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THt MACON NEWS.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
NEWS PRINTING COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS.
R. L. McKENNEY. Business Mngr.
TOM W. LOYLESS. Editor.
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THE NEWS.
Offices: 412 Cherry Street
Weather Report for Georgia.
Partly cloudy weather tonight and Fri
day; warmer.
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Macon ano Her Newspapers.
With the near approach of the New
year it seems to us not out of place to
bring to the attention of Macon people,
and especially the business community, a
matter that concerns everyone who has
any interest in Macon’s present or future
—Macon's newspaper representation.
We do not intend to make any selfish
appeal to the patriotism of our people for
support, foi we know enough not to de
pend on support of that character. But
we do intend to present an every day busi
ness proposition to the business men of
Macon in particular—for it is they who '
make a town’s newspapers what they are. |
We intend o present it, not from our side
of the matter, but from their side: for
whatever operates for or against the com
munity directlj' effects its merchants and
'business men. And in calling attention
to this matter The News would not speak
solely for or about itself, but about Ma
con’s newspapers collectively as the best
exponents of the city itself —the daily,
documentary evidence of what she, is and '
what she is doing.
Stop a minute and ask yourself a ques
tion -a business question. Do you think
it is of any yalue to Maccn to be repre
sented by creditable, up-to-date, progres
sive newspapers? Have you, at some time
■>r other, been among those who occasion
ally complain that Macon’s newspapers are
not the equals in size and news facilities
of certain other papers published in cities
twiet and three times as large as Macon?
Which is an admission in itself 'that a
town is judged by its newspapers. Perhaps
you have been uncharitable enough to
blame the publishers for not giving Macon
the sort of newspaper that you would like
to see go forth as a representative of your
city—the kind, for instance, that is pub- ■
lished in some larger town, where there i
is ten times the advertising done as is j
done in Macon. Did It ever odour to you j
■that you might possibly be in pgr[ respon- '
sible for the fault you complain of in your j
home paper? What do you do to make it j
'better? If you are a merchant do you spend |
eg much as five per cent of your sales in i
advertising? Do you even spend as much 1
as one per cent? Do you spend a dime in
this direction more than you feel abso
lutely obliged to spend?
There are some rfterchants in Macon who
do advertise: who advertise liberally and ;
wisely—but for these few the local news- !
papers could not be what they are. But ■
there are others, a great many others, who ,
don’t spend ten dollars a year with either 1
paper. There are retail houses in Macon
which excuse themselves with an adver
tisement once a week, ' while some con
tent themselves with fence signs, road
boards and an occasional dodger. But. i
worst of all. there are wholesale houses
in Macon, doing an enormous business
annually that do not even keep
their names in their home papers.
And yet they wonder that Macon
hasn’t greater commercial prestige: some- j
times even complain that her newspapers
do not properly represent their city—as
indeed they do not. as judged by their ad
vertising columns, especially those col
umns which should contain at least the
names of such houses as add anything to
the business reputation of Macon.
“But we don’t need advertising." says
the wholesaler, “our drummers do the
work." Indeed they do, poor fellows: and
it is uphill work. too. when they not only
have to introduce themselves but their
house —this has happened more times than
■a few. to our certain knowledge, in towns
where the Macon papers are read every
day. But whether you think you need
advertising or not. you must surely realize
that your city needs it. needs all she can
get, needs to display her commercial and
industrial strength every day far and near,
in order that she may continue to gain!
prestige and extend her trade. And this
applies to every' manufacturer in Macon
as well as to the wholesaler.
And it applies to the business commu
nity as a whole, for the better the impres
sion created by the home paper, as illus
trating the ♦commercial strength apd im
portance of a town, the more trade is
drawn to that town. On the same princi
ple that the largest stores catch the most
floating trade, so the largest trade centres
attract the most, customers —and these re
ceive their impressions almost entirely
from the advertising columns of the local
paper.
Aside from the impression created by
the prosperous-looking, formidable adver
tising columns, is the impression created
by a prosperous, progressive paper. And
the latter conditions cannot be born of
themselves. A newspaper cannot be pro
gressive and up-to-date just because the
publisher would like to have it so. No
more than a local hotel can have a marble
front and a metropolitan service merely
because the proprietor might prefer to
conduct such a hotel and because the same
would speak well for the town.
There must be something back of these
things—something to justify them.
No v. as a matter of fact, are you doing
wha; you ought to justify high-class, cred
itable newspapers for Macon? If not you
are an infernal ingrate for criticising those
you have. And you are a fool. too. for not
knowing that Macon has the biggest and
best newspapers in the United States,
without a single exception, based on the
size of the town and the patronage ac
corded them. We speak from experience,
from knowledge of both papers and from
knowledge of newspaper* and conditions
I in other cities.
We do not bring these facta to your at
i tention purely from a selfish motive —for
' we can make more clear money publish-
I ing a s(-v> n column four page paper than
■ we can possible make out of a thoroughly
1 up-to-date. progressive eight page paper
under the conditions that now prevail. But
I this matter of newspaper representation is
1 something in which we are all concerned—
I the citizen as well as the merchant, and
t both as much so as the publisher.
If you don’t believe it just pause to
think what the effect upon Macon’s pres
| tige would be if on the first day of January
■ her morning paper should be issued hence
-1 forth in four page form and her afternoon
; paper should drop back to a six column.
patent outside. It wouldn’t take a week to
convince even our home people that Macon
had taken a slide down ‘he ladder of pro
gress—for newspapers mirror a town more
r-orreetly than all other agencies combined.
Poor papers, poor town. Progressive pa
pers. progressive town. For the newspaper
makes the town, and the town makes the
newspapers.
A Matter For the Chamber of Commerce.
The News published yesterday an inter
i view with a prominent Macon cotton fac
tor, Mr. John T. Mot -e, in which he plain
ly stated that Macon has lost over .15,000
bales of cotton this season by reason of
i unjust railroad discriminations. Mr.
I Moore said:
j “We cannot gc-t the rates to which we
ar? entitled. We are supposed to have
railroad competition, but it is not so.
Towns within a radius of a hundred miles,
that have railroad connections, indepen
dent of the existing combinations, beat us
in rate?, to such an extent that farmers do
not snip as freely to us as they did form
erly. The rate question in this state is a
most rerious one. The treatment Macon is
receiving is so manifestly unjust that no
reasonable mind can doubt it. We have
plenty of railroad lines but no competition.
There ought to be some remedy for the
wrong that commissioners or courts can
find. We cannot .afford to rest under the
condition lest our commercial life be abso
lutely stifled.”
The above statements are in line with
statements made by practically every other
cotton warehouseman and buyer in Macon.
Captain W. A. Davis. Mr. C. B. Willing
ham. Captain W. H. Snowden and oihers. !
all of wl o n certainly ought to know |
whereof they speak, agree that Macon is ;
unjustly treated by the railroads, all j
•through lack of competition.
In a word, 'Macon’s cotton merchants are j
the first io feel the effects of the gigantic •
scheme of unlawful railroad consolidation, ,
against which The News has enveig-hed for '
the oast several years. Results speak for :
themselves —<15,000 .bales decrease in Ma- j
con's cotton receipts fcr IS9B. But lest the '
figures be misunderstood the men who best ■
understand the situation, have explained it
in a manner that emphasizes the injustice
being done this city by the railroads.
With ‘these facts and these statements
before it. does it not seem that the Cham
ber of Commerce, that body which is sup
posed to represent and protect the commer
cial interests of Macon, should take some
action? Let a similar complaint be made
by the same number of Atlanta or Savan
nah business men. and the commercial
bodies of those cities will take prompt and
.vigorous steps to correct the evil complain
ed of. And the chances are ten to one that
■the desired relief will be forthcoming.
Mr. Moore's complaint is not the first*;
that has been made public of late. And ;
yet no, action has been taken. Will the !
•Chamber of Commerce continue to ignore
this matter of such vital importance 'to the
business interests of Macon? We shall
see.
The Reconstruction Era of Cuba.
There is every reason to believe that
there will be serious trouble in Cuba
within the next few days. Already rhe Cu
bans have shown a disposition 'to wreak :
vengeance on the Spaniards, and the lat-.
ter show no '■disposition to submit tamely.
We of the South can well appreciate the
position of the Spaniards by comparing the
present situaTicn in Cuba to the recon
struction period in our own section. The
difference lies in the fact that the liberated
Cubans are much more violent and ag
gressive in their nature, rendering the po
sition of the Spaniards even worse than
that of our Southern people after the civil
war.
The social line between the native Cuban
and the Spaniard is about the same as the
color line in the South, hence the irksome
natura of the new conditions so sot n to
prevail in Cuba, and even now'prevailing.
That Cuban malice and Spanish pride wii!
bring about many clashes is a foregone
conclusion. In fact, the Cubans have al
ready begun upon Their campaign of hu
miliation and violence. Only a day or two
aga a body of colored Cubans entered a
store in Havana and commanded the Span
ish proprietor to kiss the Cuban flag, cut
ting him severely with their machetes upon
his refusal to do so.
All in all. the reconstruction era in Cuba
threatens to prove a reign of terror, unless
the American authorities d al promptly
and vigorously with the situation, which
it is to be hoped they will do. The Cubans
will have to be taught their lesson, and
the sooner the better. The United States
took up arms against Wpaiu for humanity's
sake, so we claimed; for the same motive?
we should now protect the Spaniards frbm
unnecessary and cowardly persecution.
The American people have no feeling of
revenge to gratify, and we should see to
it that the people whose liberty we have
secured do not abuse our friendship.
This government made mistakes in its
reconstruction policy after the civil war,
mistakes which imposed unnecessary hard
ships and indignities upon a proud but
helpless people; mistakes which many of
those responsible for them now sincerely
regret. With’ the experience it has had.
therefore, there can be no excuse for the
pursuance of a reconstruction policy in
Cuba, that would place the heels of relent
less Cubans upon the necks of preud but
helpless Spaniards. The new order of
things in the island should be slowly and
carefully established, with due regard to
the rights and feelings of the superior peo
ple. Cuba should not be turned over
to the meb until the mob itself has been
civilized, and made better fit for the re
sponsibilities of government.
The Albany Herald says: “Rev. W. E.
Mumford, late agemr’ bf Jhe South Georgia
Conference Orphans' Hbme. has retired
from the conference for the purpose of or
ganizing a home for Georgia’s indigent
childhood. He has given up all salary or
assurance of pecuniary remuneration and
has thrown himself into the work of rais
ing funds to build the home His thousands
of fi lends throughout the state trust that
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' and that the heme which he proposes to
build will ere long be an assured fact.”
MACON NEWS THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29 1898.
Judge J. P. Ross.
In retiring from the city court judgeship.
; which ht will no ar the end of the present
week, Judge John P. Ro.s leaves behind
! him one of the brightest records ever made
by a man of his years in a judicial capac
ity. And we do not allude to Judge Ross’
youthfulness to qualify the compliment
Which we intend to pay him. but rather to
emphasize it; for. although a young man,
he has given evidence of one of the strong-
Georgia bench. On this point even bis
Georgia benchfl. On this point even his
political enemies—for like all public men
of any consequence, he has his political
i foes —are agreed.
. During the eight years that he has occu
pied the city court bench he has made a
record for sagacity, honesty and impar
tiality that forces admiration, and the bes;
evidence of this is the high endorsement
he has received at the hands of the Macon
bar.
Although defeated for re-appointment to
the position which he has filled so credi
, tably (and not unjustly so. as those who
i believa in practical politics will contend.)
’ Judge Ross can carry with him into pri
vate life the knowledge of duty well done
, and the satisfaction of laurel*' well won.
1 In no sense can his defeat be considered
j a reflection on his official record, for it is
■ clearly attributable to one of those ine-
■ vitable political changes which ever and
anon displaces some and rewards others —
thereby keeping the equilibrium of politics
nicely and righteously adjusted.
Judge Ross’ friends may well feel that
! his record as a jurist is not ended; but
rathe*? that Ire has merelv fitted himself
, for the higher honors and responsibilities
that the state yet has in store for him,
for he is stil a young man, and one thor
oughly equipped for the very highest judi
cial duties.
The Hull bill calls for an army of 100,-
000 men. The substitute for it urged by
the anti-expansionists provides for a reg
ular military force of 30,000 with an army
of 50.000 volunteers to be retained in the
service for the next two years.
One of the first things we ought to do
with Iloilo is to change its name.
A grandson of the late Brigham Young
is making a fight on polygamy. Perhaps
he doesn’t appreciate what the plural mar
riage system did for him.
AVe are nearing the season when the
leaves begin to turn.
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS.
Darien Gazette: The legislators have
laughed the dog law out of court. The
poor ■sheep have no friends in our assem
bly. Too bad.
There is more complaint of tramps and
beggars roaming over the country around
Swainsboro now than ever before in the
recollection of the people there.
The Americus local market is now beau
tifully suplied with Baldwin apples of the
finest quality, though the price, 60 cents
per peck, is a little higher than hereto
fore.
Americus cotton receipts are climbing
towards the 60,000 mark and will reach it
by December 31. Already more than 57,000
bales have been received there this sea
son.
Thomasville's liquor dealers are not
losing any time in closing out their stock.
They have only a few days left in which
to close out, and at the present rate very
little will be left on hand when the first
day of January arrives.
Dublin Courier: Notwithstanding the
people all over Georgia are clamoring for
ballot reform the representatives from
Chatham put through a bill repealing the
Osborne law which was the nearest ap
proach in the state to the Australian sys
tem.
Sparta Ishmaelite: Governor Candler
had the courage to recommend the only
course by which state expenditures can be
brought within the compass of state rev
enues. It is to be regretted that the legis
lature should not have the courage to carry
out bis recommendations. Statesmen are
few and far between in the general assem
bly.
Columbus Enquirer Sun: The people are
to get from this legislature no reduction
in the school fund and no decrease in the
pension burden, so there may be expected
but a slight relief, if any, from high taxes.
A very large proportion of the amount
raised by taxation goes into these funds,
and uni.’, they are materially red iced ro
tax tefo-m of any consequence need be
looked for.
Bermuda grass is considered a pest by
old-fasnioned cotton farmers who desire to
keep thr.i;* fields clean "of all gras;;s. be
cause it is difficult to eradicate, especially
in light, sandy soil. With reasonable care
it can always be kept within bounds, as it
rarely matures seed in the South. The
farmers upon the red-wheat lands of Vir
ginia report that Bermuda grass can be
entirely dispossessed by turning it under
an! keening it constantly und.r the plow
so” two or three years. In this ease they
advise, after taking off the wheat crop in
June, to plow the stubble under and sow
the field in peas. In September the Deas
are turned under as a fallow crop and the
field resown in wheat. After two or throe
summers of the double cropping, which
1 should yield profitable returns in itself,
Bermuda grass will be found to be extir
pated by the shade of the pea vine, while
the enrichment of the soil still continues.
The writer has not seen this method tried.
1 but reliable farmers report to him that it
1 is successful, at least upon the silicious
i soils of the Piedmont country heavy
: enough to produce wheat and cow peas,
jlf this be true, no farmer in the ■Appa
lachian region need be afraid of Bermuda
‘ grass.—Griffin News.
Trusts of all kinds are popular nowa
i days, and it is said that one of the very
latest may soon exist in Columbus. The
’ “trust” referred to is hardly as large as
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Notice,
i
The public is hereby notified not to take
or trade for any note signed by either of
us without flrat consulting us at Sandy
Point. Ga.
S. H. CAUSEY,
A. J. CAUSEY,
J. B. CAUSEY.
RoVal
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum.
Alum baking powders are the greatest
menacers to health of the present day.
ROY At BAKING POWDCA CO., NEW YORK.
the Standard Oil monopoly, but as a trust
even on a comparatively small scale it is
interesting. A story was afloat in busi
ness circles yesterday that told all about
it. It was reported during the day that
a certain gentleman of a speculative turn
of mind had determined to corner the cot
ton seed hull market. The foundat’on for
thiv was the fact that on Saturday he
bought several hundred tons of the hulls
and stored them away in a local ware
house. Rumor had it that it was his in
tention to buv up all the hulls in Colum
bus and thus form a local monopoly. In
the past farmers have been buying hulls
direct from the oil mills here, but if this
gentleman carries out his reported plans
successfully he may be able to control the
market himselfi In view of the modern
tendency to centralize the little rumor was
of interest. 'Controlled by a trust the
price of hulls would naturally be higher.
Farmers use the hulls as food and fertil
izers.—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
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Steamship Lines
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Low rates and excellent service.
Accommodations and cuisine unsurpassed
Best way to -travel and ship your goods.
For advertising matter and particulars
a d ci r os 3
J. J. CAROLAN, Agent, Savannah, Ga.
R. H. WRIGHT, Agent, Norfolk, Va.
J. W. SMITH, Agent, 10 Kimball House,
Atlanta, Ga.
J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
W. P. TURNER, General Pass. Agent.
Genera] offices. Baltimore. Md.
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
San Jose, Cal.
C. T. KING,
Druggist, sole agent for Macon. Ga.
PROFESSIONAL.
DR. O. H. pezezte:,
Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat.
565 Cherry St.
Phone 285—2 Calls.
DR. M. STAG'S ER,
Eye, Ear, .Nose and Throat.
505 Mulberry street. ’Phone 121.
1878. DR. J- J- SUBERS. 1898.
Permanently located.
In the specialties venereal; lost energy
restored; female iregularlties and poison
oak. Cure guaranteed.
Address in confidence, with atamp, 519
Fourth street, Macon, Ga.
HHHRIS, THOHIHS & GLRWSON,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
Macau, Ga.
SYPHILIS !
Primary, secondary or tertiary, no mat
ter how long standing, cured for Hfe under
absolute guarantee in'from 15 to 60 days.
lave used this wonderful remedy in my
private practice for over 20 years and hate
never failed. A patient once treated by
me is free from outbreaks forever. I use
no mercury or potash. I will pay SSOO for
any case that I fail to cure within 60 days.
Write at ence.
DR. GRAHAM,
Suite 1109. 114 Dearborn at. Chicago. 11l
Henry Stevens, Sons &
Company.
H. STEVENS’ SONS CO., Macon, Ga.,
Manufacturers of sewer and railroad cul
vert pipe, fittings, fire brick, clay etc.
Wall tubing that will lest forever.
For Whooping Cough
use CHENEY’S EX
PECTORANT.
FINANCIAL.
Y. MALLARY, B. N. JELKS,
President. Vice-President
J. J. COBB, Cashier.
Commercial and Savings Bank,
MACON, GA.
General Banking Business Transact
$5.90 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.
THE EXCHANGE BANK
of Macou, Ga.
Capital $500,000
Surplus 150,000
J. W. Cabaniss, President.
8. S. Dunlap, Vice-President
C. M. Orr, Cashier.
Libetal to its customers, accommodating
to the public, and prudent in its manage
ment, this bask solicits deposits and other
business in its line.
DIRECTORS.
J. W. Cabaniss, W r . R. Rogers. R. E.
Park, H. J. Lamar, N. B. Corbin, S. S.
Dunlap, L. W. Hunt, Sara Meyer, W. A.
Doody, J. H. Williams, A. D. Schofield.
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ESTABLISHED 1868.
K. M. PLANT. CHAS. D. HURT
Cashier.
I. C. PLANT’S SON,
BANKER,
MACON, GA.
A general banking business trsnsastsi
sad nil consistent eortezies cheerfully ex
tended to patrons. Certificates of depesb
latrsed bearing Interest
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of MACON, GA.
The accounts of banks, esrpsratisae,
firms and individuals received upon th',
most favorable terms consistent with eea
sarvativa banking. A eharo of year bn*-
lusim r«a?E-pct£Mily solicited.
R. M. PLANT.
Proaideßt.
George H. Plant, Vice-President.
W. W. Wrigley, Cwhisr.
You Don’t Have to
Wait for your money when you get loans
from us. We have it always on hand.
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association,
Macon, Ga„ 461 Third Street.
Money
Always on Hand
Will loan in amounts of S2OO to
SIO,OOO on city or country proper
ty.
Call and see us.
We are headquarters.
Lowest rates.
The Georgia Loan and
Trust Co.
O. A. COLEMAN, G. M.
356 Second St.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
Beal Estate Loans
We have large quantities of money sub
ject co sight draft for loans en city,' farm
or aubuKban property.
Straight interest loans.
Annual payment loans.
Monthly payment loans.
Security Loan and Abstract Go.
,‘37° Second St., Phone 82.
T. B. WEST,
Secretary and Attorney.
Full Dress
SUITS
at Goette s.
Finest material and work
manship, and at prices that
defy competition.
F. W. GOETTE,
153 Cotton Ave.
. M I LOELLANEOUS.
fflr .
The Long
And Short of It.
Even the man of ordinary build h’ s
peculiarities and only the made-to-order
clothing will properly fit.
There are no imperfections in garments
made by us. The cloth is perfect in weave,
correct in shade and design and the cut
and fit stylish and accurate.
GEO. P. BURDICK S CO.,
Importing Tailors.
FOR
Xmas Presents
WE OFFER
The largest and prettiest line
of pictures,
The finest line of frames and
easels, and
The finest line of photo
frames ever shown in Ma
con, and lots of pretty
things.
W. Lamar Williams,
422 Second St.
We have received
the
English Lawn
Grass Seed
for winter lawns.
H. J. Lamar & sons
416 Second Street, next
to Old Curiosity Shop.
D. A, KEATING.
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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.
Macon Refrigerators.
MUCKE’S Improved Dry Air Refrlger
ators. he beet 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 fac
tory on New street.
[Bacon Screen Co.
Manufacturers of the best adjustable
wire window screens and screen doors.
Your patronage respectfully solicited. Es
timates furnished free sf charge. j. D.
Newbanks, man agar, 215 Cotton avenue,
Macon, Ga.
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