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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor.
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OUR PLATFORM-—The Georgian stands for Atlanta's Owning its own gas and elec
tric light plants, as it now owns its water atorfe Other cities do this and get gas as low as 60 cents,
With a profit to the city. This should he done at once. The Georgian believes that if street rail
ways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there is no good reason why they
can not be so operated here. But we do not believe this can be done now, and it may be some years be
fore we are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set its face in that direction NOW
menu lie. that mother love which explain* while It glo-
rifle* It all.
The Georgian call* the attention of It* multitude of
correapondenta to thete facta: That all communication,
muat be elgned. No anonymous communication will be
printed. No manuacrlpta will be returned unleaa atampe
are incloaed for the purpoee. Our correapondenta are
urgently requeated to abbreviate their letter* a* much
a* poaalble. A half a column will be read, whereae a
full column will be paaaed over by the majority of
reader*.
Let Us Learn to Banquet Better.
We have not learned as yet to banquet In the South
In the prudent and progressive way.
We live In the land of hospitality, and tbo spirit
of fellowship and comradeship flows naturally from the
Southern heart and hand. For all that, wo banquet In
Dixie not wisely but too well—nnd too long.
The great banquet of Thursday night closed about
half-past 1 o'clock, which was nt least two hours
later than It should liavo closed. Our friends In the
North, who bnnquet much oftencr thnn wo do, and par-
tlcularly In tho larger cities of Boston nnd Now York,
where thoro are front ten to fifty banquets every night,
have long since learned tho wiser nnd better way.
In these cities It Is the custom to begin every ban
quet not later than 6:30 In the evening. .
Then after the first three courses the first speaker
Is Introduced. The waiters enter tho hall with tho next
course, only nfter the speaker has taken his seat. A
speaker la then sandwiched between every course, with
the waiters held carefully In the dining room, until he
concludes. Then at the end, the last two or three speoches
are heard ovei tho cogeo and cigars, nnd Invariably
every banqueter is enabled to be at home and In bed
before the clock strikes tho hour of midnight.
There Is great wisdom In this plan and It should be
adopted everywhere. Business men who are engaged
In banqueting until 2 o'clock In the morning are scarcoly
fit for vigorous business or contact with their fellow
men on the succeeding day. It Is a weariness to tho
flesh which Is scarcoly compensated by tho Joy to the
spirit and to the stomach on thp evening before.
There la no reason In the world why we should not
The Gas and Electric Monopolies Are
Contrary to Government.
The private monopoly of public utilities I* distinctly
a violation of the constitution, and In opposition to the
whole theory and plan of our government.
If this Is a strong statement we will proceed to
prove It
The right to tax a free people Is confined exclusively
to the government which they have erected for them
selves. The power of taxation is a government func
tion. It was nover intended to be exercised by any pri
vate individual, or by any small coterie of private Indi
viduals. It Is an Inalienable and Indispensable right of
I free men to be taxed only by the government under
which they live.
Now we submit to tho candid Intelligence of a free
and thoughtful people that when their public utilities,
providing the commodities and the absolute necessities
of public life, are given Into the hands of one corpora
tion which has no competition, it gives that corporation
In logfo and In law as distinct and arbitrary a right
of taxation as the government enjoys.
When John D. Rockefeller with his Standard Oil
monopoly desires to recruit nny loss that he may have
sustained In charity or In speculation, he arbitrarily
and without permission, or without any other reason
than his sovereign will, puts an additional penny or
faaif penny upon tbo price of oil and In one sweeping
week replenishes by an hundred fold the pockets and the
coffers that he has emptied In an ostentatious charity,
or depleted In an unwise investment. In other words
ho taxes the people ithout their consent and without
governmental authority or any other authority than his
own sweet will to enrich bis own pockets and to In-
crease his own revenues.
The tax of 1 mill Is felt enormously>by tho people of
a state or a republic. But the tax of 1 cent arbitrarily
levied by the autocratic Rockefeller upon a standard
of necessary products, Is a burden of larger meaning
and an outrage of more glaring illegality.
It !s the same way with our gas and electric plants
hero. When their dividends do not suit them, when
tho yenrly income of the company is not as-much as they
think It Ought to be, this private group of Individuals
who have secured out of the apathy and Ignorance of our
earlier forefathers the superb franchises of the gas and
electric trusts, simply go to work, and without reference
to the laws or to the statutes of the state or city, with
out reference to the conditions of the times or the
adopt this system in Georgia. If the men know that a
banquet begins at 6:30 they will make It a point to be ^financial state of the people, arbitrarily and Insolently
lhara unit H«r fnllntblniv rlfrlHtv thin rMlHfnm Until tho ’ ...
there, and by following rigidly this custom until the
peoplo become accustomed to It, we will establish a sys
tem of social festivity out of which we may receive
mental and physical enjoyment without physical weari
ness or Injury on the following day.
The Oeorglnn cordially urges upon the next banquet
ers In this city to Inaugurate the system of beginning
their festivities at the hour of 6:30 and arrange to have
them close by 11:30 In the evening.
The Woman Who Would.
There Is a woman out In Cleveland who hns not only
discharged all the manifold duties which could possibly
devolve upon a wife und mother, but she haa done *o
many things which nre supposed to lie exclusively In the
sphere of u man that she hns attracted considerable at
tention.
Before her marriage she was on the stage, *o she
begins the list of her accomplishments by being a fairly
good actress, although she haB devoted her attention In
recent yearB to something very different. She has made
her own clothes, those of the two-year-old baby and of tho
two boys who are large enough to go to school. She hns
made her own hats. She does beautiful fancy work, such
as Battcnbarg lace and "frillies.'' 8he paints on china
and glnss.
All of which may be feminine enough, albeit few wo
men would care to undertake so much. But tnat was
only the beginning with Mrs. Evelyn Johnson.
It certainly Is no part of a woman's work to shave
her husband and cut his hair, but she was thereby en
abled to save a few dollars of the family funds every
month, so she did not hesitate to do that, too.
And yet even that was but the beginning.
She dug the cellar, she laid the foundations of the
house, she shingled the roof, she painted the house, she
put up the eaves and spouts, she laid the stone walk,
she built the stone steps, she built the chimneys, she
built a tcn-fcot fence, she papered and refinlshed the In
terior of the rooms, and now she Is preparing to build a
new concrete house, from top to bottom. \
When she gets through with that she thinks that In
all probability she will take a little rest, but she Is not
certain.
Mrs. Johnson does not suffer with "nerves." She Is
as happy as the day Is long. What kind of a man her
husband Is has not been given out. At any rate her ex
ample hns set all the people In the neighborhood to work,
beautifying and Improving the premises, nnd It Is to be
hoped that If her lordsar.d master was not doing his part
before, he has at last waked up nnd caught the fever ol
Industry along with the rest of the community.
This Is a marvelous record, but It Is not one which
we would advise any woman to Imitate to the full extent.
It Is rather -nore than any wife and mother should at
tempt, hut It at least serves ss an Inspiration to any wo
man who thinks her lot In life Is bard.
She says that when she gets the new house built,
she Is going to put the children In some good boarding
school and then start out "to raise our station in life. 1
want to leave something good for the children when I
die."
And therein lies tho explanation of It all. That she
will accomplish what she sets out to do Is certain. "She
will leave the children something good when she dies,"
It 1> In nothing more than the noble example she has set
them.
Ar.-I behind all lu:r marvelous energy and aebieve-
levy a tax of 1c, 2o or 10c a thousand feet upon the peo
ple, Just as It may be necessary to Justify their financial
ends.
Nothing can be clearer, and no man who runs can
fall to read that tho exercise of the monopolist over tho
essential services which private Individuals carry with
the power to tax the Individual Is absolutely In violation
of the letter and spirit of the constitution. This much
ought to be understood.
But we assert another fact of equal Import—that
theso syndicates who enjoy tho monopoly of public
commodities and necessities not only vlolnte the theory
of our government In taxing the people contrary to tho
constitution, but they add an additional strain to our
system of government by taxing these people without
giving them tbs right to representation. This Is the oth
er principle which runs as clear as a silver bell In tho
earlier shibboleths which made this government. "Tax
ation without representation la tyranny."
So rang the cry of the earlier colonists who flung
tho heroic claims of their rights into the teeth of the
English government, and which wreBtcd this vast re
public from tbo monarchy of England. It is the cry that
In all ages has ning as freedom's protest against the
Injustice nnd the wrong of taxing any people who have
no representation In the laws that govern them.
In the state nnd general government each citizen
has an Interest. He Is a partner to the extent of his vote,
and he Is represented by the full capacity of his ballot
and his Influence In popular elections.
But In the private monopolies tbo speechless and
hslpltaa paoplt who are taxed art absolutely voiceless
against the cold. Insolent violation of tho constitution
and of tho government, which alone enjoys the power to
tax, and which does not under Its own laws, dare to tax
those who are not represented In the government.
Apply this reasoning then to our own present condi
tions under the arbitrary power with which these gas
nnd electric monopolists work in Atlanta and else
where, and without saying boo to a single citizen or a
taxpayer, they can raise their rates, which means to In-
creass our taxes, and they do not even hear with
any degree of common courtesy or patience the protests
of the people who are being taxed, without authority and
without representation, and who have not up to this
time done more thnn stmply offer a polite protest against
the existing conditions.
This Is the basis upon which we need and abso
lutely require a municipal ownership league In Atlanta.
We want to take away from private Individuals the right
to tax a great free people—the right to tax them nt all
without the consent of the government, and above all
things the right to tax them without representation in
the taxing power.
If there ean be found n more unanswerable argument
for municipal ownership, we cannot conceive It in rea
son or in logic under the terms and spirit of our Amer
ican constitution.
For Information of the Outside World.
The Georgian's attitude of fairness toward all pub
lic questions Is causing Its opinions to be sought by
thoughtful people, not only at home, but in the larger
cities.
Late on Sunday afternoon the following telegrams
were received by the editor of The Georgian:
Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta Oa—The
Post Is exceedingly anxious, as Indicated by message
to you today, for a statement from you on the situ
ation. What caused It; what the probable effect will
be, and anyihing, however vigorous, you may-desire
to say on the subject. Can yon not accommodate
us? We consider It timely and Important Just now.
Please answer.
THE WASHINGTON POST.
New York, September 23, 1906.
Hon. John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Ga.
The World would appreciate a telegraphic reply
from you on the duty of the hour In repressing race
riots and what you believe to be the best way to
prevent them. THE NEW YORK WORLD.
Chicago, September 23, 1906.
John Temple Graves, Atlanta, Ga.
Will you kindly give us the situation In At
lanta tonight in £00 words?
THE CHICAGO EXAMINER.
And to these Inquiries from three of the greatest
newspapers In the country, the editor, under pressure
of time, returned to each of these papers the appended*
reply, which, read on Monday by nearly 2,000,000 readers,
ssrves at least to enable our friend* In the East and
the West to realise the provocation under which this
people acted, and to understand our Southern situation
they evidently have never seemed to understand it
It is Just as well to give the same answer to the readers
of The Georgian from the editorial page of the paper:
Editor New York World:
The Atlanta race riot Is due to the cumulative
provocation of a aerie* of asaults by negroes upon white
women, which, in number, In atrocity and in unspeaka
ble audacity, are without a parallel in the history of
crime among Southern negroes.
There have been 11 assaults or attempted assaults
within the past seven weeks. Of these fiends only four
have been apprehended and seven have escaped scot
free, and are now at large In the community.
Eight of theae assaults have been In broad daylight,
and In moat Instances In the open sir within a stone’s
throw of other residences. One'assault was attempted
at 9 o’clock In the evening In the brilliantly lighted
parlors pf a city residence. Two have been attempted
almost within twenty feet of the man of the house, the
criminals escaping before the man could reach them.
In almost every case the woman victim has been brutally
mutilated and disfigured.
And the entire eleven monstrous efforts, five success
ful and six unsuccessful, have been made right In the
city and suburbs of Atlanta, the capital of the Netr
South, tho center of trade, tradition and politic*, the
heart of our civilization, with a white population nearly
twice as large aa that of the negro.
It Is utterly Impossible to reach an explanation of
this tidal wave of crime. Whether It be due to the lust
begotten by the sultry and torrid weather, whether It be
due to the remarkable Increase of the cocaine habit
among the negroes, whether It haa been stirred by the
revolutionary harangues of a local newspaper; whether
It haa come from the frequenting of low liquor dives on
Decatur street In which are exposed the pictures of nude
white women, or as Is more likely, from all these causes
combined. It Is certain that Atlanta nor any other South
ern city has ever passed through such a'horrid carnival
of the unspeakable crime as during the closing weeks of
the present summer.
The city has oeen A high tension for six weeks
past. Public meetings have been addressed by the most
conservative cltlxens. Our county police system has
been quadrupled, 250 deputy sheriffs have been put on
duty and most of the Decatur street liquor dens have
been closed. A fortnight since I led a movement, to
compel the negro editors, preachers and teachers under
threat of a practical boycott, to cease spending all their
breath and energies In the denunciation of lynch law and
to preach with all their ransomed powers hell and dam
nation to the rapist. They responded loyally, and for
the first time since we have had a race problem the
white man has had the full and hearty co-operation of
the respectable negroes In the suppression of the
rapist.
And yet. In spite of this extraordinary Improvement
In conditions, the rape of white women has multiplied In
appalling fashion.
It haa been a reign of terror for our Georgia women.
There Is not a white woman In the region of Atlanta
who has had a tranquil day or night within this period.
Tho white women have been trembling prisoners in their
homes, and their husbands, sons and brothers have been
held In the necessity of guarding them unceasingly.
There are few men who dare to leave their families
after nightfall—either to attend public meetings, to
pay a social call or to worship in the churches of their
choice. The whole section has been in a state of siege
and apprehension which has been growln* more and
more intolerable. I
Every thoughtful citlxen ha* realized that Atlanta
has been sleeping upon a volcano for weeks.
Under these conditions Saturday afternoon was
drawing to a close. There had been an attempt at rape
tor each of the three preceding days right In the heart
of the city. The regular afternoon editions of the city
papers came out on time without an addition to the
grewsome record, and people breathed easier.
Half an hour later an afternoon extra appeared an
nouncing that there had been four rapes attempted in
swift succession within the hour, two of which had been
successful. Another paper Issued an extra, and In one
short hour the populace of Atlanta was In a frensy of
excitement By seven o'clock the first crude and im-
promptu organization was formed. And from (even
o'clock until an hour after midnight Atlanta passed
through the throes of a riot which has had no approx
imation In Southern history.
The lid of the volcano was off at last.
Monstrous things wero done In the name of retalia
tion. Old and young negroes, negroes good and bad,
innocent and guilty, wero cut and slashed and killed. To
every plea for mercy was shouted back the fierce re
sponse, “You had no mercy on our women and we will
have none on you.’*-
Slx negroes were killed and more than thirty In
jured. The press dispatches have told you of it.
To the tranquil readers of The World, looking on at
a great safe distance, it-seems an awful outrage against
civilisation, and no thoughtful citizen falls to deplore
and condemn It But If one of you who read had lived
for one week with the dear women of your household
under the shadow and terror of this crime, you would
have found at foasi an explnns-lon for a lawless revolu
tion which cannot be legally or morally Justified.
Do you ask me how this riot can bo rebuked and
this mob made impossible for the future? 1 will answer
you frankly that It is likely to occur again.
The silliest man In tho South Is the time-serving
statesman who declares "that there Is no race problem,
and the question, if left alone, will settle itself.” The
race question is more impending and threatening now
than it has been in twenty years. The tension Is sharper,
the antagonism deeper between the races. The hope
of a permanent agreement has slender foundation.
The horror of Saturday has doubtless left a blot on
our civilization. Every good citizen In Georgia will de
plore and condemn the Indiscriminate slaughter. I fer
vently deplore it. But the outraged people had tried
every known remedy and failed. And It will undoubtedly
clear the atmosphere and keep the negro in order for five
years to come. They are already assuming a different
tone. There may be sporadic lawlessness, but the back
bone of Insolent aggression Is broken for a time, and
there will be fewer outbreaks, and more of tranquillity
for a long season. The men it will save In the future will
outnumber ten times the men who were killed on Sat
urday.
The present riot la at an end. The city is quiet to
night, the streets are cleared, the military on guard, tho
negroes are whipped and humble, and there Is no dan
ger apprehended anywhere. But the trouble may pos
sibly be reopened with another wave of lustful crime
next summer. Whenever there Is provocation there will
be the mob. The newspapers of the North crucified me
for saying this at the New York chaulluqua In 1903. I
ask you it the statement has not been vindicated by
events. /
It Is demonstrated now that lynch law does not
entirely deter the rapist. He is willing to die for the,
having of his desire. But It Is a vent to outraged society
and but for the mob there would be ten assaults where
there la one.
Wrong? Yes. Worthy of all condemnation? Yes.
But the fact remains it Is here, and here to stay.
We are studying rape now In the South as the scien
tists have Studied yellow fever and smallpox. We are
looking for the germ. Maybe we shall find the "Stego-
myla Fasclata.' But until we do the most law-abiding
section of the entire Union in everything else, will con
tinue in the old-fashioned way to lift the blood red ban
ner of the mob to protect the lives and chastity of our
women.
How can you help us? By giving two paragraphs
to the denunciation of rape where you give one to
lynching.
What Is the ultimate end? Separation of the races—
the only possible logical, Inevitable solution. These two
opposite antagonistic races can never live together in
the same government under equal laws—never.
Help us to separate.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
GOSSIP!
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By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER
New York, Sept. 24.—A student of
Darwin's "Origin of Species," *t eight
years, a regularly matriculated fresh
man of Tuft* College at 11, Is the re
markable record of Norbert Weiner, of
Medford, Mass. It may bn said that
Master Norbert was born In Missouri
Young Weiner’s short career haa been
a shining example of physical health,
ms well aa of mental training, and al
though he spend* a greet deal of time
reading scientific works, he enjoys his
outdoor exercise aa much aa any of hi*
young neighbor* with whom he play*.
When the boy was but a year and a
half old he had complete control of the
alphabet, being able to recite it t n
either direction. At the age of 3 he
could read and write wtth perfect eue
the ordinary lessons taught in the first
grammar school grades, and at 8 was
found studying the Darwinian theory
nnd also various books by Huxley, Ri-
hot and Haeckel.
Norbert IVelner was born at Colum
bia, Mo., November 26, 1894, while his
father.was connected with the Missouri
State' University. Soon after the boy's
birth the family moved to Cambridge,
Mass., where the father took up his
work at Harvard.
The boy's father Is Leo Weiner, as
sistant professor of Slavonic languages
at Harvard, and It was the Intention of
his parents to send the lad to Cam
bridge to school. Last year, however,
the-college authorities refused to admit
him. He Is without doubt the youngest
college student In the land.
A nest of hornets caused the sudden
ending of a football game among the
pupils of the Watzeslng public school
at Bloomfield, N. J., and as a result
nearly all the players yesterday were
nursing swollen faces and hands, while
one Is unconscious. Henry Wllberg
"downed" the ball In the center of the
hornets' nest and before he could rise
to escape the stings, the rest of the
players were on top.of him. Then the
hornets became busy with the rest of
the players and kept It up until the
teams dashed wildly away.
It was learned today that Roeemund
B. Downs, the 17-year-old bride of
Nathan A. Downs, 80 years old, has
been granted a divorce by Justice Jay
Cox. The plaintiff claimed she was un
der legal age when sht was married to
Downs, who was a widower living at
Rlverhead.
Mrs. Downs testified that she mar
ried the aged man on March 26. 1805.
without the consent of her adopted
father. The latter also testified to tho
same fact, and further said he had
not since agreed to tho marriage.
No defense was entered by Mr.
Down, although It had previously been
published that the differences of the
couple had been settled by the payment
of 110,000 by Mr. Downs to his wife, It
Is said, by one doss to Mr. Downs that
h* gave her an even tl.000 In settle
ment.
While arrangement* are being made
today for tho burial of James Amber-
cromble Durden, whose body Ilts nt
his mansion, *08 Fifth avenue, social
and business friends of the dead mil
lionaire recall the quarrel of 20 years’
standing between Mm and his surviv
ing brother, I. Townsend Burden, that
was patched up only three years ago.
The quarrel started over royalties of
*>0,090 paid to James A. Burden on a
machine for making horae-ehoea, In
vented by his father, the late Henry
Burden.
Mr*. Benjamin Knower, who has been
greatly missed from the ranks of the
social set all summer, will sail short
ly for home, from Europe. Much of
her time has been spent In Paris, where
her daughter. Miss Margaret Camp
bell Knowar, was married lost week
to Vleomto Alain do Susannet. Tho
wedding at the Church of St. Pierre de
Chatllot was a brilliant affair, and
represented the American colony's up
per cruet of Paris.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
New York. Sept. 24.—Here are some
of the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—J. M. Brown, J. E. Wayt,
F. K. Aram, M. Benjamin, H. C. Black
ley, Miss Dunwoody, R. L. Foreman, O.
P. Hardy, C. H. Johnson, F. T. Max
well, D. B. Osborne, Mies H. Tllllng-
haat.
; \7~PU WiLl Never Move Unless You Take the First I
| -* Step. Take It Now—Become a Member of "The I
League.”
>s****e*a**a*teat•***•***<
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP LEAGUE
APPLICATION BLANK.
I hereby make application for membership In the MUNICIPAL OWN
ERSHIP LEAGUE.
I fsvor the ownership of a gas and electric lighting plant by the city
of Atlanta.
Remarks:
Occupation
Note.—Cut out and return to THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
DELEGATES SELECTED
TO COTTON CONVENTION
Special to The Georgian.
Anniston, Ala.. Sept. 24.—In accord
ance with the request of President Sey
mour, of the Alabama division of the
Southern Cotton Association, the fol
lowing have been selected ns delegate*
tn the state convention at Montgomery
on Tuesday: Walter L. Jones, An
niston: Marion Whiteside, Wht|e
Plains: T. 8. Gray, Crayton; Richard
Johnson, Duke: T. L. Harvey. Alex
andria: D. McEaehern, Peaoeburg; L.
F. Greer. Choecolncco; James W.
Hughes, Iron City: G. \\\ Eichelberger,
oxford; T. D. Bynum, Bynum; Captain
James Crook. Jacksonville; F. M.
Formby, Piedmont
Farmers Organizing.
Hpfdal to The Uwiridiii,
Newberry, 8. C- Sept. 24.—Farmers’
unions continue to be formed tn New
berry county, four of them having been
organised by State Organizer Mahaf-
fey during the past week. Great In
terest Is being manifested In these or
ganizations by the farmers.
HIGH FREIGHT RATE8
CAUSE PLANT TO MOVE.
Special to The Georgian.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 24.—The
DeLoach Milling Company has pur
chased a site of 40 acres at Bridge
port, Ala., where It wifi erect a plant
to cost about *120,000, which will em
ploy 1,000 men. The company will re
move from Atlanta on account of the
freight rates. It will manufacture pig
Iron. The plant will be In operation
about January 1.
FOUND HIS SKILLET
AFTER FORTY YEARS.
Speulnl to Tho (•ooreltiii.
Chattanooga. Tenn.. Sept. 24.—After
having been burled forty-four years In
the ground on Missionary Ridge, John
O. Lindsey, „of the Sixtieth North Caro
lina Confederate regiment, found the
seffsame skillet which he used to cook
whfie encamped on that hls-
toilc battleground. He came here a
week ago and through curiosity went
to the spot to look for the skillet, nnd
to his utter surprise found the cooking
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
SEPTEMBER 24.
1143-Pop.* Innorrnt II dlwl.
1332—Joliu Ilaloll crowned king of Soot*
Inuil.
18*4—Kort Orange (Albany, N. Y.) Mirren*
*h*red to the Kngll»h.
1869—Illituk Friday.
1876-
blowo
poetCM, died.
\HW-Aln Cook, Rngllab
Born Ml 7.
1901—r*olgoe», immtanln of President Mr*
Klnley, convicted of mnrder lu first
degree.
Schooner Stripped of Sails.
Special t„ The Georgian.
Brunswick, Ga.. Sept. 24.—The
schooner Francis C. Tunnell, which was
n , < a ; v , or t *'° «»•> by the steam
ship I- rederlek, with her sails blown
ly. was loaded at this port wtth
sties by Brown A Co. When th*
Tunnell was ready to sail the weathe-
bureau had out warnings to vessel!
not to leave port. '
ALBANY, CAIRO & GULF
RT. SEEKS CHARIER
New railroads In Georgia are almost
as common as new banks. Saturday
Secretary Of State Phil Cook received
application for a charter for the Al
bany, Cairo and Gulf Railway Com
pany to run from Albany, Georgia, to
St. Joseph's Bay, In Florida, on the
Gulf of Mexico, a distance of about IS 1 )
intlea.
The period of Incorporation I* to b ®
for thirty years and the capital stock
la *200,000, half preferred stock and
half common. The road will run
through Dougherty, Baker. Mitchell
nnd Grady counties In Oeorgls. « ni1
Gadsden, Liberty and Calhoun coun
ties In Florida.
The principal office will be In Cairo,
nnd the Incorporators are W. B. H'" 1 '
denbery, W. A. Walker. W. 8. Wright.
W. c Jones. J. P. Malloy. O. T. Davis.
M. L. Loford, J. M. Sasser. J.
Wright. Cairo; Samuel W. Smith. L j - -
Welch. Samuel Parkas. Albany: R- L»
Hall und W. II. Hall, fyewton.