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VOL. 28
SAN FRANCISCO
IS DESTROYED
Whole City Hurled From
Bed At Daybreak By
Earthquake That
Damaged En¬
tire City.
RUINS QUICKLY CAUGHT FIRE
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And Many of the Wounded Slow* 1
ly Roasted Alive. At Noon
Hour the Flames Were
Hopelessly sweep¬
ing Everything
Away.
San Francisco, April 18.—9:60
a. m. —The fact so far as known
may be summarized as follows:
Hundreds of people killed and
probably 1000 injured.
The Mechanics pavillion has
been converted into a temporary
hospital, and already several
hundred victims of the disaster
are being treated tl.ere by u j
corps of volunteer surgeons.
The entire water front is
ablaze.
The postoffice is entirely col¬
lapsed.
The fish market at the corner
of Olay and Merchants, has col¬
lapsed, killing six people.
Fire Chief Sullivan and his
wife have been very badly injur
ed.
The Grand opera house ; R
burning fiercely.
A ten-story building at Third
and , Mission . srreet ...... adjoining the
Grand opera house is apparently
doomed as are other big
itigs between the theater and St.
Patrick’s church.
Many people are fleeing from
the Palace hotel, taking
personal effects.
The gas works south of Market
street have been blown up and
this started another big fire in
that section of the city.
A portion of the mission,
eral miles fioin the business sec
„ ., ....
'TJiivo tejaV’it '"Twenty
end street and is ramdly
eastward. Should the wind
crease it may sweep the entile
southern section of the city.
I 11 Oakland five persons were
killed by the collapse of the Em
pire building.
1 he Gore block at the junction
of Market and Pine streets is in
flames and will probably be a
total loss.
10. a. in.—The fire has reached
Market street near Third. The
building next to the Olaus
Spreckles building at Third
Market is in a flame; and the
TM following buildings on
New Montgomery street between
Market and Mission have been
entirely destroyed.
Pacific States Telephone com
pa„y, Rialto building, Minion
and and Market, Market the tne j>atomo Natomo build uunu
ing, on Second street; the twelve
story Mutual Life building on
California and Sansome,
been entirely destroyed.
At 11 o’clock in the morning,
San Francisco Time, 2 o’clock
m Jsevv York time, the employes of
the Postal Telegraph company
had to leave their office on ac¬
count of fire.
At the time they left the
,et on fire, uere imminent
danger. The militia is in
of the town.
w 2 C & & > NEWS.
SPRING PLACE, MURRAY COUNTY, GEORGIA, APRIL 20, 1906.
Los Angeles, Calif., April 18.
—10:50 a. in.—The latest news
received here from San Francisco
as to the situation is :
The entire water front is in
flames and there is no way of
arresting the conflagration. The
water mains were destroyed by
the earthquake. The Palace
hotel is reported in flames.
Loss of life is reported to have
occurred in the south of Market
street lodging house districts.
Tho Associated Press at Los
Angeles has been unable to get
in communication with the San
Francisco bureau, which is locat¬
ed in the Western Union build
that city. The Western
Union in Los Angeles has not
learned the fate of San Francisco
headquarters, being unable to
get a wire furthur than Fresno.
The long distance telephone com¬
panies cannot reach even as far
north as San Jose, which is 50
miles south of San Francisco.
The Western Union in San Fran
ciso is one of the oldest buildings
in the business district and
would lie one of the first to feel
the effects of the earthquate.
The Postal Telegraph build
ing is reported badly damaged.
That company lias a single cir¬
cuit to Los Angeles. By 1 his
only means of communication
comes fhe reports of utter chaos
in the city. Fires are reported
raging in many sections. There
is no water to light it with.
Tlie great buildings on Market
street, including the Call, Chrou
icle and Examiner at Market and
Third streets are reported great
ly damaged.
Mechanics pavilion, 1 the largest
frame building in the city, is
being used as a morgue. Three
hundred dead bodies are report¬
ed already gathered at that
place. The wind is blowing a
gale and the flames are said to
be making headway. The shock
of the earthquake was felt as far
south as Santa Barbara.
A special train carrying the
California state supreme court,
now in session in Los Angeles,
will leave here in a few- hours.
This tram will also take news
l ,a P er correspondent. and proba
Idy may call for assistance if it
is needed.
General Funston, commander
0 £ the Presidio, has turned out
the entire force of idlers a
that point and establish martlal
law. Thus far there has
very little looting or disorder,
oW j n g £ f) j.j ]e u tfer panic of the
people,
K0USE—COLE.
Mr. Harvey Rouse and Miss
Cole, both of Spring
(al*fceni<>on. Place, were happily married last
■«
Mr. Rouse is one of the most
popuiar young men in the city,
FOSTER—MOORE.
On last Saturday afternoon Mr,
Stanley Foster and Miss Nettie
i were united in marriage,
Mr. Foster one ot
| j most popular young Times men,
connected with the of
1 city. He is also well and favor
known both in Spring
and Dalton, having been
j nected ^Mrs.’ with newspapers in both
S Foster, as Miss
Moore* was one of our fairest belles
land there is no end to her line
May they both live long,
prosper ’ —
tha „ ever known. Afi.lresn
Robert Scholze,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
W. C. BUNN
WRITES REPLY
Chairman of Congressional
Committee Explains
Some Things.
In Sunday’s Journal there ap¬
peared under a Cartersville date
line a most remarkable commun¬
ication, which would receive no
attention whatever from me but
for the fact that it is over the
signature of a high judicial ollieer
of the state.
It is inconceivable that any
sane man would, in the same
breath, proclaim that lie had,two
years ago, ai led and abetted the
calling of the Congressional Pri¬
mary for this district on the 20 th
of April, and yet denounce the
members of the present commit¬
tee as 4 4 llunkies,” “ringsters,”
“trie listers,’’“boodlers,’’“gang”
etc., for calling one on a date
two weeks later this year, or
would (ling a gross insult in the
face of the committee and then
demand a reversal of its actions.
The fact that the judge is a can¬
didate for the nomination this
year, hut was not a candidate for
it two years ago, may appear to
him as a good and sufficient rea
son for his sudden and radical
change of opinion as to the time
of year a primary should beheld,
hut it did not appeal to the mem¬
bers of the committee as a force¬
ful and convincing argument in
favor of permitt ing Judge Fite to
dictate the date on which the
primary should be held, as lie
sought to do. Nor was the eom
imttee able to understand why
the farmers and people generally
should have had ample leisure in
the spring of 1904 to turn out and
vote—as more than 18,000 did—
and yet be sorely inconvenienced
by having to do the same in the
spring of 1906. In this connec¬
tion, permit me to call attention
to the fact that not a single com¬
plaint has been made against the
date chosen by any farmer or
other busy man. All objections
come from Judge Fite and his
immediate political allies.
For twenty years or more J udge
Fite lias been a familiar figure,
as an office seeker, in at least six
of the counties composing tins
district. No election passes with
out witnessing his tireless activ
ity and sleepless vigilance in
J. pursuit of an office. Do hi* sub
of the motiveg uf the Kx .
five Committee reflect his
own political methods?
For nine or ten months past lie
has been conducting an energetic
and aggressive canvass for the
Congressional nomination. For
nearly half that time his only
pouent, Hon. Gordon Lee,
been out of the district in the
discharge of his duties. For the
tew remaining h week, et the cam -
| (frantically ...... lor an •>»* open field and
a fair fight” for himself.
ludes to all bis weeks and mouths
and yeafs of planning, scheming,
j caucuging ,trading, appeal..* and
demanding a as merely “some pre
Bmmary . work. It would lie
i interesting to know just what
Fite would consider as “an
open g e jd all( j a fair fight” for
, jimgelf _ Jr a fie!d a n t o himself
i« not sufficiency “open,” and
the privilege (treely indulged hy
j him) of fighting any and every
j w j t h l,jm,*does not come up
! of “an field and
| I1S ideal open a
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samfy ,
The Democratic Executive
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2 NEIGHBORS FIGHT;
BOTH BADLY HURT
Calhoun Carpenter Shot By Tax Col¬
lector—Latter Wounded By
Son of Carpenter.
Calhoun, Ga., April 16.—J. B.
Deal, a carpenter, was shot and
it is thought, mortally wounded,
this morning by Tax Collector S.
E. Swanson. Swanson was also
seriously hurt by Deal’s son,who
struck him on the head with a
crowbar.
The men were neighbors and it
is supposed that family troubles
caused the tragedy.
There have been no arrests
made as the men are so badly
wounded that it is impossible to
find out the facts in the case.
BERMUDA.
After a brief illness with
pneumonia Mr. Tom Faw died at
his home Saturday morning and
was buried at Pleasant Valley
cemetery Sunday afternoon.
leanes a mother, brother,
and five children to mourn his
loss, besides a Host of friends.
Charlie Keith and Miss Vora
Anderson passed through our
burg Sunday.
Mrs. Sal 1 ie White and Miss
Mary Harvey visited Mrs. Mary
Treadwell Monday evening.
Misses Maude and Mae McHan
visited Miss Mitchell Monday
afternoon.
Messrs George Arrovvood, John
Hannah and Andy Harvey called
on W. J. White Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. J. 0. Ellis and daughter,
Miss Myrtle, visited Mrs. Faw
Monday afternoon.
Will Coffee passed through our
Sunday.
For some reason or other Dock
Cox failed to fill his regular ap¬
pointment at Bermuda Sunday.
There was not any Sunday
school at this place Sunday on
account of the funeral of Mr.
Faw. There will be Sunday
school and singing here next
Sunday at three o’clock.
Miss Ora Ellis visited Miss
Nannie Mason Sunday night.
Jim Ellis and wife, of Fashion,
passed through our burg Monday
en route home from Carters.
Old Maid,
Bachelor button,
Joseph coat.
Committee of „ the it Seventh _ , Con
sessional District is composed of
as honest and respectable and re
Potable men as there are m the
state. Farmers,physicians, law
yew, manufacturers, business
, ,
men—all have intelligent and
houorable representation upon it..
And yet Judge Fite characterizes
U8 “the fraudulent conduct of po¬
litical tricksters” their action in
calling a Congressional primary
two weeks later than he says he
himself was instrumental in hav
j two ago. ,, Bood
n S years
■«*.” 1 ‘ ’ '„.g«tcr ,
“gang,” “fraudulent conduct,”
” are not
. „ j. opv t prm s
r0 “L * ’
an ' , car disgrace
either to those at.* , thev y are
aimed or to lam who falsely and
recklessly uses them.
11 e last . .. paragraph ol i u dge 8
Fite’s letter reads like an open
threat to run as an independent
candidate unless his wishes are
gratified. This would mean an
appeal to the negro vote. Does
he mean to do t ns. y v* *
right does this man sit in judg
men, certainly not his inferiors
m any point of virtue or man
W. O. Buss,
Congressional District.
Cedartown, Ga.
COHUTTA BANKING COMPANY
Patronize the COHUTTA BANKING CO.—
one of the very best equipped banks in the state—
for the following reasons:
1. It has the best Victor Munganise Screw
Door Safe, 4 inches thick, that is made with 3 Yale
time locks to open it, and is absolutely burglar proof.
2. It has a tire proof vault that is a perfect
protection and is closed by two double steel doors
which fasten with r2 1 inch bolts.
3. It carries a large policy of burglar Insurance
for depositors’ protection.
4 . It carries a large policy of fidelity Insurance
for the protection of depositors.
5. It has the best facilities for handling business
for the public.
6. It can lend you money when you need it
and receive and care for your deposits.
7. It is a home enterprise and will do every¬
thing it can to build up the country.
COHUTTA BANKING CO.,
Spring Place, Ga.
PURELY LOCAL AND PERSONAL
M. W. Shields has been on the
sick list this week.
G. L. Moore and son, Horace,
were in Dalton Monday.
Dr. M. P. Bates, of Dennis,
was in the city a short while last
Saturday.
U. L. Starnes and family, of
Ball Fround, are visiting rela
tives here.
Alex Wade, of Gordon county,
lias the contract for esecting the
hotel at Ohatsworth.
J. M. Bagley and family have
moved into the L. M. Jones resi¬
dence on Elm street.
J. A. Coffey, of Fashion, was
in Spring Place a short while
Wednesday morning.
Oapt. W. J. White, of Bermu¬
da, has been seriously sick with
grip for several days.
O. K. Bates and family are
now occupying the Fincher resi¬
dence in South Spring Place.
Little Dimple Heartseli, who
has been so low with pneumonia,
is now considered out of danger.
Mr. Faugh, a well-to-do fariri
er, died of pneumonia two miles
north of Spring Place last Satur
q a y
Wallace, the young son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. W. Thompson, who
has been seriously ill with pneu¬
monia, is convalescing.
“Billy” Brown and wife and
T. J. Hams and wife, of Chatta¬
nooga, spent a few' days in Spring
Place the latter part of last week.
Miss Mary Groves, manager of
the store of Groves & Taylor,
four miles south of Spring Place,
spent Sunday with her parents.
The teachers, as well as the
students, of Lucy Hill Institute,
are all busy making preparations
for their entertainment which
comes off in May.
/
Postmaster J. E. Eqerett and
wife, who have been in the
West for the past six months on
account of Mr. Everett’s health,
have returned to their home in
Spring Place.
A postoffice lias been estab¬
lished at Chats worth with Alvin
Jones as postmaster and Zeke
Dunn as assistnnt. The people
will be supplied from the Oran
office until a mail train is put cm
the railroad.^
NO. 19
Rev. M. W. Shields requests
us to say that there are thirteen
owners of mail boxes on route
No. 3 who have not paid for hav¬
ing their numbers put on mail
boxes, and urges that this be
looked after at once.
The railroad authorities have
notified Ool. O. N. King, their
local attorney, that passenger
trains will be put on the new L.
& N. road sometime about the
first of May. They are recei ving
freight now in carload lots, pro¬
vided that it passes Wetmore or
Cartersville.
Col. C. N. King went to Atlan¬
ta Monday to argue a case in the
supreme court, said casa beinlc
that of Will Jones, colored, who
was sentenced in Murray superior
court to be hanged for the mur¬
der of another in February. The
decision will be rendered the lat¬
ter part of this week.
County Surveyor R. R. Love
showed us to a certainty Wed¬
nesday that the peaches were not
all killed by the recent cold
weather. One twig three inches
long contained eleven and anoth¬
er two inches long contained six
—more than could, under any
circumstances, mature in the
amount of space they had.
Now, dear correspondent,don’t
think because the weather is
pretty and everything is taking
on new life that you can’t spare
enough time from your work and
fishing and so on to send us a few
dots. This is the very time we
need you most. We want to fish
some ourselves and get out in fhe
woods and pick honeysuckles and
dogwood blossoms, but we can’t
do it unless you help us out in
the way of news. Every one of
you send in something next week.
Dear Sir: I Write to Certify
as to the results obtained from
the use of Swift’s High Grade
Fertilizers. I used one ton of
Swift’s Guano (“Golden Har¬
vest”— 8 - 2 - 2 ) under cotton; I
also used one ton of another
make, high grade, the same year
on the same grade of land, with
identically the same cultivation,
and 1 made three full bales more
where t used SWIFT’S GOLDEN
HARVEST. The cotton was of
better grade, and sold for more
money. Yours truly,
Columbus G. Caldwell,
Dalton, Ga., R. F. D. No. 1.