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CHBISTIK IT
mxi
Annual Convention of the
Church Will Be Held in
that Citv.
SOME SHORT HISTORY
Os the Establishment and the Con
duct of the Organization Sine?
that Time.
The general convention of the Christian
Church will be held at Chattanooga,Tenn.,
October 13 to 21.
There is no chapter in American church
history, nor in universal church history,
that is of more interest to the student of
religious movements than the work inaug
urated and now being carried on by the
people known as Christians, or Disciples
of Christ.
Their origin and marvelous growth is a
matter of wonder to those who will take
the time to look into their history. They
discard all human creeds and authority
and plead for the acceptance of the Bible
as the onlj rule of faith and practice.
Zwingle, the ’S-wiss reformer and con
temporary of Martin Luther of the six
teenth century, was the first to suggest a
return to the Bible only as authority. He
.said: “Reject all you cannot prove by the
Scripture.’’
In 1792 James O’Kelly, of Virginia, with
some friends withdrew from the 'Methodist
Church, called themselves Christians and
received the Bible as their only book of
authority.
In 1800 Abner Jones of Vermont, gath
ered some people together on the above
principles at Lyndow.
In 1802 another congregation was organ
ized at Bradford, Vt.
In 1803 there were many similar organ
izations in New England, New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania.
in 1804 the old Cane Ridge Church of
Ktntucky was organized. It is the oldest
organization among the Disciples of
Christ. Services are still held there and
the organization kept up.
In 1807 Thomas Campbell came to this
country from Ireland. A year or so later
Alexander Campbell, his son. came. They
•were, in harmony with those who had in
augurated the work on this continent, and
with their help the plea became more and
more widely known. The work was soon
recognized as a permanent work, and as
the object and permanencey of the plea
became better understood, the growth was
more rapid.
Today they number more than 10,000
organizations, with a membership of more
than 1.100,000. In the ministry they have
more than 6,200 men. Their church prop
erty is valued at about $17,600,000. Their
Sunday schools number nearly or quite
8,000, with over 700,000 teachers and schol
ars. They report more than 4,000 Chris
tian Endeavor societies in their churches.
Un; 1897 they raised for all missions
$430,952.68. For all purposes the amount
was $5,054,142.68.
Their general convention met last year
at Indianapolis, Ind. The atendance was
the largest in the history of the organi
zation. At some of the sessions there
were present ‘between three and four thou
sand people. October 13 to 21 of this year
they will meet, in Chattanooga. The pres
ent indications are that the attendance
will be much larger than last year. Those
who attend will meet and hear the lead
ing men of the church, and they number
among them as scholarly and pleasant
speakers as you will find in. any religious
body.
A good delegation is expected to attend
from this city.
Spain’s Greatest Need.
Mr H. P. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain,
spends his winters at Aiken. S. C. Weak
nerves had caused severe pains in the back
of bis head. On using Electric Bitters,
America’s greatest blood and nerve rem
edy, ail pain soon left him. He says this
grand medicine is what his country needs.
All America knows that it cures liver and
kidney trouble, purifies the blood, tones
up the stomach, strengthens the nerves,
puts vim. vigor and new life into every
muscle, nerve and organ of the body. If
weak, tired or ailing you need it. Every
bottle guaranteed, only 50 cents. Sold by
H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists.
MANY BALES.
Estimated that Loss to the State Will Be
Five Million Dollars.
Reports received from middle and South
Georgia indicate that the storm of Sunday.
Monday and Tuesday was disastrous to the
cotton crop. The continued wind and the
driving rain beat out the open cotton and
ruined it.
Professor Glenn, state school commis
sioner, told a Constitution reporter that he
met a number of farmers on the train who
told him that the loss would reach be
tween 200,000 and 300.000 bales in this
state, or a money loss equal to $5,000,000.
Mr. Joe Q. Ellis, a planter of Dooly coun
ty. stated that last Saturday he had 100
bales of cotton open and ready to pick?
Every bit of it had been whipped out. he
said, and he declared that he would not
get one bale.
Other farmers made similar statements.
There was no top crop this year. This
year the wet weather caused the top cot
ton to shed. Last year there was a full
crop of cotton. •
Senator A. O. Bacon when in Atlanta
said that in the Wiregrass the lose
was immense, and that it was a sad pic
ture to see fields uttery bare and desolate,
which a few days before were white with
the ripened stable.
“It is very sad,’’ said Professor Glenn,
“to think of this visitation and to reflect
on the suffering it must cause. The only
set-off t? it is the fine hap crop and the
large amount of hogs raised this year by
our farmers. This has been a great year
for hay. and some of our farmers have told
me that they will make more money this
year than ever before on hay. Many a
farmer will try something else next year,
and not depend entirely on cotton.”
A NEAT KEEPSAKE.
Carnival Buttons Representing Old Fort
Hawkins.
The most appropriate keepsake of the
coming Jubilee we have yet seen is one
gotten up by Mr. E. D. Irvine. It is a but
ton with a nice engraving of old Fort
Hawkins as it appeared just after being
finished. As Macon really sprung from
this old block house the badge is a most
appropriate souvenir and every man. wo
man and chhild should wear one for in so
doing they show the origin of our beauti
ful Macon. They can be had at the Geor
gia Music House, but will not be sold on
the streets.
Deafness Can Be Cured.
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness and that
is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of tpe
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it i$ entirely closed deafness is the
result and unless the inflamation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de
stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an inflamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give one hundred dollars for any
case of deafness! caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars. Free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by drugists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
SPECIAL TRAINS
To the Carnival, Via. Central of Georgia
Railway.
The Central of Georgia Railway has ar
ranged 'to run special trains as follows to
Macon during the Carnival:
Special from Atnens October 11th, 12th
Bind 13th at 5:30 a, m., from Covington at
6:30 a. m.; arriving Macon 9:30 a. m. Re
turning, leave Macon at 10:30 p. m.
Special from Machen via Eatonton and
■Milledgeville, 11th, 12th and 13th, 4:45 a.
m., arriving Macon 7:45 a. m. Returning
leave Macon 7:30 p. m.
Special from Columbus 12th and 13th,
5:30 a. m., arriving Macon 9:05 a. m. Re
turning leave'Macon 10:30 p. m.
Special leave Millen October 5:30 a. m.,
arriving iMacon 9:00 a. m. Returning leave
Macon 10:30 p. m.
In addition to the above, special train
will leave Macon for Atlanta, connecting
for Thomaston, on the 13th and 14th at
10:30 p. m.
Second division, train No. 7, due to leave
Macon at 7:40 p. m., will leave on the
nights of 13th and 14th at 10:20 p. m.
(Persons going to Eatonton and Milledge
ville may leave Macon by regular No. 4 at
11:38 p. m. on the nights of the 12th and
13th, special having been arranged to run
from Gordon to Eatonton on arrival of No.
4 at Gordon.
J. C. Haile, G. P. A.
AT THE TEA STORE.
A beautiful wall pocket, consisting of a
handsome painting of roses, violts, or pan
sies, mounted on glass, surrounded by a
brass chain and set in a highly polished
•white enameled fram, presented to all
purchasers of the following articles: $1
worth of coffee 50 cents worth of tea, 1
pound of A. and P. Spices, 1 pound A. and
P. Baking Powder, 50 cents worth flavor
ing extract ot an assorted sale of 75 cents
worth of any of the above articles. Fri
day and Saturday this week. The Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.
If you don’t care to be both
ered with that trap and yet
want it decirated in the most
artistic manner, turn it over
to the Macon Carnival Decor
ating and Contracting Com
pany—Sims, Den nick e and
other decorators in charge of
this work. Leave orders at
Powers’ Curiosity Shop.
RELIEF ASSOCIATION
Held a Short Meeting Yesterday Afternoon
at the Library.
The Soldiers Relief Association held a
short session yesterday afternoon at the
Macon Library. Mrs. Mallory Taylor pre
sided over the meeting. Nothing of im
portance was done and the business trans
acted was of the usual kind.
The association extended a vote of
thanks to the mayor and council for their
generous donation of SSO and the vote will
be put in writing and read before the
mayor. The association will meet again
next Friday afternoon at the usual time
and place.
Jos
rirrv •
Every man watches
1 his balance in the bank,
and bis balance in his
cash account, pretty
closely. There is an
other ledger account
that the average man
entirely forgets to his
own undoing. It is his
account with death. It
is more important than a “profit and loss ”
account, for its a “life.and death ’’ account.
It is a man’s duty to himself and family to
look up this account once every day and
see that the balance is on the right side.
It doesn’t pay to let this account run on,
and have it debited with indigestion, and
then impure blood, and finally nervous ex
haustion. or prostration, or deadly con
sumption. When these diseases come it
means a debit balance with death brought
down in the blood red ink of another life
sacrificed on the altar of foolish overwork
and neglect of health. Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery makes the appetite keen,
the digestion perfect, the liver active and
the blood pure. It is the great blood-maker,
flesh-builder and health-forger. It makes
firm, healthy flesh, but does not produce
corpulence or raise the weight above na
ture’s normal. It cures 08 per cent, of all
cases of consumption, bronchial, throat and
catarrhal affections. Honest de alls re don’t
urge substitutes.
"My wife had suffered for seven years with
dyspepsia, sick headache and costiveness." writes
Mr. Alonso D. Jameson, of Dunbarton, Merri
mack Co., N. H. "We tried many diapiors and
many kinds of medicine, but all Wre of no avail.
We purchased six bottles of Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, which together with the
‘ Pleasant Pellets.'has entirely restored my wife’s
health. We cannot say enough to you in thanks
for these valuable medicinesT
It may save a life some day. Send 21 one
cent stamps, to cover cost of mailing
to the World's Dispensary Medical Associa
tion, Buffalo. N. Y., for a paper-covered
copy of Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medi
cal Adviser; cloth binding 10 cents extra.
Contains 100 S pages, over 300 illustrations—
a valuable medical library in one volume.
MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8 ißab.
JAPANESE
gm pi
CURE
A New and Complete 1 refitment. consisting of
SUPPOSITORIES, Capsules of Ointment and two
Boxes of Ointment. A never-failing cure for Piles
• f every nature and degree. It makes an operation
with the knife, which is painful, and often results
in death, unnecessary. Why endure this terrible
disease? Ae pack a Written Guarantee in eac-- 1
Box. No Cure, No Pay. jcc.and Ji a box, 6 for
Sent ’ v trail. Samples iree
OINTMENT, 25c. and 50c.
CONST I PAT 10 N
-reat LIVER and STOMACH REGULATOR and
BLOOD PURIFIER. Smail, mild and pleasant
to take: especially adapted for children’s use. 50
loses 25 cents.
FREE. — A vial of these famous little Pellets will
be g;v*n _ with a $1 box or more of File Cure.
Notice—Thk genuine fresh Japanese Pilf
Cuke for sale only by
For Sale at Goodwyn’s Drug Store and
Brown House Pharmacy.
money on Hand.
Loans on real estate. Easy monthly pay
ments.
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon, Qa„ 461 Third Street.
THE GEORGIA LOAN AND TRUST CO.,
O. A. Coleman, General Manager,
356 Second Street.
We offer the following money for this
weeek: $22,750 to loan on good farm prop
erty; $19,475 for city loans. Our rates will
satisfy you that we are headquarters. No
delay. Call and see us.
♦
SYPHILIS 1
Primary, secondary or tertiary, no mat
ter how long standing, cured for life under
absolute guarantee in from 15 to 69 days.
I have used this wonderful remedy in my
private practice for over 20 yearS and have
never failed. A patient once treated by
me is free from outbreaks forever. I use
no mercury or potash. I will pay SSOO for
any case that I fail to cure within 60 days.
Write at once.
DR. GRAHAM,
Suite 1109, 114 Dearborn st., Chicago, 111.
Patriotic Day
Bicycle Parade.
Every rider in the city is
requested to enter the parade.
It is desired to make this a
grand feature of Patriotic
Day, October 11. A meeting
is called for Saturday night,
October 8, of the wheelers at
J. W. Shinhol ser’s store,
corner Cotton avenue and
Cherry street, to discuss final
arrangements and make en
tries for the cash prizes of
fered by the Carnival Asso
ciation.
To Hip fcrc
10 ’ Ulb lily ?bl o
We have Room Mouldings
in large varity.
We have Cords, Picture
Hooks, Screw Eyes and ail
these things. Also 2,500
feet New Mouldings in today.
The prettiest and cheapest
Pictures anywhere. Come to
see us.
W. Lamar Williams,
422 Second St.
“Queen of Sea Routes.’
Merchants
and Miners
T ransportation Co
Steamship Lines
Between Savannah and
Baltimore, Norfolk,
Boston and Prov
dence.
Low rates and excellent
Accommodations and cuisine unsurpassed
Best way to travel and ship your goods.
For advertising matter and particulars
address
J. J. CAROLAN, Agent, Savannah, Ga.
R. H. WRIGHT, Agent, Norfolk, Va.
J. W. SMITH, Agent, 10 Kimball House,
Atlanta, Ga.
J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
W. P. TURNER, General Pass. Agent
General offices. Baltimore, ML
DIAMOND JUBILEE!
OCTOBER H, 12.13,14.
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flacon will celebrate the 75th
Anniversary of her foundation
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October 11,
PATRIOTIC DAY,
Miss Columbia and Uncle Sam.
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October 12,
FLORAL DAY,
Battle of Roses.
October 13,
Trades Display Day,
The Venetian Revel.
October 14,
MACON DAY,
The Living Flag.
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The Unparalleled
“WAR AND PEACE”
Night Pageant.
With Dewey on the Olympia, Hobson on the Merrimac, the
Burning of the Maria Teresa, the Death of Bagley, the Sur
render of Toral to Wheeler, the Apotheosis of Peace, the
Glorification of Macon, Georgia, the South and the Imperial
Democracy, Meeting of the King and Queen of the Carnival
on the slope of Coleman’s hill. The Queen’s Ball at night.
pi_ rUnnTnrfr'n Showing the Battle of Manila Bay, the
PaiHS FIIBWOIKS nights of October 11, 12 and 13.
Great Race meeting Oo " y “Y
Dnitrnorf Dotoc? The lowest ever before conceded a
liulllllull puluu city celebration. ,j