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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.