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The Jones County News
M. C. GREENE, PUBLISHER.
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Macon’s
Greatest
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The firm of Eads-Neel & Co., was dissolved oil August tho 1st, and suc-
ceeded by JNO. C. EADS & CO. Wc will continue the business at the old
stand, and will have the largest and best stock of
To be found in any store in the State. We will be pleased to have you call
or write us for anything in our line
JNO. C. EADS & CO *
ffi-ssi clear sinii,
Georgia.
REMOVAL NOTICE!
The Globe Store
—HAS REMOVED TO—
511 Clierry Street,
Store formerly occupied by SIMON JOSEPIISON. Our line of Goods
which consists of
Dry Goods, Clothing Hats>
TRUNKS, <&e.,
Will be entirely new, as our former stock was sold down. Our DRY GOODS
and CLOTHING for this Fall was purchased before the tariff bill passed and
the people will do well to remember that the
will be in a position to save them from 20 to 30 per cent, on all goods. A
cordial invitation is extended to all, with tho assurance of kind treatment.
W. R- Herndon is here to serve his Jones county friends. Respectfully,
Henry Wilcliinslii.
We do not claim to sell moie
SHOES
Than any other store in the city of
MACON
But we do CLAIM to sell as good ones as it is possible to buy for money, and
at prices to match any dealer in the south for the same amount of quality.
Come aud see us.
MIX SHOE CO.,
[Established 1840.]
107 Cotton Avenue, MACON, GliOIlGIA,
Business Education,
FREE is offered one boy and girl in each county of S. C. by the
largest, most elegantly equipped and eminently practical
institution in the South. Daily drill in actual business,
banking and office work. Positions ure guaranteed grad¬
uates through the employment bureau. Address,
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MACON, GA
GRAY. JONES CO..GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8 1897.
AT ANNU AL DINNER OF NEW YORK
(HAMHER OF COMMERCE,
TREASURER WAS GUEST OF HONOR.
IIo Discussed “Currency Kefonn—N onv of
When” lint Funnel Shy Ol tho
Xmporttuit “How.’*
Tbe one hundred and twenty-ninth
annual dinner of the chamber of com¬
merce of New York City was given nt
Delmonico’s new restaurant on Fifth
avenue and Forty-fourth street Tues¬
day night. Men distinguished in pro¬
fessional and Cominereitil life were
present and the beautiful banquet
ball Was taxed to its utmost capacity.
Secretary of tho Treasury Lyman J.
Gage was the guest of honor and chief
speaker. Alexander E. Orr, president
of the chamber, presided.
It was long past tho appointed time
when President Orr arose and made
the introductory speech. President of
The health of “The the
United States” was then drunk stand¬
ing, with three rousing cheers, while
the orchestra played “The Laud of tho
Free.”
Secretary Gage was flatteringly re¬
ceived, when he rose Reform—Nuw to speak to the
toast “Currency of
When?”
Secretary Gage began by referring
to tbe history of tho chamber during
tho one hundred and twenty-nine
years of existence and of tho serious
and important problems which the
pioneer members and those who fol¬
lowed them had to solve. Those of
our day, he said, were equally serious
and even more complex. One of these,
ho declared, is fundamental in a ma¬
terial sense to every state, “For font
years,” ho said, “its injurious shadow
has prise;” depressed industry and enter¬
but he finds in the result of
the last national election “assurances
to lift doubts, to banish fears, to brace
hopie and to lend courage.”
“This happy reaction in enterprise
now witnessed,” says the secretary,
“thestimulation to industry which has
followed this now assurance, is a con¬
firmatory evidence of tho blighting in-
lluence of that fierce propaganda for
‘free silver’ and semi-repudiation that
met its just rebuke from the freeman’s
ballot in 189(1. > >*
Secretary Gage declared that he be¬
lieves tile shape and destiny of our
national life, ns it may be affected by
financial legislation, is to be determ¬
ined within the next five years.
“When ultra conservatism applies
it to justify a condition which is ‘bad
enough’ instead of ‘welt enough,’ it is
fatally misapplied,” lie continued.
“That tho condition of our currency
and banking system is ‘bad enough’ is
certified to by tho deliberate judgment
of the great body of economic students
and by a goneral consensus of opinion
among business men.
“It certainly is not well enough
with a banking system utterly inelas¬
tic and correspondingly irresponsive
to the domestic requirements of trade
and industry to which in its proper
relation the banking system should be
the faithful and efficient handmaiden.
It is not well enough with the national
treasury awkwardly performing an
office which is entirely foreign to its
proper function. It is not well enough;
it is absolutely bad, when the result is
a public treasury so expanded in its
demand liabilities in a time of pro¬
found peace as to threaten its solvency
in case of war.”
The secretary was glad he was not
called upon to discuss the “how” or
to go into details of methods to aehiovo
currency reform. To go into that dis¬
cussion might bo injudicious in view
of his official position and would he
entering upon tho field of greatest
controversy where doubts and fears
are now numerous and where passions
and prejudices have their freest play.
Said he:
“Every one favors reform—his kind
of reform. Many are willing to have
reform, anybody’s kind, and it can be
Lad without struggle and free of cost.
Others, seeing that tho path of virtue
leads to serene and restful places, are
willing to walk in tho way of it, even
at the cost of present pain and sacri¬
fice.”
NAIL MEN COMBINE.
Affection of Kill ire Iron Trade Will Bo
the Kenult.
Information from reliable sources in
Cleveland, Ohio, is to the effect that
at the protracted meeting in New York
city during the past week, attended by
tie arly all tbe big producers of wire,
wive nails and rods in the country, an
agreement to consolidate was virtually
reached, only one concern remaining
to he induced to go in.
The combination will be the largest
ever attempted, and will affect the en¬
tire iron trade. In order to avoid the
fate of the old wire nail pool, the tod
mills will be included as well as a num¬
ber of steel producing concerns.
PLANNING FOR REUNION.
Association at Atlanta Organized and
Work Begun.
The organisation of the Confederate
Veterans’ Reunion association at At¬
lanta, Ga/, has been completed.
The executive committee has been
named, the various branches of the as-
so nation formed and every detail of
the work to be done by the organiza¬
tion outlined.
SECRETARY WILSON REPORTS.
Ho Presents Some Iilens That Are of Gen¬
eral Interest.
Hon. James Wilson, ideas secretary of
agriculture, gives his us to the
kind of education which should ho
given the youth who is seeking infor¬
mation that will ho of practical value
to him in the pursuit of agriculture.
Iu his annual report showing the work
done in the different branches of the
department over which ho presides
the Secretary refers to the agricultural
colleges and experiment stations.
The following summary of his views
upon the important matter of educa¬
tion people’of will be of particular just interest when to
the Georgia now,
the question of the proper methods of
educating boys to tie farmers has been
brought so prominently of legislative to this notice
through the reports com¬
mittees:
"In agriculture teaching it is becoming boy to how be
clearly seen that the
to plow or to perform any othor farm
operation is not the most important
service which the school can render.
There must lie Added to this definite
and careful instruction in the princi¬
ples on which agricultural practice is
based;
“The farmer must be taught to
think in the lines where science has
shed light upon his art if his practice
is to be most thoroughly successful.
Fortunately, science lias already much
to tell the farmer which is most useful
to him and every year sees an increase
in the great store from which the ag¬
ricultural student can safely draw.”
On Another phase of Wilson this particular
con troversy .Secretary expresses deems
himself at length. The secretary
it important that the land grant col¬
leges and the experiment stations
should be kept wide apart in their
management. contains much
The secretary’s report
Hint is of interest not only to farmers
but also to others who care to keep
posted on the progress of the country.
Being the first report of the present
secretary, this olie goes into the ob¬
jects and purposes of tho department,
and tells of Hie scope of tbe work
assigned to it, going into Ibis more
fully than will the later reports of the
same official.
POPULIST COMMITTEE MEETS.
AxKcnible In St. l.mitil to Discuss 1‘lnus for
the Future^
The national reorganization com¬
mittee of tho populist .tllo party represent¬ opposed
ing the middle of readers
to fusion wjth ticn democrat* at. tho
last presidential eleotiou, met at Ht.
Louis Tuesday, with 29 states repre¬
sented.
Chairman Milton Park said that the
purpose of the meeting was to deter¬
mine their future course.
“We are opposed to fusion with
anybody or anything,” he continued,
“and want a straight fight, if we can
get it.
“Tho mission of the national organ¬
ization committee appointed at the
Memphis meeting of the National Re¬
form Press association, last winter, is
not to supercede tho people’s party
national committee, but to assist it. I
recent wrote Chairman Marion Butler
tendering what assistance we could
give. He received the letter but bus
not replied. We are still willing to co¬
operate with Mr. Butler, if he desires
it. If he does not our course will soon
be determined.”'
WEYLER TO BARCELONA.
Two Reports as to llow tlio Former Cap¬
tain-General Was Itecelyod.
A special from Barcelona, Spain,
states that General Weyler, the former
captain-general of Cuba, arrived in
that city Tuesday morning on board
tiro steamer Montserrat from Havana.
Tho general landed beneath tho Co¬
lumbus monument and was acclaimed
by about 20,000 people. manifestation
In order to escape the
tbe general was driven to the house of
Deputy Saladrigas, where, however,
he was forced to appear upon the bal¬
cony and was applauded by the crowds
of people who had been gathered about
tbe bouse.
Another dispatch from Madrid says:
The official reports of the landing of
General Weyler in Barcelona differ
from the independent reports. The
former says the general landed with¬
out demonstration in his honor as¬
suming tho proportions anticipated
and that as he traversed tho streets
the public appeared indifferent.
Continuing, the official version of
the affair adds that six regular car¬
riages awaited the general, but tho
crowd was small.
THANKFUL FOR HEATH SENTENCE.
Cyrus Nut Anxious To Die, Hut Wanted To
Ito Polite.
In the superiorcourt at Atlanta, G?..,
Tuesday, Tom Cyrus,colored,was sen¬
tenced by Judge Candler to die on the
scaffold December 22.
The prisoner received his sentence
with a calmness that was amazing,and
when li is doom was pronounced he
bowed and said: “Thank you.”
It was the first, time in the annals of
Fulton county that a judge was ever
thanked for imposing the death pen¬
alty. if lie
When asked by a reporter was
really glad to die, Cyrus replied: “Oh,
no, but 1 wanted to be polite to bis
honor.”
negro ramblers killed.
Itovv Over a .Small Stake and 1*1«tola Were
’lifted Freely,
Negroes in the vicinity of liates-
burg, Edgefield county, S. C., had a
bloody time Monday night during
games of “skin,” the favorite gambling
game in that section, where anything
is bet from a copper to a watch, pistols
being the favorite currency. Three
men were killed and two others were
wounded. Several arrests have been
made.
LOOKING TO T1IE INAUGURATION
OF CURRENCY REFORM.
ON LINE WITH GAGE’S VIEWS.
President Will IMjwuma the Matter Fully
In Ills Recommendations to
Tho Congress.
Tho Washington Evening Star says
that “it con bo stated on tho highest
authority that tho president is going
to recommend a plan for currency re¬
form in his messagei and, further,
that that part of tho message was
written with the co-operation of Sec¬
retary Gage. It is authoritatively
slated that Secretary Gage in perfectly
satisfied with the president’s message
in regard to financial legislation, and
that it meets his entire views and sup-
port.
“Further than this, it was stated on
the same high authority Hint the sec¬
retary of the treasury will submit to
congress in his annual report the plan
for currency reform which he submit¬
ted to tho cabinet at its meeting on
Friday, October HOI li.
“The secretary intends to submit
this report to congress almost identi¬
cally as it was submitted to tho cabi¬
net, hut With the exception that ho
will make some further rCeoMlineilda-
tions, but these will not materially
change the plan already announced.”
Toiler lCxproHHeH Doubt.
A Washington special says: When
asked to give his opinion as to tho
probability of legislation affecting the
currency during the approaching ses¬
sion of congress, Senator Teller said:
“I do hdt believe there will be any legis¬
lation looking to substitution of littiik notes
for greenbacks and treasury notes, which
appears to be the favorite method of cur¬
rency reform, so-called, advocated by the
supporters of tho gold standard. I think it
very doubtful whether the advocates of the
change can agree upon the details of such
legislation, and bankers will naturally he^>
tate to increase tho issue of hank notes in
sufficient quantity to take the place of tho
entire volume of greenbacks and treasury
notes, especially it. view r*f thu fact that tho
redemption of bank notes must, to satisfy
the demands the currency reformers, be iu
gold.”
Senator Teller said ho considered it
quite certain that, tho president would
make Homo recommendation upon tho
currency problem to congress, but he
was of the opinion that (he suggestion
would ho in general terms, as in his
inaugural message, and that the pres¬
ident would leave tho details to con¬
gress. expressed doubt » to
The senator as
whether the administration would take
uuy steps looking to tho encourage¬
ment of the Cubans in their war for
independence. He continued:
“I think that congress can settle the Cuban
question by recognizing the belligerent rights
of the Cubans, and that should havo been
done long since. I believe the house will
pass the senate resolution sent to it during
the special session, If that measure is brought
before it, but It Is quite doubtful whether it
will bo allowed to consider It at nil.”
METHODISTS IN ATHENS.
The North Georgia Conference A» 0 cmhle»
In ( ’1 iamm! City,
The North Georgia Methodist con¬
ference was organized at Athens
Wednesday morning by the election
of ltev. Joel I*. Daves, secretary, to
succeed Dr. IIei.lt, of Atlanta, and
the appointment of tho various com¬
mittees.
It is not generally known that tho
North Georgia conference has the dis¬
tinction of being the largest conference
in the United States, but such is tho
fact. No other in the southern or tho
northern church can equal its mem¬
bership of 93,000. It contributes $20,-
000 to foreign and $15,000 to home
missions, and will have a large repre¬
sentation in the quadrennial general
conference, which meets at Baltimore
next year.
Bishop Galloway for the first time
presided over this conference. Ho
has just returned from the Memphis
conference, and will go from Ht. Louis
to the North Alabama conference
which meets at Florence a week lienee.
REWARD FOR HEROISM.
A Gold Medal I’ronontod to William 8.
Kangfoid For Having Kivcw.
A gold medal was presented Wednes¬
day to William S. Langford, who is a
clerk in tho office of the New York
Central and Hudson River railroad
company at New York, for saving the
lives of the passengers in a submerged
car in the recent disaster at Garrisons,
N. Y.
The presentation was made in the
presence of Dr. Chauncey M. Depew
and the other railroad officials and
clerks at the Grand (Jen tral station.
Langford swam out in the Hudson
river to the submerged car and chopped
a hole in it, releasing three men.
MISS WILLARD STILL WITH US.
After 8e<!uring Her I'fiHHngc 8lift Did Not
Letive Windy < ity.
A Chicago (ligpatcli utaten that Minn
France# W. Willard did not nail for
England on the 24th, although her
passage had been engaged on tho
steamer St. Louis.
Tbe change made in her plans at
Buffalo will keep her in Chicago for
some time. The Chicago Woman’s
Club gave a reception in her honor
Saturday.
VOL. III. NO. 49.
L. 0. BENTON & CO,
ROUND OAK, GA.,
Dealers iix
General Merchandise,
PLANTA1I0N SUPPLIES,
Ladies’ Dress Goods, Fine Clothing,
BOOTS AND SHOES.
We also handle and have on hand at all times
Horses and Mules
That we will sell for cash or on time. We sell the
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CIIilllATED MITCHELL WAGON
111 ll! tel Hi ll noils ill Haws.
We pay the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE for
'otton and Cotton Seed.
»tid ctuirgo only TKN ('ENTS for weighing,tlicrotoy
saving yon exorbitant warelionse charges.
Thanking tho public for a liberal patronage in the past, wo solicit a con-
tinutthce of tho same, promising fair treatment to all.
Respectfully,
L. O. Benton & Co ■J
ROUND OAK, GA-
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507 Cherry Street, Macon, Ga.
We take pleasure in tolling our friends that our buyer MB. KESSLER,
lias returned from tho Eastern markets, where he purchased a full line of
DRY HOODS. CLOTHING. SHOES, HATS, MILLINERY, k
At prices that will surprise you. Before you buy come mid get our prices,
which is about ONE-HALF the regular price. $3.00 to SI 5.00
Men’s Suits............................... .... 85c. to $6.00
Boys’ Suits............................... .... SO. 75 to Si 0.00
Overcoats................................. ... .
Mackintoshes.............................. ... 3.00 to 7.00
Ladies’ Capes............................. ... 75c. to 9.00
HiilN, Shoes. Comforts, Hliiiikol*. Spreads, Millinery and a great
many oilier Articles too numerous.to mention
COM3 AND HEB.
K.ESSIjE3R BROS Jf
Proprietors.
507 Cherry Street, MACON. GA,
We would like to have our friends como to see us.
J. O. HADDOCK,
J. T. PEARCE,
J. It. ANDREWS,
l. s. McConnell.
When Visiting Macon Call On
Iverson L. Smith.,
For Dry Goods, (Mil, Hats, Boots, Sloes.
TRUNKS, VALISES, &C.
AT 470 MULBERRY STREET.
—ALSO--
Groceries, Cigars and Tobaccos.
THE CHEAPEST PLACE IN MACON.
At 406 Mulberry Street, MACON, 0A.
SAM’L EVANS,
Cotton Factor and Commission lercliant.
Milledgeville, Georgia.
Consignments of Cotton solicited, Liberal cash advances made on Cot-
ton for storage.