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4 THE MACON NEWS. ESTABLISHED 1 834-. NEWS PRINTING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. R. L. McKENNEY, Business Mngr TOM W. LOYLESS, Editor. THE BVKNING NEWS will be delivered by carrier or mall, per year, 15.00; per week, 10 oenta. THE NEWS will be for •ale on train*. Correspondence os live •übjecta solicited. Real name sf writer should accompany same. Subscriptions payable in advance. Failure to receive paper should be reported to the business •doe. Address all oemm uni cations to THE NEWS. Offices: 412 Cherry Street ZZ' Tne Fate of a Firebrand. The News, together with nearly every' other daily paper in the state, took occa sion jome time slmte to rebuke one Dr. Broughton, an Atlanta pulpit »alist who. in a so-called “sermon,” on At- I lama society, uttered, in a house devoted supposedly, to, the worship of God some of The meat vile slandens and blasphemes that ev<*r fell from the lips of a human be ing. Ho did not hurl his devilish denun ciations against cock ty alone, but. through ignorance and prejudice, went so far as to attack a chaws of religious women for i whom even the most hardened criminal of i the slums shows reverence.* This man 'Broughton probably did not < ven believe what he said; but he had tried every other means of -attracting at- ; tention in Atlanta, and his strongest bid i for notoriety. He succeeded, though the j right sort of man could not have relished the sort of notoriety he secured —for he ; was denounced in the plainest, terms by i almost every paper in the state. ißut for •Broughton it was enough. Forthwith he wanted to break away from his suburban environments and move right into the heart of the city, His little church on the outskirts of Atlanta did not measure up to his standard; an up-town church was • .about his size. So he decided to take the church with him. and started a movement to that effect. Although the present church was doubtless established in that , section of the city for the purpose of giv- j ing the residents of that locality a house ’ in which to worship God, and although the need for it there is probably as great as ' ever, an up-town church was the goal of Broughton's ambition. So it had to go. The movement culminated last night in a ■ scene within the church that the Atlanta | papers say was most unusual and certain- I ly not altogether respectable. Broughton" was jerred and laughed at by many of his I congregation, some of whom even went so far as to call his religion in question. .Jerrtd and scorned by members of his' own church until he shed tears —of an- ' ger. no doubt, rather than shame. Thus was this rampant sensationalist • rebuked by his own flock. And who shall say that the rebuke was not deserved; or I that those responsible for it have not, in a measure, redeemed their church from ' The stigma of Broughtonism. Although in rhe minority and although forced to see the Broughton partisans move their church from under them, so to speak, they at least have left to them the knowledge that are worshipers of God and not Broughton. Decorate. There is no wav in which Macon can better acknowledge the compliment of the President’s visit to this citv than by dis playing the national colors. It is an act peculiarly appropriate to the occasian, and, at the same time, it will indicate the broad, progressive spirit that dominates this community. But the President’s visit should not be the only incentive for our merchants to decorate on that occasion: they should be glad to do so in recognition of the first formal review of the large body of troops located here, and whose presence is 'so beneficial to this community. Every soldier now in Macon will take it as a compliment to the military, and ap preciate all t b e more that this spirit is shown by our people on the occasion of the President’s visit. At a meeting of the sub committee of arrangements held today the President of the Chamber of Commerce was requested to call on our merchants and citizens and secure iheir promises to decorate their homes and places of busi ness. It is to be hoped the movement will meet with general encouragement. Pay of Assessors. 1 h< tax bill now betore the Legislature, 'While a good one in every other respect, has.one very objectionable feature. We refer to the clause fixing the pay of asses sors at $2 per day. It must be apparent to everyone that such • compensation cannot secure the services of the righ; sort of men. and. certainly, none but the best men should be charged with this important duty. The duties of a tax assessor require a great amount of knowledge and general business ability, and during the time the assessors are at work they must devote themselves almost entirely to these duties. It stands to reason that no good business man can afford to neglect his own affairs to serve 'he public for such a pittance. The bill should -be amended so as to make the pay of assessors not less than $5 per day. This in justice to the assessors as well as Vo secure for the state the ser vices of th. gvery best men. Liquor License. • The News’ advice with reference to the local liquor license has had a tendency to _ ! bring ;ome of the extremists to their senses. The movement for a reduction of the license has met with considerable dis- ■ courage me nt already as a result of the | warning sounded a few days ago. ■ ! Those people directly interested in the i liquor business who were at first disposed to ask that the bridle be taken off, so to i speak, are beginning to realize that they ■ are simply playing into the hands of their ' entmies. Those who voted against prohi- > i bition in the recent election because they , j conscientiously favored high license, freely announce their opposition to a reduction of the license and many of them declare that such action on the part of council would force them into the prohibition ; rank?. j The prohibitionists themselves are dis- I ; pos< d to keep quiet on the subject, doubt- ■ less hoping that the liquor men will be I given enough rope to hang themselves, j One of them has said to The News: “While it would be wrong to lower the license, yet we prohibitionists wouldn't object to it, because we think it would result in ; good in the end. Still. I am frank to say j j the liquor men would be'very foolish to | I insist upon it.” i This is significant enough. If the liquor I men of Macon can’t understand it, then : their fate be on their own heads. The Road Commissioners will be asked ■ to .nut the roads leading to Canap For- ’ nance in repair at once that the Presi- j dent's party may be driven to the camp I without danger to life or limb. It isto be hoprd the authorities willl bear Lu mind that the President's visit may lead, to the establishment of a permanent army camp at iMacon, and it is to our interests, therefore, to make things as atfaotive as possible. Macon has never yet failed! in the proper entertainment of a public guest. 3"& at rhe 1 i city will put on gala attire om the coecasion of the President’s visit goes*' vftbum say ing. 1 Just bear in mind that General Wheeler * will .visit Macon with the- President's 'L party, and add to your decpyitlo,nj a pic- i ture of the- hero of two wars. _ jr Get out woiir bunting. Macon owes it to I herself to entertain the PreslffeEt of the United Stones in the proper rntamwr. STATE NEWS AND VIEWS. ■Speaktug of the recent rims of the Third: North Carolina and Sixth Virginia regi ments the Griffin News says: The Virgi nia and North Carolina negro soldiers are a menace to every community in which ; they are stationed. They are mutinous, j i treacherous and bloodthirsty. They would | i disgrace even the Spanish flag. It was a I : piece of wicked folly to enlist them in the > service, and they ought to, be disarmed i and mustered out as rapidly as possible. I That is the suggest Son of common pru j deuce. The people of Macon can breathe a sigh ; of relief now that the prohibition fight is I over. Macon’s future is great aqd .when ' the factions pull together for her tipbuild ing nothing can retard her progress, cays the Brunswick Times. And Colquitt county has dry too. I It locks like a clean sweep in Wiregrass ! Georgia for prohibition.—Waycross Her- I aid. In the aldcmanic election held in Albany j Tuesday Messrs. A. J. Lippett. H. A. Tar i ver and W. S. Weldon v.ere elected to the j I beard. i * • * • Thomas and Brooks counties both dry ’ with a wet county.- Lowndes and Decatur, on either side, and thus we have two roses between two thorns.—AVaycoss Herald. The negro vote no longer cuts any figure ' in our county elections, but in our city j elections it still constitutes a balance of ; power when the whites divide. —Albany i Herald. Uncle Sam's Christmas stocking will . have no room for anything but islands — j Americus Times-Recorder. ( Mr. Ira I). McKinnon died Tuesday at ; his home in Thomasville. The students of the Monroe High School 'are getting up a -college paper. It will make its appearance in a few days. It seems to be pretty well settled that Chauncey Depew will be senator from New York.—Rome Tribune. Airs. John Gentry died in Rome. Ga., ; Monday. Mr. James B. Ridley has now assumed ' charge of the LaGrange Graphic. After only two weeks acquaintance. Lieutenant Hubbard, of the 160th Indiana ! i and Miss Maymie McGuin. of Columbus. • | were married in that city yesterday. i Mr. A. A. Erwin, of West Point, died ■ i yesterday. j W. H. McMath. postmaster at LaCrosse, j ■ Ga.. was sentenced to the penitentiary for I . three years yesterday for robbing the mails. He was tried in Columbus. If our legislators expect that $2,000 com missioners can hold their own with the SIO,OOO railroad lawyers they are badly mistaken.—. Columbus Enquirer-Sun. Patrick Gallegter, an old man 75 years I of age. was run over and killed by a train j in,Savannah yesterdav. : : I A T.a Kecilant. Fte. , At the window that enshrines i The tarnishing old sandal-wood Os her viol, splendid once | With gilded flute and mandolin. •Sits a pale saint, spreading out ; A ‘book that opens easily, I Her missal.read and chanted through In every sane in Christendom. 1 Beside her is a gleaming harp Formed by an angel in his flight i With backward-streaming wings that rain i The golden, wires that oft employ j Her slender finger, that forsakes i The viol-strings and missal-leaves • To rest upon the filmy wiers, ’ For silence making melody. Laurence Nelson. MACON NEWS THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8 1898. PEOPLE’S FORUM. Prohibition Aftermath. Mr. Editor: Usually you are fearless la condemning rhe wrong, and a man who will invariably do this is a blessing to any community. You cannot mend some matters, but an earnest, vigorous protest semetimes renders further infractions im possible. I presume chat we pretty generally agree that rottenness characterized the methods employed t>y the liquor traffic in the recent prohibition election—if we do not, samples of these methods are at hand for investigation, fully vouched for by their odor, and by those- present who were ; affected by their stench. May I give you ju?t one illustration in point—there are i plenty in reserve .should they be required. ' We have all earnestly contended that this is a white man’s country, and yet the ; liquor traffic enfranchised 2,2<X) negroes ‘ during this last month —for all of these, i with the fewest possible exceptions—were put ipon the registration Lists by them. They paid their taxes, took up their tax receipts in job lets, and thus the iowest and vilest class of negroes were made qualified voters and are today a menace to everything decent in our conrmuuity. I will not discuss the character of the ne- ' groes registered further than to say that I at least rhree hundred of them have serv ed their time on the chaingang, to which j service they will probably be speedily re- ; ’ turneel with ample reinforcements. But I let us come to the item referred to. and . you can easily form some idea of the tac tics ooserved by the liquor traffic*.. Six ■ hundred and, fifteen negroes are registered ! from the “Lower City” district —and you ' know who had their registration in ' I charge.. It is generally understood that a ' ' man just twenty-one years of age can vote j t without the payment of taxes. Out of the j 615 negroes 23$ of them are precisely 21 : years of age—were good enough to l attaiim j their majority just for the prohibition I election. Mark you, 23S out of 615. Now ; there are 3,600 whites registered from the j entire county, and out of this entire I ber only 244 claim to be just 21 years of ! age. In other words, the liquor traffic seems to be able to find in the “Lower City” district out of 615 negroes as many who have recently attained their major ity as can be found in the whole cournty our. of 3,600 whites who have registered. This is bare-faced fraud, tor the preof is at hand to show that mmy of these we- I groes are anywhere frdm 06: to 30 1 yean? jtf | age. though others of them seem to have . no personal existence. Now’ who will undertake to stand spon- I sor for the liquor traffic and say that it.! had no complicity in this brazen swindle? ■ I insist, Mr Editor, thait you have been i careful in the past to protest agpjns.r. i wiong, even not hesitating to criticise ' matters occurring in the prohibition, teivt, i" which were not to your liking, nor did i. you hesitate to voice your objection, even , to the presence of our mothers and sisters; | at the polls. ; With this record behind you. and! wiAhi i the above information at hand, can you ■ refrain an earnest condemnation of ; such methods or of the traffic whiteh- ren- ■ ders such methods possible? •Thig is j*st one item out of tdhe matty which could be ferthwoming. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas ! County. j Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is ! the senior partner of the farm, us F. J. : Cheney & Co., doing business in rhe city ' of Toledo, county and state aforesaid and ( that said firm will pay the sum of one ; hundred dollars for every case o.f catarrh : that cannot be ©ured by the use of Hall’s ! Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. j Sworn to before me and subscribed in ' my presence ahis Cth day of December, ' A. D. 189 S. A. W. Glea*an, (SEAL.) Notary Public. ' Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testi monials. free. F. J. CHENEY &CO., Toledo, O. ' Sold by all druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. • . i A Horne Car ns a Houseboat. Anchored down at the foot of Monroe ■ j street, in the Ohio river, is a houseboat 1 i which originally moved over the streets of Nashville as a common, everyday horse car. A prettier houseboat cknnot be found in the colony of such craft that, throng ' Paducah’s water front. The body of the ■ car has simply been mounted on a small hull, which was large enough to leave a narrow deck all around the car. There is, of course, a door at either end, and the square windows are neatly curtained. The interior furnishings of the car have been i torn away, with the exception of one seat, * and in their place two small but cozy liv- ■ ing rooms may be seen within. The i street car houseboat was built at Nashville ; i by an enterprising genius who bid in the ■ | car at a sale of “bobtails.” It was towed i down the Cumberland to this city by an electric launch. l‘aducah (Ky.) News i . 1 A Groat Apple Tree. Albert Ham, a farmer of West Dresden, ! Me., has an apple tree in his orchard which measures 9 feet 10 inches in circumference | a foot from the ground, and at the height ■ 1 of six feet the trunk branches into four limbs almost as large. Its great limbs are full of crooks and angles, but. the whole ' makes a most shapely tree. It is over a century old and has borne well for each year of the 47 it has been in Mr. Ham’s possession. One year it gave him 43 bush- i els of good apples. Oilcloth Ceiling*. Oilcloth is the new material for paper- j 1 ing ceilings, the term “paper” being used at present, in a very elastic sense, signify- ■ j ing anything that can be put on walls or ’ ; ceiling. The advantage of an oilcloth ' ' ceiling is readily iliscernible, as dust, like | good actions, is sure to rise, and if one's . j home is illuminated by gas or lamps there is only the recourse to the unsightly chan delier protectors to keep the ceiling frem ’ getting smudged. The oilcloth can be washed frequently and be kept, by the aid of a damp cloth, as good as new for in finite spaces of time or until cue rr-jyes tc a newer apartment. The task of putting on the oilcloth re quires an expert, as the joining is not the easiest thing to do. If you think so, try it. The patterns of oilcloths seein particularly , well adapted for ceilings, with their scroll and line effects, which do not conflict with the patterns of the wall paper or its mono chromatic effect. In line with the ceilings is the new ma terial for kitchen window curtains.—New York Herald. Broke tbe Kecortl. A London paper says that an adjutant in the Salvation Army has achieved the remarkable feat of singing 59 hymns in ! 59 minutes. The occasion on which this record was made was called a “singing battle.” He began with ’ I Will Follow . Jesus,” and hymn after hymn followed swiftly. When he reached the doxology after singing eight extra hymns he was i ‘c l 4 minutes ahead of the stipulated time. When he finished, he shouted, “Bless the j Lord, I've broken the record!” RoYal. Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. i Safeguards the food against alum. - AJum taking powders are the greatest menaczrs to health of the present dary r 80-tVSaWV* RS*CE« 00., MEW YORK. Willinm's Tnll Grenadier, “There was nothing unusual in the German emperor selecting Cbiemke, th* tallest grenadier in his array, to accom* pony him on his spectacular visit to rhe east,’’ said an ex-English officer, “because' he expected to visit people who mighs« easily he impressed by st?®. When Eng land has had to bend commis j sinners to any of the ravage tribes with ■ which she has had ; dealings she has usual -1 Sy selected tall tnen as-eswarts. Chlemko j is 6 feet 10 Inches and 2 have no doubt Shat his height dhly impressed the Turks I “When the German eiopemr returned in 1989 from his first visit to»Constansinople, he sent the sulta.waraompteto secof kettle dninis, which he intrusted: to Lieutenant Pleskow, who is nearly 7> feet in height. There was an amusing stewy told of Pies knw several years-ago. Hbrwas making a sfeort walking trip< andi bn last his way. looked over ac. foot gjuv’t-m wall and asked a girl picking gooseberries to direct him which road v take. Th®' maid, tee hag only his head- and aswuni-Bg; from its bsdght that its owner muss he o® horse back, told him to. ride firs* id the right and then to the loft. That story elung to PWmw," —New York Sun. SPECIAL NOTICES. Notice Os Election. Notice is heroby given fiiat «n Tues- 1 day, December 13, 1898, kt ‘election will I be held in the city of for four al- ' •iSermen, one from each ward, at precincts j and with T he managers named' below. The polls will be opened at 8 oßdocfc arid closed ■ at PRECINCTS?. First W-ard-—Courthouse. Second Ward —Findlay‘s foundry. Third Ward I--City HaiT. Fourth Ward —'Dumas" store. MANAGERS*. First Ward'—C. A. Ei&i,. F. A. Schone-j man, G. L. Reeves. ■Second Ward —N. E. Brunner, L. W j Hollingsworth, W. L. Johnson. Third Ward —E. O’Connell, George R: ' Barker, AV. B. Chapman. Fourth Ward—John Hartz, S. J. Kent, George Av. Dure. St B. Price, Mayor.. CITY TAN NOTICE. Tax payers are notified that the fcrirth installment of the city tax is now d-tie. Pay and save tax execution. A. R. TINSLEY, Dec. 1. 1898. For Aiderman. Election December 13, IS9S. First Ward—John C. Van Syckel. I ■ : Second Ward —Thus. F. Sheridan. I Third Ward—Mallory H. Taylor. Fourth Ward —John T. Moore, j ACADEMY OF MUSIC. December Sth, 1898. ‘ Benet performance for Macon Hospital Association. I MILLER-STRATON COMBINATION. ’ An evening of laughter and delight, POLK MILLER, i JOHN ROACH STRATON. Admittance —Orchestra circle 75c, bal cony 50c. Seats reserved at Harrv Jones Co. —. .. - 1 — Academy of Music. Monday Dec 2. | , First and only Engagement in Macon cf j David Belasco’s Great International Suc- ■ cess, THE HEART OF MARYLAND. j A play of great merit. A marvel in i stage craft. Under the personal direction of the au -1 thor. presented by David Belaeco's Com ' pany. With the original scenery and ac cessories. The novel and realistic Belfry scene. Strong situations. Exciting cli . maxes. 300 nights in New York. 80 nights in Chicago, 72 nights in Boston, 50 nights in Philadelphia, 100 nights in Adelphi Theatre, London, England. Prices 81, 75, ■ -50 and 25 cents. Seat sale. 1 ,j - . -,, K'eefs the requirements of every ogress-maker, firo fessioual or amateur. A valuable feature is its CUT PAPER PATTERNS Each issue contains, among its rich variety of I fashions, tzvo gowns,for which cut paper patterns ' ari? furnished. If you wish to wear the latest UTILITY SKIRTS, WASH SKIRTS, SHJRT WAISTS, TAILOR-MADE GOWNS or if you are seeking new designs, you will find ■ what you want in the pages of the BAZAR, at 25c. PER PATTERN WAIST. SLEEVE, or SKIRT COMPLETE GOWN. ~t.r. and if you will send ns the number of the pattern you wish, and enclose the amount, m will sena i* to you. If you are not familiar witli. the j ■BAZAR, we will send you as a special offer a TRIAL SUB. ?sc. FOUR WEEKS upon receipt of ‘he money. 10 Cents a Copy - Sub., $4 00 per year A4.lr-<.» Harper * BROTHERS. Publisher*. 5. T. City 1 financiai— You Don’t Have to ■ Watt tor your money when you get loan, | from us. We have U always on hand. GBO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitabla Buildlne and loin Association, Mmoc, da.. Ml Third 9troot« 8. T. MLtLLAfIT, «. N. JJBLKS, President. Vice-?r»®ideat. J. J, SOB®, Cashier. 1 : Commercial and Savings Bank, mCON, GA. oen>eral Banking Business Transacted 95i e *o wil rent a box in our safety de vault, an safe py«n in which to deposit jewelry, silverware and socurit&s of all ktianii. OIONBAVINGBBOK AND TRUST COMPANY MACON;. GEORGIA. Safety Deposit’ Boxes For Rent Ji. W. CabAnlss, ■Wee-President; C. ®. Orr, Cashier. : 1200,000. Surplus, ISfedOO. i i lateriUtt paid on depooita. Deposit your i and they wii* be increased by in- terest compounded semd-aanually. THB EXCHANGE BANK of Mawoo, j CasritaJi SSWOOO 1 Surplus J. W. Prea-iient. 8-. 8. Dunlap, Tice-President. C. M. Orr, Cashier. ! luihoial to its citatomera, accommodating to th/s public, and!prudent in its naaage- this bank soiicits deposits and ocher 1 busiaese in its line. DiaacTOßS. J, W. Cabaniaa, W. R. Rogers, H. E. 1 Park, H. J. Lamar, N. B. Corbin, S. S. Duulap, I*. W. Hunt, Sam Meyer, W. A. Di»iy, J. H. WliTiataa, A. D. Schofibid. KSTABLISHKV i *. H. FLANT. CHAS. D. HURT I. C. PLANT’S SON, BANKER, 1 MAWN, GA. A general banking business feransaete* I and all cortesies chescrfully ex tended to patrons. Certificate® as dspesi Ismied bearing Interest. FIRST NATIONAL BANK of MACON', GA The accounts as banka, eorparatlant tnns and Individuals received upon th most favorable terms eomslatent with eaa servatlva banking. A share of year has ; inoss rMpectfally soIMUA. R. 21. PLANT, Presidsat George H. Plant, Vice-President • W. W. Wrigley, Cashier. 1— j ! 1 We will have at our disposal during ; November $75,000 to loan on Georgia farms J or city property. We are offering money a: j low rates. ; THE GEORGIA LOAN AND TRUST CO., O. A. Coleman, General Manager, 356 Second Street. HEADQUARTERS FOR Beal Estale Loans We have large quantities of money sub < ject to sight draft for loans on city, farm j or suburban property. Straight interest loans. Annual payment loans. Monthly payment loans. Security Loan and Rbstiaci co. 370 Second St., Phone 82. T. B. WEST, Secretary and Attorney. Money. Loans negotiated on Improved city prop | erty, cn farms, at lowest market rates, business of fifteen years standing. Facili ties unsurpassed. HOWARD M. SMITH I Second St, Macon, Ga. j MILCELLANEOUS- | ' Z/ J h ! - w M 1 5/- Jj]3i i “-=<l v~ I 1 / u 1 ; 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 i Oxford V ecun as. Wo make up very hand some top esiats from these at very moder ate prices. GEO. P. BURDICK & CO., i Importing Tailors, iflacon’s Only Picture Frame. Store. j That is wh it we ar». We gu trsratee you . Liat we can sftow yvu four tlnrea the as swiment and 4 , four dmes the amount of 'ftoek shown hy any olher firm in. iSaeon. And Our Frames Are Made Kot thrown togatht»-y. Call arsd: see us. W. Lamar Williams, 422 Second SCI We have received the English Lawn t ■ • Grass Seed 1 for winter lawns. H. J. Lamar 8 Sons 416 Second Street, next to Old Curiosity Shop. C. A. Harris. W. J. Hopper. HlßGhanics’CoalCo Phone 122. ’ Red Ash, Jellico Al wavs on hand. We meet all competition and take Periodical Tickets. O. A. KEATING. 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, Ga. ITlacon Screen Co. Manufacturers of the best adjustable wire window screens and screen doora. Your patronage respectfully solicited. Es timates furnished free of charge. J. D. Newbanks, manager, 215 Cotten avenue. Macon. Ga. 1 Henry Stevens, Sons & Company. H. STEVENS’ SONS CO., Macon, Ga., ’ Manufacturers of stwer and railroad cul ’ vert fittings, fire brick, clay, etc. j Wall tubing that will last forever. Macon Refrigerators. MUCKE’S Improved Dry Air Refriger , a.tors. he beat refrigerators made. Manu ’ facturc-d right here in Macon, any’ size an I of any material desired. It has qualities which no other refrigerator on the market i possess. Come and see them at the fac | tory on New a|n et. * For Whooping Cough use CHENEY’S EX PECTORANT.