The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-08
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MACON's BUDGET OF NEWS.
Heavy Rain Yesterday-King of Car
nlvaI Contest Warm.

Heavy Rain Yesterday-T<ing of Car
nivaI Contest Warm.
Macon, Ga, Sept. Tone of the heaviest
rains ever known here fell for an hour to-
day, flooding nearly every cellar on Pop
lar street. Much damage was done to goods
stored in cellars throughout the city.
Under one Poplar street store family Of
Italians lived. Some of the children mad
difficulty in escaping, and for several
hours afterward the father was swimming
around in six-foot water, trying to rescue
articles Of value.
The remains of c. c. Sims, a prominent
Macon shoe merchant, who died in Mas
sachusetts Sunday, arrived here tonight
and will be inferred tomorrow.
Baggagemaster E. D. Cherry was
crushed between cars at the union depot
here this morning. His injuries are quite
serious
Constable J. W Ford is on trial in the
City Court on several charges of extor-
ton.
The city will soon build new iron
bridge over the river at the foot of Fifth
street. Much has been said and written
about the dilapidated condition of this
structure, and recently It was closed as a
source of danger. It will be very gratifying
to the public generally to know that a new
one will be built
Large numbers of children are coming
in to attend the Georgia Academy for the
Blind The attendance win be very large
this year.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the annual convention of the State
Association of the Sigma M Fraternity,
to be held here Monday night and Tues
day morning of the week when Macon will
hold her big diamond jubilee. The date
of the convention will be Oct. 10 and IL.
The programme will be elaborate.
The race for king of the carnival has
grown in interest, and already about $500
in money has been spent for tickets at B
cents each. Ellis Talbot leads, with Prem
tice Huff a close second, A big public
barbecue will be given tomorrow night by
Huffs friends, and they expect to raise
about $500 with which to buy tickets. 1t
is likely that more than $1,000 will be
spent in the race before it closes, on
Sept. 10.
Letters received from members of the
immunes indicate that Col. Rays regiment
rs doing well at Santiago
Some interesting horse racing will be
had here during the four days of the car
nival next month. Macon has Joined the
South Georgia racing circuit
Macon business men are making a Wig
orous effort to get a lower insurance rate.
The tariff association claims that Macon
has an inferior water supply and fire lie
partment. Efforts are making to disprove
this The city has just completed a $780,
600 water plant on the river. 1t is claimed
the fire department is ample.
Bibbs tax rate for next year has been
fixed at lao instead of 100. as last year.
One of Macon's popular society girls an
nounced to her friends Monday that she
was going TO Atlanta that afternoon to
olope with a railroad man, who was for
merly employed here. She is absent from
her home and the escapade was success
full There is no known objection to the
young man. who is considered an excel
lent gentleman, with bright prospects in
business. The elopement is thought to have
been made more through fondness of ro-
nance than anything else The girl S
name is Miss Theo Chestney and the
young mans name Devries Davis. They
were married in Atlanta last night by
Rev. Mr.. Knight