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4 THt MACON NEWS. ESTABLISHED 1884. NEW SPR IN TIN G COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. R. L. McKENNEY. Business Mngr. TOM W. LOYLESS, Editor. THE EVENING NEWS will be delivered by carrier or mall, per year, 15.00; per week, 10 cent*. THE NEWS will be for •ale on train*. Correspondence en live subject* solicited. Real name wf writer •ho old same. Subscription* payable in advance. Failure to receive paper should be reported to the businew •tfice. Address all oemmunloatione to THE NEWS. Offices: 412 Cherry Street 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. I f- " 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. Real Estate For Sale, i DESIRABLE 6-room cot- f tage, well located, on Mag nolia Street, $2,500. i PRETTY HOME near Mer cer, two stories, 7-room, all conveniences. Price $2,500. $5,500 for a lovely modern home on the hill. Corner lot. A rare chance A fine lot on College St. 53 • ft. front by 209 deep. A bargain. Call and let me tell you about | all the good points at the j above offerings. Edward A. Horne, 454 Cherry St. ■ - ■ Fo r Croup use CHE NEY’S EXPECTOR ANT. I 7 • • - , . - '-1 / “Queen of Sea Routes/ Herchants 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 | address J. J. CAROLAN, Agent, Savannah, Ga. R. H. WRIGHT, Agent, Norfolk, Va. ; J. W. SMITH, Agent, 10 Kimbal! House, Atlanta, Ga. • J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager. j W. P. TURNER, General Pass. Agent. General offices. Baltimore. Md. FRENCH j TANSY WAFERS! I I These are the genuine French Tansy i Wafers, imported direct from Paris. La | dies can depend upon securing relief from I and cure of Painful rnd 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. PEZEZTEZ, Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat 565 Cherry st. Phone 285-2 Calls. DR, *IAURY M. ER, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. 505 Mulberry street. ’Phone 121 i I 1378. DR. J. J. SUBERS. 1898 Permanently located. In the specialties venereal; lost energy , f , restored; female Iregulartties and poison oak. Cure guaranteed. Address in confidence, with stamp. 519 | Fourth street, Macon, Ga. HARRIS, THOIHAS & GLBWSQN, I Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. Mansa. Go. 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 i 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 use CHENEY’S EX , PECTORANT. 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. ESTABLISHED IRRB. K. ■. PLANT. CHA*. D. HUM Oaakisr. I. C. PLANT’S SON, BANKER, MACON, GA. A general banking buslasss transacts* and all consistent cortesies cheerfully ex tended to patrons. Certificates of deposit Issued bearing Interest 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. »- ■ ’ [You Don’t Have to Wait for ynur money when you get loans from us. We have it always on hand. I GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man. Equitable Building and Loan Association, 1 Macon. Ga,, 491 Third htroet, Money Rlwaus on Hand I Will loan in amounts of S2OO to SIO,OOO on city or country proper ity - 1 Call and see us. We are headquarters. I 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 msney sub ject to sight draft for loans on city, farm or suburban property. Straight interest loan*. Annual payment loans. Monthly payment loans. Security Loan and abstract Go. Second St., Phone 82. T. B. WEST, Secretary and Attorney. Full Dress SUITS at Goette s. Finest material and work-1 manship, and at prices that defy competition. F. W. GOETTE, 153 Cotton Ave. MILCELLANEOUS. 7 # / /* l\ ll V T The Long . And Short of It. / Even the man of ordinary build has his peculiarities and only the made-to-ai>der 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. 'M i Genoral Undertaker and Embalmer. 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. NEW Th rlce-a-Week Edition 18 Pages a Week... ...156 Papers a Year FOR ONE DOLLAR. Published every alternate day except Sun- day. The Thrioe-a-Week edition es 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. 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