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THE WEATHER.
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tled weather with ahowera tonight
and Thuraday.
The Atlanta Georgian
Full and Complete Market Reports are Printed Every Day
In The Georgian.
AND NEWS
“The Bracebrldge Diamonds," a thrilling mystery story, la now
being printed In The Georgian.
SPOT COTTON.
Liverpool* ateady; 7.48. Atlanta, nomi
nal; MH. New York, ateadj; 33.55. New
Orleans, Arm; 13 9-16. Augusta, steady;
lie. .Savannah, steady; 1313-16.
VOL. \T. NO. 26.
ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1907.
PRICE:
FISH FORCES FOES |jl| I Pn||T||T
TO IKE ANSWER r M!
IN CEBU,
Commission Forces
Bell Company to
Retract.
WANTINCREASE
IN GENERAL RATES
His Probe Resolutions Are
Adopted By Directors of
Illinois Central.
Company to Make Formal
Application For Amend
ment to Charter.
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. «.—The Southern
Bell Telephone Company this after
noon notified the state corporation
commission that the'company will obey
Us orders and restore the old long dls
tam-e night rate, beginning tomorrow
but will at once make formal appllca
lion to be allowed to make Increase
In rate.
sn ran
tKTMLCO
South Carolina Railroad
Commission to Make
Investigation.
Columbia. 8. C.. Sept. 4.—The state
railroad commitslon today directed
Commissioner Timmerman to Institute
criminal proceedings against the West-
Union Telegraph Company for al
leged violation of f the commission's
regulations In the closing of the Lau
rens office without the commlsslon’i
consent, and charging fraud In connec
tlon with the company's alleged prac
tlce In this territory' of forwarding tel
egramj by United States mall for the
transmission of which senders had
been charged regular wire rates.
Orders to the solicitors followed
hearing at the Instance of the striking
telegraphers here.
FIREMEN ARE HURT
New- York, Sept. 4.—An exploding
barrel of benzine In a Williamsburg
lire today hurled twelve firemen to the
w alls of the cellar of the structure and
were so seriously burned and In
Jureii that they were aent to hospitals.
There was a panic among the tenanta
In the big frame tenement building at
No. 10 Havemeyer avenue, and In the
excitement one man Jumped from a
oecond story window, but escaped with
Slight Injuries. At the hospital It was
said that two of the Injured firemen
would die.'
The dying:
JAMK8 KENNEDY, captain of en
gine No. It*.
JAMES SMITH, fireman of truck No.
AGED WOMAN DIES
AFTER SAVING LIVES
New York, Sept. 4.—Tottering
through the amoke-fllled hallway of an
uptown flat, warning tenanta of a fire
m the basement, Mrs. Kate Aront-
wltz, aged 80, mother of eighteen chlt-
“'■en, grandmother of several more
and great-grandmother of others, was
overcome and burned to death early
today, Sha might easily have escaped
but for her effort to save others.
woman attacked
IN WASHINGTON
Washington, Sept. 4.—Brutally beaten
an<| abused by an nnldentlfled white man
until she had lost eonselousnesii. and left
Jn'imd hand and foot and with a gug In her
jnnuth, Mrs. Mary Lanhnm, 45 yenrs of age.
,n ,hp l*'*m*nt of her home nt
Good Hope, D. C„ about 1 o’clock this after-
Central’s Head .Says
Stocks Won’t
Sell.
‘WRIGHT IS NOT
BIG ENOUGH MAN
Central Was Sold For i
000,000, But Hanson
Won’t Give Value.
Sketch of Stuyvesant Fish em
phasizing a point as he discussed
his encounter with J. T. Harahan.
New York, Sept. 4c—The personal en
counter between former President Fish
and President Harahan, of the Illinois
Central Railroad Company, which oc
curred last week, had Its sequel today
at a meeting of the board of directors
when Mr. Fish again presented the set
of resolutions.
The board today adopted the reio.
lutlons, with some slight modifications.
Officials of the company, however, were
very reticent and declined to divulge
what took place at the meeting, at
which ten directors were present, In
cluding Harahan, Fish. Auchlnclause,
Ooelet, Cutting, Peabody, Vanderbilt,
and Harrlman.
The resolutions are said to contain
rather serious charges against the
present management, which Mr. Fish
desired to have answered. They allege
that the affairs of the Illinois Central
are virtually being conducted from 120
Broadway, tho office of the Union Pa
cific railway. They likewise contained
clauses questioning the legitimacy of
certain financial transact!™* In which
the Illinois Central had been engaged.
With the adoption of the resolution
today It was understood that some
answer would be prepared by the man
agement and submitted to the meeting
of directors, which will be held next
Wednesday.
RACE RESULTS.
SHEEPSHEAD.
Urtt Race—Jimmy Lane, 8 to Id,
«->n; Garrett, 7 to 10, second; Raprika,
out. third. Time, B:I8.
Second Race—Malnchance, 4 to 5.
v °n; Ampedon, 4 to 6, second; Cairn
gorm, out, third. Time 1:58.
MONTREAL.
First Race—Tom Shaw, 18 to 1, won:
Adrian, 8 to I, second; Albla, g to 1,
'hlrd. Time 1:02 8-5.
Second Race—Dunbeath, 17 to 8,
n"n: Butwell, 2 to 1, second; Gold Run,
* to 1. third. Tim* 8:88 1-8.
Minima, the house Is burning up," cried
little fWirah llanahan, the 7-year-old dough-
ter of I’. <1. llanahan, who resides near
Winters Station, on the Decatur line, rush
ing into the room where her mother was alt-
ting Tuesday sfternoon nnd throwing her
self on the floor In a storm of weeping.
Mrs Ilnnohun, her mother, Mrs. Ithett,
and her sister seised the other four children
and fled down the stairs and out Into the
Min. For live hours they watched-the
flumes gut the handsome concrete resi
dence, worth, with Its contents, probably
812 000. At 8 o'clock the Are was finally
extinguished, hut It wss almost a total loss.
lahtnlng Is supposed' to have been the
cause o? the Ore. Vlalfsn hour before little
Narnh gave the warning vivid flushes of
Ightnlng played » lwu ‘ “« h “ ul ?£
F nr^nttv conic Into too room anore the
unfliy wns assembled Mr. Ilsnahsn, who
h general mnnngcr of the Carollns-Port-
nnd Cement Company, was In Atlanta.
The Indies felt no shock, although they
„ ere somewhat frightened hy tb, lightning
and tho loud ponla of thunder. In the mean
time the lightning had «et Are t®. the roof
nnd when til© family rnabed out the flame*
W 73gbbors* 1 hurried * to thetr assistance and
,..ade great efforts to take tbe furniture out
of tha house. L. N. Johnson was slightly
njnrod by fatting plastering, which struck
dm uinm the shoulder.
Mr llanahan was summoned by tele*
hone, but when he reached the scene the
ore had got such headway n to make It
tranoealhle to nave anything. Much of the
furniture wss broken In Mag curried out.
Horne of the neighbors, distraught by the
excitement, endeavored to tear down tho
handsome oak doors, leaving untouched
■mnller and more valuable article*.
The Are tmrned slowly nnd steadily down-
ward from the roof. The nearest Ore de
partment wna four mile. sway. effort,
were mode to extinguish the flames with
buckets of water, but without apparent
effect The concrete oralis remained stand
ing but the roof, ell ths Interior woodwork
nnd nlinnet nil of the furniture were de-
’*Tbe house, which wss built In 1875, was
the oldest In thst sectjon of thejmunty. ’*
Sensational statements were made
Wednesday morning by President J.
Hanson, In the arbitration hearing of
the Central of Georgia railroad tax re-
turns.
Declaring that politics was rcsponsL
ble for the disturbed condition of af
fairs In Georgia Just now. Major Han
son asserted that It was common talk
on the street corners In New York that
no one wanted or would Invest In Geor
gia securities aa long aa conditions now
prevailing maintained.
-Politics Is at the bottom of the
whole Issue," ha declared. "Politics
controlled this assessment of 829,900,000
on our property. While Comptroller
General Wright Is my personal friend,
I think Georgia should have a bigger
man at the head of the department."
Attorney General Hart Interrupted
Major Hanson by stating that tho mat.
ter was too personal, and that Vie board
had only to consider the quistlon of
the taxable value of the Central rail
road. Comptroller Wright was present,
but only smiled when the statement
was made concerning himself.
Won’t Give Valus.
When pressed to' state the value of
the Central railroad property, Major
Hanson said:
"Untjer nominal conditions 1 should
say It was worth $80,000,000, but now
would not state what It is worth."
He declined absolutely to place a
present valuation on the property.
Is understood that Major Hanson not
long since told Governor Smith that
the Central wan worth 840,000,000.
Major Hanson was naked how much
wan received for the stock of the Cen
tral, said to have been sold recently to
Messrs. Perry A Marsden.
“Do not answer that question. Ma
jor,” said Colonel A. R. Lavvton, coun
sel for the rood and Its first vice pres
ident. “That la a personal matter and
of no concern In this hearing."
8old Central for $3,000,000.
But the board held that It was com-
petent evidence, and Major Hanson
then stated that the price received was
|S,U0u,00u.
Pressed for a statement aa to the
earnings, left after all expenses had
been deducted for 1908, Major Hanson
stated that $800,000 was the amount
that might have been distributed to the
stockholders, thus Intimating that tho
sum was not so distributed.
'As n reasonable bnslneas proposi
tion, Major Hanson, do you think that
money could safely have been dlstrlbut
ed?" asked Colonel Lawton.
'I do not," was the reply. Nothing
appeared, however, to show the reason
fot this contention.
Major Hanson said that conditions
were so disturbed by political agita
tion, that railroad atocks were con
stantly decreasing In value. He said
that conditions were worse In Georgia
than anywhere else.
Since the state muet practically take
over the railroad properties under this
new law. It would bo In the part of rea
son to come down to some sensible
working basis. It should Le stated Just
how much railroads will be allowed to
earn on their Investments. I believe 1
could bring an agreement here from all
the large lines that they would be per.
fectly satisfied with 6 per cent.' We do
not moke anything like that figure—In
fact It la between 8 and 4 per cent But
so long aa politics and not reason hold
the sway, railroads will suffer—and
some of them may be wrecked, too."
Arbitration of the Central tax returns
was held In the senate chambor. Alex
Snjlth, of Atlanta, to arbitrator for tha
road, Commissioner O. B. Stevens for
the state and Judge A. L. Miller, um
pire. (
The Central returned Ita property
this year at about 118,000,000, and
Comptroller Wright ' assessed it at
$39,000,000. The rood to combatting the
reasonableness of this assessment. If
will be late Wednesday afternoon be.
tore the arbitration to completed.
THE VOTE OF COUNCIL
ON THE BELL FRANCHISE
Eight members of Council voted Tuesday to give the Bell Telephone Com
pany a 33-year franchise for 1 per cent of its receipts when that corporation is
paying other cities as high as 3 per cent.
They are: Messrs. Terrell, Baskin, Martin, Mangum, Pearce, Pomeroy,
Glass and Styron.
The Georgian challenges any one of the eight to show through the columns
of this newspaper that he did not either vote in full knowledge of the fact that
the contract was not for the best interests of the citizens of Atlanta, was not what
they had a right to expect and was not what could have been secured for them, or
voted in total ignorance of the matter at issue.
The Georgian can see no material difference, in its effect upon the public
welfare, between this action of council and the franchise grabs that have outraged
other cities within recent memory.
It was in open defiance of the facts and in insolent disregard of the wishes
of the citizens of Atlanta.
Therefore, The Georgian will have something further to say and a great deal
more to do in the matter.
I
IN DISASTER
Hit by Lightning Ce
ment Building
Collapses.
Raleigh, N. C„ Sept. 4.—Telegraph
wires being damaged by the rain storm
of yesterday. It has been difficult to
got particulars of ths catastrophe at
Euckhorn,' Chatham county, of the
Phenlx Conetructlon Company's plant
lata last night.
At the offices of tho company In this
city no particulars had been learned up
to noon.. But it to now definitely aacer.
tnlncd that seven men were killed and
about twenty Injured. No names ore
ret ascertainable. The men tvero killed
in the cement house, which was soma
distance from the main plant The ce
ment building was struck by ll{'
and all tha men killed were I
building, where they had assembled,
presumably to seek shelter from the
storm.
It to thought nearly all were em
ployees of the construction company.
FIVE WERE KILLED,
ACCORDING TO REPORT.
Special to Tbs Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C„ Sept. 4.—Five men
ware killed and a scars Injured by a
stroke of lightning at the new power
plant at Buckhorn Falls, on Cope Fear
river, yesterday evening.
ARMER THINKS
LITTLE EH MAY BE
MISSING DAUGHTER
DEBBISCAUGHTFIRE
Was Taking Siding When
Crash of Trains Oc
curred.
Concord, N. C., Sept. 4.—A disastrous
wreck occurred at the Southern depot
here late lost night. As train No. SB
was taking a aids track for No. 38,
the rear coach of No. $6 was struck by
No. IS, setting both trains on fire and
Injuring many of the passengers. Ni
one was killed, and none fatally In-
lured.
Among the injured are:
Miss Alice Brown, of Conoord, se
verely cut on arm.
H. A. Miller, of Philadelphia, hurt
internally and foco brulsod.
Charles Ayres, of Charlotto, leg
bruised.
H. I,. Berry, of Salisbury, right leg
cut and bruised.
The official report gives the follow
ing additional details of tho accident:
"At 10 o'clock last night train Na
88. In charge of Conductor Witherspoon
and Engineer Marshall, struck No. 86,
In charge of Conductor Shuman and
Engineer Nesbitt, at cross switch at
Concord. The following cars were
damaged. Baggage car, side broken
In; Atlanta and Washington Pullman
coach, turned over and destroyed by
fire; No. 1206, side broken In and de
stroyed by fire. The cause of the ac
cident to not known."
BIC STEEL CO.
IS IN HANDS
OF A RECEIVER
Accepts One
Cent Tax
Return.
Per
in
THREE MEMBERS
VOTE AGAINST IT
BOOK PLAN SAVES
TWENTY PER CENT
i the aonth aide of tb© car lino.
GOV. HEYWARI)
VISITS ATLANTA
Ex-Governor D. C. Heyward, of Honth
Caroline, le e rleltor to Atlanta. Governor
Heyward wo. one of tbe most popnlar chief
executive, the I'sluietto Htntc ever bed.
He will attend several (tore here on bust-
ness. u« declined to talk politics.
MORE RAIN PROMI8ED1 O
0 HA8 FALLEN ALL OVER O
O o
0 Unsettled weather condltlons-’O
0 prevail all over.the country, and o
O within the past twenty-four hours O
0 rain has fallen In every state ex- 0
0 cept the Dakotae, Montana, Min- 0
0 nesota, Missouri, Iowa and Ne- O
0 broska. Forecast! 0
O e "Unsettled weather, with show- O
O era Wednesday night and Thura- 0
O day." 0
O Wednesday temperature*:
O 7 o’clock a. m.
0 8 o’clock a. m.
0 9 o'clock a. m.
0 10 o'clock a. m.
0 11 o'clock a. m.
0 12 o'clock noon
0 1 o’clock p. m.
O 2 o'clock p. m.
O
Miss Eva Westcott, the dainty little
octrees who to playing the title role In
'Anita, the Singing Girl," at the Bijou
this week, was thrown into a fensy of
excitement Wedneeday morning upon
receiving a letter purporting to be from
her father and threatening dire results
If she does not quit the stage.
Miss Westcott at first decided to
leave the stage, but, upon persuasion
by the manager, she desisted from car
rying out this Intention. She remains
In her room, however, and positively
refuses to go out, except when she
muet go to the theater, or see a re
porter.
“The man who wrote this,” the sob
bed, "was certainly crasy and dan
gerous, and I will not let him create a
scene with me while here."
One of the members of the company
had an engagement to take her to the
ball game In the afternoon, and she
promptly broke IL Manager Blrnmonds
hoe tried to allay her fears, but with
no success.
Tbe letter Is dated from Albany, Go.
It aeema that the man who wrote It
saw her picture in one of the Atlanta
papers and he thought It was his
daughter, who hod run away from
home several years ago. He came up
Monday and was at the matinee.
"I remember." stated Manager 81m-
monds, "that a farmer, rather stumpy
and poorly dressed, tried to get to the
stage through the entrance from the
boxes, and I repulsed him. He mum
bled spmethlififr' *#)d I left. Later, I
saw him In front and he appeared very
much excited, but I did not think of It
at the time."
The letter to post-marked at Albany
on Monday. It ts written In a legible
but cramped hand, and to poorly
spelled.
Mies Westcott states that she to from
Louisiana, and has never been In Al
bany.
"I have been nearly everywhere but
there, I think." she stated.
"I don't want to appeftr childish
about a thing like this, but somehow
this letter frightened me."
Following to an excerpt from the let.
ter: , t* '
You must leave that show life and
The offer of The Georgian, whereby
the school children of Atlanta are en
abled to secure a 20 per cent reduction
In school books this year, hoe met
with the heartiest favor of the parents
of the children, to whom title saving
will mean a great deal.
From every side, The Georgian has
had words of praise. The plan Is a
simple one. and hundreds will avail
themselves of the opportunity pro-
sented.
A child or a parent, either, by calling
In person or by mall, may subscribe to
The Georgian for one month at the
regular rate, paying all In advance or
10 cents a week, and for this month's
subscription that child or parent to en
titled to a 20 per cent reduction on.one
book nt the Orr — “
For each month
scrlhcr Is entitled — . — ,
book. Thus, If n person wishes to bar
eight books, by subscribing for Tb* Geor
gian for right months the reduction will be
saenred on sll the book*.
ft Is estimated that the total saving In
school books by this '~
AVhen tbe paront
Rival of Billion
Trust Goes
Wall.
Dollar
to
r ceni reuuuiiuii ihi.uuv
r Stationery Company.
Ye iiibecrlptlon tbe snb-
to thla reduction on one
bool book* by this plan will be lB-OpO.
When tbe parent or child •ubscrlliei
The Georgian office an order to given for
‘ tit — *
tbe redaction on ..
der to given on each month's subscript
No money need be paid oil tho aiitiaerlptlon
until tb* paper to received.
ITALIAN INDICTED
BY GRAND JURY
Frank MaraseL the Italian who wss
charged with an attack on 10-year-oid Baby
walker at her home near Centerville
tost week, wss Indicted by tbe grsnd Jury
Tuesday morning on a charge of aasault and
'’Vhe'jtallan, who la etlll In Jail, will prole
ably be tried at tbe October term, lie con
tinues to protest bla Innocence.
SENATOR W. E. BORAH
TO BE TRIED SOON
Boise. Idaho, Sept. 4.—M. C. Burch,
of Denver, and H. A. Rusa. of Omaha,
special assistants of the attorney gen
eral of the United States, have arrived
here to take charge of the trial of Sen
ator W. E. Borah. The Indictment
found against him by the United States
Hand Jury last Match allege compllc-
ty with the Barber Lumber Company
In land frauds.
New York, Sept. 4.—The Union Iron
and Bteel Company, competitor of the
bllllon-dollar steel trust, failed today
and a receiver was appointed,
nouncement of the failure hod a bad
effect In Wall street, sending prices
lower and causing an ominous fear to
pervade the stock market. It was be
lleved that other failures might be an
nounced at any time. While the union
company was capitalized at only $2,'
000,800, Its assets were: far In ezreae of
this amount, and It was predicted that
the failure would be accordingly great,
In anticipation of the announcement
none of the officials was at the com-
pony's office In the Empire building—
the same building which houses the
general offices of the steel trust.
The Union Iron and Steel Company
had been a persistent antagonist of
the steel trust and the latter fought the
email company Just ns mercilessly. The
union company was Incorporated under
the laws of Delaware, and had pig Iron
and steel manufacturing plants at
Ironton, Ohio; Big 8tone Gap, Vo.
Chattanning, Pa.; Denver and Btrming.
ham. Ita largest plants were at Iron-
ton and Birmingham.
One authority In Wall street Inti
mated thto afternoon that embarrass
mem of the company was due to the
fact that the steel trust had shut down
on buying pig Iron and steel from out
side Its own furnaces. This Is sal(J
to have practically cut off the market
of the union company, and as It could
no longer sell Its goods. It had to close.
This was cited as a parallel to the
Standard Oil cases In the eighties and
nineties, when producers were frozen
out when the Standard Oil refused to
buy their oil.
When the corporation papers of the
union company were filed In Wilming
ton In 1899 the preferred stock was
placed at 11,000,000 7 per cent non-
cumulatlve and $1,000,000 common
stock.
The failure caused deep fear on the
stock exchange, and declines were
noted all along the line. There was
a feeling of uncertainty and a fear
that the bottom might drop out at any
minute. The receiver was appointed by
Judge Skeen In the United States dis
trict court. He appointed L. C. Pettit,
of Big Stone Gap. Va„ who waa fa
vorable to the petitioners, the Norton
Coal Company, of Bristol, Va. The
Norton Coal Company alleged that It
could not obtain settlement of Its bills
against the steel company.
Alderman Key Makes Ef
fort to Secure Care
ful Consideration.
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0 The following waa the vote in a
2 Tue "' d °y °h the ordinance 2
0 granting a thirty-three-year fran- 0
O chlse to the Southern Bell, as 0
0 amended by the aldermanlc board: O
? m .. f a n «irrence: Councllmen 0
2 llUZl- 2" k,n ' Mart,n - Mangum! O
0 ran-8 P ° meroy ' ° lass nnd s <y- O
0 Against concurrence; Council- 0
O men Huddleston, Roberts and 0
v Harman—3. ^
O Abaent: Councllmen Chose- O
o wood. Grant, Taylor, Hancock and <*
o Honglno—5.
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By n vote of eight to three council ,
Tuesday afternoon voted to' concur In 1
the ordinance granting a thirty-three- |
year franchise to the Southern Belli
Telephone and Telegraph Company, aai
amended by tho jiUlermanlb board.
The vote was: For concurrence,
Councllmen Terrell, Ua.skln, Martin,
.Mangum, Ponrce, Pomeroy, Glass and
Styron. Against, Councllmen Huddla-,
ston. Roberta and Hdrrnan.
The amendment adopted by the ale,
dermanlc board and concurred In by 1
council provided that the company
should pay 1 per cent of Its gross re-i
celpts for the entire life of the fran
chise—thlrty-thrco years—Instead of i
one-half of one per cent for tho first
ten years, and 1 per cent for the re
maining twenty-three year*.
Alderman Key Insisted that such an
Important matter aa this franchlsa,
should go back to a committee for fur
ther Investigation. He recited the ;
■mints of dispute, tho misunderstanding
that existed, the posslblo illegality of
the proposed franchise, nnd although
no answer was made to hts arguments,
council, with practically no argument,
end for some unexplained reason, voted
to concur.
. Want a Real Tax.
"When council voted on this matter
originally,” stated Alderman Key, "It I
was with the understanding that tho
city was to get a percentage tax—a real !
tax, not Juet the name for the tax. It |
was passed with thto understanding.
"It developed that I-$ of 1 por cent
of the gross receipts would amount to
$2,000, and that the deductions would
amount to $1,4$1. Is anything hum
convincing needed to show that this
matter waa not thoroughly gono Into? i
We were to get what was left of $3,000
after more than $3,000 had been de- i
ducted.
"Council should rescind Its action nnd
let thto matter go back to a committee
—the same one will do—and let an in- :
reetlgatlon be held that Is on Invcs- i
ligation. Then let the whole truth be
known In regard to thto franchise.
"All I ask to a fair trade for the city,
only Insist the etty get something
worth whllo for the valuable grants
contained In thto ordinance. I move, If
I may be allowed, that council rescind
Its action."
Quilllan’t Rulings.
Councilman Huddleston seconded tho
motion. Mayor Pro Tem. Qulllian ruled
the motion out of order, holding that
Continued on Pegs Three,
you to telegraph! me right quick as
soon os you get this and tell me when
to come after you. If you don't I
swear I will go to Atlanta again Friday
and cary you home with me If I have
to use force and the law. We never
knew why you went away so sudden,
but If It was count of a man I have
00000900000000000000000000 come back home respectable. I want swore I will find tbe scoundrel out and
Growth and Progress of the New Sooth
The Georgian here records each day some
economic fact In referenca to tbe onward
progress of the Booth.
BY
B. LIVELY
Tb# Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index says In Its Issue for this week: Wnll
street's most earnest prophet of financial depression could find In Industrial condi
tions Is Georgia and Alabama not tbe slightest basts for direful prediction!. Al
though during many months Industrial plants have been established In these two
states at s rate that would have been wonderful but for the rich possibilities of
their varied resources, the beginning of the first week of September finds perhaps
more new nunufaeturing establishments definitely projected than In may seven
dors In n long while. Rome of those reported by The Index tr*:< Coffin factory at
Mobile. Al*.. cotton factory st Talladega, Ala., erste factory at Augusta. Ga.. for.
tlllser factory st Bheffteld, Ala., grist mill at Mllledgevllle, Ga.. Ice factories nt
Gasden, Al*., snd ('Itnmelle, Ala., knitting mill nt Savannah. Ga. electric light
plants st Columbiana. At*., snd nine Kldse. Ga.. sawmill at Mllledgerillf, OaJ
sow. planing, lath snd excelsior mills at Lyons, Ga., paper mill st Hnntsvtlle. Ain.,
power plants st Cttrunelle. Ain., and near Cawthon. G*.. floor mill st Huntsrille.
Ala., railway between Enterprise. Ala., snd Union Spring*. Al*.. electric rtllwny
at Dallas, Ga., electric railway betweea Columldnna. AU., and Montersllo. Ain.,
turpentine plant extennlnn st Wsyerose, O*., steel ptont extension »t Ensley. Alo.,
In construction lines the development to nuns the lees marked. Tbe Index rt-
ports among other things the following: „ , . . „ .
Steel bridge* st Decatur, Ato„ and In Monroe county. Georgia, depot at Syln-
eangs, Ala., hospital at Savannah, Ga., hotels st Vldslla, Ga.. snd Brooks Seringa.
Os., library at llnrtwell, O*.. Masonic temple at Hartwell, Ga.. aehoot building „t
North Birmingham. Ala., high school buildings In a number of Alabama counties,
warehouses, residences snd business buildings In * number of cities and towns.
Hlue Kldge, Gs., will vote upon a $*>,<»> bond Issue for constructing under
works system nnd electric light ptont Greenville, Ala., will vote upon a ll2,ono
bond Issue for street Improvenientn, and Covington county, Alahoma, upon so is
sue nf IlSO.OiM for Improving roads.
Amour the contract awards noted are: 81' " apartment house at Atlanta, Ga..
12-story office hulldtag at Montgomery, Ala., 88 residences at Huntsville, Alo., and
extensive stdewnlk paring st Mobile. Alo. ■
Hanks will tie established nt (diver, Ga.. Naylor. (
new corjHirntlona with total mlnlmom capital stock