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LET YOUR HAT BE A STETSON Wo have the STETSON 1908 PALL MODELS. Nothing better; nothing more stylish; nothing more up- to-date. If yon don’t care to spend so much for a hat, try our KNOX-ALL the best $2.00 hat on earth. Star Clothing Co. DAVE WACHTEL MERGER ELEVEN BEAT FLORIDA; COACH BLAKE HAS STRONG TEAM Custom Quality The materials in Regal Shoes—from the genuine Oak Bnrk, Tanned boIos, to the fast color hookB and eyelets, are the finest that money can purchase. They aro selected with the greatest care «nd aro mndo into Shoes by the most oxpert work men in the world. The first grado materials and tho expert Regal work manship are what insure the staying qualifies of Regal Custom stylo. $3.50 and 94.00 CUSTOM STYLE $5 00 Parks & Everett 458 Third St. SPECIAL JTT Dr. Lanier’s DENTAL OFFICES Lead All Others in CROWN and BRIDGE WORK Dr. Lanier Can Make You a Beautiful Set of Teeth Without tho Old Tlmo Roof Plate When You Want Teeth Ex tracted Without the Slight est Pain, Visit— Dr. Lanier ALL WORK GUARANTEED; Prices low to encourage peo ple to save their Teeth. Re member the place— f Cot. Second and Cherry Sts. 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* “HELLO 15IRIS” WILL H THEATER PARTY SCHOOL SHOES, That Look Well—Fit, Comfortably and Possess Wearing Qualities in the HIGHEST Little Boys’ sizes .$1.00 to $2-50 Boys’ sizes, 2 1-2 to 0 1-2, $1.25 to $3.50 The "Sa///e Walker’' Shoe for Girls Girls, have you ever worn her! She is. known the United States over as-the* best wearing, best looking SCHOOL SHOE made for the money asked. 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 tail shoe man, and we guarantee each pair. COULlS WE 1)0 MOBET 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 \ 11 t b and * horjl< l know ' J M AR V E L Wh Irl I ngl> pray For Sale by John S. Hoge Drug Co.. 543-! EBB The Black Hand Refuse all Get,what you ask for! cent cf »helr salart** and t**e U»t—| rt-third* mi which »-'tether mill I j trecate a>fl* » T.306.06* fuhle#. 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