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FOR SMALL NEGRO BOYS
How Such Boy* Are Whipped at the
Rawrdir’a Court.
The option tome times Riven by the
recorder to the parent a or other rela
tive* of boya, auch boya ai are too
young tojie aont to tha chwlngang, of
whipping them in the city prison, or
of having tha oourt deal with them,
doea not always meet with approval by .
the kin, and there are many whipping* , hard worker,
administered in this way vary unwill- Th® Lineups.
Ingly. The lineups were ea follows:
In many cases the parents get the ! Mercer. Position.
Ido*. a« parents sometimes will, that JJF, 1 /*!"}
their boya are right, and that any pun
brilliant playing op binion and |
MALLARY—FLORIDIANS STRONG |
ON DEFENSE BUT*WEAK ON OF-
By FRANC MANOUM.
That the Mercer eleven (a going to
prove pretty worrisome to some of the
r W team* of the 8. I. A. A. was Indica
ted by yesterday's decisive defeat of tli«
University-of Florida. The score waa
24 to o.
The game waa characterised by much
brilliant playing, that of several Individ*
mils being particularly notable. The Me/-
reriuns. thanks to Frank Rake's i-litcwe
coaching, play good, snappy, offensive
fool (.fill, and will show to Imter xd/ntit-
age In future games than »ney did yes
terday. The team was weakened ny the
absence of Halfback Cochran. aJtliough
his position was exceptionally well taken
care of by Mallary, whose head;' Inter f of-
t*nce, fine tackling, and end runs were
«ome of the features. However, with
Cochran at righthaJf and ■ Mallary At
quarter, there will be an Improved and
notlcaable difference.
Florida’s First Q4m*.
The Floridian's cam* Hera for their first
gam* of the season, and It was too bad
that thay should have received such dis
couragement at tho very beginning. The
team put up no offense whatever, and
were kept on tho defense throughout the
afternoon. Mercer nearly always had
deittHI
ball, losing It occasionally on downs and
fumbles. Blake's hoys did not confine
their activity to any special kind of tac
tics. but mixed end runs, forward passes
end center rushes, and kept their
nenta continually guessing aa to
they would do hext.
Tlse Florida line waa strong, ns the
Mercerlane soon found. But fluke kept
his men plugging sway, and they repeat
edly went Uirough confer for small gains,
seldom for more than two or three yar'“
It was here that the visitors showed
in-mis like
OF CENTRAL TO BE IMPROVED
GOMFERS AFTER TAFT
IN ROOSEVELT REPLY
DECLARES REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS
REPUDIATED JUST DEMANDS
NEW YORK. Oct. 10.—In the Federa-
tlonlat, the official organ of the Ameri
can-Federation of Labor, publishad yas-
terdsy, Samuel Oompers makes reply to
President Roosevelt's defense of Wm. 11.
Taft's injunction record. Mr. filorapera
says:
Wft regret exceedingly that President
Roosevelt has attempted to defend
Justify Judge Taft's Injunction record, or
his speeches on the subject It Is par- i
tlculnrly unfortunate that the pre-Ident
should have unnecessarily thrust him- '4
self Into the campaign on the Injunction r4
Issue, We should have preferred to ac* i 4
cept. hie previous utterances * ■
Junction abuse. In hla message to th«
last congress. President Itoosevelt said:
*‘Instances of ahpst-s In the granting
of Injunctions 1 in labor disputes continue . *i
to occur and the resentment In the i 1
■P* , mind* of* those who feel that their rights
many heavy grades and dangerous I are being Invaded and their liberty of
edt It la not y> t known that tha new
line wJlj be adopted, or recommended
few miles out of Amerlcus.
their best, although their tackling asid
punting were both noteworthy. There Is
no doubt but that had Mercar tried more
open Held play, the #cor# would hav#
been much larger.
Mercer Eleven Pleased.
The Mercer eleven pleased Its support
ers by Its aggressiveness and speed. The
team Is well balanced/and the line to
strong enough to resist almost any kind
of an nttHrk. especially with tha support
of the barks. With Cochran In the game
he and Illnlon will constltuts two hrivea
whose work will attract general attention
before the end of the season.
(letting back to the game. It would
probably bn well to mention how the
scoring came about. In the first half,
after fifteen minutes of play. Mercer
scored the first touchdown. 1 When eight
yards from sunt, the delayed pass was
executed perfectly, and Farmer went over
- *•-- Goal was kicked by Mallary.
around left end by Mallnry, the! nterfer-
- • •--- *•- M me plgyer. the tack-
and the work of Poole
work by the tun
ig of Ollleepl'
id Scoggins In me rusnee,
Mercer was seen to better advsntage
1n tha second half. Aften ten minutes
of play, Hell wes shoved through center,
when within three yards ,of the line,
and tho first touchdown of this period
was recorded. Military kicked goal. Bln-
Ion made the third touchdown ny a good
IB-ynrd run. and Farmer went through
center for the fourth, with only a min
ute left to play. In both instances. Mai-
jtrv successfully negotiated for the goal.
Florida never mme near scoring, gf-
though several times the lads from Tal
lahassee punted the ball wav down field,
only to lose It on their first attempt
for a gain.
■■ Leftend Taylor Expelled.
Fullback Farmer wns the special ob-
ROf the Florid lane* attack, they seem
PINING FOR THE VATERLAND
GERMAN GIRL KILLS SELF
AMERICUS, Oct 10.—From Amerl
cus to Macon the distance via the Cen
tral railway may be lessened consid
erably as the result of work now being
done by the company’s engineers to
the end of reducing grades-and taking
out the curves en route. Engineer
Brown, In charge of the corps located
In Amerlcus, has been at work above
the city for several weeks and much
haa been accomplished already. Just
now the engineering corps is engaged
In running an entirely new line be
tween Amerlcus and Oglethorpe, a dis
tance of nineteen miles, and which, If
adopted, will leave the present line of
the Central altogether. There are i ml
heavy grades and dangerous ! an., I
i between Amerlcus and Ogle-1 action and of Match unwarrantably :
and to ellmlnata th«M * BKffiBf'ffiSL 1 „„
lino Ij being run eait of the preaent tr» t HR*»tr2id»Jio t lSSS , oyerwheiraSurtr
route, or to the right of It, leaving a r ai n »t Mr. Taft on that very point, fl*
Amerlcus. At no point, except An- | a known as ‘the Injunction atandard bear-
dersonvllle, does the line now being rr,‘ Ills history as the promoter of the
surveyed touch the old litre of the abuse of the injunction power Is too well
Central roeduntil Oglethonw l. rMcb- “in’ISU'uun
he fact that Justice Gould, of the
Of Coluntkta, In Issuing the In
junction of tns Van Cleave Bifbk's Stove
A Range Company against the officers of
the Amertoan Federation of Labor, Its
sfflllfted organisation* and their mem
bers. fisted In his opinion accompanying
,tbe Injunction that It wax based upon the
precedent* (furnished by Judge Taft's
injunctions.
'•Indeed, tha very Injunction abuse
which President Roosevelt so severely at-
leekod In his msssage to congress above
quoted had Its beginnings In the Injunc
tions Issued by Judge Taft.
"lAbor Is not partisan. It Is neither
If Oct 10,—Heartbroken, Zlm.iTZj’
■. Martha Wemen. n pretty
tinCin of Andrew \v. Men- ’ T'Jfnridmf'
i'iiuuih. met nl.ht larked Inrsi lf In
ir room, nfter kl.iln, the children, and HLWdJ’tk. iMuS'^Kr!i b nn^*t«
Jt a bullet In her bared breaat. L
;V* ran‘to h h.r m dS" 1 C '"'" i SWItnS
"SlSIH Owr hi cried. ! TP, Democratic p.rty and lt« rand!d»t.
Though dying the yc
he staggered to tn<
ck and then fell ac Ji ...Hi
nno wns dead when Dr. Hubeck arrived ~
from the J. Hood IVrliiht Hospital. t"®.*?*"
Two year* ago. while traveling In Ger
many, the Menchenhurgs found tho pretty
little mnld In a village near Berlin, and.
she was persuaded to leave her fiance ‘ ,
and come to America. Her employer 2*~.If^J 4 n *ixJnrU»*,
anld. after the suicide, that, though she ^ Workeri
hsd never given any Indication of her , ine n '
desperate grief, he felt sure she had • ” "
pined for the sturdy German lad whom I,
she had left Jn the Vnterlnnd.
HMt
nklng their choice.
, "Mr. Tnft, the republican candidate,
! nr«?tv ; >»*" Ihdrrsed and accentuated 1 ‘
In p .nX ripiiNUII"n of labor's hrt del
■ finn?.* 1 - 'Mr. Brvan, the candidate of
iltUlES Mnra t In HBPIv up /..111. In.l,,,,.
demands.
. the Dem-
hns fully Indorsed lub-.r'a
choose between
WAY TO DEPOSIT EARNINGS
lect c. .... —
Ingly having |t In for him tecausa of hla
fine offensive work In tha earlier stages
of the game. Every time there waa. a
rush by the opposing side, Fkrmer re
ceived the brunt of It. If he wae anywaye
■Ire't" n i!, l, «erema^d Tmeerre^tliy'rouih ■malt parcel,, which they were iolns
treatment npen helm t«chl,d. *" — *'■- *
Thl^ finals' culminated In th# expulsion
nf leftnckle J. J. Taylor nf the Florida
eleven. After tackling Pkrmar. be
NEW YORK. Oct. 10—While on
their way to Freeport, where they
were to bank nil their earning* of tho
summer from their eight acre farm
near Wnntagh, L. I., James Hoar,
sixty-three year* old, and,, hla wife,
alxty-flvo years old, were, run Into
yesterday by the express train from
Ptttchogue running at sixty miles an
hour. Both were Instantly killed.
The elderly couple had ft load of
potatoes which they expected to sell
In Freeport, and nenrly one thousand
dollara In bills nn£ gold, done up In
iwuSmi.
Immediately expelled him from the game,
his action meeting with ths approval of
Coach File, who severely censured Tay
lor. The latter was not satisfied, how
ever, and upon retiring to th* field, ha
called Farmer "a liar" aa tha latter lay
prone upon th# ground. This was gen
erally accepted as unsportsmanllke con
duct. and whenever Taylor later appeared
the^ side-lines he was hissed and
uarterback Jameson. Fullback Farmer
—I !,«ftend Griffith share With the oth
er* ‘previously mentioned the honors of
the game. The former was a particularly
lahment the court may direct
Just. Then. In auch oases, untree close
ly watched, the licks are laid on light
y morning there war* two
negro hoys. Lonnie Styles and Rich
ard Walker, charged with fighting.!
The evidence allowed that Lonnie was
nt fault, and he was the Umh fbarkod
for tho slaughter. Having no parents,
tho aunt, who wae in the court room,
waa called up and tokt of the cuetom
of the court. It waa plain that aha did
not like the Idea, perhaps believing tho
hoy to be Innocent, but ahe wea con
fronted with two horns of tbs dilemma
—to have him went to the gang, or to
whip him hereelf. Hhe hesitated long
before aho said ahe Vrould whip the
boy. and the oftlcere knew she had to
bo watched or she would throw off on
the Job. But «he had the duty to
perform, and If there ever waa a case
where "It hurts me. my ton, worse than
It hurts you.** this was that ca*o. If
signs go for anything.
tupsr aa a Disinfectant.
Consul General Guemhsr write- from
VYsnkfort that tn many porta of lhsrspe
It Is customary among the peopla to hum
■ugar le sick rooms, a preetlc* which is
considered by phyetclani aa an tanocent
fttf #, Me l aS(lr #or harm *
Prn f - Triibert. of the Feateur Institute
at Parts, has. however, demonstrated re
cently thet burning sugar davelepa for
mic acetylene.hydrogen, one of the moat
powerful antiseptic Keei known. Five
grams of sugar (tfll grains) were
were burned under a ekes bell holdin*
IS nuarts. After the vapor had fooled
t*aelM of tvphtif, tuberculosis, cholera,
smallpixx, etc., wees placed fn the bell In
open alas* tube* and within half an hour
all the microbe# were dead.
If sugar la burned In a closed vessel
containing nutrified meat or the contents
of rotten eg**, tha offenelvo odor dlsan-
gyi fa* WPVkr faith In the
disinfecting qualities of aumt sugar ap-
> m ..Florida.
Leftend ,«,«,.ri*\yrhton
Gillespie.... Left tackle J. J. Taylro
and Van Meat
Dunaway Lett guard u Vldgt
cu su-ro ,.,...•» — ■ ikm
Canter ....Parker
Jordan Right guard ... .Van Fleet.
Chandler.
Scoggins...... Right tackle .Rader
roole Right end Bhands
Jameson Quarterback ....Thompson
lttnlon l<efthalfback ....Rarileson
Mallnry RighthnUhark ....K. Tavlor
Farmer Fullliack Gibb
* Referee—Rlmmona.
Dmplro— Everett.
Head Linesman—Wheeler.
Touchdowns—Dlnlon. Relh Farmer (I).
Goals Kicked—By Mallary, 4.
Halves—Twenty minute*.
Fill yeur bins now with Clinchflsld
Coal and you will be Independent
when tie mercury drops. Order, from
your dealer or direct of the Cllnchfleld
Coal Corporation, charlotte. N. C
to deposit In the Freeport Rank.
Their two-horse farm wagon waa
directly In the center of the tracks
and the expresn struck It fairly, throw
ing Hoar and hla wife one hundred
feet ft way. Hoar'n head waa split
open and many bones were broken:
h|s wife's" leg was cut off and
her cheat crushed.
Lying on the ground about Mrs.
Honr was the money, which aho had
evidently had In her hind when the
wagon waa struck.
The horse* were not Injured, but
wero cut loose by the collision. Po
tatoes were found for a quarter of a
mile down the track.
The engineer aald he blew hla whis
tle as usual for the crossing, and did
not see the couple until It'was too
late to atop. t
Tho crossing Hs used considerably,
but there la nothing but a bell to
warn those approaching.
NEGRO CRIMINALS FIRST
TO TEST VIRGINIA'S CHAIR
RICHMOND. Va., Oct. 10—It seems
that the fates have decreed that ne
gro criminals shall be the first to try
the electric chair at the penitentiary
under the the now law adopted by the
legislature providing for electrocution
Instead of hanging In cases where
courts and juries find persona guilty
of crimes punishable by death. Tha
first to sit In the death chair Is Henry
Smith, of Portsmouth, who will bo ■
electrocuted on October It for crlml- etai
At West Mat N. Y.—West rolnt, M;
Trinity. •.
At Andover—Tala Freshmen, I; rhllllps
At Anihefat—Amhtrtt. •; University of
Vermont, 0.
At Providence—Brown. It: Boudoln, 0.
At mmllton. N. T—Celiit., 11; Ho-
bart. 0.
At Buffalo, K. Y.—Indiana, It; Byra-
CU At' Rochaeter—Klmlra. •: Weat High. it.
At Hanover. N. It—Dartmouth, it:
Tufia. •.
At Springfield. Mass.—Sprinfleld Train
ing. Si: Connetleut Agricultural. Ck
At Pittsburg—-University, of Pittsburg,
WALv. u... 40: Hampden
■SPRA^cm--. SO; Indiana. 0.
At Princeton—Princeton, 0; LnFky-
etta. 0.
At Minnaapolla—tllnneapoUa, 1ft:
Amaa. e.
At I jinxing—Michigan. 0: Michigan Ag-
V
VITAL
ESTORATIVE
Rastore* Mtn'a Vitality,
sa 01. At all OruogUU. Always
DICORD’S
II RESTOI
Mall Order* Solicited.
i Co.’s. Macon.
THE LYRIC;!
Home of
REFINED VAUDEVILLE.
b* tha next U nil ad I
F tales senator from South Carolina, tha I
democratic primaries having pronounced I
In bla favor. Th*r» nr* now two Rmlthe J
la the oenata—Wlllum Aldan, nf Mlcht-1
Kan. and John Walter, o4 MaryUnd -and i
ien thay ara Jotnnt W tU - 1
Philadelphia- University of Pnnn-
IxwnU. C; Stair Colleg* A
Orolon Ms**.—Harvard Freshmen,
rotnn school. 0.
- JESV't. N. T.-PrlnntMl Ftrahracn.
IS;. PhtUttw-Voieter. 10.
9 At Atktae, Ga.—Georgia. II; Dahlon-
«.ln.
At Was ilngtnn—Georgetown Frlv»rally,| tha a*
JS; Baltimore Me«1tcxl College. *. '’ are at
At Atlanta. Uo.-Gacridii Teak, I): »WJ wf
Mooney »Ch«H>l of.TaanaaeW 0.
At Columbia. R, t*.--t*nlvfr»|t%- of <*uth
Cnrx*pna. IT; Charivaton t>d)e«n. a.
At Plrmtngham .Als.—VniverrUy of
Alabama. IT; Howard. tkdtrgO. A •
At Asheville—Asheville Rohan!, 4T: Ca*
apital wU
he Hralthi
Wt Of (Mil
"A Debut in Vaudeville."
GAUMONT8 ANIMATED PICTURE!
. inr ■iiaiiKfiiiniia vwrii pr«v-
ttcntly completed for the execution by
Capt. K. F. Morgan, superintendent
of th* penitentiary, though the exact
details have not been made public.
Captain Morgan is In RtU authority
under tha law, and will therefore per
sonally direct the execution. Tho
chair waa completed several week*
ago, and haa been thoroughly tested
by experts. Captain Morgan has not
aald at what hour the first execution
will take place, though It la expected
that It will occur early In th* morn-
tat.
Th* four negroes who hav* to far
been sentenced to electrocution are:
Henry Smith. Portsmouth, October
11, for assault.
Winston Green. Chesterfield. Octo
ber SO. for attempted aJbault.
John Finney. Franklin county, Oc
tober SO, for attempted assault.
Thomas J. Manns, November 0. for
murder.
Russian Labor Insurance.
Consul Raged*!*, of St. Petersburg, ad-
vise* that the Russian Duma has under
consideration a bill requiring manufac
turer* to Insure their laborer* against
accidents while employed In factor!?*
end to provide for them In case of tu
ne**. Upon this the consul comments:
The law of IMS Imposed thl* duty
directly on the employers, but under the
dew law an Insurance by an organti
Insurance company will be provided. T!
substitution wt'.l entail an Increase
— itifiacturer*
. cent of
employee. Aa thete
.teteons employed t~
nurvtofW; drawing en average of S
slex (iu.le—41.s cental each per sn-
nt. cr .i tot*| „f sy>.#w»,*a* rubles, the
amwsemert wt’1 he considerable.
. The bln jCUrthc- prcvIV* for Insurant
against the premiums*to he pa'd
evnjotmty by the latveera and th# em*
yer*. iho form»r wring from 1 *
• “““ •* **•"*“ aalarle* and tNt _
which toeether will!
expense on tha part of m
against accident cr about 1
the salary of all the employ* .—M
IB about _| A ^0o.oee peveons employed t*
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Boys’ sizes, 2 1-2 to 0 1-2, $1.25 to $3.50
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Child's ,5 to 8, button or lace $1.25 Misses’ 111-2. to 2, button and lace, $1.75
Misses’ hand sewed kind $2.00 Child’n’s 81-2 to 11 but'n and lace, $1.50
Allen's Fancy Footwear for Girls
Come in solid colors aifij combinations of colors and cover an.extensive rango,
making it possible for us to ineet eyery fancy. Prices rangfe from 75o to $2.50.
Misses’ sizes also ' , • - "
The Makes we handle of Boys’ and Girls’ Shoes are the best known to the re
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LESTER CLARK SHOE CO.
Phone 566. 516 Cherry St.
PARTY OF FORTY-FOUR WILL AT-
TEND TOMORROW NIGHT’S
PERFORMANCE AS GUESTS
OF MANHATTAN OPERA
COMPANY.
operators from tho Macon Telephone
Exchange will occupy ft reserved sec
tion at th? Grand Opera House tomor
row night, wltoeislng the openlnr pres
entation of q week’s engagement by
the Manimtlan Opera Company. Au-
ber’a "Fra DJftvolo,*’ will b* offered. The
■ .it-u . do not receive many chances
to promote social gatherings, and for
this reason afo looking forward to to
morrow .night's party with no little
degrar of pleaiure, K
TJioho In the theater party tomorrow
night will be: Miss Carrie Reichert,
Miss Agneg Kane, Miss Dessle Black
burn. Mtsa Ima Gilbert, Miss ’Jessie
Draw, MIhw Clara Kaylor, Mlsc Ger
trude QobbltL Ml»a Sarah >Bobbltt. Miss
Annie JMvle. Miss S«4s1e Holomlpn,
Miss Crystal Feagln, Miss Marie Lew
is, Mills Ruth Matthews. Mins Maggie
Mutthewe, Miss Nora Bartlett, Miss
Nellie Joyner, Miss Susie Leonard,
Isa Alice Russell. Miss Annie Lee San-
Merlin. Miss Alberta Snndcrlin, Miss
Tula Posey, Miss Mammle Mercer,
Mlsg Mary Ellen Jenkins. .Miss Mao
Horne, Miss Annie Toole, Miss Mattie
Jones,* Miss Lila eyers, Mhs Mamie
Simmons. Mills Carrie Mallory, Miss
Leo Simmons. Miss Pet Willis, Miss
Corry Llet*. Miss Berna Fogarty. Miss
Bessie- Leonard. Miss Lila Leonnrd.
Miss Nellie Buflngton. Miss Pauline
Roquemorc, Miss Belle Hardee, Miss
Allepo Jones. Miss Ruth Jones, Miss
Leona Wilkinson. Miss Mnggle Wilk
inson. Miss Ltxzle Denard and Miss
Louise Andereon.
Off to New York.
Mr. Jas. T. Redding, of the W. A.
Doody Co, left the latter part of the
week Nr n«'v York to attend the grand
rloak and suit sales now going on. The
Roodv Co. have had the biggest Sep
tember and early October business
Have Been Lookina at the Pecan Or
chards Round About Albany.
A large part yof western capitalists,
from Chicago and the middle west,
passed through Macon yesterday, en
route home after an extended trip
through the southern section, viewing
the pecan orchards near Albany es
pecially.
These tourists werf In charge of
Messrs. Petterson and Taylor, of
Chicago, who are taking this party,
their clients In fact, on this trip In or
der that/hey may see tho largo pecan
orchards near Albany, for which they
are the exclusive sales agents.
Mr. Frank B. Taylor. Junior*part
ner of the firm, expressed himself as
being thoroughly charmed with what
little he saw of MacorT, and stated that
on the next trip of tho company south
they would surely make t£ longer stop,
as they were desirous of becoming
more fully acquainted with tho advan
tages and resources-of this, to them,
beautiful city.
TWa Is to certify that I have been
drlnklnr water from The White Oak
Mineral wells, J. B. Strong, for the
last six weeks and I can safely and
honestly say that I have been very
much benefited by It. After being sick
for ten weeks last winter and part
of which time I was In the Macon Hos-
pltM with U very sever* attack of tho
lagrlppe nnd as I began to recover
I found that my stomach was so weak
that I coUld scarcely eat anything and
finally my family doctor advised me
to quit taking medicine and try water
from the White Onk Walls. Thot waa
about June 16th. 1908, and now, Octo
ber 9th. 1908, I can safely say thc> I
am In better health than I have been
In years. I write this so that others
suffering with stomach troubles may
know where to got relief. . This min
eral water Is worth more than all the
medicine In the world for stomach
troubles. I remain yours 'truly.
BOY BROKE JAIL TO SEE
HIS NEW BABY SISTER
ALTON, Ill., Oct 10.—To see his
baby sister, who was born since he
was sent to the state reform school,
Roy Roercker, 13 years old, crept at
night from- his barred dormitory,
scaled the wall at the risk of his life goln^’
GOOD SHIP ALABAMA TO
BE PUT OUT COMMISSION
and walked dnd rode freight cars all
the way from Pontiac to AltonJ 200
niil4s.
He reached home last night, ragged,
hungry and worn out. His father and
mother war® at supper when he walk
ed In. • .
"Where Is my baby sister?" wa» the
first question he asked. He held the
baby In his arms for hours and even
got up several • tlfliea during the night
and tiptoed to tho crib to look at her.
The Alton police had been notified
to watch for Roy, and this moaning
they arrested him.-
National Capital’s Growth.
From the Boston Transcript
The national capital continues to grow
In wealth and population In aplto of the
hard times. The annual assessment. Just
complete), gives the real estate valua
tion aa 4205.324,834, an Increase of *3.-
000,000 over the previous year. Them
are found to be 45,649 buildings In the
district 1.377 having been erected In the
year reviewed. The growth of Washing
ton Is of national-.Interest It has long
passed the critical stage of Its exlsterce
when men still doubted If It wouM- l*e
ever anything more than a straggling
town. Today It has passed the 300.0jo
mark, and its aspect la urban without
being obtrusively ao. It Is a great resi
dents! city, and though on a great trade
route between the north and south obsti
nately. perhaps wisely, refu*»« *•> become
a mart or emporium. An artificial capl-
IUt4 Petersburg,
necessitated Mr. Redding making bis which was also built with the set purpose
second trip ao early. The Doedy Co. of becoming the sent of a national gov-
hav* the very friwtest and best line of eminent The two cities have grown and
.. ' .. ■ at., __t.ii. fl.Mirlth.iO ■TYintwl flip nf tilmlnU.
nerchahdiee attainable and the public
flourished around the offlcet
trattve activity, thus proving that a lo
cation essentially commercial t« not a
condition prerequisite to the develop
ment of capitals.
A NOVEL PARADE. >
On Tuesday at.2 o’clock tho people of
Macon will have the opportunity of wit
nessing the moht novel and original pa
rade ever seen In any city. The Idea Is
original with Mr, E. D. Irvine, who Is
ever enterprising, ^
This will ba a piano parade, the, first
• pulled off by a music house In the
eale and two carloads of. pianos_
been shipped him by different factories
to meet the demand. These pianos will
be mounted on drays, one piano to each
dray, and with flying banners ahd b#»n
chimes Will parade the streets In
business section at “ ‘ * ' “
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—Tho bat
tleships Maine and Alabama, which
left the Azores yesterday for tho
United States, will part company as
they near the Atlantic coast, the Malno
to Portsmouth, N. H., for re-
and tho Alabama to New York
2 o’clock Tuesday, 7
After the parade the pianos will be
placed In position in the elegant ware-
room* of Irvine’s' Georgia Music House I
and the sale will commence and continue
until every piano Is sold. One particular
make of an Old piano which he ha* soldi
for thirty-five year* of J300, 4325 / and
4350, by special arrangements, wl!> be
sold at this cut price sale for about'half
price. What an opportunity.
Mr. Irvine had one of these big sales
over-ten years ago and an Immense lot of
pianos were sold during the week. ConiaJ
down. au<Lseo tho fun at 2i
Tuesday. -
J’clock
OF ASHBURN MERCHANT
VALDOSTA. Ga., Oct. 10—Robert
Rouse, a merchant of Ashbum met
Miss Mary Drane, of Enterprise. Ala.,
here this afternoon and were married
tonight In the ordinary’s office by Jus
tice Walter Peeples. The couple are
prominent In their respective towns
and , theJr marriage was to have oc
curred three weeks later.
They decided to meet at a conveni
ent place yesterday but the groom miss
ed his train «o they camo here. They
leave for Ashfrum, their future home,
tonight. Their friends will be sur
prised when they hear of tho Cere
mony.
Imaginary Holidays.
I know a man who cannot afford to’
travel, and yet has a delightful way
of deceiving himself He learns About
the cost of traveling, the proper cloth
ing to be worn* gets a time fable, and
nrrangea excursions for himself to
various places, and then reads about,
occupation.—Hearth and Home. I
to be put out of commission. It will
be the first time In the history of the
navy department that a battleship will
go to Portsmouth for repairs.
After they are made the Maine is
to bo the flagship of the third squad
ron' of the Atlantic fleet. It was the
original Intention of the navy depart
ment to,send both of these vessels t*»
Hampton Roads, but orders changing
the jdans were telegraphed yesterday.
VETS TO GO TO REUNION
BY WAY OF THE SOUTHERN
Time of Leaving and Arriving and all
Information,
The veterans, members of both
Camus Macon and Camp Smith, are
making preparations to attend tho re
union at Atlanta. «
The Southern railway has been se
lected by brigade headquarters, Camp
iR. ,A. Smith. No. 484 and Camp Ma-
coji, No. 1477, as the official route to
Ahe Confederate veterans’ reunion at
jfttlhnta,',YQctober 22 and 23.
This recognition of tho Eouthem by
the veterans Is a splendid compliment
and the road will see to Jt that the
large crowd which the veterans al
ways carry arc well taken care of.
T)ie Southern has arranged for spe
cial coaches for the exclusive use of
the veterans and their friends to bo
attached to the regular train leaving
Macon 7:35 a. m., Thursday, Octo
ber 22d. arriving Atlanta 1th40 a. m.
Returning the veterans will lohvo
Atlanta 5:80 o. m.. Friday, October 23,
arriving Macon 8:30 p. m.
Col. R. A. NIsbet, commander of
Camp £mlth. will answer all Inquiries
concerning the reunion, and any Infor
mation as to train accommodations,
schedules, etc., may be obtained from
Mr. G. R. Pettit, traveling passenger
agent of tho Southern.
. f ‘At tho risk of being considered egotls-
tlcr—began the conceited fellow.
"Constant exposure,’’ interrupted Miss
SDDery. "makoa you minimi** th«* risk/
EveryWomaa
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J M AR V E L Wh Irl I ngl> pray
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