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» 10 LEM The First Batallion of the Third Engineers Ji • WHO GO TOMORROW t I I* 1 . * Payments Yearned for—The Invest igating Boards and Court Mar. tial—Big Review. ► The Flrw-t battalion of Engineers will leave tomorrow night for Cuba. The orders came yesterday afternoon directing Gen eral Rates to get the men in readiness a<« early as <poetlble. The bat tall ion w'll go from here to Miami, Fla., where they will lake the transport. From Miami tnty will go to Matar.zas, where th«-y will be sta tioned. The batta’ion will be in command of Colonel Jadwin, as Major Walker, the com mander, ia unable to go. The men will strike tents tomorrow morning and will have everything in readiness by tomorrow ifrernoon when they leave. All of the ex tra baggage and. equipment that are not needed will be left behind and the men will carry no more than is 'needed into Cuba. Ihe companies that make up the Third battalion are: I, L, M and D, and the of ficens will be in charge are as follows: Captain L. H. 'Matt-air, of company I, Cap tain C. W Sturtevant, of company L, Cap tain J. H. Westerfield, of company (M, and Captain E, C. Hand, of company D. First lieutenants, W. K. Brice, .John W. Daniel, Jr., Walter S. Brown and Elmer Zanbell; 'second lieutenants, Samuel Dibble, Jr., Wharton Griffin, st. C. B. Gwynn and G. M. Holley. Tho men seemt d well pleased with the prospect of going to Cuba and say 'that ‘they had much rather be there than to be staying in the camp here. They go as an 'advance guard of the First army corps and will in all probability assist in arranging ♦ the camps for the troops that will follow them. . Rations and ammunition will ibe sup plied tho .battalion today and when the hour for departure comes .tomorrow every thing will be in readiness. The men will be given a rousing send off by the mem bers of their regiment and by the citizens and it is expected that a large crowd of poeple will gather at the train to see them off. •A number of people .watched the drill at the camps yesterday afternoon. The En gineers drilled In the extended order or .skirmish drill. It. was this kind of forma tion that was used -by the Americans in (the fighting around Santiago and it is said jto ibe very effective. The bands of the two (regiments will give concerts three times a (week hereafter and large crowds of people prill no doubt go ut to hear them. General .Bates is waiting on the investi gating boards and courtmartial that are jnow in session to make their reports. So ;far no reports have come in but are daily (expected and -will be made known as soon ,a spossible. The company kitchens have (been built and every tent has been sup plied with lumber for tent floors. The men yhave not been given tent stoves, however, ;ind consequently they suffer a great deal ;from the cold, tin -the Ohio camp there •are only one hundred stoves which is pbout one-third of -the number needed. The men are beginning ro think that the paymaster is not coming. They have al /.ways been paid oft between the Ist and ;lCth of each month and it is only two days until the 10th and so far the paymaster has not put in his appearance. No infor mation has been received from him and ;the officers say that they do not know ;when to expect him. The provost guard nre now' drilled every afternoon on Cherry ;ten and twenty and some of -them put up •(good drills. Another company of the Second Ohio (regiment was put on -provost duty this .morning. One of the companies of Engi neers will have to go to Cuba with their •battalion and had to be relieved of provost duty to get in readiness. General Wilson is expected -to return Saturday and he will issue orders at once ,for the big review that is to take place while President McKinley is in- the city. CHURCH SLANDERED. Rev. Wm. A. Steward, the Evangelist, Was in Error. To the Editor of The News: There ap pealed in the columns of your paper yes terday a statement made by one. Rev. Steward, an evangelist, in which he states that his meetings at the First Baptist i church (colored) would net be held be- I 1 cause he wore a white ribbon on election ■ day, and because of his alliance with the V prohibitionists. Rev. Steward is mistaken. I o say the least. The pastor states that when Rev. Steward proposed to hold his meetings at our church that he told him then and there that the possibility of making the nettings a success was very doubtful. Ti e hard weather and that as sociated with the fact that it is an unu sual time for revival meetings made suc \ exceedingly doubtful. This statement was made to Rev. Steward on election day before any of the congregation knew of his white ribbon or his proaibition lean ings. Rev. Steward felt, however, that be could succeed and was given an opportun : y to try. The pastor announced from the pulpit on Sunday evening that Rev. Steward would preach on Monday night and there was not a word of objection ut tc*cd officially. Monday night was cold and there were but very few out. Some of the officers had spoken of the futility of ♦ renting extra expense for a week’s meet ing, 'that so few attended, especially while the church is burdened with a big debt. This was told Rev. Steward by the pastor as a good reason for discontinuing the meeting -tha*- had already proved to be a failure. The officers of the church that spoke of this foolish expense wore a white ribbon themselves, and were not only al lied with the prohibitionists, as was Bro ther’-Steward, but showed their fidelity to that cause by their vote., Brother Stew ard further stated that those who wore the red ribbon seem to predominate. If . this is true. Brother Steward is the only * detective 'that has discovered it. We ad- mit that tho rod ribbon brigade has many sympathizers in our large congregation, but ahait that sentiment rules the church we flatly deny. We have been adlressed time and again by able men and women who wore the white ribbon, both white and colored, and they will bear us testi mony that we heard them gladly. We live in this community and we recognize that the interest of the negroes is identical with that of the white*. An citizens of this state our interests are one. We live here and will risk our case tn the hands of any jury that our moral standing is as good as Brother Steward's. He must poll us again before he tells the public our position on this question. First Baptist Church (Col.). HOSPITAL BENEFIT. Pulk Millet ind John Roach Straton to Ap pear Tomorrow Night. The joint entertainment to be given on ] Monday night at the Academy of Music by Mr. Polk Miller, of Virginia and Mr. John Roach Sira ton of Georgia has aroused much interest. A large house should greet these entertainers. The entertainment is for the benefit of the ladies’ auxiliary of the Macon Hospital Association, for the purpose of providing funds for equipping the Gresham memorial building. Polk Miller, tho representative of the old ISouth, will open the entertainment by picturing the days before the war with his old-time banjo songs, side-splitting negro storrics for which he is famous rhe world over and sketches of the olden times. Mr. Miller is the greatest artist 'in negro dia lect in the world. He got his power to picture the old time negro not from the down eastern elocutionist, but direct from the fountainhead—the negro himself —in his “Iwyhood’s happy days down on the farm.” Mr. Miller s an ideal southern gentleman of the old school, courtly, genial and affable, while his genius as an entertainer has captivated audiences in every state of the union. As Joel -Chan dler Harris’ “Uncle Remus” says. “There si a live nigger somewhere in -Polk Mil ler’s banjo, and you exoect to see him jump out and start to dancing when Mil ler strikes a string.” Following Mr. Miller John Roach Stra ton, “prince of the platform,” the cham pion college orator of the south, will de liver one of his famous lectures. Mr. Straton is wel known here and a rare treat may be expected in his part of the entertainment, as he is recognized as one of the most brilliant orators and humorists in the south. He will deliver his famous lecture on “Day Dreams,” revised and rc writen. A feature which will be highly interesting at 'this time will be his re marks on territorial expansin in his vi sion of the .future of the republic. The Herald-Journal says this lecture, “Day i Dreams,” is equal to Gov. Bob Taylor’s ■ famus ‘Fiddle and the -Bow.’ ” RECORDER’S COURT. - Only a Small Number of Cases This Morning. The smallest number of cases that have been booked at the policestation, in some time was recorded this morning. Judge Freeman had only to try two cases and he - disposed of them in 'ten -minutes. They were for fighting and vagrancy. Joe James, a negro was up on the charge of ' fighting and disorderly conduct, and was •fined $5. He paid the fine and was re leased. Eugene Orr. a e-mail white boy. i was arrested last night on the charge of vagrancy. In the police court this -morn ing he stated that he was from Tennesse ; and told such a pitiful tale that Judge 1 Freeman allowed him to go. MR. BRODER LEAVES. Will Have Charge of the Johnson Hotel at Washington, Ga. Mr. J. J. Broder, who has been the chief clerk at the Brown House, will leave in I a few days to take charge of rhe Hotel Johnson at Washington, Ga. Mr. Broder I is one of the most popular hotel clerks that has ever 'been in Macon and his friends here will regret to see him leave. The Johnson Hotel at -Washington is one j of the best hotels in the state and the lo cation is excellent. Mr. Broder wil leave : about the loth to take charge. • Xmas Gloves. All the new styles here. Harrv L. Jones Co. ' MOZLEY’S LEMON ELIXIR. A PLEASANT LEMON DRINK. Cures indigestion, headache, malaria, kidney disease, fever, chills, loss of appe tite, debility, nervoue prostration and - heart failure by regulating the stomach, ; liver, bowels, kidneys and blood. MOZLEY’S LEMON ELIXIR. Cured me of indigestion. I had suffered for j ten years. I had tried almost every medi cine. but all failed. Since taking Lemon Elixir I can eat anythinf I like. W. A. GRIFFETH. ’ ReeevesviUe, S. C. MOZLEY’S LEMON ELIXIR. Cured me of indigestion and heart disease, | after years of suffering when all other I doctors and remedies failed. N. D. COLEMAN, Beulah, S. C. MOZLEY’f "LEMON ELIXIR. I have been a great sufferer from dvs pepsia for about fifteen years, my trouble being my liver, stomach and bowels, with terrible headaches. Lemon Elixir cured me My appetite is good and I am well. I had taken a barrel of other medicine that had done me no good. CH A RLES GIBH AR D. No. 1315 Jefferson st., Louisville. Ky. MOZLEY’S LEMON ELIXIR. Cured me of enlarged liver, nervous in digestion and heart disease. I was unable to walk up stairs or do any kind of work. I was treaed by many physicians, but got no better until I used Lemon Elixir. I am ; now healthy and vigorous. C. H. BALDWIN. No. 38 Alexander street, Atlanta. Ga. MOZLEY’S LEMON HOT DROPS. Cures all colds, coughs, hoarseness, sore throat, bronchitis, hemorrhage and all throat and lung diseases. Elegant, relia ble. Twenty-five cents at druggists. Prepared only by Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta, Ga. Spain’s Greatest Need. Mr. H. P. Olivia, of Barcelona. Spain, spends his winters at Aiken. S. C. Weak nerves had caused severe pains in the back of his head. On using Electric Bitters, America’s greatest blood and nerve rem edy. all pain soon left him. He says this grand medicine is what his country needs. All America knows that it cures liver and kidney trouble, purifies the blood, tones • up 'the stomach, strengthens the nerves, , puts vim vigor and new life into every ■ muscle, nerve and organ of the body. If weak, tired or ailing you need it. Every . bottle guaranteed, only -50 cents. Sold by : H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists. MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 71898. LIEUT. CLARK HOME AGAIN He Tells of His Experiences With Col. Ray's Regi ment—The Fever, DieuteJßAnt, Alton A. Clarke, of the Third Immunes, now in. Cuba, is in the. city visiting his brother, D. M. A. Clarke. Lieutenant Clarke left here as a corporal and returned a lieutenant. He speaks in terestiagly of Cuba, but say’s that he is glad to get back to Macon. In speaking to a News reporter this morning he said: “Recently there -has been considerable conversation on the subject of the treat ment of the United States volunteers, both by their officers and by the government. It is possible that the miasmatic condition of summer time in Cuba may bring on defective memories; certainly that us the easiest way .to account for some of the stories that have been showered upon a credulous and sympathizing audience. Having worked as a private, I can appre ciate 'the hardships that have been en countered —for there have been many hardships encountered. But the officers in charge did. everything possible to re lieve the unfortunate condition that inex perience and lacking preparations had brought on us. By inexperience I mean the newness of the situation which in volved war, for we have been at peace so long we have been proceeding along lines marked out by theory alone. There was, of course, much unavoidable suffer ing, but that is all over now, and the men seem satisfied. “We secure our water from the river. For ordinary drinking -purposes we merely boil it, but for hospital use it is both •boiled and filtered. As to food, we find but little ground for complaint. The breakfast meals may be easily bettered but dinner and. supper are certainly not objectionable. 1 “At present the climate , while warm during the day. is more than comfortably cool at night,-blankets being requisite to the enjoyment of slumber. "It is true that much of the sickness and many of the deaths in the army in Cuba were -the result of personal careless ness. Even now. despite their experience, the men have not learned -to eschew eat ables that are hurtful to them.' They buy bad Cuban ice cream -and worse Cuban cakes and do not stint themselves when it comes -to the too rich fruit. The lemons and oranges are good, but the men will not restrict themselves to these. “It is my -belief that there wil be some recruiting done in Georgia for Colonel Ray’s regiment. This will give those who desire a-n opportunity >to see service on the island. lam sure that many of those who mustered out will' be glad of a chance to return to the -service. This chance may be offered if Colonel Ray decides to call for more men. “Referring to Colonel Ray, I wish to state -that while he may be 'tactically se vere, he treats every one -fairly and stops at nothing when the best good of -the men demands reforms within his power to in stitute.” Lieutenant Clarke was unfortunate enough to contract the fever in Cuba and he has never entirely recovered from the depresing effects of the malaria which laid hold of him during the early hardshiips after his arrival in Cuba. In fact, Cap tain Warren, finding Lieutenant Clarke's health had not resumed its usual standard, even after a iong convalescence, suggested 'that he get a sick leave, which he did. He has a thirty days' furlough and will remain in Macon a greater part of th. 1 time. A REMARKABLE MAN. Blind From Birrlt, lie Doesn’t Seem ’seed Kyes. John Walther, who lives within two miles of Clinton, Ind., has been blind from birth. Until he reached manhood John lived on the farm with his father and it was not uncommon to scehhndriv ing to the city with a load of corn, wheat or other farm produce. A piece of ground was given to him, and each year he would plant and cultivate a big garden, which he would market in Clinton and place the proceeds to his credit in the bank. He would buy horses, cattle and hogs. Even when a boy he was regarded as a good trader. It is r w a common occurrence for John to stop in the middle of tho road and trade horses with some jockey, and it is said that he is never worsted. He will go to any part d his father's large farm unat tended in search of a truant horse or cow, ami his searches are usually successful. How be manages to distinguish the stock for which he is searching is a question which puzzles everybody, and a mystery which the blind man himself cannot or docs not explain. When he decides to come to town, he goes to tho woods and with apparently as little difficulty as a man blessed with two go-xi ey. s selects his favorite horse from perhaps a d'.»zen grazing in the pasture. He has each season for years made a hand ir. the harv .st field, and the farmers re gard him as one of tho fastest and most reliable w' eat “shockers” in the neigh borhood. It vms three years ago during harvest rh ,r + h t blind man’s brother be- j came entangled in ’ he machinery of a bar- ' vester and snfFt sed a oroken arm. As ' px>n a- the ryehier: e< . m red John started on a run rom tho i'eld 10 the barn and ! began a. • hing a tvam to a spring wagon ! Ho work-, ft rapidly, and when the men ; bore tho injured man to *he house the blind boy had the team hitched up, driven out in the road and ready to start with his brother to a doctor in thi-rity. He drovs almost at br-' .kne: k speed, made the turns 1 of the streets after n whing the city and brought his h ’.-e- to a standstill in front i oi a doet :r s < »?. After assisting the wounded hiv-th r up the stairway into the office ha draw our his. watch, slid hisindei ' finger qr.i- k!y around the dial and with a sigh remark.?ii: hoL past 10. I Was . on’y l ? minutes driving to town.” Xhere is no work on the farm that the blind m?.n ermnot do. and during idle 1 times lie : m d repairs fences. He can lay th • “warn;” f-.,r a rail fence as i well as any n an. and prides himself on ‘ the rapid ar in which. Le gets along • with’lm w--k. He 1 ".iit a plank feLce j al mg th? grtwel r m:n front -.-f tbo VVal thcr house. The lino is perfectly straight, while the w< rkiuanship on the fence and gates is not . xcvlh d by many ruca who can see and who profess to bo carpenter* News THE TRUE STORY OF BARGAIN LANE, Or How , , SHOES FELL * *•* Witha l)ull Thud in MACON. ONCE upon a time the people of Macon, wallowing in fictitious values, and living high in air castles, paid two prices for their shoes. But the tight times came and it was the cost of the shoe that pinched. Still the cor morant dealer was relentless and every time he sold a man a pair of shoes he pulled his leg. Then one dealer, a man named ROFF SIMS, established himself on the corner of THIRD STREET and BARGAIN LANE. He pulled the prices down to where none others could touch him, and after the prices were lower than ever before, a fire happened on that corner, and again prices went down until men and women saw that this was the opportunity of a life time. READ: Men's patent calf hand sewed, regular price 6.00, now $4.75 Men s patent calf hand sewed, regular price 5.00, now 3.50 Men s patent call hand sewed, regular price 4.00, now 3.00 Few odd sizes, regular price 6.00, now 2.00 Men’s vici hand sewed shoes, regular price 6.00, now 4.00 Men s box calf hand sewed shoes, regular price 6.00, now 4.00 Men’s tan hand sewed shoes, regular price 6.00, now 4.00 Men s vici hand sewed shoes, regular price 4.50, now 3.50 Men’s box calf hand sewed shoes, regular price 4.50, now 3.00 Men’s box calf hand sewed shoes, regular price 3.50. now 2.50 Men s French calf hand sewed shoes, regular price 4.00, now 3.00 Men s rrench calf hand sewed shoes, regular price 3.50, now 2.50 Men’s Satin calf Bals and Congress, regular price 2.00, now 1.40 Ladies French Kid Shoes, regular price 5.00, now 3.50 Ladies' French Kid Shoes, regular price 4 00, now ; ... 2.50 Ladies’ French Kid Shoes, regular price 3.00, now 1.50 Ladies Party Slippers, in kid and patent leather all at fire prices. Men's Xmas Slippers for 1.25, 1.50 and 1.80, worth double the price. Ladies Felt and Satin Slippers, fur trimmed, regular price 1.75, now 1.25 Regular price 1.50, now 1.00 ~ SOLDIERS DON’T BE LED ASTRAY, BUT MARCH DIRECT TO Corner of THIRD STREET and BARGAIN LANE. i COCOA 6 ' and / q V FOR EATING. DRINKING, i; f j COOKING. BAKING 5? J ’ '"wlr Purity of Material and V DeHriOTsaess’namtttex£dled.\ FOR SAlf Al OUR STORES A*»D BY nJa"'* GROCERS EVERYWHERE VIGORbMEN Eisily,Quickly, Permanently Restored I MAGNETIC i antee to Cure Insomnia, Fits, Dizziness, Hysteria, Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality. Seminal Losses’ ! Failing Memory—the result of Over-work, Worry. Sickness, Errors g* Youth or Over-indulsrence Price 50c. and $1: 6 boxes $5. For quick, positive and lasting results in Sexual Weakness, Imootencv. Nervous Debility and Loo Vitality, use YELLOW LABEL SPEClAL—double 1 strength—will give strength and tone to even- part 1 and effect a permanent cure. 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