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TH« NEWS. Established 187 f,
Some Splendid Bargains
For Quick
SILKS.
$1.50 Heavy Black Paudesoi, 36 inches wide, at $1 39
1.20 Black Taffeta 36 inches guaranteed, at .98
1.35 Black Taffeta, pure silk, guaranteed, at 1.35
New Plaid Silks for Waists...........at 75c and 1,00
Long Silk (lloves, all colors, per pair...... 1 00
Long Kid (Roves, Black, White and Tan..... 3.50
New Pur Collarettes...................$3.00 to $25.00
New Laces and Dress Trimmings.
STRICKLAND-CROOCH CO
The Great Majestic Range will be in actual opera¬
tion at our store this entire week frow Nov. 19th to
34th, Be sure to see it. Hot Coffee and Biscuits.
maj carte mnow sold in.au. o&tJ’HC above countries.
BURR-PERSONS HARDWARE COMPANY
GRIFFIN, OEOROIA.
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We Wantjo Close Out
. ..PIANOS...
And for the Next' 15 Days for
Cash or Good Notes we will give
20 per cent, off on every one in
our stock.
ALL STANDARD MAKES.
L. W. Goddard & Son
Our Repair Department.
ment, appreciating the patience of our customers in bearing
with delays which has been caused in the past.
At present we are in a position to guarantee high-class
repair work and give same prompt attention.
Our watch-maker has just returned from Bradley’s Horo-
iogical aceool and can serve you efficiently and without delay,
(live us a call.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1906.
ATLANTA PAPER SUGGESTS
CURE OF RAHWAY CONGESTIONS
Lighter Trains, Running on Schedule Time, Could
Do This Work .Safely and Promptly.
The congestion of freight and pas¬
senger business on all the railroads
s
continues with unabated intensity
the following suggestions ot the
Atlanta News will be read with in¬
terest:
The failure of the railroads center¬
ing in Atlanta to make scheduled
time with their passenger trains and
prompt deliveries of freight routed
over their lines, have caused wide¬
spread discontent and perfectly reas¬
onable indignation among the public
who perforce must patronize them.
The News is frank to understand
the explanations given by the rail¬
way managers—that their equipment
is overtaxed and the traffic tendered
is 90 urgent that congestions are
forced and choked tracks make de¬
lays the rule of their presegft running
rather than the exceptions.
And right there is where the News
lodges the blame in the whole matter.
The railways notoriously are short
engines and cars to handle the traffic
that this era of prosperity and crop
moving has dumped upon them.
Naturally theyjean to the promise
most profits, and that is in their
freight departments. Consequently,
with shippers pressing them for cars
and consignments, they have been
tempted to overload their trains and
overstrain tkfeir motive power. An
engine that might pull a. fest
train of twenty-five cars promptly to
its destination is hitched to a train
tairty-five cars. The eoo§equei^
TRAIN DASHES
DOWN MOUNTAIN
Two Killed and Three Injured
In Accident.
PILED UP IN HE>^ OF DEBRIS
The Conductor and Fireman Were
Both Killed—Tlfe Train Ran Ten
Miles at the Rate of 70 Miles an
;
Hour.
Asheville, N. C. ( Nov. 21.—Fast
train No. 72 on the Southern railway
ran a distance of some 10 “miles at a
speed of probably 70 miles an hour
and was piled -up In a heap of splin¬
tered wood and twisted iron when it
struck a sharp curve near Old Fort.
Two men were killed and three in¬
jured, two probably fatally.
The train broke loose, and rushed
down the steep mountain side. It
was beyond all control and gained
momentum at every yard. At the
end there was a fearful crash and the
train was broken into kindling wood
and tested iron. The throttle got
beyond control while descending a
steep grade. Rocking and swaying,
it raced down the mountain, dashed
through Point tunnel, holding to the
rails until a sharp curve just west of
Old Fort, when It left the track with
a terrific ers-sh and was piled up In a
heap of debris, killing or injuring the
entire train -[f— The roadbed was
torn up, telegraph poles broken and
all wire communication cut off.
x The presence of mind of a moun-
tainer who, while asleep hi his cab¬
in, heard the awful roar , of the train
as it plunged dow the mga'ntatn and
the terrific crash, that followed as it
left the rails and was smashed into
a mass of wreckage, prevented fut*-
ther catastrophe. He at once rush¬
ed to the Old Fort station and ut
11:45 o’clock informed the night op¬
erator of what had occurred. The
chief dispatcher at Asheville wa* im¬
mediately notified of the disaster and
took prompt action to prevent other
trains from dashing into the wreck.
The dead are:
Conductor J. Greeley Wolfe, of
Asheville.
Fireman Horace West, ot Ashe--
vllle.
The Injured:
Engineer Joseph M. Dougherty, of
Asheville, homes broken and intern¬
al injuries, probably fatal.
Brakeman \>Vllliam, P. Rowe, of
Asheville, arid and leg broken, in¬
ternal injuries, may die. -s^
A brakeman, name unknown, arm
broken.
Two wrecking trains were pt once
made up and with physicians aboard
rushed to the scene.
All trains will be delayed until the
.eks are cleared. In the mean¬
time passenger trains will be routed
by way of Spartanburg.
Southern Will Double Track.
Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 21.—The
Southern railway ba* iu*t let a con¬
tract for double tracking the main
line between this city and- Atlanta.
The contracting firm is the Oliver
company of Knoxville, Tenn., one
of the largect in the south. The un-
dertai-'.r ii r.ingmest&l aa-i.it is
slow time, frequent breaks ot equip¬
ment, exhaustion of power and a
blocking ol the track that disarranges
all schedules, passenger and freight,
for indfinite hours.
The remedy Is one of common sense
and is In the hands of the traffic man¬
agers of the railway companies.
Lighter trains running on scheduled
time can do iheir appointed work
safely and promptly, and also do their
work oltener than under the present
practice of overloading and indefinite¬
ly delaying them.
The News has obtained expert
opinions upon this important detail
of railroading and Is satisfied that
“make haste with regularity’’ is not
only possible to all the lines affecting
Atlanta, but will effect an almost
perfect cure of the delays now so fre¬
quent and so justly complained
against* As it is,‘ engineers, conduc¬
tors and train men bear blame for be¬
ing inefficient when they are not so,
but are working to the limit to puil
overloaded trains on impossible time¬
cards.
The railroad managements can, if
they will, reduce the weight and
pediate the time and regularity of
their trains, and yet lose nothing in
volume of business or the good will of
the traveling and shipping public.
The News argues with them the duty
and necessity of such reforms of traf¬
fic as Will ensure to the people cer¬
tainty ol travel ana reasonable deliv¬
ery of freights.
not improbable tba* Hie Oliver peo¬
ple will sublet contracts to smaller
companies. This information comes
from an authentic source. The work
win be begun by Dec. 1 or Jan. 1. It
will probably take three or four years
to do this work, as aside from the
double trackage, the course of the
track will be changed at many points
and the curves and grades done away
with as far as possible. The line
when completed will be almost a new
one.
The contractors already bave a
contract for Improving . the local
freight yards, and this morning S3
mules and two steam shovels were
brought here for the work. The
Southern has been forced to this
proposition on account of the conges¬
tion of traffic, which It has been un¬
able- to meet with its present facili¬
ties. D
Double tracking has been in prog¬
ress north of this city to a consller-
able extent and the second line has
been laid between several of the larg¬
er cities as far north as Danville.
It Is not improbable that the line *w 1,1
he double tracked between here and
Spencer, In order to eventually give
double trackage all the way betweea
Washington and Atlanta.
Next Mayor Is Simond*.
Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 20.—After
one of the hottest of municipal cam¬
paigns, W. F. Simonds was elected
mayor over C. P. Goodyear by 108
majority. For alderman, Mann, Cox
and Robinson of the administration
ticket were elected and Claud Dart
of the opposition, or Goodyear tick¬
et. This *was the first Australian
ballot primary ever held in Bruns¬
wick. The election was remarkably
quiet.
Snow Blocks Traffic.
Topeka, Kans., Nov. 21.—The fall
of snow continued In Kansas Wed¬
nesday. The Rock Island railway
is moving all overland trains on the
El Paso division. The Santa Fe
reported their main line across the
state open but i raffle blocked on
some of the branch lines in the south¬
ern portion. The Union Pacific re¬
ports much snow on its line, but the
trains are on time.
Priest Taken to Prison.
Troyes, Department of the Aube,
Nov. 21.—'The inhabitants of the
neighboring towns surrounded and
barricaded the churches.when the au¬
thorities attempted to take the in¬
ventories, but they were overpowered
by troops. A priest, at Solidny,
who violently resisted, was arrested
and taken to prison.
Bishop ’Fowler”Recovering.
New York, Nov. 21.—Bishop Cbas.
H. Fowler, of the Methodist Epis¬
copal church, who has been 111 for
five weeks, and although he is not
\yet ‘ able to leave his home, is report-
ed to be recovering rapidly. Ner¬
vous breakdown is said to be the na¬
ture of the Illness. It is Improba¬
ble, It is said, that the bishop wl<t
attempt to attend to any qf his dutlei
until spring.
Lieutenant Serloualy Wounded.
UHe, Department of the Nord,
France, Nov. 21.—A captain of the
Eighth infantry whA refused to obey
an order ,to break down the door of
a church in order to enable tbe au¬
thorities to take an Inventory, was
replaced by a lieutenant. During the
, taking of an Inventory the lieutenant
was seriously wounded.
SUMTER WINS IN THE THIRD.
Pulaski Put Up • Came FijM But
Lost Out. ,;i 'L
Awericus, Ga., Nov. 21-Sumter
county wins the third district agricul¬
tural college after a spirited contest
with Pulaski, these being the only
two counties of the 14 contesting
for the prise. Sumter county
fered 140,000 In cash, three hundred
acres of land worth approximately
16,000 together with sanitary sewer¬
age and wapar sqPPly for all time.
Pulaski county offered 125,000 cash,
land and buildings at Cochran esti¬
mated value $35,000, free water,
lights and sewerage for ten years.
Governor Terrell and the board of-
trustees carefully considered the two
propositions and the prize was given
to Amertcus by a majority vote of
eight to six. The accessibility of
Amertcus railway advantages, heal th -
tulness and o her natural advantages
were greatly in her favor In the con¬
test. The county commissioners also
pledged the offer thus made, though
the city will willingly bear all M the
the expense. Citizens of town ani
counly are grea ly elated la the fact
that the college is to be located here,
and splendid lands In the suburbs of
Aruerlcus will be tendered tnerefoi
immediately.
Governor Terrell, Professor Park,
of MUledgevllle; Professor Svgwart of
the agricultural department of the
etate university, and Professor Cros¬
by, of the agricultural depa- intent at
Washington, addressed a great mass
meeting of citizens tils morning. At
noon the distinguished visitors and
trustees were guests of the Amertcus
board of trade at dinner. -
Permanen. organization in the third
district waB effected in tile election
of Hon. Walter P. Steed, chairman,
J. W. Bivins, secretary. The dis¬
trict executive committee is J. H.
Daniel, of Sumter; J. K. Hays, ot
Macon county; D. B. Fitzgerald, of
Doojy, and Judge H. A. Mathews, of
Houston. AH the main buildings of
the college here will be of brick
and very handsome.
Flood Situation Improved.
Memphis, Nov. ?1.—The flood sit¬
uation as regards the railroads, was
somewhat improved Wednesday in the
case of one road 1 —the Southern—
•which resumed its traffic into Mem¬
phis, thus relieving the 'Frisco of
the burden of handling the Southern
traffic. Matters, however .are much
worse for the Illinois Central and
Nashville, Chattanooga and 8t. Louis
railroads. Although the Illinois Cen¬
tral is greatly hampered in its north¬
ern traffic on account of the weaken¬
ing ( the Wolf river bridge, the
officials of that road report Its lines
south as yet all right. The Louis¬
ville and Nashville have had, as yet,
no washouts, but the heavy rains
have delayed a number of their pas¬
senger trains.
Murder In the First Degree.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 21.—
Will Hurd, the negro who killed Po-
h«*J»an T. O. Musgrove, In front of
a'South Chattanooga saloon on Nov.
1. was found guilty of murder In the
first degree. On Friday Judge Mc-
Reynolds, of the criminal court, will
sentence him to hang. Much excite¬
ment was caused by. the killing of
Musgrove, and the negro was taken
to Knoxville for safekeeping. The
trial passed off without Incident, and
the jury, which was composed of the
leading citizens of the city, returned
a verdict within a short time.
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Abolish Cornpulsory Labor.
Brussels, Nov. 21.—The govern¬
ment of the Congo Independent state
has adopted the recommendation of
the committee of Inquiry Into the ad¬
ministration abolished compulsory of jjtbat state and has
■ labor In the dis¬
trict of Katanga. Hereafter the ne¬
groes will pay their taxes In money.
Tennessee River Rising.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 21.—
The Tennessee river at this point has
risen very rapidly during the last few
hours, and is nearly at the danger
line, (33 feet) which will be reached
by noon. Great quantities of drift
!• coming down. This to the highest
stage in five years.
When You Come
Across This
Trade Mark*#*
in red and white on each end of a
package containing biscuit and
crackers, you can rest assured that the
contents are of the very highest order—
fresh, clean, pure and perfectly baked.
The trade mark identifies the products of the
National Biscuit Company and ever stands for the
highest quality of baking. For example try packages of
ZWIEBACK—’ 1 Twice-baked ”—-justly celebrated as delicious with
tea, coffee or chocolate.
BUTTER THIN BISCUIT—A crisp, light, dessert biscuit, rich and
satisfying, served ss something out of the ordinary. If you want a
biscuit that is particularly nice, try a package.
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THR SUH,
GRIFFIN MERCHANTS TO ■ Af
.
CONFER WITH i
Disci imlnatlon In Freight Rates
Subject for Discussion. HI m '
General Manager
the Uriffin Grocery Go.
ft numerously signed petition
the merchants of Griffin requesting a
<J0nference - between , , . the . merchants
,
and the railroads touching the city.
The conference will be held at the
Oommeraial club on ft date selected
by the railway officials. The follow¬
ing petition explains the object of the
conference:
Petition ef Griffin Merchants.
There should be no antagonism be¬
tween the merchants of Griffin and
the railroads that serve them. Our
interests are reciprocal. As our
merchants grow, extend their terri-
tory and increase their business the
railroads reap the additional harvest
in large receipts. We, the merchants
of Griffin, feel that we are very much
discriminated against by the railroads
and that we have mutiality of inter,
tsitu prosperity of ourselves, and
JURY DECLARES
CHISHOLM SANE
Spent AH Night Deliberating
the Case.
HE ISyHENTALLY #
FIT FOR TRIAL
Vwrdlct of Jury Was Unanimous and
It Is Understood that Little Delay
Wqt Encountered in Reaching this
Agreement. ’
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 21.—-Af¬
ter having been out all night the jury
in the case of the Insanity of Alex
R. Chisolm, former paying toiler of
the First National bank, who default¬
ed for 1106,060, brought in a ver¬
dict declaring that th* defendant Is
sane and Is sufficiently.Jn possession
of his mental faculties to be tried for
the defalcation. The verdict of the
Jury was unanimous and U Is under¬
stood that little delay was encoun¬
tered In reaching an agreement.
Court then adjourned until Wed¬
nesday at 3 o’clock p., because of
the illness of a juror. At that hour
the trial proceeded from the point
where It left off when the Insanity
Issue, was raised by the defense, af¬
ter the prosecution had rested its
case.
Interest in Trial Increases.
Herkimer, N. Y., Nov. 21 .—Inter¬
est In the trial of Chester Gillette,
who is charged with the murder of
Miss Grace Brown, increases as the
testimony In this gad love romance
develops. A great throgn filled the
court room and listened to the pa¬
thetic letters the girl wrote Gillette
for three months previous to her
death. In them the factory girl
“BUI” Brown, as Gillette affection¬
ately called her, laid her siul bare
and ended with pitiful pleadings to
her recreant lovef to come and keep
his promise that he would wed her.
There was not a man or woman in
the court room Who heard the sad re¬
cital and remained unmoved. The
prisoner himself wept for the first
time In hi* trial, showing emotion.
Thaw Prepares For Trial.
New York, Nov. 21.—Harry
Thaw had a long conference
Lawyers Delmar, Gleason and Pea¬
body Tuesday In preparation for
trial, which Is expected, to begin
you in your
ask that a conference
fin at such time
discuss in a friendly
to Griffin with a purpose <
ui*on a fair equitable basis.
Will you kindly meet us?
W. B. Collier, a F. Sullivan,
English Bros., J. F. Thompson, E.
8. McDowell, Woodruff Bros., Joe
A. Bice, Thos. J. White, Slade A
Tyus, Griffin Hardware Co., lloooks
Drugstore, W. P. Horne, J. H.
Diereksen, L. R. Brewer, Head
Drug Company, H. V. Kell A Go.,
Edwards Bros., R. L. Thompson, A.
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Hardware Co., Paul Flynt, 8. W.
Goldstelu, Strickland-Crouch Co.,
Bass Bros. Co., Griffin Mill Store,
Goode A Nh ho!e Furniture Co., *
Carlisle A Ward, Rushton Cotton
Mills Store, Coppedge A Edwards,
h.j. itak.by.u.imaa^c
Dec. 8. He was subjected to a
searching examination by Delmra on
new phases of -the case developed by
detectives. Mrs. Ev4lyn Ntsbet
Thaw was In a cheerful mood after
the Interview with her husband at his
cetl door and said: “My husband
can hardly wait tor bis trial day. The
last thing he said to me was TU be
home Christmas.' I know be will
be free by that time unless there to
something happens to delay the trial.”
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Countess Will Visit America.
Now York. Nov, 21.
Mr. Frank J. Gould sailed
Tuesday on the Kaiser
Gould announced before
his sister Anna*
de Casteliane, would
country with them at the
urary. Mr. Goufo said:
tend u> bring back my sis
know not If the French courts
allow the children to
mother. This will be the first time
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that my sister ha* visited this
try since she was last
Count Boni de Casteliane.
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8/iafter Left No Wifi.
Bakersfield; Cal.', Nov. 21.-Cap¬
tain William H. McKittriek , son-in-
law of the late William R.
has filed a petition In the supreme
court of this county for letter* testi-
mentary In the estate of the deceased
general. The petition states that
no will of General Shafter has beea
found and property valued at 115.000
Is enumerated as follows Seal es¬
tate property In Kern county, val¬
ued at 110,000: personal property,
consisting of bank stock, live stock
and articles necessary for the culti¬
vation of a farm, valued at (5,000.
Bought Old Carpet and Found I
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 21.-
came known Tuesday that dfir
auction sale of Che household
of tho late John Mollln, at bis for¬
mer home, 215,000 In gold was found
hidden away under a dust? old carpet
which the auctioneer had just sold as
It lay on the floor. When the pur¬
chaser ripped 't up the money wa»
found. ^Mr, Muillii was at one time
pram inept in the iron industry at
Pittsburg.
Grants Eight-Hour Day. *
Richmond, Va., Nov. 21.—The
Richmond, Frederickshnrg and Poto¬
mac railway, has granted the re-
quest of the Brotherhood of Conduc¬
tors for a«n eight-hour day. It to
said to be ,one of the first road*, if
not the first, in the country to make
this concession.