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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
WEDNESDAY, IDLY I, 1*0*.
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tech boy completes
NEW ROAD TO GULF
Ben Steele, With Fam
ily Fortune, Opens
Vast Territory.
ST. ANDREWS BAY
TO OPELIKA, ALA.
Ban Steel*, of Atlnnte, > Tech boj, en-
inoncn the comptetltton of his work In
ennstmcdn* the Atlnnte and St. Andrews
Bi.t railroad from Pansme City on the (ulf
pothan, Alt., where It connects with the
Central of Georgia end the Atlantic Coast
tine for points East tnd West. Trains, the
tnest obtainable In this couqtry, will begin
operation In both the passenger and freight
serrlce on July li between these two points.
The yeuag railroad builder wilt then push
so with his construction work' toward Ope
lika. Ala., where be will tap ths Atlanta
and West Point with his line, than glrln*
Atlanta another direct route to deep water
for her freight, and a passenger serrlce
that will enable a trareler to leare Atlanta
at 9 o'clock p. m. and take breakfast at
Panama Clip, by the blue waters of the
tropical Gulf of Mexico.
The First Announcement
The announcement of the new road and
•te steady advancement up from the gulf,
thru miles of rich timber land, thru a re-
.Ion hleiaed with acres upon scree of not
ion-growing Industries; Its progress loi-
ceded now by Injunction, now by phyilcsl
obstacles such as lake tnd lagoon; the an-
nouncement of the new road sounds some
what startling In view of the fact that not
■ word bns been said of It publicly during
Its entire construction period, extending
over a apace of two years or more.
There was no nead of pnhllc word. In
— Steals was tmfldlng that road
his own ability and nls family'*
fortune. There la a million dollars Invest
ed In It, and not a bond baa been sold or
a share of stock placed ou the murket. It
Is atrlctly a railroad of the Steeles, A. n.
Steele, the well-known lumber king of At
lanta, baring conceived It nnd Ben Steele,
his son, having built It. Foot by foot,
mile by mile, until now It has reached Its
flrst stage of completion, they have brought
that road up from the gulf by their own
energy and enterprise, nnd the fact that It
Is the only rosd running north aud suutb
thru one of the ncheit sections of this
country: the additional fact that It con
nects with all the principal roads running
'*•' end west between the mineral district
of Birmingham nnd the Atlantic seaboard—
tnis environment assures them ample re-
ward for their tremendous labors. ,
Lin* Long Needed.
nil *’ " lln *. lcm * neclod end It will be t
Hoc generously patronlaed.
It will develop n territory now practically
• wUdaresss of long leaf yellow plnc.wltj
thousands of acres of government lande
i ;> ou, " n 'l« of colton growlngacres
ready for the plow and harrow when the
development shall set lu.
It Is. In short, a maeter stroke of enter-
IRE * nd ft* effect* of It will he felt
^rougoout this section for generations to
***** Ho® to bis section, Ben
the 24-year-old Tech boy, baa verb
flaa all the hope* and aims of the founders
or the Georgia .School of Technology. They
built that achool in order to train South-
•rn boy* now to develop Southern resources
and here Is the purpose of the Institution
wrought out In the most gratifying man-
^wblla other young men have left the
TECH BOY WHO BUILT ROAD
him the pnrposea of the great achool
have been brought to a full realisation.
Began at Rodman,
le began work on thi
- ten th* first survey of
was on. Then he took charge of a squad
of workmen, then another and another, un
til finally, last year, he took charge of the
construction work as general superintend
ent and found himself later assistant gen
eral manager of the whole outfit and second
vice president of the company.
The officer* of the road are A. B. Steele,
president and general mat ~ ~ “
via. vice president; P. J. . ___.
tendent; directors, A. B. Steele, Jon
ATLANTA TO THE GULF
BEN W. STEELE.
Son of A. B. Steele, of Atlanta. He has just completed construetion of
a new line thru Alabama, opening vast new industrial region.
Candler, G. H. Purvis, W. S. Thomson, Ben
W. 8teele. of Atlanta: B. O. Framer. T.
N. Kapey. Rea Steele. P. J. Domer. of Do
than. Ain.: attorneys, Rsney k Farmer, of
Dothan, and Cnndlers, Thomson k Hlrsch,
Atlanta.
The offices of the road are In Atlanta and
Dothan, with general headquarters In the
Candler building. Atlanta,
The
railroad Is not the only development
‘ ' » Steeles are engage' ~
the gulf, rename Cl
The
terminus on me gnu, i unman vllty. Is a
place only three years, old and yet it baa
NEW LINE TO GULF. ti t It .
Heavy line* show the Atlanta and St. Andrewa Bay railroad, built by
Tech boy to fllvo Atlanta direct lino to the gulf.
now a population of over 5fi<> people. It Is
J rowing rapidly, and President Steele pr
lets It will l»e one of the largest eftli-
on the gulf coast, excepting Mobile. New
Orleans and Pensacola, within a few years.
A Fine Harbor.
At Panama City the road baa bnllt docks
for the accommodation of vessels that
‘ ‘ '* t* for
.... In by
the road. There Is a fine harbor, with a
channel 15 feet deep, and vessel* of the
largest tvpe enter even now. The govern
given an Impetus that will make her the
metropolis of the Southern border In a few
short years. Government engineers nave
reported that It will require but little
work nnd expense to give the harbor the
deepest channel on the coaat.
St. Andrews Bar. ns Is well known,
one of the most beautiful bodies of water
In the world. The stretch of blue gulf at
Panama City la 85 miles square, coming up
to the city against bluffs many feet high,
so that the point offers the people of the
South a new and most attractive place for
their summer and winter homes.
Equipment the Finest,
Tho equipment of the Atlanta and St.
Andrewa Bay railroad la the beat that Its
management could obtain. Only Baldwin
engines, of the finest type mad* by the fa
mous Philadelphia foundries, are used. They
•re the same type as those used by the At
lanta. Birmingham and Atlantic road, and
other hlgh-clnaa lines In this section.
The passenger cars were bnllt for tbf
road by the Hicks Car Company, of Ch
eago. recognized ts the equal of the Full*
man rflmpany In every detail of it* work.
No finer or more comfortable train* run
anywhere In the South than "the raoama
Special,” which opens the Tech boy • new
road to the gulf on July 15.
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Special Clean-Up Sale
EMBROIDERIES
Tomorrow, Thursday, 9 O’clock
25c, 35c and 50c Values
We find ourselves with too large a
stock of Swiss and Nainsook Edgings
and Insertings. Some are odd patterns
—others are left from fine match sets.
These are goods suitable for infants’
wear and for all sorts of lingerie for
ladies, misses aud children. The regu
lar prices are 25c, 35c and 50c, altho
most of them are the 50c qualities. On
sale tomorrow,, one day only
Id. RICH S BROS. CO. RICH
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BILLS INTRODUCED
IN THE LEGISLATURE
Trent of Heard Has Bill to
Amend Prohibition
Law.
The following new bills were Intro
duced In the house of representatives
Wednesday morning;
By Mr. Wynne, of Pulaakl—To make
gaming a felony Instead of a misde
meanor.
By Mr. Pope, of Dade—A reaolutlen
to relieve J. R. Brock and others as
sureties on the bond of John M. Castle,
berry, treasurer of Dade county.
By Mr. Trent, of Heard—To amend
an act to prohibit the manufacture,
sale, barter or giving away or keeping
nr furnishing any Intoxicants.
By Mr. Reid, of Wilcox—To amend
act Incorporating the city of Abbeville.
By Mr. Couch, of Coweta—To add
Scnola to the Hat of state depositories.
By Mr. Boyd, of Spalding—To amend
charter of the city of Griffin.
By Mr. Buchanan, of Grady—To pro
vide for an examination of the affairs
of the Blakely dispensary for the last
six months of 190*.
By Mr. Terrell, of Grady—To provide
for four terms of Grady county court.
By Mr. Payton, of Worth—To amend
code relative to the powers of the sev
eral courts of this state to Issue at
tachments and Inflict sumary punish
ments for contempt of court In certain
cases.
By Mr. Peterson, of Montgomery—To
create a new charter for Glennwood.
By Mr. Trent of Heard—To establish
a new charter for Franklin.
By Mr. Terrell, of Grady—To amend
fixing qualifications tor school district
trustees.
By Mr. Jones, of Montgomery—A
resolution to pay pension due Mr*.
Quean Shiver, of Mitchell eounty.
By Mr. Cook, of Telfair—To provide
how fences and gates may be estab
lished under stock law.
By Mr. Johnson, of Jasper—To amend
the act creating the city court of Mon
tlcello.
By Mr. Maseengale. of Warren—T<
create the city of Warrenton In place
of the town of Warrenton.
By Mr. Masengale, of Waren—To
establish the city court of Warrenton,
By Mr. Blackburn, of Fulton—To
provide for appointing two special bai
liffs In cities of more than *0,000 In
habitants.
By Mr. Blackburn, of Fulton—A res.
olutlon for the relief of Mrs. E. W.
Hightower.
By Messrs Morris of Wayne, Tyion
of Emanel, McMIchael of Marlon. Don
aldson of Decatur, Adams of Chatham—
To provide that the state school com-
mlssloner shall be ex-ofllclo secretary
of the state board of education and fix
compensation of II.*00 per annum for
same.
After the address of the Alabama
game and fish commissioner, the house
resolved Itself Into the committee of
the whole, and Mr. Alexander ar 10:10
o’clock returned hi* argument for the
extension of the Western end Atlantic
railroad.
Bills in the 8enate.
The following new bills were Intro-
duced In the senate:
By Mr. Henderson—To authorise and
empower members of local board* of
school trustees to ndmlnlsfer oaths to
common school teacher* to their
monthly, quarterly and annual report!
to the county achool commissioners and
for other purpoees.
By Messrs. Peacock. Howard and
Brock—To prescribe salaries for the
•ollcttor* general of the several judlrlay
circuits of this stats, and to provide
for the application and disposition of
costs now applied by law to the pay
ment of solicitors general, and for other
purposes.
By Mr. Henderson—To amend para
graph 1 of section 1 of article *, and
paragraph 1 of section 11 of article *
of the constitution of this state, so as
to provide for the appointment of
Judges of the superior court and so
ld tors general by the governor by and
with the advice of the senate.
By Mr. Stephens—To provide for the
organisation, armament, discipline, reg.
ulatlon, service and maintenance of vol.
untary military commands, to be known
as "Georgia Volunteers," which shall
not be subject to the act of congress,
entitled “An act to promote the effl.
w
omen s
Und
ermuslms
TKis is an unusual sort of sale in at least one particular.
First, tliese garments—Skirts and Corset Covers—Lave keen
selling briskly for tkree days without a line m tke papers to
tell you about them.
We bad tbem in tbe window. Women saw them, and,
knowing values, bought tbem. Then one woman would go out
and tell another—and so on. A splendid sale!
We bad a great quantity of these Undermuslins. But
there are not many left.
THOSE THAT ARE LEFT WILL BE ON
SALE THURSDAY.
Skirts, regularly $1.00,
for . V .
Skirts, regularly $1.50,
for
59c
75c
Skirts, regularly $1.75 and dj *|
$2.00, for ..... Cpl.tHJ
Corset Covers, regularly 50c and
75c, for OVC
Corset Covers, regularly $1.00, 59c
These are good, substantial garments; tbe* materials are
dependable and tbe work is neat. Tbe reason of their re
markable pricing is that they were a remarkable purchase.
CHILDREN'S
HATS
A beautiful lot of Lin
gerie and Pique Hats for
children. Clean and fresh-
very attractively made of
embroidery, lace and finest
lawn and mull. Ribbon bows.
$1 and $1.25 Hats , . . 59c
$1.50, $1.75and$2 Hats,83c
$2.50 Hats . . . $1.39
There are a few straw-
bats in tbe 83-cent lot.
PIQUE COATS
and REEFERS
In sizes from 1 to 6 years.
These little coats are - hand
somely made of fine Pique,
with embroidered and scal
loped collars—some with a
pretty touch of handwork.
Fine pearl buttons and good
buttonholes. Splendid gar
ments and at just half price.
They range regularly from
$2 to $5.
Half of this for tomorrow*,
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co
cleney of the mllltls." and for other
purpoees, *te.
Senste Bills Passed.
The following hills we;« read the
third time and passed:
By Mr. Gordy—To repeal an act
fixing the number of days' work re
quired of persons subject to road duty
In counties having cities of Aot teas
than 17,00* nor more than 71,000 popu.
lotion.
Meriwether White Sul-
f ihur Springs, most delight-
ul resort to spend your va
cation.
Rsvelt In Paraguay.
WASHINGTON, July All com
munications were cut, the minister of
war was taken prisoner, and from 100
to 1*0 lives were lost In th* revolution
which began In Paraguay. July 7. This
Informstlon was received at the state
department from ' Edward O'Brien.
American minister at Uruguay and
Paraguay.
KNIGHT TO LECTURE
IN GAINESVILLE
Lucian I*. Knight hns accepted so Invlta-
tlon to deliver his famous address on Oen-
•rsl Longstreet before the Gainesville Chau-
tsuqus next Friday night.
Gllnesvtltp Is the former home of Gen-
ersl l.onrstroet, end the nddr'se, whMi was
flrst delivered by Mr. Knight before the
•Inmnl of the University of Georgls, hat
attracted wide attention.
Finest water and best
hotel fare at Meriwether
White Sulphur Springs.
In front of s store „
attracted a crowd. On# into asked how It
was used.
ANNULS BARBECUE
AT NOTIFICATION
Peaches have defeated polities In Cobb
county.
The peseh crop Is taking all tho time and
So the big barbecue which was scheduled
for next Saturday afternoon In honor of
tbe official notification of Joseph M. Brown
of hts nomination as governor was called
off Wednesday. The robb county folk re
gret It, but any "hualneaa boforo pleasure,"
and nobody la more ready to understand
members of tbe not]
Upstairs to Youre Right."
Sign on the window of e Now York eeot
tide bekery: "Look Out for tho Dog." Un
derneath which a wag wrote In chalk: "And
Don’t Get the Rabbis.”
to get work—a worker—a bargain—an
opportunity offer—a dog or pet—a com
fortable room—in fact anything used
or needed in the office—store—factory or
home is by using Georgian Want Ads—
There is NO want that Georgian Want
Ads cannot fill.