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The age-herald., 1898-02-22
Articles IOpeniBg Highest Lowest Clossn;

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour slow: No. yellow corn none; No. spring wheat none; No. 3 spring wheat -9lms4c; No 9 red s1.O5G1.0515 No. corn 29ssa297sc; No 9 oats 2G5kc: No. white none: No. , white 2SAa29c; No. rye 56c; No. 3 barley f. o. b. 32@39c; No. none; No. flax seed $1 .23h prime timothy seed 2Sa291sc mess pork per bbl $1O.95@11OO; lard per 100 lbs., s5.07@5 20; short ribs sides, Qoose), S515@ $40; dry salted shoulders, (boxed). 42s75c; short clear sides (boxed), S550a5.60; whisr key, distilIers' finished goods, per gallon, S11s; sugars, cut loaf. unchanged; granulatl ed none; Standard "A" none.
 On the produce exchange today the but ter market was firm; creamery. 1S9l9c, dairy 11Q17c.
The age-herald., 1898-02-22
Markets BY Telegraph
Cattnn saIaa

New York. Feb 2i-Cotton futures opened steady; sales, 6,100 bales. March and April, 5.95 May 6.02; June. sos: July, COS; August. 6.f2; September, 6.10 october. 697.
 Cotton futures closed quiet; sales 1l9 200 bales February, 5.e3; March. 5.94; April, 5s7; May. 6.01; June. 6.ol; July, 6.07: August. G10; September, sos; October, sos; Noyem- Der, COS; December, 6.11.
 Spot cotton closed quiet and unchanged; sales, 22S bales.
The age-herald., 1898-02-22
fhicaro Change

Chicago, Feb. 21.-Wheat was very nerv- ous and unsettled today and fluctuations covered A wide range News, as a rule, was bearish, but tomorrow Is holiday and the prevailing Letter influence made shorts anxious to cover. May closed at a4c advance and July 1ke higher.
 Corn and oats heavy on free liquidation and closed Ae and ssc lower respectively.
 Provisions show small irregular changes in closing prices.
 The leading futures ranged as follows
The age-herald., 1898-02-22
Great through Car route between tn
AND MOBILE, ll1 , loof NEW ORLEANS M0ni
 6Ni and TEXES. MEXICO, HIM e00s CALIFORNIA and the


 There is no better location in the United States for Eastern and Northern em1grants than the line of this popular railway The productions Of Georgia and Alabama cannot be duplicated by any other section The through yestibuled limited between New York anu New Orleans Is via the At lanta and New Orleans Short Line. the most attractly route to travel in the South. It passes through rich country. teeming villaees all the way from Atlanta to Mont eomery. For rates of fare or other irifor- nation write or cali on GEO. P. ALLEN. T. P. A. Atlanta, Ga. E. B. EVANS. Cont. Frt.s Agent
 New Orleans. W. TAYLOR. Gen. Agent, < ,o.,,, crr ,Montscmery Ala Atlsnta. ca E. E. KIRBY. c. T. A..
 Presidsnt and General Manager.
The age-herald., 1898-02-22
Dry Goods

Dry Goods
 New York, Feb. n.-Rainy weather con- aitions. and the effect of tomorrow's holiday tended to make todays market dull one in dry goods It is probable that the real beginning of the weeks trading will begin Wednesday. Slight advances have been announced in the New York mills wide shooting and some other lines.
The age-herald., 1898-02-22
Treasury statcment.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Today's statement of the condition of the treasury shows Available cash balance. s225, ,14S 969; gold re- serve S157,o1 ,i25.
The age-herald., 1898-02-22
LOCAL MARKETS.
Fruits and Produce
LocaI Cotton Market cotton-Middllng, 5s4c.

Fruits and Produce Butter-E -Elgin, Zoe; Dairy, No. l, zoS' Dairy No. 2 1sc; country. 15c; cooh'Ne' Potatoes-Irish, BOG to s1 CT bushel; sweet per barrel, $25O Eggs, 10c.
 Apples, S400 Lemons, $S6135a per box. Oranges, $300940O per box. Cocanuts, s4.00 per 100. corn-YeiIow, 4ic: white. 42c. Meal, soc per sack. AT. Hay-Choice timothy, s15; No. 1, si4; No' 2 sl3
 Poultry-Hens. 22hc; fries, Rlkcq2Oc; ducks. 15Q30c; geese. BOG.
The age-herald., 1898-02-22
Grain Letter

By Private Wire to Paine. Murphy & Go.
 Birmingham, Ala, Feb H.-Foreign mar kets reported fair advance; opening in Chicago was strong at 107ls for May; the feeling was very nervous and unsettled, continued reports of large engagements for export were in circulation, which kept
 shorts uneasy, Trading today was on lim- ited scale. small traders preferring to let the market alone for the present A good demand developed on any decline, and large buying orderss were reported on a
 basis of 106, but few were filled; Prices fiuctuated within range of Pc. Some liqui- dation was in evidence. particularly during the latter part of the session. The final sales were at an advance of %c over Sat urday's close and 1Hc from high point of today. Corn and oats were dull and neg lected; provisions firm and practically un.
 changed
The age-herald., 1898-02-22
Local sfapIc aroceries

Flour-Best patent, ,550g5.75. Straight-s5.00; extra family, s4.5o. Sugar-Granulated, s5.45; Y. C., s4.7b. Conee-Rio, greer. sa13hc Arbuckle, lowering and Lyons packages. $10.60. Lard, 6c basis.
 Clear ribs, sides, S5.S715. 20035c
 Rice. 61s@6ko.
The age-herald., 1898-02-22

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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09
JULY FOURTH, 1898.

The most glorious july ltG since the
declaration of American Independence
occurred last Monday, when the Amer
can nation celebrated the great naval
victory in front of Santiago harbor on
the day before. II is almost Incredible
the American loss being only one man
killed and two wounded, and no ship
damaged, and the Spanish loss over 1907
men and the whole fleet annihilated
Such a victory only finds a parallel in
that of Dewey's in Manila bay, when
all the enemies ships were sunk and not
a yankee dead sir. -
Every days papers bring some fresh
details of the great fight The news is
eagerly sought for aud while th' people
everywhere are highly elated over the
conduct of the sailors they are CORES
pondingly detected by the news from
the army Of invasion which is reported
by reliable correspondents, such as
Richard Harding Davis, to he in a ter
rible plight. Everyone is pleased with
the gallant conduct Of u soldiers in
the field and their successes in driving
the enemy from fortified positions, but
the great blunders of leading officers
and the government in not making sufh-
cient preparations for such a campaign
are SC apparent that the whole country
is undergoing a feeling of great disgust.
We don't know how it appears to 9th
ers, but we don't think Gen. Shafter is
so much to be blamed as the govern
ment, and the officers whose duty it is
to make the preparations for the move
ments of lar ye armies, It's the quar-.
termaster, commissary and surgeon
generals upon whom the responsibility
rests. They had nothing but light ar
tillery to attack strong Notifications.
against which only heavy seige guns
could no effective work, and Gen Shat
ter, in one Of his dispatches says; II
have extended my line until it is very
thin -
Nothing will satisfy the country now
but the most energetic action on the
part of the government to send an ade
Quate force to Santiago, and stop the
useless etfusion of blood.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09
Attention, Confederate Veterans
lanes Longstreet Camp.

Itake this method of calling your at
teution to the fact that you have forfeit
ed your membership as a camp with the
United Confederate Veterans, Simply
for the non payment Of dues. know
that is the consequence of earelessness,
and not from a want of feeling and m
terest in our association, for | do not be
lieve there is one comrade in the coun'
ty who is willing to forget what we owe
to the memory of our dear departed
comrades, many Of whom died on the
field of battle, sacrificing their lives for
us all, for their families and ours. Inc
adiutant reports there have been no dues
Maid. and | now most earnestly ask each
comrade to pay, on or before July 18TH
TO our adiutant, W. p. Minor, their
small annual dues, and also on this day
to meet at the Court House at 10 clock
a. m. and elect delegates to the great
Reunion which takes place at Atlanta
July Goth. On payment Of the dues our
camp can be re~lnstated and no delegate
will be allowed unless tins is done. Let
me urge You again, my dear comrades,
to come ont, each and every one and
do this little act of duty to your deceased
brothers and keep up II organization.
Remember "Wednesday, July 18th
j. l., GRIGGs,
Commander.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09
TO Farmers and Detached Pro-
perty Owners:

The Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Association Of Mississippi is organizing
the counties of Winston, NeShoba, NoX-
ubee and Kemper into a branch to pro
tect its members against loss by fire,
wind or lightning. The plan of the
Farmers Mutual is not a new de-
parture in the line of fire insurance but
is new to the people Of this territory,
1t has been operated in the Middle Wes-
tern States for the past twenty years
and in the Atlanta States for the past
seven years with marked success. Sta
tistics show that the cost to carry a pol
icy of $1,000 in the Farmers Mutual is
from 81. 50 to %. sc, when a policy for
800 in an old line company costs from
s. to SIS per $1,000 against a loss by fire,
wind and lightning common sense
should teach US that we can insure each
other at actual cost cheaper than an old
line company can at a profit, The as
ISOLATION only lnsu1es farm dwellings,
barns, tenant houses and detached pro
perty. No property in towns insured
unless sufficiently detached to escape
risk Of burning from a n%eighbor. They
insure no gin HOUSES, cotton ware house
aud stocks of merchandise. They only
insure for two third IF the actual value
of the property, hence they have no
fraudulent fires. BY other companies
money is taken out Ct the country in
premiums; by this plan it is left in the
community until there is a fire, then a
legal assessment Is made on the mem
bers and the money is paid to a neigh
bor. In this association you pay for the
protection you enjoy in the past, while
in others you pay for what you expect
to get.
This plan is the same practiced by the
Knights Of Pythias, Woodmen and other
benefit orders, with this difference
man is flesh and sure 10 die, While a
house is word and an old one Is more
! likely to burn than Il new one. We
wish a good, responsible man who can
give his whole time ta the business and
make some money References.
D, A, ELLIOTT, Cen Mgr,
Kosciusko, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

The amount Of accidental error ema-
mating in the theatre Of war is altogeth.
er equal to the refrigeration that finds
its way out Of the same field, The re-
port of the fight near Santiago last week
in which Wool regiment of Rough
Riders participated, and in which the
list Cavalry of U. S. regulars was en-
gagged, Lieutenant George l., Byram,
who was wounded, was given out as
Lieut.. Bryan and credited to Massachu-
sets, The editor of The COURIER had
the pleasure e introducing Lieut.. BY
ram to his mother and father in the
days of the civil wal away down in the
rich prairie belt that gave riparian glory
to Frilba creek in the fertile soil of Nox-
ubee county in he good State of Miss.
issippi. The lieutenant name is
George L. Byram and he entered West
Point FROM the city of Mobile in Ala.
bama. He is a splendid son of the glo-
rious southland and also of as noble IA
Their and mother as belonged to that
blessed realm in its knightliest days.
His father was George Byram, now de.
ceased, n of the leading commission
merchants of Mobile, and his mother
before her marriage was Miss Sallie
Moseley, daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Jno.
7. Moseley, and recognized as one of
the most charming and intellectual
young ladies in that section of the eoun-
try. She still lives in Chronicle, near
Mobile, a magnificent specimen of that
splendid womailhood for which the
South was always noted. Bowling
Green Courier.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09
To Any One Interested,

We state, after fall and careful inyes
tigation OF the plan of the Farmers Mu
tual Fire Insurance Association, repre-
scented by d, A. Elliott, state agent,
that it has our full endorsement, as the
cheapest fir insurance known in this
country and perfectly safe, if the Asso.
citation is not imposed upon by placing
valuation too high on buildings and, in
our opinion, it is the insurance neaied
by the people of this country, Westate
that quite a number Of our best citizens
have nited and adopced this association
which is the same plan successfully op.
Grated in other states.
Respectfully,
CAMPBELL & CLARK,
Ats at .Law, Kosciusko, Miss.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

The planters aronnd Jackson, Miss,
expect that the ew cotton oil mills GO
ing up in that city viii raise the price
of cotton seed. 1t is probable the mills
there will do a. at other places ana agree
on the price 10 be paid. The price of
seed is governed by the market demand
for the oil.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

The railroad c,m missionh has this week
been assessing railroad property in the
State, There are t~werty-siN railroad
companies in the state to be assessed,
and only two eypre S companies, the
Southern and the American; also two
Telegraph companies, theWestern Union
and the Postal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

''Our customers nv sou manufac IRE
three of the best renlt lies on earth.
said the mercantile firm of Haas, Ha
ris, Brim G. McLain, Of Dawson, Geo.. 4,
in a recent letter to the Chamberlain
Medicine Co. This is the universal YER
dict. Chamberlain Pain Balm is the
finest preparation in the world for rheu
matism, neuralgia, lame back, quinsey,
0 throat, cuts, bruises, burns, scalds,
pains and swellings. A % cent bottle
of this liniment in the house, will save
a great deal of suffering. Buy it at 7.
S. Murphey's, Macon and O. F, Ham.
ilton's, Shuqualak,
Prosperity comes quickest to the mal
whose liver is in good condition. De.
Wits Little Early Risers are famous
little pills for constipation, b~iliousness,
indigo ton and all stomach and livei
troubles. rs Murphey.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

We understand that Hon, George G..
billiard c%ontemplates moving to this
county and is now making preparations
to build a country residence upon the
family estate rear Trim Cane. Captain
billiard is a man that any community
would be proud to claim as a citizen
He is not only an able, lawyer, but a
statesman as well. For several years he
was the recognized leader Of the state
senate, and afterwards distinguished
himself as consul-general to Ecuador,
under Cleveland administration.
Whether the above rumor is true OF
not the Times cannot positively state,
but if Capt. billiard is really to make
this move we presume he will make
Starkyille head quarters for the purpose
of practicing his profession, and should
such be the case he would beH welcomed
acquisition to u citizenship Stark,
vile Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

The Vesuvius is no longer supposed to
be chiefly dangerous TO herself. Her
gun cotton wads have added much to
the demo, a~llzation of rhe Spaniards at
Santiago. Clarion Ledger.
Well, we havn t seen any proof Of it,
According to the newspaper reports
MORO and all the batteries have been
%pulyerized several times, but in the
fight of July 3 they were in a violent
state of eruption and banged away at
the Americans as long as they were in
anre.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09
ORDINANCE NO. 90,
10 Provide for a Separate Assessment Of

Property in the Town Of Macon
Sec, /. Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen Of the Town of Macon.
that all property, real and personal, in the
Town Of Macon. shall be assessed each year
as provided by ordinance No. %.
Sec, ,. BE it further ordained that the
Mayor and Board Of Aldermen OF said Town
shall, at the regular mgeting in July Of each
| wear. elect Il Town Assessor. who shall
| serve for one year from the first day Of Sep
TENDER of the year in which he is elected.
Sec. 5. BE il further ordained. that said
Assessor 50 elected shall give bond us is
provided by the ordinance No. | Of said
town, before he enters upon the discharge
OF the duties of said office.
See. 4. BE it further ordained that the oc-
casi0n being urgent this ordinance take eff.
feet and be in force from and after its pas
sage.
Approved by me this Jnly 9th, 1898.
Il. HAUENSTEIN, Mayor.
Each section was adopted as read and
then adopted as "A whole.
After the first ballot f. +. Maury was
declared elected Assessor Of the Town
AID, Harrison and the street com, re.
ported that Mr.. Harvey failed to accede
to the proposition made by the Board
| and no contract was presented,
Report received and committee con
tinued,
A communication from Mrs. Jesse
Blythe was read.
There being no further usiness the
Board adjourned
j. O. FAsEB, r. HAUENsTEIN,
Clerk, Mayor.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

School committee reported as follows:
We make the following report in re-
gard to improvements on school No, 2,
We find the buildings old and especi-
ally one, the main school room. 1t is
about as good in one part ds another, too
god to be torn down and not worth very
extended repairs, We recommend that
the windows roof and fues be repaired
as necessity demands, with the view Of
building a new house some time ia the
near future, We think with the above
repairs another term or two can ue made
comfortable for both pupils and teach
! ers. SHANNON and CLEMENT.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

Next Monday is primary election day
10 the delta district, and a large vote
viii be polled. Catchings, although a
gold bug, is receiving the support of
free silver papers, notably j. X. Var
daman's Commonwealth.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

j A Perkins, of Antiquity o., was
for 80 years needlessly tortured by ply
sicians for the cure Of Eczema, He was
quickly cured by using De Wits Witch
Halle Salve, the famous healing salve
for plies and skin diseases.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

Mrs. Mary Bird, Harrisburg. Pa.
says, my child is worth millions TO
me, yet | would have lost her by Group
had | not invested 25 cents in a bottle Of
One Minute Cough Cure. 1t cures
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
troubles. rs Murphey.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

Mr., Jesse Ivy is prepared to furnish
families in town with nice fresh butter.
He will deliver it promptly at time a.
greed upon. Address, Macon, Miss,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

D, A, Elliott, Kosciusko, Miss:
DEAR SIR So far The Farmers Mu
tual Insurance Assn has been entirely
satisfactory, Forsyth & Stokes branch
has $500, 600 property insured. The
losses have been paid promptly. If
proper care is exercised in the associa ,
ton you will find it very satisfactory,
Yours truly, Wa BLAIR,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

But fl the ano set up 10y the ma
kers o. the Julian calendar in 10 2, 1900
would be a leap year, To keep things
,rnning right, ii was agreed by these
w~iseacres that a year ending a cen ury
should not be bissextile, except every 4th
century, This is very rough on the la.
dies, of course, and they have good
ground of complaint against the tyrant
men who fixed things III this way New
erthelsss, the condition cannot be rem
edied. The ladies got left in this same
way in 1900 aud in 1900, but all of those
who can hold out until 9, 900 will be en-.
titled to the unhampered exercise of THEN
Leap Year prerogative, the latter year
ending a fourth century Republic,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

A mar in Virginia rode forty miles to
Fairfax station fer the express purpose
Of getting Chamberlain Cough Rene
dy, and took home with him a dozen
bottles of the medicine. The druggist
who relates the incident adds: Your
remedy seems to be a general favorite
wherever known Its effects are in
deed wonderful in all lung and throat
tro1bles. Procure a bottle at rs Muir
phey's or o F Hamilton's drug store.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

There have been four deaths in the
First Mississippi regiment camaei at
Chickamauga Private Evelyn Hamil-
ton of Edwards died June &c, private
Read of Canton July 8. Tom Htrd3son
of Co. B is also numbered among the
dead, He was only sixteen years old
and was rejected under examination,
but managed to be received as assistant
cook. Private Chambers Of H|attiesbura
died July B.. Typho malaria seems tC
be the prevailing disease.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

Mr.. G. B. Bush, president of the Gil
me- county court, briefly tells his expe.
rience with an epidemic of bloody iux
in his family. He writes under date of
Oct. 8. 1896, at Auburn, West Va.
During the past summer we had
three cases Of bloody fiux in our family,
which VI cured In less than one week
with Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
DIarrhoea Remedy. In some instances
there were twenty hemorrhages a day.
This remedy neyer fails to cure the
Wxet casos Of bloody iux and all bowel
Umplaints and every family shonld keep
Is - hand. For sale by T. s. Murphey
- @. p. Hamilton.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

RaIanoC on hand ........,eI27 %
The Marshal's report was read, ap-
proved and ordered spread on the min
utcs, for month ending June 50th;
He reported fifteen cases and S5S 30
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09
The |. |. aud c.

IT, az 4Lo e,o,,1+. ,,o f.o,, NaruLoo
u l'
county MISS Mary Caliaway' mlstres'
of mathematics and Miss Annie FAINT,
mistress of normal department. Miss
Weenona iPoindexter, a native of Ma
con, is the mistress of music. The fol
lowing is the letter from Maj Millsaps
in regard to the loan:
"'Gentlemen-The request made
through your committee received l
niti1ons $50 ~ ,ar uI % +ISo o p.l.Tl n NILE 20 tho
great peril TO the Industrial Female col.
lege to come to its relief, which | have
been strongly moved to do. | cannot
i bnsi ms wa" mat vlUi .' ~ ' ran Il rer ,onn "s a
it to the Capital State Bank of which |
am president, but rather than see the
ihsllluti4h lutlhtr ilnpetlllea, ana De.
fn,ly svmnathi2as WITH NV views ', and
| having confidence in the good faith of
the state, | am willing to do what | can
IN n matter on such terms n gondi-
Ainynrdor I,,,. omnroro an5 +n tba,, 7
respectfully refer you.
Yours truly,
nv" M'LLsAFs'
Ihele are no conditions whatever at
tached to the loan as made through the
attorneys. Major Millsaps has rescued
the college from what seemed an almost
certain death and he trusts simply to
the honors of the people Of Mississippi
through the legislature for the return of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

II you want the most exquisite laces
go to d. PATTY.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

Macon, Miss July 3, '9S.

Macon, MIS-, july ., vs.
A regular meeting Of the Board was
held. the Mayor and all the members
present, also clerk and marshal
Minutes of last meeting We're read and
approved with the correction,
Treasurer $ report for May which was
referred for correction, was approved.
Treasurer's report for June wa ap
OrOve1