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4 THE MACON NEWS. ESTABLISHED 1 884-. NEWS PRINTING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. R. L. McKENNEY, Business Mngr. TOM W. LOYLESS, Editor. THE EVENING NEWS will be delivered by carrier or 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 office. Address all communications to THE NEWS. Offices: 412 Cherry Street Weather Indications. For Macon an 1 vicinity—-Rain tonght ..nd Sunday, brisk easterly winds becom ing southerly and increasing. How to Make Money. Within ’he next ten days a quarter of i m”lfon of dollars will be put into cir culation in Macon. This money will buy a. ■million dollars’ worth of Macon merchants •goods. In fact the business opportunity offered now at the opening of the holiday i-eason was never as good as it is this year. Xf ver have the merchants had so splendid ■a chance to get a fair share, each one, of the business that is going around. The merchant who has been steadily advertising will get the first and the big gest sbar< of this .business. He will get the cream of it of course for the.readers of The News have becomed accustomed to his ’ ome and In their minds t K e adver ; sing merchant is classed as t'-e only merchant in bis mind. The wide-a-wake merchants—large and mall—should at this time talk to the read > r. of The Nt ws in home and in camp. The soldiers will get. their money next v• < k and an The Nt ws is more widely r* id than any other newspaper, its adver tisers will naturally get the biggest share of the business. The News is today a bigger, better -and more widely read newspaper than ever be loie in its history. There are few homes in the citv that do not eagerly read The Neu ■ daily and an advertisement properly displayed is as muc b read as the best •news feature in the paper. It vou want first whack at the quarter of a million dollars to be spent with the Macon merchants within the next two or ■three wi t Us, you will g< t into the adver ti itig columns of The News. livery negro who .knows how to vote • hould be allowed to do so. But the one who doesn't know one ballot from another has no more right to vote than a dog or a horse. An End to This Sort of Thing. We publish a communication from a car pent* r elsewhere in today’s News, which -eems to call for same comment. We know nothing us the ease in question further than what is stated in 'the communication, but we do know that there is a disposition ■on the part of a 'few extremists to “make it. hot" for tho.e who voted againet them in 1 aursday’s election. Thus is a mean spirit and an unwise policy, and we hope it will be frowned upon by both sides to the recent issue. The question of sale or no sale, or as we construed it, license or no license, 1 has been settled at the polls, and every qual !:< d voter of 'this community had a right to vole as he pleased on that question. The workman on a 'building had as much right to vote against prohibition as the contrac tor 'had to vote for it, and vice versa. it is unAmerican and it is dangerous for one io "hold it in” for the other on account •of his vote. Whoever does so should bear in mind that he is ushig a two-edged sword, and one that can cut as deep one way as another —if not a little -deeper. We have no patience with a man who is so narrow-minded that he canncit concede the right, of 'his neighbor to vote as he pleases; who would even go so far as to deprive another of a means of livelihood because he vottd his convictions, or who would rtfuse to trade with a man just be cause they happened to differ on a certain issue. We had hoped to see an end do this feel ing with the final settlement of the issue at the polls, but it seems that a few can not rid themselves of it. Fortunately this sort of thing has not been practiced, to any considerable extent, even during the cam paign, and it is to be hoped that there will be no more of it. Now that the issue has been settled, let us, in the name of all that is right and fair, put aside this feel ing and try to live together in peace and uarniony with our neighbors. Whoever refuses to do so is not a good citizen, nor a good man. We thought those Cubans were nfter ‘‘touching" Uncle Sam. Now that he has run Spain out of the island, they demand that their independence be recognized, and that this government lend them $20,000.- 000. Give Them the Philippines, Bishop Turner is very much in earnest in his desire to have the negro race move back to Africa and colonized there. He •will ask Congress to appropriate $100,000,- Oop to carry out this scheme. Why send them to Liberia? If we must take the ‘Philippines why not turn these islands over to American negroes, and let them form a government of their own. under the protection of this country. Very little race distinction is made in the Philippines, and there are enough able, intelligent negroes in this country to conduct a stable government in rhe islands. This, it seems to us, would, in a large measure, solve both the negro problem and the Philippine problem at the same time. <• The cotton rate to New York from Au gusta is 28 cents; from iMacon to New York cents. iWhy is this? Perhaps some of those legislators who voted for the Southern Railway yesterday can answer. Record of the War. Following the practical conclusion of peace terms at Paris. the New York Jour nal prints the following Interesting statis tic* placing ‘n contract the cc?c< of the Spanish-American war to the two conn j tries: | WHAT THE UNITED STATES LOSES. Maine $ 2.500.000 Cost of war 200.000.000 Indemnity 20,000.000 Total $222,500,000 WHAT SPAIN LOSES. Cuba $ 300.000.000 Philippiues 450,000.000 I Porto Rico 150,000,000 I Cost of war 125.000.000 i Loss of commerce 20,000.000 ' Thirty ships lost 30,000,00*1 Total $1,075,000,000 i Lives lost by the United States—About 233 men killed and about 1,324 wounded. I About 2,000 men died in camp. These fig ures do not include the 266 sailors lost on the Maine or the men who have died of fever afer being mustered out. Lives lost by Spain—About 2,500 killed and 3,000 wounded. Spain had the satisfaction of blowing up the Maine and killing 266 Afher’ean sail ors. It has cost her: Twenty-one warships. Two armies defeated and captured. Cuba, 41,655 square miles and 800,000 in habitants. Porto Rico, 3,670 square miles and 800,- 000 population. The Sulu Islands, 950 square miles and 75,000 inhabitants. The Philippines, 11 1.326 square miles and 8,000,000 inhabitants. Stray islands in other groups. A year ago Spain governed over 10,000.- 000 people outside of her own limits. Now she governs less than 200,000. According to a Western contemporary, the worst is realized. Whenever the Hon. Lemuel Eli Quigg assembles -after March 4 next the House of Representatives will be missing. Senator Murphy concluded to retire from politics. The Memphis Commercial- Appeal think's that it Is quite a co-inci dence that the people of New York hit upon the same conclusion. The Washington Post, which is on the scene of action, declares that the Congres- ' sional Record is now putting in a color press and making preparations for the Depew comic supplement. The gubernatorial contest dis still on in New York. It is a fight between Platt and Roosevelt as to who shall be governor. Yesterday’s vote in the House of Repre sentatives shows why the Southern Rail way keeps a hired lobbyist in Atlanta. Representative Hall made the railroads sho.w their hands yesterday—and their tools. Ballot reform is the issue that will soon attract most attention in Georgia. The Filipinos say Spain can sell them, but can’t deliver the goods. The News gees into more homes in Ma con than any other'paper. Quit talking prohibition and go to work for Macon. The Savannah Press is also after the tax dodger; WITH THE EXCHANGES. As we are asked to pay $20,000,000 to ad mit 10,000.000 black, brown and yellow people into the Republic, Bishop Turner, of the African Methodist church, considers it an opportune time to renew his propo sition of a federal appropriation of SIOO,- 000.000 to transfer our black population to Africa. —Springfield R e p u b 1 i c a n. We are to pay Spain $20,000,000 for the Philippine Islands: Within ten years we will be ready to pay $20,000,000 to anybody to take them off our hands. —.Ra'leigh (N. C) Observer. Russia is about to build twenty-three torpedo boat destroyers. Evidently the czar wishes to make ti respectable showing when his scheme for general disarmament goes into effect. —New York Press. Mr. Roosevelt is paying one of the queer penalties of fame. He is having his pic ture used in about 103 advertisements.—St. Paul Globe. The policy of William McKinley seems to be to find out what the people want and go ahead and annex it.—Kansas City Star. Mr. Depew is -confident that the hour and the spotless man have both arrived.— Washington Fost. The colonel of the iseventy-first New York regiment has at last resigned. He should have resigned at. Santiago when he held his troops in a hollow and all allowed the negro regulars to march over them in going to the charge.—Savannah Press. The negro soldiers in Macon continue to do tne-ir devilment. Saturday night a crowd of them pulled a street car conduc tor off his car and otherwise maltreated him. A regiment of Macon citizens with a thousand rifles ought to put a stop to these infernal brutes. —Cordele Hornet. CAUGHT FROM THE WIRES. The present export and import trade of the Philippines is practically in the hands of foreigners. Two negro desparadoes, who had es caped from the Coweta county. Ga.. jail, attacked arresting officers at Turin. One was killed, the other fataly wounded. The The coroner exonerated the officers. Senator Hale of Maine will oppose th peace treaty. He is opposed to the ac quisition of the Philippines. The question as to what the United States wil do with the Chinest in the Phil ippines is becoming important. Gen Fitzhugh Lee is under orders to hurry troops to Havana. Congressman Lester, of Georgia, would rather give Spain $50,000,000 to keep the Philippines than to pay $20,000,000 for them. Gen. Garcia, of the Cuban commission, has had a long talk with the president. Great activity has been developed in all lines of ‘Southern industries. MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3 1898. STATE NEWS AND VIEWS. One hundred and forty-five couples have be?n -married in tMerriwether county since the Ist of January. F our Mormon elders have been preach tng mormonism in Merriwether county for some time past. Hon. Hewlett Hall of Newnan, is to marry Miss Mary Johnson, of Hamilton, at an early date. A whole family of negroes were poisone-d in Columbus several days ago by eating greens purchased from a peddler. A new railroad to run via Jackson and Barnesville to connect with >the Macon and Birmingham is now being talked of. Polk Miller, the humorist, and John Roach Straton. the lecturer, have formed a combination and will make a tour of the country. Dr. James C. Green, a prominent citizen of Marietta, died a few days ago. ■Mr. R. A. Tice, of Thomaston, killed two hogs this week that netted him 465 pounds of meat each. The South Georgia Methodist Conference will meet at Hawkinsville next Wednes day. Miss Nannie Lee Hill, of Newnan, and Mr. ( olquitt Carter, of Atlanta, were mar ried in Newnan 'last week. Whitfield county -went "dry” by a large majority at the election held there Thurs day. Henry Sawyer, an old negro of Madison, was run over and killed by a train <on the Georgia railroad several days ago. The papers are new discussing tfhe negro problem, afld many ways to solve it is set forth. Let the negro alone and he will work out the problem himself.—(Madison Advertiser. Next Monday congress meets, and our valued comtemporary, the Congressional Record, will be added to our exchange list. •—Madison Advedtiser. An Augusta mian is editing a paper at Manila. The free pass bi'll of Mr. Hall, of Bibb, is attracting attention. Mr. Hall 5s trying to prohibit the issue of passes to mem bers of the legislature.—Rc<me Argus. The Sandersville Tieraid trepc.nts snow at that place on Monday night. Members of the First Georgia Regiment have been asked to enlist in the Thirty first Michigan. The A. P. A. party is very active in Cor dele. . Calhoun county has gone against the sale of liquor by 22 majority. The loss from the Culloden fire was about $15,000. The Eastman Journal has been sold to M. L. Burch and E. T. Gentry. ALL SORTS. The Empress Dowager of China, who has taken charge of things recently, has large feet —that is, 'her feet are of the natural size. The Manchu race, from which she comes, do not compress the feet of their girl babies as the mothers in Southern China do, but allow them to grow with the rest of the body. ‘‘l fell over the rail," said the sailor, ‘‘and the shark came along and grabbed me by the leg.” ‘‘And what did you do?" ‘‘l let him have the leg. (I never dispute with a shark.”- There are only three structures in the world 500 feet in height. Elderly Passenger—‘‘Here, miss, take this seat.” Stout Young Woman—‘‘Oh, I could not think of depriving an old —I mean I could not think of depriving you.” ‘‘Go ahead and take it and don’t argue. I knew you fat girls always has lame feet.” The in'genuiiy of the counterfeiters now appears to be chiefly devoted to the turn ing cut of 'bogus copper and nickel coins, rather than those of larger denominations. According to the report of the United States treasurer for the last fiscal year, no less than 69,265’pieces of this 'character were detected last year, and they circula ted chiefly in Boston, New A’ork and Phil adelphia. ‘‘l saw you talking to Snaggs awhile ago.” “Yes. we were discussing the finan cial question.” “What position did Snaggs take.” “That of a borrower.” Paul Du Chaillu, who is visiting in Bos ton, said the other day: “I don’t know why I am always called the African trav eler. I spent three times as many years exploring the land of the midnight sun.” Despite the expectation that the Brad ley-Martins were going to open their house in New York (this winter and make things lively in a social way. it is now announced that they have decided to live abroad per manently and that their New York house will be sold and its contents shipped to England. PEOPLE’S FORUM. A Workingmah’s Complaint. Editor News: You have always been a friend to the working man, and I ask you to publish this statement from one of them. I am an honest, hardworking car penter. and those who know me will tell you that I am sober and industrious. I have considered myself a free man until now. but it now looks like a man cannot vote as he pleases in this country. I have been working for Mr. B. -W. James, the contractor, on the Lamar building on Cherry street. On Wednesday •Mr. James came to me and asked how 1 was going to vote. I told him I was goinj to vote against prohibition. He said Jesus Christ and the Devil were running and I was going to vote for the Devil. On the following day I voted as I thought best. I went as usual that day :o work and the foreman told me he didn’t need me. Yesterday I went again, aid then Mr. James said I had voted the wet ticket, and that he could not. give ne work and never expected to again. He j RoYal Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum. Alum Baking powders are the greatest menacen to health of the present day. ROYAL SAKIN a I>QwOCW CO., NEW TOOK. also discharged Mr. John Funderburk and four or five negro workmen who voted against prohibition. I ask is this right, is it justice? And where will this sort of thing end? Suppose the antis apply the same rule to Mr. James and others, what will be the result? Yours truly, T. J. Hawkins, East Macon. Defeated Themselves. Editor Macon News: Dear Sir —It has gone forth in the pub lic prints that the prohibitionists were defeated by a majority of nearly two to one. It seems from the returns that the prohibitionists were not defeated by the antis, but slaughtered in the house of their friends. Let us notice the figures. The total registered vote was 5.516. Os this number there were certainly 3,000 prohibitionists. The reason I am so cer tain I saw 3,000 stand up in one body and pledge to vote for prohibition. There were many others who were not present, in the county. The men looked to be truthful and reliable. Os the remaining number of 2.816, which are counted to the antis, is claimed that 720 were illegally regis tered, which would leave about 2,100 legal votes. It seems by these figures that thi antis polled their full strength, while the prohibitionists only polled 1.343, not quite one-half of their strength. Os the register ed voters. t b ere were 2,200 colored. Os these about 400 voted fbr prohibition, leaving 1,800 to the wet. This makes the white anti-prohibition vote only 921 and the white prohibition vote 943. Os -the white prohibition vote there were at least 600 foreigners, leaving 321 American white men who voted for anti-prohibition. It will be seen by the above statement ♦hat the prohibitionists are net beaten at all, but a plain case where (the 1,343 wore themselves out whippin’ ’em. J NO. 11. CURRY. Congratulates Macon. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 2, Editor News: I see you have downed the extremists in great shape. I congratulate you on the manly and dignified stand you took and that neither ridicule or abuse caused you to lost temper. I read most of your editorials and ap proved them. 'Macon has the opportunity now to ac complish what Atlanta only accomplished after the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars and enduring the farce of prohi bition for two years. I would advise you, however, to keep up your fight for high license and proper re strictions. It is better than prohibition. A Friend. AMUSEMENTS. Academy of Music. Monday, December 5. The Record Breaker: HOYT’S “A Texas Steer.” 60 Laughs in Every Yell. 60 Yells in Every Howl. 30 Howls in a Texas Steer. Katm Putnam specially engaged as “Bossy.” Will H. Bray. “The M ivsf-t to I*a hc;j Herbert E. Scars as “Maverk < Grand er. ” The Original Bison City Quartette. And an all star company from Hoyt’s Madison Square Theatre, New York. Academy of Music. Tuesday Night, De'cember 6 th. Geo. H. Broadhurt’s Anglo-American Success, “WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES.” New in its twenty-cesond successful week at the Strand Theater, London. The Star Comedy Cast —Geo. G. Boniface, Jr.. Gerald Griffin, Frank Currier. J. W. Cope, F. 11. Robert, Lewis H. Newcomb, Francis Drake. Mabel Montgomery, Helen Bell, Mrs. E. A. Eberle, Florence, Rcbirson, Ada Craven. Fri. Sat Mon Tues. Academy of Music. Wednesday, Dec. 7. The Smilfi & Bice Comedians, Presenting the Great, Gigantic. Maston dic Margartherian Comedy Hit. ‘mu Friend from India.” It will laugh your troubles away. By H. A. DuSoucheft. Two hundred nights in New York to Jacked bouses and has since tickled the risibles of multitudes of people in every large city in the world. It is a great side cracking. jaw-tiring laugh. Positively no free list. Regular Prices. Latest stylo Tune, Attractive Designs, Original Ideas. We invite you to call and see us when you want up-to-date printing of all kinds. We make a specialty of high grade commercial printing. Everything in our office is the latest and the best. News Printing co, 412-414 Cherry Street. Telephone 205. FINANCIAL. You Don’t Have to Wait for your money when you get loans from us. We have it always on hand. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Lean Ataociation, Macon, Gs., 461 Third Street. E. Y. MALLARY, B. N. JELKS, President. Vice-President J. J. COBB, Cashier. Commercial and Savings Bank, MACON, GA. General Banking Business Transacted. $5.00 wil rent a box in our safety de posit vault, an absolutely safe plan in which to deposit jewelry, silverware and securities of all kinds. UNION SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST COMPAN Y MACON, GEORGIA. Safety Deposit Boxes For Rent J. W. Cabaniss, President; S. S. Dunlay, Vice-President; C. M. Orr, Cashier. Capital, $200,000. Surplus, $30,000. Interest paid on deposits. Deposit your savings and they will be increased by in terest compounded semi-annually. TH a EXCHANGE BANK of Macon, Ga. Capital $500,000 Surplus 150,000 J. W. Cabaniss, President. S. S. Dunlap, Vice-President. C. M. Orr, Cashier. Libetal to its customers, accommodating to the public, and prudent in its manage ment, this bank solicits deposits and other business in its line. DIRECTORS. J. W. Cabaniss, W. R. Rogers, R. E. j Park, H. J. Lamar, N. B. Corbin, S. S. Dunlap, L. W. Hunt, Sam Meyer, W. A. Doody, J. H. Williams, A. D. Schofield. ESTABLISHED 1868. EL. PLANT. CSLAB. D. HUR'S ’ Cash!®?. I. C» PLANT’S SON, BANKER, MACON, GA. A general banking business trsnsazte« and all consistent cartes lei cheerfully ex tended to patrons. Certifloatz® ®f dspoat Issued bearing interest. FIRST NATIONAL, BANK of MACON, GA. The accounts »f banks, corporatiaas firm* and Individuals received upon th« , most favorable terms coaadstent with cost j sarvatlve banking. A sh&ro cf your htw Incss respectfully salloited. H. PLANT, President George H. Plant, Vice-President W. W. Wrigley, Cashier. We will have at our disposal 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., I O. A. Coleman, General Manager, 356 Second Street. I HEADQUARTERS FOR Real Estate Loans We have large quantities of money sub ject to sight draft for loans on city, farm ; or suburban property. Straight interest loans. Annual payment loans. Monthly payment loans. Security Loan and Rhslract Co. 370 §econd St., Phone 82. T. B. WEST, Secretary and Attorney. Money. Leans negotiated on improved city prop- ' erty, on farms, at lowest market rates, business of fifteen years standing. Facili ties unsurpassed. HOWARD M. SMITH Second St., Macon, Ga. MJLCELL A NEOUS. Rbte js Men’s Top Coats. The road to style leads right through our shop. From here a man can start out correctly appareled. Our methods of meas uring, fitting and furnishing are pains taking and the goods are of extra good value. Look at the line of Covert Cloths, Black Cheviots, Black Unfinished Worsteds and Oxford Vecunas. We make up very hand | some top coata from these at very moder ate prices. GEO. P. BURDICK & CO., Importing Tailors. Macon’s Only Picture Frame Store. 1 That is what we are. We guarantee you that we can show you four times the as sortment and. four times the amount of stock shown by any other firm in Macon. And Our Frames Are Made i Not thrown together. Call and see ns. W. Lamar Williams, 422 Second St. I We have received the English Lawn - Grass Seed for winter lawns. ■ R. J. Lamar a sons j 416 Second Street, next to Old Curiosity Shop. C. A. Harris. V/. J. Hopper. [Renames'Coal co Phone 122. Red Ash, Jellico Always on hand. I We meet all competition and take Periodical Tickets. D. A. KEATING. MJ Genoral Undertaker and Embalmer. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Caskets, cases, coffins and burial robes; hearse and carriages furnished to all funerals in and out of the city. telephone 463. 322 Mulberry street, Macon, Go. jnacon screen Co. Manufacturers of the best adjustable wire window screens and screen doors. Your patronage respectfully solicited. Es timates furnished free of charge. J. D. Newbanks, manager, 215 Cottea avenue, Macon. Go. Henry Stevens, Sons & Company. H. STEVENS’ SONS CO., Macon. Ga., Manufacturers of sewer and railroad cul vert pipe, fittings, fire brick, clay, etc. Wall tubing that will last forever. Macon Refrigerators. MUCKE’S Improved Dry Air Refriger ators. he best refrigerators made. Manu factured right here in ?.lacon, any size and of any material desired. It has qualities which no other refrigerator on the market possesses. Come and see them at the fac tory on New street. For Whooping Cough use CHENEY’S EX PECTORANT.