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THE WEATHER.
Forecast: Fair Thursday night,
probably frost; Friday colder.
Temperatures Thursday (taken at
K. Hawke* Company’s store):
8 a_ m., 44; 10 a. m., 46; 12 noon.
The Atlanta
“Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’
AND NEWS
‘Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN”
Atlanta, steady; 14o. Liverpool, easier;
New York, quiet; 14.66. Savannah,
quiet and steady; 14c. Augusta, ateady;
14*4. Oalveaton, steady; 14%. Norfolk,
steady; 14*4. Mobile, easy; 141-4.
VOL. IX. NO. 79.
HOME (4th) EDITION
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ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1910. HOME (4TH) EDITION
The Men Behind the Motors
Good Card For First of Three-
Day Motor Meeting
in Atlanta.
BIG TROPHY RACE IS
SET FOR AFTERNOON
Crowd Takes Trolleys or Auto
mobiles to Hapeville Track.
Fast Drivers Are
All There.
With hts cars whirring' around the
track, with grandstand and bleachers
fairly well filled with visitors, with a
bright sun trying its best to drive away
the chill of early November and not
succeeding very well, the Atlanta
Speedway's fall meet opened Thursday
at noon. The first race was an hour
late getting off. The crowd was small
at the opening, but In the early after
noon the trolleys began unloading
thousands at the gate and private autos
brought hundreds of speed lovers to
the stands.
There w as no record breaking In the
early races, and not enough close skir
mishes to cause any wild excitement.
Ray Harroun’s victory In the free-for-
•11 event was the feature of tho early
afternoon, the big 100-mlle race for tho
Coca-Cola trophy being set for late In
the day.
Millionaire Driver
Wins Opening Event
Caleb Bragg, the millionaire boy
racer, won the toss up for first place In
event one, but chose second, giving
Mortimer Roberts first trial. The Fire
stone-Columbus 29. temporarily ex
cused. did not appear. The Firestone.
Columbus was disqualified Thursday
as It did not meet requirements. Ef-
-focu-to lower the American speedway
record for one mile proved In vain, no
driver entered nearing tho mark.
Bragg. In hie Flnt. won the event,.malt
ing the mile in 411-2, a rate of 87.5
miles per hour.
Bob Burnmn, In the Marquette-
Bulck, wan second, 42.95; time, rate 83.8
mile# per hour.
Montagu* Roberta, driving an Ab
bott-Detrolt, was third. Time 56.62.
Mortimer Roberta, In an Abbott-De-
trolt, was fourth. Time 57.28.
Witt, Driving E-M-F,
Takes 12-Mile Race
Protection of New Canal Be
comes a Paramount
Issue.
THREE SOLUTIONS ARE
UNDER ADVISEMENT
Annexation Is First, Second to
Widen Canal Zone and Third
a Protectorate—Speedy
- Action Is Necessary.
V. A. Witt, driving an E-M-F in
Event No. 2, won. Time, 11:05.83.
Montague Roberta, in the Abbott-De
troit, 11:09-64, 37 seconds, was second;
Mortimer Roberts, driving an Abbott-
Detrolt, was third. Harry Cohen, in
E-M-F, ran fourth; McIntyre, In an
Abbott-Detrolt, was fifth. Twelve mllea,
atock cars.
This race waa tame save for tho
raco botween Witt and Montague Rob
erta, whoonm ejon to each other, bat
walked away from the rest.
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Ray
Harroun’s Marmon
Proves Easy Winnre
Event 2—Harroun. In his Marmon,
won the race by over a mile lead on
second car. Time. 15:27.77. Twenty-
mile free-for-all.
Simplex, driven by Joe Matson, sec
ond. Time, 15:72.54. Lozier, by Mul-
ford, third. Time, 15:07.88. Lozier,
by Horan, fourth. Pope-Hartford, by
Charles Basle, fifth; Abbott-Detrolt, by
Montague Roberts, sixth.
Harroun broke the Speedway record
by four seconds In this event.
The yellow Marmon. driven by Har
roun, led In the first lap of this event,
the free-for-all twenty-mile race,, and
held It, altho Bragg 111 Flat 90 and
Burman In the Marquette-Bulck ran
him does. On the third lap Burman
had trouble with the front right wheel
and was forced to retire. The Pope-
Hartford 22. driven by Louis Dlsbrow,
dropped out on the third lap. On the
-Ighth lap the Flat 90. driven by Caleb
Bragg, which had second place easily,
dropped to fourth place, then P tin
for repairs.
Washington, Nov.\3.—President Taft
on his trip to Panama will consider the
solution of grave problems confront
ing the United States.
Two of the most pressing of these
are the annexation of Panama and the
fortification of the canal. The gov
ernment, under the Hay-Bona Varilla
treaty, guaranteed tho Independence of
Panama, and the president. It is known.
Is unwilling to saddle his administra
tion with the burden of a defenseless
republic.
Three solutions up to date have been
proposed.
The first Is for the United States to
take over Panama and run It as Fed
eral territory.
The second Is to widen the canal
xone to 25 miles on either side so as
to take In the cities of Panama and
Colon, together with Porto Bello and
other strategic landing places and pos
sible coaling stations, and then to give
back to Colombia all the territory on
the east side and let Costa Rica an
nex the territory on the west.
The third plan Is to appoint
American adviser to the Panama gov
ernment and to put In an American as
head of one department. The presi
dent Is Inclined to favor this plan, the
adoption of which would mean the
abolition of the absurd diplomatic and
consular cotps which Panama now
maintains. United States consuls all
over the world, would be Instructed to
look after the IntereslR of Panama#
Just ps they did immediately after the
revolution In 1903. -vv
In this way, the president thinks, ho
might be able to avoid annexation.
Panama has been maintaining dlplo
matlc representatives at the court of
8t. James, at the Qua! D’Oraay, at
Lima and at Washington In a style all
out of keeping with the resources of
the country. The expenses have been
greater than the revenues and vast
sums have been spent on public bulld-
These expenses have'' proved too
heavy a burden for the Isthmian gov
ernment to bear, and the president
realizes that something must be done,
and done quickly.
Chambers Leads Movement to
Raise City’s Income
in Fair Way.
TWO PLANS BEFORE
THE TAX COMMITTEE
It Is Argued That Small Home
Owners Are Bearing Burden
Out of Proportion to
Uptown 'Holders.
B.
Two Marmdns Lead
In Ten-Mile Event
Marmon car* 25 and 45, driven by
Dawson and Helnemann. respectively,
took the honors in Event No. 4, stock
chassis cars for ton miles—Dawson,
Continiisd on Last Page.
The Atlanta Georgian evidently does
not think ao much of things "like mother
need to bake.'* ao. bleu goodneai. It has
gone to work and established a cooking
school—true—where the most up-to-date
way Is taught, with pure food and sani
tary training. If any further proof of
The Georgian's greatness Is wanted. Its
here. The cooking school Is like all of
The Georgian’s proteges, "Doing, well;
thank you." Many hundreds of Atlanta
maids and matrons attending daily. It’s
a new way for a newspaper to help make
a town better, but The Georgian stays
Georgian.—Vidalla Advance.
Enters Plea of Guilty to Using
Mails For Lottery Scheme
in House Raffle.
B. Bernard entered a plea of guilty
and was fined 5500, which he paid In
United Staten dlatrlct court Truaday
morning for conducting a ".cheme «lm-
llar to a lottery” In sending or causing
to be sent, thru the United States mails
ticket* for the raffle of a bouse In West
Atlanta Park In July.
Bernard was indicted by the. Federal
grand jury October II. on two counta
The cose against him had not been as
signed on the calendar for trial, but
was expected to come up In December.
Thursday morning, when Judge W. T.
Newman convened court. BemanJ, with
Ills attorney, was present and the plea
of guilty was made. When Judge New
man had assessed the fine, Bernard
asked for an hour In which to secure
the money.' Before noon he had raised
the amount and paid the fine.
The specific charges In the Indict
ment were that on July 12, 1910, Ber
nard did "unlawfully and knowingly
deposit or cause to be deposited In the
postofflee at Atlanta five tickets pur
porting to be and to represent a chance
dependent upon the event of a lottery
and dependents upon a scheme similar
to a lottery,” and that he mailed or
caused to be mailed a letter to A. T.
Toder, of Roanoke, Va.. reading: "In
closed will find five chances to be raf
fled off July IS at Ponce DeLeon park."
After several thousand tickets had
been sold at SI each, the raffle of the
house was held at Ponce DeLeon base
ball park July 13. When the drawing
was had the duplicate of the winning
number 'was found to bo held by a
brother of Mrs. Nettle Bernard In New
York. Some of the .ticket holders d«-
manded their money back, after this
became known. They organized them
selves and engaged counsel to seek
recourse thru the civil courts. After
this the postofflee Inspectors began on
Investigation with the result that Ber
nard was Indicted Monday.
COLUMBUS BUSINESS
MAN COMMITS SUICIDE
DhU
jmn old. Ill be.ltb
i. inppoied to b. the etui., rl. leave, . wife
ud eight children.
Atlanta's need for an Increased in
come necessitates two methods of re
lief, either on equalization of low as
sessments and an Increased tax rate or
equalized and increased assessments.
There is already a well defined move
ment In council to adopt on, or the
other plan, Councilman Aldlne Cham
bers being the moving spirit.
”1 favor equalized low assessments
and an Increased rate,” says Mr. Cham
bers, “but I will be satisfied with any
system that will justly and Judiciously
Increase the city's income. It Is a
freely discussed subject that the as
sessments are not equalized and that
they are too low, the central property
paying less taxes In proportion than
the outlying property.”
The city auditor has compiled a re
port for a new system of assessments,
with building permits, property trans
fers and property listed by number In
stead of by name as a basis. It Is said,
however, that the only means of getting
the assessments increased Is by tho
force of council and public opinion
Tho system recommended by the audP
tor will be recommended or discarded
by Comptroller J. H. Goldsmith, council
having conferred the authority upon
him to arrange the systems of book
keeping that are to be employed in the
offices.
"The system looks good,” says Mr.
Goldsmith, "but I have not reached a
decision about It yet."
The tax assessors estimate that tin
Increase In tho 1911 assessments will
bo from $6,000,000 to $8,000,000. But
the boons In tho office show thnt this
Increase Is principally due to the In
crease In real estato values In Atlanta
nnd not a movement to Increase tho
proportion of assessments.
"Tho S8.000.000 Increase will not be
enough." said Mr. Chambers Thursday
morning. "The auditor has estimated
that a fair Incrcaso in the assessments
will increase them about 315,000,000,
and the city's Income about $200,000.'
The city auditor la going deeper Into
the matter, taking a list of tho values
of a large part of central property and
also getting a list of the nssoBsments
on this property. It Is said that the
figures will be startling, showing amaz
ingly low assessments.
Want a Fair Division.
The principal objection to tho present
system la that tli,- asseasmso$s are too
low, especially on central property.
There It a great prejudice against an
Increase In the tax rate and the pro
moters of the movement for equaliza
tion nay that there Is plenty of room
In making just and judicious assess
ments to sufficiently Increase the city's
Income to meet the demands.
It Is urged by them that while the
tax assessors have absolute charge of
the assessments of property, council
has the right to add another assessor at
any time and to remove any member
of the beard at any time.
At the meeting of the tax commltteo
Tuesday afternoon the report of the
city auditor on a new system was
brought up and briefly discussed
Owing to the absence of some of the
most Important members of the com
mittee, discussion and decision were
deferred until a future meeting.
It Is up to -council to see that the
assessors properly and Justly assess
property. The people aro behind coun
cil to see that It acts In the right di
rection.
The workers for an Increase In as
sessments say they want a general
equalization and not an Increase In the
assessment of a few prominent corners
and business houses. They say that
they don't want any property too high
ly Increased, but that a general in
crease other than has been mode la ab
solutely necessary.
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SOME OF THE PILOT8 IN THIS WEEK'S RACE MEET.
The drivers and ears here shown will take part in th# Speedway raess of Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Harry Cohon (top right) will drivs the famous E. M, F. "Bullet." Just bsnsath is Johnny Woodslde, Jr, who will
handle a National In the amateur races. Driver Churoh, shown at ths Isft, will drivs the Pope-Hartford in ths
class races for which it is eligible, and the 8lmplex 90, ovyned by Ed Inman, in the 290-mile free-for-all.
IDENT
Georgia Christian Missionary
Convention Will Close at
Dublin on Friday.
ITU
ON SITEOFTHEOLD.QNE
Two Boards Urge That It Be
Placed in the First
Ward.
After many Investigating trips, re
porta to council, references to commit
tees, and protests of citizens against
the location of a crematory In any sec
tion of the city, the bond commission
and tho board of health decided Wed
nesday afternoon to erect a $50,000
crematory on tho same lot as the old
one In tho First ward—a location that
an effort was made to put thru many
mnnthB ago.
There Is sure to be a fight against it
when tho matter goes to council. The
citizens of every section have Issued an
ultimatum concerning the location of
crematories—that thoy won’t have It
without a protest.
The report of the special garbage
disposal committee to sell the west side
dumping ground, the site of the present
crematory and a part of the stockade
property, and with tho proceeds of ap
proximately $250,000 buy a site far
away from tho city and build a crctna
tory there, was not accepted.
The two commlsslone do not think
a crematory Is a nuisance or should ba
objected to, and the members of both
will make a strong fight to get the re
port adopted by council Bottling a need
lessly delayed question and .providing
a prcsslngly needed municipal Improve
ment.
J. R. Smith, one of the most promi
nent citizens of tho First ward, stated
Thursday morning that there certainly
would be objection to the adoption of
tho report locating the crematory, when
tho report of the bond commission and
the board of health was presented to
council Monday.
"The opposition Is not definitely de
veloped," said Sir. Smith, "but It cer
tainly will present itself In council on
Monday." ,
HERE IS CITY'S PLEDGE
TO MAKE DUMP A PARK
Here I* the resolution adopted by the city council In 1901, presiding
that the dumping ground property he turned erer to the park commltalon
when It cease* to he uaed «* a dump:
.By AMduman Pierce:- — 1 —-
■\Vherea*, the city la the owner of a large tract of land Juat wnt or
th* city limit*, formerly uaed an “a dumping ground'* and fr»r the ttablea
and feeding.of the stock of,the aanltary department; and.
Whereas, the crematory lias rendered raid ground* unnecessary, as
the receptacle of th» i night anil and garbage of th*- city and th* stable* are
shortly to be moved within the city limits; therefore, be It
Ordained by the mayor nnd general council of the city-of Atlanta,
That as soon as said stables are removed that all of said land formerly
used as a dumping ground, and for the stables a* aforesaid, shall be taken
from the possession of the sanitary department and bo placed In the pos
session and control of the board of park commissioners, who shall at onoe
beautify and adorn same as a public park, from such funds as they may
now have on hand for park purposes.
Be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances In conflict with this ordinance bo and the same are
hereby repealed. .
Introduced July 1, 1901; adopted July l5,1901; approved July 18, 1901.
L. MIMS, Mayor.
MUST RAISE $15,000 FUND
IN TWO DAYS FOR TECH
Committee Expects to Com
plete Work and Secure
State Appropriation.
Dublin, Ga., Nov. 3.—Judge T.
Pattereon, of Griffin, wai re-elected
president of the Georgia Chrlztlan
board or mtulon* this morning. II. K.
Pendleton, of Atlanta, was named
chairman of the executive board. The
following were elected on the board:
H. J. Btazleton, E. H. Hollingsworth,
J. H. Powers and J. L. Greene.
Thil morning the Chrtetlan Wom
an'! board of inlselon* held a leislon
and thli afternoon the women', zoclety.
of Georgia mlsalone conducted the <e«-
(ton.
The main address tonight will be
delivered by Dr. a. W. Muckely, of
Kansas City, on ‘The Value of the
Cburcb Building."'
The meeting will come to a close with
the Friday morning session.
The main business to be transacted
Friday is that of selecting a site for
the proposed Bible school to be estab
lished by the Georgia Christian Mis
sionary wcltly.t
ROOSEVELT ATTACKS
Scores Connecticut Democratic
Candidate For a Labor
Decision.
Alliane*. Ohio, Nov. 3.—Theodore
Roosevelt attacked Judge Simon
Baldwin, Democratic candidate for gov
ernor of Connecticut, today on his way
to Chicago. He scored Judge Baldwin
again for his decision on compensation
for Injured working men and Incident
ally aimed u shaft at John A. Dlx, for
the latter's reference to the Roosevclt-
Baldwln Incident In his New York
speech. The ex-president said:
"The decision of Judge Baldwin,
which Mr. Dlx upholds, will not, I am
confident, prove to be the law of the
land, either in nation or state, but to
give It or to uphold It le entirely In
compatible with any man as candidate
saying that he Is In favor of any real
or effective workmen's compensation
act My answer to Judge Baldwin was
dictated yesterday to be sent ss soon as
the typewritten copy reaches me. I call
attention to the fact that Mr. Dlx does
not dare to deal with Mr. Btlmson or to
meet one fact that Mr. Stlmson has
stated about him, still less In any shape
or way aggressively or defensively to
measure himself with Mr. Stlmson."
With Friday and Saturday In which
to get their machlnory oiled and every,
thing In fast working trim, the commit
tee which was appointed Wednesday at
the meeting of tho directors of the
Chamber of Commerce expects to malio
a flying start next week and take $16.-
000 In record time from willing-donors
for tho purpose of starting work on the
new shop building nt Georgia Tech, so
that accommodations can be had for
1,600 Instead of COO boys.
(Ml Friday nlxlit I he committee will
hold a final council of war and tho
districts to be worked will then be de
cided upon and the plan of attack thor
oughly outlined. The members of tho
committee will be divided Into separate
companies, each company to work In a
certain district and get all the money
they possibly can.
This action woe decided upon by the
directors at their monthly meeting aft
er a good deal of serious thought on
the subject. The School of Technology
has been In Atlanta for a great many
years and besides the money which tho
students have spent, which Is about
twenty times as much ss the .school
!lns received from the city and state
combined, has given Atlanta and Geor
gia a great advertisement. Men have
left Tech and made their mark In the
world, and Atlanta Is the home of-tho
college.
Recently the state legislature appro
priated $36,00# toward tho erection of n
new shop building on the condition that
the school raise $16,000 from some out
side source and expend It on the pre
liminary work. Tho Idea now Is to
raise this money In a whirlwind cam
paign In the dn and -p.n.l It Iinm- -
dlatety In securing plans, digging the
W. W. ORR.
Prominent Atlanta merchant Is
chairman "f s|i«-r|a| committee
which Is nf work to ralso $16,000
for Tech.
foundations and advertising for bids.
Then next spring the state money can
bo secured and tho building entirely
finished before the school opens for an
other year.
Tho special committee which has the
raising of this money In charge and
which expects to do the work faster
than It has -ever been done before Is
composed of W. W. Orr, telephone Main
3070: Robert V. Maddox, Main 727: J.
C. A. Branan. Main 414; V. H. Krleg-
shaber. Ivy 871; F. J. Paxon, Main
3033; N. P. Pratt. Main 4931; S. B.
Turman. Main 674; Paul Norcrocs,
Main 1435; J. K. Orr, Main 3433; L. J.
Daniel, Main 1624; J. T. Holloman,
Main 769; George M. Hope, Main 1773;
J. M. B. Hoxsey. .Main 9090; E. Rivers,
Main 1207; W. H. Glenn. Muln 4945: H.
M. Atkinson. Main 4946; B. Davison,
Main 3032: W. G. Cooper. Main 796; St.
Elmo . Maasengale, Main 2203-J; Otto
Schwab. Main 1122; J. J. Eagan, Main
195; R. J. Quinn. Main 45.
BE KEPTFOR PARK
Council Pledged It Nine Years
Ago and Promise Has
Fallen Due.
WOULD BE NO EXPENSE
TO CITY AT PRESENT
General Manager Carey Wants
to Use Property as Nursery
Until Funds Are Available
1 For Improvement.
That Dark for the -went Hide, to re-*
place the soon-to-br-abondoned dump-*
In* grounds. will become a reality If
the expressed desire of the park board
and a resolution adopted by council
nine year* ago be carried out
The people of the west Bide want the
park, the park commission 1* urging; It
on council, the city council under the
administration of Mayor Mims prom
ised It when the city should abandon
its dumpiug grounds, and nothing re-*
mains but a ratification of the forme#
council’s action by the present bodyv
oven if that be necessary.
No nxpen*** need b*» Incurred by th*
city at till* time. It is purposed to sell
the dumping ground property, but its
present value for commercial purpoaej
would not command a price common*
surate with Its value to the city aa a
future park. Dan Carey, general man
ager of the parks, a*ks that the board
be given tJie property In order that a
large nursery he established there for
the present, saving the city thousand#
of dollars now spent In buying shrub*,
and that It be u*ed a* a nursery until
the city can spare the funds for mak
ing It a real park.
The park board adopted a resolution
at the session Wednesday afternoon
asking th* general council to convert
the property into a public park.
The resolution was Introduced by
Commissioner R. M. Harwell, who rep
resents the Fifth ward, and was unan-
lmously adopted. The text follows:
Resolution Is Adopted.
"Whereas, the western section of th«
etty is entirely without large parka pt
places of amusement, when* the resi
dents of that vast territory on the west
aide, between Piedmont park on the
north and Lakewood on the south <»t
the city, can go with their families and
their children to seek quiet enjoyment
and healthful recreation: and,
"Whereas, it Is desirable for the city
of Atlanta to complete its chain <»<
park* and provide proper playgrounds
for Its people; be it
’•Resolved by the board of park com
missioner*. That, the mayor and general
council of the city of Atlanta be re
quested to dedicate for park purposes
and have Included among the schedule
of assets of the park department that
piece of ground on the south side of
Bellwood-ave. which has formerly been
used as a city stable and dumping
ground, and which the courts have de
clared, by injunction, shall not be used
hereafter for dumping purposes.'*
8seond Resolution.
This makes ths second resolution re-*
gnrdlng this project that has been In*
troduced. The first, which was tho
start of the present fight for the pres
ervation of the dumping grounds prop-*
erty for park purposes, came from
Councilman Greer of the Fifth ward,
who is always active in affairs which'
tend to upbuild his section of the city,
and who In addition is very much in
terested In tho park movement as a
whole.
The fact that the park department
has an Immediate use, which will be oi
distinct commercial advantage to the
city government, was developed Thurtu
day morning in a statement made by
Dan Carey, general manager of th*
park department,. Mr. Carey has been
Intensely interested in tho matter of
securing tho large park for the west
side and hus done everything he could
for the project.
In speuklng of the matter he said:
A Matter of Justics.
“It seems to me that if the sanitary
department is not going to continue
the use of its dumping grounds for Its
own purposes the city government, a*
matter of simple Justice to the west
side, which ha« been so long without
large park, ought to turn this prop-
Continusd on Last Pag*.
DEED FOR POSTOFFICE
s READY TO TURN OVER
certified check Tor 870,000 Is all
that stands between Atlanta and her
new city hall, tor Henry 8. Jackson,
custodian of the postofflee, has In hts
possession the deed w>r the old build
ing, with instructions to turn it over to
the city* upon the receipt of a certified
check for J70,000.
The deed arrived Thursday morning
and Mr. Jackson Immediately notified
Mayor R. F* Maddox. The mayor*wai5
not In his office during the morn Ins I
but a memorandum was left for him.}
The mayor has offered to advance ths»
170,000 for the city.
Want Ads
• ONE CENT A WORD.
On yesterday the Atlan
ta papers carried Want
Ads as follows:
Georgian 567
Journal*.. .314|
Constitution. 170)
To h*ly those who sr* eat of s peti
tion or who desire s better one. The
Georgian prints went ads under the else-
■ttcaUo* T> Situations Wanted" Tree.
WANT ADS PUBLISHED BY ALL
THE ATLANTA NEWSPAPERS FOB
THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER SO,
1910, A PERIOD OF SIX WORKING
DAYS: THB OEOROIAN CARRIED
2.668 PAID WANT ADS: JOURNAL
1,916; CONSTITUTION 1,175 WANT
AD8.
THE OEOROIAN PRINTS NO SUN
DAY PAPBB.
TOTAL AMOUNT OP DAILY ADVER
TISING PRINTED BY ATLANTA'S
DAILIES THIS MONTH TO DATB:
GEORGIAN
Journal . .
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1,992 inches
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