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THE MACON NEWS.
ESTABLISHED 1 834-.
kMEWS PRINTING COMPANY,
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R. L. McKENNEY, Business Wlngr.
TOM W. LOYLESS. Ed ’or.
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Hail to the King.
And next come the .soldiers.
Everyone pull for fair weather.
Macon's fair guesu are very welcome.
“A king can do no wrong.” Remember
that.
Tomorrow we celebrate the birthday of
the queen city of the South.
Decorate let no.guilty thing
show its face without welcome tomorrow
morning.
The Macon Uiauiuud Carnival Jubilee
will do more to unite* the people of Macon
than anything else.
Those who mu to accurate lor the open
ing day will be marked for lack of patriot
ism and public spirit.
Mark Hanna frankly admits that the
next house of representatives is likely to
be Democratic.
Don't depend on your friends for friends,
by doing a larger business at a smaller
expense. Advertise.
The Philadelphia Ledger remarks that
•the French authorities are certainly net
using smokeless powder in fighting the
(Dreyfus case.
The Philippine cocoanuts are said to be
fine, but «it is the milk in the Philippine
CQCoanut that is bothering this country
mclst.” —Savannah Press.
A communication elsewhere in The News
draws attention to the number of flag poles
without flags in the city. Either hoist
llags or pull down the poles.
Sid Lewis says: •‘Senators Bacon and
Clay did some good work for the Democrat
ic ticket in the late campaign. Democrats
have away of remembering such things.”
Jacksonville Times-Union: The lilly
blacks and the lillywhites have become so
mixed up now that it gives the average
Republican the most acute, skull ache to
describe where he’s at. $
The Carnival tnat will occupy the atten
tion of the whole state for the next four
days will be the best and the most credit
able thing that Macon has done in her his
tory.
If you do get a chance to register while
the Carnival is on do so and remember
that on November Sth you will have to
cast a vote for Charles L. Bartlett for
congress.
The New York World uttered chunks of
solid truth when it said: “Light through a
chink is better'than darknesss” and “whis
pered truth is better than sllcn.ee and se
crecy.”
The New York Journal says the Republi
can candidates in that state stand for
“canal steals, <he Raines law, the force
bill, Plattism, Algerism, and the domina
tion of politics by trusts and corporations.”
The Sparta Ishmealite says: “The Macon
Evening News, one cf the leading after
noon papers in the state, has the full Asso
ciated Press service and the special news
service added to Rs already interesting
columns.
“P-oes the Macon Telegraph favor Brant
ley or Winkinson for Congress in the
Eleventh district?” asks the Sparta Ish
maelive. “There would see to be little
doubt of its preference for Wilkinson’s
pla-tform. . _ . j
Macon is sparing no pains to make h,er
Diajuond Jubilee a complete success. With
the exception of the Atlanta Exposition, the
Carnival will probably be the greatest at
traction of its kind the state has ever had.
—Sparta Ishmealite.
The good citizens who have done the
-work in preparation for this Carnival say
that they are glad that Macon Diamond
Jubilees are seventy-five years apart, but
they would undertake the same thing
every year to bring about as much unan
imity good feeling and happiness and this
Carnival assures to Macon.
Then along comes. General Boynton and
says that the Southern soldier has made no
kick, and, in his opinion, all the soldiers
should have been taken from the South,
says the Savannah News. Then, of cqjirse,
there would have been no pension list
hereafter, no complaint against the war
department in the present, and the navy
and the South could have done the work
without disturbing -the “manufacturing in
terests" the Republicans value so much be
cause they can kick. Let us live and learn.
South Carolina is sending campaign ora
tors and other assistance to North Caroli
na. to help in the good work of freeing the
old North State from scalawag and negro
domination. Twenty- two years ago North
• Carolina and Georgia performed similar
services for South Carolina. . Can it ever
be forgotten how. on election day in 1876,
inquiries in South Carolina as to how the
ballot was going would be met with the
response, “Everything going for Hampton;
and four more counties in Georgia to be
heard from.” —Savannah News. - ...
L Ina Friendly Spirit.
I, The Atlanta Journal gives -Bibb a gentle
I rcast on the small vote cast in this county
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out :n doing so pays us so many compli
i meats and states so many truths tnat it is
well worth repeating. The Journal says.
“What is the matter with t he good old
cocn-y of Bibb in which ! .a locate! the good
j! 1 city of Macon.
“It is learned that only 2.500 votes were
j raftered for the state elecjdn and that
of these only 4IS were polled. As it is.
Governor Candler's majority will foot up
about Co VCO votes in the state, and the
I f’opulist representation in the legislature
1 has been cut down from tbirty-two to
j nine.
j “This is well.
“But suppose that every county in Geor
' gia r.ad caz* only about one-fourteenth of
its registered vote in rhe gubernatorial
election, as did the good old county on the
Ocmulgee, how small would Governor
Candler’s majority have an 1 how
mucn would the Populist strength in the
general assemply have been reduced?
“Now we are not reading the voters of
Bibb a lecture, but we are simply suggest
ing food for anxious thought. What is the
matter with Bibb? It cannot be said that
her voters were tco busy getting ready for
the great Macon Jubilee Carnival to de
posit th’eir ballots, because in the prosecu
tion of this geo 1 work nothing would have
been easier than for them to pause at the
polls in the midst of this labor of love. It
will not do to aver that the voters were
too busy fighting mosquitoes in their quiet
homes to turn out and erercise the sgcred
right of sovereigns, because with the ad
vent of autumn the Macon mosquitoes have
all flown southward to spend the winter
in the Everglades. It would be folly to
urge that the balloted of feibb were water
bound on account of the great storm, for
everybody knows that not’ even the tail of
the West Indian cyclone touched the beau
tiful city of Alacon.
“No, one must look deeper for the cause
of the extremely small vote of ihe good old
county of Bibb. It was undoubtedly due
to the fact that the intelligent voters down
their way did not think that their ballots
would be needed to pile up the majority of
Governor Candler.
‘‘This will never do, for over-confidence
has lost more battles than it has ever won,
and if thirteen-fourteenths of the regis
tered ‘voters in every county in Geo-sria
had failed to vote, Governor Candler might
not have had any majority at all.
“We trust that the good old county of
Bibb will ponder these things well and in
future resolve to cast number of regis
tered votes so great that it will bear a fair
proportion to her large and still growing
population and to the immense crowd
which is sure to attend 'Macon’s royal
Jubilee Carnival.”
Lee in New York.
General Fitzhugh Lee was at one of the
New York theatres on Thursday night in
company with seme of his friends, the
party occupying a box. The New York
Sun tells us that at the close of the first
act a bouquet of flowers was handed to the
actress who was playing the leading role,
and that she in turn walked over to'Gen
eral Lee’s box and presented the flowers
to him.
General Lee stood up and bowed, and the
crowd then for the first time realized who
the man in uniform was. The Sun says
that the crowd then stood up and cheered
while the orchestra played “The -Star
Spangled Banner.” .After the cheering and
noise had died away the people crowded to
the box and General Lee held on informal
reception until the curtain rose again. Be
tween the second and third acts the scene
was repeated, and this time the band play
ed “Dixie,” the people in the theatre join
ing in the song.
This man was a Confederate brigadier,
rhe nephew of the leader of the Confed
erate forces; and Dixie was- thS national
song of the Confederacy. Sectionalism is
indeed dead.
Senator Bacon's Speech.
Speaking of Senator Bacon’s speech
made at Baxley last week in the course of
bis assistance of the fight in the Eleventh
district the Baxley Banner says:
“Senator Bacon addressed himself in
a reminiscent way to his old friends who
had stood with him in the past and who
new were in the ranks of the Populist
party. He did not blame them for that,
but he deplored the fact that earnest sober
minded white men were contemplating
voting the P.epublican ticket in the con
gressional election. He spoke at some
length cf the Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian
political schools and showed conclusively
that the Republican party is the party of
centralization, the oppressor cf the poor
and the guardian*angel of monopolies. He
showed thfit the true interest of the people
■ are disregarded by that party.
“He told of the attempted legislation to
secure a duty on Egyptian cotton how and
why it was and will be denied by the Re
publicans. He held the close attention of
the audience for two hours and appealed
in an earnest and forcible way to the sen
sible voters not to be led away by the
specious promises cf the Republican party,
' the long time foe of the South. The speech
.was one to be remembered as one appeal
: ing to common sense and reason and free
I from abuse or glittering generalities.'
If the Farmers Would Gamble.
While the Dalton Argus deprecates the
cotton future speculation as immoral, it
offers the following advice to its farmer
readers:
If scys the Argus, the farmers cf the
South invest in cbtton fucires a- the
present lew nr’ce instead of planing tie
<‘uK the heels o f the Wall street ipee'ula
tors would hit the ceiling. Ssmall farmers
could not individually do this, but it could
be done by ten men putting in $lO each in
a club. Suppose by making this- invest
meat and planting but little cotton, an 1.
j cotton should advace from 5 to 8 cents by
next fall, each man who put in $lO could
draw out $l5O, or the club would draw out
$1,500 for the SIOO provided it did not drop
below the price purchase-d at, and that
would not be likely if the farmer would
plant but little cotton. The farmer would
be making both ways because if only five
or six million bales were produced he
would get at least 8 cents for his spot, and
perhaps 10 cents. If 10 cents, he would
draw from his investment $250.
Mineral Wealth.
The chief of the Division of Mineral Re
sources in the L>epartment of the Interior
has made a report which shows how rich
the United States is in mineral resources.
For tne year 1897 the products were as
follows:
Pig iron 9,652.680 tons, value $95,122,299;
silver 53,560,000 ounces, coining value $69,-
637,172. actual value about $32,333,000; gold
2,774,935 ounces, coining value $57,363,000;
. coper 491,638,000 pounds, value $54,080,180;
lead 208,192 tons, value $14,885,728; zinc
99,950 •tone, value $14,498,300; quick-silver
MACON NEWS MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER io iftc/b
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
26,648 flasks, value $993,445; 'aluminum
4,000.000 pounds, value $1,500,000; antimo
ny 756 tons, value $109,655; nickel 23,707
pounds, value $7,823; platinum 150 ounces,
value S9OO. The total valuation is $302,-
198,502. The production cf silver, as com
pared with 1896, fell off 4,974,800 ounces,
while that of gold increased 206.803 ounces.
Coal is not included in ‘the list, but is
classified alone. Lt would increase th?
amount very consid€«rably. Exclusive of
coal, the mineral production of the coun
try last year aggregated more than $300,-
000,000 in value. And yet the development
of the mineral industry cf the United
States Is still in its infancy.
What is Going
On in Society.
The “Diamond Case,” the beautiful lunch
rooms managed by the Hospital Auxiliary
and the Free Kindegarten Association, will
be opened tomorrow with an elegant
luncheon.
The rooms will be decorated with the
Carnival colors and the menu is delicious,
and is written in the cleverest style, being
appropriate to the occasion of Patriotic
Day. It is originated 'by Mrs. R. E. Park,
who is so interested in 'the success of the
case. •
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The young ladies who will serve at the
Diamond Case tomorrow are requested to
bring with them cut flowers and vases.
• * *
'Mrs. Caulder B. Willingham, chairman
of the committee at the Diamond Case for
tomorrow, asks that 'all 'the ladies who
have promised ito contribute refreshments
send them to her home this afternoon. The
ices must, of course, be sent to the case on
Mulberry street, tomorrow morning by 10
o’clock.
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Mrs. Marsh Johnston will entertain the
young society people tonight at a reception
given in honor of Miss Castleman, of Ken
tucky, and Miss Shaw,, of Baltimore.
Mr. J. M. Chambers, of Alabama, is the
guest of Mr and Mrs. R. A. Nisbet.
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■Captain S. B. Hunter, of the Firs't Geor
gia Volunteers, 'and Mrs. S. B. 'Hunter,
are w ith Mr. and Mrs. R, A. Nisbet on First
•treet. - ..
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Miss Veal, of Atlanta, is visiting Miss
Gertrude Taylor in Vineville.
Mrs. M. A. Tye and daughter, Miss Ethel
ye, are spending the week with Mrs. Tur
ner on Oak street.
* * *
Miss lone Murphey, of Barnesville and
Miss Elizabeth Thomas, cf Forsyth, are
visiting Mrs. T. E. Murphey on Forsyth
etreet.
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■Corporal F’. A. Nisbet and Mrs. F. A.
Nisbet and Sergeant R. >F. Hunter are with
Mrs. R. A. Nisbet.
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Miss Claire Dow-man, of Oxford, and Miss
May Nottingham, of Barnesville, are with
Miss Guttenberger in Vineville.
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Miss Anne Belle Holmes, of Columbus,
is visiting Mrs. MoGolrick.
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Miss Mamie Mett, of Denver, Colorado, is
the guest of Mrs. Nora L. Barbrey.
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Mr. George Phillips of Columbus, is vis
iting Mr. Custis Guttenberger.
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Miss Clements and Miss Kirwin are vis
iting Miss Mildred Henderson.
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Mr. Ray Taylor gives a 'dance 'tomorrow
night at his home on College street in hon
or of visiting young ladies.
Miss Corinne Thebault, of New Orleans,
is visiting Miss Louise Hazlehurt, on For
syth street.
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Mrs. Siusie Juban Guice,of Eufaula, Ala.,
is stoppping with her mother, Mrs. E. J.
Juhan, during th° Carnival.
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Miss Meta Murphey, of Barnesville, is
the guest of Mrs. Walter Grace.
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Miss Erminie de Graft’enried of Atlanta,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Alonzo Schofield.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Stevens are vlsitng
Mrs. M. M. Stapler.
Mrs. Hamilton Yancey, of Rome, will be
with Mrs, R. M. Patterbsn this week.
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Greater Discount Than
Ever
On our slightly damaged stock
to make room for our new
goods that are arriving daily.
Wood-Peavy Furniture Co.
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For Full Dress.
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Full dress ties. Harry L.
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Lesser’s Bee Hive
Grand Carnival Sale!
Commencing Monday morning, and continuing till Friday night, we shall offer the
greatest bargains in Silk Dress Goods, Wraps and Underwear ever known in Macon. We
shall cut the price on every article in the store to the lowest notch for this great sale.
Remember, our store is especially strong in Dress Goods and Silks just now. Don’t fail
to pi ice our goods, even if you have no intention of buying. Extra salesmen have been
engaged for this occasion, and customers will be waited’on promptly.
Bargains in Wool Goods
* 42-inc’i illuminated wool Suiting, worth 35c, (1 dress to cus
tomer) ] 5c
36 and 40-in strictly all-wool mixed Cheviot and Hair Line effects,
worth 35, 50 and 60c, at one price 25c
52-in black and navy Storm Cloths, worth 60c, at 35c •
Handsome all-wool colored Crepons and Silk mixed Fancies,
75C, at 49c .
52-in satin lustre Ladies’ Cloth, worth sl.lO, at 89c
54-in extra weight Broadcloth, just the thing for tailor suits,
worth 81.49, at . $1.19
38-in all-wool black figured Dress Goods, worth 50c, for 29c
3 pieces 52-in all-wool whipcord Serge, worth 65c 39c
1 jot black Diagonals, Cheviots, Serges and Henriettas, w’orth 65
and 75c, at : 49c
40-inch black figured Crepon, worth 75c, for 49c
, 44-inch handsome black figured Crepons, worth $1.25, tor 98c
Carnival Bargains in House
Furnishings.
$5.00 real Irish point Curtains for '. $2,98 S
$4.00 imported Nottingham Curtains for *.’... 2,23 |
$2.00 extra-wide Lace Curtains for 1.39 |
$1.50 Lace Curtains, hanesome designs, for 98c
All-lace Curtains, worth $1 00 per pair 69c
All 75c Lace Curtains per pair . 39c
1 lot Chenille Covers, w’orth 50c? at, * 29c
6-4 Chenille Covers, worth SI.OO, for 59c * |
$3 50 Chenille Portieres, heavy fringe, beautiful dado, per pair.. 2.23
" Carnival Hummers in Hosiery, Hanfl-
Kercniefs and Gloves. I <
Ladies’ fast black hose 5c »
Ladies’ fast black seamless Hose 10c
’ 25c-quality fast black Hose 15c 1 M
40c quality fast black Hose 25c S V
Gents’ tan and fancy Hose 5c B ■
Gents’fast black seamless Hose 10c S fl
Best line children’s Hose to be found, at 10 to 50c S fl
Full line of ladies’ and children’s pjaid Hose. ® 1
All Gloves guaranteed.
Ladies’ hook, clasp or button Gloves in staple shades:
also, green ( sentinel blue, purple, champagne tints, etc.,
worth $1.25, at SI.OO I
Best Gloves ever shown for 1.25
I Children’s Mittens 15 and 25c
Gents’ and ladies’ Handkerchiefs, per dozen 19c
Full line gents’ and ladies’ Handkerchiefs, each 5 to 1,50
Big Cut in Our Shirt and Under-
wear Department. .
Gents’ colored laundered Shirts, 2 collars, worth 75c, for 49c | i
Good working Shirts 21c g I
Splendid white ttnlaundered Shirts 29c
Men’s and boys’ Sweaters 25c I
SI.OO quality white Shirts 49c I .
25c quality link and straight Cuffs for 15c I
All-linen Collars 10c I
ready-made Pillow Cases 6 1-4 c I 7
15c quality Utica Pillow Cases 10c
50c full-size Sheets 39c
65c-vxtra-size Sheets. ~ 45c s
Good Mattress Ticking 5c
Amoskeag Feather Ticking 10c
Best Scotch Apron Gingham 5c
Gold Drapery .’ 6 I~2c
54-in Cloaking, worth 75c, for 49c
35c plaid Flannel for 19c
Children’s School Umbrellas 50c
$1.50 silk serge Umbrellas 89c
$2 50 patent close-up Umbrellas $1.75*
12% Flannelette at. 8 1-2 c
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