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INDUSTRIAL
TIDE ROLLING
WAY UP
Growth of Georgia and
Alabama for a Week
WAYCROSS AWARDS LABOR COX-
TRACTS FOR STREET PAVING.
LARGE CONTRACTS FOR IRON
BRIDGES.
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 22.—The In
dustrial Index pays in its iseua for
this week:
"Municipal and other public lm-
provewents that piake cities, towns
and sections more and more attrac
tive are keeping pace fully with the
industrial development and general
upbuilding of the great Southeast.
PRIZE FIGHTS
ARE COMMON
IN ATLANTA
A BLIZZARD
IS RAGING IN
THE NORTHWEST
That Citv is 'Mow the Many Cattle Frozen in
Fighting Center in South the Western States
SOME LARGE BOUTS ABE BEING
PLANKED FOR THE FUTURE
BETWEEN WELL KNOWN
LIGHTWEIGHTS.
. Atlanta, Feb. 22.—That Atlanta
ha. become the prize fighting center
of the South !■ amply shown by the
fact that Al'Kublak, the heavy-
eight, who knocked out SolJlor
Pclaeyn In seven rounds Tuesday
night at the Gate City Club, haa been
matched for a light with the heavy
weight Palzer, In New York, early
In Marth. Palzer Is regarded as one
"Notable instance, of this are con-1 0 j ,n c comers la the faateat circles,
talned In the reports for the past further evidence of Atlanta's
aeven days. Waycroaz, Ga., haa q „| c k1y acquired standing In ' ring
awarded contracts for sums amount
ing to $31,000 for street paving, and
Brunswick, Ga., will pave thirteen
blocks. Braldentown, Fla., will in
stall a sanitary .ewer system Man-
cheater, Ga., will establish an elec
tric light plant and Swaliudioro, Ga.
haa voted bonds for the same pur
pose. Hale County, Alabama, has
voted $100,000 of bonds for road
Improvement. Proposed lesues of pub
lic Improvement bonds will be voted
circles Is the announcement, whlcn
comes simultaneously, that Battling
Nelson will light here March 4. The
date la subject to change. Battling
Nelson's opponent will be the heat
man of his weight that can be loca
ted south ot Baltimore.
The Fate of Old Churches.
The announcement from Barnes-
vllle, Ga., that the Episcopal church
In that town had been moved from
Chicago, Feh. 22.—The Central
WeBt today la coming out of the
worst blizzard In eighteen years.
The storm extended from the
'Mexican border to Canada.
Five are reported as frozen so far
from the storm area and a dozen
were Injured In Chicago.
Dozens of passenger trains were
stalled in huge enow drifts in Illinois,
and other states. Five railroad
wrecks are due directly to the storm,
erdale county, in the same state, will
buildjt (tael bridge. DeSOto county,
Fta
one street to another, to make way
upon as follows: Glasscock county,
Georglu, $50,000; Amerlcua, Ga.,
$60,000; Selma, Aik., $36.,000, and
Stevenson, Alabama, haa awarded » gregatlonal church, on Hunter street
contract for four bridges, and Laud- tho court house she. WS3
for an entrance to a new baseball
park, recalls the fate of two churches
recently In Atlanta. The old Cou-
„ at Talladega, Ain,
fmblned theater and apart
ment building will be erected at
Birmingham, Ala., at a cost of ap
proximately $400,000,
, "Atlanta, Ga„ (* to have two more
apartment houses to cost about $16,-
000 each. >
"Other itfma ot construction work
to be done,, as reported this week,
are:
"Three railroad bridges, Hall
county, Georgia; church building ad
ditions, Forsyth, Bamesvllje and
Thomasvllle, Ga.; four-story busi
ness buildings, Atlanta and Colum
bus, Ga; office building,Macon, Ga.;
aeven warehouses, $100,000, and
hospital building extension, $80,-.
000, Savannah, Ga.; bank bulldtnga,
Ocllla and Vldalla, Oa.; bridge, Du
val county, Florida; hotel building
addition, Huntsville, Ala.; three-
story state building, Tallahassee,
Fla.
"Industrial plant:, will bo estab
lished as follows:
sold end converted Into a vaude-
.... . vllle theater, end ^he
dGd & SYrTTor^Baulevxrd—tho old
• ’ ■ ,, - 3k ' ' 1 or<v l.o-ni ii^il for }<virs ns n
steam Jaundry. ^
Negro Suspects Arrested.
Tho police this morning arrested,
two negroes, held fee soepeei* In con
nection with thel incendiary blazes
which twice recently threatened the
town house of George W. Adair on
Peachtree street. Mr. Adair Is erec
ting a palatial home on Druid Hills
and was out there when hie city
home was set altre. The. damage
amounted to nothing.
Vital Testimony In Walker Case.
What kind of a smell la left when
a man burns hla wife to death nf-
tcr pouring gasoline on her? This
Is what the Georgia supreme court
must decide between now and March
1. If the court decides that It would
rot. leave any smell at all, It Is quite
likely that William Walker, of Ma
con, will he respited. If It decides
that a gasoline smell could remain
In the room, Walker will hang.
Some vital testimony hinges on this
pclnt.
SNOW-BOUND TRAINS IN NORTH
ERN STATES AND MUCH SUF
FERING IS CAUSED BY THE
GREAT STORMS.
A PARROT THAT
“DOESN’T LIKE
NGJ
Frank Stanti
of Rare
IT IS VERY FRIENDLY WITH
WHITE PEOPLE, BUT IT USED
HAD LANGUAGE TO Till COL-
OltED FOLKS.
Atlanta, Oa., Feb. 21.—ttohk L.
Stanton, the Georgia poet.- whose
sympathy and undereUn’dltV of tho
nest type ot antt-hsHum carkey la
exemplified In hla poems urfe kindly
philosophy wovea around ’K# char
acter of “Brother Dickey," haegot,
by the Irony of fate, a talk, - )iie par
rot which despises all n«ire9ajg or
what-uot.
The best of tho old-'lmol'iieg&f*
around Atlanta regard Mr. Istanljpp.
as their friend, and have for him
the same respectful admlraikm that,
they possess for their old "nit^na anil
Missis.” Consequently they oteel-
NEWS OF A DAY
AMONG PEOPLE
OF
Washington’s Birthday is
Being Observed Then
SONG BIRD HAD
VASE FULL OF
$500 CHECKS
Famous Soprano Now
Occupies Atlanta Hotel
1 WELL KNOWN INSURANCE
COLLECTOR IS CHARGED WITH
STEALING A LARGE SUM IN SE
CURITIES.
It Is reported tha» many cattle lonaly visit Mr. Stanton's bach door
are frozen to death tj Oklahoma and ; to aak some trifling fayor. J ..
the Texas panhandle. On the veranda above, Jffe
Blizzard Reaches New York. Stanton’s residence, on the iqMH
•New York, Feb. 22.—The Western 'of Highland and CMbourne av^nni,
blizzard le now striking this section j dwell* the green-feathereo zjrlll
today. It la now snowing heavily j fongued parrot,' which
and tho wire eorylco la being demur- has had for a number
allzed. J The parrot- had
Tinging Snow Storms in Rochester, {dislike for colored
Rochester, N. !r., Feb. 22.—A Stanton bought 1( “
blinding snow storm and blizzard Is been able to bri
raging today. Five deaths ar» re-1 aversion,
ported In the storm area. I When white
Georgia Get* Tier Share of It.
Atlanta, JiaS* 2Sr^rhiTcoid
struck Georgia last night with
winds today, demoralizing ‘ha'yrj
service In every, direction. The thc--
mometer was 30 above zero' ' M]
Savannah, Feb. 23.—Savannah Is
paying due regard to the birthday
ct the father of his country today.
The Board of Trade and the Savan
nah Cotton Exchange Is closed, az
are all the banka. The schools are
enjoying a holiday, but the .stall
•tore* are hot closed. The Georgia
Hussars la the only military com
pany that la observing the day. This
command la out for a ride across
the country and some rifle shooting.
The mate courts and the United
State* court* are In recess.
Life Insurance Man Indicted.
A. S. Doughty, a well known Hie
Insurjpco collecter, has been indlct-
the grand Jury of Chatham
A STORY IS TOLD OF THE FIRST
MONEY TRIUZZINI EARNED
AND HOW SHE HID THE
CHECKS AWAY.
SIX SHIPS ARE
ON THE SANDS
Storm Sends Them to the
Coast Yesterday
Atlanta, Fab. 22.—Mme. Louisa
Tetrazzini, with th* hlrd-llke thrills
and vocal pyrotechnics, got Into At
lanta last night, traveling llko
princoss, In a private car, surround
ed by an army of maids and valet*.
She Is Installed this morning In a
suite of eleven rooms, Including the
bridal apartments, at the Georgian
Terrace Hotel. If that hotel pos
sessed a royal suite, s* they do In
Europe, she would doubtless be oc
cupying thatT too. ’ - 7
The coming of Tetrazslnt In glory
and a limousine Is of Interest to or-
crybody, but to nons more than half
a dozen old-time famous newspaper
men, who happen, by chance, to bo
congregated 1n Atlanta at thle time.
Foster Coatee, one of ths big Hearat
the theft of $4,000 worth service leaders, le down here whlp-
frora C. W. Brazell, of Jdng the Georgian Into shape. Paul
THE STORM IS THE WORST THAT
HAS VISITED THAT SECTION
DURING THE PAST TWENTY-
FIVE YEARS.
Norfolk, Va., Feb, 22.—Six ships
wore driven aslioro on the Virginia
coaat today by tho wont storm In
twenty-flvo yean.
Tho OM Dominion Liner Madison
l» aground near Sea Walla Point,
The Norgeglan hark Herm Is on
the sand at the mouth ot Tanner's
creek and a Norwegian chip Is hard
and fast on Lambert's point.
The British ship Strathallon end
the Danish Nordt Jolman aro
aground at Coal Pltrs.
The Quarantine ship Jamestown
waa blown ashore at Fortress Mon
roe. i
Dallas Viaduct Opened.
Dallas, Tez„ Feb. 22.—Dallas’
half-million dollar vladuot was for
mally opened today with sit elabor
ate parade and program of ad-
dr owtoe. The vladuot haa been hulld-
Piornlng.
CABINET TAKES HAND.
the parrot ruffles up its . na i ,,: lnrn 0 f
Invariably squalla UMl some joutibgr ^
ecus Insult. |,|\t ,[ The
Yesterday morning an old negro,
For First Time British Cabinet Tries one ot Jhe character* celebrated Jn
to Settle s Strike, [Mr. Staton’s verso, went to the house
London, Feb. 22.—For the flrzt to as -hla protector for a dime to
time In history the British cabinet buy a basket of cosl. The,old negro
Intervened In a threatened labor spied the parrot and called, "Polly
warnpon Invitation! of repiesenta- want a cracker,"
tlvea of the Federated Miner*' Union | “You go to -, you bow-leg-
and the min* owners who met the ged old gorilla," shrieked polly, "I
cabinet In consultation. It Is point- don’t like a nigger nohow.’
ed out that a monster strike would j The old man had been the respect-
even threatened the etabllttly of the »bi# butler 'n * family down near
government Every effort will he the Beach Island rn the Savannah
made to evold the catastrophe. Ir'ver before the »ar, and had never
■ ■ ■— (been so addr-xrrJ In hta whole I)fa,
Sons of Revolution. ; by man no- t'.v nr beast. He waa
Clarksburg. W. Va., Feb. 22—The too astounded’to do anything but
West Virginia society of the Sons of hang hla head, and could only be
the American Revolution held Its comforted when Mr. Stanton ex
annual meeting In this city today plained to him thet a parrot waa only
with an attendance of members from a alUy bird, that didn't havs any
many parts of the state. brains or any soul.
en able to get them back,
officers have made atrenous ef
forts to get hold of Doughty, bijt he
1-as kept out of their way. <
Fruit. Stores Keep Open Sundays.
Savannah's city counoll haa red
ded that bona flda fruit stores can
keep open a part of each Sunday.
This decision waa reached last nlghtt
Whether this Anally settles the
question or no*, remains tp be men.
The Sunday question Is one that bns
attracted much attention In Savan
nah recently and It Is bard to aay
when It will be definitely settled (Ir
It is ever settled.)
Cheap, and ran her lit ono night, at | "Well, I never have reeriv* "
the rid popu'ar pries Italian homo penny of IV exclaimed the singer
Kills and Escape*
Waycroes, Oa.. Feb. . 22.—John
Hawkins, colored. Shot and killed
Carl Matthews, colored, at a turpen
tine still In the western part pf
Ware county today. He made hlz
escape and has not been captunfd
Jn ’Frisco, They are tailing today
how the grassy audience went wild
.with wonder and aurprise. and how
Tetrazzini's fame from that momen*.
was secured.
Th* bmt story of th* old days,
perhaps, la tha one that Mr. Cowles
remembers—and he had It Straight
from Leahy, or maybe It waa from
Wilson.
When Tetrazzini began to make
Jier great name In ’Frisco—she had
Coma '.here dead broke—Leahy
bgreed to pay her $366 per nlaht.
At the end of a month or ao, Mr.
Leahy began to notice that despite
her splendid Income, Mm*. Tetraz
zini still wore the tame old clothes,
end wez, In plain truth, looking a
little shabby. Bnt It wa* none of
hlz business, and he said nothing.
Some time after that Tetrazzini 1 of her managers.
with equal surprise.
“nut I have Milt you a check I
$506 every night you Bang," Insisted
Leahy.
’And then a light began to dawn
the great soprano, who had
plenty of natlvil sms*.
’Do you mean, Meester Laahee,
that* those lestl* place paper -you
tent me were money!”
When she foimd that "those leatle,
piece paper" were real money, she
found herself rich, for she had stuf
fed every one of those $100 cheeks
Into the bottom of an old vase, sup
posing It waa merely a part of bar
contract to ring/
That waa years ago. /’Today Mm*.
T*«raz«lnl la thoroughly conversant
with American ways, and I* reputed
to he a* good a business man at any
"Creosote, Macon, Oa.; pulp-board
id turpentine. Vinegar, Bend, Ala.;
ectrlc light and power plant, Cor-
iva, Ala.; Ice and cold storage, Ca-
illa, Ga. Contrac;. 4 has been av.-l-
; for establishing $125,000 f»rc.„<.
pta.'t at Dothan, Ala., and fertl-
:er company with capital stock of
100,000 haa been organized at Jen.
n, Fla. Railway terminals at Ha
nnah, Ga., will be Improved at coat
$100,000, Three cotton mills at
-tffln, Oa., will be Improved and
seed In operation, and work will
i resumed In cottqn mill at Athena,
Mr. Farmer, Look This Over
"Thirty-three new corporations
re formed during the w»ek with
ilmum capital ztock aggregating
164,300. |
'A Savannah, Oa., bank doubled
capital stock of $160,000, and
>ther hank In that city Increased
capital etock by a similar amount,
national bank which la being or-
llzed at Macon, Oa., will have cap-
I stock of $200,000, Instead ofi
10,000 aa firet Intended, because of
•r-snhscriptlon of the amount flx-
orlglnally.” '
Labor is scarce and high, no way
to make money farming, except
with improved tools. Themost suc
cessful plow ever on the market.
Coles Great Universal
Planter and Guano
Distributor
For Com, Peas, Pinoers, Cotton
Write for Catalogue. The Cole line
meant prosperity.
Pennsylvania Y. M. C. A.
Bradford, Pa., Feb. 22.—The
Pennsylvania Young M*n’a Christian
Atsoda’ion began It* annual conven
tion here today with delegates In at
tendance from all' parts of tha state.
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