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EIGHT REAL ESTATE NEWS Removal Fran The Cily of the owner of a most attractive Bungalow is tin* reason we ran offer it for sale. In the Heart of Summerville On a rerm r lot, (iOxI.tO feet, we off T n two storv rvtodenre of Mmigalow ty|»e. llou-'e has larg<* reception hall, dining room, pantry, kitelien on first floor an<’ three bedrooms and hath on second floor. New hardw iml floors downstairs. Kleetric lights and gas. Price is $6,500 We ran earn- rM) of this^ amount for three t v five years. This is the ehanee of the season to tret in a h me, what you want, where you want it nod when you want it. GOODWIN & DUVALL Union Savings Bank Bldg. CHEAP MONTE SANO LOTS I 1 have n number of the best lots on Monte Sunn for sale very cheap, ami on easy terms. In vestigate these lots and gr t my prices The cheap ness of them will certainly surprise you. You will never have another opp< rtunity to buy Monte Sano lots as cheap ns I am off ring these. Easy terms. See me early Monday morning. Clifford R. Dawson REAL ESTATE. 311 Union Savings Bank Bldg. Augusta, Ga. Phone 3077 Bit a Ist an Gleas Ate. 1 will offer five lots on this street at special prices for a short time, one square from car line, established neighborhood, high elevation. Lots are deep enough (201 feet) for your garden, flowers and chickens; any width you wish. If you contemplate going to the Hill now, or in a year, it will pay you to see me. Terms to suit buyers. JOHN W. DICKEY NO ROOM IN AUGUSTA FOR' KNOCKERS With the tirw amount of building going on In the heart of the business section hue come the development In the suburbs and surrounding coun try tlint Ik hut the natural result of down town activity. The people of AiiKuata are gaining confidence In their city every day, and are beginning to realize and ap preciate the advantagea we have. people with hard cash that uaed to Invest in stock* arid bond* have real ized that they have a wafer Invest ment and a much better Investment in local real estate. Thai the above statement Is true Is pretty conclusively proven by the fact that the local r«al estate men almost without exception are now do ing more business In one month than they did a year ago Iti three months. We have much building now going on, but those in touch with business men hear rumors of other big things, maybe buildings, that will assume tangible torm in the near future The question of organizing a com pany to buy large tracts of land and Out of 10 Cities Only 2 Ahead of Augusta in Y. M. C. A. Inter-City Meet This City’s Showing in Big Membership Campaign Now on Speaks Well For the Town—Today’s Returns of All Cities Will Be Posted at Broad and Bth Streets at 9 P. M. HOW THEY STAND. Mobile 3.216 f'harlolte ..1,761 AUGUSTA 1.595 Greenville 1,566 Columbia .. .. ..1,327 Charleston 1.302 Savannah 1,261 Greensboro 1,136 Sumter .. .. 833 Wilmington 790 Winston-Salem 566 Local Standing. ' 1 give's Team 1,014 Clark's team 571 Boys' team 1® Among eleven cities In the Y. M. C A. Intercity membership cam paign, which began Saturday. Augus ta now stands third from head. Mo bile is still at the top with over three thoussn I points; Charlotte second with a little more than half of wlmt Mobile has, and Augusta has less than two hundred points less than Charlotte. What will tonight's returns show? If Augusta gets two hundred INSPECTORS OF CATTLE IRE BEGINNING WORK Sworn in This Morning and Will Start at Once. Messrs. Morgan, Clark and Elliott the Inspectors. The Richmond County cattle itv cpwton were sworn In thin morn ins and began on their duties. Messrs. Herbert IT. Morgan, and .1 Kdwurd Clark are inspectors fur the county and Mr. W. T. Klllott for the atulo. The county tins been divided into three parts, Mr Elliott taking all ot that section nearest the city, the bis dairtse. The inspectors are expected to visit each rattle owner every two weeks to see that the caws are dipped properly in vate. CENSUS DIRECTOR NAMES W.K. MILLER JR., COMPILER Augustan is Chosen For Work on Vital Statistics in Chicago. Atlanta, Ga. Director of the Ccn hu« William J. llarrla, who la here for the meeting of the State Demo ertuic Executive Committee April I. I'liinninceil today the appointment ot William K Miller, Jr . of Augusta, as compiler of vital statistics for Chi cago. 111., where he Is now engaged In the insurance business The salary is $1,200 per annum an 1 the work can he done In spare mo ments In no way Interfering with Mr Miller's regular duties. ORCHARDS ASKS RECEIVER. Macon. Ga. The Luxury Fruit Co, of Fort Valley has petitioned th« United istauv district court for a re cetvor to take charge of the property o (the com] any and work It out ot Its tinandal difficulties. The company has secured debts of $22,000 ami unsecured liabilities of sl,:tt>» The assets comprise t. 200 acres of lsnd In Houston County on which fruit Is grown. The value of the assets Is not given. Chess Championship. Naw York. —Frank J. Marshnll left New York today for St. Petersburg, where he will represent the United States In the forthcoming Internation al congress of chess masters to which Oar Nicholas had made a donation of i.OOO roubles. Thetournament in which he will meet the champions of Russia, England, France. Germany. Austrta-Hungarv and Cuba will begin on April 20th and will continue for about three weeks. HELPING THE CAUSE. A minister was horrified one Sun day to see a boy In the gallery pelt tng the hearers in the pews with horse chestnuts. As the good man looked up, the boy cried: "You* tend to your preaching, mister: I’ll keep them awake. —St. l*mts Post Dis patch. . THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. improve and divide Into small farms to accommodate a great number of people who would like to come to this section is being agitated by some of Augusta's leading men. Two things that have handicapped Augusta In the past: The lack of power and office rooms will soon cease to exist It is pretty general ly admitted that the first trouble, lack of power, has been removed, and the other, lack of office accommoda tion, will have been disposed of by October. The hears on Augusta have almost. If not entirely, disappeared and men who have confidence In the city’s fu ture are now at the helm and the good town is being steered commer cially, Into rich fields. The time has come when people who knock Augusta will he called fools and the term will be applied with justice. Augusta will be a big city one of these days, hut it will never have room enough for that sorry specimen called a "Knocker.” more than Charlotte does today she will go to second place As sho is some fifteen hundred joints in the lead. Mobile will prob ably win the contest, but the race for second and third places will be ex tremely close. Augusta says she will he satisTled with nothing less than second place and is going to take It if she has to strain every muscle to do it. Augusta has not even stood still blit has advanced a notch every day so far. This Is saying a lot for the men who are out working for the local association They are divided into two teams, under Captains Will Ixtve and W. E. Clark, respectively. The two tetms are striving desper ately for local honors. The present standing shows that Love's team Is in the lead. It must be remembered that Au gusta through this inter-city campaign Is being given a certain considerable amount of advertising. . Today's results will be posted at 9 o'clock this evening at Howard's cor ner, Broad and Eighth Streets. March, in Like Lion, Goes Out Like Fish; No Cold is in Sight March, having come in like a lion. is doing her best to upset tradition and go out like a fish. The rain that began falling early Monday nftsrnoon continued throughout the night and Wednesday it was damp and cloudy. According to Ihis morning’s forecast the rain ts over for the present any way and tomorrow is predicted to be fulr. SALE BARGAINS EXCHANGES HERE IS YOUR CHANCE; DON’T WAIT, INVESTIGATE— 2-story modern hom*. finest residential section of city, on ear lins. Exceptional bargain S2OOO 2-story home near depot, modem, eentrally located. Quick sale price $2350 5-story 7-room home near railroad shops, to close estate. For SO days, only $1575 TO EXCHANGE or FOR SAI.E: Nice little farm. 7 acres, near and In easy aeceaa to city; residence 0 rooms, barn, stable, poultry house, 100 fruit trees; wUI exchange for home well located in city. Sale or Exchange $1450 FARMS, EXCHANGES LOANS P. F. KEENAN & CO. Montgomery Bldg. Phone 807-J. 18% INVESTMENT I have for sale 6 now houses, well located, near John Milledge School—all rented to good white peo ple. This property will pay 18 per cent, on the in vestment. Enough said! 6 Houses, practically new, conveniently located and rented to good negroes. Tliis property is cheap and will pay at least 15 per ceut. on the invest ment. • 7 Houses on D’Laigle Ave. All houses rented. Price $2,500. Will pay 16 per cent on the invest ment. Any of the above property could be bought and re-sold separately at a handsome profit. JOSEPH W. BEASLEY Phone, 6868 W. 215 Dyer Bldg. SMITH SHOWS OPEN up in eooo Sim Located on Ninth Street. Big Business Expected During Remainder of the Week. The Smith Greater Shows have have opened up ■ n Ninth street and are doing a nice business. The weath er Interfcrred considerably with the shows last night but It is expected to night and during the remainder of the week they will do a big business. The shows are being put on under the auspices of the fraternal order of Eagles und some of the proceeds will go to the Children's Home. BAD FISTICUFF IN FRONT OF DYER BUILDING TODAY Public attention was atrracted In front of the Dyer building about noon today by a fist fight between J. L. Da vis and Hugh Phillips, the latter pro prleor of the Wolverine Tea Company. Davis was arrested by Officer Brown, who was standing at the In tersection of Eighth and Broad streets, and carried to the barracks, where ha was released on $25 bond supplied by Mr. W. E. Gibbs, a witness and friend of Davis. The trouble Is said to have originat ed over some financial misunderstand ing. Phillips was sent to the hospital. His Injuries are not serious, it is under stood. EMIL VEDRINES KILLED. Reimes, France.—Emil Vedrines. a brother of Jules Vedrines, the famous french aviator, was killed in a fall with his monoplane here today. In the international aeroplane cup race at Kheims. In September, Vedrines finished second, flying 124 miles at 123 miles and hour. TO BETTLE THREAD SUIT. Washington.—Negotiations were be gun today at the Department of Jus tice for a settlement, out of court, of the anti-trust suit against the Ameri can Thread Company. It was under stood that the government would in sist on terms which would grant prac tically everything asked for in its suit. No decision, however, was reached today and further conferences are ex pected. No testimony has been taken in the suit. MAIL Cr’uISERS. Washington.—The senate today adopted Senator Weeks’ resolution calling upon the secretary of the navy for Information as to the feasibility of employing naval cruisers to carry mail, passengers and freight between ports of North and South America. As amended by the naval affairs commit tee the names of the ports mentioned in the original resolution are stricken out to give it broader scope. .... Money To Loan ON REAL ESTATE. SIO,OOO immediately available. T. 0. CARY Irish American Bank Building. For Sale or Exchange House and lot and lot adjoining, comer Central Avenue and Hickman Road (Telfair street) on The Hill. On car line. Price $3,500. Lot opposite Arsenal, Walton Way, 100x200. S4O per front foot. POR RENT A new and attractive flat on corner Crawford Ave nue and Fenwick street. 0 rooms S2O 00 MartinA Garrett 137 Jackson Street. REAL ESTATE-INSURANCE # FOR SALE Near the intersection of Highland Avenue and Wheeler Road (Summerville) we offer a beautiful place of six (6) acres, nine (9) room residence and two (2) servant houses. This place is supplied with city water and has a commanding view of the sur rounding country. If you want a combination city and country home, where health and freedom abound, this is your chance. Price, $6,000.00. Small cash payment; balance at 6 per cent. Jas. R. League & Co. 212 UNION SAVINGS BANK BUILDING. Phone 176. POWER The development of 40.000 Hydro-Electric Horsepower means much to Augusta—it should and very probably will treble the number of industries here. The power is available and cheap, and indus tries in other cities will take advantage of the many opportunities here. Learn the Advantages of Augusta and Tell Every body About It FOR SALE A delightful homo, on the Hill, just across the street from the Country Club. Large lot 200 feet front by 345 deep. Residence of nine large rooms, bath and pantry; 100 foot veranda, halls on upper and lower floors; garage for three automobiles, stable, coal, oil, wood, chicken and pigeon houses, all separate. All varieties of fruit tree? and berries. House splendidly ventilated. Lot well drained. Price reasonable. Terms easy. Property in this section is enhancing in values every year. J. HARDWICK JACKSON 409 Dyer Building. Phone 3446 WEDNESDAY. APRIL Y. 1