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A r f TheWi AtlABtft < ''Hctoky: nfr wigbt »»U Tbur. 4gf; ilowly rlilna **•"» prtture Tbtinttaf. (And News) VOL. V, NO. 210. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6,1907. PRICE: MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT WILL PA Y, SA Y EXPERTS REPORT SUSTAINS “PLATFORM" OF THE GEORGIAN ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■» pil Mill THREE YEARS LOGAN E. BLECKLEY, VETERAN JURIST, ' IS CALLS) BEFORE HIGH TRIBUNAL FUNERAL TO BE HELB IN ATLANTA To Lie in State at the ' Capitol on Thurs day. BODY WILL REST IN OAKLAND Fortner Chief Justice of Su preme Bench Dead at Clarkesville. gpeclel In The (leot-fleii. Clarkesville. On.. March I.—Rip* In year*. rich In (he wimri of hi* fellow- men. loved by ell who knew him. for mer Chief Juetlce I-og.n E. Bleckley died thle moraine at 0:43 o'clock. For some months Judge Bleckley had been In III health from Bright's die ease. Soyerui week* ago he had I slnklng'ntt.ck which ceased 'all absent memtfers of his family to be summoned to his bedside. ^ But with remarkable recuperative powers for so frail a. body, .lie fought off the grim reaper, and rallied. He became very much' better and was able to Mt up.vart of.tbo time. The disease was slowly but surely undsrmlntYig his constitution, however, and Monday his loved, ones and the at tending phyelclan eaw that the end was not far a Way. ‘ . On ’Tuepday his children In Atlanta were summoned. , Logan and Haralson B|ecklky,,Wl>lwa son*/ hastened to Ms bedside Tuesday evening. ¥h*y BOD Y OFJI/0GE BLECKLE Y TO LIE IN ST ATE A 7 CAPITOL The body of Judge Logan E. Bleckley will arrive In Atlanta'wed- nt-.day evening at » o'clock. 1 It : wlll be carried to residence of a eon-ln- Iav . lion. Hubert Culberson, of IIS Gordon street. •'G, 10 o'clock Thursday morning the remains will be carried,to the ■ i| i' I'iim) will ypet In state Ip the supreme court room. h'unentl services will be conducted In the supreme court rejoin at I JO "tl.uk Thursday afternoon by Dr. James W. Lee. paetor n« Trlnlty-Meth- eill.t church. The music will be under the direction of Mr. Alex-Smtlh. The active pallbearers will be Lather Z. Rosser, Charles T. Hopkins o’’her t c. Alston, John it. Staton. H. C. Peeples. T. A. Hammond, John I> l.ittle and Reuben- R, Arnold. . Immediately after the funeral the body will be laHbn to Oakland and >»W "..rest In the family lot .■ ( - LARGE HONORARY ESCORT FOR BLECKLEY FUNERAL Th- honorary escort for the funeral N. L. Hutchins' Lawrence vllle: W. I. l-uh!|. Logan K. Bleckley will be one largest and most distinguished ''* served at thn obsequies of a man la Georgia, ri-i Cert Includes fudges oft- the * u '"- , 'l'T 1 >urt In the itate. dlettagnlih- "i i*. tors, supreme And appellate court Governor Terrell and all of the *<» • house officials. The escort will be a *‘ folia**: . ^ _ U nfiniiy iCscort-^-Qarouel B. Adame, (j. ,i K „ T , - ann Walter Charlton. Geo. 1 "sens, H. C. Cunningham. Joseph Ci„ni(, Petel Mcldrlm, Bavamtah; I- -I Heugan,- MeDnnuugh. On.; T. B. , - Forsyth. Oa.'; 'Emory Bpeer, “ 11 Felton, A. o. Bacon, A. U‘Mll- ' *erry t'ahanlss, OfvUle A. Park, . " I Hall. Joseph H. Hall. N. A. V c L. Bartlett, Macon. Oa.; H. , •■'■•tihsw*. Perry, Oa.; William A. •" * Price fRIbert, H. R. Ooetch- '«>. f.nnurl R. Hatcher, c. B. Bettis, ; Garrard, Columbus. Oa; A. 1*. ,7 ,'*■ Talbotton, G*.;sJ. B. Burn- " Hamilton. Qa: -John W. Aiken, Hte. carteravllle. Oa.; 1. E. 7 It. J. Mrcamy. .Dalton. Oa.; Itankln, .Calhoun. Oa: V. V. «'<>rdelc, Oa: D. L. Hender- nna; R. W; Freeman, Neuman; Harris, Carrollton; Alvin D. Sh « It IhaW.-i "• ivniv|i, omn an I Non nan; H.-W. Hill. Qreeti- ' 1 M. Inngley. LAOrenge; Albert • -'"ii. Batnbfldge; John D. Pope. ' , N- Spence. .Camilla; Paul -break. Pineora; Joseph B. I-a- ' , Bhirk, W. H. Fleming, h -'I Illrr. Henry C. Hammond. Au- S- '"lay, George F. Oober. : 't Phillips, Marietta; C, L. Bare. Joseph W. Bennett. Way- • \ Parker. Baxley; Leon A. "> IVayrroes; If. O.' Lewis, HI- •> R. Polite, M(Hedgevllle; J. B. ';reen*boror Bamuel H. Blbtev. i " I "'«t: F- C. Koster, Madison; T. i ■ -on. Katoaltm; J. B. Martin, W. ' HtiWklnsvUls; D. M. Roberts. ^1to"' 1 0 1 VYr>iTlll. O. L. Olessner, utlibert; J. B. Pottle, Klddoo, -Cnl . ... B J. Yoenmns. Dawson. , "right. John W. Maddox. Joel I- 1 ""b. R. T. Kouche. .Room: B. T. j Handera vllle; R. L. Oamblc. F'dhlll. Louisville; J. W. Over ly .' 7l1 Vania: JJ Klinsey.Cleveland; A- Charters. W. p. Price, Dahlonega; Pike, Jefferson; Hamilton McWhorter, Athens: John L. Hopkins, B. - F. Ab bott, Howard Van Eppe, John T. Pen dleton. H. M. Reid. A. E. Calhoun. Spencer R. Atkinson, W- T. Newman, Don A. Pardee. Hoke Bmllh, Clifford L. Anderson. F. O. duBIgnon, R.\T. Dor sey, T. P. Westmoreland. W, D. Ellis. C. D. Hill. W. R. Hammond, George Hlllycr. W. H. Hbleey. Atlenta; R O. Mlfchell, Thomapvllle; W..H. Gridin. Valdosta; J. O. McCall. Quitman; W. M. Hammond, J. -H. Merrill. Thomas- vllle;' Z. A. Littlejohn. Allen Fort, Eu gene A. Hawkins, Amerlcue; R L. Oreer, Monteauma: L. H. Roan, Fair burn; i John H. Candler, Hooper Alex- under. Decatur; He H. Perry. H. H. Dean.-B. C Dunlap, Oalnesvllle; W. B. Paris, Clayton; Robert' McMillan, Clarkesville; J.' B. Jones. Toccon; Hor ace M. Holden, t'rawfordsvllle: A. O. McOurry. Hartwell: E. P. Davie, War. nation: J H. Skelton. Hartwell: B. H. Hardeman. F. H. Chilley. Washington: Price Edwards. Buchanan; W. H. Bunn, J. A. Blanco, Cedartowo; Chatles H. Brand, A. H. Erwlq. E. K. Lumpkin. Howell Cobb. Hylvaque Morris, Ath ens; W. K. Blmmons. Ia»wrencevllle; H. D. MoDanlpl. .Monrooj' H.^ P.^Bejl. n A. WIL Cummlng; Joeeph M. Terrel), Cook. John V. Uart. .Willie Wrlght,-R- E. Park. T. O. Hudson. Wil liam d! Merritt. Joseph B. turner. C. A. Evun*. Thotntp Ka»on. J. * Wei- bom. W. B. Totes, of. Stevens. Wdr- n«r Hill. Jopppft W- Brown. J. H. wiw* ’*The'ju.tlc** of the supreme-court; Williem H. Fish. Andre* J- t-ohb. Ber- aMv Kvkof. Joseph H. Lumpkin, Marcus W. Heck snd Samuel C. Atkin- *°Tht Judges of the court of appeal!: B. IL'iniL Riehard «• Ru **i'“ f <1 A7 thur O. Powell; end the oBcere of both court.: Z. D. Harl«m. " lk - T‘JI»y. jams. W. Vaughn. J. H. PJ'tmau. AJcorge W. Btevens and John M.-Ore- b *Membere of honorso aueeted to meet at state library at ( m. Thursday- Tobacco Warehouse Burnt. Lancaster. Pa. March Helder * Ruck's tobacco warehouse wae de stroyed by Bra early this morning. Leas HMW. bedside Tuesday -oetBnag. They ar- Hal today. These long, deadly weap- Jerom J5£.“ “* .Hit -IlflAl • anA •His -Real Moure' wee, ,heac4ful,' snd he Lrent but w(ihont it About .hie dying bed were gktbered his wife und*children. At l:4& hte great heart caaMcl to beat. Jn 1SJ7 Judge Bleckley married Hit* Caroline Harel.on, of N’es ton county. From this mkirtoge tho'following chil dren survive him: Logan, Harrison and Mrs. Hugh -Culheraon. all of Atlanta. HIS first wife having died some t “(teen year Jimfct _^ and from this marriage the following children- eurvivq; htm: Edwin, Barnell, Herrin find Sidney. ; ’ Judge Bleckley served aa a private In t)ie Confederate army for a short time, but on account of poor hegltb was forced to ask Ibr hie discharge, liv ltd* he was appointed supreme const reporter. After reporting the thirty- fourth snd thirty-fifth Georgia reports. resigned, ■om down ip the practice of law I7B he wae appointed to the supreme court bench and remained In this po sition until 1M0. when he res' as the Judge expressed It. "worn and tired out." la January, IBS?, on tba death of Justice Jackson. Judge Bleckley-was appointed hie successor, which position be held for years to the great satisfac tion of the bar of Georgia. Wrete Peetry. Judge Bleckley was a post , of slats reputation. The following poem was his favorite production; Lady, since I tee you everywhere, I know you are a phantom, a woman of the air. I know you are an Idol, but ylt you seem to me At manifestly real as anything can be. O, soul enchanting shadow. In the day and In the Mgltt. At I gaxs upon your beauty, I tremble with delight. It men would bear me whisper how beautiful yob seem. They should slumber while they listen and deem It a dream. . For nothing so exqulslts can tbs wak ing senses retch Too fair and toft and tender tor the . nicest arts of speech In s pensive dreamy alienee I am very often found. At If Uetenlng to a rainbow, or looking at a sound. . ■Tie then I too your beauty reflected through my tears, , 11 1 feel that I had loved you a thousand thousand years. ATLANTA LAWYERS TO MOURN DEATH Thursday morning at » o'clock the Atlanta Bju- Association will meet to take suitable action on the death of Judge Logan F. Bleckley. The official call ton the meeting «.» (.sued Wed nesday morning b? Sertmd Vice Presi dent Oltftord.'L. Anderson, and Is aa fotlowa: "The nlembcre of the Atlanta Bar Association and all other lawyera of the city are requested to meet in Judge Pendleton’s courtroom Thursday morn ing at g.atclack, to take suitable action upon the death of Judge Logan E. Bleckley. ' "CLIFFO THINK CZAR WILL KILL DOUMA Troops Are Rea^y to Attack the Riot ers. St. Petersburg, March I.—With the streets swarming with troops, the guard having been doubled after the rioting that followed the Drat session of the douraa. In which 10,000 persons participated, many being Injured, the situation hare today revealed clearly that Russia Is trembling on tbe verge of a gigantic revolution and reign of tenor. Tbe fata of the empire practically rests on tbe happenings of tbe next twenty-four hours. Tbe public does not know what has become of the esar ■and tbs belief la growing that he Is In some place of concealment from which he will Issue a decree dissolving tbe new douma. This wilt bo the signal for revolt. Cur to Receive Golovin. The announcement that tomorrow the esar would receive la audience Feodor Golovin, the new president the douma, pending which no business would'be transected by the bouse, was believed today to Be only a rase on the part of tbe cur to gain lime and hie l.jgram will be prepared by the time ■et tor receiving the preaiding officer. That the troops have been prepared for the work of mowing down tha peo ple when the expected revolution be gins Is believed to be Indicated by the lancee carried by . the mounted Coe tAdft patrolling, the streets ot the cap ital today. These lon^. deadly weap dMturbkncet. . In addition to tbe Coaiacke, the Cbevell.r guard, have been detailed to aid tbe gendarmes In holding tbe people In check. The pelace In which the douma meets Is surrounded by a strong body of troupe and no person la allowed to approach. Beyond the lines ot sol diers are the sullen, defiant mobs awaiting only the signal'from leader, to start the work of revolution. Rioting In the Streets. Tha outbreak, of thouunds ot ths populace In defiance of the troops which tor a time threatened to start the work of revolt without waiting for action by or against the douma and tha tremendous applause which greeted the cheers of social revolutionists, Indicated clearly that tha undercurrent of feeling ls>a mighty torrent ready to sweep the empire with fire snd sword. Tbs rioting began soon after the adjournment of the douma. The tern per of the tbrbng wae fined by^peeches from the social revolutionist members of the douma, who began to address the-crowde as soon as they got out of the chamber. Red handkerchiefs began to wave over the heads of the mob and then rad banners, as If by magic. Cheers :ed the words of the speakers and, mtng revolutionary chants, ths swelled to 10.000, Including male and female students and thousands of workmen, started to march toward the central part of the dty. where the cast's winter palace Is altuated. v Kurepatkln a Visiter. Thle was the scene of the massacre on the famous "Red Sunday," In Jan uary, 1105, whin tbe esar’e soldiers mowed down the people who had marched to the palace, headed by Fs tber Gspon, to petition the cssr. In the meantime the authorities had hastily concentrated a strong force of gen darmea, which charged the head of the procession when II reached the Lltolny prospect, one of the main avenues of the city, The gendarmes plied their whips vlg- ‘y and used the fiats of .their orouety sabers. Many Persons ware trampled by the h*reee ot the soldiers. A num ber wan seriously, wounded by the lancee. The schools were closed la Bt. Pe- rtburg snd throughout Russia In honor of the day. Demonstrative strikes were reported from several pJaoet In the Interior. While Prime Minister Rtolypln was addressing the douma the Grand Duke Nicholas got In tbe Imperial box and General Kuropatkln was In the stran- gMjMjSff’ Neither was generally- Railroad Wreefe Are Being Probed RD L. ANDERSON. "Second Vice Prestder "WILLIAM F. MILL, - Secretary.' Albany, N. Y.. March S.—Btlrred to action by (be Introduction of a bill calling for their scalps, the stats rail road commission today took action tf Investigate the numerous wrecks of state railroad a. They employed former Deputy State Engineer Edmund F. Van Hooeen as temporary expert, who start ed this morning an Investigation recent wrecks-on the West Bhore Central. THAW’S MOTHER PLEADS FOR HIM Weeps As She Testifies On StaDd.. COURT WON’T HOLD SESSION THURSDAY Dr. Warner, Is Excused Froin Further Testify ing Just Before Reoess. aooooooooooooooooooQoooooa a o S LAZY. HAZY WRATHZR O HERE AND MORE COMING. ~ O .. i. O Good old I any. hssy weather Is _ O hare, and a man's longing for the O O country Just- simply rises up and O O grabs him by the feelings any- a o way. O a Going to got worse on that sort O a ot folk. too. Listen: O O "Fair Wednesday night and O D Thursday, slowly rising tempera- O New York, March (.—When tbe aft ernoon session of the Thaw trUU Ije- gan this afternoon, Mrs. Wlltlem Thaw, mother ot ths slayer of Stanford White, went on ths witness stand to give testi mony which sho hopes will help to ac quit her eon of the chares of murdar. She wept softly while she told bow Harry Thaw appeared when he re turned to his home In Pittsburg. Octo ber, lfOS. She said he seemed absent- minded and had a despairing look. Hie. room wae next to here and she heard him sobbing violently during the night. Mrs. Thaw Sobs. Mrs. Thaw wiped the tear, from her own eyes with a black bordered hand kerchief and continued her story In a hesitating manner. Her tone was so low that several of the Jurors could not hear her story. "I would aee a light In his room at > or 1 o'clock In tho morning," she con tinued. "1 went to hie room and asked him Why he did not go to bed. He said: ■It's no ties, mother; 1 con not elesp.'" Had Ruined Hie Life. Jerome objected to any conversation wltasM had haffwMh her son un- uutfltl'MM MSSS Bt ths trme ke unsound tnMfr Delmaa said ,_..od In queetloo was covered by the period during •Which Thaw had written ths letters from A to L sad was. therefore, concedqdly at the time whan, according to ths expert testi mony. be wax of unsound mind. Thaw oat at the head of ths couneel table, his head resting on hit hand ami apparently deep In thought. He had lost Ms usual nervousness. Mrs. Thaw said her eon told her probably the worse man In New York had ruined hie Ufa by wronging a young girl. Thaw gave the girl's name. By thle time the witness had almost entirely recovered her com posure. Dr. Charles Wagner, the alienist from Binghamton, N. Y.. was on th* stand all morning. District Attorney Jerome questioned him closely regarding cer tain clauses of Thaw's will, ana of which provided that a fund ba set aside to punish any one who might cause his death. The witness gave It le as his opin ion that Thaw evidently knew, In an Insane way, what he was doing. Ha explained that Inmates of asylums ware able to cut out leathlr, fit the pieces o ture Thursday." O Wednesday’s temperatures: . .10 degrees O w s a. m 10 degree. O O ( a. m 11 degrees ~ O l| a. nu 11 degrees O il a. or 17 degrees O it noon II O 1 p. . .15 o t p. 10 ahofi, and yet b "Did he have knowledge that ’ll was against tha law to kill a human beingr' asked Jerome. “I think he did.” said the witness. Wagner Bask eiXfiteod. The Thaw trial opened thle moni__ with Dr. Charles Wegner on-the aland. ' "Doctor, In tha eighth Item there Is ■i provision for the prosecution of any person who may be auepeoted of .taking the fife of the ttetator.’.Do you think that when he wrote that he believed the killing of a human being wae pro- blblttd by lawr* asked Jerome. "I could not-say positively," was the answer. Jerome then read ths seetlon of tha will to the Jury. this clause Thaw provided that the of 110,000'be set aside In the event of hie sudden desth. It has come to be known as ths "assassination fund.” Jerotne-began by asking Dr. Wagner tf It was his opinion that Thaw had nowledge that law. prohibit ed murder, when Thaw wrote tbe clause In his wIM providing for the prosecu tion of hie slayer. The witness ropllsd there wss no to determine that. The plained that he believed •rally knowledge ef what gmkIn City Can Furnish Lights Third Cheaper' Than Now* COST OFPLANT ABOUT $270,000 Could Sdl Conaneroia} Lights Daring Nominal Goat to Cghuobmm. ’’ Municipal lighting plant will pay! Municipal unuavahlp to leaMMn ad- vteable and pxuBtahlet Ot this than can ae kem he one’ room for doubt. Tha report ef the Hall-IUgee Company, oestmdMgg eel- ’ nee re, ansae ed by eoaaeO to taveatl- 1 goto tha matter, rtsiasastraSse ooaeta- •tv.ty that the etty. by owning her own lighting plant, can earn Mg HHImIi —dividends even beyond the r.rtmt hopes and beams ot the moat ardent advocates of munMpel gewseraMp. "The actual aapsnJttme Car the ant" oencledse Map report of the en gineer., "wessM he MNMM, which SUM oooU he returned fseek. the estlege nt the plant mmpsmidpd W « per shut la that dudtty . „,.. writing the loiters in the autamn of HOI Tod hie marriage tn.'Ap(U HE, Thaw was not mentally sound. Thpt witness refused to commit MateeM at any such stay. ,-. Jerome naked the witness concern ing "circular insanity.” Dr. Wagaar wished film to specify. mean.” said Jerome, "Just what you have been doing on the eland. Is circle any evidence of reasoning Jn a c circular Inanity Wagner Oausee a Laugh. Delmaa objected and asked the wit ness If he understood the question. "Perfectly." answered Dr. Wagner. “Mr. Jerome wonts to know if 1 am In sane.” This caused a laugh. Jerome ex plained that he never had doubted the Insanity of the expert, and re framed hls question. Dr. Wegner said It waa possible for a sane person-and one In sane to reason In a clrole. In answer to a question the witness said hs be lieved there were times between 10»* and 1101 when Thaw waa eo far re covered that he might be considered sane. Dr. Wagner waa excused and a ra ces. taken until S:1K p. m. JUSTIN M. WILLIAMS, OF WASHINGTON LIFE, MYSTERIOUSLY MISSING Officers of Company Searching For For mer Magnate. Where I. Justin It. Willisana Isle ran gar of tha Weehlngtou Ufa laeerroce t o.’ That I. whet tba otftrlsle of that romps“7 would Ilka to ksow. hot they are act easing everybody they most. The search for tko inner manager Is being kept quiet. Rut the fact thst he I. being tosgl)t leaked net oa Wednesday end neratal other thing*, too, which pfomlw s srnullon If he found. \ I'ntll n abort lime ego Jastln If. Williams Wee In Charge of the W.iklngloa Ufa In Atlanta, aad was general agent for Georgia and Florida. New he Is not. glare Feb ruary I the idflce le Atlanta he. been In charge at II. A. Jory, who wno sent from heedonarrere, snd daring Ike time he bee been base U- to known that be has hreq ■asking t thorough examination ef the book, end ef WlflUrns' treouatt. lie eras seen on Wednesday end' diked concerning the rumor, efirntt concerning the alleged dkmppremare of William., bet eo thle point hr was ellent. , ”tPw5. as is* the* ejnrw*howerer, that “-t« m« onlhlne to star out St pros it when, ike I. lornllug while there wet nothing to oat there would he plenty compeay . ogtrlel. JsetlnV William, was one of the beet vsririzsxr, wliw* ~ ‘ fits here. Mrs. Sarah Ceggin. The body ef Mrs. Sarah Cogrtn, aged re, who died Tuesday night at II b avenue, waa sent to Llthoala, Oa, Wednesday morning for burial. art- L Tne o into|7J yean and Defcalb . >(3. XV, Harry Harris, Harry Harris, aged I months, died at Um bores Of hie parent. Iq Kirk wood, Ga, Wednesday morning. Tha funeral service will be conducted on Thuraday afternoon. The Interment will be In areenwood cemetery. aad Bp- 1 six yean and two A* will be shown, tbe into oodgidelation tar tbe edfee at Uwr- mtrttasds, seriate rependftnrea sdhtob would net he toeurved. aad date net consider certain rsvegwse wplch wig. U la elreated. trtptatbaaey ptotta .Two tiles arb ured on by tbe englaedlra, one ot the waterworks and the other at tha teste- e rating plant The coot ..of sreellpp a plant at tha waterworks la artfcaoteg at 1171,170. This includes, a Mta Put the city, owning the site hanetfi would not have to pay for It Similarly, the cost of conduits are Included In the expenditures, whereas the city already owns her eemdulte The total operating cost of a plant at the waterworks weald ha, neoortHg to the report. WMI7 a year. The el. to the city for street lights in lMf waa IM.III41. Tbf annual saving weald With thle anhaal profit, tho nag re turn on tho Invoahaont of fVMflp would be 11.01 per sent. In the estimate of which, of comma w ould ant have to be sold: water, la tha of 1171, which also tho etty charge herself for. and a oo« _ corps of workmen, which etm ho necessary. Inasmuch os loser at thane at tha waterworks ooald aloe walk at tha fighting plant at Its eMa. Annual Saving RGM With there expenditures, which would not be Incident to n muiilrtpollr owned plant, the total annual saving wonM be about 140,000, a net rotor* sax nelly of about IB per oeat. A municipal plant sreotod complete at the Incinerating plant, weald coot Continued oh hope These. Growth and Progress of the New Sort march of In reft South. referean to t|ie ■V JOSEPH B. LIVELY. Tbe Gem Tarn Mills, of Corneflue. N. C., have boon chartered by tho secretary of state. The authorised capital Is 171,000, of whJeh Itt.ieo has been subscribed. The Incorporators are Mors. J. B. Cornelius. C. A. Bherrtll and other*. Tbe Wade*boro. N. C.. Cotton Mill Company will erect an additional building and add from 0.000 to 7.M0 spindles; present capacity 7,70* ipindtn. It Is reported that the tcontortee Cotton Mills of Monroe, N. C.. win build an additional mill. Thle company completed Its present 6.00*- nplndle mill last June. The Wades boro Cotton Mill. Wadeeboro. N. C„ will shortly erect an addition to Ita present plant and materldtlj- fncreaee Its equipment. The machinery now conaltts of 7,100 spindles. Between (.000 and 7,000 apla- dlee will be added. Tbe work will commence at aa early date. , •• v ... v < >,- , s f'i?irV The director* of th* Id* CoUtaiTlIll.. Jack.ohvflle, Ala, at a special meeting there, voted to Increase the capital stock of the company to ITU, 000. The proceed! will-be used tor the erection ot another mill aad tor other.Improvements. ' L' ' ; ^ .7The Paulding County Cotton Manufacturing Company. Dallas, aa, to reported rontempletlng doubling II. present-equipment of MM aptegtoa. The Texa* Cotton Manufacturing Company, of’Fort Worth. IWm has filed a charter the last few days at Austin, that state. The oajgl stock to 1100.000. At a meeting of lb* directors of th* Humboldt. Ten*. Colton It waa decided to Increase the capital Block of that concern toe* ( to I1M.M0. tbe U7.SO* in stock to be taken by preeeat etockhsMare. ueua' dlrldend was declared. GiSft I I ISIIIJJII I.SI laMaisi^.iiyuuWIte