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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
MONDAY. MARCH II. 1MT.
M. L. THROWER,
IiEAL ESTATE.
$3,150.
jtfW, LISTEN—HERE IS
a proposition in West
jTjjd. A 6-room cottage in
Bcctlicr street, one block
of Lop. I°t 75x200, shade
both front and rear, pcrfect-
jv situated, a very fine gar
den with grapes and other
fruits. If there ever was a
bargain in West End here is
one. The owner must sell
right now; Come in a hurry
l vou like this.
M. L. THROWER,
REAL ESTATE.
39 N. Forsyth.
GLORE & JUSTIN,
215 Peters Building.
Nl< F FAST FRONT LOTS. WITH PLKN-
ty of nbn.lf, 150 fert to an alter, for
« short time at $10 par inmt toot. They
«rf •■■rth $15 imtv.
ON FI.AT SIIOAI-H ROAD. • MII.KH
from ifiitor of rtty, we hare n aiilendld
firm •'••iitiiiiiltig 20 acres. 11 acres In l*ol-
t»m laud, also baa ooe olthobeat erchartla
In tfa.- try; good four-room hotm? and
cgetahle farm; $2,100 cash.
HENDRICK ft CO„
Real Estate and Loans,
23 1-2 Whitehall Street,
_ Both Phones.
" a ?.n mswares? hom "
AfiWBS? VSWBf
S?UtTll JAckktJVif
‘ area lie; beau ti]
TffiifckT. NKAU Mil-
- , — —Uliful eight-room house*
n "tor t>3K
frvLitiioH (-Otta.ir ok
r--t*riii?H l: lot 44 •>* >»: bouse f
t*.W IIIIVh A IIAMltdlJIR HEAlllttScK
,_ 01 * attvet; liaa nfne room. null
la,up la date In every respect; lot M l>y
tWWi.Vk Ii.V6M MiI'hK OS
l» «ood condition: let M
l>y mo.
mmr
Jai-kimin hfiiKrt,—DIXIE
JjjffrUffx: Si!tm n ° m ' w ™ ,o,, rV, ‘
iOSi" lit'! 1 # AfTl'tWill WiTYAcife t.s
Mam wit avenue, near Jaskaott.
"Boi fii Him; kgMilir.HnSC
W.SM Bt'YIJ AN ICR EIGHT-ROOM COT-
*«M$h lTydr afreet, uear Glenn.
hi kuo*i condition, on lot *) liy ICO.
CXiMiot, AVKSli f! _ dlX klMIM-COY
lll Vs TWO-BTOKY NINKIUIOM
limiae on t nidtol avenue; baa all lui*
provementa; lot 5o liv l$ft.
miTTii" HcYriTT
two story nine room hmi**; aform sheet
Hi *?ll’floor; modern; on lot 6* by
TH'vh a kink itVH'iiN 1 iUm'iM
house on Park avenue; on let 53 liv 117.
liKkoKEE XVBSrb. NftAli iiIiVaNI
roffage; lot SO by
ToTh”
Georgia avenue.
L. A. WOODS,
818-819 Empire Bldg.
BELL PHONE SOM—ATLANTA RHONE JOT
I MAKE EAST TERMS.
(M8B-TWEI.VE ROOM HOME ON ON*
uf ilia vtrj M uorih alda straeto; two
hatha: Bar stationary saaliitandi; lb- Wat
Of gss Bxteres; larrr lot; to fact. >mr
HUM that (or* to auk. up an tdral knar.
HI MB - MAGNIFICENT TWO-ETORT
fourteen.room bone to Inman Park,
w* haffcs; gss and electric llrbta: electric
lla: cabinet mantels; elegant Interior Bn-
borne. large mania: ■». —-
shoal four rest.: aratar, aaarar anil faa: cap
aril for 160 caah, balance hr I be inonlb.
1‘rlcc 11,700. I tetter come befors 10 o clock
Monday, or you will inlao thin.
12.000—WE .1IAVB A BRAND-NEW BIX
room rortss* wltb nice cabinet maaf-lr.
a a beautiful I acre lot. that llm Icrcl
and la In flue ubspe every way: *708 caah
aud 13) per month.
thin place, and It la cheap at tbla price.
*7.764 - FIVE-ROOM COTTAGE WITH
‘ af ball on Htewart arenuc. with lai
A Wot one half caah; lialanre easy.
McCRORY ft JOHNSON,
Real Estate,
503 Peters BuUdln*—Phones 4191.
SPLENDID 3-ROOM. 2-BTORT REB
Itlence. near Jackson street; lovely
neighborhood; one block from new pub
lic school. All Improvements. Just
what you are loklng for, and only $4,
*50; easily worth $5,000.
ON JACKSON STREET WE HAVE
an eight-room residence, modern and
up-to-date, for only $4,500; $1,000 cash.
IN BEST I’AIIT OK COLLEGE PARK.
ocr ."ttftgf consisting of five (urge rooms
and ha!!, nice porrkes. etc. This Is one
t>l ..f cor line, and lot Is 100 by 106; $*.
3f; $5>> ranu and balance mootbly.
5f«uty; water snd gss sad ills Sidewalks':
•" ,nr Hoc; pries $Sp$60; $30 cash mod
13 |**r mouth.
AT < nu.KijK PARK, LOT 51 by 130.
-•th i»T\ant house In rear, renting st
t nionili. We enn self this for s snort
u $vo. You see yon ctn make a
! i«t teni on this, and you have n
I-* t*» build you a home on. ^*ou can’t
ham; a NICE FIVE-ROOM COT
;*• ncur <b ttrgln avenue-; water, gas aud
h*h. with large lot. TUla l» a nice place,
bniv I1AV Terms.
lieu 1IIII. Mmoll
w. A. FOSTER,
Heal Estate and Loans,
12 S. Broad.
*8.500 Bl’YS ONE OF THE VERY
loveliest homes on Jackson, near
North avenue. Every convenience.
Hull I for a home. Large shaded lot.
Owner analoue to sell for good reason.
Easy payments. Don't delay.
ON ROULEVARD. NEAR NORTH
avenue, ten rooms, wide halls, cabi
net mantels, and all necessary conven
iences. Large shaded lot, with elde
drive and 15-foot alley. This will suit
you. The ow ner has been asking |«,500
and so nnxtous Is he to sell. Instructs
us to offer It for *7.000. The lot at ttO
per foot Is worth (1.750.
EIGHT-ROOM. TWO-8TORY. ON
Park street. West End; 5o by 19*.
This Is n peach. Only *6.000; *1,000
cash. Don't wall.
Bt 11 -’Phone 2077.
Atlanta 'Pboee ltU.
* PLANTATION AND STOCK FARM OF
-•!' At TIES IN MIDDI.E GEORGIA.
N MILKS FROM A CITY OF 40.000 PEO
- luiicg of railroad frontage, also pub
»m! frontag**, l.jp) ogrea In cultlvatloO;
< f rich bottom InmJs; 100 aefua of
uup bottom* allll to ba davebiped
,v ' f nnd tlmtier for home con
*>a>l"' n Most of tko land Ilea level and
1'“ "'. tl.ifk. loamy soil, wltb atroog clay
i tiiio mole can cultivate to acres
‘i th!- land. Two six-room dwellings and
thirty if-nnat bourn ot two nnd four ro
>My 'IIMrlliuted. Corn mill and gl“. Batr
®i !. horse -m,| mulo twrni, crib bfld bog
«sl rblexeu bouses, etc., nil In good Condi
mil,-, of bog wire fencing. Creek
*“"* toi-nrhe, supply water In nearly all
Isrt, , y iti-- land. Hlallon and alda track
' IX" pines. School and chirckea eouven
Annual nverage net Income *1.000.
'i!r» I;’ per acre. Terms one-third eaah:
•ot!. „n or before tea rears lo annual
bhlm-m, to aull purebaaer. with B per cent
** 4f! r '-l paymeata Tbla la a bargain
*» 1 th,- ,-nance of a llfellme. Make the
f"»'i i-niment and Iba place will make the
**'7 t-> pay tba balance. Good water
re -l beeith. Labor la plentiful and
I J^_r further Information, write or
*"<'t>" Ai:ii AVE.—COMPLETE 6 ROOM
,1..." home; street paved and everything
Nelt’S I«
tile- ,
»' AVE..
lol 50 -
L'ue
ALMOST NEW ( ROOM
AVE.—WELL BPILT AND
m,Hal Knmn houae wltb hall; one of
"A';ttLU. NT.—NEAR W. Hl’NTER BT.
i ’—m cotuge home; alee lot, eity wa-
t^a^'B «m*»elad; oa
kabt front lot on new
rl "'"tine ear line. All right for (aru.
i ON ORMOND STREET NEAR
: I"'"! me walka.. Cbeop for *anx
t'-M, , tn . T 25 lawton street,
t u.|. for |am. Very aaay lerma
k*sy ”
S0,,T,,
; ,TI '* '■ MIGHTY ri.NE EAST AVE.
J. A. BROOKS,
Real Estate,
407 Fourth National Bank.
Bell Phone 1393 Main.
HILL BT.. IN TWO IILOCK8 OF
Grant .Park, a nice little 6-rooin cot
tage with all conveniences for $J»,200.
Terms. -
OAKLAND AVKNL’K. A NKARLY
new 4-room cottage with water and
sewer connections, for only $i,$00; $360
ca»h and $20 month.
U$no-A nick arnrMian mix-room
cottage, built for ■ home out of the very
he*t niNterinl on a lot ino hy lw. Tbl* pbo’**
I* 90u James atreot tRounle Brte». The
otroer l» aaaiou* to sell, ami we can tnaki
you roost riuiaonable terms on this place.
$1.100—A GOOD FIVK ROOM COTTAGE
In sl*out two Mock* of Grant park, and
about the tame distance from Wonderland,
the uew amusement park. This will make
you a tilee little home, aud wa can arrange
terms.
$2,900—AN IDEAL MIX-ROOM COTTAGE
on the beat part of East Georgia avenue.
This la a aperlnl ttargaln. aa the owaer
want* to eell (aside of tha aext few weeks.
$:.tS0 - BRAND-NEW MIX ROOM COT-
tago fronting ou a wide charted atreet.
overlooking the new amusement park. We
cou make you easy term*.
C'EXTRAL AVE.. N'KAK GEORGIA
avenue, I have n modem up-to-date
4-r«>om cottage with nil convenience*
for the very low price of $2,750 on
eu»y terms.
MOSS & GIRARDEAU,
Office 501 Fourth National
Bank Building,
Bell Phone 4256.
$2,8,50 spot cash will buy a
brand new cottage. No. 347
Ormond street, within two
blocks of Grant Park. House
nearing completion. It has
five large airy rooms, beauti
ful hallways, - bathroom, pan
try, etc. The lot is snlendid-
lv elevated with tile walk
iii front. If you haven’t all
ensh will try to arrange with
vou.
ijiljoo _ Splendid 4 - room
cottage, 245 Magnolia.
Room for another cottage on
lot; will pay 14 per cent if
properly improved. Wh : ‘-
tenants.
$3,000—One-half cash, bal-
nnee $30 per month, will
buy a good 6-room, Fraser
street, near Fair.
li’^'JJOG LOT ON HIGHLAND AVE.
"l«b wvllnn-rW.
* ^ITooTET'eve.
WANTED
REAL ESTATE
If you own property that
you are willing to sell at u
real bargain , price, list it
with us for quick sale. We
handle bargains only and
have customers waiting.
ATLANTA
REAL ESTATE AGENCY,
1507 Fourth National Bank,
Beil Phone 250 Main.
NEW MODERN HOME
FOR SALE.
On one of the most beau
tiful streets on north side,
two-story, nine-room mod
ern house, just completed,
every convenience, fumaee
heated, electric lights, dou
ble sheathed and floored.
In basement is servant's
room, storage room, furnace
room with cement floor.
First floor, reception hall,
parlor, sitting room or libra
ry. dining room, kitchen,
butler’s pantry, storage
room and lavatory.
Second floor has four bed
rooms with large closets,
hath room and linen closet.
A
All rooms and closets nice
ly tinted, wide veranda front
and side, fine lot, east front,
first class plumbing,material
and workmanship through
out.
Price $7,500.
ADDRESS OWNER,
CARE UEORGLVN.
D. F. M’CLATCHEY REAL
ESTATE AND INVEST
MENT COMPANY,
m CANDLER BLDG. BOTH 'PHONES.
MILLS STREET. LOT S BT IB PERT:
four-ruuai bom*; rrrvpllns hall, Imtb bod
all aaavaalnina. oa to M bv 1(0 foot.
Krnla for *30.80 par uouth. Prtea (LOOS
GARDEN STREET, BETWEEN BABB
a ad Love; modem Art-room cottage, oa
jjl OO hr DO fori: all kind* at frail; la
fan. II lta afca Httla homo In arrrp ro-
apart, trier (-000; *7W an* balaora (U
HILL BTREET: COBNER LOT! « BT 10:
arllliolli coital*; ivo jaara old; rabi
KABT LINDEN. NEAR BEDFORD PLACE
-four-room ruttafr; now, wrll halli; lol
G l>r 1(5 frot; a bargain at ll.MO. Trruia
or. caab.
ORME BTREET-FIVE ROOM COTTAGE;
•Try Improvoiiicni; lol M hr 100; aaar
u.l wrlLloraiod; ior I7.MS
KELLY BTREET-NEAT BIX ROOM COT-
!«*«•; n**w iMirrelalii ImUIi; hot water au*|
very mtivenlence; fdevat.-.l b»t; 5j by 150,
nd cheap at $2,760; eeay term*.
S. B. TUBMAN & CO.,
FOR SALE.
Capitol Avenue Home.
„ *: two atory rlibt-room bouar; would coat
».Wp to dunllcato tbr aamc. Tko owaer la
In debt and will aril tht property at a
quick aalc for (t.ooo. and will nako raa-
aonnblo terma, or will lake varaat lot. or
rrnllni nraprrty In part payment lor aama.
Call and let ua allow you tbla. Tha koaaa
la In flrat-claaa condition
Suburban Home.
SEVENTEEN.ACIIE TRACT OP LAND;
kae 1.250 feet eirwt frontage; alee, four-
room cottage, end entire piece aader fence
price only $i7»; paved road, fronting oa
car line; ecaoole and rhurchea convenient
good neighborhood; plenty of nfcnde.
Tenth Street Vacant Lots.
NEAR TENTH MTREET RCnoOL-PIBD-
roont avenue and Myrtle atreet. and look
ing teto Piedmont city park; price $1,500
up to $1,300; nearer and water.
MONEY TO LBND.
S. B. TURMAN ft CO.,
Cor. Broad and Ala. Streets.
BOTH PHONES *:>«.
WIIAT WILL TOC GIVE FOR S.5» TO
3.0f»0 cords of wood nad 100,000 fret of
lumber on the atutup. $. mwn from, the
In It.
$9,760—ON ONE OF TIIE REST NORTH
side street*: large lot, worth 94JOO; thor-
ougbly up to-*Iate eight-room and two-atory
bourn*: furnace: modern hath; laratorlea#
Eliding doom; tlntesl walls; elegant mantel*;
combination Astnree: varv aebrt neighbor.
IiimmI; heavy atone foundation and atone
Rtcpa and atone coping; aervnnt'e bouee
Itaru. Terms.
nine commodloua
• ; pis
ro $7.5
Sa.SOO-Jt’MrEB BTRKBT—FINE TWO.
story house; pl|*ed for furnace; all mod
orii conveniences: carrying a 6V3 |n?r cent
loan. ”Nuf eed.
■ .porcels
bfnet «
liVinonth. ’ouTbulldlng snd beautiful let.
5o by 219. Owner bee left Atlanta. It le
•nra at a aeertflee.
•WE GET RE8CLT8."
ANSLEY BROS.,
REAL ESTATE,
Offices 4 to 10 E. Ala. St.
Phone 339 Bell.
BARGAIN!!
AT SO 1 rRKBCENT AVENt’E, Jl'BT
nne-balf block from IVai-btrre alreet, wa
6 ate aa rleiani I" mm, hnnae with furnace
rat. aaa aod elertric llabla. pi la«m,
pcrerne.1 ihrooaboui. Bad In apleadld roudb
Hen llaa trank room, aerraala' now aad
•table. (•• a beaatlful lol, II hy .boat IM
P wt. with a lo-fooi drireway oa aide.
roata eaal and baa load oak akade. Price
m.im. Can anume a **,00* mortal IT If dr
ain’d.
BERING BTREET I JIT-ONE OF THE
rkeapral lota na Iba north aide of elty,
whlrh on anmaat of certalo romlltloua that
eilat rwahlea ua lo offer It at a wort Bee.
Tata lot la aa Ike hut part af Buriat
street, la Ike ael*bborbood of Third afreet;
I. 55 feel front and raa be bought for Jut
tJ.ur) if labeu at ooce.
AT DECATEK. GA. OS CANDLER BT -
Tbr brat reatdeore atreet la Iterator; an a
lot !mi*Xk we hare a Brat-rlaaa borne of
> room, with laandry. aerraala' boaae.
Iiern. ua and water: he. aew wtudariil aud
well with riceltcal aopply of water. K<
FUNERAL NOTICE. „ „
Beltt.K61 NOKB—Frtrnda "f Mra. Nrttle
Hehlralaaer. Mr. and. Mra. Harry I..
Hclile.liitfcr. Mr. and Mr*. M. II. Hchlc.-
Iiiircr. Mr. an.l Mr. Italpb Victor, Mr.
and Mra llennao Villa of Nrw \ork.ato
lari ted to attaad the funeral of Mra. Net
tle Bchlealnur tomoirow (Tueadayl after
Ii.miii 1(1 t o’clock, from the realdrncc of
lier dauahirr. Mra. lulpb Victor. »
troutb- Pryor atreet. Interment at oak
land. The follnwlna gentlemen will am
a. patlbcarera and plenar m.et at the
undertaking parlora of ilrernlwrg. Bond A
liliMuidleld at 1:18 o’clock: Mr. jta> Kota.
Mr. Big Well. Mr. F. J. Cohen, Mr. B.
Mnrcr. Br.. Mr. Jacob Klartuan, Mr. J J.
Loci'. Mr. Billion Metaer. Mr. Ikr bcbomi,
Mr. J. M. Alexander, and Mr. L»rl Cohan.
Wireless Message
Sent 3,000 Miles
Waablnffton. March l*.—Wlralaaa tel.
egraph etperta of the nary department
•re elated over thalr recent auccaaa In
tranamlttlng a wlreleaa meaaagc from
Penaacnla, Fla., to Point Loma, Cal.,
dlatance of over 3,(180 mllea.
Thla tranamlaalon waa a moat t
mArkahle feat,'' aaya Captain E. F.
Qualtrouffh, l'. B. N„ In charge of
wlralaaa telegraphy at the Waahlngton
Vlthln my bnowladga It la tha
grtateat dlatance an far raached on thl*
•Ida of Ihe world. Ita Importanca ran
be eallmated by laying that any dla>
tanre will a non be overcome. It aeama
more remarkable when It la remem
bered that two mountain range* Inter,
vene."
Judge Namea Receiver.
Special to The fleorg|ao.
Macon, Oa.. March I*.—Upon tha ap
plication of T. D. Tlnaley. H. T. Powell
and J. S. Bcolteld. Judge Reagan, ot
the Flint rlrnill. Raturday named Ar
thur E. Hoard man receiver for tbb
Jeter * Board man Oaa and Water
company, a coaearn operating a mini,
her ot yean ago.
Education and Charity
to Get $2 £0,000,-
000.
PREPARES WILL
- .MAKING BEQUESTS
City of New York Likely to
Be Given Suni of $50,-
000,000.
New York. March 1*.—The Herald Is
authority for th* statement that John
D. Rockefeller. In preparing bis win.
haa provided for a donation ot (250.
000.000 for charitable purposes.
Thla amount. It I. oeaerted, will be
baatowad an that the beneflts there
from will almoat be perpetual.
It alao la stated that the oil king
con tom plates giving (6o.ooo.ooo to the
city of Now Tork. and It will be partly
for charitable and partly for education-
al purposes.
Statement Is made of the fact that
Mr. Rockefeller will contribute but lit-
tie for rallgloua purposed, aa he le of
the opinion that the necessity does not
exist.
He thlnka the churches are growing
stronger year after year, and there to
no danger that they will ever need any
great flnancial assistance from one per-
son.
Mr. Rockefeller la said to be greatly
Interested In the cause of education
and purpoaes giving more and more to
Inalllutlona of learning.
It Is reported that h* haa decided to
give 150,000.040 for educational pur
poses In Chine, but there Is little or to
continuation of the report of this plan.
DETECTIVES THINK
THAT STOLEN BOY
IS ABOARD VESSEL
Pinkerton Men May Be ou
Trail of the Kid
napers.
AGED WOMAN UNAWARE
RECEIVES THE GALLANTRY a
OF WORLD'S RICHEST MAN
Rockefeller Picks Cloak From Ground and.
Hands to Owner and Was Asked About
Gar She Was Waiting For.
■pedal to The Georgias. ■
Augusta, Oil, March 18—Join D.
Rockefeller, the oil king, comes Ip Au
gusta from Hampton Terrace hotel on
Hunday mornings to attend service al
th* rirat Baptist Church. After eerv-
lo* yesterday he strolled leisurely over
to Main street, and. while walling for
a ear back to Hhmpton Terrace, walk
ed around the Confederate monument,
reading- the Inscriptions on all four
sldas. An old lady, possibly GO years
of age, rather stout and short of slat-
ure, was walling for a car also, and
had hung her clonk on the Iron fence
Inclosing the monument. The cloak
had fallen off on the ground. Upon
Mr. Rockefeller's arrival at that point
ha noticed the cloak on the ground,
and quickly stepped forward, picked It
up and handed It over to the old lady.
They stood near each other, making I
••■me casual remarks about the monu
ment. The old tody also asked him (i
come questions about a ear ahe was .
uniting for. Mr. Rockefeller continued
his walk nround tha monument to a
point about 60 feet beyond. Where b*
stopped and waited for his own ear.
A gentleman standing near, atsppad
up to the old lady and aaksd bar. It ,
she knew who It was that picked up .
her cloak. Hho aald ahe did not. and
upon being told It waa John IX-Rocke- ,
feller ahe quickly gathered up her
skirts and did’ a 50-ynrd aprinl. Bha.
rushed up to Mr. Rockefeller and shook .
his hand vigorously and thanked him !
profusely fur his set. of gallantry.
Mr. Rockefeller goes’and comes at'
his plsasure here, and atroils about i
often unattended.
Mr. Rockefeller leaves today for {few
York.
MISS SHONTS PLANS
TO WED FRENCH DUKE!
Washington, March 18.—While Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore P. Bhonto continue
to refuse to affirm or deny that their
daughter, Mias Theodora, and the Due
Albert De Luynas de Chaulnc* et de
Ptrqulny are engaged, It to known that
a detinue date haa been set for their
wedding.'
Miss Bhonts haa Invited Mias ‘Trod* j
die” Evans, a well-known young socle*I
fy woman, lo act as one of her brides* j
maids. The date of the wedding ta ail
secret for the present.
Mr. Bhonta left for New Tork
night.
H,
BRAVE GIRL LOSES FOOT,
BUT SAVES OWN LIFE-
Kansas t"|ty. Mo, March 18.—Caught
In a cattle guard and unable to free
herself. Miss Frances Bhaw, of Kan.
City. Kane., aged 15, yesterday sac-
rifleed her foot In ordjr to prevent be-
klltcd by a train.
„lsa Bhaw, with her friend, Minnie
Eaton, attempted to cross the Alton
tracks when Miss Frances' left foot
caught In the guard and she was un* .
able to free herself.
To save herself from de|th she (lent I
her body backward and holding to the '
tlea awaited the Impart of the train,
her foot still flrmly held by the cattle I
guard, and her ankle lying on the rail.
The wheel* of the engine and train ,
passed over her leg. severing It be* '
tween the ankle and Ihe knee.
DOWN-7RODDEN GIRLS
HA VE ANOTHER KICK NOW;
NO M1RR ORS IN ELE VA TORS
Dover. Del., March I*.—Th# Pinker
tons today believe they are closing In
on the kidnapers of little Horace Mar-
vln and that thay will ba under arrest
and the boy back to his father In twen
ty.four hours.
Under the leadership of Governor
Preston Lee, sleuths are patrolling Del-
aware bay In two ocean-going tugs,
seeking a black-hulled sailing vessel,
board which are believed to be persons
responsible for tbs child stealing, once
the vessel stood off Kitts Mammock. ,*
though sxpectlng a signal or message
from shore.
Other detective* are camped nil
•bout the Marvtn farm. Indicating that
ihe searchers have received definite In
formation that something of Impnr-
lance la likely lo happen at any time In
th* Immediate vicinity of the spot
where the lad waa stolen.
NEGROES CONFESS
SHOOTING UP TOWN
OF BROWNSVILLE
A Sensation Is Produced by
Statements Made at
Galveston.
When the long and short hands came
together at noon Monday, sweet Gwen-
dolyn McGuffln. who dallies dally with
the typewriter near th* top floor In tho
Empire building, arose'languidly from
her ehulr, nnd. donning her new spring
rharlntte Corday. pressed the button
nnd wnlted for the clevntor.
"Down!” yelled the boy In buttons,
-Down!" shot the elevator. And "down''
sank Gwendolyn'! spirits as she dis
covered the awful truth.
In her left hand sho grasped a powder
rag. in her right were two hat pln«,
while between her clenched teeth seven
hair pins, a quarter for her lunch and
two namplea of dress (nods were tlkhl.
ly held. But In the midst of tier toilet
•he was Interrupted. She could g<> no
further.
"Why. what's become of the mirror?
quoth Gwendolyn.
"Where's that looking glass?" naked
merry Mabel Macaroon, who haa Just
stepped In at the eleventh floor.
"De main guy had all dc lookin'
glasses took out." responded the bnv
Waahlngton. March 18.—The senate
military committee will summon her*
ea a witness In the nmwnsvllle Inquiry
D. G. Gray, a negro soldier of the
Twenly-flfth Infantry, who la now un
der arrest at Oalveitnn. after having
made a sworn statement that the
'•hooting up" of the town last August
was doge by himself and a number of
comrades.
Hit taatlmony doubtless Aral will he
taken by a cnurtmartlal now* being held
at (ton Antonin. The senatorial Inquiry
been proceeding now for month
thla la the flrat positive Informs
tlon brought to tha notice of the com
mltlee that negro soldiers themselves
were actually engaged In the rioting.
All negro eoldlert examined have <1*.
nle.1 that an'y of Uit aoldlara ware par-
tlclpants.'
Special to The (leorglsu.
Galveston, Texas, March 1*.—An en
tirely new phase has boen given th*
Brownsville rata by tha confession ot
live negroes who belonged lo the twen-
ty-flfth Infantry and were discharged
hy President Roosevelt for shooting up
the town of Brownsville. Texas, on tha
of August tl, 1800.
i live negroes arrived her# Ratur
day and from what caa be learned they
made a clean breast of everything and
furnished testimony which will no
doubt hatp to daar up tha case.
The discharged soldiers bear each
other out In the statement that a Mex-
Iran woman waa the primary causa of
Mir riot.
They claim UH oa* of tha soldiers
had taken up wuh a Mexican woman
who lived In the city of Brownsville,
somewhere near the barracks, and when
others found a while man In her house
they became enraged, and going to the
iMrracka called for volunteer* to help
"shoot up the town." They claim lhal
quite a number of the soldiers respond,
ed and Immediately tho shooting be
gan.
While hunting for the while man.
they look occasion lo fire Ihelr guns
and eventunlly became su angered that
they A red Into everything they saw.
They hurried bach -o tho barracks
after the ahootsne. Their reason for
Anally giving their side of the mailer
la said lo be due lu llm fact that It
appeared useless for them to hold out
against such strong evidence which hus
come in light since the Investigations
have been on.
It Is stated, however, upon unquea.
Ilnnahle authority, that the negroes
have made afllditvlt to the foregoing
atalements and that such sworn state
ments are In the hands of thq proper
authorities here who will take the testl.
money for the negroes before the Inqul.
ry comes, which has the trial In hand.
OVERMAN SAYS THAT TAFT
WAS TOLD OF CONFESSION.
Washington. March 1*.—Senator
Overman, of North Carolina, who la a
member of the senate committee on
military affairs which la’ Investigating
Ihe shooting UP of Hrownsvllle. Texas,
whsn shown the dispatch from Uel-
veston tolling of Ihe alleged confession
of a discharged soldier, said that the
ommltte* received Information two
week* ago lhal a former member of the
Twenty-flfth Infantry had expressed a
willingness to make a full confession It
he could receive some assurance from
Ihe government that he would be pro
tected.
Benator Overman aaya that thla In
formation waa forwarded to Becrstary
Taft, with ihe suggestion that It be
Investigated by the war department.
"All the discharged troops who tall
tha truth about the affair," aald tha
■enator, "will certainly be protected by
th* government,"
T. W. Johnson Diet.
Special lo The Georglsn.
Blakely. On., March II.—T. W. John-
son. a prominent turpentine man of
tbls section, died suddenly Friday
morning after a week'* Illness from
pneumonia. Alt of his family wet* at
his bedside when death came. Mrs
J. W. Calahan, of ltolnbrldgr, and th*
wife of J. A. McLaurin. of Blakely, and
Will A. Johnson, of Mlakeljr, art the
surviving, children.
at the lever. "He says de elevator*
ain't no drcssln' rooms and he can't
atund for holdln' a car while you golls
use de powder puff an' put yer hats on
wld a spirit level. W'at difference does
It make wld dem crooked hats any
way T"
It I* sad. but true. The elevators In
the Empire were once adorned with
handsome mirrors, but the mirrors are
no more. The management found that
all Ihe stenographers In the building
stopped In ihe elevator* to adjust thalr
hats and to put a little powder on thalr
faces, and this takes time. One or two
passengers complained that they had
been »n nearly Jabbed In the eye by hat
pins that they were afraid to ride In th*
cure, while others swore that when a
girl planted herself In frunt of the mir
ror and began adjusting her Peter Pan
there was no room for anybody alas In
the car.
"Well," snapped Gwendolyn McOuf-
An. when this was explained. "I guess
us girls ain't the only ones that needs
the lookin' glass. I've seen more than
one nmn twisting his moustache In
front of them mirrors. 8o there now!"
FATE IS UNKNOWN
TO RESCUE PARTY!
Six Bodies Brought to Sur-f
face—Way Blocked
by State.
Bpeetsl to Th* Georgia*.
Bristol, Term., March II.—Th* worK
if rescue, following the mine explo
sion at Tacoma, Va., Saturday, Is not.
yet completed. BIx dead bodies have
been taken out and It Is feared that aa
many more ere entombed In that per- J
tlon of the mines that Is blocked by '
slate.
The dead are:
BOLIVAR AND CLEVELAND
NoON'ONKSTER. of Big Blone Gap,!
Vo.
JAMES AND ROBERT 8NOW, of
Tacoma, and two whose names are not
known.
The explosion occurred at th* mints
mlloa east of Norton, and Is owned snd
operated by Bond A Bruce, of Wise
county.
The explosion occurred 1.500 feet
below the surface and to aald to hava
been due to Inefficient, work ot the
mine fen which allowad the (an to
accumulate.
Robert H. Bruce, ooe of th# owners
of the mine. Is wait known In Virginia,
haring been the nominee for congress
In th* Ninth Virginia district last fall.
R. M. Cllnkteal*.
The funeral service# of K. if. Cliak-
acale. a Confederate veteran, who died
Sunday night- after an lllntsa of only
three hours, were conducted In th*
chapel of Barclay A H rand on
afternoon at 1 o'clock. Th# to
was in Wcstvltw cemetery/