Newspaper Page Text
SIX
REAL ESTATE NEWS
■< ».. Ain
Hr#
Eggs for Hatching
$1 Per Setting
g. C. White foghorn. Inman Runner Duel*.
Agents for Xrnv Tneubntors and Brooders.
DUNNINOTON POULTRY RANCH
Phone 7521. R F. D. Augusta, Ga.
For Sale Cheap
At No. One (1) East Clifton Avenue, North
Augusta, there is an eight (H) room, two (2)
story house on a good hig lot that is a pick uj> at
s2.<><»<U><>. Small cash payment, balance $12.50 per
month.
This proposition is all right, and someone is
going to g< t a nice home at a bargain, all because
the owner is moving away.
Jas. R. League & Co.
212 UNION SAVINGS BANK BUILDING.
Phone 17H.
A BROAD PIAZZA
is one of the luxuries of our Southern homes—and
in this house you have this luxury. We offer for
rent during the Summer months to approved ten
ant one of the most attractive homes in
QROVETOWN
House contains eight rooms, completely fur
nished, screened throughout, two baths, water
works, gas, servants’ quarters, garage. Apply to
GOODWIN l DUVALL
2 and 3 Union Savings Bank Bldg.
LOOK_AT THIS
Mr. Householder and Investor.
Homo of the l>e-t lots on Monte Sano for sale so
cheap you would he astounded if you knew the
price.
Not only are the lots cheap, dirt cheap, but you
can make the terms yourself, and in addition to all
of that you will not have to pay interest or taxes
until paid for. This is your opportunity.
See me early Monday morning.
Clifford R . Dawson
REAL ESTATE.
311 Union Savings Bank Bldg.
Augusta, Ga. Phone 3077
W. T. Houston & Co.
Sells $40,980 in Month
The firm of W. T, Houston ft Co,
matin «n extraordinary showing In
the amount oT real estate transfers
made through them lent month.
It has lu'i'ii very saidotn in Au
gusta's history that n real estate
firm has made such a showing hh
this, hut wo enumerate tho vsrlous
transfers Mew, which totals over
*lO 000.
Tuxedo Park lots entne* first with
MOST INTERESTING REVIEW
OF AUGUSTA REAL ESTATE
Mr. R. Rov Goodwin, of the Firm of Goodwin & Duvall, Waxed
Eloquent in Discussing Real Estate Yesterday
When seen by a Ifrrn'd mpreiMintatlve
ye ate May find i**kM for tin interview
Mr, OooeSwln, n* iiaiihl, win ve*ry bu«x
blit hh Id be* could not derllfir* to diN
niAA a subject ao deny to b n b<*nrt an
real estrtte:
“Hex eral years Mid Mr. Oood
wln. “there wha a feed lire delivered In
AllKilAtu under ttie title of 'A«Te* of IM i
rnondn.' It w;»a not rnv |ile:iaure to
tienr ttda lecture but tt w:i* very fav
orably commented on ley theme* who b iel
the opportunity of heaviiiK It. In the
main it elwelt upon ttie ignoring of b eri!
opportunity and the going aft**
Imaginary gain* In other pines*.
“To nix mind, thin lecture wan nn ex
cellent II hurt rat ion «*f what ha a occurred
In Auguiun in recent yanfn. Mmy < f
eeiir progrsnilvi and at the aarnci time
coriMcrvatlvc business men have **nt
large (|ii.i ntitieA of *goo<V money after
'bud.' They have been Influenced bv
promlaen of gr**;it rtturns to Invert thetr
money in all Aorta of Achemea. In fact
I wan told on one occasion by n stork
hrviker. that he bad n Mat of tin* Au
gttfrtn ‘Kaay MaTka’ and It would
coriAerv.itlve» to eatlmnte In the laat ten
yenra at leant a hi If million dollar* baa
been b at In fake enterprlaea and atork
apeculatlona.
“Augusta real eatnte hna been ignored.
We men who have been engag/d In thia
bualneaa for yeara. realist that It h s
hern an uphill Job to Intercat the
monied people In the purchase of Au
guAta realty, particularly well located
I’rood atreet property.
“There may bax’e been cauaea for thl«
lack «»f Interest on the part of our lor I
investor.*. The freahet of 190 S and the
freabet of 1912, nf neceaalty gave Broad
street property « black eye, but with Hie
woik already completed on the levee and
with tin* assurance that thle wink will
be brought to »r speedy conclusion,
t hereby giving Augusta practically an
absolute guarantee against overflows,
tills former criticism cannot now he di
rected at our bualneaa property.
“It Is an open secret In real estate cir
cles, that business property in Spartan
burg, Greenville. Columbia, Macon and
other towns of the size of Augusta, Is
selling at from twenty-five to fifty p«i*
cent higher per front foot than our Au
gusta property.
“It would seem, however, that we have
BEARING B 9 DEAD, STEAMED AMID
SILENCE, STEAMS INTO ST. JOHNS
Tell Awful Story of Suffering Men in Blizzard. For Two Days
and Nights Helpless men in Ice Floes. Some Were Raving,
Others Were Ice Blind.
I St. Johns, N F. Amid silence Ilk.* a
funeral hush the sealing steamer Helm- |
venture unearned slowly up the harbor at
usk toil iv, heaving sixty-nine of the
dead and fifty of the crippled survivors
of the disaster that overtook hunters
from the steamer New Koundland on the
.• f!..is near ellllc Isle Straits In last
’lurhdty's blizzard.
Thirteen of the living were removed
to a hospital In a critical condition.
SeviVal others were aertqyisly 111 and all
hut one <>f the remainder bore seats of
iheti thlrtv-eight hours' exposure 111 the
Arctic g tie in which seventy-seven of
their comimnions met death. This tin*
n.lutvd survivor vus stricken blind after
being picked up. but it is believed he
will v«»« over bis sight
Five thousand persons. many of them
telutlvcs of the v.rtlm*. Imd lined every
v.nitftKc point alonf the harbor front
11 day, walling f r the Itellaventure *
arrival and foi some new* of the misus
ing scaler Southern Floss, catTylng
men. Not a word has been heard from
the latter vessel Vince she wav seen
tirl\ tig before the vtorm Tuesday morn
ing Hope aroused by report* that she
had made harbor were dashed when In
\ es* Igat ion proved an error 111 identifi
cation had been made. ,
1 here at 111 l* faUh In many quarters
that the Southern Fross weathered the
bllsvnrv). No wreckage hue been re
ported
In the absence of rtoverndf Davidson
and Premier Morris, the acting premier,
Mr lienneit, ulreeted the work of car
ing for the dead and wounded. Kvery
physician and nurse In the city volun
teered Pv service. They were aided by
squads from the naval reserve slop Cal
ypso, and various military organisa
tion*. The new (Irenfell institute was
turned into ii morgue.
The d waster which overtook the New
Koundland's huntevs was unavoldube,
acc rdlng to Captain Randell, of the
He lis venture, Tuesday dawned some
what overcast, but with no hint of bits
sard conditions, lie said, so that It wn«
quite perm enable to put men on the ice
after seals.
Arctic Suddenness.
The storm broke with typical Arctic
suddenness. The hunters from the He»
laventure and the Plortsel were fortunate
enough to reach their ships sitely. The
Hiepheno's men, being near the Florise*.
hurried on board her. The Stephan*,
meanwhile, steamed towards the *po%
where her crew had been seen before
the snow shut In This took her away
from the New PoundlamVs gr> up. who
were far from their own ship. As s s>n
ms the Stephano was noels ted b\ the
FlortaeTs wireless of the safety of her
men, she heeded Kick Into the storm to
pick up the N« w K umlalnd's hunters
it was impossible to see a ship's
length ahead Into the snow curtain, ano
when the Stephana's captain thought he
was within a mile of the stranded hunt
ers he lay to and kept his whistle going
in the hope that they might be guldeq
towards him.
As hours passed and net a man re
ported. he concluded all had reached
their own ships. Hut the New Found-
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA.
a total or S*B,OOA.
Kitchen estate- to F P Fleming
Farm on Dean Bridge Hoad. s'-’.700.
G W. Shackelford to Mr. N. A
MoKlmtirray, roddem on Fenwick
Street. »*.*:,o,
.1 l„ Williams to J. It Reynolds
cottage on Meyer Street. *B7.n,
Mr Houston stat -d that the out
look for selling iHrma u* well na city
property Ih unusually good thia hprint;.
ranched the turning In the road and Hint
the connervatlve investors have nt laat
decided that It in better to buy Auguntu
dirt than to send theft- nr ney after
InuiKlnary tiroftln. During my twelve
yearn' experience an a real estate nalen
rnan I have never necn a more active
demand for well locatd business prop
erty.
"Hinee the first day of hart October.
Ihe flrtn of Goodwin ft (auvail han
Mild over tltiO.MO of bunlnenn property.
In the main thin property han been lo
cated between MoKlnne and Jacknon
afreetn I am advlned t,v nearly all nf
ttie purchanctn that they have been of
fered and declined profit* on their pur
clianen. and I c*|i nay Without lienita.
lion, that I do not believe a single piece
of property wlilcli we have nold ninco
Octolier could not be nf Id w ithin ten
dnyn to nlmw a handnome profit to the
recent purchanern.
“In conversation M>me weekn ngn writh
one of the larK'St real entate operatorn
In the West, who wan a guest at the
Hampton Terrace Hotel, the ntaternem
was made to me hy thin gentleman that
he had- been in Augusta for two wicks
and that lie had watched ttie town
through tile experienced even nf a re >
estate operator. He believed tlint Au
gusta had it last awakened to the red
ixatlon of Ins- resources, and that par
ticularly well located property bought
on a basis of loday'n market, would
within a very limited number of years,
show substantial profits. He thought
so well of Augusta's future that he
stated to me he wan willing to buy
heavily In Augusta property, which we
would recommend to him na being de
sirable.
“If thin Impression wan made upon
an outsider, il seems ntn me that out
local people might well follow title lead
ership, and wc are beginning to believe
that the investment public ts seeing
Iltcre are acres nf diamonds in Augusta
ready for them for the asking, and un
less nil signs fall, Augusta In the next
year nr two, will witness the most active
re d .state market ever seen in Iter hla
tta-y.”
land had no wireless, and nil that day
■ hml Wednesday, while the blizzard raged
with unabated fury*, the fleet remained
in ignorance of the fate of the 150 uicn
maVooned on the floes.
On Thursday the weather cleared and
the HeMaventure was making ready to
start her men after seals again when
a lookout reported men on the ice. Cap
tain Randell Immediately ordered every
available man on the ship to the rescue.
The main party of castaways w«*e four
miles away over a broken field of le%
The Bella venture was driven toward
FOR SALE
On Thirteen Hundred
Block cf Ellis street. I have
n Two Story House of six
rooms and Bath; also Cot
tag? of three rooms. Will
sell these separately or to
gether and at very s»ttract
ive prices.
JOHN W. DICKEY
them with all possible speed, but n.»
hail were h ■ conditions that It rsqulrew
time hours to cover the four miles.
Only a Few Conscious.
In the .meantime Captain Kandell's
men hud re tebed tbs castaways. Only
a few of the hardiest were conscious
and aide let help tliemse.ves. Many Were
In a stupor. Sums were raving, others
had been stricken with Ice h induces.
Many I >al . s were found frosen so fast
In tin- Ice Hint pickaxes were necessary
t„ (hop them out. Two of the survi
vors were nearly mail front their own
suffering* ami from grief. Kiel) hud
w tilled a brother die
11. good fortune thirty of Hie New
Koundlanil's hu s» » who had not stray
ed far from the vessel had been aide to
reach their Ship, else the death list un
doubtedly would have been greatr.
In tli meantime th- Htepliano had
worked within striking distance and had
picked nil a few of the survive*# and
recovered a few bodies.
Alter the Mtow-fllled hollows had been
sen relied for more bodies the llelluven
lure turned her prow homeward, bat
tllrg severe be conditions and a second
gale nearly all the way to port.
Building Permits
Il.obn: Mrs. Mary Klllott, one-story
dwelling. 1314 Steed street.
$150; Henry McKlne, repair fire
damages. 1640’ Twiggs street.
s:iuu. M. I>. Williams, change roof
ing from shingles to metal, 907 Moore
avenue.
$ ifio T. J. Reid, one-story dwelling,
corner W* st View and Edgar streets.
$250: George Street, Sr., general re
pairs. 1704 Jenkins street.
1X00.50: Moore estate, remodel resi
dence, 1465 Broad.
$1,000: C\ •}. W. Parnell, one-story
residence, corner Moore avenue aipl
Parnell street.
s'.so: J. I). Thomas, one-story cot
tage, Magnolia street, near Wrights
tporo road.
$1X0: W. F Burton, work on roof,
.147. 349, 351 Taylor street.
$1,300: Joseph A. Bailie, two one
storv dwellings. 1471 and 1473 Cooper
street.
$2,800: G. Lloyd Preacher, three one
story cottages, corner Drubl Park ave
nue ami (iwlnnett street.
$4,300: K. H \B*u-elsang. build resi
dence. 1111 Milledge road.
$4,050: Wm. E. Andrews, two-ksory
residence, corner McDowell and Glenn
streets. .
$500; W. H. Hi rlson, Jr., one-story
house, 1045 Marison street.
$3,000: Lake Side Club, build club
house, Broad street at Lake.
MRS. C. M. HARRINGTON BUYS
LOTS ON HICKMAN HOAD.
Monte Fano lots continue to be
sold every day. There is always a
buyer ready and waiting for Hill
property. A few days ago Mrs. C. M.
Harrington bought three very desir
able lots on Hickman Road for a con
sideration ot $1,550.
This transfer was made through
Mr. Jos. W. Beasley; the property
was sold by Mr. C. E. Miller.
TRANSFERS MADE THROUGH
D. W. MARKS.
• Among the real estate sales this
week were a couple of considerable
Interest, made through D. W. Marks.
House and lot on Wrightsboro
Road was svild by Citizens Trust Co,
to W B. Brawner for a consideration
of *3,1 (tO.
No. 1210 Gwinnett Street was sold
by the Marks estate to J. W. Sweid,
the consideration *2,100.
Money To Loan
ON REAL ESTATE.
$10,(K)0 immediately
available.
T. 0. CARY
Irish American Bank
Building.
Three Special Bargains For This
Week That Must be Sold
. INVESTMENT
Here Is a 15 per cent Invetg ment for you. And n piece of prop
erty that Is located near a bus.ness street and where property Is ad
vancing In price. We arc offering for sale three new cottages that
are rented to good tenants for 435.U0 per month. If sold this week
cun be bought for *2.769.00. We would advise you to buy this proper
ty. It U really worth more money than we are asking for It.
BARGAINS IN LOTS
We nre going to offer you n nice building lot at the foot of The
Hill near Walton Way, with sewerage atpl water all ready on the
lot, for $350.00, In order to sell It by 12 o'clock Monday. The lot Is
worth *500.00. The other lot la located on Starnes street, near Wal
ton Way that we ure going to sell for $500.00 and It Is worth *650.
If you wish to buy a bargain this Is your opportunity.
W. T. Houston & Co.
Haris on Building.
Phone 607. Augusta, Ga.
For Sale
Desirable two-story, G room frame residence on
Woodlawn Ave.; very attractive inside and out;
handsome wainscoted stairway; large lot; splendid
neighborhood.
Price $4,500
See ns for offerings of houses and lets in the
city and on the Hill.
Martin & Garrett
137 Jackson Street.
REAL ESTATE—INSURANCE
Walton Way Homes
For Sale
On the 1500 block *of Walton AVai' I have a six
room Cottage, all conveniences, that I can sell very
cheap and make terms to suit purchaser. Price,
$2,200.
On the 1600 block of Walton Way, a House of
8 rooms, all modern conveniences, on lot 40x160 ft.
It is cheap at $3,200. Easy terms.
On the 1500 block of Walton Way, a two-story
House of 8 rooms, practically new, in perfect condi
tion, and good neighborhood. This place is well
worth $5,500, but will be sold to a quick buyer for
$4,750.
On the 1700 block of Walton Way, a two-story.
7-room House, built two years ago; all conven
iences; large corner lot. Cheap at $4,500.
JOSEPH W. BEASLEY
Phone, 6868 W. 215 Dyer Bldg.
POWER
0
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
SUNDAY. APRIL 3.