North Carolina Newspapers

.1 l.1 Lt:..;. 1 i,3 l", nice cf the Associated Prccn. ' " . ., Lcciwj 1,'cith C-roIInai IMtemooD; Papers in CLrcuktioa' .LASTTPino.;. ' " AJLL THE ilAKIILx. ; li KALE EALEIGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1907. PIIIC3 Cc. UNDER -TEE- SSELZZC shock PRESIDENT FINLEY GIVES. SOimiERPrS ALL KINGSTON ClIU&DLED, DROPPED IIMr ElUIN :! TIMES; VMnTS NEW LAt ITI1E -tOBBY BILL " i uu uiiull linm i uiulu : isuuuL 111' r bio.i M1TDE' FLORIM 5 followed Mvulsbi lflEDE?.OFLI!IES LOST IN THE Dl '" ' The First Reports Direct from Ktngs :3V. touf Overwhelmed by JTliia Awful ' Catastrophe, Tell of .the Almost Total Annihilation of the Jamaican Capital," Stating That Nearly Every ' .' House in the City is Ruin, That Four Hundred yire Dead and That t . Thousands Have r Been Injured. The British Colonial Office at Oncd " Take Measures . Looking to tho ; ', ; Relief of the Suffering. SASTER . (By tho Associated Press.) . ( ' Kingston", ' Jamaica, Jan. 16. Klnr ston was overwhelmed by an eaith- ' All uie nouses- witnm a raaiua 01 ten " miles tvere Injured, and almost eVLir house in the city was destroyed. Fire broHe out after the earthquake j end completed the work of destruction. The business section, of Kingston is a heap of smoldering ashes. The killed . . number about - four Jjundre-l,. and thousands were Injured. - . The churches( publio ..omc and hotels are all gone, hut there were no fatalities' at the Constat Spring . Hotel. ' , " - - Among the . killed were Sir James 'FergqsBOB. and prominent merchants . and.trotesslonal men. .. . (4'iitKTCifl par Al side$ London, !-Jan. -16. The ,cantra dictory and "'scant character f the news that thus fat has reached Lon don from Jamaica renders it difficult , to estimate the exteatof the calamity , ' caused by the earthquake and.jlub ' sequent conflagration. Messages re- calved by -various steamship and ca ble) companies -however, indicate that while the early report of tho de- f Biruction'c-f Kingston and great loss of life, were exaggerated the disas ter was still of a grave character. Ruin and dessolatlon are said -to '' stretch for miles outside the city of Kingston.' , - The shocks were s felt from fifty- to siity miles away and one dispatch from the temporary ca ble station at Bull Bay says that -, not a plnglo house between there and Kingston is safe, ' No estimate of the loss of life from official sources has as ' yot come through, but the camp hospital" ap- ' " pears to have been in the center of the visitation, as no less than- 40 negro soldiers . were lciljed there. . There we're' isolated fatalities among , , the Europeans at KlngstUn, hut ap--1 parantly the aggregate ofr the white ' victims ''is small.. - The4' dfstance be tween the' buildings 'Tciiown" to have . beefi destroyed Is token' to Indicate . that hte total Ipsa of property will be great. ,rvi . A felt at lMg8ton ''' :- r t .The West Indian - Committee olf the admiralty and1" the , nrlvats con. ! corns, having interests ' in - Jamaica are taking all the steps possible to - , r-.T ..wj.Ti v T alleviato the distress In Kingston itr self. DETAILS! OF-DISASTER-. ., -Vw . v. J RECEIVED IN LONDON. LondbffI'"!ran. 16. The ' Oon wi'tiiffflif'by th8'-earthqnake"at Kingstc;'raamalca,'''i(nd'! the subse - official fMegtam recerved' ' this moVn-pears' to be in. perfect condition, lng at ilia colonial 'offlte1 was bnorhV engine jleV'tbe rails a.feet means sd widespread aB Indicated in to the porth .of , the- switch, having the nrsi'refiorts." ' . '.'"jrun onthe track oftheRalelgh. ft Although the total number' of Pamlico for a very short .distance, skilled and wounded has not,-yet' and it then,-dropped between the been ascertained apparently lt is not ' tracks Near -the switch the cross- very large1 and only A small portion I ties, are very close together and held of the city, including, however, ' the engine up, but where they were wharves 'and 'warehouses, suffered farther apart they were snapped like - from the fire that followed thu Aarth I nine-stems . and .the mlcht.v engine . - ' - '- nii.lrA - 'Tho. etvaatAT. ftiimhov rtt lamiw' uuiv.,; r. - D--y- A-ywv. v. vhhu unities seemingly! was in .the camp - hospital where thirty ( colored' sol-, diers were killed. ' , . The tjslegram which was; sent by Governor - Swettenham,, la . undated1, but is presumed to have been sent - on Monday. The text is as follows: ; , "Severe earttouake shock this af- - tcrnoon .between ..three and four ; o'clock, causing considerable , dam- (Continued on second page.) j AND FOUR Dashed Into in Opea Switch - Two Miles North of Raleigh " " t: in the accident Evidenco That the .Switch Had Been Tampered Wth, and Engineer Says Ho Saw Four Son at Foot of Embankment Just' aa He ' Ap- , proached the Spot Bnggage Car, Diner and Two Pullmans Burned. Coiiise Which Was in the Baggage Cor Cr!mated Two Accidents Have Occurred at the, Same Point Within a Month, But from Differ, cht Causes.-" ", ;, A disastrous wreck occurred on the Seaboard Air Line this morning at 3 :45 at the Junction xt the Raleigh $ raGu ouuua jtvuiruau. mnw a was umlraouloua thatialf nboard scapedutere are a number"of atforneys inl no ono 'being seriously injured) even, The train wrecked -was No.-. 84 northbound; known;' as? the Florida Limited, and Is regarded as the finest train on the road. The baggage car, diner and two Pullmans were burned, only two ears having been saved, and they were the rear sleepers. Imme diately after ' the wreck a gasoline pipe under the diner exploded and set the train on fire. This morning at 10 o'clock all the cars had been burned and all that was left of the handsome train was the trucks and the .iron pipes. ; Tho wreck occurred very near whore there was a wreck Just before Christmas, . ; Accident Caused by Open Switch. The.'accident was due to the switch Where the Raleigh & Pamlico road branches off being open and there is evidence that it was tampered with. Southbound train No. 33 passed over tho switch about twenty-five minutes boforo tho accident. ; . Engineer Steele, of Portsmouth, who as on the wrecked train, stated this morning that some one derailed the train, and that Just as he ap proached the, spot bis searchlight showed him. four men near the foot of, the eintianknWt, The switch 1$ perhapsi ten yards to the north -'of the trestle over Pigeon utiouse brunch, ana at tnis point there la a very, high; embankment. . On the Itrack are marks which show that an effort was.mkfle.W stop the engine s tt 'va8 Ba88,nS ovef the tnere beln sani upon tho track. The1 track Bhowssana for a distance , of J about i seventeen or eighteen feet rtnti ittf tar4J-nYr. At tfc Uw. '1' wutH'Of the kwUcb. ; At the, point fcW ..bM wc.v the track Is intact ;' and if the wrecked ttfaJn was not to.bo seen oq the Ral- :eizh & Pamlico track' a fnw .vfl.rdtt destrtie-l'beyond, there would be npthfng to :how that.a.weclc had occurred. The. Aain line,, of, tjie Seaboard was piac- . . v - - - . . . - I nlnnc-heri thi-Alio-1i thaMil nl v , -A ftai. t y.HQuvu ..w.vwbv i-uw -v.. v.M j v "-4 j following the track for a short dis- tance, the engine turned, or at least tho track carved and the engine kept straight ahead and ploughed through the clay almost to tho point where the ounty road- crosses the railroad track. The engine was not over- turned.' and Htnnrfsi with thn- wYiraIb almost buried, and ; is not:; greatly): damaged, with . the exception ' of all (Continued on Pag Seven.) .1 LIMITED .. CARS BURNED CAUSE OF DEATH Statent of BrM'Kee, Sup erintendent of Asylum DEFENOi'lTS 'TESTIFY All Tell Practically the Same Stoi? and Deny PositiwIy.'That Nail .Was Roughly Handled -Say He ' Fell in Road and Struck His Head On a Rock. U was thought that the examina- tlon of witnesses in the Nail case Would be concluded today .but Whan court adjourned tor the noon recess it did not look much like such would ,t a k vM.xi ba the case, and the probabilities are JthatAU of tomorrow and probably! of Friday will be consumed, J th, case both for the prosecution knd f.also thA defense and if nll of 'h.M.n.v Mv..Md4hi . tim' l.i in. i. ' - ' ,iuu. uupunuui. . wnueot.. uu the stand today for the 'defense was Dr. James McKee, Who Is superin- tendent of the State hosnital. He attributed the death of Nail to heart trm.hio nr Mo. tMHfldH tn xtn .. ' . a !....,. aus .unn ...,.., u l eass, and said in his ; condition .o have run such a long distance fall- HEART TROUBLE en down several times and thon'had) stitution of the United states, in that a scuffle' with the attendants it was lit? gives i tha state of North Carolina but natural for his heart to have lwn - airlnnislv sffpelpd. Kb stated J.L -1. . pomijiYUi, urn iiB- uiu,UUv ueatu rosmieu num cuuiuewuu or compression.. Dr. McKee also told of Nail hav- lag been brought hack to the asylum after his escane and his condition at tha tlmn ,i. t. ! , ..'". i j.i.L.;iiv:,.i u wt. iu uuwuuouw. .iwu.,j Peel, High and King, have gone on the Stand, Peel and UUrnaUl, vester- day afternoon and the others " this morning The examination of Peel I and Durham was not concluded yes- terday and they were cross-examined I thla tnnrrlTi? - ' . The evidence of the four attend- . .. ., ., ants was practically the samo, toll denying most positively - that they StrocK nut say mat " ue leu down several times while thfcy were .after ' hlm, yln his testimony1' Peel told Of the Chase after the insan k L,. man,, but said he was not among the TanuTarNa'u ty,a w mtatA , first. to reach him; that when he ar- ' - - - . Mw bioo4 ou N.lr(B head and called jattenuon to it ana uurnam nam no wa hurt, when they- reached' bin. Witness said that he suggested -that they had better let the man get uy as.lt was dangerous for him to ex- iert htmself so.orf such a warm day nd. sooner' had the attendants releas ed the insane man,- he said; than h.i seized a stick ,and struck at High and the fniir"tn'hn91oi1-li hn him and once 'more5 Tot'orpowerel e him'. After resting a few minutes, witness testified that they started to the road and had not proceeded very far whtin Nall stopped and said he wag going no: farther; ,-: When Durham started towards him Nail' kicked 1 violently at him, Peel said, and aa he did so fell heavily to the ground, the back - . w PU1W O - I hn.J.'.MlUnM AM t U 1 Ut HMU BUl&Uifi UU BUiUQ 1 AVIVO Which were ih the road, He declared that when they started t6 the road Nail was walking as Wallvaa any one else in the crowd. After the fall in the road witness ald that Nail was i,hia arithnt.t hoin. h,.M n ' j n,f v, ... up, and frorn that time on his eotdi- tlon appeared to grow more serious, The evidence of the.'other defend- ants waa, on the whoie, very similar f (.ConUnued on Page I.) f ' r' Covered Traisniils Letter to tfte7 LIslature ' i-P.'.; i:'jEv J.i'i I .-'.!-.Vf 7 ; v-""v... V. , URGED TO TAKE ACTION I Two New Bills - Introduced In the Senate , Today .Dealing With In surance ComJanifs AVurm De bate -on v Proposition to Amend SJ1 ration' Laws. . The Seventh day's session of the ! tat? senate, called ;. to-order today at 11 o'clock by Lieutenant Governor Win ston, was opened' with Invocation by Rev. Dr. M, Vt. ' Marshall, rector of Christ (Episcopal) , Church. Tfto Journal of Tuesday was read and approved. Reports from various standing com mittees swelled the calendar slifrhtly. flew Laws lulls Ratified, fienato bill SO, house bill 61 Provides for storm doors for houoe of represen tatives. , B S9, H. B. 71-r-Abollshes January term of-Asho eounty;'Buporior court. S. B. 5, H. B. X4t-Amends charter Cabarrus Savings Bank of Concord. Letter From Uncle Sam. A. message from his excellency, the governor of North Carolina, was fey ceived, transmitting a letter from the treasury department:'; of the United States governments signed by "J, H. Edwards, acting Secretary of the treas ury," la which that official calls the at- tnat lt ,iall een aiaeovered, that( the present law of North! Carolina la not satisfactory to the United StaW-jtu-; thorttlev. Ir regard to the Jurisdiction T l" ""V! w"m r." I in -.proferty owned by the United ,,, ; ' ant , naa,a eatlsfactpry. to . the United States, work on the consutuitii.-ot .federal Buildings in alt North' fMroiina 'towTTJ wiu be sasoended or rstponed inden- nltoly.i -The..letton 1b dated January 6. and specifloally calls the governor's atten- tlon of section 355 of tho revised statutes oftheUhited States with reference to the formal (consent of the state being received by the United States govern ment after 'nurchasc of, -property bo- forov.construcflon of buildings, etc. The acting seeretarv of the treasury 4 that h knows of no North Caro Una law ialer than that contained in gect)on M 0. tho (,0,, of 19ok and that act is not' onmpntihie with tha con Jurisdictiontvor sites and In buildings owned by the Lnited .states. He thenfore asks tha governor to rec(Jmmen; t( thp 1(,g,slaturo the en actment ot a satisfactory law and adds that Work will be suspended or post Iponed on atovernment building at Win ston, Washington, n. c. and other towns until this request is complied with. He encloses copies of act passed In Virginia, Minnesota, Alabama, Iowa d otner f(jr tfc6 guldance or lnfornsation 0l the North Carollna Wtslatura. Referred to Senate om mlttee on Federal Relations of which Mr. Davis is chairman Senate Committees. In accordance with the agreement reached at a meeting of the commit lfes .Pf tno tvf h0UB " a?5:!u'ns for tne insane, ne memoers or tne-com- Mees will this week visit tho three institutions f that character? lpnated at Raleigh, Morganton and aoldsboro ; ,r Another message from the governor was received transmitting the , a-eport 01 commissioner or insurance oung. Heierrea to committee on insurance, v v Ilrfwuia . , New Bills Introduced, lePt,0.n m laB.sons on-railway wno toil xo puTcnaHe uuiiwio any -inuH- Ly m excess of the regular fare paid had they bought tickets, committee on Railroads. By Mr; Danlel-With reference to in dictments quashed for the non-payment of taxes in suits .by grand jui ios. Judiciary Committee. , , - Bf ' Mr Drewry To prohibit dlSt crimination ;by life Insurance-! compa nies. Insurance. , ' JBy Mr.: Drewry To repeal the pres- ent "squirrel law," so far aa It applies to Wftke f01"11!'- Committee on Game By 'Mr. -Aycock To' declare life1 In. surance poncies personal property and subject to assessment for taxatlort pur- poses at cash surrender: values." : Com- mittee on Finance, the ; bill being: a "revenue raiser." ,-' ! '. y r- ua-vis-Keiating to. dumping " f v ' Vtii lip flrtiliflin Annnlhtlnff- A tl Barbee a Justice of .the - peace foi Chapel Hill township. Orange county, : By Mr. Daniel For new division the-Judicial districts of the state. Committee on Judicial Districts. .t ' - By Mr. Daniel-To amend chapter 63, private laws of 1897, as . amended by chapter ,89( Act(l 18n. . wuting to the charter ot town of Roanoke Rapids, N. C, By Mr. Burtort To . amend - section it. (Continued on Second Page.) Rcqnlrlng Paid Agents or Attorneys to Register MORE DEBATE ON IT Amendment of Mr. Doughton Ac cepted, Which Exempts Bona Fide Officers of Corporations Whose Actual Expenses Are Paid Bill by Harris to Prevent Railroad Col lisions. The seventh day's session of the house was called to ordor at eleven o'clock by Speaker Justice, and Rev. O. Bw Starling, pastor of the Brook lyn Mathodist Church of this city, pronounced the Invocation. I Petitions and Memorials. Yount of Catawba From certain cities, of Caldwell township, Catawba county, for the appointment of H. H Caldwell a Justice of the peace. From Pastors' Association of Hickory with refarence to the whiskey traffic at Morganton. Julian of Rowan From citizens of Rewan county with reference to game laws. Mr, WInborne for the committee on rules made a report suggesting that rule No. 2 be so amended that the regular meeting time of the house be 10.30 Instead of 11 o'clock. The report was adopted without dis cussion. ' Bills Introduced. ' Jackson Validate appointment of W. H. Hedrick as Justice of peace in Beaufort. -' Owan--tncrease pensions for Con federate' soldiers. McNeill provide ' for 'staW board of examiners 'for fallrbad telegraph fwiawatta. Price ' of Union Prevent ticket scalping In criminal actions. Bailey Regulate killing of quail and other game birds in Madison. Pugh Authorize board ot educa tion of Dare to refund amount over paid of public school taxes. Allow county commissioners of Dare to levy special taxes for support of poor and Infirm. i Gaston of Buncombe Amend 5437 Eeylsal, relative to practice of veterinary surgery. Taylor of Brunswick validate a deed by mayor and board of alder men of Southport. Julian of Rowan Prescribe pen alty for carrying concealed weapons Harshaw . of Caldwell Protect citizens at public gatherings from headgear or head ornaments. Kenedy Regulate fishing in parts of Sampson Royster of Granville Provide against evils resulting from traffic in certain narcotic drugs and regu late sale thereof. , Harris of Wake Prevent railroad collisions and provide for handling of trains by what is known as the block system. Gordon Amend charter of Pied mont Trust Company. , . Message From Governor. A message from the governor was received conveying a letter from the treasury department at Washington concerning titles to sites of various public buildings in North Carolina and the report of the insurance Com- mlsioner. Referred to finance com mittee and. committee on insurance. , The Lobby Bill. When the Bickett lobby bill came up on Its third reading, Mr. Morton again opposed lt on the ground that lt would be prejudicing a witness before he had a chance to he heard, that it was an infringement on tho rights. Ot citizens and an fnvldlous distinction against attorneys acting for certain interests. It would re sult In shutting out all 'but lawyers from a bearing' before tha.'ppm'mit tees ot the legislature,., It, was class legislation.' Mr. Gallort of .Rutherford replied to Mr. Morton, to the effect, that the bill seemed to be misunderstood) It really protected the Interests con cerned and raised the lobbyist to a higher dignity.' " Mr. Harshaw of Caldwell, repub lican, thought the bill ; was edging up very closely to a violation of the constitution that ' permits anyone to have a hearing before. : the legtsla ture. It might even, tend-to, adver tise the distinguished attorneys, He could see no good in the bill. - ; Mr; - Parsona of Richmond; said.- -the bill was in line with the best thought and progress of the day- He favored Mr, Yount of -?Rtawba also spoke ' in favor of. the, bjlL The pujtjffche bil!,TnTflnI. was merely to unclothe the man "who might come for ,a bad or hidden ;pur-, pose. "iJi'i,' ' ". .; . . ' I ' Mr. Pugh of Dare said the bill would certainly cast a shadow of prohibiting all persons from coming to be . heard unless they registered and thus be considered common lob byists. Younger members need the help of constituents, andi this would be shut off. u ' " ' ui ,.' Mr. Peele .of Scotland again of fered theii diaeqdment I (exempting bona fide .members of firms or cor porations or agents of municipali ties receiving their expenses. Mr. Doughton sent forward"'an amendment exempting bona fide of ficers of corporations or members of firms receiving actual expenses while rendering services in connection with legislation. Mr. Bickett accepted the amend ment of Mr. Doughton. Mr. Morton offered to amend by applying the bill to every person ap pearing before any committee or ap proaching any member on the sub ject of any bill. Mr. Wood of Randolph opposed the bill on the ground that lt would work a hardship on many interests. Mr. Blount of Washington sent up an amendment making the bill applicable 'to like persons appearing before state departments and Insti tutions. The amendments of Messrs. Blount and Morton were lost. Mr.' Doughton's was carried. Mr. Peele withdrew his. amendment. Mr. Morton asked the ayes and noes ,and the call was sustained. The bill passed Its third reading by a vote of 79 to 34, and was or dered engrossed and sent to the sen ate. . J ,, Powers of Attorney (General, i, v By s unanimous Consent 'r Speaker Justtc introjUted; -BUI' to-enlarge the power oI the attorney - general to control corporations,' to destroy trusts, and to put solicitors of the state on salaries and require them to act as assistants ta the attorney general under certain circumstances. Mr. Harris also secured permis sion of, the house to introduce a bill to promote the safety of the travel ing public on railroad trains in North Carolina, creating a board of railroad-telegraph examiners and mak ing it unlawful for any person to en gage in the occupation of railroad telegrapher without first obtaining license from said board. Convict' Bill Tabled. Mr. Laughinghouse's bill allowing prisoners awaiting trial for bailable offenses to be worked on the county chain gangs upon their own motion, the time so worked out to be deduct ed from sontence if convicted and paid for If acquitted, such man not to wear convict garb, was opposed by Mr. Douglass of Wake, favored by Mr. Midyette of Northampton, opposed by Mr. Turlington of Ire dell, favpred by Mr. WInborne of Hertford, opposed by Mr. Stevens of Union. Amendments went up to exempt Union, Scotland, Wake, Iredell, New Hanover, and one from Mr. Candler : that prisoners on the roads be fed on ham, Jcsrsey butter and eggs three times a day. r More amendments kept! pouring in exempting other counties, Sampson, Alamance, Polk and for other ' pur poses, until finally Mr. Douglass moved that the bill with all its amendments be tabled. Motion pre-j vailed. j Speaker Justice anonunced the following additions to committees: Manufactures and Labor, Prltch ard; Banks and Banking, Doughton and Blanchard; Deaf and Dumb In stitutions, Crawford; Pensions, Byrd; Insane Asylums, Bryant 'and Gaston; Penal Institutions David son of Cherokee. Passed Final Reading. ' vl ' ; Authorize county of Durham 'to issue bonds for road improvement nonoitn. . nin nn jn.,. labor on the public roads of Durham.! Requiring persons employed . to, promote or oppose legislation to register. .. : Change name of road commission In Haywood county. Shortly before two o'clock the house adjourned until half-past ten tomorrow morning.- ; A PROMINENT-CATHOLIC m, . EDUCATOR, PASSES AW AT. fBv the Axnociated Vresx.) Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. f 16. Rev. Laurance J. Kavnagh,'S. J., 11 profes sor In fiU-Joaeph' ColR'ge this city, n.nd (', nrrtnitriATttAR.thnll0 . WlurAtiir Is dead, aged 64 years, -a Clear ' Statement cf t!i3 M ConfrcSttltS. ,; road- tey c. 'lunar up uion Tn.r id'nuimino jihiu I ir nriirnu nnr'nf Mf rmvf nLMLUi rriuLi.i liil Increased Expenses Cuts Deeply Into Revenue and Failure 1 of Doable : Track Contractors and Shops to Fulfill Obligations Mainly Respon sible for Delays- Bars Plana Will Be Seriously Impaired by Harsh " Legislation, and Urges Public tp Look Into Conditions Before At tacking tle Company. U L H a L UUL L L I 1 1 Llf II J'1 Washington, D. C Jan. !. W. W. ' Finley, president . Of the -Southern' Railway, issued a statement today to the patrons served by the company, explaining the difficulties confronting it in giving the service ordinarily de manded. It is a defense of the South ern, and the president takes occasion to say that the attempts of the vari ous states to inflict jevera legislation ... ! 1 1 1. - J) 1 . . A -.ui : Will uo.ro m UOIOIIWV CUCQl WUU- wilt ': further delay the plans for the Im provements so greatly desired. - . i The full text of the statement fol lows: i - . ' ' - i To the Public served by the South ern Railway Company: j. f " ' Realizing, from our own point of view and from, public expression, the ''. : importance ,pf the work of thlfcom- tfce fiduciary relationship which it . bears to its patrons and to the pub lic, I desire to make a brief state- -;, ment of some of the conditions which - confront lt, and of the purposes and policy of its management. " i ne management would not ignore , the fact that at present railroad ser vice generally, including that of the Southern, is far from,, satisfactory. If there was no adequate, and Justl-' tying, cause for this, ' these condi tions, would be unpardonable,- but the fact is, they spring largely from causes which cannot for the moment be controlled. . . One exceedingly potential cause is the extraordinary industrial devel opment of the south. In . his last public address, the late president of this company, Mr. Samuel- Spencer, ' referred to this development as fol lows: ' ' ' "The south has entered upon a -period of increased production in ag- -riculture and in manufactures, and of general industrial and commercial activity, such as her best friends and most enthusiastic, prophets had scarcely dreamed of fifteen rears ago. Within that period the cash value of her cotton crop has doubled, , the amount of pig Iron produced at her furnaces has increased . enorm ously, and the product of her coal ' mines has increased more than three .' fold. Cotton factories have sprung up within her borders., to the extent : that more of her .cotton crop is .now , manufactured on her own soil than . in all" the mills of New England. The total value nf hnv . annual 'mntinf tures now aggregates nearly elgh-',; ;, teen hundred millions in value. The ; total value of her agricultural pro ducts is now over seventeen hundred .t' millions per annum." ' " This increase is likewise Indicated -r in the volume of traffic handled -by this coniDanv. In 1&95 tha numhet'- ' of tons of freight. -carried, one -tnlla . was 1V0S8,938,884... while In; 190?; .' -' , , V.! .1, tue iwmuer oi ions carriea .one mile . was 4,488, 916,839, showing an . in crease of over three hundred ner. j cent, or, allowing for the increased ' mileage, an Increase of over 138 ber C8nt; while ln 1896 tne number of passengers , haued obe mile was 178, . 015,925 as against 545.518,645 ln 1906, showing an increase of over two hundred per cent, -or, allowing for the - increased mileage, an In-- ' crease per mile ot road of ' over ,' eighty -per, caht. r . . Nowhere in the United- States, ex cept in the two states-of. the extreme northwest, - Washington-an4-Oregon, ' has there been such industrial de velopment as in- th south. . , - mis Perhaps nbtr. tooti muoit to claim,, that, outsld, of, h,e ,-energtes andcffort8 of thia people them; selves,..t.hjs. compauy: .has ben,.ooe of the 1 chief,. .fjBctoxs, in this develop' ; i (Continued op Page Eight. , r