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ME HOUSES
BURNED
A Sensational Fire Near the
Vineville Branch.
HO WATER FROM THE CITE
A Long Line of Negro Tenement
Houses Swept Away-Exciting
Scenes.
H -Rae an cold this morniixg at 3:15
o’clock ae it ever gets to be in this coun
try- • .
■ At that time a firebrok e out in tae roof
of a funall two room negro cottage on
First avnue upon the Vineville eide of the
branch.
There were nine of these houses in a
row. They we reowned hy J. H. Hall,
Wilson Goodwin. Green King and Miranda
(Williams. J. H. Hallowned five, King
owned two, Goodwin one and Mrs. Wil
liams one. King’s houses were larger
than the others, being of four and three
rooms respectively.
That part of Vineville is peopled almost
exclusively by negroes. They are outside
the fire limits and are not entitled to the
city’s fire protection. Nevertheless, the
engines of the department hurried to the
scene and stood at the limits to prevent
the flames from crossing.
From roof to roof the flames leaped,
until there was a continuous blaze, one
hundred yards in length, and when for
want of material the fire died out, there
web 6 standing only nine brick chimneys
amid smoldering embers.
The occupants of «tbe premises and the
negroes <rf the vicinity were thrown into
a state of the wildest excitement. There
were dogs, pigs, chickens and other live
stock beyond reckoning. These added to
the vocal disturbance. The most desper
ate efforts were made by the owners of
the houses to reclaim their property from
the flames. Some of them actually risked
their lives. The porches of neighboring
houses were piled up with the plunder. A
church across the street was cm-led of
everything portable, including the throne
of a secret society, which was dumped
into the street. There was shouting and
praying, and men, women and childien
seemed crazed. Fortunately no lives were
lost. The origin of the fire seems to have
been the falling of a spark from a chim- ■
ney on a dry roof, though some of the |
negroes were convinced that an incendiary
bad been at work.
There was some insurance. The houses
of J. H. Hall were insured in the West
chester through Curd & Walker for $770.
The negroes complained of the fire de
partment because when a store on X ine- ;
ville avenue caught fire recently the en
gines extinguished the flames. Chief I
Jones explains that he did so in that in- ]
stance because property within the city ,
limits was threatened. In this morning’s
fire no city property was threatened, so
that he was not authorized to throw a
stream.
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Bparß , be Kind You Have Always Bought
POLK MILLER.
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE STO
RIES AND SONGS OF THE OLD
SOUTH. GOME OUT TO WESLEYAN
CHAPEL THURSDAY NIGHT. POLK
MILLER AND MACON’S SWEETEST
SINGERS WILL BE THERE. ADMIS
SION 25 CENTS. *
Xinas Furnishing and Ear
ly Selection Insures Satis
tion. Harry L. Jones Co.
NOTHING DONE YET,
Mr. Collier, the Weather Man Still With
out a Platform.
Nothing has been done yet in regard to
the weather bureau. Mr. Collins, the
weather man, has been here over a month
and nothing has been done toward build
ing the observation platform. The instru
ment arrived about the 20th of November
but no work can be done until the plat
form is built. The offices have been fitted
out with the furniture and other necessary
articles, but Mr. Collins can send out no
reports until the platform is built. The
weather bureau and the treasury depart
ments have been notified, but they seem
to pay no attention to the communications.
Cbngressman Bartlett will be in Macon
■Monday and Mr. Collins will call on him
again and ask him to hurry up the de
partment at Washington.
Formal
Evening >•<
Dress.
If you anticipate attending
the social functions this week
come to us, if you are not
supplied with the proper fix=
ings.
IN BRIEF.
Dr. H. W. Walker, dentist, 506 Mulberry
trtreet, first floor.
Mrs. J. A. Kuert, who nas been the
guest of her husband. Colonel J. A. Kuert,
of the Second Ohio, ever since the regi
ment has been here and -for several weeks
bfore, left last night for her home in
I Kenton, Ohio, where she will remain until
after the holidays, when she will rejoin
her husband in Cuba, if he is there.
Weather forecast for Georgia: Fair to
night and Thursday: continued cold
weather, with slightly colder in extreme
I southeastern portion tonight; warmer on
' Thursday night.
Soldiers who have sense buy their
whiskey from A. Daus & Co.
The paving on -Cherry street was finish
ed yesterday afternoon.
Sole agent for E. H. Gatto & Co's Key
West cigars. Henry P. Loh.
A bottle of Pembroke Rye would be a
fitting gift of a friend to a friend. Order
it from Weicbelbau-m Third street.
All the best whiskies, wines and bran
dies fr Christmas at A. Daus & Co.
You can get the finest wines and liquors
at Weichselbaum’s Third street.
“T
| The only full line of cigars, tobaccos
I and pipes in this city. Henry P. Lob, 554
i Mulberry street.
J T. P. Ri-py Rye whisky is renowned the
world over. Get it at Weichselbaum’s Third
street house.
Drs. W. R. Holmes and Mason, dentists,
' 556 Mulberry street, opposite Hotel Lanier.
Try a bottle of Holmes' Mouth Wash for
preserving teeth, purifying breath, bleed
ing gums, ulcers, sore mouth, sore throat,
etc. For sale by all druggists.
Pembroke Rye has no superior as a first
class whisky. Order it from Sam Weichel
baum, Third street.
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Music Lessons —Piano and violin in
strucions at reasonable prices. Miss Nellie
Reynolds, 252 Washington avenue.
The City of Macon is being rapidly put
in condition and will be brought to Macon
in a few days.
Large line of meerschaum and fine briar
pipes. Henry P. Loh, 554 Mulberry
street.
You will be sorry if you don’t buy your
Christmas bottle from A. Daus & Co.
Mrs. Clifford Williams has resigned her
position as vocal instructor at Wesleyan.
She has been connected with Wesley fi for
the past eight years and her many friends
will regret to see her leave.
Christmas nearly here. Get your wines
and liquors from A. Daus & Co.
In the city court the case of the Everett
Flour and Grain Company vs. Freeman &
Jones was disposed of. The verdict was
renderd in favor of the plaintiff. The suit
was made on account of an accident.
No session of the superior court was held
today.
Tn the United States court several moon
shiners were tried and sentenced to jail.
Mr. C. S. Findlay, a well known citizen
of Vineville, died at his residence this
morning about 1 o’clock. He had been
sick for some time and his death was not
unexpected. He was a brother of Mr.
Chris Findley, and was one of the best
known men in Macon. The funeral services
will be held tomorrow morning from the
residence. Rev. J. L. White, of the First
Baptist church, will officiate. Interment
will be in Rose Hill cemetery.
The reviewing stand on which President
McKinley and party will be seated will be
commenced tomorrow idornin. It will be
built by Mr. P. D. Jones. The stand will
be a large one and will seat about 140 peo
ple. It will be built at the intersection of
Second and Cherry streets and will be in
a good position to review the troops. It
will be built at the expense of the city.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Barkhur-st celebated
their tin wedding on last Monday evening
at their home in West Macon. Quite a
number of their friends were in attendance
and a most delightful evening was spent.
Delicious refreshments were served aad a
number of handsome presents were receiv
ed by Mr. and IMrs. Barkburst.
Mr. J. J. Broder, who for so long a time
has been chief clerk at the Brown house,
will leave in a few days for Washington,
Ga.. where he will take charge of the
Johnston hotel, one of the best known
places in the state. Mr. Broder has been
contemplating this move for some time,
but it was only a few weeks ago that he
gave it out. Since coming here Mr. Bro
der has made many friends and they all
Macon news Wednesday evening, December 14 1898.
For Xmas Presents?
Are you looking for a nice present at a low cost? If so we have them. Six pretty
sideboards S2O to $35. Original price $25 to $45. Also six plain oak sideboards $8.35
to $16.65, worth one-third more. Five handsome walnut suits $45 to S6O. Original
price S6O to SBS. IBeautfful Golden Oakand quartered oak suits at one-third off.
Wardrobes correspondingly low prices. Combination book cases and desks at
factory cost. Beautiful rockers in willow-, 'Mahogany, (with pearl inlaid.) Golden
Oak, highly polished and quartered oak, are beauties, and the prices are record
breakers. Smyrna Rugs 30x60, $2.25. Table Scarfte and Portiers can t be beat. Nice
woolen Blankets, Lamps and Toilet sets unmatched at our prices.
A. S. Thomas Furniture Company.
420 Poplar Street.
■ regret to see him leave. The new hotel
I which he will manage has been thoroughly
1 remodeled and has an excellent reputation
among the traveling men.
Third street is now open for traffic.
‘ Shall We Forgive Her?” will be the at-
■ traction at the Academy of Music tomor-
■ row night.
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Captain W. F. Smith, of the Two Hun
dred and First New York regiment ’s the
guest of his brother, Mr. George A. Smith.
Captain Smith will remain in the city for
a few days.
Mr. Charles Ellis, who has been attend
j ing the medical school at the University
; of Virginia, is in the city for a few days.
Mr. J. H. Gilbert, of Savannah, is stop
ping at lowii house.
Mr. J. F. Camp, a prominent citizen of
Dalton, is ii- the city today.
Tickets for the reception and ball to
General Wilson can be found at Harry L.
Jones’ store on Second street. There will
be no regular list for engagements.
All accounts for News subscription are
due in advance and are payable upon pre
sentation, otherwise the carrier will be
instructed to collect each week. No de
viation from this rule lor any one, and no
paper will be continued upon any other
condition.
POLK MILLER.
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE STO
RIES AND SONGS OF THE OLD
SOUTH, COME OUT TO WESLEYAN
OHAPEL THURSDAY NIGHT. POLK
MILLER AND MACON’S SWEETEST
SINGERS WILL BE THERE. ADMIS
SION 25 CENTS.
•‘BRUSH AND PENCIL.”
First Exhibition of the Club to be Given
Tomorrow.
The Brush and Pencil Club, of Macon,
will have its first exhibition tomorrow at
Miss 'Bessie Roger’s studio on Second street
and the public are invited. The display of
pictures is remarkably fine and proves how
much real talent there is among the mem
bers of i.he club. The exhibition will last
all day and there is no charge for admis
sion, and no special invitations have been
issued. Among the paintings is a full
length portrait of -Miss Bertha Willing
ham by .Miss Bessie Rogers, president of
tJhe club, and the talent of the 'artist and
the beauty of the subject are so well
known that this is sure to be greatly ad
mired. Miss M. E. Mason has on exhibi
tion a picture indicative of the times, call
ed “Down —Cotton —4 Cents,” and like all
her works, it is skillfully and artistically
treaited, resulting in a picture that would
be 'delightfully realistic if it were not pa
thetically real Among other Macon artists
Who have good, works and beautiful pic
tures in the display, are Mrs. McQuinn,
Miss Cobb, Mrs. Pressly Walker, Miss
Small, Miss Green, Miss Clisby, Miss
Westcott, IMiss Hazlehurt and Miss Dellie
Rogers.
POLK MILLER.
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE STO
RIES AND SONGS OF THE OLD
SOUTH, COME OUT TO WESLEYAN
CHAPEL THURSDAY NIGHT. POLK
MILLER AND MACON’S SWEETEST
SINGERS WILL BE THERE. ADMIS
SION 25 CENTS.
Xmas Neckwear, Individual
Boxes. Harry L. Jones.
A Famous Feticing Master.
In Bertrand, the old fencing master.
aho at the age of 8 I has just laid down
nis foil forex er. lovers of the aruie blanche
have lost a teacher who in his day was un
surpassed and who had the honor of
founding nub merely a school of fencing,
but an epoch in the art he taught. For it
was the elder Bertrand who perfected (if
he did not originate) that most deadly of
all strokes, the riposte, which is a light
ninglike reply to the adversary's attack,
lelivered so swiftly after the pairy that
the opponent- has not had time to recover
from rhe effort and protect himself.
The Italian school has developed out-of
this a system of “offensive parries,”
vhich combines the guard and the riposte
in one movement, and is of very fatal ac
curacy with such a weapon as that of Pini.
But it was Bertrand who really developed
She full beauties of foil fencing, just when
lueling had been definitely stopped. Such
paradoxes are common in the history of
ihe sword, for it was the invention of
gunpowder and the consequent discerd
ng of heavy armor that introduced the
supremacy of the rapier and the point.
The superiority of Bertrand in his early
lays in Paris was testified in a manner
that has distinguished classical preced
ence.. For every ma.tn d Armes interro
gated on the enhjec’ by M. Legouve placed
Bertrand «coond-in the list of honor with
out a sirgk exception. —St. James Ga
zette
Turtle* lu the BahamM,
The shallow seas around the Bahama
stands abound with turtles, and turtle
shell valued locally at £5,600 was export
ed last year from ths colony. The edible
turtle is known as the green” one and is
also plentiful in these waters. When small
ones are caught, they arc deposited in large
ponds known as “crawls,” where, after
having been branded with their owner’s
mark, they are left to feed upon a particu
.ar kind of marine grass until they have
attained a marketable size. Turtle meat
sells in the local markets at threepence per
pound of live weight, and it is probable
that an enterprise foi the preparation of a
concentrated form of turtle soup, such as
has recently been established in Jamaica,
would prove a profitable undertaking.—
London Telegraph,
Dill tai
About your selection
for a Xmas gift.
fln Untfuella
Will do but we have
hundreds of other
Suitable Presents.
HARRY L. JONES CO.
366 Second Strest.
J<ScRfIFQLA
Erysipelas
Two Diseases That Cause Their
Victims to Ba Shunned by
Their Fellow-Man.
Springfield, Mo.
Gentlemen : I commenced taking P.
P. P., Lippman’s Great Remedy, last
Fall, for Erysipelas. My faca v?%s com
pletely covered with the disease; I took
a short course of P. P. P., and it soon
disappeared. This Spring I became
much debilitated and again took an
•ther course, and I am now in good
condition. I consider P. P. P. one of
the best blood preparations on the
market, and for those who need a gen
eral tonic to build up the system and
Improve the appetite I consider that it
has no equal. Will say, anyone who
oares to trv P. P. P. will not be disap
pointed in its results, and I, therefore,
cheerfully recommend it.
ARTHUR WOOD.
Springfield, Mo. ’
Ery&fpelss and Scrofula cured by P.
P. P., Lippman’s ( reat Remedy, surely
and without fail.
Springfield, Mo.
Gentlemen: Lest June I had a
scrofulous sore which broke out on my
ankle. It grew rapidly, and soon ex
tended from my ankle to my knee. J
got one bottle of your P. P. P., Lipp
man's Great Remedy, and was agree
ably surprised at the result. The entire
sore healed at once. I think I have
taken almost every medicine recom
mended for scrofula and catarrh, and
your P. P. P. is the best I have evei
tried. It cannot be recommended toe
highly for blood poison, etc.
Yours very truly,
W. P. HUNTER.
F. P. P. cures all blood and skin dis
ease, both in men and women.
Rheumatism, which makes man’s life
a hell upon earth, can be relieved at
once by r. P. P., Lippman’s Great Rem
edy. It makes a PERMANENT cure.
r P. P. is the great and onlv remedy
for advanced cases of catarrh. Stop
page of the nostrils and difficulty Id
breathing when lying down, P. P. P.
relieves at once.
P. P. P. cures bleed poisoning in al)
Me various stages, eld ulcers, sores and
taMney oomplainte.
fcM ky ell Craniate.
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ATTENTION SOLDIERS! 4
IVe ate prepared to fulfill your wants
in the following articles:
Underwear. Buckskin Gauntlets.
Our prices range from We have j ust receiv
sl.oo, $1.50, $2.00, $2 50 another new shin
s3.oo and up to $7.50 “ “®“ er n ® w sm P
per suit. Our suit for men s of these gloves in
$1.60 is the best in the all sizes at $1.50, $2.00
city. and $2.50.
We can give you anything you wish in Collars, Cuffs,
Shirts, Sox, etc.
Our goods are marked in plain figures, one price.
Give us a call. We will please you.
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Santa Claus
I s ri ding one of our nice Crescent Bicycles
A for he knows a first class up-to-date wheel
';’Br » when he sees it We are selling this ex-
‘ A'4~jl a cellent wheel at holiday prices. Remew-
I ' her that if you are fastidious in your taste
7 r J|k, about bicycles that the -Cleveland is the
/f 'xX only wheel on earth for you. Our stock
M m of buggies, traps, surreys, and phaetons
0 «•- til W al^^s complete and our prices the low-
h IM E est consistent with the quality.
s. S. PARMELEE,
Corner Second and Poplar Streets.
Drift wood '
and
Elmwood
IFATFIK
.IDh 1 G [tu>
Best made.
CRST IRON TOP and BOT-
Tom Iheir DISTINGUISH
ING Features.
They will last three
times as long as the
sheet-iron ones.
Keep Warm.
Sold only by
GARDEN,
Christmas Comes
But Once a Year.
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You know the rest. You may also know that we
carry, by far, the largest and most complete stock*of
Whiskies, Brandies, Wines, Etc., to_be found
in Macon. All of the finest brands of
Bottled Goods,
Old Bottled IBhis kies,
Old IBines of Every Kind.
Mumm’s, Monopole Pomery Sec.
French Cordials ot Various Kinds.
Appolinaris and all other Famous
Table waters.
* Everything retailed at Wholesale
prices.
This is a point that should interest soldiers
as well as civilians.
A. & N. M. BLOCK,
556-558 CHERRY ST.
I* Bl IF* reliable Female PILL
PENNYROYAL PILLS. SSi’S:
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£*r“ Send for circular. Price SI.OO per box, ti boxes lor $5.00, «.«.
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For sale by H. J. LAMAR & SONS, Wholesale Agents.