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FIRE DESTROYS TOWN
Loss From Flames at Rawhide,
\ : Nevada, Over $1,000,000.
OVER 3,000 ARE HOMELESS
Volunteer Fire Department, Aasitted By
500 Miners, Worked Heroically
to Save the Place.
Rawhide, Nev. —Three thousand
people homeless, a score or more in
jured, and a property loss of over
$1,000,000, is tlie result of a disas
trous fire which started in Dr. Gard
ner’s office, located in the Rawhide
Drug Company’s building. Fanned by
a gale the fire swept rapidly south
<*n<t ..act to iinlioon avenue and up
Rawhide avenue to within titty yards
of the People s hospital.
Over a ton and a half of dynamite
was used in the demolition of build
ings, which in a measure stayed the
flames' progress. The volunteer fire
department and 500 miners worked
heroically, but on account of the In
flammable construction of the build
ings they were swept away like tin
der.
In a short time the business por
tidon of Rawhide was a smoldering
ruin, the flames being finally checked
south of Balloon avenue.
Among the first buildings to go was
Collins’ hardware store, which con
tained two tons of dynamite that ex
ploded with -a terrific rip, hurling
•burning planks and boards a great dis
tance, setting fire to numerous build
ings simultaneously.
The scenes were similar to those at
the fire at. Goldfield in .Inly, 1906,
and at Cripple Creek in April, 1596.
Many people were injured >by flying
debris.
A famine was feared, as all the sup
ply houses and grocery stores were
wiped out.
A subscription list was started, and
in a few minutes over $5,000 was
raised and a relief train started from
Reno, carrying food and bedding,
All the mining towns of the state
came quickly to the assistance wf Raw
hide sufferers with cash contributions.
San Francisco Mining Exchange at
once sent a contribution of SSOO.
A partial list of the heaviest loser*-
follows:
Fir st Bnrik of Bank of
Rawhide. "iv. -.s-Times building, Miz
pah Mercantile Company. Nevada
Meat Market, the Northern Texas,
Richards, Marks & Co., Nevada Club,
Downer Hotel, Kelly’s dance hall.
The fire destroyed the hoisting
works of the Bluff Mining Coompany,
Grutt Hill properties and the Grutt
business office, the loss on these
amounting to SIO,OOO, which is the
extent of damage done the mining
properties.
Plans were well under way for a
reconstruction of the town before the
ashes were cool.
The Press-Times and Rustler news
paper offices were saved, although
the machinery of the news plant was
destroyed.
TRADE BOOMING IN MANY LINES.
- - an ln
Activity in **-*j. 1 ”
Washington, D. C— Notably increas
ed activities in a number of lines.-of
• Industry in the United States are
shown in the July report of the bu
reau of statistics of the department
of commerce' and labor, which has
just been issued. There is a con
siderably heavier live stock movement
reported for the seven months end
ing with July than for the correspon
ding period of either of the two im
mediately preceding two years. Grain
receipts for July increased over thg
preceding month and also over July
of last year. Lumber and coal move
ments, as well as the production of
iron, continue to show marked ad- j
vances over the preceding months of
the year, although the total is still
below the heavy figures of July. 1907.
More than 70 per cent of the report
ing car associations show gains over
the preceding months of the current
year. Live stock reports at seven inte
rior primary markets aggregated 2,-
784.193 head.
With returns from forty-five leading
cities the building operations for July
shelved improvement, a small gain
over the remarkably large business
of July of last year being reported.
Packing house products, receipts of
southern pine at New York, pig iron
and other productions showed gains
over the preceding month.
Coal and coke traffic over seven
eastern coal carrying roads during
July, 1908, aggregating 9.961.996 tons,
was far in excess of the preceding
months’ totals, though still nearly 3,-
000,000 tons below the like shipments
for July, 1307. Tliv increase over tlio
June figures is largely due to the 1.-
000,000-ton increase in shipments of
bituminous coal.
FATAL FREIGHT WRECK.
Engine Rolled Down an Embankment
Scalding Fireman.
Macon, Ga. —Tom Turner, an extra
fireman, was scalded to death, and
Engineer T. C. Benett and Conductor
J. J. Rhodes Were severely injured
when the engine of an extra freight
on the Southern railway jumped the
track on a siding -at Scotland and
turned down a steep embankment. A
rail turned on the siding while some
cars were being moved. When the en
gine left the tracks all the men on
board jumped except the fireman, who
was scalded to death under the heavy
wreckage.
Conductor Rhodes was brought to
the Macon hospital. The other injur
* od persons were taken to their homes.
FOUR MEN SUFFOCATED.
Fire In Fore Peak of British Bark
Puritan.
Botson, Mass.—Succumbing to the
deadly fumes of burning pitch and
oakum, deep down in the fore peak
of the British bark Puritan, four sea
men were suffocated and a fifth was
partly overcome. The dead are Har
ry E. Oslen, Carl Morsen, Peterson
Beck, George Sunblade.
The fire, which caused only slight
damage, le supposed to have been j
paused by •pontaneoua combustion. ,
The Miler tjfuntv Libera!
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OF POLITICAL INTEREST.
Before a large audience in Brown
auditorium of the Ohio Northern Uni
versity at Ada, Ohio, Professor Aaron
S. Watkins was officially notified of
his nomination as the candidate for
vice president by the national pro
hibition party. In his speech of ac
ceptance Professor Watkins declared
that the saloon is doomed in the Unit
ed States.
Collar makers employed by a man
ufacturer at Galesburg, 111., sent Wil
liam Jennings Bryan a collar for Mr.
Bryan's mascot mule. Every man in
the shop took part in making the col
lar.
The Bryan democrats of Baltimore
are organizing a company to start a
morning paper. The bolt of the Sun
leaves Mr. Bryan out of the morning j
newspapers in Baltimore and the Bal
timore papers cover Maryland.
A socialist speaker in New York I
got so eloquent recently in telling 1
about the awful condition of the work
ing man that one of them who was
listening to him tried to commit sui
cide on the spot.
General Jacob S. Coxdy, who led |
the army of unemployed men from his
home in Ohio to Washington fourteen
years ago, has anounced that he in
tends to work for the populist party
and for the election of Thomas E.
Watson during the presidential cam
paign.
Jay W. Forrest of New York, chair
man of the national committee of the
people's party, has established south
western headquarters for the populist
organization at St. Louis. According
to Chairman Forrest the populists will
poll one million votes in November.
E. W. Chafin, prohibition candidate
for the presidency, in aspeech de
livered at Spokane, Wash., said that
one of the first things he would do
after Inauguration, should he be elect
ed. would be to clean up the District
of Columbia. He said Washington
was one of the vilest cities in the
world.
The political situation in New York
state has been jolted by the announce
ment that Governor Hughes was kiss
ed "by a striking blonde," after his
speech at a county fair Just w..**r !
the brunette influence will be AbroWn
is an open question.
Exhausted bv ton speeches, Eugene
V. Debs, candidate for president on
, .He socialist ticket, arrived at Kan
| sas City on his red special from Des-
■ Moines. Mr. Debs was greeted by a
crowd of a hundred or more social
ists. Outside of a few reporters Mr.
Debs refused to see anyone. To the
newspapermen, Mr. Debs said that
he was contemplating taking his red
special from Omaha, Neb., to Birming
ham ,Ala., to campaign for the strik
ing coal miners there.
It was decided and announced that
Judge Taft with his family would ac
cept the hospitality of his brother,
Charles P. Taft, when he goes to Cin
cinnati at least for the.first few weeks
of the campaign.
Scores of republican spellbinders
received a shock when Frank H.
Hitchcock, the national chairman, an-
I nounced that in the present'campaign
Ino salaries will be paid to speakers.
Expenses will be allowed, but the fat
salaries which were paid in the cam-
I palgns of 1900 and 1904 will be kept
lin the Jreasi>rv for other and more
I urgent IJr yan visited St. Paul, Minn.,
I and delivered several speeches in
■ which he expressed himself as being
! satisfied that Governor John A. John
son of Minnesota, his leading rival
. for the nomination before the Den
ver convention, will loyally support
him in the coming campaign.
After long debate, the Central Fed
erated Inion, which is the central or
ganization of the labor unions of
New York City, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, adopt
ed a resolution pledging support to
the democratic ticket.
The independence league appeared
■ for the first time at the recent elec-
I lion in Vermont, and polled about 1,-
I 900 votes, while the prohibition and
socialist vote remained about the
same.
In an open letter to friends in Tex
as William Jennings Bryan makes an
appeal to the Catholic vote. He pre
faces his statement by references to
reports alleged to have (been circulat
ed in the present campaign to the ef
fect that he was not and never had
been disposed in a manner toward
Catholics. This Mr. Bryan denies, '
and while declaring he is a member
of the Presbyterian church he says
he includes many Catholics among
his dearest friends.
“My gracious! It used to be that I
when I said a thing was to be done, I
that, settled it. But it does not seem I
to be that way now. In these words, |
to a recent visitor to Sag
amore Hill, President Roosevelt show
ed that he chafed under the defiant
attitude of the leaders of the republi
can state organization on the ques-1
tion of renominating Governor
Hughes for governor of New York.
Henry Waterson, editor of the Lou
isville Courier-Journal, has given out
a letter from Bishop Walters calling
on negroes to vote the democratic
ticket to secure fair treatment.
W. J. Bryan will write each week
until election a letter to be sent to
every precinct democratic club in the
country, giving advice and suggestion
as to the campaign.
The democratic national committee
on college clubs organization includes
the following southern members: F.
H. Weston, South Carolina; H. H.
Wallace, Athens, Ga.; M. T. Ormand,
Alabama; A. A. Murphree, Florida;
Luke Lea, Tennessee; C. Irving Carey,
Virginia; R. E. L. Saner, Texas; Josh
ua W. Herring, Maryland, and J. W.
Swartz, Oklahoma.
The organization of the eastern de-1
partment of the democratic national j
committee has been completed and
National Chairman Norman E. Mack
has officially announced that National
Committeeman Robert*. S. Hudspeth,
of New Jersey, had been chosen vice
eSeuntn or eenjrauioo eqi jo uuuiJißqa
the democratic campaign in the east.
The democratic national commit
tee has decided to establish an anti
trust bureau in New York. William ■
H. Black has been made head of the
bureau of statistics and William Hoge ■
the chairman of the commercial trav
eler!’ bureau.
COLQUITT, GA., WEEfepAY, Jj TEMBER 9. 1908.
SECRET PRICE IS FIXED
By Farmers’ Union For Cotton
Crop of 1908-09.
PRESIDENT BARRETT TALKS
He Saya Union Has Adopted Plans
Which Will Insure Prosperity to
Cotton Growers.
Fort Worth, Texas. —The issue be
tween the cotton producers of Amer
i ica as represented to the Framers'
j Union, and those to whom he sells hi;*
1 staple was formally joined when the
| national convention reached its deter
i ruination with regard to a selling price
| and methods of marketing.
■When President Barrett of the Far
' mers’ Union was asked for a state
ment concerning the prospects for the
coming autumn, as affected by action
taken, he said:
“We have formulated plans, which,
sis followed closely, will insure the cot
ton growers of the south the most
( prosperous year in their history. We
| have learned from the experience of
the past few years, and you can as
sure the commercial interests of the
south that the Farmers’ Union is pre
pared to do its part in guaranteeing
the material welfare of the section for
the forthcoming twelve months.
"Our rank and file now know their
strength and their weakness/ They
are going to make the mos,- of the
one, and be watchful of the other,
if every member of this union does
not obtain a price for his cotton this
year commensurate with its value and
his labors, it will not be because plans
have not been laid carefully, scrupu
lously and painstakingly to that end."
The adjustable scale of prices fixed
for the crop of 1908-99. the concen
tration of the power of disposition In
a few hands, and the close alliance
with spinners, together with arrange
ments foi withholding cotton from the
market in such quantities and at such
times as the situation dictates, all
conspire to place the plans of the
union on a businesslike basis. It is
the opinion of the highest officials of
I the union that the steps taken at the
j convention this year will inaugurate
: a new era in the matter of securing
a full money return for the backbone
crop of the southern states.
As President Barrett expressed it,
“each one of the many million people
in the south dependent upon the pro
duction of cotton in its innumerable
phases will have reason to look with
gratitude on the wisdom of the dele
pn»os to this convention before the
union shall have again been called
Into annual session.”
Much controversy, it is understood,
arose over the price to be fixed, one
faction favoring 12 cents and another
14 cents. The discussion at times be
came so heated and -bitter that it was
feared the delegates would come to
blows, but President Barrett and oth
er cool heads succeeded in allaying
threatened trouble. When the matter
finally came to a vote a 12-cent mini
■ mum proposition was defeated, but a
| resolution was adopted providing that
the price fixed which could not be as-
I certained. shall be in force only for
i.WrJy national handling com-
Slower it. as the size of'the crop tnen
I seems to justify.
Tim following officers were re-elect
ed: Charles S. Barrett, Georgia, presi
dent; J. E. Montgomery, Tennessee,
vice president; R. H. McCulloch, of
Arkansas, secretary and treasurer ;
directors: W. A. Morris, Alabama; T.
M. Jefferds, Oklahoma; I. N. McCol
lister, Louisiana. _
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WARNED.
In Regard to Participation in Polit
ical Campaigns.
Washington, D. C.—A note of warn
ing against federal employees resign
ing to participate in political cam
paigns with the expectation of possi
bly leentering the service is sound
ed in a statement given out by Ibe
civil service commission defining Its
attitude.
Inasmuch as the issuance of a cer
tificate is discretionary with the com
mission,” says the letter, which is
signed by President John R. Black,
"no certificate will be issued in any
case where the party seeking rein
statement resigned with a view to
•running for office or indulging in a
degree of political activity which
would be prohibited if he,had remain
ed in the service, afterwards having
failed in his candidacy, or having in
dulged in the contemplated political
activity, seeks reinstatement.’’
AGED WOMAN CREMATED.
Gadsden, Ala.—Mrs. Elizabeth Mc-
Neal, aged 75 years, and her invalid
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Joe McNeal,
aged 50 years, were burned to death I
in a tire which destroyed their home
on Lookout Mountain, eight miles
north of this city.
Government Cotton Crop Report.
Washington, D. C. —The crop report
of the department of agriculture I
shows that the average condition of ■
the cotton crop on August 25 was 76.1 •
per cent of a normal. This compared
with 83 on July 25, last; 72.2 on Aug
ust 25, 1907; 77.3 on August 25, 1906;
and 73.9 the average of August 25 con
ditions for the past ten years.
Fears For Safety of Ship.
San Francisco, Cal—Gravest fears
are entertained for the safety of the
British steamer Aeon, which cleared :
from this port for Sydney and has not
yet arrived here. The steamer Lord
Sefton, of the same ine, has arrived
at Auckland and reports no sign of
the Aeon.
$500,000,000 In United States Vault!
Washington, D. C. Uncle Sam, |
enriched $500,000,000 by the provis
ions of the Vreeland-Aldrch emergen
cy currency measure, has so much
money on hand that he cannot wait I
for the construction of the new vaults
in the treasury building, but has rent
ed storage vaults in the Union Trust
building and placed relays of armed
guards both inside and outside of the
tanking offices, to protect the millions
of dollars awaiting the call of an
emergency that may never material
ize.
SEVEN PEOPLE n .
Summer Vi.itor. are L*.J whlk Bnating
at Deer Is! t j
Deer Isle, Maine.- Bummer
visitors out of a par,,. o£ tcn w „ rG
drowned by the s_foot 5 _ foot I
sloop in Penobscot ii this '
island. The drowned ?’.
ice Torro, Washington ' A.' M : s ..
Eleanor Toro c ■
Miss Kellog, Baltimo ,
logg Baltimore; Mrs. s . e ( * raw
ley, Philadelphia- Mu Ellzabetll
Evans, Mount Holyoke lrv
sachusetts; Jasop A i Hutchins, ot
Bangor Those I c ta „
Haskell, Peer Isle, /r. > teggor Edwar(J
Crawley, Philadelphi usuand of
Mrs. Crawley; Hear f E M(
Holyoke, brother of M / Ellzabelh Ev .
ans. w
With captain Sam. . Ha koll the
patty of light-hearti t* umm , e
started out for a T ~l obs cot
Bay The wtnd wa ;bi; S()U ,, V
west and squally. « , gI wag of
the open” variety. J v
It had no deck
. . , . .'tv w rd and no
cabin, and i. contai. ballast as
■ ’ he parl , y , °, f ten , W d ’he boat
down quite heavily, J -, a laiu llas
kell, an experienced d 101 ln lhese
waters, tboughhhat tig, ft would
be veil balan'i. 1 , )(5 had
scarcely been. g* e an h the
wtnd freshened i A- ~ sloo
rhe U o°e V eXts d f’- 'r'A-yupon
AH the party*— . d hi , gh on
he weather snk , , cut
through the wave»‘ r £, r al
most coming over *.ne .^ les on the
1 lee side, when Captai" 1
a shout of warning g o Tng
to tack and then the tiller
Jue. at. this momen i , .
high up on a wave, /j . boa ‘ roae
the full brunt of the. ’M 1 ” , her to
usually heavy gu 1 /', d ~A- n and
in a twinkling went over
on her beam ends, anti th. party of
ten were thrown into th, « ,ter.
For one brief moment fit was every
one for one’s self. W<ig.,ted down
with their water-soaked doilies and
chilled through by tlw' '-U water, the
women were unable to keep
j selves afloat. Some grabbed the
, person nearest ther by lie neck and
in some instances til, . had gont
down together, clasped ,li ach oth
er’s arms. »
The three men*in the tender found
that they were almost id ir ipable of
giving assistance in th. r ,at as if
they had been in the vit
Os the rest of the pft but two
were in sight and the - >at was
headed for them. Theyp re Lutie
Kellogg and Miss Evans ' ley were
unconscious, and althouy'i be rescu
ers worked vigorously o et ’hem all
efforts to restore life fa The
bodies were taken ashor •
SAVED FROM INSTAN f DEATH.
A. L. Banks Lassoed is He Was Go
ing Over Pr e. .
San ' Bernardino, (al —Archie L.
Banks, a prominent r*si. fnt of Phil
i adelphia, was saved ” liom instant
death by William log, rs of New
York, in a most remark Ole manner
in the mountains near h re.
A party of fourXlfemo A r of
London, William R ~ »rt
Shea of New York i
the' San’ 'Tieiuffi’airatf“ .0”
Banks horse slipped f
down an embankment Mnrt a prec
ipice. At the very br ,ild grapsed
a small bush, which w to give
i way under the. strain, 'lie iere was
the swish of a lasso ai t’ mperiled
man fpund himself nr “d by
; rope, thrown with u: n g aim 1
■ Rogers. With the ex< >i i of a few
bruises and a severe t vous sho. k
I Banks was uninjured
SEVEN MILLION 4mEN..
Council Now Said to i ve That Mem
bership—Opens Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland rThe .nterna
tional council of woi. u, wl • h was
organized by America (worn, i at the
Chicago world’s fair / L- 93, and
whose membership to* L about 7.000,-
000, representing all parts of the
world, met her?. Till work of the
council was prcliminr. ' to the great
congress, of women i be held next
year at Toronto, Cat la. The Amer
lean delegates presen yere Mrs. Kate
Barrett, the vice ? sident of the
American council, and rhe Rev. Anna
Shaw.
WOMAHiLLS iuSBAND.
Says He Was Meat to Her and
Abused ter.
Jonesboro, Ark. —Mt. A h Pickett
shot and killed her ausb; L a well
known resident qf JcJesboro, because,
she alleges, he was .Lean to her and
abused her.”
Mrs. Pickett escaufl with her step
father, a prominent farmer, but both
were arrested latet Mrs. Pickett
confessed.
ANTI-BUCKET HO? LAW.
It Is Effective in N w York—Will Aid
Regular iitchange.
New York City.—The so-called anti
bucketshop law wh.fh was enacted by
the legislature thi jyear and approv
ed by Governor Hithes has been put
into operation in Lis city. Charles
H. Badeau, presid Jit of the Consoli
dated Stock exchr.tee, said that as a
tesult of the ne law the exchange
expects a considt able increase in
business. He sai that numerous in
quiries had been hade since the pas
sage of the law ay .bucketshop men
to secure .direct i presentation on the
consolidated exchange, but that all
such efforts had peen fruitless.
OVEIA SfiOROWNED.
British 3ark Arazon Wrecked—Six
Bodies W*hed Ashore.
Neath Wales. -The Britishh bark
Amazon, for Iqu jue from - Port Tal
bot, ha been wiicked near the latter
port. >nly five but of her crew of
thirty-t o were laved. Six bodies
alreadj have been, washed ashore.
It is eared all the rest of the
crew of the A oazon were drowned.
The bark was iriven ashote during
the night of tl I storm and soon be
came a total w®ck.
EXTRA SESSION OF LEGISLATURE PROCEEDINGS
IN THE HOUSE.
The house having adopted the Hol
der convict lease bill presented it to
the senate. The upper house killed all
the original sections of the Holder
bill and substituted in place the dlt
ferent sections of the “skidoo" bill.
They then passed it and returned it
to the house, who refused to accept
It as amended.
A system of parole and conditional
pardon for |£e Georgia penitentiary
was passed by the house when the
bill providing for this by Mr. Persons
of Monroe was passed unanimously,
133 memibers voting. The bill provides .
for all convicts except those convict
ed of two or three certain crimes,
to receive the advantages of a parol*?
and conditional pardon, but. it is pro
vided that each convict shall serve
the minimum sentence prescribed for
the crime of which he was convicted.
Mr. Persons made an interesting
speech and p good impression on the
other members of the house, and sev
eral announced that they had changed
their minds on the subject. As Mr.
Slater of Bryan lau-i pointed out it
gives the poor man -the man w; . rtt
money or political influence—a chain
to redeem himself and have hope for
the future. The bill was by unani
mous consent transmitted immediate
ly to the senate.
The house of representatives pass
ed the Wise "near-beer” tax, by a
vote of 99 to 32. A tax of S2OO is
placed on dealers and SSOO on manu
facturers of imitation beers
" The provision <Jf the bill limiting
the amount of alcohol the imitation
beer may contain to one one-half per
cent was defeated
q-p, nat<- is conin»i*<*»a to n tax
ot SIOO on dealers and SSOO on manu
facturers of imitation beers, but it
is not appreliended that the two
I houses will experience a great deal of
trouble getting together on the ques
tion.
The bill passed by the house pro
vides that the funds derived from the
tax shali go to support the convicts..
The >lll by Mr. Perry of Hail tn
stop the convict lease system I.'
amendment to the state constitution
at the termination ol the present
leases, March 31st next was lost by
a vote of 116 to 39. The bill not hav
ing received the requisite two-thrids
majority of 122, required for amend
meats to the constitution, was there-
IN THE SENATE.
Emasculated in proposed executive
features, but otherwise intact, the
substitute to the Felder convict bill,
known as the ‘'skidoo” or “23” bill,
was passed iby the senate by a vote
of 33 to 10.
The bill is one of the most compre
hensive ihqt has yet been offered in
solution of the question that is troub
ling the state, one of its most inter
esting features being th • levying of
an Income tax.
The provision abolishing the pris
on commission and creating in its
place a hoard of control, Consisting of
the governor, commislsoner of agri
culture and atteorney general, was
stricken from the substitute.
The provision f r an income tax of
one-half of one per cent on all ii>-
.iff posed. *x o*':,
was reduced *roi’.> <m</ )A !
dollars; the tax of ss'bj on m n : *
turers of imitation beads remain*... un
changed.
An amendment requiring the mcm
bers of the prison commission to give
all of their timi » the discharge of
their duties was passed.
The es’setnial details of the substi
tute follow
The stats has direct supervision of
all felony and misdemeanor convicts.
The misdemeanors may, however, be
worked by the counties.
The lease system terminates on the
night of March 31, 1909.
The money derived from the hire of
convicts in" the meantime shall be
set aside as a prison fund.
The money already appropriated for *
the support of the prison department
is made immediately available.
The money derived from the imita
tion beer tax shall go into the fund
to maintain the convicts.
The felony convicts now hired out
to lesses and used by the counties
shall be givemt over to the commis-;
sion on April 1, 1909.
The commission may, in its discre
tion, purchase one or more farms.
The convicts shall be divided into
gangs or squads, and, under the su
pervision and management of the
state, shall work in the several coun
ties of the state upon the public roads
or other public works.
The work to be done in the respec
tive counties shall be apportioned by
the commission in proportion to pop
ulation.
The material used in road improve- ’
ment shall be furnished by the coun
ties for which the work.is done.
The action of the directors of the
Savannah board of trade in abolish- <
ing the grades of C and A of rosins, <
amounts to’a decided innovation in ’
the naval stores world. Ever since s
naval stores have been marketed <
there have been three low grades, A, I
B and C. They have in recent years <
been bunched together so far as quo
tations a?e concerned and some of I
the foreign buyers have been kicking :
recently that when they bought low ’
grade rosins they got more A’s than *
anything else. To overcome this ob
jection it was decided to abolish en
tirely the A and C grade and bunch .
the rosins that have been placed un
der one or the other of the three low- *
er grades as B's. It is expected this
will stop the kicking of our English ;
and German cousins. ,:
How badly in need of a place for
working the misdemeanor convicts of 1
Savannah. Chatham county is, was
shown when there were so many prls- :
oners in jail that some of the cells 1
bad to be occupied by more than one 1
person. There were almost two hun- 1
dred and fifty prisoners in jail re- 1
cently before the police court sent its
quota there. This class of prisoners
do not work but remain in Jail as an ,
expense to the city. The city and the ,
county are now preparing a plan by ’
which it is proposed to work the city
convicts on the county farm, near the
city limits* j
Vicious and long term men shall Hie
held on the farm or farms.
None of the products of the farms
are to be sold in competition with
free labor. The convicts are to raise
such products as will be used by the
state institutions and road gangs, also
the convicts shall make tools, machin
ery, etc., such as will be required by
the road gangs.
The money for the purchase of the
required land and the road equipment
will be taken from the special prison
fund, to be accumulated as indicated.
STATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
Beal Brothers bottling works at
Monticello werre entirely destroyed
by fire. The origin of the fire is un
known. The loss is estimated a'
$4,000, with SI,OOO insurance.
Contract was awarded for a juli in
Polk county, Georgia, that will cost
nearly $20,000, and for the building of
a $50,000 fertilizer factory a' I'lird* '.* .
G-a.
Meigs enjoys the distinction of bar
ing a bank whose deposits have doub
led In the year 1908, notwithstanding
that the vear was ushered in amid
i sadly troubled busint l
Owing to tlr*- *,
ing July and August, ..*■ couui. . ,
In Hancock county will not be over
60 per cent of last year's yield, a
t cording to estimates of close observ
ers of the crop.
W B. Spence, who attempted to
commit suicide at Columbus, by cut
* ting his throat with a razor, and who
i is in the hospital for treatment, is im
■ proving slowly. His physicians say
he will recover.
The city of Hartwell held an elec
tion to determim whether or not the
city should hav* pt 'h . 's, re
; suiting in a large vote, and . four
against public schools.
The Georgia and Alabamma Indus
trial Index says: "Anotb ■
ing testimonial * ,f " ,e superiority and
growliu popularity ot southern mar
ble Is found in the beautiful Girard
building, which has just been com
pkH * In Philadelphia, Os Georgia
marbl* it is, within and without, and
it is regarded as one of the hand
somest structures in the Quaker me
tropolis. While the New England
marble is soft, white and beautiful,
it absorbs readily the smoke and im
purities of a great city. The marble
found in the hills of north Georgia
| being of a harder and more crystal
line formation is non-absorbant and
is regarded as peculiarly adapted for
j construction purposes in large cities."
Fourteen fires occurred in Macon
during the month of August, while in
August, 1907, only nine alarms were
answered by the Macon fire depart
ment. During the past month only
one bad fire occurred and that was
Huhn’s hardware store early in the
month. The other fires were *mj'
ones and the damage done amounted
to very little.
J. A. Bagwell of Lawrenceville, Ga..
has bought the Marietta Courier. Mr.
Bagwell recently sold the Gwinnett
; County Journal, of which he was edi
, tor and came to Marietta.
One < the most successful revivals
ever held in .’'b’?',. "oosa lias just been
( over ' • ’ bT ' “ Ba i t,Bt
v.-.-re adqpu -■ u*.L * ..:C
ami prciosion ol faith Ihe :>’•finance
of baptism was .ad.: . jred to the
new members at the T; llapoosa river
and one of the largest crowds ever In
attendance upon any occtuion was
present it being estimated that there
were two thousand people at the
river..
The resignation of Judge J. H Mar
tion of Columbus of the superior
courts of the Chattahoochee cir'-uit,
which was sent to the governor some
time ago, took effect, and Honorable
S. Price Gilbert, who was apponted
by the governor to succeed him, was
sworn in, Judge William Redd, of the
ordinary’s court of Museogee county
officiating. At the same time that
. Captain Gilbert was sworn in as
judge he vacated the office of solici
tor general of the circuit court and
Honorable George C. Palmer, who had
■been appointed by the governor to
succeed him, was also sworn in as so
licitor general. Judge Martin retires
with the confidence, esteem and good
will of the people of the entire cir
cuit and the new officials enter upon
the discharge of their duties under
most favorable auspices.
More than $6,000 was subscribed in
Savannah for the relief of the Augus
ta flood sufferers. This is the largest
amount raised in any city. Heavy
contributions were made on the floor
of the Savannah cotton exchange. The
American Naval Stores company sent
the Press fund SSOO, and Spencer H.
Shotter, chairman of the board of the
same concern, sent the Morning
News’ fund, a similar amount.
In a determined effort to rid the
city of blind tigers the city council
of Albany has offered a standing re
ward of SSO to any citizen, policeman,
sheriff or deputy or any other city
or county officer who will supply in
formation, with evidence to convict,
of the operation of any blind tiger.
The permits issued by the building
inspector of Atlanta shows that dur
ing the month of Auguts just closed
there were issued permits aggregating
over a third of a million Collars, or
to be exact $389,305, a clear gain of
$46,633 over the month of Aug., 1907.
With this appreciable increase the
total increase for the eight months
of 1908, over the same number for
1907 is $226,026. The total for the
year 1908 up to date being $3,796,573,
as against $3,569,547 for last year
Three delegates from Waycross
have been appointed by Governor
Hoke Smith to attend the Internation
al Tuberculosis congress, which will
convene in Washington, D. C„ Septem
ber 21st to October 12th. The ap
pointees are Professor E. A. Pound,
superintendent of the etty schools;
Dr. J. L. Walker and Dr. R. P. Izlar
Shellman cotton receipts for the
season of 191)7-418 were 11,434 bales.
There was received here during Aug
ust, this year, 2,000 bales of new cot
ton, which breaks all records of pre
I vlous years.
IS <l.
COTTON GROM
Heaviest tn Years ? ,:cord
Reports From Gver ?
ESTM
H*«vy * * n ' to S
C> Short.
(*f th*- -1* 1■ - * y ■
a half till ■ ■ a ”- i: *
duct! n l:ii ’ * vi* '
hundred ■
ta too 11 i
ing one and a qua t* :
lortunity to *
! Macon; 11* rd
' have ad*- > ai ■
situati*.and the-. .
ly alarmed at the *.
have r**c ; d.
Out of the .46 -v.'iii--- .. ”1' wo
is the cotton crop lor.'.iiiua "’
good this year as her
other 141 ennnti ■■
Aom 10 r* • < ‘ •’
‘The heavy rains, which w-*r< 1
era! throughout the state two or
three weeks ago. followed by the
exceeding hot weather, accounts for
the damage." said Commissioner Hud
son. "The two excesses—too much
rain and too much heat—caused the
cotton to shed its young bolis and
squares to such an extent that every
acre of farm land in Georgia was lit
eraliv covered with them.
"The damage is greatei this year
Ilian ever before in my ku vledgc,”
he continued, "and the worst of It is
that it is now too late to offset or
counteract the damage. Tli ? crop is
made, and it is the shortest in the
history of the state in recent years.”
WILL NOT CLCSE COPPER MINES.
Attorney General Gives His Reason
For Not Enforcing Injunction.
Atlanta, Ga -In a statement relat
ing to the liisi-tcuce Os the people
of Fannin ccnntj that tne uucktown
copper mines be closed at one*, in
order to abate the nuisance arising
from the fumes of ..moke and gas.
Attorney llenera! John C. Hart has
set forth the-'leasoiis * by he has not
enforced the injunction secured by the
state against those conlpaiiles.
vhe injunction’v. gS to go Into
I fee onlj after reasonable time had
I been allowed the mines aaate Ta
I nuisance compl ’tied of *t*'’ th
spot t about $1.000,00<: msk'lliag ’’t
phuric acid chan ' ■■ to •01 ,ert th
fumes ::i. s-p- u.irn ■ ■ a.;.
“The compani* ..
est effort to eorri-ct the evil. . ~h
plained of." <aid tre :>>tcrt r - tl.
"and it it. only 'a les-n n . '*: - * ;
til the cause of tn • v ii-.Mi.i- wfi be
entirely removed ! * i *' w
these companies *.-,i* m*-:.i* . ,;.-s
of a million dollr:. ***'.• . !
Georgia Tb*'-, a** M i 'in'. * 'i
state th*' itlpb' ' - *
from the fume
reduction in tin i ■ ■ *■:
the farmers of the s’.,-
I have nM-i.-l
to insist tba'
take care ot tb.“- turn* ■ ' ’ ■
they are Itov 1:1 ■ ■
fort to do *, -i
ing.”
17 INSURANCE U ,E
Failed to File S- ’
ments as Re :
Atlanta, Ga.
fire insurance ■cn
have failed to cm n *
law. which requlr
the governor sen
and. as a result,
red from doing bu
for the balance *
they resume, they .* i
be required to tal>< out
Teh companies are: Tb ■
tan Fire insurance Con ,
York; the United Stan s
surance Company of N ■
Great Western Life It
pany of Kansas Ci'l
tectlve Association
Mass.; the South Atl
ancc Company of Ri<
General Acciderr
ration of Perth, Sec
politan Surety
York; th*' United Ann
Accident In -: .
adelphia, Pa
Accident Insurant
ver. Col.; the A:
Association of Aila.
Insurance Company
las. Ga., the Great Sou
dustrial Association of Bi'-m.:
Ala.; the Mutual *.* Insuratn* :■-
pany of Cordele, y .
eflt Industrial Lif ’’C
vannah, Ga.; I lion • * :
tion of Savannah, G;.,
$334,000 iNCßt,i>r. '
Dougherty County’s Tax Returns Show
Big Increase.
Albany, Ga.—When the tax retu* «
of Dougherty county were finally con
solidated it was found •bet th* In
crease over 190 v amounted *o a **-iai
of over $334,0011. which s ■ lieved
be the largest percentage of increase
shown by any county of the state.
The total foi the county is a little
less than $6,000,000.
The colored tax payers of the coun
ty show a falling off in property r«-
turned of sl7,<W-