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4 THt MACON NEWS. ESTABLISHED 1884. NEWS PRINTING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. R. L. McKENNEY. Business Mngr. TOM W. LOYLESS. Editor. THE EVENING NEWS will be delivered by carrier or mall, per year, $5.00; per week, 10 cent*. THE NEV.’S will be for aale on trains. Correspondence on live subject* solicited. Real name stf writer should same. Subscriptions payable in advance. Failure to receive paper should be reported to the business office. Address all communication* to THE NEWS. Offices: 412 Cherry Street Weather Report for Georgia. Partly cloudy weather tonight and Fri day; warmer. I ' ■ 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 8 ' 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 i ' ■ 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. * Fo- Croup use CHE NEY’S EXPECTOR ANT. “Queen or Sea Routes.’ flerchants and Miners T ransportation Co Steamship Lines Between Savannah and Baltimore, Norfolk, Boston and Prov dence. 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. • 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. WWWWII * 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. NEW Thrioe-a- Edition 18 Pages a Week... ...156 Papers a Year FOR ONE DOLLAR. Published every alternate day except Sun- day. The Thrlce-a-Week edition of the New York World is first among all weekly papers in size, frequency of publication and the freshness, acuracy and variety of its contents. It has all the merits of a great $6 daily at the price of a dollar complete, accurate and impartial, as all of its readers will testify. It is against the monopolies and for the people. It prints the news of the world, having special news correspondents from all points on the globe. It has briiiant illustrations, stories by breat authors, a capital humor sus page, complete markets, a depart ment of the household and women’s work and other special departments of unusual interest. We offer this unequalled newspaper and Ths News together far ona year far M.M. r