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6 COL RffS BOYS, How They Have Been Fight ing Fever in Cnba. HARDSHIPS OF DUTY, What the Macon Beys are Doing- Individual Experiences—De votion to Duty. . —— . .. • - ' ' i Mr. P. <ll. Gambrell, first sergeant in Colonel Kay’s regiment, now doing duty an Cuba, and formerly one of the veil known newspaper monos the state, has ■written the following letter to a Macon friend, whi<*h will be read with great in -terewt by the friends of the Macon and Georgia boys who are now enduring -the privations of soldiering in. disease-ridden Cuba: Baraeoa, Nov. 8, 1898. —I have r t»en intending to write you again for rome time, but J must tell you that the first sergeant of a company has entirly enough to keep him busy all day and a good part of the night for seven days in ft he week. Still I have plenty of time to think of you and numerous other friends dn dear old Macon, only it is so much oasier to think than to write. To begin with this is the most im portant thing to me), I am in good health. You ought to see me go at “sow bosom’’ and the worst bread you ever saw —no, you never mw anything like the bread we eat here. Still it all goes—has got to go. So “what could a poor girl do?’’ There’s no foolishness about this kind of soldiering. It’s strictly business. The parlor feature of local military organiza tions are not those which obtain here. It is getting on toward December, but lhe days are so not here that I don’t think we are more than a Quarter of a mile from “Fiddlers’ Green,” which, I am told, the southeast corner of hell. The ® gh-jj ar§ coW 4 one needs a blanket; the clews are heavy and poisonous, breeding ’disease. Oh, of course, I hate had the fever; we all have had a ta<t.e of •<* j •Jell you It'a a ‘‘knocker,” and you don’t want it. I had two attacks, but I “best ed” it both times and am still in the sad dle. This is not yellow fever, but it’s worse—the worst 1 ever saw or had. It burns one up inside. You lie there in •the hospital hour after hour, day after day(l4 days for me the last time), not caring whether you live or die. Every cool brook or cold bottle you ever drank parades itself before you —only it ain’t i there. You mentally kick yourself for every '“pony” you ever drank, and wonder why the deuce you failed to order a schooner. I’m not very amiable when I’m tsick, and I must say that I discussed Cuba and the Cuban fever in all 'three of <be languages(ETigllsh, Irish and profane) niy comand. The health of the detachment here is much better than that at Sagua de Tan «mo. Sagua is an awful hole. I think I could die and leave the world with fewer ' regrets there than at any other place on ■ the map. An average of almost one half ; of the men were on the sick list all the ' time. We left five of our men in the i hospital at' that place. They were too sick | to be brought on here. Their names are Arthur Sowell, Corporal George W. Join er, Arthur Davies, J. A. Pendley and Charlie 'Marmehstein. Pendley will be re membered as the big athlete who walked ( off from the others in the Fourth of July four hours go-as-you-please at. Macon. No one supposed the fever would do him up. There have b. en some pretty sick ones there, too. Paul Gay (“Country”) is in the hospital now and is not doing so well, I um afiaid. Tommy Adams has been quite tick, but is out of the hospital now. Sagua is a sub-post of Baraeoa. Com pany “I”, is now doing garrison duty .there.. Here we have Companies “A,” ; “G" and “M.” This post is commanded by Lieutenant Colonel T. S. Wylly, of Sa- i vannah. while Marion arris, who recently received bis commission as major, is com- ; inlander of the sub-post at Sagua. By the : way, J was glad to meet my good friend. ■ Jim Barnes, for a few minutes at Sagua. Jim is a corporal in Company “I,” an aw ful nice follow, son of ex-Sheriff J. J. Barnes, of Atlanta, and one of the Gate City’s exquisites. He had clothes to burn when he enlisted. “Steen dozen and ‘lev enty-‘leven cravats and shirts of the most impossible colors you ever saw. No milk and water dude, mind you. but a man of good taste, with a pardonable fondness for handsome clothes. He can simply wear shirts and look good in them. too. that wouldn’t do for you or I. Why. if we were to put. two of those shirts on and start, down Mulberry street Colonel Wiley . would have a jury enquiring in.o our I mental condition. ! But that isn’t wbat 1 started out J say. I: is this: When Jim Barnes came to ! Sagua he came over to- Company “A’s” headquarters and took a seat by my desk. While I was busy writing he engaged sev eral men in pleasant, familiar conversa tion. Th-ese several men happened to be pretty bard cases; all good soldiers, bless you, but illiterate, and one of them in particular, a violent, desperate man. To see them was to think what a great lev eller the army is. The city swell and thb country hay seed both make good soldiers, no difference. Beedes when you ■drees 1.000 men in canvas uniforms, blue shirts and put campaign hats on them the eweliest look very much like the rowdies and the rowdies strongly resemble the swells. I have found out that “readin’, ‘rltin’ and Arithmetic” is not all there is io learn. To have acquired a knowledge of these is. of course, valuable here as ■elsewhere, but a man may know all this and then not know it all. Example. The first sergeant of Company “A,” a pretty well educated gentleman, while at Sagua met an ignominious defeat at target prac tice and at the hands- of a man who could not tell you A from B. 1 couldn’t held thinking that in an engagement this man would probably serve his country more intelligently than I would be able to. However, there is consolation in the thought that I can probably learn to shoot as well as he before he could learn geom etry and trigonometry. Well, there are good things said about us. How’s this for a bouquet tossed in the ’immediate vicinity of our dainty Trilbies? Colonel Freeman, of the regular army. Ktated at Esteron that this regiment (3d) had seen harder and more dangerous ser vice than any regiment sent to Cuba. At’e have. too. We were, you know, sent here tin the middle of August and do you know we have been on the island longer than any other regiment. We don’t complain, we endure. (Let <me tell you about our trip to Sagua and from there here—no, let •that pass. 1 want you to get this letter, and if I were to turn loose my rich vo cabulary it would burn up the mail bag. You know inflammables are not taken by mail. Just wait “till Jack comes home again,” and 1 think he will rise to re mark. I’ve got talk that never has been talked. Os course, you know all about the death of Sergeant Josh Johnson. I knew Josh rwell in Atlanta and saw a good deal of fcim since we joined the army, i liked him very’ much and regret his death ex ceedingly. I see by the papers, which are usually more than a month old when we get them. I that the Democrats are likely to make I the conduct of the war en issue in -the ! campaign and that they will probably I force a fight in congress on the same lines. I hop© they won’t do co. America has ! begun to expand and will not be stopped ! either by a political party at home or by j threats of foreign nations. I am a Dem- I ocrat and I hope the good old party will i not cripple itself by getting on what is i sure to be the unpopular side of this live question. I .tell you. if the Democrats. . come forward as the champions and de-i i fenders of the Cuban pa riots(?j, well They ! will have plenty to defend. They won’t , do, and Americans can’t afford to outrage ! common decency and scandalize the civ ilized world by abandoning this island to I the misgovernment of native coons. If 1 thia is a war for humanity’s sake, then the withdrawal of the American forces at this Lime would be the greatest crime of the century against humanity and virtue. America could not escape this responsi bility before God and man. Maybe after a few years of American tutelage the Cu bans wil so far learn the habits and adopt the virtues of the foremost race on the earth that human life will be safe, prop erty rights respected, • womanly virtue protected. Then they may be safely left to govern themselves. But that time has not arrived yet. Ask many intelligent Americans who have seen anything of the real Cuban —not those who have merely visited Havana. There are many intelligent men in the cities no doubt (they are an nexationists, too, almost without excep tion), but one does not reveive a correct understanding of the typical Cuban by visiting in their bouses. I say the Cubans may an time become fitted for self government, but I predict that at that time they will voluntarily ask for annexation. I know they will need it. Det me tell you that the American papers have been doing a lot of noble lying about this business for the past three years. They ought to give their readers a few allopatheic doses of truth, for I believe that unless the American people come to see their duty and do it they will be punished, for I believe that Jehovah will as surely punish the crimes of nations as of individuals. I have about lost all confidence in the so-called republics of South America. They have had some experience trying to govern themselves, and,of course, ape much better fitted for self government than these Cubans, but I have little re spect for a country governed by bull fight- ■ ers. I’m no prude, you know. Alayb? I’d j like 'to see a bull fight. But I’d just $3 confidently look for statesmanship tn the Georgia penitentiary a country where all classes, ages and both sexes drop everything to attend bull fights, which invariably occur on Sunday. This letter is already too long, but I can’t close it without remarking that while 1 think an American occupation ab- ! solutely necesary for the present,i. e., till things become somewhat settled, stil, 1 and ninety per cent of the men in the Third would not feel offended should the government decide to occcupy the island without the assistance of ourselves. We are not making any kick, but we would like to see some clean, civilized men and women just for a change. I’d like to have a drink of —say some of that artesian well water at Central City park. There’s nd good drinking water in Cuba. Some body ought to Starr a dozen or so brew eries. I'll guarantee immunity from at tacks of prohibitionists here. No prohibi- , tionist parson would object after once try ing to cool his coppers with the liquid ; manure which Santiago, Sagua and Bar- j acoa. use for drinking purposes. I’ve had | to irrigate myself with it for three men/ns i and I’ve about got enough. There’s plenty • of ruin here and it’s very cheap and equal- ■ ly bum. You can smell the molasses in it. Howell Harris has no doubt reached i home some time ago. We all hope he is i well by now. The feVer “didn't do a thing i to him.” When you see him tell him I ' say for him to dress up in that canvas ■ uniform and let the people of Macon gaze ; on him, especially those bloomer pants. ' 1 can see him now meandering across the : plaza from the hospital looking for all the j world like a Turkish coochee-coochee • dancer. You'll miss it if you don’t see I ‘em. Charlie Salter says when he gets out of the army he’ll never join anything. He > says: “I’ll be d —d if 1 even join a Sunday I school class. This is worse than Pas- ; chai’s chaingang.” He made -a good sol- > dier. but the fever gave him the worst of it and the surgeons have recommend 'd j his discharge from the army on account ; of physical disability. I will hate to see him leave us. He looks for hits discharge on every boat. Charlie Thomas is another Macon man in Company “A” whose discharge for physical disability has been recommeneded Also. I am told, the five men we left in the hospital at Sagua are to be discharged, i William (“High-Dog”) Stephan is an applicant for discharge, as is also Ser grant Clifford E. Stapler. Corporal Wilson ' G. Johnson, of Augusta, Private John D. j Ashton and others. But I promised to quit about two pages ; ago. and I reckon you are wondering why ■the devil I don’t do it, so I’ll say good bye. I send love to yourself and all the i News family and to ail my Macon friends. Gee Whillikins! but wouldn’t I like to I stand on Sol Hoge’s corner for a spell i this evening and see the people. Give Sol my love and tell him if he wants to ' give me anything in return to mail me some of those free-gratis for nothing , cigarette papers. Can’t buy any here. ' Would be glad to hear from any of my ‘ friends. T&ll some of them this. As al ' wavs, your friend, P. H. GAMBRELL. CITY COUNCIL. Last Night’s Meeting—A Doctor's Bill- College Street Bridge. MS W| ” rr Nothing of importance transpired at the city council last night and the meeting I was almost devoid of interest. ' All of the aidermen were present for the first time in a good while. The first thing to come up after the minutes had been read was a bill presented by Dr. Hinkle for sls for the treatment of a soldier of the First Georgia regiment who was cut by a negro. After a lengthy discussion the matter was referred back to the com- • mittee for an other report. The mayor then announced that as a ‘ vacancy had been caused in the cemetery I committee by the death of Mr. Deitz and ;he would nominate Hon. N. E. Har- I ris for the place. The nomination was i confirmed by the council. An ordinance was then introduced by Aiderman Winship to require the Central I railroad to widen its bridge over College . street and that the road be given ninety days days in which to complete the work, j and if the work was not done in that time that the road should be required to pay : lhe city S2O per day until the work was finished. The resolution was referred to the com mittee or. ordinances. Council then ad journed until next Tuesday.. a A. SS T O X A . Bears the You Have Always Bough! Signature MACON NEWS WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7189 K MONEY VERY CHEAP Savings Banks Reducing the Rate of Interest. THREE PER CENT POSSIBLE. Uniform Action May be Taken by All the Savings Banks of New York City, By Associated Press. New York, Dec. Z —Tt is stated in Wall street that the board of trustees of the Seamen’s Bank for Savings is considering the question of reducing the rate of in terest from four to three and a half per cent, and that if this bank takes such a course many of the other big institutions that have been hesitating will probably follow suit. The Seamen's Bank has been reluctant, according to some of its neighbors, to make a change for six months or a year but it is said that the previous course taken by the Emigrants, Industrial and Greenwich Savings Banks had consider able weight with it. Since these banks reduced their interest their deposits have continued to expand. It is about two years since the Emigrant bank came down to a three and one half per cent basis. The idea of reducing interest has been under consideration for several years and it was actively broached at the last meet ing of the New York Saving .Bank Asso ciation. It was the general opinion that early steps would have to be taken, al though no formal course was recommend, ed. The savngs banks in many western cities have already come dowp tv q three and ‘a half per cent, basis, while other.i have reduced their rate to three per cent. Many of the local savings bank officials believe that it is only a Question of time i when they will have to come down to . three per cent in New York city for there I are now very few investments outside of land mortgages yielding more than three ! and a half per cent in which the savings ' banks are allowed to use their funds. In Wall street an impression prevails that the bankers of some of the leading cities have been exchanging notes with a view to taking uniform action thereby dispelling the notion that any one or two I cities are adopting arbitrary measures. A TEXAS WONDER. Hall’s Great Discovery. One small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis- ' cevery cures all kidney and bladder trou bles, removes gravel, cures difcbetls, semi nal emisisons, weak and lame backs, rheu matism and ali irregularities of the kid neys and bladder in both men and women. Regulates bladder trouoies in children. If not sold by your druggist will be sent by mail on receipt of sl. One small bottle is two months’ treatment and will cure any case above mentioned. E. W. HALL, Sole Manufacturer. P. O. Box 211, Waco, Texas. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Son, Macon, Ga. READ THIS. Covington, Ga., July 23, 1898. i This is to certify that I have used Dr. Hall’s Wonderful Discovery for Rheuma tism, Kiddney and Bladder Troubles, and will say it is far superior to any thing I have ever used for the above complaints. Very respectfully, H. I. HORTON, Ex-Marshal. FOR RENT.—Nice cot tage, close in, good neighbor hood, four rooms and two room kitchen, with all con veniences. Address Cottage, care News. Pains in the- chest when a person has a cold indicate a tendency’toward pneu monia. A piece of flannel dampened with ; Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and bound on ! to the chest over the seat of pain will i promptly relieve the pain and prevent , the threatened attack of pneumonia. This ! same treatment will cure a lame back in ■ a few hours. Sold by H. J. Lamar & I Sons. Don’t Lose Sight Os the Fact... That we do the highest class Bind ery work at prices that will com pete with any astablistment in the country. Is a home enterprise that doesn’t depend upon patriotism for pat ronage. If it can’t give you the right sort of work at the right price, go elsewhere. But we do think it, or any other home enterprise, is entitled to a •hewing--* chance to bidon your work. We have added to our plant a Wall EQUippefl Binflßiu And can now turn out anysort of book from a 3,000 page ledger to a pocket memorandum; or from the handsomest library volume to a paper back pamphlet News Printing Co. Shere are men who gine that out door •k is a sovereign ■ for all ills. They k like slaves at their iness, take insuffi t time to rest and sleep, and abuse and neglect their , health in every == way. Then, when J they break down. I they keep on just as oefore, except f that in addition to their usual work. ” they go out every day and spade a little in their gar dens, or trv to imitate Mr. Glad stone by cutting down a tree or chopping the fam ily fire wood. A more ridiculous method of curing a man who is suffering from nervous exhaus tion and is threatened with nervous pros tration could not be well conceived. A man who has overwoiked does not need more work, but less work and more rest. The man who has lost his appetite needs some thing to restore it. The man whose nerves are shattered needs something to tone and strengthen them. Get the nerves right and sound, and refreshing sleep will follow. A man who sleeps well and eats well, and digests and assimilates his food will not remain ill. In cases of this kind Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery goes to bed rock —to first causes. It creates a hearty appetite; it makes the digestion and assimilation perfect; it invigorates the liver; it purifies the blood and fills it with the life-giving elements of the food. It builds up new flesh, new muscle and new nerve fibres. 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Original bottling only. Whiskies. Pr Qt Belle of Macon (Kentucky Bourbon).. 40 Old Monongahela Pure Pennsylvania Rye 50 Our Monogram( 4 years old) 60 Baker’s A. A. A. A. Rye 65 Canadian Rye 75 Finch’s Golden Wedding 75 Old Dscar Pepper (green label) 75 Old Club House Rye 75 Hoffman House Rye 90 Mount Vernon Pure Rye (6 years old).l 00 Old Oscar Pepper Rye (white label)..l 00 Old Crow (7 years old) 1 00 Guckenheimer Pure Rye (G years old).l 00 Sweet Pansy (S years old) 1 00 Old Private Stock (cream of whiskies) 1 25 Park &. Tilford Fine Rye 1 25 < Wines and Brandies. Pr Gal. ; California Sherry, Por: and Angelica..7sc Imported Sherry, Port and Madeira...l 00 Old Cognac Brandy 2 00 . Pr Bot. 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