Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, August 29, 1907, Image 11

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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY. AUGUST 29. 1007. FOR SALE—REAL ESTATE WILL' RENT TOUR VA CANT HOUSE. On the first of August our houses were to numerous to mention-, we have been rent ing bouses oil’ average of from ten to fifteen per day since the first—today wo cannot supply the damand. If you have the vacant houses we have the tenants. They love to rent from us, M. L. THROWER, 39 N. Forsyth St. Gi -ORE & JUSTIN, 215 Peters Building. IF YOU ARB LOOKING FOR A NICE •me or In vestment. we have It lu n nice room cottage; good lot, nud the price nly 11,250. Tciuib. LOT 50 IIY 15), WITH NICE NEW FIVE- •oom rqttuge, and an nice a little home ay one would want at tbo price; only I1.4W, i id ter EAST POINT—SPLENDID SIX-ROOM rtnge, rented to white tenant at 110 mouth. $850; $100 cash and $15 tier uoutb. ^ldd yoy ever see anything like Ills': FOR 3ALE—REAL ESTATE • HOMES - CHEAP IMM-NORTH SIDE NINE-ROOM HOME: heart pine lumber; beat hardware; aplen- did workmanship; double floor; storm sheeted; every ronvenleuce. targe abody north front lot. You could not build the bouse for the money. FOR SALE—REAL ESTATE. $5,250—JACKSON STREET HOME; EIGHT rooma; well built; large, enat front lot; aolendbl lot; splendid nelghtmra. Owner llvea out of city. We have aeon's of others, but this la the cheapest. TWENTV-EIOHT COSY COTTAGE8 NEAR Grant park. We hare some special rices this week. Chaugea an* to be made i September. Now Is the time to buy. See us at once. INVESTMENTS! YES. WE HAVE THEM. Cottages built of good materials; no re- ilra for ten years; sell for $3,600, rents for ). close iu; no street car fare; sell for $3.- 500; rents for $32.50; close In; sell for $2.- 90); rents for $27.50; sell for $2,400; rents for $25. We hare others. EAGAN PARK LAND CO., 36 INMAN BLDG. BELL PHONE 4613. ROBSON & RIVERS. Phones Bell 1208, Atlanta 1207. Real Estate and Renting Agents, 8 W. Alabama. Price. Rooms. 775 Marietta .....$37.50 151 Rfchardsou to 254 Conrtlamf .*; -10 .... 40.00 489 Spring 1... 10 159 Esst^ North avenue .... .... 73.00 10 401 Cherokee (furnished).... 9 Decatur, Ga 8 287 Glennwood ... 32.50 8 238 South I'ryor ... 40.00 8 568 Edgewood ... 37.60 8 127 Enat Merrltts ... 45.00 s' 558 Edgewood ’.....* ... 33.36 8 2G3 East Georgia ... 30.00 •7 457 Piedmont 7 26 Capitol place ... 30.00 7 18 Ashby (treat ... 25.00 6 4 Ashby 6 382 Knit Georgia 5 18 II6od place 5 EAR CAPITOL AVENUE—BRAND-NKW four-room and hall, largo shaded lot, white '•ighborhood, rented at $11.50, for $1,060. ftiux. Something good here. VITIHN ONE. BLOCK OF CREW street school, four-room cottage, on large •t. cash bargain at $1,5)0. The lot Is worth bis. EAT THliKR-UdOM COTTAGE. WITH lot 100 by 235. to another street; level, Ith east rrtnt, barns, etc. Rents $10‘per oath. This la lu the western .portion of he city. If you want a little farm In town, this. Onlj $1,600. Terms. FOR SALE FOR SAI.E ON CAPITOL AVE„ 9-ROOM 2-story residence; large lot, oil Improve ments; close In; big bnrgalu; $5,000; terms. On Jackson street, lovely 10-room residence; verythlng tip to date; large shaded lot. Can’t la>at It on north side. Call to see us and let us tell you -about It. McCrory & M’CRORY & JOHNSON, 503 Peters Building. FOR SALE—REAL E8TATE. W. E.WORLEY, REAL ESTATE, 416 EMPIRE BUILDING BELL 3312. * ATLANTA 3983. 44 acres of land on McDonough Rond,- near Federal prison Good 4-room house; enough tim ber to pay for the place. Price $800. $250; balance easy. The house is new and worth the mon ey itself. Brand new 5-room house and lot 44x126 feet. Price $1,350. $100 cash; $10 per month. Think of it! The house alone ought to rent for $12. Now, why will you pay rent! WILLIAM S. ANSLEY, Real Estate. 217 Century Building, Phones Bell 288, Atlanta 295 eleven-room house lu Copenlilll, with nil modern Improvements; two bet! rooms downstairs; on n corner lot 133 feet front. could not Itegln to duiillcnto thl« place for the price, wbieh Is $6,000. . In .In town, n new ’six-room cottage, nblnet mantel, china closet, city water, rge lot aud splf'idld location, see us. LOT; REST m.w itunHHHs block of car : lot 50 feet front; $1,750. Easy pay ents. .. HOLI.KRNKRS STREET WE HA*E rtie ulce shaded loti, with east front, rilli ng back 150 feet to alley. We will sell !AK WILLIAMS STREET FChSoI. WE hnv* a nice seven-room two story house; nblnet Jaunted*, tiling, health sod all street ..... LOT'S ON GRIFFIN STREET, within one Wick of ear line: sidewalk a: $23 cash and per month. Call and Pint. . # is NEWPORT STREET.' PRICE RE- large lit. per ten; interest, \xn can’t beat this. payments; W. A. FOSTER. Real Estate and Loans, 12 S. Broad. ell ’Phone 2027. Atlanta. 1881 SPECIAL BARGAIN. ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN OBLIOA- iim maturing within the next few . the owner of n snug eottnge on nst 'Fair street has Instructed us to sell $1,500 was refused within ninety days; .300 will get It now. Cottage has four and hall, with front and bark porch Lie nml buggy house. lot 50 by 14). Very tirm-tlve ami homelike. Would resell on *y terms for $1,600. *We recommend this one wanting either a comfortable r a 12 per cent white Investment, Im will re-sell at a profit. S. B. TURMAN & CO., Rail Estate and Loans. $1,500—Buttle IIIll, Joe Johnston Ave., new, flve-room house, lot 43x147. This Is one of the best streets and will make a nice little home for you; school and churches In two blocks.* $2,650—East Hunter street, near Grant street, good nine-room house; rent ing for $30.00. Price $2,660 cash. $2,330—Stewart Ave., near Whitehall street. 5-room house with all conven iences' lot 50x124. This la close In and on car line. INVESTMENT-FAYING OVER 14 FElt cent. Consists of seven houses, renting •nil the time, on n nice corner lot, 200 by 160, with room enough for more houses. You can figure this yourself; rents for $55 per month. Price $4,750. Think of it! Four nice lots in 1 1-2 blocks of Peachtree street. Gas, water and sewernge all down; fine neighborhood. Say, listen now! 1 1-2 blocks of Peach tree and not two blocks. Price $900 each. Easy terms. THREEWEREKILLED BY SPEEDING TRAIN Alliance, Ohio, Auk. 29.—Mrs. Byron Hendricks, her six-year-old grand child, Hazel Bowther, and Arthur Oyater. the driver of their carriage, Were killed here when a Fort Wayne paaaenger train craahed Into their car riage at a croaalng Just outalde the city yeaterday. • Mrs. Hendricks was sixty years old. CHARITY MAY GET Chicago, Aug. 29.—Persona conver sant with the affairs of Nelson Morris, who died Tuesday, estimate that he left an estate valued at approximately 110,000,000. -It Is believed by Mr. Mor ris' business and other associates that a large part of this wealth will be de voted to charitable endowment. It Is generally believed Mrs. Morris la given by his will her dower share of one-third of the estate. Including the home, and that liberal shares are left for the children. Nelson Morris was president of two corporations, and It Is said that Ed ward Morris will succeed him. ANSLEY PAItk-75 FEET FRONT tienrly 300 deep, un the prettiest pnrt of Peachtree circle, nnd It can he bought for 33.000. DECATUR, G A.—BEAUTIFUL CORNER lot, 100 by 300: nicely shaded; courenlent to. cyr line. Price -030. PONCE DE LEON AVE. PLACE-BRAND new 9-room house with nil modern eon venlenees. Just rondy to put Is n furnace a very sweetly srmnxed house. This will *2.600—Ormond street, near Hill street, within two blocks of Grant park, new, live-room house, modern In every respect; lot 60x140. *800—For level nice lot on Lawton street, north of Gordon street; would be cheap at *1,000. Houses going up all around It. Bargain for some one. *3,060—New six-room cottage In West End, renting for *27.60. Bargain. S. B. TURMAN & CO. KST END-ONE OF THE MOST COM plate hemes of nine rooms; servant's fruit, flowers, shade; eest front, on ■shliy street, flee me shout thla UflIDENCE LOT IN SOUTH EDGE wood for 1190. Terms, If . desired. ICE LITTLE 6-ItOOM COTTAGE ON Cooper street neiar'Richardson street! all oneenlences. Quick cash sale. *2,030.- nw FOUR-ROOM COTTAGE. JUST OFF xtewart arenas; convenient to new car tae, for *360. It will pny you to look Into I-OSE-IN 6-ROOM COTTAGE; EI.EVAT- cl lot; owner leaving city. Quick sale. *2,- O-ACBE PLANTATION. WILKES CO.. Go., four miles of Washington. One-of " best Improved places In Georgia. Land 9 high state cf cnlllvsUoa. Price 311,5M. A. 8. IIOOK. It C. EVE. W. E. TREADWELL & CO. REAL ESTATE AND RENTING AGENTS, ALL CLASSES CITY PROPERTY AND FARMS. 24 SOUTH BROAD STREET. BELL PHONES 2614—3483. ATLANTA PHONE 3803. TWO-STORY HOUSE. SEVEN ROOMS. ON Hilliard, near Highland avenue; corner let; 99 feet front; nice home; 33,160. Terms BEAUTIFUL COTTAGE OX JOSEPHINE street; Inman Park section; flve rooms; level lot; 12,560; 3390 cash; 336 month. Now Is the time to liuy a home. TWO-STORY SIX-ROOM HOUSE. NEAR Moreland avenue, Imnnn Park. New, pretty lot; *2,900; easy terrna See thla OOOD INVESTMENT THIS! JACKSON street, near Decatur; two line three-room houses; water, sewer sail gss. Always rent ed; Mg lot; 11,100 each WE HAVE CENTRAL PIECE OF PROP- erty; very desirable; *7,900. Price not high for this. W. E. TREADWELL & CO. COTTAGE HOME AT A SACRIFICE No 202 GRANT STREET, A modern six room cottage in the block between Glenn- wood avenue and Sidney street, the lot is 47x170. This place would be a bargain at ,650; however, the owner has left the city and has in structed us to sell this place for $3,350. We can make very reasonable terms. GRANT & PETTY, 30-32 E. ALABAMA ST. 95 acres of land right near Mr. R F. Maddox’s fine home. Has a frontage of 665 feet. This is one of the finest cherted roads in Ful ton county. Price $100 per acre. Some rich man ought to have this for a summer homo. You enn i get any more nt $100 .nor even $150 per acre. 30 acres of land on Peachtree Rond with n beautiful building site. Price $6,000. This is $200 per acre. When the street is wid ened you will have to pay $500 per acre for it. Be wise and buy now. No use in waiting nnd pay ing a double price. 27 Boulevard Place, new 6-room house near North Boulevard. It’s a dandy nnd very cheap. Easy terms. Call for keys. 103 East avenue. Brand new nnd near North Boulevard. It’s ready for you to move into. Call for the keys. SHE HELD THE BAG; COPS HOLD LOUIS Louis Taulnl, gypsy, possessed unusual persuasive pou-ers. It Is al leged. placed *20 belonging to Mrs. Mamie Lawson, of 260 Glennwood ave nue. Into a bag, sowed It up, made a few mysterious passes and gnve It to that lady to hold until the charm that should prevent a dire calamity should be worked. Mrs. Lawson waited two weeks, be came Impatient, opened the bag before she was told, and the predicted calami ty happened—to Louis Taulnl, gypsy, for he Is at present lodged In Jail on n charge of having made away with the *20. County Officers Jordan and Reilly arrested the very much surprised Louis Wednesday afternoon at one of the gypsy camps. THE DAINTY AND DE LICIOUS SQUAB IS AL WAYS IN SEASON. TRY ONE TONIGHT AT THE NEW KIMBALL PALM GARDEN. POUR WERE KILLER IN AUTO SMASH Rochester, N. Y„ Aug. 29.—Df George Waldron, a physician of Roch ester; Mrs. Cabelne Farnsworth, of Rochester, and Mrs, William Scanlon and Mrs.' Jane Hobbs, both of Hope- well county, were Instantly killed yes terday in a collision between their au tomobile and a Rochester and Eastern trolley car. near Canandaigua. The auto was wrecked and the four occupants were frightfully mangled. SCULPTOR SUES ARMY SOCIETY New York. Aug. 29.—Justice Brady, of the supreme court, has signed nn order authorizing the service and sum mons of the papers In a suit for *22,- 600, brought by John Q. A. Ward, the sculptor, against, the officers and mem. bers of the Society of tko Army of the Cumberland for alleged breach of con tract for a bronze equestrian statue of General Philip IL Sheridan. IRRESISTIBLE IMPULSE LED MAN TO SLA8H THROAT. Special to The Georgina. - Greensboro, N. C„ Aug. 29.—While shaving himself Brantley McAdoo. a prosperous farmer, living two miles from this city, slashed his throat with a razor. Inflicting a wound which re- lUlred sixteen stitches to sew up. Be- 'ore driving to the city McAdoo, who Is 46 years of age and unmarried, went to take a shave. His servant was startled by a loud demand from the chamber to "hurry here." Running to the room she was terrified to see him turn from the mirror, bis face covered with blood. Hastily, on request of tha bleeding man, she ‘phoned for a physician, who ar rived Just In time to prevent death by loss of blood. His explanation of the matter wan that while ahavlng he yield ed to an “Irrezlatlble Impulse” to cut hla throat. Mrs. J. G. Oglesby and daughter. Miss Eugenia, narrowly escaped se rious Injuries as the result of a run away on Peachtree street In the very heart of the city late Wednesday aft ernoon, the frightened horses being hitched to a carriage which bore Mrs, Oglesby and daughter. As It happened, through tho rarest o! good fortune, and largely through the efforts of the plucky negro driver, who stood to his post throughout, nel ther suffered even a scratch. An automobile collided with one of the horses on the Whitehall viaduct nnd some of the harness was torn and disengaged. The horses, In a frenzy, reared wildly ' and then sped down Peachtree street. Officers managed to clear a path through the Marletta-De cstur corner and the runaway was un interrupted until the corner of Peach tree and Walton was reached, when one of the wheels caught In a car track and the vehicle was turned over. The driver and both of the occupants were thrown out on the pavement, but no Injuries resulted. BIG SUCK HELD BY ROOSEVELT New Yorker Says Roosevelt Is After New York Control. ' BOILER EXPLODES! ONE MAN KILLED Elkins, W. Vo., Aug. 29.—One miner was killed and flve others were se riously and perhaps fatally Injured, through the bursting of the boiler of a. dinky engine yesterday on the tram road of the Jackson Coal nnd Coke Company, near Emniart, W. Vo. The dead: TONY MILLER. The Injured are J. P. Hnrdrlx, Clar ence Lowther, Melvin Allen, Okey C. Carder, Mike Ynndl. The engine left a trestle and carried the structure down. The engineer and flve miners who rode on the flrst car behind the engine went down with tho engine. STATISTICS. East Pine street, very near Peach tree street, fine corner lot, Price $4,250 on easy terms. Re member this is between Piedmont avenue and Peachtree on Pine, EXTRA DELL PHONE 433S $2,600—Reasonable terms, for 12- room house, porcelain hath, 2 toilets, right at Georgia avenue, renting at $20 per month. $3,150—Renting at $30 per month, Pulliam street, lot 49x200. BIO FLOW OF WATER FROM ARTESIAN WELL. Special t» The Georgian. Columbus, Co., Aug. 2*.—One hun dred and flfly-flv* gallons per minute have been developed In the test of the flrst artesian well bored here to secure water for the city, by the Hud- eon Engineering Co. At this rate the city will soon obtain a plentiful supply. $2,400—$400 cash and $25 per month, new 6-room cottage in Grant Park section. Gas • and water. $4,250—$2,250 cash, 7-room cot tage, near Jackson street and North avenue, new and nice on 55 feet front, corner lot.- "Wc Have Others.” Beautiful home on West North avenue, near Peachtree streef. Slate roof nnd wooden block pave ment. Cheap at $8,500. 115x490 feet on that beautiful paved Ormewood avenue, near White Citv. Think of it! 1 14 acres at $1,000. One-fourth cash, balance 1, 2 and 3 years. Salesmen: J. M. Wright, L W. Harrell. W. E. WORLEY, 416 EMPIRE BUILDING PROPERTY TRANSFERS. *137.64—Muncefleld Tilley to Willing- ham-TIft Lumber Company, lot on Peoples street. Loan deed. *760—Courtlsnd H. Winn to Adeline Vlnsen, lot on Crumley street. Ad ministrator's dred. *100—John Taylor to Fred Taylor, lot on Jefferson street. Warranty deed. *4,212,60—Nesbit Harper to Mrs. Elizabeth Collier Dodd, lot on Peach tree Circle. Warranty deed. *2,760—H. Newcomb to Nesblt Har- K r and Mrx. R. Mundy, lot on achtree ztreet. Warranty deed. *1,060—College Park Land Company lo George A. C. Hill, lot In College Park, Ga.. on Ham street. *2,400—J. B. Chamblee to James H. Little, lot on Mills, corner Lovejoy street. Warranty deed. A. Bradberry to T. M. Martin, lot on Soldiers’ Home car line. Warranty deed. BUILDING PERMIT8. *2.500— Hugh Richardson, to build alterations on frame dwelling at 400 West Peachtree street. *190—John J. Woodslde, lo re-cover dwelling at 46 West Cain street. *100—E. Oliver, to re-cover frame dwelling at 46* Courtlsnd street. *(00—8. Cunningham, to build frame dwelling at 29 Webster street. *2,000—Mrs. M. H. Mays, to build frame dwelling at 4* West Merrltts avenue. DEATH 8. Thomas Adams, age 65 years, died at Grady hospital. Mary Harris, colored, age 32 years, died at Grady hospital. Letltla O’Neal, colored, age-22 years, died at 179 Connslly street. SAYS VAN DUZER THREW HIM OUT The sum of *2,000 damages Is claim ed by W. B. Ncthery for a personal encounter with I. C, Van Duser In the offices of Westmoreland' Brothers In the Century building on. July 3. The petition was filed Wednesday morning. Nethery, who says that he Is a small man weighing not over 125 pounds, claims that Van Duzer seized him and threw him through the door out Into the hall. Van Duzer, he zays, Is a man of powerful physique, weighing 180 pounds .and standing six feet high. Nethcrly states that his right wrist was sprained and that he was kept from work for several days. A. E. Wilson and J. J. Bowden are at torneys for the petitioner. IF THEY WIN OUT CANDIDATES TO WED New York, Aug:. 29.—^Asserting that President Roosevelt, by offering: pat* ronagre to certain leaders and holding the "big stick” of dismissal over office holders. had planned to control the New York delegation to the Republican national convention and prevent It from voting for Governor Hughes for the presidential nomination. Frank Hen drick, a prominent politician In the Twenty-ninth assembly district and author of "The Power to Regulate Cor porations and Commerce,” sounded one of the first notes of the campaign last night in a speech on direct nomina tions. in a down town Republican club. He stated that New York was for Hughes for president, but said that unless things changed the vital vote of the Empire State would be cast In the convention without reference to the wishes of her millions of cltlxens. He asserted It was the policy of the Fed eral machine to thwart the effort* of Governor Hughes for a direct nomina tion law. It Is believed that representatives of Secretary Taft are trying to capture the New York delegation by tradlpp second place on the ticket to a New York man. Chairman Woodruff of the state committee Is being booked for vice president by the Taft followers. The Hughes men assert, however, they will be unable to capture the delega tion. SHOWS 0!G INCREASE Washington, Aug. 29.—The bureau of the census has Just Issued a report on the manufacture of tobacco, prepared under the supervision of William H. Steuart, chief statistician for manufac. tures. The statistics presented relate to the production of cigars, cigarettes,. chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff. The enormous growth of the Industry since 1850 Is Indicated by the fact that the value of products for the year covered by the census of 1905 was *331.117,881, as compared with *13,- 491,147, the value of the products In 1850. MRS. JACK WILSON IS CRITICALLY ILL Mrs. Jack M, Wilson, of 83 Spring street, the wife of Jack M. Wilson, the well-known hotel man, Is critically 111' i private sanitarium following an operation, and Is not expected to sur- The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson will regret to hear of het condition. Baltimore, Md„ Aug. 29.—General Warfield announced to a large audience at Electric park last night that tf they win In the coming campaign Judge Austin I.. Crothers, Democratic noml nee for governor, and Mr. Isaac I .oho Straus, Democratic nominee for attor ney general, will leave the ranks of bachslorhood and establish little cosy corners of thsir own. On the stage sat Judge Crothers and Mr. Straui, who did not deny the governor's statement. 8TONE MOUNTAIN BAPTI8T8 TO MEET AT COLLEGE PARK NEEDA FENCE? Page Fence Erected Cheaper Than Wood W. J. DABNEY IMP. GO., 96. 99 and 10C tc. for.yth St-e.t. The Stone Mountain Baptist Asso- clatlori will meet at College Park next Tuesday and Wednesday. September 3 and 4. This association Is composed of representatives from the various Bap tist churches in Atlanta and down the Georgia railroad as far os Social Cir cle, and Is the largest association’ of Baptists in the state of Georgia. Its present officers are It* moderator, Judge George Hlllj-er, and Its clerk. James Kempton, both of Atlanta, and Its treasurer, M. W. Burton, of Social Circle. The Woman's Missionary Union, of the Stone Mountain Association, also holds its meeting nt the same time'as' that of the association, and Is the means of bringing a large number of ladles to the association. FILTER BIDS OFF, All bbl* for the Installation of a new fljtratlon plant at the waterworks station were declared off at a Joint meeting of the wn»er Iwanl nnd the cotinel! commit* tee Wednesday afternoon. Thus, the filters Join the now pomp, ex cept that the general manager of tho wa ter works has been Instructed to advertise for new bids for the filters, and the pump question r<*mnl»s In statu quo, pending au Investigation by a committee appointed by the mayor. The history of the filter matter Is com plicated. The Joint committee flrst recom mended the purchase of the New York company’s plant. Council voted to accept this company's hbl. Then Grant Wilkins, representing William 1). Kchalfe A Sons, basin, and the filtration plant all together, nnd not separately. Council then repealed Its action and re committed the matter to the Joint commit- tree. On motion of Commissioner Hugh was not liable for damages, lussrouch as the bid of the New York company had once been accepted, but a motion to this effect was lost. LABOR DAY PARADE TO BE GREAT EVENT Special to The Georgian. Waycroaa, Ga., Aug. 29.—The labor nganlzatlonz of Waycros, are mak ing arrangements for the obzervance of Labor Day. Mayor Knight ha, la- aued h proclamation for all the buxl- wn houaee to ctoee during Ine day and the keys of tho city will be turned over to the labor union,. The Labor Day parade will take piece at 11 o’clock Monday morning. All the organiza tion, In tho city will turn out In full force with a parade headed by a band. Moat of the merchant* will alxo have floats, and the Farmer*’ Union will be irexent a hundred strong on horse- After the parade a barbecue dinner will be served to everybody and In the afternoon race* and athletic a port* wIK furnish amusement for the crowd*. It I* said that there are over (90 union men In Waycrosfc DISHES PREPARED BY A FRENCH CHEF, OR DISHES PREPARED BY A SOUTHERN COOK "AS MOTHER USED TO FIX THEM.” TAKE YOUR CHOICE AT THE NEW KIMBALL PALM GAR DEN. WOMAN FEARED ATTACK OF WITCHES Mr*. Ellen Smith, an aged white woman who labors under the delusion that ihe Is pursued by witches and that every one she seee Intends to kill her, was Judged Insane by Ordinal y Wilkinson Thursday morning. Tho writ of lunacy was taken out by her non, J. 8. Smith. The old woman a as taken back to her home at 721 Chest nut street until the authorities at tha Mute asylum are heard from. Special to The Georgian. Americas, Ga, Aug. 29.—The agri cultural college,-which was awarded to Amerlcu*. Is Just about completed, and le without doubt one of the pret tiest In the state. The . entract was given the Gresham Company, of Grlf- fln, and their work ht.s i.-.n of great satisfaction to the people In America* and adjoining counties. Tho buildings are situated on’ a beautiful site Inside of the city limits, anil the land up ut which It was built I- the very Us: that mter county affords.