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PROGRESS IN TWO
STATES.
What is Being Cone
Many New Enterprise! are Promised
for Georgia and Florida in the
Near Future—Mineral District of
North Carolina Is Fairly Bristling
With Resuming Industries' That
Have Been Closed Down.
Columbus, Ga., June 4.—The Geor
gia and Alabama Industrial Index
•will say tomorrow In Its regular week
ly Issue:
“Down on the Georgia coast the
cedars In the low counties and on
the Islands fringing the seaboard are
to be reduced to pencils, one of the
largest pencil manufacturing concerns
la the country having established
plant at Frederica for the purpose
of cutting the wood to the proper
sizes and lengths to be shipped to
the factories In the North. Up In
Atlanta, Ga„ preparations are being
made to build a $100,000 candy and
cracker factory, which will be the
largest enterprise of Its kind In the
Southern states. Down In South Ala
bama MobilMff rejoicing over a ¥600,-
'900 apporpjlatlon from the Federal
government for the building of an
elegant postoffice, and Flomaton, Ala.,
Is preparing to erect a 435,000 hotel.
The news from the great mineral
district of north Alabama falfly brist
les with announcements of seauiflag
'industries and plans to sola i ce pres-
plants. Af Augufya, Gaffer on
Carolina line a representative of
orthern capitalists has secured an
iption on land on which it Is declar
ed a $1,000,000 hotel will be puilL
In middele Georgia preparations to
construct the Atlanta, Griffin & Ma
con Electric Railway and Americas
& Albany Electric Railway, at a cost
of millions of dollars, are in progress
the promise being made that within
Returns from Election up to Friday Morning Show^hat he Has
Carried More than One Hundred Counties with a /
Popular Majority of 25,000 or 30,000.
4*
f their wonderful resources of all
kinds proceeds steadily.
•'During the week fourteen new
corporations applied for charter in
Georgia and Alabama, with aggregate
minimum capital stock of (403.290.
-Among the construction and Indus
trial Items of special Interest may be
mentioned the following: Barrel fac
tory, Fort Payne, Ala.; brick and til
ing plant, Mllledgevllle, Ga.; mar
ble quarry enlargement, Gantt’s, Ala.;
(300,000 tobacco enterprise with head
quarters at Atlanta, Ga.; abattoir,
Augusta, Ga.; apartment house, Bir
mingham, Ala.; churches, Columbus,
Ga., Huntsville, Ala., and Mobile,
Ala.; clubhouse, Savannah, Ga.; de
pot, Fitzgerald, Ga.; engine bouae,
Savannah, Ga.; depot, Fitzpatrick,
Ala.; hotels, Augusta, Ga„ and Leary,
Ga.; school buildings, Bonlto, Ga.,
Camden, Ala, Crawfordvllle, Ga,
Dadevlllo, Ala, Dublin, Ga., Hlyton,
Ala., and Girard, Ala.; sewer exten
sions and street work, Cedartown,
Ga.
A good many real estate deals are
reported, among them a (67,500 land
sale In Atlanta.
"A great deal of construction work
of a minor character Is reported. Peo
ple In towns and villages all over
the two states are taking advantage
of the prompt low price'of building
material and are,erecting residences
and business buildings.”
Safe Crackers Get $150 at Nichols.
The post-office at Nichols, twenty
nine miles from Waycross, was en
tered by safe blowerB yesterday morn
ing and about (150 was stolen. Two
safes were blown open, the explo
sion damaging slightly two adjoin
ing buildings. Powder, hammers aqd
a year electric cars will be running I c y,i se i were „ s ed | n getting Into the
between Macon and the Georgia capl- ! safes
tal, while In middle Alabama the;
stockholders of the Birmingham & i One of the most conspicuous cahr-
Gulf Railway and Navigation Com- j acters to attend the Democratic na-
pany have, at a meeting just held, ttonal convention at Denver next
Increased their capital stock from i month will be ongressman M. R.
(40,000,000 to (100,000.000 and will pro j Denver of the Sixth Ohio district,
ceed with their ambitious plans of] who will be one of the delegates-at
establishing electric railways and [ large form the Buckeye state. Con-
barge lines to be operated to the | gressman Denver la the only aon of
Gulf of Mexico In connection there-1 the late General James W. Denver,
The most remarkable campaign in the history of
Georgia, with the largest votp ever polled in the state. \nd-
ed Thursday night with the election of Joseph M.: wn
for Governor by a majority which may be larger than
that given Governor Smith two years ago. >. ■ *
. At ten o’clock Friday morning, returns as heard from
up to that time indicated that Brown would have a major
ity of between 20,000 and 25,000, although J. J Imith,
Mr. Brown’s campaign manager, claims that it Wui^-much
larger when all the returns are in, and that the figures may
go to 40,000. On the other [hand the Smith managers;
claim that the figll returns show that Brown has not,.' 1 \
than 15,000majority. ' M
The Saturday's edition of the semi-weekly Times ies
to press on. Friday mornings,'in birder tha( re may fatch
the mails that nigh^ and reach the many rur<4 routes over
the country the next morning. For that reason we are un
able to give anything like detailed returns from the elec
tion. The vote is so large in many counties that the count
ing of it had not been completed at 9 o’clock Friday morn
ing. ' • . , , v ' ' vBj
Lowndes county gave Brown 420 majority, and he
carried every precinct inr the county. There were more
than a thousand votes polled at the courthouse in this city
and Brown’s majority in the Valdosta district was 160.
Chatham county gives Brown betyreen 2,500 and 3,000
majority, v Bibb is in tlie Brown l&Sttflhn 1,100- strong, apd
Fulton county gives Brown approximately 1,700 majority.
Berrien’s majority for Brown is about 525. Thomas and
Decatur give Mnith reduced majorities. Dougherty, Col
quitt and Brooks counties give Brown majorities ranging
from 200 to 500.
Reports from the counties of the Second Congressional
district indicate that Hon. J. M. Griggs has carried a ma
jority of them and defeated Judge S. A. Roddenberry for
Congress. The latter’s home county, Thomas, gave the
Judge a very handsome majority.
100TH ANNIVERSARY OF DAVIS
WA8 CELEBRATED TODAY.
Richmond, Va., June S—The uni
versal love 4Sid esteem In which the
memory, of Jot son Davli Is held
was given exireaslon 'throughout the
South •today b/ exercises commemo
rating the 100th anniversary of the
groat chieftain's ..irth. In Virginia,
Georgia and ‘Alabama, In Florida and
the Carolina*, In Kontuoky, • where
Mr. Pavla was born, and in Missis-
alppl, where he apont the declining
years,-4:' hie life, notable pnblle oh-
zerof ees were hell
fa this city, wjiere, on February,
18, 1(81, he was Inaugurated Presi
dent of the Confederacy, the princh
pal feature of the centennial celebra
tion was the turning'over to the city
of Richmond of the handeome memo
rial erected by the Jefferson Davis
Monument Association. Thla monu
ment, which Waa unveiled at the Con
federate reunion here a year ago,
was paid from a fund raised by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
In New Orleans, whoro Mr. Davis
passed away on Deo. e, the centen
nial anniversary was observed by the
breaking of ground for the Davis
Republicans Gather at Chi
cago for Preliminary Work.
monupient to be erected by the Con
federate veterans.
* From Maryland to Tetas and from
Florida to Missouri the centennial Is
being observed with special exercises
in the public schools and under the
auspices of historical and patriotic
societies and veterans’ organizations.
In Louisiana, as usual, there was a
state-wide observance of “Confeder-
Memorial Day." In Florida,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Ten
nessee, Texas and South Carolina
the day waa observed as a public
holiday.
Mil fought Political Battle in
' Years Is on Id Saiamab ^
Irost Numbers of Voters Appeared
'st.the Polls This Morning to Work
For th* Tvnf Gubernatorial Candi
date!—The Reeult of jhe Vote- fop
Congressman la Thought to bo
Cloao.
with.
“The above are simply a few of
the industrial and construction Items
and developments of the week, se
lected almost at random from the re
ports to The Industrial Index, show
ing that business activity and enter
prise continues to assert Itself In all
sections of these two great South
ern states, and that the development
In whose honor the city of Denver,
Colo., was named. After going
through the civil war, General Den
ver held several Important govern
ment posts In the West, and In 1857
was appointed governor of the then
extensive and turbulent territory of
Kansas. It was while In the office
that the city which bean bis name
was founded.
Chicago, III., June 4.—Chairman
New and members of the Republican
national committee are here In road-
Ineee to begin tomorrow the -noet Im
portant part of the pre convsntlon
work. For the next week the com
mittee will be engaged dally In the
work of considering and deciding the
contests filed for eeate In the national
convention. The contetta tots' near
ly 200, and Includa *nc entire state
or territorial delegation in aomo cos-
The great majority arc from tha
South and arias from Ilia differences
between the "white” and tha "black”
factions of the Republican party In
that taction. In Virginia, Louisiana,
Alabama and a number of other states
both factions held convention, p-d
elected delegates to the national con
vention. It le now up to the nation
al committee to decide which of the
rival delegations Is entitled to recog
nition by tha convention. The con,
test will be taken up according to
the alphabetical orde- of the states
and territories. The first to be con
sidered, therefore, will bo thou from
Alabama.
Wounded Italian Improve!.
Jos. Astarlto, the Italian who was
ahot In the right lung yesterday by
Ida May Gordon, a negress, the wo
man afterwards killing herself,
Improving at tho St. Joseph Hospital
and It Is expected he will recover.
Tho man eays tho woman came up
to his room to clean It up nnd shot
him before he knew what she Intend
ed doing. The negress’ remains will
be buried this afternoon.
Dr. Benjamin K. Baldwin, a vetrl-
nary surgeon of Newark, N. J., has
sued Mrs. Kate Gutman to recover
(82 fQr forty-one weeks' hoard for a
black cat.
Savannah, Ga., June 4—The Dem
ocrats of Chatham county are en
gaged today In one of the hardest
fought political battles that tu
taken plaoe In this odunty la a long
time. It is the lint real polltloal
“free for all’ that Chatham has seen
In many years. Heretofore clubs have
taken charge of the battle* .at candi
date! and fought for them. This
year th* battle !e on* ot Individual*.
The greatest Interest probably'Is
In the race for Governor,' It Is evi
dent that Joe Brown will carry th* .
county by a email majority. Great
numbers of Hoke Smith workers ap
peared at the polls this morning and
many of tbose were able to turn
many voters when they came t* the
court house to vote. Brown's friends
were also active, some of the rail
roads having given their men gnot
Iday to work for their candidate..
The result of the race for Congress
man from the First District ao far
as Chatham Is concerned will not
be known until the Anal count, but
It looks early this afternoon as If
Walter W. Sheppard had landed the L j
county In his' column. It Jhe doesn't V
get It Charles' G. Etfwardsrtlfi- pres- ^^ri
ent Intumbont, will. E. K. Overstreet
has no show In the county, although
he Is getting a respectable vote. It
l! claimed by Sheppnrd's frlends*that
If ho gets this county he will be nom
inated ns the country Is very strong
for him.
Ono of tho surprises of the morning
was the strength developed by Mr.' J. '
K. P. Carr, the present clerk of. the -
superior court and who Is a candi
date for re-election. He was oppos
ed by Col. W. L. Grayson, a very
populnr business man. It developed
early In the fight, however, that Mr.
Cnrr was In the lead of hts opponent
nnd this lend will bo kept until the
closing of the polls.
Tho rnco for solicitor general le a
very hot ono. The candidates are
Mr. W. C. Hartrldge, Mr. R. J. Travla
and Mr. Gordon Saussy. At noon It
was nip and tuck between Mr. Hart
rldge and Mr. Travis. They were
then both working like beavers. Mr.
Saussy's friends have not given up
the fight but It le not believed be can
win. It Is thought by some that Mr.
Travla will bo winner although Mr.
Hartridge's friends do not concede
this.
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