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4 THE MACON NEWS. ESTABLISHED 1 884-. NEWS PRINTING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. R L. MCKENNEY. Business Mngr. TOM W. LOYLESS, Editor. THE EVENING NEWS will be delivered Sy carrier or mall, per year, $5.00; per weak, 10 cents. THE NEWS will be for ■ale on traina. Correspondence on live ■abject* •elicited. Real name st writer should accompany •ame. Subscription# payable in advance. Failure to receive paper ahouid be reported to the buainew •Cftee. Addreaa all oemmunloatlona to TH® NEWS. Offices: 412 Cherry Street Macon and the Troops. Macon has been un for tun Me during the last, four weeks in catching the .tail-ends of storms which have swept other parrs of the country. Ordinarily the November «nd December weather is exceedingly pleasant. That the troops encamped here have been subjected to these unusual climatic rigors is a most regrettable cir cumstance. IBut their discomfort will not be for long. They will find the winter an agreeable one, and a welcome change from the protracted cold of the northern win ders. The snow that fell last night was nhe second or third precipitation of that kind during the la&t three years. The sol diers will, however, see the heliotropes blooming during the Christmas tide and they will soon find every possible compen sation for their present annoyances. They have, despite the inclemency of the weather. much to be thankful for. They have been subjected to no zymotic diseases. They have had plenty of pure ■water to drink. Those who have needed hospital attention have had comfortable buildings provided for them. They have not lacked in supplies. If they remain here two months longer they will be con gratulating 'themselves on their experi ences. 'rhe truth of the matter is that all the camps in Georgia hove made a health rec ord that cannot fail io redound 'to the prestige of the state for salutrious cli matic conditions. There have been no re ports of disease from Savannah, Augusta, Americus, Columbus, Griffin, Atlanta oi any of the places where troops have been in issed for any considerable period. The wisdom of dividing a great body of troops into small camps has been fully demon strated, but Georgia's peculiar excellence as a tenting ground has been shown in many ways. Whether the soldiers have had to face the summer suns or the No vember winds, they have had no real suf fering io endure. Macon, of course, is the best of all the military locations, for the reason that she enjoys not only all the climatic and sani tary advantages of other Georgia cities, but also in that she has such a large num ber of railroads, spacious yards and capi- % tai camping sites. Thus as a point of mobilization she may well claim to be as desirable as any other city in the United Slates. The soldiers came, here because it was a place to which they should have been sent. It is gratifying, of course, to the people of Macon themselves that, notwithstand ing the great numbers of men assembled here, there have been so few breaches of Che peace. Reducing Expenses. If the Legislature shall abolish the Geo logical department and cut the military fund from $22.500't0 $2,500, the people will profoundly deplore the economic necessity which compelled this sacrifice. The Geo logical department has been of great ser vice to the state, it has had much to do with bringing capital into the state and in accelerating progress along all lines of in dustry and development. And so with the military fund. It is a great pity, after fifteen years of hard work, in raising the military forces of Georgia to their present high standard of efficien cy. that there should now come disorgan ization. Without state support, it can hardly be expected that the young men who constitute the military arm will maintain their present organizations, ex •cept as mere social clubs, and we may well imagine a condition which would be la mentable indeed in case the governor had no troops to call out in the interest of the public peace. The state might lose far more than the whole appropriation In a • day. The people AoOzo. nl MtissafothloxM.i But the people have to bear in mind the v.ishorn of Governor Candler's suggestion i hat the first requisite to a state's pros perity is that it should pay its debts. To that consideration all possible sacrifices must be made, for no cloud must "rest upon the state's financial integrity. Our New Possessions. It is reported from Washington that President McKinley has determined to make a personal inspection of Cuba and Porto Rico. No president of the United States has ever gone beyond the borders of the United States during his term of office. The idea has prevailed that he was inhibited from so doing, but the later view is that he can do so if may choose. Thd rule, however, doee not exact V apply, in the present case for both Porto Rico and Cuba will be und>.r a United States pro tectorate and will be in a certain sense United States territory after Januaryl. It uould be well, probably, for the President I to make the visit as it would tend to en hance the loyalty of both the Porto Ricans and Cubans. It would also enable him to form more accurate ideas as to what ■ should be done to bring about a better state of affairs In both islands. It would, of course, be a journey not lacking in dramatic features, and a fine opportunity would be afforded a great his torical painter. The moment the president shall set bis foot on the soil of our new acquisitions the event will be made most memorable in American history. As a matter of fact it would seem to be incumbent that at some time the people of all our new possessions, including Ha waii an dthe Philippines, should have the opportunity to see the head of the great Republic which has undertaken to admin ister their affairs and to give them a new government. This may never be found practicable, but if a President should ever conclude to make a journey round the world to present himself to the strange peoples whose loyalty to the American flag must be stimulated, there could be little question of his right to do so, provided the general public service be not injured by his prolonged absence. The average American citizen would find these journeys somewhat distasteful be cause of their necessarily more or less sepctacular aspect, but if the policy of Im perialism is to obtain, we shall have possibly to consent to such demonstrations of our “regal” sweep and might. Mr. Watterson, who is an expansionist, asserts .that Manila in these days is not so far away from New York as was Washington from San Francisco in the days of ’49, but this is true only in a certain, sense. San Francisco being within the limits of the continent and reached by railroads, grows nearer every day, while Manila will al ways be on the other side of the earth, both geographically and politically, and it will require a century or more to bring the Filipinos into full homogeneity with the great American mass. STATE NEWS AND VIEWS. Mr. A. W. S. Mozo died at Eastman sev eral days ago. He as well known through out the state. Mr. Duncan Daniel, a well known citi zen of Dodge county, was stricken with paralysis Friday. A petition for prohibition election in Terrell county has been presented to the ordinary and an election ordered Decem ber 15th. A temperance wave seems to have struck Georgia.—Telfair Enterprise. Mr. Exum E. Phillips, one of the oldest and wealthiest citizens of Pulaski county, died suddenly at his home seven miles from Hawkinsville a few days ago. He leaves an estate said to be worth $75,000. : The mechanics of Fitzgerald have re- I | cently formed a local lodge -of the Knights 1 of Labor, with a membership of twenty- I five. A Lowndes county farmer has made SBOO,OOO from a 20-acre grass patch. No doubt many a Georgia farmer has lost more money than this on a larger cotton field. The telegraph line between Bainbridge and Arlington, along the Georgia Pine railway, was completed last Saturday. When it comes to getting practical ben : efits for his constituents your Uncle Lon Livingston is hard to beat. Vide the Fed-* 1 eral prison for Atlanta.—Calhoun ‘Courier. The hisses heard by Lee when he left I Havana will be turned to cheers when he lands there again.—Thomasville Times- Enterprise. The New York preacher who stated that ‘Cuba’s greatest need was “soap, soldiers and sermons," probably didn’t miss it far. —Americus Herald. The Macon Evening News is one of the most attractive daily papers in Georgia I since it was enlarged and improved. Tom i Loyless knows a thing or two about the I newspaper business. —Ringgold New South. The entire Third Kentucky regiment at i Columbus was arrested at its camp for I non-compliance with orders to be in line for inspection by General Wiley. j Hon. A. O. Bacon is one of the ablest . and best equipped men in the United States senate, and he deserves to stay there. He is recognized as one of the leaders on the Democratic side of that body and his presence a matter of na tional as well as state importance. As a I skilled parliamentarian and' an accom- I plished and fearless debater, he easily holds his own in the discussions, and he never fails to stand for the best interests |of the people. It is but flue the able and faithful senator that Georgia should re elect him to the position he worthily fills. —'Jonesboro News. Dr. J. W. Lee has opened the prohibi ' tion campaign in Terrell county and will remain there until the election. Dr. A. M. Brown and Miss Maude Mur phey were married at Blackshear, Ga., ' yesterday. Private J. F. Fountain, of company D. Third Georgia regiment, died in Savannah i Thursday. His remains were shipped to his home in Seville. It is thought that at the annual meet ing of the stockholders and directors of the Wrightsville and Tennille Railroad I Company in January, arrangements will be made for a through train service be ; tween Tennille and Hawkinsville in con j nection with the Oconee and Western, which was recently bought, it is thought. I by the Central. Hobson has made $12,000 with hi* pen since sinking the “Merrimac” and has honor and glory to burn.—Ringgold New ' South. Speaking of the recent lynching at Mon ticello. the Savannah Morning News says: The lynching of Jake Glover at Monti cello on Thursday night was a particularly ; atrocious proceeding. Not only was there no evidence to show that he was connected ; with the crime of which he had been charged, but he had actually been acquit ted of that crime before a court of compe tent jurisdiction. Thus the lynchers not MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER io 1898- only committed a crime, but in doing so they expressed their contempt for the ma jesty of the law and the machinery of jus tice. Jeff Hicks, the Macon county negro wife murderer, has been convicted and sen tenced to hang December 20. The Legislature cut down the common school fund $400,000, but the football train ing university never got touched. —North Georgia Citizen. Georgia evidently believes in expansion, as she is making ready to reach out for a small slice of Tennessee and North Caro lina. —Columbus Enquirer-Suan. Once upon a time the citizens of Colquitt county went to Thomasville for their tod dy. Now Thomasville will have to go to Colquitt to quench her thirst; turn about is fair play.—Waycross Herald. Maybe President McKinley will relent after all and tell us what he thinks about the Philippines.—Atlanta Journal. Two men had a fight about Rev. J. W. Lee yesterday in Moultrie. Ga. At Vienna, Mack Holland, a colored cook, was shot and instantly killed by an other negro for stepping on his toes. The new mill which the Forsyth Manu facturing Company is building at Forsyth, Ga., is nearing completion and will soon be ready for business. It will contain <5.000 spindles. This will give the Forsyth mills 12,000 spindles on hosiery yarns, warps and plied yarns. Quite a number of hogs were killed in Barnesville during the past week. Dr. W. A. Wright killed two which netted him 750 pounds. Mr. A. J. Mills also killed one, 13 months old. which weighed 380 pounds net. From it he obtained twenty gallons cf lard, keeping the joints.—Bar nesville Gazette. The ladies of Barnesville have organized a library. They will have a building of their own in a few days. Mr. Hardy (Bryant, aged 67, died at his home near Gainesville several days ago. She Valdosta Journal is a new daily pa per being issued in that city. It is a four page, three column paper and is a newsy sheet. ■Abe Small, ■who was to have been hang ed in Savannah yesterday was respited by Governor Candler until January 13. Soldiers in Athens have a hard time. They can't buy any Christmas cheer at the dispensarj- without a written permit. —Savannah Press. The wiregrass seems to be partial for prohibition. North Georgia is more du bious about it. —Savannah Press. CAUGHT FROM THE WIRES. The American Coal Company has in creased its dividend rate Va per cent, mak ing the annual dividend rate now 5 per cent. Negotiations are pending for ‘the sale of the controlling interest in the Consolidat ed Gas Company of Baltimore, to a syn dicate of New York capitalists. Seventy -1 five dollars a share is the price said to I have been offered for a majority of the ! stock. There are 110,000 shares of stock 1 at par value of sllO, representing a total ■ valuation of $11,000,000, though the mar ket value based upon the price today is around $66, or a total of 17,260,000. The electric railroad deal, by which all ■the surface roads in Baltimore are to be consolidated under a traction syndicate is ‘ about ‘to be consummated. It is said the consolidated company will otter $.85 a share for the stock of the Baltimore City Passenger railway Company. The par value of the stock is $25, and on this a dividend of 10 per cent is paid. Including the new issue the capital stock amounts to $3,500,000. I Mayer Harrison of Chicago will make a determined fight against the 50 year fran chise of street railways. ! The controller of the currency has or [ dered an assessment of 100 per cent on j stockholders of the defunct First National ■ bank of Emporia, Kansas. I Typewriting will be taught in the night schools in New York city. A. L. Manly, the negro newspaper edi tor. who was forced to leave Wilmington, N. C., on account of the publication of an editorial reflecting upon the white women of the south, and who has since resided in Asbury Park, will resume the publication of his paper, the Record, in New York. . PEOPLE'S FORUM. POSTSCRIPT. Mr. Editor: I thank you for so kindly publishing my letter of Thursday. It re joices my heart to know that you have opened o column to be known as the ! “Peoples’ Forum.” This is right, for the people ought to be accorded* a hearing on matters of public interest.* I trust that this “Forum" will never be closed, and I regret that it did not occur to me to sug gest this ro our city papers before our re cent prohibition election, for no one knows what amount of corruption might have been prevented. I send you this note by way of postscript to my communication cf yesterday (Thursday). As you know, negroes having just reached the age of 21 have no taxes to pay this year, and as a citizen only has to swear to having paid last year’s taxes in order to register, .a negro just 22 years old ccul'd likewise vote without charge. I assured you that the liquor traffic found and registered in the lower city district 238 21-year-old negroes ‘out of a total number of 615. I did not tell you thar they were also enabled to find a great numebr who had just reached the age of i 22. To make a long matter short, Mr. Editor, this traffic registered 713 negroes of these classes out of a total registration of only 2,174. If the liquor traffic did not do this and are not responsible for this fraud, who is? Did negroes of these ap propriate ages just simply gravitate to ward the registration books and afterward decide to vote for the saloon? I understand. Mr. Editor, that the grand jury found nearly 160 true bills against gambiers. A gambler, you know, is a twin brother to the saloon keeper. Now, if liquor is "under good control” why all this lawlessness? I am informed that there is a law in the city code which demands that the city shall cancel the license of any 1 saloon keeper who violates certain laws against morality and decency. Now many of our salqon keepers have been found guilty of such violations and true bills have just been round against others of them. Why is it. Mr. Editor, that our city officials fail to carry out their own laws? Can you not answer this? The records of our RoYal Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum. Alum bakinw powders are the greatest menacers to health of the present day. ■oval aww «jwoe« new york. courts will show the guilty parties and the law ought to be enforced. If the law holds that selling to minors, keeping open on Sunday, etc., makes a citizen an im moral man, then 'there are a number of immoral men still keep ing saloons in the city of Macon, under protection of our city authorities. Is it a fact that liquor is “UNDER GOOD CONTROL?” Was not Mr. Guerry correct when he said that more properly sneaking the liquor traffic was “IN GOOD CONTROL?” CITIZEN. A TEXAS WONDER. Hall’* Great Discovery. One small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis covery cures all kidney and bladder trou bles, removes gravel, cures diebetls, semi nal emisisons, weak and lame backs, rheu matism and all irregularities of the kid neys and bladder in both men and women. Regulates bladder troubles In children. If not sold by your druggist will be sent by I mail on receipt of sl. One small bottle is j two months’ treatment and will cure any case above mentioned. E. W. HALL, Sole Manufacturer. P. O. Box 211, Wace, Texas. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Son, Macon, Ga. READ THIS. Covington, Ga., July 23, 1898. This is to certify that I have used Dr. Hall’s Wonderful Discovery for Rheuma tism, Kiddney and Bladder Trouble*?, 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. A five draw oak new American Sewing Machine, Monday for S2O cash. John R. Burnett, 131 Co ton avenue. SPECIAL NOTICES. Notice Os Election. Notice is hereby given that on Tues -1 day, December 13, 1898, an election will ’ be held in the city of Macon for' four al i dermen, one from each ward, at precincts and with rhe managers named below. The polls will be opened at 8 o’clock and closed at PRECINCTS. First Ward —Courthouse. Second Ward —Findlay’s foundry. Third Ward-City Hall. Fourth Ward—Dumas’ -store. MANAGERS. First Ward—C. A. Ells, F. A. Sc-hone 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. Chap'man-. Fourth Ward —John Hartz, S. J. Kent, George A. Dure. S. B. Price, Mayor. Cilj Th Ntlitt. Tax payers are notified that the fourth installment of the city tax is now due. Pay and save tax execution. - A. R. TINSLEY, Treasurer. I i Dec. 1, 1898. i For Alderman. I Election December 13,1898. First Ward —John C. \’an Syckel. 1 Second Ward —Thus. F. Sheridan. Third Ward —Mallory H. Taylor. Fourth Ward —John T. Moore, Academy of Music. Monday Dec 12. j First and only Engagement in Macon cf ■ I David Belasco's Great International Suc- ‘ COSS, THE HEART OF MARYLAND, A play of great merit. A marvel in ' stage craft. Under the personal direction of the au , thor, presented by David Belasco’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 ' j in Chicago, 72 nights in Boston, 50 nights jin Philadelphia. 100 nights in Adelphi I Theatre. London, England. Prices sl, 75, ;50 and 25 cents. Seat sale. ; - the requirements of every oress-maker, pro fessional or amateur. A valuable feature is its CUT PAPER PATTERNS Each issue contains, among its rich variety of fashions, two gowns, for which cut paper patterns are furnished. If you wish to wear the latest UTILITY SKIRTS, WASH SKIRTS, SHIRT WAISTS, TAILOR-MADE GOWNS or if you are seeking new designs, you villfnd what you want in the pages of the BAZAR, at 25c. PER PATTERN WAIST, SLEEVE, or SKIRT - COMPLETE GOWX, 75r. and if you will send us the number of the pattern ' you wish, and enclose the amount, we will send to you. If you are not familiar with the BAZA R, we will send you as a special offer a TRIAL SUB. FOUR WEEKS upon receipt of ‘he money. 10 Cents a Copy - Snb., $4 00 per year Addren HARPER a BROTHERS, PnblUhera, X. T. City FINANCIAL. You Don’t Have to Wait for your money when you get loans from us. We hare it always on hand. GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building' and Loin Awociation, Mm on, Gau, 401 Tblrd Btr««t. B. Y. MALLARY, B. N. JELKS, Preaident. Vice-President J. J. COBB, Cashier. Commercial and Savings Bank. MACON, GA. General Banking Business Transacted. I $5.00 wil rent a box in our safety de posit vault, an absolutely safe plan in which to deposit jewelry, silverware and securities 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 semi-annually. TH® EXCHANGE BANK of Macon, Ga. 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. ESTABLISHED 1868. «, M. PLANT. CHAS. D. HURT Cashier. I. C. PLANT’S SON, BANKER, MACON, GA. A general banking business traneaete* tnd all consistent eortesies cheerfully ex tended to patrons. Certificates as dapast: Issued bearing Interest. FIRST NATIONAL BANK of MACON, GA. The accounts at banks, eorparatlaas Srms and individuals received upon th< most favorable terms consistent with eaa sarvativa banking. A share as your has 1 inass respectfully solicited. > B. H. PLANT. Prasiirat George H. Plant, Vice-President. W. W. Wrigley, Cashier. - I I We will have at our disposal during November $75,000 to loan on Georgia farms or city property. We are offering money at i low rates. ! THE GEORGIA LOAN AND TRUST CO., ! O. A. Coleman, General Manager, 35? Second Street. * ! > HEADQUARTERS , —-FOR Real Estate Loansj 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 Rbstract Co. *370 Second St., Phone 82. T. B. WEST, Secretary and Attorney. I I 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 Second St., Macon, Ga. ✓ MILCELLANEOUS. W 1 p Men’s Top Coats. The road to rtyle 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 <nd Oxford Vecunas. We make up very hand some top coats from these at very moder - . ate prices. I GEO. P. BURDICK & GO., Importing Tailors. Hacon’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 timeii the amount of stock shown by any other firm in Macon. And Our Frames Are Made Not thrown together. Call and see us. W. Lamar Williams, 422 Second St. We have received the English Lawn Grass Seed i • • I for winter lawns. H. J. Lamar & Sons 416 Second Street, next to Old Curiosity Shop. C. A. Harris. W. J. Hopper. mecnanics’CoalGo Phone 122. 1 Red Ash, Jellico Always on band. We .meet all competition and take Periodical Tickets. D. A. KEATING, Genoral Undertaker and Embalmer. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Caskets, cases, coffins and burial robes; I hearse and carriages furnished to all . funerals in and out of the city. telephone 468. 322 Mulberry street, Macon a*. Hiacon 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 Cotte a avenue, Micot, Ga. Henry Stevens, Sons & Company. H. STEVEXS* SOXS CO., Macon, Ga., Manufacturers of sewer and railroad cul vert pipe, fittings, fire brick, clay, etc. ■ Wall tubing that will last forever. Macon Refrigerators. MUCKE’S Improved Dry Air ators. he best refrigerators made. Manu factured right here in Macon, any size and of any material desired. It has qualities which no other refrigerator on the market ; possesses. Come and see them at the sac ! tory on New street. For Whooping Cough use CHENEY’S EX PECTORANT.