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6 AT MERCER Spring Session to Ooen With Many New Pupils. TALK WITH THE PRESIDENT Brilliant Record Os the Institution?- College Debates and Ath letics. Mercer University will op# n h# r door? figain next Tuesday, January 3, for the fcpring session, and all indications point to the most successful year in the history of the college. The past session was very successful and Professor Pollock express himself as beinb well pleased with the record of the stu dents. In speakelng to a Newg reporter last night he said that he was expecting a large number of new pupils to enter col lege on Tuesday. A majority of the old students will return but there are always some who remain out. During the past few years Mercer has gained a world-wide reputation and stu dents are enrolled at the college from all of the states in the south. Mercer ha® never been defeated in debate or in an oratorical contest, and this fact alone has greatly added to her reputation. All Macon ie interested in this great nstitution of learning, and will no doubt do all In her power to assist the college. The Mercer baseball team for the com ing season will probably be the best that the college has ever put in the field. Al ready several kames have been arranged. C'ornell being looked for a series of games to'be played here, and the men will begin practice about the middle of February. - The mattter of securing,a coeCh for the team U being talked, but this is not prob bable. as the men have gotten along very .veil during the past year® without one. Several of the last year’s teain will not return, but such men as Harris, Mansfield, Garrett, Stinson, Jones, Copeland and others will make up a good team. Bob Jc-nes, the crack left fielder, will probably wear a Georgia uniform thie season, as he is at present attending that college. His playing will be well remembered Dy the •baseball sane of the city. The Mercer-Georgia debate will proba bly be held some time next month in At lanta. An effort was made to have the debate in Id here. but. it seems that the effort was unsuccessful. For awuile it wae though' that tie de bate couil not b? arranged on account cf Georgia not agreeing to the terms. Thing® have been straightened out, how- * Ver, and the contest is sure to come off. Mercer will have two of her best men in the field and is counting on winning th© contest. ... THE LATE CHARLES HERBST. Tribute to Macon’s Loved Old Man, by a Friend. The Confederate Veteran: It will bring sorrow to many hearts to learn of ihe death of "Caarley” Herbst. He was '‘only” a private, but he was perhaps the most widely known soldier of that class in the Confederacy. He served as sergeant major ate in the war, but he was proud of being a private. Charles Herbst was born of German parentage at Mayfield, Ky.. about 1824. When the great Confederate war broke out in 1861. he was in business in New York city, but was prompt in making 'his way South and joined the 1 Second Ken •tu:ky Infantry. Thie magnificent command vas in the battle of Fort Dolaldson. Mr. Herbrt was one of the prisoners who were sent to the Camp Morion (Indianapolis) prison. Ere long, because (it i® presumed) of his great efficiency in every particular, ’he was detailed -as a. clerk in the prison office. He aided in the arrangement of the letters, and then it was his business to stand on the elevation in front of the building and call off the addresses. His articulation was so good and his eye so keen, that the two or three thousand pris oners who assembled about the spot could all hear, and the riusic cf his voice in an nouncing th? fortunate recipients xyill be a treasure memory until the last of them shall hive answered “Here!” on the other shore. lie was so demoted a friend to the writer (editor of the Veteran) that in camp or in hospital he was ever supplying the best prccurabk del-acLs. while in fits home pictures and bric-a-brac oruur.itnred • very room. When t iken to the hospital v*it.h several wounds inflicted he wrote that as he had better opportunities he would write two letters for every one re ;cvlv<id by him. His conclding words were, “Yours always.” \t his funeral tSunday.)* although the day was very •disagreeable, his comrades and Daughters of the Confederacy were well represented. The floral tributes were profuee and exquisitely beautiful. An ex pected account of the firneral has not been received at this writing, but the columns of the Veteran will ever be open to honor the memory of one cf the truest Confed cratese and one of the most faithful men iu his integrity that ever lived. This brief” notice must not <be concluded without a word for Major T. O. Chestney. Captain R. E. Park, of -Macon, and their families, for unfailing kindness to him in his long and severe affliction. He was ever devoted to little children. A TEXAS WONDER. Hall’s Great Discovery. One email bottle of Hall’s Great Dis covery cures all kidney and bladder trou blea, removes gravel, cures dtebetis. semi nal emlsisoas, weak and lame backs, rheu matism and ail irregularities of the kid neys and bladder in both men and women. Regulates bladder troubles In children. If not sold by your druggist will be sent by mail on receipt of 11. One small bottle Is two months’ treatment aud will cure any caa« above mentlaned. E. W. HALL, Sole Manufacturer. P. O. Box 211, Wace, Texas. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Son, Macon, Ga. READ THIS. I Covington. Ga.. July 23. IS9S. This is to certify that I have used Dr. Hail’s Wonderful Discovery for Rheuma tism, Kiddney and Bladder Trouble®. and will say it is far superior to any thing 1 have ever used for the above complaints. Very respectfully, . h: I. HOR~ VOXT Marshal. CHRISTMAS WATCHES. ’Cheapest and best in the world for the money and guaranteed io keep correct lime. Sold for one dollar ar/l up. 558 Mulberry street. M'.grath’s. / PRETTY CHRISTMAS STORY How a Tramp Rewarded Friends in Athens, Ga. The Athens (Ga.) Banner says: Many years ago a tramp toiled his wear ; fsome way along a Georgia road. Tramps are, as a rule, not very romantic objects, I and this one was not prepossessing. He • was dirty, and his clothing was ragged. : Coming to a farm houee, he asked for i something to eat. Rather to his surprise, he was given a hearty dinner. More than that, he was treated with sympathy. The people of the house seemed to be ; lieve his story—it was really a pathetic tone, of a lost job, loafing, discouragement, and his final determination to walk to an other section of the country, where he ; thought he might make an honest living, i People, as a rule, had not believed hie i story. If they gave him anything to eat, it was In a disagreeable way. A rather interesting feature of the case . was the fact that the story was true. All the family treated the tramp kindly. I That night there was a storm. The young j fellow staid over-night. The next morn ing, when they went to wake him he had a raging fever. They nursed him-nursed him tenderly, cheerfully, as if he had been a member of the family—and they saved hi® life. The little daughter—a girl aged 10 or 12 years—was particularly kind to the heart-sick boy. In time, when he had completely recovered, he went his way, carrying their sympathy. Years passed. Things fared badly at the little country home. The time came when it was sold to satisfy the inevitable mort- I gage, and the members of the family scat- Lert-d. The little girl grew up to be a pretty maiden. She married, and was the center of a happy family. But misfortune overtook them; the husband died, and the family had a hard struggle for existence. One year ago there was a sad home in Georgia, in a (own not a thousand miles from Athens —the home of the widow and her children. For the first time in its his tory, the Christmas festivities would be missing. Not only that, but the family was in need of the actual necessaries of life. But the Christmas Eve mail brought the family, or. rather the mother—a letter. I addressed in a strange handwriting. Thq postmark was that of a Northern town. The letter was from the tramp—now a prosperous and a prominent merchant — and enclosed, “to the little girl who had so tenderly nursed him when he was a wanderer and penniless,” a check for five hundred dollars. Needless to say. the family had a happy Christmas. With the money the boys made a good start in busi ness early this year, and are now doing well. THAT THROBBING HEADACHE Would quickly leave you if you used Dr. ing's New’ Life Pills. Thousands of suff ers have proved their matchless merit for sick and nervous hpadaches. They make •pure blood and strong nerves and build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25c. Money back if not cured. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons, druggists. INFLUENCE OF THE SHIP CANAL. -Building operations in Manchester are progressing at a rate which has had no parallel in the. long history of the town; , the streets are so thronged with traffic that the problem of dealing with them in such manner as to avoid positive conges tion is forcing itself upon the inhabitants. Returns of the railway companies, running into Manchester, show an annual increase so marked that company after company has initiated and carried out, or is in course of carrying out. additions and im provements of a most extensive character, having for their object the increase of their conveying and storing capacity; in a word, threatened decay has been turned into vigorous growth, and adversity into prosperity. • No competent person would, for a mo ment. hesitate, if asked for the reason for this unparelleled progress. It is one of the results of the Manchester ship canal. —• W. H. Hunter, in the Engineering Maga zine for Januarv. • TWO POINTED QUESTIONS ANSWER ED. What is the use of making a better ar ticle than your competitor if you cannot get a better price for it? Ans. As there is no difference in the price the public will buy only the better, so that while our profits may be smaller on a single sale they will be much larger in the aggregate. How can you get the oublic to know that your make is the best? If both articles are brought prominently before the public both are certain to be tried and the public will very quickly pass judgment upon them and use only the better one. This explains the large sale on Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy. The people have been using it for years and have found that it can always be depended upon They may occasionally take up with some fash ionable novelty put forth with exaggerated claims, but are certain to return to the one remedy that they know to be reliable. And for coughs, colds and croup there is nothing equal to Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. For sale by H. J. Lamar & Sons. BRITISH AND SPANISH POLICIES. We have the two_great examples, tfreat I Britain has been, in the main, and in . creasingly. beneficient and strong. Spain ! from the very first, as the records show, i was inhumanly oppressive to the inferior races: and. after her own descendants in the colonies became aliens in habit to the home country, she to them also became tyrannically exacting. But. still more. : Spain became weaker and weaker as the years passed, the tyranny of her extor i lions being partially due to exigencies of i her political weakness and to her econom ical declension. Let us. however, not fail to observe that the beneficience. as well as [ the strength, of Great Britain has been a | matter of growth. There is. therefore, no I reason to despair, as some do. that the • United States, who share her traditions, can attain her success. The task is novel i to them: they may make- blunders: but. ■ guided by her experience, they should reach the goal more quickly.—Capt. A. T. Mahan, in the Engineering Magazine for • January. - CASTom a. Bears the Kind You Have Aiwavs Bought • Pains in the chest when a person has a cold indicate a tendency toward pneu monia. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and bound on to the chest over the seat of pain will promptly relieve the pain and prevent the threatened attack of pneumonia. This same treatment will cure a lame back in * 5 few nours. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Son*. MACON NEWS FRIDAY EVENING, bfeCEMBER 30 ißgb. The zZatkete’a Luncheon. A pile, aiistocratic looking young man, directly dressed and exhibiting a slight clerical stoop, stepped on board a St, Charles avenue car one morning, carrying in his hand a small book bound in green and gold and a somewhat larger rectangu lar package that Feemed to contain pa pers. He took a seat quietly, deposited the parcel by his side, and began to lead she book, which as he turned the leaves proved to be a volume of poems. The young man’s appearance, his bearing and the diversion which he had selected for the ride all bespoke a refined and a/sthetic temperament, and the other passengers looked at him with furtive respset. Next to him on the seat was a fat woman carrying a fat baby. They be longed to a common type of healthy, homely, go as you please humanity, and occasionally the fat baby sprawled across its mother’s lap and clawed at the rectan gular package, to the visible annoyance of the aristocratic young man reading the poems in green and gold. However, he continued to peruse the volume without turning his head. Presently the fat baby made a desperate sally and seized the cor ner of the paper covering in its pudgy fist. The package, dangled in air. unwrapped itself in two turns, and out dropped a thick hatn sandwich, a piece of apple pie and three very large and knotty pickles. The passengers snickered heartlessly, and the young man turned vivid red. He cast a murderous glance at the fat baby, spurned the debris delicately with his foot, and got off at the corner, trying to lock unconcerned. “1 think Herod was the finest character in history,” he remarked to a friend on the crossing.—New Orleans Times-Democrat. A NARROW ESCAPE. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. 'D.: “Was taken with a ba.l cold which settled on my lungs; cough set in and finally terminated in consumption. Four doctors gave die up, saying I could live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Savior, determined if I could not stay with my friends on earth I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr. ing’s New Discovery for Consumption, Cough® and Colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me and thank God I am saved aid now a well and healthy woman.” Trial bottles free at H. J. Larmar & Sons’ drug store. Regular size 50c and SI.OO Guaranteed or price re funded. . j » ’99 Ramblers, *4O. Typewriters, $15.00 up; fresh stock car bon and ribbons. J. W. Shinholser. THE FIRST BABY. Its Coming is Looked Forward to With Both Joy and Fear and its Safe Arrival b Hailed With Pride and Ddight by All. The arrival of the first baby the household is the hajpiest and most im portant event of manned life. The young wife who is to become a mother delights to think of the happiness in store for hei when the little one shall nestle upon hei breast and latterly she shall hear it lisp the sweet and holy name, “mother.’ 1 But her happy anticipation quickly van ishes w hen she realizes the terrible pain and suffering through which she must pass w’hile bringing the little one into the w T orld. An indescribable fear of the danger attendant upon the ordeal soon dissipates her joyfulness. Thousands of women have learned by experience that there is absolutely no necessity for the Sufferings which at tend child-birth; they know that by the use of “Mother’s Friend” —a scien tific liniment —for a few weeks before the trying hour, expectant mothers car so prepare themselves for the finai hour that the pain and suffering of the dreaded event are entirely obviated and it is safely passed through with com paratively little discomfort. All women are interested, and es pecially expectant mothers who for th< first time have to undergo this trial, it such a remedy ; for they know the pair and suffering, to say nothing of the dan ger. w’hich is in store for them. “Moth er’s Friend'* is woman’s greatest bles sing, for it takes her safely through the severest ordeal of her life. Every womal should be glad to read the little boot “Before Baby is Born,” which contain! information of great value to all. Il will be sent free to any one who send! their address to The Bradfield Regt* lator Co., Atlanta, Ga. P. T. TODD & CO THE New Clothing Stoi e Special ale of men’s uits . . . Commences today ontinues until all the lots are disposen of— Values in these goods not seen be fore this season. We’ll tell you the price and aston ish you with it’s lowness over the counter. P. T. TODD & CO, The New Clothiers. JTlacon and Birmingham Railroad (Pine Mountain Route.) Schedule effective October 16, 1898. 4.15 pm]Lv Macon Ar|ll 15 am 5:Q4 pm|Lv Llzella LvjlO 25 am 5 45 pmjLv.. ..Culloden.. ..Lvj 9 45 am 5 56 pm|Lv.. ..Yateeville....Lv! 9 33 am 6 26 pmjLv. ..Thomaston.. .Lvj 9 03 am 7 07 pmjAr. ..Woodbury .. .Lvj 8 23 am SOUTHERN RAILWAY. 9 05 pmlAr Columbua So Ry Lvj 6 30 am 8 07 pm lAr Griffin Lv| 6 50 am 9 45 pmtAr Atlanta Lvi 5 20 am 4 20 pm|Lv .. ..Atlanta.. ..Arjll 10 am 6 03 pm|Lv Griffin Arj 9 18 am 5 25 pm|Lv.. ..Columbus.. .. 7 07 pm|Lv.. ..Woodbury. ..Ar| 8 23 am 7 27 pm|Ar... Harris City.. .Lvj 8 03 am CENTRAL OF GEORGIA. 7 45 pm|Ar.. .Greenville.. . .Lv* 7 45 am 5 20 pm|Lv.. ..Columbus. ..ArjlO 15 am 7 27 pmfLv.. Harris City ..Ari S 03 am 8 20 pm|Ar.. ..LaGrange.. ..Lv| 7 10 am Connections at Macon with Central of Georgia to Savannah and Southwestern Georgia, and with Georgia Southern and Florida. At Yatesville with Southern for points south of Yatesville, and at LaGrange with A. & W. P. for points north of LaGrange. JULIAN R. LANE, General Manager. niacon and New York Short Line. Via Georgia Railroad and Atlantic Coast Line. Through Pullman cars between Macon and New York, effective Decem ber 9th, 1898. Lv Macon.... 900 am 4 20 pmi”~7 4opm Lv Mill’gev’Je 10 10 am 5 24 pm 9 24 pm Lv Camak.... 11 40 am 6 47 pm 3 33 am Lv Camak.... 11 40 am 6 47 pm 10 31 pm Ar Aug’taC.T. 1 20 pm 8 25 pm 5 15 pm Lv Aug’taE.T. 2 30 pm I Lv Florence .. 740 pm Lv Fayettev’le 9 43 pm) Ar Petersburg} 2 35 amj Ar Richmond.} 3 23 amj Ar Wash’ton.j 7 00 am| Ar Baltimore.) 8 35 am Ar Phila’phia.|lo 35 am| Ar New York.) 1 03 pm! Ar N.Y. W 23d st] 135 pm | | Trains arrive from Augusta and point? on main line 6:45 a. m. and 11:15 a. m. From Camak and way stations 5:30 p. m A. G. JACKSON. General Passenger Agent. JOE W. WHITE, T. P. A. W. W. HARDWICK, S. A., 409 Cherry St. Macen. Ga. “THE HIAWASSEE ROUTE.” Only Through Sleeping Car Line Between Atlanta and Knoxville. • —■ ■ Beginning June 19th the Atlanta, Knox ville and Northern Railway, in connection with the Western and Atlantic railway, will establish a through line of sleepers between Atlanta and Knoxville. Trains will leave Atlanta from Union depot at 8:30 p. m. and arrive in Knoxville at 7 a. m. Good connections made at Knoxville for all points north, including Tate Springs and other summer resorts. Tickets on sale and diagram at W. & A. city ticket office, No. 1 North Pryor street, Atlanta. Also at Union depot. J. E. W. FIELDS, G. P. A., Marietta, Ga. J. h. McWilliams, t. p. a., Knoxville, Tenn. Macon, Dublin and Savannah R. R. *4 2d ' | id) P.M. P.M. STATIONS. |A.M.|A.M. 4 00 2 30 Lv ...Macon ....Ar) 9 40)10 15 4 15 2 50 f ..Swift Creek ..f| 9 20)10 00 4 25 3 00 f ..Dry Branch ..fl 9 10) 9 50 4 35 3 10 f ..Pike’s Peak . .f; 9 00j 9 40 4 45 3 20 f ...Fitzpatrick ...f 8 501 9 30 4 50 3 30 f Ripley f 8 40| 9 25 5 05 3 50 s ..Jeffersonville., s 8 25} 9 15 5 15 4 00 f ....Gallimore.... f 8 05) 9 05 5 25 4 15 s ....Danville ....s 7 50| 8 50 5 30 4 25 s ...Allentown... s 7 5$ 8 50 5 40 4 40 s ....Montrose.... e 7 25] 8 35 5 50 5 00s Dudley.,... s 7 101 8 25 6 02 5 25 s Moore. t ... s 6 55| 8 12 6 15 6 4° Ar. ‘»«Dublin ...Lv 6 30 j 8 30 P .M.iP.M. )A.M.|A.M? ♦Passenger, Sunday. d Mixed, Daily, except Sunday. PULLMAN OAR LINE ROUTE j BETWEEN Cincinnati, Indianapolis, or Louisville and Chicago and THE NORTHWEST. Pulman Buffet Sleepers on night train*. Parlor cha,irs and dining cars on day trains. The Monon trains make the fast est time between the Southern winter re sorts and the summer resort of ths Northwest W. H. McDOEL, V. P. & G. M. FRANK J. REED, G. P. A., Chicago, 111. For further particulars address R. W. GLADING, Gen. Agt. Thomasville. Ga. News and Opinions OF National Importance. THE SUN ALONE] . Contains Both. Daily, by mails 6 a year D’ly and Sunday,by mail..sß a year The Sunday Sun Is the greatest Sunday Newspaper in the world. Trice a copy. By mail $2 a year Address THE SUN, New York. . . The . . EMPIRE and ice co: Jf taaW. wiStr Sheriff’s Sale. Will be eold before the court house door j in the city of iMacon, during the legal } hours of sale on the First Tuesday in Jan- ) uary, 1899, the following property: Two \ tracts of land lying in Vineville district, 1 Bibb county, and known as part of a tract • of land consisting of eleven acres of land, ■ sold 'by Henry J. Nically to J. M. Daly, i known as the resurvey and subdivision of said land as lot No. 22, in block 2, (this I block being owned by Rosa Simmons,) and , also lot No. 21, in block 2 (this lot being i owned by Addie Thomas; each of said lots ! having a frontage of 50 feet on a street, j and running back an even width of 190 feet, as shown in plat of said eleven acres, now of record in clerk’s office, Bibb supe rior court. Said two lots being bounded as a whole on the north by lot of Alice White, on east by a street, and on the west by lot of E. .G Furgerson. Levied on as the property of Rosa Simmons and Addie Thomas to satisfy a fi. fa issued from Bibb superior court in favor Os Equitable ’Build ing and Loan Association vs. Rosa Sim mons and Addie Thomas. Also, at the same time and place, that parcel of land in Vineville, Bibb county, } back of Huguenin Heights, fronting south ■ on Columbus road 52 feet and running back I 417 feet to land of Mrs. V. A. Napier; j bounded on west by Charles H. Flowers ■ and on north and east by Mrs. by Mrs. V. \ A. Napier. Levied on as the property of . A. H. Gaston, to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from Bibb superior court in favor of Mrs. Virginia A. Napier for use, etc., vs. A. H. Gaston. Also at the same time and place, one 1 acre of land in Walden, Bibb county, .be- } ing a portion of the northeast corner of lot of land in the Rutland district, Bibb ; county, bounded as follows: On rhe north and cast by land of C. W. Kilpatrick, and on the south and west by lands of W. J. Willis, with all the improvements thereon, j Levied on as the property of John D. Dun bar to satisfy a fi. fa. issude from Bibb } superior.court in favor of Even T. Mathis, j executor of Thomas J. Harvey, vs. John D. Dunbar. Also, at the same time and place, that I land in said county, known in the plan of “Newberg,’’ recorded in book “A. J.” folio 706, clerk’s office., Bibb sueprior court, as lots 5. 6,7 and 8, in block I: lots 1, 2. 3 and 4, in block 3; lots 2,3, 4,5, 6,7 and 8, } in block 2; lot I of block 2, except a strip j eight fee wide at the southeast corner of said lot and running back 110 feet; all of lot 0 in block 2, lying north of an east and west line running 110 feet north of the south line of said lot; also seven shares of the capital stock of the Bibb Real Es tate and Improvement Co., of the par ; value of SSO each standing in the name of A. C. Knapp on the books of said company. ; Levied on as the property of A. C. deceased, in the hands of W. A. Stokes, administrator, to be administered to satis- | fy an execution issued from the city court j of Savannah in favor of said company 1 against W. A. Stokes, administrator. G. S. WESTCOTT, Sheriff. Latest Style Type, Attractive Designs, Original Ideas, j We invite you to call and-see us when you want up-to-date printing of all kinds. We make a specialty of high grade commercial printing. Everything in our office is ihe latest and the best. News Printing Co. 412-414 Cherry Street. Telephone 205. For Asthma use CHE NEY’S EXPECTOR- ANT. A Gift From Santa Claus The largest stock of pianos and organs, guitars, mandolins, banjos, etc., ever brought to this city. Celebrated makee of pianos; celebrated makes of organs, all sold at lowest prices and easy terms. Sole agents for the Yost typewriter. F. fl. GuttenDerger & Co. 452 Second Street. THE STAR * IN THE * EAST ..1898.. YEARS AGO Led the wise men of the county to a great REVELATION: THE Star Clothing Co. OF THE SOUTH Will show the wise men and women of this section where they will find great er array of useful presents for the co memoration of the event 1898 year ago than elsewhere. Star Clothing 1 Co. Dave Wachtel, Mgr.