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TTEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, READ FOf! PROFIT-AMEFISCAN WANT ADS-USE FOR RESULTS ATLANTA, G A.. SUNDAY. AUGUST 10, 1013. 5 D Big Money in South’s Sweet Potato Crop if Properly Stored and Marketed Value of Sweet Potatoes Increases 80 Per Cent During Last Ten Years—Ninety Per Cent of Crop Grown in South Atlantic States. Great Demand Not Supplied. * CHARLES A. WHITTLE. HOME FOR EDGAR DUNLAP IN DRUID HILLS Speaking of big money-making crops suited to the South, what is the matter with the sweet potato? For sure corps, good returns and a growing market, take your hat off to the sweet potato patch. Georgia is "pulling down" some $5,000,000, Ala bama some $4,000,000. Mississippi 13,500,000, Louisiana $3,000,000. Ten nessee $4,000,000. North Carolina $5,000,000, South Carolina $3,000,000, Virginia $3,000,000 Kentucky $1,000,- 000, Arkansas $2,000,000, Texas $2,- 500,000. Florida $2,000,000 In sweet po tatoes each year. Ask any groceryman if he ever ha- enough sweet potatoes to supply the demand. If he has, he is the excep tion to the rule. The South Is? the natural habitat of the sweet potato. It is up to the Southern States to supply the de mand. The demand is growing, the sweet potato patches are growing, but the demand is quite a lap ahead and gaining. In fact, there is a wide- open, attractive opportunity for the Southern farmer in growing sweet potatoes. Why not "go to it"? The Spread of the Potato Patch. Under the inspiration of a growing prjce and an enlarging market, the sweet potato patches have extended their area during the census decade previous to 1909 39.3 per cent for the country as a whole. While the South ern States have them all beaten In advantages, every State In the Union is growing potatoes and only four are falling away from the habit and show a decrease in the decade period mentioned. These are Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois and Texas. Georgia takes first place in the amount of revenue derived from the sweet potato according to census fig ures. Other Southern States in their order are North Carolina, Alabama. Mississippi. Virginia. South Carolina. Louisiana. Texas. Tennessee, Arkan sas. Florida and Kentucky. The increase which the census shows for the last report for each State is as follows: Louisiana 174 per cent, Oklahoma 155 per cent, Arkan sas 154 per cent. Alabama 112 per cent. Mississippi 110 per cent, North Carolina 104 per cent, Georgia 85 per cent, Tennessee 84 per cent. South Carolina 70 p«r cent, Kentucky 66 per cent, Virginia 56 per cent. Florida 37 per cent. The Southern States grow a very great part of all the sweet potatoes, and will continue to grow them for the special reason that the soil, cli mate and long growing season favor this kind of tuber. Therefore, the Increase in acreage and jrevenue from this source will belong to the South In the future as in the past. Increase in Price. The census report tells us that for the last decade reported that the value of the sweet potato crop in 1909 in the South Atlantic States was three-fourths greater than it was in 1899: in the West South Central States nearly twice as great. Since the South Atlantic State? grow over 90 per cent of the sweet potato crop, it is important that particular refer ence should be made to this territory. In Georgia, for instance, the aver age value of a bushel of potatoes in- c reased 13 cents during the census decade and has increased more since then. In North Carolina the increase in price per bushel during the last census decade was 14 cents. In Ala bama the increase has been 1.8 cents per bushel, in Louisiana 9 cents per bushel, in Mississippi 17 cents. The Increase in the value of sweet potatoes in the country as a whole for the last census decade was 13 cents per bushel, or 30 per cent. The increase has been continuing. While there has been a general increase in the value of all crops of the United States, contributing to the higher cost of living, yet. the larger demand for the sweet potato has pushed ahead of the general average consid erably. While values have been estimated in generalities of a census report, it goes without saying that the intelli gent, thrifty farmer has little to do with such general averages. They are very far beneath him. His yields per acre, his returns per bushel are al ways much in excess of the general average. It is possible for the Intel ligent farmer, planting on good land, to grow from 100 to 300 bushels of sweet potatoes per acre. It is easy Georgia State College of Agriculture. enough to average from 75 cents to $1 per bushel. It is possible by good storing to get froni $2 to $3 per bushel or even more by home canning. Profits Can Easily Be Increased. When a farmer finds the local mar kets flooded at potato gathering time, and can get only 50 cents a bushel, he is disposed to believe that there is not much in the sweet potato busi ness. A great many growers are content to market their crops under such unfavorable conditions, rather than go to a little more trouble and get much better prices. In some of the potato-growing sec tions of the South the co-operative marketing societies which have han dled the strawberry, cantaloupe, beans or other early crops, also handle the sweet potato crop in its season, ship ping to some Northern market. Usual ly better prices can be had in the Northern market than prevails In the local Southern markets. Where canneries .have been estab lished an increasing amount of sweet potatoes are being canned each year, netting the farmer who knows how to can successfully large returns. Even where the potatoes are turned over to the commercial canning plants the revenue is larger as a rule than is to be obtained upon a flooded market. Scoring Is the Best Method. More can be obtained from sweet potatoes by storing them than by any other method, with the possible ex ception of canning. Since canned sweet potatoes are not in as great demand as the natural tuber, of course, there is a danger of overdoing the canning business at the first. A very valuable bulletin has just been issued by the United States De partment of Agriculture, entitled, "Storing and Marketing Sw’eet Po tatoes,” by H C. Thompson. This has appeared as Farmers’ Bulletin 548, and should be In the hands of every farmer in the South who is interested in growing and marketing sweet po tatoes. Its particular value is in its information as to how to store sweet potatoes. It is well know'n to every’ grower of sweet potatoes that the storing proposition is quite different from that of the Irish potato. Many methods have been used for storing the sweet potato in the South. Some of them are successful, but most are not. The usual method Is to bank them —that Is. bed them In straw and cov er up with dirt, preferably under a shed, but if in the open, the mound Is covered with hoards. This method, while serving well for the Irish po tato, is not so good for the sweet po tato, which carries a greater percen tage of w'ater in its makeup. It is for the purpose of giving the farmers who grow sweet potatoes a •practical, workable storage plan that the bulletin referred to has been is sued. Many Potatoes Spoil. The writer says that from 25 to 50 per cent of the sweet potatoes stored in pits or banks spoil, and those that remain are not to he considered of first-class quality. He says that the only safe and practical method of storing sweet potatoes is in a storage house. To keep sw'eet potatoes in good con dition they must be well matured be fore digging, carefully handled, w'ell dried or cured after being put in the house, and kept at a uniform temper ature after they are cured. A potato is ready to be dug when after breaking one, the exposed broken surface dries in a few minutes. If it remains moist, the potato is not mature. The potato should be carefully han dled when It Is intended for storage. It should be put in baskets or boxes and placed In the bins with the least Jolting and bruising possible. If stored in the kind of house which is j suggested, they can there be properly cured. The Best Storage House. While a cheap storage house can be made to serve the purpose, expe rience has taught that to maintain right temperature the cost of fuel and the trouble will soon offset the extra cost of erecting a good house at the start. A desirable w'ooden house Is pref erable because It is cheaper and eas ier to keep dry. It should be built on posts or piers to admit of the circu lation of air all around it. The “dug- out" or house partly built under- SACRIFICES. 485 feet fronting Angler avenue at $12.00 per foot. Angler avenue is passed up for grading as soon as sewer Is completed. This will then he easily worth $30.00 per foot. Terms easy. . _ OTIS & HOLLIDAY. 1505-6 Fourth National. Phone Main 175. For Sale By FOSTER & ROBSON n Edgewood Ave. IN ANSLEY PARK, the prettiest home in Atlanta. Roeep- tion hall; parlor; library; dining room and kitchen. Second floor has 3 bed rooms and 2 baths and sleeping porch. Large elevated lot, overlooking park. Really the nicest homo to be found anywhere for $15,000. Terms. See Mr. Martin. ON ST. CHARLES AVENUE—Two lots, 50x200 feet each, for $2,100 each. These are by far cheaper than anything else on this street, or on the North Side.. Terms can be ar ranged. See Mr. Bradshaw. IN THE thriving little town of Smyrna, Ga., the coming su : burb of Atlanta, on Marietta car line, and W. & A. R. R., situated on large lots, near depot, we have two nice 5-room cottages, with plenty of porch room. We recommend these for either homes or investment. See Mr. Eve. NORTH MORELAND, near Druid Hills, 2-story, 8-room, modern home. Furnace heat. East front lot. Cheap for $6,650. See Mr. Radford. A VERY DESIRABLE cottage on Park avenue, overlooking the park. Six rhoms; nice elevated lot. Good buy for $4,350. Terms. See Mr. White. ground is advised against for use in the South because of the practical impossibility of keeping such a house dry. Moisture, of course, means rot. For building a storage house that will hold 2,500 to 3,000 bushels of potatoes, a house 20 by 40 feet may be erected. On the sleepers a rough floor (an be laid, and on top of this a layer of heavy building paper placed, and cn top of this matched flooring. The walls can be built by putting on the outside of the studding board an inch thick nailed on diagonally. Over this a layer of building paper should he put, and then matched sid ing. On the inside of the studding a layer of ceiling should be placed; on top of this a layer of building paper, and then matched board of wainscot ing. In the lower South it is claimed that the first layer of ceiling on the studding inside may be omitted. The sides should be well tied to gether with scantlings four feet part so as to he over the partitions for the bins. Any kind of roof may be used provided it be made tight to keep out the cold. Galvanized iron Is preferable. A layer of roofing pa per over the rafters will nerve to keep the cold air out. Coat of Paper Needed. On the lower sides of the rafters should he put a coat of building pa per and on this a layer of matched material. The space between the walls should be left open. No filling serves 11s well as the air itself for keeping the build ing free from moisture. Thorough ventilation is necessary. Put three windows on each side, a door in each end and at least two ventilators in the top of the roof. The windows should be within 18 inches or two feet of the floor and windows and doors should be made to fit tight and keep out the cold. Where glass windows are used, outside shutters should be employed. It is needflul that there should be one or more glass windows to admit light, while working inside in the winter. Ventilators in the roof must also he provided with coverings to keep out the cold. The bins should have movable floors, made of slats one inch thick and four wide, leaving one inch space between each slat. The same Is true of the walls of the bins. The pur pose in making a movable floor in the bln is to admit of removing, cleaning and disinfecting it durng the summer. Between 6 and 12 inches of space should be left In the walls and the bins to admit of the circulation of air In slatting up the bins, space to the width of the separating scant ling can also be made, that is, each bin should have a separate end. Log House Can Be Used. Instead of going to the expense of erecting the building described, many Southern farms will be found a ten ant house, perhaps a log house, which can be converted into a sweet potato house at little coat, remembering to make them air-tight as far as pos sible and introduce the ventilatihn features which have been described. After the potatoes have been put in the storage house the tempera ture should be maintained from 80 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit for ten days or two weeks, depending on weather conditions. Ventilation Is absolutely necessary at this period and whether the temperature can be maintained at the height mentioned or not, it is better to keep all win dows and ventilators open to drive out the moisture-ladened air. If moisture collects on the wall or ceil ing at this period a Are must be built at once to dry it out. When the potatoes are thoroughly dried or cured the temperature should be gradually reduced and kept a? near as possible around 55 degree during the storage season. If the temperature goes below 48 de grees a fire should be made in the house, or the house opened in the middle of the day if the temperature is high enough. If the temperature in the house goes above 60 degrees, the house should be opened In the cool of the day to lower the temperature to 54 or 55. The house should have some ventilation every day. Secret of High Prices. Potatoes bruised and cut during the digging and handling accounts for the poor price which many of them bring. The secret of getting high prices is to carefully clean and pack and to put on the market when there is a good demand. The storage house will provide for the latter. To clean potatoes requires very lit tle trouble hut It pays. To pack the right kind of potatoes is easy enough wl\en proper precautions are taken. First it is better to use plows with rolling colters on the beam to cut the vines, and with rods attached to the mold board to fre e the roots from the soil and vine. The potatoes can then be taken from the ground with hand and should he sorted at this time. Those of uniform size and good qual ity should go into one pile for the market, those selected for seed In an other and the remainder can be canned or fed to stock. Potatoes should not he tossed from row to row. nor packed In bags even to haul to the storage house. It Is better to handle them in baskets or boxes to storage and to market and thus save waste from bruises and rotting. Some Sweet Potato Facts. Based upon the discussion of the bulletin referred to in this article cer tain conclusions have been summar ized as follows: The value of the sweet potato has increased about 80 per cent in the last ten years. With methods of stor ing and marketing the present value could be doubled. Sweet potatoes can he kept satis factorily in a storage house where the temperature and moisture condi tions can be controlled. Sweet potatoes to keep well must he w'ell matured, carefully handled, thoroughly cured and kept at a uni form temperature while in storage. Thorough ventilation is essential during the curing period. The temperature should be kept at about 80 degrees or 85 degrees Fah renheit during the curing period and reduced gradually to 55 degrees after the potatoes are cured. Fluctuations of temperature should he avoided throughout the storage period. The potatoes should be carefully graded, cleaned and packed In neat and attractive packages. 1 Sweet potatoes should never be marketed in bags nor in hulk. Veneer barrels or bushel hampers ase desirable packages to use during mild weather and double-headed stave barrels or tight boxes in cold weather. V W'W , i ■L ' W ) -^ r ' h noiur TOFucDG&oimrn, •D^IDmOmMU'GY 'iwT W; ^ Galoot ' The illustration shows the handsome residence which Edgar Dunlap will erect on the south side of Ponce DeLeon avenue east of the bridge. Work will start in a few days, as soon as the contract is let. The house will be of the New England Colonial type, of two stories and brick veneer, with a slate roof, dormer windows, tile porches and terraces. The cost is estimated at $17,000. Gardens at the side and in the rear will be a feature, the desire of the occupants being to cultivate old-fashioned effects with Crimson Rambler, hollyhocks, dense hedges and other things that grow. The architects are Hentz & Reid. SEEK IRE PUS Real Estate Owners See Welcome Relief In Numerous Movements for Tax Reform Leading Citizens After Tract for Mothers and Children of Crowd ed East Side of Manhattan. Income and Inheritance Measures Taken as Good Sign of Better Times for Land—Suggestion Is Made That Homeowners be Exempt. NEW YORK. N. Y., Aug. 9—The park idea is gaining ground in New York. Not only has the city laid off many acres in parks, but more tracts are coming to Join Central Park, Bronx Park. Washineton Park and a score of others. When the Board of Estimate met on July 31 a large delegation of Queens Borough residents was present to assist the members of the board in making their decision on the acquisition of the proposed East River Park for a public playground. The desire to add this enjoyable spot to the park property of the city is great, especially among the resi dents of Long Island City and the nearby districts. A number of the most prominent settlement w’orkers In Manhattan are co-operating with the people of Queens in their endeav or to obtain this park, for these work ers see in the park a recreation place for the mothers and children from the crowded uptowm East Side Manhattan section under their care. Tract of 56 Acres. The territory covered by the park contains about fifty-six acres. It has a waterfront of about 2,800 feet, with a shady beach, where the bathing is delightful. Many families take advantage of this place now, and once Improve ments have been made there that will make the beach more convenient and safer for the bathers it will become one of the most popular bathing beaches on the north shore. One of the advantages of this spot is the fact that the w'ater is never contaminated by sewage. It is only a short distance above where the tides of the Sound and the East River meet, making in part the whirlpools of Hell Gate, and for this reason sew age from the city and the settlements further along the Sound can not pos sibly contaminate the waters. A number of landscape artists who have looked at the proposed park have said that with a little expenditure of time and money the place could be made a beautiful recreation ground. Grassy slopes, covered with trees and shrubs, rise from the river bank, and it has such natural possibilities that it could easily be made one of the noted parks in the city. An additional attraction to the park, should it become one, will be the great steel viaduct of the New York Connecting Railroad, which will pass through it and will give a constant view of the incoming commerce from the New England States. Constantly Changing Picture. Another continuously changing pic ture will be the view or the river traf fic. Vessels of all kinds are almost always in sight from the small row boats to the stately Sound steamers. Many trim and graceful yachts of mil lionaires pass by, and heavily laden barges move slowly past tow'ed by chugging tugboats Railroad barges, carrying whole railroad trains, are mother sight frequently seen on the river. Tax reform measures which have recently been passed over the coun try have given hope to holders of real estate that eventually land will be relieved from what is now char acterized as an "unjust burden." In other words, Federal, State and mu nicipal governments are shifting some of the load where realty own ers believe it belongs—to the shoul ders of bondholders and others who have managed to escape just taxa tion. These governments need a cer tain amount of money each year to defray the expenses of such govern ments. This nmst come from some where. Real estate is convenient, but owners have been paying what they consider to be too large a pro portion. income and inheritance taxes are part of the general scheme to dis tribute the weight which has borne so heavily on land. Once a complete schedule is arranged, declare prop erty owners, rates on land can be reduced considerably. Will Home-Owners Be Exempt? "I firmly believe that before many years the home-owner will be en tirely exempt from taxation on hia home," declared a leading Atlanta real estate agent Saturday. "The taxes will come from other sources, and not from the man who is enter prising enough to build a house. This is as it should be. Why shouldn’t we encourage such enter prise? As things are now, we are doing what is calculated to drive out the man who wants to establish him self in the community as a desirable citizen. "Take another class—the million aire who has invested in non-taxable stocks and bond3. He may have hun dreds of thousands in securities, but frequently he doesn’t pay on them or on anything else as much tax as the city fireman or policeman pays on a modest home. That can be proven by municipal records. Shifting Load From Realty. "The millionaire sails away to Europe. He doesn’t even stay In the home that he has created. Tax as sessors search for his securities, but can’t find them. Nothing that he has seems taxable. "What good does the big factory do a community? It makes one mil lionaire and 1.500 paupers. Then the millionaire does not return it at fair valuation, and he yells ’confiscation.’ if the assessors insist on a raise. "Now the tendency is to work a reform in taxes that will place more of the load where it belongs—on the big fellow—and lighten up corre spondingly on the little fellow. When this is done, the home of the $15-a- week man can be exempt and real estate owners in general will benefit greatly.” TWO WOMEN LEASE HOTEL. The Hotel Belleview, a 12-story building at 203 and 205 West Fifty- fourth street, has been leased for a long term by John Kirwan. through David H. Hyman as broker, to Mrs. Lindeman and Miss Sheit. The build ing covers a plot 75x100 feet, being 54 feet east of Broadway, New York (' I r v The lessees have for several year* been associated in the management of hotels at Edgemere. North End of County Soon To Be Toured Seve.ral County Commissioners will accompany Chairman Shelby Smith early this week on a tour of Inspection of the northern end of Fulton County, a similar trip having been taken on the Houth side some weeks ax«>. The idea Is to see what the various gangs are doing in roadmaking and to get a glimpse into the camps. The trip to the southern end of the county revealed that the convicts w’ere accomplishing wonders with good thoroughfares, and the commissioners expect to find the same situation north of the railroad tracks. One of the most Important jobs on the North Ride has been the repair work on Peachtree from Fifteenth street to Buckhead. This is now nearly done. (>nly about six blocks remain uncom pleted. BAN PLACED ON SIGNS OF REAL ESTATE FIRMS WASHINGTON, D. C., Auf?. 9.— Vigorous enforcement of the law' re cently passed by Congress prohibiting the placing of more than three real estate signs* on any lot or parcel of land in the District of Columbia has been begun by order of the District Commissioners. Instructions have been issued to the police department to report all lots and premises which contain more than three advertisements of this character, and warrants will be is sued for all the agents of such prop erty whose signs appear. ROSWELL ROAD WIDENING DEPENDS ON ONE OWNER The widening of the Roswell road from Buckhead northwest to Piedmont avenue depends on one property owner, it was announced Saturday. An ar rangement is being made to acquire part of a triangle where the Peachtree and Roswell roads intersect, either by pur chase or by changing the origina 1 plan so as to cut off the point at a different angle. E. T. Luckie, the well-known real es tate man, is working on the improve ment, and lie reports that all other property owner have signed, and in cases where sides of the road couldn’t he secured, owners have given all of the twenty feet needed. White and Glover Think Delegation Will Win Big Meet Two Local Realty Officials Confident of Outcome In 1916—On Way Home From Winnipeg. SAVANNAH, GA.. Aug. 9.—Harris G White, president of the Atlanta Real Estate Board, and Charles P. Glover, former president and now vice president of the National Association of Real Es tate Exchanges, arrived In Savannah by steamer from New York and were given an enthusiastic reception by lo cal capitalists and real estate agents. They are oi\ their way home to At lanta. Mr White and Mr. Glover gave glow ing accounts of their trip to Winnipeg, and expressed the belief that in 1915 the delegates at Los Angeles would vote the 1916 convention to the Gate City. They declared that they were confi dent that a delegation of twelve land brokers would be sent from Atlanta to Los Angeles to formally present At lanta’s Invitation. Park Board Wants Secretary of Play The Park Board is seeking to create the position of secretary of recreation and to pay a man something like $1,- 800 a year. Who wants the Job? Ap plicants should see the members of the Park Board—not now, but as soon as Council authorizes the position, If it finally does. At a meeting last week a resolution was offered by president J. O. Cochran to put the matter before Council. At first the resolution called for an $1,800 a year salary, but the figure was later stricken out In explaining the work Mr. Cochran declared that ’Atlanta has good parks, l»ut she has no person to stay around them to instruct children In games, and how to play properly to develop them selves. We need such a man to give this his entire time and attention." New Equitable Building, 200,000 Tons, Will Tax Foundations. Rock Found Like Atlanta’s. NEW YORK Aug. 9.—Some of the greatest problem? in engineering his tory are confronting local engineers who have sought to lay foundations for the new Equitable Building, which is to be 32 stories high and of such size at the base that it will be prob ably the heaviest office building in New York City. This structure will take the place of the old Equitable Building w’hich was destroyed by fire two years ago, and will be located on the old site in the entire block bounded by Broadway, Cedar, Pine and Nas sau streets. Fortunately the engineers have found a rock bed similar to that which supports several office buildings In Atlanta, and they are confident that with this as a base the heavy structure will be stable. There are twenty buildings in lower Manhattan which rest on bedrock. When it is realized that the new Equitable will weigh more than 200,- 000 tons, as against 103,000 tons of the VVoolworth Building. 82.500 tons of the Metropolitan Building. 188.500 tons of the Municipal Building, 82.580 tons of the Singer Building, it will be seen that the foundations must be absolutely solid. The steel framework is now being forged $nd rolled at the mills, and will weigh approximately 45,000 tons when In position, as against 25,000 tons of the Woolworth Building, 23,000 tons of the Municipal Building, 6,100 tons of the Singer Building, and 7,000 tons* of the Metro politan Building. The cofferdam, when completed, will be a solid concrete wall, six feet broad and eighty feet deep, strength ened or reinforced by heavy steel rods. Progress Claiming Historic Old Sites and use the dirt on Ivy street,^ hut the several Brooklyn landmarks will soon be covered with modern buildings During the past week not less than three figured prominently in the trading The (>’Berry house was demolished to make way for the erection of four two-story stores; the site of the old Marietta mansion at the corner of Gates and Bush wick avenues was purchased by Masons of the Eastern District for Improvement with a three-story brick building, to contain a banquet hall, au ditorium and meeting rooms, and a Flat- bush landmark adloinlng the Erasmus Hall High School is to give way to a business building The old building on Flatbush avenue which is being demolished is believed to have bt ei: built before the Ameri can Revolution. Documents found In the attic- bore the date of 1784. and car penters making repairs found wooden pegs and hand-rnade nails which they said were at least a century old. The sites of the landmarks and other parcels purchased, with the proposed improvements, .will cost considerably more than $150,000. TO DISCUSS CONVENTION AT NEXT REALTY DINNER Charles P Glover, Harris G. White, S. R Turman and Fitzhugh Knox are expected to tell of the Winnipeg con vention of real estate men at the next monthly dinner of the Atlanta Real Es tate Board. At this time a plan of action will probably be adopted in the fight for the ninth annual convention of real estate men in 1916. Memphis Is supposed to be after this convention, and local land dealers are expected to start an early campaign Los Angeles is due to have the conven tion when the 1916 award is made, and it is the desire of local land brokers to have as large a committee there as pos sible. LOT FOR CARNEGIE LIBRARY. NEW YORK, Aug. 9.—The new Carnegie library in Brooklyn will be located on a 100xl20-foot lot at the southwest corner of Schenectady ave nue and Eastern Parkway. The lot way bought by the city of New York from Miss Mary L. Anderson for $21,- 500. POWER OF ATTORNEY GIVEN. Helen W. Chase, of New Hampshire: Mary C. and Edward Kirkland, of Ver mont. and John H and Elizabeth Chase, of Ohio, have given power bt attorney to local representatives to sell certain parcels of land on Beckwith. Vine, Wal nut, Culver and Lowndes streets. Objection Is Voiced To Regrading Plan Leading Realty Operator Believes Re paving Sufficient—W. Peachtree as a Relief to Traffic Congestion. Although members of the West Peachtree Improvement Club are heartily in favor of the regrading as well as the repaving of West Peach tree, one or two outside protests have been heard. "I don’t see any use in spending so much money," declared a prominent real estate dealer th e other day. "Look at the engineering feat which removed the hump from Peachtree at Baker street, what a lot of trou ble and expense it w'as. It seems to me the best thing to do is to repave West Peachtree and not to regrade it. Make the thoroughfare travelable from one end to the other and 1 guar antee that as many people will us e it as now' use Peachtree. I prefer to travel it now. That is, where I can ride the car tracks with my aute- mobile. The grades don’t worry me— it’s the cobblestones!" People who favor the project have no such misgivings. They believe that the regrading of West Peachtree will be a permanent improvement of lasting benefit to the city in helping to relieve Peachtree congestion and in making a travelable thoroughfare straight to Brookwood and saving a quarter to a half mil© which lies in the winding curves of Peachtree. NEW MINING Ed'JIPM'ENT. CEDAftTOVVN, Auk. 9.—Th* Pulaski Iron Company is building a^four-log washer and preparing to inst)m an ex tensive mining equipment at its mines east of here. H. E. Lucas, of Pulaski, Yu., has taken charge of the work.