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VOL. V. NO. 217.
ATLANTA, QA., THURSDAY, MARCH 14,1907.
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D ELM AS WINS POINT:
KEEPS OUTAEFIDA VIT
Hummel Denounced
/
by* Thaw’s Chief
Council.
JEROME CLASHES
WITH OPPONENT
Judge Hits District Attor
ney With Decision
From Bench.
New York. March 14.—The biggest
crtii» In the Thaw trial came today
when the ndmlealon of the converaa.
lion between "Abe" Hummel and Eve
lyn Neeblt Ju«t prior lo the dictation
of the famous Hummel affidavit, waa
ruled nut by Justice Fltrgerald, giving
the defense a distinct victory.
Thaw mine lo court today amlllng.
but appeared nervoua. An additional
squad Of state's alienists was on hand.
Evelvn Nesblt Thaw will be the first
witness after recess, according to the
ruling of Justice -Fltsgerald.
Leaver Hummel was railed to the
stand os the first witness this morning.
Mr Helmas began his argument In
tn.uer to Jerome's attack on Evelyn
Neshlt Thaw's story. On the result of
the argument the admission of Hum-
nW s statement and the affidavit |
hln«r.l lie read from the printed ropy
GROUND IS BROKEN
FOR NEW POSTOFFICE
KeabU'fl vInk
Hummel'n office.
••We drnlre to ahow.*' he Mid, “that
this witnenn at the time of the visit
itrtoil in »urh a confidential relation to
Evelvn Nesblt ns her attorney that It
would be u violation of bis duty for him
to disclose any conversation he had
with h»*r at the time.
"By this. I mean that I do not con-
of.le that It Is In his power by oath
% define the question of the relation
of attorney and client existing between
this man (pointing to Hummel) and
younx .Mr*. Thaw. I will corroborate
her Mory with competent evidence and
I sill, therefore, not concede that he
did not act as her attorney.
There can be no* question that If It
cxn l>c proven by competent svldence
that Ml** Rvelyn Nesblt did not make
any statement to Thaw In Paris In
ixj3 such testimony would be admlssi-
MEIACE LIFE;
B
POSTMASTER BLODOETT BREAKING GROUND.
Atlsnta's poftmaeter swung a pick Thursday morning and turnad tha
first dirt for the foundations of tha now poatoffics.
Hummel, lounging In tha
chair, paid the •stMcrtat attd
nut thla la not (ha proper and legal
Itl fitted
way of doing go,” continued Mr. Del-
mu. "Her story cannot be contradict
ed by the man who acted as her attor-
Postmaster Blodgett Sinks Pick Into Fresh
Son nrFtfrsytti irid"Warton'-" " l T ' H r,g, ‘' " f '
Streets.
• I find that the court of appeals also . _
stair, in tho most emphatic manner the With a brand new pick. Postmaster
»e of the district attorney's con- E F. Blodgett broke the grbur and
tentlon, to.wit. where a contradictory
nauomni la made out of court only
Inl part of-the testimony can
bt attacked."
Dslmaa Wins Victory.
Justice Fitzgerald ouatalned Delmaa'
objection lo admitting the conversation
belt, con Hummel and Evelyn Immedt-
iteh I receding the dictation of the fa
Hour Hummel affidavit.
l'P"n the Introduction of this con
vmiitton Jerome had baaed hlo hope
<•< setting in the affidavit Itself and the
curt', ruling Is a distinct victory for
Hu -fepae. In the affidavit Evelyn
I" alo-ged to have denied ever telling
The that White wronged her. and to
have asserted that Thaw beat her be
cay.p stir refused to sign the docu
mem. prepared by Thaw aettlng forth
that While had wronged her.
Tt -r. waa a sharp exchange of words
>n iv.,n Dolmas and Jerome. Del mint
e-M r. IV till veil the district attorney for
hi- otion yesterday In relating the
content!, of the affidavit to the Jury
* ,: -n the document had not been ad-
ir.lt'r.l in evidence.
Jerome Displays Temper.
Itt ruling out the Important question
tvR.tr.hng Hummel's testimony as lo
th. conversation with Evelyn, Judge
Fttigerald said:
Th,. , i.es cited by the dlatrlct at-
i tnrv .ire not authorities on the point.
Th. hjeetion Is sustained."
J- ■ mo i (early showed he felt the de.
f..- Several brisk clashes followed
u I tclmas and Jerome. In which
' ’"wed temper. Jerome asked
I* If Evelyn told him at the of-
r " "Ion I he affidavit lo alleged to
Jo' been made that she had not been
' ■‘■e l by White. Before Delntas
' 11 ! "hjeci, Hummel, seeing his
answered:
' rtulnly did."
't.i vou call yourself n lawyer?''
I Delmaa, advancing toward
Delmaa then Insisted that
er remain In the record. It
H c
Roait for Hummal.
'llrnt (Evelyn) ought not lo
I” ' i v mercy of an unconaclentlous
who may come Into court and
her secrets by denying he was
• i." declared Delmaa, In refer-
• Hummel. "The client who has
1 ' 1 into the ears of such a merciless
, her Innermost secrets, must
'"e protection."
'■ '"-Died that when Evelyn was
a . “'and she waa not permitted to
any conversations except those
1 " Hit Thaw. Jerome read from
-' . • •'tittony to show lhat she had
"iher conversations. Delmss'
;' ' it was overruled.
Flixgerald. regarding the
l , hat Evelyn'* story was "not an
• v a| narrative." said tha question
_n<liter or not the had told the slory
.*■ *111 material fact.
H ** V n *.? c °bltada4 Ural Evelyn w>u«hi
toe!* advice as a lawyer. Jerome
, he evidence failed to show this
r . 1 a fact The Judge would not
, , n the question until ha heard
’ * tdence landing to ahow whetb-
started the work of digging the
dntlnns for Atlanta's ll.ooo.ntio post-
office and court house building at For
syth and Walton streets early Thurs
day morning.
With the possible exception of Rep
resentative Livingston, no one has
taken more Interest or done harder
work for’ more adequate quarters for
Atlanta's, postofflee . than Postmaster
Blodgett, and It was filling that the
construction of Atlanta's costliest pub
lic building should he begun by him.
When the congressional committed
the need for a new postofflee bull
Postmaster Blodgett fQrnlehed figures
that probably had more effect than
anything ela*. He showed them that
the gross receipts of his office were
equal to those of the states of North
or Bouth Carolina, Virginia or Flori
da, and lhat they compared favorably
with the receipts of the ataiee of One
got), Vermont or Alabama.
The new building Is expected to take
care of the Increases for many yean
to come, but It la probable that before
the building la finished It will
found too small and Inadequate.
ROBBERY OF SUB-TREASURY
IS REPORTED CLEARED UP
IN AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT
fhlr*x'». March 1«.-Tlu* nijratcry ■»**•
rounding tho «lli*ap|>c(irnnro ot 1173.000 from
the Chlcaifo nub tmiMiry. am! whirl* cauawl
Chief Wilkie of the m*oret mrvtco to «*«n»o
to Vhlcaan and tnki* prr*»nal rbargi* of
the cmm». I* wild to Ijc cleared up J.’*'
port which Captain I'ortcr win to Mn»h-
”*1*0* ri|»orf I* wild not only to
solution of the “mystery, hut to «lre the
name* of the men lnipllr*ted In the theft
All of thl*. except the wiiillnx of the report,
t'nptnln I’orter denies, lie a**«>rta that all
theories have lieen exploded, and that there
irtlnjr Tellei
nlcany. fot
from hi* ci
the money which
White Officer Gives
Testimony Before
Senate Committee.
the Twenty-sixth before that regiment
left. The Twenty-sixth, he declared,
left behind many old khaki uniforms—
this In support qt the theory that the
shooting might have been done by Mex
icans dressed In stolen and eaat-oft
soldiers' uniforms,
Huron's testimony throughout waa
such as to give ample ground for the
belief that (he shooting might well
have been done by clllsena of Texas or
Mexicans, a theory which Senator For-
aker would be pleased lo prove true.
WILL HOLD ALOOK
FROM VALDOSTA ASS’N
shooting
rsvllle, Texas.
First Sergeant Nel
Washington. March H-Before II
senate eommlllee on military affair
Investigating the alleged
up" of the town of Hr
by negro soldier . .
son Huron, of the Twenty-fourth In
fantry (white), "blob
Fort Brown to give way to the Twen
ty-fifth, said It I* wcll-nlgl. impossible
for sohllere to obtain ammunition
..Menra knowing llbrtUl It.
lalm that the ne
Special to The O+orttan.
Charleaton. 8. C., March 14.—Long
* tuple planter* at a meeting here today
decided not to enter the Valdoata Long
Staple Association.
may will meet May S for tha Bouth
Carolina A*»otlallon with the object of
keptng *eed at home and controlling
price*.
People Are Fleeing
From Lowlands
in Ohio.
MRS. JA CKS0N
TO RETALIATE
Mother WilJ Join Her
in Pennsylvania
at Once.
SAYS ILL HEALTH
CAUSED TROUBLE
Pittsburg. March 14.—With four man
already dead and a number of other fa-
talltlee reported, bueineee along the
river front for mllee above and below
here le at a etandetlll. Idle famlllee are
abandoning their homee In the low ly
ing districts of Pittsburg and surround
ing country, which are In the throes
of a flood that will, according to re
port*. surpass that of IM4.
Many thrilling rescues are reported
Separated Since Visit to
Washington Last
February.
PLANTS TO SHUT DOWN
IN CITY OF WHEELING
Wheeling, W. Ve„ March 14.—Prac
tlcally every’ Industrial plant here will
be forced to close down by tonight
account of high water. The wholesale
and Jobbing district Is under water,
break In a gas main and a shortage of
gaa le adding to the Inconventener.
OHIO RIVER HAS ALREADY
REACHED THE DANGER LINE
Cincinnati, Ohio, March 14.—Reports
from all over the stale Indicate great
damage by floods. In many plarea the
conditions are serious. The Miami river
Is the highest It has gone thla season.
Two hundred homes are flooded at
Lima The Ohio river has reached the
danger line at many points.
ICE MEN ELECT
NEW OFFICERS
AT.C
Named Secretary-
Treasurer.
The Southern Ice Exchange closed
Us convention at the Kimball House
Thursday morning by the election of
new officers, as follows:
President—W. J. Rushton, of Blrm
Ingham, Ala
Vice President—Leon Barton, of
Helena Ark.
Secretary-Treasurer— E. E. Eagan, of
Atlanta.
No choice of cities was made for Ihe
next annual convention. The executive
meet Friday ntnrllng add decide upon
Ihe next place of meeting.
The convention took up the mailer
of insurance on plants Thursday and
received a report from the committee,
which was continued for another year.
The convention will close lie enter
tainment features Thursday night with
banquet at the Kimball
LATE CONTRACTOR GUILD
NEVER MADE A WILL.
Bperlal lo The Georgian.
Chattanooga Tenn., March 14.—II
haa become known here that Joseph C.
Guild, Ihe well-known Houthern con
tractor and engineer, who died several
days ego. left no will. His wife has
qualified at administratrix to wind up
some Insurance policies which Mr.
Guild carried on hie life, amounting lo
several thousand dollar*. Mr. Guild
alto had large etoek In banks and
manufacturing concern* of thla city.
ANTI-GAMBLING MEASURE
WILL ABOLISH RACE TRACKS.
Special lo The Georgian.
Asheville. N. C.. March 14.—Th*
anti-gambling measure for this county,
passed by the slate legislature and
championed by (he Ministers' Union of
Asheville, will abolish race tracks here
and gambling In all forms. This blit,
which Is sweplng In Its provisions and
has been bitterly contested, was direct
ed against a west Asheville race track,
where It waa proposed In expend l!no,-
000 In an amusement park.
ORANTED PERMISSION
TO LAV SINGLE TRACK
out their officers km
Till* contradicts ihe .1
gross used much ammunition the night
the town was shot up
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Continued an Pat* Nina.
He sold tl»' people “f Brownsville
• ere hostile to Hie negro tr.xips before
thev ever Rot to Brownsville, and that
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Rpectll to The Oeorflnx.
Macon, G*.. March It.—Thr city council
haa xrantad permlaal.m to the Moron Rail,
way. Uxht and t'oercr Company lo 1*7 •
•Ingli* track along Oglethorpe atreet. be
tween Fourth and Bemad street*. Bach ■
aural I.... ...
Ojlrlhnji** to t’ol
corner of . _ ....
4egv rimI Oglethorpe. When the qaeethin
w** r*t*ed whether the muipa’ny lutfiuled
to abandon the Hawthorn atreet male,
K i able to make n definite answer.
rtjr owner* hare rained the question,
munrll took d4* action, as the fwti
tiou of the company did not oak to !»e *1
lowed to at«»i» the use of any section of thi
abort belt routo.
“If any divorce ault In filed ujralmt
my daughter by her huabandt It will
be anawerad by a counter ault. I an*
now leaving to Join my daughter In
Pennsylvania, and If there was any*
thing to connect her with any other
man. !• would not be going to Join her.**
—Statement of Mr*. E. O. Speer, of
Griffin, the mother of Mr*. Kenfroe
Jackson.
Reading Stock Takes
a Drop Early
Thursday.
Was Asleep in the
Caboose When
Crash Came.
Ne
If the present plans nf Renfroe Jack
son and bis attorney. Hamuel D. Hew
lett. are carried out end * ault for di
vorce la filed against Mrs. Renfroe
Jackson. * bluer'fight In Ihe superior
court le promise,].
Not only will Mrs. Jackson, backed
by her relatives, fight such a proceed
lag strenuously, but a counter still
against Mr. Jackson will be filed
Mr*. E. O. 8peer, mother of Mr*.
Jackson, will leave her home In Griffin
Thursday for Pennsylvania where she
will Join her daughter. Before leaving
she waa Interviewed over the long dis
tance telephone and she gave her eld*
of Ihe question and that of her daugh
ter.
Wat in Bed Health.
‘There are two tide* to this ques
tion." said Mr*. Speer, “and that of my
daughter has not been told. Mrs.
Jackson haa been In III health for some
time and ahe found It difficult to Uv
with her husband. For that reasoi
ehe left to be as far away from him
as possible.
"I am leaving today to Join bar In
Pennsylvania, where she now Is. and If
there was anything to connact her
er man I
would not be
wlUt any other
to Join h<
any divorce suit Is filed against
heye will be a coynter suit."
Attorney Hewlett Is not, at present.
told be w*»
iked con-
taken Tie
le to make any alle
le known that Attorney Hewlett
and Mr. Jackson have been endeavor
ing to locate Chart** B. Creslman.
whose name has been mentioned In a
newspaper article In connection with
(hat of Mr*. Jaokson. \>ut on Thursday
these efforts had been unsuccessful.
Charles 8. Creslman,
It waa reported lhat Creelman Is now
In Kansas City, Mo., and that his broth
er reported that he waa In Chicago on
Sunday.
Inquiry at the office of th* lumber
company. In the Candler building, with
which Creelman had been connected,
brought out Ihe statement that Creel
man had retired from the company on
December I. There were, however, let
ters on a desk unopened and addressed
to Creelman.
He has not been seen In Atlanta sine*
Ihe night of Baturday, February II,
when he left for Birmingham, being
accompanied lo the train by Mr. Jack
son.
Creelman came to Atlanta about a
year ago. He drove a fast automobile
and waa received In good society.
It le known, however, lhat a warrant
for hie arreet was sworn out In Macon
by Ben L. Jones, the well-known capi
talist. but that HIM) -Which Mr. Jones
paid Creelman to be delivered to an au
tomobile manufaturlng concern waa re
turned and th* warrant dlamleeed.
Left in February.
Mr. and Mrs. Jarkkon lived at 4*7
Spring atreet. On tho night of Feb
ruary 11, Mrs. Jackson left home, It I*
"■ ng her hi
that she
i going
cept to aay Jokingly
to Washington.
Mr. Jackson left for th* same place
a week later on March 1 and met hie
wife, where she wee visiting friends.
It Is said he took her to Baltimore for
(he purpose of having an operation per
formed and that while Mr. Jackaon woe
making arrangements for this, hie wife
left Ihe Hotel Belvldere, where they
were stopping.
Since that time Mr. Jackeon has not
aeen Mr*. Jackaon. although he re
ceived a telegram from her from Glen-
rock. Pa., saying ahe was going lo In-
dlanapolla.
Attorney Hewlett vlelted Washing
ton for Mr. Jackaon. hut Juel what he
learned he Is not yet In a position to
say.
York. March 14.—Panicky con
dition obtained today In Ihe Block and
money markets.
A fresh break In Mocks, which start
ed shortly after noon, la attributed to
the throwing over of stocks by Inter
ests uhlrh were said lo have received
advices from Washington (hat the
president had not changed his attitude
toward the railroads, anil (hat Ihe con
ference with llte railway magnate*
with hint was likely to be unsuccess
ful.
After 1 p. tit. Ihe market had further
aensutlonal declines. In a few min
utes Reading, which was then selling
at 10S, dropped to X* 1-2, a fall
since morning of It points. Union Pa
cific rushed up from 111 (o 111 1-2,
but the gains made were lost as bo-
fore.
The call money market started some
time after 11 o'clock with a 10 per
rent bid, bul with no bank money In
sight. Later, Standard Oil Interests
loaned about 11,000.000 at between 10
and IS per cent. After the loans were
made at 15 per cent, a scattered supply
caused an saslng off In th* rate of 12
per cent. The loans by the banka yes
terday. both on the floor and outside
Ihe exchange, -ara estimated to have
aggregated 13,000,000. Bo far today
the City Bank haa not been a lender
of money because ot the large pay
ment* It waa called to make In other
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O F. G. Moulding, Tunnel Hills V
O Os., killed and body partially ere- O
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O Firemen Wadley, of Marietta, O
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O Engineer Cutt, of Atlanta, 0
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Carteravllle. O*.. March 14.—"It waa
all Ihe engineer’s fault." aald the fire
man ot the wrecked engine at King
ston. as soon as he recovered con
sciousness. "t told him all the time
that he was running too doe* to th*
section ahead." ;
The fireman was badly cut and
bruised. The engineer waa cut slightly
on the foe* and head. Flagman Bald
win, or Moulding, was th* only man
killed. Both names apr* given by rail
road men her*. He lives at Tunnel
Hill, O*.
Passenger train No. 1, northbound,
on the Weatarn and Atlantic waa d*. „
layed at Carteravllle for three hours or ■
more, awaiting the clearing away of tha a
‘ — fire which broke out after.'
debris. The tire wim-n Iirimi out ru*|h
the collision waa extinguished during. 1
the forenoon.
CLEVELAND SUBMITS
BRIEF TO COMMITTEE
OPPOSING NEW BILL
Special td Tha Georgian.
Nashville, Tenn., March 14.—Ex-
Preeldent Grover Cleveland haa sub
mitted to the Insurance Investigating
committee of Ihe Tennessee assembly
a brief In opposition lo whet la known
aa "the 70 per rent bill," now pending
before that committee. Mr. Cleveland
disclosures, and says:
'These eonceaslona make It unnec
essary to go the length or Insisting
that no corrective or remedial legists
it seems to be dulls apparent that
If the beet legislative results are (o be
reached by safeguarding all the Inter
ests In any way related to life Insur
ance and by subserving the people's
Interests In Ihe premises by the pass
age of wholesale laws, those'who make
our laws should he free from all vin
dictive feeling and misleading preju
dices. and duly guarded against a dan
gerous disregard «f sufe ond conserva
tive business rules."
(pedal to Th* Oeordta
Kingston, a a., March 14—'The second
section of an axtra freight train; -
northbound, on tb* Western and At
lantic crashed Into tb* rear of the tint
■action at tba yards here thla morning
at 5:10 o'clock, causing a disastrous
wreck. The engine plowed Its way |
through the caboose, wrecked six can 1
and set fire to the debris.
In ths ctbooee, P. O. Msutdlng, whose
home le at Tunnel Hill, Ga., and who
croah earns. Ha
body partially cremated before rescued ,
from the burning debris. ;
Fireman Wadley, whose home Is at
Engineer CutL'ot the second section, '.
who reside* in Attatarvlns slightly ta- ■;<
Jured, having been cut-about tb* faa*
id bead. -il
Track Badly Blocked.
The track waa badly torn up and
blocked. A wrecking train and craw
were dispatched here from Atlanta to
dear and repair the track.
■The body of tbs dead man will ha
■ent to hie home for Interment. Ha
waa a young man and was on learning
The wreck waa
•action, whleh It appears eras running ,
close, plunging Into tha rear of the |
first section, which had stopped to 1
the Udtng. .
throw the switch to enter t
The wreckage at once took fire and
burned for two hours before tt was
extinguished.
President Saw Wreck.
President John Thomas and Superln- I
tendent Major J. L. McConnell of At
lanta, were her* when th* wreck oc- I
curred and witnessed the rescue work <
on the scene. I
Owing to the block or Ihe track an t
traffic over the line will probably be t
suspended throughout the day. Alt |
trains early this morning have been
held here.
A wrecking train was sent out from
Atlanta to the seen* ot th* wreck early
Thursday morning. It waa at first
planned to send Western and Atlantis
passenger trains out over the Southern.
railway to Dalton, maklqg a detour to -
avoid (he wreck, but th* plan waa
changed and the trains rooted over th* '
regular line. Passenger train No. 2.
which usually run* In two sections, waa
consolidated and left shortly after II*
regular schedule.
•I
Maurice Grau
Dies in Paris
MORE H0R8E8 ARRIVE
FOR TRAINING IN MACON
Special to The Georgian.
Maroa. tla., Marrh it —In rkarge of a
airing of nine borers. Mary Dory, a well
known Kaetern trainer, arrived la Maron
yesterday. The borer* are now la winter
qteartrra at t’entrel city park, and were
given ibelr (rat work oat “
ires their *ret work oat yesterday.
The arrival of Dnvy and the ala*
lecses brings Ibe total number aa to
raty-lvr. The borer eotony la pragreselag
aleely. and. deeplle Ike reernl frtrtlon
aniseed over Ike rloelat tenn. It Is be
Ueved that there, will le ae imsthkb
drank of a alma Is la Kaeoa next witter.
New York, Merch 14 —Maurice Grau,
the o|i*ra manager, died In Paris to
day.
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Growth and Progress of the New Sooth
■arch of tbo
reference to tb*
One of the largest deeds ever recorded In Bartow county was filed
for record recently. The, Instrument convey* 4*,7«( acres of land from
Ihe Georgia Iron and Coal Company to the Georgia Steel Company.
The property concerned In the above deed le known a* the Joel Hurt
property, end Includes some of ihe finest mineral land* In north Geor
gia. It waa sold through Joel Hurl, nf Atlanta, a few months ego, for
a consideration of more than 12,000,000. Of th* lend* described In the
deed there nre ll,7*t acres In Bartow- county. Ig.lt* In Deide. 1,(10 In
Cherokee, 2,207 In Calnoaa, 1(0 In Walker, and 1.0M In Alabama.
What la believed to be th* highest price paid for timber land In
Georgia waa paid at Bwalnaboro recently. The administrator of (he es
tate of Ihe late John W. mill*, sold two timber lessee to K. Pierce Kents
nf Ihe Renli Lumber Company. One tract of 150 acres brought It,075
or 150.60 an acre. A second tract of fifty acres sold for 52,105 or
140.60 an acre. A second tract of fifty acres sold for 12,1(5 or 140.40
an acre.
The big new sawmill of the Masses A Felton Lumber Company at
Bannockburn. Ga.. haa begun o|iemtlnna This plant le on* of th*
largest In llte stele and hes a daily capacity of about 74.000 feet. In ad
dition lo bplldlng tills large sawmill plant. Ibe company haa erected
about fifty duelling hnuaeS. Among the*e towing* I* a llfew -two-gl-rv
hotel, a large commissary building, a nice office and a number of nice
dwelling houses fur families: all are thoroughly furnished and painted. ' It
I* the intention of the management lo build some twenty-five or thirty
more dwellings before niey have a sufficiency for Ihe accommodation Of
their employee*.
A company has been organised and plana are being prepared for th*
erection of a cotton spinning null at Lexington. Oglethorpe county. The
territory adjacent to I-rilnet-in la unsurpassed for the location of h mill
which can use the cotton within sight of Its looms apd spindles, and thus
save ihe expense of iiansp-utlng Us rau- material.
The following new corporations have been formed In Mlnlsilppl
during Ihe pest few days, and uill shortly submit their chartan to th*
governor for approval:
tallied at 116.004: West Point t'ora-fula Bottling Works. West Point,
t'lay county, capltallxed at 54.000: Wllllams-Brooke Company, Unloei,
Newton county, capttallaed at 410.000; Meridian Traffic Ass-static*.-
Meridian, l^uderdale county, capitalised st 110,000.