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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TUESDAY. ACOrBT T,
26-CHOICE LOTS
AND SPLENDID FIVE-ROOM HOUSE
ON NORTHWEST CORNER
WEST HUNTER AND ASHBY STREETS
AT AUCTION SATURDAY, AUGUST 11,1906,4 P.M.
$25
CASH, BALANCE $10 PER MONTH ON EACH LOT.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR INVESTMENT.
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Every lot lies beauti
fully and this is the
greatest opportunity of
fered for investment.
Houses can be rented
before they are built.
Terms: $25 cash and
$10 per month on each
lot, 7 per cent interest.
On the house: $300
cash and balance $25
per month, 7 per cent
interest. All cash can
be paid at option of pur
chasers. Save your
money and put it in At
lanta Real Estate. It
is better than a gold
mine or government
bonds.
Trolley cars with fine
schedule right at the
corner. ' Fine church
and school privileges,
excellent neighbors and
a very desirable location
for homes and invest
ment. THE OWNERS
OF THIS PROPERTY
WILL PRESENT $50,
$25 and $10 CASH TO
THOSE AT THE
WALE. Tickets at our
office or at the sale and
there will also be a
BALLOT FOR GOVERNOR 5
Everybody at the sale will deposit a ticket for Clark Howell or Hoke Smith in a box; also guess the majority at the
sale for their candidate. Whoever guesses the nearest to the majority of those at the sale will be presented with $10 in
cash. The ballot will be conducted by James L. Erwin of The Constitution, Frank Hammond of The Journal, C. W. Up
church of The Georgian, and W. E. Muirhead of The News. Lay aside your work and come to this sale. It will pay you
to do so. The terms are easy and the investment of a few dollars in real estate will start your fortune. Our private car
leaves the office at 3:45 p. m.; come and be our guest. This is your invitation. Remember the day, date and hour. We
will expect you to be present.
S. B. TURMAN & COMPANY,
J. W. FERGUSON, Auctioneer.
RESOLUTIONS PASSED
FOR HARMONY BELL
According to the plane of th» local com
mince of the Bln* mod Orgy, th* f.mmi.
' l iberty Ilcll" I. to h»r* * rlvel. Th.
Blue no<l Or*y committee met Monday
Iiluht at th. Carnegl* library, nod a move-
rent tni act on foot whereby donattona
fur n bell to be known aa th* "Harmony
Bell” will be recetrrd. The hell will bee
u token of the complete harmony exlatlng
between the North and the South.
Following are the rreolutlona adopted at
the meeting laat night:
To the V«t*rann of the Armlea of the
1 nlte.l state., and the Veterana of the
Armlaa of th* Confederate Slat**, and to
i be Sona and llaughten of Said Veter-
nn«, nn«l to the IT*aa of America, and to
the Patriotic CtUaena and Organliatlona
,,f Onr Common Country, Oreatlng:
"There hangs In the city of Philadelphia
n liberty hell, a commemoration of the
binning of tha Independence of th* Amec
I nn c.lonlee from the role of Great
"An event of like Importenr* le the
complete harmony of th* two acetlotie of
,.nr greet country which were nt wer In
the ilitle*. The bitterness engendered
l.i thet conflict le nt an end, the sec
tion! are at peace, proeperlty abound.,
i, ml loyalty prevail* ererywhere.
To commemorate this happy ntnt* of
onr republic, we propuee to hare cast *
harmony bell, bang Hat the capital of
the nation, and" hay# It cert "
I'o' nannu, .uu ■, each veer,
July Fourth, to ring ont the (led tiding,
that th* republic la et iteeee, end that
i nrmonr premia throughout the lend,
mo drat ringing to lie at a grand gather-
i . f yetenne and dtlieni In the city
><f Washington.
••In this patriotic moyement we aek
yoor , iboperatlon. Bring this matter he-
organliatlona, proceed to eol-
■ for thin noble
work.
money
Lrtow yon nr* with ns In' thte gooil
ilnted
•Tblx committee he* been appointed
by the veteran* of the Blue end Gray et
A'lnnra. Oe„ for th* perpoee of brlng-
lug this matter to your attention and
l reaping It to a aueeemfal end. Cltlaena
Li.n do not belong to organisation* are
1-irlted to eontrtbnte. A record will he
kept containing the name of each person
alio contribute* to tkta ran.*.
W. K.
a oiiruinua
‘ROBBRT Ii BODGERR,
loaf
“RACE IMPERIALISM NECESSARY
TO SAVE GREAT BRITAIN”
SAYS ANDREW CARNEGIE
By Private Leased Wire.
London, Aug. 7.—Andrew Carnegie,
In a letter published In The Times,
•aye:
Many earnest patriots see that un
der present conditions Britain la to fall
In rank relatively to aoma of the other
nations, e,p*clal!y If, aa la probable,
European consolidations continue. Mr.
Chamberlain I* foremoat In presenting
this Impending danger. He looka
across the Atlantic aa I do for the
remedy and may aoma time yet take
another step forward and rise from
British Imperialism up to race Impe
rialism aa absolutely necessary to aave
hla country from drifting out of the
main current into the eddy, Cecil
Rhodes did ao after careful study of
rlallam by bequeal
"It does not take much study to see
thnt America In 1*10 will contain dou
ble the number Britain will of Eng
lish speaking people, members of our
race, and a third more than all the
world beyond her borders, Britain In
cluded: nor to see that At the present
rate of Increase she will soon have
more then double the number In all
the world."
GA. FRUIT
ASSEMBLE AT MACON
Uaron for the thirtieth snoual raeetlni
of their stale horticultural eoclety, wblcl
ventlon, and In conjunction there will be
held a large exhibition of the choleeet
product, of orchard and garden In Ucur-
eta.
Th« prMltltmt of tl»* oocioly Is P. J.
Sercksiana. of August*, nml the secretary
a Charles T. Smith, of Concord.
ROUTE IS CHANGED
FOR DECATUR CARS
HANGED HIMSELF
EOF
ARKANSAS FARMERS
MEET IN CONVENTION.
By Privet* I .eased Wire.
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 7.—Tile Ar
kansas branch of the Farmer*’ Edu
cational and Co-operative Union of
America convened for a three days' ees-
alon here today. A considerable num
ber of delegatee were on hand at th*
opening and more were reported on
their way.
Warehouse matter*, co-operative en
terprise* and the affair* of the aeao-
elatlon In general will be dlsctiaaed at
the meeting.
•JOSEPH COBI
• XV. M. SCOTT,
• B. I. HOGAN,
"C. P. FAIRBANKS,
"E. R. HASKINS.
Addreee, Ml Lurkle street.
TRY A WANT AD
I IN THE GEORGIAN ward la president.
GOVERNOR HEYWARD
PURCHASES WAREHOUSE.
Special to The Georgian.
Newberry, 8. C„ Aug. 7.—The New
berry Bonded Wnrehouee Company, of
thla city, which waa organised several
years ago and since that time has de
clared 12 per cent dividend* annually,
on Saturday afternoon changed hands,
the purchaser being th* Standard
Warehouse Company, of South Caro
lina. of which Governor D. C. Hey-
tn order to Ineure a quicker sched
ule, the Georgia Hallway and Electric
Company will, In a short time, change
the route of the South Decatur line.
Instead of going nut Decatur street
and through the Grant atreet under
pass, the car* will leave the city at
South Pryor and Rant Alabama and
proceed via Alabama to Central ave
nue, Central avenue to East Hunter
street, Hunter to Washington street,
Washington to Trinity avenue. Trinity
avenue to East Fair street, and Fair
to the rtty limits and on to Decatur
by th* old line.
bn the relurn trip the cars come In
by Fair street to Fraser, Fraser to
Hunter. Hunter to South Pryor and
South Pryor to Alabama.
No change will be made In the
schedule, but the trip will be made In
a shorter time, and the cars will pass
through a much more desirable por
tion of th* city. ’
Work Is tapldly progressing on the
double tracking of the main Decatur
line, and at present only about half a
mile Is single tracked. This will be
an Improvement greatly appreciated by
the patron* of that route.
Special to The Georgian.
New Holland, Ga., Aug. 1.—R.
Knight, agent for th* Southern railway
at this place, who waa sent here a
month ago to relieve Agent Oldfield,
committed sylclde by hanging himself
at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
deed was committed at th* home of
Mr. Oldfield.
The body waa found In th* afternoon
by friends and cut down. It was dis
covered that It had only been a short
time since th* deed xvas committed and
efforts were made to revive the man,
but all failed. He left a note ad
dressed to J. N. Stine, th* operator. In
which he stated that he waa not well,
had not eaten anything for etveral
days, and that be had decided he would
be better off dead than alive. Grief
over the death of hla wife, tome time
ago, it la thought, had much to d*
with Knight's suicide. The note In
structed him to nottry H J. Hinton,
tax collector of Gwinnett county, at
Lawrencavllle: Dt. W. T. Hinton, at
Dacula, and George L. Knight, alao at
Dacula, of his deatli.
J. PIERPONTMORGANSA VES
LIVES OF7 WOBRICKLA YERS
By rrivst# Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 7.—There will soon
be enough eligible* to start a multi
millionaires' life saving corps. Only a
day or two ago Alfred G. Vanderbilt
$ut In hla launch to rescue a tailor who
was Injured and now J. Plerpont Mor
gan cornea forward In th* role of a
Ilf* saver. Standing upon the deck of
hie yacht Coraalr, and puffing at one
of the big black cigars he enjoys, the
piultl-mllljonnlre threw .a life line to
each of two bricklayers struggling In
the water, pulled them to the aide of
the vetael tend with the crew hoisted
them aboard.
And under the canopy at the bow the
banker sat with his strange guests—
cigars while Morgan chatted affably
with them. It was a unique spectacle-
two bricklayers hobnobbing with
money king on a floating palace. The
men were D. A. Wolfson and John
Heeseneberg, bricklayers, who had gone
In bathing had been caught In th*
fierce currents of the East river and
were helpless.
DROWNS SELF IN RIVER
70 GET A WA Y FROM DRINK
NEGRO SHOOTS ANOTHER
IN ROW OVER 20 CENTS.
By Private heated Wire.
Staunton, Va„ Aug. 7.—Georg*
Grimes shot Boyd Pleasants this morn
ing about 20 cent* due by Pleasants to
Grimes. Pleasants was shot through
the abdomen, the ball taken from hla
bark. A posse Is now pursuing the fu
gitive. Both are negroes.
BEGGED FOR LIFE
BUT WAS KILLED
Special to The Georgian.
Winston-Salem, N. C, Aug. 7.—Frost
Timmons was shot and killed yester
day at Combetown. near Plat Rock,
Burrey county, by Irving Tetreff.
Timmons begged Tetreff not
shoot him, but hi* pleading* were In
vain. The murdered man was 44 years
old and leave* a widow and atven
children.
Tetreff has not been arrested.
By Private Leased Wire.
Cincinnati. Ohio, Aug. 7.—A. D. Klraoh-
ner, of Columbos, Ohio, committed •nletde
by taking poison. Ilia body was found
it a lonely hillside beck of Covington,
Tie left this net*, addressed to hie wife:
I hate to do thla. hut I
poisoned ..and. .brake.
"Dear Kittle:
meat. 1 am a , .
have not e cent. Whlaky did this. 1 will
he In Ohio river, then I know 1 wilt be
through with drink. Yon ran get Inau-
ranee, which will help some. Den wlahee
to all my darlings. Goodhy.
"ANDItEW. 1
HUSBAND STABS
WIFE; TAKES POISON
By Private leased Wire.
Huntington, W. Va, Aug. 7.—Albert
Bicker, of Proctorvllle, Ohio, came here
yesterday on a search for hla wife, who
left home yesterday. Mr*. Bicker had
left Just before hi* arrival for Catt%
lettaburg.
Bicker, hearing of her whereabouts,
followed her there, and. meeting her on
a crowded street, pulled a dirk from
hla pocket and stabbed her several
times. The woman died last night.
Bicker waa lodged In Jail. Half an
hour after being Incarcerated he took
a quantity of aronlte and physicians
say he cannot recovar.
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
WANTED BY VOTERS
Much Dissatisfaction Is' Caused
by Action of Muscogee
Committee.
Special to The Georgia*.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 7.—Considerable
adverse comment has been Indulged In
here at the action of the county Demo
cratic committee, refusing to adopt the
Australian ballot In the coming state
primary election. Th* system waa put
In use at the last county election and
worked ao satisfactorily that every
body waa pleased with the result.
Friends of candidates on both sides
are charging that It waa done In favor
of the other man, while th* real causa
waa that the committee proposed to
be guided by th* rules laid down by
the state executive commute*.
MISSING MAN'S WIFE
RECEIVES NO TIDINGS
Special to The Georgian.
Logansvllle, Ga., Aug. 7.—John Ben
nett, th* young man who mysteriously
disappeared In Atlanta on July 21, for
merly resided near thla place Instead
of Hoganavllle.
Bennett was a young man of excep
tional qualities and had many friends
heiw. He was formerly a prosperous
farmer of Bay Creek district, from
whence he moved to Atlanta to accept
a position aa street car conductor and
later engaging In the produce broker
age business.
His wife has been ipending some
time with her parents here, and had
been advised by her husband that he
would Join her on July 22. He failed
to come and Mrs. Bennett went to At
lanta to look for him. She was In
formed at hla boarding house that he
left then for Loganaville.
Mrs. Bennett Is writing to relatives
anil friends throughout the state ask
ing them to aid In a search for her
husband.
E SMITH RALLY
HELD AT THE BIJOU
The Hoke Smith rally at the Bijou
theater Monday night xvaa attended tg
a large audience, wtych greeted the
speakers with applause at frequent
points. The meeting was under the
auspice* of the Fulton County Hoke
Smith Club.
Th* speakers of the evening were:
Judge George Hlllyer, Hon. W. A. Cov
ington, H. H. Cabanlss, Sam Jones.
William Van Houten, Hudson Moore
and H. C. Peeples, The speakers were
Introduced by Reuben Arnold, who
made a short address.
SIMMONS ELECTED
STATE CHAIRMAN
By Private I coxed Wire.
Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 7.—F*. M. Sim
mon* wa», by a rising, vote, last night
elected for tha sixth time Democratic
atate chairman, A. J. Field being re
elected secretary. Chairman Simmons
was given authority to appoint an ad
visory committee of eight, and named
among Its members Senator Overman.
ex-Govemor Aycock and Richard N.
Hackett, nominee for congress In the
Eighth district.
Edward R. McKethan, of Fayette
ville, will very probably run as sn In
dependent for congress In tbs Sixth
district.
OFFERS $500,000
FOR COAL LANDS
By Private Leased Wire.
Hinton, W. Vs., Aug. 7.—-A syndi
cate of New York capitalists has made
sn offer of iSDO.OOO for a tract of coal
land of 10,000 acres In Sumner county,
lying along the new river, between
Hinton and Thurmond.
17)1* Is the laat of the big coal tracts
for sale in West Virginia.
8UNDAY BLUE LAW
IS RIGIDLY ENFORCED.
Special to The Georgian.
Newberry, 8. C, Aug. 7.—The Sun
day blu# law, which has been In effect
In Newberry for the past two months,
has been rigidly enforced. Only one
■ violation has been so far reported.
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