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VOL. V. NO. 327.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JULY 22,1907.
STAND PIT
FOR PRESENT
Prohibitionists Won’t
Yield a Point
to Antis.
OFFER COMPROMISE
ON JULY 1 NEXT
Great Fight to Come Off
Wednesday for Absolute
Prohibition or None.
‘ fhe prohibitionists In the legislature
do not care how many substitutes or
amendments are offered for the prohi
bition bill when it comes up for pas
sage; they are going to stand flat-foot-
ed for the measure as it* is today, and
thsy will not yield one inch of ground
to the opposition."
This was the answer given by Rep-
resentative Seaborn Wright Monday
morning when asked his opinion re
garding the substitute and amendments
which it is proposod to offer to the
prohibition bill when it comes up for
passage in the house next Wednesday,
In the effort tp defeat the Hardman
senate prohibition bill, which Is now
pending In the house, and which will
be read the third time nnd put on Its
passage next Wednesday, the oppo
nents of the measure have mapped out
three plans of attack, either one of
which, If successful, will serve to de
feat the ends for which the prohibition
forces are striving.
The first Is to offer a substitute for
the bill, which, It Is said, will do away
with the saloon, but will allow tile sale
of alcoholic beverages In the original
’ 'package, which can neither be opened
-nardrunk on the premises whero It Is
sold. This substitute, it Is understood,
" 111 ■UTcrci] by Mr. Hall, ,,f Bibb, and
Mr, Slater, of Bryan. It Is designed to
allow the sale of whisky and other Ih-
toxlcants on the wholesale principle,
thua abolishing the evil of social drink
ing In barrooms, and will he offered as
a compromise for the measure now be
fore the house.
An Alternative.
Should thla substitute be defeated, as
It will In all probability, the leaders of
the opposition. It Is said, will then seek
to so amend the bill that "an honest,
respectable man enn keep a bottle of
liquor In his home, or obtain wine,
beer or other alcoholic fluids upon pre.
scrlptlon of physicians.”
Whether the leaders of the move
ment have yet worked out the standard
by which a physician shall determine
the honesty and respectability of the
applicant for the prescription, or the
latitude he shnll bo given In determin
ing these vital points, has not yet been
given out.
Should this amendment also be de
feated, then the nntl-prohtbltlonlsts
will fall back to the last ditch and
make a fight for an amendment to
make the bill go Into effect January 1,
1909, Instead of January 1, 1908.
Compromise on July 1.
While Governor • Smith stands
pledged to sign the prohibition bill If
It Is passed by the legislature, ho ts
also Interested In other Important
legislation, and la anxious to see the
question of prohibition disposed of as
early os possible. With this end In
vletv, it |s reported that he has sug
gested to the prohibition leaders that
a compromise be effected, and that the
hill bo changed so as to go Into effect
July I, 1908, instead of January 1, 1908.
This proposition. It Is said, was re
fused by the prohibitionists, who have
determined that the hill shall go
through the house as It passed the
senate, and as It was later amended by
the house temperance committee.
Disfranchisement Bill
To Be Recon
sidered.
PROFESSOR HAU,
Now on trial at Karlsruhe, Ger
many, for murdering his mother-
in-law. His wife afterwards com
mitted suicide. The trial Is com
manding great attention. His at
torney has challenged the state's
attorney to a duel.
JUDGE PRITCHARD
IROERS DISCHARGE
OF TICKET AGENTS
Holds ( That Men Were
Working Under the
Injunction.
Asheville, N. C, July 2?.—Judge
Pritchard, In the United States circuit
court here,- has ordered the discharge
from the custody of the municipal aii-
thorltles, tho two Southern railway
ticket agents. Wood and Wilson. In
doing so the judge died a written opin
ion of some 3,000 words, In which he
bases his decision on the ground:
1. Thnt tho ticket agents were pro
tected In selling at the old rate by the
United States circuit court’s Injunction
staying execution of the law until Oc
tober next, when Special Master Mont
gomery, of Raleigh, Is expected to re
port his findings In the rase referred
to him by Judge Pritchard.
2. That the pennl clause of the new
state rate law In Itself Is unconstitu
tional, In that It Is so heavy as to be
confiscatory and to prevent a contest
by the companies affected in the
courts.
It now remains to be seen If the po
lice judge will attempt to force the
ticket agents to serve the sentence he
Imposed on them—thirty days on the
county roads.
The contempt case against Harmon
Is still pending this afterrtoon before
Judge Pritchard. Harmon Is the man
on whose affidavit the two ticket
agents were arrested the eecond time.
When summoned before the United
States circuit court Suturday, he failed
to respond.
The execution which some dispatches
have stated would be levied today at
Raleigh, for the 130,000 line on the
Southern railway property. Is the for
mality of issuing the execution, within
three days after adjournment of the
state court, as the law requires.
That the bill of Mr. Williams, of
Laurens, known as the administration
"disfranchisement" bill, will meet with
strong opposition when It comes up for
passage In the lower house, was dem
onstrated Monday morning when Mr.
Hall, of Bibb, started a successful fight
to have the but. which has been favor
ably reported by the committee on con*
stltutlonal amendments, recommitted
to that committee and considered along
with his measure on the same line.
Mr. Hall declared that no oppor
tunity had been given him to attend
the meeting, as It was called by the
author of the bill, Mr. Williams, with
out his knowledge, and that he should
have been given an opportunity to
present hie bill to the committee at the
same time.
There was considerable debate over
the question, during which certain por
tions of It became rather warm.
Mr. Williams declared that he was
acting as chairman of the committee
during the absence of Mr. Perry, and
that it was not his business to notify
the gentleman from Bibb when meet
ings were to be held, nor was It the
duty of the house to recommit the bill
Just to "please the whim of one mem
ber."
Mr. Hall declared that It was’noth
ing, but common courtesy to give him
a hearing before any bill on disfran
chisement was acted upon.
Mr. Sheffield, of Decatur, charged
that Mr. Hall’s bill does not conform
t» the Macon platform and that the
"house had better look with some sus
picion upon the man who went up and
down the state last year declaring that
he was opposed to disfranchisement."
Mr. Hall denied that he had ever
said he was opposed to disfranchise
ment, but stated that ho was oppose!
to any measure which disfranchised a
‘the man and enfranchised a negrr
The vote 'of-the hnnse svas over
whelmingly In favor of Mr. Hall’s reso
lution that the bill be recommitted, but
whether It was done fis a matter of
courtesy to the gentleman from Bibb
or whether the administration bill Is
unsatisfactory will not be known until
the measure comes up for final action.
Tho house was called to order by
Speaker Slaton at 10 o'clock Monday
morning and led In prayer by Chaplain
Parks.
Upon request of Mr. Martin, of El-
•bert, unanimous consent was given for
the reading of the senate resolution
Inviting Dean A. M. Soule, of the agri
cultural college at Athens to address
the general assembly Monday night at
8:30 o’clock. The resolution was. read
and adapted.
A VOICE OF AUTHORITY—
Mr. Custis N. Anderson, a well known real estate man of Atlanta, and man
ager of the Mercantile and Collection Department of the law firm of Anderson,
Felder, Rountree & Wilson, writes as follows:
Mr. F. L. Seely, Publisher The Atlanta Georgian.
Dear Mr. Seely:
As one of the real estate agents of Atlanta, I wish to commend you and your paper
for the splendid stand it has taken on the prohibition measure, now pending before our legis
lature.
While all of our business men realize that a change so radical as the one proposed
will cause many changes and a readjustment of affairs in some quarters, I, for one, wish to
express my faith in Atlanta's and Georgia’s great future with a law of this nature in force,
and a firm belief that the material os well as moral welfare of our state will be enhanced
rather than decreased.
I realize that it takes a splendid amount of courage to come out boldly and take the
stand you have taken in view of the forces arrayed on the other side, and the right thinking
people throughout the state should give you their united support.
Yours with best wishes, CUSTIS N. ANDERSON.
Verdict Is Expected
by Next Satur
day.
Just bow long the fight on these pro
win*
pouch amendments to the bill will be
protracted ts a queatlon for surmise.
The test vote In the house last Friday
showed that the friends of the bill
had approximately 115 votes, while the
opponents were able to muster only
J9. At that time, however, many
friend* of the bill were absent from
the house while the antl-prohlbltlon
contingent were present almost wlth-
exceptlon.
■n regard to the proposed amend
ments the leaders of the prohlbitlon-
ict» have already expressed thera-
Jd'es. Thy have asserted that they
have a following of three-fourths of
the house, and proved it last Friday'
''hen It came to a test. They-have
■uither declared that If the opponents
® f the present bill seek to kill the bill
ov amendments or to block Its passage
“S' filibustering tactics, they will
change the hill so that It will go Into
'"“cl immediately after Its passage,
ond then enact It Into law without
delay.
Asleep on Track
man Killed
Flagi
Special to The Georgian.
Greenville, B. C„ July 22.—Cart
cinch, a flagman on the Southern rail.
**>. was killed thla morning at Cros-
!"]• n v* miles from Greenville. He
ahead to flag a freight train and
thi V*** 1 on the track. It ts said, when
k, , r * n passed over hts body, killing
nim Instantly Finch's home was Oas-
tonla. The body was brought here thla
.ternoon and prepared for buriaL
Auto Crash
Victim Dies
died today In the hoapttal, where she Wn»
taken after (wing terribly burned when
f n automobile In which the ami her fiance,
>r. Hdwnrd J. Qaltlfber. were driving, waa
■truck hr a faat train. ■
Dr. <inllltfhrr .met a sudden and horrible
death. The gnaoline tnnlt exploded.
Railing Broke;
3 Men Drown
the house to put on Its pnssngc tho bl
of Mr. Burwell, of Hancock, provid
ing for confirming and validating all
bonds Issued by counties and munici
palities since the adoption of tho con
stitution of 1827 and prior to the paee-
age of the act approved 1897, provid
ing for validating bonds of counties
anti municipalities.
Mr. Dunbar, of Richmond, offered
an amendment to the bill providing
that no bonds shall be allowed vali
dated which have been Issued since
the constitution of 1877.
The amendment was adopted and
the bill waa passed by a substitute of
fered by the-commlttee on banks and
banking, to which the bill was referred.
Upon request of Mr. Candler, of De-
Kalb, the house took up the bill prg-
Bolse, Idaho, July 22.—When this
week closes, on Saturday afternoon,
probably, the fate or William D. Hay
wood will' be known. The Jury Is ex
pected to bring In a verdict by that
thne. The argument for the defense
opened this morning and will probably
continue for the next two ,or three
days.
K. F. Richardson began the argu
ment for Haywood and he will proba
bly speak for about ten hours, referring
in detail to every point of disputed evi
dence elicited since the trial begun.
Clarence Darrow, of Chlcngo, will not
begin his closing argument until Wed
nesday rooming. The last word will
come from Senator Borah, who -proba
bly will speak Friday, rinsing the
state's side of the case. The Jury will
be charged by Judge Wood ,,n Friday
afternoon or Suturday morning nnd a
verdict Is expected on Saturday night.
There Is great difference of opinion ns
to the outcome. Tho defense this
morning made It plain that the conten
tlon that Harry Orchard Is an arch
liar as well os a murderous fiend will
be strictly adhered to. Haywood’s
complicity In any crime Orchard con
fessed will be denied, and It Is contend
ed that Orchard Implicated the officials
of the Western Federation of Miners
through persuasion and coercion by
detectives In the employ of the mine
owners.
There will be no more nfternoon sea.
stone of the Hnywood trial, owing to
the extreme heat. Morning and even
ing sessions are to be held, the latter
from 6 to 8:30 o'clock.
GROCERS MEET TONIGHT
TO INDORSE PROHIBITION
The grocers, retail and wholesale, will meet Monday night at 8
o’clock In the council chamber at the city hall, to draft resolutions in
dorsing the prohibition bill now before the state legislature, nnd which
will bo put on Its. passage Wednesday.
With .them will meet the grain nnd feedstuff dealers of tho city, and.
all other business men Interested In the movement. The retail grocers
are especlally.urged to be present and voice their sentiments.
President C. I. McAndrews and Secretary C. A. Tappan, of the
Retail Grocera’ Association, have Issued a call for the members of that
organization to attend the meeting, and an invitation Is extended to
every business man In the city to be present, whether members of the
association or not. A large number of names has been secured to a
petition Indorsing the prohibition law. and It la believed that It will be
unanimously Indorsed by the grocers and other merchants of the city. .
It Is Feared He Is One
of Many Victims
of Collision.
2o0 PEOPLE WERE
ON THE COLUMBIA
DEFENDING HIS FATHER,
BOY KILLS ASSAILANT
gpeclsl to The Georgina.
Columbus, Ga., July 23.—Will Chap
man, 31 'years old and a painter, was
shot and killed by Arthur Martin, aged
17, the son of Henry Martin. Henry
Martin waa shot twice by Chapman In
a quarrel over a trivial matter, when
the younger Martin took ills father’s
Winchester and killed Chapman. They
were next door neighbors, nnd bad
feeling had existed for soma time.
ICE
SUNDA Y BROKE \\J ATCDI
RECORD FOR BOTH VV A I Cl\J
vldlng for the payment of salaries of
the Judges of*!** ' ' *
won* drown* <1 loony in rmr, wmu
(he rolling of a ferry Hading gore way snd
a throng of workmen Walling for tke host
Slanged Into the river. All were bmr* or
fe“ injured In the light for life, tearing
null pulling each other In efforts to tax*
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a missed connection at Chattanooga £
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race results.
BRIGHTON BEACH.
fjw ra * Rac<—Jacobite, & ‘to 3, won;
Bad News, * to 1. second; Golden West,
» to 6, third. Time 1:12 *-*.
the court of appeals nnd
attaches. The court waa created at
the Inst session of the legislature and
has been. In session since January 1,
1907, without salat-lee. The bill car
rled an appropriation of 319,700.
The house went Into the committee
of the whole with Mr. Adams, of Chat
ham in the chair, and reported the bill
for passage without discussion. The
vote upon the measure was lit to 0.
Amendment to Charter.
The senate amendment to the bill
amending the charter of the city of At
lanta was read and concurred In by
the house. -
The amendment provided for allow
ing the city of Atlanta to hold an elec
tion on the question of Issuing 3500,000
worth of bonds for the purpose of
building a city hall.
A resolution adopted recently by the
Fulton County Medical Society . me-
morallslng the legislature not to'pass
the prohibition bill as it now atands.
waa Introduced by Mr. Blackburn, of
Fulton, and read to the house.
Doctors’ Resolutions.
Messrs. Slade and Russell, of Mus
cogee, Introduced a similar resolution
adopted by the druggists of'Columbus.
Mr. Hall, of Bibb, offered a resolu
tion requesting that house bill No. 40,
being the disfranchisement measure of
Mr. Williams, of Laurens, be recom
mitted to the committee on amend
ments to the constitution, and that all
such measures be reported to the
house at the same time.
Mr. Hall declared that be also had-
a disfranchisement bill which had not
been acted upon by the house. He
stated that the meeting bad been called
without hie knowledge and that the
bill of Hr. Williams jiad been hastily
acted upon. '
Mr. Williams stated In defense of the
action of the committee that he was
acting chairman ,at the tlmt and that
he had a right to call the committee
at any time he saw fit; that .the fact
that the committee would meet waa
published In all the Atlanta papers,
and that It waa not Jtia business to go
around and Inform the gentleman from
Bibb when committees would meet.
Mr. Slater, of Bryan, waa In favor
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EXPECTED IN KOREA
RIOTING CEASED
Japs Will Abolish Korean
Military System and
Service.
Toklo, July 22.—Advlcea from Seoul
Indicate that the demands that will
probably be presented by Japan Include
a revision of the Japnnese-Korean
treaty or a new Korean constitution.
Another plan Is to give the resident
general direct control of all the depart
ments and to make the cabinet'respon
sible to him, the emperor retaining the
power of formal veto. In any case the
Korean military system will be abol
ished.
Desultory rioting continues In Seoul,
where General Hasegawa Is In com
mand of the Japanese forces. At the
suggestion of Prince Ito, the various
consulates have accepted Japanese
guards. It Is reported that three
American warships and an English
cruiser are expected at Chemulpo this
afternoon and that they will land ms-
tinea to protect the consulates.
(Continued on Page Five.)
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EX-EMPEROR OF KOREA
STILL MAKING TROUBLE.
Seoul, Korea, July 22.—Defeated, de
posed and threatened with exjle, the
late emperor of Korea Is making more
trouble for Japan than when he actu-
aly held reigns of power. Despite ev
ery effort of the Japanese civil and
military authorltlee. thy former emper
or has been In constant communica
tion ! since abdication with leaden of
the anti-Japan rlotera.
A VALUABLE SERVICE
FROM A CONTEMPORARY
Nearly everybody In talking about prohibition thete days, The senti
ment was never stronger in Georgia. Why? The Information—how well
It has prohibited—has been told by The Atlanta Georgian. This great
dally’ hns done uh an Invaluable service. State prohibition will come
next week and to Its success we must attribute no little part to The
Georgian. We gfve on our front page 11« announcement.
The Georgian is an acknowledged power now In state prohibition.
Let us stand by It In every way that will make It first In the state. This
paper Is destined to be a great power In tho United States In all lines of
reform and world-wide prohibition.
Many aro now stiylng: ‘T Intend to tako The Georgian as soon ns
my subscription Is out with the ‘other/” Do It nnd you will do your
duty to your God, your state, your church, your family—In fact, every
body.—Llthonta Service. ■ ' '
Cries of Passengers Were
Drowned by Great, On
rush of Waters.
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Scant clothes, big fans, Ice water In
ternally—such waa the prescription
for a hot day taken by Atlantans Sun
day.
About 500 tons of frozen water,
enough to make an artificial Iceberg
the size of tho governor’s mansion, was
distributed to a fanning, perspiring
and overheated Atlanta public Sunday,
according to the statements of the lot
men, whose lumbering wagons were In
the nature of relief chips to the suf
fering populace.
The parka and cooling off places
around the city were filled with thou
sands who sought to dodge old Sol’s
rays and catch the breeze*. but the
bulk of the population, according to
the water department's calculations,
hovered In and about the bath tubs.
Mors water was used In Atlanta tban
on any previous Sunday In the history
of Atlanta.
Water Record Broken.
The consumption of .water In Atlanta
on Sundays Is always much lower than
on any other day, and usually does not
exceed 8,000,000 gallons. On the Bun
day just passed 10,000,000 were used,
which, according to the general man
ager, Is the record, and with a good
margin.
Thla Is made more remarkable be
cause of the fact that the people of
Atlanta have been urged to be sparing
and economical In the use of water for
tho next thirty days, because of the
danger of the reservoir falling again,
and many families have pursued this
course as far as practicable.
The trouble with the temperature
was that it did net let up as early as
usual. The maximum, 95.8, was reached
at about 3 o'clock and for an hour the
mercury lingered around that figure,
reluctantly going down to the accom
paniment of gasps of relief. Several
Inquisitive people who put thermome
ters In the sun to see how hot ft was
out there reported broken Instruments.
An exasperated citizen called up the
weather man, seeking Information upon
which to- build hopes of better things.
What must I look fort” asked he.
Whatever you’ve lost," replied the
forecaster pleasantly.
"By Jlmmlny, I've lost seven pounds
today and I want to know when there's
a chance to get it back."
"No hope unless It rains,” replied
the weather man.
But It didn’t rain. It had no Idea of
raining. It ■ rained nickels and dimes
to the soda Water and Icc men, but the
only water came out of the pipes.
At the approach of the ire men In
certain residence sections, the alarm
was given and the householders rushed
out to the attack. They wanted Ice for
the cooler,' the refrigerator, the freezer,
and pome for the bath tuba. One im
pecunious man ordered a cent’s worth
apd got a wet spot on hla back porch
where the Ice man had deposited a
good-sized chunk two minutes before.
One old Icc mule went on a strike,
feigning lllnee. and ivas put In the sta.
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0 7 a. m. 84 degrees 0
0 8 a. 85 degrees 0
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Justice Cobb Resigna
Associate Justice Andrew J. Cobb,
of the Georgia supreme court, tendered
his ofilclal resignation to Governor
Smith Monday morning. The date
upon which Justice Cobb retires Is
fixed for October 12, when the business
now under way will be out of the way.
Governor Smith has stated that he
will not consider a successor to Jus
tice Cobb for several weeks, probably
after the general assembly hae ad
journed.
San Francisco, July 22.—Ono hun- 1
dred pcrsonH, It Is feared, were drowned
on bonrd the steamer Columbia sunk
off Shelter Cove, In a collision with
tho steamer San Pedro. Tho two
steamers crashed Into each other
through mistaken signals, ns they were
pnsslng off Shelter Point.
Tho San Pedro tore an Immense hole
In the side of tho Columbia The two
steamers drew npart and the Columbia
sank In a fow minutes. No time tens
given her passengers and crew to save
themselves and the crew of the San
Pedro could do little In the way of
rescue.
A few survivors of the Columbia
were picked up by the crew of the San
Pedro. In the darkness, however. It
was Impossible for them to gather In
more than a fow. Nearly all on hoard
went down with the vessel. The pas
sengers Hnd most of the crews were
asleep on both steamers when the crash
occurred.
Many of the Columbia's passengers
did not have time to get out of their
state rooms. Their shrieks and groanH
were drowned by the overwhelming
waters, while there was a panic and
commotion on board the Han Pedro.
The Columbia was on her way from
Portland. Sha was a screw steamer,
built In Chester, Pa., In 1890. for ths
coastwise traffic In freight nnd passen
gers. Sho ran between Portland and
Ban Francisco.
The coast In the spot where the acci
dent occurred Is badly supplied with
lights and soveral marine tragedies
have occurred there.
The scene on board when the vessels
struck was appalling. Tho Columbia
wns crowd.-d to her capacity with pas
sengers, many of them woman find
children. All were routed from their
beds by the crash, but the Columbia
snnk so rapidly that they had scarcely
n chance for their lives.
The San Pctlro Is a small vessel and
only carried two boats, which were
lowered na soon ns was passible In tho
confusion thnt prevailed. The crew of
the Snn Pedro managed to throw out
ropes nnd life buoys enough to aavo
eighty of the Columbia's pussengers.
The captain of tho latter vessel, A.
P. Doran, stood on th>* bridge to the ;
Inst nnd went down with his ship. Tho
steamer Ronnoko emerged from tho :
fog and aided In tho work of rescue und •
towed the Snn Pedro Into Eureka.
One of the officers of the San Pedro
says that she struck the Columbia on
the port bow. rutting her down to the
water line. The Ban Pedro's bow was •
stove In. hut being lumber laden, slip
kept attoat-
250 PEOPLE WERE ON
THE ILL-FATED STEAMER.
New York, July 22.—The New York
office of the Portland nnd Asiatic
Steamship Company, to which tho
stenmer Columbia, which wns rammed
and sunk by the lumberer San Pedro,
belongs, has Just received a messugo
from San Francisco:
"The steamer Roanoke has arrived
bringing advices that the steamer San
Pedro, laden with lumber from Eureka
for San Francisco, Saturday about
midnight, and the Columbia. Snn F$jpn-
c|eco to Portland, off Shelter Cove, col
lided near Point Delgado.
"The Columbia sank within five min- 1
utee. Captain Dornn. who was In com
mand, Is believed to have been lost. Tho
Columbia carried 183 cabin pass. ng. rs.
21 steerage passenger* and itxty offi
cers and crew. Very serious lose of life
le reported." , D*.:,'..* .\s r
Growth and Progress of the New South
The Georgian records her* each day son*
economic Act In refereue* to the onward
march of th* South,
BY
B. LIVELY
toBHilenoe in tne nouin, ns resource* nno its progress weu
namlirr of new mllweys projected to this seetlon. Daring the Art
thy present year Th* Manufacturer*' Oeconl received reports of .
■■ ,8199'*
the present year The' Manufacturer*' Beconl recelred reports of dth. r
tlon or Incorporation of 108 new railway enterprise*—Hint Is, companl.
no ted with existing trunk llnea-ln th* different Houtheru hian-e.
tor;
■ muses, as tte case may lie, so at to be In readiness to pus!, mnstruc-
I tlon when the flnanrlnr market shall hare witnessed tha restoration of Its rqnl-
lll.rluin Which will permit the un.lei taking of so. h work.^^^^_^^^_^J
•It months
Vlrghda with 11 each, follow*! by Georata nn«l Missouri with 19 <
Tho other
fin follows: tinpiiin, a; Anwn*n», «. iruiiewiee, 3: Aianmii.i, o, nvuiuiaj.
tan*, G; Mtss!sntppl, 4; Florida, I; Maryland, I; South Carolina, S; Indian Terri-
tofft l. * 4
There nr* many of th**** proposed railroads for the purpose of dereloptnx tim
ber nr.inltilujr rr#lno*- but • Unci* number of other* are dastgned to afford p«s-
aen**t%hd freight facilities ovtrlouf distances. this twin* partlcutarly the ease
with transportation plana In Texan, Indian Territory and Oklahoma, where rail
roads of considerable length are the rule, and not the exception.
To obstnrs and note these many Indication* of confidence In the future of the
fioutb nnd its eontljpiotia territory Is highly gratlfylii?. especially at tills time when
so much has lately been done to disc* ira?e the inrestment of rnpltnl for develop-
ment. flat the promoters of these different enterprises doubt “ “
belief that when the kitlfdntlre, the legal
there will be an abundant
deroti**! their Intelligence