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r GEN, wM~ J LUIE Dorps Headquarters Move to Matanzas Wednesday. iiOTICE GIVES YESTERDAY i Review of Colored Troops Held r Tuesday-News of th» Camps. I By Aa*oclated Pre«*. I Washington. Dec. Sl.-rOrdem have been i-sued for the dispatch of additional troops to r ' utja t 0 assist in the maintenance of good government there. The orders were addressed to Major General Wilson, commanding first corps su Macon Ga. The secretary of war di rects the headquarters of that corps, originally fixed for Cienfuegcs, Cuba, to be changed to Matanzas and that General Wilson, with the headquarters'and Eighth Massachusetts, One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana and Third Kentucky volunteer infantry be put In readiness for transpor tation to Cuba. In a subsequent order General V. ilaon was directed proceed with headqmrtere and equipment from Macon to -avinnah in time to embark on the Panama. The Third Kentucky and Eighth Massachusetts will embark from Savannah on transports to be provided and the One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana will proceed do Charleston, one battalion at a time and embark on the Saratoga. General 1 James H. Wilson and stuff will leave Macon Wednesday or Thursday for Matanzas, Cuba, The orders came ill yes terday afternoon at 5 o'clock. They direct an immediate departure of General* Wilson and the orderlies will begin work today arranging for the trip. With General 'Wilson will go the One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana and the Third Kentucky from Columbus and the Eighth Massachusetts from Americus. All of these will embark from Savannah with the exception of the Massachusetts regiment, which will embark from Char leston. General Wilson and staff will sail on the transport Panama, which will arrive in 'Savannah cn Monday. The orders did not specify any time for the movement of the troops now in Macon, but General Wilson «aid the soldiers would be moved from here as soon as practicable. After the departure of General Wilson General W. W. Gordon, commander of the second bri gade. will be in command of the division •and will have his headquarters at his camp. He is the ranking brigadier gen eral of the first division. Some time ago there was a question up in regard to the rank of General Gordon anil General Mc- Kee. but it was decided that General Gor don was the ranking man. The corps headquarters presented a very busy seene # this mttrninV- as the copies of the orders which were received had to be sent to all of the colonels of the different regiments at Albany, Columbus and Americus. The officers at the headquar ters seem anxious to get off to Cuba, and <are hurrying their 'work so as to be ready when the time comes. The transport Panama, which is to con vey the soldiers, is at present on her way back from Cuba and will get into Savan nah about Monday and the headquarters will leave as soon as possible after,-that time. The news of the departure, when made known in the camps, created a great deal of excitement. So far no definite orders have come in regard to the departure of the infantry regiments stationed here, but they are liable to come at any time and are kept in a state of excitement. The good weather continues and it tends to make camp life, which since the cold weather has set in was very disagreeable, more pleasant and the men all seem to be enjoying it. The rain which fell early this morning only sprinkled the dust around the camps and did not make them muddy, as usual. The regular weekly in spection will be held in all of the camps tomorrow, and. as one of the officers said last night, it may be the last one ever hold in Macon. The soldiers of Company F all regret to see Captain Hardee leave. He was an ex cellent officer and was very kind to his men ami took a great interest in his com pany. The provost guards have had very little trouble recently and the negro soldiers of the Third North Carolina and the Sixth Virginia seem to have quieted down to some extent. It is not known when they will be mustered out, but it is thought that it will be done before the other troops depart for Cuba. The fact that General Gordon is io com t land after the departure of General Wil son is received favorably by all of the troops, as he is one of the most popular officers of the first army corps. Major domes O. Yarnadoe will leave to night for Cuba to join General Bates. He is the chief commissary of the first divi sion of the first army corps. General James H. Wilson will have an other review of the troops before he leaves for Cuba. He has decided on the day of his departure and will leave on Wednes day, January 4. On Tuesday he will re view the colored troops now stationed in Macon. The review will be held on the streets of Macon as have other reviews and will no doubt be a pretty sight. Since being in Macon'all of the troops have greatly improved in drill and it is expected, that the soldiers will make an excellent showing on Tuesday when they pass in front of the general, who will be at the intersection of Second and Cherry streets. The white troops will not participate in the review. No reason is given for this at the headquarters, but it is thought j that the general will inspect them in their camps. Genera! Wilson paid the Second Ohio regiment a visit last evening and witness ed dress parade, which was followed by a brief drill. The general seemed well pleased with the execution of the move ; merits. The decorating craze has become epi demic, and by New Years every company j street will be bedecked with evergreen and ; holly. The design*, In many instance*. ! display considerable -art and ingenuity. It | will be well worth a trip to the camp to ; see them. Company A had a conflagration yester day. The tent occupied <hy Corporal Den- I nisen and Private Martin caught fire from a stove and was entirely destroyed. The individual property of the men was saved from the ruins. The Butt's manuel of silent drill has been taken up in this regiment and the men are working hard to become perfect I in the difficult movements. Lieutentn Robert Webster, regimental ordnance officer, returned* yesterday from a short visit to his heme in Van Wert. 0. Lieutenant W. D. Reicrelderfer, of Co-m --1 pany C. is at his home in Lima, 0., having ! been -called there by the death of his father. Lieutenant A. 'R. I-iringston. Company K. is acting am assistant to Lieutenant Col onel Kress, ordnance officer of the First army corps. THE INDUSTRIAL HOME Remarkable Success Being Achieved by Rev. Mr. Mumford. Rev. W. E. Mumford is certainly making ! remarkable headway with his noble work of founding “The Georgia Industrial Home” for indigent orphans and children. “We never know what can be done ’till we try,” he says and hi* effort and the success he is meeting evidence this fact. In the prime of his manhood he feels he has been impressed and called to do a ' work that no other man.* in Georgia has I ever undertaken. Usually such instituting are started by the generosity of one man. 1 but Mr. '.Mumford has consecrated his ; time, talents and energy and proposes to found this home by popular and private i benevoleqce. He believes this to be the best way to do anything Os that sort as j no man is ever hurt by his interest in a i great benevolence. It is very gratifying to ; all lovers of unselfish devotion to others that 'Mr. Mumford’s success in soliciting aid has been almost • miraculous. In two weeks, without any very great effort, over seventeen hundred dollars have gone down : in his subscription list from ninety-eight people in the city of Macon. He does not propose to move out of this city and ask aid of other communities in the state until the 'Home is established. Three thousand dollars will start the enterprise Cery nicely and it is thought that this amount should be reached easily in the next two waeks. St. Omer Commandery, Knights Temp lar, at the annual banquet Decehnber 26, gave the collection taken to Mr. Mumford’s cause and thiis was a neat unsolicited en dorsement from a band of noblemen com mitted to the advancement of all that is best in us. Mr. Henry J. Lamar sent a subscription of two hundred and fifty dollars on Christ mas day saying in his note that he “did not know how I could better celebrate the day." “He is,” says Mr. Mumford, “so far the largest individual subscriber, and his noble deed to the starting of this re markable benevolence will go down in Georgia’s history, as will the work of all the original subscribers to this Home. If the same is a success, and it is bound to succeed greatly—those who help to start the work will make history in this grand old state.” The News hopes to announce the location of the Home in another week. The following are the subscriptions given since the last report: H. J. Lamar $ 250 00 E. Y. Mallary 100 00 J. J. Cobb 75 00 P. E. Dennis 75 00 Consuelo Proudfit, little daughter of Mr, and Mrs. A. 'Proudfit.... 25 00 Mrs. D. G. Hughes 25 00 A. Block 25 00 A. B. Small 25 00 R. J. Taylor 25 00 A. R. Tinsley 10 00 J. S. Milner ’ 10 00 H. C. Tindall 10 00 E. T. Holmes (Mercer university) 10 00 E. R. Henderson 5 00 Robert Mum for 5 00 Mrs. Marion Erwin 5 00 J. I. kail * 5 *lO Harry C. Mix 5 00 I St. Omer Commandery (cash).... 5 92 Sam Altmayer 5 00 l E. N. Jelks (cash) 5 00 iJ. Merkel 5 00 E. Nelson 5 00 Rabbi Marcuson 2 00 F. C. Ries 2 00 R. S. *Thorpe 2 50 R. L. Wright . 2 50 Prentice Huff 2 CO Mrs. J. T. Rachels 1 00 814 Orange street 1 00 Total $ 728 92 Previously acknowledged 1,003 00 $1,731 92 “There are gentlemen in Macon.” says Mr. Mumford, “who could easily give SSOO to this HJme and never miss it. but there i are hundreds who could give $5 and $lO. I Already these are the popular amounts and I many are responding to them. One head of a prominent dry goods house told Mr. ! Mumford that he would give as much as | anybody and his name does not as yet ap pear but it will bye and bye, for he is known to have a big heart. It will be seen to that the list of sub scribers comprise all classes of our citi zens, showing that men can get together in behalf of a great charity. No subscrip tion made seems to be more appreciated | than that by Rabbi Marcuson and it came voluntarily. The Kn-ight Templars’ amount was small also, but greatly appreciated because of the endorsement and sentiment I behind it.” JUDGE ROSS’ LAST DAY. Close of His Term' as Judge of the City Court. Today is Judge Ross" last day as of the city court. On Monday Judge W, D. Nottingham will take charge and will be gin the regular session of court. Only one case was tried in the city court this morning. It was that of Lulu Durham ’ on the charge of larceny from the person and. she was sentenced to four months on I the chaingang or to pay a fine of S4O. Judge Ross will begin his duties as special master in the Southern railway suit as soon as possible. It will take some time to take the testimony and. it is a verv i hard position to fill. MACON NEWS SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31 1898. GOOD SHOWING. ■> Z- ■■ £"" "-* v The Year of 1898 One of Citvj Development. GREAT STREET WORK ROME. * A Record of Health that has Never Been Surpassed by Any City of the Country. There are few eiti€3 in the country that i can boast cf the pluck and enterprise which Macon has shown during the year which will come to a dose in the next few hours, and the record for the past twelve j months is one of which every citizen is proud. During the year nearly every business j syeet in the city has been paved. This 1 fact alone is a great thing for a city of ; Macon’s size. The pavement put down is j the best that could be had and is the sub- j ject of much favorable comment from all persons who visit the city. The streets 1 which are now paved are as follows: Cherry, from Fi/th to Cotton avenue; Third, from Mulberry to Poplar; Poplar, from Fourth to Cotton avenue; Fourth, from Plum to Ocmulgee; Ocmulgee, from Second to Fifth; Second, from Third to Cherry. These streets are all paved with either the granite cubes or the vitrified brick, while there are numerous streets paved 'with the.roQk cement. The number of building permits -issued this year is exceedingly large, and it goes to show that the city is making progress in The manner of buildings as well as in other lines. The health record of the city has been wonderful and it is not surpassed by any city in America. Seventy-five hundred soldiers have - been encamped in the city for two months and during that time only two have died from disease and that dis ease was not contagious. In October Macon’s Diamond Jubilee-car nival afforded another evidence of city’s enterprise and pluck. It brought large crowds to the city and the things presented here during those three gala days were a great help to the city and have done much toward giving Macon an enviable reputa tion. Macon's progress has not yet come to an end. The city forces are still busy at work on the streets and when the month of June, 1899 comes the streets will be pav and the appearance of the town greatly changed. EPWORTH LEAGUE RALLY Verv Interesting Exercises to be Held at Mulberry Street Church Tomorrow, A grand rally of the Mulberry Street Methodist Church Epworth League will be held tomorrow night at 7:30 o’clock. An interesting program has been made up and the exercises will no doubt be en joyed. All of the members of this union are requested to be present as it is intended to make the meeting the most successful ever held. The officers who were elected some time ago will be installed and the installation ceremonies are very interest ing. Following is the program: 1. Song and prayer. 2. Scripture lesson. 3. Song. ~ ~ 4. Address by W. B. King, retiring pres ident. Ten minutes. 5. Organ solo by Mrs. W. W. Pinson. 6. “Looking Backward,” a paper by Mrs. W. G. Solomon. Ten minutes. 7. Solo by Mrs. Clifford Williams. 8. “Looking forward,” address by Mr. J. L. Gerdine. Ten minutes. 9. Installation ceremony by the pastor. 10. Reception of members and league benediction. The new officers to be installed are: P.-esident —W, R, Rogers. First Vice President —Miss Lula John son. Second Vice President —Miss Genie Hen derson. Third Vice President —Mrs. W. W. Pin son. Secretary—Sidney Hatcher. Treasurer —Howell Erminger. Miss Ward has moved to her old stand opposite Dr. Goodwyn’s drug store on Cot ton avenue. 209. MR. VREDENBURGH Will Return to the First Presbyterian To morrow. Mr. John S. Vredenburgh, who made so many friends here a year ago last spring, and who pleased many of his old friends again two weeks ago at the First Presby terian church, has been induced to return to Macon the early part of January* It is not known how long ’he will be here, . but he will begin at the First Presbyte rian church on 1 Sunday and continue through next week at the least. He will speak Sunday night at 7:30 and possibly in the afternoon. The definite announce ment will be made at the morning service. Owing to the song services recently in stituted Sunday night, the attendance at the night services at the First Presbyte rian church has largely -increased of late, and large numbers of soldiers are finding a warm welcome there. And she attract iveness of these' services will be much more increased tomorrow', with Mr . Ar- | tiiur Wood back at the organ and Mr, , Vredenburgh in the pulpit. Morning worship at 11 a. m., commun- j ion; Junior Endeavor. 3 p. m.; Senior En- | deavor. 7 p. m.: evening worship, 7:30 p. m.; song service and evangelistic sermon by Mr. John S. Vredenburgh. SYRACUSE LODGE, K. OF P. . The Syracuse Lodge of Knights of Py thias held its semi-annual election of offi cers last night at the Pythian Castle. The following officers were elected and will be installed at the next meeting: Chancellor Commander —R. L. Green. Vice Chancellor—P. T. Anderson. Prelate—-Walter Glaze. Master of Work —Walter Holmes. Keeper cf Records and Seal and Master of Finance—-W. B. -Smith. Master of —(A. H. Rice. Master-at-Arms—W. A. Billingslea Inner Guard—John S. Johnson. Outer Gouar-i—J. W. Willis. Trustee for Three Years—T. L. Burton. RECEIPTS FALLING OFF. Noticeable Decrease in Cotton for the Past Month. Receipts of cotJfm in Savannah have been failing off this month to such an ex tent as to attract attention. When the ! month opened there were receipts to Sa van nail's credit of 653.607 bales, against ; 644.278 bales last year, making an increase of 0.320 bales. Since then, though, there J has been a falling off in the receipts, com pared with last December, of 45,067 bales. | the receipts up to to ’night being 814,045 i bales, against 850.683 bales last rear, a ! decrease for the season to Aaje of 30.8% bales. There appears to be somewhat of a difference of opinion as to the exact cause j of this, and the probability of the decrease : being either wiped out or made larger be- i tween now and the close of the season. I Some think that there has, been a decrease in the crop in the Savannah territory and that it is now becoming apparent in the decrease in the receipts, while others as cribe the recent falling off in the cotton j sent here to the tendency of the interior I merchants to hold back cotton, owing to the suffer tone of the market, with the hope of getting higher figures. No one ascribes it to any diversion of cotton that 1 should come to Savannah to other ports.— §av<amrah News. Just Received. Dwarf and tall Nasturtium and Sweet Pea seed. Several varieties. H. J. Lamar & Sons. These are BARGAINS. 50 dozen pie peaches 60c dozen. 30 dozen pie peaches 85c dozen. 50 doz table reaches $135 dozen. These are ‘Bargains. 21b tomatoes 75c doz. 3-lb tomatoes 95c doz. Fine corn sl.lO doz. Finest corn $1.40 doz. W. B. miDDLEBROOKS Armory Building. Phone 323. 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 far Macon, Ga. • PROFESSIONAL. DR. O. H. PEETE, Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat. Cherry St. Phone 285—2 CaNs. DR. MAURY M. STAPLER, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. 506 Mulberry street. ’Phone 121. 1878. DR. J. J. SUBEBS. 1898. Permanently located. In the specialties venereal; lost energy restored; female iregularities and poison oak. Cure guaranteed. Address in confidence, with stamp, 519 Fourth street, Macon, Ga. HARMS, THOmflS k GLRWSOH, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. Macon. Ga. SYPHILIS ! Primary, secondary or tertiary, no mat ter how long standing, cured for life under absolute guarantee in*from 15 to 60 days. 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