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VOL. V. NO. 336.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1907.
PRTfTCT. “Is Atlanta: TWO CENTS.
■IT AV-LLaC . On Trains: FIVE CENTS.
GET TOGETHER
The Chamber of Com
merce Calls Public
Meeting.
LET EVERYBODY PULL
FOR GOOD OF CITY
Business Men Ready To
Forget Differences and
Get Down To Work.
Everybody pulling together for the
good of Atlanta, to moke It the greatest
and biggest prohibition city In the
country—that Is the program that will
be carried out now.
To launch this program arid bring
Atlantans, no matter what their views
were on the question Just settled by the
legislature, together for their city, a
mass meeting will be planned by the
Chamber of Commerce. >
This tylll be done at the regular meet-
lng of the directors of that organisa
tion next Tuesday afternoon. This
mass meeting will be attended by
everybody who has the best Interests of
Atlanta at heart. They will be boost
ers. Acting on the optimistic advice of
Forrest Adair, those Atlanta people
who are always looking out for At
lanta's best Interests, will not tolerate
the croakers and knockers.
"Atlanta people might differ upon
some questions, but when It comes to
Pulling for Atlanta and working tor
the Interests of our city, they are all
agreed. There Is no difference of opin
ion then."
The Atlanta Spirit.
That’# the way Sam D. Jones, former
president of the Chamber of Commerce
and one of Atlanta's leading manufac
turers, sixes* up the situation. Than he
there Is no better friend of Atlanta , He
Is tilled to overflowing with the “At
lanta spirit.”
Not only he, but others like him—
men prominent In Atlanta'* business
life—hold the same views.
"Now that Atlanta Is going to be a
prohibition city, let's make It the great
est prohibition city In the world."
That’s what they say. and they are
now making plans to do It.
There are lots of things Atlanta needs
and all these will be dlscuesed at the
big mass meeting of Atlantans—not
prnhts nor anti*—Just hustling Atlan
tans, filled with the “Atlanta spirit."
Forrost Adair is Right.
The ringing article of Forrest Adair,
which was published In The Georgian
Wednesday afternoon, was the talk of
Atlanta afterwards. On all sides was
heard praise for him. Both prohls and
antis agreed with him.
Atlanta never did have many croak
ers. That's why Atlanta ha* been
made such a great city. And the men
who helped make Atlanta great say
they are not going to have any croak
ers now.
Robert L. Foreman, third vice presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce, I*
another who thinks and talks along the
line of Forrest Adair. He put* the
view* he held about prohibition aside
and wants to Join with other loyal At-
lantans in giving the new law a fair
test. And he wants to boost and help
make Atlanta even greater still.
Interest In the coming mass meeting
Is widespread and the Indications are
that it will be one of the greatest gath
ering* of Atlantans In years.
And everybody will pull and boost
and not croak.
IS,WITHERS BURIED
CITIES FOR WILLIAMS;
VARDAMAN WILL GET
COUNTRY DISTRICTS
Th* funeral servlets of W. B. Wither*,
president and founder of the Wither* Ma
chine Works, and a pioneer cltlten of At
lanta, who died Wednesday morning at bla
rpRldence In Oakland City, after an Illness
of three weeks, were conducted Thursday
afternoon at l o'clock at the residence of
J. B. Withers In Oakland avenue, Oakland
Hty. The servlcea were conducted by Dr.
W. Landrum of the First Baptist
church, of which Mr. Wither* bad been a
devout member for years.
Besides his wife, Mr. Withers Is survived
by three sons and two daughters. The chil
dren are Mrs. Mary Cherry, Mrs. Julia Ban
ders. W. G. Withers, J. B. Withers snd W.
T. Withers, Fifteen grandchildren survive
him. Mr. Withers was a member of the
Atlanta Pioneer Hoclety, and many mem
ber* of that organisation attended tho fu
neral.
Special to The Georgian.
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 1.—The polls In
the state primary election- opened at 9
o'clock this morning, and will close at
6 o’clock this evening. The early In
dications are that a large vote will be
cast.
The candidates for the United States
senate to succeed Senator Money are
Hon. John Sharp Williams, leader of
the minority In congress, and Governor
James K. Vardaman. This contest has
attracted national attention, because of
the great leadership of the two candi
dates. They made a thorough canvass
of the state. One Joint debate was
held In the campaign, that at Meridian,
on July 4, and was attended by several
thousand people. Governor Vardaman
has become known by his views on the
negro question and antagonism of
President Roosevelt, while Congress
man Williams has attained eminence
as a floor leader In congress and his
great knowledge of parliamentary
usages.
The day dawned bright and clear
over the state. A large early vote Is
being polled all over the state.
The following are the gubernatorial
candidates in the race: E. F. Noel, of
Holmes; T. U. Sisson, of Montgomery;
E. N. Thomas, of Washington; CharlOR
Scott, of Bolivar; Jeff Truly, of Fay
ette, and Earl Brewer, of Coahoma.
The flght seems to be between Scott,
Truly and Noel, with two of the three
to run in the second primary. No dis
turbances of any sort have taken place
at any of the polling places.
The Democrats, besides voting for
the nomination of a candidate for the
United States senatorshlp to be relin
quished by H. D. S. Money, will elect
candidates for all state and county of
fices from governor down to constable.
There are 1,700 names on the ballots In
all the counties, and it will be Friday
before anything Is known definitely in
regard to the outcome.
To the unprejudiced It looks that
there will be no landslide either way.
Williams Is the stronger man in the
towns, while Vardaman Is expected to
poll hla greatest vote In the country
precincts. Both speakers closed a long
and hard campaign with speeche* in
Jackson last night.
Mr. Williams and Governor Varda
man are a long ways apart on the gov
ernment ownership of railroads, and
while thq governor has Insisted it Is not
an Issue In this campaign, he brought
the matter up early In the contest and
Mr. Williams has neve* permitted him
to get away from It, thus forcing it as
an issue.
FRIEND8 OF WILLIAM8
CLAIMING VICTORY.
Special to The Georulnn.
Meridian, Miss., Aug. 1.—The voting
In today’s primary will be the heaviest
ever polled in this county. The race
for United States senator and governor
Is absorbing all the interest. The
friends of John Sharp Williams are
claiming the county over Governor
Vardaman from 600 to 760. The Var
daman Club predicts that Governor
Vardaman will carry the county, but
will fix no figures.
The race for governor Is going to be
close between Sisson, Truly, Noel and
Scott. So far, not an Incident has oc
curred to mar the election.
HON. JOHN SHARP WILLIAM8,
Minority leader on the floor of
congress and candidate for the
United States senate.
GOV. JAMES K. VARDAMAN.
Mississippi's Chief Executive, op
posing Williams for the seat In the
United States senate.
SEIIATE RILLS
T TO
AMEND BILE
Concurs in House
Amendments Except
One Error.
Many Killed
In Russ Riots
St. Petersburg. Aug. J.—It I, reported
that rioting I* in progre*. at Lodx. The
troop* are *ald to have fired on the
mob*, killing and wounding thirty per-
MM.
LITTLE GIRL SLAIN
NSHADOWOFHOME
BT "JACK RIPPER"
New York, Aug. T.—Within one block
of the hou*e In which she lived and
less than fifty feet from a thoroughfare,
alive with a bustle of humanity, both
night and day, "Jack the Ripper" ha*
claimed another victim.
This time the unfortunate 1* an 8-
year-old child.
The girl was Katie Ttechler. Her
little body, bearing the mark, of the
hnnd* of the gorilla-man, her neck
showing she had been strangled slowly
to death, either before or after she had
been Inhumanly ubused, was found to
day In the basement of 203 First ave-
te.
The mother of the child, one of the
first to reach the scene, after the dis
covery of the gruesome crime today,
was loud In her denunciations of the
entire police department and declared
that notwithstanding she had reported
the matter officially last Thursday,
when her child waa kidnaped from the
door of her home, not a single thing
was done to find the abductor.
Johnson Named
To SucceedPettus
Montgomery, Ala.. Aug. l-At noon todsy,
form-r Governor- Joseph F. Johnson wss
confirmed at n Joint session caucusi of the
Alabama legtslstore to succeed the late
Senator I'ettus.
RACE RESULTS.
BRIGHTON BEACH.
First Race—Number One, 12 to 8,
won' Rialto, e to 8, second: Zlephen,
8 to 6, third. Time. 1:12 4-8.
FORT ERIE.
First Race—Julia Gentsberger, 18 to
I won: Alsono. 2 to 1, second: Belle
Wence 15 to l, third. Time, 1:14.
Second Race—Please, II to 10. win;
William a Lyon, 4 to 1. second. “ ar *
bta*- third. Time, 1.06
MORE MAD DOGS1
IN ATLANTA THAN
IN m HISTORY
Pasteur Institute Physician
Says It Amounts To
Epidemic.
The most serious epidemic of hydra
phobia ever known in Atlanta exists
among the dogs of the city and threat
ens to spread even omer rapidly
unless checked by some means, ac
cording to the statement of Dr. J. N.
Browner, of the Pasteur Institute. Tho
police are killing dogs by the hundreds,
but Dr. Brawner advocates even more
rigorous measures.
Within the past six weeks, six pa
tients bitten by mad. dogs within the
city limit* have been treated at the
Pasteur Institute. This Is the great
est number received from Atlanta
proper In the history of the Institution.
That there were no more fatalities Is
probably due to the treatment, which,
If begun In time, is now considered al
most) always successful.
"Hydrophobia spreads In geometrical
progression, as It were,” said Dr.
Brawner, "one dog la Infected, and be
fore he Is killed ho will have bitten
from two to six others who, tn turn,
fctve the disease to others. Sometimes
a mad dog will run twenty miles
through the country Infecting dogs all
along the way.”
Breckenrldge, Md.. Aug. 1.—Three
men were killed and another Is dying
as the result of the bursting of the boll,
er of a Burlington locomotive hauling a
freight train near here last night. The
dead:
HENRY M1LLHALL, head brake-
man.
PATRICK BREWER, fireman, and a
atudent fireman, whose name le not
known.
The engineer, Samuel Roberts, le
dying.
The explosion was heard three mile*
away. What Is left of the holler of the
engine Is In the ditch on one side of
the track and the truckf In a field on
the other. The care nearest the engine
were badly smashed. The causa of the
disaster Is not known.
Urbana, Ohio, Aug. 1.—When a
freight engine on the Indianapolis di
vision of the Pennsylvania blew up
here this morning, five railroaders lost
thetr lives and two were seriously In-
lured. The dead men whose names are
earned at this time are:
LEWIS LAMBERT, Columbus.
CAREY WEINER, fireman, Colum-
bU *' ■ BTEWART, brakeman,
Columbus.
The other dead were brakemen of
the train crew.
The cause of the explosion Is said to
have been due to a fault In the escape
steam valve. The big engine waa
blown to pieces and the explosion
shook Urbana from end to end, start
ling the Inhabitants from thetr sleep.
With the correction of a technical
fault, which necessarily sends the bill
back to the house, the senate Thurs
day afternoon adopted the prohibition
measure as It came lrom the house.
After udoptlng an amendment by
Senator Hays to strike from the bill
the clause prohibiting physicians from
having prescriptions for alcohol filled
In drug stores In which they had In
tetest, a motion to reconsider prevailed,
and the amendment to strike out
lost.
Amendments to permit the manufac
lure of domestic wines for domestic
purposes and to allow the sale of al
coliol to dentists, were lost. The
amendment necessary to correct the
technical fault will scud the bill back
to the house Friday. It will be qulckly
concurred In, and the enrolled bill
should reach the governor for his slg,
nature Saturday. ,
At 10:45 o'clock Senator Hardman
moved to take up the prohibition bill
us amended by the house.
When the amendment of Mr. Wise,
of Fayette, to strike out tn Section 1,
after the word manufacture the words
"lor purposes of sale,” It was found
that tiie wording of the amendment re
furred, evidently, to the printed bill.
As the senate was considering the
engrossed measure, the amendment
was ambiguous, and it was necessary
to make' It clear. Action on the meas'
u^e was suspended until the amend,
ment could be amended. This action
alone will necessarily send It back to
the house.
An amendment to the committee
amendment was offered by Senator
Qordy and Flynt, providing that noth,
lng In the act should prevent any head
of a family from manufacturing domes,
Ur wines for- home uses;' outmf grapes,
’OernS'W‘other fruits raised cm the
home premises.
It precipitated a sharp debate
which most of the members present
liartlclpated. Senators Knight, Hard
man, Hudson, Williford, Wilkes, Cow
art, Camp, Walden, Bush and Martin
opposed tho amendment because It let
down the gap.
Senators Flynt, Gordy, Felder, Pea
cock and Hays spoke for the amend
ment. Senator Flynt said he yielded
to no man In this state In his views
on state prohibition, but that he
thought the old mothers ought to havo
tho right to manufacture a little back-
terry or grape w ine.
The amendment was defeated by a
vote of 18 to 12. Those who voted for
It were: Brock, Buth, Farmer, Felder,
Flynt, Gordy, Griffin, Hays, Johnson,
Peacock Stephens—12.
Against the amendment: Boyd, Camp,
Cowart, Crittenden, Hardman, Hen
derson (15th), Hudson, Hughes, Knight,
Loshley, Martin, Overstreet, Stapleton,
Steed, Walden, Whaley, Wilkes, Willi
ford—18.
Senators Gordy and Flynt also of
fered the following amendment:
"Thu retail druggists shall have the
privilege of selling pure alcohol to
dental surgeons for use In thetr prac
tice, provided application Is made In
writing.”
After n discussion, In which several
members participated, the amendment
was defeated by a vote of 17 to 13.
Those voting for It were:
Boyd, Brock, Felder, Flynt, Gordy,
Griffin, Hawes, Hays, Johnson, Mar
tin, Peacock, Steed, Shephens—13.
Those voting against It were:
Bush, Camp, Cowart, Deen, Farmer,
Hardman, Henderson (15th), Hudson,
Hughes, Knight, Lashley, Overstreet
Stapleton, Walden, Whaley, Wilkes,
Williford.
Senator Hays offered an amendment
to Section 4, striking out the words
"nor shall bo filled In any drug store
In which said physician Is financially
Interested," which refers to the section
ndltlvc to physicians prescribing al
cohol.
It carried by the narrow margin of
14 to 13 no aye and nay vote being
taken.
The house commutes amendment*
were then adopted without discussion.
At this moment Senator Knight arose
ond moved reconsideration of the
action relative to allowing physicians
to filling prescriptions In drug stores
In which they s^e Interested.
Senator Flynt at once moved recon
sideration of the two defeated amend
ments. Senator Felder moved to ad
journ, but It waa defeated 17 to 8,
The motion to reconsider carried by
a vote of 18 to 10. The Hays amend
ment was then lost 17 to 10.
Senator Dobbs' bill to compel rail-
fiult and produce growers under heavy
roads to supply refrigerator cars to
penalty for failure, passed the senate
,y a vote of 29 to 2 Thursday. It also
provides for the recovery of damages
Cor losses sustained through failure
to supply cars under the act.
At 1:30 o’clock tho senate adjourned
until 10 o'clock Friday morning.
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WILL PUNISH VIOLATORS
OF PROHIBITION LAWS,
SAYS JUDGE A. E. CALHOUN
No person In Atlanta or Fulton county whp seeks to violate the new
state prohibition law may expect mercy at the hands of the courts.
Judge A. E. Calhoun, presiding Judge of the city criminal court, be
fore which tribunal all violators of the prohibition law will he tried, hat
gone on record to this effect. Judge Calhoun unhesitatingly declares
that he will carry out the law to the letter. He also appeals to the clti-
xens to aid In Its enforcement.
With such a declaration from the courts, together with tho general
sentiment for a rigid enforcement of the law, blind tigers will be given a
"hot time" In this city and county.
When asked by The Georgian Thursday for a statement as to the en
forcement of the prohibition law In the criminal court, Judge Calhoun
said:
DUTY OF THE COURT.
"The legislature has passed the prohibition law, forbidding the sale of
liquor In Georgia, and It Is now the duty of every court In the state to
see that this law Is enforced. As Judge of the city criminal court; I will
use my efforts to enforce the law and see that all violators are properly
punished. Violation of the prohibition law Is lawlessness, -Just the same
as the commission of 'any other offense, and any violators arraigned and
convicted In my court may expect to receive the penalty.
"However, I believe the people of Atlanta and Fulton county, both
prohibitionists and antt-prohlbltlonlsts, are law-abiding people and will
aid the courts In carrying out the law In Its every detail. While the
courts stand ready, however, at all times to execute the law, these courts
are powerless unless aided by the cttlxens of the community. Atlanta Is
too great a city to wink at crime and I feel confident that all good cltl-
xens will old the courts In enforcing this now law."
DROPS DEAD ON BODY
OF LIFELESS BROTHER
Amerlcus, Os, Aug. 1.—The people
of Sumter county were shocked this
morning when the news that the two
Godwin brokers had dropped dead be
came known. Bram Godwin went to
the field to work, and after being there
only a few minutes dropped dead. He
was carried home, and his brother. Ar
nold Godwin, was summoned. When
Arnold Godwin saw the lifeless form
of his brother he dropped over the body
dead from heart failure. The double
death has caused the whole county to
sorrow, as these men were held In high
esteem.
Bram Godwin leaves a family, while
Arnold Godwin leaves a brother and
several sisters, he being a bachelor.
Heart failure has visited members of
this family for years, and the sad
death of the two brothers was from
this source.
Mr. Hawkes Gives $100.00 Worth
of Georgians to Working People.
Mr. F. L. Seely:
Dear Sir—Inclosed please find check for one hundred dollars ($10Q).
Send one copy of dally Georgian to New Astor House, New York city,
until January 1, 19Q8. Address: A. K. Hawkes, and for tho balance of
the amount send as many Georgians to different families as the
money will pay for. Seloct those among the working classes and among
those who otherwise would not be able to subscribe for your paper. I
wish to add my approval and Indorsement of the high and lofty
sentiments expressed In your columns from time to time, so freo from
objectionable reading matter and advertisements that are so often found
111 many of the other dollies. 1 would like to see your paper in every
Southern home. Sincerely,
Asbury Park, N. J„ July 37. 1907. A. K HAWKES.
■ Mr. Hawkes’ $100.00 pays for 100 two months’ subscription
to The Georgian. The first 100 names received by us of people
not now taking The Georgian will get these subscriptions.
They will only be sent to homes of working people.
Give name, address and occupation.
VA UDEVILLE AT EL DORADO;
PLAYHOUSE IS LEASED BY
WEBER AND RUSH COMPANY
Vaudeville, good vaudeville. Is prom
Ised for El Dorado for the coming eea-
in.
It will open about Labor D#y, Sep
tember 2. and continue until late In
the eprtng. The beet on the Kelth-
Proctor circuit le announced by the
management. .
Dorado has been leased for a
number of yeare to the Weber 4k Bush
Company, of New York, well-known
vaudeville circuit managers. Ben Kahn,
representing that company, Is in At
lanta Thursday, and ha* completed ar
rangements for leasing the Marietta
street playhouse for a number of years,
W. Edward Thompson, manager of
Dorado last season, confirms the an
nouncement of the lease.
The Star theater. In Decatur street,
owned and managed by J. B. Thomp
son. will continue under the same man
agement, giving vaudeville and bur
lesque throughout the year.
Though vaudeville will be the regu
lar bill at El Dorado. It Is possible that
Minnie Maddern Fluke. Blanche Bates
and others of the "Independent" play
ers and their companies may be seen
there during the season. Mr. Thomp
son stated several days ago that If he
leased the house It would be with the
proviso that the leesee must open his
louse to such attractions.
Unconscious from the effects of an
overdose of morphine, Warren Jour-
dan, 83 years of age, a salesman for
Lynch, -.he tailor, for the past thirty
years, was found lying on the fioor of
his room, 319 1-2 Peters street, Thurs
day morning.
The unconscious man was removed
to the Grady hospital, where he Is
still alive. It is thought there la some
chance for hie recovery. The overdose
of poison Is believed to have been ac
cidental, as It Is reported that the aged
man has been addicted to the use of
the drug for a long while.
Jourdan le a familiar figure In At
lanta and has probably been seen by
every man, woman and child In the
city at some time or other standing In
the doorway of the Lynch tailoring es
tablishment In it’hltehall street. He
never married and for years has
lived alone, like a recluse. In the little
up-stalrs room In Peters street. He
has no people In this city or state, but
"The beet vaudeville we can get,
and two performances every day In the
week," was the announcement made by
Mr. Kahn. "Our company Is affiliated
with the Kelth-Proctor circuit, which
has houses In Cincinnati and New Or
leans, the Columbia and the Orpheum,
and Atlanta will break the Jump be
tween the two cities.
"Weber & Rush are well known In
the Eastern vaudeville field. We have
houses In Schenectady, Binghamton,
the Murray Hill, In New York, Wash
ington, Baltimore, Columbus, Detroit,
and other cities. We are associated
with the Hammersteln and Percy Wil
liams circuits also, and have good at
tractions to draw upon.
"It Is our desire /> make vaudeville
pay In Atlanta by giving hlgh-claes,
clean acts, and depending upon the
best people for our patronage. We want
to keep the house on a- high plane.
Popular price* will be charged."
Many Atlanta theatergoers were
given their introduction to El Dorado
at the close of last season, when “Glo
rious Betsy" was given there. Miss
Mannerlng, who was billed to appear,
was called away by the Illness of her
child, but It will be remembered that
Miss Helen Macbeth gave a perform
ance which left nothing to be desired.
Theatergoers found ths little theater a
very cosy and comfortable playhouse,
and there Is little doubt that, if good
vaudeville Is provided, Atlanta will fill
the house throughout the seaeou.
It is understood that he has relatives
in South Carolina.
Scandals in Religious
Institutions Fanning
Flames,
SEVEN MONKS
UNDER ARREST
Pope Fears Dangerous Dem
onstration and Prohib- # j
its Jubilees. ,
Rome, Aug. L—A dangerous anti
clerical feeling. Inflamed to a high pitch
by the exposure of scandals In re
ligious Institutions, Is spreading
throughout the kingdom. The govern
ment has lesued extreme orders for
tho maintenance of order at all costs.
Tho populaoe here Is excited to an
extreme degree.
A great crowd today gathered In
Calroll square In violent demonstra
tion against the foul deeds performed
In the orphan asylum at Milan. The
police charged the crowd and were re
sisted. Quiet has been restored but the
excited temperament of the people evi
dences that It le only temporary.
The anger of the anti-clericals be- •
came more lntenso when It became
known that seven monks wero arrested
at Varezx today on order of the king’s
public prosecutor. The arrests resulted
from scandals tn the college of the
MiilaHlan priests. Some of tho monks
luivn anno Into hiding and the police
arc searching for them. More arrests
are to be made. Dispatches from
Varesz say that the populace Is aroused
and serious disorder Is feared. Serious
attempts have been made to storm the
college and unless strongly guarded by
troops It will bo torn down.
It hns been learned from reliable
sources that the pope, fearing danger
ous demonstrations ngalnst the pilgrims
and priests participating In the Saxotal
Jubilee, lias forbidden the ceremony.
Young girls hod testified to ill treat
ment In several Institutions and their
stories are being told In every city by
antt-clerical orators. Tho government
la preparing to stop disorders with
troops.
Japanese Kill
Many Koreans
Washington, Aug. 1.—Tho disarma
ment of the Korean army by the Japan
ese has provoked hostilities In fighting
which followed today. Forty Koreans
were killed or wounded. The Japan
ese casualties were alight. This In
formation came to the state department
In a dispatch from United States Con
sul General Samsons at Seoul.
WHISKY NOT WANTED
IN NEBRASKA STATE
Lincoln. Nebr, Aug. 1.—Prohibition-
lets of Nebraska gathered yesterday
In a state convention and adopted an
extreme platform of principles, de
manding the constitutional and statu
tory outlawry of the liquor traffic.
MACON BUSINESS MEN
ENGAGE IN STREET ENCOUNTER,
Special to Tho Oeorlgnn.
Macon, Go., Aug. 1.—Two well-
known business men of this city had
a street flght yesterday afternoon In
front of the American National bank.
J. A. Newcomb, landlord of the La
nier hotel, and W. A. Gambel were
the parties who had the trouble. Mr.
Newcomb waa coming from the bank
when he mot Mr. Gamble and, after
several words, the two tied up and it
as necessary for an officer to separate
them.
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian here records etch day some
BY
B. LIVELY
At * meeting of the stockholder* of the lot* Cotton mill*, of Dnuglssrllle,
Oa.. the following permanent officers were elected: J. M. Gear, Easley. 8. C„
president; J. T. Duncan, DongluvIUe, secretary: M. E. Gear. Easley, 8. C.. vice
president. The contract hns been let for thirty new tenement houses snd workmen
will he on the grounds within :be week. The full 1209,009 will be P*M In and the
mill will begin operations with 10.000 spindle* hy January 1, 1908. The building
Is nlresdy completed, nml hns been declared to be one of the beet In tbe South.
. Hnhscrtntlon books have been opened for the organisation of a cotton mill «t
Junction City. Gn., with n proponed capital of 1200.000. Junction City Is at the
Junction of tbe Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic, Ttlhntton railroad snd Mncon,
Columbus snd Birmingham divisions of the Central railroad, having two competing
lines to Birmingham, Atlanta nnd the Atlantic roast.
For the firet time last week the machinery of the Mecklenbnrg Cotton mill
waa ret In motion and the drat cotton ran through It This was an occasion of
considerable slgnlllcnnce to industrial Charlotte. N. C„ since the mill enterprlec It
quite n notable addition to the city's mills. The establishment will make One,
convertible cloth goods, being tbe only plant In the city which will tnrn out thli
flue of work. The eutlre mill la not yet In operation, bat will be In about thirty
dnys. The full force will conalat of 200 or 250 operative.,. The mcchealcel equip-
merit Includes 12.009 spindles and 300 looms. The mill wsn ■organised shout three
yean ago, with a capital stock of 1250,000. William Coleman Is president nml It
L. Tate Is manager. L'nder thle management the enterprise should succeed. The
building 1* situated In North Charlotte, a rapidly growing section,
The nnnual meeting of tbe stockholders of the Marlboro Cotton mllls.wsa held In
McCall, 8. c. The .tatement ehows the net gala for the post quarter to be 387.•
922.34, or 7.05 per cent for the quarter. The profit for the year Is BU22.II, about 23
per cent, which Is very gratifying to the stockholders. Robert Chapman was elect,
ed president and treasurer, with J. M. Hitch secretary. Thu regular quarterly
dividend of 2 per cent was declared, payable July 27.