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6 REV W EMUNFORD Retires From the Methodist Episcopal Conference. GREAT WORK UNDERTAKEN Will Establish the Georgia Indus trial Home for Indigent Or phans and Children. The hundreds at.d thousands of friends of Rev. W. E. Mumford in 'his citv and throughout the state will be surprised to leant that ‘he retired from the itenerant Methodist ministry at the conference at Hawkinsville last Saturday. For five years he haw been untiring and unwavering in his labors as agent of the South Georgia. Con ference Orphan Home and this past sum mer was elected agent of Wesleyan Fe male College and thought at one time of accepting, hut for three years he has had it on bis mind and heart that the most urgent need on charitable ines in Georgia ' Is the establishment of an Industrial Home School and Farm for that class of children who are not now being reached by any other Institution of the state, and he de cided some weeks ago that he would put down everything else and devote his time and talents to this great work. He has , given up salary, place in the church and I chance for a good pastorate and goes out on faith in God and humanity to build i thishome for Georgia’s outcast children. 1 Hr laid the matter before the bishop and J he told him that a man ought not to be i required to retire from the itineracy to do | the work be proposed but that there was I no law authorizing his appointment to it I and on Saturday last Mr. Mumford made a | statement to the conference of his decision j and was honorably retired at his own re- ■ quest. It certainly requires a degree of faith of a high order for a man of his chances with a great church organization 1o give them up and go out to plead the cause of the helpless. The poor and neg lected childhood of Georgia at last have found a tongue and pen to plead their cause. No man in the state is better known than he is in South Georgia as he has traveled thousands of miles and preached and lectured for five years In this terri tory for the Orphan’s Home in Vineville. In five years he has raised one $35,000 out vs his limited territory to support the cfMdren of this home. The institution will no doubi 1 jnlss his labors, but he feels thdi I ,jt ( is and Rev. W. A. Huck abee, bf Camilla, Ga., and who built the South Georgia College at Mcßea has been elected agent of the Home in Mr. Mum ford’s place and the latter feels that thi* intrest Js In bands. The Georgia Industrial Home which Mr. I Mumford will establish fills a long felt want and enters an unoccupied field. It will have no competition. A charter has been applied for and thefounder greatly desires that Macon should secure this Home. For over two years Mr. Mumford has lived here and he has been well ac quainted with Macon for years and has always loved this city and he says that this Home should be located here because .Macon is centrally located, has magnicent railroad facilities, hundreds of good people nail every advantage for the foundation and location of such a charity. The en- I terprise properly encouraged by the peo ple of Macon will have a start which will assure its success throughout the state. Hon. G. R. Glenn, state school commis sioner, Dr. I*. D. Pollock, of Mercer, Hon. W. A. Davis, grand master of Georgia, Col. C. M. Wiley, ordinary of Bibb county and Mr. E. J. Willingham, of Payne Willingham, are associated with Mr. Mumford as an advisory board. Surely no greater charity has ever been ; started in Georgia by any single man, and : the one who starts this has no great sum of money achieved him. but he has put the gifts of his head and heart on the alter of this cause and with faith in God and humanity he says he feels that the insti tution will be richly endorsed. It is an undenominational charity—will be planned for future generations, will be built with the Home idea and the idea and the industrial feature predominant and here are its objects: 1. To care for indigent orphans and chil dren of both sexes of the white race in Georgia and who are not now being reach ed by any other charitable institution, hence it will not conflict with the work of any orphan home in the state. The age ofr admission will be from 6 to 15 years and it -is contemplated to keep each in mate until his or her majority. This is not now done by any other orphan home in the state so far as I know. 2. To reach and save the street waif and all children under 14 years who are con victed of crime, and all idle, roaming chil dren without home or friends and who subsist by begging, and the children of the vicious and also all badly environed, as well as the children of the indigent. 3. To relieve the vanity of any boy or girl over 6 and under 15 years of age be ing sent to any poor home or pauper farm in Georgia and to prevent the same by law I as soon as the Georgia Industrial Home is an established success. 4. to provide all these classes of neg- lected and helpless children a Home upon the cottage or family group place in the country on a farm and industrial educa- ■ tion is useful and callings whereby they I may not only be rescued and saved to so mety but made wealth producers instead ♦f mere consumers, who have “no chance” under the pitiable conditions which now surround them. *■ The founder has had every encourage ment since his plans have become public. A leading merchant has already volunteer ed a liberal contribution. Mr. Mumford has not asked for any subscriptions but assurances of anxiety to help voluntarily I come from several. He proposes to give the entire city a chance to help in this great work and The News is sure that the appeal will go to the heart of all. From > all over Georgia strong letters of endorse- | ment and encouraging demands of help have come. Mr. Mumford wants Macon to secure the location of the Home and pro- I poses <o start his subscription list here ' and then go to the state. He will nuke an active canvass of the entire state in the ■ interest of this high and noble work, and we bespeak for him wherever he may go I a most cordial reception. He has made considrable reputation as a lecturer and ] preacher in South Georgia and no audi- ' | ence who greets him will be promised a dull time. His great project will go to 1 the heart of the people. Humanity has heart and all that is needed is to reach • • and touch it. CAMP ’SPEAK-EASIES” Broken up by the Officers of the Second Ohio. For some time the officers of the Sec- 1 ; and Ohio have been aware that Liquor was being 6old in or near the camo, and as. th re are no saloons in that vicinity, it was i naturally concluded that some one was conducting a ‘‘blind tiger.” Suspicion pointed to a certain negro hut near the camp, and a raid was planned on it for Saturday night. At the last minute some of the officersn were given the tip that the liquor was being sold within the camp, right under their noses, as it were. The officer of 'the day, Captain W. J. White, and officer of the guard, Lieutenant E. W. Martz, conducted the raid, and were ae , companied by Major W. Kautzman. Va- i rious cook shantiese were surrounded and searched, but in only one was enough evi ; dence found to warrant arrests. At the mess hall of the line officers of the Second | battalion, a number of soldiers were found I drinking, and some were decidedly under : the influence. The cook, Frank Walkie, I was placed under arrest. Then the offi cers went to the negrv, hut above mention ed, where more evidence of the illicit traffic was found, and the man who was doing rhe selling was arrested. The Second Ohio has never had a “can teen,” and its standard of morality has al ways been the highes-t, and that this rep utation shall now be maintained the offi cers of the regiment are determined that no liquor shall be sold in or near the camp. Lieutenant Martz, one of the officers to conduct the raid Saturday night, was taken ; ill with penumonia yesterday morning, ' and is now dangerously ill. He was deli rious all night. The prisoners will be all j turned over to the United States author- | | ities • NOTES ■Chaplain Crawford conducted services at i the Second Ohio as usual yesterday after i noon, which were attended by a large number of soldiers and citizens. General 1 W. W. Gordon was among the most inter j ested listeners. After the services the regi j mental band gave a pleasing saerd concert. This band, which is one of the best rausi- I cal organizations here, was augmented on Saturday by the addition of two fine char- | inet players, the Meheffy brothcis, of j North Baltimore, O. j C. L. (Huddle and wife, of North Balti- | more, 0., visited Company K, of the .Sec- ' ond Ohio, yesterday. They are on their bridal tour through the south. Mr. Hud dle is the editor of the Times, of that city. Six members of Company C, Second Ohio, , have recently been discharged and will spend Christmas with home folks. They 1 the Sergeant F. B. Thomas, Corporal Roy ' V. Sellers, Privates Lloyd Clark, Charles I | Naylor, Charles Kelley and Walter Par- I menief. Captain A. B. Collins, adjutant of the J I Second Ohio, has secured a. leave of ab- i I sence and gone to his home in Kenton, I O. ( be will remain until after I Christmas. j | The soldiers of the Seventh regiment, I U. S. A., encamped at Central City park, expressed themselves as gratified at the change from the hilly lands of North Ala bama. They find, notwithstanding the in clemency of the weather, a change for the better and they camplair, only because of the rule compelling them to return to the camp at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, a rule made necessary by the conduct of the Sixth Virginia regiment which has been so ' THE HEART OF MARYLAND Will be the Attraction at the Academy of Music Tonight. Tonight Macon will have the first and only production of David Belasco's play, , “The Heart, of Maryland” which was New York. Boston. Chicago and San Francisco’s chief attraction during the past three seasons, and its first representations were given in England last spring and summer at the Adelphi theatre, London, the per formances extending through twelve weeks and was the great dramatic event of the season. It was acepted by the press and the public and enthusiastically greeted as the most perfectly constructed and most humanly absorbingly interesting American play that had thus far been brought upon ; the English stage. The stage settings and ' effects are the same that were presented I ther and during its Amrican tour. The j cast is represented by a company of ar- | tists especially selected by Mr. Belasco and includes many of the most popular and talented representative players of the New i Yow theatres. CURE OF ASTHMA After 35 Years of Suffering. It wil be gratifying to asthmatic readers j . to learn that an absolute has at last been discovered by Dr. Rudolph Schiff- ; mann. That the remedy is an effective one i cannot be doubted after perusal of such i testimony as that of C. W. Van Aatwerp, : Fulton. New York,, yho says: Your Asth- ! ■ ma .Cure is the best I ever used. I tried j it according to directions and one box en- ; tireiy cured me of asthma, and I have not j had it since. I can now go to bed and i sleep all night with perfect comfort, which i I have not done before for 35 years, and I I I thank you for the health that is now mine j I hope you will publish this letter, that I others may learn of its wonderful vir ' lues.” Schiffmann's Asthma Cure is sold by all druggists at 50c and SI.OO per package, or can be obtained by writing direct to Dr. ’ R. Sehift’mann, Box 804, St. Paul, Minn. THE DRUMMERS’ ANNUAL BANQUET. Piney Woods 'lnn at Southern Pines, N. C., the winter health resort, has opened for the winter season and announces the annual banquet in honor- of the commer : cial travelers to be held at the hotel Mon day evening. January 9th. Inuring the past two years these ban- | quets have been a pronounced success and it is the aim of the commercial traveler I to so arrange his retire that he may be > present on that occasion. Manager St. John always gives the glad hand of wel come and the spread which he prepares : for the boys is a most bounteous one. and i we doubt not but that the annual reunion j I this year, like those of former occasions. | wil be one of pleasure long to be remem- I be red. Bears «he The Kind You Have Always Bought signature of ’99 Ramblers, S4O. Typewriters, $15.00 up: fresh stock car bon and ribbons. J. W. Shiaholser. MACON NEWS MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12 i&gb. Rnllrn«<linK In Rneeia. On the new Russian military railway from Europe to Andijan, on the borders of the Chinese empire, a treelike shrub : called the sascaoul had to be planted all along the line through the desert to pre i vent the rails being covered by sand. For i further protection a ribbon of wild oat# j runs along both sides of the railway. Doea It Strike Home? Wise —William, you owe mo 21 cents. Husband—Yes, but I paid the gas bill, cd you owe me *1.35. •‘Well, but before that I paid the paper boy, and that imxlo you owe me (*0 cents.” “Yes, but there was 30 cents I paid on that other bill for grass cutting.” “I know it, hut you liorrowed 50 cents of me rhe next day, and”— “Great Scott I Take this $5, and let’s be gin all over again!”—Chicago Tribune. Must Have Interest. A sermon defeats itself when it is not— shall we fay —liearable. So Anthony Trol lope says about books, “Os all the needs a b<xfl: a.a.-> the chief need is that it be read able.” Wilkie Collins has the same thought. “Let inc add that I never got any good out of a book that did not inter j eet rue in the first instance.”—Homiletic I Review. Mistakes. “Don’t you think?” said the pensive girl, “that people make mistakes by act ing on generous impulses?” “Yes,” answered the smooth shaven man. “I acted on generous impulses for nearly tw’o months once. Now, if I don’t get paid on salary day L don’t act.”— Detroit Free Press. Wouldn't Stop Him. Professor Mulhall’s estimate of $81,750, - 000,000 as the wealth of tins country gives to each man, woman and child $1,150 as an average. But it is useless to quote this to the friend who always is asking for th* loan of a quarter.—New’ York Press. FRENCH TANSY WAFERS These are the genuine French Tansy Wafers, imported direct from Paris. La dies can depend upon securing relief from and cure of Painful and Irregular Periods regardless of cause. EMERSON DRUG CO., Importers and agents for the United States i San Jose, Cal. C. T. KING, Druggist, aole agent for Macon. Ga. And It Came to | Pass I I In the 12th month of the I year ’9B, from the 12th I day of the month to the I 25th day of the same, that I the name of the I Star Clothing I Company I was abroad throughout all B the laud; and the people 1 around about did marvel I much when they found I that they were selling I Men’s Suits, Boy’s Suits, Underwear, Furnishings, Hats, Etc., I cheaper than the other | clothing stores. And the | people came in great num- i | bers from the land of the I South and South-west Georgia, aud all the near by towns, and the whole region* that was ’round about to attend their great cheap sale of superior clothing. And they did bring large quantities of cash, and coupons from bonds, and they did exchange these for Fine Cassimere Suits, Heavy Winter Underwear, Hats, Shirts, Gloves, Neckwear, Etc., and the low prices there of did make the people’s hearts rejoice. 1 ■" Star Clothing Co. I Dave Wachtel, Mgr. Rheumatism, } Winter’s Terror! Cold, Damp Weather Ag gravates the Disease. Cold, damp and disagreeable weather is dreaded by those sub ject to Rheumatism, for the slight ! est change in the atmosphere or temperature is sure to increase their sutlering. A great, many i who experience little difficulty | : from Rheumatism during the summer months are likely to be-, ; lieve themselves rid of the disease. • but with the first cold, damp day I their aches and pains return and ; they soon find themselves firmly j j in the grasp of their old enemy,' ' who tortures them more than ever. ; “Several years ago I was afflicted with what the doctors called Sciatic Rheumatism or Lumbago, suffering the most intense agony at times, and being confined to my bed about a year, al though four of the best physicians (one ! ■ of whom was my father) attended me I I during my illness. They could give me , • only temporary relief, and I think they I tried about all of the remedies known j to medical science, dosing me with strong medicines until my stomach got in such a condition that I could digest nothing, and neither myself nor friends had any hope of my recovery. I was persuaded to try S. S. S., and before' finishing the first bottle. I found that 1 ' hud the right remedy. I continued to j NOW . Here’s t "i • •©• i our Ladies, • Chance. I I $3.00 Shoes for $2.25. $2.00 “ “ $1.50. And yon know the class of goods we keep. SOLDIERS, REMEMBER THE NAME. Mix Shoe Co. I 107 Cotton Avenue. We Are Better Prepared Titan Ever To take care of the building trade of Macon and tributary points. Our facilities for prompt- i ly filling orders are unexcelled. If you are go ing to build a house it will save you money to see us before buying your material. If you desire to build by contract, we are contractors and builders and take any house, large or small by contract. I Macon, Sash, Door and Lumber Co. Office, Fourth Street, Phone 416. Factory Enterprise, South Macon, Phone 404 Xmas Gifts . ! From Santa Claus 4 shape of a Cleveland or Crescent Bicycle CSaL# ; for ladies, gentlemen or children, will be p ? a gift fit for a king. If it is one of our my rW\ 3fW ' handsome and reliable traps, phaetons or * * - surries it is sure to be appreciated. We L-JWgl\ / have a superb assortment of harness and [ /«nsfraJUjl. ’ lap robes and other suitable and nice I r ' things in horse goods from which to sat- JgflSrJ/ ff isfy your taste. Our prices are always the lowest consistent with up-to-date goods J* 1A and quality. f ' S. S. PARMELEE, ■'X#/"/ Y<T-;TtY< : STtTTT’.W For Christmas. ij I ir • 1 • ip An unusually choice and selected line of Gold and Silver now- 4 1 £ cities. 4' Wrist Watches, Corps Badges. A L’ ‘ll SILVER 3 For Table, Bureau and Desk. A small and J | choice lot of Pearls found in Georgia; and of <1 I L Georgia Gold. j 1 <1 | L.,0. 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