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wpijl.n.i .1 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. PETROLEUM An Oil Field in Sight Few Shares Available at 40 Cents Anjr oil man will tell you that when gas la (truck In drilling an oil well It la practically decided from that time on that oil will be found below. The natural gas la a product of tbe chemical action which produced oil and cannot come from any other aonree than from a de- poalt of crude petroleum. In other worda, when gas la found in a well they know that It la a matter of but a few daya before they will drill Into tbe oil formation. 8lnce we opened up tho flow of natural gas In our first well we ha Vo felt that tbe only tiling that separated ua from the oil deposit Is time—and we ire eliminating that as fast as possible, although the sand which Is being encountered In unlimited quantities, Is giving ua consid erable trouble aa It is very difficult to handle. Ilut we are making progress and should drill Into the oil forma tion within a few days at any rate. We now consider that so far as the question of there' being oil beneath our properties Is concerned we have an answer—certainly If tho experience of the oil men con nected with the company Is to count for anything, we iiuvo established the presence of oil. The only question that remains open Is as to the quantities In which we will And It. With oil flowing from the ground In a dozen places; with natural gas already developed; with the Upper Cretaceous deposits already found In almost unlimited quantities nothin; remains but to keep drilling until we drill Into’ the Lower Cretaceous deposits and then we cer tainly will get oil In some quantities—and alt Indications uro that It will be found in large quantities. We have exactly tho same geological formations that are to be found In Texas and California, where they have developed oil In Immense quantities. The general make up of the country Is the same. All three fields are lo rn ted In what are known as Costal Plains, and. as will he seen by the following, we are drilling through exactly the same formations as were encountered In drilling the famous Lucas gusher In Texas, which produced 90.000 barrels of oil por day, tbe actual output for the first nine days having been over 700,000 barrels. Log of the Lucas Wall: Log of Our Georgia Well: Mottled clay. Coarse grey sand. Dark sand. Coarse sand. Pine sand. Blue msrl. Sandstone. Limestone. Blue marl. Sand. Blue marl. Coarse sand with shells. Pine sand. Fine dark sand. Coarse sand, firey sand. Very coarse sand. (Irey saud with shells. Very coarse sand. Upper Cretaceous deposits. Grey sand, getting harder. Grey sandstone, hard. Coarse sand. Marl. Coarse sand, natural gna. Grey sand, getting harder. Hour by hour we approach the crisis when tbo stock of this company which can now be purchased at 40 cents on the dollar, will be worth—many, many times what la being paid for It If all our Indications count for anything. Read what our 8>i|iertntem|enL who bos been In the oil producing business for over eighteen yearn.' has to say In regard to the prospects of this company now: Louisville, Ga.. March 13. 1907. Otto G. Tague. President. Savannah, Ga. Dear Sir: Since you were at tbe properties we have been drilling In harder sand, which makes tbe driving of our pipe very tedious and slow. We are making good progress, however, and. considering the formations through which we have passed, nnd especially the flow of natural gas which was encountered a tew days since, I think we are getting close to tho oil formation, or rather one of them, as I think we will find several oil bearing strata. I have never seen a well drilled In outside limits which looks so favorable as this one does now. I would not bo surprised to see tbe drill tap oil formation at any moment, and when It does I believe we will And an enormona flow of oil, as such Is usually the case when a new Held Is opened up. We are prepared for It, however, as we will utiltxe the ravine which Ilea alongside the well, and allow the oil to flow Into IL By damming It up we can arrange a natural basin which will hold at least 100,000 barrels. All the drillers, who, as you know, are experienced oil men, are feeling very confident of the result of the next few days' work. Sincerely yours. (Signed) JAMES TAGUE. Superintendent. With everything up to the last minute before this was written pointing to the opening up of this great Georgia oil Held In a few days—possibly In the next few hours— we can say that the stock of this company offers you greater opportunities of making a fortune In a short time than it ever did—one by one tbe doubts are being Hfted. Yellow clay. Coarse grey sand. Blue marl. Fine grey sand. Gravel. Coarse grey sand. Blue marl. Fine gray sand. Marl. Grey sand, with lignite. Marl. Hard sandstone. Grey sand. Hard sand. Marl. Hurd Sand. Marl. Grey sand with shells. Marl. Grey sand, getting harder. Limestone. Sand with pyrites, getting harder. Hard rock. Fine oil sand. What next? Markets Already Being Established For Georgia Petroleum. The following letters will show that wo will have no difficulty In finding a ready market for our oil as soon as we get to producing It. Wo will have to establish refineries and pipe lines of our own In the course of events, but it Is good to know tbat while we are getting around to that we can sell all the oil we can pioduce to In dependent refineries. It Is Interesting to note. In this connection, that t - price of crude oil Is going up every day In the North ern fields. The supply has been running behind the demand at the rate of over SO,000 barrels per day for tbe last several months. PEOPLE’S OIL COMPANY. H. Boardman, Proprietor. Petroleum and Its Products. Specialties: Red Engine Oil, Goo Cylinder Oil, Spindle Oil, Loom Oil. Qas Engine Oil. Augusta. Ga.. March 13, 1907. Mr. Otto G. Tague, Savannah,* Ga. Dear Sir: I have been In the petroleum oil busi ness for ubout 24 years, and have been In the Inde pendent business about 3 years. I have been asked a number of times. If In rase oil was fouud In Jefferson county In large quantities. If you would not he compelled to sell your oil to the Standard Oil Co. In order to And a market for IL If you should strike oil in any quantity, I feel con fident It would not be necessary to sell a barrel of your product to the Trust, as the Independent oil In terests are very active, especially In the 8outh. and I feel that you would find ready sale for all of your refined products. I am doing quite a large business at Augusta, Ga.. with a distributing station at Denmark, 8. C„ nnd I am also at the head of the Georgia Oil Company at Atluuta, Ga.. and am also largely Interested In the Pe troleum Oil Company, at Anderson, 8. C. The above concerns would be In a position to market quite a large quantity of your products. There Is a large and growing-demand for all kinds of petroleum products, and I feel sure that you would have no trouble in marketing your entire output at paying prices. Yours truly.— - (Signed) H. C. BOARDMAN. Copenhagen, February 21, 1907. Otto G. Tague, Esq., President for The Georgia Pe troleum Company, Atlanta, Georgia, U. 8. America. Dear Sir: Having beard a great deal about your Petroleum aa a high grade of Illuminating oil. I here with take the liberty to Inform you that It the Pe troleum is of po fine a quality as said, a market can be-found lu Scandinavia. The writer, Olaf Lassen, who is managing Mr. Prahl's office here, Is able to offer bis service, If a satisfactory arrangement can be reached, to work the Petroleum In Denmark. Norway ..nd Sweden. If you can entertain the above, please glre me full Information as to your company; at the same time I should be much obliged to obtain a sample of the Petroleum, as I then would have It examined by the 8tate Officials. Yours very truly, (Signed) OLAF LA88EN. Your Last Chance. We have something Aver 7,000 shares of the 40-cent stock left unsold with orders coming In every mall. We wilt accept subscriptions from those who wish to take advantage of thla great opportunity to buy at the present low price, only unUI this allotment Is sold. After that we will refuse all orders. If you desire to get In with us and hundreds of far sighted men and women of Georgia and help its develop thle Georgia oil Held, now Is your opportunity—and your last one. The development of this oil Hold means for tunes to many *t your friends and neighbors who have Joined with us-in this biggest thing ever undertaken In Georgia. We would like to have you Join ue, but can not aeR you any of the stock at the present price after the 7.000-odd shares now left are sold. After that you will not be able to buy a share at less than <1.00 to <100 per share. No one who has never been In the oil fields knows what great fortunes are made lu oil In a few daya by those with s little nerve and common sense. Of course, money Is lost by those who do not uso their heads, the same aa In any other business. Bnt with n safe and con servative management, an oil company will became tbe greatest profit maker ever known. That la exactly what Georgia Petroleum will become In a few weeks unless all signs fall. It ever a company had great prospects, we have. With oil flowing out of tbe ground, with natural gas already developed, and with every geological Indication of the deposit of oU It will almost be Imposslbe to fall even on this first well. Bnt If we fall to And the oil with this first wall, and wa And the formation to be as favorable aa all Indications point It out to be, we will proceed with the drilling of other wells—we can drill four or five. This stock at 40 cents per share offers you the great est chance, you ever had of buying In a good, reliably managed company, whose prospects are better than most companies whose stock Is offered at such low prices, and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that yonr Investment-is made right here In the Booth, with Geor gians. where It will do yon the greatest possible good. Fill out the following order blank and tend It to na at once. If you cannot send remittance with your order aak us to reserve some of the stock for you . pending re mittance. We will gladly do It. ORDER BLANK. Georgia Petroleum Company, 1041-1002 National Building, Savannah, Ga. Date Enclosed find dollars for which please Issue and send at once shares of your fully-paid and non-aaseiaable treasury stock at 40 cents per share. Name Street No City Slid Stats THE GEORGIA PETROLEUM CO., 1001 and 1002 NATIONAL BUILDING. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. TAKE A HAND A'lu d to Aid in BuRimiiii^ tin* New Postoffice Work. "f thi* • ||.v of Atlanta mill to f*»riunl iN'jriniiliiR of the work Sl.oHdOj |M*toflNco, Huperlntftnl Martin will auiTKvst to Mayor Mm* mayor ami an many uhmii '••‘II na (NMuilhlo join In tho bo ATLANTA WOMAN RECOVERS OLD GOVERNMENT CLAIM Aftor forty yean*, an Atlanta woman In to recover from the national Rove fit ment, her claim for reimbursement for pro|»erty damujrect Hut Ins the war. The claim amount* to several thousand dol lars and the hill ban passed both houses of congress and has been aimed »V president. Mrs. Holomon Landis, of Atlanta, the widow of Holotnon Landis, will he the recipient of the funds from the gov ernment treasury-. She Is administra trix of the estate of her former hus band. „ Solomon I.ainlH uns a machinist, who held a high imslttmi with the Western an«l Atlantic railway, the old state road. He was a Union man. but MRS. BOHNEFIELD BACK AT STATION chief of I'ollre ietmltiga baa appointed Mra. Mary llobni'fetd to succeed Mlaa Hath Sanderson aa police matron. Miss Henderson, It will be remembered, suorerded Mrs. Dohnefeld last Jane, at tbe time tbe latter and Itollce Captain Moon were dlnrhargcd hr the police commissi on. Tbe services of Mlaa .... did not prevent the federal ifrniy ; |>cooed with by tbe police motmlaMon Toes from destroying his home near thema- day night and now Mra. Bohoefetd resumes chine shops. A claim was made against “'‘ r ow P I>rr - * It has' ON NEW 8CHOOL BUILDING. ,, " 'k on Hie foundation* ut V " "Iton streets. "••r Itlodgett broke first B };E I in etmvitlng. He was given , "‘ w . pick, and as Buperlntenitent .*n.i Nevernl of the Atlanta eon- by broke ground for fhe foun- 'I'*"','" Program bas been derided ” Hie city's chief executive stnl city council ore present r the 17,wo ruble yards of enrth. «>Wlae ilOTHKR FOLLOWED CHILD TO GRAVE ' a » Hines* ft. uuw days with • "i "Ua, Ati,. \v. a, Bwlnson died 1 1 ‘-lie sanitarium Friday night. ■’••• '!»>•• agn Mra. HnrlDaon ntteod- , f'in.-ral of her three-year-old Ruth, it u thought she con tracted pneumonia by exposure at the cemetery. She was the-wife of W. A. Hu In.on. a well-knoun cominlealun merchant, and resided at 3'n* 4-<»u.h Boulevard. The body wo* removed to the undertaking caiabllshmem llreenberg. Bond & Bloomfield funeral arrangement, will t nounced Idler. The government for damage.. been drugging through Ihe red tniie "f WORK 800N TO BEGIN government channel, for yean., but re. I V,, S.ul , cenlly It »a» taken In charge by onel II. D. t'apor*. whose elaborate j brief • resulted In pushing the bill for; Special to The Georgian. Mrs. Landis' relief through both houses- Savannah. Ga.. March IS.-The new- Savannah High School, fronting S« feet ton Bull street, between Oglethorpe ave. o’clock Friday morning the attending mi<v Qn ,| null street, I* soon to he built, physicians announced that he had men- .. . . te.r-iiim fn.ttn | Tile old Btructur® lias been removed Inglils, from which he dtedat 5 oclmk. | nmJ ||u , „ cavallon ,* bring made for (he new. Wtywn computed It will. In (Conjunction with the Chatham Acad* emy, which la on the same lot, consti tute as handsome a group of si*hool buildings as may be found anywhere In the Kouih. MENINGITIS CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM F. A. Quillian't Address. Sunday will be adult day at the Capi tol Avenue napllsl Sunday school. In ! addition to the tegulnr exercises there will be an address by Hon. F. A. (dull- Hail, mayor pro tern., on the subject "Why Grown People Mlmuld Attend the Bundsv ttchont.’’ The Capitol Avenue .Sunday school Is one of the largest In the city and tho meeting will ha one < f unusual Interest. The pqfiMc generally is Invited. t . The funeral services of Johnnie Her bert Wilson, need in years, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. <>. Wilson, who died Frl- day afternoon at the family residence. 104 Mills street, after an Illness of only twenty-four hours w,lth meningitis, were conducted Saturday afternoon at " tm’Tbdrsdav afternoon Johnnie, uhojb.v Mrs. F. C. D’BInlon. was a pupil of Williams Blivet school, | rr , w ,.» In Atlanta. , came home from’ school complaining J| r , D'BInlon t, represented by her of a cold. Ills *»»*•':'“» ‘ attorney. H. D. Capers, of Atlanta, and "« by Dasher A Parks, of Macon. THINKS BARN WAS BURNED BY INCENOIARICS. USED ms KNIFE ON FORMER FRIEND; MAY NOT RECOVER Hpcclsl to Tbe (leorglea. Cnlumtais. Da., March lS.--llufi], Joses, s well known contractor and builder, was arrlonsly rut and Is considered dsngerensly so. ny if. J. C. Pollard, nsotber reatraetor. In this rily yeeterdny afternoon. The two men were formerly In business togeiber. but dissolved partnership about two years ago. They bare not been oa fond term sloe*. It Is understood that the alter, cation nccarred over tho old matter. Bath men hare fsaatllea nnd both have dene rc Iruatre halldlng lu the rlty tad suburbs. TOMORROW. The weather man says tomorrow will be a fine sunshiny day. Have you plenty of films or plates for your Ko dak? Better get a good aupply. We have everything tor the amateur and do the flnrai finishing In .the South. "The Kodak House." 14 Whitehall and 126 Peachtree street. Divorce is Filed. A suit for divorce from her husband bus been filed In Hlbh superior court Mr. D'Bln’on K|H-.-lat to The Georgian. Byron, tin.. March' II—At an early hour Friday morning the barn of W. D. Tharps, a prominent and pretperoua farmer residing eight miles southeast of Byron, was burned, together with 400 bushels of corn, several hundred j pounds of fodder, four fine young mulra on<l a horse valued at lino. It waa Impossible to nave anything from the burning wreck, an the build ing was fulling In when the fire waa flist discovered. The total loss wan ap proximately sz.oeo. w ith about 1444 In surance. Mr. Tharps thinks the fire w as of Incendlhry origin. Acquitted of Charge. Sprrlal to Tee Georgian. Havannah. Oh.. March 14.—Frank McGuire, a wall-known contractor, who waa arrested a shorl while ago charged with burglarising the Masonic Phar macy. was acquitted In Ihe superior court, after a trial lasting but twenty minutes. In which the Jury was out but three minutes. Bam D. Jonas to Bpoak. Mr. Bent D. Jones will apeak et the Young Men's Christian Association meeting Sunday afternoon at l:M o'clock, on ' the subject ’The Young Man aa a Cltlsen.” Dave Hllvermaa will play a violin solo and tho assort*• lion orchestra will give a concert from 1 to t:IO o'clock. SAVANNAH WILL ENTERTAIN DISTINGUISHED PY.THIAN. Special lo Tbe Gsorties. Savannah. Oa., March 11—Hon. Charles A. Iiarnrs. eupreine chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, is expected In the city this afternoon. Plans have been made to entertain him tlaborately. A special committee will meet him on the arrival of the train this afternoon nnd he will be escorted at onra to the DeHoto Hotel. Before dinner he will be given an auto ride around the city. Hhortly before dusk an oyster roast will be served at the Casino. An Informal dinner party will be held In the even ing at the DeRoto, after which the distinguished Pythian will visit the Knights or Pythias hall and meet the members of the order. Mra. Barnes w-lll be entertained In the mean lima by the Pythian 8lsters. Veteran, te Meet. Atlanta famp <-'<>. II*. Confederate Veterans, will meet Monday evening ut 7; 10 o'clock In the office of the comp troller general ai the capital. Mem bers are urged to be present, and vial- tors are Invited to come. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O FIRST COPY OF “A8TYANAX" O O PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR. 0 In her wishes. O FATHER RELENTS; CHILD FINDS HOME After being haled Into police court Friday afternoon In company with his daughter, W. P. Mobley, of LaOranite. relented In his determination tbat tha daughter, Mle, Nancy Mobley, should never bring her little l-months-old babe to hie home, and the matter waa satisfactorily adjusted. The cases against the father and daughter, who were arrested at tha Terminal station shortly after the child had been deserted at Peachtree and Decatur etreets, were dismissed by Re corder Broyles. Shortly afterwards, tha father and daughter visited the Home for the Friendless, where the child bad been taken by tbe police, and wart given possession of IL taking U to thetr hums In Lad range. The mother declared she wanted to keep the InfanL and, following the court proceedings, tha father acquiesced. i- t.— _ Governor Terrell waa presented 0 O Saturday morning w(th the first O o copy of "Aatyanax." the brilliant O O novel written by Hon. Joseph M. 0 O Brown, railroad commissioner. The O O autographed copy was presented O O by Ihe authdr as the first ropy of O O the Unit edition. O O The hook la a fine specimen of O O the printer's and bookbinder's nrt. O O Mr. Brown received the first con- O O sign mem of the novel Saturday O O morning from his publishing house O Mra. Francos Wedemeyer. Mrs. Frances Wedemeyer died Fri day afternoon at her residence^ It orange street. She wsa the mother of the well-known musician, Fred Wedemeyer. Mrs. Wedemeyer waa born In Germany In till. Rhe la sur vived by two a ops. Fred, of Atlanta, and Albert, of Omaha, Nebr* and two daughters, Mrs. John Shelton, of Mian. O and “Aatyanax" w ill go on sale at O land Park. Ill, and Mrs. James Bober O tha book stores Monday. O non. of Atlanta. The funeral services o 0 1 will be conducted Sunday afternoon et OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! o'clock.