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vol. v. NO. 214.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MARCH 11,1907.
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AROUSED FROM SLEEP,
SEVEN ESCAPE DEATH
DELMAS BLOCKS
JEROME'S EFFORTS
LOUISVILLE RIOll
FOLLOWS STRIKE!
Gas Filled House From
Pipes Cut by Un
known Person.
'VICTIMS FOUND .
ALMOST DEAD
Murder or Robbery Object
of Someone Who Cut
Gas Pipes.
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O SEVEN WHO E8CAPED
o A HORRIBLE DEATH. O
O
O Thr Nfven victims of the un- O
0 known burglar who narrowly Q
0 raped death by asphyxiation early O
O Sunday morning: O
0 Mr- Lula Uond. O
C »iM*nr Bond, 16 years of age. O
C rannle May Bond. 14 years of O
H»v Bond. 12 years of age.
Irene Bond. 10 years ofTige.
Ceorge Thomas Uond, 8 years O
f age.
Mrs. Llxxle Davis. O
Kilunrd A. McRee. O
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«,?* the result of whnt may have been
dastardly attempt at wholesale mur-
»l«r. m- at least an effort by an un
known burglar to rob the gas meter In
the house at 3 Hill street some time
(luting Saturday night, ssven people,
jive ..f them children, were almost auf-
* ••rated bv escapin'* gas and had a nar-
i »u esiai»e front death.
Mm Lulu Bond, a widow residing
in til** second story of the l\ouse, which
large two-story frame structure,
and three of her children were rendered
unconscious. The remaining two chil
dren were made III. as were also Mrs.
Lizzie Davik a widow residing across
th** hall from Mrs. Bond’s apartments,
and Edward A. McRee. who occupies
apartments on the first floor. Mrs.
McRee was absent from home, spend
ing the night with a relative, and this
fact saved her. —
• Gas Pipst.
Purine UMntarly part or ■nap*!
Defense Scores
Monday’s Trial of
Thaw.
in
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
STARTLES HEARERS j
Declares Hummel Affidavit!
Is in Possession of
Defense.
IE CUT OFF
FREESERIIICE
Street Car Company
Calls in All Trolley
Cars.
POLICE RESERVES
ORDERED TO ACT I
THE BOND FAMILY.
Mr*. Band and bar five children wara all dsngerouely ill aa a re-
ault of tha fumaa from tho gas which filled thoir homo.
Cat (
night the house waa entered by home
unknown person. who, with aoma kind
«f sharp instrumant, cut the connecting
«as pipe. revering It a tew Inchea from
•hr inner, Thla permitted the gaa to
i - ipe in great volumes, and It waa but
“ br!e' .pare of time until the whole
i f the house was filled with the nau-
trathwt fumes.
Th.- motive of the marauder In cut-
nnc the Kas pipe Is a mystery. Whether
hr Intended to commit wholesale mur-
i>r or whether the Job waa merely an
attempt to rob the meter Is a matter
■ f speculation. The meter was not
molested In any way. and If robbery
“it* thr motive the criminal must have
he. onic flightened and lied from the
lo'ii*. before he had time to break Into
Th.
polite ure working on tho mys
but so far have failed to find u
•’factory solution. Inmates of the
•'*■ declare they know of no one who
'••• "ant to slay them, and express
•'••lief that the burglar Intended
olibAry
The inner l» situated In the hallway
a the first floor, directly behind the
' r,n ' door. It was easily accessible
ft .in either the front or back doors.
No Clow to Criminal.
After cutting the pipe, the marauder
•••I without leaving the slightest clew
to Ills tdenllty'or motive. The act
"j 1 ' "'»• "f the most daring brought to
attention of the police In eome time,
as the burglar operated In the early
wrt nf the night, while numbers of
people Here In the house. Whether he
entered hy means of the front or back
? r . I" not known, as neither of these
"• •”’" locked and ae both were found
•(.though the Intruder made Me visit
J 1 '" the slumbering Inmatee of the
J"f" w *re not affected until the early
!™ n » “f Sunday morning, the crime
"“Me discovered about 3 o’clock. At
1,1 'line I he strong fumee of gaa had
is-rmeitted the entire house and tho air
*- 'li kening and suffocating,
ur' it,, n( j and , wo of hor children,
, *■" nl “ 'lay and Roy, after dlecoverlng
In ' did not hove sufficient strength
did not have sufficient strength
i" si t n U t of the house, and swooned.
’’“tr Uond, on being awakened,
'"■o.i smi staggered from his room
■ stsrted In search of a pltyilclgn.
' ’ ,*‘".. eeded In getting down the stairs
. • "••' "mo the sidewalk, but had gone
1 .i f, w steps farther when he sud-
•' unciHMcloue to the sidewalk,
ins and painfully bruising his fore-
Found by Policemen.
bt retched nut prom on the sidewalk
' In. head hanging over the curb-
; k '•'• v "Uth was discovered by Riey-
, h •''•Icemen Gellaher and Adams,
I.',' Were passing on their bicycles.
, giving hint attention and
. '*"* him, the two officern hurried
Q the house and at once set to work to
Fires Started in Town
When Boiler h
Go.
New York, March 11.—At the re
sumption of the Thaw trial today Mr.
Jerome began hla rebuttal by calling
Frederick A. Longfellow, one time at
torney for Harry K. Thaw.
Q. When Mlsa Neeblt. aa she then
was, came to New Tork In 1(03, at
what time did ehe arrive? A. I do not
remember exactly. To the beat of my
recollection the chip docked It) the aft
ernoon.
Jerome asked the defense whether
they would not concede that It waa at
3:30 p. m.
•"That,” laid Jerome, “la the nearest
I can arrive at It from the tecorde of
the eteamehlp company."
Memory Net Refreshed. ,
The defense refused to concede this.
Q. Did Mlea Neablt give you a letter?
A. I do not know.
Jerome then got out photographic
copies of letters In evidence to have
him Identify the one In queetlon.
After looking over a buneb of copies
Longfellow said that exhibit B might
be the letter Mlea Neeblt had given
him. However, he laid he could not be
certain of It
Q. Does not the subject matter of thla
letter, of which this Is a copy (showing
a typewritten copy) refresh your mem
ory ae to letter B? A. (After reading
It over carefully) Nothing In the letter
refreshes my memory.
Q. For how long a period, prior to
June 25. had you been acting as attor
ney for Harry K. Thaw? A. Blnca
about 1101.
Dflmae Is Overruled.
Q. You were counsel for Harry Thaw
In the suit of Ethel ThomaaT
wi> overre
Public’s Indifference
Decreases Mail De
livery.
President Will Re-
Enter the Baptist
Ministry.
_ ((felled the lawyer-
witness, “the firm of Delafield * Long-
fallow.**
Q. Were the papers In that
Mtad m (Ka apfamlnnf **
m
suit
Judge Hargis’ House
Is Riddled With
Bullets.
Jackson. Ky.. March tl—Cltlgens of
the feud-rldtien city were startled out
of their sleep early today hy »|tootlng
■uch as seldom Ims been heard hero.
•t shots were fired Into the home of
Judge James Hargis, accused of com
plicity in connection with the assasst-
nation of James It. Marcum.
Others were fired Into the store of
Hargis Brothers, In which June Jett,
brother of f’tirtls, was sleeping, but ho
as unharmed.
The home of Deputy Town Marsbel
Smith also was hit. The firing was
continued for forty minutes, t’urtte
Smith has been arrested on the charge
that he was concerned In the shooting.
New York. March II.—Two men were
killed, two mortally Injured, a nurnt
of others more or less seriously !
Juretl and Metuchen. X. J.. was shs)
and threatened with many fires today
when the boiler of engine No. 33*4, of
the Pennsylvania railroad, egploded
while drawing a long freight train
through the town.
The dead:
El C. FISHER, of Newark, engineer
of the train.
8. C. SMITH, head brakeman of
Scranton, Pa.
The names of the Injured could not
he learned by the Meturhen police.
They reported that the fireman of the
train would certainly die and that one
brakeman was not expected to live,
others of the train crew were also In
Jured. some of them seriously.
Stores 8et on Fire.
Tlte train rolled out of Jersey (.’tty
for the West last night, and at 1:05 a.
m. hud renched Metuchen. The engine
was making good hrndwny with It!
big load, when Just opposite the depot
there came an explosion that was liken,
ed to the roar of many cannon.
lilts of broken Iron an* steel and
fire were hurled hundreds of yards
away.
Huns’ drug store, two blocks from
the depot, caught fire. At the sums
Instant Mct’uicheon’s pharmacy,
block from the station, burst Into
fietne*.
People Flee From Heme.
Half-clad men and women ran from
their homes to the street. There waa
not a whole window light within two
blocks of the station, and the people
were of the opinion that an earthquake
had shaken the town. The fires In the
drug stores were threatening ad'
Joining property when the firemen ar
rived. Every window In the'office waa
broken and the walls of the building
were cracked.
Not until the frightened people had
got Close to the depot was it learned
that the belter of the engine had blown
Then the cries of the Injured at
traded attention.
Freight cars piled one above the oth
. There was hardly anything left of
the engine except Its wheels, and tht
tracks on both sides were tom up.
eervod on the defendant?
Ohji
GOTHAM BANK MESSENGER
RUNS OFF WITH $25,000
«l UIIVW BVl it)
• tno suffocating Inmates.
UP stairs, the pollcem*n
V. * ■*aim, me poncem-n
Iw'. J r "' Uoni * end Fannie Mny a tv I
, , comatose state—Mrs. Bon l
« . r and the two children on the
• As quickly as possible the three
or„ h ere taken down stairs, and.
S' her with Oscnr, were etrelchnl
"" the front porch In the freeh air.
, Dt' ls and McRee were awake and
• found able to stir, although botn
■ s en badly affected by the gas.
r . „ r f , r , "hderlng all possible tempo-
„ *•“• *t>e officers went In search of
H'jslotan. tvtthtn n short time alt
t , 'Ictlms had been resuscitated.
'**• left In a terribly weakened
*u k condition. They had all prac-
* recovered Monday, althuugb Mrs.
* u * *« suu very nervous
Sleuths Think Rela
tive and Twq Girls
Are With Glasby.
After Olaaby had been with the bank
a week he sent for his stepbrother,
(lenrge Reed, who waa In Bt. Louie,
and out of work. Glasby had made
the acquaintance of two pretty girls
and Introduced Reed to one of them.
Reed Instantly fell In love. Glaaby was
already In that fix. It Is believed the
four have gone away together.
.bjected to
"You will I
.waa shown a
Vr. Hummel
waa that of '
suit a gall
tome. “I
Del mas.
.. that Miss Nesblt
Aire In the office of
that thla signature
.Jthel Thomas In her
defendant,” said Je-
show that long be
fore the first brain-storm In Paris In
1(03 thsse stories Ih which two men
friends of Stanford White figured wfire
told to this defendant before the date
of that mental disturbance, that he
knew of these stories In 1(03.
Why It Was Allowsd.
"The only reason the conversations
the wife had with other persona relat
ing to Thaw’s alleged conduct were ad-
mlselble, waa solely because they might
tend to show what had caused thla
brain-storm and made It possible for
hla counsel to describe him as so over
wrought by psychic explosions* to
make him like a rudderless ship/
Dolman, answering the district at
toraey, snld:
"I will beg leave to call your honor s
attention to the matters the district
attorney refers to as they appear 1n
evidence: First, the wltneee waa de-
tailing what she had told Thaw; the
dletrict attorney said, ’this would not
be allowed unless It were to show the
condition of the mind ot the defendant
at the time the etory wee told. The
people would not have been allowed to
produce any evidence to question the
truth or probity of the etory. •’’
Dolmas Makes Objection.
And your honor ruled,” continued
Mr. Delmae, “that the district attorney
had taken the correct position In the
matter. 1
Mr. Delmas continued reeding the
evidence until he came to the point
where the defense had offers:] the peo
ple the opportunity of rebutting Evelyn
Neeblt Thaw’s story.
And you now refuse that privilege,”
said Jerome.
“You are doing now what you sol
emnly said the law prohibited you from
doing then.” answered Delmas.
"It is perfectly true that I can not
go Into the truth or falsity of the suit
of Ethel Thomas,” said Jerome. “Thla
poor girl who la now dead.”
•I object to tha teamed dletrict at
Does the South'want rural mall de
livery?
From the Indifference shown In some
sections It would seem otherwise. For
a part of the service will be cut off
In a fen- weeks. Just because of the at
titude of rcsldenta on the routee.
Route No. 3. served from Fort Mc-
Phereon, and route No. 7, served from
the Woodward station, are to be dis
continued on April to. After that the
people In that territory—or most of
them—will have to go to the nearest
poatofflee for their mall.
These are Just two instances of what
Is likely to happen on a large scale.
Government officials have Invest!
gated and report that there are not
enough people In this territory who
get their mall througri (he carriers
to justify the continuance of the routes.
Part of the territory will be Included
In the new routes, but the greater part
will be left out.
Hundreds of persons who desire the
rural route service will be unable to
secure It—Just because their neighbors
are Indifferent.
Borne people say tbey would like to
have the rural delivery service. They
think It’s a fine thing and n great con
venlence, but—
Plying for Mail Bos.
They refuse to put up a mall box
according to government requirements.
Borne of them don’t like to pay for the
» gumuwmil
f-Bumrre
pey.
A standard box costs from one dollar
to $1.(0. It should bo worth that much
to any man to have hla malt brought
to his door every day.
But these persons who refuse to put
up a box and accept the delivery ser
vice are preventing others on thetf
mutes from recetylng their service.
Uncle Hain can’t send a carrier a mile
or two for Just one or two patrons.
The routes to be discontinued on
April 30, next, cover lit miles of ter.
ritory. Under the readjustment fol
lowing the discontinuance of the routes,
thr distance covered will be but 1(3
miles. Twenty-seven miles of rural
delivery will be rut off and hundreds
of taxpayers Inconvenienced—because
Continuud en Pegs Nine.
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o 8PRINO HERE—HOWOYI
* OARDEN SEASON 0PEN8 UP. O
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Spring le here! Q
New- York, March
11.—Detectives are 'qraDE ABOUT COMPLETED
searching today for William Glasby. a
messenger for the National Park Hank,
at Broadway and Fulton street, -who
has disappeared with collections ssld
to amount to »t less! I23.n<«>.
Glasby lj_13 years old. good looking
and has a roving disposition. Six
months ago he came to New York from
Canada. He Immediately .obtained a
position ed messenger at the Nutlonal
Park Bank.
ON NEW RAILROAD.
(pedal to The Georgia a.
St. Mans. Go.. Msrch 11.—Work In
being rapidly pushed on the St. Menrs
and Klngaland section of the SI. Marys,
Waycross and Nashville railway. The
grade Is nearing completion and tlea
are being plared along the rqadbed
early distribution and laying. H. P.
Blount la supervising, tpklneer In
charge of title work. JT
Sure. No gueee work. Vagaries 0
of the weather have nothing lo do 0
with It. Numerous residents of 0
the outlying provinces were seen 0
early Monday morning hurrying 0
away- with Implements for digging O
In the garden and package* evl- O
dentlY containing teed to put In 0
the pieces where the digging la lo O
O he done. Chickens of the neigh- O
O bore will do the reel. Forecast: O
S "Fatr Monday night and Tues- O
day: somewhat warmer Tuesday.” O
O Monday temperatures: O
a 7 a.|m «t degrees O
..43 degrees O
..47 degfees O
..(3 degrees O
O
O
_ O
O i p. (4 degrees O
O O
Q 9 47 degrees
S 10 a. .st. (3 degrees
ll a. 65 degrees 1
S 13 noaB-t (1 degrees:
I p. m‘. <3 degrees <
home of the people In Fulton county
are not alive to the advantages offered
them.
There Is no state In which the ad
vantages of rural delivery have been
more evidenced than In Georgia. Her
rural routes cover a big proportion
of her territory, but under present con
ditions the mileage le apt to be cut
down.
Fewer Carrier*—Lete Money.
This means fewer carrier* and less
of government money to be expended
In Georgia.
Th* poatofflee department pays In
salaries for rural delivery In Georgia
376.000 a month. Under the new. law
Increasing salaries this will be aug
mented by about fifteen per rent after
July I, next. That mean* a monthy
payroll of over 3(6.000 a year In Qeor.
gla alone. It's worth while to help
that grow. Instead of permitting It ,»o
decrease.
The government appropriated for the
rural route eervlce for the year end
ing June 30, 138,000,000. For the year
following th* appropriation I* 114,000,
UOO.
The two routes to be discontinued
are not of such great moment In them
selves—except to those who live on
them and who want their mall. But
It I* Just an Indication of what may
happen If the rural resldenta of the
South fall to take advantage of the
government's offer of free mall deliv
ery. Unless more Interest Is shown,
unless a greater proportion of rountry
residents put up mall boxes and ask
for the service—the rural delivery sys
tem In Georgia will dlmlpleh Instead
of growing.
Bob Spade
Lands in Camp
Rob Spade floated Into town” Mon
day and reported to Manager Billy
Smith.
This removes alt doubt aa to his re
porting. at least. He has not signed a
contract yet. Spade will be nut with
the reet of the bunch Monday after
noon for practice.
He came from his home In Akron.
Ohio.
Organising New Bank.
Hpeclal to The Georgian.
Douglasvllle. Oa.. March II—Do ag
ios v tile Is to have another bank within
a few weeke. Fifteen thousand dollars
ha* already been paid In and It Is very
likely that the whole amount of 336.000
will be paid In before they begin busi
ness. The bank Is almost entirely
local rapltal and this will enable them
„ _ to control a great share of the business
OOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOCOOOOOOOD of tbs county.
Rev. A. J. Moncrlef lias tendered his
resignation as president of Cox Col
lege. at College Bark.
Announcement to this effect was
made Monday morning by Dr. Mon-
crlef und by VV. S. Cox, business Man
ager of Uox College.
Dr. Munerlef stated that be waa per
fectly satisfied with hie work and with
the arhool, but that he had felt called
upon to return to th* ministry. H*
wa* pastor of the First Baptist church
at Brunsw ick prior to taking tha presi
dency of fox college last June.
’’My resignation will go Into effect In
June," stated Dr. Moncrlef.
“The college le doing splendid work,
and It Is because of no dissatisfaction
that I resign aa president and quit
moat pleosant associations. 1 have
made no definite plans for the future
other than n determination to re-enter
the ministry.”
Dr. Moncrlef succeeded C. C. Uox
as ^resident of Uox college last June,
following the death of the latter well
known educator.
Mrs. Wiggt' Purchase.
In this connection U la announced
that Mrs. Walton H. Wlggs has bought
an Interest In Cox college. Mrs. Wlggs
has contributed largely to the support
and upbuilding of Msrcer college and
Monroe college, among other educa
tional Institution*, and bar active In
terest will bs a great boon to tbs In
stitution at Collage Park. She le a
noble and useful woman whoee name
la linked with many large and banlfi-
ffl*
Cars Manned by Non-Union
Men Attaked by Strike
Sympathizers.
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O HERE ARE DEMANDS
a OF STREET CAR STRIKERS. •
O (
O Loulevllle, Ky„ March 11— ‘
tlnctlon ef being one of the* most no
table of Georgia’s woman financiers.
She l« one of the leading member* of
Dr. Broughton’s church.
Mrs. Wlggs has b«pn a friend and
believe that In linking herself In per
sonal and financial Interest to this no
table Inatltntlon, she has found at Inst
the field In which her unusual talents
and hsr large philanthropy can And a
most useful and practical expression.
In the most effective work of her Ilf*.
The Cox's are a famous family cl
trained teachers, born to the work
and tied to It through years of de
votion and experience. With the addi
tion of Mrs. Wlggs' strong person
ality and her wise Judgment, the pros
pects for the noted Institution appear
brighter than ever before In Us his
tory.
Mr. W. S. Cox. the business manager,
Is a man ot brains and affaire, and Is
solid foundation to the Institution.
He stated Monday that Dr. Mancriere
successor would be selected by the Cox
family, which remains In control of the
college.
FLEEING FROM OFFICERS.
NEGRO RUNS BEFORE TRAIN.
Bnrclel to The Georgian.
Ralnbridge, Oa. March II.—Joe John
son. a negro, had a foot rut off by a O..
F. A A. passenger train Baturday. Th*
negro was attempting to break Into a
cor In the yards at the shnpe, It Is
thought, when he was surprised by tho
detectives and In running from the of
ficer* he ran In front of the train.
O Here are the demands on which
O the strike of about Soo employees
O of the Loulevllle Railway Com
et patty Is based:
O A ten-hour working day, with O
O 31 rente an hour pay. /O
O Forty-five minutes for meals. O
O Pay for extra work to begin O
0 when report for duly Is made.
O Tim* and a half for overtime.
S Subsequent employees To be al* Q
lowed to Join the union. - - 0
O A board of arbitration. a
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Louisville, K.v„«farrh 11.—'The street
railway company has just announced'
the suspension of all service with the
following statement:
“The city Is In the hands of a mob.
The railway company has enough
men to run Its care, but It has no police
protection, and the lives of loyal men
and passengers are endangered. There
fore, no effort will be made to run cirir
until this rioting Is suppressed."
Reserves Celled Out
Police reserves were called out today
to quell a riot growing out of the
strike ot 100 union employees of th*
Loulevllle Railway Company, which be.
gan at 6 a m. yesterday.,
Since that time not a street car has
movsd In the city, with the exception
of the United States postal eervlce care,
but atone* and otber missiles from un
ion sympatblxer* halted them. Team-
st«rs blocked tlte tracks and no prog
ress was made.
All sorts of vehicles, from automo
biles to delivery wagons, are being used
for transportation at fares
‘ 30 to 16 cent
Loulevllle. Ky.. March 11.—Every
body walked In Louisville yesterday,
owing to the strike of about I0(J union
employees of the Loulevllle Railway
Company.
With the exception of suburban lines
entering the fitty and a few cere carry
ing United States mall to and from the
poatofflee sub-stations, not a street car
moved Sunday.
Strike Early Sunday.
The strike became effective at t
o'clock Sunday morning. At that hour
the “owl’’ cars, which had been In
operation during the night, ceased run
ning, and none of the union men
showed up at the barns to begin their
day's work.
Although there were left nearly 300
employees out of a total of 1.100. who
were not members of the union St the
time th* strike wa* railed and pert of
thee* showed up for work, th* company '
made hot the slightest attempt to run
passenger cars.
Postal Cere Are Run.
Only the postal care bearing th*
signe “United States .Mall” were oper
ated. end this being Sunday, sufficient
cured ... _
eratfng them were not molested In any
way. The details of pcllc* at the barns
had nothing to do.
Pickets were active In an Inconspicu
ous way. and the union leaders an-,
nnunced that over a fourth of the re
maining non-union employee* had been
won over and Joined the union.
Growth and Progress of the New Sooth
The Georgian record* Ar* each day eon*
economic fact la refer*see to lb* eswanl
starch of the booth.
Situated almost In the geographical renter of one of the most fertll*
And productive areas In the world, with a princely domain of undeveloped
territory to the west, northwest and southwest, lies the beautiful and
busom city of Fort Worth, the cattle and grain renter ot the great South
west, a veritable metropolis of progress. Industry and commercial wealth.
Its growth has been phenomenal, steady and substantial. There are over
137 Industries, large end smell. In the city, msklng some articles of util
ity end giving steady employment In labor. Thirty-seven of these (In
cluding the railway*), employing 60 or more person* each, have on their
pay-rolls 3.000 persona and expending In wages nearly (6,000,000 annu
ally. Including every enterprise, the number would reach In tht neigh
borhood of (.000 and the pvy-roll 11,000,000. On* may here not* th* se
cret of Fort Worth’* growth.
Another strong vertebra In the backbone of the growth of Fort Worth
I* to be teen In her banking facllltlea She has seven national bank) and
two trust companies, apd there are two national banka In th* progressive
and nourishing suburb of Norih Fori Worth. These Institutions have an
aggregate rapltal and surplus of 14,330.000 end deposit* amounting to
over 317,1
.. .000.000. There Is no better or more certain evidence ot the
volume of business transacted then the bank clearlnga, which aggregated
for the year 1(06 the eum of 1317,313,(16. an Increase over th* year pre
ceding of 161.817.603.
The packing houses end stock yards of Fori Worth are among tho
largest contributors to the city’s business end prosperity. They represent
an aggregate Investment of over 66,000,000.
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH.
Activity In building construction throughout the South and South
west still prevails, and February’s operation* compare very favorably to
those of previous monthe. In Atlanta. Oa, permits were Issued for the
erection of buildings to cost about 6603.3(3. an Increase over January of
3117.366. Prominent structures for which permits were granted Include
th* Masonic Temple to be erected eta cost of 6176,000 And n warehouse for
the Atlantic Uompree* Company to be erected at a coet of 6100,000. Per
mits were Issued In Uhattanooga Tenn, to the number ef 137, with a val
uation of 361,130, and In Knoxville to the value of 143.(86. The permits
Issued In Memphis for the month number 1(1. with an estimated value of
6476,3(7, an Increase over February, 1(06, of 6171.1(6. Th* city building
Inspector of Loulevllle. Ky.. Issued 1(3 permits daring February, repre
senting a value of 3167.3(0. In Oklahoma City, O. T., about 100 permits
were Issued during th* month, the greater number being for reeldenced.
Two hundred end thirty-five permits were Issued In Washington. D. C,
representing a value of (830,437. Among the structures were (7 brick and
36 frame buildings. In Jacksonville. Fla. II permit* were Issued during
February, and In Birmingham. Ala. the roet of building construction fur
the month Is estimated tt 11(0.6(0—Manufacturers’ Record.