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THE ATLANTA GEORG TAN AND NEWS.
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. ifOT.
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THE.ATLANTA GEORGIAN
(AND NEWS)
JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES, Editor.
F. L. SEELY, President.
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OUR Pt.ATKOItM: TUB GKOHGIAN
AND NEWS atanda for Atloata'a own.
tpg lb own gaa end electric light
jttllnti. '*1 It now own. Its water
works other eltlre do tlila and get
gut ni low so 00 cenle. with o proUt
reason why they ran not lie to oper
ated here. But wa do not hellero this
can lie dpna uowr, and It umy be some
Year# he foie we afe ready for ao Id*
aa undertaking. Still Atlanta should
Native advices at Tangier aay that
20,000 hostile Moors are concentrat
ing near Use French troops. An army
bound In ( Morocco might cost France
dearly. ■«’ * 4
The Atlanta baieball team salutes
the I.ualtanla and congratulates the
' newly-crowned Empress of the Seas.
The AvB. T. baa been going some It-
sOlfTecentiy.
Ferdinand Earle thinks that the
scandal which brought hla name be
fore tfie public so; prominently will
make bis pictures sell. But It may
be that he Isn't as bad aa they are
painted.
Tho appYoaclilnif marriage of ex-
Queen Lll. of Hawaii, to a neighbor-
, Ing prince, who .weighs three hun
dred- [found*, i’a a lease .06 niutual
' fectlon. She's* very much In lore
with her fat prince, and he la In- lore
with her.,fat Income.
The Crackers have copped the
doth—which, being literally Inter
preted, means-that the Atlanta-base
ball team hat achieved a percentage
tn the Southern I-eague race of 1907
to entitle It to float the pennant at
Ponce DeLeon.Park.
Now comes The Houston Post
and ‘Intimates* that the telephone
, '• ^argfce Jif that city la ayuonymoui'
with General Sherman's charac
terisation of war. J The red-head
ed widow at central must have
chewed him off pretty short.—
-Nashville American.
The ‘‘chewing off" of the red-headed
widow %ould be borne with compla
cency If It didn't occur most frequent
ly lit the midst df a conversation With
some one elae.
If Bryan la not nominated for
president, who will he? The Dem
ocrats may have to take the ad
vice of John Tample Grave*, and
make the choice of Roosevelt
unanimous. That would leave
Tom Watson and hla Independ
ent-Union party, out In the' cold.
The Popultata have a long and
J' T waiting' ()*ht .before them, and
the end of the wait may never
come.—-For.t Gaines Sentinel.
. There la no hardship In waiting,
either for- Democrats or Populists, it
in -the waiting they may have the sat
isfaction of teeing the paramount
-principles tor which they have con
tended crystallized Into laws, "and
those laws already existing honestly
enforced, for the relief and progress
of the masses of mankind.
When the Warnock steamer, fl-ae-
nter. from China and Japan, an, bored
at Liberty Island, a few evenings ago,
the shipload of Chinese and Jape lined
up on the port rail and went through
g worshipful ceremony In.honor of the
Bartholdi statue. The Ignorant for
eigners saw Liberty with more appre
ciative eyes than did a distinguished
sculptor, who. on entering New York
harbor and rectlvlng an affirmative an
swer to Ms query. “la that Liberty?"
exclelmeff: “Then give me death!''
Monument for Lester.
Hpectal t« The Georgian.
Savannah. Ga., Sept. 14.—Hon.
c. G. Edwards, of the First district,
has Inaugurated a movement for A
monument to the late Congressman Ru
fus E. Lester, his purpose being to
have a proper shaft reared tn tha
square In front o^thf postofllce bulld-
A. R. Thompson Elected,
hpectsl to Tbs Georgian.
Tuscaloosa. Ala.. Sept. 14.—A called
aieetlng* of the board of mayor and
aldermen was bald In the city hall yes
terday evening. The board elected a
new Chief of police, and R. R. Thomp
son was- uaantmously chosen to dll tha
place.
RECKLESS AUTOMOBILING.
An unusual state of affairs was that presented- in the-Record-
er’s Court on Thursday, whon Judge Broyles hnd before him
again g violator of the automobile law who had had hjs license
revoked for sixty days only a week ago. The charge was ex
ceeding the speed limit, and the evidence developed a situation
that wottid have been amusing if it had not been alarming—
alarming in that the police department should have failed to de
tect the number of the automobile or the identity of the man and
arrest him for driving without a license, his having been revoked,
ns stated, a week previous to his second arr^t for exceeding the
speed limit. ,/ <''■ > • : -
It is probably generally knowp tjj^t the'publisher of Tho
Georgian is president of the Atlanta Automobile and Good Roads
Club, but neither he nor the club countenanues for a moment the
reckless driving of automobiles. -The club worked hard to have
a state automobile law passed restricting tho speed of machines
in this state. There, is no law applying outside of incorporated
towns in Fulton county now, and a nriachineMnay run at aUy speed
it can make as soon as it passes outside of any corporate limits.
This is wrong. There are so many more people who walk or drive
it/ the county, and so many more sane people who drive an auto
mobile for pleasure than there are; those who are speed-crazed or
possessed of an uncontrollable desire to race tii«iir>ars, that it is
an injustice for the lives of all to’ ; be mcnacedihjVa few boys who
have no thought of responsibility but-only a desire to see how
many miles an hour cat) be gotten out of a machine.
Some people do not understand why machines are made so
thOy can go so fast,.and often a^k.tyhy manuJ^cTorers are allowed
to turn opt stfcli mriehines. The trouble is. that, an automobile is
compelled to have a great deal more power than is necessary for
level running in order that it may be able to climb hills. An au-
tonjohile weighing front 2,500 to 4,000 pounds requires a great'
deal of power to pull it up the ateep hills. This power being in
the engine, if allowed to exert itself on a level road simply drives
the machine at enormous speed, with the result that some even
reach 70 miles an hour. !We know of some men who boast of hav-
* ing made 65 miles an hour in Fulton cotfht.v.
Machines cau not be made to run at low speed only, and have
power enough to pull the hills. But that is not the question, nor
is the remedy to, he found in putting the limit on the inauufactui-
or in building the machines.
Boys and children are not, or should not, be allowed to han-
die. spirited hq«ies—there is no guarantee that a horse Will,keep
within-Certain speed. For ,ju*t as good reason, children, .or, for
that matter, men who can twit drive utt automobile within the
bounds of reason, Should tjpt he,allowed a license.
And while we are waiting for the next session of the legisla
ture to pass the automobile bill, we hope Fulton county will re
strict in some way the reckless use of automobiles.
May not the police department of Atlanta be a little more
’careful about enforcing automobile laws and thus save us from
many of the accidents caused by violations of them!. ■ 1 ,
, The automobile is here to stay—it is only a step in progress
and invention, and the prejudice agnitrsf it will tile drivay if .only
we use it in a ratiouul, common sptuf. manner. . ,, , ,. , |
Country members of the legislature come here bitterly prej-
'■tidiced against automobiles—they have much reason to be, and
unless automobilists use greater care and more consideration, we
will wake up some day and find laws on the statute books that
will render automobiles almost uaeletts. We know whereof we
speak—wo saw the laws that were proposed at the last session.
Enforce moderation, gentlemen of the police force, and back
them up, Judge Broyles, without being harsh, ant} every sane au-
tomohilist will stand by you and thank you.
A'r-nfr
ARMY-NAVY ORDERS
—AND—
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
Haying with locomotive whistles. ,
We notice that the residents of Oakland City are complaining of the
blowing of locomotive whistles. Few citizens of Atlanta, or nearby, are
free from this annoyance. Nobody denlea the need of signaling with
whlstlea In railroad work, but everybody denlei tho right of night en
gineer* to play with the whistles of their engines at all houra of the
night when nowhere near croaslnga and with no one about to warn off
of the crosalngs.
It Is difficult for us to understand how men who usitelly are noted
for their blg-heartedness and klndneea as are railroad engineers, can be
so thoughtless of the llvee and comforts of others. We say lives—have
you ever teen a little tick child hovering between life and death with
cholera ipfantum and similar troubles, fanned all night by a worn-out
mother, trying to give It a few minutes of sleep, and some engineer
would pUH tha whletld of hit engine wide open aud run a quarter of a
mild with It ao, at two. three and fqur o'clock In the morplng?
.Yea—it la ap, and If we can not have a law that will stop It. then
eu «e not appeal to the men themselves at least to be human and let
the tired workers sleep—though they, the engineers, must work through
out the night hours. -
Aa d rule, a railroad engineer la the biggest-hearted man In the
world—he is always named "Bill"—59 44 100 of all railroad engineers
are "Bills"—and not one of them but wfio would step down from bla
steel giant gnd gladly throw hla own life to the winds to save a babe.
Their very bravery Is Ibe child of their kindness,
Now. "Bill," there ere a few fellow* not named Bill - who are not
doing the.right thing by us and are making us lie awake nights because
they like to hesr the nolae when they pull the valve. See what you can
do to atop It for ue.
Army Orders.
Washington, Sept. 14.—Captain Per
cy B. Bishop, coast artillery corps, now
at Fort H.-pJ Wilght. report, to chief
of artillery,nt Washington as his as
sistant. •
Second Lieutenants Seth YV. Scofield
apd Thomas 11 . Spencer. First Infan
try; Georgp R. Harrison, Patrick J.
Morriatsy and.Evan E. Lewis, Twenty-
fifth’ Infantry; Edward H, Teal!, Eu
gene it.-jllousholder. David G.’ C. .Gar
rison and Robert G. .West,•' Twenty
infantry. Ilcnjumln F. ' in-lle.
Henry H. Arnold and Wiley E. Daw
son. Twenty-ninth .Infantry: Ralph W.
Dusenbury, Twenty-fourth Infantry;
Hayden L. Wagner, Third cavalry, and
Waldo C. Potter, Fifth field artillery,
to Philippines November 6.
pr. Harry E. Mitchell. Third field
artillery, from Grove City College, de
tailed professor military science; state
college at Washington. Pullman. First
Lieutenant Wlfflam S. Wood. Fourth
field artillery, report to commanding
general, department of California, for
duty pending departure of transport for
Philippines.
Lieutenant Colonel William B. Davis,
deputy surgeon general, from depart
ment of the east to Omaha as chief
surgeon department of the Missouri.
First Lieutenant James K. Crain
from Forty-first company, epast artil
lery corps, to unasslgned list; report to
commanding officer, artillery district
of the Chesapeake for staff duty.
Naval Orders.
Rear Admiral H. W. Lyon detached
navy yard, glare Island, home, to wait
order*;
Commander A. F. Fechtler detached
naval war college, home.
Ensign W. F. Halsey from naval hos
pital, Norfolk, to Kansas.
'Midshipman H. T. Kalse from naval
hospital, Norfolk, to medical school
hospital, Washington.
Movements of Vessels.
ARRIVED—September 11, Talbert at
Norfolk, Raleigh at Mare Island; Sep
tember 12, Nero, Glacier and Tacoma
at Provlncetown, Alas*.; Lebanon and
Huntress at Pensacola.
SAILED—September 11, Hnnntbal
from Hampton Roads for Capq Cod
Bay; September 12.' Chicago from
Bremerton for San Francisco; Septem
ber IS, Concord and Helena from Slak-
wan for Hankotv; Culgoa commissioned
September I* at navy yard. New York.
A WOMAN’S PROTEST.
To the Editor of The Georgian;
In walking up Peachtree street one
day this week. I noticed some pictures
which were being displayed In front of
the Grand Opera House, advertising the
Devil's Auctloii” add as a resident of
this ralr city, os a woman, and as a
Christian who Is Interested In the wel.
fore of the young men and young wom
en of our city, I want to raise my voice
In protest against such indecent dis
plays upon our streets.
There Is not a thinking man or worn,
an In this city .who does i)ot realise the
awful effect upon the morals, of our
young people of such Impure pictures.
There Is hot a man In our-f tty wHo Is
ready to give hla life. If need be. to
dffepd the her or of our Burnham wom
anhood, but that must., confess that
such displays a* this cause much of
the trouble that'ave are' having with
•the' low-down negroes who walk our
streets. There Is not a woman who has
son* and daughters, and who desires to
train them up Into lives of purity anil
i Ightbousncss, but ttiat knows that this
Is almost Impossible, when they an
surrounded on all aides by pictures so
suggestive of that which If impure and
unclean.
I want to .appeal to your paper, which
ha* done such a grand work In helping
to bring about so many needed reforms,
to. use your Influence- toward wiping
out this evil. Along with, the other re
forms which are sweeping over pur city
aud state. If seems to me ihat It Is lime
for uy to rise up and demand that this
thing be put nut of our midst. Isn't
there n law against such vile displays
as this? If not, isn't It time that one
be passed?
Yours In the fight for righteousness
and truth,
' (MISS) LUCY IRBY.
429 Luckle street.
IT
CUBA
Gil Calderon Desperatel/
Wounded And Deserted
’ _ * By Followers.
Havana, Sept. . 14.—Wounded and
deserted by most of his followers, Gil
Calderon, one of the most notorious
bandit , chieftains •_ Cuba has ever
known, was captured trying 'to rally
his scattered hand of outlaws before
the organlzatlbn was completely broken
up.
The outlaws were surprised In camp
near *'i- nfueg- s and after a desperate
battle with the rurales, ld«t twenty
men killed and wounded. The rurales
lost a dozen. f }■
HUMAN BONES ARE FOUND
IN HUGE DEN OP THIEVES.
Lisbon, Portugal. Sept. 14.—Through
today's round-up of a gang of despera
does and the discovery of their lair, a
miniature catacomb In the suburbs of
Lisbon. It Is believed the mystery sur
rounding scores of crimes and dozenr
of disappearances has beet) cleared up.
In the catacomb was found eight partly
decomposed bodies and heaps of hu
man bones, believed to be the remains
of those who have mysteriously dis
appeared. It Is believed that after
robbing (heir victim’s the thieves killed
them.
MADD0X-RUCKER BANKING CO.
CORNER ALABAMA AHD BROAD 3TREET8.
Capital $200,0()0.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits . $600,000.00
We have every facility, for transacting the
banking business in all its branches. ’
4 Of Interest paid and compounded twice a
/O year in our Savings Department.
SEIZEDJt OEFICEfi
Charleston Police Invade
Offices and Express .Cars
of Railroads.
WANT GOV, SMITH
WORK GOING FAST
ON BRINSON ROAD
Special to The Georgian.
Sylvanta, Ga„ Sept. 14.—The Brlpsnn
railway, from Savannah to Athens, Ga.
Is going forward rapidly with Its con
•tructlon work, and Is now complete
from Savannah.'to several miles north
of Springfield. Passenger and freight
trains are In operation between these
two points.
One of the best section? of Georgia
will be opened up by the construction
of this railroad, ns It wilt pass through
the finest farming and timber sections
of Screven county, as well as Burke
county, when continued , to Waynes
boro.
45,000 CROSSTIES
FOR PANAMA ROAD
Special to The Georgia a,
Brunswick. Ga,. Sept. ,J4.—Thy Nor
wegian steamship Gaprivl has just
salted from this port with a cargo of
about 45,000 cypress crossties. These
ties were shipped to the Isthmian ca
nal commission at Colon, Panama, and
are the first of a contract tor 150,000
ties recently awarded jo one pf the big
crosstie concerns here.
TAIL OF ELEPHANT
IS GIVEN TO LOEB
nt f^tmopea has Iteen ■emrhed. tho cc
■Ion upsut aud Iho tabernacle defilod. hut
nothing t>‘m stolon. The phrpetmtorg are
jtfjr
vrns the emblem of authority antong"African
kings. i
RETURNING CONFIDENCE ASSURED.
The remarkable number of bidder* for the 140,000,000 of bonds offered
by Nest York city I* the country's emphatic denial of the possibility of
a serjous financial panic. For tbeae bonds there were bids made from
every section of the country and the demand was far greater than the
amount issued. The agitation tn money circles, greatly encouraged by
corporations which have felt the restraining power of state and national
legislation, must at an early date become a matter of ancient history.
The good crop news, the financial aid of the government In moving the
crops and the absolutely healthy conditions of alt legitimate business en
terprises’ will nil. play an Important part In blocking a game which many
corporation* were ruthlessly playing with the beat business Interest* of
the nation.
Well-known financiers, while dolefully discussing the "depressing”
condition of the money market, hurried to New York with a surplus of
cash to Invest In these New York bonds. These and other more hopeful
Investors of the country have put a period to further doubt by their anx
iety to become owners of some of the New York bonds. Tbl* sale brings
a grateful rift In the clouds,, which have arisen about the national borl-
xon, because of the manipulation* of disgruntled corporate Interest*.
TODAY’8 COTTON KING.
(From The riilm
New York, or reti
new srustitlon. a lie' —- - • ,
Thomas, a Tesno.’ "feorlr.s of everythin*
that walks, crawls or files”—wherefore the
panenrrles on the aeeaslAn of his corona,
tton nave been so worded by Inr-seeln*
editors rs to suffice, with n mere ctiau*e
of tense, for his eUltunry. For what ebauce
has a Teisn who fears nnthlu* In Wail
street?
However, nt the preaent tho street Is sc
Inlining “vivo le rid" and navlu* "lo rot
est niort" until there occurs a slump In tho
form of a linen — - _—.
tcuslvc knowledge this, but It would tend
lo the leugtbeutiig of Mike s reign If be
kui-W Wall street. Tbtt be does not Is
evidenced by the announcement of hi* fatal
shortage In timidity.
Nevertheless Kin* Mike In aphelion Is sn
Interestlns study. Just new he Is of the
first magnitude ninl “has tullllmis In sight.
He l<e*sn life ns a Halles newsboy, Ills
hlocrsphcrs announce. aUhoucb there must
have been a few preliminary year* of Infan
cy. unlei* we ore to lieltrve be trafficked
even In the cradle. Later Mike developed
Into n cowboy. Iierame n reader of Clreek,
a preacher of sermons, n pqstpvaadta! sneak
er of scintillating wit and n deadly hnnd
with foil house, flsblu* pole aud gun. But
In none of these lay bis eoentlon: tbsl
remained undiscovered until b* turned to
cottou and tnrned cotton to .money.
Mike-lie prefers to he so referred to-
owes Ids trauslntlon to New York to n re
cent Toss law banishing brokers from the
stare. Judging from this distance. King
Mike Is n good soul; t little raw. like bit
favorite commodity, per heps, but mnrb too
good for the fate the, Impends over all
Wall at reef "kings." If he possessed only
a ravine souih-ou of fear nud were not
so bandy with the gun, the friendly ad
vice might be proffered that he hasten
Imrfc to Trio*. Rise, before long will
those coronation panegyrics be changed In
tense and tirade to nerve as bis lunnelsl
ohlrnsrv. For "millions In slghf," seen
through the magnifying mists of Wall
street, are not so good as s hundred Ihon-
Government lionds. and he who
_.ng soon goes to fatten the Irank
accounts of the professional I rears whose
ralr Is the cotton end stock eiebsnges.
Not Quit* Clear.
A well known clergyman of Boston was
once talking to some friends with reference
to tho desirability of chronological cohe
rence In Ideas, In the form of written
sisiement. when he observer! (hut there are
time* when this method becomes a trifle too
Ire.
Instance." said the speaker. “I once
heard a minister In New Ilamp-hire make
Ida nasal Sunday morning announcements
as follow*:
" -Tbs funeral of the lute and bmeh la
mented oexton takes place on Wednesday
afterne.ru St X O'elnek.
" -Thanksgiving service* will 1* held In
1* chapel <m Tbi
' POLITENESS.;*
(From The Nashville American.)
The Philadelphia Telephone: Compa
ny's order to It* flrl operators to cease
sayl.ig “please" to Its patrons Is the
subject' of varying newspaper com
ment. The Boston Globe says of "the
passing of politeness:" ,
"Our fathers believed In polite forms.
In the days of our grandfathers the
properly-taught child In Ills corre
spondence addressed hla father as
'Honored Sir.' Doubtless there are
some hitrail cynics tvho affect to be
lieve that the boy of today' I* un
accountably gracious In not Insisting
that the old custom be reversed am
his parent*- tn their correspondence
address him as ‘Honored filr.' ■
"Anyway. It la terrible to think of the
waate of time, to say nothlmt of
anil paper, that the ancient form
tailed, rionslder the time also that
General Grant lost at Fort Donelaon
when. In writing to General Buckner
that ‘no terms except an unconditional
anil Immediate surrender can be con
sidered. I propose to move Immediate,
ly upon your works.' concluded with
the strange statement: 'I am, sla ye
respectfully, your obedient seP(vn
And General Buckner, admitting that
he had to accept the 'ungenerous and
unchlvalrous terms,' did not forget tn
add that he waa, with great respect,
General Grant's 'very obedient serv
ant.'
"!t Is horrifying that so much time
should hove been watted, but we are
forced to confess that the type of gen
tleman which this old achool of polite
addresa turned nut compels the admi
ration ever, df this hurrying age."
Americans are noted as the moet Im
polite people In the world. Their ab
ruptness and brusqueness of manner
shocks the sensibilities of the French.
Italian, Fpanlsh-.-lndeed, all the Latin
peoples. In this respect the American
offend* unconsciously. He la equaled
only by the Englishman tn rudeness.
There are exceptions. There are men
of inherent or cultivated politeness
among all races and tn all climes. In
this country the' Southern people have
always been more polite and courteous
than thetr Northern neighbors, speak
ing generally. The South, however. Is
becoming more and more like the North
In this respect. This is to be regretted.
Nothing Is more attractive than the
graclousneaa and charm of manner-and
manners characteristic of the old
South. Politeness., however, can be
come oppressive, and when excessive It
is somewhat ridiculous.
There are fonns of politeness which
not only mean nothing, except custom
or habit, but which often seem absurd.
"If the honorable gentleman makes that
assertion, then the honorable gentleman
Is an Infamous liar." in his letter to
General Buckner General Grant sub
scribed himself “your obedient serv
ant." A* a matter of fact, as both and
everybody tur. he was an enemy who
was trying to kill or capture Ruckn-r.
He might have written “respectfully,"
or "with great respect," and have kept
within the bounds of truth ns well as
politeness. A ■ man may respect the
enemy he Is trying to kin, and In wav
may have the kindliest personal feel
ing for the opposing commander, but
he I* not hla obedient servant by a long
■hot. Grant and Buckner merely used
a polite form of expression common In
those day*. A more elaborate form
was "I beg. sir. to subscribe myself
your moat obedient and humble serv
ant." The modern writer cuts It down
to "Reept." Politeness, of the old sort.
Is In danger of being crowded oft the
sidewalk tbeae days.
Special to The Georgian.
Charleston, 8. C., Bept. 14*—In the
last two days the police of Charleston
have Belzed about ten wagon loads of
liquor, hundreds of gallons from the
office of the Southern Express Compa
ny and cars of the Atlantic Coast Line
and Southern railway, taking the bit
Into their teeth and invading the
strongholds of the transportation com
panies, alleging that the companies
have allowed the tigers to come Into
thetr places of business and get their
liquor, or that the Illicit stuff hai* been
reconslgned, tn violation of the law.
Bottlle Brothers, of Augusta, have
beer, large losers by these unexpected
raids, and have served claim and de
livery papers on Mayor Rhett, In an
effort to recover the liquor they have
lost. Some of the liquor is of a high
grade. Probably eighty cases or pack
ages of liquor have been nabbed by
the police, breaking a)( local raiding
records.
Thirty-eight cases of high-grade
whiskies were captured from the At
lantic Coast Line and eight cases from
the Southern railway today. The
wholesale tigers and the transportation
companies here are wild over the un
expected move Uy the Charleston au
thorities.
INVITE ROOSEVELT
TO STATE FAIR
President Roosevelt may came to At.
lanta during the fair. 8ome time ago,
when Invited, he said his dates on hie
Southern trip hnd been so arranged
that It would be impossible to take 111
Atlanta. But now It may be different.
So the directors of the Slate Fall-
called a meeting Friday afternoon and
it was decided to invite the president
to visit the fair on "Roswell .Day," Oc
tober 23.
President Roosevelt will be In Nash
ville on Tuesday, October 23, and It la
believed by the directors that he can
retqrn to Washington via Atlanta In
stead of by the circuttoue route pro
posed. This -will enable him to remain
In Atlanta a few hours, make art ad
dress and then arrive In Washington
only, a few bote* later (han was at first
Intended. It will be decided at another
meeting whether a committee shall go
to Washington to- Invite the president
or the Invitation be sent by mall.
When the president tvas In Atlanta
at the State I-’alr two years ago, the
biggest crowd seen In Atlanta's history
i—opt<»i him. and he waa cheered Irom
the Terminal to Piedmont park and
->l( usBin. No reception could have
been more enthusiastic, end the presi
dent was deeply Impressed.
400 Commission Firms Will
Attend the Savannah
Meeting.
CUMBERLAND ARMY
TO HOLD REUNION
til (eels I to The Georistan.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 14.—Col
onel M. H. Pitch, Inspector general on
the staff of General Absalom Baird..will
deliver the annual oration at the re
union of the Society of the Army of the
Cumberland, which will be held In
Chattanooga next month. Major Gen
eral O. O. Howard, United States army,
retired, the only surviving corps com
mander of the Army of the Cumber
land, will come from hla home. In Ver
mont, to attend the reunion.
WIRELESS PLANT ON
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
Rpri'lnl to The Ooorjflnn.
Chattanooga, Tenn,, Sept. 14.—It Is
announced that preparations for ihe
establishing of a wireless telegraph sta-
tton on Lookout Mountain will be start
ed within thirty days' time. The local
station Is to be In a circuit composed
of Hot Springs. Oklahoma City. Mem
phis, Dallas. Mobile and New Orleans.
The local station will he In operation
by the first of the year. It Is to be
built by the Pacific Wireless Telegraph
Company.
Speelsl fo The Georgian.
Savannah, 'Ga., Sept. 14.—The N*.
tlonal League of Commission Mer
chant!, which will hold Its next con-
ventlon In Savannah. Is making -,n
effort to get Governor Hoke Smith to
deliver an address on that ocratlin
Governor Smith has been asked to ad.
dress the convention on the subject „r
transportation. The national preulden
of the commission merchants. Charle.
S, Muehlbronner, of Pittsburg p a i,
tn correspondence with Governor Smith
on the subject at this time.
W. S. Gavan writes that "thirlsin--
cities will be represented at the con-
ventlon. which will be a big affair in-
deed, there ' bolng perhaps 400 lar 8 «
commission firms represented.
AUGUSTAN FEARS
RABIES FROM BITE
J. C. Platt, of Augusta, a member of
council of that city, and foreman of
the Sibley Manufacturing Company. Is
In Atlanta undergoing treatment at the
Pasteur Institute for the. prevention of
hydrophobia, which It was feared would
be caused by the bite of a dog la«t
Tuesday. The Institute was so full that
he had to spend the night tn a hotel
but he will undergo an examination by
Dr. Brawner. ;
DAVIS TO ATTEND
CANTON UNVEILING
Brigadier General J. M. K. Davlr.
commander of the • department of the
gulf, will be in command of the irooja
at the unveiling of the McKinley inonu-
ment at Canton, Ohio, on September
30. He will be accompanied by Colonel
R. D. Pitta, chief of staff, and Lleuten.
ant A. F, Comtskey, aide-de-camp. One
battalion from Fort McPhereon, with
the post band, and two squadrons of
cavalry from Fort,Oglethorpe with the
headquarters band; will represent Gem.
gta at the unveiling.
NEW FIBER PLANT
FOR HUNTSVILLE
• .. n._- -7
Special to The Georgian.
' Huntsville, Ala., Sept. 14.—The
Huntsville Wood Fiber Plaster and
Lime Company Is the latest Industry for
Huntsville. Incorporation papers were
filed In the office of the probate Judge
late Thursday. The capital stork of
the corporation IS 525,000 and the offi
cers are A. M. Booth, president: E. M.
Forbes, vice president; James R. Ste
vens. secretary and treasurer; A. G.
Proctor, general manager.
WILKES FARMERS
HOLDING COTTON
Hpeclnl lo The Georgian.
Washington, Go., sept. 14.—There
has been a decided deterioration In the
cotton crop of YVIIkes and adjoining
counties which amounts to a mrl-nii
concern In aome sections. The condi
tion has bean brought about by the dry
weather for the moet part and In con
sequence there wilt not be “a top crop.'
Marketing has been vigorous so long
aa the price of the staple has remained
above 12 cents, but there Is a disposition
on the part of the farmers to hold buck
their cotton unless satisfactory prices
prevail.
Christie Qots to Corntlia.
Kpeetal to The Georgian
Dawson, Ga., Sept. 14.—Hon. S R-
Christie has sold hi* home to J. U
Hollingsworth, and Will soot) remove l->
Cornelia. . He has long been Identified
with Dawson and Terrell county, hav
ing occupied Important public stations
In each, and having represented botn
the county anil this senatorial district
'In the general assembly of Georgia.
firowth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian ken records rack dsy some
economic Fart In reference to tke onward
progress of (lie South.
BY
a. lively
J. Frederick Houston ft Co., of Cumberland, N. C.. will commence the
erection of Its new spinning mill, near Its present plant, September 1
Brief mention of this plant has already been made.
The new milt will be 140 by 75 feet, one story In height, with provision
< vL for ,he a ddlrion of another story at a later date.
The present plant has 4.100 spindles running nnd the new building
“J, 11 have a similar capacity, thereby doubling the company's equipment.
The mill Is now running on 8s to 12s singles, two, three and four-ply cot-
>' nrn » ,n skeins, Warps, tubes and cones, and the new plant
*Jh h p fitteil for KPlnrtng the same grades of yarns. The company re-
n iaV.1 e *P£“ ded MO.OOO In Improvements on the power ptnnt, among the
additions being two horlsontal turbines
town Th La ,n t'. Pa ^.'J»^ OV v r ., 8 ,? ttcc *"' of land - which Includes the whole
!h» constantly building new houses for the accommodation •>!
neu mni «In v.J n il ,‘li.h' r lm P rov enicnts aholit the town. The
new mill will be provided with n sprinkler system, arid
lo-dnte improvements known to mitt construction. The >
new plant has not been bought and probably will not
February t’ wl ‘■° mple,,on - which Is expected to
The Mandeyille Mill Company, of Carrollton. G*
operates the Manddvllle Chtton and Oil Mill and the
’ t‘ la [' t 'h*™- together with a number of ginneries
set tton. Is erecting a new 10,000-splndle cotton mill
struetton t* well under way and uillbe pushed ’ranldl • to com pier ion.
company has a capital of Moo,mo. composSraostly^ifotocal car
Ital. and has been very successful tn its several Industrial undertaking*,
and done much for Carrollton and the surroundlni cointrv
for a^charter'at'oriffln 'fla'*. nan '* of “ n * w enterprise ^hat will a PP»
moooo w fh "fo-twie a blanket mill. The cjfltal >•
stm-kholdcra * » of Increasing to 4500.000 at the pleasure of the
new mill wTli manufoeracT . C , 0,, ? n of ,h * ° ,her mllla of Griffin the
The ml *nd other cotton goods,
wrorkof construction h * 1 ?? Ul,,p c d with machinery for spinning wool.. Tk*
pu. r h k «.’ f to^K * n -
aii'l
F«*rti •
that
Th# wijrk of con-
be pushed raoldl/ fo cm .;•!«!Ion.
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