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THE WEATHER. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Unaet- 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 $1,000,000 common stock. The failure caused deep fear on the stock exchange, and declines were noted all along the line. There was a feeling of uncertainty and a fear that the bottom might drop out at any minute. The receiver was appointed by Judge Skeen In the United States dis trict court. He appointed L. C. Pettit, of Big Stone Gap. Va„ who waa fa vorable to the petitioners, the Norton Coal Company, of Bristol, Va. The Norton Coal Company alleged that It could not obtain settlement of Its bills against the steel company. Alderman Key Makes Ef fort to Secure Care ful Consideration. 000000000O<,O00<H30000OOO00!J$ g H 2iyjl? , i , i?. , JS-.MEN_VOTED 0 o 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. ^ A 000000000000000000*000000^ 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