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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.