7 rß 9 a.
ClHfflll WILL
OPENTUESDJV
Patriotic Dav Will be Opening
Feature —Great Prepara
tions Being Made.
mmoos CROWDS
Will Be Here on the Opening Day—
Railroads Will Specials—King
Will Review Parade.
Macon’s great Diamond Jubilee will open
on next Tuesday. The opening day is Pa
triotic day, which will be one of the big
gest days of the Carnival. The committee
who have had this day in charge have been
hard at work since their appointment and
have succeeded in arranging a splendid
program.
The day will begin with the Patriotic
Parade which will take place during the
morning. Uncle Sam and Miss Columbia
will be represented on this day and it will
prove to be one of the crowning features.
Professor Martin will represent Uncle Sam
and Miss Bessie Walker will be seen as
Miss Columbia. Two better people could
not have been selected. The attractions
on this day are numerous and among them
are ones that will reflect untol credit on
the members of the committee.
At 10 o’clodk on the morning of the
opening day the king and his court will
arrive in the city. Their coming will be
heralded by tbe (blare of trumpets. They
will go over the business portion of the
city and will then proceed to the grand
stand which has been erected on Cherry
street and will view the Patriotic Parade.
In the parade will be Uncle Sam and
Miss Columbia in tier vehicles of state and
following them will be the mayor and
council in carriages. The fire department,
the Board of Health department and other
city organizations will be in the parade.
In the parade the different secret organ
izations of the city will have beautiful
floats. The floats which will appear in
the Patriotic Parade will .be among the
prettiest to be shown during the Carnival.
The parade will be over a mile in length
and will take up the greater part of the
morning. Immediately after the parade is
over the king will disappear and will not
be seen again until the closing night of the
Carnival, when he. will lead the final pa
rade and with the queen will be led the
Carnival Ball.
The bicycle parade, which will also be
a par.t of the Patriotic. Parade, will be a
very pretty scene. Several prizes have
been offered for the best decorated wheel
and already the boys and girls have (begun
work on their “bikes" decorating them in
the prettiest manner possible.
Chief Jones and his fire laddies are sure
to capture the crowd. They have never
been in a parade yet without doing so, and
next Tuesday will be no exception. The
trucks and engines will be-polished up and
the horses will be carefully groomed, while
the men will al! appear in their best uni
forms.
The sanitary department will also come
in for its share of the glory and will no
doubt make a splendid show. The secret
societies will appear in the parade in a
body and will greatly add to its appear
ance.
The day will close with Pain’s world re
nowned production, the battle of Manila
in which Dewey’s fleet sinks the Spanish
warships. The scene will be produced ex
actly as it appeared at Manila. Every
thing is now In readiness for the great
production and it is expected that the
grounds will be crowded.
The railroad men say that they are ex
pecting larger crowds on Patriotic Day
than any other and that they are prepar
ing to handle them. Special trains will
be run on all of the railroad? on that day.
The parade will begin promptly at 10
o’clock and everybody who is to partici
pate is expected to be on hand at that
hour. The admission to the fireworks will
be 50 cents.
30c dozen for artificial roses. Newman
Millinery Co.
FLAGS RECEIVED.
President Waxelbaum Receives Four Flags
this Morning.
President Waxelbaum of the Carnival
Association received four beautiful flags
this morning. They were sent by Gover
nor Jones, of Arkansas; Governor Scho
field. of 'Wisconsin; Governor Wolcott, of
Massachusetts, and Governor Leedy, of
Kansas.
The flags are all made of silk and are
very pretty. Each flag has the great seal
of the state from which i't was sent im
printed on it.
CITY OFFICIALS COMING.
A Large Bodv of Officials Are Coming to the
Carnival.
Mayor Price has recived a number of
letters from other city officials, saying
that they would accept tbe invitations of
the mayor and council of the city of Macon
and would attend the Carnival. It is prob
able that over fifty will be in attendance.
Open house will be kept for them at the
city hall and refreshments of all kinds
will be'served to them throughout the day.
The city hall has been decorated especially
for this occasion and it is decidedly the
prettiest place in the city.
QUEER BILLS. .
Hundred Dollar Certificates Manufactured
in San Francisco.
By Associated Press.
San Francisco, Oct. 7.—lt is stated that
the United States secret service officers
aided by 'Chief Lees, have discovered that
a large number of counterfeit SIOO silver
certificates have been produced in this
city. The operators are reported to be
under police surveillance.
THE FAIR ’
Will be one of the greatest attractions
of the Carnival. Thousands of visit
ors will be as much interested in the
rare and beautiful things to be seen
there as in the most attractive feat
ures of the Carnival.
In addition to the pleasure to be de
rived from a visit to The Fair Store,
the visitor will more than make ex
penses to Macon by investing money
in the myriad of bargains offered
there.
The Fair has moved to 608 Cherry
, Street, between Payne & Willing
ham’s and McManus & Co.’s furni
ture stores, and across the street from
The Empire Store, it is a sure
enough Fair—-a museum in fact—in
which more useful and novel articles |
can be found than in any other store |
i in Georgia, and at prices that no I
other merchant in the South will
match. Those who are not familiar
with Macon’s most famous retail
store will find much to surprise, in
struct and entertain them at The
Fair.
Years of experience, fair dealing,
plenty of cash, and willingness to sell
for the smallest profits, have made
The Fair the close buyers’ best friend
and sure resort at all times when out
shopping. Everything for the house,
from a Tin Cup to a Decorated China
Toilet Set, can be found at The Fair,
and in every instance the price will
astonish and delight.
You will do yourself a positive in-
• •
justice if you come to Macon and go
away without visiting
The Fair Store,
R- F. SMITH, Proprietor,
608 Cherry St. 608 Cherry St.
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