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Twice- a-Week Twice-a-Week ^Ordinary’* Offioe x ^ FKimr.vinr jm, i©ia 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. UK dware White Pine Sash Doors and Mantels yaldosta, Georgia /