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VOL, V* NO. 248.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1907.
PRICE:
JUGGLEDWORDS
TO CLAIM DUCT
Electric Company’s
Contention Not
Sustained.
COMMITTEE DID
NOT INTEND IT
Fight Is Expected for Re
covery of City’s Share
in Conduits.
A fight that will continue for months
and will be remembered for years, a
battle between the city council and
the Georgia Railway and Electric Com-
pan*-, looms up clearly on the political
horizon.
Bs- a technicality In the wording of
the old consolidation ordinance, by a
Jugglery of words In one of the sec
tions, And despite the positive state
ments that no such construction was
meant by those who framed the ordi
nance, Preston Arkwright, president of
the Georgia Railway and Electric Com
pany, contends the city lias forfeited to
the monopoly the duct It had owned In
all the conduits laid by the company.
The estimated value of the ducts to
the city, If the city should decide to
u?e them, would be about $20,000, this
estimate having been furnished by a
well-known electrical engineer.
Statement of Members.
The committee of council that drew
up this ordinance was composed of
nine members. One of these la dead.
Of the remaining eight a representative
of The Georgian was able to commu
nicate with seven, all of whom state
positively that they did not Intend to
give away these ducts, that they recall
no mention of the ducts nnd would
have stoutly opposed any auch propo
sition.
Not one of them remembers a sin
gle reference to the question. Not one
of them but says he would have op
posed any such proposition, If It had
been made. .
Nevertheless, the president of the
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
says that the city, by that consolidation
ordinance, returned the ducts—pre
sented them as a kind of free-will of
fering to the poor monopoly.
The first skirmish that Indicated the
coming battle for the possession of
these ducts occurred Monday after
noon In council, when Councilman
Longlno, who was a member of that
consolidation ordinance committee, had
sn Insignificant nnd unimportant fran
chise reported on favorably by the
committee on municipal and other rail
ways re-referred to that committee.
"I am In favor of giving the Georgia
Railway and Electric Company not a
•Ingle thing,” he stated-
•U Is high time the company la giv
ing the city something.”
I'ouncllman Longlno was backed up
by Alderman Key, another member of
the consolidation ordinance commit
tee.
By a Mere Quibble.
"By a mere quibble, the president
of the Georgia Railway and Electric
Company." he stated, "claims the ducts
which rightfully belong to the city and
which everybody has always thought
were a part of the city’s possessions.
Until this matter Is settled, and until
the company officials concede that the
duets belong to the city, I shall op
pose giving the company a solitary
thing."
In tha city code appears the follow-
tag:
"Section 12S4. Any company, firm or
person placing conduits under this or
dinance shall furnish to tha city, on
demand, one (1) duct, for municipal
purposes.”
It Is under section 8 of the con
solidation ordinance that the president
"f the Georgia Railway and Electric
‘ ompany contends the ducts were for
feited, and this provision repealed, as
far as the monopoly Is concerned. Fol
lowing is the section:
Compsny’s Contention,
' Section 2. Be It further ordained,
That the said consolidated company. Us
successors and assigns, shall have and
k and they are hereby . granted the
. rl *ht. power, consent and permission
to hold, enjoy, use, equip and operate
the electric light, heat and power con
duit.,, ducts, wires, conductors, cables,
Insulators, man-holes, service boxes,
services, .poles, appliances and connec
tion,, and the rights and privileges of
constituent companies so acquired by
'he consolidated company, upon the
terms and conditions contained In the
grants to the Georgia Electric Light
ompany, approved December 22. 1898.
"ml those adopted April 8. 1892, and
iseccniber 2, 1883. and all the terms and
jon.litions contained In the electric
franchise granted to the Atlanta
tan w a y a „d power Company, ap
proved April 22, 1901, different from,
r n.,t contained In, the said grants to
1. Georgia Electric Light Company.
, and the same are hereby repealed."
U 'Ills Jangle and Jumble of words,
: ' , President of the Georgia Railway
mi l.i.-ctrlc Company hays he has dls-
overed that the city gave up Its ducts.
1 " ‘ I -JUGGLED WORDS
Conditions of Franchise.
... , following is a condition In tho
''•.iiu Use granted the Atlanta Railway
and Power Company December 22. 1801:
llon *• And said company, Its
th vlessors and assigns shall furnish to
city nn demand one duct for mu-
whm Pdrposes, free, of those laid
within the Inner fire limits, following
Passage of this ordinance, or of
‘hat may hereafter be laid, wlth-
limits, aa herein provided.”
""■“use the foregoing provision was
ihs's* 1 !* 4 ,n thc franchise granted to
^Atlanta Railway and Power Com-
" ln 1001, and was not embodied In
t-1. franchise nnd grants to the Georgia
'fr Right Company several years
STOCKHOLDERS IN
SESSION OH FRIDAY
Prepare to Submit
For Lighting
Atlanta.
Bids
The stockholders of the North Geor
gia Electric Company, the corporation
which will compete with the old com
pany In furnishing lights to the city and
to consumers, ntet at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon at the headquarters on Edge-
wood avenue-
General A. J. Warner, of Gainesville,
president, and many stockholders, came
In Friday morning. Ten or twelve ar
rived Thursday.
Among the matters that will come up
will be the request for bids for city
lighting. The company obtained a fran
chise under the condition that It fur
nish lights to the city and to consumers
at a cheaper rate than what Is non’ be
ing charged.
It Is probable that the stockholders
will decldo on erven lower rates than are
fixed In the franchise.
A statement by President Warner to
thc effect that the work would be push
ed forward and that no combination or
collusion with another company would
be considered was published exclusively
In The Georgian Thursday. On Friday
he said that he had nothing elso to add.
S MRS. TMIII
MIIUTI?
KBIT MEANS
TIFT
Washington Official
Held Conference
With Republicans.
WILLIAMS STREET SCHOOL
PAYS VISIT TO THE GEORGIAN
Augusta Dispatch
She Is Visiting
Here.
Says
Continued on Page Four.
Is Mrs. Jean Trautmjin. of New York,
the former Georgian woriian who has
been in the limelight since her arrest on
Christmas eve In New York and her
subsequent acquittal, now In Atlanta?
A dispatch from Augusta, where Mrs.
Trnutman has been visiting her aunt,
states that Mrs. Trautman has left that
city for Atlanta to visit friends, "whose
names can not be learned.
A sister of Mrs. Trautman, who lives
ln Macon, states by ttlephone that Mrs.
Trautman Is still In Augusta. An In
quiry In Augusta Is answered by ths
statement that Mrs, Trautman Is not
there. She Is not registered at any Atx
lanta hotel.
D. A. R. OFFICERS
ELECTED FRIDAY
Washington, April 19.—Besides Mr*.
Donald McLean being re-elected pres-
Ident general of tho Daughters of the
American Revolution, the following of
ficers were elected:
Vice president general and organ
Iter, Mrs. Charlotte Emerson, Maine
vice presidents general, Mrs. J. Mor
gan Smith. Alabama: Mrs. H. S.
Chamberlain, Tennessee: Mrs. Alexan
der E. Patton, Pennsylvania: . Mrs.
Charles H. Deere, Illinois; Mrs. A. E.
Kendall. Maine; Mrs. Char ea H. Ter-
ry. New York; Mrs. Wallace Dela-
fleld, Missouri; Mrs. Lindsay Patterson,
North Carolina; Mrs. B. D. Spllman.
West Virginia; Mrs. Eleanor Spencer
Massey, District of Columbia: chaplain
general. Mrs. Either T. Noble. District
of Columbia: recording secretary gen
eral, Miss Elisabeth F. Pierce, District
of Columbia; corresponding secretary
general,- Mrs. John Paul Ernest, Dis
trict of Colifmbla; registrar general,
Mrs. Amos O. Draper, District of Co
lumbia; treasurer general, Mrs. Mabel
0. Swormstedt. District of Columbia;
historian general Mr*. J. Eakln Oods-
by. District of Columbia; assistant
historian general, Mr*. Henry 8- Bow
en, New York; librarian general, Mrs.
Helen M. Boynton, District of Colum
bia. i
RELATIVES TO FIGHT
FOR SMITH’S RICHES
New York. April 19.—The secrets of
the life of the late James Henry Smith,
better known as "Silent” Smith, were
bored today, when It was announced
that a contest would be made for the
876.000.000 he left.
PLAYING WITH GUN,
BOY SHOOTS MOTHER
Jacksonville, FIs., April, 19..-Mr*. Robert
1, Gird tier was accidentally shot and kill-
Tb#* mother let the boy here the ftm, bat
dlU not know It w» loaded.
Commits Suicide.
Clermont. Go., April 19.—Capa Jones,
of one and a half miles west of Hou
ston, committed suicide yesterday by
shooting Himself with a shot gun. He
a son of James M. Jones and
about 18 year* old, a member of a
prominent and highly respected faml-
|y,
The particular* a* to why he com
mitted the rash act are not known.
Men’* Club to Meet.
The Men* Club of the UnlveraalUt
church win meet at the church In Ea»t
Harris street Friday evening at 8
o'clock. J. C. Logan, general secretary
of the Associated Charities, will de
liver an address, which will be fol
lowed by discussion, in which all are
invited to take part.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, Ua., April 19.—Frank
II. Hitchcock spent five hours
here last night in conference with
Postmaster Ilarr.v Stillwell Ed
words and other local .Republican
leaders. His visit was not made
public until late today
Though veiled as a social visit to
Postmaster Blodgett, It Is now declared
by those In a position to know that the
visit to Atlanta of Assistant Postmas
ter General Frank H. Hitchcock Thurs
day was solely for the purpose of atm
Ing a blow at Senator Foraker and
other antagonists of President Roose
velt.
In other worda Mr. Hitchcock’s visit
to Atlanta Is declared to have been for
the purpose of getting the Georgia del
egatlon to the next Republican conven
tion in line for Secretary Taft, be
lieved to be the choice of President
Roosevelt for the presidency.
Too, the fact that Mr. Hitchcock In
tended stopping off In Macon to con-
suit with Postmaster Harry Stillwell
Edwards, of that city, makes his visit
and what transpired here look the more
significant.
It was announced that Mr. Hitch
cock came to Atlanta on the Invitation
of Postmaster Blodgett to Inspect the
Atlanta postofflee.
Mr. Hitchcock did this.
But he did other things. •
Conference With Party Men,
He held a conference In United
States Marshal Walter H, Johnson’s of
fice. While he was there, It Is known
that well known Republican office bold
era dropped ln on him.
Marshal Johnson Is the chairman of
the Republican state central committee,
and, with Postmaster Edwards, of Ma
con, and Major J. F. Ilanson, president
of the Central of Georgia, Is looked to
by tho president for Information con
cernlng appointments In Georgia.
This confereneo-ln Marshal Johnson’s
office began at about II o'clock Thurs
day morning and lusted until nearly
noon. Prominent Republicans attended,
and It was held behind closed doors.
Thoso with whom Mr. Hitchcock Is
known to have been In consultation are
Marshal Johnson, chairman of the Re
publican state central committee; Hen
ry Lincoln Johnson, (colored) a mem
ber of that committee; F. Carter Tate,
United States district attorney; H. A.
Rucker (colored), collector of Internal
revenue; Postmaster E. F. Blodgett, M.
L. Covington nnd E. A. Angler.
The conference with District Attor
ney Tate was held In Ills office behind
closed doors and what took place could
not be learned.
Wants Delegation.
Coming at a time when n determined
fight Is being made on President Roosc
volt by Senator Foraker, it Is generally
believed that Mr. Hitchcock came to
Atlanta to get the Republican office
holders ln lino and capture the Georgia
delegation to the Republican conven
tion.
It Is known that Mr. Hitchcock’s
coming was surrounded with consider
able secrecy. It Is known, too, that
Postmaster Dlodgett received a letter
from Mr. Hitchcock announcing the
visit, and It Is said that Atlanta's post
master was cautioned ln this letter to
keep the news of the visit from becom
ing public.
Dispatches Wednesday afternoon
from Greenville, S. C, announced that
Mr. Hitchcock was on his way to At
lanta. Postmaster Blodgett, when asked
for a verification of this, stated that he
knew- nothing about the visit of Mr.
Hitchcock.
That the Republican leaders In Geor
gia will bock up the president In his
fight with Senator Foraker there Is lit
tle doubt.
WASHINGTON HEARS OF PLAN
TO GET STATE FOR FORAKER.
Washington. April 19.—Tho first defi
nite news of organlied opposition
among Southern Republicans to the
plan of the president to control the next
national convention comes from Atlan-
It was In the form of a presa dis
patch to the effect that the Georgia Re
publican State League, made up largely
of negro Republicans, had started to
work to elect a delegation to the con
vention that will be opposed to Presi
dent Roosevelt or any candidate for
whom ho may stand sponsor. It Is
stated also that the movement Is In th*
Interest of Senator Foraker.
This dispatch I* confirmatory of pri
vate advices sold to have been .received
here during the last few days. In
formation Is reported to have come
from confidential sources that a con
certed movement was on foot In Geor
gia to select an anti-Roosevelt delega
tion, and that many Republicans of the
state were actively Interested In It. It
la understood also that this activity Is
becoming apparent In other Southern
states, where tha negroes feet extreme
ly grateful to Senator Foraker on ac
count of his attitude In the Brownsville
HENRY FRICK WANTS
SEN. PENROSE’S JOB
New York, April 19.—According to
a story here today It Is reported that
Henry C. Frick has completed a deal
whereby he Is to get support to suc
ceed Boles Penrose as senator from
Pennsylvania, and that aa a mult be
v-lll from now on be an open adversary
of Edward IL Harriman.
WILLIAMS STREET 8CH00L.
teachers and Pupils Are Shown Every Detail
of the Making of a Great Modern
Newspaper.
would m
litre m
Comptroller Not Sat
isfied With Returns
of Company.
William* street school onmo to visit the
K * nt of The Georgian Friday afternoon.
e teacher* and the pnnll* of the seventh
and eighth grades were the Invited guest*.
They were shown *11 over the plant, given
a clear Insight Into tho making of a news*
paper, and every detail of preparing ueuri,
■ettlng type and printing tho paper w**
(plained to them. . „
The guests of The Georgian from The
Williams street school were:
Teachers.
Mias Jo Berman. Mias Kate King.
Miss Mary C. Barker,Miss Bessie Mobley.
Miss Bessie Dunwody.MIss Ixmdle Holland.
Eighth Grade,
Mabel Ackerman, Laura Cowles,
Bertha Wright. Elisabeth Bverette,
Esther Bullock, Mary Hines.
Edwlna LaZarus, Alien May freeman,
Nellie Munger, Laar* Morris,
Alma Owens, Gladys .McConnell,
Georgia none*. Mnry LUxle Comer,
Lorcne Youngblood, Lillian Whin.
Minnie Hoy, Elisabeth McMillan,
Estelle Brown,
Princess Watts.
Fred Woolbrfgnt,
Laura Belle Gilbert,
Aline Pullen,
Bam Belk,
Paul Corrigan. Htuart Hassard,
Ben Klelnwschter, Wallace Burnette.
8eventh Grade.
Vesta Blackburn, Marguerite Downs,
Florence Eberent,
Dorothy Fielder,
Nellie Jo Johnson,
Lolllo Ixewla,
rgue
Msuu Hildebrand,
Ethel Hudson,
Marla Lewis,
Barbara Porter,
Prances Wfl
Rath Wing, .
Laurens Austin,
Douglas Barbour,
Raymond Garner,
Clarence Harrison,
Marion Jabeon,
Louis Lester,
Arclilo Mitchell, «
Bartow Imoffe,
Richard Winner.
lord, Ina Woolbrfgbt,
Harry Hallman,
Willin'. IlnDe,
•Mm KI in 1 m 11,
3 CONVICTS SHOT
WITH _MAD POSSE
Robbed House in Open Day
Securing Money aud
Clothing.
A return of 8900,000 on a fotal capi
talisation of 82.841,000 for the Atlanta
Gaa Light ('ompany I* not jattafactory
to Comptrnller-^Deneral William A.
Wright, and lie ha. served notice on
the officer! of the. company to that ef
fect.
In their return, for 1907 the company
values Its franchise at 8276,000 and
physical propertle* at $626,000, a total
valuation of 8900.000. Thl. I. Identical
with the returns of lost year, when
Comptroller’ Wright advanced the fig
ure* about 8150.000.
The company has 1600,000 of com
mon and 81,108,025 preferred ’ stock.
They carry 81,150,000 5 per cent bonds,
and other indebtedness of 8208,000. The
Interest account Is $89,680. The gross
earnings are placed at 8542,702.21, and
total expense* of operating, taxes, etc.,
at $462,486.04, leaving a net profit of
889,216.17.
At 0 per cent thl* would show stock
valuation of 21.490,000, which added to
the $1,263,000, gives a total capitalisa
tion of $2,843,000. Yet the return* are
made at only $900,000.,
Last year the gro** earning* were
$600,243.83, with total expenditure* of
$398,900.80, leaving . a net profit of
8101,848.78. Comptroller Wright ha*
served notice that the return* are not
satisfactory, and that higher figure*
must be returned.
WIFE ASSAULTED
BY
Special to The Georgian.
Summerville, On, April 19.—Yester
day morning about 8 o’clock. It l»
thought, four negro convicts, member*
of the party who recently escaped from
Durham coal mines at Pittsburg, In
Dade county, entered the home of J. E.
Denson, In Chattooga county, and ran
sacked II securing 150 In money, cloth
ing and provisions.
They were discovered am they were
leaving and an alarm given. A posse
of cltlxen* was soon formed and arm
Ing themselvee gave chase. The con
victs were overtaken In a patch of
woods at about 2 o’clock yesterday aft
ernoon and In a fusillade one of the
convicts was killed and two others were
probably fatally wounded. The fourth
made his escape nnd was still being
pursued last night.
Tho sheriff of Chattaooga county,
who had boon notified of the robbery,
together with deputies, arrived on the
scene shortly after th* negroes had
been shot, took charge of the wounded
and carried them to Summerville,
where they -were- placed In Jail last
night.
The body of the dead negro was also
brought to Summerville.
The citlxens of the county are very
much wrought up over the affair.
The convicts secured other clothing
at the home of Denson and threw off
the stripes.
Investigated Escapee.
State Penitentiary Warden Jake
Moore has returned from Dade county,
where he went to investigate the escape
of the twelve convicts from the Durham
mines Monday night.
With tha affray In Chattooga county
the negroes are all accounted for. Five
were captured near the mines, and only
one Is still at liberty.
None of the three while escapes has
been heard of since the twelve got
away. The escape was effected by one
of the negroes, a preacher named Sam
Johnson, gaining possession of a key
that unlocked a gate to an abandoned
wing of the mines. '
The twelve conspirators found a
weak place, through which they dug In
short time.
BIG EARTHQUAKE
FELT IN LONDON
London, April 19.—An earthquake,
apparently 6.600 qille* distant, was re
corded on'the Instrument* of John
Milne, the seismologist, at 9:10 p. m. on
Wednesday.
The Instruments were In motion for
an hour and a half. A telegram from
the Laibach Observatory says a severe
earthquake shock was recorded at
10:16 p. m. on Wednesday.
Citizens Form Posse and
Search for the Criminals,
■ Lynching Feared.
Kingsport. Tcnn., April 19.—Mrs.
Frank Belcher, wife of a prominent
citizen of thla place, was attacked by
maaked white men. Two unknown men
entered tho room In which she and
her husband were sleeping shortly aft
er mtdVilght and, with drawn revolv
ers, compelled the husband to get out
of bed and be tied and bound. He
was placed In one corner of the room,
helpless, and ordered to He still on
penalty of his life.
Mrs. Belcher was choked and badly
beaten, while her husband was beaten
over the head with a revolver.
The matter waa reported and a posse
formed. The posse went ln pursuit of
the criminals and a double lynching
It expected. The men are said to
have worn tight-fitting masks, but
Mrs. Belcber says she can identify
them.
SACRIFICED LIVES
TRYING TO RESCUE
CHILDREN FROM FIRE
Charlotte, N.. C, April 19.—In a vain
attempt to rescue two small children
from a burning residence near Carolton,
two young men, named McDade, loft
their own lives. Their bravery In dash
ing Into the room where the children
had been cut off by the flames proved
unavailing and four deaths resulted.
Mrs. McDade, another Inmata of the
dwelUnr, wtu seriously burned, and It
Is feared (he will die.
QQ0CHOH99Q4O0QO0QO0Q0QO00Q0O
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O COUNTRY IS VISITED 0
O WITH ALL SORTS STORMS. O
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O With snow storms In the West, O
O rain ktorms here and various oth- O
0 er kind* of storms all over* the 0
0 country, the United States I* dem- O
O onttratlng Its versatility. O
0 Another bunch of moisture may O
O come round Friday night, along 0
O with a drop In temperature. Fore- O
FIND OIL SPOUTED
NEAR JACKSON, GA,
Oil haa been struck In Georgia.
And aa a result all aorta of excite
ment prevail* In Jefferson county
among the people In the vicinity of the
well.
This announcement waa mode Fri
day by President O. G. Teague, of the
Georgia Petroleum Company,
stopped over In Atlanta on his
to Beaumont, Texas, to purchaae more
well drilling machinery.
With him Mr. Teaguo carried a bot-
flo of tin- crude atuff and he hao hnd
it analyzed and aaya It shown up better
than any found In Texas or. West Vir
ginia. Oil was found nt a depth of
880 feet. This Is nearer tho aurfaco
than nt which oil wan found In Texn*.
President Teaguo has been In th«
business for several year* In Te
Pi nnsvlvnnlu and Ohio, and ho
the Indication* In Georgia nre moro fa-
vorablo thnn any he haa eveif seen.
Men in Box Told That
Thaw’s Father Was
Brother Member.
ABSENT JURYMEN
HALT INQUIRY
Officer Is Supposed to Have
Acquainted Them With
Facts While Going to
Hotel For Meals.
iM^Oll
SENATOR D. P, ROSE
NAMED SOLICITOR
Bx-8tate Senator D. P. Roao has
been appointed by Governor Terrell
solicitor of the county court of Cam
den for a period of four yearn, from
April 17. The appointment waa made
..M the r.’. . iui.cnd.it I.-M of tho t ’.imiNn
county grand Jury, subject to confirma
tion by the next senate.
New York, April 10.—Investigatlo*
by District Attorm-N Jerome, of the
alleged attempt of a policeman to In
fluence the Thaw Juror* by tolling them
Thaw's father was t a secret order man
was delayed today by the absence of
Juror Pfalt from the city. Ho had been
subpenaed for today. Jurors Newton
and Dennee, the other two secret order
men on the Jury, were subpenaed for
tomorrow.
Lawyer Peabody nnd Evelyn Thaw
both visited Harry In the Tomb* prison
today. Later Peabody took n mensngH
to Thaw from Lawyer Hartrldge but
refuRed to disclose tho nature of it*
content*.
Delphln M. Delmas. Thaw’s senior
counsel at the recent trial, today rnado
statement explaining hi* withdrawal
from the ca*e, saying under no clr-
i■ u111*41■ 111<■ 4■ s would he continue in the
capacity, despite the entreatv of
Thaw’s relative*, because ho could not
reconcile his dignity ns an attorney
with what Thaw demanded of his
counsel.
Thaw, Dolma* explain*, need* a valet
more thnn an attorney. The Tombs
prisoner demand* that hi* counsel shall
be ut hi* beck and call ut all time*.
MEMBERS OF FAMILY
REFUSE TO BE SEEN
Pittsburg, Pa., April 19.—Whisked
away from Must Liberty Htatlon In an
automobile to "Lyndhurst,” in the East
End, Mr*. William Thaw, her daugh
ter, the countess of Yarmouth, and
her son, Joslah Thaw, have succeeded
In eluding all attempts to get Into
communication with the family since
their arrival here last night. So one
will nnswer tho telephone at the Thaw
borne, and the servants are on guard.
Frank Hem pie. Hr., business manager
of the Thaw estate, IsHiied this state-
inont today:
“From a letter written by Mrs. Thaw,
which l saw tills morning. *he ho* In
dicated that the countess will return
abroad within a week. Passage haa
been engaged, but 1 do not know on
what Hteamer. Mr*. Thaw will go with
the counte** If Harry I* admitted to
ball. Hhe will ask the court for per-
mlsslon, If ball 1* accepted, to take
him along and will agree to produce
him and Evelyn when wanted. This
Is from her letter that I saw.’*
Mrs. Auguste W**t Dead.
Special to Tho Georgian.
Chattanooga. Tenn., April 19.—Mr*.
Augusta M. West, the mother of Kirby
West, city editor of The Hear, died her*
yesterday afternoon, after a lingering
Illness. The deceased was 64 years of
age ami the widow of the late B. S.
West.
CHA RLE SI ON IS SHOCKED
£1 EARTHQUAKE FRIDA Y
Special lo Tire Georgian.
Charleston, 8. C„ April 19.—A distinct earthquake shock was felc at
Charleston this morning at 2:80 o’clock. It was generally detected in
Charleston and Summerville with a wave motion from cast to weal and
lasted some seconds. It Is thought to, be tho outcome of the Mexican
shake. No damage was dons.
0 cast;
O '‘Partly cloudy to cloudy wsath- 0
0 er Friday night and Saturday; 0
O colder Friday night.” O
0 Friday temperatures: O
0 7 a. m. ...... ..68 degrees O
0 t a. in. 67 degrees O
0 9 a. tn 64 degree* 0
§ 10 a. m. 62 degrees O
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Growth and Progress of the New South
. The Georgian records here each day some
economic fact In referenco to the oowsrd
march of tho 6’outh.
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
State Treasurer R E. Park bos prepared a statement showing the
remarkable financial growth of Georgia during the last forty vc»r» .. r
since th* Clvtl war. . I
The total taxable values of Georgia In 1866 were In round numbers
about $160,000,000. In 1107 the approximate value* will reach 2650,000, -
000. In I860 there were no banks In Georgia. In 1907 there nre 408 stale
banka and 8$ national banks, besides a number of private banks. Th.-
.Increase In the cotton mills and In the consumption of Georgia raised cot
ton has grown almost beyond computation. The rnllroml extension haa
also' been phenomenal. Georgia owes a small honde.t debt of ahout 27.-
000,000, which la bflng reduced at the rate of about $Mi).o$o pet annum,
and the constitution prohibits the Issuance of any more bond,.
With the end of th* first quarter of 1907 It Is Interesting to hot* that
the record* from the office of the Atlanta building Inspector show an Increase
of 8220,148. or more than $8 per cent over the entire corresponding
quarter of 1900.
The Ware-Hatcher Furniture Company has begun the erection of four
new brick factoriee nt their plant on Means street, which will cost 265.-
000. They already have two large factories nnd when tho other buildings
nre completed they will have the largest plant of the kind In the entire
South. All of tha alx buildings with the machinery nre worth fjoo.OQo.
, • The year 1007 promisee much forthe good of Denison. Tams Improve
ments already planned aggregate an outlay of more than half a million
dollars. Thl* will include a handsome union nation to cost 2130,mm, a
new freight depot under construction to cnat 240.0"". a Federal building
to cost 290,000. A new Masonic temple, a new school building. Odd Fel
lows’ building and other buildings are also projected. If present pm,.
K ct* are realised Denison will have several nc manufacturing plants
fore tho end of the year. The factories already her.- arc thriving and
their success li attracting others. Cl)aap fuel, plenty - f fin- water, ex-
rellent shipping facilities, good labor condition- and other attractive ad
vantages appeal to those seeking Industrial investments.