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PARTIES ANO PASTIMES.
Receptions, Teas, Cards and All
Manner of. Pleasant Doings-
Marriages and Debutantes.
.On November 30th at the residence of
the bride at Coleman, South Carolina, Mr.
William Milton Rodgers, of Macon, Ga.,
was married to Miss Eleanor Wallace
Coleman, daughter of the late Col. Andrew
J. Coleman, Rev. W. J. Winn, of the
Methodist church officiating. The bride,
is a member of a wealthy and prominent
S’outh Carolina family, and Mr. Rogers
was a resident of this city for years, and
has many friends to congratulate him.
•Ir. and Mrs. Rodgers will make their
homo in Macon after February Ist, where
tie will again engage in business here.
• • •
The reception given Mrs. Roland Ellis
in 'Atlanta is described in the Atlanta
Journal as : t
“One of the pleasant events of the past
Week was the card party given Tuesday
afternoon by Mrs. T. B. Felder in honor
of Mrs. Roland Ellis, of Macon.
The house itself added a charming wel
come to that of the hostess, in the deco
rations of palms and chry-sthansernums it
wore in honor of the occasion; also in
the many candelabra with their pink ta
pers and in 'the glowing Japanese lanterns
pendant at the folding doo re.
The pleasant game ended in the follow
ing distribution of the prizes: A cut-glass
cream pitcher and sugar bowl, Mrs. John
Clarke; a Rosewood vase, Mrs. Clark
Howell, Sr,. and a lovely traveling case
for a sartchel—celluloid tipped with silver
Mrs. Roland Ellis.
In the elegant refreshments served at
he close of the game there was noticeable
the unique ices frozen in rhe shapes of
hearts, diamonds, clubs and spades.’’
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The lAtlanta Journal has the following
about Miss Caroline Lewis Gordon, the
daughter of General John B. Gordon, who
was the admired guest of Mrs. William
McEwen Johnston last winter:
Miss Caroline Gordon will spend the
winter north, studying voice culture.
Gifted by nature with a voice of unusually
sweet tone. Miss Gordon has determined
to study seriously with a view to filling a
position in a. church choir. lHer friends
{feel sure that she will be one of those
sweet singers who make church music
such a pleasure.
Besides this particular branch of study
’Miss Gordon will enter into, a field here
tofore altogether neglected. She has the
wonderful gift of imitating the negro dia
lei : and mannerisms, and while with her
di.-i inguished father in Washington on
several occasions entertained guests at. a
genuine “Southern evening,’’ during which
she would sing the old-time darky melo
dies and tunes, dancing and patting 'time
in the peculiar darky manner, and all with
a distinctive modesty and grace.
Those evenings added to Miss Gordon’s
reputation as one of the entertaining hos
tesses in the corterie of Southern women
at the capital.
’ll goes without saying that Miss Gor
don’s success is already .assured, and her
friends are deeply interested.
• • •
The charming Miss lEtra Wallace Miller,
of Atlanta, is visiting the family of her
uncle, Mr. J. LeGrand Guerry.
• • •
Mrs. John B. Cobb has returned from
\tlania, where shu visited her daughter.
Mrs. William B. Lowe. Jr. Miss 'Mary
'Cobb is spending several weeks in Atlanta
and will remain until after the Peace
Jubilee. 'Mrs. Lowe will also entertain
during that time Miss Nannie Dudley
Pilcher, of Nashville. Tenn. Miss Pilcher
is now in Atlanta, the guest of .Mrs. L. D.
T. Quinby, and two weeks ago was one of
an admired coterie of Nashville girls vis
iting Mis. Neal at the Aragon. .Miss Pil
cher will probably visit Macon before her
return home.
The following invitations hafe been re
ceived by Macon friends of the contract
ing parties:
Mrs. Fannie Jones (
requests the honor of your presence at the
marriage of her daughter,
Mary Lizzie,
to
J. Norwood Davis.
On Thursday afternoon. December the 15th
eighteen hundred and ninety-eight,
at one o'clock.
t at her home,
Twiggs County. Georgia.
Mr. Davis is a nephew of Mr. W. A.
Davis, one of Macon’s most esteemed citi
zens.
*
Judge and Mrs. Emory Speer. Miss Ma
rion Speer. Miss Sallie iSpeer and Mies
Lulie Speer, have returned to Macon for
the winter and arc at their Vineville home.
The Cedars.
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Miss Martha Johnston and Miss Cleve
land Smith leave tomorrow for Atlanta,
where they will visit Mrs. T. B. Neal at
the Aragon. Mrs. Neal is a noted hostess
and both Miss Smith and Miss Johnston
are already popular in Atlanta.
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The History Club met yesterday after
noon at the residence of Mrs. Mallory
Taylor and the meeting was interesting
as usual. The topics for study was Henry
I. of England and the questions were well
prepared by Mrs. Robert Mumford. Mrs.
Pollock was not present so that her paper
’’Simon de Montford and the Barons” was
not read.
The History Club’s study for this year
is io be in English history a prettily
arranged program for the year has been
distributed to the members. The officers
of the club are. Mrs. T. O. -Chestney. pres
ident; Mrs. Mallory H. Taylor, vice presi
dent; Mrs. E. J. Willingham, correspond
ing and recording secretary; Mrs. F. F.
Reese, treasurer. The next meeting will
be January 2. 1899.
The Progressive Euchre Club has been
reorganized and the first entertainment to
its members will be given by Mrs. J. Mar
shal Johnston at her home. Hill Crest,
next Thursday night. The club has thirty
two members and is composed of married
people exclusively. The reorganization
means much in a society way, for this
club was noted a few years ago for the
lavish magnificence with which its mem
bers
occasion of a series of delightful card par
ties. *, _
The news comes to us that a “kitched
is the newest fad for an ante nup
tia levent. It is another name for a dona
tion party and was inspired by the cooking
schools and cooking clubs so popular with
society girls. The gifts to the bride elect
are as the name indicates, all intended for
kitchen use, and the idea is eminently
more practical and less monotonous than
the fashion of presenting the engaged girl
with a cup and saucer or a souvenir spoon
as has been the prevailing custom, and I
have always thought that a kitchen should
be well furnished first and the money that
is left over be used for parlor chains in
stead of the opposite plan as is often the
case.
The Cooking Club organized here a few
years ago by Miss Mary Cobb, was one of
the most enjoyable of the clubs that sea
son, and is now none the less delightful
for having changed its name to the Tues
day Afternoon Club. Some of its members
have already become brides and fine house
keepers. but they have married before the
“kitchen rush” came into notice and for
them is left naught but regret and the I
questionable pleasure of furnishing their .
own kettles and pans. But for the others 1
who have not yet made fortunate men ■
happy for life, there may be something in I
the new idea. It might be worth consider- ’
ing to reorganize the Cooking Club, having 1
an eye for business as well as fun, for as
a bright woman who is justly prominent
in literary and philanthropic club work,
says After all the most appreciated art
of the hour is culinary.”
. No one can dispute the truth of this, and
»t is proof that women’s club work and
study have not injured their interest in
housewefely matters. Indeed, if men
would only believe it, the most prominent
club women are as a rule the ones who
preside over the best ordered establish
ments. and more than that make the hap
piest homes.
FOR TAXPAYERS TO ANSWER
The List of Searching Questions to be
Submitted by Assessor.
The house has adapted the following
schedule of questions known as the Free
man substitute, for the Georgia taxpayers
to answer:
Be it further enacted by the. authority
■aforesaid, That in returning property for
taxes all property shall be relumed at
its value; promissory notes, accounts,
judgments, mortgages, liens cf all kinds,
and all choses in action shall be given in
at their value, whether solvent or partial
ly insolvent. Every person shall return
for taxes all jewelry and other property
of every kind owned by 'his wife or minor
children, unless the members of his family
or her family return their property for
taxation. In addition to the questions
now propounded to taxpayers by the tax
receivers questions shall be framed by the
comptroller general to reach all poroperty
upon which a tax is imposed by this act,
and especially the following questions:
1. The number of horses, mules, oxen,
cows, sheep, hogs, goats 'and all other
‘animals upon which a tax is imposed bj
the law and state their value.
2. The kind and value of property owned
by the wife and minor children of the.
taxpayer aud not returned for taxes by
the owner thereof.
3. flow many improved city or town lots
did you own on the day fixed for the re
turn of property for taxation?
4. In what city or town are thev locat
ed?
o. AVhat was the fair market value of
each, stated separately?
6. How many unimproved city or town
lots did you own on the day fixed for the
return of property for taxation?
7. In what city or town are they lo
cated?
8. What was the fair market value of
each, stated separately?
9. How much money did you have on
hand deposited in bank in this state on
the day fixed for the return of property
for taxation?
10. How much money did you have de
posited -in banks out side of this state at
said time?
11. How much money did you have de
posited with merchants or other persons?
12. How much money did you have at
said 'time not. deposited in bank or with
ethers whether within or without this
state?
13. How many notes, whether secured or !
insecured, solvent or insolvent, did you i
own on the day fixed for 'the return of j
property for taxation, including those
within and those without this state, and I
including those on persons, firms or cor
porations within and without this state
whether in the hands of yourself or agent
or pledged as collateral?
14. What was the gross nominal value .
thereof? What was the fair market value '
thereof?
15. Hew many accounts, whether > cured I
or insecured, solvent or insolvent, did you ■
I
own cn the day fixed for the return of
property for taxation, including those. I
within and those without this state, and '
including those on persons, firms pr cor
porations within and without this state. ■
whether in the hands of yourself or agent ,
or pledged as collateral?
16. What was the gross nominal value
thereof?
17. What was the fair market valued
thereof?
IS.How many judgments, fi. fas and exe- |
cutions did you own on the day fixed for”
the return of property for taxation. I
whether within cr without this state, or
whether against persons, firms or corpor
ations within or without this state, and 1
whether within tfie bands of yourself cr
agent cr attorney or pledged as collateral?
19. AVhat was the gross nominal value
thereof?
20. What was the fair market value
therof?
, 21. How many bonds, including debent
ures. issued by corporations in -this state
did you own on the day fixed for the re
turn of property for taxation?
22. What was the par or nominal value
, thereof?
23. What was the fair market value
thereof?
, 24. How many bonds. Including debent-
t tires, did you own issued by corporations
without this slate on rtt- day fixed for
' the return of property for taxation?
25. What was the gro s nominal alue
' thereof?
i 21. What was the hvr mark t valoe
thereof?
2". How many count.- or municipal
bonds, issued by counties and municipal
ities of other states and of this state and
MACON NEWS TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6 1898.
bonds of other statue did you own on the
day fixed for the return of property for
taxation ?
28. What was the par or gross nominal
| value thereof?
29. What was the fair market value
thereof?
30. How many shares of stock did
you own on the day fixed for the return
of property for taxation issued by corpor
ation* located within this state?
31. What was the gross nominal value
thereof?
32. What was the fair market value
thereof ?
33. How many shares of the stock did
you own on the day fixed for rhe return
of property for taxation, issued by cor
porations within this state, the capital
stock of which or the property of which
is not returned by such for taxation?
34.. What was the gross par value there
of?
35. What was the fair market value
thereof?
36. What was the gross invoice cost,
with freights added, of your stock of goods,
wares and merchandise, including com
mercial fixtures, on. the day fixed for the
return of the property for taxation’
37. What was the liar market value of
same?
Simply Gorgeous.
My display of ladies' neckwear, hand
kerchiefs and umbrellas for holiday pres
ents. Clem Phillips.
NOT CONVICTED.
Miss Trial in the Case of Fayne Moore and
Husband—Another Indictment.
A New York special says:
The jury in the Moore robbery trial be
ing unable to agree were discharged at
12:50 a. m. by Recorder Goff on the
grounds of a mistrial. They stood seven
for conviction and five for acquittal.
Attorney George Simpson, representing
Abraham Levy, said that It was impossible
for Mr. Levy to appear for the defendant
before Monday next, owing to the number
of cases that he had on hand. Recorder
Goff agreed to this and the trial was set
for 10:30 a. xn. on December 12th.
Moore was very much dissatisfied at the
verdict, as he confidently expected to be
acquitted. Foreman Henry Cohen said that
some of the members of the jury did not
believe the testimony offered by some of
the witnesses.
W. A. E. Moore and Fayne Moore, his
wife, were indicted on the charge of grand
larceny in the second degree by the grand
jury this afternoon on complaint of Man
ager Boldt,,of the 'Waldorf-Astoria. De
tective West, of the hotel, and a butler
appeared as witnesses. They testified about
the loss of a vase, silver tongs and a sil
ver plate from the hotel about six weeks
ago, while the Moores were staying there.
The police say that the articles were found
in Mrs. Moor’s trunk. It is understood that
the district attorney will move the prose
cution of these indictements promptly in
case of a failure to seceure a conviction of
Moore at the end of the next trial.
Benjamin H. Hill, of Atlanta, Ga., who
came to this city to represent Mrs. Fayne
Moore, sail today at the Imperial hotel:
i “I was surpr’sed to see die Jistrict at
torney’s office take any steps regarding
the report that the Moores had stolen sil
ver from the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. To
me it looks like wholesale persecution to
■order an indictment by the grand jury on
such a report, especially when the hotel
people have been satisfied that the silver
found in the Moores’ trunk was not taken
from the hotel by them.
“It looks to me as if the prosecution can
see that the present case against the
Moores is falling through, owing to the
very uncertain and contradictory evidence
given b>- Martin Mahon on the witness
stand, and -wants to g£t hold of something
that w’ll keep them in prison. Mr. and
Mrs. Moore lived at the Waldorf-Astoria
about one month before moving to the
Grenoble. After they had been at the
Grenoble a few days one of the clerks of
the Waldorf-Astoria sent Mrs. Moore a
bouquet of roses aud a vase, with a note
saying that she was to keep the vase. It
had the Waldorf-Astoria stamp on it. and
I suppose Mrs. Moore believed that the
clerk knew what he was doing when he
sent it. It is unfair on the part of the dis
trict attorney's office to make public such
a statement, as it cannot but help to in
fluence the jurymen, who are allowed to
separate and read the papers. If this case
were being tried in Georgia the defense
could appeal for dismissal and get it on
. such grounds.
i “If Moore is convicted on the present
| charge a strong appeal will be made to the
district attorney to withdraw the charges
against Mrs. Moore. If he is acquitted, I
' believe that no effort will be made to try
her. I want to get her free as soon as
possible and take her home to her moth-,
er.”
Mrs. Moore has told her several lawyers
i that her only wish is to go back to her
i home in Atlanta,-and that as soon as she
i does she will sue her husband for divorce.
This is said to be the wish of her guardian
; Chief Justice Simmons, of Georgia. Since
; their meeting, which occurred about two
I years ago at a ball, given in Dublin, Ire
land, by the lord mayor, her life has been
; a wild one. and it has terminated in such
i away as to make her long for the seclu
sion of home life. She told Mr. Hill on
I Saturday that she was suffering intensely
from her life in the Tombs.
“I have been charged with being brazen
and bold in my conduct in court,” she
said, “and certain papers have remarked
| that I was tco cold-blooded to cry when
I the testimony relating to my character
; was given. The fact was I was too mort 5 -
fied and chagrined to cry and I heard so
many lies told and saw so much curiosity
on the part of people that I was dumfound
i ed.”
FOR RENT.— Nice cot
tage, close in, good neighbor
hood, four rooms and twe
room kitchen, with all con
veniences. Address Cottage,
care News.
Elegant neckwear for Xmas. Phillips.
FOR RENT.
Nice cottage, close in. good neighbor
hood. four rooms and two room kitchen,
with, ail conveniences. Address Cottage,
care News. ' e ’
Beautiful Silk ’Suspenders.
| For Xmas presents. Clen? Phillips.
The BiKVeRt Silver Mine.
The biggest silver producer in the world
at present is the Broken Hill Proprietary
company, in New South Wales. The out
put of that company’s mines for the fiscal
yea* ending on May 31, 1896, was 6.129,•
270 fine ounces of silver. The Anaconda
Copper Mining company, in Montana,
came second, with a?production of 5,074,-
036 ounces of silver. It is worth noting
that in both cf these mines the silver is
produced in connection with other inetals
—at Broken Hill with lend and at Ana
conda with copper. The latter is princi
pally a copper mine, since the metal forms
the greater part of the value cf its ores.
Tbo Compania Huanchaca de Bolivia
baa had the operation of its mines serious
ly interfered with for the last two years
by water and other mishaps. Its produc
tion in 1897 was 151,995 kilograms, or
4,886,673 ounces, of silver. This is not
much more than one-balf of the maximum
output, which was reached in 1893 and
was 281,007 kilograms, or 9,034,385
ounces.—Engineering autl Mining Jour
nal.
Kitchener’s Discipline.
For 15 years General Kitchener has
worked his officers and men mercilessly.
The regulations of the Egyptian army al
low no married men on the staff or in
places of responsibility. Marriage inter
feres with tropical work. Sick leave is
given to any officer who breaks down
once. A second illness severs the connec
tion between any officer in Kitchener’s
force and the Egyptian army. The men
who have fought under Kitchener and
who are now returning by twos and threes
to London say that when one goes forth
to battle under their iron general victory
is assured, and when mon trust their lead
er it is equivalent to the addition of many
battalions to the army. Kitchener was
cold as ice when there was work to do,
but he broke down and wept bitterly at
the burial service of Gordon, which was
held in the ruins of the palace at Khartuip
on Sunday, Sept. 4. He is a Liberal, and
his stern character is strengthened by
profound religious conviction.
Star
Clothing
Co.
TlltYlll
Ila’s Fail
Does not turn to I
Ithoughts’of love in the fall.g
J When frost .sets in he |
g thinks of warmer under- i
I wear.
We have underwear
that will outwear
Any underwear
sold otherwhere.
A new necktie will begin
to engage his thoughts.
The summer wash rags
will not do. And then he
will want
A New Collar
to wear on a
Shirt.
We’ve got ’em all, right
up to date in style, and
at squeezing prices. And
everything else in furn
ishings.
Cold Enough
For Y~ou?
If it aint we’ll have
old Boreas turn on a lit
tle more of his icy breath
so you’ll appreciate
Those Overcoats
We’re making spe
cial offer of
$7.50 value for $5.
$lO value for $7.50.
$12.50 value for $lO.
sls value for $12.50.
I $lB value for sls.
S2O value for $lB.
Gloves. Neckwear
Xmas shoppers
will be
interested here
Harry L. Jones
Company
366 Second
-
Smoking Bath:
Jackets. Robes
Lesser’s Bee Hive
559 Cherry St.
Grand Slaughter Sale!
Dress Goods and Wraps.
Commences Monday Morning.
We take stock Jan. i, and in order to
reduce our large stock shall offer
the greatest bargains ever known
in the history of our store.
All’goods must be just as represented, or your
money back—this rule we rigidly enforce.
1 dress pattern wool novelty suiting worth s‘2. for 98
1 dress pattern solid stripe Henriettas, worth $2.25
. , for $1.29
1 dress pattern all-wool tweed and cheviot mixtures,
for 1.73
1 dress pattern novelty crepons and jacquards, worth
M for 2.98
1 dress pattern black figured jacquard, worth $3.50,
for 2.10
1 dress pattern all-wool storm cloth, worth $3, for... * 1.98
1 dress pattern all-wool henrietta, worth $4.50, for... 2.94
1 skirt pattern black crepon, worth $4.75, for 3.19
1 skirt pattern black or navy cheviot, -worth $2.75,
for : 1.95
All $6.50 novelty dress patterns 4.49
All sl2 novelty dress patterns 7.98
All 75c fancy figured taffeta waist silks .59
24-inch black satin duchess 39
1 lot changeable surah silks... 49
Ladies’ black cloth capes, worth 89c, for *49
Ladies’ black cloth capes, fur trimmed.. ;
Ladies’ black beaver capes, worth $2.25, for 1.69
20 handsome military capes, satin trimmed, worth
$6.50, for 3,95
15 silk plush capes, lined with silk, handsomely em-
broidered, worth $7.50, for 4.95
10 plush capes, silk-lined, satin ruffles, beautifully
embroidered, worth $12.50, for 6.95
All $lO and sl2 Ladies Melton jackets, lined with
satin 7.49
10c dark and light outings 5M
50c all-wool eiderdown 29
/5c all-wool white embroidered flannel 49
10c quality cotton flannel 7%
15c quality cotton flannel IO
8c quality cotton flannel
Best unbleached drilling
10 yards cotton diaper 39
10 yds yd-wide sea island 39
10 yds good check homespun 39
22-inch German bleach damask 43
Attention Soldiers!
Plenty of good warm under
wear at greatly reduced
prices.
Ex. heavy fleece-lined shirts and drawers 49
Ex heavy Derby-ribbed shirts and drawers .39
Heavy tan knit shirts and drawers .25
Heavy red flannel shirts and drawers 39
Gent’s white unlaundered shirts, 50c quality 33
Gent s and boy’s heavy sweaters 25
Gent's heavy home-knit hose 40
Gent’s large white and eol’d bordered handkerchiefs.. .05
Lesser's Bee Hive
559 Cherry St.
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