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The''Weather: -tVetrtb-r " rf S c *22 l £ Atluntt and tIcib- £5. 'Saw tonight ana Atlanta Georgian (and news) Spot Cotton: Llvorpool, a f party; 6.71 Atlanta. Ht.-n.lr; 11 9-H Npw York. f|u|pt;-U.y N. OrlPiwH, HtfJy; 11 11 Aucu-tn. mourty: 12*. GnlvPNtnn. at pa dr: 12r 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 OOOOO000OD000O00OO000O000Q 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. — 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.