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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
PETROLEUM
An Oil Field in Sight
Few Shares Available at 40 Cents
Anjr oil man will tell you that when gas la (truck In
drilling an oil well It la practically decided from that
time on that oil will be found below. The natural gas la
a product of tbe chemical action which produced oil
and cannot come from any other aonree than from a de-
poalt of crude petroleum. In other worda, when gas la
found in a well they know that It la a matter of but
a few daya before they will drill Into tbe oil formation.
8lnce we opened up tho flow of natural gas In our
first well we ha Vo felt that tbe only tiling that separated
ua from the oil deposit Is time—and we ire eliminating
that as fast as possible, although the sand which Is being
encountered In unlimited quantities, Is giving ua consid
erable trouble aa It is very difficult to handle. Ilut we
are making progress and should drill Into the oil forma
tion within a few days at any rate.
We now consider that so far as the question of there'
being oil beneath our properties Is concerned we have an
answer—certainly If tho experience of the oil men con
nected with the company Is to count for anything, we
iiuvo established the presence of oil. The only question
that remains open Is as to the quantities In which we
will And It.
With oil flowing from the ground In a dozen places;
with natural gas already developed; with the Upper
Cretaceous deposits already found In almost unlimited
quantities nothin; remains but to keep drilling until we
drill Into’ the Lower Cretaceous deposits and then we cer
tainly will get oil In some quantities—and alt Indications
uro that It will be found in large quantities.
We have exactly tho same geological formations that
are to be found In Texas and California, where they have
developed oil In Immense quantities. The general make
up of the country Is the same. All three fields are lo
rn ted In what are known as Costal Plains, and. as will
he seen by the following, we are drilling through exactly
the same formations as were encountered In drilling the
famous Lucas gusher In Texas, which produced 90.000
barrels of oil por day, tbe actual output for the first nine
days having been over 700,000 barrels.
Log of the Lucas Wall: Log of Our Georgia Well:
Mottled clay.
Coarse grey sand.
Dark sand.
Coarse sand.
Pine sand.
Blue msrl.
Sandstone.
Limestone.
Blue marl.
Sand.
Blue marl.
Coarse sand with shells.
Pine sand.
Fine dark sand.
Coarse sand,
firey sand.
Very coarse sand.
(Irey saud with shells.
Very coarse sand.
Upper Cretaceous deposits.
Grey sand, getting harder.
Grey sandstone, hard.
Coarse sand.
Marl.
Coarse sand, natural gna.
Grey sand, getting harder.
Hour by hour we approach the crisis when tbo stock
of this company which can now be purchased at 40 cents
on the dollar, will be worth—many, many times what la
being paid for It If all our Indications count for anything.
Read what our 8>i|iertntem|enL who bos been In the
oil producing business for over eighteen yearn.' has to
say In regard to the prospects of this company now:
Louisville, Ga.. March 13. 1907.
Otto G. Tague. President. Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sir: Since you were at tbe properties we have
been drilling In harder sand, which makes tbe driving
of our pipe very tedious and slow. We are making good
progress, however, and. considering the formations
through which we have passed, nnd especially the flow
of natural gas which was encountered a tew days since,
I think we are getting close to tho oil formation, or
rather one of them, as I think we will find several oil
bearing strata.
I have never seen a well drilled In outside limits
which looks so favorable as this one does now. I would
not bo surprised to see tbe drill tap oil formation at any
moment, and when It does I believe we will And an
enormona flow of oil, as such Is usually the case when a
new Held Is opened up. We are prepared for It, however,
as we will utiltxe the ravine which Ilea alongside the
well, and allow the oil to flow Into IL By damming It up
we can arrange a natural basin which will hold at least
100,000 barrels. All the drillers, who, as you know, are
experienced oil men, are feeling very confident of the
result of the next few days' work.
Sincerely yours.
(Signed) JAMES TAGUE.
Superintendent.
With everything up to the last minute before this was
written pointing to the opening up of this great Georgia
oil Held In a few days—possibly In the next few hours—
we can say that the stock of this company offers you
greater opportunities of making a fortune In a short time
than it ever did—one by one tbe doubts are being Hfted.
Yellow clay.
Coarse grey sand.
Blue marl.
Fine grey sand.
Gravel.
Coarse grey sand.
Blue marl.
Fine gray sand.
Marl.
Grey sand, with lignite.
Marl.
Hard sandstone.
Grey sand.
Hard sand.
Marl.
Hurd Sand.
Marl.
Grey sand with shells.
Marl.
Grey sand, getting harder.
Limestone.
Sand with pyrites, getting
harder.
Hard rock.
Fine oil sand.
What next?
Markets Already Being Established For
Georgia Petroleum.
The following letters will show that wo will have no difficulty In finding a ready market for our oil as soon
as we get to producing It. Wo will have to establish refineries and pipe lines of our own In the course of events,
but it Is good to know tbat while we are getting around to that we can sell all the oil we can pioduce to In
dependent refineries.
It Is Interesting to note. In this connection, that t - price of crude oil Is going up every day In the North
ern fields. The supply has been running behind the demand at the rate of over SO,000 barrels per day for tbe last
several months.
PEOPLE’S OIL COMPANY.
H. Boardman, Proprietor.
Petroleum and Its Products.
Specialties: Red Engine Oil, Goo Cylinder
Oil, Spindle Oil, Loom Oil. Qas Engine Oil.
Augusta. Ga.. March 13, 1907.
Mr. Otto G. Tague, Savannah,* Ga.
Dear Sir: I have been In the petroleum oil busi
ness for ubout 24 years, and have been In the Inde
pendent business about 3 years.
I have been asked a number of times. If In rase
oil was fouud In Jefferson county In large quantities.
If you would not he compelled to sell your oil to the
Standard Oil Co. In order to And a market for IL
If you should strike oil in any quantity, I feel con
fident It would not be necessary to sell a barrel of
your product to the Trust, as the Independent oil In
terests are very active, especially In the 8outh. and
I feel that you would find ready sale for all of your
refined products.
I am doing quite a large business at Augusta, Ga..
with a distributing station at Denmark, 8. C„ nnd I
am also at the head of the Georgia Oil Company at
Atluuta, Ga.. and am also largely Interested In the Pe
troleum Oil Company, at Anderson, 8. C. The above
concerns would be In a position to market quite a
large quantity of your products.
There Is a large and growing-demand for all kinds
of petroleum products, and I feel sure that you would
have no trouble in marketing your entire output at
paying prices. Yours truly.— -
(Signed) H. C. BOARDMAN.
Copenhagen, February 21, 1907.
Otto G. Tague, Esq., President for The Georgia Pe
troleum Company, Atlanta, Georgia, U. 8. America.
Dear Sir: Having beard a great deal about your
Petroleum aa a high grade of Illuminating oil. I here
with take the liberty to Inform you that It the Pe
troleum is of po fine a quality as said, a market can
be-found lu Scandinavia.
The writer, Olaf Lassen, who is managing Mr.
Prahl's office here, Is able to offer bis service, If a
satisfactory arrangement can be reached, to work
the Petroleum In Denmark. Norway ..nd Sweden.
If you can entertain the above, please glre me
full Information as to your company; at the same
time I should be much obliged to obtain a sample of
the Petroleum, as I then would have It examined by
the 8tate Officials. Yours very truly,
(Signed) OLAF LA88EN.
Your Last Chance.
We have something Aver 7,000 shares of the 40-cent
stock left unsold with orders coming In every mall. We
wilt accept subscriptions from those who wish to take
advantage of thla great opportunity to buy at the present
low price, only unUI this allotment Is sold. After that
we will refuse all orders.
If you desire to get In with us and hundreds of far
sighted men and women of Georgia and help its develop
thle Georgia oil Held, now Is your opportunity—and your
last one. The development of this oil Hold means for
tunes to many *t your friends and neighbors who have
Joined with us-in this biggest thing ever undertaken In
Georgia. We would like to have you Join ue, but can
not aeR you any of the stock at the present price after
the 7.000-odd shares now left are sold. After that you will
not be able to buy a share at less than <1.00 to <100 per
share.
No one who has never been In the oil fields knows
what great fortunes are made lu oil In a few daya by
those with s little nerve and common sense. Of course,
money Is lost by those who do not uso their heads, the
same aa In any other business. Bnt with n safe and con
servative management, an oil company will became tbe
greatest profit maker ever known.
That la exactly what Georgia Petroleum will become
In a few weeks unless all signs fall. It ever a company
had great prospects, we have. With oil flowing out of
tbe ground, with natural gas already developed, and with
every geological Indication of the deposit of oU It will
almost be Imposslbe to fall even on this first well. Bnt
If we fall to And the oil with this first wall, and wa And
the formation to be as favorable aa all Indications point
It out to be, we will proceed with the drilling of other
wells—we can drill four or five.
This stock at 40 cents per share offers you the great
est chance, you ever had of buying In a good, reliably
managed company, whose prospects are better than most
companies whose stock Is offered at such low prices,
and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that yonr
Investment-is made right here In the Booth, with Geor
gians. where It will do yon the greatest possible good.
Fill out the following order blank and tend It to na
at once. If you cannot send remittance with your order
aak us to reserve some of the stock for you . pending re
mittance. We will gladly do It.
ORDER BLANK.
Georgia Petroleum Company, 1041-1002 National
Building, Savannah, Ga.
Date
Enclosed find dollars for which
please Issue and send at once
shares of your fully-paid and non-aaseiaable
treasury stock at 40 cents per share.
Name
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City Slid Stats
THE GEORGIA PETROLEUM CO.,
1001 and 1002 NATIONAL BUILDING.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
TAKE A HAND
A'lu d to Aid in BuRimiiii^
tin* New Postoffice
Work.
"f thi* • ||.v of Atlanta mill to
f*»riunl iN'jriniiliiR of the work
Sl.oHdOj |M*toflNco, Huperlntftnl
Martin will auiTKvst to Mayor
Mm* mayor ami an many uhmii
'••‘II na (NMuilhlo join In tho bo
ATLANTA WOMAN RECOVERS
OLD GOVERNMENT CLAIM
Aftor forty yean*, an Atlanta woman
In to recover from the national Rove fit
ment, her claim for reimbursement for
pro|»erty damujrect Hut Ins the war. The
claim amount* to several thousand dol
lars and the hill ban passed both houses
of congress and has been aimed »V
president.
Mrs. Holomon Landis, of Atlanta, the
widow of Holotnon Landis, will he the
recipient of the funds from the gov
ernment treasury-. She Is administra
trix of the estate of her former hus
band. „
Solomon I.ainlH uns a machinist,
who held a high imslttmi with the
Western an«l Atlantic railway, the old
state road. He was a Union man. but
MRS. BOHNEFIELD
BACK AT STATION
chief of I'ollre ietmltiga baa appointed
Mra. Mary llobni'fetd to succeed Mlaa Hath
Sanderson aa police matron.
Miss Henderson, It will be remembered,
suorerded Mrs. Dohnefeld last Jane, at tbe
time tbe latter and Itollce Captain Moon
were dlnrhargcd hr the police commissi on.
Tbe services of Mlaa
.... did not prevent the federal ifrniy ; |>cooed with by tbe police motmlaMon Toes
from destroying his home near thema- day night and now Mra. Bohoefetd resumes
chine shops. A claim was made against “'‘ r ow P I>rr -
* It has'
ON NEW 8CHOOL BUILDING.
,, " 'k on Hie foundation* ut V
" "Iton streets.
"••r Itlodgett broke first B
};E
I in etmvitlng. He was given
, "‘ w . pick, and as Buperlntenitent
.*n.i Nevernl of the Atlanta eon-
by broke ground for fhe foun-
'I'*"','" Program bas been derided
” Hie city's chief executive stnl
city council ore present
r the 17,wo ruble yards of enrth.
«>Wlae
ilOTHKR FOLLOWED
CHILD TO GRAVE
' a » Hines* ft. uuw days with
• "i "Ua, Ati,. \v. a, Bwlnson died
1 1 ‘-lie sanitarium Friday night.
■’••• '!»>•• agn Mra. HnrlDaon ntteod-
, f'in.-ral of her three-year-old
Ruth, it u thought she con
tracted pneumonia by exposure at the
cemetery. She was the-wife of W. A.
Hu In.on. a well-knoun cominlealun
merchant, and resided at 3'n* 4-<»u.h
Boulevard. The body wo* removed to
the undertaking caiabllshmem
llreenberg. Bond & Bloomfield
funeral arrangement, will t
nounced Idler.
The
government for damage..
been drugging through Ihe red tniie "f WORK 800N TO BEGIN
government channel, for yean., but re. I V,, S.ul ,
cenlly It »a» taken In charge by
onel II. D. t'apor*. whose elaborate j
brief • resulted In pushing the bill for; Special to The Georgian.
Mrs. Landis' relief through both houses- Savannah. Ga.. March IS.-The new-
Savannah High School, fronting S« feet
ton Bull street, between Oglethorpe ave.
o’clock Friday morning the attending mi<v Qn ,| null street, I* soon to he built,
physicians announced that he had men- .. . .
te.r-iiim fn.ttn | Tile old Btructur® lias been removed
Inglils, from which he dtedat 5 oclmk. | nmJ ||u , „ cavallon ,* bring made for
(he new. Wtywn computed It will. In
(Conjunction with the Chatham Acad*
emy, which la on the same lot, consti
tute as handsome a group of si*hool
buildings as may be found anywhere
In the Kouih.
MENINGITIS CLAIMS
ANOTHER VICTIM
F. A. Quillian't Address.
Sunday will be adult day at the Capi
tol Avenue napllsl Sunday school. In
! addition to the tegulnr exercises there
will be an address by Hon. F. A. (dull-
Hail, mayor pro tern., on the subject
"Why Grown People Mlmuld Attend the
Bundsv ttchont.’’ The Capitol Avenue
.Sunday school Is one of the largest In
the city and tho meeting will ha one < f
unusual Interest. The pqfiMc generally
is Invited. t .
The funeral services of Johnnie Her
bert Wilson, need in years, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. <>. Wilson, who died Frl-
day afternoon at the family residence.
104 Mills street, after an Illness of only
twenty-four hours w,lth meningitis,
were conducted Saturday afternoon at
" tm’Tbdrsdav afternoon Johnnie, uhojb.v Mrs. F. C. D’BInlon.
was a pupil of Williams Blivet school, | rr , w ,.» In Atlanta. ,
came home from’ school complaining J| r , D'BInlon t, represented by her
of a cold. Ills *»»*•':'“» ‘ attorney. H. D. Capers, of Atlanta, and
"« by Dasher A Parks, of Macon.
THINKS BARN WAS BURNED
BY INCENOIARICS.
USED ms KNIFE
ON FORMER FRIEND;
MAY NOT RECOVER
Hpcclsl to Tbe (leorglea.
Cnlumtais. Da., March lS.--llufi], Joses, s
well known contractor and builder, was
arrlonsly rut and Is considered dsngerensly
so. ny if. J. C. Pollard, nsotber reatraetor.
In this rily yeeterdny afternoon.
The two men were formerly In business
togeiber. but dissolved partnership about
two years ago. They bare not been oa fond
term sloe*. It Is understood that the alter,
cation nccarred over tho old matter. Bath
men hare fsaatllea nnd both have dene rc
Iruatre halldlng lu the rlty tad suburbs.
TOMORROW.
The weather man says tomorrow will
be a fine sunshiny day. Have you
plenty of films or plates for your Ko
dak? Better get a good aupply. We
have everything tor the amateur and
do the flnrai finishing In .the South.
"The Kodak House." 14 Whitehall and
126 Peachtree street.
Divorce is Filed.
A suit for divorce from her husband
bus been filed In Hlbh superior court
Mr. D'Bln’on
K|H-.-lat to The Georgian.
Byron, tin.. March' II—At an early
hour Friday morning the barn of W. D.
Tharps, a prominent and pretperoua
farmer residing eight miles southeast of
Byron, was burned, together with 400
bushels of corn, several hundred j
pounds of fodder, four fine young mulra
on<l a horse valued at lino.
It waa Impossible to nave anything
from the burning wreck, an the build
ing was fulling In when the fire waa
flist discovered. The total loss wan ap
proximately sz.oeo. w ith about 1444 In
surance. Mr. Tharps thinks the fire
w as of Incendlhry origin.
Acquitted of Charge.
Sprrlal to Tee Georgian.
Havannah. Oh.. March 14.—Frank
McGuire, a wall-known contractor, who
waa arrested a shorl while ago charged
with burglarising the Masonic Phar
macy. was acquitted In Ihe superior
court, after a trial lasting but twenty
minutes. In which the Jury was out but
three minutes.
Bam D. Jonas to Bpoak.
Mr. Bent D. Jones will apeak et the
Young Men's Christian Association
meeting Sunday afternoon at l:M
o'clock, on ' the subject ’The Young
Man aa a Cltlsen.” Dave Hllvermaa
will play a violin solo and tho assort*•
lion orchestra will give a concert from
1 to t:IO o'clock.
SAVANNAH WILL ENTERTAIN
DISTINGUISHED PY.THIAN.
Special lo Tbe Gsorties.
Savannah. Oa., March 11—Hon.
Charles A. Iiarnrs. eupreine chancellor
of the Knights of Pythias, is expected
In the city this afternoon. Plans have
been made to entertain him tlaborately.
A special committee will meet him on
the arrival of the train this afternoon
nnd he will be escorted at onra to the
DeHoto Hotel. Before dinner he will be
given an auto ride around the city.
Hhortly before dusk an oyster roast will
be served at the Casino. An Informal
dinner party will be held In the even
ing at the DeRoto, after which the
distinguished Pythian will visit the
Knights or Pythias hall and meet the
members of the order.
Mra. Barnes w-lll be entertained In
the mean lima by the Pythian 8lsters.
Veteran, te Meet.
Atlanta famp <-'<>. II*. Confederate
Veterans, will meet Monday evening ut
7; 10 o'clock In the office of the comp
troller general ai the capital. Mem
bers are urged to be present, and vial-
tors are Invited to come.
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O FIRST COPY OF “A8TYANAX" O
O PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR. 0 In her wishes.
O
FATHER RELENTS;
CHILD FINDS HOME
After being haled Into police court
Friday afternoon In company with his
daughter, W. P. Mobley, of LaOranite.
relented In his determination tbat tha
daughter, Mle, Nancy Mobley, should
never bring her little l-months-old
babe to hie home, and the matter waa
satisfactorily adjusted.
The cases against the father and
daughter, who were arrested at tha
Terminal station shortly after the child
had been deserted at Peachtree and
Decatur etreets, were dismissed by Re
corder Broyles. Shortly afterwards, tha
father and daughter visited the Home
for the Friendless, where the child bad
been taken by tbe police, and wart
given possession of IL taking U to thetr
hums In Lad range.
The mother declared she wanted to
keep the InfanL and, following the
court proceedings, tha father acquiesced.
i- t.—
_ Governor Terrell waa presented 0
O Saturday morning w(th the first O
o copy of "Aatyanax." the brilliant O
O novel written by Hon. Joseph M. 0
O Brown, railroad commissioner. The O
O autographed copy was presented O
O by Ihe authdr as the first ropy of O
O the Unit edition. O
O The hook la a fine specimen of O
O the printer's and bookbinder's nrt. O
O Mr. Brown received the first con- O
O sign mem of the novel Saturday O
O morning from his publishing house O
Mra. Francos Wedemeyer.
Mrs. Frances Wedemeyer died Fri
day afternoon at her residence^ It
orange street. She wsa the mother
of the well-known musician, Fred
Wedemeyer. Mrs. Wedemeyer waa
born In Germany In till. Rhe la sur
vived by two a ops. Fred, of Atlanta,
and Albert, of Omaha, Nebr* and two
daughters, Mrs. John Shelton, of Mian.
O and “Aatyanax" w ill go on sale at O land Park. Ill, and Mrs. James Bober
O tha book stores Monday. O non. of Atlanta. The funeral services
o 0 1 will be conducted Sunday afternoon et
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