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THt MACON NEWS.
ESTABLISHED 1884.
NEW SPR IN TIN G COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS.
R. L. McKENNEY. Business Mngr.
TOM W. LOYLESS, Editor.
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Weather Report for Georgia
• Rain tonight and much colder. • Satur
day, cold wave in the north third portion;
cold wave does not include Macon.
A Word to Our Merchants.
•iDo you know.” raid one of Macon s
darg<.st dry goods inreehants to The News
tyeeterday, “that. Macon sells goods cheaper 1
than Atlanta or any other city in Georgia? j
Jt us a fact, as a comparison of prices will
©how. The reason is aim ply this; the Ma
con .‘merchant has at least 10 *per cent ad
wantage of the Atlanta merchant, for in
stance. in the matter of expenses, such as ,
•store rent, taxes, clerk hire, etc. It costs
lesa money to do business in IMacon. there- j
lore, the Macon merchant can afford to bake |
’Jfbs for his goods.” ■
The merchant who was speaking followed ,
this up with a comparison of prices on
certain articles, and proved hie point con
clusively. But. nevertheless, there is no
•denying the fact that the Atlanta mer
chant draws trade from tMaeon’*, immediate
territory, and, we regret to say, sometimes
from Macon itself.
Why is this? There is a reason for it. i
It can be answerd by asking what has I
made Atlanta? Advertising. This every- j
one will answer without hesitation. At
-kinta is the best advertised city in the
ISouth. Her merchants have all caught ‘
the infection and they are among the best
■advertisers in the South. Atlanta'S won
derful growth and uninterrupted progress
rs due mainly to the fact that she appre
ciates the value of advertising—and keeps |<
everlastingly at it. She advertises herself
in season and out. iShe advertises henself
in every conceivable way. She never lets
up.
Anti her merchants pursue the same pol
icy. With them advertising is held to be
the first essential of success. They believe
in it, they practice it and they have de
monstrated its value. And in advertising
themselves 'they have advertised theii
town, far and near, week in and week out,
year after year—there is no let up hi it.
Is it any wonder, then, that Atlanta has
■gained such wide prestige as a trade cen
ter? Is it strange that when her mer
chants speak they command attention ?, Is
it. any wonder that Atlanta is constantly
increasing and extending her trade.
It is this sort of advertising that makes
■trade centers. Tt is a work in which all
must have a hand. From the humblest
shopkeeper to the greatest 'merchant, all i
must feel that in'advertising themselves ’,
■they are contributing just that much to I
the improvement and advancement of their
city commercially—to say nothing of the
direct benefit they receive.
Without wishing to make any invidious
comparisons, it is unfortunately true that
this spirit of progressiveness is not. as
general in Macon as it should be. There
■are good advertisers in Macon, but only a
few. These few are left to do it all. Oth- ■
ers who are as much interested in keeping
•Macon to the front as they, only blow their
horns occasionally. There is not enough
unanimity about, the thing. These occa
sional blasts do not keep up a noise.
And noise is what is needed to draw the
■crowds. There must be concert of action
among Macon’s advertisers as well as
among her progressive citizens in general.
They must pull together. Each one should
make his advertisement .advertise Macon.
In this way Macon's prestige as a trade
center will soon be firmly established.
But it never can be and never will be
without continuous, judicious, liberal ad
•vertlising on the part of every merchant
who is not able to do without advertising—
•and certainly there are few in Georgia
who are. We firmly believe that if every
(merchant in Macon would double his ad
vertising expenditure during the coming
year there would be a marked increase in
IMacon’s trade as -a whole. Such push and
energy would arouse a new spirit in the
community land n»- v interest throughout
IMacon's territory.
Macon has one advantage over almost
every other city in Georgia as a trade |
center. In the first' place, she has the
Ibest “stand.” Second, she can do business
on a cheaper (basis, and, third, she pays
less freight on goods from the east. Now’,
add to this a real, active, energetic effort at
keeping IMacon before ’the public, a deter
•mination to keep her horn blowing as
loud as the loudest, a concert of action on
the part o-f her merchants, both wholesale
and retain, to make her newspapers daily
evidence of her commercial strength, and
we will soon see a most wonderful revival
In trade.
This is the sort of spirit that has put
other cities in the front. It is the sort of
spirit that always wins. In fixing your ap
propriations for next year's advertising do
so with a view to increasing Macon's pres
tige as a trade center. IV> r his from a self
ish motive as well as from a patriotic mo- i
live. Results will more than justify such
a policy.
A Duty That Cannot Be Ignor'd.
The editorial in yesterday's News call
ing for some recognition on the part of the
•Chamber of Commerce of the complaints :
made bv local cotton factors of unjust
railroad discrimination against Macon,
whereby this city lost over 15.000 bales of
cotton during the past season, has been
largely commented on and approved by the
business men of Macon, some of the most
prominent and independent of the number
going so far as to say failure upon the :
part of the Chamber of Commerce to take ‘
cognizance of vhe matter would be an ad
mission either of partiality or impotency :
on the part of that body.
The business pulse of the community is ’
j beginning to give evidence of new life and
I renewed interest in the things that most
. I directly and seriously affect Macon from
i a business standpoint. And the charge,
• made by warehousemen of experience and
j standing, that Macon has lost 15,000 bales
i of cotton in one season by reason of un
i just discrimination upon the part of the
■ railroads, or, plainly speaking, through
| lack of legitimate railroad competition, is
j a complaint that the business community
i does not feel disposed to ignore.
! Hence the general approval of The News’
j demand for action upon the part of the
; Chamber of Commerce, which body, if it
i is intened for anything at all. is certainly
intended to represent and protect the bus
| iness interests of Macon. The matter is
I one that cannot be rightly ignored. And
The News does not intend that it shall be.
j If. as claimed, the railroads have so dis-
I criminated against Macon as to keep away
' from this city over 15,000 bales of cotton
‘ that should have come here, representing
l about $400,000 to the trade of Macon, then
jour merchants have a direct interest in the
■ matter, and they, too, should want to see
I the evil corrected.
But this is only one instance of how
• Macon is being ignored through lack of
i railroad competition. The right sort of
investigation may bring it all out. If the
, Chamber of Commerce will but do its duty
; we can at least correct some of the evils
; from which Macon is suffering, even if we
’ cannot abolish them altogether,
j Surely there can be no disposition upon
I the part of any member of the Chamber of
Commerce to avoid such an investigation.
Surely there is not a member of that body
who can object to such timely and vigor
ous action as will secure for the cotton
factors of Macon, and the business com
munity jn general, such relief as they are
justly entitled to.
| Then why not. act? Why not let the
1 railroads understand at once that we have
| a commercial body that dares defend Ma
con’s rights. One that is not so hedged
about by improper influences that it dares
not raise its voice where railroad interests
are concerned. Which kind have we in
Macon? •
How Expansion Expands.
Truly expansion has already expanded—
at least in t b e sense that we have taken
Spain’s troubles off her hands, and paid
her $20,000,000 for the privilege. Expan
sion has expanded to the extent that we
have bought a sort of continuous perform
ance warfare in the ’Philippines, which
bids fair to cost us many lives and much
money before we are through with it.
There is no longer any mistaking the I
attitude of Aguinaldo and his crowd of I
chronic insurgents. Fighting, or rather j
murdering and marauding which is what j
they call fighting, seems to be a sort of
specialty with the Ftlliplnos and they had
rather be at it than not.
So Aguinaldo proposes to defv this
mighty government and make of the Phil
ippines a sort of thorn in Uncle Sam’s side.
Thus we take hold just where Spain left
off. and the chances are we won’t be able
to turn loose for sometime to come.
The policy of the Filllpincs and their
present and future attitude toward this
country is set forth clearly by Agoncillo,
the little yellow-skinned Fillipino who is
now in Washington for the purpose of lob
bying against retention of the Philippines.
He states very emphatically that the-Phil
ippines not only ought to be free, but, as
a matter of fact, were already free long
before Dewey’s arrival at Manila. In an
interview he says:
“What we ask is independence. What
we have fought for and gained is inde
pendence by right. The American govern
ment has not announced Its policy, and
until that is done we cannot definitely out
line our’ action, except that In the mean
time it will be for independence.
“What we may seek to do should the
American government decide to extend its
authority over us is an entirely different
matter, and does not enter into the
I tion as It Is now presented. It would be
unwise for me to speak upon that now,
“Neither Spain nor the United States
has a right to take any action affecting
the Philippines and their government, as
Spain long before the signing of the pro
tocol lost all authority in the islands. The
presence of the Spanish forces found by
Dewey was only an evidence that a treaty
of peace had not been signed between
Spain and the Filipinos and not an evi
dence that actual Spanish authority ex
isted.
“Concerning the Spanish prisoners now
held by the Filipinos you can say that the
government will not surrender them until
a treaty of peace Is entered into between
Spain and the Philippines. They are now
held as prisoners of war, and. so far as the
Republican government is concerned, rhe
treaty of peace between the United States
and Spain does not affect them.”
And now what are we going to do about
it? Os course nobody Is going to be fright
ened by 'Agoncillo’s talk, but a peace
loving nation like the United States can
regret the necessity for trouble without
fearing it. But for the “expansion has ex
panded” dictum of the administration
there might be no necessity for it. As it
is we are in for it unless congress refuses
to accept the Philippines even as a gra
cious gift. ,
In the meantime, with the task on our
hands of civilizing Cuba and pacifying
the Philippines we can fully realize the
scope and meaning of the new expansion
j policy. We went looking for trouble and
we have found it. Spain wasn’t able to
put, up much of a fight, but she has put up
a neat job on us. We are like the little
boy who found the toad frog—we will
know better next time.
That Badge.
In viewing the position taken by many
Northern papers, it is pleasing to note the
views of the Indianapolis News relative to
the Confederate badge episode. The News
says:
“The recent trip of the president
through the South has been justly recog
nized all over the country as of far-reach
ing import. It is significant of a gener
ally sensible and generous attitude that
little of the comment on it was unfavor
able. The little adverse criticism made
has been of so violent and unreasoning a
nature as to carry little weight. The
event —it is more than an episode—illus
trated a trait in the president’s character
’ which some have been inclined to deny
him. namely, courage. Many have thought
' of the president as rather a faliower of
his advisers than a leader: But in bis
addresses in Southern cities, and in -’s
action in pinning on the Confederate
badge, he certainly showed that he pos
sessed courage. The act was certain to
arouse criticism. In braving this
criticism the president showed that he was
not only on the side of progress and gen
' erosity. but that he was fearless to make
> the fact known.”
I Why should the railroads entering Ma
’ con make a rate combination of any .char
acter?
MACON NEWS FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30 1898.
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RoVal.
Baking Powder
| Made from pure
cream of tartar.
-
Safeguards the food
j against alum.
Alum baking powders are the greatest
menacers to health of the present day.
ROYAL BAKING ROWOER CO., NEW YORK.
There is said o be a misunderstanding
between General Lee and General Ludlow
as to their respective duties. This is prob
ably due to the same sort of red tapeism
that has already made so much trouble for
the war department.
Old General Gomez wants to ride into
Havana at the head of his army, in proper
state. He should be gratified. There is no
danger that he can hold anything that we
might desire.
If we lost 20,000 bales of cotton last year,
how much will we lose the coming year,
if the railroad pool continues? This is a
question of “vital statistics.”
By the death of Ambassador Romero,
Mexico not only loses her greatest diplo
matist. but this country one of its best
friends.
Soldiers —Send a picture of Macon back
to the home-folks. Come to The News
office and get its handsome illustrated re
view of Macon free of charge.
ALL SORTS.
To© late was the tale accepted;
Too late was the picture sold:
The writer has died of hunger.
The artist of grief and cold.
I Too late was the love-fire lighted;
j Too late were the sweet words said;
j She passed to the great hereafter
With the dear, sweet words unread.
—Eloise O. Richberg in Mail and Express, j
After all, Christmas worries are a de- (
lightful change from other kinds.
Among the Christmas toys there are
always tops which it takes a grown man
to spin.
The saddest thing on earth is a house
hold in which the Christmas spirit has to
be trumped up.
There ought to be a law that people who
get out of bed in a bad humor should be
made to go back.
If a girl gets kissed under the mistletoe
or doesn’t get kissed under the mistletoe
she keeps it to herself.
Every true mother is bound to have a
good Christmas in the house, even if she
has to go around afterward and borrw
coal'.
So you want to be my son-in-law, do
you?” asked the old man, with as much
fierceness as he could assume. “Well,”
said the young man. “I don't want to, but
I suppose I will have to if I marry your
daughter. ” —Tit-'Blts.
iSaturday has been 'a fatal day to the
royal family of England for the last 18b
years. William 111., Queen 'Anne, George
1., George IL, George 111., George IV., the
Duchess of ‘Kent, the Prince consort, the
Duke of Clarence, the Duke of Albany and
Princess Alice, all died on that day.
“luring me some eggs,” said a customer
in a Philadelphia restaurant. “But,” said
the waiter, “we have over 500 different
ways of cooking eggs, and you will be
pleased to make a suggestion or mention
a choice.” This astonishing fact had the
effect of paralyzing the customer's tongue
for a while and he finally recovered suf
ficiently to whisper in awe, “Scramble
’em.” “Yes sir.” replied the astute waiter,
still lingering, “which way?” “Oh. any old
way.” “Sir.” said the waiter in a deter
mined voice. “I must insist you will make
a choice —there are seventy-five different
ways of scrambling eggs in this establish
ment.” “Well, fry them for me.” “Which
way? We have forty ways of frying eggs
here.” “All right,” said the customer
slowly, as he reached for his hat and rose,
“you have one way here that I can find
myself, and that .is straight out of that
door. Good bye.”
“Do you think plagiarism is unforgiv
able?” asked the young woman.
“By no means,” answered the man who
poses as a severe critic. “I only wish some
of our modern writers would do more of
it.” —Washington Star.
—<He —‘Why is a girl like a music
book?” She —“’Don’t know, dear —give it
up.” He —“Because she is ful 1 of airs.”
She —“Sir.”
“What do you think of your new neigh
bor,” asked the hostess of the “sweet” old
lady who was calling.
"You know that I never speak unkindly
of any one. I have nothing to say of her:
but I will say of her husband that I feel
very, very sorry for him.” —Detroit Free
Press.
Mr. Weddeman —the poet says pearls are
angels’ tears.
Mrs. Weddeman —It’s lucky you aren't
an angel. Arthur. If you were, I wouldn’t
let you do anything but weep.—Jewelers'
Weekly.
Senator Gorman, of Maryland, chews
gum incessantly. Sitting in his place in
the second row. he works his jaws with
the persistence and power of a cotton
i compress. He always wears a turn-down
I collar and old-fashioned tie. the latter
held in place with a small gold band set
: with valuable stones.
’ I
Expansionist—Why. Daniel Webster used
exactly the same arguments that you are
j now employing against taking in the
West. And yet I suppose you will admit
! that.he was mistaken.
Anti-Expansionist—Oh. yes: he was
mistaken, of course: but we are not. for
whatever we think is right.—New York
Tribune.
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i PRETTY HOME near Mer
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$5,500 for a lovely modern
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A fine lot on College St. 53
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Call and let me tell you about |
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above offerings.
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454 Cherry St.
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• J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
j W. P. TURNER, General Pass. Agent.
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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. PEZEZTEZ,
Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat
565 Cherry st.
Phone 285-2 Calls.
DR, *IAURY M. ER,
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
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HARRIS, THOIHAS & GLBWSQN,
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Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
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SYPHILIS !
Primary, secondary or tertiary, no mat- |
ter how long standing, cured for life under
absolute guarantee In'* from 15 to 60 days.
K kave used this wonderful remedy in my
private practice for over 20 years and have
never failed. A patient once treated by
me is free from outbreaks forever. I use
no mercury or potash. < will pay >SOO for |
any case that I fall to cure within 60 days.
Write at onoe.
DR. GRAHAM,
Suits 1109. 114 Dearborn, st.. Chicago, HL
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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 last forever.
For Whooping Cough
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FINANCIAL.
S. Y. MALLARY. E. N. JELKS,
President. Vioe-Preaident
J. J. COBB, Cashier.
Commercial and Savings Bank,
MACON, GA.
General Banking Business Transacted.
>5.00 wll 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- i
tereat compounded semi-annually.
TH a EXCHANGE BANK
of Maeoo, Ga.
Capital >500,000
Surplus 150,000
J. W. Cabaniss, President
6. S. Dunlap, Vice-President
C. M. Orr, Cashier.
Libetal to its customers, accommodating
to the public, and prudent in its manage
ment, this baak solicits deposits and ether
business in its line.
DIRECTORS.
J. W. Cabaniss, W. R. Rogers, R. E.
Park, H. J. Lunar, N. B. Corbia. S. S.
Dunlap, L. W. Hunt, Sam Meyer. W. A.
Doody, J. H. Williams, A. D. Schofield.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of MACON. GA.
The accounts of banks, corporations
firms and individuals received upon th'
most favorable terms consistent with eon
ssrvativs banking. A share of your hue
Incss respectfully solicited.
B. H. PLANT.
President.
George H. Plant. Vice-President.
W. W. Wrigley. Cashier.
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from us. We have it always on hand.
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GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
Equitable Building and Loan Association, 1
Macon. Ga,, 491 Third htroet,
Money
Rlwaus on Hand
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Will loan in amounts of S2OO to
SIO,OOO on city or country proper
ity -
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We are headquarters.
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The Georgia Loan and
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O. A. COLEMAN, G. M.
356 Second St.
HEADQUARTERS
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We have large quantities of msney sub
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Straight interest loan*.
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Monthly payment loans.
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T. B. WEST,
Secretary and Attorney.
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There are no imperfections in garments
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correct in shade and design and the cut
and fit stylish and accurate.
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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.
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'M i
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OPEN DAY AND NIGHT,
Caskets, ma, fihd burial robes;
i&araA aa £ carriages furnished to all
! funerals in and out of the city.
1 telephone 463. 322 Mulberry street, Maoon,
Macon Refrigerators.
MUCKE’S Improved Dry Air Retfriger
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.
Hlacon Screen Co.
Manufacturers of the beat adjustable
wire window screens and screen doors.
Your patronage respectfully solicited. Es
timates furnished free es charge. J. D.
Newbaaka, manager, 215 Cottea avaaoe,
Macon. Qa.
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