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THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Fair The Atlanta Georgian SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, barely steady; 7.44. Atlanta, forecast Full and Complete Market Reports are Printed Every Day \ 1 \ YA7"C? “Th# Bracabrldga Diamonds," a thrilling mystery story, la now In The Georgian. i*i sU TNI JL VV being printed In Tho Georgian. New Orleans, firm; 13 9*16. Augusta, steady; 13^. Savannah, steady; 13c. VOL. VI. NO. 19. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 27,1907. PRICE: T E Many Agree on Flat Two and Half Cent Fare. LONG CONFERENCE WITH COMMISSION Meeting Takes Recess Be fore Action and No Infor ination is Given. A conference between some twenty prominent railroad men and the rail road commission, beginning at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning behind closed doors, adjourned at 1:15 o'clock to meet again at 3 o’clock. At the conclusion of the meeting the three members of the commission pres ent. Chairman McLendon and Commie sloners Callaway and Hlllyer, declined to say anything at all relative to the nature of the conference—or, rather, of anything transpiring In the long scaslon. "We haven't a word to say to the press at this time,'* said Chairman Me Landon. It Is understood that the railroads are fighting for two propositions. One, to give further time on the order No. 314, which becomes effective on next Monday, and the other proposition Is to reopen the whole passenger, rate question. Commissioner Stevens was present only a part of the time. He was en gaged In the Atlanta and West Point tax arbitration case. Commissioner Hill was compelled to be absent oivaccount of Important legal matters. Flat Rate of 21 -2 Cents. It Is believed now that the now com mission will favor a llat rale '6tPi cents per mile for the large lines, with Interchangeable 1.000-mlle books at 2 cents per mile. There have been ru mors to. the effect that the railroads themselves favor this plan, but none of those present Tuesday would either deny or confirm this statement. At 11 o'clock the meeting began be hind closed doors. Some time thereaft er the railroad men retired, whHe the commission consulted, probably about some proposition submitted. In some ten minutes the railroaders were re called and the conference continued. A definite understanding will probably be reached some time Tuesday after' noon. Among the prominent railroad offi cials present were: J. F. Hanson, Ma con, president of the Central of Geor gia; W. A. Winbum, vice president; J. c. Halle, general passenger agent Cen tral of Georgia; Samuel F. Parrott, vice president, and C. B. Rhodes, gen- »r»l passenger agent Georgia Southern and Florida; H. F. Smith, vice presi dent; C. E. Harman, general passenger agent; J. L. McCullom superintendent Nnshvllle, Chattanooga and St. Louis; J. S. B. Thompson, assistant to the president of the Southern railway; W. J. t'ralg, passenger traffic manager At lantic Coast Line; L. Sevier, vice presl. dent Seaboard Air Line; Major A. Pope, traffic manager Georgia and Florida system; E. L. Douglas, general manager Gainesville Midland; T. K. 8cott, gen eral manager Georgia railroad; C. A. Wlckeraham, president and general manager Atlanta and West Point; W. K. Erwin, general manager Tallulah Falls road; W. C. Rlnearson,, general passenger agent Cincinnati Southern. LIVES LOST ”bree Women and One Man Aro the Victims of Flames. Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug. 27.—Four Persons were burned to death In a fire early this morning In a rooming house °n East Grand avenue, thla city. The dead Are: VIROIE WALLACE. 8AD1E MYERS. LILLIAN DAHL. A man named Allen. Louise Jonee and Waller Williams Jumped from the building and the for mer received Injuries from which It is thought, she will die. The Are Is thought to have been of Incendiary or igin. GOOOOO00O0O0O0OO00OO000000 o . o O ORGANIZE BOYS' CLUB 2 AT MEETING TUESDAY The Boys' Club of Atlanta will be formed at a meeting to be held at the city hall Tues day afternoon at 4:20 o'clock, to which all citizens Interested In the boys of the city are In vited. J. K. Orr will preside and John Temple Graves will deliver an addreas. The move ment has the Indorsement of the best men and women of At lanta. 00000000000000000000000000 (SMALL ACTIVE IN CAMPAIGN AGAINST W.U. AND POSTAL Says Business Men Threaten Suits Against Com panies. New York, Aug. 27.—President S. J. Small, of the itrlklng telegraphers, carried on an' active campaign yester day from hla headquarters at the As- tor House. He was In communication with the local officers at Chicago, Washington, St. Louis, Kansas City, Cleveland, Boston and other centers, and from not one source was there a discouraging report. In spite of the continued statements of the Western-Union and Postal offi cials that their business was running nearly as well as usual, the average cltlsen who tries to use the telegraph finds a decidedly different situation. Complaints are pouring Into the union headquarters from business men who threaten suits against the companies for non-delivery of telegrams. A typical case Is thgt of G. W. Jack- son, of Perth Amboy. On last Monday evening at 11 p. m. he paid 50 cents for a ten-word message to Belleville, Ont. When he arrived there on Fri day, Mr. Jackson says, the message had not been received. "Prospects were never brighter fora successful Issue of the strike,” says President Small. The companies are in worse shape today than they have been at any time since the men walked out." Superintendent Belvldere Brooks, of the Western Union, said the companies would never treat with the union. Everything entering Into the coat of telegraph service had Increased In price and the ten per cent Increase given the operators this spring was as far as the companies would go. DISSOLUTION Wall St. Expects Re ceiver Appointment Any Moment. FEAR TREASURY HAS BEEN LOOTED Financiers Also Fear Fur ther Slump in Trust’s Stocks. UNION WILL EXPEL MEN NOW AT THE KEYS. New York, Aug. 27.—Although the local Telegraphers' Union Issued a statement today threatening to expel from the union every man not leaving the key before noon Wednesday, the telegraph companies' officials are not alarmed at the threat. Superintendent Brooks, of the eastern division of the Western Union, said he had nil the employees he wanted. "Our men are not of the union, which we never recognised, and never expect to. Not one of our men has deserted,” said Superintendent Brooks. Vice President Adams, of the Postal, _ _3rnad lio dlfilculty In handling Its business; and the un ion's ultimatum will not affect the em ployees. Address to Strikers. E. Mom chairman of the Sea board Air Line Hallway division of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, delivered a forceful address to a large assemblage of the local telegraph strikers Tuesday morning. Dr. C. A. Ridley will deliver a lec ture to the telegraphers at their hall Tuesday night. New York. Aug. 2.7.—It la expected In Wall street that a receiver will be appointed any moment for the traction trust. Third avenue stock reached 47 this morning, the lowest In Us history. It Is declared by those In position to know that the treasury of the Third avenue branch has been looted. These startling rumors followed quickly upon the threatened dissolu tlon of the trust by Mr. Ivins, whose Investigation has brought to light some sensational details as to the manner In which the great corporation has con' ducted Its business. Wall street fears a further slump In the trust's leading stocks. ROADS CAUSE OF BIG “PANIC AGENTS ASSEMBLE Over one hundred business agents of the Georgia Farmers’ Union met be hind closed doors In the senate cham ber of the rapttol Tuesday morning. Warehouses and the advisability of mrchaslng phosphate beds In order hat the union may. manufacture Its own fertilisers, were the two principal matters discussed. It seems prob able that the union will buy phosphate beds and enter extensively Into the manufacture of commercial fertilisers for Its members. The union now has about 76 ware houses In Georgia ready for business, and these Institutions are going to be a big help to the members. President R. F. Duckworth delivered a strong ad. dress In the morning on the attitude of the union toward politics. He contended that It was necessary for the union to fight Its battles through Its business agents and com mittees along commercial lines. He advises strongly against politics In the union, save where legislation of Inter est to the organization Is concerned. W. C. Moore, state business agent of the union In South Carolina, also ad dressed the meeting. The session will continue until late Tuesday afternoon. Race Results. EMPIRE CITY. First Race—Scollop. 10 to 1. won; Guncotton, 7 to I. second; J. P. Ber gen, even, third. Time 1:01. Second Race—Carthage, 1 to 2, won; Earl Regers, 2 to 6, second; Prince Ah med, out, third. Time 1:40 2-6. SARATOGA. Flrit Race—Donoscara, 0 to 1. won; Jack Aikln, even, second; J. C. Core, 2 to 5. third. Time 1:12 2-6. Second Race—Sir Ralph. 10 to 1. won; Tom Dolan. I to 4. second; Lady father, even, third. Time, 1:401-5. New York, Aug. 37.—A rcmnrkable Inter' Tlew Is printed here today with Frank J, Gould under a Paris date line:. /. "I fooled myself with the Mm that knew something about tho stock' market and financial securities In America until a few weeki ago, Now I hare chawed my mind. I guess I sm an amateur,'' Ul; Gould Is qnoted as saying, “we of tno Gould fsmlly are not apecu- latora. We are Inrestors. We do not ears what stocks we happen to control ire 'at,' •o long sa we know they have virtue. Gold Dollar Unchanged. They may pay dividends or may not. bnt to os what thalr rating Is. A sold dollaL Is always s gold dollar, whether It Bella for 30 cents or 120 rente It Is always worth so cents or 120 rente It Is always worth ■ dollar. That's the way we look at onr holding*. . • “Aa to overcapitalisation, l know It boo been (lone In several enact. Imt I do not fnlnk the preaent excitement In Wall atreet enn be InUl at that door. ••And not at Mr. Roosevelt's. lie atarted a small snow ball rolling down the moun tain aide and now It Is so big It la doing damage and engulfing people. The preil- dent, I think, la doing the beat he can to atop’It, bnt be can aton.it no more than he can atop the tide. Tin it on-aweep la too big for any one man to control. Only Publlo Can Control. "No man, no combination of men. can con trol the financial situation In America today* need not fear a panic and loss* of their savings. The reaction ta nearly at hand. If we could only bare war with ■ innn right now. It would not W such a d thing aa It aeema on Its face." 1 "How so?” waa naked. "Well, for one thing. It wouldtake Roose velt's attention away from Wall atreet, and direct It In a new line. Ue Is one of those persona who muat be busy at aomt< thing. Railroads Are Causa. After all, the real canaea of all thla trouble art the railroads themselves. They tried to hog It all, to use a slung expres sion. Had the railroad* been but more eonaervatlve In their methods, thla aenaa tlonal muck-rnking would not bar# occurred. "What la really needed la more money. There Is not enough In the world to con- in rnil II. "The re,I date boom In America Is large, ly responsible for'the taking away of sc OO0OO0O000OO000O0OO0O0O00D o o O 8H0WER8 VANISHi O O FAIR WEATHER HERE. O After a protracted period of O O “showers probable,” the weather O O man changed to a straight diet 0 O of “fair" for this section for the O O next thirty-six hours. O O Forecast: . O O “Fair Tuesday night and Wed- O O nesday.” O Tuesday temperatures: 0 7 o'clock a. m 74 degrees. O S o'clock n. m.. O 2 o'clock a. m.. 0 10 o’clock a. m.. o 11 o'clock a. m.. O 12 o'clock noon.. O 1 o'clock p. m.. O 2 o'clock p. m.. O .78 degrees. ..81 degrees. ..83 degrees. ..84 degrees. .,88 degrees. ..87 degrees. ..88 degrees. 00OOOO0000OO000000OOOOO00O SOUTHERN CUT DIVIDEND TO MEASURE CONDITIONS Washington, Aug. 27.—The Southern rail- way Is sending ont today under lUte of August 23. the following statement: ■At a meeting of the I ward of directors _ the Southern railway, held today, the In come account and resnlts of operation for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1801. were considered and a dividend of 1H per, rest iiih.ii the preferred .;<oeh^ wu ')?'*? onortot* 17. 1»7. <*. of, aecs- mnlatrd surplus, tho* making a total iltrl dead distribution of 4 per cent foe the year. For this purpoee there was appro priated s portion of the snridns Inmjse which was carried forward for th* year ended June 30, 1008, after payment of the dividends for that year. "In taking this action, the directors were Influenced by the consideration that the Income a.-et.unt for the year reflects such abnormal and eitraordlnary enn.llllons as At the aame time, . u- orwiun ,-.,ihio* . r,,] that, under existing conditions of high prices of anpplles, material and labor, of Increasing taxes and of estenatre reduction of rerenne. It wsa the part of conaerratlre prudence to limit the distribution of the direct on eofiald- profits of the romnany. at lenst until the permanent effeet of such fairly measured.” conditions can ha CAR FARES Councilman Terrell to Ask For Enforced Cut. ASK COMMISSION TO ISSUE ORDER Resolution Asks 8 Tickets for Quarter, 75 Cents Gas and Cheap ’Phones. WINS RRIDE James L. Shipp Didn’t Mind Opposi tion. THOMASVILLE MAN CAPTURES BRIDE New Orleans Belle Weds Georgia Man at Ashe ville, N. C. W. H. TERELL. lie hits resolution to secure low er rates on public utilities. Eight street car fares for a quarter. Seventy-five cents per thousand'feet of gas. Bell telephones, at about 32.50 per month. The reorganized -railroad commis sion will be asked to order and enforce these rotes In Atlanta tinder! a'restitu tion to be Introduced In council next Monday afternoon. ’, The author of the resolution Is Councilman W. II. Terrell, of the First ward, and he says he feels confident that council will pass It With prac tically no 'opposition. ■» The resolution, as It Is'being drawn by the. councilman, will-provide for the Appointment of a committee of three, which committee will be em powered to present the petition to the commission, to appear before that body, and to engage lawyers for that purpose. . The Candler-Overstreet railroad bill clearly extends to -the commission Ju risdiction and power over telegraph and telephone companies, street rail roads and electric and gaa lighting plants. In Power of Commiailon. The fixing of maximum ratea and schedules of ratea for these public utilities la therefore clearly wlthlq the power of the commlaslon, and If the city of Atlanta can show reason, the reduction. In the atreet car far^a, tala phone charges, and the price of gas will be granted, aa proposed In the res olutlon now being drawn by Council man Terrell. The present street car .rate of the Georgia Railway and Electric Compa ny Is 6 cents, and there Is no reduction to anybody, nor Is there any reduction where books are bought. The reduction to eight fares for i quarter would pretty nearly make a 2 cent fare. and. of course, would be hailed with delight by the people of Atlanta The present gaa rate Is 31.10 per thousand feet, with a reduction of 10 cents If the bill Is paid before the 10th of the month. This ta a flat rate. Because of the fact that the Atlanta Gaa Light Company claims a perpetual franchise, the city of Atlanta has never been able to collect any percent age tax or to reduce the rate, and council will probably not lose the op portunity presented by the railroad commission act to ask that body for the reduction of the rate to 75 aenle. Cut ’Phone Rates. The present telephone rates are 33 _ month for the Atlanta and 34 for the Southern Bell, with variations. Councilman Terrell’a plan la to make the schedule 31 for the first 500 sub scribers ond 131-2 cents for each thousand thereafter. The Southern. Bell has now about 12,000. subscribers. A subscriber, un der this plan, would pay 31 on 500 of these subscribers and 12 1-2 cents for each thousand of the other 111-2 thou, sand. This would make the rate about 32.41 a ’phone for the Bell Company. "Thla la Juat Ihe opportunity 1 have been wanting.” stated Councilman Ter- rell Tuesday morning. "Here Is a chance to regulate three of our public utilities at one time. The new railroad commission Is aa fair a body as I know, snd If my resolution goes through council, of which there can be no doubt, the people of Atlanta will get what they have been entitled all these years. 'In this day and time there 1s no good reason why the people of Atlanta should be forced to pay an arbitrary Continued on Paga Five. When Southern train No. 89 rolls Into Atlanta from Washington Tues day afternoon—late, of course—It will bear among Ita passengers Mr. and Mrs. Jamea Linton Shipp, of Thomaa- vllle, Ok, en route to that point. There wasn't any Mrs. James Linton 8hl,p until Monday—and thereby hangs a tale. It happened In Ashovllle, where Miss Sadie Bowman Shotwell, one of the handsomest young girls of old New Or leans, was staying with her aunt. Mr Shipp Is a wealthy manufacturer of Thomasvllle, and' had been engaged to Miss Shotwell for a long time, but the parents objected and sent their daugh ter to Asheville, where ehe was placed In charge of Miss Bowman, her aunt. The reason assigned for the parental objection waa the youth of the bride. But Mr. Shipp has been used to having Ids own way. Mr. Shipp Just couldn't wait till shs grew older. He was bound to have Miss Shotjyell for his bride. He fol lowed to Asheville, but ho found the aunt carefully guarding her. A Friend In Need. Every Tfian'fmuglnahle was thought nt by Mr. Shipp. 'He remembered how the .knights of old stole their brides away from hard-hearted parents. So he wired, for his friend, Bernard ,\yood. to como-,to Asheville on the next train. When Mr. Wood got there Mr. Shipp told him he must get Miss Shot- well away from her aunt. And thla Mr. Wood ,dld only too well. He called on the young lady and on the pretext of taking her out to tee some friends, took her away from the guardian rel ative. Then there waa a race for the resi dence of Rev. W. J. McCready, at the Episcopal rectory, where the Impatten: Mr. Shipp waa waiting. In a few min utes they were.one. The parents and the aunt had bean outwitted and the young people were happy. Mr. Wood than visited the aunt and broke the news gently. "She took It hard," said Mr. Wood, "and to tell the truth. I felt sorry for her." But that didn’t keep the couple from catching th# fast train for Geor gia. JUDGE PRITCHARD HOLDS THAT COURT Hands Down Opinion in the North Carolina Rate Case. Asheville, N. C„ Aug. 37.—Judge Pritchard In the United States circuit court In a long expected opinion an nounced today In the rate caae of the Southern railway against the corpora tion commission and attorney general of North Carolina, upholds the Juris diction of this court In the Issuance of the recent Injunctions against officials during the railroad rato controversy and declares that the Suit Is not one against the state within the meaning of the eleventh amendment to the Federal constitution. That amendment holds the Judicial power of the United States shall not extend to any suit against a state by cltlsens of another state. The decision says that state legis lature can not frame an act as to de prive a cltlsen of the right vouchsafed him by the Federal constitution, and It does not possess the power to deprive this court of its Jurisdiction, and tho sooner those questions are definitely determined the better It will be for all parties concerned. The decision holds that the corpora tion ' commissioners are still charged with making ratea. the only limitation upon their power being "that they shall not make u maximum rate In North Carolina In excess of 2 1-4 cents per mile. The corporation commission and the attorney general are specially charged with the duty of securing the enforcement of section No. 3 of the rate act, which provides Train Crashed Into Street Car; ManyAreHurt La Crosse, WIs., Aug. 37.—A fast passenger train on tha Chicago, St. Paul and Milwaukee, struck a atreet car filled with passengers on a atreet creasing In North I .a Crosse this morning. A number of persons are re ported Injured, some fatally. Ambu lances and a corps of physicians have been sent to the scene. Girl’s Body Found in Lake New York. Aug. 37.—The body of pretty young Agnea McGuire, whose amaslng disappearance startled all Lake Hopatcong Saturday, was found In the water today. Refusing to be lieve that hla daughter had ended her own life, the father demanded that tha authorities conduct tha strictest Inves tigation. A cursory examination failed to reveal-how the girl had come to her death. The theory of accidental drowning or suicide was ridiculed by the officers, and the family refuses to believe that the girl committed suicide, and are of the opinion that an official Investiga tion will but add to the mystery. passenger rate act, which provides heavy penalties and fines for a failure of railroads and their officials to com ply with that act." AH laws In existence on the passage of that act bearing on supervision and control of railroads, etc., ore to be con strued In connection with the rate act. “It Ih Inconceivable,” the decision aaya, "that a circuit court of the United States In the exercise of Its Jurisdiction should be powerless to af ford a remedy to one who seeks to as sert a right which Is granted by the constitution of the United States.” "This Is In no sense a suit against the state nor can It be successfully contended that the state le In anywise a party. In interest In so far ns the merits of the controversy are concern ed, It con not be reasonably insisted that this Is a suit to prevent the state from enforcing any right which it pos sesses, nor can It be said to bo ft suit to compel the performance of on ob ligation' of the state, nor docs It In any wise Involve a matter In which the state has a pecuniary Interest; tho parties In Interest being complainant on one side, and the traveling public on the other. Rain of Bullets Fol lows Raid on Still. ATLANTA DEPUTIES HAVE CLOSE CALL N. Georgia “Wildcatters” Come Near Vengeance on Federal Officers. M TENDON TURNS DOWN. FREE PASS Chairman S. Guyton McLendon, of the Georgia railroad 1 commission, re ceived an annual pass over the Central of Georgia, system, good only within this riatf. Tuesday morning. It came from \V. A. Wlnburn, vice president of the road. Chairman Mc Lendon promptly returned the annual, with a courteous letter setting forth the fact that as he was elected a mem ber of tha railroad commission on an oidl-pass platform, he would be remiss In hla place aa a public official to ao cept the same. The ietter waa cordial In tons and was couched In very pleasant language. FLEET IS READY FOR ITS CRUISE Washington. D. C„ Aug. 37.—Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry re turned to Washington yesterday after ten days' vocation, and a conference at Oyster Bay with the president and Rear Admirals Evans and Brownson, regarding the crulie of the battleships to the Pacific. At the conference all of the plans for thla Important movement of the big fleet were gone over and practically everything at least tents- Ively decided upon. There will be sixteen battleships, six torpedo boats, nine navy colliers, one repair ship, one water ship and two supply ships' concerned In the move ment. Upon reaching San Francisco the fleet will be Joined by two other battleships—the Nebraska, recently commtaeloned, and tha Wisconsin. Whether or not the vessels .will go to Puget Sound 1s a question which will be decided later. After one of the moat thrilling ex periences In their .careers In the gov ernment service, two Atlanta revenue men have Just returned to the head quarter* here. That they are not lying dead In the mountain fastnesses of North Georgia 1a not ’ the fault of a band of moonshiners. These men are Deputies C. D. Wil liams and E. J. Hinton, of Revenue Agent R. V. Sams’ office, and they have juet made a report. of the trip which nearly cost them their Uvea. A few days ago they went off on a trip to Investigate a reported Illicit still In north Georgia. It was In a re mote spot-—Mr. Sams doesn't care to give Its location—and the people run ning moonshine stills In this section of the state were known for the chancea they would take In dealing out death to revenue men. The two deputies were-propared for trouble and they approached tho place with caution. After considerable work they located tha placo where the block ade liquor wns being mode and they found It to be quite extensive. Deatroy the Still. A battle for Its possession would not have surprised them. They were pre pared for such an emergency and were as watchful as Indians. Evidently the moonshiners running tho still had been | warned of the approach of the hated revenue men, for the still was desert ed, but there was evidence that the owner Jtad not long been gone. A few. j hours’ work was all needed to destroy the outfit and make It worthless for any future operations. Both men were well mounted on horses secured, when the trip was start ed and the return Journey was made with as much caution as the visit of destruction. The officers had not gone far from the destroyed still when the crack of a rifle was heard and a but- let whizzed past their heads. Then came another and before either officer had time to locate tho assassins, there was a fusillade of shots. Rain of Bullets. One of the horses was hit five times nnd several of these shots narrowly missed the rider.' Both deputies saw It was useless to stand and fight with ambuscaded moonshiners In the falling light nnd they sped their horses as fast as the rugged trail would permit and escaped. A complete report of the affair will be made to llevenuo Agent Sams in a day or two nnd It Is then possible that some steps may be taken to ascertain the Identity of the would-bo assassins. Deputy Hinton nnd Deputy Wllllamu are both well known In the revenue service and have been In the business many years. Each has a reputation for daring and bravery and their ac tivity In running down moonshiners has mode them many enemies In tha mountains. TWO COTTON MILLS TO GO UNDER HAMMER Special to The Georgian. Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 37.—Tomorrow at Bessemer City two cotton mills, the Vermont and Whetstone, will be sold at auction to satisfy demands of cred itors. L. L. Jenkins Is receiver for tha .mills, which were declared Insolvent some months ago. Americans Wed At Yokohama Yokohama, Aug. 27.—Lieutenant Jaa. Erllng Walker, United States navy, and Miss Nellie Bishop Stolbrand were married at the American conau- 1-ite today. Growth and Progress of the New South Tbe Georgian here record* each da? aoma economic fact In reference to the onward progress of the South. Glamorgan. Va.: There la not an Idle mill In this entire held, and the local trade la compelled to Increase. Much building la announced for the near future. The Norton Coal Company. Norton, will build 300 miners* houses; while the Stone- gii Coal, Iron and Coke Company, Btooega, will build 300 at Preacher creek. The Blackwood Coal Company, Blackwood; tbe Sutherland Coni Company, Manning; the Cranea Nest Coal Company, Toma Creak: tha Htone Gap Colliery Company. Clamor* S in; the Baser Coal Company, KsaarrUle, and th.* tJroenough Coal Company. reenough, will build NO miners’ h«m*e* each. dumber for all tlwse contracts Will !k» supplied by the !o4*al mill*. Osk lumber will ba used nlniont entirely. Wells Bros., Esserrllle. hare just made some Increases In their mill* on Coasts rlrer. At rounding mills, McLemore Bros. A Kerr have made Increases of two port* able mill*. They hnve put on fifty extra men. The Jabez I .umber Company waa organized nt Jibes, Va.. the past week by Ira Horton. \V. (i. Walton, formerly with the Walton Lambar Company, nnd other*. Capital, S3UI0Q. Will develop timber properties In Russell anil Tazewell counties, on the Norfolk ami Western road. The Henderson-White Lumber Company, Norton. I* making some notable In crease* fn their plant nt West Norton, on the Dominater Branch railroad. Wilson Church. Jr., nnd Anderson Well*, of Manning, Va.. are negotiating for the purchase of 3.000 sere* of virgin oak nnd ponlar on th« headwater* of Pow ells rlrer. shore Manning. If the deal I* mail*, the*** gentlemen will shortly local* three mills and bnlld several miles of lumber road to the property.—Southern LMjbanmn. MKOLi - •>- . . rrp=a