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Atlanta Georgian (and news)
VOL. V. NO. 283.
ATLANTA, GA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1907. %
PPIPl?. In Atlnntt: TWO CENTS.
XTXV1.V/JL. Od Tratn«: FIVE CENTS.
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HERE’S A REAL CHANCE TO SHOW THE REAL ATLANTA SPIRIT
Atlanta cannot afford not to be represented by her military at the Jamestown Exposition on Georgia Day,
June 10. The Fifth Regiment cannot go to Jamestown unless it can raise" $2,500, in addition to its present funds. Of
this the city has given $1,000. Now let the people contribute to a fund to enable the Regiment to make a proper
representation. The boys of the Fifth stood by Atlanta when they were needed last September. No sum is too small;
none is too large. The Georgian will start the subscription with $25. The Georgian will gladly receive subscriptions.
IMtMIMHHtlHMNHNIUMHIMII
U. S. VALUATION OF ROADS
WILL STOP MANIPULATION
Asks Power to Stop
Watering and Over-
caoitalization.
BUSH JURY IS COMPLETE;
INFERNAL MACHINE CASE
OPENS BEFORE A CROWD
PREVENT CONTROL
OF PARALLEL ROADS
President Pays Tribute to
Wearers of Gray at Un
veiling of Lawton
Monument.
Indianapolis. Ind., May JO.—In hi*
this afternoon President Roosevelt re
viewed In a clear and forceful (nanner
his attitude toward the railroads, and
In deftall made suggestions for future
policies which he believed would solve
i the problem making railway, the effl-
' dent common carrier, and at the same
time safe Investment, for the public.
In advising the placing of roads on a
similar basla with the national banks
of the country, under Federal control,
he adopted the suggestion of a New
Orleans man. whose letter was made
public a few weeks ago. , Mr. Roose
velt first paid tribute to the veterans
of the qiv.ll war. He said: .
For more than one reason I am pe
culiarly glad that this year I spealt on
■ Memorial Day Ui the etate of Indiana.
There Is no other clase of our cltlxens
to whom wo owe so much as to the vet
erans of the great war. To them it was
given to perform tho one feat with
which no other feat enn bo compared,
for to them it was given to preserve the
Union. Moreover, you men who wore
the blue, blessed beyond the victors In
any other war of recent times, have left
to your countrymen more than the ma
terial results of the triumph, more even
than the achieving the triumph itself.
You have left a country so genuinely
reunited that all of us now. In what
ever part of this Union wo live, have a
right to feel the keenest pride, not only
In the valor and self-devotion of you,
the gallant men who wore the blue, but
also In the valor and eelf-devotlon of
your gallant opponents who wore the
gray.
Federal Control Problem.
One great problem that we have be
fore us Is to preserve the rights of
property.
Today I wish to say a word to you
about the first and most Important
feature of this task, the control of the
common carrier* doing an Interstate
business; a control absolutely vested
In the nation, while In so far as the
common carrier* also transport the
malls It li In my opinion probable that
whether their business Is or Is not ln-
terstat. It Is to the same extent sub
ject to Federal control, under that
clause of the constitution granting to
the national government power to es
tablish post roads and therefore b>
necessary Implication power to take all
action necessary In order to keep them
at the highest point of efficiency.
Every Federal law dealing with cor
porations or with railroads that has
been put upon the statute books dur
ing the last six years has been a step
In advance In tho right direction.
No Halt In Movement.
There will be no halt In the forwaid
movement toward a full development
of this policy; and those who wish us
to take a st«p backward or to stand
still. If their wishes were realised,
would find that they had Invited an
outbreak of the very radicalism they
tear. There must be progressive leg
islative and administrative action for
the correction of the evils which every
sincere man must admit to have ex
ited In railroad management In the
past.
Full Power Vested.
There must be veeted In the Fee*™!
government a full power of supervision
anil control over the railways doing in
terstate business; a power In many re
spects analogous to and as complete
as that the government exercise* over
the national bank*. It must possess
the power to exercise supervision over
the future issuance of stocke and
bonds, either through a national Incor-
! "ration (which I should prefer) or In
some similar fashion, such supervision
to Include the frank publicity of every
thing which would-be Investors and the
public at Urge have a right to know.
The Federal government wll Kbit* he
able to prevent all overcapitalisation In
the future; to prevent any man here-
niter from plundering other* by load
ing railway properties with obligations
and pocketing the money Instead of
'pending It In Improvement* and In le
gitimate corporate purposes; and any
man acting In auch fashion should be
held to a criminal accountability. It
should be declared contrary’ to public
Policy henceforth to allow railroads to
devote their capital to anything but
the transportation business, certainly
m>t to the hasards of speculation. For
the very rtu4 that we desire to favor
FIRST GAME.
ATLANTA 1UU U..„
MEMPHIS 100 0....
FRED BUSH. .
He 1, now on trial charged with sending an Infernal machine to ths
McCarthy home.
Sensational Grime Re
viewed in Superior
Court.
Continued on Pag* Three* J.—
After the morning had been spent In
securing a Jury and three venires had
been exhausted, a full jury waa at last
found to try Fred Bush, charged with
sending an Infernal machine to the
home of Mre. Julia McCarthy, and the
[ trial proceeded Thursday afternoon be
fore a crowd which packed the sups-
rtor court room to the doors.
In the court room are all the figures
In the most sensational case which At
lanta has known for yean. Fred Bush,
the commission man. who must stand
trial for assault to murder, has been
brought from tho Tower, where he has
been confined for three weeks, In de
fault of a 910,000 bond. Charlie Doo
little. hie business partner and the
former lover of Mias Julia McCarthy,
Is there as a witness for the state. Mrs.
Julia McCarthy, the only Victim of the
Infernal box addreseed to her daughter,
has sufficiently recovered from her
wound* to be present and testify. Miss
Julia McCarthy, the young woman be
lieved to have been the Intended victim
of the explosive, I* present to tell her
"*Fred Bush Is represented by Thoms*
H. Goodwin and Luther Z. Rosser,
while the state's case Is In the hands
of Solicitor General Charles D. Hill.
Mrs. McCarthy on Stsnd.
Mr*. Julia McCarthy was the flret
witness to take the stand. Bhe told of
Bush’s visit* to her home. His first
visit had been eighteen months ago,
after the engagement of her daughter
to Charles Doolittle. Hie second visit
was after Doolittle’s return from Flor
ida. when Doolittle wa* In the houee.
Doolittle had avoided Bush by going
upstairs. Miss Kathryn Doolittle had
come to her mother laying that Bush
would kill Doolittle. Mr*. McCarthy
became alarmed and called a police-
m Mra b5 McCerihy described her opening
of the mysterious box and the *xplo>
tb.ttWrred Bush wa. re
opened at 1:1# o'clock Thursday aft
ernoon four additional Jurymen were
«?S?ed from the special venire, and
the Jury wa* completed. Th* following
Is the complete Hit of Jurymen. J. T.
Oxburn. J. T. Goldin, I. M. Sheffield,
j L. Mynatt. J. B. Evans, T. M. Poole.
T H Winslow. H. S. Orey Vaughn
Nixon. H. T. Pnttemon. John R- Rxn-
■om and J. W. Co °*- m#mb#r of
In excusing one man, a memoer oi
tho Fifth regiment, Judge Roan criti
cised the ' law exempting militiamen
from Jury service, stating that ho
wished the law could be changed. He
also Inquired • Into the - reason why
number of men who had been served
with summons to appear In court were
not present and ready , to be assigned
to jury duty. He directed that an In
vestigation be made, and said that
those who had. been.served and who
failed to appear would be mode to ac
count for It. , ... '
At 10 o’clock Thursday morning, one
hour after Fred Bush had been placed
on trial in the criminal division of ths
superior court, on a charge of assault
with Intent to murder, the four panels
composing the regular Jury were ex
hausted, with only eight men selected
to alt on the case, and court was ad
journed until 1:10 o'clock by Judge
Roan In order to allow him to draw a
special venire from the Jury box.
When the announcement was made
that the panel* had been exhausted.
Judge Roan suggested that he send out
of the court room and aummon men for
Jury service immediately.
To this Attorney Luther Z. Rosier
strenuously objected.
"Bush has already been publicly tried
by the newspapers.” declared Attorney
Rosser. “So much notoriety and pub
licity has been given the case by th*
newspaper^ that It would be unfair for
your honor to send out and summon
men Indiscriminately. In Justice to our
client.. I ask that your honor draw th*
special venire from the Jury box.
Judge Roan consented, and court
was adjourned until 1:10 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon.
Court Room Crowded.
The trial of Bush waa begun at (
o'clock. The court room waa crowded
with spectator* and great Interest was
manifested In the case.
The Indictment, which was’ read by
Solicitor Hill to each panel as It was
called. Is a rather lengthy document. It
charges that "Fred Bush, with malice
aforethought, did on the Sth day of
May. 1107, make an assault upon the
person of Mrs. Julia McCarthy with a
pistol, dynamite, gunpowder, nltrogly-
erin and other weapons, to the grand
Jury unknown, with Intent to beat,
wound, kill and murder her. the said
Mrs. Julia McCarthy."
That the story of the crime alleged to
have been committed by Fred Bush has
aroused unusual Interest and has mad*
a lasting impression upon th* minds of
all who have read It, was apparent on
Thursday morning by th* unprecedent
ed number of men who disqualified for
Jury service by answering affirmatively
to the question;
“Is there any bias or prejudice rest
ing on your mind either for tor against
the prisoner at the her?”
Out of the four panels, composed of
foriy-four men. twenty-one Jurore ad
mitted that they were either biased or
prejudiced either for or against th*
prisoner. Five men. two of whom were
negroes, were excused by the state,
and seven were excused by the defense.
The eight juror* who were taken are:
J. T. Oxburn, J. T. Goldin. L M. 8h«f-
fiel.l, J. I’ Mynatt. J. R. Evans. T. M.
"Revenge," quoth Manager Bill
Smith to his bunch of warriors bold
os he piped th* Memphla crowd alttlng
rather chesty like on the bench at
Ponce. Bill remembered the greaeed
toboggan of Wednesday afternoon and
he had hopes of being able to forget It
In either one of two of the two games
scheduled.
The news of a double-header drew
quite a crowd, despite the threatening
weather. Smith sent Rube Zeller Into
the box for Atlanta, while Charley
Babb Instructed Bills to deliver goods
for the Memphlt.
This Is Bill Smith’s revenge:
Flrit Inning.
Owens filed out to left. Babb out,
third to first. Carey singled to right.
Richards tripled to right, scoring Ca
rey. Carter out, second to first. TWO
HITS: ONE RUN.
Becker walked. Winters sacrificed
him to second. Sid Smith singled to
right. Becker going to third. Jordan
grounded to short, forcing Sid Smith
out at second and scoring Becker.
Paskert filed out to center. ONE HIT;
ONE RUN.
8eoond Inning.
Neighbors grounded In front of the
plate, out at first. Hurlburt fouled out
to catcher. Bills filed out to left. NO
HITS; NO RUNS.
Fox fouled out to first. Castro filed
out to right. Dyer walked. Zeller filed
out to short. NO HITS; NO RUNS.
Third Inning. •
Plass out, pitcher to first. Owens
singled to left. Babb fouled out to
third. Caroy singled to right. Rich
ard* grounded to third, Owen* beln
canned at tho plate. TWO HITS;. - *
runs. . ’rrr* v
Becker filed out to left. Winter* filed
out to left. Hid Smith out. third to first.
NO HITS; NO RUNS.
Fourth Inning.
Carter filed out to short. Neighbor*
out. second to first. Hurlburt grounded
to third and safe on orror. Bills
grounded to second, forcing Hurlburt.
NO HITS: NO RUNS.
Jordan out, pitcher to first. Paskert
filed out to short. Fox safe on error of
first. Castro singled to left. Dyer
d out to short. ONE HIT; NO
Sought to Procure
to Kill Rats, He
Testifies.
GOES ON STAND
IN OWN BEHALF
Prisoner Declares He Had
No Cause to Take Life
of ifrs. Hooke.
AMERICAN LEAGUE EARLY GAME8
New York 3, Washington 1^ ^
New York . . . .010 000 010— 3
Washington . . .000 001 000—1
Batteries—Orth and Klelnow; Smith
and Blankenship. Umpire ConnoUy.
Chicago, 8; 8L Louis, 2.
Xl* H, Os
BL Louis 010 010 000—Z 0
Chicago 100 120 »•—» 11
Batteries: Jacobson and Stephens,
Smith and Sullivan. Umpires, Hurst,
and Sheridan.
Philadelphia 3, Boston 1. _
R. H. E.
Boston * ..000 000 001—1
Philadelphia. . .010 000 110—t
Batteries—Oberlln and Armbruster,
Dygert and Schreck. Umpire, Evaiu.
Cleveland 1, Detroit 0.
R. H. E.
Detroit 000 000 000—0 4 0
Cleveland 000 000 001—1
Batteries — Killian and Schmidt,
Rhoades and Burn*. Umpire, O’Lough
lln.
NATIONAL MORNING QAME8.
Boston 4, Brooklyn 0. ^ ^
Brooklyn.. .» ..000 000 000—0 8 2
Boston 000 00} JOx—4 8 J
Batteries—McIntyre ’ and Ritter,
Young and Needham. Umpires, But
ler and Flaherty.
Philadelphia 8, New York Z
R. H. E.
Philadelphia. . .000 100 011—5 10 1
New York.. .. ..90# 000 000—J
Batteries—Moran and»Dooln. Wlltse
and Breinahan. Umpire. O'Day.
Chicago 6, Pittsburg 4.^ ^ ^
Chicago LoOl 002 361—6' »’ 0
Pittsburg. . . .004 000 000—4 7 4
Batteries—Taylor and Kllng, Llefleld
and Gibson. Umpire, Rlgle.
Cincinnati 7, 8b Louis 8. ^
cm: ....101 000 000 900 003—7 11 2
St. L. ..too 020 000 200 000—4 11 0
Batteries—Hitt and McLean. Brown
and Marshall. Umpire*. Klem and
Emslle.
RACE RESULTS.
TORONTO.
Flret Race—Lord Boanerges, even,
won; Temeralre. 4 to 9. second: Dog
Rose, even, third. Time, 1:14 4-5.
Second Raeo—Boll WeevU, 12 to t,
won; Fruseatl, 2 to 2. second; Oscar
T.. out, third. Tim* 1:02 1-9.
BELMONT.
Flret Race—Laughing Eysa, I to 1.
won: Requite, 4 to S, second; Youthful,
( to 5. third. Time :61. i
Second Race—Jack Atkin. 8 to 1,
won: Charles Edward, 7 to 5. second;
Suffrage, 1 to 8. third. Tim* 1:18.
LOUI8VILLE.
Flret Race—SynchTOnlsed. 9 to 2,
Or land. 4 to L second; Lady's
Summerville, Ga., May 30.—Before
closing the evidence for the defense, G.
L. Groover, Accused of the murder of
Mrs. Hooks, took the stand In hie own
behalf today,
lie staled that he had ordered
strychnine from Chattanooga, but did
not get It. He said that he wanted It
for thq purpose of killing rate, a* they
wero bothering him a great deal at his
store, and were destroying his goods.
Groover stated thHt he had never had
Improper relations with Mr*. Hooks,
or had never had causo to. In gny way.
encompass her death, as he was ac
cused.
Ho made a plain brief statement and
was on the stand but a few minutes.
Sensational Evidence.
The most sensational evidence of the
trial was given this morning by G. L.
Wright, a witness for the defenso.
Wright stated that lost September Mr.
Hooks, husband of the dead woman,
said to him, white talking about a
damage suit then pending . against
Groover, that he wanted Wright to
swear In ths trial that Groover had
gone to Chattanooga with Mrs. Hooks;
that Mrs. Groover had not accompanied
her husband on the day In question.
Wright said that Hooks told him that
It was Impossible for him to longer llvo
with his wife; that he wanted to get
all tho money he could. He stated
that Hooks said that If there was any
thing which would provoke murder It
was the way he had been treated and
that he thought Groover ought to suf
fer for It.
8trychnlne for Rats.
Mrs. C. I. Oamsr and C. E. Harper,
of the oommunlty In which Groover
lived, were called and testified that In
that section strychnine was commonly
used for killing rats.
Swanson, a witness from Knoxville,
testified that he was In Chattanooga
last February attending a trial and
that Care Brown, who waa a witness
for the prosecution In the Groover case
said to him that he knew of a similar
case in Georgia to th* one then on trial
and that the two had talked together
about the Groover case.
The argument begun after the noon
hour and the case will probably go to
the Jury Friday morning.
Investigation
Of T.F. Stocks
Investigation of the charges against
Water Commissioner T. F. Stocks be
gan before the water board Thursday
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
W. T. Brown, president of the Rag
land Coal Company, upon whose let
ters tha charges were baaed, testified
that Stocks put In the bid* himself,
though the coal was to be supplied by
the Ragland Coal Company. The R"~
land company was to supply It to
Blocks Coal Company at 92.28 per ton.
and Mr. Stocks put In tha bid at 12.96
though the agreement waa on a basla
of 32.35. President Brown said Mr.
Stocks wanted to make the price much
higher than the 12.38.
NO OFFICIAL WEATHER; O
BUREAU TAKE8 HOLIDAY. O
The weather bureau Is observ- O
O Ing Thursday (National Decora- O
O tlon Day) as a holiday, and there O
o la no official forecast for tha day. O
O Indications still point toward rain. O
Thursday temperatures: O
7 o'clock a. 64 degrees O
8 o'clock a. m 18 degrees O
....... -. • _. won;. .
Poole, T. E. Winslow and IL N, Gray. Man, 5 to 2, third. Tima :H 2*6,
WILL BE USED
III CAMPAIGN
Temperance Advoca
tes to Force Ques
tion in Bartow.
I'clock a. m. .
O 10 o’clock a. m. .
O 11 o’clock a. m. .
O 12 o'clock noon .
1 o'clock p. m. .
3 o’clock p. m. .
68 degree* O
70 degree* O
71 degrees O
......72 degrees O
74 degrees O
......74 degrees O
Bpedtl to The Georgian.
Cartersvllle, Oft., May 30.—A novel
method has been adopted by the women
of Cartersvllle and vicinity who are
going to take part In the coming pro
hibition fight In this county, to make
the men show where they stand upon
the temperance question. A large
meeting of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union was held yesterday
afternoon at the First Presbyterian
church In this city and It was unani
mously agreed upon by the ladles pres
ent that a committee be appointed to
secure a supply of whit# and red rib
bons and to canvass the county seeking
the friends and advocates of the tem
perance cause, upon whom bows of
white ribbon ore to be pinned. In case
a man declare* against temperance or
refuses to divulge his convictions, he Is
to be asked to nllow the committee to
pin a bow of red upon the lapel of his
coat. mrnte I . - -r~- M
he meeting of the Woman’s Chris-"
tlan Temperance Union yesterday aft
ernoon resulted In perhaps the first
organization that ha* yet been perfect
ed on the prohibition aide of the com
ing fight.
Mrs. Sam P. Jones wns made general
chairman of the eommlttees, and the
work of perfecting the organlaatlon waa
placed In her name.
Arrangements have been mndo for a
temperance rally which will be held at
the First Baptist church, at which time
tho temperance people will organize
fully for the fight that Is to be settled
nt the polls June 20. Rev. Walt Hol
comb, co-worker of the late Rev. Ham
P. Jones, will be the principal speaker
at the meeting thla evening, and the
music will be furnished by a trained
choir and the local brass band.
Temperancs Rallies.
On Sunday next there*wlll be an all
day temperance rally at the Ham Jones
Tabomacle, and the meeting will be ad
dressed by Rev. George R. Stuart, who
Is one of the foremost temperance
speakers of the country. During the
campaign, which promises to be one of
the hottest that has ever been fought
In this state, there will be many tem
perance rallies held In Cartersvllle and
In all parts of the county, and tom* of
the most prominent men and women of
the state will speak at these meetings.
Cartersvllle and Bartow county have
been dry for more than twenty-two
years, the prohibition party winning In
an election by a majority of two votes.
Jamestown Trip
Fifth Not Yet
Given Up.
For
COLONEL ANDERSON
IS OPTIMISTIC
Georgia Boys to Head Great
Parade at Exposition
If They Can Go.
(Continued on Pag* Three.)
A rift appears In ths cloud* at gloom
Thursday that hung over the officers
and men of the Fifth regiment Wed
nesday evening.
Following the officers’ meeting
Wednesday evening, at which It wa*
reluctantly announced that the James
town trip would hi.v" to be abandoned
unless tame unfore-„ fn happy Circum
stance arose, new !ioi>e was Imparted
Thursday by the active work at Celo-
ncl Clifford L. Anderson.
Colonel Anderson appeared before
the finance committee of counatl, and
stated conditions. He received assur-.
nnces that If the money could be found
31.000 would be given toward defray
ing tho necessary expenses, and th*
appropriation was recommended by th*
c imnuttee
Public Must Give.
Colonel Anderson stated that with
the amount In the regimental treas
ury and tho 31.000 from the city, if
3IJI0O should bo donated by Individ
uals, the regiment could make the trip.
He has already received considerable
encouragement from friends of the reg
iment that liberal private subscriptions
would bo given.
While It Is not absolutely certain
that the plans now under way for th*
trip will be perfected. Colonel Ander-'
son feels quite hopeful. He Is anxious
to take the regiment for Georgia Day,
because the boys hail their heart* set
on It, and to miss the honor of heading
the military pageant on what promises
to be one of the greatest days o( the
fair, would be a bitter disappointment.
Colonel Anderson experts to know
definitely late Thursday afternoon or
Friday morning whether or not It will
be possible for th* regiment to make
the trip lo Jamestown.
A more general feeling of hope over
the situation exists Thursday after
noon.
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Th# a •oral* a records lure etch dij toms
J08EPH B. LIVELY.
North Carolina, with Its notable • progress as a furniture manufae-
turer made during the past ten or fifteen years, has come to be recog
nised In this respect as the Michigan of the.South. In other stnte* of
that section more and mor# attention Is being given every year to the
vast resources of timber, and the divers directions taken In the utilization
of such supplies are Indicated In announcements In a late Issue ot The
Manufacturers' Record. Primary lumber operations, of course, still pre
dominate. Atnonif them are the establishment of eaw-mllls at Hardv
Ark., to make railroad car material, ties, piling and posts; at Culp, Ark'
at Hammond, Xatchltochea, Opelousas. Alexandria, New Orleans and < >ber-
lln. La.; at North Birmingham and Selma, Ala.; at Clarksville, Lexing
ton, Sparta and Selmer, Tenn.: at Alto and Sour Lake. Texas; at New
Augusta, Miss., and In Barren county, Kentucky.
Near Bruton, Ala., about 11,000 acres of timber land have been leased
for twelve year* and a turpentine distillery will be erected then A -mil
iar plant representing an Investment of 316.000, will be erected at Lake
Charles, La., so arranged aa to permit a doubling of rapacity whenever
desired. In Louisiana, too, a lumber company la considering the possi
bility of Installing a creoaotlng plant In connection with Its lumber mill,
which will have an output of 400,000 feet In twenty hours. At I.ittie
Rock, Ark., progress Is being made upon a creoaotlng plant which w ill
hav* equipment for treating about 2,000.000 croaa-tlea annually. About
>100,000 will be Invested In a saw and planing mill near Savannah, rja
to handle timber lying between Central Junction and the Ogeechee river
Another tract of 20,000 acre* of tlmbar In Dickenson county, Virginia, is
to be similarly developed by an Ohio company. Other wood-working
undertakings announetd are stave works with a capacity of 10,000 a day
at Newport. Ark., box factories at Atlanta. Ga., and at Ocean Springs
Miss., furniture factories at Nashville, Tenn.. and at Greenville. Tenn
vehicle work* at Rose Hill. N. C„ sash and door factory at Montgomery'
Ala., hardwood factory at Gilbert, La., veneering mill at Black Rook
Ark., shingle mill at Jonesboro, Ark., sash and door factors' at Valdosta]
Ga., planing mill at Owensboro, Ky.. and cooperage and storage works at
Hagerstown. Md.
Railroad building In different parts of the South Is contributing great-
ly to th* development of the lumber Industry The Bat n Rouge. Ham
mond and Eastern railroad to extend forty-three miles
Rouge to Hammond. La., and twenty-three miles from Ham
fngton, La., will run through a timber region that f* expe t.
large amount of lumbar for freight. Another lumber rx
Orleans Great Northern, la poshing work In Mississippi
son. and a branch of It may be extended either to Gulfport
goula. This road touche* a territory having enough tin. to
ning for thirty-live year* the lumbar plant at Bogjlu.-a, La.