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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
ESTABLISHED IN 1828.
MACON, GA., SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 6, 1904.
DAILY—87.00 A YEAH
Sixteen Pages
WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA—FAIR SUNDAY AND MONDAY; LIGHT TO FRESH
NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS.
First Section
Very Special
TAFFETA SILKS
Handsome Black Taffeta Silk. 19
Inches wide; rich black lustre. Guar
anteed; worth 65c a yard. AdC
Will be sold Monday at
FANCY SILKS
Just received new line fancy silks—
the kind that’s so much used for waists
and full suits. A 69c value; A Ac
for yard
CHANGEABLE SILKS
36 inch wide Glace Changeable Taf
feta Silks in brown, blue, plum and
green. These are the newest; I 1C
a $1.65 value, for, yard
CHIFFON TAFFETA
19 inch Chiffon Taffeta Silks In new
shades of brown, blues, green, and
modes; a splendid 85c value, /\0r
for yard U7V/
MANY EXTRAORDINARY
BARGAINS FOR MONDAY
We are having the biggest business in our history. Our wonderful business is not a “happening.” There are roasons for
it. We have the largest stock of goods in every department we have ever carried and we have the goods the people want at the
right prices. For our big Monday trade we are offering special prices on now Suits, Costumes, Skirts and Waists for Ladies
Misses and Children. Como in tomorrow, you’ll find money-saving chances in overy department.
3.98
Just received new* line Taffeta Silk
Shirt Waists; elegantly tailored and
finished In shades of brown, navy and
black; a real $5.00 value, ^ ()§
Misses’ Sweaters
$2.00 values for 1 IQ
Monday we'll place on sale s
a line of Misses' Wool Blouse Sweaters
In red. navy and white; worth I IQ
up to $2.00, for choice, only 1*1-'
Very Special
NEW FALL COATS.
Handsome all wool kersey cloth In
black, castor, brown and blue, showing
stitched velvet and buttons a ah
trimming for
CHILDREN’S CLOAKS.
Mado of finest quality, all wool ziba-
line, in brown, blue and dark red, full
length cape, trimmed with 1 QQ
braid, a $5.50 value for
NEW WALKINK SKIRTS.
This is J.ho best value you ever saw.
Made up of all wool Panama and chev
iot, good style and a (i AQ
$7.50 vale for
CHAVANETTE SKIRTS.
Walking Skirts made of all wool co
vert cloth that shed6 the water sat
isfactorily, the latest styles, (fin eft
$10 value for v t .OU
WHITE FLANNEL
All wool, 27 Inches
wide; a good 40c
valuo ‘ for Monday,
yard
25c
GOLF GLOVES
All wool nnd worth
60c pair; In solid col
ors and fancy effects,
Monday, pair
39c
FLANNELS
Splendid for chil
dren's Underskirts;
a 85c value, for yard,
Monday
65c
500 silk Olorla Um
brellas, tape edged,
natural wood hand
les, steel rod, Monday
98c
Ladles' extra fine
silk nnd wool ribbed
Vests and Drawers;
non-shrlnklng. All
sizes nnd $2 values,
priced for this sale
nt each
$1.49
Black Sateen Petticoats
$1.00 Values for f\dr
Splendid quality Mercerized U/L
Sateen nnd Spun Glass Petticoats with
deep sirrordlon pleat nnd ruffle flounce
with extra dust ruffles;
this a splendid $1.00 /.().*
value for w/L
Norfolk and New
Brunswick fine Me
rino Vests nnd Draw
ers for ladles In
white and gray; the
plain fiat style will
not shrink, priced at
garment
$1.25
14 yards yard wide
9c soft finished Bar
ker Bleaching for
$1.00
72x90 In. Hemmed
Sheets, ready for use
nnd worth 69c pair,
for Monday
45c
Extra large size
heavy cotton Towels,
hemstitched ends; a
good 12V4c value, for
Monday
9c
Yard wide good
quality 7c Sea Is
land. Monday only,
20 yards for
$1.00
Ladles* all wool
knit Shawls; worth
49c each, special for
Monday at
25C
Children’s extra
heavy fleeced Union
Suits In grey and
tan; all sizes and
worth 75c; Monday
a suit
49C
Ladies' extra
heavy flfeeced lined
fast black Hose; a
85o value, Monday at
25C
Misses’ and Boys’
full Seamless, fast
black Stockings;
worth 15c pair; Mon
day
IOC
Odd lot Ladles’
Melton Cloth Walk
ing Skirts; stylishly
tailored and a $4.00
value, for choice
2.98
Sale, Kid Gloves
81.00 Values for CQf
Ladles’ two clasp French uy v
Kid Gloves In shades of brown, tan,
grey, modes, black and white; sizes 5H
to 7%; this a splendid Glove value,
Priced special, this sale, EQf
for choice 07
Ladles' extra heavy
Bibbed Vests and
Drawers; worth 35c
each; priced Monday
25C
Children’s whlto
ribbed fleeced Union
Suits; well madd and
finished; sella regu
larly at 35c; will be
sold at
25C
Ladles’ Flannelette
House Wrappers;
made with fitted lin
ings, $2.00 value for
1.25
Comforts Bargains
COTTON
COMFORTS
Evtra heavy Cot
ton Comforts, filled
with pure clean cot
ton, Silkoleen, lined.
$1.25 value; sold
Monday at
98C
DOWN COMFORTS
Extra fine Down
Comforts, French
Sat teen covered;
worth and sells for
$6.60; priced special
for Monday at
4.98
SILK COMFORTS .
We’ll sell special
for Monday a fine
Z Down Comfort, silk
covered and worth
$9.00, for only
6.98
WOOL COMFORTS
Fine wool Com
forts, Silkoleen lined,
extra large size and
worth $4.00; priced
Monday at
2.98
Fine Cotton Com
forts, Creton covered
tn pretty figured ef
fects; a good $2.50
value, Monday at
Ladles’ Flannelette
Night Oowns; well
made and perfect fit
ting; a 75c value of
fered Monday at
45C
Ladles' fleeced lin
ed Union StlllS in
whlto or grey, the
Florence; a 76c value
49C
1.98
COTTON
COMFORTS
Satteen lined; fill
ed with, fresh, clean*
cotton, and worth
$1.98; ; Monday at
1.25
DUCK DRESS GOODS
Black Mohairs
38 Inch Black Silk finished wool Mo
hair. This a beautiful quality, 40C
Monday, yard
Black Panama
45 Inch wide all wool Panama Cloth,
for full suits or skirts, a $1.00 7^C
valucu. Monday, yard for 1
Black Granits
Silk finished all wool black Grnnlte
Cloth, 46 Inches wide; this is a splen
did value at $1.25, Monday, fiCf*
yard for ... 00 V
Black Crepes
Beautiful quality silk nnd wool Crepe
Cloths that's so much used this season
for skirts or full suits. A $1.60 QOf*
value, offered for, yard /OV
TAILORED SUITS.
Fifty samplo suits from a leading
suit maker of New York, this season's
smartest styles in black, blue, gray and
fancy mixtures, perfectly tailorod, and
splendid values at $15.00
We will sell this entire 50 to
morrow at each for choice
TAILORED SUITS AT $12.50.
. .You may have your choice of several
differont new styles. Some aro plain
colors, others in fancy mixtures. The
materials are strictly all wool, the jack
ets nro all silk lined, the skirts made
in tho latest styles,
splendid values at $18.00,
for choice
$12.50
For Ladies’ $29.50 Tailored Suits
Si9 98 ^ ore ^ Suits
$25.00
For Ladies’ $30.00 Tailored Suits
For Ladies’ $32.50 Tailored Suits
Dressy Cravenette Coats
Tourist and Belted Backs
nail Orders For Everything
in this Advertisement.
The styles we show are the newest—tai
loring the best—weaves and colorings tho
most fashionable. There are other styles
and prices besides the following;
STYLISH RAIN COATS, in full dress lengths, with half-fitted hack,
very full sleeves, wide turned-back-.cuffs, flat stitched collar / QO
black, tan, olive, blue and brown. All “i'l" 1
RAIN COATS of Priestley's Cravanettc, in new loose box Style, with
very full sleeves, flat stitched or turnover collars, box plaited d’/I n
back. All stylish colors. All sizes J) 1 /
RAIN COATS of Priestley's Cravanettc (best quality), in latest all-over
box-plaited, styles, with flat stole collar effect or regular coat tf’.l Q QO
collar, extra full sleeves. All colors $lv>uO
Colored Dress Goods
Fancy Hohairs
In small neat 'stripes and figured ef
fects, splendid for wutsts, skirts nnd
full suits; worth C6c yard; AdC
Monday wVw
Mixed Suitings
Elegant line all wool fancy mixed
Suitings in brown, navy, dark red, and
green; splendid for Indies' nnd misses’
suits;; 38 inches wide, AdC
for yard “v
Chavenette Coverts
45 Inches wide; - comes ■ in .mixed
greys, brown and blues; nothing hot
ter for skirts or suits; a, spleri- 7 Cf*
did $1.00 value, for yurtl . ■
Silk lioailens
Elegant quality silk and woql, 45
Inrh Knollnes In nil the new shades:
also black and white; worth OMf'
$1.25, Monday, n yard
Blanket Bargains
PLAID BLANKETS \ WOOL BLANKETS
J00 pair fine 11-4
California whlto
wool Blankets, silk
50 pairs beautiful
large size, all wool,
plaid Blankets, in
the lilue, red and
pink effects usually
sells for $7.00; to
morrow special
$4.98
WHITE BLANKETS
Fine wool Blank
ets, full 10-4 size, silk
tape ends and color
ed borders; worth
$3.50, Monday nt
$2.98
WOOL BLANKETS
200 pairs extra
good quality white
wool Blankets, 10-1
size and worth $.1.00,
Monday ut
$3.98
$4.98
Mi'-i .'i ■■ ■■■""
$12.00
COTTON
BLANKET8
300 i,:ilrH >• x
98c
DffiffiWG
Macon’s Largest Mail Order fi
House. Write for Samples. 5
■anHMMHHiHRaKHr
A TREASURE HOUSE
OF AMERICAN HISTORY
Now York Society’s Hundred Thousand
Thousand Volumes, Valuable Paint
ings and Interesting Relics—Pioneer
Association of Its Kind Will Soon
Observe Its Centennial—New Build
ing to Mark its Second Century.
NEW YORK. Nov. 5.—In the century
of Its existence, the New York Histori
cal Society has accumulated a collec
tion of over iOO,000 books, phamphlets
and addresses on American history, an
average of over 1,000 a year.
To many, who think of America as
among the ypungest of nations, the
fact that the country contains an his
torical society one hundred years old
comes as a surprise and adds to the
Interest they take in its wealth of ma
terial. The hundred thousand publi
cations cover the whole field of Ameri
can history and constitute a treasure
house of information for the student,
no matter in what section of the coun
try or with what phase of Its develop
ment he Is especially concerned.
Such a collection In Itself entitles
the society to distinction but Its work
has been done so quietly that few out
side a limited circle In the metropolis
have known anything about it. Now,
however, the centennial observance,
which will occur on the 22nd of this
month, will serve to call attention to
the really remarkable achievements to
this pioneer among American histori
cal associations. More than that, the
beginning of the society's second c
tury Is to he marked by the erection
of a new home which will be among the
finest buildings of Its kind in the world
and make readily accessible not only a
great store of historical literature but
also many valuable works of art and
mementoes of the country’s early days.
The association is not. as the name
might imply, merely local In character.
Its work Is national in scope and for
that reason of interest in all parts of
the country.
At present the Historical Society Is
housed away over on the east side of
•New York far from the portions of
the city seen by the ordinary visitor.
The building Is small and unpreten
tious and of the cold and forbidding
style of architecture common In pub
lic edifices of half a century ago.
There is little about It to attract the
attention of the stranger, even the
name appearing only tn small, tarnish
ed gilt letter over the door. Yet this
obscure structure contains In ai
tion of the Society's Urge collection
of historical publications a great va
riety of valuable art works end other
cbject* of historical Interest. There
are Cstltn’s original drawings of Am
erican Indians, a Urge series including
pictures of all the native tribes. While
this collection of rare value to the
ethnologist and the general student of
history, was given to the Society
years ago. it has never yet been placed
on exhibition owing to lack of space.
Audubon's sketches of American birds
are also of extreme value, but per
haps these drawings and sketches are
exceeded In popular Interest by some
of the other things hidden away in
the crowded recesses of the building.
Every school boy knows the story
of the way In which patriotic New
Yorkers nt the outbreak of the Revolu
tion pulled down the great leaden
stqtue of George III. and melted his
Britannic Majesty Into bullets to be
used in fighting Redcoats nnd Hes
sians. The pedestal not being avail
able as material for musqet balls es
caped destruction, and Is now In the
Historical Society’s collection. Here
also Is the tablet placed originally at
the duelling ground at Weehawken
where Alexander Hamilton was shot
by Aaron Burr, and there are many
other objects of equal Interest. In
addition to its collection relating par
ticularly to American history, the So
ciety has a musem of Egyptian anti
quities cbllected by Dr. Henry Abbott
containing over 1.000 specimens
early Egyptian arts and crafts.
The New York merrlianta of the last
century, who accumulated what were
vast fortunes for those days, had a
keen appreciation for the finer things
of life and became ready purchasers
of works of art. Many of these men
bequeathed their collections to vari
ous associations, and it Is' largely as
a result of this benevolence that the
art galleries of the Historical Society
contain many paintings, Including those
In the Reed, Bryan and Durr collec
tions and that of the old New York
Gallery of Fine Artst. There are can
vases by Albert Durer, Gainsborough,
Greuze, Hogarth, Leonardo da Vinci,
Murillo, Rembrandt, Rubens, Teniers,
Van Dyck. Valaaquez, West, Watteau
and other,masters. Pfihaps the most
celebrated painting In the collection is
the "Martyrdom of Kt. Laurence** by
Titian. It Is valued st $75,000.
The founders of the New York His
torical Society were r.omng the lead
ers of the life of the little city, and
they made their plans for their organ
ization with wisdom .ir.d foresight. The
republic was less than 30 years old
when the men who originated this so
ciety gave their expr^rsion to their be
lief that the young --nation and the
colonies had made history enough to
warrant its systematic study. It was
on November 20, 1804. that Egbert
Benson. DeWltt Clinton, Rev. Dr. Wil
liam IJnn. Rev. Dr. John N. Abeel. Rev.
Dr. John M. Mason, Dr. David Hoosack,
Anthony Bleecker. H-.muel Bayard, Pe.
ter O. Stuyvesant and John Pintard
met in the picture room of the old
City Hall In aWU street to organize
CUy Hall Jn Wall street to organize
be to collect and preserve materials
relating to the natural, civil and eccle
siastical history of the United States In
ge mi At and cf the stats of New York
In particular. The society was incor-
ixtrated by an act of the legislature on
February 9, 1809. This act was re
newed 17 years later and again in Feb
ruary, 1846, when the legislature chang-
the annual income from $1,500 to $10,-
000. Resides organizing the society Its
founders early took means to Impress
upon the minds of the people gener
ally the importance of cherishing pub
lic records and private pap ere nnd
their value to the student of history.
A banquet will be given at Delmon-
Ico’s Tuesday evening, November 22,
only make Its treasures acclMHlble to
the public but will be an evidence of
the increasing Interest throughout the
country in American history and an
tiquities.
TIFTON’S BIG FIRE.
Detailed List of the Losses, With In
surance Carried.
TIFTON, Ga., Nov. 6.—The fire of
yesterday afternoon was the most de
structive that has ever been in this
to celebrate the centenniul anniversary town, not excepting the burning of H.
of the organization which was thus
begun and a commemorative medal, In
either bronze or silver, will be struck
showing on the obverse side portraits
of John Pintard. the founder, and Eg
bert Benson, the first president of the
Bocletly, and, on the reverse. Federal
Hall, the association’s first home, and
the new building now In course of con
struction.
The site of the building Is nt 76th
street, opposite Central Park, and was
bought In June. 1191, at a cost of $300,-
000. Some difficulty waa experienced
in raising the additional money neces
sary to begin the work of construction
and It was not until Dean Hoffman,
father of ihe present president, took
up the task of securing funds that any
great progress was made. Dean Hoff
man Induced several prominent New
York people—among them Archer M.
Huntington, Miss Matilda Wolfe Bruce,
J. P. Morgan, F. Robert Schell, the
late John Alsop King, Cornelius and
George W. Vanderbile—to contribute
large ftmounti.[H|||Hl^^H
A building committee was appointed
in June, 1901, to receive and report up
on plans for the proposed building nnd
decided to erect the central portion,
135x115 feet, on the llnea of American
colonial architecture from the plana of
Messrs. York ft Sawyer at an esti
mated cost of $400,000. The corner
stone was laid by ex-Mayor Low, No
vember 17. 1903. Since then the work
has been Interrupted by lack of funds;
but it Is now expected that It will be
resumed within a month, and that the
first story will be finished late In the
spring.
The new building wheii completed
will be the finest of its sort In the coun
try. It will be of pink Milford granite,
three stories high, and beside ample
H. Tift’s saw mill plant several years
ago. The losses as estimated are ns
follows: /
The Phillips-Slack building, value
$18,000, Insurance $10,000 ; 8. G. Slack
Co., hardware, stock value $20,000,
Insurance $11,000.
The Ensign Lumber Company, office
fixtures, loss $1,600, Insurance $750.
C. W. Full wood, lew library and of
fice fixtures $3,000, Insurance $1,000.
K. P. Bowen's building, $13,000, In
surance $7,699.
K. P. Bowen, general merchandise
stock $7,000, Insurance $2,000.
Tifton Drug Company stock and fix
tures $6,000. Insurance $3,750.
Tifton Telephone Exchange office
and sundries $2,500, Insurance $500,
Carson Bros, opera house, furniture
and fixtures $500, insurance $250.
E. B. O'Neals' building $1,750, Insur
ance $1,000.
O’Neal ft Parker, greets, $1,800, In
surance $1,000.
The E. H. Tift building $6,000. in
surance $3,000.
H. Kent ft Son, furniture dealers,
$5,000, Insurance $2,000. .
C. W. Rlckerson, groctr, $2,600, In
surance $1,600.
W. W. Timmons' residence and fur
niture $7,500, Insurance $3,500.
Hotel Regent and fumlahtngs $7,60,
slating In carrying out a heavy piece
of furniture from II. W. Brown's pho
tograph gallery, fell and precipitated
the piece on himself, thereby receiving
serious injury.
Marshallville.
MARHHALLVILLE, Ga., Nov. 5.—
On Thursday afternoon the "Sans-
Hnucl” Club held Its Initial meeting at
the homo of Mrs. Robert Edwin Bald
win. The occasion was one of much
pleasure to all present. This club is
composed of the young ladles nnd
young matrons of the town and will
have weekly meetings. . ,
Mrs. Baldwin entcrtnlned her guests
with an observation party. In the na
ture of a "Floral Catalogue." The
prize, a Tiffany vase filled with La
France roses, was won by Miss Olivia
Fnrrlor. The hostess was nsslsted In
receiving by Mrs. R. 11. Tllchnrt nnd
Miss Carolyn Harris. DAlnty refresh
ments were served. All the guests de
parted daring the "Sans-Soucl" Club
a perfect success.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
held their monthly meeting at the home
of Mrs. William K. Lester on Tuesday
afternoon. The topic for the meeting
was the life and character of Gen.
Stonewall Jackson. A very Impressive
and Interesting program was rendered.
An Interesting report of the stnte con
vention of the tl. D. C. nt Klberton wss
given by the president. Mrs. Duff Tl,
Goodwin, who represented the "James
D. Frederick" chapter.
Miss Carolyn Harris entertained In
formally a few friends with a chafing
dish supper Saturday eenlnvg.
Dr. William II. Haler has returned
to Atlanta after a few days’ stay In
town.
Messrs. Herbert Brown and Alex
Pharr complimented the young people
with a barbecue last Friday evening.
The many friends of Miss Mary Nilas
regret to know that she Is quite 111 with
Insurance $4,600. .
Mrs. John Poue. photograph building I lypnoid fever.
$600 insurance $3,500. ! Miss Bessie Frederick came down
h! W. Brown, photographic outfit j ,rom W«*ley«n In.t w«k to apand a
n, vv . nrown, iMi'nwRi •M'iih: UIIUII | -
and household furniture $3,000, Insur- days at home,
ance $1,600.
The dwelling owned by Mrs. Popo
and occupied by C. B. Holmes $1,500,
insurance $1,000. •
C. B. Holmes’ household furniture
$1,000, insurance $500. «
O. Lee Chesnutt, dental office flx-
ahelf space for nearly half a million tures and furniture. $2,000, Insurance
— * - ' $800.
At one time during the fire It was
thodfcht that the whole southern por
tion of Love avenue would be conr
sumed but by heroic work and the pull
ing down of one pmall wooden build-
frig the flame* were gotten ynder con
trol
That portion of the dty presents a
most deplorable sight this morning.
Three serious accidents occurred
during the fire. Mr. Charlie Wheless,
white holding a line of hose on the
Shmfc building was struck in the hand
by an exploding cartridge. Cliff Austin,
a young white boy. was;struck on th*
side of his head with i • • of » it
tered glass and Mr. 8. b. Monk in a*
voumes, and several special rooms for
exhibits of various sorts, will contain
an auditorium on the main floor, capa-
ble of seating 400 persons, a lecture-
room. reception, lounging and commit
tee rooms. On the second floor will be
a big museum, two large picture gal
leries and a reading-room. In addi
tion to the main or central portion of
the building, it In proponed to erect
later two extensive wings In the same
general style as Uie main structure.
TJU . ttt WhIch thr * building
wHl be finished is uncertain, depending
“ UP*™ the rapidity
with which the necessary funds can
be secured. Tne rm-mbern of the Soci-
Through Day Coach to 8t. Louis.
On each Tuesday ar d Thursday dur
ing month of November the Southern
railway will operate between Atlanta
end Ht. Louis first-class ventlbuleti,
lavatory coach, elegantly equipped. On
the above dates coach excursion ten-
day ticket $11.00 round trip from Ma
con will be on sab. Train leaving
Macon 1:35 p. m. cornects at Atlanta
with above through trs n for Ht. Louie.
JAS. FREEMAN. T. P. A.,
•Phone 424. Macon, Ga.
THE MAN BEHIND OUR
SCALES does not profit by tlie
“TIP OF THE BEAM.” He gets
his salary profits, or no profits. A
TON IS 2.000 POUNDS.
THE EMPIRE COAL CO.
Phone 136.
Your dealer sells S3.8S and $5.Qo
shoss—why not Soros!* 7
LIVINGSTON’S EFFORT8.
Congressman Trying to Inject Life Into
the Campaign.
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. B.-Congress-
man Livingston Is here trying to in
ject a little life Into the voters of
Fulton county. He seems to be con
siderably worried over the situation
here, not that ho In afraid that he will
be defeated by candidate Ooree of the
Republican party, hut because of the
fnct thnt there Is no enthusiasm here
for anyone, lie hnd a conference Igst
night with the executive committee
of the young men's Democratic league,
with the view of getting the young
Democrats to go to vote for the Demo-
erotic Melfel Col 11 ngston was
the move at an early hour this morn
ing and during the day was In consul
tation with frlomln.
Col. Sidney C. Tapp, the Democratic
elector for the fifth district has done
nothing so far as the public* knows.to
ward wheeling the votes of this district
Into Parker and Davis column,
was placed on thp ticket to do what
he could Irr thfx direction, but It seems
has don# nothing In this line.
In this connection, It may be stated
that Col. Tapp’s friends say that he
will make the race two yenra from
now for congress, whether Col. Liv
ingston Is dead or alive, and It Is Inti
mated that one reason that Col. Tapp
has not gone on the stump during
this campaign is that he wants to re
serve all of his oratorical for future
powers when he Is a candidate for
congress In this district
Visited Old Homo.
TIFTON. Ga., Nov. B.—The recep
tion tendered Rev. and Mrs. W. L.
Oelger Monday evening at the home of
Mr nnd Mrs. I. W Bowen was a most
pleasant affair. Rev. Mr. Geiger Is one
of the oldest preachers In the Baptist
ministry. Hr Is in his 78th year and
has been actively engaged In ministe
rial work for the post 'Jiffy years He
one of the first Baptist ministers
to come to this county and for years
was pastor of the church at Alapaha
and the New Blver church, two miles
east of this city. He removed from
this county eighteen years ago. rfnd
this, his first visit since, has made a
memorable one and he was royally en
tertained by Mr. and Mrs. Bowen.
Mr. Oslger contacted the services at
his old church. New River, last Sun
day, at which almost the entire county
and quite « number of Tlftonlana at
tended.
Rev. and Mrs. Geiger returned to
their home near Lyons, Ga., Thursday.
to other blocks. Tho total loss wn 1
about 840,000.
The Colonial Fair by the Indie* of
the Baptist church at the armory
last night was quite a hucc.kh. Tho
booths representing the original thir
teen states were very attractive and
the receipts were all that could hav-
been expected, notwithstanding the
Inclement weather.
The friend* «t Mrs. C H. Humphreys
are gliid to hear that she 1s Improv
ing from n recent severe case of fe
ver. She was quite low at one time
and much alarm wss folt about her
condition,‘hut she has been Improving
for several days.
Barnesvllle now has n great many
benutlfui chrysnnthCnums in bloom
that are attracting wide attention and
many of them are being sent to other
t itles. Among the ladles who are most
successful In growing them are Mrs.
C. O. Summers, Mr*. M. W. Smith.
Mrs. J. W. Stafford, Mrs. C. T. Tyler.
Mrs. W. J. Williamson. Mrs. J. ().
Smith, Mrs. R. A. Stafford nnd Mr.'.
G. J. Bummers.
The rnlno this week have pleased
everybody and done great good.
The
up and the dust has been fearful.
Since the rain fall work has comrr.en-
and It Is likely that constderal
grain will be planted In the next f<
weeks.
Barntsville.
BARNESVILLE. On.. Nov. 6.—Ad
Justers for the different fire Insuranci
companies have been here since tb
recent fire conferring with those whose
property was destroyed or damaged
and settlements In a number of cases
have been agreed upon. The fire was
a disastrous one and It took fine work
to prevent the spread of th*.- flames
REPLY TO 8AUSSY.
County Comn
>i>on;n of Pulaski Give
Interesting Figure*.
HAWKIN8VILLK. Ga.. Nov. In a
lengthy article published In tho Dis
patch and News, Col. O. N. Sau»*y, a
well known Hawklnsvilllan. and audi
tor of the Hawklnsvllle and Florida
Southern railway, requests the county
commissioners to publish certain facts
larding the Pulaski tax rate, tho
revenues from the dispensary, and ln-
of tax valuation. The.commis
sioners’ answer Is as follows:
In his various expense accounts of
the county, Mr. Snussy seems to haw
omitted the little Item of expens** for
the chain gang now at work on the
public roads of the county, the expens**
of which amounts on an average to
more than $1,000 r • r month. H- also
seems to have lost right of the fact
that'the county has a treasurer, acting
under bond, vl.o keeps a correct ac
count of all r*’ ’ d i,s -nid expenditures
of county fund*, and that this l*ook of
the treasurer is examined .Hemt-annu
ally by the grand Jury of th** county,
and Is open to Ir -p« . tlon nt any and ail
times, us are the books *.f any other
public officers of th** county.
"He also ornlts »<• n tud** In his hill
of exrn • - th- • • st *.. 1 r.-w Jail which
has been recently completed it an ex
pense of $18,000."
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