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TUB ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
1-ntKBUAI, AUGUST 22, 1907.
31
for sale—real estate
WILL RENT YOUR VA-
~ ;• *4--..- 4 ■ * --
CANT HOUSE.
On the first , of August our
houses were to numerous to
mention, we have been rent
ing houses on .average of
from ten to fifteen per day
since the first—today
cannot supply the damand,
If you have the vacant
houses we have the tenants
They love to rent from us.
31. L. THROWER,
39 N. Forsyth St.
FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE
GLORE & JUSTIN,
215 Peters Building.
Is ouly $1,250. Term*.
LOT 50 BY 150, WITH NICE NEW FIVE
n cottage, uml ng nice a little home
y one would want at the price; only
$1,400, nml terms.
LAST POINT—SPLENDID SIX-ROOM
cottage, rented to white tenant at $10
er month. $850; $100 cash and $15 pei
lonth. Did you ever see anything llk«
till*'/
NEAR CAPITOL AVENUE—BRAND-NEW
four-room and hall, large shaded lot, white
.i-ighhorhood, rented at $11.50, for $1,050.
i. Something gwd here.
WITHIN OXYT
BLOCK OF CREW
•et school, tour-room cottage, on large
ash bargain at $1,500. The lot is worth
NEAT THREE-ROOM COTTAGE, WITH
Only $1,600. Terms.
IF YOU HAVE $600 IN CASH AND CAN
pay $800 In five years and want the be<t
linrun in In town, a now slx-rooiu cottage,
cabinet mantel, china closet, city water,
large lot and splendid location, see ua.
SIX ROOMS; CORNER LOT; BEST
part of Chestnut atreet: one block of car
lino; lot 50 feet front; $1,750. Easy pay
ON HOLDERNE8S STREET WE HAVE
five nice shaded lots, with east front, run
ning back 150 feet to alley. We will sell
NEAR WILLIAMS STREET SCHOOL WE
have a nice seven-room two story house;
cabinet mantels, tiling, hearth snd all street
NICE LOTS ON GRIFFIN STREET,
within ono block of car line; sidewalk
down; $25 cash ^ind * per month. Call and
pet plat.
AT .45 NEWPORT STREET. PRICE RE
•lured from $1,350 to $1,300 for n few days.
City water and large lot. Easy payments;
7 per cent Interest. You can’t beat this.
FOR RENT—HOUSES.
For Rent By
EDWIN P. ANSLEY,
10 East Alabama St.,
(Century Building)
Both Phones 363.
, Rooms. Price.
363 Whitehall street (Aug. 81) 8 $ 50.00
IVuebtree street (Aug. 31).
..11
140.00
h hast Unin street 1 Aug. 81)...
.. 7
45.00
4j5 K. Fair street (new cuttuge)
.. 7
35.00
W Form wait strset
.. 7
• 37.6c
^1 Highland areuue (new)
.. 7
26.0j
Whitehall street (Aug. 31)...
.. 7
25.U-)
rai?7 ivaehtree atreet (Aug. 31)...
. G
«0.uu
2a Kurmt areuue (Aug. 31)....
. 6
25.0U
2*3 tilt-tin atreet, near Pryor....
. 6
22.54’
Oakland avenue
. G
25.00
kW N. Jackson street (new)
. 6
37.60
** K. l-'ulr street |2d floor)
. G
12.50
W l’tilllsui street (ucw)
. G
30.00
>*i I'nlllsiu street (new)
. G
30.00
At Knst Georgia avenue
. 6
22.60
£ Atlanta avenue
. 5
18.50
1Confederate avenue (new)
. 5
».00
* r - I’ulllam atreet (Aug. 31)
20.00
Highland avenue (Aug. 31)...
8
27.60
hs Forrest avenue (Aug. 31)
. 8
40.00
SB Boulevard place
. 9
*.00
Jf 7 F. Fourteenth atreet
.10
75.00
mi N. Jsekson street (Sept. 17)..
.10
60.00
*3 I’.pltol avenue ,Aug. 31)
.10
45.00
71 < «pitot avenue, near Crumley.10
47.50
South Boulevard
12
<40.00
44 .Summit avenue TMMI
15.60
Jtuclne avenue (Ang. 34)
4 ,
1L00
« Bradley atreet
3
3.00
BS Plum street
2
10.60
*'H’R NEW 5-ROOM HOUSES ON NKW*
Mn avenue. Ea, t Point: rent 315 each.
J'J Brotherton street
4
15.30
APARTMENT.
$33.00
EDWIN P. ANSLEY
$6,000 FOR $5,250. *
A North Side Jackson
street home, well built, good
material, two stories, large
beautiful lot, ideal location,*
splendid neighbors, just
what you want for a home
Owner out of v the city and
anxious to sell this week
This place is worth $6,000,
we are authorized to make
quick sale at $5,250. Phone
us today. It is a bargain
EAGAN PARK LAND CO.
FOR RENT—HOUSES.
ROBSON & RIVERS.
Phones: Bell 1208, Atlanta
1207.
Real Estate and Renting
Agents, 8 W. Alabama.
$350—W
Property Transfers.
7. P. TbirkfeJd to Gcorgt
George P. Moore,
Warranty deed.
$5,000— E. A. Nenly to It. E. Illalr, lot on
—* Warranty deed.
36 INMAN BLDG.
BELL PHONE 4613.
FOR SALE,
414 SPRING STREET.
$6,500 buys this 10-room two-story
residence. All improvements; In flrat-
class condition; large corner lot.
Owner leaving city and requests us
to advertlso by number so you can
see It any tlmo. It’s a splendid homb
and can be bought on easy terms,
See us quick.
M’CRORY & JOHNSON,
503 Peters Building.
FAVER & BLACK,
Real Estate Agents,
315 and 316 Peters Building
1.000 BUTS APARTMENT PROPOSITION
In two blocks of Aragon. Ilrlck, lutnlwr,
windows, doors, lot, etc.; easily worth $6,
500; $1,000 cash, balance can be paid on com
nletlon of building. This Is jour t>pportun!
$5,500—GREAT BARGAIN IN WEST BNDi
two-story, eight rooms; on largo lot; good
neighborhood; good car service, schools,
etc. You will like this.
$4,250—CAPITOL AVENUE; 8EVEN-ROOM
cottage; new and modern; lot 60 by 200.
You better ace this quick; can make terms.
$3,000—RICH A RDRON STREET; TWO-STO-
“V seven rooms; nice lot and close to
or street. This will suit If you want to
PONCE DELEON AVENUE LOT. AND
the -prettiest site on the street for
home; less than $60 a front foot.
$$50—VACANT LOT, IN ONE BLOCK OF
Grant Park; easily worth $700. Terms,
$100 cash and $10 per month.
$4,750 WILL BUY STORE. FIVE ROOMS
above, and two six-room bouses rented for
“ net. This Is a corner aud new. <.
$5,600—SEVEN-ROOM COTTAGE, NEAR
Peachtree and not far from Fourteenth;
has every convenience; $1,500 cash, balance
you want it.
BBC .aw-imr SB
FOR SALE
BY
ANDERSON
527 CANDLER BLDG.
PHONE 5161
BIG BARGAINS.
Don’t wait a day, but come to
office and close a trade for these
TWO SNAPS! Sueh opportuni
ties for good, safe, big-dividend
investments will not be Offered in
Atlanta every day. Price’s on both
reduced $300 in last few days. We
KNOW this.
254 Courtland .................. 45.00
4 Highland 40.00
296 Forrest 60.00
401 Cherokee -(furnished) .... 65.00
558 Edgewood 33.35
238 South Pryor 40.00
568 Edgewood 87.50
123 Forrest 87.60
32 East North 62.50
127 East Merrltta 47.60
10 Brown place $7.50
263 East Georgia 30.00
457 Piedmont 37.50
210 Rawson 32.50
215 Crew $ 30.00
Davis 29.00
i
4 Ashby 25.00
214 Highland 26.50
348 Ashby ....* 7 25.00
148 Lawton 27.50
651 Washington
9 Highland
123 Mangum ....
. 30.00
S. B. TURMAN & CO.,
Raal Estate and Loans.
$1,500—Battle Hill, Joe Johnston Ave.
new, five-room house, lot 43x147. This
la one of the beat streets and will make
a nice little home for you; school and
churches In two blocks.
$2,350—East Hunter street, near Grant
street, good nine-room house; rent
ing for $30.00. Price $2,650 cash.
$2,350—Stewart Ave., near Whitehall
street, 6-room house with all conven
iences; lot 60x124. This Is close In and
on car line.
$2,600—Ormond street, near Hill street,
within two blocks of Grant park,
new, five-room house, modern In every
respect; lot 50x140.
Omood%tiMt
$500—Ernest B. Gordon to Capital City In
vestment Co., lot on North avenue.
$500—Ernest II. Gordon to Capital City f
vestment Co., lot on North nrcuue. Wi
ran tv deed.
$650—P. P. Smith to George S. TIgner, lot
on Oglethorpe avenue. Warranty deed.
$3,600—G. J. Butler to Mrs. E. O. Walker,
lot on Harwell street. Bond for tile.
$2,700—John 8. OWens to Price & Thomas,
lot facing alley la rear Cain street. Bond
for title.
$400— Mrs. Augusta R. Jackson to Walter
W. Jackson, lot on Fowler street. War
ranty deed.
$2,323—Mrs. Essie Holcomb to Mrs. Ida J.
Randall, lot on Irn street. Warranty deed.
$5— It. W. Holmmli to Mrs. Ida J. Ran
dall, lot on Im street. Quitclaim deed.
$1,650—Mrs. L. II. Daniel to John P. Tom
linson, lot on Crew street. Warranty deed.
$425— Mary J. Arnold to W. E. Kennedy,
lot on Rockwell street. Warranty deed.
$560—W. E. Kennedy to Mrs. Mary C.
Andrews, lot on‘McDaniel atreet. Warranty
deed.
$450—Forrest Adair td J. H. Ilaxzard, lot
on Pearl street. Warranty deed.
$1.800—J. M. Bailey to Mrs. Mary P. Illnk-
ly, lot ou West Fair street. Warranty deed.
Building Permit*.
$300—0. M. Harwell, to repair a frame
dwelling nt 324 Buckle street.
$3.200—Mrs. M. P. Hlnkley, to build apart-
■ nut ImlUn nt 11H Wnlbitr itniat
In rear 4S5 Cherokee avenue.
$150—Mrs. N. A. Smith, to repair dwelling
nt 245 Orma street.
$400—L. H. Pi
dwelling at 250
$14.000—James J. Wallace, to build apart*
Deaths.
James Martin, aged 50 years, died at
Wheeler’s Camp on Irwin atreet.
Miss Maggie Boll Childs, aged 18 years,
died at 20 Hill street.
J. P. Christian, aged 85 years, died at
Edgewood, Ga.
Evelyn Garrett, aged 1 month, died at
Grady Hospital. ^
. J. D. Talley, aged 64 years, died at Wes
ley Memorial Hospital.
Nathan Heard, aged 29 years, died at
Gray Hospital.
Mrs. Susie Fisher, aged 38 years, died at
Louisville, Ky.
J. Barclay Mlllen, aged 24 years, died at
Asheville, X. C.
Births.
To Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Meadow, at 143
Gleumvood avenue, a Imy.
Bitterly Denounces
Georgia’s Disfran
chisement Statute.
1 THE $40 SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED BY
KISER BUILDING, ATLANTA,
ARE BEING RAPIDLY TAKEN.
Business Course .. $401
Shorthand Course. $40 f
CRICHTON’S IMPROVED
SYLLABIC METHOD
Munson-Graham-Pitman *j:
The Greatest Discovery of the Century
.... | WOT POTATOES, SOUP, KNIVES,
forks, cups and saucers used
of Secretary of War William H. Taft,
ae elated In hie Columbus speech and
Incidentally put a few question, to the
Avar secretary on matter, about which
he claimed the latter had not been I Now York. Aug. 22.—Tho annual
sufficiently “luminous." blow-out of the Jefferson ' Tammany
Senator Foraker first took up Mr. club. Borough President Louis J. Ilaf-
Tatt’s announcement on the tariff ques- fen’s Bronx organization, at College
tlon. He said It was strange that one Point. yesterday, ended In a riot In
who was able a year ago to declare which 150 persons were Injured, szven
himself unqualifiedly In favor of an Im- of n ha ., v , h „ v
mediate revision at that time should “ . y t,m ‘ , they re< ‘“ lre<1
now be able to give dome specification* attention of an ambulance suifteon.
aa to what then prompted him to make I Incidentally Joseph WitxeTs dining pa-
such a declaration. vlllon, at Point View Grove, was
Attacks Georgia’s New Statute. wrecked.
Senator Foraker called upon the sec
retary to say what. In his opinion, the
rssSs^^MpJSi\Miuc WAGON DRIVERS’ UNION
ments to the constitution Involved In * **m—aa — rr , asa w r a-ja w, 'i w »
such statutes as that passed In Geor
gia only a few days ago.”
AS WEAPONS IN POLITICAL RIOT
The mob with one rush carried the
entire partition with It. Plates and
pitchers, cups and saucers, knives and
forks, everything that the crazy mob
could lay Its hands on,‘was hurled In
the direction of the waiters. Big bowls
of soup were turned upside down over
the heads of the fighters, mashed pota
toes were plastered over almost every
body and everything. In the confu
sion of dying victuals the fighters lost
all track of one another and took to
hitting a head whenever they saw one.
He bitterly denounced the recent dis
franchisement statute In the Empire
State of tie South and drew a contrast
between the Filipinos and the negroes.
TREASURER SKIPS WITH$20,000
Chicago, Aug. 22.—Through the de-
OF CITY IS
2800—For level nice lot on Lawton
street, north of Gordon street; would
be cheap at 21,000. Houses going up all
around It. Bargain for some one.
83,050—New six-room cottage In West
End, renting for 127.50. Bargain.
S. B. TURMAN & CO.
WILLIAM S. ANSLEY.
Real Estate.
Phones Bell 288, Atlanta 295
217 Century Building,
KIRKWOOD HOUSE 'AND LOT-Don’t
rent when you enn buy s good 7-room
house In good condition aesr the car line on
lot 100x178 for 83,000; only 8200 ensb, bnl
tnce 825 per month, with 7 per cent You
know tt Is foolish to rent under theso cir
cumstances. Come and see It.
Walter O. Cooper, secretary of the
chamber of commerce. Is keeping him
self busy these days by compiling sta
tistics showing tha remarkable growth
of Atlanta In every way In the last few
years, this Information to be used at
the big rally to be held at an early
date under the auspices of the chamber
of commerce.
unovH
There is now a probability of a lo
cal option election being held In Jack
sonville. Fla., and Duval county. The
prohibition agitation In the Florida
metropolis comes as n result of the
Georgia prohibition law and already a
petition for an election Is now being
circulated. If 1,200 names are secured,
an election must be held and one of
tho hottest fights In the history of the
state Is promised. Should Dural coun
ty go dry, the plans of several Georgia
whisky houses will be Interfered with,
as several engaged In the business In
Georgia had planned to move to
Florida.
DO YOU WANT A LOVELY HOME.
brand new, with nil modern conveniences?
1 you de, I can show It to yon In Inmsn
I’nrk; D la sorter like this: Reception hall,
parlor, dining room, kitchen and one living
room downstairs and fonr good bedrooms
npstslrs, nml on a lot 300 feet deep. This
cab be bought for 83,750. I wish you would
some and see me about this, and do not de
lay It too long.
NORTH SIDE COTTAOE-YOU KNOW
these sre hard to get. This ono la near
Jackson stret, on a lot 50r200. Yon can tiuy
It for 33.000 on reaaonable tyrma. I wish
E on could fix It so you could call It your
ome.
HULBERT, OF KOREA,
VISITS THE SOUTH
Professor H. B. Hulbert, who has
been In Korea since 1885, was a visitor
to Atlanta Wednesday.
Professor Hulbert ts making a tour
of the South to tell farmers that they
are about to lose a big export business
to Korea through the Japanese seis
ing the country. Ho says that while
the business from this country to Ko
rea Is small now. It Is constantly In
creasing, and will be lost If Japan
seises the country. Cotton Is being
grown there, and under the Japanese
there will be a great boom In cotton
production.
He asked If there was not some power falcntlons of a secretary-treasurer, C. has secured In the course of a year all
to prevent It. J. Camp, the Milk Wagon Drivers’ .the union’s funds—something over 820,-
By means of duplicate books and
Juggling the various accounts. Camp
000. Where the money has gone,
whether It has been spent or invested
in such a manner that part of It may
be returned, nobody connected with
the union knows.
REV.” GRABB EXHORTS FLOCK
P 1<nt Tho "New Rebellion.” I union, one of the strongest labor or
**Bht I would know also what the ganlxatlons in Chicago, has been
views of an aspirant to the presidency | plunged from affluence to temporary
may be about the new rebellion that j P°verty.
has broken out In some of the Southern ”
states, notably North Carolina and
courts. Is thls^ 3hr^SllRATTLESNAKES ABOUT HIS NECK
and restrained, or Is It to be allowed I..
to feed upon Itself and grow, strong!
to the point of menacing our Institu
tions?"
Taking up the subject of railroad rate I
control Mr. Foraker asserted that the Nashville, Aug. 22.—Rev. William
Hepburn bill as passed by the house Grabb. pastor of the Church of the
and forced through the senate Inter- First Born, Is creating Intense exclte-
state commerce committee was a very, ment throughout Brown county and
Imperfect measure, and the only re- adding hundreds of persons to his
deeming features about It as finally flock by demonstrating the truth of
adopted were the amendments which his creed with rattlesnnkes.
wore forced Into It after a hot debate He declares that nothing can bring
on the floor of the senate, many of | harm to true worshipers of the most
which were proposed and pushed by high and said he could handle any
the senator himself.
kind of reptile without Injury to him
self under the Divine protection which
he asserts ts ever about him. In or»r
to test their faith, rattlesnakes, caught
In the woods but a few days ago, wero
taken to the church and he was asked
to prove his sincerity. He took them
out of the box and wrapped them about
his neck, and, thus adorned, exhorted
his hearers.
/
ROOSEVELT WILL RIDE IN
SNAG-BOAT ON MISSISSIPPI
AS WHISKY AGENTS
Washington. D. C., Aug. 22.—Briga
dier General Alexander McKenzie, chief
of the engineer corps of the army, and
Representative Theodore Burton, of
Distillers and liquor deslers are already Ohio, chairman of tho Inland water-
trying to work on the express agents of I ways commission, havo completed the
ala to set them to set is sgents to I Itinerary for the commissioner!’ trip
bltloii hfw°gae™Into IKt. ' b ° prol “' down the Mississippi from B». Paulto
Below nti|tears n cony of s letter sent joint President Roosevelt at Keokuk.
nl l L b f n #k.? r S»?X’ This commission, which Includes Rep-
nbly to •f<7 R gKS 1 .Ts"E leg.“ r'ft” I |^!!?or e w£ner N 2t MU*
“Drnr cm.. ... 1 0 f Nevada, Senator Warner of Mis
souri, Senator Bankhead of Alabama,
General McKenzie, Herbert Knox
Smith, Gifford Plnchot, F. H. Newell,
and W. J. McGhee, will assemble at St.
Paul during the last week of Sep
tember.
They will board a steamer and make
a slow and leisurely Journey down.tho
river, timing their arrival at Keokuk
for the morning of October 1, when the
president Is expected to arrive to ac
company them on down to Memphis.
The xnogboat Colonel MacKensle will
be used.
SMALL WILL GO TO
NEW YORK CITY
FIVE NEW, WELL-BUILT NEGRO
houses, oa Davis street; good ranting
section; ranting for 82AM per month, twelve
months In tbs year; 82,100 will bey til of
theso on terms; 13 par cent Interant bora..
FOUR BEAUTIFUL ELEVATED VACANT
lotn oa Gordon ntraet. West End; ssch 35
by 130 fe*t; one on comer; plenty of shads
and an Ideal home building site erery
way; 82.800; half cash. Owner refuted
ELEGANT NORTH SIDE HOMB—HALF
block from Peachtree; nil modern conven
iences. Including a fine furnsce. Stable on
the lot; nice .bade In the yard. Price 88,000,
18,000 of which can run for four years at (
per cent Interest.
LOOK TO US FOR BARGAINS.
’ATE
BUILDING.
tlOTM PHONES 4284
EXTRA BELL PHONE 430 S
$2,300 cash or half cash will
get if taken at once the best
built 5-r. cottage in Grant
Park section. The owner
has left the city and must
sell, hence the sacrifice. The
place will lease for $22.50 or
more per month. The house
would cost $500 more than
average 5-room cottage to
build. It’s a pick-up.
“We Have Others.”
NEEDA FENCE?
Fence Erected
Cheaper Than Wood
W. J. DABNEY IMP. GO.,
96, 98 and 100 So. Forsyth 8treet.
i want the names of poo-1
. _ _ irs, anil If you will send
n list exclusively s6, we will pay you
00 cash for each name that you tend us.
I’roni which we recelre.au order. Not $1.00
for each order, but $1.00 for each name, nay. I
able on receipt of their first order. Hcml ns
the names or every one tbnt you know tfho
orders or uses whisky. We will mall them i
our price Hat and other matter, and, ns|
fast ns we receive orders from them we;
will remit you $1.00 for each. If you can;
supply us with a good list of such names,
you can make for yourself $25 to $60 or
mnro, nnlrk, «i.y inonry Othjr. bar. 'Chicago, Aug. 22.—President S, J.
don- this; yon can do It. too, \\ rlto the I—
names and addraaaoa plain, and rand only Small, of the Commercial Telegrapheri
thoao who you know .o order or mw aplr- Union, gave out a statement today, glv
Ituons liquors. Let na hare the names hy . „„
return mall, and ws win do the rest. Fra-1*®* an estimate of the bumness irons
ternally yours, A CO.” | acted by the Western Uffion and Postal
Telegraph companies. He declared
that hit figures were obtained from re
sources. He sold:
have discovered that the tele
companies handle about 25 per
! their normal buslnese. Ten
per cent of this It being transacted
At Pastime Thator. lover wires and the remaining 15 per
vAJK’T^'SyWA’Wlhfie^^ '• annt by to th# mMt
lime Theater In I’oarhttwc street Increases. I expre** companies.
The artlflta making up the vsuderllle Mil ‘The situation from our standpoint
are all clever In their respective acta and I , * . . -•
the entirety Is fur nt»ove the average for u|coul<f not bo much more favorable,
summer vaudeville hnmic. Am gathering reports that will be sub
Harry Howard, the clever character Im- mltted to committees representing the
Kr^wor'k’ia ""Jlr. "VHoSuMn"? TronhiL"" government on a visit I am making
lie ta SvIn, rtaeghaMe ftsb «”nm?it Snturdny to New York. I have de-
nerer ftll. L pleura 1 “ elded to leave here Saturday afternoon
Mntlnee, ere dully and performance each for New York and return to Chicago
evening from 7:46 to U o'clock. | the end of nest week. In Now York I
shall address a mans meeting of the
striking operators there. I shall say
Artistic Woman 8kater. I nothing more about arbitration.
The Postal Telegraph Company has
Ulus Fannie Lclght, whose appearance on adopted a form of Individual contract
skates at the St. Nicholas auditorium baa I between employer and employee. Thle
moved audience, to enibn.laun during tb. contract, which ts Interpreted by the
yU' ’T", 1 appear there twice Thnraduy, at strikers to be a shaft directed at the
in^th? sBernocn and st »:30 a clock un ion, must be signed before witnesses
HW trill of&snt some startling figure., £V V «!T operator seeking employment
and In addition will Ite seen In the famous I before he can start to work.
set where .he .kate, between bottles placed I -
clone together on the floor. She will lra> I New York, Aug. 22.—The etrlke of
mot 1 Saturday SflM d ., 8 "5 ,0 .?rjk" ,,bt * «he telegrapher. In New York appear.
Ur*at interest la living ahown by patrons I to have developed Into a waiting con-
Skstra, which''wmVgtvraVt X ..JdUo"n"*- The COn,panl " hay * rou " ded “P
Hum on the evening of August $9. There enough men to make a showing, al-
wlll he four cash prizes %lven for the though the service Is still sadly crippled
most unique costume, tb.se | nl e.sage» are accepted only subject
to Indefinite delay.
One union man has returned to the
Postal, and the etrlkera have won
eight etrike-breakers from the - two
companies.
The strikers will bend their efforts
the next few days to proving that an
Illegal combination exists between the
Western Union and the Poetal. That
there Is a combination and a working
agreement, was demonstrated some
FOR RENT
NO. 241 PEACHTREE
An elegant brick aud stone residence near Harris | £«kn m ago.
street—has eleven rooms, two baths, three toilets,
large basement, stable and servants’ house—is fur
nace heated, gas and electric lights, etc. Can be
leased for $140,00 per month.
EDWIN* P. ANSLEY,
” - 10 East Alabama Street.
We propose
Strategist Ruete
to show," said Chief
uaacll, “that the recent In
crease In telegraph tariffs was unnec
essary and that the companies are
profiting enormously. The 10 per cent,
raise In salaries which they made In
March waa only a drop In the bucket."
The striking telegraphers haye re
ceived the official encouragement of
the Order of Railway Telegraphers.
Second National Vice President Thomas
HENRY UU
OP POSTMASTERS
Erie, Pa., Aug. 22.—At the forenoon
session of the tenth annual convention
of first class postmasters of the United
Htates, Chattanooga, Tenn., was se
lected as the meeting place In 1908.
The annual election resulted as fol
lows:
President, J. L. Waite, Burlington.
Iowa.
First vice president, Henry Blun, Sa
vannah, Ga.
Second vice president, E. N. Morgan,
New York city.
Third vlcekprasldent, F. O. Wlthoft,
Dayton, Ohio.
Fourth vice president, E. R. Sizer,
Lincoln, Nebr.
Fifth vice president, Isador Sobol.
Erie, Pa. >
Treasurer general, Thomas G. Law
ler, Rockford, III., re-elected.
The president appoints his own sec
retary.
The convention today approved a
draft of a bill to be preeented to con
gress providing for a postal note for
sending small sums through the malls.
N. Pierson addressed their mass meet
ing and reviewed the struggles of the
railroad operators and pledged tho
support of the 30,00* men In that or
ganisation. He said no amount of
pressure could force them to handle
commercial business. ,
VARDAMAN SYMPATHIZES
WITH STRIKING OPERATORS
Jackson, Miss., Aug. 22.—Superin
tendent Terhune, of the Western
Union at Nashville, Tenn., wrote to
Governor Vardaman, complaining that
his managers at Holly Springs anil
Greenwood and Grenada had been
abused by the citizens and forced to
leave town, closing up their offices.
Governor Vardaman said:
"Of course, the law must not be vi
olated and I as governor will render nil
assistance necessary to uphold the
law and enfurce It, but with all my
heart I sympathize with the striking
operators. Their cause I believe to bo
a Just one. and I pray God that they
may succeed.”
UNION SAVINGS BANK
DIRECTORS TO MEET
Macon, Oa., Aug. 22.- Directors and
stockholders of the Union Savings
batik will hold a meeting nt 5 o'clock
this aft ernoon to deelile whether or not
intinue the hank nr liquldats.