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ESTABLISHED 1884
THE SPECIAL '
WDRON
Will Remain at Callao, Peru,
Until Jan. 10
AWAITING MAIL MATTER
For the Pacific, Which Has Accu
mulated to an Enormous Amount
In Last Three Months.
By Associated Press.
'New York, Dec. 21. —A snecial to tee
Tribune from Washington Fays:
“Tiie special squadron,” as it is officially
designated at the navy department, com-
H>-td of the battleships Oregon and lowa,
the refrigerator supply eh p Celtic, the
< stilling ship Iris and *the colliers Justin,
S rand la and Sterling, will remain at Cal
l.o, Peru, where they are expected in a
day or two, until January Bth or 10th,
awaiting an enormous amount of mail, ag
gregating thirty-five thousand pieces,
which has accumulated in the three
months since the fleet started from New
Yurok for the Pacific. This mail, the re
markable of which indicate
Law many friends the officers and men of
thefibips have left in the United States,
went forward through the office of the dis
patch agent in New York City to be sent
by steamer for Colon, whence it will cross
the Isthmus and go down the west coast of
Fouth America until it is finally delivered
t > the sn ! 's. t.Much of this mail consists
of Christmas presents, which will be near
ly two weeks late, 'but it has been impos
e.ble under the orders of the special
squadron, to send communications to the
ships except by cable up to the present
t une.
The orders of Captain Barker, senior of
fi er of the squadron, will be fully execu
te 1 when his ships assemble at the rendez
vous at Callao. Although it has been the
general understanding that the two bat
t tishipe were destined for Honolulu and
eventually to reinforce Admiral Dewey at
'Manila, no orders whatever for the voyage
beyond Calloa, have up to this time been
rent to Captain Barker, but it is practical
ly decided that he will be ordered in Jan
uary to continue his voyage in the Oregon,
accompanied by the distilling ship Iris,
to Honolulu and thence to the Philippines,
w'n le the lowa and other ‘ehips will
make their way up the coast to San Fran
cos co, reaching the Mare Island navy yard
srbout the middle of February, when an
essential repair to the lowa’s boilers will
b. undertaken in order that the battleship
may be in condition to hurry across the
Pacific in case of an emergency.
PATAGONIA EXPLORED.
A Devoted Professor Studying ffie End of
Creation.
By Associated Press.
New York. Dee. 21. —Professor John Bell
Hatcher, of Princeton, has gone back to
atagonia to continue his search for rare
fossils anad to explore the interior of the
country. He expects to be absent three
years. Two years ago he entered the
voi.ntry, but ill health forced him to re
turn to Princeton this fail. A month's
r-. < was a 1 ! that he would take.
Professor Hatcher’s trips are made with
c '.A a couple of Indians as guides. Every
t *.» ,yp the country means a voluntary
exile from the world for ex months. He
. and works with his oFd guides, never
seeing a white man from the time he.
ts.ives the coast untl he returns. He was
the first man to introduce an American
wagon into Patagonia, carrying the parts
•- nth and building.the wagon himself.
On his last trip he got together a valua
ble colection of fauna and flora of the
euuntry, as well as a collection of fossils
He also discovered a lake, which he named
*r nceton, after the University.
The fossils of Patagonia resemble the
species found in our western counthy.
There are varieties of the old three-toed
torse and also a remarkable animal which
was the ancestor of the modern ant-eater.
In dry weather Professor Hatcher will
v-ork along the sea coast where the re
markable riae and fall of the tides un
earth the bones in the cliffs along the
shore.
Professor Hatcher Is a graduate of Yale.
He has already wofi a name for himself
. ' a western scientific explorer before he
opened up the new field in Patagonia.
STATESMEN AND ARTISTS.
By Associated Press.
New York. Dec. 21. —The steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse, from Bremen and
Southampton, brought into port today the
following passengers: Dr. Von Holleben,
<Krman ambassador to the United States;
* ean de Reske, Mme. Lilli Lehmann Ka
. sen. Victor (Maurel and Mlle Rosa Olitzka
and Ernest Krauss, Maurice Gran Grand
* u'era tompany, and the Tegernsee Bava
rian Company, under the management of
Gustav Amberg.
THE MACON NEWS
SUCCESSFUL TRIP.
Was Carried Out by the Chronicle in a
Steerable Balloon.
By Associated Press.
New York, De r. 2! —X dispatch to the
Times from London says:
The Daily Chronicle successfully car
ried out the first trip from London to the
continent in a steerable balloon. For
weeks past the large balloon in the
grounds of the Crystal Palace has been
awaiting a northerly or northwesterly
wind. It started at 11:38 o’clock in the
morning. The passengers were Percival
Spender the famous at ronaut to whom the
balloon belongs and Lawrence Swinburne,
of the Daily Chronicle staff. The balloon's
cubic capacity is fifty-six thousand feet
and its weight, empty, ten and a half hun
dr weight. The steering apparatus con
sists of a sail twelve feet square weighing
tn pounds and at trail rope 500 feet long
with a hundred pound weight at the end.
When steering becomes necessary the bal
loon descends until the rope trails on the
ground and by attaching the upper end to
one aide or other of a ring above the car
(he sail is brought around to catch the
wind. In this manner a course four or
five points from the direction of the wind
can be sailed.
The Walloon was reported by a Lloyd
signal man to be crossing the Beacbey
Head at 10:30. Soon after 4 o’clock it was
reported to be passing over Fecamp. Mr.
Swineburne telegraphs the Chronicle that
rhe balloon descended safely at St. Romain
fourteen miles east of Havre at 4:35 and
that the steering apparatus was employed
twice during the trip. Tbe aeronauts had
one narrow escape when the balloon des
cended too close to the waves and shipped
water in mid- channel.
Although the general purpose of the trip
was to add to the knowledge concerning
dirigible balloons, a special interest at
taches to it owing to the light it may
throw upon the fate of Andre, whose bal
loon in which he attempted to reach the
north pole was rigged with a precisely
similar steering apparatus.
This is the fourteeth successful cross
channel trip, several other attempts hav
ing had fatal results.
SECRETARY OF
INTERIOR
Bliss’ Successor is Hitch
cock of Missouri, the
Present Ambassador
to Russia.
By Associated Press.
Washington. Deo. 21—The president has
nominated Ethan A. Hitchcock, of 'Mis
souri, to be secretary of the interior; F.
W. Johnson, of California, to be register
of the land office at St. Marysville, Cali
fornia.
Mr. Hitchcock at present is ambassador
to Russia. He was appointed minister m >e
than a year ago and when the rank raised
to an embassy he was reappointed.
St. Louis, December 21.—Hon. Ethan
Allen Hitchcock who was today appointed
Secretary of the Interior to succeed Sec
retary Bliss, was formerly a wealthy law
yer of St. Louis. He is at present United
States Ambassador to Russia, ta which
position McKinley appointed him in 189fi.
He is a great personal friend of the Pres
ident and a lineal descendant of Col.
Erhan Allen, of Ticonderoga fame.
GEN. SHAFTER”
SUPPORTED
His Chief of Staff Tells of the
Santiago Campaign.-
By Associated Press.
Washington. Dec. 21 —Colonel
General Shafter’s chief of staff, testified
before the war investigating commission
today concerning the Santiago campaign,
largely following the line's of General
Shafter's testimony yesterday. Colonel
Miley said that while the expeditionary
fleet was lying at Tampa, prior to the
start the troops were given every facility
of bathing and shore privileges. He told of
the positions and lines of the two armies
before Santiago. He said the Spanish
lines were so Conspicuous that there was
no necessity of any reconnaissance in force
to determine them. He said there was no
doubt where the Spanish sharp shooters
were between the Spanish and American
lines, but he was unable to find a single
instance of Spanish sharp shooters firing
on our hospitals in the rear or their firing
on the flanks. He sooke of the two mile
range of the Spanish. Describing the
American position at San Juan Hill he
said it would have been far safer in the
rear than to remain where they did.
NORTHERN PACIFIC CLAIMANTS.
By Associated Press.
Milwaukee. Wis., Dec. 21 —Special Mas
ter in Chancery Cary, who has had charge
of the litigation concerning the Northern
Pacific claimants who have made claims
against the lands east of Missouri river has
issued notices to creditors that he will be
gin the hearings upon the laims on De
cember 28. sitting at Chicago.
A BURGLARIOUS BARON.
By Associated Press.
Mishawaka. Ind., December' 21. —Frede-
rick Von Hartman, aged 27. son of Baron
Von Hartman, of Cologne Germany, has
been sentenced to five years in the state
pftson by Judge Buck of Kalamazoo
county for burglary. _
MACON NEWI WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 21 1898.
RAILROAD
-COLLISION
Two Trains Coma Together on
the Pennsylvania Line.
SOMEBODY MADE UH ERROR
Two Lives Inst and Several mere
Probaoly Fatally ilnjur
ed.
By Associated Press.
New York, December 21.—A rear end
collision occurred on the Pennsylvania
railroad 'today three miles from Rabway,
which resulted in a lose of two lives and a
serious though not fatal injuries to four
persons. About twenty persons were cu't
and bruised and nearly all the occupants
of both trains in the collision were thrown
from their berths. The collision occurred
between Chicago 'and New York express
and eastern express. When three miles
from Rahway, shortly before seven, the
•Chicago-New York express stopped, ac
cording to engineer’s by signal. A rather
heavy fog prevailed. The Eastern express
came up from behind about 20 miles an
hour and d'ashed into it, sending the bag
gage cafl off the track and crushing
through into the Pullman sleeper, “Bar
tholdi,’ which contained 15 passengers,
the Pullman conductor and 1 the colored
porter. The engine of the Chicago express
did not come to a stop until half the
sleeping car was made kindling wood.
The colored porter and a passenger were
caught up on top of the boiler, their
bodies twisted together with the debris
and much mangled. The engine of the
Chicago express was badly damaged and
the tender was .thrown from the 1 track.
Beyond smashing the Southern express
■car and the car platforms of that train,
it. susitayied no other damage and none of
its passengers .were seriously hurt.
Previous to the collision, John Vander
ver, the engineer of the Chicago train
and a fireman jumped off. Both received
scalp wounds. The Eastern train was
composed of the mail and express cars,
and the Bartholdi. The passengers in the
“Bartholdi” were thrown forward between
the broken woodwork, the escaping
steam and the flying glass. The car top
pled over on the -side and lay slanting
against 'the bank. For two hours two
women and two men lay pinned down by
the debris, suffering from injuries. It
was impossible to get them out until after
the arrival of the relief train which came
about 3 o’clock. The name of the boy
killed was 'W. O. Dewolff of Parkersburg,
W. Va. The name of the porter is not
known.
Tfle killed were William C. Dewolff,
clerk of the accounts office of the Ohio
River railroad at Parkersburg, W. Va.., E.
Knight, colored, Jersey City, porter. The
injured were Mrs. Julia Levy, Brooklyn.,
suerlng from shock; severely but not fa
tally hurt, B. F. Meade, left leg broken;
F. Krupper, of Brooklyn, slightly hurt;
Frank Irish, Traveling Passenger Agent of
the Chicago, Northwestern railroad, of
Chicago, whose collar bone was broken.
AT ST. JOSEPH'S
Programme For Christmas Morning Exer
cises.
The following program will be rendered
at St. Joseph's church on Christmas morn
ing at 5:15 and at 10 o'clock:
Kyrie—Jos. Hayden’s Mass, No. 2.
Gloria —Weber’s Mass in G. .
Credo —Giorza’s Mass No. 1.
Offertory—“Adeste Fideles.”
Sanetus —(Mozart's Seventh Mass.
Agnus Dei —'Weber's 'Mass in G.
The choir consits of the following sing
ers: A
Soprano—Misses E. Moran and M. Van
nuncci.
Alto —Mrs. J. A. Campbell, 'Misses Lena
Huthnanee, Viola Vannucci, Mrs. Martin
Callahan.
Tenor —'Messrs. F. A. Huthnanee and Mr.
Callahan.
Bass—(Messrs J. A. Campbell and Wm
Crimminß.
HOUNDED BY
DETECTIVES
Convict Wishing to Be Hon
est Forced to Suicide.
By Associated Press.
Sr. Louis, Mo., December 21. —David
Shea, ex-convirt. deliberately committed
suicide today in a rooming house by shoot
ing hjmself in the head. In a pathetic
letter addressed to the Post Dispatch, he
says he was driven to death by a private
detective agency. As result of being
hounded by the agency, Shea declares he
was unable to obtain work to sustain
himself honestly and decided to die.
COL E. S BARRETT
President of the Sons of the Revolution,
Killed.
By Associated Press.
Concord. Mass.. December 21. —Col. Ed
ward S. Barrett. National President of the
Sons of the Revolution, was killed by fall
ing from a window of his home here to
g’. He was about CO years of age.
WILL THEY
UNSEAT HIM?
Rules Committee Reports on
Bailey’s Resolution.
GEN, WHEELER'S POSITION,
Recommended that the Judiciary
Committee Report Upon*
His Status,
I By Associated Press.
j Washington. Dec. 21.—At the opening of
1 the senate today Mr. Cullom, of Illinois,
I reported favorably from the committee on
j forc-ign relations the bill to provide a gov
, ernment for the (Hawaiian Islands, in be
-1 half of (Mr. -Carter, of IMonta-na, who was
1 absent, iMr. Chandler offered a resolution,
which was referred to the committee on
rules providing for a distribution of ap
propriation bills among the several stand
ing committees of the senate and so
amending the existing rules of the senate
as to make such distribution possible.
Less than fifity members were on the
house today. Immediately after reading
the journal Mr. Henderson, of lowa, of the
committee on rules, reported back favora
bly the Bailey resolution, directing the ju
diciary committee to investigate and re
port upon the question as to whether
members of the house who accepted com
missions in the late war, bad. by so doing,
vacated their seats in the house. He ask
ed for immediate consideration and the
1 resolution was reported without division.
Mr. 'Wheeler, Democrat, of Alabama, Mr.
Colson. Republican, of Kentucky, Mr. Rob
bins, Republican, of Pennsylvania, and
Mr. Campbell, Democrat, of Illinois, are
1 members of the house who volunteered for
the Spanish-American war. None of them
were present when the investigation was
ordered today.
A bill was passed for the relief of Ben
jamin F. Jones, late postmaster of Bureau
gard, Miss.
At 1:05 o’clock the house adjourned un
-1 der a joint resolution until noon of Jan
uary 4, 1899.
MAJ, HARRIS RETURNS.
The Macon Officer Goes Back to Cu
ba.
The many Macon friends of Major Ma
rion Harris will learn with regret that he
i has been obliged to return to Cuba with
-1 out paying a visit .to home folks. Major
j Harris has been 'in New York and Wash-
I ington on government business, and he did
. net h'ave sufficient 'time at his disposal to
: make the -trip home. •
RECORDER’S COURT.
Cases Decided iThis Morning—Chief Boi
feuillot to Return Tonight.
Very little time was consume-d by Judge
) Freeman this morning. The session of his
' court was very short, only taking thirty
j minutes to dispose of all of the cases on
' tbe docket.
No cases of any importance came up,
drunk and disorderly being the main
charges. Sidney Ma'thews was bcund over
to the city court on the charge of larceny.
William Barron, a white tramp, was given
thirty days in the city chaingang for va
grancy. He came into the city several
1 days ago on the brake rods and lias dis
turbed several people by his actions.
H. C. Eastman was fined $2.50 for bei ig
drunk. Benjamin Hill was fined $5 for the
same offense. Noah Bryant was charged
with being drunk but was dismissed. Mary
Burns was bound over to the superior
court under a S2OO bond, on the charge of
larceny from the person.
Milton Da-vis was given thirty days on
the city ehaingang for vagrancy. He is
also a knight of the rod.
Chief of Police Boifeuillet is expected
j to return tonight from Atlanta and he will
' again assume the duties of chief of police.
His position has been ably filled by Lieu
tenant Murphy during his absence. Lieu
tenant Walter Clarke has also been es
great eervioe to the force and deserves a
great deal of credit for his work.
OUR SPANISH RELATIONS.
Consular Duties in Cuba —Our Representa
tives in Spain.
I Py Associated Press.
I Washington, Dec. 21 —The state depart
-1 ment has instructed Vice Consul General
. Springer to proceed to Havana to close up
the affairs of the United States consulate
general there. The consular officers
Ithorughout Cuba are not to be abandoned
but will be closed temporarily until such
time as it is thought the recognition so the
independence of the Cubans maye become
necessary to resume business through
them. The department has yet taken no
steps toward re-opening American con
sulates in Spain and probably will be al
lowed to wait exchange of rhe ratifications
jof the peace treaty. In the absence of the
I usual treaties of amity and commerce the
status of the United States consuls who
will be sent to Spain will be somewhat in
definite. but it is not doubted that they
will be afforded proper facilities to dis
charge their duties. Curiously enough, one
at least, and perhaps more United States
consular officers have remained at the
I posts throughout the entire war undis
turbed. Another curious fact is that there
was received without intermission through-
• out the war at the navy department the
; Spanish official naval publication which
1 had been on the exchange list depart
( ment. .
TO UNITE ALL THE PEOPLE.
That Was the Object of the Pres deni’s
Southern Trip.
The President's visit and his speech
made a strong on Savannah
ians says the News, and especially on the
business men. Many who were half in
clined to be expansionists became firmly
such after the President had spoken.
There have been a number of business
men who have been outspoken expansion
ists since the war began. Their number
has doubtless been aded to by the Presi
dent’s visit.
There has been considerable discussion
as to whether the President had any espe
cial object in selecting the South as the
place for the utterance of views which al
lowed the world to see the position of the
administration in reference to the Fhilip
paity said last night that the President
j desired to pay what honor he could to the
South.
“1 was convinced from the statements
made to me by those close to the Presi
dent,’’ he said, “that he is actuated by a
i sincere belief that there is. no longer a
sectio-nal Line in this country; that the
war with Spain has demonstrated a com
mon patriotism, and that the time has
come for the burying of all issues based
on sectional feeling. The President, I was
told, was possessed with the idea that the
grand opportunity had come to show to
the South and to the country at large,
. what was already appreciated by many
throughout the country, that the country
is one; that the war has demonstrated the
fact that there is a passionate love of a
common country and flag that knows no
i sectionalism, and that that fact must be
1 publicly recognized and ins influences be
allowed to be felt. To seize this oppor
tunity to bring all the people of the Uni
ted Slates closer together, to lead in the
i grand reunion of the country, the Presi
> dent considers as the greatest ambition
that could possess him. He was desirous
that the Southern people should know that
he appreciated their love of country and
’ flt’.g, and applauded their valor. He would
' i rather go down into history as a Presi
dent who wiped out the last vestige of ssc
tionalism than as the President who
| broadened the territory of the country.
. That is the true secret of the matter.
The trip was actuaed by sentiment. The
President returns to Washington inspired
’ still more with the hope that his noble
aspi rations on this line will be successfur
’ and that there will be no more North or
South, in a political sense. His trip, it is
thought, will have a beneficial effect on
national politics in this / way. It is the
[ i burial forever of the “bloody shirt,” and
, the beginning of a better feeling between
' the two sections. That is all the Presi-
dent hoped for.”
PRESIDENT
DIDN’T SAY IT
. I
Did Not Hesitate to Accept
The Badge Offered Him by
Confederate Veterans
In its account of President McKinley’s
visit to Macon the New York Herald has
the following;
“As the President was about to proceed
Dr. Roland B. Hall, another veteran, ask
ed the President to accept and wear a
badge of the Confederate Veterans’ Asso
ciation. which bore his likeness and words.
“I do not know that it will be proper,”
said the President.
“But you must,” said Dr. Hall, and be
' pinned it on the President’s coat.
Without further ceremony the President
I marched ahead with Judge Speer. The
I sight of the Confederate badge on / the
: J President’s coat as he passed through the
s lines of veterans called forth vociferous
cheering. The President wore the badge
i during his stay in 'Macon.
Practically the same thing as the above
appeared the next morning in the Macon
Telegraph, and both accounts are incor-
■ rect.
, j The President did not hesitate to ac
, cept the badge, as stated, and did not say
1 “I do not know that it will be proper.” On
I the contrary he accepted it most gracious
• ly and thanked the veterans for the com
i pliment. In fact he afterwards remarked
I to Judge Speer that it was one of the most
i pleasant incidents of his trip, and that he
■ greatly appreciated the badge and would
I keep it as a souvenir of Macon.
Thes facte are corroborated by Judge
Speer, Dr. Hall and Colonel Wiley, who
were present at the time, and who are posi
tive.that the President did not use the
words attributed to him by the Macon
Telegraph and New York Herald.
THE COURTS -
OF MACON.
Sunerior, City and the United
States—F. L. Terrel Ac
quitted
There was no session of the Superior
Court today. Judge Felton has adjourned
until the second Monday in January, when
he will again take up the criminal docket.
In the city count a few civil cases were
i tried. The court will adjourn Saturday
and will not resume until some time in
; January.
In the United States court the case of
the United States vs. F. L. Terrel,
j charged with using cancelled postage
. stamps was heard. The jury rendered a
verdict of not guilty as there was not
: enough evidence to convict. The case of
| Louise Robinson vs. The Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company was taken up,
but,was not completed. William R. Min
ter, of Hawkinsville, filed a petition
praying to become a. voluntary bankrupt.
WOMAN FOUND DEAD.
Believed She Died Alone -From Natural
Causes.
Marietta Davis, a negro woman about
thirty years of age, was found dead in a
room on Fourth street last night about 10
o’clock. There is no evidence of foul play
and it is thought that she came to her
death from natural causes. It is not known
how long she had been dead, but the body
was very cold when found. The coroner
will hold an inquest over the body this as
, ternoon.
’ PRICE FIVE CENTS
‘ffi SWELL
MURDERED ?
Suspicion that the HVan Was
Not Accidently Shot.
FELLOWiWORKMAH CRESTED
t
llt is Thought Frcm K’s Irjuries
that He Was Not Run Over by
a Train.
There is evidently a mystery concern
ing the death of the negro, William Bag
well, who is alleged to have ben killed by'
' the Southern railway train near Holton
Monday night. George Dean has been ar
rested on suspicion and is now at the po
lice station.
The body of the dead man was brought
to the city last night and Coroner Hollis
held an inquest this morning. The inquest
was not completed, however, on account of
the fact that there were several important
witnesses absent. Dean was arrested on
suspicion and it is thought that he had
struck Bagwell before the train came on
them. The testimony of the fireman of
thd engine shows that there were two men
at the place where the man was struck
I and that as the train came around the
I curve Bagwell was seen in the middle of
the track and did not- move when the
; whistle sounded.
I He was struck by the train, both of his
legs being broken and his body otherwise
I mangled. On examination this morning
! the coroner's jury found that the man’s
’ skull had been crushed in and the jury is
, of the opinion that it was impossible for
| the train to have made such a hole. It is”
said that Dean and Bagwell were fighting
and that Dean struck Bagwell with some
blunt instrument, crushing his skull and
that the man being n a dazed condition
staggered on the track and was unable to
move.
The investigation will be continued to
morrow morning and it is very probable
that George Hicks, another negro, will be
locked up on suspicion, as he refused to
give evidence this morning. The matter
■ will be given a thorough sifting and it is
i the opinion of many people that Dean will'
be charged with the murder.
STATE ARMY LEAGUE.
■■
To Be Converted Into an Educational As
sociation.
Mrs. W, Y. Atkinson, president of the
. Georgia Army and Navy league, presided
: at a meeting of the league yesterday af
i ternoon in the library of the Y. M. C. A.
building, says the Atlanta Journal. It
was decided that as the government now
provides 60 cents per dey for convales
cent’s diet and has perfect arrangements
for clothing for these sick soldiers, that
there was no further need eo expend what
money the league had in its treasury for
' the seddiers.
The following resolution was made by
Mrs. Loulie M. Gordon:
j “That the league do not disband, but
I band together with even stronger interest
an'd oneness of purpose as the Georgia
Educational league, to educate girls of
limited means in Georgia, and to reach
1 the children in the country districts, with
I books and literature, to lift their Tittle
[ hearts and minds into broader fields.”
Mrs. Gordon further said that “the
grain of knowledge given to each girl and
each child would mean culture not only
for that girl or child, but for generations
1 to come.”
Miss Mary L. G. Huntley warmly sec
onded Mrs. Gordon’s resolution, with ex
pressions commending the beauty of this
new move of the league, which has so
j long been on the hearts of the president
and state chairman of this organization.
! For years Mrs. Atkinson has had on her
I mind the uplifting of the girls of Georgia,
' and it is to her thought and influence
that the Georgia Normal and Industrial
I college became an actuality, and now
i stands as one of the finest and most thor
i ough training schools in the country. No
less interest for the girls and chiklren of
Georgia has animated the heart and life
of Mrs. Loulie M. Gordon, who for years
has plannedl and worked for the education
of rhe girls and children in the country
districts, shut out as they are from the
advantages that surround the youth of
the more populous portions of the country.
This new move of the league promises
a harvest of helpfulness for r he heart and
i mind of many a giry in Georgia.
The Georgia Army and Navy league has
expended, according to the actual state
ment given by the treasurer and district
vice-presidents, as sent by Mrs. Atkinson
to the Woman’s National War Relief As
sociation, es which Mrs. U. S. Grant is
president, $4,000, and has on hand Targe
by friends, which will be distributed to
i the poor during the Christmas. Several
hundred dollars are still in the treasury,
j which, by the consent of those who do
nated it, it will be used in the beautiful
work now’ taken up by the Georgia Edu
cational league.
RARE CHANCE
To Buy Fine Goods lat the Price of the
Cheap kind.
The sale of the Stelnheimer stock to Mr.
Ed. Weichselbaum gives the people of Ma
con an opportunity to buy fine liquors,
wines and cigars at ridiculous prices.
The finest 10 cent cigars are being sold
at the price of 5 cent goods. This is of
especial interest to the ladies who want
to give a box of cigars as a Christmas
present.
The finest bottled wines and liquors are
being sold at the price of cheaper goods—
for instance, old Mount Vernon Rye (1893)
that sells everywhere at $1.50 per quart is
(being sold at sl. And so on down the
list.
The rush is on, and if you want to save
a dollar out of every five it will pay you
, to go at once.