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VOL. VI. NO. 19.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 27,1907.
PRICE:
T
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Many Agree on Flat
Two and Half
Cent Fare.
LONG CONFERENCE
WITH COMMISSION
Meeting Takes Recess Be
fore Action and No Infor
ination is Given.
A conference between some twenty
prominent railroad men and the rail
road commission, beginning at 11
o'clock Tuesday morning behind closed
doors, adjourned at 1:15 o'clock to meet
again at 3 o’clock.
At the conclusion of the meeting the
three members of the commission pres
ent. Chairman McLendon and Commie
sloners Callaway and Hlllyer, declined
to say anything at all relative to the
nature of the conference—or, rather,
of anything transpiring In the long
scaslon.
"We haven't a word to say to the
press at this time,'* said Chairman Me
Landon.
It Is understood that the railroads
are fighting for two propositions. One,
to give further time on the order No.
314, which becomes effective on next
Monday, and the other proposition Is
to reopen the whole passenger, rate
question.
Commissioner Stevens was present
only a part of the time. He was en
gaged In the Atlanta and West Point
tax arbitration case. Commissioner Hill
was compelled to be absent oivaccount
of Important legal matters.
Flat Rate of 21 -2 Cents.
It Is believed now that the now com
mission will favor a llat rale '6tPi
cents per mile for the large lines, with
Interchangeable 1.000-mlle books at 2
cents per mile. There have been ru
mors to. the effect that the railroads
themselves favor this plan, but none of
those present Tuesday would either
deny or confirm this statement.
At 11 o'clock the meeting began be
hind closed doors. Some time thereaft
er the railroad men retired, whHe the
commission consulted, probably about
some proposition submitted. In some
ten minutes the railroaders were re
called and the conference continued.
A definite understanding will probably
be reached some time Tuesday after'
noon.
Among the prominent railroad offi
cials present were: J. F. Hanson, Ma
con, president of the Central of Geor
gia; W. A. Winbum, vice president; J.
c. Halle, general passenger agent Cen
tral of Georgia; Samuel F. Parrott,
vice president, and C. B. Rhodes, gen-
»r»l passenger agent Georgia Southern
and Florida; H. F. Smith, vice presi
dent; C. E. Harman, general passenger
agent; J. L. McCullom superintendent
Nnshvllle, Chattanooga and St. Louis;
J. S. B. Thompson, assistant to the
president of the Southern railway; W.
J. t'ralg, passenger traffic manager At
lantic Coast Line; L. Sevier, vice presl.
dent Seaboard Air Line; Major A. Pope,
traffic manager Georgia and Florida
system; E. L. Douglas, general manager
Gainesville Midland; T. K. 8cott, gen
eral manager Georgia railroad; C. A.
Wlckeraham, president and general
manager Atlanta and West Point; W.
K. Erwin, general manager Tallulah
Falls road; W. C. Rlnearson,, general
passenger agent Cincinnati Southern.
LIVES LOST
”bree Women and One Man
Aro the Victims of
Flames.
Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug. 27.—Four
Persons were burned to death In a fire
early this morning In a rooming house
°n East Grand avenue, thla city.
The dead Are:
VIROIE WALLACE.
8AD1E MYERS.
LILLIAN DAHL.
A man named Allen.
Louise Jonee and Waller Williams
Jumped from the building and the for
mer received Injuries from which It is
thought, she will die. The Are Is
thought to have been of Incendiary or
igin.
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O ORGANIZE BOYS' CLUB
2 AT MEETING TUESDAY
The Boys' Club of Atlanta
will be formed at a meeting to
be held at the city hall Tues
day afternoon at 4:20 o'clock,
to which all citizens Interested
In the boys of the city are In
vited. J. K. Orr will preside
and John Temple Graves will
deliver an addreas. The move
ment has the Indorsement of
the best men and women of At
lanta.
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(SMALL ACTIVE IN
CAMPAIGN AGAINST
W.U. AND POSTAL
Says Business Men Threaten
Suits Against Com
panies.
New York, Aug. 27.—President S. J.
Small, of the itrlklng telegraphers,
carried on an' active campaign yester
day from hla headquarters at the As-
tor House. He was In communication
with the local officers at Chicago,
Washington, St. Louis, Kansas City,
Cleveland, Boston and other centers,
and from not one source was there a
discouraging report.
In spite of the continued statements
of the Western-Union and Postal offi
cials that their business was running
nearly as well as usual, the average
cltlsen who tries to use the telegraph
finds a decidedly different situation.
Complaints are pouring Into the union
headquarters from business men who
threaten suits against the companies
for non-delivery of telegrams.
A typical case Is thgt of G. W. Jack-
son, of Perth Amboy. On last Monday
evening at 11 p. m. he paid 50 cents
for a ten-word message to Belleville,
Ont. When he arrived there on Fri
day, Mr. Jackson says, the message
had not been received.
"Prospects were never brighter fora
successful Issue of the strike,” says
President Small. The companies are
in worse shape today than they have
been at any time since the men walked
out."
Superintendent Belvldere Brooks, of
the Western Union, said the companies
would never treat with the union.
Everything entering Into the coat of
telegraph service had Increased In price
and the ten per cent Increase given
the operators this spring was as far
as the companies would go.
DISSOLUTION
Wall St. Expects Re
ceiver Appointment
Any Moment.
FEAR TREASURY
HAS BEEN LOOTED
Financiers Also Fear Fur
ther Slump in Trust’s
Stocks.
UNION WILL EXPEL
MEN NOW AT THE KEYS.
New York, Aug. 27.—Although the
local Telegraphers' Union Issued a
statement today threatening to expel
from the union every man not leaving
the key before noon Wednesday, the
telegraph companies' officials are not
alarmed at the threat. Superintendent
Brooks, of the eastern division of the
Western Union, said he had nil the
employees he wanted.
"Our men are not of the union, which
we never recognised, and never expect
to. Not one of our men has deserted,”
said Superintendent Brooks.
Vice President Adams, of the Postal,
_ _3rnad lio dlfilculty
In handling Its business; and the un
ion's ultimatum will not affect the em
ployees.
Address to Strikers.
E. Mom chairman of the Sea
board Air Line Hallway division of
the Order of Railway Telegraphers,
delivered a forceful address to a large
assemblage of the local telegraph
strikers Tuesday morning.
Dr. C. A. Ridley will deliver a lec
ture to the telegraphers at their hall
Tuesday night.
New York. Aug. 2.7.—It la expected
In Wall street that a receiver will be
appointed any moment for the traction
trust. Third avenue stock reached 47
this morning, the lowest In Us history.
It Is declared by those In position to
know that the treasury of the Third
avenue branch has been looted.
These startling rumors followed
quickly upon the threatened dissolu
tlon of the trust by Mr. Ivins, whose
Investigation has brought to light some
sensational details as to the manner In
which the great corporation has con'
ducted Its business.
Wall street fears a further slump In
the trust's leading stocks.
ROADS CAUSE
OF BIG “PANIC
AGENTS ASSEMBLE
Over one hundred business agents of
the Georgia Farmers’ Union met be
hind closed doors In the senate cham
ber of the rapttol Tuesday morning.
Warehouses and the advisability of
mrchaslng phosphate beds In order
hat the union may. manufacture Its
own fertilisers, were the two principal
matters discussed. It seems prob
able that the union will buy phosphate
beds and enter extensively Into the
manufacture of commercial fertilisers
for Its members.
The union now has about 76 ware
houses In Georgia ready for business,
and these Institutions are going to be
a big help to the members. President
R. F. Duckworth delivered a strong ad.
dress In the morning on the attitude of
the union toward politics.
He contended that It was necessary
for the union to fight Its battles
through Its business agents and com
mittees along commercial lines. He
advises strongly against politics In the
union, save where legislation of Inter
est to the organization Is concerned.
W. C. Moore, state business agent of
the union In South Carolina, also ad
dressed the meeting. The session will
continue until late Tuesday afternoon.
Race Results.
EMPIRE CITY.
First Race—Scollop. 10 to 1. won;
Guncotton, 7 to I. second; J. P. Ber
gen, even, third. Time 1:01.
Second Race—Carthage, 1 to 2, won;
Earl Regers, 2 to 6, second; Prince Ah
med, out, third. Time 1:40 2-6.
SARATOGA.
Flrit Race—Donoscara, 0 to 1. won;
Jack Aikln, even, second; J. C. Core, 2
to 5. third. Time 1:12 2-6.
Second Race—Sir Ralph. 10 to 1.
won; Tom Dolan. I to 4. second; Lady
father, even, third. Time, 1:401-5.
New York, Aug. 37.—A rcmnrkable Inter'
Tlew Is printed here today with Frank J,
Gould under a Paris date line:. /.
"I fooled myself with the Mm that
knew something about tho stock' market
and financial securities In America until a
few weeki ago, Now I hare chawed my
mind. I guess I sm an amateur,'' Ul; Gould
Is qnoted as saying,
“we of tno Gould fsmlly are not apecu-
latora. We are Inrestors. We do not ears
what stocks we happen to control ire 'at,'
•o long sa we know they have virtue.
Gold Dollar Unchanged.
They may pay dividends or may not. bnt
to os what thalr rating Is. A sold dollaL
Is always s gold dollar, whether It Bella for
30 cents or 120 rente It Is always worth
so cents or 120 rente It Is always worth
■ dollar. That's the way we look at onr
holding*. . •
“Aa to overcapitalisation, l know It boo
been (lone In several enact. Imt I do not
fnlnk the preaent excitement In Wall atreet
enn be InUl at that door.
••And not at Mr. Roosevelt's. lie atarted
a small snow ball rolling down the moun
tain aide and now It Is so big It la doing
damage and engulfing people. The preil-
dent, I think, la doing the beat he can to
atop’It, bnt be can aton.it no more than
he can atop the tide. Tin
it on-aweep la too
big for any one man to control.
Only Publlo Can Control.
"No man, no combination of men. can con
trol the financial situation In America today*
need not fear a panic and loss*
of their savings. The reaction ta nearly at
hand. If we could only bare war with
■ innn right now. It would not W such a
d thing aa It aeema on Its face." 1
"How so?” waa naked.
"Well, for one thing. It wouldtake Roose
velt's attention away from Wall atreet,
and direct It In a new line. Ue Is one of
those persona who muat be busy at aomt<
thing.
Railroads Are Causa.
After all, the real canaea of all thla
trouble art the railroads themselves. They
tried to hog It all, to use a slung expres
sion. Had the railroad* been but more
eonaervatlve In their methods, thla aenaa
tlonal muck-rnking would not bar# occurred.
"What la really needed la more money.
There Is not enough In the world to con-
in rnil II.
"The re,I date boom In America Is large,
ly responsible for'the taking away of sc
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SOUTHERN CUT DIVIDEND
TO MEASURE CONDITIONS
Washington, Aug. 27.—The Southern rail-
way Is sending ont today under lUte of
August 23. the following statement:
■At a meeting of the I ward of directors
_ the Southern railway, held today, the In
come account and resnlts of operation for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1801. were
considered and a dividend of 1H per, rest
iiih.ii the preferred .;<oeh^ wu ')?'*?
onortot* 17. 1»7. <*. of, aecs-
mnlatrd surplus, tho* making a total iltrl
dead distribution of 4 per cent foe the
year. For this purpoee there was appro
priated s portion of the snridns Inmjse
which was carried forward for th* year
ended June 30, 1008, after payment of the
dividends for that year.
"In taking this action, the directors were
Influenced by the consideration that the
Income a.-et.unt for the year reflects such
abnormal and eitraordlnary enn.llllons as
At the aame time, . u- orwiun ,-.,ihio*
. r,,] that, under existing conditions of high
prices of anpplles, material and labor, of
Increasing taxes and of estenatre reduction
of rerenne. It wsa the part of conaerratlre
prudence to limit the distribution of the
direct on eofiald-
profits of the romnany. at lenst until the
permanent effeet of such
fairly
measured.”
conditions can ha
CAR FARES
Councilman Terrell to
Ask For Enforced
Cut.
ASK COMMISSION
TO ISSUE ORDER
Resolution Asks 8 Tickets
for Quarter, 75 Cents Gas
and Cheap ’Phones.
WINS RRIDE
James L. Shipp Didn’t
Mind Opposi
tion.
THOMASVILLE MAN
CAPTURES BRIDE
New Orleans Belle Weds
Georgia Man at Ashe
ville, N. C.
W. H. TERELL.
lie hits resolution to secure low
er rates on public utilities.
Eight street car fares for a quarter.
Seventy-five cents per thousand'feet
of gas.
Bell telephones, at about 32.50 per
month.
The reorganized -railroad commis
sion will be asked to order and enforce
these rotes In Atlanta tinder! a'restitu
tion to be Introduced In council next
Monday afternoon. ’,
The author of the resolution Is
Councilman W. II. Terrell, of the First
ward, and he says he feels confident
that council will pass It With prac
tically no 'opposition. ■»
The resolution, as It Is'being drawn
by the. councilman, will-provide for
the Appointment of a committee of
three, which committee will be em
powered to present the petition to the
commission, to appear before that
body, and to engage lawyers for that
purpose.
. The Candler-Overstreet railroad bill
clearly extends to -the commission Ju
risdiction and power over telegraph
and telephone companies, street rail
roads and electric and gaa lighting
plants.
In Power of Commiailon.
The fixing of maximum ratea and
schedules of ratea for these public
utilities la therefore clearly wlthlq
the power of the commlaslon, and If the
city of Atlanta can show reason, the
reduction. In the atreet car far^a, tala
phone charges, and the price of gas
will be granted, aa proposed In the res
olutlon now being drawn by Council
man Terrell.
The present street car .rate of the
Georgia Railway and Electric Compa
ny Is 6 cents, and there Is no reduction
to anybody, nor Is there any reduction
where books are bought.
The reduction to eight fares for i
quarter would pretty nearly make a 2
cent fare. and. of course, would be
hailed with delight by the people of
Atlanta
The present gaa rate Is 31.10 per
thousand feet, with a reduction of 10
cents If the bill Is paid before the 10th
of the month. This ta a flat rate.
Because of the fact that the Atlanta
Gaa Light Company claims a perpetual
franchise, the city of Atlanta has
never been able to collect any percent
age tax or to reduce the rate, and
council will probably not lose the op
portunity presented by the railroad
commission act to ask that body for
the reduction of the rate to 75 aenle.
Cut ’Phone Rates.
The present telephone rates are 33
_ month for the Atlanta and 34 for the
Southern Bell, with variations.
Councilman Terrell’a plan la to make
the schedule 31 for the first 500 sub
scribers ond 131-2 cents for each
thousand thereafter.
The Southern. Bell has now about
12,000. subscribers. A subscriber, un
der this plan, would pay 31 on 500 of
these subscribers and 12 1-2 cents for
each thousand of the other 111-2 thou,
sand. This would make the rate about
32.41 a ’phone for the Bell Company.
"Thla la Juat Ihe opportunity 1 have
been wanting.” stated Councilman Ter-
rell Tuesday morning.
"Here Is a chance to regulate three
of our public utilities at one time. The
new railroad commission Is aa fair a
body as I know, snd If my resolution
goes through council, of which there
can be no doubt, the people of Atlanta
will get what they have been entitled
all these years.
'In this day and time there 1s no
good reason why the people of Atlanta
should be forced to pay an arbitrary
Continued on Paga Five.
When Southern train No. 89 rolls
Into Atlanta from Washington Tues
day afternoon—late, of course—It will
bear among Ita passengers Mr. and
Mrs. Jamea Linton Shipp, of Thomaa-
vllle, Ok, en route to that point. There
wasn't any Mrs. James Linton 8hl,p
until Monday—and thereby hangs a
tale.
It happened In Ashovllle, where Miss
Sadie Bowman Shotwell, one of the
handsomest young girls of old New Or
leans, was staying with her aunt. Mr
Shipp Is a wealthy manufacturer of
Thomasvllle, and' had been engaged to
Miss Shotwell for a long time, but the
parents objected and sent their daugh
ter to Asheville, where ehe was placed
In charge of Miss Bowman, her aunt.
The reason assigned for the parental
objection waa the youth of the bride.
But Mr. Shipp has been used to having
Ids own way.
Mr. Shipp Just couldn't wait till shs
grew older. He was bound to have
Miss Shotjyell for his bride. He fol
lowed to Asheville, but ho found the
aunt carefully guarding her.
A Friend In Need.
Every Tfian'fmuglnahle was thought
nt by Mr. Shipp. 'He remembered how
the .knights of old stole their brides
away from hard-hearted parents.
So he wired, for his friend, Bernard
,\yood. to como-,to Asheville on the next
train. When Mr. Wood got there Mr.
Shipp told him he must get Miss Shot-
well away from her aunt. And thla
Mr. Wood ,dld only too well. He called
on the young lady and on the pretext
of taking her out to tee some friends,
took her away from the guardian rel
ative.
Then there waa a race for the resi
dence of Rev. W. J. McCready, at the
Episcopal rectory, where the Impatten:
Mr. Shipp waa waiting. In a few min
utes they were.one. The parents and
the aunt had bean outwitted and the
young people were happy.
Mr. Wood than visited the aunt and
broke the news gently.
"She took It hard," said Mr. Wood,
"and to tell the truth. I felt sorry for
her." But that didn’t keep the couple
from catching th# fast train for Geor
gia.
JUDGE PRITCHARD
HOLDS THAT COURT
Hands Down Opinion in the
North Carolina Rate
Case.
Asheville, N. C„ Aug. 37.—Judge
Pritchard In the United States circuit
court In a long expected opinion an
nounced today In the rate caae of the
Southern railway against the corpora
tion commission and attorney general
of North Carolina, upholds the Juris
diction of this court In the Issuance of
the recent Injunctions against officials
during the railroad rato controversy
and declares that the Suit Is not one
against the state within the meaning
of the eleventh amendment to the
Federal constitution.
That amendment holds the Judicial
power of the United States shall not
extend to any suit against a state by
cltlsens of another state.
The decision says that state legis
lature can not frame an act as to de
prive a cltlsen of the right vouchsafed
him by the Federal constitution, and It
does not possess the power to deprive
this court of its Jurisdiction, and tho
sooner those questions are definitely
determined the better It will be for all
parties concerned.
The decision holds that the corpora
tion ' commissioners are still charged
with making ratea. the only limitation
upon their power being "that they
shall not make u maximum rate In
North Carolina In excess of 2 1-4 cents
per mile. The corporation commission
and the attorney general are specially
charged with the duty of securing the
enforcement of section No. 3 of the
rate act, which provides
Train Crashed
Into Street Car;
ManyAreHurt
La Crosse, WIs., Aug. 37.—A fast
passenger train on tha Chicago, St.
Paul and Milwaukee, struck a atreet
car filled with passengers on a atreet
creasing In North I .a Crosse this
morning. A number of persons are re
ported Injured, some fatally. Ambu
lances and a corps of physicians have
been sent to the scene.
Girl’s Body
Found in Lake
New York. Aug. 37.—The body of
pretty young Agnea McGuire, whose
amaslng disappearance startled all
Lake Hopatcong Saturday, was found
In the water today. Refusing to be
lieve that hla daughter had ended her
own life, the father demanded that tha
authorities conduct tha strictest Inves
tigation. A cursory examination failed
to reveal-how the girl had come to her
death.
The theory of accidental drowning or
suicide was ridiculed by the officers,
and the family refuses to believe that
the girl committed suicide, and are of
the opinion that an official Investiga
tion will but add to the mystery.
passenger rate act, which provides
heavy penalties and fines for a failure
of railroads and their officials to com
ply with that act."
AH laws In existence on the passage
of that act bearing on supervision and
control of railroads, etc., ore to be con
strued In connection with the rate
act.
“It Ih Inconceivable,” the decision
aaya, "that a circuit court of the
United States In the exercise of Its
Jurisdiction should be powerless to af
ford a remedy to one who seeks to as
sert a right which Is granted by the
constitution of the United States.”
"This Is In no sense a suit against
the state nor can It be successfully
contended that the state le In anywise
a party. In interest In so far ns the
merits of the controversy are concern
ed, It con not be reasonably insisted
that this Is a suit to prevent the state
from enforcing any right which it pos
sesses, nor can It be said to bo ft suit
to compel the performance of on ob
ligation' of the state, nor docs It In
any wise Involve a matter In which
the state has a pecuniary Interest; tho
parties In Interest being complainant
on one side, and the traveling public
on the other.
Rain of Bullets Fol
lows Raid on
Still.
ATLANTA DEPUTIES
HAVE CLOSE CALL
N. Georgia “Wildcatters”
Come Near Vengeance
on Federal Officers.
M TENDON TURNS
DOWN. FREE PASS
Chairman S. Guyton McLendon, of
the Georgia railroad 1 commission, re
ceived an annual pass over the Central
of Georgia, system, good only within
this riatf. Tuesday morning.
It came from \V. A. Wlnburn, vice
president of the road. Chairman Mc
Lendon promptly returned the annual,
with a courteous letter setting forth
the fact that as he was elected a mem
ber of tha railroad commission on an
oidl-pass platform, he would be remiss
In hla place aa a public official to ao
cept the same.
The ietter waa cordial In tons and
was couched In very pleasant language.
FLEET IS READY
FOR ITS CRUISE
Washington. D. C„ Aug. 37.—Acting
Secretary of the Navy Newberry re
turned to Washington yesterday after
ten days' vocation, and a conference at
Oyster Bay with the president and
Rear Admirals Evans and Brownson,
regarding the crulie of the battleships
to the Pacific. At the conference all of
the plans for thla Important movement
of the big fleet were gone over and
practically everything at least tents-
Ively decided upon.
There will be sixteen battleships, six
torpedo boats, nine navy colliers, one
repair ship, one water ship and two
supply ships' concerned In the move
ment. Upon reaching San Francisco
the fleet will be Joined by two other
battleships—the Nebraska, recently
commtaeloned, and tha Wisconsin.
Whether or not the vessels .will go to
Puget Sound 1s a question which will
be decided later.
After one of the moat thrilling ex
periences In their .careers In the gov
ernment service, two Atlanta revenue
men have Just returned to the head
quarter* here. That they are not lying
dead In the mountain fastnesses of
North Georgia 1a not ’ the fault of a
band of moonshiners.
These men are Deputies C. D. Wil
liams and E. J. Hinton, of Revenue
Agent R. V. Sams’ office, and they
have juet made a report. of the trip
which nearly cost them their Uvea.
A few days ago they went off on a
trip to Investigate a reported Illicit
still In north Georgia. It was In a re
mote spot-—Mr. Sams doesn't care to
give Its location—and the people run
ning moonshine stills In this section
of the state were known for the
chancea they would take In dealing out
death to revenue men.
The two deputies were-propared for
trouble and they approached tho place
with caution. After considerable work
they located tha placo where the block
ade liquor wns being mode and they
found It to be quite extensive.
Deatroy the Still.
A battle for Its possession would not
have surprised them. They were pre
pared for such an emergency and were
as watchful as Indians. Evidently the
moonshiners running tho still had been |
warned of the approach of the hated
revenue men, for the still was desert
ed, but there was evidence that the
owner Jtad not long been gone. A few. j
hours’ work was all needed to destroy
the outfit and make It worthless for
any future operations.
Both men were well mounted on
horses secured, when the trip was start
ed and the return Journey was made
with as much caution as the visit of
destruction. The officers had not gone
far from the destroyed still when the
crack of a rifle was heard and a but-
let whizzed past their heads. Then
came another and before either officer
had time to locate tho assassins, there
was a fusillade of shots.
Rain of Bullets.
One of the horses was hit five times
nnd several of these shots narrowly
missed the rider.' Both deputies saw
It was useless to stand and fight with
ambuscaded moonshiners In the falling
light nnd they sped their horses as
fast as the rugged trail would permit
and escaped.
A complete report of the affair will
be made to llevenuo Agent Sams in a
day or two nnd It Is then possible that
some steps may be taken to ascertain
the Identity of the would-bo assassins.
Deputy Hinton nnd Deputy Wllllamu
are both well known In the revenue
service and have been In the business
many years. Each has a reputation
for daring and bravery and their ac
tivity In running down moonshiners
has mode them many enemies In tha
mountains.
TWO COTTON MILLS
TO GO UNDER HAMMER
Special to The Georgian.
Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 37.—Tomorrow
at Bessemer City two cotton mills, the
Vermont and Whetstone, will be sold at
auction to satisfy demands of cred
itors. L. L. Jenkins Is receiver for tha
.mills, which were declared Insolvent
some months ago.
Americans Wed
At Yokohama
Yokohama, Aug. 27.—Lieutenant Jaa.
Erllng Walker, United States navy,
and Miss Nellie Bishop Stolbrand
were married at the American conau-
1-ite today.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Tbe Georgian here record* each da? aoma
economic fact In reference to the onward
progress of the South.
Glamorgan. Va.: There la not an Idle mill In this entire held, and the local
trade la compelled to Increase. Much building la announced for the near future.
The Norton Coal Company. Norton, will build 300 miners* houses; while the Stone-
gii Coal, Iron and Coke Company, Btooega, will build 300 at Preacher creek. The
Blackwood Coal Company, Blackwood; tbe Sutherland Coni Company, Manning; the
Cranea Nest Coal Company, Toma Creak: tha Htone Gap Colliery Company. Clamor*
S in; the Baser Coal Company, KsaarrUle, and th.* tJroenough Coal Company.
reenough, will build NO miners’ h«m*e* each. dumber for all tlwse contracts
Will !k» supplied by the !o4*al mill*. Osk lumber will ba used nlniont entirely.
Wells Bros., Esserrllle. hare just made some Increases In their mill* on Coasts
rlrer. At rounding mills, McLemore Bros. A Kerr have made Increases of two port*
able mill*. They hnve put on fifty extra men.
The Jabez I .umber Company waa organized nt Jibes, Va.. the past week by
Ira Horton. \V. (i. Walton, formerly with the Walton Lambar Company, nnd other*.
Capital, S3UI0Q. Will develop timber properties In Russell anil Tazewell counties,
on the Norfolk ami Western road.
The Henderson-White Lumber Company, Norton. I* making some notable In
crease* fn their plant nt West Norton, on the Dominater Branch railroad.
Wilson Church. Jr., nnd Anderson Well*, of Manning, Va.. are negotiating for
the purchase of 3.000 sere* of virgin oak nnd ponlar on th« headwater* of Pow
ells rlrer. shore Manning. If the deal I* mail*, the*** gentlemen will shortly local*
three mills and bnlld several miles of lumber road to the property.—Southern
LMjbanmn.
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