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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY DECEMBER 8, 1885.-TWELYE PAGES.
A TERRIBLE TBAGEDY.
Kd Strohecker Shoot* Sam Jemison and
Lone* Ilia Own Life.
At0:20 o'clock fat night a tragedy occurred In
Bernier's restaurant, on Mulberry street, which re
sulted in tho death of one man and the probable
death of another.
The coutuMou caused by tho unexpected and
terrible event, rendered obtaining the cause
of the tragedy and it* partirularn very diffi
cult A TKLEOttaru reporter went into the restau
rant about five minutes after the deplorable event
occurred. About half a dozen gentlemen were
present On the floor, near the front windows, lay
Ed Htrohecker, breathing out his life. Ills gasps
■were audible all over the room, and served to add
to the gloom and horror of the occasion. In a
chair on the right side of the room, near the stove,
sat Mr. Sam Jemison, several gentlemen standiug
around him and trying to stanch the blood which
flo ved from a wound in his right aide.
The reporter questioned several gentleman as to
the particulars of the tragedy. Mr. W. B. Sparks
•aid:
"A party oGgentlemen were sitting around a table
in tho front right hand ^ornerof the room. Among
them was Mr. Jemisou. lie and Mr. Dolph Poweli
were laughing and talking, Mr. Powell teasing Mr.
Jemisou about his famous dog case.
BTBOHECKEB ESTEHB,
‘•While the merriment was at its helghtl saw Ed.
Strohecker enter the door at tho betd of the steps
leading up from tho pavumeut He cart a hasty
glance around,'and then stooped, his right hand in
bis coat pocket, and started toward the party at the
Iftblc. When perhaps within three feet of Mr. Jem-
i.-ton, Htrohecker drew bis pistol, pointed it at the
unsuspecting gentleman and kagan to flre # Mr.
Jemison instantly drew hiu pistol and returned the
lire. I am not certain, but I thiuk four shots
all that were fired.
“Mr. Jemison. who had risen from his chair, fell
into mv arms and said.
“ ‘Willie, I am dead.'
*‘8omebody remarked, ‘Well, if you arc dead, y
have got your man.’
“Mr. Jemisou replied, ‘Yes, I believe I have; but
I am killed.'
“I turned my eyes toward Strokecker. He had
dropped his pistol and waa staggering back against
the front windows. Suddenly he fell to the floor,
upon his knees, face downward.
“When strohecker entered the room ho did not
r •eak. According to my remembrance, Mr. Jemison
•iso did not speak."
AFTEB TUB SHOOTING.
Mr. Alexander Proudflt, who was one of the party
at the tablo. gave an account of the tragedy substan
tially like that of Mr. Sparks. He said that It was a
miracle that others were not struck by the flying
bullets. The party at the table scattered in every
direction, but soon regained their presence of mind
and set to work to be of assistance to the two des
perately wounded men.
It was teen at a glance that Strohecker was rapid
ly dying. In perhaps twenty minutes after falling
to the floor, he died. A pillow was placed under his
bead, a handkerchief tied about hi* jaws, his eyes
closed, aud his bands crossed upon his breast.
As soon as practicable, Mr. Jemison was removed
from the chair in which ho had been placed by Mr.
Sparks, and was laid ujx>n a table in one of the eat
ing stalls on the right hand side of the room. Mes
sengers were sent for physicians. Dm. Mettaner,
'Williams, Htevena and Moore responded, and after-
-wants others came. As well as could be done, an
examination of Mr. Jemison's wounds was made.
It was discovered that he had been shot in the right
aide, two balla having entered. The wounds were
low down, near the waist. After the examination.
Mr. Jemison was placed npen a couch
improvised upon the floor, and all steps possible
were taken to save hla life. The physicians were
.all of the opinion that the wounds were dangerous,
and that they would probably end fatally.
cans or tub tbaobdt.
Before the reporter left the room Mr. Jemison
was questioned as to the cause of the attack upon
him. He said that on Wednesday night Strohecker
asked him for a loan of money. Mr. Jemison re
fused, and Strohecker became enraged. Mr. Jem!-
j* n said that he knew of no other cause for the at-
ictfc.
About five minutes before the tragedy Mr. Henry
fltrohecker, Ed Struhecker'a brother, left the rea
lm rant and started home. As he wut out of the
door at the bottom of the stops he saw hla brother
in conversation with a man whom he did not rec
ognise. He heard the man say to Ed Strohecker:
“He’s up stairs; go up and do your work."
It appears that others also saw the man, and re
cognised him as being sprinter, named McDonald.
' The police immediately began a search for McDon
ald, out up to the time that this issue of the Tele-
oeaph went to preae they had not found him. It
waa learned, however, that soon after the shooting
McDonald entered the composing-room of the
Tblbobapm and said that he had had something to
do with the tragedy. Uewasthoagbt to be joking,
mad no attention waa paid to him. lie remained w
tho composing-room a few minutes and diasp
ora eb particrla as.
Mr. Henry Benner narrowly missed being kiTed
by a bullet from Mr. Jemison's pistol. He walked
across the room Just as the shooting began, aud one
of the bullets from Mr. Jennlson's pistol sited
toward him. barely missing his aide, and buried
itself in the wall just behind the oyster counter,
which stands between the bar and the eating stall.
Mr. J. II. Bonner woe not present when the trag
edy occurred. He waa at the circus, aud did not
hear of the matter unttl perhaps au hour after It
took place.
Immediately after the shooting, the restaurant
door m as closed, so as to keep out the crowd which
quickly collected. None but physicians and re
porters were admitted, excepting, of course, the
relatives of the principals in the tragedy.
Mr. Jemison is well-known all over Georgia.
Strohecker was a member of a family which baa
long held a high place in this city.
At the hour of going to press, Mr. Jemison, who
wss still in the restaurant, was thought to be some
what stronger. Htrohecker'* body had not been re
moved from the place where he fell.
latkb information.
At 12 o'clock the reporter met Mr. J. J. Clay, and
obtained from him full information as to the cause
of the tragedy.
Wedneiday night at 13 o’clock. Mr.Clay, Mr. Jem-
Ison and Mr. ftun Barron, of Jones county, aud
other gentlemen, went to the Commercial Hotel to
get some oysters. As they cutcred. they saw Stro
hecker sitting in a chair in the office. The party
did not succeed In getting thsoyitere they wanted,
and determined to go Into the Kcnnesaw restaur
ant Before doing so, however. Mr. Jemison in
vited the party to drink. The invitation waa ac
cepted aud the party went up to the bar. drank and
then started out. Mr. Jemison was in the rear, he
having stopped to pay for the drinks, Wheu he
started out Htrohecker stopped him. The others
went on and entered the Kenuesaw.
In a tew minutes Mr. Jemison walked In hurried
ly. and took a position near the incloeure, in which
meats are kept Almost immediately after Stro-
hacker entered. He grabbed a large carving knife
from the counter, raised it in the air, and cursing
Mr. Jamison, started toward him. Mr. Clay sprang
out and caught Htrohecker's anu.
••What are you going to do V he asked.
*Tm going to kill that — scoundrel !** ax-
claimed Strohecker. struggling to free himself.
A mr FREVKXTEI*.
Mr. Barron went to Mr. Clay’s assistance, and
caught Htrohecker by the left arm.
Mr. Jemison. with pistol in baud, said:
••Get out of the way. Clay; 1 don’t want to hit
you. Turn him loose and let him come on.
Mr. Clay and Mr. Barron refused to release
Strohecker. and Mr. Clay told Mr. Jemison not to
shoot, that he would take Htrohecker oat. Mr. Clay
then wrenched the knife from Htrohecker, who con
tinued to struggle and curse Mr. Jemison. Finally,
Mr. Clay and Mr. Barron succeeded in getting Stro-
hacker out upon the pavement. He was told to go
away, and not to make another attempt to renew
the difficulty.
Htrohecker quieted down, and finding that he had
lost his hat. asked Mr. Clay to get it for him. This
Mr. Clay did. When he handed the hat to Htro
hecker, the latter said:
••Clay, l’U kill the scoundrel, you mark
tnjr words."
Htrohecker then walked away.
Yasterdy.Mr. Jemiton met Mr. Clay, and told him
why it was that Htohecker made the attack in the
which they sustained to remember fnlly all that
took place.
Mr. Dolph Powell said to a reporter yesterday
morning;
"Your account of the Stroheckor-Jemlson tragedy
_ i substantially correct I noticed but two mistakes.
After he was shot Htrohecker did not drop his pistol
and fall to the floor. Ho staggered around behind
me. near the front windows, clutching bis pistol
with both h tnda. He seemed to be trying to lire at
Mr. Jetulaon as Mr. Sparks was conducting him to
a chair. I seized the pistol by the barrel, and
threw the muzzle up. Stroheeker relaxed bis hold
upon the weapon, and I took It from him and hand
ed it a) Mr. Proudflt The statement that Stro
hecker did not speak after ho was shot was also a
mistake. When I took his pistol from him, ho
staggered back, placed both hands upon his right
side, and said:
•• ‘He has killed me.’
•‘He then fell to tho floor upon his knees, face
downward, as the Telkobapu descrilied. One of
the gentlemen in the restaurant caught hold of him
and placed him upon his hack, in order to render
his position as comfortablo as possible.”
“Do you remember anything else that occurred
which waa not reported?"
ADDITIONAL PARTICULAR*.
“I remember one thing which seems to havo es
caped notice. Sometime before Strohecker entered
the restaurant, Mr. Jemison called to him a small
black terrier dog belonging to J. H. Benner, aud
placed the animal in bis lap. He fondled the dog
all the time he and 1 sere talking. When Stro
hecker tired at him. the dog was still in his lap.
The bullet which entered Mr. Jemison’s side struck
the dog’s hind leg. splitting It open perhaps three
inches in length.”
At 12 o’clock upon the night of tho shoot
ing. Mr. A. L. Wood, who hhrouded
Htrohecker’* body, removed it to tho re
sidence of the young man’s mother. Mrs. E. L. Stro
hecker, on Spring street. When the body was car
ried into the house, Mrs. Strohecker met it at the
door. She was self-possessed ami silent. After the
body was laid out, Mrs. Strohecker asked to see her
son’s face. The covering was drawn aside, she
gazed upon the dead face a moment, stooped down
and kissed the cold lips, aud theu walked out of the
room.
Mr. Jemison remained in the restaurant until
nearly midnight. He was theu carried into Mr. J.
II. Benner’s private room, where ho was undressed
and rendered as comfortable as his condition would
permit. Tho physicians made another examination,
and found that it would not be safe to prolsi for the
bullet They administered opiates, and iu the
course of au hour, Mr. Jemisou rallied. Ho talked
rationally and freely. He asked if Strohecker was
dead, and was told that he was. During the night,
ths wounded man appeared continually to gain
strength, and hi* friends gradually overcame their
anxiety as to tho result of his wound.
M’DONALD CAPTURED.
Shortly after midnight, police officers Moseley
and Bennett Jones succeeded in arresting McDonald.
They searched for him in all quarter* of the busi
ness portion of the city, finally overtaking him in
Yannucki’s bar-room ijs Sawdust Alley, They
carried tbetr prisoner to the city prison, where he
was locked up. He was considerably under the
influence of Uquor.
As to McDonald’s part in the tragedy, the follow
ing was learned yesterday:
Mr. II. F. Strohecker confirmed his statement of
the night previous to the effect that he heard Mc
Donald say to Ed. Strohocker:
“He la up stairs; go up and do your work."
Mr. 8tronecker said, also, that while ho was in
8 restaurant he aaw McDonald enter and walk up
the bar. At tbe time Mr. Jemison was standing
the bar talking with Mr. Henry Benner. Mr.
Strohecker could not distinctly hear what passed
after McDonald went to the bar, but he heard
enough to lead him to suppose that a quarrel waa in
progress. When McDonald left the bar and walked
out of the restaurant Mr. Htrohecker followed,
thinking that a row waa about to occur, and not
wishing to witness it. It was as be stepped out
upon tbe pavement that be heard McDonald re
mark to Ed. Htrohecker.
A negro boy. employed as a porter in the law of
fice of Bacon k Rutherford, was standing in front
of the steps leading up to the restaurant, just be
fore the shooting occurred. He observed McDon
ald and Htrohecker talking with other, and heard
the former aay:
m’domald’h connection with thb shooting.
•Here is a pistol; now go up and do your work. 1
When McDonald entered the composing room in
the Tkleobaph building, after tbe shooting, he
A GREAT CALAMITY,
The First Baptist Church Destroyed by
Fire—Tho Particulars.
. As wus intimated in yesterday’s issue of the Tel
egraph. the fire In tbe Armstrong residence ou
Washington avenue Thursday night gained such
headway that it was impossible to save the First
Baptist Church.
The space separating the residence and the church
was very narrow, scarcely more than ten feet. The
lire in the residence burned with great fury, aud
the lack of water rendered all attempts to subdue
tbe flames abortive. Tho wood work on tho rear
end of the church smouldered for perhaps thirty
minutes, and then ignited. The firemen were una
ble to reach it with tho small stream* of water
which flowed feebly from their hose. The flames
ate their way through tbe wood work, consumed
the sssh in tho rear window's, crept under
the roof of the side projection, and then burst
through the top of the doomed building. Tbe roof
of the church was covered with slate. Underneath,
by the suggestion of the architect heavy felt satur
ated with tar, had been placed for tbe slate's pro
tection. This was just the kind of fuel to add in-
creaked fury to the flames. After they seized upon
the felt it is not probable that the building could
have been saved, even had there been an abund
ance of water. The firemen fought nobly, contend
ing against terrible odds in the way of an insuffi
cient supply of water and disabled machinery. No.
4 did especially good service. Her engine arrived
some time after that of No. 1, but it was gotten iu
readiness and worked an hour and a half before No.
l’s began to be of service.
the rear of the Fin*.
When it was ascertained that it was impossible to
save the church, the firemen turned their attention
to tho neighboring residences. With hose aud
buckets they labored long and earnestly. The
sparks from the burning church flew towards the
southeast in countless numbers. Almost every
second great pieces of flaming felt, or bnruing
splinters of wood, soared high iu the air and then
drooped like showers from a volcano upon the
“When 1 started out of the Commercial Hotel,
•aid Mr. Jemison, “Htrohecker stopped me and
•aid: •You don’t seam to know me. Yondidn’
invito ms to drink.' ”
jsmxsom knocked btroreckeb down.
“1 said to Htrohecker: ‘I know yon. Htrohecker;
Oh, yea, 1 know you. I haven’t forgotten ths match
Iranaaitkm in Ht Louis, and 1 don’t drink with
amch men as you.’ I than walked out upon the
C vemenL Htrohecker followed. We both stopped,
standing near ths iron grating. He caned me,
and 1 knocked him down. A printer named Mc
Donald mum to fitrobacker’a assistance, and 1 hit
him In the face. 1 then left and walked ii
From other sourcee It waa learned that McDonald
cave htrohecker the pistol with which he shot Mr.
Jemison. It was also learned that McDonald and
Htrohecker were aaen during the day hunting for
Mr. Jemison.
A further examination of Btrobecker's body
vealed that be had bean hit three times. One I
entered hie light side, shoot two inches below tbe
nipple. Another struck kte pistol pocket, and waa
found ia a book In the pocket. The third struck
him on the left hip. glanced, struck tbe wall,
prlance* 1 agahi, went through tbe glass door, and
Alter being iockedogjn the city prison. McDon
ald dented alii
r of the tragedy.
Furl ter Particulars of Thursday Night’s
Shooting- Mr. Jrtn Don’s Condition.
Ou Thursday night. Information concerning tbe next week.
Htrohecker-J—teoa tragedy waa difficult to obtain,
but the Tr.uu.axrn't report was substantially cor-
vertd from Ik. .bock Utf. Ucakibn.
- - ii of tim adjacent houses. Part of tbe time
tbe brisk wind which blew from the northwest
whirled tho plowing .part. Ur down into the hew* „„ ...
of the bueineM portion of the city, «otne of „f tile treatment I received. At no time waa I put
Minin lu> dir i-iirnoil hm fur n-4 Fourth at root. I t — »•
them Ik-lug carried
The sulphur used in the slate and
work, and the tar with which the felt was saturated,
burned alternately blue aud red, causing tbe scene
to resemble a grcat L exhibiti«n of fireworks. It wss
beautiful, but it waa also awful. It seemed that
the effort* of the firemen could not avail against tho
raiu of fire. Atone momenta spark wobld ignito
the roof of a building, and at the next another i . - . .
would set the limbs of a tree ablaze. When the I tti.t „„ *
wall between the two towers fell, tbe hope of saving PSJiJLjJja hS nSiSS."* ^
the endangered building* almost dlsppeared. Hope not becmu,M>of
was sgoin lost when the roof of the Monitor towS “?}?&■i Sft A1% ... _
fell, and again when the great bell in the larger I , •*** ***•* * our broker told your hi ling
tower fell from its position and went crashing to . .. 1W ... . . . _
the ground beneath. But “I don t care to talk about him. I never want to
“ I see his face again, and I do not care even to hear his
THE firkmbn worked on, name mentioned.”
and when the flames high up in the larger tower “Will you be able to give bond?”
gradually subsided, leaving nothing but a crest of j “I think so. I am myself worth more than the
glowing embers, the fight waa over, and all the I bond. 1 expect to get friends in Americas to go on
adjoining bnilding* were saved. I my bond.”
The scene in the street while the fire was in I Jackson is twenty-four year* old. Ho ia rather a
progress waa a sod one. Many member* of the ] fine-looking young man, and has pleasant manners.
S hnrch were present, gazing with wet eyes upon the I He appeared yesterday afternoon to be not at all
estmcllon of the house of worship which they had I depressed, bat on the contrary, waa cool and iu
labored so long and so earnestly to build. Tbe good spirits.
tears were not unnatural. Finally .when the fire lost Marshal Drew told the reporter lost night that
its strength and darkness gathered about the spot Jackson behaved like a gentleman throughout the
again, the spectators slowly dispersed, sad and long journey from California. He was not ironed,
•Rent. I except at night.
The members of the First Baptist Church have I Ex-Pustmaater Black, of Americas, telegraphed
twice Buffered by fire. The old bnilding, on Second Jailer Birdsong, yesterday, to telegraph him the
street, waa destroyed in February, 1883. For near- | ment Jackson arrived in Macon.
ly three years the congregation was without a home.
After having expended thirty thousand dollars upon
a new bnilding.without, in a single instance, asking
outside aid, the congregation is again homeies.*. A
short time ago twenty thousand dollars were raised
to complete tho new building. Now the work mnat
be begun almost from the ground again. It is need-
lam to say that the sympathy of the people of Ms-
There baa been a shooting scrape in Banner's
restaurant and 1 fired the first shot.”
Those who heard tho remark laughed at McDon
ald. In reply, he said:
“Yon may laugh, but there has been a shooting
acrane. and 1 ■ hand in it”
It waa learned that McDonald and Htrohecker did
go abont tho city searching for Mr. Jemison during
Thursday and Thursday night. Among other
places, they went to the Brilliant Saloon, on Third
street and looked into all the eating stalls.
But the raort conclusive evidence against Me
Donald was given by Mr. Henry Benner. In
response to an inquiry mode by a reporter, Mr.
Benner said:
“About twsnty minutes before the shooting Mr.
Jemison was standing at tbe bar talking with mo.
I beard the door at the bead of the stop* open, and
immediately after McDonald walked behind the
screen and etepped up to tho bar. Without speak
ing to me. be said to Mr. Jemison:
•• *Mr. Jemison. you treated me badly last night
You called me a thief, and 1 don’t like it.*
’••Well, my friend,’ Mr. Jemison replied, ‘If
called you a thief, 1 am sorry for it 1 take it back,
and apologize to >ou for it.’
*• ‘That doesn’t satisfy me.’ ssid McDonald.
*' ‘It eatiafles mo,’ Mr. Jemison returned, ’and
that le enough. 1 don't wish to have anything more
to do with you.'*
“Mr. Jemison then turned to me and renewed
tbe conversation which McDonald had interrupted.
The latter did not leave, but spoke to Mr. Jemison
again, saying that he was not satisfied with
the apology. He said a good deal more of similar
purport and exhibited auger, lively word he ut
tered couveyed a threat FinaUy, 1 said to Mc
Donald :
•• T am tired of yon, and yon must get out.
This pise* is not rented to be the scene of rows,
Mr. Jewison lias apologized, and that's euougb.
You must leave at once.’
'McDonald leftbut said to Mr. Jemison before he
•This matter wlU not end here. You had better
After some deivy, Marshal Drew carried me to San
Francisco to get ready for tho return to Georgia.”
••When did you leave San Franclsoo?”
“On the evening of Thursday, the 2Cth of Novem
ber.”
“Were you placed in irons?”
“No. sir. I was not Marshal Drew treated me in
tbe kindest possible manner. 1 rat- in tho cars as
anybody else would, and 1 doubt if anybody knew
that I was a prisoner. At night I slept In one berth
and Marshal Drew in another. 1 had a hundred
opportunities of escape, but would not take advan
tage of any of them. 1 was perfectly willing to
return to Georgia.”
“Did you travel under the name of ‘Jack Jones?' *’
“No, sir, 1 did not 1 traveled under my own
name.”
“When diil you leave Amerlcus?"
“On the 3d of October."
“Do you object to telling where you went?"
“Ob, nO. 1 left Amerlcus on tho night train upou
the dsti I have mentioned. I went direct to Mont
gomery, From that city I went to El Paso, Texas.
There 1 bought a ticket to Los Angeles. 1 stopped
JACKSON’S WANDERINGS.
at Tucson, Arizona, a abort while, and when I
started to leave sprained my right ankle in getting
on the train. I waa compelled, in consequence, to
remain in Ttfcson a while longer. Wheu 1 finsllv
reached Los Angeles I again sprsiued my ankle iu
getting into a hack. I waa detalued there several
days. It was when I went to bby a ticket to San
Francisco that I was arrested."
“Did you assume the name 'Jack Jones?’ ”
“Yes, 1 used that name."
“Why?"
“I prefer not to answer that question."
“Did you expect to lie arrested?”
“1 bad not the remotest suspicion of such a
thing. Why should I? I had the right to go where
I pleased. I had not seen the Georgia papers, aud I
knew nothing of the charges against me. 1 never
did know until I aaw the warrant for my arrest.
The warrant charged mo with embezzling money
orders and with committing forgeries. Why, I aid
not know. 1 had authority to slgu the postmas
ter's name in my official character, aud I never
signed it in any other way. No, I did not expect to
be arrested
Were you kindly treated?’
'Yes; I have no complaint to make on the score
Fourth street. | ( n irons. 1
“Are you willing to talk about the chargee agaiust
you?”
THE CHABOES AGAINST JACEBON.
‘I have employed Messrs. Bacon k Rutherford as
my lawyers. They have advised me to say nothing
about tbe case until It cornea to trial.”
“Do you dony that you committed the crime you
m mIi• mikjl wllliV*
looking as if he would like to break the heads of all
the society young men in the city. “How do yon
account for the ungallant conduct of the young
men?"
■Pure stinginess."
‘Perhaps they are saving their money for use
after marriage."
•Stuff 1"
‘Well, why don’t the young lidlca form an asso
ciation under, say, some such name as The
Academy of Music Battalion.” raise a fund, employ
paid escorts, and attend the performance at the
Academy whenever they please, entirely indepen
dent of the young men?"
•Ob. Doctor, yon are laughing at me."
• Ton my soul, I am not. Tbe plan la a good
one, and I commend it to you. If your ouly pur
pose in going to the Academy Is to exhibit your
dresses, my plan will accomplish what you desire
at a very small cost. Why, one escort would do for
all. He needs but to hire an omnibus, or a street
car, go from house to house and coUect you all
together, and then ride away to the place of exhibi
tion."
“Oh, but Doctor, who would talk to us?”
“Why, the youtig men. It would cost them
nothing, and I haven’t a doubt but that they would
be st^j our service—after you reached the Academy."
Unre
fund?”
Appeal to the public for contributions. Hold a
fair. Get up a raffle. Hell your last winter’)
clothes."
Thatiks, thanks, but I’m afraid your plan
would not do.
Well, then, form a mutual protection society
and cut the acquaintance of the young men who
fail or refuse to take you to the academy."
To this suggestion the young lady said:
“Ob. Doctor!”
A nioment after sbe said good evening aud
tripped off towards College street.
TELEGRAPH liY-PLAY.
A Midnight Visit to tho Sanctum From a
Golden-Haired Girl.
The night was bitter cold, and tbe streets were
deserted. The wind swept its icy fingers arrow tho
myriad telephone wires aud the tuneful lullably
hilled to sleep the people, the good and the wicked.
The big broad streets were bare of man or beast,
and the shadows of the toweling buildings that fell
upon their sand-swept bosoms traced silhouettes of
nilnaretted castles. Rising far almve the sloepiug
town shone strangely and coldly bright, like fdead
ly beacons far out at sea, the electric lights, seem
ingly brighter to-night than ever because the sky
was leadeu and starless.
THB BOARD OF TRADE.
Mutter* Presented and Discussed at the
Called Meeting Yesterday.
The Board of Trade had a called meeting at the
,_ r chamber on Third street, yesterday morning at 11
con Is with the members of the church. It is theirs I o’clock. Quito a number of the prominent bust-
without the a*i ing, and there is not a shadow of I ness men were present. President H. R. Jsqne*
doubt but that it will take such substantial shape I presided.
as will result in the immediate rebuilding of the Secretary T. 8. Jones wae not in his accustomed
burned edifice I place, he being in the service of the State st the
The church was insured for $10,000—$6,000 in the I court house in tbe capacity of a juryman. Mr. W.
Mechanics Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn j 8. Bone was elected secretary pro tern.
and $4,0U0 in the Southern Mutual. The members present drew their chairs close to-
ntintv mr ini wire. gether, forming a sort of circle around the presi-
-V . . .? ! . , , I mot', dwk! A Tmuiiuri, reporter, pencil in band
Th. #» In the AriuitronR residence I, believed to , n <l note booh before him, occupied . eeet on tbe
have been of IncondUnr origin. The honee bed en outer edge of the charmed circle, end Jotted down
L attached, end It wee in a rear room In that portion proceadlnga for tho benefit of tbe public,
of tbe building that tbe fire wae firet dUcovered. Two matter, wen mentioned bj the pmeldent ee
Very eoon after fire waa dUcovered In a front room requiring epcclal attention: tbe report of tbe c
on tha left, facing the avenue. About fifteen I niitteo on subscriptions to the capital stock of u, D
month, ego an attampt ww mad. to bnrn tb. bonro. SliuTgton and Micon railroad, and tbe nport of to,
hot tbe fire wae dlecovered and eiUngnUbed before committee on tbe difference, between tbe btulucee
•ny great damage wee done. men and tbe Kaat Tenneeeee, Virginia end Oeoigta
The Annatrong reeldence waa the property of Mr.. I railroad.
0. K. Menard. Hhe bad It Inenred for (HWO. Mre. capUtn Hardin T. Johneon got out of a big rock-
Menard and bar eon, Mr. Vie. Menard, both believe mg chair to make the report of tbe committee firet
that the fit. we. of Incendiary origin. They «y. mentioned. A wicked pirlor Letch Uy under o".
however, that they do not believe *b»‘ theihonae of the rockere. and ee CeuUIn Jobueon roee tohu
waa burned becauae of any person a ill will toward I f Mt there wea an explosion and an Illumination.
•P 1- ™ „ J . .... . .. _ I TbU occurrence wae regarded at a ealnte with fire-
Mr. Clark Orier does not think that the fire waa WO rke iu honor of tbe eucceaa of the committee.
InrondUry. He bellerca that tho fin originated captain John,on .aid that the requited gno.uw bed
from a defective chimney in tbe elL been raUed. Tbe report, abort end ewret wae, on
Tbe firemen claim that they could have saved morion of Mr. A. B. Tln.lej, unanlmoiv.iy aUwJted,
both tbe reeldence end the cbnroh If the stand pipe thank, were returned to tbe committee.
In front of tho Academy for tho Blind bad been foil. Mr. T. U. Conner, chairmen of the i-cond
They ray that at no rime were they ablate reach ra lttc«. „„„ without any uunaual duturbanem
higher than tbe windows of the second story of the , n d reed the rey-.rt touching Ihe matter for the in-
reeldence with tbe etreania from the boee. I Veltication of which tha committee bed been ep-
•cmtahtul svmfatuv. pointed. In mb.lance, tbs report aet forth that a*-
When it became generally known yeeterday morn- •»
Ing. that the chnrcKbad been bnrned the cltUen. j 2“^ ““"atSmldLLunituT. loroi
A glorious flre.blazing and crackling, made bright
and cosy tbe editorial room, but it, too, bore a de
serted look. The chairs of the brain-workers wore
empty, and only the owl-like night editor re
mained. The belated politician on his way home
from the club did not drop In as usual to find out
in advance of the morning if there was anything
new or startling. The shivering policeman failed
to slip in and steal a minute from his beat to
warm his benumbed fingers. The reporters were on
their midnight raid over the streets searching for
some stray bit of news that might have escaped
from the general gathering up of the day’s record,
pnly the monotonous ticking of the big-faced clock
on the wall and the occasional .crackle of
the crimson coals as they set
tled down Into the grate, keep
the night emior company. The city clock across
the street sings its midnight song, and the cool
crisp winds, catching it up, floats the refrain over
the slumbering towu, while the great bell In the
city hall tower rolls back the echo iu one grand
mournful stroko. The Owl wheels his chair away
from the work-beuch where lay the tow sled ex
changes, aud stretching his cramped legs, gives
himself up to a rest, at least until the roitorter*
have returned. Looking out of the window upon the
forsaken streets and peering through the interven
ing trees, ho sees the electric light upon tho eourt
house tower burning coldly bright against the
blackened sky. Thu shadow of the wind-
tossed leaves dapples the window pane* with a beau
tiful moving inucaic of light and shade.
SFlUron«mbeonto«p»»their.vmp.tby teAttefitewottMb.mmte,bytb.tte..fon*
in n .nb. tan tint wny. When Mr. C. Ii. Wlttlnfibniu SLff SLS|2JSS1 vJSSTJSi.
1 hi. office, be found two letter, containing *!*”![ *?
cunHiuurion. to n bnilding fond, from gentlemen Jf*'-JJL - - r i„ Si? ftrnS! 1
who are not member, of tbe rhnrch. Imring tbe
d»y other gentlemen not tnembem of tbe ebureh. JJJJJ* depute would bo erected In Mncon
mode unsolicited contribution.. Among them wen "H , i'S'.u.*.-.
Hon. A. O. lhu-on. Mr. 8. W»»elbrom. Cnpteln ft ft "P 0 "- “ d
Daul.p. Mr. George T. H.rrta. Mr. T. J.Cnrilng. Mr. ^ tn v.
J. F.‘crntehfieM .ml Mr. W. W. Wrigley. Many
other, eipiund the lutenrion of contributing. Mteaf.jj. H. Cnropbell. W. O. holomou. It. M. Bojp
It wu tho general HnUment of tho people *• ''VinlSfl S’,Jmitlmfi^Ido'S^heroMrt'lIlI
that the member, of tbe Tint Baptiat Church had “JSSIi "finny ihe motion to adopt tho report waa
^r°g”. , P ln e l L“ l, ”5!B:y > ‘“gfoteohand; “JirtOonner .toted tb.t n letter bad ben received
^ b ^^5SS55??S!Sr^?Sli5SS! byMr.Oeorge C. llrown from .citizen of Jackreu-
greSriou n«' and ald P |n 0 rebnlldlng*the Ebureh' vT&nteLkd uToC.“~flr^d b!td £&rttota&
££££3ST*.** “ Hm “ UnUU ‘ r Km tmeL already auamatad. rid. “will | IfcSS ‘ZSZ'fc
enT^n^he^V' “rb^tt-Unl rolled attention to tbe tact that tb.
Si.iL Si LhS «Tofk mSSlur recent change, of tb. acbedute on tho Eaat Tonnow
StaLrf..rrehBHSTne^h^^dffiro W nlLht m 'Irgmii and Georgia railroad did notallow
lh!itrtlllinr Bar DrKw Wa£ I between Macon and Atlanta to visit Macon
ren l aronferencewM brid^’ ** ° W * W ‘ KTEritoiit. u« tho..«ht thu mstter should *»
“In reply, Mr. JemDon said:
•• •! don’t care wht ther Ed Strohecker Is three
m!?*s or three feet from me; go away and let me
alone”’
W RAT M’DONALD SATO.
At the city prison, yesterday morning, McDonold
said that his name was K. R. McDonald, and that he
was the son of tlic proprietor of the opera house in
Montgomery, Ala. He positively denied having
made any threats against Mr. Jemison, denied hav-
ing given a pistol to Htrohecker, or having told him
to go into the restaurant and do bis work. He also
denied that a fight occurred between Mr. Jemison
and Htrohecker Wednesday night, aud that he him
self had been s’.rtrk in the face, lie admitted that
he was present w;Ui htrohecker both Wednesday
and Thuraday night*. V. .t s«|d that he acted as a
mediator and tried to prevent trouble. He Mid.
further, that he did not go into (tin composing room
in the Telegraph bnilding and declare that be had
had a hand in the shooting xcrape In Benner s res
taurant.
About noon, McDonald was lodged inJail upon a
wanant sworn out by Chief of Police Wiley. The
warrant charged McDonald with liclng an accessory
la fore the fact in an assault with intent to commit
murdei.
It is understood that Mr. n. F. Htrohecker will
join in the prosecution of McDonald.
STBOHErXEU’fc rCNARAL.
Htrohecker’s funeral occurred from the residence
of his mother yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The services were conducted by Rev. J. R. Win
chester, rector of Christ Church. Many of the
fri* nds of Mr*. Htrohecker and Mr. H. F. htrohecker
attended the funeral. The remains were interred
in the family burial lot in Roue 11111 cemetery. The
pall-bearers were Messrs. T. U. Conner, G. C. Con
ner, U. H. Edwards, 8. A. 0. Everett, Frank Freo-
nun and W. B. Chapman.
At midnight Mr. Jemison waa resting quietly.
in daylight. He thought this matter should i* celve
, attention, as Macon’s trade would be injured unions
what the congregation will DO. I tome other arrangement could be made.
The conference was largely attended. Every I On motion of Mr. Croner, the secretary was In
person present waa there with tfce determination to I structed to request the authorities of the road t
use his best endeavor* for the rebuilding of tho grant stop-over checks at Macon, and to attach
church. I passenger car to the fralf ht train arriving In Macon
« Coisultation developed that after all the debts from Atlanta in the morning, and also one to the
owed by the congregation were paid, $10,000 would I freight train leaving Macon in the morning for
still remain of the fund raised a short time ago and I Jeimp.
of tbe insurance money. It was estimated that the The meeting then adjourned, and the members
wall* left standing were worth Upon this I spent a few minutes in social and business conver-
showing it was decided that $10,000 more would be aotton.
needed to rebuild and finish the building according 1
to the original plans. A committee of ways ana
means, whose names will be announced hereafter,
waa appointed to raise the required $10,000. There A Young Lady Complains Ilecause of the
will bo no bejatng. but the congregation has aaaor- Scarcity of Theatre Beanx.
I.”.*? ° <>1 mtmbm 0,t ’ rh ‘ ,,cb,,U, A TEUrotun. reporter and tho old phylchu.
to . pU&‘ of worohlp forth, proroot thro,
propositions were considered: I of in iSfm
Firet. tha free use at tha South Macon Baptist Jg
Church was offered; second, the free turn of the
Yoliwteon- Arutorj «ro off.rod; rod. thinl. tho qMooo ot “- PhTrirtro . loro toc rite^chryMth..
free use of the Academy of Music was offered for j ^theinum/*^ ** W ®“ M 0 1 to U hi,u
"T^lSTta roc.pl th. third proposition. .SrorBprtnff grot 0«iteproter rod Dr.^hrrroro
zian!, r toto^£^ onot * pu ~ of I
GALLANTRY'S DECLINE.
T" tal,rrow. ttSotaS. service, will bo hold .t tho Sta^fth' riio“.'o.nroUon. o* tbo
"SHLgftt Th. Hirndny robcot "irifitert L
, 0,13 O ClOCt L I f-hnr..ni>i*iiiiiin hff#p th*v niptv hill •iphinfftal
A LONG JOURNEY ENDED.
Chrysanthemum, after the party had exchanged
replied the young lady, “that subject has
been uppermost in my thoughts, not only during
“The Devil’s 1 troth.”
(To the Atlanta Prohibitionists.)
There is an old Hungarian proverb to the effect
that “he wb> invokes the devil’s aid wHl surely rap
upon the deril’s broth.”
Tlie party of high-moral ideas in Atlanta, from
whom we might have expected a better example—
by'•cruMing the color line’’—invoked “the devil's
a d” with a vengeance! Tie/ seem not to have re
fleeted that the complaisance of his satanlc majesty
always holds a distinct and disagreeable arriert
jMsseC
Will your big broom of reform sweep clear
The moral highway, and make all tking* level?
b, ye benign philanthropists, beware;
Ye have hob-nobbed too closely with the devU.
nd much we fear be’U naa yon badly np—
(For shrewd hi* wiles, hi* will U sternly stable)
And that some night he’ll force you all to sup
Of hie hot broth, at hie infernal table.
The Covington nnd Macon
At the meeting of the Board of Trade yesterday
morning, the president read a letter from Colonel
L. F. Livingston, in which the statement wae made
that tbe eo.itetructkra corps of tbe Covington and
Macon n>Jn«d would be in Use city Monday, ready
to begin work.
Mr. Jem Hollis received a telegram from Atlanta
to tbe same effect.
It may. therefore, be considered certain that the
work frt build log the new road will be commenced
W. 11. Jackson, the Americas Money Order | to-day. out during tho last two months. Th* vanity
Clerk. Telle Ills Story. which besets me more than any other ia dreaa.
_ . . . *7 . 1A . - Atlanta. I Early in the fall I had some lovely dresses made.
botto my infinite disappointment I have had but
few opportunities of gratifying my vanity by exhib-
nelriter of whom roproro.1 to bt iting turn to tho .avion, ore of otbor (trio.' 1
umry trovolert. Thoy wont to the Erigetton Hotwe. I ..u.,.'. to rharoht"
W ^SS‘ I togutarly; bnt on. grow, tired of nhlb-
W. ft irokwraT Amorteuo! **»*U.” I Jgl d "“ «•«»—. wb oven, Baa-
Th, former ,o the United Hteta, ninhal forth. ..non't ran go to tho wnldtncuT"
Jl.tril l of Cllfornta. rod th. Utter wu th, llleged , * " fe _ know .»
dofoulring moan order cloth of tho Am.rte,i. port- ..JJJ;., to lh< . p u 7 . ot th, Andomy
net. • I Music?”
The two men spent the night In the esme room. | • young lady compressed her lips »».( shook
Yesterday morning, they appeared before United ^ J P 1
: « .nd Jrok-». I torn, thro, rime, rinc, th.
scamper through hla brain. The long columns of
glittering type have eaten the daily allowance of
crime and romance he has gathered up from tho
I world, and now their ghosts run riot. Now and
then the thoughts take other shape aud revel among
the brighter phase* of life, and whilo thus absorb-]
cd, he falls into a reverie, when comes tho drcsmsa
IA tap at the door startles him. 8ome timid mesH
•enger boy perhaps who bringsa ^special” or some
forgetful merchant who brings his contribution to
the ten cent column. But before the Owl can aronid
himself sufficiently to shout “come in,'I
the door opens and he sees peeping from behind the]
half-opened door a girlish face. And it is a pretty
face. The eyes are blue and roguetah. the cheeks
are ruddy, aud the hair escaping from the jauntiest
of hate is crimplr and golden. The Owl is bewil
dered and dazed. He rubs bis eyes, pinche* his
arm and struggles to make himself tolieve that he
is awake, and that the merry laughing vision la a
reality. But ahe does not await an invitation to
come in. In a twinkling ahe is in the room and
seated in the chiefs chair, prying into the huge pile
of letters, overturning patent office reports, tumb
ling over tbe laid-away-for-reterence exchanges.
Jobbing the brush in the paste-pot, runniug
the aciasore thkuugb choice clippings, making
(taper pellets of poetry cut out for Huudsy and au
the time asking questions about how newspapers
are made and asking them so rapidly that the Owl
aimply stands like one nnder a spell and make* no
attempt at reply, lie is busy avking questions of
himself. Who is ahe. what is ahe, where did she I
come from, what does she want, and who brought
her here? And Just a* he has worked up sufficient
courage to speak, she flings down the scissors, j urnpa
up from the chair, brushes the paper litter from heri
lap, settles back Into the chair, and commands the
astonished Owl to be seated. The Owl silently but I
wonderlugly obeys.
HIGH LICENSE,
Probability of its Adoption in Macon.
Opinions on tile Subject.
Since the prohibition election in Atlanta,
speculations have been Indulged tn os to its ea, /.
upon Macon. These speculation* have been fern
means confined to citizens of Macon, MM~
of other cities and many of tho uewspape
State have made surmises on the subject.
Determined to obtain a reasonably
knowledge of the state of feeling in Maco-
hItittlou to its various phases, a Teleuiupu i
norter set to work tho day after the election
Ianta to secure expressions of opinion fro m ;
sentatives of sll classes. The result of tho
tor’s investigations plainly indicate* that it majoi
of the people of Macou favor high license.
The chief executive power and tho luw-i
power of Macon consist of tho mayor und
aldermen. The complexion of these two ]
as far as relates to daily occupations of husii
as follows:
Mayor 8. B. Price, wholesale grocery me
Alderman J. D. Hudgins wholesale liquor dealer; ]
Alderman F. S. Johnson,hardware merchant; Alder^
man W. it. Cox, wholesale liquor dealer; Aldenuau
M. Nussbaum, wholesale dry goods merchant; Al
derman O. C. Conner, insurance agent; Alderman
T. J. Ware, retiU grocery merchant aud retail liquor
dealer; Alderman Alexander Proudflt, lawyer; Al
derman W. A. Davis, cotton warehouseman; Aider-
man W. B. Chapman, restaurant keeper and retail
liquor dealer; Alderman M. O’Hara, retail grocery
merchant and retail liquor dealor; Alderman J. a.
McCrary, physician; Alderman R. W. smith, hard
ware merchant.
how the aldermen feel.
It will be ol>servod that five of the twelve aider-
men are Uquor dealers. These are all opposed to
prohibition in auy form. Last week some of them
favored high license, hut since Monday they have
uU opjMtsed it. They claim Alderman Nussbaum as
their ally. Among the aldermen, therefore, tho op
ponents of higu liceme are Aldermen Hudgins,
Cox, Ware, Chapman, O’Hara and Nussbaum.
The remaining aldermen have all expressed thorn-
selves iu favor of high license. Aldertnau McCrary
is tho only alts..lute prohibitionist in the board, but
he will vdto for high license. Tho advocate* of high
license, therefore, are Aldermen Johnson, Conner,
Proudflt, Davis and McCrary.
The aldermen are tied.
Under this state of affairs, Mayor Prico’s position
is vested with unusual interest.
“How does tho mayor staudf ’
This question is hoard hundreds of times Jn Ma
con every day.
Mayor Price is in favor of high license. He ho*
so expressed himself, aud it is known that lie Ik
working to bring about high license next year.
It there be no changes ia the board ot aldermen,
then, as far as they are concerned, high license will
f irevail next year. As to the probability of changes,
t may be said that the opponents of high license
declare that those aldcrucu who voto for it will
never nerve as city fathers again. They claim ta
have a majority of the voters in the city uuder their
contraband say that they will defeat any candiduto
for alderman who favors high license. Q
HOW THE LIQUOR DEALERS FEEL.
Immediately after the election in Atlanta nearly all
of the large dealers in liquor in Macon favored high
license. They declared that they felt the necessity
wf closing up the cheap bar-rooms and said that
they believed tho proper way to accomplish that
object was by high license. A number of them
jaid, also, that high license in Macon aud absolute
prohibition in Atlanta would afford au opportunity
of deciding which was the more drs.rable. They
urged, besides, that high license would probably
prevent a prohibition election in Macon, thus ob
viating the bitterness and divisions attendant upon
su -li occasions.
Ou Monday a charge had taken place. The liquor
dealers, with possibly a few exceptions, opposed
high license. Their reason for their change of
oplulou was expressed yestenly by a leading whole
sale dealer.
“In Atlanta," be raid, “the prohibitionists de
clared that if the city council would give them high
license they would t»e satirflod. 1 he council grant
ed their request, and tbe llceuse was nied at
Whai was the result? Tho strength of the oppon
ents of prohibition was broken, and the prohibi
tionist*, ignoring their promise to be satisfied with
high license, forced an election and the liquor
dealers were defeated.
“Xu Macon there are 102 barroom*. Each has an
owner who may be considered a captain, and each
has a squad of supporters. The two together form
THE ANTf-*TV>«nimON ARMY.
I want to know, sir, who that old maid la who
said we girls smoked cigarettes. 1 just went to lay
my aye* on her once. I’ll teach her how to talk
about and slander us girls. I’ll just bet
yon she is ao old and susgglo-toothed that she
couldn’t get married if she had a house full of
money. 1 ho mean, hateful old thing, flrnoke ciga
rette, indeed! 1 bet you sbe smokes a pipe every
night before she goes to bed, and a pipe’s hemp
worse than cigarette*. What ia ah old maid, any
how? Who’d believe what she says? All ahe’* fit
for ia to talk about other people and slauder
u* girl*. 1 do wish 1 could get at her so 1 could
goose her eye* out. Wouldn't 1 snatch her bald-
headed if 1 could just get a grip on her old hair?
Smoke cigarette*! Why, the old thing would smoke
a whole houseful of ’em and give up her chances for
heaven to boot if she could only And a man fool
enough to many her And she’s the very kitten
that said wo girls chewed gum. Chewing gum ain’t
half as bad as going round talking about folks.
Yon the chief editor? Who writes the personal*?
Why don’t you talk some? Do yon want ms to sit.
here and talk all night? Do you smoke cigarettes?
TeU you what we girls did once t’other day if you
won’t teU. Honest Indian now. Well, wa girls got
some cigarettes oh. my! but you won’t give it
sway. wHl you—well we got some cigarettes—a
whole pack of ’em—and we smoked and smoked
and smoked. You just ought to hav* sera ns! We
Just filled tho room chock fuU of smoke, and one
of the girls was the sickest—oh, she was ao sick. 1
like cigarettes. It’s so nice to smoke ’em Just be
fore yc u go to bed. See that yellow place on my
fingers!—that’* cigarette. Tsiat every girl that can
make that yellow place. You have to smoke lots
to get it. Where do you all get poetry for the paper?
I’ve got a big *crap book full of poetry. Who sits
over there in that chair? la Le married? What a
pity. How late do you have to stay here? That
late! Don’t yon get awful sleepy? 1 would. Some
time* when—but I won’t tell you hi* name-fcoine*
to *ee me, I sit up awful late, and you can
rest aoMurcd 1 don’t girt up till about
11 o'clock next morning. He give* me my cigarette*.
I went out buray riding with him yesterday. IF*
hie huree. Did >«« ever lev it? It,'* the prettiest
team in this town- What time do you get up in th*
morning? Then what time do you gu breakfast?
Are you married? Ho glad! I’ll com
often. What —
“The telegraph is short to-night and 111 want
about a column of reprint.”
The Owl looked up and there stood the foreman.
He glanced at the enter* chair and it was empty.
The pile of letters in the desk were undisturbed
the poetry for Sunday was intact and the exchanges
bad not been troubled. The vision had flown.
“Yon look as though you have been taking a nap,”
■aid tbe foreman.
“Ye*,” returned the Owl, “and I waa dreaming
Now. high license In Macon wHl close all tho bar
rooms save perhaps ten. Those whom high license
force* to close up their barrooms will Immediately
become blatant prohibitionists, upon the ground
that if they cannot sell liquor, nobody else shall.
High license will not only ofose a large majority of
the barrooms, but it will make prohibitionists of
their owners and break up their squads of support
ers. What then? Why, tha prohibitionists will do
as they did in Atlanta: they will force on election,
and all the barrooms will be cloeod."
“But suppoee,” said ths reporter, “that the prohi- 'I
bitionlst* should guarantee that they will not force
an election, if th* the city adopt* high license?”
“What 1s their guarantee worth? A few might
stand by it, bnt. obtaining one concession? the
majority will soon demand another and a greater
one. The only thing for the liquor dealers to do is
to fight prohibition, whether disguised as high
license Dr not.”
Tbe statements foregoing are a fair indication of
the feeling of the liquor dealers. They are, as a
rule, opposed to high license, and will bring aU
their influence to bear upon the council to prevent
its adoption. It is known that they have already
held consultations on tho subject, and that their
leaders have Issued instructions os to tbe course to
be pursued.
uow the raowiainoNisT* feel.
Many of the prohibitionists favor high license.
Many of them oppose it
Yesterday the reporter met Mr. W. Q. Solomon,
who te well known as a representative prohibition
ist
“Mr. Solomon," it was said, “H la rumored that
you are cireulatlng a petition requesting the city
council to give Macon high license.”
“Well. 1 have been willing to meet tbe anti-pro-
bibiUnnUt* half way, and have ao expressed my
self. I read the editorials in the Telegsafu on the
subject of high license with great Interest I like
the plan suggested os a compromise. 1 am willing
to see prohibition tried in Atlanta while high license
is tried in Macon, in order that it may be deter
mined which is the better plan. Beside*. 1 depre
cate a fight In Macon such as waa carrfod on la Air*'
lanta. I do not wish to ace such a ib-bt here. I
thought that high license would l*e a compromise
which would aattefy both prohibitionists anil antt-
iirohlblUonUte, and thus prevent tha fight which
1 am confident nobody desires shall U precipitated
in this city."
“You say that yon thought high license would l^
a compromtee,’ have yon given up the Intention of j
tearing public feeling on the subject?"
“I am undecided. 1 mentioned tbe matter to a t
nmnabep o f liquor dealers, but they were
exposed to It They declared that they would not
yield an inch, not (fairing to hava their army acat-
^'knKa^nces determined me to go Into
the fight for all it is worth, if it most be made."
“But you would Join In a movement
_ To SECURE HIGH LfClXSR?"
. I would like to see UmTelkomafr
^.t. hol S. of A n m » tu,r and obtain an expression
0f ?L"4L° ,lba I* o «? e - Ther * arc one hundred
and two barrooms in Macon. If the license should
** 1 1* 600 annum, the number would
probably be reduced to ten, but the revenue from
"oaWba $*oun. As matters stand
the city * revenue from liquor is only about $10.-
0u0. t tint high license would not only Increase the
city a revenue; it would shut up all the cheap bar
rooms, and thus cure the greatest evil entailed by
the sale of liquor.”
“Do you think that the prohibitionist*, a* a rale,
would accept high license with satisfaction?"
“I think they would.”
Mr. H. R. Jaque* said to the reporter that b» !
would not object to high llceuse. a* he would be j
Ktadtn u>»t would ch«,thoch«p
u » Prohibition bt. ]
Gol. B. A. NUbet may bo regardod os a repreeen* ;
jJJJre ofthecouaervattve feeling in the county outr
you
when you came In.”
A Cough, Cold, of hors Throat
Mould not be neglected. Brown's Bronchial
TTochea are a staple reandy, and give prompt re
.... M. Erwin, and Jackson
aaa required to undergo a preliminary trial. Aa
rite r—nrit. fit w»ta,l to tta, coafity taft In detauU | wfi? ta It thrt you burn't teen
of one tfioaMnd doltar, bond. . oftaMri"
footafftejr afternoon, a Tuwura toyortorwofit Joant
*£ V Ifiterrtew fytaoft j? ••Sunsly tbo young no n bon not «nl to poj
attar. U nut Tbno iron cote nr. nafied — 1 Tomr
tltawnlte nbUonwronoo* Uta-riul 0 -* '
52&£iSb’ffib^w.taSf™ rat '* d •“-“■»*►
lacborkandfortb. I •'Tber tan not mart to pnjr ■» attention,
■•Ho« “ h * "V«»ter. Doctor." .ho arid. -I.ul they do not tab# ao to Uw
eitendtnc a ntt of tord tetri. „„ yuadwy- Bnt I amfiot on noptin u to Out. *11
••Wi-n. ttaak jam. P lb* fftete m complalnluc about tb* wny tta ,oun*
to tta Iron tana near nblcb tta ?£%?. I mn net taont tb. brndMur- Inpintrin
"Do jon tart ritad. after yon/ ton, Journay. I -Tonne fin. Wlnthrop’m. otodne—1—frant with
nun mm cmrotate. I mv btnrtter, who, for a wo.(W, ottend to take m*.
>» U ■.•UU. 1 ill lb In « »te.nln. I lllr ttH 11 -, — —— — 11 *- —lr 1 --!-* h-T
roidSlmlltoiitD 1» InbMtact tanuh." rrtr. wtan I tall yon UuU I raid for th. Ik lute.
• ^ I W.1I. ttat filffbt llmtlnd ttatill thoonrtyty yonfig
-toiStairi-. ttallfontapntt.rthof Sorno-
bar. Iwraarreotod by ris pottosman. each oMris yow *« Udk ^ Now, tea ttt awfully
.... « i.vh> to Hacrameato uhsre 11 mean is tnemr
wMMtavinitoUnitedfitatailbntalM-X.bat.' -Cfic—tlonnbly- Dr. Ctrynattaanai mid.
Plrnt Unpttet Church.
The committe. bavins in ctaign th. mbnildinc
of th. Pint Itepttet Church te th. old bulidinc cum-
mlttM. cotnpoo—1 of tain. C. II. WiUlnctam. E.
V. Bagnonin. II. P. Lawton. A. D. Small, d.C.
Wbeater and J. L. Iterdamu.
Th. bnrtwd church know In the lb. band, of tho
imramnco mtjutm. When they complete th.tr
tebom tn. committee will proceed it once to n-
bniid.
Durto, t'Mtrnbj tbo .rnipMhp of tta
Pnllp on. tbonmnd doitera w«» volnotarilp ptedfod
to the budding commtttM. every ml of which
wan from pwmoni not ntembem ot tta Pint Bnn-
ttet Church.
Sa ——»-tn of tho church uw drtumiaed ttat
nothinc •ball pmml th* rebuilding of thrir edt-
■■■•, ao ttat It may ta mmnted u certain ttel wot
muy month, will pm* Infer* they in iqpria In
riictrowra home.
-te the* bo tala In OiteadT
“JPjSHTrty in u,orot pmbl-
u,.°iWu^ttaB 7 c. J l"* rtk * 1 remed!r tur •■>*»*«• or
MOW THE COKSCKVATIVES FEEL.
tha citisensof
nnftprohlbttioni.te. ia tbo toctaknlmn» Thu te
u» ncfu,L'r in’** "t rttlzrn. who
are neither one nor the otiier. They occudf a mid*
dte tronnd. Ttay do not tavor prihtbtu” So““,
lb*X toeoT allowing the liquor traffic to continue u
ht. te,SriS^M.£& to,.':^^
in ^. ,0 " loT U !* **'* °f Uquor or •fainut It r
In «tz cum. out of tenth, reply hutein-
"I am on the fine. "
~.,'W....*rite. ud ta voted high lie, nm i
“ h f¥“ • floTt *»Metrtninhow’
RMtortty of tha snhstanrial citizens nf n 1
o««ta-Jbjmt of high lterttai «d It te hteSn
f.tor Jhteh,SS2r , ^ r,toc '*" ““
•» «>rtlloo, neb MW
A tataT °* ^** w * tu °o >• to ntrokL
* U1 * n,nt Jurt vhU
Ttanta to Dr. Pterw. then te > balm ia bte
-Oohten Medical Dtecovery”-u -balm for my
wonnd" t» hnrilb. from toitte, rough*, touan,
rion.^broocbiri«.^wi ail chronic, blood nnd Uvor nf-