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THE ATLANTiVUEOHGIAN AND NEWS.
MANY BIG BUILDINGS ERECTED
IN ATLANTA DURING YEAR CLOSING
SOUTHEBN ADOPTS j FIGHT MAY CAUSE
PASSENGERRATEIN: MINORITY SPLIT
NORTH CAROLINA
Gov. Glenn Thinks Settle
ment Will Aid Road
and State.
Raleigh, X. C., Dec. 20.—Every rail
road In North Carolina, announced
Governor Glenn toda> r . ha* agreed t<5
ttye 2J-2-cent proposition, except the
Atlantic Coast Line. Even If this road
will not accept the proposition which
call* for a 21-2-cefot llat^ rate; on
mileage books ranging in price front
21-4 to 2 cents, an extra session of
4fie legislature will probably be called
between January 5 and 15. Governor
cjenn will use his influence to have
the proposition accepted. The oonffer-
, i iice in Atlanta now seems to have
hgrne fruit, for South Carolina. Geor
and Alabama, Governor Glenn Is
I, havo agreed to the terms and
. has the matter, under consld-
When, Tennessee and Virginia
come in, the governor will submit the
proposition to the North Carolina leg-
r
informed, ha
ATrglnla lias
^ration. Wh
“1 am
said Governor
bws Service', “that the terms will be
; better for both the railroads and the
; state. Ex-Governor Aycock thinks so,
- and I shall use mi* Influence jvith the
’ legislature." /
Peacemakers Attempt to
Settle Williams-DeAr-
mond Scrap.
Washington, Dec. 20.—Intermedia
ries are today attempting' to smooth
down the rumpled feather, of John
Sharp William*, the Democratic leader,
and Judge DeArtnond, of Missouri.
Neither man today *how» any 111 ef
fect*, {rom the-fun tight In which they
indulged on the floor of the house yes
terday, - when DeArmond passed the He
In a discussion about committee up
polntments.'^tnd Williams ‘took It up."
Williams has a scratch on Ills fore
head and-under one eye. The"Ml*sq|i-
rlan ha* a few particles of skin miss
ing from the. bridge of his nose. Bad
blood has, been existing for some time
bgtwceir the two, and unless volunteer
peaeyinakere exert their profession a
seMo'u* spur In the minority rinks may
develop.
HENRY G. HESTER
HIT PY AUTOMOBILE
AND BADLY BRUISED
court will not
New Orleans. La., Dee. 20.— Henry
U. Itesler. secretary of the New Or
leans cotthn exchange, was run down
nr.d badly bruised by an automobile
„ , Inst night, Mr, Hester wns attended by
light a ptiysldan, but his Injuries are not bo.
- , . l . I lived to be serious. ‘He Is nearly 70
terferc wltn the agreement, since both, Hr)1 n | ( j and Is 'known throughout the
h. and (he r*(lmad» have agreed to let ] nnnnclnl world,
* tfie matter bo settled by the court fori £
; nfl time, so that the roads and the state
will hereafter know wlmt rights they
. pOSMSS.
The tfrius of lb** sgreement provide for
’the sale of both Inter Olid lufra-statn tlek-
♦•t* at 214 eetits. The sale of 2,«k)-mlle inti*?-
iije IrookN for fninHh'N mid firms, five of
ivtioni cun Hoe same. The sale of 1,0*0 tnll»*
mileage hooks nt 2 ****nts for imtmoimI us**,
l*Otl» filler nnd Intrn-sliite nnd fnlereluingea-
Ide. The sale <>f .VKt-mlle mileage books nt
i’H rents intro -state for family use.
Deaths and Funsrals
Mr,. M. L. Beck.
.\lr«. M. L. Beck, aged SO, mother of
W. A. lleok and Dr. J. F. Bock, of At
lanta, died at her residence, 35 Halley-
it.. Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
ills. Beck'also leaves two daughters,
Air*. J. C. White arid Mrs. B. A. (lamp.
’.Tie funeral ceremonies were conducted
at the residence Friday afternoon at 2
o’clock. The Interment followed nt
Westvlew cemetery. Her jimmlsun*
acted as pall-bearers.
Mrs. Nancy E. Roberts.
Mr*. Nancy K. Roberts, aged 66, nice]
at her residence, 34 Ella-st., Thursday
night nt 8 o’clock. Tho funeral serv
ices will be conducted at the residence
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. * The
interment will be at Westvlew eerqe-
W.
Receivers Appointed.
New York, Dec. 20.—Judge llowc. In
the Vnlted States district court today
appointed Samuel Golilstclkrr anti. K.
RlJxeima lie Grave as rOVflV* rq for tile
J. C. Lyons Building and Operating
t.'ompany. The receivers are required
tt,. jtlve a Joint bond.of $100,000.
BRYAN TO SPEAK > .
IN CHATTANOOGA
MitcrUI i„ The tleorglsn.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 10.—Wil
liam JonnlngN Bryan Is coming to f'hat.
tunooga. Just, when he will come has
not been decided, but It Is quit? proba
ble that he will visit tills city Imme
diately after filling an appointment to
speuk In Nashville on Januury 22.
George W. tTiamlec, city attorney, Is
the authority for the statement that
tho Nebraskan will visit Chattanooga.
MARBUT-TURNER
CASE IS DECIDED
Upon ill** ground that sn Individual stock
holder could not make him a party to tfao
salt and that rarli action could ouly bo
taken" by tho receiver appointed to take
«-linrge of tho company’* affairs, Judge Pen
dleton Friday mint n Inert a dautftrer filed by
M. M. Turner, former aeeretary of the Geor
gia Itcd«>iiiptlon nnd Loan Company, In the
mitt filed nun Inst him by A. O. Marbut, a
dtor-kholder In the company.
During the hearing of ihe case Friday
something ilk** 500 coeets^rero offerert In
evidence by t)ie plnlutlff. Tlieso chocks
wkre signed by Turner and covered a total
of about $213,000, $86,000 of which was rnnde
tinvnldi* to cash. Jttdfo Pendleton ruled
out at! the checks except those payable til
••ash. upon the ground that they were Irrele
vant, but held that Turner should show
whattbecamo of the funds pqrnhle to cash.
Attorney T. <J. Hlpley represented the
plaintiff, while Attorney Owens Johnson sp
iraled for the defendant. No further ac-
III l*e taken in the ease until tho
“ 'can confer with‘the receiver.
MAGNIFICENT NEW ATLANTA POSTOFFICE, TO BE COMPLETED IN 1908.
Records Broken For
Important New
Buildings.
In the number, aiae and cost of htillUltig*
begun nnd buildings completed the year 1907
has been a record-breaker for Atlanta, \yhich
menus a record-breaker for the entire South.
The four most Important buildings are the
$1,000,019 postofflee, tho $200,000 aruiory-nudt-
toriucq, the $175,000 Masonic temple nnd the
$400,op() Louisville nnd Nashville freight
depot. In addition to these are about a
dozen structures costing between $100,000
nnd $50,000, while those costing between $10,-
ooo and $80,000 ntny bo reckoned .by the
•core.
lU n short while work will be reconiraeue-
1 on tho nos toff ice, * the foundation of
which has been complete for ^gpventl
months. The structure will be the nneqf
| tho Houth, with T"
. that lu New Orica
which is alsfi In course of construction,
Atlanta postofflee will probably
Jrlenus,
ou. The
ie built
BASKETS
^Vork-baskets, Scrap-baskets,
Baby-baskets, Trmket-baskets,
Candy-baskets, Clotbes-baskets,
Flower-baskets, baskets for a
score of pretty holiday and all-
tbe-time uses. * -
Importer s samples these are
no trashy stuff. We* bought the
entire lot very, very cheap. We
pass them on to you the same
-yvay. Beginning tomorrow every
Basket in the lot reduced because
we want to close them out swift
ly-
They are beauties. Second
Floor.
Chamberlin-J ohnson-
DuBose Cmpany.
■ IMP tqo. Poplar
nnd Fiilrlie-ats. In It wiil be Ideated ull
tin* federal offices of the city, excepting
the Department of the ilulf nud the weath
er bureau. .
Excavation fs weTl under way on the wit**
of the nruiory-nudltorlum at GUmpr- and
t'oiirttand-sts.. nnd actual construction will
lie begun within the next ptonth or »o. The
building will without doubt be the finest
public auditorium In the Nouth, and will be
well adapted for great convention!, horse
shown. chautnu*iuns. and large meetings of
nil kinds. The committee In charge of the
erection of the armory-auditorium hopes to
save a turn t IgO.OQO in the cost' of its construc
tion on account of the fecmit decrease In
the price of building material!. This will
be enough to furnish It und Install a $10,000
pip*? organ.
Great Masonjc Temple.
The Masonic temple at the corner of Cain-
*t. nnd Prnchtree-st.. which Is penring com
pletion, Is the result of years of labor by
Atlanta Masons. When finished It. will be
ojm of the handsomest fraternal order homes
In all the country, nnd certainly the finest
anywhere lu this port of the world. It will
contain everything could possibly be
desired in n building of this character.
What is said to be the largest concrete
building in the Doited hlntes Is the Louis
ville und Nashville freight depot It Is two
blocks long—so 1 long that a freight train of
twenty ears may be run Into it and unload-
fd—If.there are men enough—ns quickly ns
eng car coubl- be handled. The depot waa
begun In 1906 ami completed in the
part of 1807.
early
_ .. wnpleted during the past year,
which, however, are of great tmimrlnnce In
commercial ways, are the big Atlanta com
press near, the Edgewood-nve. bridge, 1 cost
ing $100,000; the At Uinta Coal and Ice plant,
nt the corner of IMedmout-ave. ami the
Georgia railway, which cost lioo.floo; the
lioke Smith building, at the corner of
ITyor-at. and Auburn-ave., which cost $65,-
000; the $50,000 apartments eroded by J. If.
**“***- ii Btt i'earhtree-st.; the handsome
built by H. II. Thelnn In
. nt a cost of $70,000: the addi
tion to the Ware-Hatcher Furniture Co.'s
plant In Means-st.. upon which $65,1*00 Is be-
Many New Churches.
It has |*een a good year lu the building of
religious and philanthropic structures. The
congrff&tion of the Iteth-Israel synagogue
has erected a handsome temple at 225 Wash
ington -st.. which cost $18,000. ht. Johns
Methodist church la building an edlfire at
iw; i no soe.utw a par
Hmlth at l|0 l»eao
wr:
........ four
Imlldtngs which will form a part of the
first large Institutional church lu the Smith.
The Reid-st. Uaptlst church, coiorcil. Is
lldlng a $26,000 church nt the corner of
Crumlejr-st. and Fruser-st., which will be
probably os t hojulsotne n church ss^ls owned
ley Vemorfid hog!
m prove incut In
Crumley-st. and Frugcr-st.,
probably as handsome a chi
by negroes In the S**uth. *I„.
nurses* homo to the Wesley
pltnl has becu a notable in
that Une.
Ingtim-st. viaduct, — _ . . .
building, altho « great Improvement. J
city has been doing soma -building Itself.
Two school*; one •«*stlng a a much os $32,000,
are lu pn^vess. and an engine house nt 24
North-ave.. it nearly complete.
The number of business buildings costing
between $25,tw0 nnd $10,000, which are l>elng
eonstruetnl In every section of the city,
shows that Atlantans luv> turned their of-
forts tdwarU miiklng-lhc cRy more compact
hr filling In the unwed places. Among
The $3>.t*)0 building at 14 and 16 Auburn-
ave.. tndug constructed by John E. Murphy;
tho $35,0U0 row of boslnciis buildings of it M.
Inman. In Nelson-st.; the eDhirgeiueut of
st., which cost $15,000. and mauy others.
Atlantans have not l*eeu backwurtl In
building handsome rcs|d r nccr during the
months-iwsf. The mansion «»f stone Wing
built by Hugh T. Inman lu I’eachtree-st., at
a probable expenditure or $21.<dQ. suit the
house of M. N. Armstrong at H
heon-ave., costing TB,w,
handsomest of tb? year.
'eac htreest., at
n.«00. sulk, tin 1
243 Patten lie
are gtnong the
8v»*»r in Pohcomen. , .
The ittcnty-Uve extra policemen pro.
vltleit for Si Ih4 last mfcllq* of the
police board will be sworn In at the
station ' Friday oft-rnooit. rind will go
• >n duty Saturday mornfoa. They will
ivtnulq on duty tujtll after the holidays.
ATLANTA’8 SPLENDID NEW MASONIC TEMPLE.
MUST PAY RENT
OR VACATE HOMES;
FAMILIES OUSTED
Naples, Dee. 20 Troops have begun
tho eviction of nearly 5,000 families
from working-qjass dwellings belong
ing to the Societa Del RtBanamento.
Between fifty and sixty thousand
Neapolitans hnve paid no rent for six
months In compliance with a general
agreement among workingmen to re
sist the recent heavV Increase In rent.
It Is feared disorders will follow evic
tions.
LAST TOWN IN DISTRICT
VOTES WHISKY OUT.
Itpeclst to The Georgian.
Roanoke. Vjx., Dee. 20.—Pocahontas,
NO LIVES LOST IN
CANADIAN WRECK
Ottawa, Opt., Dec. 20.~There waa no
loss of life In the smash-up this morn
ing on the Canadian Pacific. Traffic
was not delayed seriously, #
harvard“soph and
MISS POTTER WED
New York, Dee. 20,—Ensconced In a
bridal suite at the Loralqq Hotel In
Boston, where they refuse to answer
any messages today, are IV. a. Gordon
Cugan, Harvard sophomore, son of
Janies J. t'ugan, first vice president of
the borough of Manhattan, nnd his
bride, who was Miss Dorothy Potter,
great-niece of Bishop Potter, society
a mining town and the only point In the E4wkrd n cia d rks55 t p‘irtter, S St Westehe™'
ninth congressional district of Virginia ter.
irginla
where w hisky is legally sold, voted out
the.ealoon In a local option election
by a majority of 10 votes. Women pa
raded the streets and pleaded with
voters to cast their ballots for the "dry"
ticket.
WOKE PARK UP
TO PAY TAXES
as. »■.»*,. .--At 1^9 o’clock Friday morning State
uot properly^g(Treasurer Park wan routed out of a warm
bed to nitewee §n Insistent coll at UU door.
He found there a messenger With a spe
cial delivery letter. <>n opening It he found
a check for $92.«96.69, the 1907 raxes due tb**
mtbcrii railway. Time limit
state by the Sou
f*»r payment expired Friday, and the South
ern w ; as eVidently iinxlona to !»e ou time.
The following big sums were received
Friday: AtlaoU and West Point* $19.0«),
«i.H?rala Hallway ond Electric Co. $40,009,
Georgia Northern < elec trie line to Marietta)
$2,509, Southern railway $92,696.69. Atlanta
Terminal Co. $&,<wr, lx>nlaville and Nash
ville $11,763. Georgta. Florida and Alnlinma
SgaP a - - -“•* Serbia $22,728.
Bibb county
MAURETANIA BLADE
GOOD TIME ON TRIP
New York. pcc. 26.—The I'unarJ
steamship Mauretania, the bigger sis
ter ship of the Lusitania, 'locked to
day after almost equaling the record-
brealtlng trip of the latter, having trav
eled* the 2,710 miles In five days and 55
minutes. Her average speed was 3$
knots.
All Kinds of Game af Wholesale
Cash With Order or C. O. D.
Bell Phone 5187
Kelley Produce Co., 99 1-2 Decatur, Atlanta Phone 1522
They eloped Wednesday, were mar
ried by Kev. Richard Hughes, of St.
Patricks Cathedral, and have just been
located by their relatives. Both bride
and bridegroom are well known and
popular In the younger set of New York
society. They are each about nineteen
years ohl.
NELSON-MTARLAND
PURSE HUNG UP
Chicago, x Dec. 20.—That $S00 forfeit to
bind the proposed match between Paoky
McFarland and Battling' Nelson recently
taken down by Joe Gons was posted last
night by Harry Gilmore, Jr., the former’s
manager. Gilmore things the 131 pounds
at 6 o'clock condition to be ns favorable as
the lightweight limit at the rihgshk*.
JOHN MITCHELLIS
ILL AT HIS HOTEL
Indianapolis. Ind., Dec. 20.—John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, who was reported
to be seriously III, was taken sick about
noon. He U now confined to his room
at the Ulaypool Hotel, where It Is said
his condition Is improved.
TEACHERS’ SALARY
SENT OUT FRIDAY
Teachers In every county in the ttgte
will get Christmas money Saturday and
Friday, the state school commission
er's office I* mailing out checks for
I231.4t3.42. all of which goes to the
country Schools. Thy local or city
schools) gqt $100,000. early lu the wet*.
With this distribution of funds, the
schools will have received 60 per cent
of the airiount due them fbjs year,
which It an unusually good record.
SEE THE
$1,000
00
100
IN GOLD
IN THE WINDOW OF
Eugene V. Haynes Co.’s
Jewelry Store on
Whitehall St.
It’s going to be given away
to the candidate who re
ceives the largest number of
votes in The Georgian’s
great popular voting con
test.
The Prizes Are:
$1,000 in gold.
A $2,000 Touring Car.
One $750 Grand Piano.
One $650 Runabout. >
Ten Kingsbury Pianos
from Cable Piano Co.
Twenty free trips to Cuba.
Fifteen Diamond Rings,
from Eugene V. Haynes Co.' 1
Fifteen Gold Watches,
from Charles W. Crankshaw
Twenty scholarships from
Dixie Business College.
Five scholarships in Cox
College.
Five scholarships in the
Klindworth Conservatory of'
Music.
$15,000 in prizes to he
awarded February 1, 1908.
MORE EXTRA PRIZES
I
Another special offer is in vogue, whereby
you can win one of the following prizes: $75 or
$50, or $25. Here is the offer: To the candidate
who secures the largest number of new three-
months’ subscriptions between the dates of De
cember 18th and Saturday, January 4th, at 8
o’clock, p. nr., we will give $75 in gold, and the
one securing the second largest number will re
ceive $50 in gold. The third will receive $25 in
gold. This gives three cash prizes. Besides the
cash awards, we will give you three hundred
extra votes on each and every six months’ sub
scription which you bring or send in, and six
hundred extra votes on each and every one of
the new yearly subscriptions which you bring
or send to the contest department of The Geor
gian. .Here is a chance to get extra prizes and
extra votes. Take advantage of it. A new year
ly subscription counts the same as four for
three months, and a six months’ subscription
counts same as two for three months. *
20 TRIPS TO CUBA
Why don’t you get in
the race and win one
of the free trips to
Cuba. Be one of the
Georgian’s parly. It
is free-and you can
not be a member of
this party unless you
win one of the trips.
How would you like
to see Cuba, and not
have to spend one
cent for the entire
trip? Do not overlook
the fact that you do
not have to spend one
cent to win* this trip,
as The Georgian pays
the expenses.