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SUNDAY, MAY 21.
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN REAL ESTATE-
Consult These Progressive Firms for Further Interesting Information
HILL PROPERTY
Two lots on Kings Way, one for SIBOO and the other
$2200. Price on the latter only holds good for 10
days. Don’t miss this opportunity if you are in the
market for a home site with a beautiful view and among
the best neighbors.
On “Hill Crest” I am offering some of the prettiest
lots in this whole section, ranging from $llOO to S3OOO.
Home in Monte Sano, well situated. Has 8 rooms,
halls, closets, back and front porches, electric lights,
gas, and other modern fixtures. Price! Well, so cheap
that you will think I am joking! A Real Bargain for
home or investment.
Bon Air Avenue, Summerville Terrace, lot 50x150,
for $675.00.
I make a specialty of Hill Property and you will
find my offerings attractive and reliable.
Loans made at reasonable rates of interest.
GEO. W. HARDWICK
REAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
Phone 810. 819 Broad St.
FOR SALE
A beautiful cottage on 15th Street,
five rooms and bath, electric lights;
lot 50x150. A small cash payment
and balance in monthly installments,
or will take lot in the burned district
in trade. For information see
JOHN B. MURRAY
Phone 3287.
Planters Loan and Savings Bank Bldg.
READ HERALD WANT ADS
MAGNIFICENT NEW THEATRE WHICH WILL BE BUILT FOR THE MODJESKA THEATRE COMPANY
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G. LLOYD PREACHER, Architect
OVER $600,000 OF BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED SINGE JANUARY
THE FIRST AND REBUILDING AFTER FIRE HARDLY BEGUN
Will Probably Be $1,000,000
More Permits Issued Before
the First of Next January,
and All Records Will Be
Broken
SOME NOTABLE PERMITS
ISSUED THIS YEAR
New Compress and Warehouse,
Swift & Co. Oil Mill, Elegant
Apartment House and Other
Notable Permits Issued. Ban
ner Building Year.
The building permits in Augusta for
the year 1916 will probably eclipse all
former records. Up until May 20th the
total is over $600,000 and this is only four
and one-half months.
The re-building after the great fire has
not started in earnest as yet and the
permits from now until January first will
be probably $1,000,000 more.
There have been probably $75,000 per
mits issued as the result of the fire,
while from now they will come faster
because the business district will re
build in earnest and the residential dis
trict will be literally alive with workmen.
Since the first of January permits for
a number of notable enterprises have
been taken out, among them the new
compress and warehouse of the Augusta
Compress * Warehouse Company, the
oil mill of Swift & Company, the $45,-
000 apartment house of the United
Apartment Company, the Georgia-Caro
lina Dairy Products Co. building, the
Schweigert store, Sylvester store and
others.
Permits will be secured within a short
time for an elegant theatre on the north
side of Broad street, for number of
stores in the burned district and for
many residences.
Building Inspector Brown and Assist
ant Inspector Pratt are being worked
over-lime these days ana the prospect is
that they will be even more busy during
the next few months.
The following are the permits issued
since January first by months:
No. of permits. Amounts.
71 January $ 28,960.00
8 0 February 145,000.00
123 March 163,745.00
138 April 125,533.00
135 May 164,112.00
647 $627,550.00
ROLLER SKATER, 72,
TO RACE.
He's. 72 years of age but Col. J.
L. Smith, of Detroit, is a spry feller
on roller skates. This venerable
athlete has challenged Bennie
Specht, champion on the rollers to
a special match race and the event
will be staged on the night of the
former’s 72nd birthday.
William Marlin
PHONE 781.
417 LEONARD BUILDING.
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
FOR SALE
Desirable Greene Street property
and residences and lots on the Hill.
THE AUUUSIA HEHALD, AUGUSTA, GA
MAGNIFICENT AND MODERN WILL BE THE NEW
THEATRE WHICH IS SOON TO RISE HERE
Will Be Fireproof and is First
Theatre Building in Country
to Conform to Building Code
of National Board of Fire
Underwriters
MODJESKA THEATRE CO.
TO BE PROPRIETORS;
READY BY OCTOBER 1
Will Seat 1,200 People. Cool
Air From Underneath Will
Take Place of Electric Fans.
“Will Build it Because We
Have Faith in Augusta and
Moving Pictures,” Says Mr.
Miller, Manager.
One of the most elegant -and cor
tainly the most modern theater in the
South or the country, will be erected
for the Modjeska Theater Company on
the north side of the SOD block of Broad
Street, next to the Merchants Bank.
The picture on this page is from a
drawing and is a sac-simile of how the
new building will look when completed.
The plans are.by Architect Preacher.
It is expected that the contract for
erecting the building will be let during
tills week. It will he the first big
building to rise after the fire.
Messrs. K. E. Korborough, Alvin Mc-
Auliffe and Frank .1. Miller, proprietors
of the present popular Modjeska Thea
ter, will build the new playhouse and
it will be ready for occupancy by Octo
ber Ist or before. The Modjeska will,
of course, continue to he operated by
the above named gentlemen with Mr.
Miller as manager in charge. A name
for the new house has not been se
lected.
Interested with Messrs. Rosborough
MeAuliffe apii Miller in the playhouse
across the street is an out-of-town
theatrical man with much prominence
and large means and there isn't any
question about the new proposition be
coming a magnificent success front the
start.
To Seat 1,200.
Mr. Miller talked to a Herald man
yesterday most Interestingly about the
now playhouse. “It will seat 1,200 peo
ple,” he saiil. “900 on the first floor, and
300 In the bolcany, or mezzanine floor.
The exterior, first floor, will consist
of a wide entrance through a beautiful
lobby, while on either side of the lobby
will be located a store, and 1 might add
that each store has already been rent
ed. We had 17 applications for the
two stores.
"On the second floor there will be a
beautiful palm room in the center and
one side of this room will he a ladies’
rest room, etc., while on the other side
will be a smoking room for gentlemen.
The palm room will extend hack to tho
mezzanine floor of the theater. The
offices of the theater will also be on
the second floor.
“On the Broad Street side there will
be white terracotta finish to the build
ing with artistic designs to make it
more attractive. An immense electric
sign at the top, with myriads of lights
imbedded in the walls will make the
new theater the most brilliantly illu
mined place in the entire city.
“The building will he as near fire
proof as modern architectural skill can
make it. Indeed, we are informed that
it is the first theater in the country to
conform to the letter to the building
code of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters. There will be numerous
exits, but, because of the great care
that will be taken, we are convinced
that there will never he any necessity
to use them.
Concrete Floors.
"We will have concrete floors both
upstairs and dpwnstairs, while our
stage will lie of concrete. Each dress
ing room will lie built of concrete with
fire doors so that if a fire should start
in one it would not extend to tho oth
ers. We will have an asbestos curtain
and, in fact, everything that goes with
a womern fireproof theater. There will
he 36 Inches between each row of seats
so that no one will have to get up when
people wish to pass them to reach seats
further along tho row. Tills Is, of
course, a nuisance to theater patrons
almost everywhere for few theaters
have enough room between seats. We
expect to have our aisles three feet
wide near the stage and get wider to
ward the front until each is six and
one-half feet wide at the entrance, be
coming narrower gradually. This is a
requirement of the Board of Fire Un
(jerwriters which strikes us as being
splendid. In case of fire the building
could be emptied twice as fast as if the
aisles were of uniform width from end
to end, while when there is no danger
the theater can empty so much more
quickly.
“There will he cool air which will
come front underneath the floor nnd go
out through the top and no electric fans
will lie needed. In the winter warm
air will come from beneath and there
will lie no radiators and uniform tem
perature will prevail.
Best Seats That Can Be Bought.
“We will have the best seats that
can lie bought, having contracted for
1.200 iron seats with leather cushions
which will cost nearly $7,000 alone, thus
giving you an Idea of the elaborate
scale on which wo are planning for the
magnificent new theater which Augus
ta theatergoers deserve.
In carrying out the general idea of
a fireproof building we expect to have
the booth for the moving picture oper
ator of re-inforced concuete and it,
will he located in the top of the build
ing in the best possible place for the
light to he properly focused on the
stage below.
“You ask me if we are building a
theater for moving pictures alone and
do we think that pictures in .themselves
warrant such an expenditure, and I
answer that pictures do warrant such
an expenditure, for the future will see
this great industry become an even
greater factor in our lives. Moving
pictures are in their Infancy and each
succeeding year Will see them become
more and more developed and each year
will see many millions more spent In
their production, while the great
American public will spend many ad
ditional millions each succeeding year
to witness their favorites on the screen.
We have faith in moving pictures and
in the future of Augusta and that's
why we have plunged so deeply.
“At some future time we may have
vaudeville, and may be something else,
for we are building to stage any kind
of show that may come to town from
Ben Hur down, but for the present we
have no Intention of running anything
except high class moving pictures.”
The new theater is to he build on
property owned by Mr. R. O. Lombard
nnd League & Duvall are the renting
agents.
SANDERSVILLE NEWS
Sandersville, Ga.—Mrs. C. L. Brewer
and Roy Woodbury loft Tuesday to
spend the remainder of the week with
their alater, Mia. Julian Calhoun, In
Spartanburg. K. C.
Mr. and Mra. A. W. Evans and Mr.
W. A. Wray attended the Southern
Baptist convention which met In Aahe
vllle, N. C.
Mlsa who haa heen the at
tractive guest of Mlsa Mabel Rawlings,
returned to her home In Montezuma
Thu rsday.
Mlaa Vannle Mathis la home from
a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Harris Mathis
In Macon.
Mlaaea Mary Rawlings and guest,
Miss Elizabeth Brown, of Paragould,
Aik., spent a few days recently In
Montlcello, as guests of Miss Mary
Kelley.
Mrs. O. G. Singleton of Fort Valley
arrived here during lust week to spend
a while with Mrs. Annie Albea.
Mrs. Lizzie Trawlek of Wrlghtsvlllo
was a visitor to Mrs. H. J. Bayne dur
ing the week-end.
Mrs. J. J. Harris was hostess Mon
day at a spend-the-day party, given
In compliment to Miss Mabel Rawlings
and guest, Miss Robinson, of Monte
zuma Her guests Included the hon
orees and Mrs. T. B. King.
Mr. W. T. DuPree and daughter,
Ruth DuPree, of Dublin, fJa„ silent the
week-end with his daughters, Mrs. W.
L. Williams and Miss Eula DuPree.
Mlsa Mamie Lou Cole, who has been
spending a few days with her aunt,
Mrs. I. W. Newman, returned to Ma
con during the week.
Miss Lizzie Coop**- of Dover has
been spending a while with her sister,
Mrs. L. M. Brewer.
A BEAUTIFUL HOME ON THE HILL FOR RENT
Furnished with EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE.
A lovely 7-room hou»e on linker Avenue, up-to-date In every respect. Price $3,250.
An 6-room house on Bon Air Avenue, just built, will sell furnished or unfurnished. It will have to be
noen to be appreciated. Price $4,000 unfurnished, or $4,300 furnished.
An up-to-date 6-room house on Chaffee Avenue, beautiful fruit trees oil In bearing. Price $3,000.
A splendid bargain we have on Central Avenue, In a 6-room house. Price $3,800.
A 6-room bouse on Chaffee Avenue, nil up-to-date, ideeplnit porch, China and Idnen Closets, etc. A
ha ran In at $3,500.
A brand new 5-room house on Central Avenue, with all conveniences, cheap for the price, $2,750.
A splendid 6-room house on Gwinnett Street, spooling porch, hot and cold running water, in fact every
convenience. A bargain, $3,500.
We have numerous lots and houses located on the Hill and other sections of the city, fume to see us.
Am sure we can get together
C. 0. IHRIG REAL ESTATE CO.
Talking It Over
Putting Your Money in Real Estate Means a Safeguard
for You and Your Money.
Have You Laid By for the “Rainy Day”? If You
Have Not You Had Better Read On. If
You Have You Will Read On.
Suppose you put Ten Dollars in an old box every month for twenty
months, you would then have S2OO. That would he good thing for
you. But suppose when you went to put that last ten dollars in the
old box you found {lie box was gone what then? Well you can
prevent such an occurrence, by buying real estate, your original in
vestment is solid and who knows but what you arc laying a founda
tion for a fortune.
WATCH THIS SPACE
SEE OUR LIST AND GET FULL INFORMATION
BEFORE BUYING.
Matheney, Peebles & Powell
REAL ESTATE RENTING
FIRE INSURANCE
Phone 2802. 857 1 2 Broad St.
any one
who has only a small amount of money and
who wants it to earn as large a rate of in
terest as possible, consistent with safety,
will find it to his advantage to see me. I
have several small houses, ranging in price
from SSOO to $2,000, which will Net 12£
per cent.
JOHN L. ARMSTRONG
867 Broad St. REAL ESTATE. Phone 698.
SURETY BONDS.
ACCIDENT AND LIABILITY
INSURANCE.
FOR RENT.
A LARGE WAREHOUSE AND OFFICES.
The large “Bracey Warehouse”, on Calhoun St.,
with Side Track facilities, to rent from October 1, 1916.
Also, Offices in Harison Building, and on Jackson
and Reynolds Streets. For information, apply to—
DR. W. H. HARISON, Jr.,
or
C. L. DUVALL, Agent,
Merchants Bank Building. Telephone No. 2350.
Read Herald Want Ads.
Real Estate and Fire
Insurance
We have for sale some nice homes in all •
parts of the city at real bargains. See us.
James F. Vaughn & Co.
422 Leonard Bldg. Phone No. 3437.
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