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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN, c-ATlkbA Y, IKMBWl ?. 11X15. W. $E WORLEY, 32'> Empire Building. Bell Phone 3312, Atlanta Phone 3983. -0 FARMS-*city property. 4,11 ,\cHKS FINE LEVEE FARMING land *11 Tnlbot county; front* two mllcn Central railroad and three miles of ffb , rc the new A., B. and A. crosses the Untrac S00 acres In cultivation; will pro- [ L v,o hales cotton and other thiugs In Lnportlhti; 20 gooil frnmo houses, store, gin r grist mill and two eugtues. Bgm ) aches good land OS seaboard _:o miles from Atlanta, 2 miles railroad ■front; station and side-tracks; good house several tenant houses; rock quarry Jam! plenty of wood; enough In fact to pay Ifor the place; build your town here. Price ■»to,»>—I'ort cash. |i;5 ACRES LAND ON W. AND A, RAIL- road. 38 miles from Atlanta; fronts on I railroad. Price $3,600. 100 acres In cultlvn- 11ion and good bouse, barn and other out. Ihnlldlngs- |j; ACRES, ALMOST ON THE BANKS OF Chattahoochee; fronts 1,000 feet I tv. and A. railroad; right at Vlnlngs Sta llion; almost all In culttratlou. Price $3,000. I Terms. W.E. TREADWELL &CO.,! BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES real estate agents. ALL CLASSES CITY PROPERTY AND FARMS, 2$ SOUTH BROAD ST. BELL PHONE 2644. AT LANTA PHONE 3803. ’‘in?! W , tu ‘ DELIVER TO TOP A NICE imw i i"i;.f,>„ni mi Qnnleu street. ioanviLL RTv A t'HltEEdtOOSrntfLME st!!tl«n“ tor “ ri * ht nt ‘‘carl street iCiwo WILL Rl.'V elght-roouj Jjouki* $»« OL In thret* block* of depot. $3,m FOU A II If A IJflFflT Fix F.-IlOU.\f ,Mr S‘‘ h*H and ail cuuve- moneys, oil < entml avenue. *4,750 FOIl A Ml 1 two-story house den. the leading hotel town for qnli-h sale at i ■IWckITar Ida haririiln $h60 FOR A HOOD TllREE-ltOOM IIOFSE oa latnitikla. $2,800 WILL BUY A SEVEN-ROOM III*. ..{’{•date house on Little street, between Hill nnrt Qnnleu. $4.2TiU FOR A REAL CLOSE IN PIECE OF on Bouth Pryor street, lor I property c days only. *y/x> foii "a good six-room cOT tape near the comer of linss and South Pryor. WILL BUY A PROPOSITION ON Wells street; renting for $22.53 per month; for quick sale. $3,601) FOR A NICE .SEVEN-ROOM UOUlUi —new—ou Prospect place; modem In every $M00 WILL" II A 1 A FINE LP-TO-DATBi uvo-room cottage on Cherry street, near Tech school.. lO.SOO FOR A IIBALTIFL’L EIOHT-ROOM two-story modern house. Furnace heat, On Washington street. $3,250 FOR |:i ACRES LAND; FRONTS 2,200 FEET on new Marietta car line, 1,980 feet nn Ifbittnhoochee avenue, Just 5 miles ont; 5- |cent car fare; stops on the property. Price 112,409. Easy terms. Ic acres land at east lake, ad- joining the Athletic Club, at $60 per acre; I the club paid $100 for theirs. Almost on liar line; two public roads. 19) ACRES LAND IN FOUR MILES OF Atlanta, on Peachtree creek, nt $125 per acre. This is mighty close In for the I money. 149 ACRES IN TOWN OF CLARKSTON- - You can make some big money on this. Iciarkstou Is coming out. 11,900 ACRES LAND IN TROUP COUNTY- very fine tract. Want an offer. I am Ifolng to sell It this month. mt will m y a niiAi TiKn, vacant lot. 54 by 200, on Oak street. West End. $650 EACH WILL BUY T\VO VACANT Jots on IlfJIInrd street, north of Forrest avenue one block. WE HAVE PROPERTY OF ffVEUV HE- script Ion anywhere. I TEN ACRES INSIDE LIMITS OF EAST Point, with three houses on It. Now, I bore Is n bargain nt $2,350. See n»e quick ■ about this. |»,W0 ACRES FIXE TIMBER LAND IX Tennessee; will cut lSOAOO.OJ-) feet, gunrnn- | teed. Price $103,000; CITY PROPERTY. E ACRES BETWEEN ATLANTA AND Edge wood; almost In- towu;,,pood 5-rooiu I houses, at $5,500. Fronts 400 feet on luinnn I Park car; nice sprlug ou the place. 1455 GRANT ST.-A BRAND NEW 5-BOOM house nt $2,250; ou almost any kind of I term*. See me quick. TICK UP IN A NICE NEW SIX- ROOM COTTAGE. WE HAVE JUST HAD PLACED WITH for this week only a nice uow *lx- room cottage, porcelain bath, stationary washstand, cabinet mantels, double-floor ed, Htorin-slicnthcd, In best neighborhood, on south side, being part of the old Grant homestead. One of the most desirable lo cations in the city. Fine lot. Will sell for $400 cash oml balance same ns rent; $25 per mouth; If taken this week. Will rent for $25. The first payment is nil you will have to pay, as It will pay for Itself. See ine early Monday morning, ns this will not stay ou the market. G. J. DALLAS, Real Estate Agent, 317 and 318 FOURTH NATIONAL BANK BUILDINO, THIRD FLOOR. BELL PHONE 1455. WOOD FIBER WALL PLASTER. / 1 THE ORIGINAL PROD UCT, AND THE ONLY PLASTER MANUFAC TURED IN ATLANTA CAN RE PUT ON AT AS LOW COST AS THE LOW ER GRADE SUBSTI TUTES THAT HAVE COME INTO THE MAR KET. WE CAN READI LY SHOW THIS, SO DO NOT BE MISLED. GEORGIA WOOD FIBER PLASTER COMPANY. WHITEHALL ST. & CEN TRAL R. R, PHONE 1152. BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES WOODWARD LUMBER COMPANY. HARDWOOD INTERIOR FINISH AND MANTELS, DOORS, SASH & BLINDS. SEND YOUR PLANS FOR ESTIMATES. ATLANTA - - GEORGIA. DOWMAN-DOZIER MANUFACTURING CO. MANUFACTURERS OF FIRE-PROOF WINDOWS, DOORS, CORNICES, SKYLIGHTS, CRESTINGS, FINIALS, DIXIE VENTILATORS. CONTRACTORS FOR ALL KINDS OF SHEET METAL WORK. 20-22 TRINITY AVE. BOTH PHONES 525. STATE DEPARTMENT 19 MONDAY AND TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5-6. MATINEE TUESDAY. San Francisco Board Re fuses to Change Its Former Decision. |J(6 KorTII AVENUE; IS ABOUT BEADY; v 5-room house. Ju*i. $150 lo’$200 cunh land $is per mouth. Why pa^r. rent? Also Drmuud street, claw by. Dead easy ■ terms. ■* ' • ' |l» E. GEORGIA AVE.—BE SURE AND this at once; beautiful 6-room house. I Price $2,8$0, oil terms. Also 284 E. Georgia lirenue nt $2,350. If*. GEORGIA AVE. 18 A LOVELY hoin*>; between Grout and Cherokee nve hue. Make me qq offer. < BP.W 8T.—JUST COMPLETED; IT*8 Iwautlfu! 8*roou» 2-story bouse; offered I*"-V under 2year lease for It. Trice $3,150. I I.ot .’ux200. Ree me nt once. I MILLS STREET-CORNER OF ORME store rented for $15: Hue corner r,H »w ^r two more houses. Price $1,850. IlGM.S $103, PRICE $9,500—THREE NEW I i MHog close lu, north side; 14 per cent. riuh-k action. [IIM: HOME-EAST NORTtI AVENUE. I 'car tli. Boulevard, at $5,000. The most lOi-autlful b, the city at the price. A SNAP IN A NICE NEW HOME WE HAVE JUST HAD PLACED WITH ns for this week only a nice new two- story eight-room house, porcelain bath, stationary washstand. cabinet mantels, dou ble-floored, storm-shea thed. In the best neighborhood on the south side, being part of tlie old Grant homestead, oue of the finest localities in the city. Fine Iot 4 Will sell for $500 cash, balance same ns rent, $30 per month. $3,750, It taken this week. Will rcut tor $35 per month. The first pay ment Is all you will have to pay, ns It will pay for Itself. -See me early Mon day, as this will not stay on the market. G. ,T. DALLAS, Real Estate and Loan Agent, 317 & 318 Fourth National Bank Building—Third Floor. Bell Phone 1455. ALEXANDER LUMBER AND MFG. CO. Manufacturers and Dealers in ROUGH AND DRESED LUMBER, Lath, .Shingles, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, Interior Finish and Builders Hardware. Office, Factory and Yard: *43-769 South Pryor Street, Cornor Southern Hallway. Phones 2354. City Office: 0 North Forsyth Street, Austell Building. Bell Phone 393, Atlanta Phone 400. J. C. BALDWIN & CO., Real Estate aud Invest ments. 501 Peters Building. City and Suburban Property Farm, Timber and Min eral Lauds. Phones, Bell 5191; Atl. 3310. HAHR-DAVIS LUMBER , COMPANY. PLANING MILLS, OFFICE AND YARDS: 333 To 339 Decatur Street. Rough and Dressed Lumber, Shingles, Laths, Sash, Doors, Blinds and Build ers’ Hardware. Our saw itiill interests in Tift County, Georgia, afford us facil ities to give prompt service and at the lowest prices. Dimension timbers a specialty. Both Phones 3725. $1,650 - ASIIHY STREET—FOUR-ROOM cottage, three-room cottage and more: corner lot, 100 by 350 feet. lien In for $15.50 per mouth. Room for another house. Bur- BOULEVARD, Price $5,500, on BRAND NEW 5-BOOM HOUSES. Marietta Httvet; we bare refuse, 1 r month for the rent of them. Prtee ll.MO van run Are years. Strletly water, gas anil sewerage; tile slde- is. OX SIMMON STREET. JUST Moot front West Peachtree; good ->■ '"•use; rents at $23. Price $t«t». Thin ■°d property. P’"-' V,: Del.EON AVE.—8-ROOM HOUSE: feet. l>rlco $6,000. ' Can make p-M-S AT $151. PRICE S12.S0J-HE1..; IK " V <T 12 Iter rent; close In. north side; also 1 " 1 ’ ol “'‘ r Investments paying 15 to 14 per lat PER MONTH-UP-TO-DATE FIVE- room coltugi 1 to rent; north aide; choke white ueitthbiirhooil. two block* from Jack- aoti Hill ItiiptlNf chtireh. One block Grace MeihiMllNt ehnrch. All convenience*. Lot 5o by J5t) f$*et. Thicken yard under wire In renr. t’uR and let me ahow you thl* »ttie honae. $70»>-FIVE-ROOM UOTTAGE, BARN AND 10-acre truek farm. It nillen east of city, 1- mile kouthern railroad, Ellen wood station. The bourn* coutd not Ih* hullt for thi* price. The owner need* motley nml must well. W111 make envy term*. $2,1(X>—SOUTH KIRKWOOD—SIX-ROOM two-Htorv realdeuco, on cur line; corner lot, 100 by 200 feet. Htntlon In front, do*«• to all eburehea ami acbool, one half block Karl a store. Ternm. MONCRIEF FURNACE COMPANY, 107 S. FORSYTH ST. HEATING PLANS AND ESTIMATES FREE. THE PLACE TO GET YOUR FURNACE. THEY IN STALL THE BEST FOR ANY KIND OF FUEL IN RESIDENCES, SCHOOLS AND CHURCIIES. BOTH PHONES. B. h. W1I.MNOHAM, H. 11. TIFT, President. Vice Pren. W. B. WILINGIIAM, Secretary and Treasurer.* WILLINGHAM-TIFT LUMBER COMPANY Rough and Drcaocd Lumber, Kaah. Doors, Blinds, Builders* Hardware. 203 Murphy avenue. Take East Point or College park car nml got off nt McCuII’h Crossing, on Loo street. Bell ’phone 85 west: Atlanta ’phono 711. Sun Francisco, Nov. 3.—The state <ie- partment has decided to aid the Jap anese of the city In a fight to secure admission of their children to the pub lic schools in 6m Francisco. In pur suance of this policy Attorney General Moody instructed District Attorney H. I. Devlin to lend his aid to Attorneys R. M. Ficert and Masujl Allydkawo, representing the Japanese community, In injunction proceedings that have been brought in the circuit court to comiwl the hoard of education to allow the subjects of the mikado to attend the schools of the city. The school department of the city refuses to make any concessions to the Japanese, and President Altman, of the school board, has plainly informed Sec retary Metcalf that he* would obey the state law to the letter. This law re quires separate schools. Ernest Shipman Submits LAURA BURT-HENRY STANFORD v_ And Superb Company of Artists In “DOROTHY VERNON OF HADDON HALL.” A Romantic play In four acts by Charles Major and Paul Kester. Splendid Cost—Magnificent Scenery—Exquisite Costumes. Night 35c to $1.50; Matinee, 25c to $1.00. Sale now open. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, November 7th and 8th. MATINEE THURSDAY. Direct from the Astor Theater, N. Y., the Distinguished Artist, JAPANESE ARE TO STAND ON THEIR TREATY RIGHTS* San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 3.—Signifi cant action was taken by the Japanese of thta city Friday afternoon when they dismissed the suit begun sometime ago to force the authorities to admit Japan- eso children to all public schools of San Francisco. It was stated by attorneys that from no\v on the Japanese nil! make no ef fort to oppose exclusion through court proceedings, but they will stand firmly on their treaty rights and contend that the Washington government must put children back In schools from which they have been barred by the board of education. POLICE FIND CLEW WHICH MAY SOLVE MYSTERYOF CHILD Developments Expected in Case of Deserted Baby Girl. ANNIE RUSSELL First Appearance in the South as "POCK” in Wagenhals & Kemper’s Stupendous Production ot A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM As produced at Das Neuc Theater, Berlin, for 300 nights. Original Com pany of 127 people, four car loads of aconory. The sensational Kerly Fly ing Ballet. Original Eleetrleal Effects. The Most Notable Production Ever Seen in the South. Prices, 50c to $1.50 at night; 25c to $1.00 matinee. Sale opens Monday. FRIDAY and SATURDAY November 9 and 10. MATINEE SATURDAY Wliixo MT.. Af.MOST UNDER TUB * ha ' 1 :"'- uf 'he Candler liolldlu*. Make me ' r - It’s a corner. Boom for two OFFICER SUSPEKDEO FOR DRtINKENESS Policeman A. J. Ivey was Friday night suspended from duty by Chief Jennings |>er.dlng an Investigation by the police commission on the charge of being Intoxicated while on duty. The case will be beard at the next meeting of the commission. BANK CLEANINGS SNOW A HEALTH INCREASE Atlanta bank clearings tor the past week show a healthy Increase over the corresponding week of last ys«r. Tl. j CHURCHES, HOTELS, DIXIE TILE AND CEMENT WORKS. YES, WE ARE' UNDER BOND TO THE CITY TO DO vSTREET SID E - WALKS. LET US BID OX YOUR WORK. WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. PHONE W-445. FRACTURED SKULL AND BROKEN LEG WM. WILSON DECORATING CO. LOWNDES BUILDING. BELL PHONE 4364-M ATLANTA PHONE 1318 HIGH-CLASS WALL HANGINGS, IMPORTED PAPERS, TAPESTRIES, ETC. DECORATING OF One hundred and fifty dollars must look mighty big to some people. Or maybe In tills particular case a fractur ed skull and u broken leg may be a small matter. Anyway, in a suit filed In the city court Saturday Violet Wright, acting as next friend to her son, Georgo Wright, Hueti the Georgia Hallway and Electric Company for Just $150 for the personal Injuries mentioned. Bhe claims that on October 21 George was riding along Capitol avenue on a bicycle when, through no fault ot his, he was knocked over and besides the cracked cranium and fractured leg, was otherwise badly bruised up. In another suit against the street car company Moses Green, a butler .and house servant, neks judgment* for $2,000 because he says h* was assault ed without cause by a Peachtree car conductor. In addition to being struck with something hard In the bunds of the conductor, his dignity utso suffered. It was learned at the police stutlon Saturday morning that the police have unearthed a clew that may soon bring developments (n the case of the little baby girl, deserted by her parents and found Thursday night in the weeds In vacant lot at DeKalb avenue and Delta street, Inman Park. Policeman Cooglftr, who has been de tailed on the case, Is working on the clew (u an effort to bring to Justice the persons who so cruelly abandoned the child. The nature of the clew lias not been divulged, but It is regarded ns strong and one which may soon dissi pate the mystery of the unknown child. Chief Jennings stated Saturday that If an urrest is made, warrants charging both cruelty and abandonment will be sworn out. Further developments in the case will bo watched with great Interest. The baby, which Is about one month old, la still In the Home for the Friendless. WILLIAM FA VERSHAM By arrangement with Charles Frohmon, In the stirring American Play, ii THE SQUAW MAN” BY EDWIN MILTON ROYLE. MR. FAVERSHAM IS SUPPORTED BY AN UNRIVALED COMPANY OF CAPABLE PLAYERS. Liebler & Co., Managers. Night, 50e to $2.00; Matinoe, 25c to $1.50. Sale opens Wednesday. BIJOU NEXT WEEK A. H. WOODS PRESENT8 The Show of a Thousand Laughs, Increase for Ihe week amounts to 1559,, 589.69. The report follows: Today 81.015,559.60 Corresponding day last year 869.947.73 This week 5,401,011.79 Corresponding week last year 5,171,432.10 THEATERS COURT HOUSES AND PRIVATE RESIDENCES. Peril* Lurk In the Clothes Bruch. From Tl»»* LniircG. The brnebfng «»f dnsty $ lo(b<>« In tin* liv ing room* «*f tin* household Is nppoiwl to cleanly *ei)tlm$*nt. apart altog$*ther from the evil to health, wiilrh, n* the Imeterloi- ogy uf dust dtatlurtly Indicate*, might eas ily be caused l»y the proev**. The Imitgliiit- Hon doca not require to Im* stretched vary far to realise thst the clothes brush might be easily responsible for the dlMcmiuntiou of disease. Hunt Is rarely. If ever, free from uilcro-ergnnlsm*. nud among them pathogenic entitles have lieeu recognized. Ilnst Is, In fact, nn enemy to the human rno*. a vehicle of disease, and shotiM every where nud on every occasion, however irifling, Ih? prevented as far ns menus caw Ih* eniph»yed to that end. The clothes brush is u vigorous dust-pro ducing ag$*nt, and since Its application Is ludisper.s,ihle It should In* used In a manner as far as possible consistent with hygienic requirement*, clothe*, of course, must he brushed. Just u* carpets must be beaten, but l*otl» processes create a nuisance which Is different not in kind, but only In degree. Just, therefore, ns there are grounds re served for the Ideating of carpets remote, they should Ih?, from human habitation, also ought then? to tm In a household doubt, —„ .. be made for trapping . simple meamire as suspending a ilamp sheet across the room.r The • tally clothe* have n large capacity and a singular affinity for dust, which may contain the seeds of it common cold or a aore throat, or even of blood poisoning nud tetanus, so that the suggestion that the clothes brush should Ih* il In a less indiscrlmiante way than I* usually Gm* «*>»» hardly Ih* rogarded as chimerical* If du*t Iws Iwen armed t$» Ih* pathogenic tlu* scattering of It broadcast by means $$f the clothes brush must be » violation «>f hygienic principle*, brnrinug of clo*' SAILOR IS KILLED! YOUTHJS HURT Fire Eugines in New York Run Over Two Men on Saturday. Sew York, Sov. f.—John Pole, aged 3d, a Bailor of tlio steamship Majestic, was knocked down and instantly killed by hook and ladder truck No. 10 nt Center street, near the City Hall place, while the truck was hurrying to a tire. John Ziegler, driver of the truck, wai arrested on a technical charge of homi cide. Engine So. 31, which was racing to the same tire, ran down Thomait Daly, aged 2U, of 387 Park row, at Lafayette and Worth streets, the heavy wheels passing over his legs and breaking thfm. LONG WINTER EVENINGS DEMAND GOOD READING Then why not get the “whole family group*'—The Delineator, McClure's Magazine and The World’s Work, to gether with The Georgian tor $$.M per year In advance. The price of these magazines alone Is $6. The Georgian Is $4.50. But all of them can be ob tained for a year by sending The Georgian now $6,50, ARGUMENT BEGINS IN SHANGHAI CASE 8pecl.il to The Georgian. Wilmington, N. C., Nov. 3.—In the Federal district court at 1 o’clock this afternoon counsel for the defense U addressing the jury In the case of the government against Captain Laughlin McLean, master of the British tramp steamship Osceola, charged with un lawfully detaining aboard his ship two sailors of the United Htates cruiser Co le me hi. The men were taken aboard th«? Osceola at Newport News and were* shunghafed, they claim. McLean was arrested on reaching this port. BICKEL, WATSON & WROTHE IN TOM, DICK and HARRY A Feast of Danes and Song. Mixed with Mirth and Melody. Musical Numbera. Big Beauty Chorue. SAME BIJOU PRICES. MiRANtf MATINEE TODAY—TONIGHT. AMELIA BINGHAM IN TIID NEW COMEDY. CALLED "The Lilac Room." 8(ar Cast. Magnificent Production. Night 25c to $1.50 % w "“— Ir THE BIJOU TONIGHT—MATINEE TODAY. The Mittenthell Bros. Amus. Co. One.} Present the Dainty Musical Farce LOVERS AND LUNATICS” With Joe Morris as “Ikey Rosenstein.” Next Week; TOM, DICK AND HARRY." ' THE STAR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6. ! Strong VAUDEVILLE Bill With large chorus of prstty girls. Ntw Moving Pictures. | Matinees Monday. Wednesday, j Thursday and Saturday at 2:30. Every j night at 8:15. PAWNEE BILL’S AND GREAT FAR EAST ATLANTA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5. Old Show GrounJi.Jick$nn and Wheal Sit. AMERICA'S NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT Over 1,000 Man, Women and Horses Employed. The actualities of Frontier Life Vividly Repro duced. The Orient Transplanted to Your Vary Homes. Over 100 Indiana from Different Western Tribee. Strange People from every Clime. The World’s Armies Assembled. “Mountain Meadow Maaeacre." “Hanging of a Horse Thief.” “Burning of Trapper Tom's Cabin.” “Deadwood Stage Robbery.” Herd of India Elephant*. Drove of Egyptian Camels. Herd of 3unaio. Philippine Island Cattle. FRE8H FROM ONE MONTH’S NEW YORK SUCCESS Spectacular Street Parade at 10 O’clock a. m. Two Performances Daily at 2 and 8 p. m. Rain or Shine. Seats for 10,000 People Under 8un and Rainproof Canopies. Reserved Seats on Sale Day of •how at Whitaker-Coursey Drug Co M Broad and Marietta Streets. LOCALCRACKSHOTS IN WARM CONTEST FOR TROPHY CUP in> I,-or*' l ill'l 1... „rr,.|,sl,-. iii-lb'Kj. Tb,* ’:*>■ of *.„m* Mild of vnt-yi.i l,ru.b for tli,*' ituriHM- vcuWl, iMiiltarlly !\ In fad. it ,;> ■ 1UI115. lie Meat Fifteen crack shots from the Govern- or'* Horne Guard and Companies K and D, Fifth regiment, are competing on the East Point rifle range Saturday afternoon for the Atlanta trophy cup. This handsome $390 silver cup was ottered to the Atlanta military com panies several years ago by prominent i monopoly. Atlantans. It was first won by the I ' Horse Guard and retained by them tut- ( til iHut sear, when Company K won D j 300 and 690 yard*, each man firing ten from them. |shots. With weather condition-- w f ,- Now It Is up to Company K to re-1 vorable somo rtn* scoses are exp, . lain the prise. Five of the best shots The shoot began at 2 o'clt Matur- frntu each company will shoot at 299, ilay afternoon. IS NOT ENJOINED Vo such an extent as it already ex ists the alleged monopoly of the bag gage handling business at the Ter minal Station wilt continue In the hands of the Atlanta Baggage and Cab Company. Saturday afternoon Judge Pendleton denied the state's demand for an In junction, declaring void such contract's and prohibiting such alleged conditions as constitute what Is claimed to be a