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fi THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. The Atlanta Georgian. JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES, Editor. F. L SEELY, President. Connections, j "Nl Subscription Rates: Published Every Afternoon One. Tear $4.50 Except Sunday by | Six Months 2.50 THE GEORGIAN CO. Three Month* 1.25 at 25 W. Alabama Street, By Carrier, per week 10c Atlanta; Ga. Entered wcond-cliM matter April 0, 19M, at the Poatoflea at Atlanta. Qa.. under act of congrcaa of March S. U79. Subacribera falling to raeaivo THE GEORGIAN promptly and regularly, and readers who ean not purehaee the paper; where THE GEORGIAN should be on sale, are requested to communicate with the Circulation Manager without delay, and the com plaint will receive prompt attention. Telephones: Bell 4927 Main; Atlanta 4401. riVKb KOIl TEUUlTOlIV OUTSIDE OK (JBO IIUIA. Eastern Office*: Western Offices: Potter Bids.. Near York. Tribune llldf., Chicago. 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! I 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.