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SAM P, JONES
IS ANSWERED.
A Prominent Atlanta Business
Man Gives His View of
Prohibition Theory.
BASED ON EXPERIENCE
What Captain J. W. English Has to
Say of the Workings of Prohi
bition Law in Atlanta.
Ca.pt. J. W. English, one of Atlanta's
most prominent and progressive citizens,
tells how prohibition worked in the capi
tal city.
The Rev. Sam Jones has come to 'Macon
to advocate the prohibition of the liquor
traffic in Bibb county and tho city of Ma
con. Some years ago Mr. Jones advocated
the prohibition of the liquor traffic in the
city of Atlanta, and as a result of the agi
tation by him and others the people of
that city voted to prohibit the traffic in
liquor. One of the most prominent hack
ers of the prohibition cause, and one of
the largest contributors to the prohibition
campaign fund, was Capt. J. W. English,
pre«id< nt of the Fourth National Bank of
Atlanta, and a member of the •police board.
Captain English is one of Atlanta s most
prominent men. In the era that has wit
ness.si the wonderful development of the
capital city—in every progressive move
ment he has been a recognized leader.
iHls loyally to Atlanta, his devotion to her
welfare has never been nor can be ques
tioned.
Mr. Jones helped to bring about the
prohibition of the liquor traffic in Atlanta.
He advocated a theory, and Captain Eng
lish, as the sworn officer of the law —a
member of the police board—was charged
■with the duty of enforcing the prohibition
enactment. <No one can doubt hie loyalty
.to the cause, for he had furnished ample
evidence on that score. What he has to
say, therefore, in reference to the prohibi
tion of the liquor traffic in Atlanta —the
results obtained and the maintenance of
the traffic under a license system and po
lice supervision, merits the thoughtful
consideration of every business man, every
igood citizen of Macon.
"I have been,” said iCaptain English, “a
resident of Atlanta since the 14th of May,
1865. Since 1876 I have been connected
one way or another with the city govern
ment. 1 have had abundant opportunity
to study all the questions involved in the
prohibition of the liquor traffic in At
lanta. and the sale of liquor under a
license system and police supervision. As
a result I declare as my candid judgment,
and without fear of successful contradic
tion, that prohibition of the liquor traffic
will not do for any city of 5,000 inhabi
tants and upwards.
"When the prohibition contest was
.brought on in Atlanta I favored the pro
hibition of the traffic, and cheerfully gave
my time and means, and exercised my
best influence in favor of the cause. I in
curred a serious illness as a result of my
active participation in the contest. IWe
tried prohibition two years—that was
enough. The conditions'that Obtained in
Atlanta under the prohibition regime led
to a reaction of our most conservative and
thoughtful people, as soon as a change
could be made.
•■Prohibition did not prohibit—the Jug
trade supplanted the licensed saloon and
Intemperance and crime .were' rife. Now
• the traffic is under absolute control. The
police department costs the city $.140,000
annually. The saloons contribute $90,000
of this amount. Under prohibition the city
was afflicted with blind tiger whisky—in
every alley of the city negroes and whites
peddled the vilest stuff from canteens at
15 to 25 cents a drink, the express cars
.brought in loads of jugs each day from
adjacent towns, while the taxpayers of
Atlanta were burdened with all the ex
pense of an unlicensed and unregulated
traffic.
"We tried to enforce the law, but it was
utterly impossible, as it always .will be,
to enforce any law to prevent the illicit
sale of liquor, that the people do not sus
tain. Today under a license system and
police supervision the traffic is kept .with
in limits; and there is less intemperance
and less disorder than obtained it Atlanta
during the prohibition era.
•If I was put on my oath as an official
charged with the task of framing a law
bearing upon the liquor traffic, I would
adopt our system. Prohibition of the
liquor traffic in a city will always fail.
All such laws are of no value in their
practical operation.
“I would favor prohibition if It was pre
sented in the form of a national law. But
to attempt to enforce it in a city or state
.with adjacent cities and states allowing
its sale, only results in creating conditions
that do not lessen the traffic, and puts all
the burdens it creates upon the tax-payers
at large.
‘ I love Atlanta, and I stand ready to do
all I can in her behalf—all that I can for
her upbuilding, and the promotion of peace
and protection for the people. If I thought
prohibition of the liquor traffic would be
a benefit to Atlanta I would favor it. If
prohibition carries in Macon it will work
great injury to the city. I want Atlanta
to prosper, but not on the ruin of sister
cities. Let the business men of Macon
stand together and settle the question on
the same line as Atlanta has. and when
they have learned the real value of such
a system they will never relinquish it.”
CONSOLIDATED
Vote in the County Gives Bart
lett Nearly a Thousand
Votes.
The result of the election in Bibb coun
ty yesterday for congressman shows the
following returns on the consolidation of
the vote, which took place at noon today
in the ordinary's office:
Court House 525
City Hall”".120
Findlay’s F0undry.....119
East Macon
Godfrey 43
Rutland 8
Warrior" 7
Howard jg
Hazzard 5
Total
(Communicated.)
“SO ENGLISH, YOU KNOW.”
His Statements Annihilated by Public Re
cords in Atlanta.
To Captain J. W. English, of Atlanta.
Dear Sir: You are the second Atlanta
comer who hae injected his foot
into the Macon local option cam
paign, and you have indeed put
your foot into it deeper than the other
man. The first of the Atlanta anti-prohi
bition contingent was ex-Mayor Col Her,
who was in 'both the former campaigns a
bitter
was deemed necessary by our friends, the
enemy, to bring in an advocate of different
kidney, and hence they have produced in
you one who furnishe« the “awful exam
ple” of a converted prohibitionist.
Yes, Captain, you are a confessed “back
slider.” In the language of the good old
hymn which deals with cases of this kind,
you feel "an aching void” which prohibi
tion could not fill. We greatly fear that
the suspicion which attaches in the minds
of our Hebrew friends to the converted
Christian Jew, and in the minds of good
Catholics to the ex-priest who takes the
rostrum to denounce his former friends,
will inevitably becloud your utterances.
But, nevertheless, you have the right to
change what you are pleased to call your
mind.
You have no right, however, to utter
statements in an interview that are in
gross and notorious contradiction to the
public records that exist in your own city.
In other words, the back-slider has the in
dividual right to leave the good cause to
which he was once attached, but he has
no right to vilify and misrepresent the
cause itself.
You made, for Instance, the astonishing
incredible, and we say, respectfully, ut
terly erroneous statement that under pro
hibition in Atlanta “intemperance and
crime were rife, by which you evidently
mean to imply that they 'were more prev
alent than under license.
'Now Captain, you cannot say that the
municipal records in Atlanta are falsely
kept., and before we cite these records,
which contradict and annihilate your
statement, we wish to call your attention
to this remarkable fact. Arrests for
drunkenness are more carefully and thor
oughly made when prohibition prevails
than when license prevails. The reason of
this is easy to see. Under license we ex
pect to see drunken men in the streets.
They are the natural product of saloons.
They are what the saloons are for; and,
therefore, the police do not deal 'with the
cases of drunkenness except where the
drunken man is disorderly or boisterous,
or so extremely drunk as to require police
control; but under prohibition drunken
ness is not expected; it is looked upon as
an abnormal fact; and the result is that
cases even of slight intoxication will lead
to arrests.
In the light of these facts we wonder
what will be th effect upon the mind of
Captain English and of Bibb county peo
ple when they read the following figures
gathered from the judicial records in the
city of Atlanta during 1887 (prohibition)
and 1889 (license.)
ARRESTS FOR DRUNKENNESS.
1887. 1889
January6l 182
February 76 203
March 69 200
April 72 209
May 74 215
June7l 220
Julyßs 243
Augustß2 ! 261
September9l 218
Octoberl93 341
November 92 241
'Totals966 2,536
'Captain English, we beg to tell you that
the institutions which the mothers of Ma
con dread and against which their prayers
are going up to God by day and by night
from every fireside in this city, are not
the “•blind tigers’” nor the alleys in which
you say “negroes and whites peddled the
vilest stuff from canteens at 15 to 25 cents
a drink.” These are the blind tigers which
in order to find them a man has to hunt
up. The mothers of Macon want to get rid
of the saloons, which hunt their boys up.
As to the “jug trade,” there is a citizen
now of Atlanta and formerly of 'Macon,
whose word with the people of this city
has far more weight, we say it with due
respect, than yours, for he lived here most
of his life. We refer to the Hon. Thos. J.
Simmons, chief justice of the supreme
court of Georgia, who in his charge to the
grand Jury of Bartow county said on this
very subject:
“Men may still continue to buy whisky
and drink it in spite of your prohibition
*law. They will no doubt send to Atlanta
and get it by the Jugful, but it is BETTER
THAT IT SHOULD COME ONLY BY THE
JIUGFULL THAN BY THE BARREL
AND HOGSHEAD. The evil influence of
barrooms arid barroom associations are
also avoided. When men buy whisky by
the jugful and carry it to their homes and
drink it in the presence of their wives
and children, they are not so likely to
drink to excess, nor do they so frequently
commit crime while under its influence
when away from the evil influence that
always follow and surround retail liquor
shops.”
We cannot afford to quarrel with a man
who says he is in favor of national prohi
tion. But we can give you our experience
with a fellow citizen of Macon on that line.
Quite a number of years ago a petition
was presented to this gentleman asking
for prohibition in one of our county dis
tricts. He declined, but said that if he
had a chance to vote for it in all the ru
ral districts he would do so. Afterwards
an election came on between Mr. W. R.
Phillips and J. W. Burke for county com
missioner, in which the Issue was as to
whether prohibition should prevail in all
the country districts. He then changed
his tactics and said that it would not do
any good to have the country dry unless
the city was also. Afterwards a petition
was presented to him for a local option
election, which would apply to the whole
county. He declined to sign it upon the
ground that it would do no good for Bibb
county to go dry unless the whole state
was the same way. Afterwards Mr. C. fiV.
Howard, an esteemed and intelligent citi
zen of the county, ran for the legislature
in Bibb and stated that he would support
the anti-barroom bill, which would give
prohibition to the whole state. Our friend
was asked to support Mr. Howard, but said
he had changed hie mind, and that it
would do no good for Georgia to go dry
unless we had national prohibition. He
was afterwards asked whether he would
vote lor national prohibition when there
was a candidate in that issue. He said that
he had again changed his mind, and that we
would first have to get it out of Europe,
Asia and Africa, as well as America.
Dear Captain English, is that the kind
of a prohibitionist you are? Me hope not.
We trust that some sweet day we shall
have the pleasure of voting with you for
national prohibition. Will the saloon feta
who are now using your interview do the
same? No. they will curse you for a M
natic and a fool.
To be concluded in the morning paper.
Publication Committee
k - 4 Anti-Saloon League.
MACON'S IDEAL
CAMP GROUNDS
Combination of Material Ad
vantages and Pictures
que Environment.
LAND MARKS OF OTHER DAYS
Sanitary Conditions, Transportation
Facilities, Abundant Water and
All Good Things;
The regiments of the First Army Corps,
Gen. James H. Wilson, commanding, which’
will soon be emcamped in the outskirts of
Macon, have afforded perfectly ideal
sites.
The soldiers, on their arrival, will find,
as their officers have already found, con
ditions which not only meet all sanitary
requirements but which reduce the labor
of camp life to the minimum, while at the
same time investing them with a most
picturesque and historic environment.
The Huff place of 400 or more acres
covers the space between the Vineville
and Bellevue car lines, a distance of less
than three quarters of a mile. The ground
is very slightly rolling and Is practically
cleared except where stand here and there
clumps of trees which act as wind breaks.
Upon The land itself rises the famous
laboratory, built at such great cost by tho
•Confederate government. It rises splen
didly against the blue sky in all its origi
nal architectural beauty, a monument
to the honesty of the Confederate engi
neers who built it to last for all time, but
nevertheless a melancholy evidence of
love’s labor lost. Further toward the city
and upon, the edge of the property of St.
Stanislaus college grass grown and weath
er-masted mounds still command the out
lying fields where the white tents of the
, new-come soldiers will soon gleam in the
sun—'the silent but eloquent reminders of
another day when they stood as redoubts,
•bristling with cannon to defend the beau
tiful city against the armies of Stoneman
and Wilson.
Strange contrast.
It is another of those spectacles, not
infrequent since troops began to march
through Georgia to fight the Spaniard,
that indicate so strikingly the wondrous
changes which thirty-three years have
wrought to bring about the re-united?
States.
And yonder, three-quarters of a mile
away, toward the banks of the tatvny Oc
mulgee, and upon the commanding pla
teau of the Ocmulgee Land Company’s
property, and rising clear and bold out of
the glorious pine-forests where the winds
sing their chants the livelong years, is
the other camp ground. Across the river
are the enfilading hills—those red old
hills of Georgia of which the poets have
sung. And it was right over yonder near
the park pavilion, where, thirty-three
years ago, Gen. James H. Wilson himself
established his headquarters when with
18,000 men he “came down the pike” to
face Gen. Howell Cobb and his shattered
Confederate legions.
What must be his reflections now!
But the soldier cannot be content with
the mere beauties of nature or historical
reminiscence. They do not go far toward
satisfying the demands of physical com
fort. It is not the aesthetic but the mate
rial benefits which the warrior craves.
These have been provided for. The
main requirement of a camp is water and
plenty of it. At the Ocmulgee camp, the
new plant of the water company is within
a few hundred yards of the site, and the
river itself at the base of the plateau. In
addition the Macon and Indian Spring
street railway electric line runs along the
camp boundary while within pistol shot,
sweeps the great Southern railroad. Thus
there are transportation facilities in abun
dance, thorough drainage and water with
out limit.
And so it is with the Huff place, for not
only is It crossed by the Bellevue and
Vineville street railways, but through it
passes the grand main line of the Central
of Georgia, while the mains of the water
company will within a day or two, and
before the soldiers shall have arrived, be
in working order, affording the camp all
necessary water.
In both instances there is ample drill
ground.
It is hardly possible that any of the
various military camps in the United
States will have made a better showing
for the health and comfort and conveni
ence of the troops when the records shall
be made up. They will not be afflicted
■with either epidemic or endemic diseases.
Such sickness as many occur will be
quickly amenable to treatment. Both sites
are at high points. There are no marshes
or bottoms to breed malaria. There will
be no cruel weather. The heliotropes will
be blooming at Christmas. Those soldiers
who have been in the Northern hospitals
will get well rapidly, as they breathe the
aromatic atmosphere. If it should rain,
the ground will dry instantly. There will
be just frost enough to make the -air
bracing.
Such is the record of the region and
General Wilson and his men are to fecili
tate upon having their lines to fall in so
pleasant a place.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Confirmation of Sale of Hardin Johnson Es
tate Set for Tomorrow.
In the superior court today the whole
morning was taken up in the hearing of
the case of- Elbert Choice against R. P.
Murray, for specific performance of con
tract. The case of Holley Robinson
against the same parties was called at
12:30 o’clock.
The confirmation of the sale of the
property of the Harden Johnston estate
has been set for 9 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing as a special order. The report of the
sale of all the nroperty subject to the ap
proval of Judge Felton has been filed.
INTERESTING PAPERS
Will Be Reid in Washington at Architect’s
. Convention.
By Associated Press.
New York. Nov. 9—Never since the or
ganization of the Society of 'Naval Archi
tects and Marine Engineers have the pro
ceedings of its annual conventions attract
ed the attention, which attaches to its
present meeting, which opened in this
city today.
The reason Is found in the fact that the
society will discuss impartially and with
out prejudice many important facts in
naval architecture brought to light in the
recent war. Among the papers to be read
during the three-days’ sessions are the
fallowing:
“Torpedo Boat Destroyers for Sea Ser
vice, with Special Reference to the Con
ditions that Prevail on the Pacific Coast,”
by G. W. Dickie, manager of the Union
Iron Works. San Francisco.
“•Bilge Keels and Rolling Experiments
U. S. S. Oregon," by Assistant Naval
Constructor Lawrence Spear, 'U. S. N.,
Seattle, Wash.
“Portable Pneumatic Riveters in Ship
building,” by W. I. Babcock, manager
Chicago Shipbuilding Company. Chicago.
“Designs of the New Vessel for the
United States Navy,” by Chief Construc
tor Philip Hlchborn. IT. S. N.
“Stability of a Battleship Under Dam
aged Conditions.” by Professor Cecil H.
Peabody, Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology.
MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9 189 b.
Notes Taken J
On the Run.
The Elks held their meeting
fast night. Several new members were
initiated.
The attendance upon the tent meetings
grows larger every night.
The Mercer students are hard at work,
and .Professor Pollock says that the school
was never in better condition.
‘Many army officers are now in the city.
An ohd citizen speaking of the matter
yesterday said that it reminded him of the
time when General Wilson was here dur
irig the civil war.
Music Lessons —Plano and violin in
struction at reasonable prices. Miss Nellie
Reynolds, 252 Washington avenue.
The citizens of East Macon will present
a petition to the mayor and council at the
•first of the year requesting that a new
bridge be jut over the river.
The cotton receipts contineu to grow
shorter every day. All of the fleecy staple
will be gathered in a few days and the
country roads will be vacant until Christ
mas.
The merchants of the city are receiving
new goods for next year's trade. They
say that they are inclined to think that
business will be good next year.
Household goods at half price. The Do
mingos stock 'has been moved to 412 Sec
ond street, next to Powers Curiosity shop.
All goods at half price or less.
The condition of Mr. Cullen Bonner, who
was injured a few days ago by falling from
a bicycle is greatly improved. He will
be out in a few days.
The provost guard will probably have
headquarters at the police station after to
day- ’ x i
The haberdashers of the city are getting
in a good su<pply of red and black for the
game Saturday.
College street, which has 'been tern up
at St. Paul’s church for so long a time, is
now in good shape.
Drs. W. R. Holmes and Mason, dentists,
556 Mulberry, opposite Hotel Lanier. Try
4 bottle of Holmes’ Mouth Wash for pr«
serving teeth, purifying the breath, bleed
ing gums, ulcers, sore mouth, sore throat,
4tc. For sale by all druggists.
The Pansy Circle will meet Saturday af
ternoon at 3 o’clock.
The water main which is being run
through Vineville will be a great conven
ience to the residents. Several have al-,
rady put in their application to have the
mains tapped.
For rent, large unfurnished room in
private residence in best part of city, one
block from court house. An opportunity.
Apply 568 Mulberry.
There are twenty-five people in Charles
Fl. Blaney’s “A Hired Girl” carapany,
which appears at the Academy of Music
on tomorrow night. Among them are
Thomas Ryan, Happy Fannie Fields, Ed
wina, Annie and Chas. dockers, Camp
bell and Beard and numerous other ar
tists.
Judge Speer issued an order Tuesday
ordering the sale of the property of the
Progress Loan Company In the city of
Perry as recommended by Receiver iMer
ril Callaway.
The furniture belonging to the head
quarters of the First army corps is being
moved into the rooms at the Hotel Lanier.
Work on the new roof of the market
Will commence next week.
The number of fires in the past 'two
months has been something unusual. The
fire department has had more runs in the
past two months than ever before in the
length of time.
Work on the water mains to the new
camp sites selected for the First division
army corps is progressing rapidly. They
Will be finished by tomorrow.
The Third Georgia regiment will prob
ably pass through here Sunday en route to
Savannah.
'Cotton avenue is being rapidly paved.
The damage caused by the heavy rains
during the summer was very great and it
was found necessary to repave nearly the
whole street from New to Spring.
A man by the name of Drew fell from
the Bellevue car last night about two miles
from the city. He was bruised a little but
was not badly hurt.
John Stevens, the negro who killed
young Kershaw in June, will be again
about the ‘first of December. He will be
represented by Hon. John R. Cooper.
ißibb county jail will be almost vacant
at th*e end of this session of the superior
court.
’Mr. E. E. Cheatham, of Savannah, is in
the city.
Miss Julia Huguenin left this morning
for Athens, where she will spend some
time.
Mr. William Burnell, of Sparta, is at the
Brown House. .
Mr. R. W. Parker, of .Madison, is in the
city today.
Prof. Gentry’s dog and pony show left
the city after the performance last night.
The show while here drew large crowds
and it must 'be said that it was up to date
in every respect.
The cotton receipts today have been
larger than in some time. The farmers are
bringing the cotton in as fast as they can
get it picked out.
Col. W. G. Wood, of the Twenty-second
Louisiana regiment, now stationed at Sa
vannah, passed through the city this,
morning en route to New Orleans.
Robert Fears, of Jasper county, was
bound over to the United States court this
morning by Commissioner Erwin on the
charge of working in an illicit distillery.
His bond was fixed at SIOO.
Mr. C. E. Chambless filed an interven
tion against the Central railroad this
morning claiming that he was pushed
from the Central train by one of the rail
road employes and that he was injured for
life.
FAIR REPRESENTATION
At the Polls Asked for and Granted to the
Prohibitionists.
A committee from the" prohibition cam
paign committee met at noon today in
the ordinary’s office and formally made
the request for a fair representation on
both sides in the management at the polls
for the election to,be held on December 1.
All of the justices who were present
agreed that there should be a fair repre
sentation and - some of them offered the
names of clerks, who were accepted by
the prohibition side.
Other names will be submitted by the
prohibitionists, and the S6.me course will
be adopted with regard to the antis.
C A.STORIA.
Bears the *““* Y ° U HaVG AiWa ’ rS
MUSTER OUT
Os the First Regiment Will
Take Place Next Week.
The First Georgia regiment will in all
probability be mustered out of service next
Tuesday or prabably before. The work of
examining the men has been completed
and several of the soldiers will have to
remain in the hospital at Fort McPherson
until they are well enough to leave the
army without having any claim upon the
government. «
The mustering officers are busy check
ing up the equipments of the campany to
day. Many articles that have been issued
to the soldiers have been found missing and
the officers will be made to pay for all of
the articles that are lost. They are re
sponsible for all of the equipments issued
to the company and in case any of it Is
missing they are made to pay for it. The
officers in turn will collect from the men
who were in charge of the articles. Some
of the officers will have to pay out as
much as SSO for articles that have been
misplaced.
The number of men who wish to be
transferred to the Second Georgia con
tinues to grow smalled and it is thought
that not over fifty men will want to go.
Reports from Atlanta are to the effect that
that there are not over fifty men in that
regiment who will remain with it and it
is said that the government will order all
of the men discharged.
The men say that they have enough of
the army life and intend to get out as soon
as possible.
Nothing of importance happened in the
camp yesterday and today. The men in
the hospital have nearly all recovered and
only a few are now under treatment.
IN MINSTRELSY.
Minstrel Billie West Revives a Popular Na
tional Institution.
It is peculiarly appropriate that this
season, which is saturated with the patri
otism aroused by the war with Spain,
should see a revival of piinstrelsy started
by the revolutionary formation of William
H. West’s big minstrel jubilee, which is
to appear here on Saturday night.
Minstrelsy is the only form of drama
that is of American origin, and the negro
melodies that were once its sole attrac
tion, are the only truly national music of
'this country. Now that the North and
South are more firmly than ever before
united by the Spanish-American war, it is
pleasant to recall that “Dixie,” the stir
ring battle song of the Southern Confeder
acy, was composed by a Northern min
strel, Dan Emmett, one of the immortal
four forming the first negro minstrel
f/of' I R
company ever organized. Minstrelsy, as
has been said, is essentially an American
national institution, and as such ’Mr.
West'firmly believes that his first individ
ual effort to raise the standard is most
happily omened. Minstrelsy brought an
•entirely new form of the drama upon the
stage; it made public an absolutely native
and national music; and it developed the
genuine American negro’s own invention,
the banjo. With such a record, insepara
bly connected with American life, its
death would have been a national loss,
•and Mr. West deserves the gratitude of
all Americans for having started its re
vival upon a broader and more artistic
scale than ever before.
SATURDAY’S GAME
Will Be the Best Ever Seen
in Macon.
In. the football contest of Saturday af
ternoon North Carolina has an old score
to settle, and is determined to see that her
affairs do not suffer. In ’96 Georgia met
her representatives on the gridiron in' At
lanta and when the cloud of the battle
had cleared away Georgia was the victor
and North Carolina went home in tears
and the victors were singing loud their
songs and 24 to 16 was the melody. This
year North Carolina is codling South with
no other purpose than to wipe out the old
score and reduce Georgia to the second
class. But the Georgia boys have a tale of
woe. In 1895 North Carolina beat them
two games, and now they claim they must
win 'Saturday in order to even up things.
Thus it is seen that the game will be very
•warmly contested.
It is said that the practice of the Geor
gia team this .week is the finest of the sea
son. Each afternoon thirty men oppose
the Varsity, which gives them good, hard
practice.
All Macon is looking forward to the
contest, and everybody,, young and old
lad and lassie, will be on hand.
This is undoubtedly the biggest football
game ever seen in Macon and is well
worth the time any lover of the manly,
athletic sport.
•North Carolina leaves Macon Sunday to
play the Auburn, Ala., football team at
Auburn on Monday.
REGISTERING SLOW.
City Voters Are Taking Their Time Abou
Registering.
Very few voters have registered for the
city election today, and the .total regis
tration for the past week is very small.
Th epeople seem to take no interest in the
election at all and th registrars are hav
ing an easy time.
At noon today only twenty voters had
registered and the total registration for
the past week is only 400. The election
will be held on the 15th of December and
the voters have just a month in which to
register. e
ROUMANIA ARRIVES
Bringing Back the Third Illinois from Porto
Rico.
By Associated Press.
New York, Nov. 9.—The United States
transport Roumania, which sailed from
Arroyo and Ponce, Porto Rico on Novem
ber 3d, arrived today. All are well on
board. She brought the Third Illinois.
IS EUROPE THREATENED?
A Question Snjrffested by the Bubon
ic Plague In Vienna.
The terror in Vienna which has follow
ed the outbreak of bubonic plague there
and the deaths of five persons in addition
to that of Herr Barisch, who first contract
ed the disease from the careless handling
of germs under cultivation in Professor
Nothnagle’s bacteriological laboratory, is
not without foundation in the possibili
ties of the disease, aside from the effective
ness in a highly civilized community of
modern methods of isolation and antisep
tic treatment. For the bubonic plague,
which still devastates India and other ori
ental countries, is the same disease which
for centuries periodically devastated Eu
rope, appearing in England as late as 1665
and only retiring from the continent with
in the century. The earliest historical rec
ord of what is believed to have been the
bubonic plague carries it back to 767 B. C.
In 446 A. D. it invaded England, hard
ly leaving enough living to bury the dead,
according to old records; and in the four
teenth century the whole world was swept
by the worst devastation that has ever
afflicted mankind, the black death, which
in its main features resembled the modern
bubonic plague, and in spite of certain
differences, is believed to have been the
same disease. In Europe 23,000,000 per
sons died of it between 1347 and 1350, and
in Asia 25,000,000 Its last visitation in
England, the “great plague” of London,
in 1665, carried off 68,500 persons. In the
seventeenth century a gradual lessening
of the area in which the plague was preva
lent began, with lessening frequency, too,
in'its outbreaks. In the eighteenth cen
tury it continued to retire, and in the first
third of this century it was confined in
Europe to European Turkey, ceasing alto
gether in 1841, with the exception of an
outbreak in Ciscaucasian Russia in 1879,
which was regarded as having the chief
characteristics of the plague, but only
affected a limited area.
Observations of the long intervals be
tween previous visitations have, however,
led some authorities to believe in the pos
sibility of a recurrence of the disease in
epidemic form in Europe. In general it
is held that civilized conditions and the
modern methods of care for public health
prevent such a possibility.
The bubonic plague is a contagious fe
ver, chiefly characterized by swellings,
usually confined to the glands of the
groin, armpits and neck, but in violent
cases occurring all over the body, which
after death are often of a dark color, thus
giving the disease its title of black plague
in some of its epidemics. In some cases it
begins with swellings, followed by a mild
fever, with possible recovery inside of two
weeks. In its most violent form it is fol
lowed by death within a few hours, pre
ceded by a vomit of blood and without the
occurrence of the characteristic swellings.
Os its origin, methods of transmission
and cure little is known. It is believed
to arise in closely crowded communities
living in a moist, heated atmosphere in a
condition of filth In sporadic cases it is
not believed to be transmissible. In its
epidemic form it follows close association
with the already infected, breathing the
air affected by their effluvia, and handling
their clothing. The disease is known to
have been carried by rats, an epidemic
among them having been followed by the
plague among men. This is said to have
been the case in the recent epidemic of the
bubonic plague in India.—New York Sun.
WJiat American Simplicity Stands
For.
Baron Pierre de Coubertin writes an ar
ticle for The Century on “Building Up a
World’s Fair In France.” Baron Cou
bertin says:
Not long since I read in a French news
paper that the Emperor William, while
studying in detail the conductor the Span
ish American war, had been particularly
impressed by the excellence of the citizen
soldiery of the United States and by tho
efficient aid which they rendered the reg
ular troops. This, however, was no sur
prise to me, for I have long been of the
opinion that even in the art of war tho
thousand and one complications with
which the old world is saddled are in no
wise indispensable, and that, although it
may not be possible to improvise soldiers,
there should be little difficulty in making
good soldiers out of free citizens. In
short, we see that though Europe, through
all phases of national existence, has re
mained complicated, America has retained
its original simplicity, which indeed is the
chief characteristic of transatlantic civi
lization and gives it just that plasticity,
that possibility of progress, that rapidity
of realization, which make it a civilization
superior in many points to ours.
Hoynl Economy.
Do you not feel a sort of personal loss
in the death of the dear old queen of Den
mark? Think how as the dowerless wife
of a poor young officer she made and
mended for her six children, and then aft
er years accomplished perhaps the hardest
task of all in making them happy and
homely at “mother’s” as kings and wives
of kings!
An Englishman once told me this story:
As ho was watching the magnificent
pageant of the entrance of the Prince of
Wales into London with his bride some
one standing near said, “Just think, the
decorations of the city alone cost £12,000I”
It so happened that the remark was made
to the uncle of the new princess. “That
must seem odd to Alexandra,” said he.
“The most she has ever had for her dress
allowance has been £75. ” —Katharine de
Forest in Harper's Bazar.
A Reinurkftble Rnnawny.
A very remarkable runaway happened
In Chattooga county a few days ago. Cap
tain C. C. Ham, a traveling salesman,
went to Lafayette and hired a double team
to make a country trip, taking a compan
ion along with him When five miles out
the horses became frightened and ran
away, driving the pole of the buggy en
tirely through an oak tree 15 inches in dia
meter. No damage was done to the bug
gy, horses or men. The only thing hurt
was the tree. The story was told by the
drummer, but later on a reliable farmer
vouched for its verity, as he had seen the
runaway and cut the pole out of the tree.
—Savannah News
MARRIED.
At the residence of the bride’s father,
Mr. George Barfield, in the Rutland dis
trict, November 9th, 1898, by Rev. J. W.
Weston, Mr. W. K. Kinman, of Savannah,
Ga., and Miss Mamie Barfield, of Bibb
county.
Come and see our
75c counter of ladies’
Oxford ties. Sizes
1 to 3%.
Mix Shoe Co.
HiNDIPO
W VITAL,TY
T Made a
i Well Man
THE A of Me.
GREAT
L7RENCH REMEDY produces the above result
in 30 days. Cures Nervous Debility, Impoltncy,
Varicocele, Failing Memory. Stops all drains and
losses caused by errors of youth. It wards off In
sanity and Consumption. Young Men regain Man
hood and Old Men recover Youthful Vigor. It
gives vigor and size to shrunken organs, and fits’
a man for business or marriage. Easily carried in
the vest pocket. Price CH PTC 6 Boxes $2.50
by mail, in plain pack-QU (j I u.aee. with
written guarantee. PR, JEAN 0 HARRA, Pari* .
THE
star ciotruncj
co.
Men’s All
Wool Suits
A first-rate busi
ness suit is here for
$7-50-
It is proven to be all
■wool by absolute test. The
color is right and will stay
right. The garments are
sewed with silk and no $lO
or sl2 is better made. It has
taken hard thinking and plan
ning to make such a suit in
fall weight and keep the
price so little.
It is a suit to judge this
clothing store by. Our finer
grades at
$lO, sl2 and sls
are equally as cheap con
sidering the quality.
Three
Overcoats
For three degrees of
weather we have three de
grees of overcoats —light, me
dium and heavy. Light for
the early autumn, good for
next spring. Medium for the
particular, careful-of-his
health man, who finds the
light not heavy enough and
the heavy too heavy. Heavy
for the cold, bracing weather
when warmth and comfort
are the considerations.
All the correct cloths
correctly fashioned in all the
three kinds.
$5 to $lB.
Our Small
Boys’ Corner
is growing more at
tractive every day. It isn’t
the furniture, oh, no. Not
the paint, nor the frills of any
kind It’s the new clothes.
It’s the furnishings more than
anything else and the w T ay we
sell them.
Suits, $1.50 to 5
Dave Wachtel,
Mgr.
SHißw
1 rad’EEsffi "GF 1 1
& Cheerful
Grate Fire
On a cold evening is one of
the comforts of life worth
enjoying. When it is made
from our high grade free
burning
flontevallo,
Jellico,
Alabama,
Anthracite.
Our COOKING COAL
is the acme of high grade
quality.
THE EMPIRE
Coal and Ice Co
Phone 136.
Yard Cherry and Sixth Sts.
Academy of Music.
Wm. H. West’s
(Formerly Primrose & West.)
minstrel JuDiiee!
Saturday matinee and evening, Novem
ber 12, including Carroll Johnson, R. J.
Jose, Tom Lewis and fifty others. Famed
for years past as minstrel celebrities.
Wm. iH. 'West's Spectacular Feature,
“Remember the Maine.”
Is nicely settled in his new
store,
454 Third Street
And intends to make busi
ness hum. Our machiuery
is oiled with
Low Prices
The best lubricant we have
ever found to keep the wheels
turning. We study
Your Comforts,
Your pocketbook, too. For
instance—
This Pretty mn nn
Couch, ip f.UU
Three upholsterings, ve
lour, corduroy and English
tapestry. Full size, spring
edge. Come quick, as this
will be
A Mover
Like all our other goods
when you see them and hear
the prices.
| jpl
HALF CENT fl WORD
Miscellaneous.
SIOO,OO to loan, on Macon real estate.
Low rate of interest, monthly pay
ments. J. Pearce Anderson, 365 Sec
ond street.
LAMP chimneys 2 for sc’ all kinds of tin
ware at half price and Jess at 412
Second street, next to Powers, Curi
osity Shop. The Domingos stock.
THE Domingos stock has been moved to
412 Sesond street. Lamp cmimneys,
lamp burners and all kinds of house
hold goods at half price and less.
WANTED—Position by experienced sten
ographer and typewriter in or out of
city. X, this office.
‘WANTED—<A position as bookkeeper,
double or single entry, will devote all
time to this or assist in other busi
ness. Sober, industrious, quick and
'accurate in figures, have a good edu
cation, single and twenty-two years of
age. Address iHustler, care News/
FOR SALE—Horse, buggy and harness.
'Horse perfectly sound and gentle; any
lady can drive same. Sold for no fault.
Apply to Matt Daly, College street.
NEW lot fancy Feathers at Newman Mili
nery Co.
STOVES and ranges repaired; second
hand stoves and ranges bought and
sold and heaters put up by P. E. Rus
sell, headquarters at Findlay Iron
Works.
FOR SALE —Vacant lot opposite No. 4
engine house. Particulars, H. M.
Grannis, Orlando, Florida.
WANTED —First class work, either man
or woman; also house girl. Mrs Paul
Hearn, Rogers avenue, Vineville.
FANCY FEATHERS, worth 50c at 25c.
Newman Milinery Co.
WANTED —Reliable colored man in this
‘locality to prepare for permanent tra
veling position; moderate salary to
Start. J. H. Cross, 356 Dearborn st.,
Chicago.
WANTED —Two or three nicely furnished
rooms for light housekeeping good
location. State location, price, etc. Ad
dress F. C., care News.
75c and 50c Fancy Feathers at 35c and 25c.
Newman Milinery Co.
WANTED —An energetic man or lady in
this and adjoining counties to travel
for manufacturing house and appoint
agents; also one for local work. Sal
ary $75 per month and expenses. Ad
dress with reference and previous oc
cupation, Century, 3943 Market st.,
Phila, Pa.
M. C. BALKCOM’S hardware store opens
at six and closes at 6:45 every day
except Saturday, When we close at
nine.
SIXTY DOZEN Fancy Feathers at 25 c
-35c. Newman iMillinery Co.
AGENTS WANTED—For war in Cuba by
Benor Quesada, Cuban representative
at Washington. Endorsed by Cuban
patriots. Ib tremendous demand. A
bonanza for agents. Only $1.50. Big
book .big commissions. Everybody
wants the only endorsed, reliable book.
Outfits sent free. Credit given. Freight
paid. Drop all rtaeh and make S3OO
a month with War tn Cuba. Address
today, THE NATIONAL BOOK CON
CERN, X52-ISC Dearborn atnset, Chi
cage. in.
WANTED —Situation for settled lady in
family. Long experience. Moderate
salary. Very best references. Apply
NOW is the time to have your lace cur
tains laundered. Mrs. Ryder, near
Crump’s park, does the very best work..
All curtains laundered at only 25 cento
per window.
LARGEST variety of Fancy Feathers in
the city. Newman Milinery Co.
STENOGRAPHER —Wanted position by a
young man; thoroughly qualified;
three years’ office experience; not
particular as 'to work; ample refer
ences. Address “Stenographer,” care
Evening News.
HAVE opened up a feed stable next door
w my veterianry and horse shoeing
establishment; patronage of my friends!
respectfully solicited. A. Dolan, Pop
lar street.
TAKE notice of 558 Mulberry street,
Migrath’s portrait copying and picture
framing house. First class work also
dealer in pictures, picture frames,
easles, etc., etc. Jewelry, breast and
scarf pins, ear and finger rings, studs,
cuff and collar buttons, etc. Writing
paper, tablets, envelopes, ink, etc.,
etc. Office and store 558 Mulberry"
opposite Hotel Lanier. Dr. J. w*
Migrath, proprietor-
WE can match any color in fancy Feathers
Newman Millinery Co.
W. A. GOODYEAR, carriage, buggy and
wagon shop. Horsechoeing, fine paint
scales a specialty.
403-4a5 Polar street.
CLOSING OUT SALE—Just think of a
nice headstone for $6, and other jobs
low in proportion. A word to the wise
is sufficient. Central City Marble
vV or ks.
HORSESHOEING and repair work If
you need your buggy and wagon’ re-
£ Orse ? r mule shod <*« on me
at 624 Fourth street C. H. Messier,
btalde/ 0 hors€6hoer and carriage
LADIES to do plain sewing at home. $1.50
per day; four months’ work guaran
teed, send stamped addressed envel
ope for full particulars. Utopian Sup
ply Co., Philadelphia, Pa.