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VOL. V. NO. 284.
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FATE OF FRED BUSH
NOW IN HANDS OF JURY
Masterly Arguments
For Prosecution
and Defense.
JUDGE ROAN GIVES
CHARGE TO JURY
The Sensational Trial Draws
Near to Close in Su
perior Court.
The argument In the caee of Fred
Bush, charged with assault with Intent
to murder, was concluded at 12:45
o’clock, Attorney Luther Z. Rosser for
the defense malting the closing speech.
At 2 o’clock Friday afternoon Judge
Roan began his charge and at 3 o'clock
the case whs In the hands of the Jury.
Couniel for both the state and the
defense made unusually strong speeches
for and against the prisoner, and the
Intellectual battle betwein Solicitor Mill
snd Attorney Luther Rosser was an
almost unprecedented display of logic,
eloquence and wit.
In one of the most Impassioned
speeches ever delivered In the Fylton
criminal court. Solicitor IIIII presented
to the.Jury the care for the state. For
one hour and a quarter Solicitor Hill
held the spellbound attention of Che
great audience which packed the court
room, and. the tension was only broken
at times when with ridicule and sar-
■rasm he attacked the position of the
defense and referred to the "rotten
crutches on which they were trying to
hobble 1 to ; a verdict of acquittal."
The speech of Mr. H(I1 was frequently-
interrupted by Attorney Rosser, who
declared that the prosecuting attorney,
was not holding to the evidence In the,
case,’and-many spirited-tilts between
.the two attorneys followed.
"Has no Counterpart."
In opening the argument, Mr. Hill
said:
"Gentlemen of the Jury, this case hai
no counterpart in all the past, and
trust. tQ- QixMC WlU have no parallel It
all the f '
MAN’S BODY IMPALED
ON PICKET FENCE BY
FALLFROM HIGH PORCH
Cold Rain Keeps the
Ex-Confederates
Under Shelter.
GEORGIANSATTEND
OVER 600 STRONG
Heroes of the Lost Cause Be
ing Royally Entertained
in Historic Richmond.
I.... future.
"The youngest child.living today will
not outlive the evil effects of a wrong
verdict In this case.
“This was ,a most diabolical crlms. It
was a horrible crime, and thi man who
‘committed It.' w hoever he was. was a
diabolical and it cunnlnfc ' Bend. Oh.
depths of Infamy, open deeper still to
receive tilts'cunning monster, that tie
may not shnme the faces of the damned
who now Inhabit your labyrinths."
At grent length 1 Solicitor! Hill re
viewed (he evidence In the case and all
the circumstances : connected with' It,
and after he Mad summed up the evi
dence, he said: '
"Not a Missing Link."
"There Is not'd missing'link In this
rase. Every Unger points directly at
this defendant. It Is in'evidence that
he had the motive, that he - had the
ability, that he had the opportunity,
and that he had made the threats."
Solicitor Hill concluded his argument
by a brief resume of the evidence.
Mr. Rosser’s Speech.
Attorney Luther Z. Roigr r followed
Mr. Hill with the concluding argument
for the dpfenee,
’’Gentlemen of the Jury.’ said Mr.
Rosser, "my friend, Mr. Hill, has made
this same speech to a thousand Juries.
I have heard the same thing before.
"But coming -to -this cnee, there Is
not a particle of . evidence to connect
this defendant with thla crime.
"The only 'threat' that he le shown to
have made Is that he ’would not be re
sponsible for’what happened unlees
Boollttle stopped going with this young
woman.' and that Is as far as they have
gone. He has In no way been connect
ed with this crime.”
Scoffed at Theory.
Mr. Rosaer scoffed at the Idea that
Bush Is a moral pervert and that he
exercised n baneful Influence over
Charlie Doolittle. , ,
Mr. Rosser referred to the stress laid
by Mr. Util upon the evidence that
Bush "had mechanical knowledge', and
that he was an “expert on dynamite.
"The testimony that Bush knew, all
about dynamite was ruled out, Charlie,
said Mr. Rosser as he turned to Mr.
Hill, "but you didn’t know It and you
"ent on arguing It to the Jury..
The fact that Bush knew something
about dynamite In now way connects
him with this case.”
Attorney Rosser reviewed all the ev
idence at length, taking It all up as It
"as delivered and applied It to Bushs
case. In the effort to show the Impos
sibility of fastening the crime upon his
client. He made a powerful plea In
behalf of the prisoner and made a most
forcible presentation of his case.
An adjournment was then taken
until 2 o'clock. ,
The Morning Session.
At 10 o’clock Friday morning both
the prosecution and the defense an
nounced that all the evidence In the
case of Fred Bush, charged with aa-
Miss KAitHRVri tfCAfiTHY.
Temperance People in
Bartow Organize For
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Campaign..
TO BE CM
Railroad Commission
to Pass on Passen-
: g*er Rates.
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Special to The fieorslaW.’
nitersvllle. Us. May i$.— D-spIte a
heavy downpour of rnln. which looked
as though It’Would defeat the plans or
the prohibitionists, there was a large
and enthusiastic audience gathered at
the First Baptist church of this city
last night, In attendance upon the first;
public meeting that has been held byj
the temperance people In the present’
campaign In Bartow county.
The meeting, which wae called for
the purpose of effecting an organiza
tion, waa presided over by Rev. Walt
Holcomb. * L
The tpectlng was'very enthusiastic,
and It Was apparent that the friends of
prohibition have entered the contest
with the determination to fight to the
bitter 1 end.
The
of the
Richmond, Vs., May 11 Rain, cold,
drizzly rain, began falling thlz morning
as.the men in attendance on the Con
federate veterans’ reunion began to ap
pear on the streets. The" rain has. been
steady and the veterans have been
forced to keep under shelter most of the
day. ,,
Less than a score of the old men have
fallen out of the ranks and been taken
to the hospitals. None of the cases le
serious.
The veterans were addressed today
by Senator John W. Daniel, who was
given a rousing welcome, and by Cap
tain Robert E. Lee, Jr.,-of Fairfax, a
grandson .of General Lee. When the
veterans heard the name of the man
Who was to make an address they rose
as one man and made the Immense
building shake with cheers.
The program mapped out la being fol
lowed closely and there will be n grand
ball this evening, followed by-flrawoiks.
Two among the mnny Women hM
attracting the grearest attention und
the mbst profound testimonial* of dr-
rAti/>n*'wpo Ulru SiAnwHoll .Tar lr Ann
Sperist to The (ieorghm.
Cartersvllle, Oa„ May 11.—While
talking with seme friends, B. C. Pe-
; ters. an employee of the Southern Bell
I Telephone Company, pitched, over the
; baluster of the second story porch at
I the Bell Hotel at 9:30 o'clock last night.
I and as Me dropped toward the ground
| his body became entangled In a clothes
I line, was swung outward and . Impaled
on a picket fence. Two of the pickets
passed through the .body. .The man
was qulck'y lifted from the fence and
he died an hour later, without regain
ing consclouaneas.
The body was removed to an under
taker's establishment and'an effort Is
being made to locate the relatives of
the deceased.
Peters, who , was about 16 years of
age. cAme here from Atlanta with
force of men three weeks ago and had
been boarding at the Bell Hotel. It Is
stated that he has relatives at the Rand
Hotel. West Forty-ninth street.’ New
York, but so far they have not been
located.
A letter found In his pocket from
B. D. Kerns Indlcatss that his parents
reside somewhere In Virginia.
B. ,C. Peter* came to Atlanta In No
vember from Ills home In New York.
He had been In the employ of the
Southern Bell since hie arrival, travel
ing with a force qf men over the state.
His headquarters were In Atlanta, but
he had no relatives, here.
Officials of the Southern are trying to
communicate with relatives of the dead
man.
FREELY FOR
REGEMEIT
Fund to Take Soldiers
to Expo. Swelled
t>y Gifts.
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NEO FLAMES
Both a Mass of Fire
When She Re
turned.
EIGHT OTHERS
BADLY BURNED
Father Rushes Into Burning
Home to Awaken Oc
cupants. \
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One Fatally Hurt and “
Seven in Danger
ous Condition.
0 R. M. Rose Company 3100 O
O Atlanta Brewing and Ice Co.. 100 O
0 Chnmberlln-Johnann-DuBose
Co...
■uthern Bell Telephone Com-
pun-.
60 0
0 George Muhh Co
O Craig Cdfleld
O W. if. Kiser
O Frank Hawkins
O Julius I,. Brown
0 Judge John Ft. Wilkinson
0 A Friend to COlonel A
0 Miss Daisy Matthews..
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rotlon "are Map. Slone-all Jack son.
Widow of the famous lighter, and MIsh
Mary Cuatls Lee, daughter of General
Robert E. Lee. ”'
There are fully 10,000 ex-Coiifeder-
ute veterans In the city. The enmp
Is nn the site of Ihe great camp estnb- ___
ll.ihed In 1861, when troops were being r, Th . ( | cora i an
hurried to the front from all the South- ^
ern states.
Two Heroos Meet.
Many curious reunions already have
taken place. Thomas Egerton, of the
Twelfth North Carolina, and Edward
C. Draper, of Florida, are the heroes
of one of the most curious. They got
to swapping war history and as they
told of their experiences It developed
that both were wounded In the famous
12th of May fight In the Spottsylvanla
court house. They were shot down
few feet of each other, at
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work Of organization rnn.lst.1l about the same time of day. uotn
w0 . , P V or *»ntzatlon conslsteu i r# (aken t0 (he , ame ho , p nal at the
appointment of a number of aame time, possibly In the same am-
Continued on Page 8ix.
It maybe!’, stated-.'*authorlt*tiveiy:
barring'amy, hitch ndf now foreseen,
that the railroad commission will ran
der a dtclklhn- Saturday on the pas
senger reducfIon -case. ’ •
Chairman Worn* HIH’W attending
the Gedrgla baf itteOtlng at Tybee, but
la expected In the city Saturday thorn
Ing. Commissioner! Brown and 8te-.
vons stated Friday that If Chairman
Hill arrived and that no hitch occurred,|
the decision would M handed 'downj
Saturday. ' J
The corfimlssloflera themselves ,ara
stIU preserving absolute aliened:^ta
Ihe decision now, practically 'agreed
upon, but It le lenrned from a’ reliable,
source that there will be no 2-central*!
But there will be a reduction toroct-
lng the trunk lines, the maximum bglng
2 1-2 cents per mile, with a minimum of
2 cents, perhaps, under certain condl
tlons. It developed from the Investlga
tlon that only two roads In the stole
could stand a flat reduction to 2 cento—
the Atlanta and West Point and the!
Western and Atlantic.
One of the commissioners, so It goes,
favored placing the rate for those two
lines on a 2-cent basis, but it met wltlij
the opposition of the other tV'n, and thq
rate on these lln*s will probably be
2 1-2 cents, as upon.the other pig trunk
lines. ' ,
Makes CerefpJ 8tudy.
It Is understood, also, that the de
cision will be Very comprehensive In
Its scope, and will go Into the question
fully. For almost -two month*
Commissioner Brown has .devoted hjjn-
commlttees, composed of some of the
most, prominent men In the county,
which committee*’are* tb act In con
Junction with those appointed,Wednes
day afternoon by the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Upton.
Mr. Holcomb stated last night that
the county, waa belng'flooded with the
literature.of the liquor people, and that
this literature - contained arguments
from several prominent • divines over
the country who had declared adverse
ly to ths prohibition cause. It was also
stated by Dr. Holcomb that some of
the circulars contained an article point
ing out the reason* (hat Governor Pat
terson, of Tennessee, gave In his veto
message when he refused to'sign the
famous anti-jug Igw that was passed
by the legislature of that state.
With the women thoroughly organ
ised and the men determined upon
their course, the temperance'people are
highly optimistic ns to the result of the
comlnff election.
* - Legislator Talks.
Hnn.‘ W. J. Neel, a member of the'
coming' Georgia legislature, In speak
ing of the present campaign In Bartow
county said the following:
"Bartow was one of the first counties
In Georgia to drive whisky out. That
was nearly a qunrter of a century ag-
Rev. .Sam Japes slid Dr. Hendden ted
that fight. It waa a battle royal and
victory came by the narrow mn.eln of
two majority. Since -the’•courts have
decided our local law to be void, It ne-
comee neoess^-y tb .tight J*l* battle
over again. ' une would suppose the
whisky gang -to be dead nr die irgan-i
Ized by .this time and that victory would
_ J .. ...nil# ’ I a IIia SotitAee ft. ■ a t.wn.
COM MU TEE IS NA MED
70 ENTERTAIN GEORGIANS
8 n^rVV 0 Wfc.-Th. following comm.,,.,
President Anderion, of the Board of Trade, to entertain visiting Georgians
on Georgia Day, June 10: .
William T. Anderson. J. W. McC'airlck 8. S-No“ ,n « h0 '"'^^’ ^ h j['
n. William E. Cameron. W. H. ".■II*. S- u- ti.B N. M.
£ton. william E. Cameron, w. n. «■•■»- **•>«• Galt N M.
Gobi#, George Pilcher. R. D. Parrott H- B. Nlchola W. " -
"V Moss, E. C. Hatch.way, J.W. Brown W ".8Me Abbot, it r
Woodard, II. S. Herman and D. 8. BurwelL
come In a walk to the flghttra for pro
hibition."
It Is expected that a large gathering
of people will be present a, the Taber
nacle next 'Sunday, when the iemper-
ence people will hold an all-day tally.
Rev. George R. Stuart will preside at
the afternoon meeting, and will at ' hat
time deliver his famous address cn
temperance. There will be a number of
E romlnent speakers present, und a bas-
et dinner will be served on the Tubvr-
nacle grounds.
self almost night and day to a study of
the question. He has compiled a mass
of figures and data. Jji gll this he ha*
received the ffrtlve co-operation of hla
co-worker* on the commission.
Th* sliding scale of rates has been
considered, but will not be applied In
any extensive way. The small Inde
pendent lints wilt, probably be undis
turbed, though a few now allowed to
charge a 6-cent rat* may be cut down
slightly.
The final decision will be awaited
with the keenest Interest by both the
general public and the railroad peo-
' pie* *'
bulance: both were attended by the
sume surgeon: both recovered < from
their wounds about the same time, and
bo|h resumed buelness at the front
about the same day and- fought the
balance of ,h* war out very near to
each other, and yet this was the first
time, so far as either of the men knew,
they had ever met. To use their own
language, both were “high-heeled pri
vates In the rear rank."
Missouri headquarters are at Mur
phys Hotel. Major General John B.
rttoqe, who commands the Missouri di
vision of Confederate Veterans, I* at
the head of the delegation. Among the
officers on hand were Captain John
Shaull, of Vernon county: Colonel W.
C. Bronaugh and Captain H. C. Gregg,
of Kansas City.
North Carolina headquarters at Ban
ger hall Is a scans of constant liveli
ness. The old boys were Ih from all
parts of the old Tar Heel Stale.
Georgia Delegation.
Tonight the North Carolina contin
gent will be tendered a reception by
the North Carolina Society of Rich
mond.
Alabama la at Ht. Marys School, on
Marshall street. “Two trains, loaded
down, came In from Montgomery," said
Captain C. C. Crow, "and I reckon be
fore the boy* get through arriving we
will have as many a* 600 Alabamans
at this reunion."
Captain Crow is the commander of
Gordon Memorial camp at Anniston. ,
Georgia headquarters are at the Me
chanics institute, and a large number
from that state have registered, possi
bly 700. Special trains from Atlanta.
Savannah and Macon reached here yes-
terday.
Among the Georgian* registered le
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Atlanta Is responding nobly to Th#
Georgian's call for funda to*send the
Fifth regiment to Jamestown on Geor
gia day. ...
Hardly had The Georgian's message
reached the street Thursday afternoon
until the first response cams. Judge
TRACTION CAR
RAN OVER CUR
Moioraan Rubbered to See
Dog and Failed to Sec*
Car Ahead.
Elyria. Ohio, May* 31.-~Seven per
sons dead, another fatally Injured and
seven in a dangerous condition Is the
result of a rear-end collision last night
between two Cleveland. Southwestern
and Columbus traction cars.
b. N. Piierndflner, a motorman. Is
today held on a charge of manslaugh
ter. All of the dead, lived here.
Several had one or both feet ampu
tated. others had the|f. legs crushed.
The dead and Injured were caught on
the reaf plat form of the forward car.
The motdrtnan. who escaped, was
John R. Wilkinson', voice c.me over I thr, * ,fn " 1 wlt h mob Moicncu after tho
the 'phone, contributing 110 to the fund, crash; and was located at his home to
ting Branch, N. J., May 31.—Fire
destroyed the costly cottage of Jacob
Rothschild, In Ocean avenue today,
causing four deaths, Injuries to eight
other persons, some of whom will die,
and Tor a lime threatening to wipe out
large part of the settlement.
The Rothschild cottage ha* been oc
cupied by the family of Walter Schlf-
fer, secretary of the United Cigar Man
ufacturers' Company of New York.
The dead: 1
Marlon'Schlffer.' 10 yeara old. died
from Inhaling flames.
Ruth Srhlffer, 14 yeans old, body
found in ruins. >
Tlllle Notson. servant, body found In
ruins.
Mary Bllger, servant, body found In
ruins. , i
Burned:
Walter Schlffer,; bends and body
badly burned In’making rescues.
Mrs. Walter Sehlffer, hair burned
off: face and body scorched; will prob
ably die
He waa followed by several others. On
Friday morning Colonel Clifford An
derson, commander of the regiment, re
ceived a number of subscriptions from
well-known business men, swelling the
fund by several hundred dollars. The
subscriptions obtained by him are In-
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It Is no call for charity the Fifth reg
iment Is making. Georgia should bo
represented at the Jameatoivn Exposi
tion on the stale's own day and the
soldier boys who. go to add to the glory
of Georgia and Atlanta should not be
forced to bear thrlr own expenses.
But the- fund Is. yet far from the
amount needed to pay tor the trip. Col.
onel Anderson places ths total amount
needed, exclusive of the 11.006 given
by the city,.at,11,600, and believes that
there will be no difficulty In securing
the sum. Certainly there should be no
trouble, if other Atlantans respond as
generously as those whosse names are
given above.
Mr. Brown’s Letter.
Julius L. Brown has struck the key
note In a letter to The Georgian, In
closing a check for his contribution to
the fund. Here Is his latter, a clarion
call to Atlantans to give freely to their
own regiment:
To the Editor of The Georgian:
You are right. The soldier boys ought
by all means to go to Jamestow n. But
you don't put the case strong enough.
Atlanta would be disgraced If we felled
to send them. They go not for a junket
but to represent Atlanta and Geor
gia.
Let the Atlanta people remember
what.these soldier bdys did last winter
and not prove ungrateful. It affords
me pleasure' on this, my 6»th birthday,
to contribute my mite to aid them. 1
herewith Inclose my check for 110.
Yours truly,
JULIUS L. BROWN.
day.
A special grand Jury will Investigate
the wreck. Motorman Fuerndelner de-
dares he had run over' a dog and In
looking to see how badly It was In
jured he’failed to notice that the cay
ahead had’stopped. Fuerndelner Jump
ed before the crash and ran.
Ths Dead.
HENRY M. HILLINGS, aged 60.
W. C,. ALLEN, Lake Shore claim
agent.
DONALD 8ALA,
EDWARD O'DONNELL.
CHARLES B. HORTON.
HOMER ALLEN.
EUNICE W. WURBT.
Th# Injured.
Marguerite Butler, aged 16, Elyria,
one foot amputated, other heel crushed.
Mabel Dean, aged 16. 8outh Amherst,
both feet amputated.
Arthur Cattlett. noth feet amputated.
Jack Leslie, Carlisle, left foot am
putated.
•Mr*. J. ff Bala, Elyria, one leg
crushed and severe Internal Injuries;
will die.
Will Savoy, conductor of the first car,
both feat amputated.
George W. C. Chamberlain, aged 30.
Madlion, compound rrseture of both
leg*. >
r>. Cliorr-n, II. Jlrlccer. guests, and
Ivan Retton, Katie Murray, Miss
Srltlark, Josephine Hottman. servants,
minor Injuries.
Wsr* Playing Whist.
Mr. and Mrs. Schlffer and their two
guests were playing whljt when they
smelled smoke. An Mr. Schlffer passed
Into :li- kit"lien In Investigate th#
stnnke the room burst out In flames.
Mrs. Schlffer tried to find her way
through (he dense smoke to their
rooms occupied by her 'children nnd
Mias Sohlark, tho governess. She was
overcome by the smoke and fell heav
ily against the door of the governess’
room. Miss Sehlsrk opened the door,
her own room wan then being filled
with smoke, and tried to lift Mrs.
Schlffer. Falling, she passed a roped
sheet about her body, nnd dragged her
tp a window. The fresh air revived
Mr*. Schlffer and she darted back to
save her children.
Mother's Heroic Act
Ths mother love which prompted
that act of heroism may coat her her
lire. The flames were then bursting
through the floor and as she passed
them, her garments caught fire.
Dashing Into the room occupied by
little Marlon, she grabbed her up from
the bed which was then burning and
ran down the stairs and out onto the
lawn. The night gown .'of the child
was then burned off and Mr*. Bchlff-
er's clothes were nflro from her feet to
her neck.
A dozen men relieved . the frantic
woman of the child nnd rolled her In
the damp grass smothering the flames.
Father Falls Exhausted.
Mr. Schlffer fought the flames and
rushed through the house getting out
the occupanta until he fell from ex
haustion, hla rlothes ablaze, and was
carried to the Helmendlnger cottage.
When the flames were at their
height th* wind spread them to the
handsome residences adjoining, one
owned by the Simon Stemberger es
tate, nnd the other by Jarob Cohn.
Both the Wolfe and Cohn families got
out safely though they had narrow es
capes. It was estimated that the dam-
age to them was almost equal to the
loss of the Rothschild villa. The loss
will reach 1260,000 on the three build
ing*. . '
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RACE RESULTS. ,
TORONTO.
, First Race—Elllcotl. 10 to 0. won;
0 1 Walton, 4 to 1, second; Zellna, 1 to 2,
„ . 01 third.
..01 degrees, o Second Race—Canobla Lake, 7 to
..00 degrees. O io. won; Sir Balln. 7 to 6, second;
-.70 degrees. 0 Mollere. 4 to L third.
..71 degrees. O BELMONT.
O First Race—Grimaldi. 16 to 10. wop;,
O! Ktamesha, 2 to 6. seond; Marster. l
O lob third. Tim# 1:28.
0 1 Second Race -Marbles. 4 to I. won:
0 i Glorious Uetsy, 1 to |, second; Fondello,
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Growth and Progress of the, New South
The Georgian records her# etch ilsjr suns
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
J. E. Linder antl.W. T. Johnson are very busy making their prepa
rations lo Install one of the nicest and mpst up-to-date Ice plants and
steam, laundries.In (his section of,the state. They.think that they will be
.ready to have the machinery In operation by June It. This is - ,me-
thlng (not Hartwell has long needed.
ther
The-Fitzgerald, Oellla and Broxton Railroad Company-was
a charter by Hecretary of Btat* Philip Cook yesterday. This Is
of the small railroad lines which are springing up In abundance in south
Georgia, end rapidly developing that section of the state.
This new line Is about 10 mils* long, passing through the counties of
Ben Hill, Irwin, Coffee and Turner, and connecting the cities of Ash-
burn. Fltsgerald, Oellla and Brpxton. Its principal office Is at Fltzsemld.
The capital itock of tho company is 3100.600, with the usual privi-
lece of Increase, snd among the Incorporators appear many
known In the southern section of the state. Including J. A.
and H. J. Gulncy, of Oellla; H. C. McFadden and J. G. Knapp,
geraltl; J. J. Dormlny and others, of Broxton.
Henders
of Fltz-
8ome ld*a of the rapid development of Mansfield, Ga. and immedi
ate section may be gained by reference to a real estate deal re. ent!v con
summated by E. I,. Almand. Fer a 100-acre tract of Und belonging to
Hon. G. C. Adams and Professor J. H. Adams, situated a few miles north
of-Mansfield. Mr. Almand paid the fancy price of 330 an acre, the pur
chase representing an Investment of 19,000.
Nearly half the lumber of the country Is now cut In t!.« Houtb.
The Manufacturers Record, the annual output of this section being
ued at about 3300,000,000.
aye
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