The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-24
NJ MONEY FOR A
 NEW BUILDING Chattanooga Must Wait for
 New PoStoh1ce
WANTS HIS MONEY BACK
Prominent Citizen Says He Was Drunk When He Signed Deed to Valuable Property-Georea Peach
 Crop Is Short.

mas been practically settled that the local departments of the federal government must get along with crowded quarters for some time yet Before work on the pro- posed addition to the custom house can begin II will be necessary for another ap- propration to be made In place of the 9loo0e, which has been found too small to do the work. All of the contractors who his on the work recently, with the exception of one, made their bids outside the limit of the appropriation. and the one bid was not satisfactory It is now said that even the government architect became convinced that the work would require more money than congress has appropriated
 Drunk When Deed Was Made.
 Alleging that he was intoxicated at the time of the execution of the deed. Robert Et Love, a prominent citizen of Unicoi county, has brought suit against the Hol- ston corporation, a subsidiary concern of the George L. Carter syndicate, seeking the recision of a deed to a large tract of land in East Tennessee near the right of way of the new south and West railroad Love recently sold to F. Powell and J. E. Ford, acting for the Holston corporation, his property at St4,5Oo which amount was paid in cash He now ayers in his bill mat he was drunk and mentally incapable Of contracting, at the time of the execu- ton of the deed. adding in support of his contention that he had been previously offered SlS.000 for the property in question. Alter making the recent deal it Is said that Mr Love went to the Jamestown ex- position and there proceeded to spend S-gJ0 taking in the sights.
 Georgia Peach Crop.
 Reports received totally approximate the Georgia peach crop of 1907 to be be- tween 100 and 100 car loads, an average Of DO per cent less than last year. These figures, railroad men declare, will come within one hundred cars of the exact ship ments. The shipments last season amounted to between 2500 and 5000 cars, which was decrease from the output of l9o5, which was the banner year with peach growers. A greater per cent of peaches raised in the fruit growing belt of Georgia are handled yearly through CheS- tanooga.
 Ochre Beds at Scottsboro.
 The big deposits of valuable ochre in the vicinity of Scottsboro, Ala, are to be de- Veloped on an extensive scale. The beds are located on the property of the Amer lcah Irl-Metallic Paint company whose plant is located in Chattanooga. This plant will consume the entire output of the beds. The Southern railway has constructed branch line from Scottsboro 10 the beds. distance of about three miles. Valuable machinery is to be in- stalled and large force of men will be employed.
 Will Comply With Orders.
 It is announced semi-officially in rail- road circles eHat the railroads operating out of Chattanooga, into the state of Georgia, will comply with the order of the railroad commission of that state, reduc- ing the passenger fares inside of that state, effective on September l. It is said that several lines have notified the Geor- Eia commission that they would put the rates promulgated by them into effect on September l. Four lines, the Alabama Great Southern, the Southern, the West ern and Atlantic and the Central Of Geor- gia operate trains from this section of East Tennessee into the state of Georgia
 Chattanooga Gets Convention.
 Chattanooga as been selected as the place of meeting of the Association of First Class Postmasters of the United Statee. The 1908 meeting will be held either in August or September. This years convention of the past-masters has been in session this week at Erie, Pa. Post master w. Scott Raulston attended. and 1t was through his efforts that the meet ing was landed for this city next year Postmaster Henry Blun, of Savannah, is the only Southern officer of the associa- tlon, he being the first vice-president.