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— — — J •' THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH: SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1!)08 Christmas Buyers Will find our place ready for them. Don’t forgot, the early buyers get the choice. Late coiners take the leavings. Our stock is very complete. Thousands of attractive books and novelties at rea sonable prices. You don’t have to pay a fancy price to get something select and nice in books or such articles as ive furnish. McEVOTS 572 Cherry St. DON’T LET THE ' BOY PAINT up everything around the house with any of our paint left over from the Job. For our paint la aa hard to get off aa It la eaay to put on. That la a virtue you will appreciate when you And how seldom you have to renew the coot you put on now. It ataya brighter longer thun any other paint we know. WILLINGHAM SASH & DOOR CO., 457 Third St., Macon, Ga. TO ELECT BOYER LATER ON; HE HAS AGREED TO ACCEPT VIRGINIA LEAGUE PRESIDENCY 'IS STILL IN DOUBT, BUT BELIEVED THAT BOYER WILL GET THE JOB. By Associated Press. RICHMOND. Va.. Dec. 4.—The Virginia Hare Hall league which met here last night, adjourned without eleetlnir a pres- «l*nt. Legislation was enacted that the •salary list.*: of the clubs should not be higher than $1,500 per month, In order that the weaker cities might stand equni chance with the better paying Jake Weils remains president J Correspondence. RICHMOND. Va.. Dec. 4.—After . stormy all night session, the Virginia J»aso Rill League adjourned to meet at pome date to be named later, without having elected a president. It has been understood thnt Jake Wells, present head of would step down and out and that Cluirlea W. Hoyer. at present “ t the helm of the South Atlantic League, . ..... —.. —.— _ e ..t Boyi. arrangements made by which he would come to Virginia. Wells was placed In nomination, however, and the alignment when the vote waa taken, was: Rich mond. Lynchburg and Norfolk, for Wells; Danville, Portsmouth and Roanoke, fo Dover. Severn 1 ballots were taken with put any result. The meeting then ad- Journed. The understanding being that Wells would still direct affairs. It la un derstood thnt he will resign shortly and that Boyer will then be elected. PUN OF MURDER IS RELATED BY MRS. RICE OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 4—The prose cution finished Its case today In the trial of Chas. Davis charged with the* murder of Dr. Frederick W. Rustln and the defense began Its testimony In Judge Seers’ branch of rrlmlml court. Mrs. Rice took up most of the fore noon with her story of how Dr. Ruattn told her of theplnn to have Davis kill film under promise that the physt- «ian would furnish Davis with a dead ly poison with which to take his own life. Mrs. Rice said that Dr. Riistln told her that he had secured a man to kill him and that she would not have r to do the deed. She told of Dr. RUytln calling up a drug store to secure aco nite op the afternoon before his death and the visit of Davis to the doctor’s office during the afternoon. The doc tor .allowed her a bottle of poison which he aald he was preparing fo* Davis, who In exchange for It to kill Dr. Rustln. The poison wa* a mixture of nnolher drug with aco nite. The witness said she tried to dissuade Dr. Rustln from dying but he declared that It must he that night. She saw Rustln and Davis together shortly after 9 o’clock, after which •Rustln Jointed her and told her his J riana were all made. Dr. Ruatln then eft her for his home. The state placed a number of wit nesses on the stand during the aft ernoon to corroborate the testlrponv of Mrs. Rice and to fix the time of \jr. DONATIONS ARE WANTED FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE List of Ladies to Whom Donations May 3 e Sent—Or They’Will Call For Them. That the children of the Georgia In dustrial Home may have a real goon Christmas dinner and a merry Christ fort, and they call upon all who want these children happy to aid In thw cause. The following ladles aro the only ones authorized to receive any dona tions, whether of m^ney or anything else, and each ono will be glad to be called up or be notified where to call; Mrs. Hew Holt, Mrs. John T. Coates. Miss Kate Ayres. Miss Annie Bryant, Mrs. Sam Mayer, Mrs. La mar Williams, Mrs. Jesse Bates, Mrs. E. W. Gould. Mrs. A. T. Small. -Mrs. J. R. Harwell und Miss Mattie Hodges. The ladles appeal to all to help out MRS. LONGSTREET IS REAPPOINTER Gets Gainsrille FostoiFice Again Becauso of Ex cellent Service Lord Dundreary At the Grand J. H. M. The curtain w<*pt down on the (first act of ’’Our American Cousin,*’ at the Grand laat night, leaving more than one- half of the large and fashionable audience puzzled and not knowing what to think. The art of the stage setting, of the ladles In the crinoline hoop skirts of the first half of the nineteenth century, of the iZ*nL .1 <***»"’ cut En*H»h Characters and «r Am that the president had re-appointed Trenchard. the Yankee. ' ‘ Mrs. Helen Longstreet, widow of Gen- able. Nothing equal to It unmlstak- postmaster oral Longstreet, Gainesville, Oa. Mr. Meyer said that ahe had been recommissioned because of her excel lent services. INLAND WATERWAY the Mississippi river to the RIoGrande will not only benefit Louisiana ana Texas but the whole Mississippi val ley, was the sentiment of several hun dred delegates today at the fourth annual convention of the Interstate Waterways League. It "was argued that with the lakes to the gulf deep waterway project pc footed, the completion of the Texas and Louisiana water route would per mit o large ahlp to bo loaded at Chi cago, St. Louis, Memphis, New Or ion us or Galveston and unloaded in Mexico without b^ing subjected to the dangers of the high seas. The supnort of Texas and Louisiana In carrying out the scheme was pledg ed at today’s session. Lieut. Gov. O. B. Davidson of Texas said it waa estimated thnt to complete the work would cost $4,000,000. DAY OF ILL OMEN NERAL SIMON AT GATES ■ PORT AU PRINCE AWAITING THE DAWN. PORT AU PRINCE. Dec. 4.—General Pinion, with his army. Is at the gates of Port An Prince only awaiting the mor row to enter the rapltol triumphantly at the head of his *.000 men. lla*l It not been that today waa Friday—a day that to superstitious Hnltlens Is one of 111 omen—the fifteen miles separating them from the rapltol would have proved no obstacle, and tonight the victorious revo lutionists would have been within tho «*!*■ Prince yesterday met General Simon to- day at the cross roads where recently the government troops \Vem entrenched where he is lodged at the Villa Monrepu a fine house built by ex-PresIdent I Dp- polyte. The general assured the Christmas. ARBITRATION. IS DISCUSSED American Mining Congress Takes Up This Factor of Industry PITTSBURG. Pa., Dec. 4—Arbitra tion was the theme at tonight’s ses sion of the Amorlcan -Mining Con gress. President T. L. Lewis, of the United Mlno Workers of America, m*d» the opening address, taking the stand that arbitration In which a third party or outsider had to >bo utilized was unsat isfactory and failed to bring about permanent settlement, but that arbi tration In which employer and em ploye get together and between them selves" adjust their differences did more for the betterment of the mining industry than any other agency. A letter on arbitration from Judge George Gray, of Delaware, was one oi the interesting features of tonight’s session. Carroll D. Wright, president of Clark College, Worcester, Mass., for mer United States commissioner of labor, prepared an address to be de livered tonight but was unablo to be present.. His address walk read, how ever. f Mr. Lewis spoke on "Arbitration ns ’a movements and those of tfa- ffi Jiu™?i n 3 !, XL n . B riAnn U *ii!7m irlns* the evenlns nremrilnff he said arbitration has dono more ine evening preceding tne -tHVna nrnmni. tKn wclfn^. nr Rustin'? movements nnd thos« of l5a vis during the eventi death of the former. The defense introduced some teat! trqny to disprove the time set by wit nesses of the prosecution for events ■of the night on which Dr. Rustln was shot and tho case wa« went over until tomorro CONSTABLE O’CONNER DENIES ALL CHARGES SAYS HE HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING IMPROPER AND IS A VICTIM OF PERSECUTION—MAKES A STATEMENT. Constable E. D. D’Conner Is confident of disproving the charges of malfeasance In office that have been preferred against him by II. F. Strohecker and others, and says that ha will ba fully exonerated when the petition seeking his removal Is heard before Judge Felton on Decem ber 11 He Is still acting as constable for Justice Rodgers of the Sf4th district and will continue In that capacity at least until his trial r says that all talk td money from peo- ect their goods in a I that he baa naver ich a thing. ‘It Is tea. "that -1 have > act aa constable, •fore Judge Howard «»i wr utm uisinci. In whlrp I reside, airsjHs£&^S=®, "A ST deny* having (ten drunk while’ on <l'ity. .J! *• that once 1 took too much a tqp/ but I did not have • legal paper in my pockets at the time, and — '"ctlag any business Cor •f hii C le a: vy i dona. fill K Constable O’Conner asserts that ba Is tha aiktlm of persecution, and says that sva-r*- than Rtrikca to promote tho welfare of the miners and to give atablllty to the Industry, tout stated that arbitration had failed to permanently settle the Issues in tho anthracite fields In Ala bama. The congress adopted a resolution opposing the free importation of zinc ores Into this country And urging a duty sufficiently high to protect Amer ican producers, also expressing sym pathy for the surviving dependents of . ___ . >pu __ would have preferred a rrthn I than he for the presidency. General Leconte, former minister of tho Interior, will embark at St. Thomas. 1>. W. I., on a French mall steamer tomor row nnd proceed to Cnrro llnltlen, where ho will land Sunday. General Flrmln Is on board the steamer Virginia bound from fit. Thomas for Port Au Trlnce by way of Kingston, General Jules Coleou, military chief of Port Au Prince, today took refuge In a seminary. Threatening groups stood In front of the building but soon wera dis persed. The city of Port Au Prlncn Is tranquil. 8 BUILDINGS FALL BEFORE MAD WATERS PINE BLUFF. Ark., Dec. 4—Sevei. framo dwellings and a two-story bus iness building waa the toll exacted today by tho encroaching waters or rwiu been seen i whole bus _ . But the KSUft of the piece wns -jttle difficult, at first, and impressed the audience like the joke* in Punch does The silly Inconceivably —j Jukt tlie American rense ofTu role of Dundreary was l ..... JUL. I potently absurd and silly with bin never- falling solecisms that the average* auditor did not see the point. It required con siderable familiarity with the Idea nnd the entire readjustment of the sense of humor, so to apeak, to put the audience in rapport with the perform**™ and per formance. and it was not until the second act thnt the audience fully ’Vaught on." From tliat time on It was one wholesale cense of hysterics. Aa Dundreary from one Idiotic climax to i dored other of exquisite nonsense, piling “ *“ — Intermlnaf-’- ~* ' T*. ei i the agony In un interminable stream of In-1 icutiscquentlal gabble, emitting from time to time Ids Inane chuckle, the audience la lighted till the (ears streamed from their eves and their sides ached. To digress In the midst of a proposal to ask bln In* nmoratn If ahe could wag her left ear. with a thousand other equally absurd ut terances. seems Impossible, but In Dun dreary tho unexpected was continually recurring and never failed to extort ex plosions of uncontrollable laughter. "Our American Cousin" has a substan tial romantic plot. Involving a generous number of strongly marked chorHClera which were all taken by a east *>f beauti ful women and exquisite comedians, hut they worn merely an appropriate selling for Sothern s Dundreary, who scintillated and shone In every word and expression of_hls absurd, make up and personality. The origin ‘of Lord ^Dundreary is rlous and Interesting and In some ~ The urc explains the uniqueness of It. success of the character waa tho of a combination of accident and < tlon. The piny was never written a_ .. — duced. It was built up by degrees by elder Sothern who Impi OF CHILD LABOR Is Recommended By Federal Council of Churches of Christ PHILADELPHIA. Doc. 4—A cleat conception of what the federal coun cil of the churches of Christ In Amer ica hope to accomplish through church unity was conveyed through the ac tions of the body In session here to day In adopting resolutions placing Itself on record as favoring active work In the Interest of the laboring man and organized labor and also uyglng a belter distribution ot churches and tho home missionary workers. Favors Organized Labor. Rev. Chas. fiteltzer, of New York, superintendent of the department of church ami labor of tho Presbyterian Clnirch, declared that tho relation of the laboring man to the church wan one that dared not bo Ignored. He Hald (hat topics must be Introduced to Interest the workingman lu tlm church and keep hint away from so cialism. lie declared that socialism had taken tho lead from tho churches In taking up the fight for advance ment In behalf of labor und placed himself on (rocord as favoring or ganized labor. No matter what tho evils of the labor organizations, he said, they were necessary In protect ing the workingmen against organized capital. The Resolution. Rev. A. J. McKelway. of New Or leans. secretary for the southern statf BLOCKADE OF VENEZUELAN COAST ATTEMPTED BY THE NETHERLANDS; DUTCH FLAG FLYING OFF SHORE Seated at the table wera Mrs. Dura, Miss Kula Willingham, Mbs (Mills King, Miss Mary Willingham. Miss Hose Crutch field. Miss Roxilauo Edwards. Miss Kate Kills, Miss Camille Iroin.xr. Miss Clairs Uolfeulllet, Miss Irene Wulker, of Munroe. Mrs. Stapler Hostsss at Lovely Party. Mrs. Maury M. fitapler was the cordial lovely bridge party on yea-i rnoon when sh« entertained In of Mine Ibila Willingham and Ml** terday afternoon when honor of Mian Hula Wl Irene Walker, of Monroe, the charming house guest of Miss Camille Lamar. Mrs. fitapler received her guests wear- . ig a handsome lace gown of black Chantilly, nnd Mrs, finiindera Walker, HH^^a^nRtflaundSra who assisted her, was gowned In a beau tiful rose colored satin. The elegant home waa decorated with cut flowers and palms, those In the libra ry where tho giino was played, and when* the hangings are rod. being Amer ican Beauty roses. Tim beautiful (lowers clusters of them filled vases on tho book coses and tables. Tho prise given fur top score was a pair of silk hos*-, which was awarded to Miss Irene Walker. fievuml delicious courses -of refresh ments followed the Interesting gome. Tho honor guests nnd other young women were beautifully gowned fur the party. Miss Willingham In a loVely ca- tawba colored meswillne, with hat to match, nnd Miss Walker In u rose col ored satin, trimmed with gold hands nnd u Imt Of cloth of gold, with black plumes, Mrs. Stapler's guests were Miss Wll- llnghnm, Miss Walker, Miss Camille I .a- Mlss Josephine Jones, Miss Trney in. V'~ " ”— Duncan, Miss Mav Burke, Miss Rose Crutchfield. Miss Mary I*ou Anstey, Miss Frances Stevens und Mds. Maunders Wul ker. Jr. Beautiful Afternoon Party. r Clary i«. r me ■wuiuani aiaioa .Mrs Roland Kills was hostess yesler- ns part of nn active cam- ft*,**”*?!' Invading Skips Steam With Caution 3,000 Yards From Coast. TO EFFECTIVE BLOCKEDE Having Been Unable to Obtain Amlo- able Settlement of Differences of Long Standing With Venevuola, The Netherlands Government Haa Inaugurated Thl« Naval Demon- tration off the Coast of the South American Republic to Fores Action —Th* Battleships Move In 8eorecy With Full 8taam in Their Boilers* WILLEMSTAD. Dec. 4—Having been unable to obtain an amicable set tlement of outatandlng differences with Venezuela, the Netherlunda govern ment has begun a nuval demonstration off the coast of the Mouth America* republic and since W dmmduy produced! •Ider fiothern who fmprov* from time to time In playing It. Taylor, editor of Punch and »sult Society ns part of nn active cam- Ju 3hLn f JhS Au!" n . y,n * 11,0 Dutdl ,,n « »’* 'e ■teamed V/H: "Ion. declared that the greateat sliatne {!/|nVJT55out thlrty-Mx guests at bridge aU,n « the roust from Puerto Cabmio “tj; of tho country was child labor and U |ihV waj gowued fho aftarnmln ln to LaOualra at u distance of l.uoo ‘ “ “■ *"* ** lovely whit wrlght. wrote n Play In the 50’a of tu*» last century entitled "Our American Cousin.” which was bandied ahmit until 1858 when It fell Into the hands of Mias Laura Kwne at a time when slio was luidly In need of something with which * lietweer to fill In Interim Itetween i elaborate prod satire on the craze for Yankee i tlons which raged In London during the World’s Fklr In 18501S1. and it was not at first regarded very seriously by Miss Keene nnd her company. The success of It. however, proved the turning point In the career of three persons—Sothern himself, Laura Keene and Joseph Jsffer- In his "Anlohlography” Jefferson de- "The reading.” ho says, ’’took place In Fouldock anil Asa Trenchard were revealed. Poor Sothern sat In the corner, looking qu ... — ,thl disconsolate, fearing there wss nothing In tho piny that would suit him; nnd as the dismal lines of Dundreary were r ~ he glanced over nt me with a forlorn R resslon, aa much aa to say. T ain < ir that dreadful part’—little divan...... that tho character of the Imbecile lord would turn out to bo the stepping stone of his fortune.” At first fiothern could do nothing with the silly lines that fell to Dundrenry und "for the first i .lull writing of tho evolution of the play In McClure’s Magazine for December, "and this being granted, ho began to feel his way with Ills audiences by Introducing little extravagances of spoech nnd action. Some of these were tho result of the swollen Arkansas river. Tonight the river Is slowly rising -and the water Is gradually undermin ing another dike east which will prob ably crumble beforo tomorrow. Closing Speech (Continued from Page One.) the victims of the Marianna mine dis aster and also for tho company that had done so much to make Its mines ■•fa. There was a general discussion of conservation, tho present waste and the prevention of accidents. Gov. Dawson.-of West Virginia. In a resolution advocated more rare In firing shots In the mine and tho em ployment of experienced miners In stead of forelm workmen who never saw a mini before coming to this country. VIOLATED CAROLINA LAW; FINED FOR SELLING QUAIL CHARLESTON. Doc. 4-T»o hotel and one restaurant keeper to day pleaded guilty to violating the state game law in selling quell and were fined. The cases were brought by the secretary of the State Audubon o fthe National Child Labor Commie- palm for the protection of birds and are the first cases brought <n Char leston. Carolinian Kxtradited. SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Dev. 4.—Otver- nor Gillette today authorized the extradf .... iy ♦ton of ffonxr vlaslsn. wanted f:i North " | a r.large of grand lar**ny. ‘ Fresno. Cal. Haslan is under arrest i Hawfcintvibe Elects Aldernran. HAWKIKBVILf.K. Oa.. Dec. 4.—R. f>. Richardson, J- P. Duster and Wirr Vyoze wers elected aider men today. had endeavored to throw them Into a well nearby, but had managed to get the wholo bundle hung on five nails projecting from timbers attached to the top of tho well; And supposo fur ther that he had taken a couple or black stockings he had on his arms and placed them on a sill in the barn near the deserted house where they could he readily seen ami fdffnd and had left the bundle hanging to the nnlls where It could be readily found, together with a letterhead of a rail road In which he was interested, and had thrown the mirror,* which he used in robing himself ns a woman, at a point about IS steps from the house. where It could be readily found, and had then gone back to his horns, but on the route had stopped at sever il different houses and had pretended that his horse, buggy, pistol and cart ridges had been stolen from him In front of the deaertod house while he had been therein arranging a spring gun contrivance to catch thieves; Is Hs Sane or Inssns? "And suppose further that when he was driving Miss Linton by the fence corner, where her cries brought help, that he was driving her directly back to the house from which he afterwards claimed the horse had been stolen— "Taking the foregoing hypothesis as true in the case of Mr. Mitchell, and take Mr. Mitchell as you have kmwn him during all the years of nls IHa In Thomaavllla, considering his de portment st nil times ss you have known It. but take for grant**! that what I have abovo outlined Is true. Is it your opinion thnt at the time this abduction took place Mr. Mitchell was sane or Insaner* Malvern Hill Destroyed. RICHMOND. Vs., Dec. 4—MalvttV Hill, the historic colonist residence in Charles City county Virginia, 17 miles below Richmond, op the James river, belonging to Wm. H. Hill, of New York, was completely destroyed by fire thin morning. Mr. Hall was en tertaining n party of friends from New York who wer<- out shooting at th» time, leaving Mr. Halt alone wh-*:^ the fire was discovered. Malvern Hill hous-» was built by Governor Randolph two hundred and seventy years ago. It. was oorupled nt one time during the Revolutionary War by General La- Wiyefte. and the farm wss the seen.* of the battle of Malvern Hill, the last of the seven days’ fight during the civil War. Me. Hflt had owned the plate about twenty years., _ yelousty minute studies ho had from real types.—he used to when charged with the exaggerations of Dundreary, that there was nothing In the portrayal he hiul not taken direct from life,—und some of them were happy ac cidents. like the famous skipping walk. Of this walk It Is told that nt a rehear sal of the play, fiothern. to keep wann In tho cold theater, was hopping and skip ping olHiut the outer coniines of the stage, to tho no small amusement of Ills fellow-actors, when Miss Keeno called nlinrply to him and aakod If that were part of Ida rehearsal.. Ilo replied prompt ly that It was. and In a spirit of bravado kept on. In the same spirit, h« Intro- dueed the skip Into his entrance that night, und found that It was an Instan taneous success, bringing a tremendous laugh for Dundrenry whore before there had been only tolerance. Cautiously, ar- tlstlrnlhi he proceeded to elaborate tho part until, ns Jefferson magnanimously snys, ’before the first month was over he stood side by side with any other char acter In tho piny; and at the end of tho run he was. In my opinion, considerably In ndvanre of us nil.’ "Tho piece, put on for a fortnight, ran for one hundred and forty coneecutlve nights—a phenomenal run for that ernicli —and thoroughly established,' In New York at least, the fame of Jcff«q-son and fiothern. nnd transformed them both from more or less discouraged young ’members of stork to men with ambll'on —and confidence—to star/ “ Jefferson himself made a hit as Asa Trenenurd and Dundrenry "continued to he Sothern'a most famous characterize- _ -jJOL __ tlon, nnd he acted In It with undinilnbih Ing aticnes until he died. Nothing else ■rated such a furore; In* deed, few things thnt anybody evsr did tfie stage have l»een so great popular achievements or have belonged so solely to tlielr creators. The fortupes Dun dreary earned for fiothern were princely; (hat the greatest almme of the church Is Its disregard of this Industrial and social problem. Tho resolution of the mending the abolition of child lalbor: the regulation of the work of women so as t<> protect to the physical morar health of communities; the suppres sion of tho sweating system: protee tlon of the worker from dnngerous machinery o reasonable reduction of the hours of labor to tno lowest prac ticable point; a living wage ns a min imum In every Industry nnd for the highest wage that each Industry can afford.” )©©HEUT Mr. 8am Dunlap Party, and st B - Mr. Hum Dunlap entertained the 1 lie ater Club lust evening nt beautiful tliei large nnd party of nine «*oup!cs. uple.t the Isjxoa to the left of tho stage, making quite a brilliant assem ble go. (tin bidlos nil wcnrlug henutirul evening dresses, and handsome Jewels, The- si traction wna K. II. »oth«rn In Dundrenry." „ _ . j box party w«frs Mr. Dunlap nnd acy Duncan. Mr. nnd Mrs. Emory Mr. and Mra. George W. Dun can. Mr. and Mrs. Louis O. Stevens. Mr. nnd Mrs. McKwen Johnslon, Judge nml Mrs. Wm. If. Felton, Mr. nnd Mrs. Roland In the Imi Miss True Wlnshlp, mrw. ivin. II. rniim, *<»*. •»•*«* «,*j. Ellis. Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry M. Wortham, and Mr. nnd Mrs. George Dole Wndlcy. After tho nlny the jisrty were enter tained st a beautiful late supper st the home of Mr. Dunlap on College straet, n.l Mrs. An elegant menu of several courses Mrs. L. O. Stsvens Entertains This Aft ernoon st Lovely Party. A lovely nffnlr of today will he ths afternoon bridge party of sixteen guests, nt which Mrs. I*. Lunchei for Bride-elect. Isively In all the details was the sentsd luncheon given hy Mrs. Leon fi. Dure yesterday In honor of Miss Kuta Fteltnr Willingham, at which thn beautiful bride elect and the bevy of young women who are to be her attendants constituted tne |Mn Mrs. Dure Is < by the young women, jollity and mirth reigning supreme among tho happy- hearted party. Mrs. Dure was gowned for the lunch- on In a handsome hlnok broadcloth mnelo empire, ami Miss Wllllnghnm. welcoming hands, embroidered In Persian colors. Her hat was the snme shnde and In roses, shading from pale pink In aunts (rimmed ....Jt to es- bmiquot Of tnwha. An exquisite corsage bouquet of orchids end snapdragons, shaded from white lo lavender, completed ths parties ulerlv becoming toilette. le pretty home was decorated wan itfu! gnrlsnds nml festoons of south- smllax, rhrlstmns berries nnd nut |e for Sothern was not eellpsed by that of any other 'comedian of of his day; the fashions he set for all the world were * ‘ * “ recent stage history. Dundreary coats, I Dundreary whiskers. Dundreary vests sml monocles, had almost as universal ivoguo us Tnindrcarylsm*’—some of which latter remain to us yet In the olt-quoted •Birds of a feather gallu-r no mos*’ and similar perverted parables." Strangs Siberian Tribe. A strange Europenn tribe has been discovered In. Northern_ filberts. This tribe, the Yukogiilrs. differs from other customs. The women live ns slaves, nnd are yoked to the sledges with tho dogs and draw their lords and masters. The old people, when they become use less. are *not allowed to live.—Phlladel- phla Record. .............. a nnd white motif wee carried out. Huny Isre mate partially covered the polished surface of the bare table, where covers were.laid for ton, nnd^M was suggestive Ing for a bride. . ~~ A lovely old blue and whltv* Chinese service was used, nnd tho rcnlral dec oration for the table was a tall silver loving rup overflowing with exquisite lirlde roses. Caught In the handles of this were pretty hows of pale blue tulle. Lotti nnd from them extended streamers »>! I he gauzy material which wound grace- ... —* were all In white and grec... of exquisite while roses ami big feathery chrysanthemums being used In the apart ments open to tho guosta. which were also effectively decorated with handsome palms ami ferns. Mrs. Kills received her guests In the front parlor, ami tiro tuhl«a for hrldgi were arranged In thn rooms opening which wna follow An Interesting i . . picture franc bowl, being * art nml Mri by Mis. Harry 'C. nob- MAINLY ABOVT PEOPLE Miss Mary Willingham arrived Thurs day from Richmond, Vie. where she la attending tiro Woman’s College, Ic *~ inn lu until after the wedding of Irot ter. Miss Kulit Willingham, and Mr. Charles M. Connell on Wednesday * Ing. (lie Ulli. at which she will tro of Imnor. Hhe waa accompanied l»j cousin. Miss Elizabeth Willingham. Is also attending the Woman’s Collegu, for the wedding. Mrs. R. F. Willingham will arrive next Tuesday from ■ufiiulu, Ala., for wedding of her granddaughter. Eulu Willingham, und Mr. Council, will be tho guest * " * ‘ Miss WmlngtiaiQ llurdei III relum to Kufaula later for the wln- wlth Miss Peacock's parents, Mr. Tho many friends In Macon of Mins Mtgnnn Davis, formerly of Terry, " hut recently living In Vancouver, n. lighted Hint she has arrived from tin to spend tho winter with Mrs. William Brunson, J. L. Meeks, assistant general pas ngcr agent of the Southern, will spend today In Maeon. Mr. Clarence Ouslr-y, editor of tho Fort Worth, Texiut. Record, Is In tho city for a few days. Mr. Ounley Is a Georgian, going to Toxai from Lowndes county, but his people wore originally from Bibb county. There are a few Macon citizens who will remember the old cotton ware house firm of Patten A Ousley, the latter being the father of tho gentleman who Is now In Mncon looking around thn city thnt must he doar to him having been st ono time the real- denen of his parents. To Probe 8mith Murder. RALEIGH, N. C., Deo. 4—The po lice Justice will tomorrow begin the trial of the parties arrested for tho al leged murder of Dr. K. W. Smith, the Richmond coal salesman found dead In the rock quarry here .Sunday morning, November IS, the Investiga tion showing that ho had been ”dnp. In tho tenderloin district, whit on a spren, Karle Cotton and Hugh Holdorfleld ar« to be charged with the tnurd«>» and all tho others arrested, a woman among them, are hold os witnesses Loh’s Cafe 616 Mulberry at. Only First-olsBi Restaurant in the City for Ladies and GontUmsn. tgi Ilolle?! Brisket of Beef with Hauer Kraut Deef Hash, Southern Htyle. The ezqulslts piece cards, hand painted, were Cunlde. hearts, brides end wedding hells and orange blossoms, each different nnd all suggestive of the approaching •“•FSf.IT B wcrs offered the bride during the progress of the luncheon, which oon* elsted of several delicious courses. Roast Beef. Fried Du nanus, Cocomnut flauct. Steamed Rice. Mashed Potatoes. Turnip Salad and Baked Sweet Potatoes. Corn Muffins. Potato flajsd. nice Pudding. Sauce Dora or I*mon Cuatard Pie. Coffee. Mine. Tea, L. W. 8CKIIIE, Mgr. yards from tho short*. Movement of the Vessels. The battleship Jnccto Vnnllennskerk amt the crulaern Geldcrland and Fries land urn engaged In the operation which It Is said will continue Indefinitely. The Jacob Vanllcomskcrk arrived hero this morning bringing tho nlrovo new**. Two cruisers had proceeded to Mara caibo. it was stated, though tho of ficers observed secrecy concerning the movements of the vessel**. The Heeni- skerk will relieve (hr the Geldcrland nt Murarulho Monday. With steam up In all her hollers the Hccnisker* arrived off LaOualra Wednesday morning nt fi o'clock. As soon ns tiro hnttloHhlp was sighted all the light* hi the city were extinguished. From tho deck of the ship tfould he seen tho guns ashore pointed toward th* hnttlcahlp which was kept ready tlon. Tho lleemskcrk remained hut one day off LnGunlra and yesterday proceeded up tho coast and passed be tween tho shore and tho Hgini: Handy Itdunds In the hay of Puerto Cuhollo, off tho city of Puerto Cabello. Preparations Complete. The demonstration Ih regarded as Indicating that tho preparations for ’in effective Idockndo of tho Venezuelan coast are complcto. It Is reported here that tho Nether lands battleship DeRuijter left Hol land yesterday for this port. HANDSOME POLICEMAN IS NOW WEARING LONG FACE An Episode In the Life of a Cop Who Failed to Investigate. given. ccr — . some of them do look hfimlaonro in thslr ■ I winter uniforms—was In a car BIV drug store about a week ago, and wklU Im was drinking a limeade a young lady of his acquaintance walked fn. There was a chiii-ulnte cream and a chat. The • but wm so pleasant that the officer for got that Iro was on duty, and even at that very moment one of the numerous burglar* who are burgling nowadays might have been a-buthllmi a store on bin beat During the chat an engagement wna mode to go buggy riding nezt Sunday afternoon. Ho well plMsed with the prospect of a pleasant afternoon howling over the good hard roads of the county that he rcachod around the show oose and selecting a fancy box that weighed some five pounds, he asked her If site would accept a box of candy. She cer- (aInly would, and lie noddivd to the drag ‘ an to charge It to him. ■lie saw no more of the young lady. Kho failed to go to the drug store after Ihcr accustomed cola and the handsome officer wss In distress fenrlhg that she win III. Then ho offered to pay the druggist for the fivo-iHJimd box of candy. The druggist knocked him dowa with the Statement that lie owed for a box of tal- | powder Instead of a box of eandy. ...!d this explained the absence of the tsdy. When she wanted candy she want ed candy, and It was a mortal Insult toi MgtriMMtsioRa tro presented with l ■hnlesals. ler by the And nnw he In nfraM that If he et- tempte «to ntKdoglse for hto Munder he will {poke thing* worse, hope that she will understand thi the condy ahe wants If nhe will overlook the mistake this time. Wood 494 feet under ground In a perfect stale of preservation woe found at (be Alnbang stork farm last work while bor ing for the socorid artenlari well there. 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