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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FATT RDAY. JT'LY 7. 1904.
EALTYMEN EXPRESS CONFIDENCE IN ATLANTA PROPERTY
AND RECITE EXPERIENCES TO'SUBSTANTIATE OPINIONS
Magnificent Growth of Past
Indicates Continued Pros
perity for Future and For
tune Making Opportuni
ties for the Judicious In
vestor.
Building Records Show Ac
tivity in Home Purchas
ing and Increase in Popu
lation, While Suburban
Property Is Becoming
More Desirable for Home
Sites—Towering Office
Buildings House - Thou
sands.
T
> HE ml estate dealers In Atlanta
ara getting raal busy. Soma of
tbam tiara a groat daal to day
about what thay hava to olfar In tha
way of building sites, homo altaa and
Investments. Thay hava selected tha
oolumna of Tha Oeorgtan In which to
express an opinion of Atlanta roal ea
tata. Lika all true and loyal citizens,
thay ara convinced that the public can'
not go far aatray. Theaa oplnlona ara
Invaluable, aa thay ara tha axpraaalona
coming from man of yeara of expe
rience, wide obaarvatlon and careful
buslneM methods.
Atlanta realty haa enjoyed a ataady
and healthy Increase, which haa bean
decidedly encouraging to tha moat pea-
almlatic. The realty dealero hava had
more, perhapa, to do with tala than any
other claaa of dtliene. Thay have
mnda It their bualnaaa to "bull” the
market, eo to apeak, and while they
have not Inflated values, they- hava
►ron to It that a atrong, luaty and
healthy condition did not droop and
become alckly for want of attention.
More real eatate traneactlona hava
boon recorded In tha laat twelve
montha than In any time In the hla-
tory of the city. Tbla la due largely
to advertlalng. The name of the aver
age real eatate dealer la n houaehold
word. There la one dealer In Atlanta
advertlalng ao extensively that when a
letter addreaaed "We Sell Lota,” Atlan
ta, Oa., wna mailed by a citizen In Illi
nois, It wna -'“livercd 'n Forrest &
George Aduir. Other dealero have had
a almllar experience. It la but natural
that a protective purchaaer ahould
turn to u man who haa a reputation
wben ho decldca to make a purohese.
In order that the Inventor may ap
preciate Juat exactly the opinion enter
tained by the vatlmta denlera, The
Georxlan haa Invited the dleunalon of
the dealern and taken pleanurc in aub-
mlttlng them herewith:
By GEORGE ADAIR,
Of Forreat A Oaorga Adair.
The activity In Atlanta real eatate
Juat now la nomethlng unprecedented.
The year IMS waa a very aucceaaful
one with ua in the point of volume of
■•lea, aa we broke all reccrda and
paaaed well over the million mark. But
our aalea for the flrat alx months of
the present year amounted to more
than did the total for the entire year
of IMS.
Tbla activity la not conllned to any
on* class of purchasers or to any ona
kind of real eatate; It ta general; trans
fers are made In all parte of tha city
and improvements are under way In
•vary section of Atlanta.
However, tha moat remarkable fee
tura about tha real a taste market here
at present la that wa hava not even
the slightest semblance of a boom In
Atlanta. Wa venture to say that 10
per cant of the purchases of real Mtata
are made for actual use, or as an actual
lnvMtroant of surplus capital. Of
course, In^vary halthy real eatate mar
ket there la a oar tain amount of spec
ulation and soma tendency among aoma
' people to taka qhsnces on baying prop
erty on- time In the hope of selling It
before the notes fall due. However,
I than Is vary little of this tendency
in Atlanta right now; and praotlcally
the next ten yeara the business canter
will expand wonderfully, pushing ogt
tha boarding bouse ana cloee-ln resi
dence section, resulting In the enhance
ment of all real aatats In the different
sonea. of course, aa tha residence sec
tion la expanded suburban property
will coma Into activity, and enhance
ment la fait all along tha Hoe.
Tha advantage about Atlanta la this
All Its business concerns which era
actual use as a home, or because of the
wish to make an Investment of aomo
eparo cash. '
For Mveral yaara past In our adver
tisement* In all tha Atlanta papers and
In occasional Interviews wa hava rec
ommended tha purchase ot that claaa
..f proporty known aa "aeml-contral."
For people who are abla to buy thla
cliiaa of real estate It la about aa good
an tnvMtment as ona can put money
In tv. ThOM who hava kept track ot
real estate matters will remember that
three or four yeara ago wo stated ro
pe itedly that there was a tendency
am. mr bualnaaa concerns to abandon
the high rents of tha congested dis
trict and to purchase locations for
themselves oh the edges ot tha bualnaaa
c< nter. Look around now, and you
w nt see aoma ot the effects ot thla
You will nolle# on Whitehall street,
between Trinity and Garnett, brick
tlata are being converted Into storea
On Garnett street L. W. Rogers, tha
man who runs twenty or thirty grocery
storea, has completed a mill construct
ed three-story, brick building aa head
quarters for bis enterprise*. Almost
opposite Rogers, on tha corner of Gar
nett and Madison, tha Bowden Llthla
people ara putting up a block of brick
"on^Eaat Mitchell street Nunnally
Bros. A McCYca have Invaded the resi
dence section with a mill constructed
brick building for their overall factory.
Juat around the corner, on Central ave
nue, 8. P. Richards' Dona are laving tha
foundation for a large brick building
for handling thalr printing and station
ery butlncaa.
Notice also tha group of bualaeaa
houaea that hava clustered around In
the neighborhood of Ivy street. Auburn
avenue and Edgewood avenue. There
are tbs two big candy factories of Nun
nally and John D. Wing, the J. K. Orr
Hhoe Company, Franklin Printing Com
pany, tha Pure Food and Milk Com
pany, and a little farther out on Edge-
wood avenue you wilt notice the build
ings of tbs Atlanta Art Glass Com
pany, Southern Light and Power Com
pany, Woodelde’s storage warehouse,
ate.
Aa you go out Whitehall street you
see residences being torn down on tha
railroad etde, maklm
houaea and factor!-
excavating now for hla bull _
the first one to break Into the residence
precincts of Whitehall street.
Wa mention these aa Illustrating the
predicted by ua several yctra
rlexshdber Is
ilralng, being
ago, an£
Its wags earners are
and are buying homta. wit
dltlona aa thaM, tbs Increase In value
ot real Mtata la Inevitable.
By M. L,~THROWER.
In disc, ulng tha real Mtata condl
tlona of Atlanta It would bo wall to
taks a retrospective view, for a com.
parlaon with tha prerant and future
conditions. There hava bean times
whan th« city waa said to bo on i
great "boom.” Excitement In real m.
MU circles nut high, a great many
wools wore putting all tha funds thay
ould command In what aaamad to thorn
at tbe time to bo th« lineal prospects
for big proflla—raal estate. Tha fu
tun seamed to bo lurid with tho rain
bow of promise of great fortunes for
them, but aa tha pendulum ot proa,
parity never swings In tha asm* dl.
faction always, than comas to reac
tion; tha pendulum swings backward,
and with It than comae a slump, a
panto, a financial crash, and many who
ware totally unprepared for tha unlook-
ad for condition of things want down
with tho crMh In llnanclal disaster, and
a Iom of all thalr savings for years.
Others who ware more discreet, mak
ing more Judicious Investments, togeth
er with a keen foresight to discern afar
off a possibility of a return ot tho pen
dulum, weathered the financial crash
and long ago hava forgotten. In thla
unprecedented ara of prosperity, those
perilous times. Today we hear of no
"boom," no nctltlous value*, but wa ara
enjoying a atrong, steady growth of
real prosperity hitherto’ unknown to
our people.
Perhapa there waa never a time In
the history of Atlanta when wa had
such a demand for homes, and proba
bly never a time when It was aa easy
for our people to procure them. Prop
erty owners seam willing, for the most
part, to sell at a reasonable profit on
ch«\fr holdings—they ara wlfll
many to purchaae for themselves homes
who otherwise would be unable to do
ao, believing aa they do that the beat
cltzenahlp of any community, section or
nation Is that which comes from own
ers of homM, however humble thay
may be.
tour, opinion Is that there Iran never
a more opportune time for our people
to provide themselves with homea. As
we have Intimated, the whole country
Is In the midst of the greatest era of
prosperity known to our people, and
while It la true that breadatufTs and
food for man and beast-are bringing
big prlcea, the Mlarled man and the
wage earner are receiving correspond
ingly high prices, and And It much
easier now to lay aaltla some ot their
earnings than when prices for theae
necessaries wore far below the present
scale. Atlanta, la differentiated from
any other city. In that It la the gate,
way of the South. It* altltud* abovi
tha aaa leva! make* climatic condi
tion* unequalad—tha network of rail
roads centering here, permatlng aa they
do with their numerous ramifications
through all sections of the moat fa
vored country of the Union—empytlng
tho groat and varied products Into the
city, and carrying throughout the
length and. breadth of thla Southland
of oura the various and numerous
quantities of manufactured goods and
merchandise, giving employment to
thourands of tho people—all of which
contribute much toward making It a
desirable home center.
Perhaps no other city haa such an
Immense territory upon which to draw
for a continual enlargement of Its
borders and the extension of Its limits.
Aa evldenca of what capitalists from
other Motions think ,of -the future of
Atlanta property, we Instance one of
the many Incidents that come under
our observation. A few montha ago
Aleman of varied experience In real
'estate values and large Investments
throughout the country, and having
traveled from Maine to California and
from Niagara to the gulf, looking for
good Investments, and having nut large
sums In different sections of the coun
try, he came to Atlanta for the first
time. Ho looked over the situation
very carefully; he Anally reiolved to
cast hla lot here for life, making con
siderable Investmenta.
Ha haa determined to withdraw as
speedily aa circumstances will allow
his various holdings frem all other sec
tions and put them In Atlanta proper
ties. This, wa think, la a compliment
to our city, but ona at which we are
not surprised. Wa might remark In
K ilkng that whll* purchasing values
v* advanced, rent* hava advanoed
also, buLM a rule tenants never had
homea better equipped for their com-
fort and convenience, and there are a
better class of tenants, taken asin
whole, than ev»r before. It la trite
that while home eeekera and Invest-.**
may feel that In some Instances prices
are unreaaonably high, yet our conten
tion la that on* can always afford. In
buying a home, to pay all It Is worth;
especially la thla trn* when wo take
Into account tha fact that there la a
ataady Increase and material advene*,
ment going on all tha time.. W* behave
It Is the part of wisdom to advlM
the buying of homes (and making In
vestment*) whenever It la within the
bounds ot a reasonable probability to
pay for them, values, term*, etc, being
satisfactory. Wa are In possession ot
numerous facts to prove tbs foregoing
statements aa to Increase In valuro -
making It an easy matter for one to
dlspoee of property In a abort time for
a nice profit. _ .
Within tha laat few montha wa have
sold some properties the second tints
for a good profit to the owner, and In
quit# a number of Instance! had them
to refuse to accept a nice profit almost
Immediately after purchasing. Wn
confidently look forward to tb* contin
ued prosperity of tha city and the
whole country.
While tt may b* true that this wave
of prosperity may have a temporary
check for a time, as times of depreMlon
have come In all th* world's history
(ws know not how nor why), yet with
discreet investments. Judicious man-
agemrnt. there need be no fear of any
great llnanclal crash.
By THOMAS W. JACKSON.
AVe can only judg* th* future by tha
past." In doing this, I can Mfely say
that within the next three years Atlan
ta suburban ami acreage will more
than double In value. In fact, the
manner In which It has been enhanc
ing In value for the past few months
would Indicate that It will more than
treble within th* next few years. The
writer of this article has In view a
suburban lot which Is located on the
ago, and ws venture to my that within corner of two streets, which sold on*
year ago for 57 per front foot. This
hit was unimproved, likewise the lot
just back of It. Naturally the lot alt-
uated on the corner woe more deslr.
abla and valuable than tha ona just
back of It On* year from th* tlm*
tho flrat lot was purchaaad tha owner
decided that h* would buy tha adjoin
ing lot, which was reluctantly priced
to him for tIT par front foot. I could
cite you any numbar of instances of
thla nature, but I merely ua* thla as
Illustrative of my above statement.
There Is no safer Investment Just
now than to Invest your money tn At
lanta dirt Its value la gradually en
hancing- Ct — — '
value, L__ _
in tb* past few yaara.
By G. M.^KINNON.
Tou ask for my opinion ot real ro
tate tn Atlanta. From my standpoint
there can be but one, and that la that
It Is the bast and safest Investment
that can b* made with money. I have
lived hare for twanty-alx yaara and
seen Atlanta real eatate Increase from
1100 par acre to 526,000 and 550,000 per
ago the cry
high.” and
-d today. I
that Mm* cry I* still heard
try to b* conservative in my opinion
and actions, but I cannot ate how read
estate can b* too high now whan in
nearly all sections ot th* city It '
lower today than it was fifteen yet
ago and ws have almost doubled our
population, and are growing at a pace
that every twelve montha wa ara add
ing to our population enough to maka
a city th* site of Mlllsdgmrill* and
Newnan combined. W# are growing so
fast that tba real Mtata aganta, whose
bustneM It la to keep up with the real
estate movements, can scarcely com
prehend It themMlves, and the popu
lation wa are gettfnr -now does not
cotttM empty-handed, but comas with
money to help keep the ball moving.
Tha volume of bualnesa don* In real
eatata In Atlanta for three yeara peat
has been more than for any ten year*
In Its history, and most marked of all
haa bean the Industrial development,
the backbone of all great cities, ao wa
are not only growing In population, but
furnishing a mean* of support for our
tans ahd a live city with not a
dead bone In bar body and with aa
healtny a location as any spot on earth
and every living soul In It Imbued with
the Idea that he is living In the best
city In tbe United States and willing
to go the limit to help along Its growth,
who can doubt that we won't soots
have 100,000 live, pushing -Americans
Mttled on these granite hills 7 Will
present prices be too high for real ea
tate then? As to the stability of real
estate Investments, It Is tbs only In-
vestment on earth that you can’t lose
all of It. Nothing but another Noah's
flood can wipe It all out; then, If At
lanta la the best place In tbs United
States to live. Invest tt here.
By W. E. SAUNDERS
Of W. E. Saunders A Co.
Referring to Atlanta real estate, I
do not think that any one can explain
In writing the advantages and profits
that are ohtalned through dealing tn
Atlanta property. One of the most
convincing arguments tn behalf of the
real value of Atlanta real estate Is to
take a ride over the city, end note the
progress being mad* In all portions of
SAYS TAGGART FILED SECRET SUITS
TO BE USED IF TROUBLE AROSE
Attorney General of In
diana Hopes to Close
Gambling Rooms.
By Private leased Wire.
Paoll, Ind., July 7.—Discussing the
statement made by Thomas Taggart,
of the French Lick Springs Hotel Com
pany, to tha effect that the casinos
were not a part of the hotel properties,
but were under Isaso to other persons,
and that suits were pending to cancel
theaa leases because the hotel compa
nies had learned that gambling was be
ing conducted at the casinos, Attorney
General Miller, of Indiana, makes a
sensational charge.
Mr. Miller la conducting the litiga
tion on behalf of the atate against tha
French Lick Springe and West Baden
Hotel Companies which has grown out
of charges that gambling has been con
ducted openly nt these plnces.
"Why,” he cays, "were they brought
In a Justice ot the peace court at 7
o'clock at night and tried with great
aecrecy and then as quickly appenled
to the circuit court, where they have
remained unknown? They were brought
to meet exactly euch a contingency ns
this and to be dragged out and used as
a defense when needed. The hotel peo
ple admit ownership of property and
tha city. Tou can- not go Into any
part of Atlanta where you will not be
surprized at tba number of new homea
being constructed, and the progress Is
not confined to homes, but business
structures are going up In alt parts of
the city. ,
How many citizens of Atlanta are
wealthy today who purchased prop-
•rty years ago and held It until now?
The advenes In price of Atlanta p
erty Is something wonderful, but
limit has not bean reached, and I do
not see any chance of it being reached
In the near future, If It la ever reached.
No man can make a better Investment
than to Invest In Atlanta property, it
makes no /difference If hla Investment
Is small or large, and sometimes the
smaller Investment turn* out to be the
beat.
I And a great many people who are
now renting, but who desire to buy a
home, but claim that property Is loo
high at the present, and that they will
wait until It gets cheaper. Atlanta
property will never be any cheaper
than It la today, and those that are
waiting for It to get cheaper before
they buy, will find out sooner or later
that they made a mistake In not buy
ing, and the amount they have paid
out for rent would have paid for a
home!
Property In the city ot Atlanta la In
creasing In price dally, and aa the city
. and have watched with Interest
the great advance In property of this
beautiful suburb. It has not been .far
distant since you could have bought
property In Kirkwood for almost
own price, but Since tha town haa
Incorporated and a magnificent new
school building I* nearing completion,
which will give to the people a free
school, It Is a very difficult thing to
buy any property In Kirkwood at all,
unless you pay a very handsome price
for It.
Property In Kirkwood haa advanced
about tt per cent tn the iMt twelve
months and Is stMdlly on the Increase.
The mim rule that applies to the
advancement of Kirkwood applies to
tho other suburban town* near Atlanta.
A great many people think when they
go to purchase property In the suburbs
that they -are going to gat It very
chMp, but when they lam the price
they seem very much surprised, but
the suburban -property la holding pace
with the city property, and will never
be aa cheap again as It Is today. If
any one la thinking of buying a home
or making an Investment in or near At
lanta, now Is th* time to act, for the
opportunity that la offered today will
never be offered again.
By GLORE~& JU8TIN.
Atlanta la on no special "boom,” but
tha healthful climate, tt\e many rail
roads, the splendid electric car aerv-
Ice, the many churches, schools and
generous hearted people make It a
greet city for bualnaaa, and pleasant
for homes, and keeps up a steady
growth In population, alao In values of
real eaate In and near “our city;” there
By J. C. BALDWIN
Of J. C. Baldwin A Co.
Replying to youra of July t regard
ing real eatate developments In Atlanta
beg to say the values hava gradually
Increased for the past several months,
and real Mtata dealer! hava all had a
steady trade apd sales have bean good.
When the 1510 exposition becomes a
certainty the real estate values wlU be
enhanced 55 to SO per cent. We are
having Inquiries from all sections of
the country and prospective buyers are
numerous. Subdivisions are being sold
In and around Atlanta, realizing hand
some profits to speculators. When we
get a bargain oil we have to do le to
let It be known through our papers,
and we have no trouble In finding a
buyer.
Wo are looking forward to an un
usually good fall trade and bargains
are -hard to And. Scarcely any cen
tral property on the market at any
reasonable figure. Suburban proper,
ties are looking upb and many satis-
factory sales ara being made. Real
estate men are In good spirits, and I
believe tbe most of them are making
money.'
By A. J. MAYFIELD.
Ten years’ application with close ob-
servatton places me where I can say
something about Atlanta real estate.
A few figures In small deals which I
have made will show that It la not nec
essary to rent till you are rich before
you buy a home. Here are the facte
and figures; Six-room house bought
Ml on monthly payments, pries
n ilad aa a horn* *
or 55,600 cash.
II,ICO; occupied ns'a "home for three
yeara, sold fot
Eight-room house, bought for 11,450,
occupied three years, refused 62,550.
Four-room houh and two vacant lots
for 11,150, refused 11,200.
Six-room house for 11,450, occupied
four years, refused 11,100.
With such facts as these before you,
why not own a horn* which ought to b*
the highest ambition* of every man. If
you have that ambition, why not own
one In the beat place, Atlanta, with all
her railroad centers, her street car fa
cilities, her electric power and light
privilege*, with the latest and most
modem water works and a complete
aewer system, having a high elevation
which gives ua a great advantage for
sanitary cleanliness Statistics show
that Atlanta Is much more healthy
than the country. , Besides being a per
fect home city, It la one ot the best
places In the world to Invest your
money for a big increase or a fine rata
of Interest. If you want to be more
thoroughly convinced, come and spend
a while. Visit our parka and drink the
pure water that flows out of the hill
side, and breathe the fragrant air from
the beautiful flowers and tbs natural
forests.
By CHARLES A. DAVIS,
Of tho Copenhlll Lend Company.
Atlanta, Qa., July V1M6.
The real estate Interests of Atlanta
and suburbs are solid. We are found
ed upon a rock physically and finan
cially,
Atlanta property, both Improved and
unlnmproved, was never In better de
mand or advancing more rapidly. This
Is especially true, perhaps, of property
In the northeastern section. Including
Copenhlll and adjoining districts.
now have at Copenhlll city wa
ter, sewers, electric lights, paved
streets and theae Improvements aro
gradually extending further to tha
northeast.
Housm and lota vacant lots and
manufacturing sites In this section aro
In great and over-growing deinnfld.
Housm there wilt rent or sell almost
before they are completed. The rea
sons for this special demand Is that
this section lias high and beautiful,
overlooking the whole city, the air Is
cool and healthful, there are plenty of
forest trass, the electric care penetratn
It at .frequent Intervals; there Is quick
occms to the city; the people are high-
toned and neighborly; tbe prices,
though advancing, ara yet quite reas
onable and tba usual terms ara very
The people of Georgia, of the South
and of the- whole country are rapidly
finding out what a great place Atlanta
Is; they are coming here by thousands
and many are settling at Copenhlll and
adjoining district! In the northeast sec
tion of our eplendld city.
It does me real good to specify some
t things about Atlanta renl
not nearly one-halt has yet
been told.
SHE SWALLOWS OEM
AND GETS FIVE YEARS
Ry Private Leased Wire,
OmAha, Nebr., July 7.—Ma* Thomas,
tha girl who stole and swallowed a MOO
diamond bare a month ago, waa yes
terday sentenced to flve.ycars In state
prison. When sentence was pronounced
lieyea the suits tiled by the attorney
general are well founded. "Last Sep
tember, In a public address,” he said,
-1 promised the people of Indiana that
the Monte Carlos at French Lick and
West Baden should be closed If It could
be done lawfully.”
CHARGES SON-IN-LAW
WITH ABDUCTION
the girl broke down and cried.
‘‘I did not steal the diamond,” she
sobbed, "nor do I know anything about
It; if I swallowed It I don’t know It.”
This was the case in which tha X-ray
was used In the hope of locatlnr the
diamond.
Special to The Georgian,
Asheville, N. C., July 7.—Charged
with abducting Pearl Mosseller, the IS-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
8. Mosseller, of Asheville, George Sha
ver. of this city, was arrested In Spar
tanburg, Wednesday, and Is now In Jail
taiiuui8, m auiiwauBj, smiu ib nun ill jreii
here. The warrant waa sworn out by
the father of the girt, who followed the
iburg, where they had
s his arrival.
T IS
FOR J, C, CAVENDISH
Special ta The Georgian, v -
New Iberia. La., July 7.—A warrant
for tha arrest • of John C. Cavendish,
also known as Lord Douglas, has been
sent to the chief of police of an Eastern
elty. The name of the city la with
held.
Cavendish, who Is alleged to be a
bigamist, married Miss Josephine Hood,
of Asheville, last December and since
then, although the state department of
Washington haa searched for them
through consular officers and the gov
ernors ot Taxes, Virginia and North
Carolina have offered rewards for
Cavendish's capture, neither he nor hla
wtf* have bean found.
tbe year found.
Tenth Annual Excursion City Salesmen’s Association
To Georgia’s Celebrated Coast Resort and the South’s most splendid Sea
Shore, Tvbee Island. They will run two special- trains from Atlanta, Ga.,
MONDAY NIGHT, JULY 16,8 P.M.
This excursion will reach Savannah at 7 a. m., the morning of the 17th. Re
turning, the trains will leave Savannah noon, July 21st, arriving Atlanta at 10
o’clock Saturday night.
The Tvbee Hotel and Pulaski House have made a special concession by giv
ing visitors the very low rates of $2.00 per dav. The rate will be
$5.00 TO SAVANNAH AND
AND RETURN.
Tickets and sleeping car diagrams can be secured at the Central of .Geor
gia Railway ticket office, Fourth National Hank Building, or New Terminal
Station, or write to members of the committee: J. H. Owen, chairman, with
F. E. Block Co,, J. J. Bnrnes, Jr., with National Biscuit Co., W. G. McNair,
with E. M. Yow Co., J. W. Rankin, with Oglesby Grocery Co.
ERA OF BOSSES PASSED,
HARMON SAYS HE TRUSTS
Special ta Tbs Georgian.
Anniston, Ain., July 7.—The Alabama
Bar Association, which met here, was
addressed tonight by Hon. Judson Har
mon, of Cincinnati, who was attorney
genera! under Preeldent Cleveland.
The subject of Mr. Hannon's ed
dress was “Independence of th* Judi
ciary."
"It hen been claimed,” he aald, "that
th* choice of Judges by popular vote
tends to Impair thalr independence, but
I don't think so. Tho electors hava
neither means, opportunity nor destre
to Interfere with tha action ot th*
JudgM thay select. They can only re
fute to re-elect when displeased, and,
barring some rare Instances, such re
fusals Yiave usually been Just when not
due to mere political causes. When the
electors, however, act through political
organisations In choosing Judges, there
Is soma peril especially when those or
ganisations are allowed to tall under
the control of a taw men or a tingle
man wha*e purposes generally are or
soon Mcoms selfish or corrupt. Theae
man really chooM th* Judge* aa well as
other public officials, and naturally
coma to regard them all alike aa sub
ject to order*.
"I trust that th* era of 'bosses* baa
passed away. But, even ao. I hop* tha
time will come when Judges will be
elected without the Intervention of par
ties; because coses must frequently
come before them from which It Is Im
possible to eliminate political consider
ations, and the effect of theM, while It
may not be entirety escaped, must cer
tainly be less when the judges are not
nominated as party candidates. .
RIFLES WILL DISBAND
AND REORGANIZE
14,000 Tickets Taken In. .
Special to Tbe Georgian.
Decatur, Ala., July 7.—Over 14,009
people rode on the electric street cars
In the Decaturs July 4. This Is tho
biggest day’s business ever done by tha
North Alabama Traction Company.
AMUSEMENTS
CASINO
TONIGHT—Mstlneo Today.
MAX HOFFMAN'S OWN COMPANY.
Including “Silvers” Oakley, Toney
Hgrt, Gertrud* Hoffman, Otto
Brothers, Twin Slaters Dolly.
Next Week—VAUDEVILLE.
SALE AT GRAND BOX OFFICE.
DONCE DE LEOU
i pwrk: n
DIRECTION JAKE WELLS, Presidio).
THE GARDEN SPOT
Of Atlanta.
BAND CONCERTS TWICE DAILY.
Set OSTRICH Farm
NEXT WEEK,
Matinee* Tueiday, Thureday and Sab
- day.
MODERN
VAUDEVILLE.
APDALE’S FAMOUS
TROUPE OF TRAINED
BEARS.
THE COMEDY JUGGLER,
SAM ELTON.
Th« Man Who Made the Shah Laujhi
LAWRENCE CRANE.
MAGICIAN,
GARY OWEN & CO.
CAMERAGRAPH,
NEW PICTURES.
Special to The Geo retie.
St. Augustine, Fla., July 7.—Tho St.
Augustine Rifles wlU disband In a tew
days and reorganise under the same
name. This action Is deemed advisable
as a number of the members ere nox
ious for tbelr discharge end display no
Interest In the company.
ionj
; Special Added Attraetio:
GREENE & WERNER
| "Babes in the Jungle.