Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

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. | PINTS, QUARTS, HALF-GALLON Rubbers, Jelly Glasses, Extra Caps, Sealing Wax, Etc. Finest Line Preserving Kettles Made; HAR, LEYS DWARE CO., Valdosta, White Pine Sash, Doors, Paints and Mantels. 1