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**irw i (uuifpiawp jjs« WmUmt: ael vidai ty: jJI: Friday W' Atlanta Georgian (and news) LfrtrMOl, Id. AtlnntM, itHidr; lti N«w York. •fdjr; II N Orl un. ; ltf VOL. V. NO. 217. ATLANTA, QA., THURSDAY, MARCH 14,1907. PRICE: ftffirTOSS!!?!: 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 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC9 o o O NIPPING WEATHER IS O O DUE THURSDAY EVENING. O 0 Even Ihe weather man misses II O O non- and then. The prophesied O ~ Xfttu 'Now he O 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 -- ‘ — - - — 5 «? oDOOGOGGOOOOGOOOOGOOOOOOgS O rain did not vaatUUllie. 'Now, he O O has rut nut the rain feature, but O O adheres to th* colder part of It. O O Here It Is: O O ''Clearing and colder Thursday O O night: Friday ralr and colder." O O Thurday'e temperature*: O O 7 o'clock a. m *4 degrees O O a o'clock a. m U degrees o O ( o'clock a. m *7 degrees O O It o'clock a. m U degree* O O II o'clock e. m 11 degree* O O 17 o'clock noon *1-degree* o O I o’clock p. m. «• degree* o O 2 o'clock p. m. 71 degree* o 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 OOOOQOOOOOOGOOOOOOOOOGOOOn O F. G. Moulding, Tunnel Hills V O Os., killed and body partially ere- O O mated. O O Firemen Wadley, of Marietta, O O Os., injured. O O Engineer Cutt, of Atlanta, 0 O slightly cut on the fee* and head. O a a 000000000000000000000040CQ 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. OOOOOOOOOQ OO9000000OOOOOOO O O O LI8T OF THQ8E KILLED - O O ESTIMATED AT ISO. O O * O Toulon. March 14 —Although It O O may never be known definitely O O how many live* were loat In Ihe O P explosion on the Jens Tuesday, O O It le believed Ihe death Hat today O O la between 115 and 110. to which O O number will be added a number O O of wounded, whoae chances of O O recovery are slight. Hope* are O o now entertained by French navy 0 O officiate that the Jena can be re- O O paired, but they think Ihe ship ran O O never again be used In active O o service. O 90PP0P0PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPO 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.