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PANORAMA FROM CIRCLE.
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Of the swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Com

Of the Swartzel, Rheem & Hensey Com
pany said:
Following all presidents there ought to
be an active real estate market in the early
spring, SO far as demand Is concerned at
least. During the past six months the
realty market has been good, but its opera
tons have been conspicuous in size rather
than in number. This apparent curtailment
OF activity in the medium and smaller prop
critics. which normally make up the bulk Of
transfers, IL discoverable in the condition
Of the money market during the summer
and fall and, to q certain extent, in the ex-
ceptional interest shown by the rank and
file in the elections Of last November
These elections. as everybody knows, by
reason OF the principles involved in some
Of the states especially, assumed an i'm
portance almost equal to those Of a presi-
Dental year and forced all thoughtful peo-
pie to an absorbing interest in the results
Washington. where all the influences tended
to accentuate It, and 1t Is scarcely assum-
ing too much to say. therefore, that a con-
siderable number Of people here postponed
the consummation Of plans and enterprises
pending the results.
'Those in touch with real estate move
ment realize, too, its close accordance with
monetary conditions. A very large number
Of those who purchase either for homes or
for speculation ask temporary assistance
Of the banks or the building associations
When there is an apparent stringency in the
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HOME TO BE DEDICATED
PRESBYTERIAN INSTITUTION TO
GIVE RECEPTION.

With impressive dedicatory ceremonies
followed by q reception by the board Of
lady managers, the new Presbyterian Home
for the Aged, 1920 M street northwest, will
be formally opened Monday evening. Rev.
DR.. B. r. Bittinger, chaplain Of the home,
will conduct the exercises and he will be
assisted by the pastors of several local
Presbyterian churches. The program will
also include addresses by members Of the
clergy and Mrs. Thomas C. Noyes anu
Miss Frances de Thune will sing.
The reception will be held from 7:30 to
II o'clock, and the president Mrs. Theo-
dora North Mclaughlin, and her associates
on the board Of managers will be assisted
in receiving by Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe,
Mrs. T. 8. Hamlin, Mrs. Donald Macleod
Mrs. Albert Evans. Mrs. Joseph T. Kelly,
Mrs. George Bailey, Mrs. George Wilson.
Mrs. w. Talliaferro Thompson, Mrs. DAN
lei w. Skellenger, Mrs. J. Russell YER
brycke. Mrs. James H. Taylor, Mrs. George
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money market and the banks fee, ca,,ed
upon to guard their reserves with more than
ordinary caution by curtailment of their
loans, the building associations receive a
surplus Of applications for assistance from
proposed purchasers that can only be acted
upon after several weeks. and frequently
several months. Of accumulations.
While these delays cause a temporary
falling on in the number of transactions az
shown by the land records, it Is not infre-
Quently the case that there are contracts
pending an adjustment Of these conditions
that few months later on give an appar-
emit activity that is often, though errone-
ously, referred to as a boom. WASHINGTON
has reached point where it needs no
booming and wants none In the real estate
line.
Under the present currency system.
when one great section of this country
needs millions Of dollars to conduct its
gigantic industry Of harvesting and moving
its crops, the people of otner sections must
be content to partly curtail their enterprises
for awhile and plan for future activities
There Is no scarcity of money in the coun-
try. There is more than ever before Dur
ing the past few months 1t had simply
moved temporarily and through necessity
from one great section to another.
'And 1t Is already coming back. In the
course of q month or two there will be
more money in Washington than there will
be places to conservatively invest 1t, out
side of the actual purchase OF real estate
and as the temporary conditions referred
to have undoubtedly Influenced marked
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I STREET LOOKING WEST FROM 9TH STREET.

Cummings, Mrs. G. Alvin Smith, Mrs. T.
p. Davis, Mrs. Thomas c. Easton and Mrs..
]. Lee Allison.
The following is a list of those who have
contributed toward the furnishing of the
home: Inasmuch Guild, Metropolitan Pres
byterian Church. one room; the Misses
S Sehott. one room; First Presbyterian
Church. one room: Garden Memorial
Church, one room; Mrs. Lyle, one room
(memoriaD; Northminster Presbyterian
Church. one room: Mr.. A. B. Garden. one
room; Gunton-Temple Presbyterian Church,
one room; West Street Presbyterian Church,
the kitchen; Eastern Presbyterian Church.
front hall; lexington Presbyterian Church,
second hall; Mrs. Quaiffe and Miss Robert
son, third hall; Washington Heights Pres
byterian Church, rail for front steps; mas
much Circle, Kings Daughters, Western
Presbyterian Church. the library: Gurley
Memorial Presbyterian Church, one room;
Sixth Presbyterian Church. matron's room;
Westminster Presbyterian Church, one
room; New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, the dining room; Church of the
Covenant, the parlor; Mr.. James T. Du Bots.
one mission DESK the Misses Robertson, an
assortment Of furniture
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and Harrison street, which, It Is understood,
he will soon improve by the erection Of
frame houses. The building Of q substan-
tial frame cottage for Mr.. George w. King,
jr., has been commenced on Maple avenue,
the style of the dwelling to compare with
the attractive class Of suburban houses
surrounding. The cost will be $780, On
Jackson street, at premises IA, Joseph L
elliott has begun the construction Of q
two-story frame house.
In the Davis subdivision James Smith
has had work started on frame house, to
front on Nichols avenue Mr.. Floyd Davis
recently received from the contractors two
neat brick dwellings in this, the latest, adj
dition to the town, which are located on
Chicago street. They have now been oc-
cupied. The business development of the
town is represented by the establishment
on Monroe street of a hat and cap manu-
featuring firm and the erection on Rail-
road avenue of building where an ice and
cold storage company will operate a plant.
The residents of the suburb are lending
their support to the plan Of locating a
boulevard between Anacostia and the steel
plant at Giesboro through the building Of
a roadway east of the village of Anacostia
and along the edge Of the grounds of the
Government Hospital for the Insane
Sales of Realty.
Mr.. Ben B. Bradford, real estate broker
reports the following transactions by him
during the month Of January:
Warder building, southeast corner 9th and
streets, for s256,OOO; Fendan building,
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Renaissance Of Art in Kansas.
From the Topeka State Jour

From the TOpeKa StHte
A Topeka newspaper published an inter-
view with an eastern painter who has done
a number Of portrait commissions for q
Topeka family. The New York Sun, which
has somebody on the staff who likes to poke
fun at Kansas, made the article, which was
written in a somewhat crude manner by a
reporter who evidently knew more about
the fistic than the other fine arts, the SUBJ
iect of an editorial in facetious vein on the
Renaissance Of Art in Kansas" Last
week the Art Union of Newton. an organi-
cation to foster local art interests and which
doubtless expects within a few seasons to
rival the Art League of New York In in
fiuence, had its first meeting, and the place
of honor on the program was given this Sun
editorial on the Renaissance of Art In
Kansas" which was taken In all serious
ness and regarded as q well-deserved reo-
ognition by the east Of western culture
and refinement"
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
Building Inspector Makes Report on
Condition of Structure.

Snowden Ashford, building inspector, who
has made thorough investigation of the
Academy of Music building has recon-
mended to the Commissioners that, consid-
ering the extent of the damage, the restora-
ton should be regarded as practically re-
building and that all present regulations
and reasonable safeguards be applied, which
would mean fire-ressting materials
throughout, except a small amount of wood
work In stage appliances.
Mr.. Ashford reported that he found the
stage and auditorium floors so badly dam
aged as to constitute a total wreck; the
roof and roof trusses in the same condition:
the wood partitions separating box en-
trance from auditorium practically de-
stroyed, and the tiers and balconies affect
ed throughout the theater. He added that
the stafrways leading to the balcony and
gallery are of fireDroof construction, and
that the walls are In an apparently good
condition.
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TOWNS BUILT ON cRATERs.
Earth Girdled by Three Hundred Ac.
tive Volcanoes.

From the London Express.
Some Of the wonders Of the volcanic
world were graphically described In leo
ture at the London Institution yesterday
by Mr.. w. Herbert Garrison. F. r. G. 8.
who has climbed volcanoes In all parts O
the world.
1.-THE greatest noise on record" he said
"was made by the eruption Of Krakatoa
in the Straits Of Sunda between Java an6
Sumatra, in 1885," Here are few striking
facts about the eruption that Mr.. Garrison
mentioned:
It caused cloud seventeen miles high.
It was heard 5000 miles away.
If it had taken place in Cornwall 1t coult
have been heard in New York. Constantine
pie, st. Petersburg, Cairo and Greenland.
The velocity Of the explosion was three
times that Of an Armstrong gun.
It raised tidal waves 100 feet high thai
invaded the land for five miles.
1t created dust finer than any rock car
be ground by man.
This dust was carried round the earth fol
threeeyeafs In the air. 49,
It caused air waves that encfrcled the
earth seven times.
1t broke windows 100. miles distant.
The volcanoes Of the world form belt
of fire" round the earth, and are rarely
more than 300 miles from the sea. In the
few exceptions to this rule, the volcanoes
are near large sheets of inland water. This
tends to prove that the proximity of water
is one of the main factors in the cause OF
eruptions, and that 1t is the percolation OF
water through the earth's surface that leads
to volcanic activity.
MIR. Garrison explained what he meant by
the belt of fire" by showing large map
Of the Pacific ocean, on which the volcanic
centers were marked, forming rough cir
Gle, beginning in South America and fol-
lowing the coast line to Alaska, then round
by Kamchatka, Japan, and the Sunda
Straits to New Zealand. In the center OF
the circle hes the greatest crater in the
world, in the Hawaii Islands, which Is nine
miles wide.
In this 'belt of fire. are 800 active volca-
noes, which, said Mr.. Garrison, is a very
small number compared with the number
once active, the quiescent or extinct-yolca
noes numbering tens of thousands.
Among the towns built on old craters
Mr.. Garrison mentioned Edinburgh Oar
thurs Seat being the remains of a volcanic
ring) Keswick, Alden, Candy and Auck
land
Brentor, in Devonshire, was at one time
probably within historic times, as high a.
Etna, and Etna Is calculated to have thrown
out 600 cubic miles of material in his
toric times.
Among many remarkable photographs
shown was one of a boiling lake in an Ice
bound crater, nearly 1900 feet above sex
level, in New Zealand. Since the photo
graph was taken the volcano has tosset
the lake into the air.
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The Home in Kansas.

From the Chapman Advertiser.
No Kansas home is altogether happy
without bathtub. bouquet Of flowers on
the dinner table and Bible In the living
room. When the whole family battles In q
basin there Is apt to be uncleanliness, which
Ia close kin to the devil. When there Is
nothing on the table but bread and meat,
no clean linen, no flowers, no shining sill
yer, there are apt to be cross words or
quarrels. And when there are Bibles only
on the shelves in the dark corners of the
library worldliness soon grips the occupants
of any home. The average man who keeps
clean inside and outside, who looks at the
flower and not at the dust, who reads the
Bible and loves his wife and baby. Is the
best citizen He is worth more to the COM
munity than the individual who has man
sion and library and stocks and bonds,
and inside the Satan Of selfshness bigger
than q woodchuck.
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decrease during the half year just ended in
the building Of medium and smaller dwell
ings, 1t might easily be assumed that even
this field will promise opportunities for only
q very limited number Of investors and
home-seekers.
''Then, of course, additional supply must
follow Increased demand. Washington Is a
great city, greater In Importance and in its
future than most people here pause long
enough to fully realize, and nothing can re-
tard it's growth. Passing events and tenn
porary conditions may occasionally divert
the attention Of its own people for month
or two from this continuous onward move
ment, but still 1t grows and will continue
to grow in the proportion that great cap
ital Of a great and wonderfully growing
nation should grow"
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The commuters Friend. {"

President Mellen Of the New Haven rail-
road, better known as the Commuters
friend" has taken steps to alleviate the
misery OF the patrons of his road. A din
ing car will be attached to every local
train leaving New York between 8 and 8
pm, and will be detached at 125th street,
Sleeping cars will also be attached for the
use of commuters living beyond the Har-
lem river. Special Communication tickets
are to be issued for wives who may de-
sire to come to the city I'm the afternoon
and spend the evening with their ahus-
bands on the outgoing locals Commuters
are now forming bridge whist clubs and
other social organizations to pass away
the hours. and have petitioned President
Mullen to provide extra baggage cars In
which dances may be held. A winter Of
exceptiond gaysty on the rail II looked
forward to.
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OUTLOOK or the Market.
Mr.. II. r. Howenstein of Fl. R. Howen-
stein Company, in speaking of the general
condition of the market says: II think
1907 is going TO be a good real estate year.
About The first OF last December money for
building purposes. which is the backbone
OF the real estate business, suddenly be-
came scarce. This was probably caused by
a number of corporations and building as
soeiations withdrawing their loan funds
until after the payment OF their annual
Dividends.
For the last two or three weeks, how
ever, money for loans is again plentiful, and
many building deals are now ready to start
soon as the weather opens up. A glance
al the daily court record will show that in
almost every transfer OF a piece of property
In this city deed Of trust will follow, and
i think il would be safe to say that nine
out of ten houses here are mortgaged.
hope that some of the new corporations and
banking interests will cater more for this
class of business.
The majority OF the large loans and es-
pecially those upon fats and apartment
houses are carried by out-of-town corpora
tons, a great many being taken by Phila-
deiphia life Insurance and trust companies.
II would be a good thing IL this business
could be retained here. and a great help
and saving to the average builder. In
speaking of the large fats and apartment
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southeast corner John Marshall place and
Louisiana avenue, 1925, 900; the northeast
corner Of 14th and Corcoran streets, SIS. 900:
sixty feet water front in Norfolk, Va, $780,
900; the Mount Vernon, southwest corner
9th street and New York avenue northwest,
$225 900; 9O8 New York avenue. $25 900; the
Montrose Hotel northeast corner 14th and
II streets, $15o,000; the Franklin. 1913 18th
street, 500, 900; the Highlands, Connecticut
and California avenues, $3.50, 200; northwest
corner of 21st and r streets, $4,000 The
aggregate Of these figures is 1,7S0,000.
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VIEW OF THE MARKET.

A Close Observer Gives Account of
Present Conditions.
In talking about the current state of the
real estate Market Mr.. Clarence B. Rheem
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BAD WRECK.

About Z O'Clock Saturday night, a
disastrous wreck occurred on the South
ern railroad one-half mile west of Ma
bleton, Ga. The wreck was occasioned
by a collision between two freight trains,
extra 635 going west and No. AZ east
bound. AS a result of the collision
eight or more negroes are dead and
twelve or fifteen injured. So far eight
bodies have been taken from the wreck,
and it is thought that there are others.
The accident occurred about half mile
west of Middleton, where the double
tracks from Austell come into the main
line. Some one had left the switch
open, and No. 635 going west should
have taken the right hand track, but
instead took the track on the left hand
and crashed into eastbound freight No.
AZ, which was standing on the track
waiting for the other train.
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KenneSaW.

Died. Mr.. R. E. Edison died
Friday night April 9Th at his
home here, of dropsy. The fun
eral was conducted at the Baptist
church, of which he was a deacon,
Sunday morning bp Rev A J Nor
gan. The interment was in the
cemetery here, with Masonic hon.
ors. Mr. Edison was one of the
oldest and most highly esteemed
citizens. He is survived by his
second wife, who was Mrs THEME
Boyd Freeman, and two children,
Nellie and Roy, and by his first
marriage, Messrs Oscar, Walter,
Amsey and Jim, Mrs Charlie Cat
lin, Of Atlanta, Mrs VIM Stanley,
of Indiana, Mrs. J GLLewls, Mrs.
Gus Hanie and Miss Fife Edison,
who have the sympathy of the en-
tire community.
Mrs ] B Hodgen is visiting heI
grandson, Burton Hodgen in Dial.
ton, who lie sick.
Mrs. Lem Whitfield and son,
Max, of Atlanta, are visiting hel
parents, Mr. and Mrs John May.
field.
| MIR Charlie Bell and wife, Of
Atlanta, visited Mr. A L Arlington
and family last week.
Mrs w o Roberts and children
visited relatives at Fairburn re-
Gently.
Mrs. VIM Stanley, of Logans
port, Ind, and Mr. and Mrs Char
lie Gatlin of Atlanta, are visited
Mrs Edison and family last week
Mr. B H Greer has returned
from Atlanta where has been Wis.
iting his sons John, Henry anC
Luclous Greer.
Miss Delmer Reid who has beer
listing relatives here and at Ma
rletta returned home Sunday.
Gypsy.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-11
CHURCH From ONE TREE.

A large Baptist church that
stands in the city of Santa Rosa,
Cal, enjoys the distinction of hav-
ing been constructed entirely from
one tree. Of course that includes
the woodwork of the structure.
The tree from which the timbers,
lumber and shingles were cut was
a giant California redwood. A
considerable quantity of lumber
was left over afte: the church
building was completed. The
building has spire seventy feet
high, an audience room capable of
seating 300, parlor capable of seat
ing eighty, a pastors study IA by
20 feet, a vestibule and toilet
room. The building is 35 by 80
feet. There are not many build
ings in the country all the timbers
Of which came from single tree.
.Thecninal World.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-11
THE ART OF APPROACH.

There is just as much of an art
in approaching people properly as
in approaching landscape to get
the best possible effect. We are
all more or less animals, and we
do not like to have the fur rubbed
the wrong way. 1t is great art
to know how to approach people
so as to make the best possible
impression, and not arouse their
antagoEism, or prejudice them
against us at the very outset. One
needs to be good judge of human
nature, and to have great deal
of tact, in order to approach a
person through the right avenue,
One should cultivate the art of
reading character at first sight.
Some people know at a glance
what road to take to get into a
strangers confidence They walk
right In without hindrance, while
others, without this tact, art, or
knowledge of human nature, can
not enter at all, or only with great
difficulty.
There is nothing else which will
create such good impression upon
a stranger, says Success, as q sum
ny face, cheerful, gracious man
ner. All doors fly open, all bar
riers disappear before the sunny
soul. He does not need to use
crowbar to make a way for him
self. The doors open for him, and
he is welcome everywhere as the
sunshine. He does not need an
introduction. His face and his
manner are introduction enough,
and as for confidence, such people
carry letter of credit in their
faces. You cannot help believing
in them and trusting them i'm
plicitly the first time you see
them.
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Due West.

Our little spot of earth is max
ing some improvements. We have
one of the best literary societies,
Sunday schools, gin house, grist
mill, saw mill and single ma
chine and blacksmith shop. We
have an ideal community-sober,
Industrious and .law-abiding-one
of the most productive parts of
Cobb; and since we have the tele-
phone from Marietta to Lost
Mountain, we feel ten feet higher.
Mr. Judson Green went to At
lanta last week and bought horse,
but had to return same, being SO
vicious he could not work it.
The result was a law suit, but we
are glad to say the young man
gained it. Mr. Hamilton be-
ing connected with the trade,
started to Atlanta to return the
horse. He got away and ran about
10 miles. 1t cost Mr. Hamilton
about SIS to get him taken up,
Beulah, I am looking forward
to our singing with pleasure.
Hope every class in Cobb will be
on hand We anticipate a good
time.
Don't forget the services to be
held at the school house the third
Sunday afternoon.
We try to keep up with the
world, as there are nine weeklles
and eight monthlies come to our
hourse-three States and one Ter
ritOry are represented. AMOR.
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Powder Springs.

The entertainment given by the
young people of the Baptist Sun
day School ION last Friday and
Saturday evenings was a success
in every particular and much hon.
or is due Miss Neva Selman for
her untiring energies in getting up
such an entertainment She was
ably assisted by Mrs J S Book
heart. We feel proud that Pow.
der Springs has such talented
young people. The first thing on
program was Lilliputan Wedding,
the little boys and girls never
looked sweeter. Then followed
the plays Little Men, six Cups
of Chocolate and the Straw Man
interspersed with music. The
neat sum of $27.25 was realized
for the benefit of the church.
Mrs. Dave Miller spent last
week in Atlanta.
Mr. Pat Anderson, of Marietta,
spent part of last week heR the
guest of the family of Mr.. F. P.
Lindley.
Mrs Belle Wright spent few
days at Lost Mountain last week
and attended the funeral OF Dr..
Wright No.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-11
Due East.

Mr.. J. B. Black has just completed q
nice dwelling on his farm near this
place.
Mr.. r. D. Barfield has the finest oats
in this section.
Mr.. w. H. CAN'T, of Atlanta, was in
our vicinity Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. Henry 8arfield, who has been Sc
riously sick, is still very feeble.
MI Ed Hill, our hustling farmer, has
the finest weeat that is in this section.
Mr.. Charlie Barfield purchased a nice
mule in Atlanta last week.
Sunday-school at this place every
Sunday morning at $3.50. REMUs.