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Car—Sam Small for Cam
paign Manager.
REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS
MEN TAKE UP THE ORGANI
ZATION OF A LIVE COM
MERCIAL BODY.
Revised Estimate of the Losses.
Kansas City, Jan. (1.—Revised estU ■
mates of the losses by last night’s
lire make the losses slightly more
than half a million dollars, with In
surance covering two-thirds. The lire
was under control at 2:30 o'clock this
morning. The olsses are: National :
Dank of Commerce, $100,000;, The
Woods building, owned by the presi
dent ol the bank, $150,000; the Colum
bus Buggy Co.;-$100,000; the Kimball
Plgni Co., $36,000; Hettinger Bros.,
surgical Instruments, $80,000.
Kansas City, Me., Jan. 5.—Fire In
the retull quarter tonight caused a
loss of $350,000, d-wtroylng tho three-
story brick building of tho Columbus
Buggy Co., on Walnut street near
Tenth, tho adjoining building occupied
by tho Kimball Plano Co., nad tho Het
tinger Bros. Manufacturing Co., and
damaged the Commerce building, oc
cupied partly by the National Bank
of Commerce. The bank’s loss was
confined principally to an addition
which It built to the Commerce build
ing about a year ago..
Hon. Jamas M Smith, of Oglethorpe.
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Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 6.—(Special).—It is announced at the state capitol today that
Hon. Jim Smith, of Oglethorpe, will formally announce for governor tomorrow. He will
make a whirlwind campaign over the state in a handsomely fitted up Pullman palace car.
Sam Small is to be Mr. Smith’s campaign manager.
A meeting o? a dozen or more rep
resentative business men oi the com-
niiinity was held at The Herald of
fice last night for the purpose of
_ taking up the organization of a league
of Albany business m,en.
Almost every class of business in
terests in the city -vas represented at
the meeting, which was a most enthu
siastic and harmonious one. It was the
unanimous opinion of the meeting
that one of the crying needs of the
city is an organization of business
•men that will go right to work and
accomplish something for the up
building of Albany.
After Un enthusiastic discussion of
the matter in hand, a name for tho
new organization was selected. Alba
ny Business League was the name
chosen as being best suited to such
an organization as was outlined.
Those who were present at last
night’s meeting, and those who had
"been invited to attend, were made a
general committee to see very busi
ness man in the city and urge him to
become a member of the organization
►and to be present at a general meet
ing which will he held at the city hall
on the night of Tuesday, January 16,
at 8 . o'clock. Each wf the members of
this general committee is expected to
call upon every man in the city who
is in the line of business he repre-
sentS: This committee is composed
o: the followin'; bu dress men: Morris
Weslosky, for the bankers; S. W.
Smith, for the lawyers; A. H. Hils-~
me I own Completely in hands or Jve
olutiomsts—Holidays Close Factories
THOUGH / CONTROL REMAINS
WITH PIDC0CKS—J. N. PID-
C0CK SELLS CONTROLLING
INTEREST AND RETIRES.
To Answer Question In-
, tended to Bring Out His
Connection with Stand
ard Oil.'
Rome Man Whp Killed
George Wright Will
Face Jury for the Sec*
ond Time Next Week.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 6.—On account
of the serious condition of affairs on
the Siberian railroad, many stations
being in a condition of anarchy, sev.
enteen districts through which the
line passes fro mtlral mountains to
Lake Baikal, a distance ol 1,800 miles,
has been placed under martial law.
olas, arriving today from Caucasus,
reports Novorossysk completely In
the hands of the revolutionists. The
government and other authorities have
fled and a mayor has been chosen by
the populace.
J. N. Pldcoclt, president, general
manager and traflic manager of tho
Georgia Northern railway, has sever
ed his connection with the road which
he has been so largely Instrumental
In developing, and will retire from ac
tive work.
Announcement is further made that
Mr. Pidqook has sold to his brothers,
Nest York, Jan. 6.—Henry H. •
Rogers, vlco-presldent and a director
of the Standard Oil; Co., of New
Joriey,,refu8od at the commissioner's
hearing today to answer the question-
whether he is a stockholder In ,tho
Stand.ard.6ll Co., of Indiana. His
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 6.—(Special.)—
Vincent T. Sanford charged with the
murder of Qeorjte Wright at Home,
last summer, left Atlanta; yesterJ&y
for Rome where on Monday he will be
put upon trial for his life for the
second time.. Sanford was accompan-
Th “
prisoner appeared, to be in the best of
spirits. Ho. said he felt sure of ac-
qqlttal.. He reiterated a statement
made some days ogo that he did not.
think he would he given u fair trial.
Ho charged that, tho trial Judge and
solicitor general were his personal
as well as poHtl'cal enemies. Sanford
thanked the Tower ofllclnls for their
many kindnesses to him. Judge
Wright, at Romo, has already drawn
200 names from which the Sanford
Jury will be composed. It Is expected
that the I rial will consume three days.
At the former trial the Jury failed to
agree nfte rbelng out for a long time.
All Factories Closed For Holidays.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 6.—All factories
and industrial enterprises have been
closed for the holidays. The employ,
ers decided not tr open their estab
lishments until after January 22nd,
tUe,&nn|xerggry£f “Rp.4.Sunday.” -jp.
view of threats of disorder on that
Train Service Out of Moscow.
Moscow, Jan. 6.—-Train service on
all lines out of oMscow has been re
established.
"C. W. and F. R. FUcock, the’ 'control-
i .Its-
lr,g-Interoat in the. Georgia Northern
Rnllwny Company, the said Interest
consisting of 767 of the total 1,500
shares of the company's stock. The
par value of the shares Is $100, the
company being capitalized at $150,000.
The retirement of Mr. Pldcock will
be an nccompllshed facL on or before
the 17th Inst., by which time tho
trans er of the controlling stock and
the winding up of other necessary de
tails will have been compolted. The
retiring president will leave at once
for Hot Springs, Ark., where he will
remain for some time. ' He is much
broken In health as tho result of
overwork, and his physicians have
advised him that absolute rest Is nec
essary before recuperation can he
hoped for. He has been Identified with
the Georgia Northern since 1894, and
during the eleven years olj his ad
ministration the line has been ex
tended northward to Albany and on
the south to Boston.
Messrs.. C. W. and F. R. Pldcock
will assume active management of dhe
Georgia Northern. It Is taken for
granted that the former will be pres
ident and general manager,- Mr. F. R.
Pldcock filling some other hardly
less Important post..
It. is stated that It Is a condition of
the 'transfer of the controlling stock
of-the road that It never be solj to
another road, or be allowed to pass
Into tke hands of parties whose own
ership would render the absorption of
the line likely.
The. Ptdcocks are thorough-going
business and railroad men, and It Is
gratifying that they are to retain
control of the Georgli Northern, de
spite the retirement of President, J.
N. Pldcock, Who has been the road’s
guiding spirit for so long.
Incidentally, announcement is made
that-the -Georgia Northern Will push
forward the erection of freight ware
houses In this city as soon as the nec
essary concessions, which are now
pending, can be secured at the hands
of the city authorities.
n hands of Revolu
tionists.
6.—The steamer Nieh- day.
FOR 8ALE—So’">raI close
dcn’ces. • (B-3t) ED. P
man, for the phys'clans; C. AV. Kaw-
son, for the retail grocers; Joe Sparks,
Cor the hardware men; A. J. Lippitt,
for dealers in dry goods, shoos, etc.;
J. B. Gilbert, for the druggists; Ed
mund Kalmon. for \he wholesale gro
cers and meat dealers; Leo Marks, for
the whiskey dealers; Henry Gortatow-
sky, for the cotton men; Paul J.
Brown for manufacturers; A. C. Gor-
tatowsky, insurance men; John Betje
man and J. A. Davis, <for all others
not represented in abovg lines.
In addition to tb’s committee a tem
porary executivfi^committee was nam
ed to draw up a constitution and by
laws for the league and to outline a
plan of finance to fce reported to the
general meeting on January 1G. This
committee was made up of Morris’
Weslosky, chairman; C. W. Itawson,
J. T. Mann, John Betjeman and Ed
mund Kalmon.
The enthusiasm which was display-
led by all who were at the meeting
last night and the genuine zeal with
which they entered into the work seem
to make the success of the new organ
ization assured. Ortainly, it is con
ceded that Albany needs a league of
business men, and it is believed that
there is scarcely a business man in
the city who will not join heartily in
this movement, an* give it such finan
cial and moral support as will he’nec
essary for it to accomplish all the
good that its most sanguine members
could expect.- f ,
In the Sum of $20,000
for the Erection of a
Court House—Election
Called.
rescriptxons
flaving sold our en
tire Buggy, Wagon
and Harness business
Baker county wants a new court
house.
And she.is going %1)out procuring
it in the right manner. Mr. T. H. Cas-
kie, a prominent citizen of the coun
ty and chairman of the board of Com
missioners of road* and revenues, was
in the city this morning, and arranged
for publication in The Wewkly Herald,
tbe'’9fficial organ of Bakor county, of.
notice of an election to be held at the
various voting p^clncts of the coun
ty for the purpose of authorizing a
bond Issue for the purpose stated.
According to notice ns given in the
advertisement, the election will be held
on Saturday, Feb. 17th. It Is proposed
to issue bonds In the sum of $20,000,
there being twenty bonds o.’ the de
nomination of $1,000 each. They are
to bear interest at the rate of 4 per
cent.., and will be payable in gold, prin
cipal and interest, one bond and ac
crued Interest being paid annually.
Baker county’s present court house
Is an old frame structure which has
been in service for many years. It la
too small to accommodate the legal
business of the county, and does not
afford protection for the official rec
ords. The county has been develop
ing and prospering of late. There is
every reason to believe that Newton
will get a railroad during the present
year, and the people of the county will
make no mistake In approving the pro.
posed issue of bonds.
BLOODY SHOOTING AFFRAY
IN GRADY COUNTY,
Thlrteen-Year-Old 'Boy Took Up His
Father's Fight.
irm
Thomasvllle, Ga., Jnn. 5.—A bloody
shooting affair took place this morn
ing on the public rand near Abridge,
20 miles north west of Thomasvllle, In
the hew county of Grady. As a result
William Drew and Newton Threlkeld,
two prominent and wealthy farmers,
are fatally wounded. Herbert Drew,
the 13-year-old son of William Drew
took a prominent, part In the affair,
firing the shots that struck Threlkeld
down. Young Drew tells the story of
the encounter and rays lhat when he
and his father mol Threlkeld In the
road the latter began to curse his
father and then pulled his pistol and
fired there shots Into Drew’s body.
The boy says he then spoored his
father’s gun and emptied It Into Threl-
kelds' body. Young Drew then drove
12 miles to the nearest telephone and
told the sheriff of the affair. Threl
keld Is a brother of Drew’s son-in-
law. Both families are widely connect
ed in Thomas and Grady counties, and
further trouble Is feared.
Gessrs.
pepper
:Gow~
by experienced
pharmacists
with pure
ingredientsTand
exactly
in the manner
commending them to
our former patrons
and to say they are
thoroughly posted on
this line of business
arid prepared to fur-
yourjphysician
wants them,
compounded.
msh the best anc
most prompt service
truly,
RAILROAD COMMISSION
TO MAKE REDUCTIONS,
ours
Intrastate Rates to Be Cut Down About
Ten Per Cent.
KENTUCKY NEGRESS
WHO KILLED WHITE WOMAN
Atlanta, Ga., Jan, 6.—-(Special.)—
It is now reported at the state cap
itol that the Georgia Railroad Com
mission will, within a short time,
make some sweeping reductions In
intra-state rates. Tills reduction, Which
it is understood will amount to about
10 per cent., will come as a result
of the many petit'ens filed with the
commission calling attention to the
alleged discrepancy in rgtqs now ex
isting.
sman-
Confessed Crime in Court and Was Given
Life Sentence. .
Tickets for the Boone Concert.
Reserved seat tickets for the Boone
concert, which will be given on
Wednesday night for the benefit of
the hospital, will be on sale Monday
morning at the Hilsman-Sale Drug
Co. Tickets are 50 ctqts.
Lexington, Ky., Jan. 6.—Sarah Wil
liams, a negress who shot and killed
Carrie Taylor, white, was alloyed yes
terday to enter a confession of the
crime In- the court and was given a
life sentence.
FOR SALE—Pattlson shop property
will bo withdrawn from the market
after .Tuesday for advanced price.
5-St . . . ' ED. R. JONES.
