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4 THE MACON NEWS. ESTABLISHED 1884. NEWS PRINTING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. R. L. McKENNEY. Business Mngr. TOM W. LOYLESS. Editor. THE EVENING NEWS will be delivered by carrier er mall, per year, >5.00; per week, 10 cents. THE NEWS will be for sale on trains. Correspondence on live subjects solicited. Real name of writer should accompany same. Subscriptions payable in advance. Failure to receive paper should be reported to the business •Meo. Address all communications to TBBJ NEWB. Offices: 412 Cherry Street ■Own KtSla be D The New News. A- previously annmur cd. today begins the permanent publication of The Nevi’s in • ight-pago form; <;n enlargement of the paper to almost double li.s farmer size. The Nt ws ha« already stated its reaaons for this improve m< nt, and we have already rt r eive d gratifying assurances of the pub lic\s appreciation and Hupj>ort. W<> xhall strive to -better deserve thL? I support by constantly adding to and im- I prov ng the news service of the pajjer, , making it, in every respect, a paper of , whic h any city might fel pround. It will, I •■of course, require a little time to get everything to working cmoothly under the! change, so that the public need not accepi 'the hist issue of the paper ;h a fair sam ple of what The New.s is to be. \ little time will fully demonstrate our purpose and our'ability to make The News i far better newspaper than one would ex- I ped. to fir. 1 in a -city of Macon's size. As • such it will be a valuable advertisement i ■of anr city, illustrating, as it will, her en- , erprise and progrte*iventss and demon-' v. trailing her commercial importance, fori The News expects to have every business ho ise of Importance represented in its col u;yr.s somewhere and somehow. Arrangements have already been made o Increase The News' out-of-town circu- i lalion, which ifc alrc?' , v formidable, and within thirty nay- «”? ,vlll be able to snow -mr mwehants larger lista in the towns within Macon’s immediate territory than j toy other paper can show. Vhc News feels, therefore, that it is jus- j lilttd in tsayinj that Macon is to b? mate- i dally benefit lt d by this change, and we Veil confident that our 'business houses will encourage this effort to promote the welfare of iMacon; and by so doing grasp an opportunity to become better acquain ted wtlh the pcole of neighboring towns. We confidently believt that Macon is go iirg to take a fresh start at once, that her people ute more determined than ever to carry their town forwaid, that they are in hearty accord with whatever makes for progress mid .prosperity, and we respect fully submit that this enlargement of The' I •N( ws is the first event to mark this new in for Macon. \n exchange ask-: “What is a dollar?" j \>vl Dough'< Glessnes answers: “A dollar J is what some nun promise to pay for their 4i 4hi'v paper: it is what a newspaper man ' <-ajoys mmv in anticipmien than in real- Vive La Macorn. WhattVir may be the outcome of today's voting ip this county, \ve sqy “long live ’ Maotin!” Wet or .dry she is .Macon still, 1 and we are her citizens. If sixty-odd sa- i loons are driven out of business, the town | remains. •If they continue, the town is , still here. If we as citizens have differed • as io whether or not they run I out of business, we can at least agree on -he proposition that Macon must continue ■ to <lo business at the same old stand, j Therefore we un. unite on the common ' ground of self interest when we join to gether on<?e more to go to work for our j city; for community interest is but self in terest wlien brought, to its final analysis. Whatever will benefit Macon will benefit -each bitizi n of this’ community either di- ■ reel or indirectly. Therefore our individ ual Interests lie in working for he vrlfare of our city. We will make slow progress in this di rection if we fail to start right. The time to start is right now. today. When you have cast your ballot make up your mind at once to leave off further bickerings. Feel that you have performed your duty, and wait the result vvntly. Whatever it be accept it. Don't have any post mom ms. This sort of thing helps to keep the issue alive. Put it from 1 you the moment you nave performed your duty with reference io it. Pear in mind that your next dut? is to Macon, and to yourself. Your interests tad cur interests and everybody's interests lie in puslftu® Ma con forward. We know, from experience, that this cannot be lone without unjty. without good feeling, without that feeling of mutuality, that neighborly feeling that gives strength to any concerted move men t.' Following today’s election we hope the Chamber of Commerce will hold a sort of love feast, in order that our business men may get together and renew their alle giance to their city and their determina tion to put her forward. We hope, too. shat the Carnival Association will imme diately follow this up with another meet ing for the purpose of encouraging this Flown spirit” and of blazing the way for a greater Macon. Let the council join in l tdie work, and let every representative • body and every loyal citizen feel it a duty I to contribute .something to this end. i Macon is here, here she mart remain; here, also, must most of us remain until ; we die. and rome cf us even want to come 'back here after -death. Our course is clear, tT.ere are but two | things to be dene—get together and go to ' work for Maron. Macon must be our watchword. Macon's I banner mus be kept aloft. Never a mo ment must it trail. As citizens we are : charged with the duty cf protecting and promoting her Interests. Renewed energy j and a greater determination to make up for the past few years of stagnation and j disaster must guide and aid us. We must I talk for Macon, think for Macon, act for Macon. Macon, most favored of Southern ! inland cities. Macon, the Central City of ! Georgia and the best town in the .state. : Be she wet or be she dry, our Macon still. i The Ellis bill, changing the charter ot the city of Macon so that the mayor and alltrmtn may succeed -them-elves baa ; pa-'.f 1 senate and now a.vai s Governor I Candlet's f-lgnature. A Remarkable Fignt, We cannot say at this hour whether they ( have won or lost, but we can say that no set ot men ever put up a stronger or more un-elfish fight than has been waged for the past six weeks by our prohibition friend». While we have not been able to agree with them on the policy advocated, we have nor. failed to recognize in their effort a most remarkable spirit of unselfishness and self-sacrificing devotion to principle. ; Not one of them has had anything io gain through the success of their cause, and yet I they have contributed liberally of both time and money; in fact, many have al most given themselves up to this fight for , a principle, laboring day and night with out pay or hope of reward. Such a tight can but command the respect and admira tion of everyone, even though they cannot sympathize with the cause for which these men contend. No one can see anything to .condemn, bur on the contrary, everything to com me<nd and admire in the earnest, unselfish, self-sacrificing work of such men as Wal ter B. Hill, W. G. Solomon, DuPont Gucr ry, N. E. Harris. F. 51. Mallary, B. -Wil lingham, J. D. Hough,' 0. A. Park. O. P. Willingham. C. A. Turner, E. G. Willing ham, R. 11.I 1 . Burden, E. L. Ryals.. Lamar I ( lay. W. T. Stone- and the others who have devoted their time and energies to the success of the cause. Even the most ardent anti-prohibition- j ists have been heard to commend these ■ gentlemen tor their unselfish devotion to ' a principle, and it will be no trouble for I ■anyone or all of them to bury the hatchet with their fellow citizens as soon as the fignt is over. Whatever may be the result, they can feel that they hare done their full duty, and even the opposition, must admire them for it. They have made a. remarkable fight in more respects than mac; they, have developed a strength that we had not thought, possible, and they have conducted their campaign in a practical, business-like way that, is somewhat new to campaigners of this character. Instead ot" feeling agrieved with them for what they have done, the entire public, regard less cf opinions on the question at issue, can but admire and respect them. The Antis. In the minds cf some people the anti prohibitionist is a man who believes that liquor is a harmless thing and who en courages drunkenness and vice: not from j any sor of conviction, but solely because any sort of conviction, but solely because conscience dulled. There may -be some anti-prohibitionists of this sort. but. during the campaign which is to be brought to a clcse today, we have not yet come in contact with a single one of them. On -the contrary, we have seen hundreds cf cur best citizens, men of high moral character and standing in the community, line up for their con victions, regardless of criticism ami abuse. And we could but admire them for it. In thus conteriding for their convictions they have patiently suffered their motives to be misinterpreted, relying scley upon time and the cooler judgment of the oppo sition to vindicate them. Among -them we could name sc-me of the best citizens ot i this community, men who have devoted their time and money to the upbuilding of Macon, and who are controlled in their ; present position by a sincere devotion to their oity. They have gone to the polls to . day and bravely voted their convictions, i and they have come away without malice in their heart, and with renewed deter mination o labor -for Macon's future pro i gross and prosperity. Such men do not ■ deserve cr<: asm. and. indeed, criticism I eloes not touch them. There are c hers en this side of the ; question who. it is true, have fought from a 'more selfish standpoint, but they are net to be condemned for so doing. They , are men who have their all. or. at least, a consider.'.Me portion of their belongings invested in a line cf business which others are endeavoring to outlaw. Is it strange that they are fighting with all their might to whip this fight? Confiscation is suffi cient to arouse all the opposition there is in a man's nature, and we are even will ing to excuse seme cf .he largest investors ! in that ciass cf property which is threat s' ened with confiscation if they have v been less temperate in their speech and efforts • than ibose who have no interests directly at stake. I: is not alone a matter of con vietion with them, but it a matter g: self preservation. and it would have been very ! strange, indetd, had they been less zeal -1 cus in their own behalf. But. on the whole, we think the cam ; paign has passe 1 off in remarkably good spirit. V feeling of harmony seems to ( have animated everyone, and this leads us to hope that both sides will lose no time in getting together for the future work of upbuilding Macon. MACON NEWS THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER : 1898. ’ An eight page afternoon paper in a own I the size of Macon is the best evidence of f its solid worth and progressive spirit. I Now that- you have either won or lost I your fight, let “Macon" be your watch- i word* for the future. > • • MSccn should come cut of tbi- fight i Strenger and more determined than ever. Whatever be the result, make up your I minds to accept it gracefully. •After today’s fight is over we must take up the fight for Macon. Saloons or no i-alocrs. we must bale a Greater Macon. Eight pages from now one, and every page full of news. Twice as much News for 10 ccnb- a week as ever before. Emii.uel’* Morn. A pack 6t hounds and a battef.d holm To summon bis dogs in the early morn. These were Emanuel’s joy and pride; Deeply bis heart was satisfied. When he aroused the echoes with notes so clear That half the city woke to hear. I But the 'coon was fat and the yams were s wee t, ’ And a dram of whisky crowned the treat. ' And Emanuel's slumbers were so profound : That he utterly failed to hear the sound j Os the lifted latch and the creaking floor — The old horn hung in its place no mpre. There was dole and woe when Emanuel rose: Bereft and mourning 'the old man goes. No more the early music fills, Mellow as moonlight, the sleepy hills. “Some one done stole her and ain’t gwine tell Till he hears de trumpet of Gabriel.’’ It took the comfort out of his dram And hurt the flavor of 'coon and yam. But fate was friendly and bade him stop To rrxnd his dray at the blacksmith shop, And there, as he waited, all forlorn. Down in a corner he espied his horn. 'Here’s de cross I scratched, and dis horn I know Ry ylar cross and de easy wav she blow!” He carried it home in bliss that night, ; And yam and hoecake tasted right, And we woke with a smile as ’he night : was going— On.ce more Emanuel’s horn vas blowing’. | LAWRENCE NEL.'GN. | Xf .< c.>l. C-a. I Book Binding. High class work. Prices the lowest. Get our! estimates. News Printing Co HALF CENT fl WORD I ADVERTISEMENTS of Wants, for Sa e For Rent, Lost, Found, Elc., are inserted in THIS COLUMN at Half Cent a Word ' each insertion. No Advertisement taken j tor less than 15 cents. ♦ Miscellaneous. BOOK KEEFER —Dcuble entry bookkeep- j er wants position as bookkeeper or assistant; lias experience; can give best of references; can keep an accu rate and complete set of books in ■any departmen t of business. A. .'dress, ■ stating salary and rime to begin work, “Business,” care News. WILD duck, quail, Blue Ribbon celery, Florida limes, oranges, cranberries, ■tomatoes, chickens, eggs and turkeys. Tampa Fish and Ice Co., Telephone FOR SALE —40 acres mixed woodland. Wood will doubly neC pay for land; 5 ' miles from city limits; well watered. ' “W,” 334 Columbus st. # WANTED —Boarder to occupy desirable rcom 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 Muioerry street, , Migrath’s portrait copying and picture j 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 j paper, tablets, envelopes, ink. etc., ' etc. Office and store 558 Mulberry. ' opposite Hotel Lanier. Dr. J. W. Migrath. proprietor ; FINE extra select Norfolk oysters, Span- ' ish mackerel. sea trour. sea bass, j mangrove snapper, sailors’ choice, also 1 fresh supplv Savannah select and ! standard oysters. Tokphcne 233. ! Tampa Fish and Ice Co. 1 FOR RENT—Nicely furnished room, with bath'in private family, with or with out board, close in. Address C. R. W., care News. * W. A. GOODYEAR, carnage, buggy and wagon shop. Horsecboeing. fine paint ing. repairing of scales a specialty. 453-455 Polar street. FOR SALE —Two good horses, one spring wagon with top. one road car:, very cheap for cash. Address G., care News. ■Died, Nov. 30. in Atlanta. Ga.. 'Virginia Lamar Curry, youngest daughter of Manly B. Curry and Augusta Lamar Ba con Curry. The funeral will take place from t’'e residence of Mr. and Mrs. Au gustus O. Bacon ar Baccnsfield. Friday December 2. at 10 o'clock, a. m. Friends of the family are invited to atend. Academy of Music. . Monday, December 5. The Record Breaker: HOYT’S “A Texas Steer.” 60 Laughs in Every Yell. 60 Yells in Every Howl. 10 Howls in a Texas i”.-.*• r. Kato* Putnam specially ?ng ?.c 1 as "Bossy.” Will Braj, “The M n : sr=.r *o l*a tcirey Herbert E. Sears as "Mavert < Brend er.” The Original Bison City Quariette. And an all star company from Hoyt's Madison Square Theatre, New York. RoYal Baking Powder Made from pure cream erf tartar. ! Safeguards the food against alum. Akxm bakine powders are the greatest menacers to health of the present day. I royal BAKtwa rowoeit co., new york. AVer or dry. -we must go to work tomor row for Macon. Now, let’s get together again. We will have at our dispotsal during November $75,000 to loan on Georgia farms or city property. We are offering money at low rates. THE GEORGIA LOAN AND TRUST CO., O. A. Coleman, General Manager, 356 Second Street. You Don’t Have to Wait for your money when you get loans from us. We have it always on hand. GKO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, aiacou. Go., 451 Third Street. Star j Clothing I Co. | Dave Wachtel, Mgr. | I There Was I | A Time I I When people did foolish I | things—blew out the gas, 1 | bought gold bricks, prize 1 I packages and what not. I There Was I I A Time | | When people expected ! I something for nothing, j | and got it in the place 1 | where the body and the ■ f head connects. I There Was I I A Time I I W.ien you expected twen 11y dollar suits for four, i possibly with the thought | that they grew I On Trees! | They Don’t! ’ h Do not blow out the i I gas of common sense. Do | not expect to buy. Suits, Overcoats, Underwear and Furnishings. Cheaper than we sell them. If you do they’ll be Made Cheaper Look Cheaper Wear Cheaper Watch IWatch space Gentlemen, We Are Ready *1 o supply jgil \\ earing Apparel Meeds, The require ments of c\ery caretui and economical dresser can be met with perfect satisfaction in our selection of Clothing, Furnishingsand Hats. A There s nothing racking to make the line complete. Everything is brand new. of positive value, marked in plain figures. Wed be glad to have you come in whethei you wish to buy or not. Watch w e Take Watch Space Periodical Tickets. Sp^ s ce FIRE SALE OF SHOES! Ladies’ Bed Room Slippers, 49c. Ladies’ Bed Room Slippers, furtrim= med, SI.OO and $1.25. Our immense stock of Ladies Fine Shoes are offered in this Fire Sale. Ladies’ $4.00 Shoes for $2.50 Ladies’ $3.50 Shoes for $2 25 Ladies’ $2.50 Shoes for SI.BO Ladies’ Rubbers, 25c Men’s Rubbers, 35c Men’s Rubbers, 15c Rubber Boots oft **|| I All Sizes OC»D|J IK Stas IB Greal Viiitlj Men’s $6.00 Shoes for $4.00 Men’s 5.00 Shoes for 3.50 Hen’s $4 00 Shoes for $3.00 Men’s 3.00 Shoes for 2.00 Men’s 2.50 Shoes for i. 75 On Our Bargain Counter ’ 500 pairs of Ladies’ Shoes slightly damaged by smoke for a pair C. H. & D. TO MICHIGAN. 3 Trains Daily. Finest Trains in Ohio. Fastest Trains Michigan and the Great Lakes constantly growing in popularity Everybody will be there this summer. For information inquiry of your nearest ticket agent. D./G. EDWARDS, Passenger Traffic Manager, Cincinnati, O.