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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07

E1HOUSANDS of Nasnlngtohisns
and sojourners in the National
III Capital visited the Agricultural
q DEPARTMENTS annual chrSsah-
theuum show. during the past week.
hundreds more will see the prize
..no,,n,s'' today and this evening. the
Is. dav of the exhibition, and prop
.bIv half of the visitors asked inc
.,,rdeners the question. How in inc
world do you manage to get sueh won
d.rfuI blooms? Now, at nome sio"
chrysanthemums, but
.nd the visitor trails OFF into detais
80 IN how he or she handles the piahls
.,d how said plants absolutely refuse
=, nroduce NUNS" apparently bearing
more than the most distant relation
shi, IN the oueenly beauties produced
i,r the gardeners of the department
BECAUSE il is all a part of the day S
work. and also because the gardeners
from Robert McLenna down TO the
,,sv.sr beginner in the big green
ln,ses take an actual pride In their
work and its results, the process Is al
WAYS .xplained, carefully and patient
Nv. And the visitors so away with
their minds crammed full of valuable
information, and the next year tneir
chrysanlnemu bloom out In the same
sIraggIy and disappointinsiy httIe
bowers. just as il the growers mad not
nad the advantage OK a mass OF Salua-
Eie advice and suggestion.
That bioom. SAID sir. McLenna the
Jther day. pointing to a huge, fiuny.
,wis,y ball of glowing yellow petals at
The top o. a fiye-foot stalk, represents
about eight months solid work. Three
quarters of year, nearly. for a single
hower-that's what is required to pro-
duce the big exhibition mum you see
here. oh. / tell you. an incubator baby
has nothing on "A show mum when IT
comes TO a question of care, constant
attention, feeding and the like. And
then, after all the work that is peces-
snry and after all the months of watch
full attention. the bloom may be moth
ing more than a poor, miserable imf-
tation of num-, not worth a second
glance.
We always figure on losing at least
20 per gent of the blooms" the Scotch
garden}r Continued. Sometimes II is
becau5 we fail to select the right bud
when 'e others are punched off. Some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07

y AGRICULrURE AND SHOWN YEAR FOR FIRST TIME

with a small, fine camers hair brush, to
the one to be the mother-parent of the
hybrid. To prevent double fertilization
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07

until there Is nothing left of the bloom
except q closely cropped ball. Then the
pollen from one flower 10 transferred.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
BIG GUNS on ORDUNA.
Cunardrr sails for LiNrrpool with
- saloon Passengers.

The Cunard Line steamship prduna
sailed for Liverpool Yesterday morning
with two 1t inch guns laShed 10 her
deck Th"y wcr" consigned to New
cas,lc-on-Tyue Each of the guns was
hfty-threc feet long and weighed sev-
eii;S-thrrc tons. The Orduua carried
twenty eight saloon passengers, 100 sec-
ond class and scvouty-tvc IN the steer
age
Tho U-lte Star l,uer Adriatic. which
Was scheduled 20 sail yesterday AZ noon
for Liverpool. dld not leave her pier until
nearly = T. VI. ~" delay wis caused
by the large amount Of cargo She car
RED
The Adriat!, carried what was said
20 be the l'rrest shipment of provisions
ever sent 10y "a single steamer. She
had sixty motor trucks OIL her prone
made deck. which will hc sent from
Liverpool - Frame. Her cargo totailed
more than 5000 tpi-.
The American liner - Louis. for
Liverpool IN, French steamer Rorhtm-
he1u. 20" Havre. and Oh. Norwegian
An ri'tu liner Bcrgcn~finrd al carried
,arge ctrgoes oi provision, and hosp.iai
supplies The Italian Stru'u,r Europa
tool, too horses for the Italian Govern
weut and the kanawha sailed for GENOA
with l1po horses
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
Spring, if Tardy,
Is Here To-day
Birds and lIabcrda>her> Re-
jOicc, Though Spring Chicks
Are Not So Gay.

In these unusual davs OF periscopes
and high angie guns the duties Of the
weather man are multifarious. but he
has found time to figure out for the in
formation OF lovers OF trout fishing.
marbles book beer and allied sports that
spring will be here to-day in plenty or
time for the midday meal
Spring In all It's glory VIII hc upon
us at ll:5l \ VI whether We ar ready
for II or not. Little birds. also haber-
dashsrs. have been chirping about II 'or
some time hut II has remained for the
weather man to come to the rescue with
the official announcement.
And spring IL little late this year.
In 1914 IL came eight minutes earlier.
This spring is going TO last ninety-two
days nineteen hours and thtrty-eignt
minutes before il is retired TO make way
for summer
Spring is the time in the oscillation
Of the sun from tho south 10 the north
that Il IL in an intermediate position.
quoting Dr. Frank Schlesinger. Dr. Schles-
niger is probably correct. but most folks
prefer to think OF babbling brooks. bud
ding leaves. eoft sunlight spring
chicken-or lamb--as the case may De
Last night the weather man said II
would be fair to-day and all day TO-
morrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
SUNDAY CONVERTED 39.946.
Exaasclist Heard by 1000. .OOo
Persons In Philadelphia.

PIHLApEIPUrA. March 20.--f'lly sun
days cvaugolis'ic campaign in Fhila-
dclphia IA" largest and most sucCossfu
%. ever neld during his eighteen years
Of revival work, viii close tomorrow
night The tabernacle T. the largest he
has ever had, the uumbcr OF converts.
which was 39si6 af',r to-uights ser
mon, is the larg"st tuat ever resulted
from the sunday rrVivals, the expenses
of approNima'ely s5S.000 are the larges,
OF any of his campaigns, and his free
Will Offering. which tonight reached
S59,l35.5S, is in excess of the total
expenses,
More than . 2.O0o, 400 persons attended
the services during the eleven weeks
sunday preached hero. THIS breaks ala
records for sunday campaign
\rvcr before did sunday receive 50
many gifts of merchandise. ieWclry and
other articles church folk business
men and leaders i'm finance arc unanI-
nous in the opinion that great good
mas resulted from tho evangelist .
efforts Thousands have been added 10
IN" church registers Grim" has ma
terialIv decreased and there has been
a noticeable decrease in the consumption
of Intoxicating liquors
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
MRS. CAMERON GETS DIVORCE,
Daughter of CONFIDENT" General
Freed From ex-princrtOn Athlete.

HosroN, March 20. Mrs Fr"deri"a
Morgan cameron, daughter of Gen. Nor
gan. the famous Confederate raider,
got A divurcr day from Evan sin
clair Cameron, former princeton foot
ban player and a member of wen
known New York family.
Charges that Cameron brought Nv"
women into the hous" To drink "ork-
tails two days after daughter had
been born tu his wife and ou many
occasions had compelled Mrs. Cameron
to play the piano at midnight reVtls
IN their home w"r" mad"
The talnerols were married Novem-
her 3, 1909 Mrs, Cameron was a chum
of Katherine EllinS and Alice Roosevelt
before her marriage
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
RUSSIANS GAIN
IN FIGHTING ON
WHOLE FRONT
Germans suffer "EnOrmOuS
LOSSES" in Poland. Says
PetrOgrad.
MEMEL WAS TAKEN
BY STRATEGIC MOVE
,p,rior cohre D.spdtcl 10 Tnr So


prrguogAp. March 2o--The strategy
10y which the Russian forces north Of
the Ni.mcu hoodwinked the Germans
and captured Memel. AN important
Baltic port OF Germany. Is set forth in
the official statement of the General
stan made public to-night
Back of it can be- read the story
Of the demonstration in force at Tau
rogscn the quick dash of another force
across the ten or twelve miles Of the
narrow neck of East Prussia and the
fight tu tile little town. in which the
inhabitants took part
Along all sectors of the great eastern
battle line the KussianS have been sue
cessfu. They have thrown the Ger
mans stll further back IN the north.
they nave checked them in the south,
in Galicia and in the Carpathldns. while
przemyS still holds out. although big
guns ar" ceasrlessly bdttcring away.
The statement Is as follows:
pu The Ugh. bank of the Niemen--
The Germans. after lighting at TAU
! roEgcu. have been forced beyond
( their frontier Another Russian de-
| tJchurut. displaying au impctuous
J offensive. reached M,m at o'clock
/ Thursday evening. and after street
lighting i'm which the inhabitants ~
tu" town 'ook part. captured the
town.
ON the left bans ~ the Nemen--
During the hghtius Of the last few
days the ,utWt has hern compelled
80 rvncuate IN" township OF Ill-
wiszlU and the region east of the
! pzoro-Du~ll- kupciowo line
ON IN. right bank OF 'hc Ndrsw
TIA, engagements s;iu bear the char
ac:cr ot partial attacks boy the Ger
mans
In the ueighborhooI Of Myszm"c,
in the direction Of ktdzidIu. an en-
gagcmtrt resulted In the complete
! d-feat of the iermaue The latter
t attacked in clos" order and sie-
/ tanned enormous losses.
on the left bank OF the N.stuia
there is NO change
The pathItr>-A'cording TO
supplementary reports. our counter
attack ou THURSDAY In the region
south Of Cicuzkow,cc inflicted seri-
Gus defeat o. the Thirty-ninth
Io.Nci diyisio, T. Tho region
' south of Gori!tzt our troops began
"a counter attack on the Austrian
forces which wer" operating cuer-
getically. We made more than >oo
prisoners. 'Near MoidoWSkp We cap
;ured a fortified hriEs, Tho
,unm,'s attemp' TO recap.urc this
position. aS well a. hs repeated
counter attacks i'm the region OF
R,sciuka were unsuccessful.
Eastern iaLcia gntinG Is IN
progress north uf kyzWorna. the
enemy occupying strongly fort
ned positions.
AZ przemysl tho crcm, opened
ire ON our rnslttOus on rlur.dgv
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

secretary 70 his father In the embassy
at Constantinople. said he left there on
February Is and that conditions We're
normal In the Turkish capital then.
TIL. 900 Americans there are IN good
standing with the ottoman Empire. he
declared. and he felt sure they were
living in safety.
The l.aplaud brought twenty-one pas
sengers in the saloon. fortv-one second
cabin and iifty-on" In tho -teerage She
carried 3.U5G sacks Of mail
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
COL. HOUSE NOW IN BERLIN
Visit. Am ba s.ador Gerard on sup
nOs~d Peace NissiOn.

BERLIN. via London. March 2O.-'o!.
r. NJ. House of New York, whose mis-
sion TO Europe IL reported to be con-
nected with possible efforts toward
peace, arrived here from London yes
terday morning ana Is tn" guest of Am
hassador Gerard. He had "a long con-
ference with the Ambassador yesterday.
t. e. Lowry Of the American En-
basy in London has arrived in conue'-
ton with the interests Of German pris-
uners in Engiand
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
AUSTRIAN RETREAT.

ROME, March 2o.-A bucharest ies-
patch to the NCSSd1Ocr0 says the Aus
trians have abandoned tn" line alouE
the pruth. The russians are attacklnG
them cuergetioally and are penetrating
BukoVina.
Snow storms are interfering with the
operations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
REICHSTAG HEARS
ATTACK ON KAISER
Sociali>t Member Calls Plan to
Burn Russian Villages
"Rarhari>m.
PARLIAMENT IN IPRO\R


RfR'IN' N'' Amsterdam N''''
Therf was " N'o''"' H'' '' Wv
tag to-day over IN" statement m'd' ~
ro,.,, German official announcement
.,.,.,. ,,.rr,,,, ,.ll.,po I'm East
'"'' '' ''''' -. 49,.
Prussia destroyed 10y IN" ''uSS''"9 '''
Germans would burn thrc" iussinn
t,,y1s Tn, po.icy IL uuderSr ood io
''"''S ., ,,.t-.
nav" N''N ''''''" "' '''
Herr lcdchour. on" ni the Nn'l'H9'
1e,d,.r.. ,Npr,,s,.l his horror over such
A.. i,,,.n.u,t.l tho ,i,y-
N '''' ,i.. ,,1 saul r.,,r-
"rnm'ut "h the S"'l''' '''" ''''' '''''
ring To the official announcements, 'T''s
.,..,,,.,,,,
- ..., ,i,
rms r"h'''N ~" ~
turpauor and tudiSnari cries If"m mo
gf.,t The vicc-prc,id,nt declared that
observation-disclosures, W.
'''''H" - Wv - 49,.
not pcrmlss bic NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. '"''
II.rr I,dcbour continued
m ,..,,. ,,,,,i,,,. ,,,,., In, s,irh that
ne u" "'''' .,,.,,
these people can see III ''''''''''' ~ .''''
and safeguard for freedom. ! St\ TINS
=. ,,,.. i,,,,,.st Of fla. ftu,riaud and Of
90
tui"i''
AZ this point the'' were ''"" '''' VI
II,r. Wrstnp. Conservative. regretted
,n,. criticisms OF Iirrreu l.rd"huur ANA
I.i,hl,u.cht rs prejuIicih TO tn" father
H.. ,,. MOS, gItli,,lIt NpuT
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
Bulgaria Prepares
Secretly for War
Allies Promise Concessions and
Coalition Cabinet Will
BE Formed.

BucuAREsT via Rome, March 20
Tn. secret mobilization of the Bulga-
rlan troops has been completed.
4 coalition Cabinet. presided over OA
NJ. Maliuoff, and includ,NE such part
leaders as NM. GhenidieT' Theodoroii
and Daneff, will shortly he iorhed' y
convention with Rumania has been ne
gotiatcd.
The Tribe Entente has assured Bul'
raria of concesS Sious IN Macedonia, hence
a revival of the Balkan l-eagu" Is no"
pOsSihln.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

PASSENGERS on the Red star liner Lap
land. which arrived here from Liverpool
yesterday. got submarine scar. in the
English channel and saw y British tor
pedo boat destroyer fire five shots into
& smooth place in the water The de-
stroyer later wigwdgged the Lapland
that she believed the shots had sunk
German submarine
In the meantime capt John Brad
shaw was sending tho Lapland out TO
sea under full speed hut he was steer
ing her I'm z.szar course to minimize
the chance of being hlt by torpedo
Passeu gers on the Ltpland also de-
olarcd that nine German submarines
siv, been sunk or captured 10y the Brit
ish within the last two weeks and that
t.e British Admiralty $ suppressing
tn, new
The Laplaud steamed out of the
mouth of the Ner>ey under tho British
na- ~ % o'c'ccl> on the morning OF
Mlr,h H. Opposite the bar nrhtship
a British destroyer. which was to be
the La9llrd's escort. st-nalled that sae
was hunting G,r'nau submarine and
that o." ucr.sDopc had been seen 4 few
miles further out The destroyer started
oil &, the northwest under full speed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
DROPS BOMBS ON PARIS.
ZcpprIiu Wakes Might NRid mud
Probably Escapes.

PARIS, March II Sunday \ Xop-
pcl,n passed over Paris. dropped Soy
.ral hOmls and, ds far os now known
escaped without injury Tn" damas"
done 10y the bombs, If any has not vet
been reported,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

'N"r ''"l Joe mo- fear that tho
"'.'t large against Miss Tanzer
H.. 't. low" u"rduSe We Will be una Die
'H.Ho olive. psOorue.' said Mr'
f' ''iac case has strengthened
'e'Hn. '.E To-day. and ! have talked
" dozen persons VINO not only
'' '' osborne but know where
" found II he fails 20 come
'" .uuularl'y / viii have no
'Hlup him
~" ,'r'~"nt1tyc Of Mr. Marshalls
't.ted with oliver Osborne
.r 30" except James W. Os-
i p partner, 'iilb"rt y. Lamb
We H.' getting great deal of evil
r...'r iu many dir'ctiuus,' said
i..-.t" "This is now being di-
.',.'' nroptred"
."' '.. 90 that evidence point 10
d Important influence having
-..'. .H.~ attack on Mr.. osborne
, ''"l states Attorney was asked
49, SD did not
H' ftf.i fltt the letter produced by
" proof that Miss Tanzer had
- ''ttors to lim iu the same
" -u. was writing to Mr.. os-
coating that it would be well
H.. '' -'' u"r, ~ now in hi. posses
3D.. paper similar to that on
M" u TauZer wrote her Dear
.'"r- to James W. Osborne, he
.tudW Writiug ls the same and
p- easily traccable to Miss
'.. letters received bS the
r.e uut thc contents now,
.Itrenll, but they are very
tp oar cas-. against the girl
ne 'ual MS agent have examined
! t''Nnocd on Third Page.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
TRAP LEHMAN,
WHO DROPPED
BABESINSHAFT
Philadelphia Police Say He
Admits Trying to Kill
Children.
DRIVEN TO HIS ACT
BY FAMILY TROU BLES

PuiLApELrHi.. March 2O.--Samuei
hunted since last Wednesday by the
police for causing tho death OF his
sevcn-year-old daughter. Sadie. by
throwing her to the pavement from a
dfth story window In his homo at -
East Ninety-eghth street shortly after
dawn on Wednesday morning, was ar
rested this evening at Fifth and Market
streets
At the Central police station the
police say that he confessed tae deed
and asked Lieut. Tatc the condition
of his six-year-old boy. sammy. who
is dying at the Mount Sinai Hospital
from injuries sustained when his par
ent dropped him TO the pavement
II hurled them from tho window and
nave no regrets liebrau was quoted
as saying. II will 20 back to New
York wille-ly I have nothing to live
for and am anxious 30 go back. God
knows. | loved them both and the in
tensity OF my love prompted me 10 try
20 kill them"
The arrest Of Lichuan last night was
accomplished through a letter he sent
10 lis brother-in-law. Nathan Cohen.
34l East l1Sth street late Thursday
night. Iiohman asserted that he was
m Philadelphia amt demanded money.
4 want YOU to meet me AT O'Clock
saturday night. a. tho corner OF Fifth
and Market streets .n Philadelphia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

Or Ltdehour - the second of the Ger
man Socialist leaders to attack the Gov
erumcnt or 10 prevent the unanimous
support of its acts, DR. Licbknecht
voted recently against a new war loan
and criticised the acts - the Govern
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

rncut IN Iielglu0l The Socialists have
no wrwb,r~ Of tho E".chstac
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

pin"hurst, y, {. Open until May I-t.
superb climate. bulighfful Hotels Three
IS hole Links rennis, 'tc Ina. 1lSi BNa}.
- .i1L,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
ELUSlVEOLI
APPEARS AND
THEN VANISHES.
Equally Mysterious Friend
Puts p 1000 Cash Bail
for Rae TamZer.
NEVER SAW OSBORNE
or BOSTON. GIRL SAYS

Oliver osborne. the mysterious indi-
charge mad, against James W. osborne,
,hc lNy.. 10y Miss Rae Tanner the
petite millinery worker. who mas based
or these charges a $4,000 breach of
=, appear in the office Of United states
Arorr., II Snowden Marshall yestcr-
day.
purus the drraignmeut OF ;hc girl on
a charge of misuse of the mails because
n her alleged demands upon James W.
Osborne neither Oliver Osborne nor the
lawyer was present Although an ap-
iolntmont was made with Mr. Marshall
for oliver n ,hc afternoon that young
nan failed to appear.
NJ Marshall and James W. Osborne.
towey-r. refused 10 be shaken in thei-
tNpressed belief that there is AN olive
OSBORNE and that he will he producel
At me right moment. While Rae Tanzer.
on, on bail furnished 10y some mysterl-
Gus source. and her attorney, David
Sad, Of 200 broadway. were charging
ha, .her, is no such person rs Oliver
Osborne out that the lawyer used this
Hen' 'H ''ir '"e u" "'S "'''s aii'''
with Ms- Tanner. NJ. Marshall eN-
pressed uis complete faith in James W.
Osborne ind said that he knows where
h. can go and get oliver II that young
=, ,r f.Is 80 ,,ua forward voluntarily
sting" '''e" S"gs"s'e"'
possibility remained that oliver did
t.- ,.. .,i-.d .,,n...r.,co ., ,h.
"''
FEDERAL huIhln- out became overcome
sta stage fright at the last moment
I'D r.f,s.d f., di.,Ios. his identity.
-
''s' oe'o'' 'N''oN' 'e'' Nv "'9
o.e man walking IN the corridors
O. 'l' second moor "t the building
s'opped another man and asked TO be
Gr'c'ed to Mr Marshal's Office.
the other directed him, asking at the
You D.. not Oliver osborne, are YOU
Inc Sa'u ne wa nnu men
'"' '" ~ W ''''
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G A''' W Wv, ,,,.as ,, ,V
',G .',' ~
..s ''i' ,' .'u, 'at ~, w. y ,"sl'; W.,o
n'' .'i "' '"e
..''-u .H' ','H'l' "l'' nm ~ ~. nam oIi
''V "''''i 'oO' anu 's"'' "'" - "o "'9
, -
''a' '' "o' NY "aine' salu ''e
VIZ
YOU eyer use u'"t hhi"'
No' L VAN ~ -! any h'"s HoouI
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21
Are Germans Using Undersea
Supply Bases for Submarines

Simon Lake in next Sundays SUN tells of
possibilities of submergible stations for
replenishing fuel tanks and num-
tions of fighters
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

continued on Third Page.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-12
ANNUAL MEETING
At TOWNSVILLE
DAUGHTERS or The CONFEDER-
ACK TO GATHER THERE ON
NOVEMBER 16.

The Georgia Division, Daughters
Of the Confcderacy, VIII hold its an
nual convention at ThomasyiIle, be
4 g.aning November lGth and viii
con'inae through November 10.
Atlanta will be represented by the
following delegate/ from the Atlanta
Chapter, L. D. C.; rms +. T. Ste
yens, president Of the Atlanta chap
ter; Mrs Helen c. Plane. honorary
president; Mrs. James Bedell, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. r. NJ
Jones, recording secretary; Mrs
Williams Mccarthy, past president;
Miss SalIie MelOne, custodian of
charter; Mrs. John A. Perdue, chair
man of ways and means committee:
Mrs. II. d. Wilder. delegate to the
national convention at San Fran
cisco; Mrs William f. Williams,
member Of the executive board Mrs
w S. Coleman, chairman Of schol-
arships and member of the board,
and Mrs. ,McD. Wilson, expresi-
dent and member of the governing
board
The Children Of the Confederacy
will be represented by Miss Mary
Griffin. delegate TO the national con
vcntion, and the Margaret Wilson
Chapter by its president, Miss Vir-
Finia Collier Other wen known and
prominent Daughters of the Confed-
eracy will 20 from Atlanta, and hun
dreds Of L. d, c. delegates and
members will be in attendance
An unusually interesting program
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-12
PROGRESS REPORT
FOR PAST WEEK
ACTIVITY IS RE
PORTED THROUGHOUT THE
SOUTHEAST.

The Cosumbusc Industrial Index
"A seven-story bank and office build
The widespread activity and de
velopment in the southeast sounds a
clear call to enterprise and invest
ment
There was never a time when this
section had such substantial prospects
for the immediate future and when its
undeniable advantages and its rich re-
sources offered so much to homeseek
ers and investors. Its possibilities
are being demonstrated by bank bal
ances.
Unprecedented demand that began
with huge orders from abroad and has
been increased by domestic consump-
ton and an increase in prices have
given the lumber industry great i'm
petus. Lumber plants that were closed
for months are in full operation,
stocks have been cleared and the out
look for the industry is brighter than
in years. The increase of activity in
the lumber industry has been SO
marked as to constitute a notable
feature of industrial conditions.
"A contract has been awarded for
the construction at Ma rOn, Ga, of a
railway passenger static. which with
approaches and other il provements,
win cost more than 81 100000
"a company has been organized to
construct a railway in eastern Geor-
gia.
"A section OF a Florida county will
be drained at a cost of $250,000.
1T is semi-officially announced that
shops for building all-ste el cars will
be established at McComb, Miss.
Chapter, u. D. c.; Mrs. T. T. Ste
ing viii be erectcq, in Albany, Ga.