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4 THE MACON NEWS. ESTABLISHED I 884-. NEWS PRINTING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. R. L. McKENNEY. Business Mngr. TOM W. LOYLESS. Editor. THE WVBNING NWWS will be delivered toy carrier er mail, per year, >5.00; per weak, 10 cents. THE NEWS will ba for sale an train*. Correspondence an lire eabjocta solicited. Real name e< writer ahoudd accompany same. Subrorlptlone payable in advance. Failure to receive paper should be reported to ths business aCftca. Adders all oammunioattans to the news. Offices: 412 Cherry Street. Temperance Vs. Teetotalism. The Augusta Chronicle has a little ad vice to offer the people of Macon anent the recent election in this city: the result of the election on Thurs ' dayhas demonstrated to the people of this city that prohibition is not desired by a majority of her people, the Chronicle sug gests that, we compromise upon temper ance instead of teeetotalic.m. In the North American lieview for December Max O’Rell. the French phllospher, has an ar ticle entitled “Studies in Cheerfulness,” in which he makes some observations jhat .are pertinent to the present situation in •Macon. Max O’Rtll is 1 of the opinion that the Frenchman is thC happiest man in the world in spite cf his faults and short com ings. He says that the wealthy classes in ■all countries have found the way to enjoy ment, more or less, but the observer of national characteristics wants to study life among the masess, and among the masses in France the greatest happiness is to be found among all the nations of the earth. He says: ••The Frenchman is a cheerful philoso pht r. He knows best of all how to live and enjoy life. Moderate in all his habits he partakes of all the good things that na ture has placed at his disposal, without ever making a fool of himself. He under stands temperance in the true accepta tion of the word, which means, not total abstinence, but moderation. When you say that a country has a temperate cli mate. you do not mean that it has no cli mate at all; you mean that it has a cli mate which is neither too hot nor too cold. We have no eeetotalers because we have practically no drunkards. A French man would be as astonished to find that the law prevented him from enjoying a glass of wine, because a few imbeciles use wine to get drunk with, as he would to find that the law forbade him to use knives in his quiet, peaceful heme because there are a few lunatics who use knives to comit suicide with or to kill their fel- . low creatures. ’ . j The News is constantly in receipt of let ters from distant points written by per mits who have been attracted to Macon ' by the facts set forth in the carnival edi tion of The News. Today it received one , from a gentleman in Detroit who says that he expect* to locate in Macon very shortly, having been attracted by the facts and figures presented in the issue. • President Coming. Secretary 'Porter, of the cabinet, this morning notified the chairman, of the Chamber of Commerce that President Mc- Kinley had decided to acept its invitation •nd would visit 'Macon Monday, reaching here from Savannah at 8:30 o’clock and leaving at 12 o’clock neon for Washington, in the meantime reviewing the troops en camped here. This is the good result of the enterprise of the 'Chamber of Commerce and the ef forts of the citizens' committee which went to Washington to present the invita tion. They are entitled to the thaks of the community. A meeting of the special committee has been called for tomorrow morning and The News has no doubt that everything will be' done to make th? reception and entertainment of the President worthy cf head of the nation and of the city itself. General Miles recommends an increase of thearmy to 100,000 men. This is one of tthe fruits of the war which will prove the x'OstTiest on the tables of the taxpayers. Don’t Change the License. The Newg had something to say a few days ago about the city license on saloons and liquor dealers, it being then under stood that a movement would be started to have council reduce the present license of SSOO. It has since developed that a petition is in circulation to this end. We again raise our voice in protest, and would, at the same time, warn the liquor dealers of •Macon that th<y are working against their own interest when they attempt to have the present license reduced. In fact, they are simply playing into the hands o' the prohibitionists. It is strange that even the dullest cf their number cannot see this. But if some of the' liquor dealers have no better sense than to want the license • lowered, we believe that we can still rely on council to make no such mistake. For it would be a most serious mistake. The 'News, in common with many others who opposed prohibition cn principle, be lieves in high license and strict regula tions as the best solution of the liquor problem and any attempt upon the part of the liquor men themselves to break down these safeguards * would call forth the condemnation and opposition of a great many good people who etood by them and voted with them in the recent contest. In the interest of right and justice and for the sake of harmony it is to be hoped that any effort to have the license .reduced wil be abandoned at once. Secretary Gage favors a “properly con stituted ban-k currency” as a substitute for government notes. “If it be con ceded.” he says, “that the legal tender 1 money issued by the government does not [ possess the qualifications to make it a proper factor in the country’s exchanges 1 of products and manufactures; if the fact : also be admitted that it is a deranging and .'•disturbing factor in its relation to indus- I -try and commerce, then the time has come to substitute for it a currency which will •adequately, economically, and safely meet •the ever-growing needs of the country, 'rapidly developing, as it is. in the power of production, in the number of its people, and the importance of its domestic and foreign trade.” But this deliverance will merely bring on more talk. The News publishes the first news with I a regularity gratifying to its readers. Macon continues to hold her place in the public eye. It will be Macon's first presidential re ception. STATE NEWS AND VIEWS ■ • And now the Legislature to postpone action on tax reform for a year. And yet the people groan under their bur den.—Oglethorpe Echo. Bringing soldiers from the North in con tact with negro troops will do lots towards enlightening the minds of the people of that section as to the true condition of some affairs in the South. It is a rather forced enlightenment though.—Oglethorpe Echo. Mr. Anthony Olive, an old citizen of Oglethorpe county, died a few days ago. Emory college will close in a few diys for the Christmas holidays. The present year has been one of the most successful in the history of the college. Thomas, Colquitt and Brooks county have gone “dry.” The Cincinnati baseball team will hold its Spring practice in Columbus next ye.ar. Private Judson Baker, of the 160th In diana. died at the hospital in Columbus Sunday. i Hon. O. B. Stevens, the state commis sioner of agriculture, has purchased a res idence in Griffin. Tom Babbitt will be hanged in Coluim bus on January 27th for the murder of J. H. 'Germany some time ago. Homer Reed, a well konwn newspaper man. is now living in Thomasville. The Macon Evening News, one of the brightest papers in the state, has ex panded into an .eight-page paper. We like that sort of expansion.—Thomasville Times-Enterprise. Miss Florence Thomas and Mr. O. W. Grover were married in Thomasville sev eral days ago. • A grand review of the Seventh army corps was held in Savannah yesterday af ternoon. George Jackson, a negro, was instantly killed in Savannah yesterday by falling to the ground with a large block in his arms. Mrs. Martha Meadows died in Johnson county a few days ago at the age of 87. The gin house of Mr. George AV. 'Council was burned to the ground Saturday night. The origin of the fire is thought to be in cendiary. The United States court is in session at Columbus this week. Judge W. T. New man is presideing. Will Anderson, a young negro boy who was run over by a train in Columbus Sun day night died yesterday without receiving the slightest medical attention. He suf fered over twenty-four hours without having a doctor. There are now thirteen dispensaries now in operation in Georgia which are located at the following places: Athens, Clarke county; Barnesville. Pike county; Camila. Mitecell county; Fort Gaines. ‘Clay coun ty; Blakely. Early county; Morgan, Cal houn county: Pelham. Mitchell county: Meigs. Thomas county; Whigham. Deca tur county; Dawson. Sasser and Bronwood, Terrell county.—’Union Recorder. General Lee was tendered a dinner Mon day by the citizens of Savannah. The Milledgeville Cadets w-• hold a public debate in that city on the 23d. John W. Nash, of the Third Georgia regiment, died Monday in Savannah. His remains were shipped to McArthur. Ga., his home, for burial. Sam Jones, who has not yet recovered from his Macon defeat, wants the legesla ture to pass a general prohibition bill. The “open door” policy of America doesn’t apply to the back door cn Sunday. —Savannah Press. Unless the pruning knife is out to the Georgia pension roll it will soon be as big a scandal, comparatively, as is the nat ional ectopus. —Americus Times-Recorder. Lee and his staff are booked tq leave Savannah for Havana on Wednesday next. Blanco jus: get out in time to miss him. — Waycross Herald. Sneaking of the recent prohibition elec tion held here the Albany Herald says: The prohibition campaign through which Macon has just passed seems to have di vided the people of the town into two fac tions. and the war between them is to be continued. The newspapers of the town are trying to bridge the chasm and pull the people back together, but the task is a hard and thankless one for them. The importation of Sam Jones and Dr. Lee. two very intemperate evangelists, by theh prohibitionists, was perhaps the greatest MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7 1398. mistake of the campaign. Their reckless and intemperate speeches developed all the fanatics in ■ the community on both sides, and the town has been torn up as it never was before. The blight of fanaticism fol lows in the wake of these prohibition cam paigns, just as surely as effect follows natural causes, whenever the methods em ployed bv such men as Sam Jones are lih jected into them. GRAN ADJOURNS. Until January g—Over 400 True Bil Found. The superior court grand jury adjourned today until January 9th. The present grand jury has been in ses sion already thirty days, and has been one of the most diligent that ever served the county. It is understood that over 400 true bills have been found, which include over 100 for illegal registration and as many for gambling. The jurors today presented Forman T. U. Conner with a silk hat as a token of their esteem. He is said to be a very able and efficient foreman and has won the ad miration of every grand juror. BUTLER FAVORS EXPANSISN The General Declares that the United States Should Keep Cuba. ,« r ~ Augusta, Dec. 7. —Major General M. C. Butler, who was in Augusta today, ex pected to assist General Young in review ing the First division of the Second army corps in the Sand Hills, but found that he would to leave the city before the hour of the review, in order -to reach his home in Edgefield and get to Savannah in time to take the transport for Cuba tomorrow af ternoon. General Buller is heartily in favor of America taking all the territory that she can lay her bands on. He says Anglo- Saxon. countries are not in the habit of giving up what they win and he thinks nothing can but good can come from the United States keeping Cuba and the Phil lipines. He says that there is no doubt, that we have a rich prize in Cuba, and that the talk of any serious trouble with the insurgents is all made up, and that Americans are gladly welcomed. • FOR MISS LOUGHRAN Jury I Awards Plaintiff full Amount for Which She Sues. Savannah. Ga.. Dec. 7—ln this city yes terday the trial of the case of Miss Mary . •E. Loughran, of Brooklyn, N. Y.» who sued Watson & Powers for $3,315, value of her diamonds and jewelry which were stolen from her truk while she was a £uest of the DeSeto hotel several years ago, was con cluded. * The jury was out but a short while be fore it agreed and returned with a verdict in favor of Miss Loughran for the full amount sued for. W. R. iLeaken, who represented the ho tel. gave notice that he would file a 'mo tion for a new trial. This ends the third I trial of the case. RAILWAY TRACKMEN. _ National Brotherhood now in Session in This City. The Brotherhood cf Railway Trackmen is now in secret session at the Brown House. Following tire the office rs pre siding: J. T. Wilson, grand chief foreman. St. Louis, Mo. J. F. Crainglow, vice grand chief fore man, Wynne, Ark. W. C. Cain, first vice grand chief fore man,. J. W. Davenport. t second vice grand chief. Executive committee—J. F. Crainglow, chairman: W. F. McAber, S. E. Hawes, J. A. Bouger. The Silver Mino. The biggest silver producer in the world at present is the Broken Hill Proprietary company, in New South Wales. The out- i put of that company’s mines for the fiscal year ending on May 31, IS9B, was G, 122,’ 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 metals —at Broken Hill with lead and at Ana conda with copper. The latter is princi pally a copper mine, since the metal forms the greater part of the value of its orcs. The Compania Huanchaca de Bolivia has had the operation cf 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 I 4,886,673 ounces, cf silver. This is not ■ much more than one-half of the maximum output, which w:vs reached in 1593 and j was 281,0117 kilograms, or 9,034,385 I ounces.—Engineering and Mining Jour- I nal. Kitchener's Discipline. For 15 years "General Kitchener hos j worked his officers and men mercilessly. The regulations of the Egyptian army al low no married men on the staff or in i 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 I to London say that when one goes forth i to battle under their iron general victory I is assured, and when men trust their lead er it is equivalent to the addition of many I battalions to the array. Kitchener was I 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 cf the palace at Khartum on Sunday, Sept. 4. He is a Liberal, and his stern character is strengthened ’o/ profound religious conviction. • STORY OF A SLAVE. To be bound hand and foot for years by the chains of disease is the worst foi'm of slavery. George D. Williams, of Manches ter. Mich., tells how such a slave was made free. He says: “My wife has been so helpless for five years that she could not turn over in bed alone. After using two bottles of Electric Bitters, she is won derfully improved and able to do her work.” This supreme remedy for female diseases quickly cures nervousness, sleep lessness, melancholy, headache, backache, fainting and dizzy spells. This miracle working medicine is a godsend to weak, sickly, run-down people. Every bottle guaranteed. Only 50 cents. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons’, Druggists. RoVal Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum. AJum baking powders are the greatest menacers to health of the present day. AOYAI SAKIWO AOWOER COl. N€W YORK. Before the Rapid Fire Gan*. A lieutenant who was among the wounded before Santiago thus describes the sensation of being a target for a rapid fire gun: “We were going forward under a scat tering fire from the front, and all at once, off at the right, a rapid firing gun opened on us. There was no smoke, so we could not locate the battery exactly, but we could see the bullets playing over the long grass like spray from a hose. They didn’t have the range at first, and the shower of bullets went swinging back and forth, clipping off the tops of the grass and com ing nearer us with evo*y sweep. You can t imagine the sensations it gave us to watch that death spray, driven by some invisi . blc, relentless force, creeping on and on, reaching out and feeling for us. “There was something unnatural about it, and wo watched as though we were fascinated by it. I didn’t feel as if men had anything to do with it. It was an im personal deadly enemy that I couldn't fight and couldn’t escape. There wasn’t a living enemy within sight. At last, with one big sweep, the shower reached us. Men all around roe dropi>ed, and then I felt a sting in roy side, and down I went. I be lieve we were all thankful when that gun found us. It relieved the tension-—but if ended my fighting. OA.OTOH.TA. Bears Ae Kind You Have Always Bought SPECIAL NOTICES. Notice Os Election. Notice is hereby given that on Tues day, December 13, 1898, an election will be held in the city of Macon for four ai dermen, one from each ward, at precincts and with 'the managers named below. The polls will be opened at 8 o’clock and closed at oo’clock. PRECINGTS. First Ward—Courthouse. Second Ward—Findlay’s foundry. Third Ward —City Hall. 'Fourth Ward —Dumas’ store. MANAGERS. First Ward—C. A. Ells, F. A. Schone man, G. L. Reeves. Second Ward —N. L. 'Brunner, L. W. Hollingsworth, W. L. Johnson. Third Ward —E. O’Connell, George R. Barker, W. B. Chapman. Fourth Ward —John Hartz, S. J. Kent, George A. Dure. S. B. Price, Mayor. CITY TAX NOTICE. Tax payers are notified that the fourth I installment of the city tax is now due. Pay and save tax execution. A. R. TINSLEY, Treasurer. Dec. 1, 1898. For Alderman. Election December 13, 1898. First Ward —John C. Van Syckel. Second Ward —Thos. F. Sheridan. Third Ward —Mallory H. Taylor. Fourth Ward —John T. Moore, AMUSEMENTS. Academy of Music. Wednesday, Dec. 7. The Smith & Bice Comedians, Presenting the Great, Gigantic. Maston dic Margartherian Comedy Hit. “IHy Friend from India.” It will laugh your troubles away. By H. A. DuSouchet. Two hundred nights in New York to packed houses and has since tickled the visibles 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. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. December Sth, 1898. Benet performance for Macon Hospital Association. * MILLER-STRATON COMBINATION. An evening of laughter and delight. POLK MILLER. JOHN ROACH STRATON. Admittance —Orchestra circle 75c. bal cony 50c. Seats reserved at Harrv Jones Co. Notice. All accounts for News subscription are ' due in advance and are payable upon pre- « mentation, otherwise the carrier will be i instructed to collect each week. No de- , viation from this rule for any one, and no . paper will be continued upon any other 1 condition. , I FINANCIAL. You Don’t Have to TV alt for your money when you get loan* from U 3. We have it always on hand. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitabl* Building’ and lain Anociation, ■neoa, Gn„ 441 Third Street. H Y. MALL ARY, E. N. JELKS, Preaident. Vice-President. J. J. COBB, Cashier. Commercial and Savings Sank, 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 tecurittee of all kinds. UNION SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 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 seml-annnaliy. THE EXCHANGE BANK of Macon, Gn. 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. Park, H. J. Lamar, N. B. Corbin, S. S. Dunlap, L. W. Hunt, Sam Meyer, W. A. Doody, J. H. Williams, A. D, Schofield. KSTABLISELEO 1868. R. ML PLANT. CHA*. D. HURT I. C. PLANT’S SON, BANKER, MACON, GA. A ganeral banking buslnev* traniaet«i and all consistent cortesles cheerfully ex tended to patrons. Certificates es depasii Issued bearing Interest. FIRST NATIONAL BANK of MACON, GA. The accounts of banks, corporatism firms and Individuals received upon th« most favorable terms consistent with eoa aervativs banking. A share »f yoxr has- Ines* rsspectfuliy wUclto*. R. H. PLANT. President George H. Plant, Vice-President. W. W. Wrigley, Cashier. We will have at o'ir 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., O. A. Coleman, General Manager, 356 Second Street. i \ ! HEADQUARTERS FOR Beal 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 abstract Go. . 370 Second St., Phone 82. T. 3. WEST, | Secretary and Attorney, : Money. • Loans negotiated on Improved city prop erty, on farms, at lowest market rates, business of fifteen years standing. Facili ties unsurpassed. HOWARD M. SMITH I Second St., Macon, Ga. MILCELLANEOUS. WH' Mr 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 Vecuaas. We make up very hand -1 some top coats from these at very mod er -1 ate prices. GEO. P. BURDICK & CO., Importing Tailors. flacon’s Only Picture Frame store. That is what we are. We guarantee you that we can show you four times the as sortment and four times the amount of i stock shown by any other firm in Macon. And Our Frames Are Made • Not thrown together. Call and. see us. I W. Lamar Williams, ' I 422 Second St. • I JWe have received the English Lawn Grass Seed for winter lawns. H. J. Lamar & Sons 416 Second Street, next to Old Curiosity Shop. C. A. Harris. W. J. Hopper. meclianics’CoalCo i Phone 122. 1 Red Ash, Jellico Always on hand. i We meet all competition and take Periodical Tickets. D. A, KEATING. V I NCki/ V7|VJ Genoral Undertaker and Embalmer. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Caskets, cases, coffins and burial robes; hearse and carriages furnished to all i funerals in and out of the city. telephone 468. 322 Mulberry street, Macon, Ga. 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 Cotton avenue, Macon. Ga. Henry Stevens, Sons & Company. H. STEVENS’ SONS CO., Macon, Ga., I Manufacturers of sewer and railroad cul vert pipe, fittings, fire brick, clay, etc. . Wall tubing that will last forever. Macon Refrigerators. • MVCKE’S Improved Dry Air Refriger I ators. he best refrigerators made. Manti ; factored right here in Macon, any size and i of any material desired. It has qualities ; which no other refrigerator on the market j possesses. Come and see them at the sac -1 tory on New street. For Whooping Cough use CHENEY’S EX PECTORANT.