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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN,
gATL'BDAV, DECEMBER S, WOff.
7
GIGANTIC TUNNEL SYSTEM
IS COMPLETED IN NEW YORK
Four Tubes Under the
Hudson River Bored
at Last.
ENGINEERS’ DREAM
rs NOW REALITY.
Oivat Terminals Will
die (500,000 Passengers
Daily.
NOT A THEORY, BUT A PLAN
' FOR SUCCESSFUL 1MMIGRA TION
r
By BEN A. NEAL.
HE people of Georgia, ns never be
fore, are interested In the labor
and immigration question. Ob
servant citizens have seen for quite a
while that this subject would soon be
come a very important and pressing
one, but unfortunately the masses have
to* be touched, and touched hard, ere
they recognize the Importance of united
and determined action.
Georgia has had more than her quoto
of expositions and stat$ fairs, and has
spent enough money advertising, If ju
dicially spent, to place her far In ad
vance of other Southern states. These
expositions and state fairs have served
well their promoters and certain inter
ests, and largely as a result of th/se
j and other agencies Atlanta Is perhaps
the best-known and most popular city
In the South. That whatever helps
Atlanta benefits Georgia, too. might he
iaimed with much truth, but Atlanta,
Wav back In 1878, when work was
commenced on the project of connect - !
ins New York with Jersey City by tun- j
neilnK under the Hudson river, people i
laughed.
It was the scheme of a dreamer with %
disordered mind, they said, and even !
engineering experts shook their heads. |
(’apitalists would have none of it in |
trieland proceeded to build mote fer
ry boats.
In two years those at the head of,
the scheme completed about 1,200 feet;
„f a tunnel under the Hudson, then j
failed. People smiled and said:
•I told you so." ;
V»n years later others took hold of 1
Ischeme, built about the same num. f
her ,,r feet and again failed.
From 1S92 until 1902 there was noth- ;
ing doing in the tunnel line under the i
Hudson river, so far as this scheme was
. .ncerned. Then It was that VVJllloin j
G. McAdoo and his associates took hold j "
,.f the work that others had failed to j stooping pt every floor up to the elev-
succesaful termination. enth. These elevators are expected to
the last week in September and lasts
for ten days, that Georgia make t
creditable exhibit of her natural re
sources, crops, etc., Becure a good loca
tion, put a good versatile Georgia busi
ness man in charge of ft, and display
other states with more real good citi
zens than Illinois Is doing. Illinois
lands have become so high-priced that
people of moderate means can never
hope to own a farm here, and they are
flocking to the Northwestern states and
to Texas, Mississippi; Missouri and
Kansas. They arc known as tenants
here and worth anywhere from $2,500
to $10,000. Scores of them have left
this section since I have resided here,
and others are leaving every week,
have never heard of one going to Geor
gia. however, and why? Simply be
cause no effort has been made to in
duce them to go to Georgia.
Hindrance, Not a Help.
Emigration from this and adjoining
states has been going on for years—
, largely under the auspices and direction
b T'l nf Immigration ageneler-which are
tlons for advertising purposes, and in
contributing Its share toward the In
come from the farm.
To reclaim and develop these wasted
and surplus lands you must have more
land owners, and 4o get these buyers
now you must go outside of your state.
I know of no state that Is furnishing | your, grain—which Is as fine as any
grown in this state—your cotton, both
NEW TERMINAL STATION AS 8EEN FROM THE HUDSON RIVER.
tanv to a successful termination. uuw. i *iw twcvuiui* an* expected to
T.h.v one of those tunnels proposed ^ ha Thi%wV^MI^ g ° 0 to^eSt?in a ^cu.
an.l started by a dreamer has been’ -----
i.ushi'fl undey the river and Is on Its
under Sixth avenue,
ppsldrs, several thousand men are
working night ami day on the other
tunnel and In building the foundations
of it monster terminal down town thut
will it.* the biggest structure of its
kind in the world when it is com
pleted. , t
Yet when this work was started it
was s. offed at. and those attempting.ft
wen- tailed dreamers. Now It is a
leal I tv. In another ye«T passengers
fnm all points of the country will he
landed by rail under the ground In this
mammoth terminal und the dream of
over a quarter of u century will be re
alised.
Wonderful Engineering.
And while this network of tunnels
that connects New Jersey with New
Yoik. and which penetrates all over
Manhattan Island, Is u wonderful piece
«t engineering, the building, into which
all thr.M* tunnels will terminate down
town is going to he one of the marvels
■•f tin* age. Down Into the earth It will
go and there people will stay at all
hours of the day and night anti the
same will Ik* true for twenty-two sto
ries Into the air.
There will he two buildings situated
'■M t'iiurch street, from Cortlandt to
bey streets and from Dry to Fulton.
The northerly building will be known
as the Fulton building. The southerly
blinding will be known as the Cort-
lnndt building.
The buildings will be 22 stories high
above the surface and will extend 75
fret below the surface to bed rock.
beneath these buildings will be the
terminal station of the Hudson and
Manhattan Uallroad Company, which
will operate the tunnels now being built
under thp Hudson liver.
A Network of Tunnel*.
There are four tunnels now being
built under the Hudson. The two
southern tunnels will extend from Cort-
imdt street and from Fulton street,
Manhatti
P.v 70,000 square feet of ground.
The cubic area will be 14.o00.000
cubic feet above ground, 3.C50.000 cubic
feet below ground, or a total of 18.-
150,000 cubic feet.
Building's Big Population.
The structure will be a fine example
of Italian renaissance. Up to the
fourth story It will be built of polished
granite and Indiana limestone. Above
that It wJJJ be buJJt of brick am) terra
cotta. The public balls will be of mar
ble. handsomely decorated, and the
building will be finished In hardwood
throughout.
An Idea of the size of the building
may be obtained by comparing it with J
the Broad Exchange building, the larg- I
est at present in Manhattan, or with j
the United States Express building. |
The Broad Exchange contains 7.000,000
cubic feet. The United States Express
building contains 2,500,000 cubic feet.
Nearly three Broad exchanges, or near- i
ly eight Express buildings, could be in- !
sorted In the space to be occupied by j
the Hudson Terminal buildings.
A City All by Itself.
The amount of material necessary
to construct It Is enormous. Sixteen j
million three hundred thousand bricks J
will be necessary to build the walls j
above the curb. Th&re will be 1.300,000 j
square feet of tile partitions; 4,500 tons \
of architectural terra cotta; 5,200 doors ;
fn the buildings; 5,000 windows. The
area of the glass In these windows will
be 120,000 square feet. There will be
1,100,000 cubic feet of concrete In the
floor arches, 500,000 square yards of
plastering, 16 miles of plumbing pipe,
29 miles of steam pipe, 56 miles of
wood base, 65. miles of picture mould
ing, 95 miles of conduits, over 113
miles of wiring, 30,1)00 Incandescent
lamps, attached to 13,000 fixtures.
There will be a very complete con
dull system within the building to pro
vide for the telegraph, telephone and
stock ticker systems, compressed air
and vacuum ( leaning apparatus.
\ special feature of the building will
Montgomery street,j )e largest electric storage battery
city. There will be a trans- j n the world, composed of thousands
'**■-•*♦* tunnel In Jersey Ulty, extending of cells. This Is to be held as a ra
il-) miles along shore beneath the ! serve. In She event of any accident to
backs of the Pennsylvania, Erie and the electric generating plant.
i-H'kawanna railroads, with entrances' As already stated, the terminal sta-
I" each station. I tlon for the tunnels under the Hudson
Th»* northerly tunnels will extend un- J river will be located under these build-
•iet the Hudson from Fifteenth street, ings. Passengers will enter upon the
t'tty, to Morton street, New J street ttoor and pass down Into the
V'*rk. The tubes will continue; under j station by means of easy stairways. In-
Morton street, Greenwich and Chris- dined planes and elevators. The floor
tophi r streets to Sixth avenue. The first below the sidewalk will be known
'“■‘in line will continue northward un- as the Concourse floor.* Here will be
•ki Sixth avenue as far as Thirty-1 the waiting rooms, In which will be
third street, with passenger entrances f uUm i comfortable benches, retiring
•'* Ninth, Eighteenth. Twenty-third, rooms, telegraph stands, telephone
T«>niy-e|ghth and Thirty-third. At I booths, flower booths and newspaper
Amth street and Hfxth avenue a branch I kiosks, restaurants, lunch counters,
"*vm„ik bootbJ|ll . k stands, and every other con
venience possible In a railroad station.
No Congestion of Ptsstngsrs.
Below the' Concourse floor will be
the train platforms. Passengers will
recourse floor by
"ill bt* continued eastward under Ninth
Mr,, c to Astor place, where It will con-
n, t with the Manhattan subway.
A large station will be built at Thlr-
iy-thirtl street and Sixth avenue on
thf site of the present Manhattan
[water. A foot passage will also be
built front the main station at Hey
"beet ami Church street, under Dey
sttfet to Broadway, where it will con-
Jf 4 * 1 w 'lth the Fulton station of the
Manhattan subway. ,
Hie northerly tunnels are completed platforms,
under the river and the tubes liav * *
**■*1 tarried as far as Sixth avenue,
undfr which thoroughfare the borers
ar f now at work.
hi Jersey City there will be an ex-
estwurd for three-quarter
* mil**I -
>v !vania railroad as far as Brunswlcl
S | *' f. Jersey City, where the train will
Miurg,, f r o m below ground and oon-
"» the Pennsylvania railroad
Ua< ’ to Newark.
Big Terminal Building.
Th.* terminal on Church street will
‘ ms Htute, whemcompleted, the largest
" 1i * structure In the world. There
'' !il l,p space on the twenty-two floors
’ r 4 "on offices, and probably It will
• 'UO- more varied Interests than any
• ‘ office building on earth. Some
‘ r ‘w largest business Interests In the
‘“utnry will occupy Its offices. As It
be the nucleus of all the under-
«**>nr.d systems of railroads converging
uT‘7' lower Manhattan, It will proba-
h nave a population greater than
7 n - v 1 good-sized town.
1 estimated that 1.000 persons a
k will pass through Urn corridors
hiii y l,,n k. or at least 600,000 persons
,V,'! *’ a * M through It In the course of a
,‘7 Aside from this floating popu-
1 , ,n - the buildings will have as per-
: , nt occupants at least 10,000 per-
great population will be han-
”>* 29 elevators. Twenty-two of
'•vators will be express cars, rls-
'thottt a stop to the eleventh floor,
pass down from the <
means of stairways and elevators to
the platforms.
There will be five tracks within the
terminal station, running between six
platforms. The cars will have open
ings on the sides and at the ends, simi
lar to the cars of the Brooklyn bridge
trains. Alternate platforms will be
used for the purpose of loading and
unloading the cars. Passengers will
pass out of a train just arrived on
consequence thereof occupies a com
mercial position out of proportion 10
the rest of the state, and not justified
by the prosperity of the agricultural In
terests upon which It must ultimately
rest, and upon which rests the perma
nency of nil cities of agricultural states.
I tvas a Georgia fanner for twenty
years and still have Interests there. I
have been a resident of Illinois only
four years, but my business puts me In
direct contact with the agricultural
class of this state, consequently I feel
that I can write with some knowledge
of my subject. I want also to state
that 1 have no selfish purpose to serve
by what I write upon this subject, and
have no connections whatever with
any Immigration scheme or real estate
business. I simply want to give to the
farmers, particularly of my native
state, u plan whereby I honestly and
Intelligently believe Georgia's greatest
industrial need can be promptly met.
Georgia’s Greatest Need.
I think few will fall to agree with
me that Georgia’s greatest Industrie)!
need today Is more land owners, and,
Incidentally, more wage labor. Old
homesteads of thousands r.f acres, ac
cumulated before the war, now grow
ing In wild wood and rapidly reaching
dilapidation, must be reclaimed to cul
tivation. Your "fogy" notions of the
value of timber lands must undergo a
change—that Is, what most Southern
farmers call timber lands. There Is
more timber on the average flve-hun-
dred-ncre farm In Georgia than can oe
found In ten miles square in central
Illinois. Instead of paying taxes on
land which only yields n few posts, the
winter’s wood and a few old-fashioned
rails, such lands rhould bo made to
produce cotton, grain and fruits, and
Instead of a "two-horse farm" on two
hundred acres, there must be a two-
horse farm on sixty acres, every acre
usually backed by some railroad and
aided by some fuivate corporation.
These agencies have been rather a
hindrance than it help to legitimate
Immigration, for the reasons that their
plans Involved such enormous expendi
tures and risks that the lands they
have found buyers for have been at
such unreasonable prices as to dissat
isfy the buyer with his purchase in
many Instances, and then having no In
terest In their scheme other than their
commission, they have failed to exer
cise ordinary good judgment In locating
these people of other customs and busi
ness methods.
The class of people here that you
need and could get do not read news
papers of different section^, do not at
tend expositions of other states, and
are as Ignorant of Georgia and her in
dustrial conditions as Georgians are
Ignorant of the conditions here. They
are not speculators nor "rovers," but
pin In, honest business men, who have
been fairly successful by close atten
tion to business, but want to own
homes of their own. and see no op
portunity of doing this here where
lands are worth $100 to $150 per acre.
Bear in mind, reader, that most of
the land owners here bought these
lands many years ago at from $15 to
$35 per acre, and their wealth has ac
cumulated as these lands have ad
vanced in value. Just as yours will do
If you take advantage of your oppor
tunities.
Plan It Outlined.
Now, my plan Is simply this; As
a permanent Institution, establish at
your state capital an immigration de
partment. the purfHise of which will
l»e to induce desirable immigration to
your state. Such a department or bu
reau would prove Infinitely more prof
itable than your "experiment agricul
tural stations, kept up at the expense
of the state. Then, as special work,
I suggest that at the next Illinois
State fair, at Springfield, which opens
on the stalk and in bale; your hard
woods and your minerals; photographs
and maps of your water powers, water
courses, railroads, etc. such aa ex
hibit would atract more attention than
any feature of the fair because of the
novelty.
Dakota has an exhibit every yeaiv—
the only other state so far, and It has
resulted In scores of farmers mov
ing to and investing in that far oft
nor hwestern state. There was one
bale of cotton on exhibition last year,
and people flocked around It as though
It was something of another world. A
ward as to this fair. It Is on a larger
scale than your Georgia state fair, and
much more largely attended. Two
days during the last one, the attend
ance was 50,000 per day, and farmers
from this and adjoining states largely
made up the crowd.
Show What You’ve Got.
To get best and most Immediate re
sults, let every Georgian, be he farmer
or not, who has something to offer,
real estate men, etc., send to the man
in charge of the exhibit, diagrams, to
gether with specific information of
what you have to offer for sale, and I
promise you that all such propositions
as are gotten up In a businesslike
way, will be eagerly read and com
mented upon. This class of people
are Information seekers, and don’t have
to bo begged to hear the truth about In
dustrial conditions of other states—-es
pecially of the South, which, whether
you know It Is not, holds a peculiar
attraction for people everywhere. With
a half dozen farmers located In a sec
tion, tactfully located, you would have
the best immigration outfit you could
get. and tho good work would go on
Indefinitely.
As above stated,'your expositions and
state fairs have served well their pro
moters, for cities thrive upon this char
acter of advertising, but you are cer
tainly due your rural population, tho
agricultural class, the promotion of
some plan whereby their Interests may
be more directly and substantially ben
efited.
If such plans as I have meagerly out
lined are put into execution, and you
fall to get the very best results, and
get them promptly, then I will admit
that I have learned little of the general
conditions of either Georgia or Illinois.
In which I have lived, one thirty years
and the other nearly five. Don’t delay
action; other states with Inferior nat
ural advantages are getting what they
want and are successful because they
are making a practical effort. 1 would
like to see tho newspapers of Georgia
bring this question to tho front and
keep It there till some rational action
shall he taken. Won’t The Georgian
take the lead?
BEN A. NEAL.
MUltrsvllle, 111., Dec. 7.
ONE OF THE TUNNELS UNDER THE HUD80N.
an unloading platform, the side doors
of the cars permitting them to dis
charge their passengers in a compara
tively few seconds* time. The doors
on that wide of the cars will then be
closed, und the doors on the opposite
side will be opened to admit passen
gers from the leading platform who de
sire to embark. Thus the ln-coming
and out-going passengers cannot c
Ildc* and there can be no congestion.
The cars will be of steel. They will
be large and comfortable and capable
of seating nearly fifty persons each.
The passage tinder the river will
probably average three minutes, so
that a resident of Jersey «ity should
be able to reach the heart of the Man
hattan shopping district in from five to
ten minutes. The residents of Jersey
city will thus be actually nearer the
Manhattan shopping .and theater ills*
trlct In point of time, than the resi
dents of the Bronx or of Washington
Heights.
Street Roofed With Gleet.
Another feature of the building will
|>e the arcade. This will be a great
•Hass enclosed passageway. lined with
shops and booths. It will be much
larger than any of the famous Euro
pean arcades, and will contain every
desirable attraction that can be put
Into It. it will be the most famous
The Church street terminal build
ings will constitute the hub upon which
Is focused all the downtown traffic of
the four great railway systems and
trolley lines, terminating in Jersey
City.
The tenant of this building may,
without at any time going from under
cover, be landed in the Pennsylvania,
Erie and Lackawanna stations In Jer
sey City; may similarly reach the
Broadway subway and be landed in
the Grand Central station, New York,
and Long island station In Brooklyn,
and may also utlder cover reach the
Sixth and Ninth avenue lines of the
Elevated railroad system, .to say noth
ing of the surface lines which will pass
its several fronts. Nothing that has
been projected in tho city of Manhat
tan will be quite so unique ns this
great structure. The Intercommuni
cating system of tunnels and subways,
of which It Is the nucleus, will proba
bly be more for the extension of the
Metropolitan district than any im
provement contemplated in Greater
New York.
The Inspiration for the work as a
whole comes from William G. McAdoo,
president of the Sew York and Jersey
railroad, and the Hudson and Manhat
tan Railroad 'Companies, and from
Walter G. Oakman, formerly pres!
dent of the Guaranty Trust Company,
and now president of the Hudson
Companies. It was the combined ac
tivity of these two men, backed by the
banking house of Harvey Fisk & Sons,
that made the enterprise possible. The
engineering features are being worked
out by tHiarles M. Jacobs, chief engi
neer. and J. Vipoml Davies, deputy
chief engineer. The architects are
Clinton & Russell.
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
GOLD GLASSES.
Get that pair of gold-rimmed glasses
now and after the holidays we will
put in the correct lenses without extra
charge. Only two more days. A. K.
Hnwkes Co.. Opticians, 14 Whitehall St.
STATISTICS.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.
$2,000— Mrs. N. C. Stevens to the
Mortgage-Bond Company of New York
lot op South Boulevard, near Glenn-
wooip avenue. Warranty deed.
7,200—J. M. Wright to Walter E.
Craig lot on Augusta avenue, known as
So. 55. Bond for title.
$2.000—Mrs. Lydia McKenley to L. F.
Blalock, lot on Augusta avenue, near
Miranda avenue.
$1,000—D. D. McColl and brothers,
B. II. Reid to W. E. Treadwell & Co.,
lot on corner of Jackson and Rice
street. Warranty deed to secure loan.
DEATHS. 0
T. F. Sprayberry, age 26 years, died
from railroad accident at East Point.
Alex Bohn (colored), aged 50 years,
died at 25 Johnson street.
Solomon Burns, colored, aged 66
years, died of consumption at 60
Wells street: *
Thomas Mobley, colored, aged 39,
Thousands of letters addressed to
"Santa Claus" must, according to the
ruling of th© attorney general, bo de
stroyed. Thousands of appeals have
been made for them, but In vain.
According to the war department'
announcement giving the results of the
1906 small arms competitions, First
Sergeant Martin B. Dunbar, Company
E, Fourth Infantry, Is the best rifle
shot In the army. Ills aggregate score
was 821.
Dr. Zlrin amazed the members of
the Medical Society of Vienna by pro
ducing a man on whom he had sue
cessfully performed transpiAtion of tho
cornea. Tho patient had tvst the sight
of both eyes.
The shower of cinders which fell for
half an hour at Naples and so alarmed
that city, It Is reported, were caused by
two successive collapses of the edge of
the Vesuvlan crater over Pompeii, The
wind carried the cinders as far as
Nuples.
Charles E. ("Parson") Davies, while
crossing a crowded business street In
New Orleans, was struck by a street
car and seriously Injured. He was
rendered unconscious, and It was at
first thought he was fatally hurt.
Members of the city council In Ber
Un have expressed dissatisfaction that
they should be expected to don evening
dress to greet royal visitors at the
Brudenburg gate. They say the people
do not like this form of reception, al
though customary In recent years, as
serting that the kaiser is dictating In
their private affairs.
Governor Higgins Is reported to have
Bright’s disease. He has been In de
fining health for some time, which Is
assigned as a reason he did not seek a
re-nomination. The governor has gone
to his home at Olean to spend Christ
mas. ,
Officials of the state department say
that the famine In China Is worse than
at first supposed, and the American
National Red Cross Society has brought
the matter to the attention of the cabi
net.
Jacques Schoenberger, a first-class
passenger on the steamer Kron Prlnz
Wilhelm, from New York, disappeared
on the way over. Mr. Hchoenberger’s
absence was noticed the first day out
from New York and an unsuccessful
search was made for him.
IT ACUTE STAGE
111 Feeling Among the Mem
bers Said To Be
Bitter.
Chicago, Dec. 22.—If rancor and bit
terness could split the Chicago Hoard
of Trade and build a new exchange one
would bo under construction within a
fortnight. The ill feeling which be
came so Intense In the balloting on
Thursday over the cHanges In rules
governing votes by proxy and liens on
memberships for debt, grew still more
intense,* If possible, yesterday.
On the floor of the exchange during
the session and In the corridors ut the
close of business there were large
groups bandying hard words. The radi
cal element, which seems to be In ab
solute control, began making prepara
tions for placing their men In office at
the annual election, now close at hand.
With the radicals in office will come
the supreme test whether the board
is to continue as one body or be Ui
vlded.
COLLIER'S REPORT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
I LOS!
Caught in Morning and 300,
000 Feet of Lumber
Burned.
Special to The Georgian.
Valdosta, Oa., Dec. 22.—The entire
plant and stock of the Peerless Lum
ber Company, in this city, was burned
this morning about 3 o’clock. There
were between 400,000 and 500,000 feet
of lumber on the yards, which, with
the drv Kiln and contents, were de
stroyed.
Two freight cars of the Georgia
Southern and Florida railway were
burned.
The loss Is about $20,000, covered by
Insurance.
The plant was located just beyond
the corporate limits of town.
W. J. Durant was the principal own
er of the property.
DURING PAST YEAR
‘■‘mi a stop to tne eievenin nwr, tow »*• , #K . n «n*
maintng If .will be local can, covered ■hopping street In the world, nu .
A virulent type of Influenza Is raging
died of appendicitis at 73 Augusta ave- In London and many prominent people
II. L. Collier, commissioner of public
works. Issued Ills sixth annual report
Saturday afternoon. The report, which
has been outlined recently In The
Georgian, urges the use of tile cement
sidewalks universally, says the respon
sibility of sidewalk construction Is too
much divided between city engineer
and commissioner, and urges a reme
dy. Mr. Collier urges an Increase In
appropriation for chert and macadam
puving, and says asphalt has been un
satisfactory. He recommends that no
more asphalt be lAld for at least some
time to come.
He commends bltulltlilc paving and
recommends wood block puving, which
he has tried recently. He urges against
the reckless tearing up of paving al
ready laid.
He dwells on the trouble of the sew
er system and announces an Intention
to push the work of cleaning all sew
ers. He urges the building of con
tinuous concrete Sewers.
He says that damage suits have de
creased in recent years and commends
the vigilance of the city attorneys and
their investigator. He commends the
new city prison, and closes with thanks
to council and heads and employees of
departments.
YOUTH IS ARRESTED
IX 1.0KB’S OFFICE
CAUGHT IN MACHINE
WORKMAN IS KILLED
AT COTTON GINNERY
Special to The Georgian.
Newnan, Ga., Dec. 22.—This morning
at 11 o'clock In Sharpsbury, Hugh
North, one of the most respectable and
hardest working citizens of Coweta
county, was instantly killed while
working at'the cotton gin. From re
ports no one saw the accident, but he
was at work under the house repairing
the machinery when he was caught by
a set-screw and killed before help
could reach him.
Both arms and both legs were broken
several times and his skull broken In
three places.
afe among the sufferers.
Washington, Dec. 22.—Thomas Mor
ins the young man who in New- York
I a few ‘
THREE BOYS TRY
TO CRACK SAFE
New York, Dec. 22.—While In the
act of trying to crack a safe In the of
fices of the Commercial Realty Com
pany at 162 New York avenue, Jersey
City, Edward Deweuy Trueblll, an 8-
year-old boy, w-as captured by Police
men Malone. The lad and two of bis
churns, according to the police, had
made plans of the office to aid them in
their work.
or any part of his body, was arrested
In Secretary Loeb’s office at the
White House today.
The man, who admits that Morris Is
GOLDEN WEDDING
IS CELEBRATED BY
MR, & MRS. BROOKE
Special to The Georgian.
Canton, Ga., Dec. 22.—Mr. and Mrs.
George Washington Brooke, of this
place, celebrated the golden anniver
sary of their marriage today, which
was solemnized in this county fifty
years ago Sunday, the 23d Inst This
remarkable occasion was one of th©
most enjoyable of the holiday social
functions, and the lovely home of Mr.
and Mrs. Brooke, on Main street, was
handsomely decorated with holly and
mistletoe, and many beautiful cut
flowers and potted plants were In
evidence, and also many beautiful
hand-made centerpieces, dollies, etc.,
which have been in the Brooke fam
ily for many years, were placed in the
different apartments of this lovely
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Brooke were assisted
*n receiving their guests by their six
children, numerous grand children and
one great grandchild. Four genera
tions were represented at this golden
wedding, namely; Mrs. G. W. Brooks,
Mrs, A. K. Scott, Mrs. J. A. McLain
and her little daughter, Mary, all of
whom are living here.
The surviving children of Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Brooke are George W., Jr..
. rt *ully J. Brooke, prominent and
BucL-ensful, business men of Atlanta,
Ga., and Nashville, Tenn.; Hon. J. P.
Brooke, prominent lawyer of Alphar
etta, Ga.; Miss Mary Myrtle Brooks,
now teaching in Louisiana, and Mrs.
A. K. Scott and Mrs. Joseph C. John
ston, of Canton. Besides these six
children, there are seventeen grand
children and one great grandchild.
No couple in north Georgia are
more prominently connected or loved
more than Mr. and Mrs. Brooke by
their many friends here and In this
section of the state. They ar© both
Southerners by birth, but of Irish
descent, their grandparents coining to
this country from Ireland.
Mr. Brooke’s father was, John P.
Brooke, who was born on the Atlan
tic ocean, while his parents w-ej#.com
ing over to America, and was i#onlonel
In the Confederate army and after
wards served two terms in the Geor
gia legislature from Hall county, and
two terms from this, Cherokee, coun
ty, and was also sheriff of this county
for a nutifber of years. G. W. Brooke
moved to this county with his parents
when but a small lad and has re
sided in the county ever since, having
lived the past fifteen years In Can
ton. Fifty years ago Bunday he was
married to Miss Arfinta Dial, who
lived in this county and has lived here
most of the time since then.
Over three hundred invitations were
sent out, and one of the largest
gatherings ever assembled at their
hospitable home attended their golden
wedding, which occurred yesterday.
Many elegant und handsome presents
were received.
PROMINENT TEACHER
DIES AT ROME, GA
to Th. (icorirUiJ.
Borne, do.. Dec. K.—M. L. Palmer,
prominent educator of thia county, i
a fictitious, name, handed the aecre- j le*t night, after a short illness. He
tar)’ a letter In which he :,ald hi* con- was a teacher at the Unity .School,
d I tlon was so derm-rate that he war I sir. Palpier leaves a aon and two
compelled a*.a lart resort to appeal to|daughter*. HI* *on (* an officer In the
day* ago offered to aell hi* blood president Roosevelt.' United Stater army.