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xJi-hi ATJjA.\TA (iiiUK(ilA*N AJNU SJfiWtt. fFIGIT MAY CAUSE PASSENGER RATE IN I MINORITY SPLIT NORTH CAROLINA Gov. Glenn Thinks Settle ment Will Aid Road and State. Raleigh, N. C.. Dec. 20.—Every rnll- roa'* In North Carolina, announced , Governor Glenn today, has agreed to the 21-2-cent proposition, except the Atlantic Coaat Line. Even It this road will not accept the proposition which calls for a 21-2-cent flat rate: on mileage books ranging In price from 21-4 to 2 cents, an extra, session of the legislature will probably be called between January 5 and 15. Governor Glenn will uso his Influence to have the proposition accepte|l. The cqnfer- . once In Atlanta now seems to linva borne fruit, fur South Carolina, Geor gia and Alabama, Governor Glenn Is Informed, have agreed to the terms and Virginia has the matter under consid eration. When Tennessee and Virginia come In, the governor will suilmlt the proposition to the Xorth Carolina leg islature In speelal session. "I am confluent." said Governor i Glenn, to a representative of the Hearst News Service, "that the terms will tie : better for both the rattroarts and the state. Ex-Governor Aycock thinks so, and I shall uso my Influence.with the 'legislature.' New Orleans, La., Dec. 20.—Henry G. Hester, secretary of the New Or leans cotton exchange, Was run down nnd badly bruised by an automobile mL Inst night. Mr. Hester was attended by The governor says the present light •„ phyalcion, but his Injuries are not be. ’ before the supreme court will nnl , V,* llrved to he serious. He Is nearly* 70 years old and Is known throughout the Peacemakers Attempt to Settle Williams-DeAr- mond Scrap. Washington, Dec. 20.—Intermedia ries are today attempting to smooth down the rumpled feathers of John Sharp Williams, the Democratic leader, and Judge DeAsmond, of Missouri. Neither man today shows any III ef- fects'from the fist fight In which they' Indulged on the Ifoor of the house yes terday, when IJcArmond passed the He In a discussion about committee ap pointments, and Williams 'took It up." Williams has a scratch on his fore head and under one eye. The Missou rian has a few particles of skin miss ing from the bridge of his nose. Had blood >has been existing for some time between the two, and unless volunteer peacemakers exert their profession a serious split In the minority ranka may develop. HENRY G. HESTER HIT BY AUTOMOBILE AND BADLY BRUISED jttrfrrt* with fh*» a«rc#*m«*nt, fIucc both h«* and the railroads have agreed to let ! the matter be settled by the court for all time, so that the roads nnd the state mill hereafter know what rights they. . p<-Metis. The terms of the Agreement provide for .the xnie of both luter mid Intrn-stnle tick ets ni 2tt cents. The sale of 2.000-mlle mile- • ace iMieks for familli** und linns five of Whom enn use same. The sale of l.tMO-mlle financial world. BRYAN TO SPEAK IN CHATTANOOGA / Special to Tbs Georgian. Chattanooga, Tenu., Dso. 20.—Wll- h ; ,t!i Inter mhI IntrsHUntirnnd (hterclianKi’fi; Horn Jennings Bryan Is coming to Chat. ‘ ’ * tanooga. Just when he will come has not been decided^ but It Is quite proba ble that ho will visit this city Imme diately after filling an appointment to speak In Nashville on January 22. George W. Chamlee, city attorney, Is the authority for the statement that the Nebraskan will visit. Chattanooga. Deaths and Funerals Mrs. M. L. Beck. * Mrs. M. L. Beck, aged SO. mother of AV. A. Heck and Dr, J. F. Heck, of At lanta, died at her residence, 35 llnilcy- *t.. Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Beck aleo leaves two daughters, Mrs. J. C. White nnd Sirs. B. A. Camp. The funeral ceremonlee were conducted at the residence Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock.' The Interment followed at Weatvlew cemetery. Her grandedns :«cted as poll-bearers. Mrs. Nancy E. Roberts. Sirs. Nancy E. Roberts, aged SC, died at her residence, 24 KUa-st., Thursday night at I o'clock. The funeral serv ices will bo conducted at the residence Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. The Interment will be at Westvlew ceme tery. . Receivers Appointed. New York. Dec. 20.—-Judge Howe, in the United States district court today nppolnted Samuel Goldstelker nnd K. ■ Rltxenna de Grove as receivers for the ‘J. O. Lyons Building’ and Opsratlng Company. Tlio receivers are required to give a joint bond of 2100,000. MARBUT-TURNER CASE IS DECIDED Upon the ground (hat an individual atock- bolder could not mnka him n party to the •ult nnd that such action could only be taken by the receiver appointed to take charge of the company*! affairs. Judge Pen dleton Friday austalncd a demurrer filed by M. M. Turner, former secretary of the Geor gia Redemption and Loan Company, In the suit filed against him by A. O. Marbut, a stockholder In the company. During the hearing of the cate Friday something like 600 checks were offered In evidence br the plaintiff. These chocks wore signed by Turner nnd covered a total of about 6311,000. 690,000 of which wan mado payable to cash.. Judge Pendleton ruled out all the checks, except those payable to cash, upon the ground that they were Irrele vant. but heln that Turner should show what became of the funds pnynblo to cash. * Attorney T. J. Ripley represented tlie plaintiff. wWlf Mttojney Owen* Johnson ap- pen red for the defendant. No further ne 11 on will bo taken In the case until the plaintiff can confer.with the receiver. MANY BIG BUILDINGS ERECTED IN ATLANTA DURING YEAR CLOSING MAGNIFICENT NEW ATLANTA POSTOFFICE, TO BE COMPLETED IN 1908. Records Broken For I Important New Buildings. In the number, also and cost of buildings begun and buildings completed the year 1907 has been a record-breaker for Atlanta, which means a record-breaker for tho entire South. Tho four most Important buildings are the 61,000,000 postoffice, tho 6200,000 urmory-nuUI- torium, the 6176,000 Masonic temple nud the 6401X000 Louisville and Nashville freight depot. In addition to these nre about n dozen structures costing between 6100,000 nnd 660,000, while those costing between $10,- 000 and 660,000 way he reckoned by tho score. / In a short while work will be rccommeuc- _ >n the iK>stofflco, the foundation of which has been complete for several months. .The structure will be the finest federal Inilbllng in the bouth, with the possible except Ion of that In New Orleans, which Is ulso In course of construction. The Atlanta poatofflce will probably bo built of granite with inarhlr * “ * “* block bounded by rftories In height, covering the entire pMMf Forsyth. Walton, I'oplHt* and Fnlrile-ata. In It will be located nil city, ' Hlld t $ BASKETS ■; Work-taskets,. Scrap-baskets, 1 Baby-b askets, Trmket-baskets, ■ Candy-baskets, Clotbes-baskets, Flower-baskets,—baskets for a | score of pretty holiday and all- ftke-time uses. Importer s samples these are— / no trashy stuff. "We bought the j entire lot very, very cheap. We i pass them on to you the same way. Beginning tomorrow every [Basket m the lot reduced because we want to close them out swift- V !l tin* Department cr bureau. Excavation Is wall under way on the site of the armory-auditorium at Gilmer "and Coiirtlnnd' ; Ma„ nnd nctusl oonutruetlou will Ik* begun within (lie next month of so. Tho hulldfug will without doubt be the finest public auditorium In the Houth, nnd will bo well ndsptcd for great conventions, horse shows, ehuutnuquns, and largo meetings of nil kinds. The committee In charge or tho “ ‘ fuiory-auditorium ho|H*s to Ih th« cost of Us construe- nut of tho recent decrease In the price of building materials. This will Ih* enough to furnish It and Install a 610,060 pipe organ. Grsat Masonic Ttmpls. The Masonic temple at tho corner.of Gain st. and I’enchtrec-st., which Is non ring com pletion, Is the result of years of labor by Atlanta Mastitis. When finished It will be one of the handsomest fraternal order homes In all the country, and certainly tho finest anywhere In this part of the world. It will contain everything that could possibly be desired in n building of this character. What Is said to be the largest concrete building In the United States Is the Louis ville aud Nashville freight depot. It Is two blocks long—so long that a freight train of twenty ears may bo rnn Into It nnd unload- cd—If there are men enough—ns quickly ns on# car could be bandied. The depot was liegun In 1906 and completed Jn the early part of 1W7. * Among the secondary buildings either be gun or completed during tin* past year, which, however, nro of great Importune.) In commercial ways, arc the big, Atlanta cotp- press near tho Kdgewo4H|-ave. bridge, cost ing 610),ODD; the Atlanta Coal and Ico plant, at the ‘eorner of rieduiont-ave. and tho Georgia railway, which cost 61O1.000; the Hoke Mrnlth building, nt the corner of Pryor-st. ami Auburn uve* which cost 6*16, • 000; the 650,000 apartments erected by J. II. Smith nt K» l'eachtreest.; the hamtanne apartments belug built by S. II. Phelan In Pcachtree-at. nt a C4>st of 670,000: the nihil- thin to the War«*-llnti*hcr Furniture Co.'s plant in Menus-tt.. npou which |fi6,ooo is lie- lug expended, ami the splendid building of the A, It. and A. railway In Wnlton-st. Many New Churches. It has been a good yegr In the building of religious and philanthropic structures. The congregation of the Rcth-Isrnel synagogue has erected a handsome temple at 225 Wash- lngton-st., which cost $18,000. St. Johns Methodist church U building an edifice at ntml-Ave. Tho Bap- -..bernacle la prcpurlug to build the nurses' home lu Lucklo-st., the first of four buildings which will form u part of the first Targe Inslltutlonal church in the South. The Rchl-st. Rnptlst church, colored, In building a 626,000 church at the corner of Crumley-st. nud Fraser-st., which will Ih* r trobably ns baiulNonm a church ns Is owned ly negroes lu the South. The addition of a nurses* home to the Wesley Memorial hon- ‘tal ho* l»ecu a notable improvement In nit Hue. Aside from the completion of the Wash- ‘ ‘ —hlch la beauties. S econc y- Xkey are Floor. Chamberlin-J onnson- DuBose Gmpany. Ingl bull ton-st. viaduct, not properly n , lll.ltH *4" ♦G-.'AA', engine hoUKO ut 24 'orth-ave.. Is nearly complete. The number of business buildings costing between 636,000 and 610,which nre twin* constructed In every sectioh of the city, shows that Attnutaus have turned their ef forts toward making the city more compact by filling In tho unused places. Among these are: The 620,000 building at 14 aud Id Auburn- nvp.. being.constructed by John E. Murphy; the 635,000 row of business bulbilngs of S. M. Iniunn, In Nelson-nt.: tho enlargement of the Athletic Club In Auhum-nve.. at n cost build 11 ling nt 59 Ivy- of 617.Q**: the Nunnnlly I L. Which w ' Atlantans lug hat fin past. . _ „ built by Ilagh T. Inman lu Feachtree-st., at a probable expenditure of 621.000. and the handsomest of tlie year. Swear in Polictman. The twenty-five extra policemen phi. vlded for at the last meeting of the police board will be sworn In at the station Friday afternoon, and will go on duty Saturday morning. They wilt remain on duty until after the holidays. ATLANTA’S SPLENDID NE\V MASONIC TEMPLE. MUST PAT RENT OR VACATE HOMES; FAMILIES OUSTED — Naples, Doc. 20.—Troops have begun tho eviction ot nearly 5,000 families from working-clan dwellings belong^ Tng to the Hocleta Del Rlsanomento. Between fifty and aixty thousand Neapolitans have mid no rent for *lx months In compliance with a general agreement among workingmen to re els t the recent heavy Increase In rent. It Is toured disorders will follow evic tions. LAST TOWN IN DISTRICT VOTES WHISKY OUT. NO LIVES LOST IN CANADIAN WRECK pttawa, Ont., Dec. 20.—There was no Ions of life In the smash-up this morn ing on the Canadian Pnciflc. Traffic was not delayed seriously, HARVARD SOPHAND MISS POTTER WED New York. Dec. 20.—Ensconced In a bridal suite at the Leralne Hotel In Boston, where they refuse to answer any messages today, are \V. G. Gordon Cugan, Harvard sophomore, *on ot James J. Cugan, first vice president of the borough of Manhattan, and Ills Special to The Georgian. bride, who was Miss Dorothy Potter, Koanoke, Va.. Dec. 20.—Pocahontaa, great-niece of Bishop Potter, society . belle, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. a mining town and the only point In the E(lward Clarkson Potter, of Westches- nlnth congressional district of Virginia - where whisky Is legally told, voted out the saloon In a local option election by a majority of 10 votes. Women pa raded the streets and .ptoaded with voters to cost their ballolB for the “dry" ticket. —' WOKE PARK UP TO PAY TAXES At 1^) o'clock Friday morning State Treasurer Park was routed out of a warm be4t to answer an Inulstent call at his door. He found there a messenger with a spo- tal delivery letter. On .opening It he found * check for 692.«96.«9, the 1907 taxes due the state by the Southern railway. Time limit for payment expired Friday, and the South ern was evidently anxious to Ih* on time. Georgia Northern (electric line to Marietta) 62.600, Southern railway 69£*&89, Atlanta Terminal Co. 65,000, Dullsville and Nash ville 611.70. Georgia, Florida and Alabama $3,5*49, Georgia Southern anti Florida 60*728, Macon and Birmingham 62»307, Bibb county 614,000. MAURETANIA MADE GOOD TIME ON TRIP New York, Dtc. 20.—The Cunard steamship Mauretania, the bigger sis ter ship of the Lusitania, docked to day after almost equaling the record- breaking trip of the latter, having trav eled the 2,710 miles in live days nnd 55 minutes. Her average spec! was 23 knots. All Kinds ot Game at Wholesale wfi i i Cash With Order or C. 0. D. Bell Phone 5187 ter. They eloped Wednesday, were mar ried by Rev. Rlchnrd Hughes, of St. Patricks Cathedral, and linvo just been located by their relatives. Both'bride and bridegroom are well known nnd populnr In the younger set of New York society. They are each about nineteen years old. NELSON-M’FARLAND . PURSE HUNG UP Chicago, Dec. 2-).—That 6500 forfeit to bind the proposed match Imtwreen Pgcky McFarland nnd Battling Nelson recently taken down by Joe Gan* was potted last night by Harry Gilmore, Jr., the former's manager. Gilmore things the 131 pounds at a o'clock coudltlon to Ih* aa favorable as the lightweight limit at the ringside. JOHN MITCHELlTlS ILL AT HIS HOTEL Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 20.—John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, who was reported to be seriously 111, was taken sick about hoon. He Is now confined to his room at the Claypool Hotel, where It Is sold his condition la Improved. TEACHERS’ SALARY SENT OUT FRIDAY Teachers In every county In the state will get Christmas money Saturday and Monday, . Friday, the state school commission er’s office Is mailing out checks for 1231,459.42, all of which goes to the country schools. The local or city schools got I100.M0 early In the week. With this distribution of funds, the •cbools will have received SO per cent •coaat due them this y< i an unusually good record. SEE THE $1,000 IN GOLD IN THE WINDOW OF Eugene Vo 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. Onb $650 Runabout. Ten Kingsbury Pianos from Cable Piano Co. Twenty free trips to Cuba. Fifteen ^Diamond Rings, from Eugene V. Haynes Co. Fifteen Gold Watches, from Charles W. Crankshaw Twenty scholarships from Dixie Business College. Five scholarships in Cox College. Fiye scholarships in the Klindworth Conservatory of Music. $15,000 in prizes to be awarded February 1, 1908. MORE EXTRA PRIZES 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. m., 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, ^ake advantage of it. A new year ly subscription counts the same as four for three months, and a six months’ subscription counts same a§ 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 party. 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 winl this trip, as The Georgian pays the expenses.