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the weather. For Atlanta and Vicinity—Scat tered showers tonight and Fri day. ■ ■ v-.-~rr.~T- The Atlanta Georgian If you wleh to keep posted on what the Legislature Is doing, get The Georgian Every Day. AND NEWS “The Bracebrldge Diamonds/' a thrilling mystery story, is now being printed In The Georgian. SPOT COTTON. Liverpool, easier; 7.27. Atlanta, steady; 13e. Jfew York, quiet; 13.25. New Or leans. quiet; 134- Augusta, quiet; 134. Savannnh, firm; 12%. VOL.'VT. NO. 9. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15,1907. PRICE: SMALL SIR IE WILL CULL C.T. U. President Says Every Union Operator in U. S. Will Quit. SAYS ASSOCIATED PRESS IS FAKING Charges That Stone Receiv ed Schedule Two'Years Ago, But Did Nothing. Omaha, Neb.,'Aug. IB.—President 8. J. Small, of the Commercial Telegra pher*, rfave out the following interview at daylight this morning, on his way to Chicago, and says thlij Is the first 'au thorised Interview since the strike be. gan: "Three days frotp now there will not be a single telegraph wire working In the United States,” said President Small. "That Is, there will be no wires except those Incidental to the trans portation of trains and also excepting that a settlement satisfactory to us Is reached In the meantime. Few Telegraphers Working. 'When I reach Chicago, I will go Into conference with my colleagues before I even see my family. The attitudo taken by bpth companies In Chicago Is dictated from New York. Whether or not the New York officials have one eye on the distorted reports sent out by the Associated Press and the other small crowd of strike-breakers, I -can not, of course, say, but I do know that tfier are not enough telegraphers working ln'thc United States and Canada to move the business of Chi cago, to say nothing of the rest of the country. The duplicity of the telegraph offi cials in Snn. Francisco and Los An geles caused the strike to spread all over the whole country with great rapidity. As matters now stand we must have assurances of ths highest authorities backed up by the govern ment officials that they will force the two companies 'to live up to any agree ment that may be reached by arbitra tion or otherwise, before wo will re turn to work. 1 personally regret the Inconvenience to the public, \but the companies Ignored us for five years and said we did not have the nerve to strike. Scale Presented Two Years Ago. "Wo are now disproving that state ment. In California the fruit trade la suffering untold Injury. In every other section of the country business Is suf fering, but none of that gets Into the newspapers. News Is not being print ed. The letter of Melville E. Stone, of the Associated Press, bewailing the hasty action of the Associated Press operators In striking on a few hours' notice, must sound"like music In the ears of his operators. Why did not Mr. Stone tell the whole story two years ago when the same scale was presented to the Associated Press? They have had all that time to consider. The board of directors of the association has met five times since that time. "When a committee of five operators first presented that scale, Mr. Stone theoretically kicked them out of his office and caused his board of directors to rescind a previous resolution grant ing typewriters and vacations to all his operators. It took the union over a year to force a restoration of these privileges.” RAILWAY TELEGRAPHERS MAY BECOME INVOLVED BOLD BOY BUCCANEERS NEVER REACHED SEA- CAVE IS DISCOVERED F THE PIRATES' CAVERN. The cave Has a small entrance but its chambers are twelve feet In diameter, a place to delight the soul of a boy. SENATE HEFUSES TO CHANGE ON ANTI-PASS BILL Disfranchisement Amend ment Not Yet C?on- ' . curved In. New York, Aug. IB.—With the strike of the telegraphers still spreading, more than 11,000 union men and nlnety«atx local unions now being out, a crisis was r* ported today in the relations between the trunk lines and the Western Un ion which means that unless the rail roads violate their contracts with the telegraph company they will be forced to antagonise the Order of Railway Telegraphers and compel 40,000 rail way operators to strike In support of the commercial operators. The Western Union official* declare they will compel the railroads to ad here to the iron-clad contract by which the railroad operators are required to handle commercial messages at points where the telegraph company has no regular office. The railroad officials fear that If the operators go out the railroad clerks will strike, too. The latter have an organisation of 200,000 members and have been agitating for shorter hours *nd more pay for some time. It was announced today that the Pennsylvania lines, west, and the Pittsburg and Lake Erie and the Bal timore and Ohio had notified their te legraphers in Pittsburg that they need t'Ot handle commercial messages. This 1* a direct defiance of the Western Un ion and the next move is up to the tele graph company. Similar action was taken In this city in unofficial announcements by the publicity agents of'the New York Cen tral and the Erie railroads that their operators would not be asked to han dle commercial messages. Contending Parties Far Apart. The telegraphers and the Postal and Western Union companies today were further apart than they were at the outset and each side was claiming Victory. Commercial bodies in several Continued on Page Seven. The senate refuses to recede from its original position on anti-pass legisla tion, and It is now a serious question as to whether house and senate will get together on any bill along this line before adjournment Saturday. By a vote of 23 to 17 the senate Thursday morning again passed the Felder anti-pans bill, and legislation on this .subject stands novf where it stood some three weeks ago. An "effort to get up the Overstreet- Born bill to prevent a paralleling of the Westeni and Atlantic tracks proved futile, ahd, this measure is probably dead for the session. When the pe sion adjourned the disfranchisement bill,- as attended by the house, was un der discussion. Under a resolution offered by Sena tor Felder, the order of business of the senate for the morning ses^pn Thurs day was fixed as follows: considera tion of appointments In executive ses sion, reports 6t standing committees, bills and resolutions for second read ing, consideration of senate bills with house amendments and house and sen ate bills for a third reading. The senate Immediately went Into executive*' session and confirmed the appointments sent in Wednesday. Again In open session Senator Felder moved to have the general tax act printed. "How long will It take?” asked Sen ator Knight. “I can not say,” was the reply. "As quick as I can set the type," "Maybe the senator is a poor printer and It will take too long/' somebody re marked. s.' Upon no one issue In this general as sembly is there such wide divergence of opinion and variety of action as upon anti-pass legislation. The senate general Judiciary com- Eight Bad Pirates Are Captured by the Police. Although Atlanta Is some distance from the rolling main, several boys de cided some time ago that It was a fit place to organize a pirate band. Un fortunately for these followers of Cap tain Kidd, the police department has put the last chapter of their story close to the first and they are now under ar rest. Eight-of them are held in the Juve nile ward. Some of them admit they tried to emulate Jean Lafltto, but oth ers deny. It. But even those who deny It seem to be sorry that they missed the fun, as they consider It. Thursday afternoon a number of them wore,arraigned before Acting Re corder IV. A. Hancock, councilman from the Seventh ward. They were charged with tunneling under k ware house at 24 Gresham street and secur- Provides More Power For the Railroad Commission. mlttee recommended for passage the Bom bill admittedly the most drastic legislation ever offered, on the question. The senate passed the Felder bill, which is practically the national Hepburn act, Its way was equally stprmy In the house. After the house committee had passed a substitute to both the Perry and the Hall bills, the member from Bibb forced reconstderattdn and got favorable action for his bill by a nar row margin. The house then passed the Hall bill. Thereupon the senate general Judl clary committee turned down the Hall bill and again recommended the Born t>Hi: The bill came-before the senate for action Thursday morning. Senator Felder offered as a substi tute for the Judiciary committee recom mendation his bill as first passed by the senate. Senator. Bom made a strong plea for his measure, and said that If any leg islation was enacted It should make no exceptions save actual employees of the common carriers. Senator - Felder spoke for his own measure. He said he would vote for the Hall bill before he would support the Born measure. He declared that the Bom bill would actually cripple the railroads and retard progress. Senators Felts. Wilkes and Williford spoke for the Bom bill. After Senator Williford had spoken for the Born bill. Senator Steed called tor the previous question. Senator Overstreet, as chairman of the general judiciary committee, closed the argu ment by advocating the Born bill. F.ld.r Bill Paired. The Felder bill was then passed by a vote of 23 to IT. Disfranchisement Up. The disfranchisement bill, with the house amendment striking out the 1»10 limit on the good character clause, was reached at 12: SO o'clock. "in a stirring speech Senator Felder moved to disagree to the home amend ment. He said the clause was put In to meet an Immediate emergency, and to strike It out would mean serious trouble. o , cIock the senate adjourned 1th Senator Felder stifi holding the flcoc pMg But this Is the fact part of the story. It has no suggestion of, the time when these brave youngsters were to guther In the fo'castle and sing the song about sixteen men on the dead man's chest. Captain Moss Parton. Yet it was planned that they would do so. Captain Moss Parton, the ad mitted leader of the "gang," told his colleagues that, once equipped with arms and money, they would fight their way to the coast-and there seize some bark upon which they would float away tc capture merchant vessels. It was he and Dodd Lewis, the mem bers of the "gang" say, who organized this expedition. One by one the boys who ;i»ed .around North avenue and Fifth street were taken Into the organ, lzatlon known as "The Treasure Seek, ers." And It was these two lesders who discovered the cave that was their meeting place. It Is no easy matter to discover this cave, as several people might tell you. It Is almost In the direct line of Cher ry street as It Is being extended, but one must go through dale ahd over hill to get to It. The hoys have worn a fair path to the place, and once there tho entrance Is not to be overlooked, but the way Is blocked with bushes and sappllngs, and veins do ndt make the walking easy. Relic of Riots. According to people In the nelghbor- _jod, the cave was begun by a negro who sought refuge In the woods during the riots. However that may be, It has been worked upon by the boys until to. day. there are two chambers, each about twelve feet in diameter, and three smaller ones, one of the latter contain ing a flreplacq, which has Its vent In a clump of bushes. Contrary to most caves, this one, when discovered, was not stocked with canned goods or arms. The only thing to be found In this line were biscuit boxes And cartridge shells, all of which were empty. "Oh, that wasn’t our real meetln' place,” said Moss Parton, when told that the place had been discovered. "We're not goln’ to tell where that And none of them did. Questioned by the detectives "The Treasure Seekers” said that the cave discovered was only one of three. The real sanctum evan some of the members didn't know. It was tho meeting place where Captain Parton and his colleagues planned the robbery of the Gresham street ware house. Lewis says that the leader told them that If they got In there they would get a lot of tools they would need later. It Is true they secured the tools, but It Is doubtful that they will need them later. Some Forlorn Pirates. When first taken Into custody the boys enjoyed the experience, but Thursday found them a forlorn lot. Instead of being pirates they were Just boys whose tears ran down their cheeks at tho mention of home. It la not like ly they ever will set out to be pirates again If they have the chance, and Probation Officer Oloer says that two or three of them will not have a chance If he can prevent It, for some time. Nearly all the boys are sonB of res pectable parents who knew nothing of what their sons were doing. They have promised that if the boys are released they will give the police no trouble In the future. ’ _ The boys arrested were: Moss Par- ton, 14 years; Dodd L. Lewis, 15 years; Harry Carter. IB years; Harry Haynes, 13 years; Homer Pitts, 14 years; Clif ford Delman, 14 years; Clyde Delman, 12 years; George Dugan, 13 years. Thursday afternoon Detectives Wood and Starnes discovered a second cave, a quarter of a mile from the first, near West Peachtree and Fifth streets. In itch the tools missing from the w are, house were found. The Overstreet-Candler railroad com. mission blit, one of the most Important measures which has been before the general assembly of Georgia during the present session, was read the third time In the lower house Thursday morning and put on Its passage, the house re. solving Itself into the, committee of the whole for the purpose of considering the bill by paragraphs. Discussion on the first section had not been concluded when the hour of adjournment arrived, and It \vns resumed when the house met at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The bill, ns amended by the house committee, provides that the railroad commission shall consist of flvo mem hers, the two additional members to be appointed by the governor and hold office until regularly elected by the people In October, 1908. Tfie bill also provides for enlarging the powers of the coipmlsslon so that shall exercise the same authority over street railroads which extend beyond tho limits of municipalities, telephone and telegraph companies, public docks and wharfs, and terminals or terminal stations. Mr, Candler, of DeKalb, consumed great part of the session Thursday morning In support of the passage of the bill. His argument was one of the strongest that has been delivered on the floor of the house In support of any measure and showed a thorough grasp of the question under discussion. Mr. Hall, of Bibb, spoke In opposition to certain features of the bill, although he declared that the bill In general meets with Ills approval. The house was called to order by Speaker Slaton at 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Mr. Lumsden, of White, offered resolution memorializing congress to build.levees and dykes along flu- Alta maha river*Jn Liberty and .McIntosh counties for the puri>o*e of reclaiming lands that have been overflowed. V The house passed the bill by Mr. Dykes, of Sumter, providing for tho creation of a state board of veterinary examiners to Issue licenses to veterina ry surgeons. The house was resolved Into a com mlttee of the whole with Mr. Wooten, of Wilkes, 4n tho chair, for the pur pose of considering the resolution by- Messrs. Wright. Dean and Cliamlee, of Floyd, appropriating 38,000 for re pairs at the Georgia School for the Deaf and Dumb at Cave Springs. The resolution was adopted. The house also passed the bill by Mr. Tift, of Dougherty, providing that no railroad operating In Georgia shall be allowed to place In charge of Its engines n* an engineer any person who has not served threo years as a fire man or engineer or four years as np prentice In a railroad machine shop. Candler Bill Up. At 10 o’clock tho house took up the bill Increasing the membership nnd enlarging the powers of the railroad commission. Introduced In tho senate by Senator Overstreet and In the houso by Representative Candier, of DeKalb. Sir. Hall, of Bibb, moved that the house resolve itself Into the committee of the whole for the purpoee of consid ering the bill. "This Is a bill of great Importance,' said Mr. Hall, "and it confem tremen dous power upon the railroad commis sion of Georgia. The house should be resolved Into a committee In order that It may be discussed by paragraphs and thoroughly understood.” The motion was adopted and Mr. Holder, of Jackson, was called to the chair. Mr. Candler stated that the bills as Introduced In the senate and In tho house originally, are Identical, the sen- liuusc hi i§iiiusi;i v w — — — ate hiving passed an amendment pro viding for only three members of the commission Instead of five os proposed in the original senate and house hills. The senate also amended the bill so that the chairman of the commission should receive 34,000 per annum, while the other two member* were to receive 33,600 each. The house bill provides that the chairman shall receive 34,000 per annum, the salaries of the other members of tho commission remaining at 32,600 each. ,. *. In reference to the powers which the commission shall have tho senate and house bills are practically Identical. The house committee on railroads amended the senate bill so os to make It conform to the original house bill and this measure as amended by the committee, was presented to the house for passage.^ ^ s J Section 1, providing that the railroad commission should consist of only three members, the chairman to receive 34,- 000 per annum and the other membere 33,600 each, was first taken up. The committee desired to amend by striking out the section and substitut ing a new one, providing that the com mission should consist of five members, to hold office a* follows: . The terms pf the two additional commissioners provided for In this act Shall expire one on December 1. 1911, and the other December'1, 1013, and thereafter the terms shall be for six year* each. The governor, by and with the consent of the senate, shall ap point the two additional commlsslopers Immediately after the passage and ap proval of this act, but the appointees hereunder shall be commissioned only until December 1. 1908; said positions to be filled for the unexplred terms by two commissioners to be elected at the regular general state election on the first Wednesday In October. 1801. In order that there may be uniform ity of expiration of the terms of all the railroad commissioners, the term Continued en Pegs Three. DIVORCE AND ALIMONY SUIT IS FOLLOWED BY CHARGE OF SLANbER OFCENTRALRV. FEARJOSSES Think Interest Will Be / Cut off For New Equipment. New York, Aug;. 15.—Representatives of the-holders of $15,000,000 first, sec ond and third Income bonds of the Cen tral of Georgia Railway Company, who have assembled In this city for the pur pose of coming to some'understanding with Marsden J. Perry and Oaklet**.! Thorn, who recently purchased the road, as to the treatment which the In come bonds are to have at the hands of the new management, will hold an other meeting this afternoon. It has been feared by the bondholders that the Interest on their securtles, which Is payable only If earned, may be cut off by the new controllers of the property and’ It has been alleged that excessive charges out of earnings have been made for construction and now equipment. At yesterday’s meeting there was a general discussion of the position of tho Income bonds and a statement was submitted showing the financial results of the operation of the road for the year ended June 30, last. A committee of five, of which Mr. Scott, of the Richmond banking firm of Scott & Stringfellow, Is chairman, was appointed to consider the sugges tions offered and to report on them to their associates at an adjourned rmeetlng to bo hold this afternoon. It. Is understood that as a rpsult of the investigation, the proposed refund ing plan will not be acted on, but some temporary plan will be adopted, it Is thought. Twenty Killed By Explosion Berlin, Aug. 16.—A telegram from Doemlti >»ay* that the greater part of tho town has been destroyed by an explosion In the dynamite factory there. Twenty persons are said to be dead and 100 Injured. Doemlts Is a small town on the Elbe river, the Inhabitants being chiefly employed In the dynamite fac tory. Mrs. Goggins Wants Divorce From Her Husband. DR, T. 0* POWELL GROWING WEAKER Special to Tho Georglnn.' Mllledgevllle, Qa., Aug. 16.—Reports from the bedside of Dr. T. O. Powell, who Is seriously ill at Tati Springs, Tenn., are that he is gradually growing weaker and It Is thought he cannot survive long. NEXT CONVENTION COMES TO ATLANTA Richmond, Va., Aug. 15.—The South ern Nurserymen's Association In con vention here today derided to hold Its convention next year In Atlanta. The following officer* were elected: President—C. B. Smith, Jacksonville. Vice-President—C. M. Griffin, Jack sonville. . Secretary-Treasurer—A. W. Smith, Clarkeavllle, Tenn. 00000000000000000000000000 O • o O COOL WEATHER IS HERE, O LEGISLATURE ABOUT THRO.’ O O Cool weather and the adjourn- O O ment of the Georgia legislature O happening along about the samd O time. Oh, no, nothing personal O O meant. Just a coincidence. Fore- O cast: O "Scattered showers Thursday O night and Friday.” O Thursday temperatures'. O 7 o'clock a. m. 74 degrees O 8 o’clock a. m 75 degrees O 9 o’clock a. m. ......degrees O 10 o'clock, a. 81 degrees O 11 o'clock a. m 81 degrees O 12 o'clock' noon 77 degrees 45 1 o’clock'p. 80 degrees O 2 o’clock p. m 83 degrees O O OOO0O00OOO00O00O0O0OOOO000 Special to The Georglnn. Marietta, Qa., Aug. 15.—Further de velopments of a sensational nature In the Gogglns-Mayfleld affair occurred today when Charles Mayfield, the ac cused young man filed suit for 310,000 against B. O. Oogglns, who Is being sued by his wife for divorce. Tho suit Is a result of the charges made against young Mayfield by Goggins. Mnyfleld hos retained Herbert Clay os his attorney and It Is stated that sensational evidence will be Introduced In the trial. The charge which young Mayfield makes In his bill Is slander. 8u!t for Divorce. Mrs. Goggins, claiming she furnished the money far Goggins' business here, yesterday brought suit against Goggins for divorce and 36.000 alimony, through her attorney, E. H. Clay. Upon investigation It wns found Hint Gog. gins' entire business .wns In bis father's— James Goggins—name. . Immediately application was msdo to the courts for a receiver, It being claimed that the transfer, was Illegal. The court granted the application, nnd Joe Abbott wns appointed to tho receivership, nnd last night the sheriff took charge of the bust* ness, closing up tbs store. sensation wns crented here when It bccaino known that Charlie Mayfield, a farmer, who lives near Marlotta, had boon arrested on a warrant sworn out by B. G. home from hts store nt about 10 o'clock Snturdny night, accused bis wife, nnd drovo her from name. He then went before the Justice of the pence and caused a warrant to be Issued ngnlnst Mayfield. The grand Jury met Monday nnd Immediately began nn Investigation of the ease. After hear- lug the evidence they returned no hilt, nnd III MI LICIT Enforcement of State Law Held Up in Alabama. COURT CLASH NOW EXPECTED Officers May Be Held In Contempt if Order is Violated. , r '$ against him. Gen.MacLean Is Recaptured By Raisuli Tangier, Aug. 15.—News of tho bom bardment of Casa Blanca has reached Raisuli, the bandit, who, to the great tear ot Europeans, intit probably take the field as the leader ot the wild tribesmen In their holy war against Eu ropeans. Raisuli In furious over the war nows. The flrnt action of the bandit was to recapture Kald Sir Harry MacLcan, the nultan’n military advisor whom he re leased after holding In ransom, somo weeks. He had turned Sir Harry over to the K’Mass tribesmen, but changed his mind when the nefvs of tho holy war was received. Death Sentence Is Commuted Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 16.—Cover, nor Comer has commuted the death sentence ot John Williams, a Cullman county farmer, to life Imprisonment anil a vexatious case Is oft the dockets. Williams killed tho late Senator R. L. Hlpp, three years ago when Hlpp, ac companied by an officer, went to Wil liams’ house to oust him under a writ of ejectment and levy for dobt. Wil liams refused to vacate, claiming his wife was sick and finally killed Hlpp and wounded the officer. Deputy Dun lap. Williams was convicted and when the officers were about to take him to Cullman to hang, he made such a stout resistance In the county jail that de lay was occasioned and at the lest mo ment a writ of habeas corpus was ob tained' from Judge Weaver, of Bir mingham. staying execution on the ground that the man was Insane, nnd should not be hung In that condition. Judge Weaver’s action was afterwards reversed by the supreme court, but Williams’ life has been saved. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 15.—Late Inst night an order was Issued by Judge Thomas G. Jones, of the federal court, restraining the state officials from In terfering In any way with the opera tions of the Loulavllle and Nashville railroad, with regard to its refusal to put Into effect Its commodity freight and reduced passenger fare acts. All sollcltore and sheriffs nro restrained from prosecuting or making arrests for violation of said acts. The order Is to bo made by the state within ten days. In application for the restraining or der, the L. & N. seta up that to allow prosecution nnd arrest would greatly endanger lives of passengers by srres’s of men handling trains, retard lnter- stnto traffic and interfere with tho malls. This will likely bring the contest be tween tho state nnd federal courts to a bead. If arrests are made under the laws, parties making arrests can be fined or Imprisoned at the discretion of tho Judge, In which case the issue would bo clearly drawn us to the Ju risdiction of courts. Careful observers of the situation contetnplnte n serious state of affairs ns they believe that it is the purpose of the state to Insist on Indictment and arrest! tpf violations of the law, even If they are restrained. A violation of the order by any state officer would bring him Into contempt of tho federal court. FORMER INJUNCTION WAS STILL IN FORCE. Birmingham. Ala., Aug. 16.—The ac tion of tho Louisville uml Nashville railroad In securing an injunction in the Federal court against arrests or other Interference by the stare ■ ,f Alabama for failure on the part of the road to put lilt" effect the lower freight and passenger rates agreed to by the Southern and other railroads In com promise with tho stnte is regarded In many circles as putting the "Ellen N” In tho position of, seeking a fight. As far ns the Louisville and Nnshvllle te concerned, these laws were already en joined by tho Federal court, through nctlon taken Inst March before Judge Junes at Montgomery, and tills ln- Junctlon is still In force except where tlie Southern and other roads them selves asked for a modification of the Ollier. If arrests of Louisville and Nashville agents were made to enforce the en joined laws, the stnte would have pre cipitated action nnd the Louisville and Nashville could appeal to Judge Jonee see that hts orders were obeyed and plead that tho state was In contempt of the Federal court. The state has absolutely obeyed Judge Jones’ Injunc tion. The lower freight and passenger tariffs will go Into effect on the South ern and other roads on September 1. If the Loulsvlllo nnd Nnshvllle does not put them Into effect at the same tlma they will suffer great loss of competi tive business. Violinist Joseph Joachim Dead Berlin, Aug. 16.—Joseph Joachim, long known ns Germany's greatest vio linist, died today. He had been 111 for a long time, nnd after a change for ths worse on Saturday his physicians gave up nil hope for his recovery. Race Results. EMPIRE. First Race—Priceless Jewel,'7 to 1, won; Lady Slchel, 6 to 5, second; John , Bergen. 4 to 1, third. Time, 1:08. Second Race—Minos. 8 to 1, won; Dunkv, 3 to 1, second; Kemp Ridge- ly, 4 to 6, third. Time. 1:411-5. SARATOGA. First Race—Antheus, 6 to 2 .won; Meeltk. 1 to 3, second; King Cobalt, 6 5, third. Time, 1:13 3-5. Second Race—Paprika, 8 to 6, won; Judge White, 4 to 5. second; Lights Out. even, third. Tims, 1:38. “MPIRE Third Race—Posing, 8 to 6, won: La letn, 1 to 3, second; Nellie Racine, 1 to 4. third. Time 1:41 2-5. Growth and Progress of the New Sooth Tbe Georgian here record! each day some economic fact In reference to tho onward progress of the South. BY B. LIVELY Several Important local matter* hare absorbed public Interest In XAshvllle for the paat two weeks* says the Chattnnoogn Tradesman, nnd on they begin to develop nnd msterlsllse the Interest seems to Increase. For s time It lookeii ns though the comity could not dispone of the $8004)00 In l»onds Issued f«»r the construction of two bridges orer the Cumberland rfv« la Xashvtlle, and a dampening effect resulted. The contracting firm of Foster Sc Creighton, who had the contract for the abut- meats, pillars and concrete work, however, came to the rescue nnd purehnsed the entire Issue at par and got nil the contract for both bridges. The mwurnmv that the bridges would lie built bad a stimulating effect upon real estate and there has l Is but President II. II. Msyfwrry bas returned from Ne Torres to work again nnd It now looks ss If the rand will * The Southern Watch Case Company, recently organize machinery In the four-story home In North Nashville nn* chlnery preparatory to Itcgltmlng operation on August IS. Thi local capital, Imt there la considerable .Northern nnd European cn The company will make all kinds nnd grades of watch cases nnd will t*gt n tlon with 1<» skilled men. practically ail of whom had to In* brought here from other w«t chinaking centers. Tbe company bas n capital <*f $i.v>,*»v, paid In aud authorised (blttlon to Its plaut >rk and started too lit this rear. , has InstallM Its »w testing tbe ma- 4'ompsny Is largely "pita! Invested. to Issue ...... ■ . .... The Standard Furniture Company Is building which will enable It to turn out five ratload* of furnlti Two more grain elevators are now being added to capacity. Jones * Boa are building a targe ptant In N new flour mill, and J. II. Wilkes * Co. are erecting i vllle. Tbe Jones flour mill Is now receiving the inn* lit by Heutemlwr 1. The American Vinegar and Extract Company Is t A factory la now being erected near the city for tho Tbe ptant will l»e ready for operation next month. day