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12 NEW ATLANTA HOMES THAT SHOW CONFIDENCE IN CITY Traces Growth of City To Peoples* Confidence x' v I w JOHN GILMORE. Real estate man who says At lanta's prowth can he traced di rectly" to the confidence the city’s people* have in the future. ND PESSIMISTS LIVE IN ATLANTA 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 nwn people, for confidence Is the basis of all business, 'me donbt 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 arc concerned. People from other sections call It "hot air." We know It is CONFIDENCE. Atlanta has no "booms." Its real es tate values simply keep pace with Its growth, though in some instances this has not been the Take the North Forsyth street section. Five years ago, although business was rapidly en croaching on this section, property on North Forsyth could be bought at S3OO to S4OO per front foot Then came E. P Ansley's development, and people wak ed 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 section, lying between South Forsyth street and the railroads On account of its proximity to the Southern and Cen tral of Georgia freight terminals and the Terminal station, this is an ides! section for wholesale nnd retail busi ness Some of the long-headed ones are realizing this, and obtaining loca tions while they can ba had at moder ate prices Colonial Hill Draws Atlanta Homeseekers: Many Lots Are Sold Atlanta people are looking for beau tiful residence lots in i'olonial Hill, and S. E. Davidson, manager of the (’olonial Hill Realty Company, announced a number of sales there today. They fol low ; H A. Burton. SBSO. Albert E. Long 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. C. F. Fairea. $300; H. M. Rantln. $1,350; James Full er. $650; Oscar McYere, SBSO J, Bela Rustin, $500; J. A. McCrorey. $750; A. O. Gates, $600; Miss E. Mendel, $600; R. A. McDonald, $850; B E. Den ny. $1,000; Miss John R. Bowie. $1,500; Mrs. Louise Lyerly, S7OO. A. L Neal. $850; H M. Vaisberg. SBSO, Gibson Rose, $850; John D. Harrington. $1,000; Dixie Realty Company, $2,100; H R Jones, $750. D. C. Gonedy, $8’0; 1. H Ginn. $600; H. M. Dutton. $650; R. Frank Taylor. $600; John D. Babbage $650: John G. Harris, $400; G. A. Pot ter, $1,000; Miss Carrie Harris, S4OO. Mrs. Mae Wallace, $750; Miss Al. L Bellamy. $750; A. 8. Oxenham, $750; Mrs. Afel! L. Everett. $600; G. B. Ev erett, $600; C B. Apperson, $600; W. E Burt. $1,000; J L. Satterwhite. $500; D. M Parker, $1,000; M. S Craig, $550. HUMAN FREAKS TO HOLD BIG CONGRESS IN BERLIN BERLIN. May 25.—A congress of hu man freaks will be held here during June and Julv. under the management es Professor Woodson, of Michigan. ' - - .2. — X ’ ■■ T TOE SAlzfr s. LB TUEJ<A2<r B|| SB . .SBk jBRBBh' - SmHII M ■*■' x _. /tor-iE I "'' " ' -ey w .--JCTWnCTNiiffißagS JOE’ Jy A it r, * • - 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 Eaj?t Laky; the other, of 20 acres, being in West End on Gordon street. "I 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, lias 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 for homes anywhere on or near a good car line in Ansley park, off Peachtree road, the Decatur ear 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 tecord-breakers for homeseekers. “Owning a home has become much more attractive than paying rent every i month, and people are realizing more and more that it is much more profit - I able to pay a cash payment down and ! the balance like rent and have a home I to take an interest in than it is to j wake up some day. knowing that they : have nothing to show for their money, j For the next few months we expect to : have our hands full showing houses | and building lots for home buyers." BUNGALOWS AND LOTS ARE SOLD AT AUCTION The Charles P. Glover Realty Com- I pany w ill offer 41 building lots and two j newly erected bungalows at auction I this afternoon at the site of the prop ! erty near Ponce DeLeon avenue anti i North Boulevard Being in the neigh borhood of Piedmont tend Ponce De- Leon parks, the property is excellent ly situated for location of residences. C3MMISSIONER RE-ELECTED. I’OLrMBI’S. GA Max -5 I. \ Scarbrough, one of the best known business men in Columbus and vest Georgia, has b. . ti re-elected a memb. ; of the board <>f . mmtv commis- an ■ s | of Muscogee county. IJ±E ATLANTA GEOKG LAN AXD NEWS: SATURDAY, MAY>S, 1912. •" rQ. BwT -111 111 HCMX LFQE ' 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 be 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 the state 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 4iuarterly report of the state treas ury department from January I to April 1 shows that the expenditures of the slate exceeded the receipts by f 164,307.51. T’he expenditures wore $3,074,686 34 and the receipts were $2,910,378.88. The biggest items in the expenditures wert the pensions and the appropriation for the common school fund. $1,977,740 for pensions and $1.‘.79,785.81 for the schools. The biggest item ot receipts was general taxes of $2,158,400. FLOOD IN LAWSON'S DEN RUINS $15,000 RARE BOOKS BOSTON. Max 25. A flood in the ooms -f Thi-ma- W Lawson in Young® notel, tht result of a b’okm water pipe, cesiroyt’d $15,009 worth >'f rare books nd manuscripts belonging to the tinan l t ier. . I'l ' WW7%zTJ;... *» La - M q | H|g| Hm 0 ■-I IHil -> .rtlinwwy^featecs^-'. ■" '. / <~X . 'u. --. i liiM<M—WWI I ii. i ~ iij.iji.iTL~' j « WlWwYMwiw I >W ,? BEAUTIFUL HOKL- ~m COLONIAL HILL ATLANTA VALUES ‘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, who 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 West 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 twentv years and have kept in touch with each place I went to. “Atlanta’s real estate market is founded on sound values and tins city is about the only one 1 know of that would not be affected by a panic or general depression of business. It is because the real’estate here has grown l on a solid basis." iBROKEN SEWER MAIN FLOODS GROCERY CELLAR When c H Meckel, of 495 Peachtree street, comes to work these mornings lie might take a swim in his cellar were > I lie so inclined. For the past three I days water from a broken sewer main I smnew here in his neighborhood has flooded the cellar of his grocery stfte Mr. Meckel says he lias notified the ' I sanitary department several times and leach time got a promise of relief. As I yet the promises have not been kept. 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. Rivets Real ty Company in Decatur. The owner of these lots lias 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 $lO cash and $lO a month on a lot. 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.—0 n com plaint of the Nev Orleans Board of Trade against the Illinois Central rail road and the Louisville and Nashville, the interstate commerce commission today' held that the roads can not col lect any greater or less rates for the transportation of tobacco to New Or leans from Owensboro and Hi nderson, [ I Ky.. destined to Liverpool and Bristol, England, than they charge to other . points in Europe i SANITARY KISS IS PUNK. SAY COLLEGE SENIORS i’Hit’AGO. Mav 25.—1 n a secret vote . here the senior class of the Northwest ern university decided that the "sani tary kiss" is "punk" and that the j members will hold to the old style. Az -W J> J. O PUHESIz I 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 Colonial 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 w ill 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 1 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 3 caused a complete mental collapse and s this was followed by a physical break down. 1 Mr. Reynolds was one of the best 1 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, t ——————— ANOTHER CHURCH FAVORS 8 RESTRICTION OF MARRIAGE ’ HOLYOKE, MASS., May 25.—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 L for the individual minister,” the report says; "but we w’ould commend to the consideration of the ministers of this state the recent action of certain Epis copal clergymen of Chicago, who have v 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." i PASTOR LEAPS TO DEATH FROM HOSPITAL WINDOW ’ PITTSBURG, May 25.—Eluding his nurse this morning: the Rev. William r Bush, pastor of the church at Charen tum, Pa., who was a patient in St. Margarets hospital, plunged headlong from a window on the fourth to the ground below today. He died a .short x time later. KENTUCKY TOWN WIPED OUT. L . LEBANON JUNCTION. KY . May 25. Fire which started in the clothing store of Aaron Davis wiped out the business section of the town, with $75,000 loss. ° Two men were hurt, on-’ perhaps fa tally. Atlanta Is Noted for Its Rental Agencies |yj 0 M 'I ■• ppil A _..-- z G. M. Taylor, manager of ren tal department of the Ralph 0. Cochran real estate agency. AGENTS CONTROL RENMSINESS 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 la | growing so rapidly the supply of houses has been inadequate. "Atlanta has no renting season." said Mr. Taylor. "In some cities all leases run froip 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’ our selves “Our business is glowing very rapid ly. and we give the closest attention possible to all the details of the busi ness." Atlanta Auto Owners To Visit Cole Planl While in Indianapoln Atlanta automobile owners who ars going to the Indianapolis 500-mile 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 invltatlor 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 plar for their convenience has been worked j 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 4( 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 COUNCIL MEETING IN PAJAMAS HAMMOND, IND., May 25.—Called hurriedly from their .beds to talk at the all-night session of the council to consider an interurban franchise, sev eral citizens appeared in pajamas, spoke against and defeated the fran chise.