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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY MORNING JAN. 22, 1907.
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he had massed over 100,000 for as
saults upon Oen. Lee’s fortified posi
tion. Gentle reader, £o to history for
details.
Burnside disappeared and “Fighting
Joe” loomed up th* military hori-
Eon as the n. vv Son of Mar'-* to head
the Army of .he Potomac into grand
er results.
It was rhen Gen. Tao punctuated
history with the most brilliant action
Ir. military anna) «’d C'hrtncetjnrsvfHe
lu-'tre around
th;* n Fortune
*«* of nnv oth-
• world's his-
Th
enf-ive?” T
Telegraph
ity That strong
eristic of the
plans of battle
t. They were w
"Mveiv executed
■Tided at Geri. T
•Tics show# d -n
bilitv of Mo -her
y that surprised
of military criti
* tfukn
shed a lialo *f brig*,
the head of Gen. I
threw around fer
er military man i':
tonr
Was Ghane«*iio»*svi
cannot afford to *;■
with detail®. This h.
summation of That
ly marked the t ha
great Virginian.
“Fighting Jr ••
Tied merit in th
deviled, hut in«
world Htood -
awVioilv. Hi-
disregard of '!><
Ms ponderous ;i
Tnos; conferva ti
An this battle w is the trr'Ti
hltbe’ if those wonderful miii
of ('*■ n. T.op, I should :lkc to
hut fpri.-f- forbids. \ •
reader will he un ply repaid 1
the details of this rra-.'-r-
that master mind, in l'tlz Lee's "I
of hi* great rind gbiriou- uncle.
FiTty-three thousand th.ec bun
«*u! thirty-throe seasoned. hut ra:
gray wtetmv;. nut .v.>i i, . the ar • k
of Hof»V-r’s poinloi army of 1 :{:t.^ I
Mm- Rcddiors. ..i della: of burpatl-
prepared plans. 11: • '. ! and drove
across ihp Rappai.annk '.hit mighty
blue nut '.' and "glory" in hor gr. milr-' '
exaltation. rested upon Hip st ir crossed
banners of the Army of Northern Vir
ginia.
Can Win? hestor, with strongly de
fensive works, sionia-d fcy :> part of
Leo's army in June ’ft?, lip placed in
tho eatagory of "defensive” action of
the great commander?
Can critic plane Gettysburg In that
same list? Consult the iiwi .-. road the
histories of thl- oft-exploited battle—
•he turning point of tin- war- .and show
li'ni C.on, l.cp's t.a tii ■ core “defen
sive." Continent and criticism .till in
no way change or alter the facts of
history'.
And now v.'p romp to that part of his
tory where 'lip '‘Hammer and Rapier,
ns John Kstin Cooke defines these two
great characters, faced each oilier.
Hen. f. Grant had been called
from his successes in the West and
promoted to Lieutenant-General and
placed
such troop. Interwoven and interlink
ed. blending in one grand heroic har
mony. tiieir records furnish the bright
est pages of history. The South will
never cease to venerate the memory
of the great Virginian nor will her
love grow less for the gallant soldiers
who followed his flag for four years.
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HEATH OF
CfAPT. W. A. DAVIS.
tin- i-"-=t
last yea:
Capt. W. A. Davis di
day morning 'at his
Orange street. .
?d early yester-
residence on
NEWS ADN GOSSIP FROM
THE NATION’S CAPITAL
TRADE IN
.Vi-
Co
Dn
brief announcement tells of the
of one of the best beloved and
ist men of Macon. Known to
--ly. a familiar figure on the
always courteous, always with a
word, as readily approached by
to all. there was a pathos in the
hat passed the word from one to
:• : esterday that Captain Billie
was dcfld.
mins have been patched up and that ! then under Manhattan Island Into tho
these two honored sons of his native great Pennsylvania station. From th®*
State soon will be puffing at the pipe point they will go west, ^till under
of peace. Despite ihe fact that re- . Manhattan Island, and then under, the
. } peated denials have been made of this Hudson river into New Jersey, giving
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10.—A isitors in especial phase of the Iowa situation, j the roads direct entrance both east and
Mr. Copeland declared it would not be i west,
at all surprising if the Legislature were
to elect Governor Cummins to the
United States Senate in place of Sen
ator Dolliver. As to Mr. Shaw’s eligi
bility as a Presidential candidate in
190S, Mr. Copeland is emphatic in his
statement that there is “none better.”
luring
but
ntur
for
Imp
tion w
trance
command of all tho Fedei
forces, then aggregating more than
yoofi.000 men in the field Meade was
nominally in command of the Potomac
A* my. Gen. Grant took position with
that armv to conduct the seventh “on
to Richmond.’*
When spring threw her gr^en banner
to ihe breeze, announcing nature’s
readiness for th* renewal of the death
i{ruggle v the Federal commander re
ported 1 <19,104 troops marshalled under
his 1 lag.
Against this massive and well ap
pointed army William Suinton, the
Potomac army historian. says ;ho
Arn.y of Northern Virginia could mus
ter but ”52,626 of ail arms.’* Glance
at the disparity of forces, then know
that disparity of appointment in muni
tions and material was even greater,
hut patriotism in the two armies may
he classed in inverse ratio.
Does history show that Gen. Lee
a ted on the defensive when the Poto
mac army*' t ossing the Rappidfin essay
ed in Us movement through “the Wil
derness’* to envelope Gen. Lee’s right,
took a. “defensive” position
Again military critics* wonder at the
audacity* that prompted Gen Lee lo
.issuin' the aggressive.
With Hill and F.weil well up, and
with bur 2S Q00 muskets this wonderful
inan. this audacious soldier, savagely
assaulted the great mass of blue sol
diers. That audacity was so rank
neither Grant nor M«<ade believed it a
real attack, but simply that of a divis
ion of the Army of Northern Virginia
was attempting a diversion to hold the
Potomac army, while Gen. Lee was
hastening to the North Anna to secure
another “defensive" position.
So hot became the attack, the ad
vance was checked and line of battle
at right angles to the line n{ march
compelled the Potomac* army to assume
“the defensive.”
Again let me send the reader to his
tory. Carefully review those three
days of blood in “the Wilderness." then
ponder upon the genius and audacity
of Gen. Lee in this momentous battle
of "mind against matter.”
As a result the record of the surgeon-
general's office at Washington gives
Grant’s losses at “7.737 in killed and
wounded in his infantry alone, and this
for but two of the three days of in
tense battle.
It is a well known fact that Gordon
on the Confederate left enveloped the
Potomac army right, attacking with
his characteristic vigor threw that part
of Grant’s arm* into utter route and
confusion, making In ret* captures.
Have you ream rs e.. .* calmly esti
mated the potential power of the* little
word "if?” If night ':u\ n«»t stopped
Gordon on the left, and if _ Longstroot
had not beer desp*-rat« ly w 'ittided on
the right at the psychological moment,
■what would have been the result at the
Wilderness’.*
From Spottsylvnnia to Aonnmattox
fabri s improved as
e more seasonable,
2 week are most ir-
of varying temper-
ni in tlie Traffic
kod by snow block-
lies have made good
I j progress, and new business for spring
1 j delivery is coming to jobbers and
\ j wholesale houses in large volume, while
I j collet • show some improvement.
- j«(I;n--ugh still slow in many Itnes.
? 1 Manufacturing returns could not well
be more favorable, contracts in many
cases covering deliveries into 1908,
while at some steel and cotton mills
orders are not accepted for shipment
during ’ iie lirsi half ..f R»07. A f*-w !a -
bor disputes are in progress, but wage
earners are fully employed and several
lib.-ial ad*. in pay w-re innour.e-
ed during The week in prominent in
dustries. The consumption of pig iron
exceeds production, despite the great
est rate of domestic output over re
corded. as attested by the heavy Im
ports without any depressing effect on
quotations.
High price? still prevail in primary
markets for cotton goods, yet the ele
ment of speculation is not conspicuous,
many lines being in a position where
no severe reaction is to be feared.
Thus far few cancellations have oc
curred and manufacturers arc
strengthening the situation by conserv
atively declining orders that‘appear to
largely of a speculative nature.
of
i mills,
bus far
against
pond-
It
for 1
fami
miss
heal I
people
al ! There Is also a disposition to distri-
bute sales among numerous buyers so
that the risk with any single customer
j may be minimized. A little more ex-
J port business with China has been ao-
I complished, but the total is still small.
As to woolen men’s wear, buyers oper
ate cautiously and the opening of more
j now lines has attracted little atten
tion.
Weekly Bank Clearings.
NEW YORK. Jan. IS.—The total bank
clearings in the United States for the
week were $3,441,401,977, 1 per cent un
der last week and 10 per cent below the
same week Inst year. Excluding New
York City, the total is $1,248,182,998, 1,56
st week and
r cent over last year.
Inc.
'474.000!..’ 129.4
Richmond .
Savannah .
Atlanta ...
Norfolk ...
Augusta ..
Charleston
Knoxi Ule -
Jacksonville
Macon ....
Dec.
1.9
with two or thrr
paucity of number
polled to at ; on t
So wholesome a
of Northern Yirgi
minds and hearts
of the Potomac
us the verdict of
them, the night of
tie. was “failure”—v
e\(
Gen. Lee
defen^ix
read had
tions
ra?
f rom
com- 1
SC.000.... 2.8
3,112,000....31.5
2.197.000.... 4.4
1.704.000.... 4.2
1,703.000.... 4.0
1.G30.C00.... 7.0
900,000... .54.6
Weekly Bank Statement.
NEW YORK. Jan. Is.—Tlie statement
o' tho clearing-house banks for the week
shows that the banks hold $18,400,700
more than the legal reserve requirements.
This is an increase of $9,820,000 ns com
pared with last week. The 'statement
follows: Increase
Ijonns ...$1,068,937,800 $15,148.*"
Deposits
53.631.900
.500
required..
I. deposits.
192.010.000
27^.069,300 .
•joo.oos.6on
18,400.700
22.535.025
83.512.000
■*59,000
3,! S9.000
15,009.000
1S.1S9.000
8,378.000
9.820.000
9,820.750
M Decrease.
The continued strength of foreign ex
change indicated an extension of this
process. Money rates also rose In Lon
don.
Weekly Interior Cotton Towns.
NEW YORK. Jan. IS. -The following
is ihe movement of spot coton at the
loading interior cotton towns for the week
ending Friday. January 18:
•ul
Army
in the
ank and tile
winton tells
▼less” to
Ge.lv
Vt. tl'.e
rmy.
•the Wild
Die third day’s bat- I all ports
turn again to the
north bank of the Rappahartnod
Hut the new commander t mil
becloud his laurels with such a shad
Ills Government had placed th
brawn and treasure of the country at
his disposal and demanded success for
such a gift.
From Spottsylvania on through the
ten-month until the 9th of April. 1805.
Let*, from disparity of forces, was com
pered "to the defensive.” and upon i Hruns*
that experience Gen. Grant based the | ^. , ! t 1
TOWNS— -
Middling.
i
5
1
X
T fi
Albany . . . *
153
367
73929
Athens . . . .
2^71
36 IS
307
18136
Atlanta . . • .
lo--..
•it? !
4243
....
139SC
Brenham . - •
126
231
2514
Charlotte . . .
10%
8! 0
31u
...
Columbia . . .
1Si3
13 < 9
16500
C'.^umbus. Ga.
16
100S
769
7G9
22750
Colmr... Miss...
1900
1 >alla s ....
5749
....
4500
Greenville
1847
3547
11905
Greenwood ....
sr»s
3’»3
205
3955
Helena . . . .
2511
....
17126
little Rock ...
9%
•*N >‘t
sir;
....
4SP69
Macon . . . .
10%
216
336
....
6392
Meridian . . .
av
2S41
3S354
Montgomery • .
9%
:.21
6301
6391
27171
ion
3 "6
HI
724
Xatchez . . .
23 12
37*7
1S9S
12544
Xt wbtnv . . .
39
39
1704
Raleigh . . .
10%
o:n
493
....
1470
Rome
•JFiiO
*2t*C2
5514
■>'] 1
r *•; r,
5S31
Shrov'-jiort ••••
lO 1 ^
’.'43
6»’f.O
YiuVvhvrc'
9997
32 ”7
32997
Yazoo City ....
1S7;
1S26
13306
N .
not j 5?"
bloi'fl. Wilmir
.. ■■ i'-
Raltimore
Cotton Rsceio‘3.
NEW YORK, J:tn. i$.— 1 The following
total net receipts of cotton tit
since September 1: Bates
Orleans I.5S6.02C
. ms
.1.175
owport News .
hiltulelphia • • • •
■.n Krnneisco ..
runswiek
nsend ..
e 1 'ittio.T stocks K-it over ai tlie ports
the interior towns from the lost
i. nrnl tlie number of hales brought
siith; tnus fur from the new crop,
supply to date is 9.451,-144 bales
nst 8,071,768 for the same period last
known that he had been sick
tys or more because one so
ind well known would be
ut the inquiries after his
cited no answers that con-
• intimation that his sickness
serious, nature.' Thus the
erday came as a shock to the
:d to ttiore who were close to
■ujarht a moisture to the eye.
It now develops that a cold contract
ed last summer laid the foundation for
the Illness that resulted fatally. The
sickness following the cold left him
weak, but in spite of this he plunged
into his business with the same vint
and determination lie had always used.
The strain was too great. The strength
of the younger man had been dimin
ished, and he succumbed.
It was not until after midnight did
the family feel alarmed. It was then
that the physician saw that the end
was near, and all that skill or tender
nursing could do was of no avail.
Capt. Davis was a native of Bibb
County. He was born on a farm eight
miles from the city, near Strong creek.
World’s Visible Supply.
NEW ORLEANS. .)un. IS.—Secretary
H^sfrrs sti -.*«*?nt >f tin? worlifs visible*
supply of ootf*nr« -I •**••* • t *nl visible
to bo 5.479.706 against 3.874.127 last wetu
and 5.425.431 last year. Of this th»* total
or American coton is 4.343.706 against
4.26S.127 last week and.4.042.431 last -ear,
and of all other kinds, including Egypt.
Brazil. Irdi**. etc.. 1.180.000 against 1.106,.
090 last week and 1 383,000 last year.
Of the world’s visible supply of cotton,
j.- i» afloat and he t * *.
Britain and continental Europe 2.810,090
against 2.S33.000 last year; in Egypt.
245.000 against 200,000 last year; in In
dia 475,00e against 737,000 las*, year, and
in the United States 1.944.000 igalnst
1,655,000 last year.
j promoted to a sergeantev and held that
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. j position until the surrender. His com
rades in arms speak of him as being
a model soldier.
Anxious for an education, he took
up his studies at- Allentown, in Twiggs
County, under one of the old time ed-
the Senate gallery this week were
treated to a pretty oratorical duel be
tween Senator Spooner and Senator
Tillman. Not since his sensational at
tack of several sessions ago on the
“pitchfork statesman" from South Car
olina has Senator Spooner invoked
such bitter invective in excoriating
Tillman's attitude on the race question.
S. n.itor Spooner had for his text Mr.
Tillman’s attack nn the President in
the Brownsville affair. He started to
make a calm speech based on the le
gality of President Roosevelt's action
in discharging the negro troops, but he
branched off quickly into a direct at
tack on Senator Tillman, a diversion
for which he afterward apologized.
His arraignment was scathing in the
extereme. He denounced Senator Till
man as the "enemy of
declared him to be the one man in the
country who was doing all he could to
make a roll race war inevitable. How
ever, no blood is likely to be shed as
the result of any speeches Mr. Suooner
may hurl at the head of Mr. Tillman,
or Mr. Tillman, in turn, launch at th
Jovian-brcwed Mr. Spooner, for
the floor of the Senate the two men are
the best of friends and each has the
highest respect for the other's attain
ments.
INTERESTING GOSSIP '
FROM MODERN GOTHAM
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In all likelihood Alexander Grant,
who hails from Monroe. Mich., will be
appointed general superintendent of
the railway mail service within the
next week or so. Mr. Grant for a long
time has been assigned to this branch
of the Postoffice Department, and has
April' 4. 1S47. where his boyhood was j been acting as an assistant to General
spent. He attended school in JefTer- j Superintendent James E. White, who
sonville, but in 1SG3, at the age of six- i recently resigned. Since Mr. White's
teen years, he felt as if his services ' resignation Mr. Grant has been car'ry-
were needed by the Confederacy and ■ ing on the duties of that office, and so
tit that early ago he enlisted, becoming successfully that his appointment to
a member of Company B qf the Sec- 'it permanently is regarded as a fore-
nd Georgia Cavalry. Later he was j gone Conclusion His record is a
highly satisfso*'_ i ^—ne, and his knowl
edge of tliai es.-eeial brarch of the
postal service is declared to be greater
than any other one man in Washing
ton.
_. . - Those who declare that the .Panama
ucators. James E. Crossland. Later lie i hat is as much a thing of the past as
returned to the farm to take charge of i the old-fashioned “toddy.” are con-
his father's affairs. ... futed bv the letter of Consul Demers of
It was about this time that he first * Rnrranouilia, Colo—fitia. .iust made
entered politics. Elected to represent . public by the Deoartir-out of Commerce
Twiggs County in the General Assent- an(3 Enbor Consul Demers declnr°s
blv, he served with distinction on sev r ,l that „ Pt ]ess . than S4 n 0 C oo worth of
cjav, A WMATT j importal ? committees, and as inj, hc?e ha ts were• exported from Colon,-
POWER- ON SAVANNAH, j after, years, he was always looking i bla . last year> the ind,,,try ranking in
! a £ tnr . ^ le interest of the public. To his j m p 0r t ance with coffee, gold, hides,
BALTIMORE, Jan. 18.—Approxi- ; efforts, perhaps more than to those of catt ; 0i tobacco and rubber. These hats
nately $4,500,000 for construction work ® ther ' r ' !in ', IS ,‘] uc th f lC c '?? on o£ I are not made in factories but are
involved in initial development ot | bL^fr^^n beco^ina 1 ” 0 ” 1 "'*"” 5 -^ ' turned out by tbe P^ant women in
$4,500,000 FOR WATER
IS _
water powers in the Savannah river
by a consolidation of three companies,
announced in this week's issue of the
Manufacturers’ Record, which on that
point says:
‘•This construction work will include
the building of dams and power houses,
machinery and equipment and trans
mission lines, and the expenditures
will be divided as follows: Gregg's
Shoals, $350,000: Cherokee Falls. $550,-
000; Calhoun Falls. $2,500,000. and Hat
ton’s Shoals, $000,000. These four
powers will be developed at present for
about 59.000 horse-power including
35.000 horse-power at Calhoun Falls,
4.000 at Gregg’s Shoals, 10.000 at Cher
okee Falls and 10,000 at Hatton's
Shoals. The surveys indicate possl-
XEW YORK. Jan. 19.—Every few
months Wall street develops some new
towering figure whose actions and His
tory- are chronicled with all possible
detail in the newspapers, and who is
vilization” and | the target, in turn, for all sorts of at
tacks. •
Just at present this fi
H. Harriman, who has risen in a short
time front comparative obscurity to a
world-wide reputation, and he is find
ing that the white light of publicity is
discomforting in many ways. In this
off respect his experience is exactly like
that encountered by J. Pierpont Mor
gan. Thomas F. Ryan, August Belmont,
John D. Rockefeller and H. H. Rogers
long ago. Mr. Harriman is paying in
a way for many years of unbroken suc
cess. His success reached a point
where it made him a ger'ral target,
and apparently there are several
broadsides yer to be fired.
In Wall street there are many men
who look on smilingly at the hard
blows which Harriman is receiving
from the United States Government.
The smiles are caused by the recollec
tions of the many years during which
Harriman rode roughshod over every
body who stood in his way. He \yas
the son of a por minister and was a
dork in a broker’s ofnee until, 36
years ago, when Stodc Exchange mem
berships wore cheap, he managed to
get one, and launched himself in earn
est on the sea of finance. Since then
he has developed into the most power
ful rilroad figure this or any other
country ever has known.
Harrlman’s rule is through fear. It
is safe to say that there is not a man
under him, in any of his vast proper
ties. who possesses any warm feeling
of friendship or affection for his chief:
but there is the deadly fear of Harri-
man’s vengeance when crossed. Stuy-
c'ssant Fish in the old Stock Exchange
days, materially aided Harriman
in getting his first real start toward
success. Gratitude, in this as in many
other cases, does not form a part of
high finance ethics.
Today Harriman is the boss of ap-
The Development of New York as
an underground city has not been
without its toll in human lives. The
records of the coroner's office for 1906
show that 08 men lost their lives in
tlie construction of underground tubes
in this city.
There were 43 deaths from caisson
disease, falling rock and drowning in
the Pennsylvania tunnel work, and
there were 20 men killed on work in
| the Belmont tunnel, of which four were
I drowned. Tlie tunnel front the Battery
1 to South Brooklyn cost two lives, and
j the McAdoo tube under the Hudson
! river has caused three deaths, all of
| caisson disease. As the work of tunnel
| building progresses from year to year.
the resulting deaths will probably form
! a considerable part of the records of
is Edward j tj ]0 coroner's office, although for 1906
these deaths only amounted bo about
1 per cent of the cases of sudden death
reported to the coroners.
During the year there were 105 chil
dren killed by being run over in the
streets, 37 being killed by surface cars,
six by automobiles, and 452 by other ve
hicles. There were 1S2 persons killed
in fires, and 204 bodies were taken
from the rivers, of which number only
133 were fully identified.
'Hi t 11 1X1 | *
,,, ri„ n * t-i ,-tc TJIV.T. * their homes, the women trading them proxlmately $2,750,000,000 of invested
evmnt v in .'he P^uietore We wo^^n ' «t the stores for heusef.old necessaries, wealth, of some 25.000 miles of rail-
' H it >s,nnv sa tisfaction to the man who
membe. of the last House, and ins , p; , yq ,' 12 go for a hat that costs ?3 in
the Central American republic, he may
like to know that the bats are made
from the fibre of the palm known lo
cally as “jipa-japa,” the name of which
is pronounced by the benighted heathen
work there was that of an able and
fearless representative.
For six years he served as an Aider-
man of the Cjity. four years of which
he held the position of Mayor pro tem.
While in Council he was alive to th
city's progress and Interests, and the tlio^e parts as hinpe-h;
... j . i • . • rannni'm s#>nr li<*r nrsf Pr?r
records show that Ills services were
valuable, and that by voice and deed
he did his part in the upbuilding of
the city of his adoption. For many
years he was a road commissioner of
the county.
It was in 1880 that he settled in Ma
con. Some few years later he engag
ed in the cotton business, first with M.
rannui'ia sent her first Panama hat to
the United States in 1S99, since which
time the-trade has grown enormously
and is likely to continue to increase,
according to Consul Demers.
The hordes of aliens that are flock
ing to this country continue to increase
in number. A statement just made
puhlie hv the Department of Commerce
and T^abor discloses the fact that S5,-
4fifi foreigners entered the ports of the
lie added at any time, according to the ) Davis has held many positions among j United States last month, as compared
demand for power which will be sup- . the commercial institutions of the city.
bilities of from 100,000 to 150,000 horse- j c. Balkcom. and later in the firm
power and the power houses will be so | known so long throughout this section
constructed that additional units can | as W. A. Davis & Co. In addition Mr.
•-happy.” Bar-
plied to cotton mills and other indus
tries in western South Carolina end a
nortion of Georgia, the transmission
line in complete circuit covering about
200 miles.
“Tlie dam. 13t-2 feet high, and power
house at Gregg's Shoals, are nearly
completed, all machinery and equip
ment have been purchased, transmis-
The great pleasure of Capt. Davis
| was his fraternal connections In Ma
sonry he was a saining light. He had
filled the chairs from worshipful mas
ter to grand master, and in the chap
ter, being a past priest of Constantine
Chapter of Royal Arch Masons; past
eminent commander of St. Omer Com-
mandery, Knights Templar, .and grand
lines and construction ancl power , senior warden qf the grand lodge.
estimate his son gives u
And Gen. U. S. Grant had a large e>;-
pertoiue upon which to make that esti
mate. it was noi an altogether fair
test, in every effort to break through
Gen. Lee’s “defensive" line Gen. Grant
paid terrible tolls in blood.
Napoleon had said: "In battle men
count as nothing, a man everything."
Gen. Grant apparently adopted the Na
poleonic maxiutn for iron were not
considered when he hoped to attain re
sults. His tosses -from the inception
of "the Wilderness" cumpai. ' until he
pst.aiilisheq his fines for the investment
of Petersburg were about 100.000 men
of double tlie forces of Gen. Lee's army,
as given by Swintot*. That Gen. Lee
with his reduced forces was able by
celerity of movement and rapid attack
or defense, ta confront the ponderous
army of the Potomac only brightens
the luster that halos his mighty genius.
When completely exhausted from
overtaxed energies, then the in
evitable came, but that can never tarn
ish the glory of that "clarum et venera-
boric nomen." fer on down the agss.
must the spiendor of Gen. Lee's genius
and manhood gather luster as time, in
his ceaseless move mak-.s history.
That Gen. Lee was "greet is a de
fensive soldier" goes w:
his wonderful career air
but his old soldiers
greater in offensive ta.
splendid effects if his
Arthur and Sabine Pas
Jacksonville, Fla
I.aredo. Texas
Minor ports
Total
will be delivered from this plant with
in the next 30 or 60 days. Immediately
following this, work on the Cherokee
Falls dam. 25 feet high, and power
house will be smarted under plans from
the same engineer who has made com
plete surveys and plans for the devel
opment at Hatton’s Shoals, where the
dam will have a height of 53 feet. Pre
liminary surveys and plans for the
power house and 75-foot dam at Cal
houn Falls have been made Tlie en
tire development covers a distance of
about 40 miles along the river border
ing on Anderson and Abbeville Coun
ties. South Carolina, and Hart and El
bert Counties. Georgia. The Hatton’s
Shoals are the highest up. being on
the Tugaloo river, a branch of the Sa
vannah river, while 35 miles below are
the Gregg's Shoals and Cherokee Falls
developn’ents. and about three miles
farther down the Calhoftn Falls devel
opment.
“The dams will all be of Cyclopean
concrete construction and the power
houses of steel concrete. Materials for
construction are abundant and close
to the sites of th? power plants, while
the bed and banks of the river are of
solid rock giving excellent foundations
for abutments dams and nower houses.
Water wheels ard electrical generators
will be installed of sufficient caoacity
to supply immediate demands for
'power, but the power houses will be
so constructed that additoinal units
can he installed at any time. All of
the power houses will be connected by
transmission lines, so that in case of
accident at any power house the other
plants can temporarily carry the load,
thus insuring uninterrupted service,
which is extremely important to the
users of power.” .
Discussing the movement of bread-
stuffs for export as a tr.auge of the
trend of things in American con-ymeree.
the Manufacturers’ Record savs;
“The figures for the calendar rear
just ended point to the steadv growth
of Southern ports in this respect. Dur
ing 1906 hre.adstuffs to the value of
*180.462.232 were exported from 23 of
the principal customs districts of the
country, an increase of *34.34.349. over
1905. Comparison of the situation in
the two years at six Southern norts is
made in the following table:
He was also a member and past offi-
| cer in the Odd Fellows, the Elks and
i the Eagles.
To him is due as much as to any
i other Mason, the location of the Ma
sonic Home at Macon. To him is due
in a large measure the establishment of
; the Georgia Industrial Home.
! Of liis fraternal affiliations, one of
his friends says:
“Xo man valued friendship and all
that the word implies more than Capt.
Davis. He loved the fraternal ties
that bind men together in one great
brotherhood, and if the obligations that
men take in fraternal organizations
would permit, it would be known to
what extent that hi's voice has been
heard time and time again in the earn-
with 62.116 that came-in in the cor
responding month of 1935. The immi
gration from Russia continues to in
crease, the .report showing that in De
cember, 1906, nearly 14.P00 had fled
here from the Czar’s doom in, a gain of
7.454 over December, ions. The vast
influx of Foreigners is causing consid
erable une a “iness in certain Quarters'.
Unfortunately the class of prospective
citizens is not nearly so good as it has
been in former years, when tlie -tide
of immigration was setting in from
the northern countries of Europe and
Germany and Great Britain. Tt i« this
phase of the situation that is causing
the anxiety.
A convention of vast importance to
fh° business interests of the United
States has been in session here this
week. Tt is the American Commerce
Convention, and its object is to develop
further the foreign trade of tlie coun
try. As an auxiliary to the main con
vention. the National B'road of Trade
is holding its tbirtv-seventh annual
meeting. A peculiar fact is that prom
inent business men from throughout
, , , the entire country, attending the con-
« Mention as delegates, profess-to see in
the present commercial unrest the
greatest menace to evisMpg prnsperjtv
among men and charity for all. In his
daily life, even when absorbed by bus
iness cares and worries, no man in dis
tress ever applied to him in vain, to
my knowledge. Scarcely a day passed
that he was not seeking to find employ
ment or in some way relieving the dis
tress of the unfortunate.”
It uas In 1S68 that Capt. Davis mar
ried Miss Mary R. Summers. Of this
union there were four children. Hattie,
Tn Ms address to tbe X^t'enal Board
of Trade President Prank Tt. Ea T.anne.
of Pbiladeinbta. made a powerful n’ea
for the establishment of a better feel
ing and better undo-standing between
corporate interests and labor. He de
clared that this was essential for the
betterment of both. A number of
Edwin, Mabel and Gussie, the last j ot ^ er speakers pointed out that the
named died several years ago. ! present unrest was certain to precioi-
named died several years ago.
The father of Capt. Davis was Elisha
Davis, of sturdy stock, who had in his
day served his people In the General
Assembly. He died in 1S66 on his farm
near Macon, at the age of sixty-one.
UNITED STATES UNDERTAKES TO
ENFORCE PROVISIONS OF
TREATY.
tate business stagnation if not business
disaster were something not done to
bring the American people to fheir
senses. All of the sneakers deplored
the tendoncy of the general public to
attack all corporate interests, irrespec
tive of whether the’ - were honestly
conducted or not. Both conventions
are working to th“ same end. and their
hone is that
United States will yet
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The Uni
ted States lias begun two suits in San
Francisco for the purpose of enforcing
the provisions of the treaty with Ja
pan giving to the Japanese equal
school advantages. One of the actions
is brought in the supreme court of the
State of California in the name of a
lead the worm in foreign markets.
.. .8,793.030
N<
Comparative Cotton Statement.
NEW v ORK. Jan. H.—The following is
I'.c comparative statement of cotton for
he week ending Friday. January 19:
1997 '
emts
Set-!
Reel!- i
Exports
Exports
Stock ail F. S. por
Stock nt int. town
Stock nt Liverpool.
Aran, afloat for G
.6.'
.129 ]S
32X
,499 •
1602
99-1 i
”10
Districts.
TtMtimore $i
Newport X«ws .
X’folk &- Ports .
Gnlveston
Mobile
New Oriean:
190 5
- 990
6.7*1 09-
sn 9it4
7.995 tn.fi
3.rt.t.n<;'7
13.959.312
1986
5?.t ’99 .349
8.973.190
2.706 1 69
16*344.918
2.794.004
18,906.671
The disastrous earfbopake that this
week devastated a portion of Kingston.
Jamaica, was recorded here in the
Government obser T 'otory. end tbe seis
mograph at the Johns HoeVins Uni
versity in Baltimore also showed the
T ..... , „ .movement. Profes-or C. F. Marvin.
Japanese child for tae purpose of ob- {he Governm , nt observer, reports that
...tmtng a ui.t of mandamus to com- j tj-je -hock was of moderate Intensity
pel his adrnisison to one of the pub- | aTl(J the ae]lc: . te instruments did not
lie schiolsfrorm-which he ts excluded show pc CTO * t disturbances as when
by the action of the board of educa- j the eart hom.Ves in Ran Fr-ncisco. and,
tion. The proceeding in the second ]ater In Valparaiso, occurred. Tt is
suit is w tae Federal circuit court. In bellevefl , ie re that Rear Admiral Evans
which the members of the board of
education, the superintendent of schools
and til <f the principals of the vari-
roads. many steamship lines, and
enough employes to populate a State.
But, not long ago, lie aroused the an
ger of President Roosevelt and his
present entanglement with the Inter
state Commerce Commission is the re
sult. As long as Roosevelt remains
President. Harriman will be in hot
water. That is why Wall street, filled
with victims of Harriman’s mailed fist,
smiles.
For a long time erroneous opinions
have prevailed regarding the attitude
of the New York Stock Exchange and
conservative Woll s+reM houses gener
ally, towards investment and specula
tion in mining shares.
The idea has become widespread that
the Stock Exchange Insistently has set
its face against mining properties, but
tb’s is not the case. The consensus of
oninion in Wall street, among the lead
ing- houses there, is that good proper
tied are worth trading in, whether they
are railroad, industrial or mining prop
ositions, but. they must be open and
above hoard, and possessed of financial
responsibility. If they are otherwise
the Stock Exchange 'yjll not indorse
them by permitting them to be listed
and they Will not allow their members
to trade in their issues.
Properties of ■ the wildcat order,
which are nothing more than prospects
•and posse-s no virtues other than those
attributed to them by their promoters:
properties which are not developed and
give no promise of becoming paying
investments: properties which are not
backed by responsible men and have
no material value: and properties
which do not issue monthly, quarterly,
semi-annually or yearly statements,
and which do not have a standing in
the financial, railroad, industrial or
mining world, properly are frowned
upon by the New York Stock Ex
change, and it will not permit its mem
bers to trade in their issues nor allow
its members to receive trades on be
half of customers. Beyond this the
exchange does not go.
After a long ocean trip a baby rhi
noceros. onlv six months old. has been
landed as the star attraction in the
Bronx Zoo.
The newcomer, which came in on the
Ceflric, is named Mesovlro. which in
Banto means “one who is found wan
dering.” The rhino, on his trip, had a
cage in the hetween-deck section for
ward and was a great pet on ship
board. H. O. Lanf, a German explorer,
brought h ; m over and attracted gen
eral attention during the trip by walk
ing around the decks followed by the
rhinoceros, which romped and played
like a dog.
The little fellow is very fond of play
and has kept many of the youngsters
at R'ronx Park busy since his arrival.
He is as strong a= an ox. and when he
bumps into his human playfellows, they
go down like nine-pens.
Columbia’s two new buildings. St.
Paul's Chapel and Hamilton Hall, are
now so near completion that the uni
versity authorities are at last able to
fix upon a date for their formal open
ing. IVith the possible exception of
the library and the unfinished Univer
sity Hail, these buildings are the most
Important In the history of the insti
tution.
Hamilton Hall was given anony
mously two years ago as a permanent
home for the academic department of
the university, which was the original'
nucleus from which the institution
grew. Established before the War of
the Revolution ns King's College, the
college changed its name to Columbia
College to fit the new order of things
after its royal patron ceased to rule
this country.
As a fitting tribute to one of Its
most famous alumni, the building
which is to house it after its long and
varied career will beer tbe name of
Hamilton Hall. St. Paul’s Chapel is
to provide for the religious exercises
of the institution. An imposing edi
fice. it will contain one of the finest or
gans in the country. Chanel service
will he held every morning, and on
Sundays there will be more formal ser
vices.
Many important additions have been
made to tile possessions of the Metro
politan Museum of Art during the last
few weeks, in the line of paintings of
the foreign and American schools,
classical antiquities of the Greek and
Roman period, sculpture, and various
pieces of textiles.
Chief among the recent accessions is
a rare col!°ction of 124 pieces of Gre
cian and Roman art. acquired during
tfce year. It includes 72 Tanagra fig-
m-ines of unusual grace and beauty
These statuettes are arranged in twi
cases containing four groups each ami
some of the Images are believed tq
have been models for sculptors about
450 B. C.
Western men now In the metropolis
have organized the Rocky Mountain
Club of New York for the purpose of*
providing a home in this city for resi
dents and former residents of the
Reeky Mountain States.
The organization of the chib was
suggested about a year ago at the an
nual dinner of the Montana Society of
New York. The Montana. Society
proved so great a success that it was
determined to enlarge its scone and
provide an organization to which a!)
1 In command of the Atlantic squadron, j Rocky Mountain men would be e'jgible
which was in Cuban waters at f""e ! for membership and which would be
ous primary and grammar schools of
San Francisco are made defendants.
To
.350.0 to 976
.146.107.993
R.
.1,279.477 9.11 S24
. 659.291 717,001
— 1,159 000
246,000
New York Cotton Exchange Statistics.
NEW YORK. Jan. 19 —The fallowing
stati'Mcs on the movc-ment o' cott”n
for the week ending Friday. January IS,
were -’emptied by the . ew York Cotton
Exchange:
Weekly Movement.
. mill tal ing?. .-st 66 -
i-k last interior towns. 14.142
tn-.iut ijuosti.in:
piy proves this.
'■ .hu iie was
tics, where th-'
wonderful mili
tary genius found greater scope and
verified this contention of his soldiers
of the won lerful and elastic Army of
Northern Virginia.
For no soldiers over followed such a
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 18.—Secretary
Hester s w ->-k!y cvdlon statement, is? -. a
, . ... , , today, shows tor the 18 days of jnn-
ieader, nor did general ever command uary an increase over last year of 676,000
ight for w<
.447.941 219.
Total Crop Movement.
Port receipt? 542 5,51 ’-GO
To mills and Canada.... 697/66 19.--47
Sou. nii’.l taking? t-s:.. . 1.1,--■: • 0
int. stek ex. Sept. 1.... 520.029 539,356
Into sight for season.. .9.175.628 7.642.433
$7.2 928.282
180.462.232
G ’he Sm’thp’-n
s-as from 850.046 975 to $73,928.-
282. or $23.SS!.3P6. *equal to 47.7 per
cent, md at the ot'-er principal ports
from $96/69.907 to $106,533,950. of $’0.-
473.043. eoual to 10.9 rer cent. The
greatest increase amo"g ail the p-rre;
we? at Galveston. $9 350 112, with. "Phil
adelphia second. 37 589.308: Baltimore
third.. $6,784,427: New Orleans f ut"’h.
$4 947 259. and New York fifth. 34.566.-
cn 9. There were decreases at Boston.
Portland. Me.. Wil’amette Chicago,
Du'nth. Superior -a-’ yr,-,'Oitm. 7-. 13.05
Son'her” n?r: s was 34 p.-.r cent of the
total v.-i'-'e at ail por*-. and in 1996
between IPO.5 and 1 806 .at the ® ! x
Sou’hern parts was 69 per cent of the
total increase at all ports.”
Steamers Collide, One Sinks.
DOVER. Eng.. Jan. 19.—The Red
Star steamer Vaderland, from New
York. January 9. for Antwerp, col
lided with and rank the Dundee steam
er Nawarth Castle last night, four
miles east of the South Goodwin light
ship. So far as known all the mem
bers of the crew of tho Nawarth Cas
tle, but four were rescued.
hops- P’--*d
W A SITING') ’ )N.
after passing
unanimous cor
of bill? on :::
v.l’.-r nmr.ter 1
nn the life t.
of TeuneSBM.
Numb”
Bit's.
Jen. 19.—The House,
number of bills under
t. took up consideration
rivite orfindar and at
’11 •"! •••: tomorrow.
Negro Scales Prison Wall.
ATLANTA. Jan. 19.—Fred Edwards,
.a negro being held as a prisoner at tile
Fulton County jail, upon the charge of
assault to murder, made his escape by
scaling the wall enclosing the prison
today. _The negro bad been turned out
of his cell to do some work, and unno
ticed he slipped by one of the guards.
With the aid of a long plank he climb
ed the wall and secured his freedom.
Dyer Acquitted of Embezzlement.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. IS.—D. P. Dyer,
Jr., suspended sub-treasury teller, was
acquitted by a jury in the Federal court
on a go rge of having embezzled $61,-
500 of Gov. ri’uiant funds.
James Ward Hanged.
RICHMOND. V?..- .Tan. 18.—James
Ward, color...:. , v .-s '■’■’•’g'd hen t->-
-■ senator Gate, I d«y for the murder of Carrie Meekins,
\gIao colored.
time hurried over to Jamaica mith
his fv»"n fierh + ^e force to reo<i r T aid if
neccs«?orv. Thi« is not tho first time
that Uorted St^t^s warships have been
the first on errands of m*rcy to
strieVon West Indian communities, for
in 1302 when Mont Pele^» created such
h*avop ot ^erre. in + hf>
auxiliary cruiser Dixie loaded with
sueniies was the first to reach the
stricken city.
" T ' T ” to ’"-’i-tni’’ n otitb house in New
York where Westerners could live
while In the city.
It is the purpose of the organizers of
this club not only to provide-a social
organization, but to take an active in
terest in furthering the interests of the
Western States in the East. The club
Intends to onen a house shortly in the
neighborhood of Thirty-fourth street.
Snow fell in Washington this week!
This statement may not create any
wild excitement in the West, but a fall i
of “the beautiful” in the District of |
Columbia is a decided curiosity. Wash
ingtonians do not take kindly to snow. .
and the exodus from the slushy streets
of the Capital was prompt. A number :
of society people, believing that win- 1
ter has really set in, are preparing to '
seek the balmy climate of Florida. It
is not unlikely that these bird? of pas
sage scarcely will spread their pinions
for the Southern flight before Wash- ;
ington shakes off its mant’e of snow
and the usual springlike breezes will ,
return.
George D. Copeland, a member of the
Iowa State Central Republican Com- j
mittee, brought the news to Washing- |
ton this week that Republican politics :
in Iowa was al! harmony and peace.
Mr. Copeland announced authoritative- I
ly that ail the part differences between
SON CONPRSRRS TO CRIME FOR
PURPOSE OF ROBBERY.
RALEIGH. *N. C., Jan. 19.—Make
Smith and his son Chari'-s. seventeen
years old. have been arrested and will
be tried for murder next week at Troy,
N. C. on the charge of killing Mii-
ton Bunnell, a Confederate veteran, for
his money last week. Bunnell called
at the home of the Smiths and exhib
itor? «nmo gold coins. When he start
ed home the Smiths, according to the
son'? story, planned to kill and rob
him. They followed Bunnell and ivhen
they caught up with him Charles
Smith struck him with an axe. They
then rifled Bunnell's pockets and placed
the body on the railroad track, where
a train ran over it. Make Smith de
nies participation in t’v crime.
PRESIDENT'S n’Sr.HA lr 'C v OF THE
NEGRO TROOPS IS COMMENDED*
LITTLE ROCK, .Ark.. Jan. 19.—Sen
ator Legate, the only Republican mem
ber of. the Senate, presented a resolu
tion today, which was unanimously
adopted, endorsing the action of Presi
dent Roosevelt in dismissing the com
panies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry for
participation in the Brownsville riot-*
ing.
The lower branch of the Legislature
passed a bill fixing a maximum rate of
two cents a mile for first class passen
ger rates In the State.
And Even Nenrocs Endorse It.
BATON ROUGE. La., Jan. 19.—
Speaking for 50,000 negroes, which
compose its membership, the Grand
Council of tlie National Industrial As
sociation of America in convention here
today, adopted a resolution indorsing
President Roosevelt's action in dis
missing the negro soldiers at Browns
ville.
GOVERNOR-ELECT SMITH
PRESENTED WITH PETITION
ATLANTA, Jan. 19.—Governor-elect
Hoke Smith, six months in advance of
his going into office, is already getting
a taste of tlie sweets that go with the
bestoival of patronage. Today a strong
petition signed by a large number of
the commissioned officers of the Na
tional Guard of the State, was pre
sented to him requesting the appoint
ment of Assistant Adjutant-General
Scott to the office of Adjutant-General
of tlie State to succeed Judge S. W.
Harris. It being regarded as a cer
tainty that Judge Harris will not ba
reappointed, the friends of Col. Scott
desire to see him get the place.
Colonel Scott is a young man, but
has had much experience. He has
been assistant adjutant-general of the
State for the past few years and has
made an efficient officer. He was
formerly a citizen of Albany and once
commanded a company the.re. During
the.Spanish-Anierican war he was an
officer of a Georgia company.
GOVERNOR GLENN ASKS
PRESIDENT TO INTERVENE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Governor
Glenn, of North Carolina, today asked
the intervention of the President in be
half of m.iil owners of his State with
threatened civil action in connection
with the bringing to the United States
of certain women mill workers in al
leged violation of th" immigration
laws. The President had nof time to
go into the matter fully with the Gov
ernor and asked him to write him a
Work on the Pennsylvania Railroad
tunnel under Manhattan Island has
progressed to the point where the two
headings have been joined under Third
avenue at Thirty-third street. The un
derground passageway is now contin- _
uous from Fifth avenue to the East I statement, giving the circumstances of
river. , the case and he would examine then
The Joining of these two headings, j at hts leisure. The Governor wants
on which work has been in progress j the President to have the cases dis-
for less than a year, was done with I missed.
such nicety that the line was only a j _—
small fraction of an inch out of plumb, j COL. ROBERT P. EBEPHAROT
One gang of workmen had been boring DIED IN ATLANTA YESTERDAY,
from the east and another from the | ATLANTA. Ja IS.—The death of
■vest, but the calculations of tlie en
gineers proved to be almost mathemat
ically exact.
Tbe tunnel under Manhattan Island
i? 42 feet wide and 21 feet high. Fur
ther west, between Fifth and Bov-nth
avenues, where the work now is in
progress, the tunnel will be larger :,nd
will accommodate three tracks
Through these tunnels, when com
pleted Pennsylvania and Long I--’"'d
Railroad trains will pass from Long
veteran
Gearaguan
Secretary Shaw and Governor Cum- i laland City under tbe Hast river and J daughters.
j Co!. Robert P. Eberhardt,
I of the civil war, and of the
I campaign, occurred last night at' his
home in West End. The deceased was
lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-eighth
Georgia in th” Amy f Northern Vir
ginia. under Gen. Robert E. Lee. Col.
Eberhardt came to Atlanta some years
ago from Oglethorpe County, and en
gaged ,n the wholesale shoe business.
He died at the ago of seventy-two
leaving a wife, four sons and thr&a