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: * \ THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1507. J! for sale—real estate- $2,800—$150 CASH. Wc have a magnificent 7- room cottage in Kirkwood on large shad}’ lot that we can sell you for the above j.rice and terms. This prop erty is on car line and in fine neighborhood. The house alone would cost now $3,500 to duplicate. This property will be worth $4,000 in a phort while. This is that bar gain you have been waiting for. M. L. THROWER, ?,<) X. FORSYTH STREET. OLORE & JUSTIN, 215 Peters Building. A I!I:AI„ UP-TO-DATE HOME ON TUB l.eat part of Forraaf avenue: la Just whnt toll have lieetl looking for, Well, we have It the owner la going weat and wants to turn If Into cash, and llaten: the price Is $7,0(0. FOR SALE—REAL ESTATE SAY, PEOPLE! SIMPLY ELEGANT. UP-TO-DATE, JIM liniHljr milage borne. In En.t Point Bn- n .. r - PpJK’htree style; hay window*, hard oil flulah, tile walk*; everything In nnple pie order; Just one Idoek from car Hue, Our Mpcclul price, good for only five days. 12,250. Easy terms. You can’t beat it In « thousand miles. 'Phone us* today. FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE. NEW STREET CAR LINE TO IIAPE* vllle. Do you want to make a few hun dred dollars on vacant lots near the Hue? We heve them. It’s an opportunity. Can give you easy terms. See us at ouce. $4,500. I|o you waut It for $4,100? $4,000 HOME FOR $3,600. OWNER MI ST sacrifice. Large lot and every modern convenience. It Is a pick-up. < NICE. COSY FIVE-ROOM COTTAGE. north front; half block car: Iteautlful shade. Modern and wbrth $2,750. Owner moving, and will sell for $2,350. TRIMBLE & RAMSEY, 36 INMAN BLDG. BELL PHONE 4613. ns HASS STltKKT, BETWEEN' HIM. mid Grnnt, bnuul new modern 6-rooin col. tnge, and a lH*aUt.v. owner says we can m II this for $5,000 If we can sell It before he laeves In. and we will do* It If you will ladp us—hurry! * OX "| ioiLDERNKStfSTU FfKT~ W E 11 AT E live nice shadinl lots, with east frnnf. run- milk- (>»rk Wt feet to alloy. , AVe win sell h» of these lit the low |irlee nf 112.9) per XEAlt WILLIAMS STREET SCHOOL WE unve ii litre 7-r.H.iii >«tuiy buim; minuet inniitel., tiling hearth, nmt nil street lm- iH.ivriiieiitn; gas. water nmt linth. "We tail m il thin for *3,T60, half caah. Sen on. MCE LOTS ON GRIFFIN ST.. WITHIN .me block nf tar line) sidewalk ilowic, Ha rash mill 15 per month. Call nml art pint OX THE CORNER OF CHESTNUT AND Meldram street.,' nice 4 room coital*: level lot. cabinet naintels: for only 11,250! OH ea.Ii nml monthly payment,. LOT 50 BY 150, WITH NICE NEW FIVE, room cottage, and an 1 nice a little home na any one would want at the price; only 11,400, nml termn. WE HAVE ONE LARGE LEVEL LOT. i,vine 71 by 320 feet. In half block of rar \b„. In Weat End. Thin lot ban en.t amt plenty of ahaile... Joat think of getting n lot this side for 51,000. XKAT THREE-ROOM COTTAGE. WITH lot IOO by 235. to a nattier street: level, with enet fn.nl. hnrne. etc. Renta 510 per nuiiiih. Thin In In Ibe weilern portion of the city. If TOO want a little farm In town Bee thin. Onlj 51,000. Ternn. ’ W (TIBSTNCT ST.-NICE JSTORY house, within H block of car Une; Ine ele-. ration nmt level loti 51,650; enty payments, *»r r. per cent «>ff for rush. 4 : . NI’.WPORT ~AVE.-NKW 4 ROOM COT- tngc; very large lot. city water; $1,250; ,mnll en.h 'payment nml 515 per month. HX ACCOUNT OF SICKNESS, OWNER IS rnmpelled to noil nleo corner lot In Went- en, Heights; rout 5425. but hne Instructed im t„ sell for 5325. Thin'Ik n "pick up" FOR RENT—HOU8E8. For Rent By EDWIN P. ANSLEY, 10 East Alabama St., (Century Buildiug) Both Phones 363. Room*. K North Jarkaon street 10 Price. $50.00 £3 Capitol avenue, near Futton..lQ 45.00 M Uonue ntreet 9 27.50 1"9 UU’htmfuan atreet (Oct. 1)..,. 8 27.50 13“ Summit avenue, near Angler.. 7 25.60 K Fast Fair street, near Hill .. 7 35.00 23 Ivwhtree street.». v 7 60.00 b I List i'hin - street 7 45.00 South Humphries street 6 20.00 5 I'lnrke «t., near Wortlngtnn... 6 25.00 k* ivachtreo st., near Currier.... 6 50.00 Forrest avenue, near h’ummlt.. 6 25.00 iNvatur, Ga 6 15.00 s. boulevard 6 17.20 •W ‘ 'Hiper atreet B 20.00 Fitzgerald ntreet 4 16.00 ^3 Bradley street 3 7.50 » U ci KW FI * I. ItOi >31 MUDUraB, r.« m uvenug, East Point; rent $15 each. EDWIN P. ANSLEY. FOR RENT. STORKS. DWELLINGS. I' -.:61 JOHNSON AVENUE - THESE nrniid-ucw five-room cottage*. Just llnlm- a, ‘d never occupied, on lots 35 l»y 60, f r “ '-n the south side of Johnson avenue, ••' ••»»» Roiib>vnrd and Howell street; have ' v »ler. iHimdnln Imth. op met. sink In ! ';• klb’hen. If you nrc looking for some* hbig flint Is uent and rosy and St the Dine reasonable In price, this la your ’l’i h ;rtunlty. Good iiclgnborhoo'l. Iloule- tvva ,,n,, “^laud one block •f'l't $21 tier week. a eopy of our free rent bulletin. JOHN J. WOODSIDE, the renting agent, 12 AUBURN AVE. BUSINESS OPPOR TUNITY. ONE OF THE BEST CLOSE-IN CORNERS on one per cent rent proposition. Would sell on attractive terms or exchange for a home worth $4,000 or $6,000 nml take differ ence In monthly notes. Also stork of fancy groceries, with fine established trade; splen did opportunity for any one: falling health reason for sidling. Don't call us by phone. Come In and talk with us. Nothing like It on the market. McCRORY & JOHNSON, 503 Peters Building. Phones 4691. "BARGAINS ALL OVER THE CITY." WILLIAM S. ANSLEY, Real Estate, 217 Century Building. Phones Bell 288, Atlanta 295 INVESTMENT-ONE OF THE BEST I have had to offer In ft long time. It eon- slats of two brand-new seven-room bouses, renting very cbeup for $25 a mouth each, making $50 a mouth, und locntetl on the south side of the city on a first-class street. These places can be bought for $5,000, iiud If you want something Ihat will firing you In a steady Income, tnl? will do It for all time to come. WEST PEACHTREE IIO.ME-1F YOU have any notion of getting n Imrgnlnon this Iteautlful thoroughfare, now Is your chance. I have a lovely nine-room house, which Is a gem of a home, which was built for a home, that the owner now finds he enn’t keep, and he has been holding It at $9,500, hut bns told me If I call sell It right away, he will tpke $8,500 for It. I wish you would come und look, at It. ••1 ii*i ijr< ni ncir.i ia'in — nothing In the city pretty ns these lots, which I cun offer you, and the site* vary from 60 feet front to 70 feet, and you will ANKLET PARK I.OT-A REAUTY, NEAR Peachtree, on Peachtree circle, over 75 feet front. This will make a splendid loca tion for a home. Price $3,500. • nol’LKVARD LOT—THIS LOT HAS AN eastern frontage, nud lies finely, nml Is near Ponce DeLeon avenue. It Is u bargain at the price, $2,500. HOMES IN COLLEGE PARK 52,700 BUYS A SPLENDID SEVEN-ROOM two-stoty home; large corner lot. Owner lives In affother state, and Instructs us to sell, although' less than cost. You esn’t best this anywhere. $1,650 BUY8 A FIVE-ROOM COTTAGE; lot 150 by 200, on corner.' Ensy terms. A LOVELY LOT, 96 BY 2W; FRONTS chert, and Is a beauty. Actually worth $1,930. Owner In a tight nud must sell, and says take $1,550 If sold quick. Don't miss It. LOTS $200, $250. $300 AND OK TO ACRE- age. Don't think of buying anything In this beautiful suburb until you see I. C. M’CRORYr 503 Peters Building. Phones 4691. A. J. WEST & CO., Business Property for Lease Splendid iot, 63 by 200 feet;: best part of Marietta street; now suitable for stores, factory, lumber, coal or nny other busi ness. In n fast growing section. In midst of fine fsiHroad Improvements, and 'sur rounded by Immense manufacturing Inter ests. We will lease by month, or year, or will*build to suit tenant. FOR SALE—REAL ESTATE.' \THOS. W. GRIFFITH, Real Estate and Business Broker, 422 Century Building. 10-rooin house and garni tenant house, well arranged with buildings for the business; has good wells nml fine spring; land In fine state and lies well; In five minutes' w’lilk <»f depot. In good growing town In 19 miles iff Atlanta. Four acres land splendidly wired In and everything Just ns good ns can he desired; worth $5,009. but If taken now will sell for $3,600, on good terms, iin owner has other Interests demanding his attention nt once. ton; loffh two-story buildings of about 9 rooms each; 4f taken nt once $6,000 eiyh on TWO GOOD FARMS OF 25 ACRES EACH. six miles front Atlanta on Cninifeellton road, one on chert road, the other half mile away; both have small houses, about 20 acres elearoff. Imlitnre In woods. They go to quick buyer at $2,500 for one on chert road and $1,500 for the other, on terms to Crty ’S LA W WAS SE'I ASIDE FOR LIIILE WHITE HEARSE It wan the height of the busiest part of the day. In the busiest part of the city—Whitehall and Alabama streets. Streams of vehicles were threading the Intricacies of traffic In four direc tions. Jangling cars wormed up and down and across Whitehall. Pedes trians dodged In and out of the endless stream of vehicles. A big blue-coated guardian of the peace stood In the maelstrotp and with watchful eye anil uplifted hand untan gled the snarls of hurrying traffic, and saw that there was no Infraction of the law forbidding vehicles rrom moving faster than a walk at this congested point. It was a scene of a great city's fever ish activity, a kaleldescoplc picture of suit; better Investigate this at once. PROPERTY OF ALL KINDS' ALMOST everywhere»uenr. city nud country; some nice Cottage Park property. Phone or write me whnt you want or come to see mi*. List vour property of all kinds with me. ns I have many Inquiries every day. and there la no harm done nor any cost attached unless sale Is made. BELL PHONE 4046. CHESTNUT STREET, NEAR KENNEDY street ear nml Atkinson's railroad Im provements. Will sub-divide Into six or eight lots, nud there Is nothing better for kiiiiiII cottages. Low price; snmll cash payment, balance monthly, or will ex change for other property. A. J. WEST & CO., 213 Century Building. $2,100—TWO NEW SIX-ROOM HOUSES ON large suburban lots:-near enrs nml sehool; will rent for $13 to $15 each. This Is far below cost, hut owner must sell. There Is $900 profit In these. $1,900 - SIX ROOM COTTAGE NEAR Grnnt Park. Can/ l>e rented for $22.50 a mouth. $1,500—FOUR ROOMS AND HALL COT tnge, near Grant Park. Rental value, $15 a month. • $S00—$100 CASH AND $12.50 A MONTH; EX trn large three-room house. Teu minutes' walk of the terminal statlcn- V AC A NT LOT. $600—REDUCED FROM $750 FOR QUICK sale. Lot In West End; water, gns and sewer. Alley side and rear. GOOD SMALL INVEST MENT If you have a little money that you want to put in a piece of suburban real estate where it will grow and en hance in value, write me about my lot, it is a large one in a good white section and will be a first-class invest ment for some one who has only a very small amount of money and wants to own a piece of “Atlanta dirt.” I will sell it on easy terms, without interest. No. 20, care of Georgian. HOME HUNTING If you are looking for a good com fortable cozy home In Weat End with all modern Improvcmenta, pleasantly situated and at a moderate price, we have It In No. 19 LUCILE AVENUE. Thla place haa seven rooms and Is practically new. being extra weIT-bullt out of only the beat of material. We can sell this place for $3,750. Very- easy terms. GRANT & PETTY, 30-32 E. Alabama St. NEEDA FENCE? Page Fence Erected Cheaper Than Wood W, J. DABNEY IMP. GO., 96, 93 and 100 8a. Forayth 8tr««L TRIBESMEN BEATEN Erstwhile Hostile Natives Are to Retnrn to Work , in Fields. Paris, Sept. 17.—According to dis patches received from Casa Blanca, the mission which took General Drude to Morocco has been fully accomplish ed. The submission of nil the tribes now appears to be practically assured. The tribesmen will return to agricul tural pursuits. The troops collected In and near Casa Blanca will he distributed to sea. port towns, where absolute peace has been established. The police system will then be put In force. Conditions of Psacs. The conditions upon which the lead ing tribes are willing to agree to .de clare peace In Morocco nre: Carrying arms prohibited within ra dius of 12 kilometers of Casa Blanca; complete disarmament of tribes In case of a renewal of the attack on Euro peans; immediate «ut render for pun ishment of the assassins who partici pated In the massacre of July 30; treatment as prisoners of war all per sons caught carrying contraband; fur nishing hostage for each tribe to as sure the carrying out of the agreements of peace; payment to France of war Indemnity. The tribesmen were given until Thursday to submit their demands to France. WILL PUT C01T0N Special to Th** Georgian. 'Augusta. Ga., Bept. 17.—A petition for a charter has been filed In the of flee of the clerjc of the superior court of Richmond county by the Georgia Cotton Picker Company. The first cotton picking machine to be placed on the market here Is one that was In vented by Ben A. Chew. The machine Is declared by experts to be practicable. It Is operated by a gasoline engine and Is carried over the cotton fields In a wagon. Several tubes project from the machine and the cotton Is picked from the boll by little saws. It Is then carried through the tube Into the wagon by means of suction. It Is said that a half doxen rows of cotton can be picked by this machine nt the same time, and It Is estimated that three men can do the work of seven or eight. The capital stock of the company will be $25,000 and the place of business In Augusta. The In corporators are Bryan Lawrence, \V. K. Miller, Ben A. Chew, W. O. Tarver and C. J. Camfleld. Virginian Ambushed Near Home and Was Killed. Culpeper, Va., Sept. 17.—William Smith, superintendent of a plantation owned by Captain Miller, In this coun ty. about 14 miles from Culpeper, was shot and killed Sunday night. There Is no clew to his slayer's Identity, al though the police say they believe It was the remit of nn old quarrel and concerv a woman. Smith was called from his home aft er dark by some one who claimed to be In need of assistance In mending a broken wagon. H . went out Into the road and when he was a few feet from the house the concealed assassin Used point-blank at him, emptying two loads of buckshot Into hln body. He was dead when found by members of his family, who were attracted by the shooting. The night was a bright moon light one. but none of those who soon reached the scene of the murder could find any trace of the slayer. vivid life. As the officer stood with hack toward the viaduct, his trained ear caught the rat-a-tnp of horses' feet In a brisk trot. Ho wheeled sharply with uplifted club. Then his stern face softened, the uplifted club fell to his side, and the helmet was Involuntarily lifted from his head for a moment. Ho saw a snowy hearse, within which rested a tiny snowy coffin. Behind It rumbled two or three carriages, in the foremost of which was visible the grief- torn face of a young woman. Out Whitehall toward the railway station the small procession moved, while the policeman stood with bared head, lines of Infinite sympathy soften ing his grim couHtenance. Then the engulfing traffic whirled ami eddied about him again. STATISTICS. SENATOR BACON IS COMING HOME ' C. M. Hitch, executive secretary In Governor Smith and former private secretary to Senator A. O. Bacon,' hue receiver! a letter from Senator Uncoil stating that hi. health la greatly Im proved. and that he will return home about the middle of October. The let ter wa» written from Andermnlt, Switz erland. He will nail for New York on September 27 and will arrive on Octo ber 10. Senator Bacon haz been In Europe several monthz on account of hla health, and at the name time to atuily foreign affair*. Pretidenl’e Cousin Deposed. New York, Sept. 17.—John L Roose velt, a cousin of Be prezldent, and Conztant A. Andrew* have been de posed a* trustee* of the 5375,000 estate of Mrs. Constant A. Andrew*, who Is In a sanitarium. O0OOO00OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o O 725-POUND WOMAN 0 O BURIED IN DELAWARE. O O O O Wilmington. Del., Sept. 17.—So 4} O large that her casket could not O O be taken In a hearse, hut had to O O be removed to a cemetery on a O 0 truck. Mrs. Walter Short, aged 35. O 0 who weighed 725 pound*. i«n* bur- tl 0 led ut Smyrna. Del., yesterday. 0 0 Kourteon pallbearers were neces- O O sary. <3 0 Mrs. Short was afflicted with 0 O tumors, which grew to gigantic O 0 proportions. Thla did not cause O O her death, however, she having 0 O dropped dead from heart disease. 0 00000000000000000000000000 BUILDING PERMIT8. 5100—Hill Neckwear Company, 61 1-2 Mitchell street, to build balcony. 5187—Jacob Elseman, 30 Merrltts avenue, to build barn and servants' house. 5200—A. O. Rhodes. 26 Capitol avo- nue, to repair two-story dwelling. *1,500—Randall Bros., 669 Marietta street, to build addition to a planing mill. *150—W. H. Rlackstock. rear 13 Wcl- born street, to build a barn. *115—J. H. Sterehl, 99 Ira street, to re-cover one-story frame dwelling. $187—Charles Roberts, rear 236 Third street, to build a servants' house. *150—Charles T. Page, 306 Ponce De- Leon avenue, to Install furnace. 5650—D. T. Howard, 347 West Mitch ell, to repair Are damage. *100—II. Marshall. 102-164 Gilmer street, to repair dwelling. *2.000— Miss A. M. O'Neal. 129 Ogle- thorpo avenue, to put one story on a one-story dwelling. . DEATHS. Susie Denton, uge 7. died at 76 High tower street. John A. Watts, age 58. died at 201 Carter street. R. M. Hughes, age 61, died at 418 Pulliam street. W. H. Glbba, age 45. died In Western Heights. Mrs. Ethel Robertson, age 25, died at 176 West Hunter street. PROPERTY TRANSFERS. 5300—Mrs. J. M. Carter to Rev. W. L. Llngle, lot on Evans drive. 11,000—Mrs. C. H. Robinson to Hlrsch Bros., lot on Capitol avenue. *2.000—John W. Hamer to A. B, Buohl, tot on Peachtree view. JOURNALS DELAYED BY LACK OF INDEX With all of the work completed by the state printer on the house und sen ate Journals, Issue I* delayed through Inability to secure the Indexes. Resolutions were passed at the close of the last session of the general as sembly tn pay the Journal clerk of the house nnd the chief clerk of the srnnte *76 enrli for preparing nn Index to the Work from their rcepectlvc branches. The state printer has had the Jour, nnls printed for some time, but has had to hold the work hack because he could not get the Indexes. Heretofore the state printer ha* nrepared the indexes, nnd this delay did not occur. Both of the clerks havo been asked to hurry up their part of thy work, so the printer can complete the publica tion bind the books nnd place them on sale! Many requests have come In for the Journals from all parts of the state. WOODRIDER KILLS COLQUITT FARMER Special to The Georgian. Moultrie, Ga.. Sept. 17.—News has reached here nf a homicide nt Melton & Bamberg's still, 20 miles from Moul trie. on the eastern border of Colquitt county. Dave Overstreet, a woodsrlder at the still, shot and killed Gilbert Dees, a farmer of the community. The killing was In front of the commissary, and seems to have resulted from a pro. test against Dees cursing In the pres ence of ladies. Sheriff Collier was sent for. but It Is understood that Overstreet has left the community. MONROE CITIZEN BURIED MONDAY gpeclsl to The Georgian. Culloden, Qa., Sept. 17.—John Bay- good. Sr., one of the oldest citizens of Monroe county, died at his home near here Sunday and was burled here yesterday afternoon, the funeral serv ices being conducted by Rev. W. W, Childs, of Yatesvllle. Mr. Haygood was a member of one of the oldest families In Georgia. Eight or his brothers and sisters lived to an average of 80 year* each. WOMAN APPEALS F0R ,( B0Y CONVICT" Howard Hobbs a Prisoner Since He Was 12 Years of Age. I Howard Hobbs, confined In tho At lanta Federal prison since that Institu tion was established nnd an Inmate of Federal pffhltent (Arles since he was 12 years of age, may be pardoned, If a woman's plea to President Roosevelt proves effective. Hobbs lias been In prison for years, charged with a crime committed when he was only 12 years of ng£. He has arrived at man's estate nnd the world has grown past him. He would be but a boy In hlav. knowledge of the world should he emerge Wow from the walls which have confined him for years. A woman In Cincinnati has Interested herself In Hobbs nnd will make a plea to President Roosevelt (or his life. INTERLINE RATES PUT ON FRIDAY The new Interline tnrlff sheet will be Issued by the Southeastern Passenger Association on Friday morning. Sep tember 20. and by the following Mon day II will be possible to buy through tickets without any trouble, as was the case before tho order of the railroad commission reducing passenger rates went Into effect. The railroads In the 2-cent clnss are the Atlanta and West Point and the Western nnd Atlnntlr. Two nml one-fourth <2 1-4) cents per mile: Atlantic Cnfist Line Rallrond Company; charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company; Georgia Railroad Company. Two and one-half (21-2) cents per mile: Alabnma Oreat Bouthern Rail road Company. Central of Georgia Railway Company; Georgia Southern nml Florida Railway Company; Sea board Air Line Railway Company; Southern Railway Companj-. All the other roads of the stato are In the 3-rent clnss. with the exception of a few short lines. MANY PAY TRIBUTE TO NEGRO GAMBLER Ulilcngo. Sept. 17.—John V. ("Slash. mouth") John was burled yesterday. From sll wnllis of life enme those who attended the funeral of the oegro lull. Ilonalre, in known ns the African imlloy king of Chicago. It wns estimated that 2.W) persons henrrl tho funerul sermon. WASHWOMEN GO ON BIG STRIKE AT COLUMBUS, GA. K|>eelnl to The Genrglnn. Columbus. Oa„ Sept. 17.—The city council havlrtv ruled small wagons off the sidewalks, the washerwomen have gone on a strike, refusing to send or go for clothes because they must pull their wngons through the street*. They say the dust ) would spoil the clean clothes, anyway. In many Instances clothes were sent to the striker* on drays. FAMILYINAUGUSTA FOUND DESTITUTE Special to The Georgian. Augusta, Os., Hept. 17.—In a desper ate condition,’without food and with scanty clothing. Alois Andley, his wife and live little children were discovered In this city by Captain Brown, of the Salvation Army. Andley Is a German, who lived In New Jersey until a few months ago. He had a good position, hut Ills health began to fall and he de cided to come South after listening to the representations of nn immigration agent. Andley went to work In South Georgia on a farm and u'hlle there one of his children died. It required all the money he could get to pay the physi cian's hill, nml funeral expenses, and ttnnlly the family decided to come to Augusta/ When found by Captain Brown the entire household wus In tears nnd all stateo that they had nothing to eut for many hours. HEAD SEVERED FROM MAN’S BODY Birmingham. Ala., Sept. 17.—B. F. Perkins, a night watchman at the Louisville o/iil Nashville, was run over and Instantly killed yesterday by a switch engine. His head was dhm- pletely severed from the body. New Cunardsr's Sea Trial. New Caslle-on-Tyne. Sept. 17.—The new Cunardor Mauritania left the Tyne this morning for her first sea trial. May Avoid a Strike. New York, Sept. 17.—Managers of the steamship companies on which the demands for higher wnges have been made by the marine engineers will meet some time this week to consider them. It Is believed both side* will make con cessions to avoid a strike. Barkeep Fined $400. Augusta, (la., riept. 17.—F. H. Blch- ardaon. a local barkeeper, has been tried III the city court on the charge of keeping open his bar room on Sun day and fined *400. In default of the fine he will have to serve a term of six months on the county chalngang. In accordance with the law Richardson has been ordered to forfeit his license. SITE ACCEPTED BY CITYi REPORT ON WATER . ■ , l. . . Council Will Pay Over $75,- 000 For Armory Land. Tho site of the audltorlurn-armor? wua formally accepted by the city council Monday afternoon, when m res olution by Alderman Peters providing that the $76,000 laid aside for that purpose be paid over for an equity In the property. CVdonel Clifford L. Anderson, one of the active workers In the audltorium- armory project, announced in the course of his address that the bid of Gude & Walker, contractors, which had been accepted, was $189,750. Council heard the report of the spe cial committee appointed to Investigate the waterworks, and It was referred to the water hoard nnd the finance com mittee, us many improvements were urged. The report urges all the Improve ments thot have been tasked by the waterw -rks department and Is In the nature of a vindication of the coarse pursued by t?ie general manager. The motion was first to “accept'' the feport and refer It, but upon suggestion of Al derman Key It wns changed so that the report wns “received” and referred. The hoard of electrical control re ported favorably on the petition of Drs. Hancock and Jnrnngln for permission to run nn overhead wire from Sprlnff street by the Georgia Railway and Electric Company’s building to the hos pital. at the corner of Cone and Poplar streets. The report wns adopted by a vote of 14 to 6. Counclltnnn Hancock Introduced nn ordinance creating the office of recorder pro tern., and making the clerk eligible for the position. It Is the purpose of the ordinance to have the clerk act as recorder. Instead of the members of council, when tho recorder Is out of the city. « jewsTrekilled Proclamation Against At tacks Has Absolutely No Effect. Odessa. Sept. 17.—Notwithstanding the pro4*laniiitlon of the new prefect of Odessa. General Novitsky, outrages In the streets here were resumed on the occasion of the funeral of n police official. The Black Hundred tired revolvers reck lessly all day, broke Into Jewish bouses, pillaged them und cruelly heat their oeeu- imntH. Two Jews were killed and tuanjr were Injured. ..If. Reports are reaching this city of rat* bertas iiinI murders nt other places. • N WATER OF RIVER Pittsburg, Sept. 17.—Six Italian laborers employed on the new government dam on the Allegheny river nt Aspluwsl, near here, lost their lives Inst evening, when they lie- enme pniilc-strlckeii and leaned from u flat boat on which they were taking stone from n dam. The men Jiiui|>ed from one end of the hoot Into 12 foi-t of water. Instead of stepplug from the other end to a sand bur. CASSIE CHADWICK SUFFERS A COLLAPSE Columbus. Ohio, Sept. 17.—While talking with her son In the female de partment of the Ohio penitentiary, .Mrs. Caasle Chadwick, formerly “queen of finance,” suffered a nervous collapse that ulmost cost her life and left her, temporarily at leant, stone blind. PROBING WRECK TO FIX BLAME Concord, N. H., Kept. 17.—In an ef fort to fix the blame for the Boston and Maine wreck near here early Sunday morning, which cost the Uvea of twen ty-five persons, nn Investigation Is now being conducted by officers of the road. It Is said by railroad officials that tha disaster wns due i a blunder in hand ling train orders, but the Identity of tha guilty employee has not been disclosed^ LOVED CIGARETTES BETTER THAN WIFE St. Louis, Sept. 17.—When Mr*. Jo-, sephson told her husband, Abraham Josephson. that ho would havo to choose between hor and cigarettes, he promptly chose the cigarettes and left her, according to her statement In her petition for n divorce. watsonTof'indiana, MAY BE GOVERNOR Richmond. Ind., Sept. 17.—James E. Watson, representative In congress from the Sixth district, has made an official announcement of his candidacy for governor. Mr. Watson Is the whip of the Republican side of the house nnd a member of the way* and means committee. August, Market Off. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 17.—The price of cotton took a big tumble here yeeter- day. falling 40 points during the day. Only about two weak, ago the staple was bringing a fancy price, while yes terday's quotations at the lowest were 117-1* cent*. The fall rush Is now on here, and thousands of bales are pour*, ing Into the market Mich day. STAINS Lucas cil stains—best ou earth. GEORGIA PAINT 6. GLASS CO, 40 Peachtree Str-*»•