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WILL WE
THE FIELD.
Formal Announcement that
There Will Be Prohibition
Aldermanic Candidates.
TICK! NOT IE! HUKED.
Lively Time at the Prohibition Tent
Last Night, and Several Meet
ings loday Ladies at Polls.
At the meeting at the prohibition tent
I laat night, there being a large attendance,
I .Mr. C. A. Turner announced that the pro
hi bit ion isLs would put a ticket in the
field for aldenm n at the municipal elec
tion to be held on December JO. Mr.
i
' nad not registered for the
t: election to do so today as mis is the last
day for the books to be open.
The people were not very much sur
prised at the announcement, as the in
tention b< < n known for some time,
it ir; oot known v.ho will constitute the
ticket, but it is thought that four of their
most prominent men will be put up.
'• Th.- meeting was addn sued by Mr. A. A.
•n’orphey and Mr. W. B. Hill. In the
eotlise of their remarks both men referred
to Mr. Rfttenhou.- of tin- Telegraph. Mr.
Hili spoke of him •>.- Ro.tenhou.se, and in
addition to that said o.her things in re
gard to his writings. Mr. Murphey
clalim.i time Rittenhouse got ail of his
mailer out es u paper that was written in
Texas ami that he had a copy of the pa
per. Mr. Murphey* addr.s-.d his talk
mainly to the negroes and for aw.iile he
k< pt them stirred up.
The prohibition is is held a meeting in
the Baptist church this morning at 10
o'clock ai. 1 again this afternoon at 3.
All of the m< ini., i s o( the anti-saloon
(league are al work and they secern deter
mind to carry the contnst. It was an
nounce! at the 'tent last night that Mr.
Jones would Speak at he tent tonigh,
but Mr. W.G. Solomon said to a News re
.potur last iiignt that he did not think
that Mr. Jothm could be here and that
lion. N. E. Harris would deliver the clos
ing ■ ■< eh for the prohibitionists. Many
people will !>.■ disappointed if Mr. Jones
1.i.1. to com. , ho announced before hi
left here tiiat in wquld have some hot
allot in store on his last night.
The meeting at the tent .tonight will be
for men only. The ladi. s wil be at the
polls tomorrow and will assist the pro
hibitionists in their work. Lunchm ami
coffe.-e will lx served to the prohibition
ists at the different places In the city.
(Communicated.)
THE ISSUE IN
A NUTSHELL.
A Business Man Again Ex
oresses His Views in
Point.
Editor Evening News:- Please allow me
n few words, (even at lb cents an inch) to
express a few xiew.s which 1 felt
‘■tilled upon to pul on paper last night
tlfler hearing .Major Hanson's speech at
lit. l \ '.idetny of Music.
I was glad to see this Business Men'
- . and I r>d. oit other
have iniTroe.-ii held, for Her yon. there is
aomet.li.ing broader and deeper than mere
sentiment in this Issue, and I am sure
‘ injimii could be found to pr .nt the
* l *S broadest phase and in a
■ Adusdve manner.
W The rnertitxg last anight was a “Business
Meeting," and it. was worthy of the
• me, for never have 1 seen a larger or
I ore representative (meeting of business
en held to consider any question of pub
-3 interest.
HKlt was a meeting called for the purpose
of getting an expression from the 'business
community on the proposition to close
siX‘ty-o.ld btisin.es houses of liiis city. As
such .it sei lin'd to me to demand our most
serious attention and our most emphatic
■protest. 1 care not if the thing sold in
those stores is whisky, wine or beer, or
that, these .things are sometiimes misused
by those who buy them.
As the proposition presents itself to me
is is merely a question of how and where
shall those things be bought. Shall we al
low reputable citizens of ortr own com'tnu-
Ji'ty to sell them upon the payment of a
large license tax. or shall we give this
i privilege to people doing business in At
lanta or .Milledgeville—or. worse still,
turn t.he sale of these commodifies over to,
irrespoansibi 1 parties /vho are willing tn
defy the law and co duct places that are
■no more to he compared w ith the reputable
saloon than a club room Is to be compared
with a brothel’.
There is noy4ference bePwecn the prohi
bifuw.mp! the anti-prohibttlon on the pro
position that liquor will r>c bought some
where and somehow, though the prohibi
tionist asserts that the consumption there
of w ill be somewhat rislticed- -how much
reduced no mortal man can assume to say.
It has been my experience that,the mart
who wants whisky miost is the man who ds
most Injured by it. and vice versa. Ts he
does not very greatly desire it. he is in no
. danger from if. But if he must. have it.
Die can and w 11 got it somewhere, and all
your trouble, your effort to prohibit its use
•by him. and unfortunately- others with
him. is to no purpose. Why then. T ask.
should we deprive fifty, yes even a hun*
dred temperate users of whisky, wine or
beer, of their rights dn a mistaken. Im
practicable effort to control one man who
abuses it. I do not ask you to accept
this as a nwre theory. Go to the other
towns and cities that have tried the ex
periment and ask of them. For one drunk
ard who has been saved by this process of
sumptuary. un-American legislation. 1 will
show you a hundred good men who have
b.xm ruined m a business way. I ask you
il right, is it just to impose such a
hardship upon th. many, the very many,
for the benefit of the few, I thank God the
very few?
In what els.? is such a principle of gov
ernment applicable? Where. among all our
multipu 'ity of laws, do we find one made
to operate against the rights and interests
of the thousands for the sake of a few
score. '< on is wrong in prin-
ciple. and in nothing else would it be tol
erated.
I haw been amused at the tenacity with
which our prohibition neighbors have
clung to the pistol argument as establish
ing the right of the state to enact a pro
hibitory measure. They tell you. with an
overwhelming air. that if the state has a
r ght to prohibit the carrying of concealed
weatxms it has a right, to prohibit the sale
of whisky. Great heavens, what consis
tency. They lose sight of the fact that the
state docs not attmept to prohibit the sale
of p-.stols. It merely .assumes to regulate
the sale. Its only attempt at prohibition
5s with the individual himself. It pro
hibits the carrying of that weapon con
cealed and it prohibits him from pointing
It at another. It docs not and could not as
sume to prohibit its sale or ownership.
x And thus far and no farther should the '
'. state go with reference to the sale and '•
} consumption of whisky—another very dan- j
gerous thing when used by a fool. It
• nn-’ hoes very properly regulate its sale i
the ase interferes with the rights of others I
does now go even further—it pro
ol the sale of whisky to rihose who I
n. if, provided the dealer is given ,
j - seems to me. fe as far as the
' ‘ should go. When it goes fur- 1
tber it interferes with and punishes inno
cent parties, and this no government has
the right to do. It i® but a step further
to the enactment of even more extreme
laws, such, for instance, as those regulat
ing the manner of dress or other personal
I haoite.
God forbid that I should throw an ofo
! stade in the way of the man who would
quit the abuse of liquor. 1 know what that
abuse it. 1 have suffered from it as few
have suffered, .and others have Buffered
with me. The one who is now where 1
once was has my sincerest sympathy. No
prohibitionist in this community feels for
him more than I do, and not one of them
would do more to help him stop. I have
gone with him throughout the night, pa
tiently and cheerfully, in order that I
might reason with nim the next day. In
all of my experience, I have never yet seen
a tai* one of tbese unfortu-
, ni -r b> the hand and lead.him back t<r
■i ■ right track- Their cry is, “Oh, Lord,
I thank thee I am not as other men are,
...id' jf they will let me I will legislate their
faults out of them.”
Though I have suffered as I have <tnd
though I have seen others puffer, must I
| lie so narrow and selfish as to say to you
• nip 'rate men, you who do not misuse the
bi ..-raae, you must buy your liquor in
\tlanta, because if it is sold in Macon I
will drink it to excise? No. rather would
I _iy I will control myself. I will assert
my manhood and I will not tamper with
that which I misuse. And let me tell you,
prohibitionists and all others, this is -the
only practical wort of prohibition. En
courage the man who abuses liquor to pass
a prohibition law within himself, for him
«elf, and you do not need to interfere with
ihe rigtbfi of ninety-nine who do not mis
use tnis beverage—a beverage given of
God, blessed of his Son, partaken of by his
sainte, but abused by a few, even ae-: Adam
abui.d his privileges in the garden of Eden,
and even as the old Adam that is in us
causes until this day the abuse and mis
use of many of God’s choicest blessings.
And I do not except the misuse of our
noble women as workers at the polls.
But right here, and in conclusion, let
me say that I hope every anti-prohibition
ist will disappoint the opposition in the
treatment accorded these good women at
the polls. Show them that respect that is
their due. the respect that amounts to ven-*
eration. Protect them, as far as you can.
from any disorderly scenes or from any
thing else that might be embarrassing to a
ses-itive lady. Show to them that If others
respect them so little as to subject them
to this embarrassing ordeal of working at
the polls, you, at least, recognize the di
vinity of woman and reverence her. even
though she be temporarily placed out of
her sphere. Business Man.
South Macon Dots
An Immense audience assembled nt
Jones chapel church last night to hear the
evangelist. Rev. Sain Small on the subject
of prohibition. Mr. Small spoke for one
hour and forty minutes, beginning at 8
o’clock. He discussed the subject of pro
hibition. principally from a legal stand
point ilefining prohibition fully and seem
ingly clearly. He told all about the local
option law, when it was passed and by
whom as will as the number of counties
in Georgia that had “gone dry” under pro
visions of the law. He explained the
”Mair.e” liquor law, telling when it was
passed and that it was passed toy a Demo
cratic legislature, sighed by a Democratic
governor and.had never been repealed. He
paid his respects to the newspapers’ con
tributions by ‘'Rittenhouse” and others
who had written in the interest of the
license aind sale of whisky in Bibb county,
in his reference to “Kittenhouse,” Mr.
Small introduced him about as follows:
“Rittenhouse,” in other words 'Mr. Pendle
ton. editor of the Telegraph.
Mr. Small read from a book he had with
hint sundry passages in relation to the de
cisions of the supreme court of Georgia
..tl:o of the supreme court of the United
’S. ne> upon thi subject of prohibition.
Ihi .•-. sure «;is well received and seem
ingly hi/ sly at reekued by the farv- , —1
' —n**> ncp > ’ '" •-•-’■a ,<*•«■ I'ncmtly '
:n i •’: ; ipii i by tJhuuuwis cheering.
Mr Small's closp’g words contained a
strong appeal to the voters present for
their suffrages in the cause of prohibition
al the < lec'tiou to be held tomorrow.
“■Smith.'’
Uncalled For Letters Remaining in the Ma
con Postoffice.
Bist of letters remaining unclaimed in
tne Macon, Ga., .postoffice Nov. 29, 1898.
' ersor.s calling will please isay advertised
and give date. One cent must be paid on
each letter advertised.
MALE LIST.
’f- A. Alexander, John Ameine.
B—E. P. Butts, C. N. Brooks, G. V.
Branham.
C ~J- T. Clay, (2,) -Arthur Collier Jas
Cloud. Robt. Carlens.
D—James D. Davis, Albert tDeano Jes
sit W. Dukes.
<1 -Ttup Goodwin.
H B- Hatfield, Lias Henry, Rev. E.
Howard. A. S. Harteltl, B. E. Hall, J. H.
Hall, J. H. Hasty, James Oliver Hicks.
J—Lee Jones, Witp-ple A. Jenkins.
EyA. 'E. Lc-ishman, W. T. Lamar, Jas.
Baffin, J. p. Lawson, J. N. Lindsey, J. M
Lee.
M—Rev. C. Mims, Will Mawrer. J. M.
Moore, John -Marshall , J. D. McCowan
John Millin.
•'*—Carl E. Neel.
P—J- J. Powell.
R—Lanaz Robson.
S—W. W. Smith. E. P. Stone, Henry
Sams. •
T—Tates Turner. W. M. Tucker, W. T.
Tharpe, Rev. Andrew Turner.
I’—‘H. L. Uniphreys.
AV—Rev. B. W. Wiley, W. R. Webster.
Messrs. Warthen & Irwin, J. C. Whiton.
V—'Frank B. Young.
FEMALE LIST.
Mrs. Salite Anderson. -Miss Carrie An
erum, Airs. Jno. M. Arline.
B—l Mrs. iMary Buston, Miss Annie Bane,
Miss Luler Brooks. (?,) Mrs. Patrice
Brown, Miss Rose Burke, Miss Mary
Brooks.
C—. Miss Vina Culpepper, Mrs. Nancy
Cross. Mass Mary Carlisle.
D—Mrs. S. F. Dudley.
E—(Mrs. Willie R. Rules.
F —lsabel Franklin. Miss Marfia Fay.
G —Mrs. Luler Green. Miss Florence
Graves.
H-i Mrs. Ida C. Hill.
J —Mrs. T. R. Jones.
M—Miss Ida Moore. Mrs. Maria Blount
M- Arthur, Miss Winifred Morrill.
P—Mrs. Crawford Pierce.
R—Mrs. Clara Roper.
S—Miss Emma Smith.
T —Mrs. Sufbittie Thomas.
W—Henrietta Worthey, Miss Clara Wil
liams.
To insure prompt delivery have your
mail addressed to street anxl number.
J. H. Hertz. Postmaster.
J. L. Davis.
Our city is now on the up
grade. Do not impede its
progress by voting prohibi
tion. empty houses and grass
in the streets.
TERM 5.
If we will cease from rudv affrays with
whk'h her nerves are shaken,
Christina of h r courtesy w: i give us half
we’ve taken?
Oh. no, she doesn’t prom a that: she
merely says if we
Will only let her ships a: n that Cuba
shall be free.
i But. lady, when we talked of that, the door
door slammed in our faces.
And we’ve forgetton what we said, as you
forgot the graces.
LATER.
- “Here’s every single thing I have; now
take them, I entreat.
i Ind go away and star ewa . >ou and your
t Awful fieeV
,ki_ . —Lat rence Nelson, i
(Communicated.)
ANTIS HAVE
SLIPPED AGAIN
They Innocently Advise the
Business Men to Vote for
Prohibition.
MAJ. J. E HANSOH,
Short on Protection—“ Business” ??
Meeting Last Night Merely an
Effort to Break the Force of
Adverse Action of Cham
ber of Commerce.
SENSATION EXTRAORDINARY.
There never was a more remarkable
piece of verbal legerdemain than that by
which the Anti-Prihibition meeting at the
Academy of Music last night committed
itself unreservedly, though unintentional
ly, to the policy of prohibition dn this
campaign, and unconsciously advised all
of their voters to support the prohibition
ticket.
They did so in the following language:
ATLANTA’S EXPERIENCE IS A PRO
PER GUIDE, IN OUR JUDGMENT. FOR
THE PEOPLE OF MACON.
Now the only way that ithis advice can
be properly followed is for Macon high li
cense voters to do what has been done in
Atlanta. What did Atlanta do?
Atlanta adopted local option prohibition;
broke the back of the barroom power; and
when the liquor traffic was afterwards ad
mitted it came back as a suppliant; it
came- back tame and humble.
It did not try .to play the boss as it has
always done in Macon. It knows today
that it exists there only by the bare per
mission of the people. (Hence it is less
defiant of the restrictions that the law
throws around it elsewhere.
There is no earthly way to get high li
cense in Macon except in the same way,
that is through prohibition.
If the mayor and council had been will
ing to propse high license they would in
stead of the ridiculous performance of call
ing on the prohibitionists to abandon the
election, have proposed as a compromise
the Atlanta plan, which is a license of a
thousand dollars, short hours, no screens,
no lunches served with drinking, no lewd
pictures on the walls, no gambling over
head, no vaudeville attachment.
These restrictions cannot be secured in
Macon except through preliminary prohi
bition. If such restrictions were proposed,
the liquor traffic would fight them to the
death. Even if such restrictions were en
acted into law, the liquor traffic would
evade them.
Hence, the alleged business men’s meet
ing is absolutely on the right line, if they
really desire genuine high license re
strictions In proposing that' Macon shall
get the same way Atlanta got it —that is
by tumbling and t.atminX the two-
togers O s the liquor traffic; aiid then*
should the judgment of
good citizens that prohibition was nor™sw—.
pable of enforcement or liable to any other
objections, then and then .only could real
high license toe secured and the policy of
rigid restriction have a fair trial in this
city. It would then be put upon its good
behaviour for fear of its life, and if good
behaviour is possiblb to the business, it
would then have inducements to practice
it whnch it does not now have.
HOW AND WHERE
To Vote Thursday—Please
Read this Carefully.
• IMPORTANT CORRECTION.
It is claimed that voters of Lower City
and .Macon districts cannot vote at
court house after their precincts Close.
This makes it important for such voters to
vote early in the day. The question will
be clearly stated in tomorrow’s Telegraph.
Look out for it.
Dear Sir: No citizen should make a mis
take as to his place of voting. For this
reason the following information is pub
-1 ished:
The city is divided into two districts,
upper and lower. The line dividing these
districts commences at the river on Fourth
street, runs up Fourth to Cherry, up Cher
ry to Cotton avenue, thence to Spring
street, thence up Columbus street to Ogle
thorpe street, thence to College street,
thence down College street to Boundary.
Those living on the north side of this
line are in the upper city district, and
those south in the lower city district.
All citizens of the city of Macon should
preferably vote in the district for which
they are registered, or they can vote at the
court house.
TO VOTERS IN THE UPPER CITY DIS
TRICT.
The voters who live in the upper city
district may vote at the court house or at
the Second street precinct (which latter is
just in the rear of the building occupied
by the Macon Telegraph.) These x-oters
are requested by the campaign committee
to vote at the Second street precinct, in
stead of the court hiftise. The reason is
that all voters in the Vinevllle district can
only vote at the court house, and it is very
important to leave the court house precinct
open for them.
The Second street precinct closes at 2:30
p. m.. city time, and after that hour voters
of the upper city district can vote at the
court house only, which will close at 5:30,
city time.
Os course these Instructions should not
be literally observed if it resulted in
crowding the Second street precinct more
than the court house precinct. As the two
precincts are' close together, the prohibi
tion voters can easily determine at which
one they could vote most conveniently; but
the probability is that the Second street
precinct will be the most convenient.
TO VOTERS IN THE LOWER CITY
DISTRICT.
Voters in the lower city district can vote
either at the city hall or Findlay’s foun
dry. Both of these precincts close at 2:30
p. m. After that time voters of this district
can x’ote at the court house only, which
closes at 5:30 p. m.. city time.
We also urge voters of this district to
vote e-arlx - in the day either at the city
hall or Findlay's, instead of the court
house, in order to leave the court hpuse
open to voters of the Vineville district.
TO THE VOTERS OF THE EAST
MACON DISTRICT.
Voters residing in the East Macon dis
trict can vote at their own precinct until
2:30 p. m.. city time, after which they can
only vote at the court house. We urge the
East Macon voters to vote early at their
own precinct rather than at the court house
for the reason above mentioned.
TO THE VOTERS OF THE GODFREY
DISTRICT.
Voters in the CX>dfrey district can vote
at their own precinct up to 2:30 p. m.. city
time. After that hour they can vote ai the
MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 30 rbgb.
court house precinct; but for the reason
above stated we urge these voters to vote
at their own precinct before 2:30 p. m.
Please remember not only to vote, but
to go to the polls and use your influence
for prohibition. Let us all remember that
we are not responsible for the result of the
whole election; we believe God in His Pro
vidence will take care of that; but each
voter is individually responsible not only
I for his own vote, but for every other voter
| that he can touch or influence.
The Campaign Committee.
PROHIBITIONISTS, BEWARE OF
FRAUDULENTLY PRINTED TICKETS.
' SEE THAT YOUR TICKETS AND THE
j TICKETS OF OTHERS WHO ARE VOT
ING FOR PROHIBITION READS
"AGAIN THE SALE.” DO NOT VOTE
ANY TICKET READING “AGAINST SA
LOONS.” OR “AGAINST BARROOMS,”
OR ANY OTHER MISLEADING OR
FRAUDULENT DESIGN.
OPENING OF THE POLLS.
THE COURT HOUSE PRECINCT
OPENS AT 6:30 A. M.. CITY TIME. THE
OTHER PRECINCTS OPEN AT 7:30 A.
M.. CITY TIME.
THE MANAGERS AND CLERKS SE
LECTED BY AGREEMENT TO REP
RESENT OUR SIDE SHOULD BE ON
HAND PROMPTLY WITHOI T FAIL.
The following poem was read at the pro
hibition tent last night going to show that
while Major Hanson's great hobby was
protection he failed to include in his
schedule of protection the homes and fire
sides of Macon —our mothers and wives
and children.
Protection for tea, for coffee and spice;
Protection for rum. tobacco and vice:
Protection for beer, for brandy and gin;
Protection for vice, for gambling and sin.
Protection from cranks and Chinamen,
too;
Protection for men with consciences true;
Protection for men who deal out the
drink;
Protection FROM men who reason and
think.
Protection for what? For copper and
steel; /
Protection for wool, for beef and for veal;
■Protection for yarn, for dry goods and
toys;
Protection for mules, but none for the
BOYS.
Protection for tin, fqr hairpins and wax;
Protection for iron, toothpicks anil tacks;
Protection for gum', for brushes and
combs;
Protection for lace but none for the
HOMES.
Protection for sheep, for dogs and for
cows;
Protection for zine, for paper and plows:
Protection for coal, for matches and
knives;
Protection for hides, but none for our
wives.
COLD MEAT WARMED OVER.
From the point of view of the prohibi
tionists the alleged men’s meeting at -the
Academy of Music last night was a fake.
Instead of being as it was -advertised a
meeting really intended for business men
generally, it was in point of fact nothing
in, the world but an amti-prohibition meet
ing. This was clearly shown by the fact
that the gentleman advertised to make the
principal -speech has been known in this
community ever since he lived here as a
pronounced radical -and heated anti-prohi
bitionist.
A 'number of years ago when the Macon
Telegraph was under his management its
note was always sounded loudly hostile to
prohibition.
Therefore to call “a business men's
meeting” when it was known that the pro
hibitionists had already advertised th'eir
meeting for business men and others
invited speakers seemed a piece of OPERA
BOUFFE.
But the most characteristic performance
of the meeting was the presentation at.
this business meeting of the identical res
olutions which had been adopted at the
litt’o “.folnet” meeting of the -Chamber of
Commerce on evenipg last, and
rescinded by a b u ll and representative
meeting on -Monday. The committee of
fering the resolut i . rr, ;n;. —^rrge^-*—l o
change enough of the words to make the
resolutions pertinent. Just turn to them
and re-adthe sentence in which it is said
-to be suitable for THIS ORGANIZATION
to express an opinion.
The meeting last night was.no organiza
tion, no pretense of an organization, and
the only “organization” referred to was
the Chamber of Commerce which the bus
iness men of this community proceeded in
the language of the scripture on Monday
“to turn up side down.”
Odd pieces men’s underwear half price.
Clem Phillips.
A BACHELOR’S HONEYMOON.
The Attraction at the Academy of Music To
night.
There will be fun, fast and furious at
the Academy of ‘Music -tonight. When
Warde & Sackett’s -comedians, and the
clever farceur, Mr. Walter Baker, pre
sent the last Hoyt’s Theater -success, “A
Bachelor's Honeymoon.” No play that
has been presented of late years 'has re
ceived more -praises than this last con
tribution from the metropolis. It is a
farce in the full meaning of the name, and
was written by John Stapleton. It pos
tures and is dependent for its fun solely
on th plot, the intricate complications and
the wit and humor of the dialogue. Ac
cording to one description ,“the laughter
commences five minutes after the curtain
rises and continues unbroken until five
minutes -after the curtain falls on the
last act.” Produced originally at oyt’s
Theatre, New York, it scored a big hit
with press and public, which was dupli
cated in Philadelphia, Chicago and the
Northwest. In the South, Richmond, Nor
folk. Knoxville and Nashville have re
ceived glimpses of the play and are flat
tering in their praises of play and players.
Warde & Sackett’s comedians are said
to be a company of excellent actors and to
fully merit the praises that have been
bestowed upon them. Mr. Walter Walker,
the star of thee ompany, is a finish artist
of long experience and thoroughly adapted’
to high class farce deTienation. For years
he was identified with the support of Min
nie Palmer and other stage favorites, and
has a host of personal friends through the
South. Mr. Walker’s support includes
Messrs. Emil och, George 'Morehead,
!■ rankly-n ill, Frank Ljmden, Miss Annie
Dacre, Miss Maud Reams Stover, -Miss
Mildred St. Pierre, Miss May Warde and
Miss Anne athaway. Miss May Warde is
the youngest daughter of the eminent tra
gedian and Southern favorite, Mr. Fred
erick W arde. She makes her debut with
“A Bachelor’s oneymoon.”
(Communicated.)
SDienain
Testimonials
The public officers and leading business
men of Sparta, Hancock counity, felt*
enough -interest in the pending election in
Bibb county to send at their own expense
■the following strong telegram:
Sparta, Ga., Nov. 30.—The effect of pro
hibition in this county has been most ben
eficial, not only to morals, but also to bus
iness and good government. Since Jan
uary last the town has thrived, notwith
standing no revenue was received from sa
loons, whereas the preceding year eight
thousand dollars was obtained from this
source Prohibition does prohibit where
rnanhed pievails.
(Signed.) R. H. Leweis. solicitor gen
eral: Jas. Attarey, Judge Hancock county;
Bank of R. A. Graves, H. F. and E. A.
Rosier, W. M. Yarborough. E. H. Berry.
F. White & Son, Rosier Pharmacy, G. S
Var deman.
Election Badges.
Both kinds given away by
Clem Phillips.
In voting for prohibition
you vote against Macon and
her best interests.
Notes Taken
On the Run.
Mrs. John €. Eads gave a progressive
grabougv party at her residence last night
in honor of Mr. George B. Denman, of At
lanta. There were present Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Rodgers. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Neel,
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Houser, Mrs. Bachelor.
Mrs. John W. Reid, Miss Colbert, J. T.
Dixon. Freeman Polhill, Walter Dixon,
Jack Colbert.
Music Lessons—Piano and violin in
strucions at reasonable prices. Miss Nellie
■ Reynolds, 252 Washington avenue.
Mr. I. F. Young, one of the most popu
lar of traveling men visiting Macon, is
suffering from an accident to his foot.
Drs. W. R. Holmes and Mason, dentists,
556 Mulberry street, opposite Hotel Lanier.
Try a bottle of Holmes' Mouth Wash for
preserving teeth, purifying breath, bleed
ing gums, ulcers, sore mouth, sore throat,
etc. For sale by all druggists.
The New York Ladies' Trio will ap
pear at the Lyceum Hall at Wesleyan
College next Tuesday night, December 6.
They will be asisted by Miss Lillian Carl
smith.
“A Bachelor's Honeymoon” will be the
attraction at the Academy of Music to
night.
None of the soldiers from the camps
will be allowed in the city tomorrow, as
it is the day of election.
Rev. Sam Small and others will be at
the prohibition tent tonight and will ad
dress the meeting.
Thir-d street will be paved by the end
of the week. Brick will be laid tomorrow
and it will only take a few days to finish
the work.
The Library directors will hold their
regular meeting tomorrow night at the
Public Library.
The Board of Education will hold its
regular monthly meeting next Monday
night.
Only a few more alimony cases were
heard in the superior court this morning.
All of the criminal cases have been dis
posed of and the count is now waiting on
the grand jury. It is understood that the
grand jury is investigating the case of
Simmons, who shot the negro soldier Sat
urday afternoon.
Ordinary Wiley committed Delaware
Adomis, a crazy negro, to the asylum yes
terday afternoon.
The funeral of Mr. George Petit, who
died Monday, was held this'morning from
the residence. The interment was at Riv
erside cemetery.
Rumors of all kinds in regard to the ne
gro soldiers can be heard on the streets
today. Many of them are unfounded,
however, and it is a difficult matter to
find out what is really going on.
The funeral services of Dr. G. M. Willis,
who died yesterday morning, were held
‘this afternoon at 230 from his late resi
dence on Carling avenue. The interment
was at Riverside cemetery.
Th Elks held t'heir regular meeting last
night and several new members were ta
ka tin.
Rain tonight and Thursday. Warmer to
night. Brisk southerly winds.
There will be a meeting -of the Daughters
of the Confederacy Thursday afternoon at
3 o’clock at the ‘Public Library. It is
hoped this will prove an interesting meet
ing as several ladies have been appointed
to relate personal reminiscences of the
War.
(Communicated. 1
JUST BEFORE THE
BATTLE, MOTHER.
An Interesting Communica
tion from Earnest Willie
Upshaw.
That is a tender, beautiful song—an
echo of wartime. The soldier boy tells his
mother that he was thinking of her “just
before the battle.” Another battle is.on—
the citizejis’ battle of ballots tomorrow.
And as a comparatively new citizen of Ma
con, intending to make this my home for
many years, my conscience leads me—
compells me to say an earnest word to the
young men of Macon, and —those who used
to be young. Men honestly differ on this
prohibition question, but let every honest,
sober man, thinking of voting the anti
prohibition ticket, this fact:
there are but two sides to this paramount
question before us. Shall we have barrooms
or no barrooms? No one denies that they
do wretched harm. You see around you
every day and night the wreckage of char
acter and happiness wrought by them. Do
you say: ‘‘Of course I am opposed to bar
rooms and would vote against them if we
could get them cut of every county in
Georgia?” You might as well refuse to
kill the rattlesnake before your gate until
you can kill every snake in Georgia at one
blow. The logic is identical. Some honest
men are with you, but remember that on
the*anti-prohibition side are found the
barrooms, the bums, the toughs, the “bad
houses” and every impure element in the
city. This- is true. It cannot be denied.
Think of your mother “just before the
battle,” and do not, I beg you, be found
on the side of these people and places
where you could not carry your mother,
your daughter, your wife, your sister. This
is not “mere sentiment.” It is heart —it is
conscience—it is sober, common sense.
Remember too, that on the night of De
cember Ist your vote will be found in the
box right by »he side of the ballots of bar
keepers, drunken white men and drunken
negroes and
“Only the Master who knoweth all
Can tell the two apart,”
and He will mark no difference, I think.
Will you be found on the side of the
carousing soldier, the saloon keepers that
gladly sell them, and all these wretched
places that drag our young men down? or
on the side of the 1700 Christian women
who sent that ignored petition to the
mayor—yes, and on the side of the church
es. Wesleyan, Mercer and all that would
lift humanity upward?
There is but one crowning issue—bar
j-ooms or no barrooms? God help you to
vote tomorrow with the pure and the good,
with whom you hope to spend eternity.
Yours in Earnest,
Willie D. Upshaw.
Mercer University.
MR. CALLOWAY’S FUNERAL
Took Place from His Late Residence this
Afternoon.
The remains of Mr. Joe T. Callaway, who
committed suicide in Atlanta yesterday
reached the city at 11 o’clock last night
and were met by an escort of Elks, com
posed of Will Redding, J. R. L. Austin,
C. C. Stratton. Louis Juhan. Malcolm
Ayer and John Massie. The funeral took
place from his lase residence on. New
street this afternoon. It was conducted
by Rev. J. L. White. The pallbearers were
L. G. Cusson, Cecil Morgan. R. M. Smith,
Ed Quinn, J. W. Cabaniss and Alex Subers.
The Elks of Macon lodge attended in a
body.
The letter left by the deceased addressed
to his wife contained only a memorandum
of little value and the motive of the sui
cide is still a mystery.
WAS HE MURDERED? I \
———
Mysterious Death of a Negro Soldier at the
Camp,
Private Hamilton, a negro soldier of
Company K. Seventh Immunes. was found
dead ;u his tent this morning at Cajnp
Haskell. He was lying with his face
downward and a bullet hole was just over
his heart. An empty cartridge was found
in his rilile, which was in the tent.
His tent mate is suspected of the crime
and is under arrest.
Market Report.
Specially reported for The News by Tal
bott & Palmer.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
Tone barely steady.
Open—January 5.39, February 5.38,
March 5.43. April 5.46. May 5.51. June 5.55.
July 5.58, August 5.60, October 5.62, De
cember 5.36.
Close —January 5.35, February, 5.37-3 S,
March 5.40141, April 5.44-45. May 5.48-49,
June 5.52-53. July 5.55-56. August 5.58-59,
September 5.57-59. October 5.59-60. De
cember 5.33-34.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
Open—January and eFbruary 3, Februa
ry and March 4. March and April 4. April
and May 5, May and June 6, June and July
7, Julyand August 7, August and Septem
ber 8-7, September and October 8-7, No
vember 6. November and December 4-5,
December and aJnuary 3-4.
Close—January and February 2-3 b. Feb
ruary and March 3b. March and April 3-4 b,
April and May 4-ss, May and June 5, June
and July 5-6 b, July and August 6-7 b, Au
gust and September 7s, September and Oc
tober 7b, November and' December 4s, De
cember and January p-3b?
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
WHEAT—
Open—December 65%, May 65%.
Close—December 65%, May 65%.
OATS—
Open—December 26. May 26%.
Close ■—December 26%, May 26%.
LARD—
Open—December 485, May 512, January
497.
Close —December 490. May 520. January
505.
CORN—
Open—December 33, Maj* 34%.
Close—December 33%a, May 34%.
PORK—
Open—December 775, May 927. January
905.
Close—. December 777, May 937, January
917.
SIDES—
Open—December 432, -May 472, January
460.
Close—December 447, May 477, January
465.
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO.
Wheat—Today 122, tomorrow 170.
Corn—Today 176, tomorrow 275.
Oats—Today 150, tomorrow 190.
Hogs—Today 47.000. tomorrow 43,000.
Tone quiet. Sales 12,000. Middlings,
3 5-23.
LOCAL STOCKS AND BONDS.
Macon 6s, 1910 117 118
Macon 4s, 1926 106 107
Augusta 7s, 1903 11l 112
Augusta 6s, 1905.... 11l 112
Augusta ss, 1919 11l 112
Augusta 4%5, 1925 >..107 108
Augusta 4s, 1927 102 103
Atlanta 6s, 1914 117 118
Atlanta 4%5, 1923 107 108
Atlanta 4s, 1927 102 103
Savannah ss, 1909 11l 112
Columbus ss, 1909 105 106
MACON BOND AND STOCK REPORT.
RAILROAD STOCKS.
*S. W. R R. stock 100 101
Ga. R. R. -and Banking Co 195 197
Atlanta and West’Point R. R... 112 113
A. and W. iP. debentures 102 103
Augusta and Savannah R. R 100 101
Southern R. R. preferred 35 36
Southern R. R., common 8 9
G. -S. and F. first preferred 89 90
G. S. and F. second preferred.... 64 65
G. S. -and F. -common 36 38
Georgia and Alabama preferred.. 35 36
Georgia and Alabama, common.. 11 12
GEORGIA BONDS.
Exchange Bank 90 91
American National Bank 99 100
Commercial and Savings 8ank..125 130
First National Bank ...117 120
Macon -Savings Bank 70 71
Bibb B. L. and Imp. Co 59 60
Central City L. and T. Ass’n.... 60
Southern Phosphate 'Co 90 100
MeCaw Manufacturing Co 110
Wesleyan F. C. bonds, 7s 107 115
Macon Volunteer Armory, 75....104 105
Bibb Mfg Co., 6 per cent 101 103
Planters’ Warehouse -Co. bonds. 103 110
Union Savings Bank 88 89
RAILROAD BONDS.
C. of Ga. first mort ss, 1945 115
C. of Ga collat trust ss, 1937 90 92
C. of Ga. ,rst consol ss, 1945 87 88
C. R. R. of Ga. Ist pref in 35 37
C. R. R. of Ga. 2d pref, in 10 12
C. R. R. of Ga. 3d pref, in 4 5
Ga. and Ala. consol ss, 1945 92 93
Ga. and Ala. Ist pref. 5 pr cent.lo3 104
Southern R. R. ss, 1910 101 102
G. S. & F. Ist mort ss, 1895 109 110
Ga. R. R. & B’k’g Co 6s, 1910.114 114%
Ga. R. R. & B’k’g Co 6s, 1922...118
O. S. S. Co. -st mort ss, 1920....103 104
3%, per cent 1914 ($500) 104 105
3% per cent 1907 to 1033 105 107
4 per cent, 1926 114 115..
4% per cent, 1915 119 120
4% per cent, 1922 120 121
(CONSUMERS’ PRICES.)
FRUITS.
Lemons, 30c dozen.
Pears, 3@sc.
Bananas, 15(0>20c dozen.
Oranges, 25@40c dozen.
Apples, 50c peck.
Grapes 12%&25c. ons&thtra
Grapes, 12%@25c pound.
PRODUCE.
Geese, 40@50c.
Ducks, 30c each.
Turkeys, 18c dressed.
Eggs, 22%e dozen.
Chickens, dressed 15c pound; live 20&35c
each.
Butter, country, 25c pound; creamery 30c
pound.
MEATS.
Veal, 10&12%c pound.
Macon, Dublin
and Savannah R. R.
~ *<l 2d| T ld| 3*
P. STATIONS. |A,M.|A.M.
4 00 2 30 Lv ...Macon ....Ar 9 40|10 15
4 15 2 50 f ..Swift Creek ..f 9 20|10 00
4 25 3 00 f ..Dry Branch ~f 9 10| 9 50
4 35 3 10 f ..Pike’s Peak ~f 9 00| 9 40
4 45 3 20lf ...Fitzpatrick ...f 8 50| 9 30
4 50 3 30 f Ripley T 8 401 9 25
5 05| 3 50|s ..Jeffersonville., s 8 25| 9 15
5 15| 4 00! f ....Gallimore.... f 8 05j 9 05
5 25j 4 15js ....Danville ....s 7 50| 8 50
5 30j 4 25js ...Allentown... s 7 s(jl 8 50
5 40! 4 40 s ....Montrose.... e 7 25| 8 35
5 50! 5 00!s Dudley.,... s 7 10! 8 25
6 02' 5 25 s M00re.,,., s 6 55| 8 12
6 15[ 5 40!Ar. ...Dublin ...Lv 6 30| 8 30
P.~M.|P.M.| ; IA.M.IA.JL
•Passenger, Sunday.
d Mixed, Daily, except Sunday.
Book Binding.
High class work. Prices
the lowest. Get our
estimates.
' News Printing Co
\The most * complete line of Travelers’ Outfits
in his city. Then we can fill ’em with the
test C lothing and Underwear
I At prices to please.
THH p To DATE CLOTHIERS,
1 f
BE’<- >ON& HOUSER
Trading Stamps.
c. B. & D. TO MICHIGAN.
3 Trains Daily.
Finest Trains in Ohio.
Fastest Trains iiUObio.
Michigan and the Great Takes constantly growing in popularity
Eveiybody Avill be there this summer. For information inquire
of your nearest ti cket agent.
D. G. EDWARDS, Passenger Traffic Manager, Cincinnati, O.
I A b CLO rH INQ i I
I 0 <1 oJlk conPANY. | manager I
| ihe Tailor
g Man |
Doesn’t take much a
stock in ready-made. “They |
9 ain’t hall as good as we turn 9
I out.”
Os course we don’t pay |
| much attention to him. He’s 9
| prejudiced. But we do care |
| what people that come into |
our store say.
“Why, I didn't know they I
9 had such things as ready made
| My tailor charges me double 9
g for this. I didn’t suppose 9
| you could fit men like me.” I
| This is a poor man’s store as |
S well as a rich one’s.
“Didn’t know you had I
I Hats, Underwear and the ■
wi other t'liugs I waul.”
SLRE WE HAVE f
No necessary for a man’s comfort or stylish ap- I
pearance is missing from our stock—and always j
at the lowest price.
HALF CENT fl WORD
Miscellaneous.
FOR SALE—4O acres mixed woodland.
Wood will doubly net pay for land; 5
miles from city limits; well'watered.
"W,” 334 Columbus s't.
WANTED—Boarder to occupy desirable
room on Rogers ave., Vineville.
“Rest,” care 'News.
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 cents
per window.
WANTED—Good men to sell large line of
lubricating oils and greases. Liberal
contracts offered. Commonwealth Oil
Co., Cleveland, O.
TAKE notice of 558 Muinerry 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 ringe, 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, proprieto>-
FOR RENT —Nicely furnished roam, with
bath in private family, with or with
out board, close in. Address C. R. W.,
care News.
W. A. GOODYEAR, carriage, buggy and
wagon shop. Horsechoeing, fine paint
ing. repairing of scales a specialty.
453-455 Polar street.
■FOR SALE —Two good horses, one spring
wagon with top. one road cart, very
cheap for cash. Address G., care
News.
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When poorly displayed. We make a
specialty in all ads written for our
patrons in having them attractively
displayed to catch the eye of the
reader. we talk about your
merchandise in such a manner as to
awaken interest—only try to say
just enough to excite the reader’s
curiosity and make them want to
hear more and see. his brings them
'to your store and the advertiser’s
work is done-. You, your help and
your merchandise must do’ the rest.
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CUT PAPER PATTERNS
Each issue contains, among its rich variety of
fashions, two gowns, for which cut paper patterns
are furnished. If you wish to wear the latest
UTILITY SKIRTS, WASH SKIRTS, SHIRT
WAISTS, TAILOR-MADE GOWNS
or if you are seeking new designs, you will find
what you want in the pages of the KAZAK, at
25c. PER PATTERN
WAIST, SLEETt, or SKIRT COMPLETE SOWS, TSe.
and if you will send us the number of the pattern
you wish, and enclose the amount, aje wilt send
to you. If you are not familiar with the
BAZAR, we will send you as a special offer a
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P.D. TwM&Co
. THE
NiW Clothiers
I A flan in
a Fall
Overcoat is
like a knight of old pre
pared for a joist with
with many of life’s chills
and ills.
If not already prepared
you can find here what
ever your taste or require
ments demand, ‘
But don’t let the price
be your sole guide. It
doesn’t tell the whole
story. Good cloth, good
workmanship cost some
thing.
Rest assured you’ll buy
such goods a little cheaper
here than anywhere else.
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