MACON  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Bibb county, See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia, U.S.A., in the central See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, on both sides of the Ocmulgee See also:

• RIVER

river (at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation), about 90 m . S.S.E. of See also:

• ATLANTA

Atlanta . Pop . (1900), 23,272, of whom 11,550 were negroes; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 40,665 . Macon is, next to Atlanta, the most important railway centre in the state, being served by the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern, the Central of Georgia, the Georgia, the Georgia Southern & See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida, the Macon See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin & See also:

• SAVANNAH

Savannah, and the Macon & See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . It was formerly an important river See also:

• PORT

port, especially for the shipment of See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, but lost this commercial See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage when railway See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges made the river impassable . It is, however, partially regaining the river See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in consequence of the compulsory substitution of drawbridges for the stationary See also:

• RAIL

rail-way bridges . The city is the seat of the Wesleyan See also:

• FEMALE

female See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college (1836), which claims to be the first college in the See also:

• WORLD

world chartered to See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant See also:

• ACADEMIC

academic degrees to See also:

• WOMEN

women; See also:

• MERCER (through Fr. mercier, from popular Lat. mercerius, a dealer, merx, merces, merchandise)

Mercer University (Baptist), which was established in 1833 as Mercer See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute at Penfield, became a university in 1837, was removed to Macon in 1871, and controls See also:

• HEARN, LAFCADIO (1850-1904)

Hearn See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy (1839) at See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

Cave See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

Spring and See also:

• GIBSON, CHARLES DANA (1867- )
• GIBSON, EDMUND (1669-1748)
• GIBSON, JOHN (1790-1866)
• GIBSON, THOMAS MILNER (1806-1884)
• GIBSON, WILLIAM HAMILTON (1850-1896)

Gibson Mercer Academy (1903) at Bowman; the state academy for the See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind (1852), St See also:

• STANISLAUS

Stanislaus' College (Jesuit), and Mt de Sales Academy (See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic) for women . There are four See also:

• ORPHAN

orphan asylums for whites and two for negroes, supported chiefly by the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant Episcopal and Methodist Churches, and a public See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital . Immediately See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of Macon are two large See also:

• INDIAN

Indian mounds, and there is a third See also:

• MOUND

mound 9 m. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the city . Situated in the See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart of the " Cotton See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

Belt," Macon has a large and lucrative trade; it is one of the most important inland cotton markets of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, its See also:

• ANNUAL

annual receipts averaging about 250,000 See also:

• BALES [BALESIUS], PETER (1547–1610?)

bales . The city's factory products in 1905 were valued at $7,297,347 (33'8% more than in 'goo) .

In the vicinity are large beds of See also:

• KAOLIN

kaolin, 30 M. wide, reaching nearly across the state, and frequently 35 to 70 ft. in See also:

• DEPTH

depth . Macon is near the See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit-growing region of Georgia, and large quantities of peaches and of See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden products are annually shipped from the city . Macon (named in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of Nathaniel Macon) was surveyed in 1823 by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the Georgia legislature for the county-seat of Bibb county, and received its first See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter in 1824 . It soon became the centre of trade for See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle Georgia; in 1833 a See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam-See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat See also:

• LINE

line to See also:

• DARIEN

Darien was opened, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year 69,000 bales of cotton were shipped by this route . During the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War the city was a centre for Confederate See also:

• COMMISSARY (from Med. Lat. commissaries, one to whom a charge or trust is committed)

commissary supplies and the seat of a See also:

• TREASURY

Treasury depository . In See also:

• JULY

July 1864 See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• STONEMAN, GEORGE (1822-1894)

Stoneman (1822–1894) with 500 men was captured near the city by the Confederate general, See also:

• HOWELL, JAMES (c. 1594-1666)

Howell See also:

• COBB, HOWELL (1815–1868)

Cobb . Macon was finally occupied by Federal troops under General See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James H . See also:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

Wilson (b . 1837) on the loth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1865 . In 1900–1910 the See also:

• AREA

area of the city was increased by the See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation of several suburbs .