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12 NEW ATLANTA HOMES THAT SHOW CONFIDENCE' IN CITY Traces Growth of City To Peoples* Confidence OL* f **c JOHN GILMORE. Res! estate man who says At lanta’s ernwth ean be traced di rect!.' to the confidence the city’s people have in the future. NO PESSIMISTS LIVE IN fiTLANTA City’s Growth Is Due to Confi dence of Its Own People, Says John Gilmore. The secret of Atlanta's growth, ac cording to John Gilmore, right-hand man for E. P. Ansley, is the confidence of her own people, for confidence is the basis of all business. One doubt ex pressed can do more harm than a dozen optimistic speeches, but Atlanta has no doubters. A short residence here will convert the most confirmed pessimist Into an optimist, so far as Atlanta’s prosperity and success are concerned. People from other sections call it "hot air.” We know it is CONFIDENCE. Ailanta has up tate values simply keep pace with its growth, though In some instances this ihas not been the ease. Take the North Forsyth street section. Five years ago, although business was rapidly en croaching on this section, property on CN'orth Forsyth could be bought at S3OO (to S4OO par front foot. Then came E. P. (Ansley's development, and people wak ted up to find these prices had ad vanced to $2,500 and $3,000 per front foot Terminal District Expanding. Another section which is rapidly coming into notice Is the Terminal •ection. lying between South Forsyth street and the railroads. On account of Sts proximity to the Southern and Cen tral of Georgia freight terminals and (the Terminal station, this Is an ideal •ection for wholesale and retail busi ness. Home of the long-headed ones tare realizing this, and obtaining loca tions while they can be had at moder ate prices. Colonial Hill Draws \ Atlanta Homeseekers; Many Lots Are Sold Atlanta people are looking for beau tiful residence lots in Colonial Hill, and S E. Davidson, manager of the Colonial Hill Realty Company, announced a number of sales there today. They fol. low H A Burton. SB6O. Albert E. Ixmg and Maurice H Thomas. $500; Louis N. Reid. $600; Miss G B. Gates. $550; Mrs. Daisy K Loveless. $1,250. Mrs. M. D Spencer, $650; Mrs. <'. F Fairer $3o0; H M. Rantln. $1,350. James Full er, $650; Oscar McYere, $850; J. Bela Rustin. $500; ,J. A. McCrorey, $750; A. O. Gates. $600; Miss C. E Mendel, $600; R. A. McDonald. $850: B E. Den ny. $1.0.00; Miss John R. Bowie. $1,500. Mrs. Louise Lyerly, $700; A L Neal. $850; H M. Vaisberg. $850: Gibson Rose. SBSO. John D Harrington. $l."O0. Dixie Realty Company. $2,100: II R. Jones, $750; I>. C. Gonedy, $850; L. H Ginn. $600; H M. Dutton. $650. R. Frank Taylor. $600; John D. Babbag s6so. John G. Harris. SIOO. t;. Pot ter. $1,000; Miss Carrie Harris. S4OO, Mrs. Mae Wallace. $750 Miss M 1. Bellamy. $750; A. S. oxenham, $750; Mrs. Mell L Everett. S6OO. G. B Ev erett, $600; <B. Apperson. S6OO W 17. Burt. $1,000: J. L. Satterwhite, sson; D. M. Parker. $l.ooo: M. S < ralg. sss<>. — V k HUMAN FREAKS TO HOLD I BIG CONGRESS IN BERLIN H BERLIN Maj A < ongress of > ■ mar freaks will be held here during £ June and July under the. management Professor Woodson, of Michigan ’■ /• - •i J&S iimiffl-^r 1 ran IjTyTir" f if . ■ . - ■' Wgapg? - 1 ■■ TOE SAJx& s. •& TUEMaK jggg I ißi M LJW* a ~. *l’ (■VffiH 11 opfß ®OSESHB : 'W ■* feeOw _ t . li krtA V WMr' OWMi v L^*'-vtK taAafflgWWm? == JCK SXLIz A UY. * * * New Real Estate Man Says That Land Here Will Soar in June Marcellus W. Anderson, broker, has entered the Atlanta real estate field and announced today he will open two large acreage tracts suitable for the erection of homes during the next few weeks. One tract of 30 acres is near East Lake; the other, of 20 acres, being In West End on Gordon street. "1 believe June will bring one of the most busy months for real estate men they have had this season.” said Mr. Anderson. "The annual building of suburban homes has been somewhat retarded by the weather this year, and the trade In suburban lots, usually heavy In April and May. will open in June." DEMAND FOR HOMES IN ATLANTA SUBURBS BREAKS ALL RECORDS "The demand for suburban homes, both bungalows and two-story houses, has been increasing at a rapid rate within the last thirty days," says E R Greene, of Thomson & Lynes agency. "We find that there are not enough well located houses for sale to supply this demand People are asking fi' r homes anywhere on or near a good car line in Ansley park, off Peachtree road, the Decatur car lines. West End and Ormwood park. A number of sales in these locations have been made within the last ten days, and the next three months will be record-breakers for homeseekers "Owning a home has become much more attractive than paying rent every month, and people are realizing more and more that it is much more profit able to pay a cash payment down and the balance like rent and have a home to tak< an interest in than it is to wake up some day. knowing that they have nothing to show for their money. I For tie next few months we expect to have our hands full show ing houses I and building lots for home buyers." BUNGALOWS AND LOTS ARE SOLD AT AUCTION The Charles P (Hover Realtx Coin- I’ pany will offer 41 building lots and two i newly erected bungalows at auction! ‘his afternoon at the site of the prop- ‘ ♦ rt> near Ponce DeLeon avenue and North Boulevard. Being in the neigh- . borhood nf Piedmoni and Pone- De- Leon parks*, the property is excellent- < l\ situated for location of t evident es. COMMISSIONER RE-ELECTED. ’•’ ‘LC.MRCS. GA . Max L X I Scarbrough, onr of th»* best known h'isinews: men in <'<»Jumbus arid ws-<-t G• <• 1 e: • •• - ■ h< ■ r*- -• -1 le<l a membe’ ‘H • - b < ■ • -11115 « mom * mim of Muscogee ■ ountx. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: SATURDAY,, MAY 25, 1912. My Jfl! MWy *•' ■ l c^:»r>‘V- 7n • .' j; E" ’ hcMI K2E SAJ/U TTOURrUS Truck Gardens Near City Passing; Turned Into Country Homes Atlanta Is threatened with having to Import all Its country produce from other sections of the state. Even the vegetable gardens of suburban resi dents have grown smaller and smaller until very few are left. This was an nounced by the Georgia Home and Farm Company, which added farm lands around this city have grown so valuable they can no more he used for raising potatoes, corn or beans and are being subdivided for country homes. As the farms grow scarcer the num ber of persons to be fed in Atlanta grows correspondingly larger, and merchants wishing home-grown prod uce find they have to apply to growers in distant sections of tile slate for the larger part of their supplies. But within a short radius of the city the Georgia Home and Farm Company has obtained a number of desirable acreage tracts, not too costly for agri cultural purposes, which are offered for sale. The company also has a number of larger farms in other parts of the state. EXPENSES OF STATE EXCEEDING RECEIPTS The quarterly report of the state treas ury department from January 1 to April 1 shows that the expeieiitures of the state exceeded the receipts by 5UU,507.51. The expfenditures xvero ?3. and the receipts were 52.910.378 83 The biggest items in the expenditures were ttye pensions and the appropriation for th** common seho» i fund. ?L ;1 7'.«40 for pensions and £1.*>79.<8.»,81 tor the schools. The biggest item of receipts was general taxes of $2,153,400. FLOOD IN LAWSON'S DEN RUINS $15,000 RARE BOOKS BOSTON. M<J -’*• ' tn ,l "" ■ „nms "f Tb-vn.i XV Lawson In Youngs f|i< ■■ ,|'t t biokmi w-utr-' i ip< ml manusf i t is !>• onging tv the fin in f I •T. ATLANTA MS ‘BUILT ON ROCK’ Forrest Adair Says Inflated Conditions He Found West Do Not Exist Here. "There is no city in the entire coun try. other than New York, that has such sound real estate values and such ex cellent backing as Atlanta," said For rest Adair today, w ho has just returned from an extended trip through the West and North. "There is no city with such substan tial growth or with so much that prom ises wealth in the future as our own Atlanta. "In the 'Vest I found the cities so widely advertised, overgrown, the real estate market dull and a sort of drowsi ness in their business. "I do not speak after only a few hours' stay in each place, for I have been visiting the West at different periods for the past twenty years and have kept In touch with each place 1 went to. "Atlanta's real estate market is founded on sound values apd this city is about the only one I know of that would not be affected by a panic or general depression of business, it is because the real estate here has grown on a solid basis." BROKEN SEWER MAIN FLOODS GROCERY CELLAR When (’. H Meckel, of 495 Peachtree street, comes to work these mornings i,» might take a swim in his cellar were he >o inclined. For the past three days xvater from a broken sewer main somew here in his neighborhood has flooded the cellar of bis grocery ’tore. Al' Meckej says be has notified th? <anita’*y department several thn» s and *,'■ tinv got a promise nf relief Xs yet the have not been kept. " '. ' ,'WH . fr:&£3uSEt wt MOHMiiiQ HOMU CQVOUnAJz MM Here's Your Chance to Get Yourself a Home And Not Miss the Coin Sensational is the sale of lots recent ly put on the market by E. Rivers Real ty Company in Decatur. The owner of these lots has Instructed this firm to close them out in a week. Purchasers will undoubtedly double their money. City water and sewerage are in and paid for. Anybody can pay sl9 cash and $lO a month on a hit. It beats a savings bank. You put in your money each month and the enhancement In value brings more than three or four times the interest you would receive from the bank. The lots are all desirable and located between two car lines, near Agnes Scott college and fine graded public school. Prices range from S4OO to $450, SSOO, $550, S6OO and $650. Think how easily you can do it. If you never had a home, never owned a lot. start now and get some headway in life. The lots offered are in one of the finest sections of Decatur. R. R. RATES INDEPENDENT OF DESTINATION ABROAD WASHINGTON, May 25 —On com plaint of the New Orleans Board of Trade against the Illinois Central rail road and the Louisville and Nashville, the interstate commerce commission today held that the roads ean not col lect any greater or less rates for the transportation of tobacco to New Or leans from Owensboro and Henderson. Ky , destined to Liverpool and Bristol, England, than they charge to other points in Europe. SANITARY KISS IS PUNK. SAY COLLEGE SENIORS CHI(’AG(». Max 25. —hi a secret vote her* th? tailor class of the Northwest ern univer«*'tv decided that “sani tarv kl?s’’ i« punk'' and that the m< inbets will hold to th* old style <J”. O DUJ-'kiE'lz Real Old-Fashioned Picnic for Colonial Hill Realty Buyers If you want to enjoy a real old-fash ioned picnic June 8. just call on the Colonia) Hill Realty Company, for they will give one to their friends on their own land on that date. An Atlanta band will furnish music, sandwitches will be served and lemonade will be passed around any number of times. The picnic is planned especially for those who have purchased property in the Colonial Hill section, but those who are interested in the subdivisions there, or even plain outsiders, are invited to be present. S. E. Davidson, manager of the company, will be in charge of the entertainments for the day. CANDIDATE WORKS HIMSELF TO DEATH SOLICITING VOTES ROBERTA, GA., May 25.—Taken ill while campaigning for the state senate in Taylor county, R. M. Reynolds, of Knoxville, Crawford county, editor of The Crawford County News, is dead, his funeral being held here today. The arduous work of soliciting votes caused a complete mental collapse and Ihis was followed by a physical break down. Mr. Reynolds was one of the best known men of his part of state, and It is believed that he would have been elected to the senate from his district. He leaves a wife and child. ANOTHER CHURCH FAVORS RESTRICTION OF MARRIAGE HOLYOKE. MASS., May 2«.—A doc tor's certificate as a precedent to the marriage ceremony was favored in the report of the committee on moral is sues at the annual meeting of the Mas sachusetts Congregational conference. "Our denomination can not legislate for the individual minister," the report says; "but we would commend to the consideration of the ministers of this state the recent action of certain Epis copal clergymen of Chicago, who have given notice that hereafter no persons will be married by them unless a clean bill of health, both mentally and phys ically. from a reputable physician, shall be presented with the application for marriage. This byway of preventive medicine for the divorce sickness.” PASTOR LEAPS TO DEATH FROM HOSPITAL WINDOW PITTSBURG, May 25.—Eluding his nurse this morning", the Rev. William Bush, pastor of the church at Charen tutn. Pa., who was a patient in St. Margarets hospital, plunged headlong from a window on the fourth to the ground below today. Ho tiled a short time later. KENTUCKY TOWN WIPED OUT. LEBANON JUNCTION, KY.. May 25. Fire which started in the clothing store nf Aa’on Davis wiped out the business section nf the town, with $75,000 loss Two men were hurt, one perhaps fa tally. Atlanta Is Noted for i Its Rental Agencies J IH < Z j G. M. Taylor, manager of r°n. tai department of the Ralph 0. Cochran real estate agenev. AGENTS CONTROL mjWESS One Atlanta Realty Firm Has Charge of More Than Eight Thousand Tenants. Atlanta is noted for the many large rental agencies that have been built up in a comparatively few years. Most of the houses for rent are in the charge of agents. This is true not only of dwellings, but store properties also. It is said one agency in Atlanta controls more than 8.000 tenants, G. M. Taylor, manager of the rental department of the Ralph O. Cochran agency, said desirable houses have been scarce in the past year. The city is growing so rapidly the supply of houses has been inadequate. "Atlanta has no renting season.” said Mr. Taylor. "In some cities all leases run from September to Septem ber. This is due. no doubt, in Atlanta, to the fact that strangers are moving here every month, and every day of the year, and one month is as much the renting season as another. "Houses at the right price and in good repair." he says, "do not stay on our renting sheet long. The renting public knows the value of a house, we often think, better than we know ouf selves "Our business is growing very rapid ly, and we give the closest attention possible to all the details of the busi ness.” Atlanta Auto Owners To Visit Cole Plant While in Indianapolis Atlanta automobile owners who are going to the Indianapolis 500-mlle race have been invited to inspect the Cole Motor Car Company plant and make use of the sales company's offices while in the Hoosier capital. The invitation comes from Frank Long, secretary and treasurer of the Cole Motor Company of Georgia. Southern Cole distributors. The Cole, people in Indianapolis are making extensive arrangements to care for the newspaper men who go to the city to cover the race, and every plan for their convenience has been worked out, according to Mr. Long. DOCTOR MUNYON BUYS MARK TWAIN ESTATE NEW YORK, May 25.—Dr. Munyon, the proprietor of patent medicines, has purchased the Charles A. Gardner place at Tarrytown. It consists of about 40 acres and is assessed at $90,000. This estate was formerly owned by Mark Twain, who lived there in summer. ELECTED TO DIE BY BULLETS, NOT HEMP SALT LAKE CITY, May 25.—Five riflemen, concealed behind a curtain, sent bullets into the heart of a blind folded man as he sat in a chair at the state prison. Julius Sirmay, a mur derer. was the target. He had selected death by shooting in preference to the gallows. CITIZENS’AT COU NCI L MEETING IN PAJAMAS HAMMOND. IND.. May 25.—Called hurriedly from their beds to talk at. the all-night session of the cduncil to consider an interurban franchise, sev eral citizens appeared in pajamas, spoke against and defeated the fran-