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VOL. V. NO. 267. Special Saturday Night Edition.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 11,1907.
Special Saturday Night Edition. .PRICE: fflUSEs™:
did girljilt fiance
CHOSEN BY MOTHER?
BUSH TELLS STORY
Says Prominent Busi
ness Man Loved
Miss McCarthy.
protests that
HE IS INNOCENT
Will Make Bond and Secure
Freedom Pending Final
Trial of Case.
Ocooowoooooooooooooooouoa
2 DOOLITTLE FORBIDDEN * O
0 DOOLi • 1 1^ e talk w , th bush . g
o Reuben Arnold, attorney for 0
O Charles V. Doolittle. Rave order* 0
O at the Tower Saturday afternoon 0
0 that Doolittle waa not to be ad- O
o milled to Fred Bush's cell nor 0
0 permitted to converae with Bush. O
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In hla statement to The Georgian
Saturday morning at tho Tower. Fred
Bush told a senaatlonal atory regard
ing the love affair of Charlie Doolittle
and Mias Kathryn McCarthy. In which
he declared that a certain well-known
Atlanta buslneae man had been Jilted
by the young woman because of Doo
little.
The prisoner declined to divulge the
name of this man. He said he had
not furnished this name to tho detec
tives, and meant to cast no reflection
on him. ... .
Bush then reiterated hie prevloue
statement that he Is entirely innocent,
declaring he knew nothing of the In
fernal machine until told by the de
tectives the night of his arrest
In his remarkable etory. Bush de
clared that Mrs. McCarthy objected to
the marriage of her daughter and Doo
little. had recently run him away from
the house, and later threatened to shoot
him If he did not cease hie attentions
to the girl. This she did, he says, be
cause she wanted .Miss Kathryn to
marry the other young man, with
Whom the girj waa not In love.
The story of Bush, which he had re
frained from disclosing until Saturdny
morning, la as follows:
"Miss McCarthy nnd Charlis Doolit
tle loved each other dearly and were
tnfaied to be married, but the match
was strenuously opposed by Mr*. Mc
Carthy. Another young man, well
known In business circles, had been
paying constant and flattering atten
tion to Miss Kathryn, and Mrs. Mc
Carthy did all she could to encour
age this match. Charlie Doolittle final-
ly came on the scene, however, and
Miss Kathryn fell In lov#-wlth him.
It seems she did not love her other
suitor, but wanted to marry Charlie.
She pretended to love this man Just
to please her mother, but her heart
was with Doolittle. Mias Kathryn and
Doolittle became engaged and this
seemed to anger the mother very much.
“The McCarthy* are Catholics, and
Mrs. McCarthy had already gone to tho
priest and obtained his consent for the
marriage of Mlaa Kathryn to the young
business man. The attentions of Doo
little made her desperate and a short
time ago, since Christmas, she ran him
away from the house. She later came
to our store and had quite a scene with
Doolittle. Her feeling* were such that
she ceased trading with us. Later I
overheard a telephone conversation be
tween Charlie and Miss Kathryn, In
which he remarked, ‘She’s going to
shoot me, la shef When he left the
'phone I asked him who waa going to
shoot him. He replied, ‘Mrs. McCar
thy.'
“I had never objected to the match
between Miss Kathryn and Charlie,
and, In fact, wanted him to marry her.
1 had even pointed out a handsome
Idano in a Whitehall street store and
told him I would buy It for him when
h» married. I had also gone further
than this and promised him a house
and lot. Under these circumstances I
don’t think It looks reasonable that I
should have wanted to kill Miss Kath
ryn or the whole family because of her
love affair with my partner."
Bush declares he has a business en
«ny. who, he believes. Is responsible fer
» lot of the Information which Is belu*
used agalnat him. '
Miss Kathryn McCarthy, when told
of Bush’s statements, replied that she
had never been engaged to any other
■an than Doolittle, and said that there
was "nothing In" Bush’s atory.
Theory Is Bosh,
Says Doolittle
"This story of the detectives of the
nature of the friendship between Bush
and myself it all rot and absurd.”
c. v. Doolittle, friend and partner of
Fred Bush, now In Jail charged with
ending an infernal machine to Mlse
.(“T,McCarthy, waa emphatic In his
denials of what the detectives charge.
* a * Indignant, and denounced such
r/.ri 1 .” “* not worthy of the least
Colei,l» rat | on _
, * iu *b and I are friends and part-
th »'e an. We have known each
yJl'l *yer »lnc« I was about 12 qr 14
tirr an4 th <* talk about affec-
n. “o' 1 .’"‘ ch ">* *« absurd."
at tsi re* 11 sc la red that Bush boarded
th. # ^»t‘l« house and later when
tn»„ V ot both moved out of
reinateilP, hoarded elsewhere and only
thev*h**? together for the reason that
blend** 1 lwn ,0 «**her before and were
n»tl h »^i*li hundreds of other part-
thtn."™ 1 fiends who do th* same
, 0 . .'""tlnued Doolittle, "end It 1*
cause for such absurd theories."
FRED BUSH, NOW HELD IN THE TOWER.
These photographs were taken for the Bertillon records at the police
station. They are the first pictures of Bueh made in several years. In
a group photo found in Bush's room, showing a number of face6, that
of Bush Had been obliterated.
I LOVE CHARLEY DOOLITTLE,
BUI JUST AS A BROTHER,
DECLARES BUSH FROM CELL
"I love Charlie Doolittle and he
thinks a lot of me. I love him as I
would a brother. But there Is nothing
unnatural In this love."
This declaration was mads to a
Georgian reporter Saturday morning
by Fred Bush, held In default of 110,000
bond on the charge of sending an In*
fcrnal machine to Miss Kathryn Mc
Carthy, as he talked through the bars
of a Tower cell.
The detectives assert that Bush'a
alleged motive for desiring to slay
Miss McCarthy with the machine of
death was Jealousy, developed through
a strongs Infatuation on hla part for
young Doolittle. It was contended that
Bush feared the couple would marry,
and he would lose the affection of Doo
little. The prisoner declares that this
theory Is unfounded. He says he loves
Doolittle and has been watching over
and caring for him In a fatherly way
for the post three years, since the death
of Mrs. Doolittle, the mother.
This love, however, he assorts, is
perfectly normal, such as one brother
would feel for another.
No “Strange Influence.”
Bush also entered a decidedly em
phatic denial of the report to detectives
that he exerts a wonderful Infiuenco
over young Doolittle and has him lit
erally "under hie thumb."
"That etory la the veriest nonsense,"
exclaimed the prisoner. ’’Ask Charlie
Doolittle. If he eayi I exert a strange
Influence over him, then It is true. But
he knows It Is not true, and will tell
you so." i
And then Bush exclaimed:
•That story Is a damn lie.”
In speaking of his affection for Doo
little, BuBh said:
"1 have known Charlie for a num
ber ot years, since he was about 14
years of age. and have always felt an
Interest In him. At one time we con
ducted a wood and coal buslnesa to
gether at Glenn and Martin streets, and
for a time I boarded at his home.
“Hie Mother** Charge.”
“About three years ago, when Mrs.
Doolittle, Charlie's mother, was on her
death bed, ehe called me to her aide
and said:
‘"Mr. Bush, I am going to dls and I
want to ask you to take Charlie In
charge and l<g>k after him. No one else
will do It. See that he does not get In
bad company.’
”1 Informed Mrs. Doolittle I would
do as she requested, but sqld I thought
Charlie would get along all right as
he waa a good boy.
''After the death of the mother.
Charllo, hie father and myself remained
together for a time at the Doolittle
home. Shortly afterwards Mr. Doolit
tle purchased * fishery In Florida and
moved there. Since then Charlie and
myself have been In the produce busi
ness together and have roomed to
gether. We have been together nlmoit
constantly and It Is nothing more than
natural, considering the dying request
of his mother, that I should develop a
brotherly affection for Charlie. He Is
freo and 21 years of age and can speak
for himself. If I have ever led him In
the wrong direction or have used any
wonderful powers on him, he can tell
It to the world. But they will never
be able to make him tell a lie. Strong
influence may be brought to bear on
him by my enmlea, but I am sure he
will stick to the truth."
FEEL POWER
OFKNTfUL
Car Shipments. De
layed in Yards For
Days.
T
CENTRAL WANTS
THE LONG HAUL
Takes Car as Long To Be
Switched as Trip From
the Fast.
OUR ENGAGEMENT IS OFF;
DOOLITTLE DIDN’T ACT RIGHT,
SAYS KATHRYNM’CARTHY
•The engagement of Mr. Doolittle
and mxeelf I* certainly broken," em
phatically declared Mis* Kathryn Mc
Carthy to a representative of The
Georgian Saturday morning. Miss Mc
Carthy Is at the sanitarium with her
mother and looked pale and worn from
the harrowing experience through
which she ha* been compelled to pass
during the past few days, and the wor
ry and anxiety over the condition of
her mother. , .
In discussing the attitude taken by
Doolittle In regard to the charge that
Is pending against Fred Bush,
Miss McCarthy showed considerable
spirit, though It could be plainly seen
what pain It cost her to renounce the
man whom she had promised to marry.
“Mr. Doolittle hae acted shamefully
In this matter.” continued the young
woman. "Instead of standing by me
and telling all he know* to be true,
he has done everything In his power
to shield 0 Bush. rf. *ay* that he doe*
not believe Bueh to be guilty and that
he would spend every cent of his
money to prosecute him If he did think
so, but I believe he U afraid of Bush.
•There Is not ths slightest doubt In
my mind 'that Fred Bush I* guilty.
From tho way he has acted toward me
and from the threats he ha* made to
my mother. I can not believe other-
Wl "My mother wa* afraid of him. and
■he frequently tried to Induce me to
break up with Mr. Doolittle because
■he was afraid Bueh would do me some
harm, but I, like a fool, had promised
to marry him and was going to leave
home, mother and everything else for
him, and now he tries to help the
man who has caused me all this trou
ble.
“When Mr. Doolittle returned from
Florida after writing me th* letter In
which he asked me to break the en
gagement, I asked him In Justice to
me to explain his conduct. He told
me then that Bush had com* to him
In Florida and forced him to write the
letter. He said that Bush told him If
he did not write It something would
happen to me.
“Some time ago Mr/ Bueh went to
my mother, and with tears streaming
down hi* face, told her that he loved
Doolittle more than he loved hie life,
and that If aha did not etop him from
coming to see mo he would not be
responsible for what would happen.
"His attitude toward me ha* been
very strange and unueual. He ho*
frequently followed me home from
church and when I called up his store
to give an order he would always hang
up the receiver as soon as be found
out who It was. Because of his con
duct I have not spoken to him In two
or three weeks, and when I passed hi*
store have paid no attention to him.
"He has been responsible for every
disagreement that Mr. Doolittle and
myself have had."
RELATIVES WILL MAKE BOND;
DETECTIVES KEEP UP SEARCH
Relatives of Fred Bush slated Satur
day that they thought they would have
no trouble In making the $10,000 bond,
fixed by Recorder Broyles, and secure
the release of the young man from the
^Tta learned that a number of friends
of the family have voluntarily offered
to go on the bond. It Is expected, how
ever. that no move will be made toward
obtaining the bond until the early part
of next week.
"We consider the bond excessive, con-
•Idertng the nature of the evidence, but
we will have no difficulty In making It.
e**d a member of the family Saturday.
Detective Sergeant Lanford and De
tectives Simpson and Campbell are *tljj
it work on the case and say they will
use everv effort to obtain every bit of
evidence possible.
The officers will make an effort some
time Saturday to have the remnants of
th* wooden box that contained the ex-
plosives put bock together In order that
It may be Identified. It M expected this
will be a difficult Job. however, as .the
box was torn almost Into splinters.
The detectlvee are also trying to have
the derringer, which formed a part of
the Infernal machine. Identified. Ef
fort* ere being made to ascertain from
the various hardware dealers whether
they ran recall the sale of such a
weapon, and If they can describe the
person who mads such a purchase. The
person who prepared the Infernal ma
chine, however, took especial pains to
eliminate any means of Identifying the
pistol by carefully filing away the
number and all other marks of identi
fication.
“Rapid Transit A Joke: or How the
Central of Georgia Works the Gentle
Art of Strong-arming Shippers.”
Such a book with such a title his
not yet been written, but there are
several Atlanta shippers who think
they could pen eucii a production.
And this notwithstanding strenuous
protests by Central of Georgia ofll-
data.'
The Joke part of this hook'* title Is
that when a car of good* comes to
Atlanta from the East by a rail and
water route nftt controlled by the Cen
tral of Georgia, and has to be placed
on a sidetrack controlled by the Cen
tral, It takes about as long for the
consignee to get the ear after It gets
In the rlutches of the Central as It
takes for the stuff to get from the East
to Atlanta.
In other words, a car load shipment
from New York via eteamer to
Charleston. S. C, and from rail there
to Atlanta, gets In Atlanta In about
three and dne-half days. It takes about
that length of time for the car to be
delivered by the Central to one of Its
sidetracks.
Moral: "Ship your stuff from the
East to Atlanta via the Savannah line
to Savannah and over the Central to
Atlanta.”—(The Central.)
Ths Joke and the Sandbag.
This story of the Joke and the sand
bag Is * long one and to many shippers
a sorrowful one.
One of the victims is The Georgian.
There are others. The Georgian has
reached thtttjiolnt where the men who
run ths business end want to know
Why.
Now, The Georgian has Its side of
the question. It wanted to find out the
side of the railroad officials, so It sent
a reporter to learn why. The official!
told their, side of the case and were
very courteous. They hustled and bus
tled and went down the line from the
man higher up. But Just the same the
difficulties continued.
So let It be known, that after it jour,
ney of about five days by steami'
and rail from Boston, Mass., a car
filled with rolls of paper for The Geor
gian arrived In Atlanta over the Geor
gia railroad. (Not by the Central.)
Two Days In Yards.
This particular car arrived In Atlan
ta on train No. IS at noon on Wednes
day. Slay 8. The Georgian's plant le
on a Central sidetrack, so th* Georgia
railroad had no authority to shove this
car where It belonged. It was the duty
of the Georgia road to turn It over to
the Central.
It woe turned over to th* Central of
Georgia (he same day It arrived—May
8—at 2 o'clock In the afternoon, two
hours after It reached Atlanta. It was
delivered to the Centre! at Thurman
street, which le th* pdtnt of delivery
designated by the Central. Because of
a lack of switching room Inelde the
city, the Central haul* such cars to
East Rnlnt, where they are broken
from the train and classified. Then
some day In the future they are de
livered where they belong.
For reasons unexplained, the Cen
tral returned this particular car to the
Georgia railroad at Oakland Junction
on Thursday, May 8, at It:30 o'clock
In the morning. The Central kept the
car nearly twenty-four hour* without
delivering It to The Georgian, and then
sent It back to the Georgia railroad.
The car was then sent hack to the
Central by the Georgia railroad on
Friday, May 10, at 10:20 o'clock In the
morning. The Central kept It until
4:10 o'clock Friday afternoon, when It
was finally placed on the sidetrack
owned by the CentraL In th* rear of
The Georgian's plant.-
So It took from Wednesday after
noon at 2 o'clock until Friday after
noon at 4:10 o’clock for the Central to
take that car from the Georgia road
and put It In back of The Georgian's
plant. It was Juggled all over Atlanta
and the suburbs before It was finally
landed.
That Competing Line.
Now, the Central hae a line which
competes with the line over which The
Georgian receives Its car loads of pa
per from the East. It Is the Central-
Savannah line, which le by eteamshlp
from Boston to Savannah and'over the
Central to Atlanta.
The Central’s officials have asked
shippers to use their line from the
East. But they seem to be satisfied
with the Clyde-Charteston line.
Then follows the delay, trouble end
Inconvenience which looks like at
tempts to sand-bag the shippers Into
using the Central's line.
"Why don't you use the Central and
then you will get service.” they say.
And yet the trouble Is not with the
Clyde-Charleeton line, but with the
Central In switching the cars after they
arrive In Atlanta.
The etory has been told of Ihe trou
bles of one particular car. But there
are others. The some thing has hap
pened nearly every time The Georgian
get* a car of paper, and these cars ar
rive every few day*.
T. H. Collin* I* the commerr'yl agent
for the Central In Atlanta, and he talk,
ed freely to a Georgian reporter. He
wa* courteous, and went to consldera-
Continued on Peas Three.
F
IS
Found Guilty of Man
slaughter After 21
Hours.
Special to The Georgian.
Macon, O*, May 11.—After being
out twenty-one hours, the Jury In the
case of L. D. Strong, charged with the
murder of Henry Smith for ruining
his sister, returned a verdict of guilty
of manslaughter at 1:80 o'clock this
afternoon, and he wsb sentenced to
three years In the penitentiary.
Judge Felton passed sentences on
Strong.
An appeal will be taken In the case.
The case was given to the Jury *t
4:46 o'clock yesterday afternoon by
Judge Felton, nfter an able charge, !n
which he did not mention the "unwrit
ten law,” but said In a doxen different
combinations of worde that If Strong
killed Smith out of revenge or punl .fo
ment for Smith’s conduct to hts
(Strong's) sister, and after he had. hail
sufficient time to become calm and
listen to the "voice of reason nnd hu
manity." then Strong would be guilty
of murder.
During the entire trial Mr*. Henry D.
Smith, the wife of the man who was
killed by L. D. Strong, and her young
child were In the court room. Mre.
Strong was also present and she, too,
held an Infant In her arms. , -
YACHT AND SIX MEN
ARE LOST AI SEA
New York. May 11.—All hope la
abandoned for Marion Story’s yacht,
Rita, with Captain Olaf Jacobson and
hla crew of six men. It Is believed the
yacht hae gone to the bottom with all
on board.
The yacht sailed from Miami, Fla.,
forty-two days ago for New York and
■Ince then has not been reported.
A. J. McIntosh, Story’s agent, said
today:
"The only chance In the world In that
some vsasel might have picked up the
men. Every possible efiort has been
made to get a trace of the yacht, but
we have given up hope."
E
Takes Own Life
At Mill Bridge
Special to Th* Georgian.
Salisbury, N. C. t May 11.—Mrs. Blna
Patterson, sister of Rev. Walter Llngle,
tho brilliant Atlanta Presbyterian min
uter, committed suicide yesterday ev
ening at 7 o’clock at Mill Bridge, 10
miles from Salisbury. Relatives heard
a commotion In nn adjoining room,
and, upon Investigating, found she '
cut her throat with a rasor.
She leaves a husband four children,
throo brothers and one slater.
It Is believed she was suffering from
temporary Insanity.
She was a member ot the celebrated
family of Llngle*.
Dr. W. L. Llngle, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, received a tele
gram Friday night that hi* sister, Mrs.
John L. Patterson, of near Salisbury,
had died very suddenly. He left at
midnight for Salisbury to be present
at the funeral.
Dr. Llngle waa recently called to the
pastorate of the First Presbyterian
church from Rock Hill, B. C„ where he
was pastor of a large church. He has
won many friends during hie stay In
Atlanta, who will learn with regret of
the fatality In hi* family.
Two Children
Burn to Death
East Liverpool, Ohio, May 11.—In a
fire which destroyed their home, Leo.
■gad 7. and Ruth, aged 6. children of
Mrs. Nell Laird, a poor widow, were
burned to death. Mrs. Laird waa se
riously Injured by Jumping from a win-
dow. A son waa killed by a car three
yean ago, and ehortly afterward* Ills
father drowned himself.
Columbia Oars
Beat Harvard
m it
WHEAT PIT
Top Price of $1.25
Bushel Predicted by
Bullish Buyers.
Chicago. May U.—Unparalleled
scenes of excitement and wildest con
fusion broke out In the wheat pit of
the board of trade today and the
world's greatest grain market present
ed a picture of a mad struggle of buy
ers who heard wheat soar cent by cent
until It reached the highest point of
months.
"Wheat will aoar to (1.26 on the
crop," was the positive statement Of
James A. Patten. Hundreds of spec
tators crowded Into the galleries In an
ticipation of the outbreak of excite
ment.
Th* amafing prices that reigned to
day, giving cause for the frantic tur
moil of buyers, were:
May 87 1-2 to 88 3-4, back to 87 1-2.
July, SN 6-8 to 91 1-8. back to 90 1-2.
Sept., 90 1-2 to 931-4, back to 92 1-2.
Apparently every commission house
and every broker On the board had
buying orders. Foreign buyer* rushed
In to add to the number. There was n
fight for every offer of wheat that was
made, the great ro6m ringing with the
cries of the eager purchasers. •
“It I* headed for dollar wheat,” was
the cry throughout the pit. "It will
never stop until It touches a dollar."
KILLED IN WRECK
The body of Sam Baskin, aged 21
years, who was killed In a wreck at
Somerset, Ky., on the Queen and Cres
cent railroad last Tuesday night or
early Wednesday morning, arrived In
Atlanta Saturday morning. It was re
moved to the residence of hie mother,
Mrs. Anna Baskin, ot I Guyton street.
Baskin was returning from Cincin
nati, where ho hod been at work for tho
last two months, and It Is thought by
his relatives that he was returning
l„.in,' In stay. No details hi. death
have been learned. It was reported
that two other men were killed In the
accldeoL a Mr. Jones and Bob Bur
den, but this report has not been veri
fied.
The funeral services will be con
ducted Sunday morning at the resi
dence. at 9:10 o’clock. The Interment
will bo In Hollywood cemetery. Be
sides his mother, Baaklfl Is survived by
four slaters, Mrs. Jesse Dodgen, Misses
May, Jessie, Essie and Daisy Baskin.
BANK TELLER
TO OFFICERS
Jones Ate Breakfast
With Family When
He Reached Home.
FRANC H. JONES
GIVES SELF UE
Returns Accompanied by;
Wife and an Attorney to
Stand Trial.
Special to The Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C., May U.-A big »pn«atloa
developed here today, when It was learned
that Franc II. Jones, the missing teller ot
the Charlotte National hnok, has returned,
to the city In company with hla attorney*
and wife, who went supposedly to Florid*
to escort him home. Ills return irai roU
notary.
Jones deliberately took breakfast with hlq
family on reaching here early this morning,:
and then repaired to hla attorney's office,
where the nathorltlea were notified. It la
not known what stun Jones hns brought!
back with him.
Ills disappearance was eight weeks ago,
and since that time no trace of him had
been had.
CHAMPION WRESTLER
AND MANAGER HELD
Chattanooga, Tenn, May 11.--Fred
Bartl, champion middleweight wrest
ler of the world, and \V. J. Finley, his
manager, were arrested by a Nashville
detective here today, the former on the
charge of gaming and the latter on the
charge of grand larceny. It Is charged
that Bartl and Finley entered Into a
conspiracy by which n match between
Bartl and Demetral, the Greek wrest
ler,' at Nashville a faw Say* ago wn*
fixed for Bartl to win. it H raid that
backers of Demetral lost many thous
ands of dollars.
Boston. May 11.—Columbia won the
boat race from Harvard here today by
three-quarter* of a length.
$15,440,503
Increase Made
Montgomery. Ala., May 11.—The
state board of assessors today gave
out the raises on railroad, telegraph
and telephone properties In Alabama
which have been Increased $16,440,601
for the present fiscal year. The total
isessment for the year Is $71,8(4,676.
The state tax commission will meet
soon to fix the assessment on the In
tangible property.
MEN RUSHED INTO BAY
BY STRIKING WHARFMEN
New York, May 11.—Desperate buttles
between strike-breakers and strike sympa
thisers marked the progress today of the
greet longshoremen's strike, when HO sym
pathisers gathered at ‘The Farm," an Im
mense open spare In front ot th* Itelten
Line piers, and In an Irresistible rash
swept en eqnsl number of strike-breakers
off the piers.
I’ollre reserves cams out on s riot call,
but wart powerless, and the tenderloin sta
tion reserves bad to be sent to their aid.
Bsveral men were seriously Injured.
Indications today were that victory lay
with Ihe strikers for the first time since
the serious effects of the strike lieesme ap
parent. The superintendents of the sev
eral Uses openly declared that unless the
steamship companies effected a settlement
MMBipranlse the situation will ho hope-
strike breakers wore tielng brought Into
tho city today from several sources. Flvo
hundred negroes were brought In by ths
Old Dominion lino from Southern ports.
Doweu and Post brought 1,000 men In yes
terday and distributed them ninong the sev
eral lines.
President Connors of the Longshoremen's
Union, declared todny that the men have
tho sttostlon well tu hand, and will win.
The officials o( the steamship lines repent
ed today their declarations that there will
lie no compromise nnd no concessions.
The steamers Minneapolis nnd New lork,
of Ihe American line the steamer Umbria. 1
n Cunarder: ths atenmer Hyndam, of ths
Hamburg-American Line, and the Campu-
nla. of tho Italian Line, are nil held tip.
Seven hundred striking longshore
men Invaded the piers of the ItalVn
line In North river today armed with
club* nnd bale hooks and forcibly drove
from the dock of the steamer Campnnhi
160 Italian strike-breakers engaged In
loading the vessel. The police ended
the trouble by driving the strikers back.
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Growth and Progress of the New South
Ths Georgina records here each day soma
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
An Interesting announcement In connection with the development of
the rice growing resources of the state of Tega* wa* nude at Houv n
last week. It comprise* the statement that C. W. Hoyt, ot Kama, city,
Mo., representing capitalist* of hi* city and Chicago, Is conferring
with the Tega* Klee Farmer*' Association relative to tho establishment
of a chain of lire elevator* and warehouses. In mentioning the proposed
enterprise the Houston Post says In part: "Mr. Hoyt stated that the
proposition met with a great deal of' encouragement. It |h proposed to
erect the elevators and warehouses along the same lines adopted by
the Fanners' Union In the erection ot cotton warehouses. The rarmers.
merchants and banker* will subscribe for th* stock and tbs company will
put In the warehouse. It Is proposed to espend something like $6-10.000
In the construction of there warehouse* and elevator* before the harvest
time of thl* season's crop.
"In thl* connection Mr. Hoyt gave some Interesting figure*. Ho
states that the saving to the rice fat mere during one season will bear the
expense—In other words, that the' saving from one crop alone will amount
to $600,000.
"It Is estimated that the crop thla year will be $.000,ON bags. The
bags -cost about 12 cents, and bag* can be done away With when the
elevator Is Installed. Then there I* a waste In handling In the bags. It
Is estimated that th*. waste .and the cost of the bag* combined will
amount to 26 cents per bag. Tbla amounts to (600.0N on a crop of
2,000,000 bags.
"It Is proposed to establish a chain of elevators In the heart of the
rice farming districts first, tnd afterward* to establish a large central ele
vator on th* Houston ship channel. Negotiations- hsve been under way
for th* site for the central elevator. It I* Inelde th* city limit* and near
the sit* for the large rice mill and warehouse upon which work will soon
be begun."
A water power electrical enterprise of the past week Is that of the
Band Mountain Electrical Co, which has been Incorporai-d with a capi
tal Mock of $60,M0 and Intends to Issue bonds for $30 ON This i -in-
pany plans to develop from 600 to Looo-horse power cn'Bhort creek near
Albertlvlle, Ala, and transmit electricity for lighting and power purposes
to Albertville. Huntersville and Boa*. The company he* acquired the
necessary land* nnd privilege* necessary for Its developments, nnd la now
prepared to engsge engineer* to make the complete aurvey* required.