The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-23
BAPTIST PASTORS
 PLAYING MARBLES Also Do Stunts Around Old
 Swimming Hole IMPORTANT TRAILR0AD DEAL Seaboard Purchases Half Interest In the Gate City Terminals Owned
 By the Atlanta, Birmine-
 ham and Atlantic.
IMPORTANT RAILROAD DEAL

Atlanta. June 22.-tspeeiall-Playi marbles, throwing quoits, swimming in the "ole swimmin hole" were the three features of the annual picnic tendered the Baptist ministers of Atlanta by Walter R. Brown at his country home, New Canaan" Forty-five ministers from this city and vicinity accepted his in- vitation and were his guest at this novel entertainment. This is an annual outing with him. but this year it was in special compliment to Dr. S. Y. Jameson, the newly elected president of Mercer and the Rev. J. J. Bennett, who succeeds Dr. Jameson as secretary of the state board of Georgia Baptist missions.
 Will Go to Joint Debate.
 A large delegation of Atlantians will journey to Rome tomorrow to attend the third joint debate between Clark Howell and Hoke Smith, which takes place Tn the Nevin opera house at o'clock Satnr- day afternoon. MT. Howell will open the debate with an address of an hour. MT Smith will then speak for an hour and half. and MT. Howell will have the re- joinder just as he had in Columbus. When they go to Albany in August the cohdl- tlons will be reversed. MT Howell Is spending today quietly at hls home on Peachtree.
 MT. Smith is making two speeches, one at Villa Rica and a second at Austell,
 Student TeIegraphs Frantically.
 Ebert Fowler of Griffin, Ga, a member of the senior class of the Georgia School of Technology, spent $50 yesterday In tel egraph tolls in an effort to reach Pro lessor Ford of the faculty, somewhere Tn Wisconsin or Iowa, and learn from him where his examination papers could be found.
 This professor had left without notify ing the faculty of the marks made by Fowler and his diploma was held up pending this mark. He sat for seven hours in the office of President Matheson yesterday awaiting a telegram which would relieve the situation.
 Bot the answer never came. The faculty felt sure that he had made his marks and last night he was graduated with his class.
 Gasoline is Up in Atlanta.
 Atlanta is experiencing the fluctuations of the petroleum market with gasoline go- ing up and kerosene oil going down. There has been a recent raise of cent gal lon in the price of gasoline, which Is half cent higher than Augusta pays ana today the price of plain oil dropped half cent.
 The Standard oil company here states that the fluctuations are not due to out side competition but the existing condt- tions at the factories. Atlanta autoists are putting up a strong kick at the raise in auto gasoline.
 Seaboard Deals With A. B. A.
 The Seaboard Air Line has purchased A half interest in the Gate City Terminal company, owned by the Atlanta, Birmin9- ham and Atlantic Railroad company ana will use those tracks to bring its freight into Atlanta from Howells station
 This fact was developed by the visit of President Alfred Walter, Vice President and Traffic Manager F. F. Cost Of the Seaboard Air Line railroad who left today for Chattanooga, after twenty-nour stay in Atlanta in consultation with Chlel hh- gineer Sedden of Atlanta.
 This negotiation was verified at the or flee of the Atlanta, Birmingham and At lantic railroad on Marietta street, put the consideration was not announced.
 If was further stated that all land need ed for the trackage and freight terminals which will handle freight for both roads into the heart of Atlanta in the neighbor- hood of Hunter street, Peters street and Madison avenue had been purchased by this company and work on It's construc- tion will begin at onces
 Great Road Deal.
 This announcement brings to light the biggest railroad trade that has effected Atlanta since it was announced that the Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad would be changed to the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic, and would touch Atlanta from two points.
 . Rv this deal, the Seaboard Air Line, which has been entering Atlanta both with freight and passenger service over the tracks of the Western and Atlantic delivering freight from the foot of Spring street and the Western and Atlantic Road and messengers at the old car shed, will soon enter freight through the Gate Clty terminal tracks to some point near the terminal station. This will necessltate A new freight depot to be erected In the vicinity of the present Southern frelght depot near Hunter or Mitchell street or Madison avenue The Atlanta, Blrming- ham and Atlantic Road has announced that the freight terminals of this road would be in this vicinity
 May Enter Terminal.
 Now that the Seaboard and Atlahta, DIT mingham and Atlantic roads have an nounced trackage within a short distance of the terminal station, It may be that hoth roads will enter this station. It Is stated. however hat both roads still have aocess to the union station, and the Sea- board may prefer to continue to use It's privileges on the Western and Atlantic tracks for passenger traffic. and continue its rights on the Gate City terminal track to freight.