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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

Mrs. E. L. Strmger entertained her
Sunday school class at Mrs. McKen-
ney's on Wednesday of last week, Nice
refreshments were served.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24
LOCAL NEWS Items
pARAGRAPHED,
Matters in City Briefly
Chronicled for Jour-
nal Readers.

For SALE-One- horse trap in good re-
pair. Apply to Mrs. George d. Camp.
Born to Rev. and Mrs. w. B. billiard,
q daughter.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24
MARIETTA. GA. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE "a 1909.

Prof. L. NJ. Spruell, formerly SUI
perintendent of the Elberton public
schools, has moved with his family to
Marietta. He has bought the DR.. Aston
place, and will establish in September a
male preparatory school for young men
to enter college, limiting the number
to thirty. He is man of fine education,
thoroughly equipped for his work. and
Marietta is to be congratulated on his
locating here. His advertisement of
the school appears in this issue. The
sale Of the Aston place was made by
Green & Sessions, real estate dealers.
At the home of Mr.. s. L. Hartsfield,
eight miles east of Marietta, on Route
No 4, swarm Of bees have taken up
their home between the weatherboard-
ing and ceiling Of his dwelling and are
industriously at work. He will have
to cut sliding door to get the honey.
Flower Pots at Dobbs Hardware
Store.
Mr.. T. A. Henson and family, of
Quincy, Fla have moved to Marietta
Mr. Henson has bought some of the
William Phillips land, out near the
Powder Springs road. We gladly well
come him and family to our county.
If it is Woodenwsre you want, get it
from Dobbs.
Prof. Dumas and wife attended the
graduating exercises of the Georgia
chronological School in Atlanta last
Thursday night. Their son, Harry Nor
man Dumas, graduated in Engineering
Chemistry. ---.-------
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

Mr.. James w. Hardeman took his
Sunday school class to MONDAY Tues
day of last week on a picnic outing.
They fished and enjoyed themselves in
games, and had an excellent dinner.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

Highest grade Electric Lamp zoe, at
Dobbs Hardware Store.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

Put up missing sign posts on roads
in the county, that travellers may be
guided right.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

When you go to look for pair of odd
Pants, don't fail to see ours before buy
ing. G. w. DUPRE, the Pants Man.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

WANrED-1, 900 secondhand empty
pint bottles. GANTT DRUG 20.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

Judge John NJ. Stone and Mr.. Mack
D. Hodges have returned from their
trip to Oklahoma ard other points in
the West.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

Mr.. Henry A. Wards Sunday school
class picnicked at Powder Springs.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

The largest assortment of Hammocks
we ever saw are at Dobbs Hardware
Store.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

For RENT.-Three or four furnished
, rooms. Apply to Journal Office.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1909-06-24

For convenience, buy Electric Lamps
from Dobbs Hardware Store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25
HOUSES PLACED ON MARKET
REAL ESTATE OPERATORS MAKE
ATTRACTIVE OFFERINGS.
Sanner Dwellings In Connecticut
Avenue Just Completed-Row
In Bryant Street.

No one section of the National Capital
has developed with greater rapidity with
In the past two years than the dozen or
more squares lying Immediately beyond
the Connecticut avenue bridge, and the
building boom in that area promises to
attain still greater force Two new
during the past week which we'll illustrate
the class of homes which are being placed
In this choice neighborhood. They are
numbered 1881 and 1888 Connecticut ave-
nue.. and have been offered for sale at
SIG, each. Both are we'll constructed
and admirably planned. They are four
rooms deep. and each contains three hath
rooms and hot water heating plant
Franklin 7. Sanner was the builder
Moore & Hill have the properties for sale.
Moderate Price Houses Popular.
The increasing popularity of houses of
moderate price, built to be sold on the in
stallment plan. is demonstrated by the
activity of local investors In puttin,
homes OF this class on the market. An
other new row controlled by the H. r.
Howenstein Company of 1914 F. street
northwest. has just been completed in
Bryant street, and the four houses. mum
bered 1872 to 16s. inclusive, are now being
offered for sale at $3.50 each
In advancing the advantages of these
houses, the Howenstein Company point
to the fact that the row faces a public
park and that the location is convenien,
to the street car lines The homes each
contain six rooms and bath, cellars fin
ished in concrete. large double rea,
porches and laundry and accommodate lions
for servant. All are finished In hard
wood, and the floors have been planed
and oiled. Each lot is twenty feet in
width.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25

without announcing either their identity
| or the purpose of their visit they hiked
| straight to the Jail. They found one lone
| man busily engaged in taking a sun bath
on the steps of the palace of tears and
a colloquy in about the following terms
| occurred:
Are you the jailer?'
Nope; I'm the prisoner"
Where is the jailer?'
Down town. Want'a see him? Cause
Never mind that. When will he be
back?'
"Oh, he don't often come out here.
Says it's too far out of his way. and he
knows I'll lock myself up all right at
night"
"Ticket of Leave" for Bridge Player
And as If this recital OF the abiding
faith in human nature were not strong
enough, the prisoner went on to relate
story of the time when he once had
company in the Jail. The other violator OF
the law, ii seems. was a stranger in Nam
tucket. but the villagers were not long in
discovering that he was an expert bridge
player. Straightway they petitioned the
jailer that the prisoner might be given
ticket of leave" to join the bridge club at
its nightly meetings. but they were met
with the objection that it would be too
much trouble to make the trip to the Jail
after the card games to place the pris-
Oner again under lock and key. But pris-
oner No. said this difficulty was soon
bridged by his own offer to attend to the
detail of confinement. and the bridge
playing convict was accordingly per-
mitted to make his way back and forth
between the jail and the card club. II is
related that both prisoners served out
their full terms without once abusing the
liberties which were granted to them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25

a concrete monolith rising sixteen feet
from sixteen-foot base to five feet at
the top. cost $3.50 600, and never was
money better expended since it saved
from destruction many lives and millions
worth of property that must have been
lost In the July hurricane, repeating. per-
haps. the horrors of the flood of 1900,
when 6,OOO lives went out and SIT, OOO,O 600
worth of property was swept away.
The wall withstood the terrific impact
of the weight of water that was hurled
against it and remains stanch and firm
and no longer untried as to it's worth.
The lesson is one that will be driven
home in communities that risk injury
from a similar source and no doubt will
not be forgotten.
And now the causeway that is to con-
meet Galveston Island with the mainland
is to be proceeded with Contracts have
been made with the A. NJ Blodgett Con-
struction Company Of Kansas City for
the construction of the concrete arch and
roadway at a cost of $1,252,OOO, and with
the Pennsylvania Bridge Company, of
Beaver Falls. Pa, for the construction
of the lift bridge at a cost of $94, 400.
The roadway will be over 5000 feet in
length, and will be protected through
out nearly its entire length by concrete
piling. According to the terms Of the
contract the piles must have sixty days
seasoning before being used The cause
way will be wide enough to carry the
tracks of the electric line to connect CAL
weston and Houston, steam railroad
tracks, wagon roads and foot walks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25
NANTUCkETS JAIL AND JAILER
NOVEL METHODS OF PUNISH
MENT WAY DOWN EAST"
Returning Vacationist Brings Story
of the Prisoner-Jailer Of
Massachusetts, Town.

AS the summer season ends. hundreds
Of vacationists are returning to the city,
and many of them have amusing and
interesting tales TO tell of the habits or
customs of the native mountaineers or
provincial folk they met in their rambles.
Probably none Of these stories offers bet
ter after-dinner material than the narra-
tives dealing with the simplicity. akin to
the spirit of THE Old Homestead" Of the
residents of the region so we'll described
In the title Of that other pastoral, way
Down East. and out of Nantucket,
Mass. comes one of the gems of the
whole collection.
Nantucket, it seems, has jail which
under ordinary circumstances might hold
modern burglar In safe custody for
about twenty minutes. But Nantucket
has never faced the problem Of keeping
any one in its jail who was not satisfied
to stay there until the sentence of the
law had been paid in full. 1t is related
that the Jail commission of ssachusetts
quite recently happened into Nantucket in
the course of f""r "f nd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25
OF PROSPERITY
BASED UPON BUILDING BOOM
AND DEMAND FOR PROPERTY

With the autumn sales and renting sea-
son at it's height, local real estate bro
kers are practically a unit in declaring
their belief that business in the autumn
Of 1909 will establish a record. Managers
Of Offices and statesmen alike are On the
hustle from morning till night. making
the most of every possible working hour.
The general opinion seems to be that
there never has been such an army Of
homeseekers to be satisfied During the
past spring and summer fully thirty
apartment houses were built, and the new
structures range in size from the small
wofamily flats to great piles of masonry
and concrete which will afford shelter to
fifty or more families each. In the ag-
gregate these structures mean an addi-
ton of fully 600 homes to the residence
area" of the Capital city. And in the
same period the coterie of more active
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25
WARDMAN OFFICES BUSY
LOCAL BUILDER HAS MANY
CONTRACTS UNDER WAY.
Latest Enterprise Includes Eighty
Four Dwellings in One
Tract.

One Of the largest building operations
to be started In the District this season
was inaugurated within the current month
by Harry Wardman, a local contractor.
when he secured permits for the
construction Of eighty-four dwellings
son the Osborne tract on 14th street
extended. Work on the first block Of
these houses was begun several days ago,
and the laborers within the week have
finished laying the concrete foundations.
These first houses are on Buchanan
street, and others of the series. on 14th
street and on Allison street, will follow in
rapid succession until the entire contract
is completed.
Including the cost Of the ground. which
was purchased by Mr.. Wardman some
time ago from the Osborne brothers, the
improvement of this tract will represent
an investment in excess of 100000. The
houses will be Of brick construction and
OF a uniform height Of two stories. All
will be equipped with modern convent
ences, and they will be placed on the
market at about s7.40O each.
Forty Houses Sold.
OF the 10s houses on which Mr.. Ward
man began construction in the blocks
facing Georgia avenue. on Keifer and La
mont streets, early this year. sixty have
been finished, and forty have already
been sold Still another great operation
Is contemplated by Mr.. Wardman dur
ing the present building season. as he
proposes a material addition to the group
of apartment houses on Washington
Heights, in the vicinity of Columbia road,
Connecticut avenue and California street.
Tho permit has not yet been secured for
this structure, but all preliminary plans
for the work have been finished. and the
formal issue of the license for the build
ing will follow within a few days. This
new house will be located on California
street, opposite the Westminster. and 1t
will correspond in its essential architec-
tural details to the other structures of
its kind in the same neighborhood 1t
will be six stories In height and will con-
tain about fifty apartments.
The Dresden. the imposing apartment
built by Mr.. Wardman at the southern
approach to the Connecticut avenue
bridge. is receiving its finishing touches,
and 1t will be ready for tenants in the
very near future. The big apartment at
New Hampshire avenue and V street
northwest is also nearly ready for the
interior decorators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25

investors and builders have been rushing
at top speed, finishing hundreds of dwell
ings for the fall market. Yet all of these
new homes are being taken at an almost
incredible rate. and the supply bids fair
to be unequal to the demand.
Real estate operators, in giving sum-
maries of the summer activities and in
prophesying for the autumn and winter
produce facts and figures to illustrate the
volume Of transactions which have been
contaminated and to show that the ranks
of prospective renters and purchasers
seem not to be diminished by the scores
whose needs are satisfied with each pass
ing day. In a brief interview the other
day one prominent operator said:
The improvement in local business con-
ditions is very apparent, and the past few
weeks have shown greater activity in the
local real estate field than has been in
evidence in similar seasons for some
years past. Things have taken on q -four
fishing aspect. and every one is voicing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25
UPWARD STRIDES IN VALUES
SALE OF BUSINESS PROPERTY
ILLUSTRATES TREND.
3 Street Frontage Brings $42, 900
as Against $26, 900 Three
Years Ago.

The remarkable strides in the values of
downtown business property in Wash
ington have been shown many times re-
GENTLY in connection with real estate
transfers, and another forcible illustra-
tion of the gains which are being re-
corded was afforded this week when J..
B. Winner. real estate broker, sold
through the offices of Story & Cobb the
building at 1907 G street northwest.
Three years ago this structure and the
ground upon which 1t stands were sold
for $4,000. while in this latest transac-
ton the consideration was $4,000, or a
net gain of more than 60 per cent. The
property has a frontage of &c feet
inches on the north side Of G street, and
the sale was made for the owner, Mrs.
Eda G. Mertz, to Mr.. Gillett. AS soon as
plans can be drawn and the contracts
awarded Mr.. Gillett will have the old
house demolished and q modern business
structure erected in its stead.
Several Leases Executed.
Other transactions which have just been
contaminated by ]. B. Winners Office in
clude the leasing Of the following prop
critics:
213O LIE Roy place to Admiral Cone.
U. s. N. who will take possession Of his
new home October 1.
2121 Bancroft place to Gen. Marshall.
chief of engineers, U. s. A.
2l26 LIE Roy place to Charles D. Hilles.
newly appointed assistant secretary of
the Treasury.
Pill Bancroft place to Representative
F. a, HAYES of California. This house
formerly was occupied by Secretary Cor
telyou.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25

the same impression as to the splendid
business which may be expected to con-
tinue for three or four years at least. OF
course there are bound to be periods OF
depression even in the most prosperous
and resourceful countries but everything
tends to confirm the belief that the Dis
trict of Columbia at least is steadily and
firmly advancing and developing into q
world metropolis, worthy of the greatest
nation on earth.
Indeed. the immense amount of new
building which is everywhere apparent
in the District, and the extraordinary de-
mand for all kinds and conditions of
houses and investments. furnishes a bet
ter criterion for predicting splendid era
of general prosperity for the next few
years than almost any other conceivable
factor in the local business world
One Firm Reports $500, 900 Business
According to a statement OF Willige,
Gibbs & Daniel real estate brokers, the
sales made by the company during the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25
r. A. Dore Buys Home.

Thomas j. Fisher & Co. UncD have
sold the corner house at Cathedral ave-
nue. and 2Sth street Woodley Park. to
Robert A. Dore. Mr. Dore intends To &C.
cupy II as his residence.
The house is situated on high ground
and has a commanding view Of the city
and surrounding country. The entrance
is on 18th street. A large colonial porch
extends all the way across the Cathedral
avenue front. The house contains ten
rooms. three bathrooms. and is heated by
hot water. The interior woodwo is ma
hogany and white enamel The lot is
about thirty feet front on Cathedral ave-
nue. and extends 100 feet on 18th street
to an alley. 1t Is understood the price
was $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25
New House Sold in Woodley Parl

New House Sold in Woodley Park.
One Of the group of eight detached
houses now nearing completion by Mid
daugh & Shannon, builders. on Cathedral
avenue. Woodley Park, has been pur-
chased by William j. Hughes of the De-
partment Of Agriculture. Mr.. Hughes in
tends making the house his future home.
The dwelling is of brick, three stories In
height and is after the colonial type,
with large porches and wide side lawn
1t contains ten rooms. two baths, serv-
ants toilet, built-in refrigerator and cold
storage room, and is heated by hot water
and lighted by electricity. Shannon &
Luchs sold the property, and the consid-
Grafton was 50. 500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25
Sales by Prince Realty Office.

William G. Todd has purchased the
three-story residence No. 3O19 18th street
northwest This Is a modern home OF
ten rooms. with a lot As feet front by 81
feet deep. The consideration was $500
and the purchase was made for invest
ment.
Augustus Oppenheimer has sold to Jo-
seph X. Dawson, for a consideration of
81 600, the four small two-story houses
Nos. 1235-1237 -1239-1241 4th street south
east.
Both Of these transactions were nego-
tiated through the Office of Leslie E. F..
Prince, real estate broker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25
r. z. Pollock BUYS Home.

r. e. Pollock has just completed the
purchase of the residence at 1897 Meridian
street northwest from Edward O'Connor
The house is one of series recently
erected by Harry wardman in what is
known as the Mattingly tract The sale
was made through the real estate offices
of Boss & Phelps. and the price realized
was 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25
GALvEsToN's TIMELY DEFENSE
Utility Of Sea Wall Proved Durine
Recent Hurricane.

From the National Contractor and Builder.
The people of Galveston are to be con-
graduated on the foresight Of those who
advocated and finally secured the CON-
struction OF the sea wall which surrounds
the city on three sides for a distance Of
over three miles. The wall. which Ia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25
Seven Houses Projected.

Cahill & Dunnigan, builders. have COM
pieted plans for the erection of two
houses at 754 and 756 Newton street
northwest. three at 3517 to 1891 New
Hampshire avenue and two at 1903 and
35OS New Hampshire avenue. These
houses are to be of similar design and
dimensions two-story brick and frame,
with six rooms and modern interior fin
ishings N. r. Grimm was the architect,
ana the estimated cost Is 5000 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-25

Miss Carrie v. Silver of Ashton and
J. Frederick Rohrer of Hagerstown were
married In Hagerstown. Md. ."
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-08-13
Railroad Time Tables

M. G. ST. L. EAST
10 Twin Cities, Chi. 4 p. ex Sun 7:o0am
15 Twin Cities, Chicago & q. daily 11;80pn
IS Way freshs t eende ert ea SUN san ssSpa
M. & ST. L. WEST
10 Aberdeen, Leola, LeBeau, daily 5:25am
IA Watertown passenger, arr. go. 7:0Opm
70 Freight from Morton, ex Sun. ar 7:30pm
ROCK ISLAND EAST
4lS Chicago & East, ex Sun. 80. 10 loan
SO Way freight, ex Sun.......... 7:10am
ROCK ISLAND WEST
AZ Watertown pass. ex Sun, ar. s:o5pm
85 Way freight, ex Sun, ar. ..... 6:OOpm
No. 41S Pullman from Ellsworth.
GREAT NORTHERN EAST .
1870 Benson & st. Paul, ex Sun. .. s:59am
$50 Way frt. to BENSON, ex Sun II :30am
1872 Way frt to Huron, ex Sun, NJ. 10 loan
GREAT NORTHERN WEST
lsb Huron pass ex Sun, arr. 7:05pn
W W Way NAY frt. from Benson, arr. 1:s0pmt
81 rr MsS F Mo ae H Ws5 Fri sSs@
daily except Sunday. ~
c. a. NJ. w. EAST
ia Way trt. via Candy to Tracy,
500 CHI 4 sast s VIA CANDY and Tracy; wa" :
sleeper from Mankato, daily 10:15am
8 Sleeper to twin cities Via 4 4 n.
BroOkings, daily .s......., p:OOpro,
is Way frt. to Brooklnga, ex Sun S:20pm
6. q N. W. WEST
Redfeld & West, Huron and 5-taa,
West. Dolly .........n...... 7:25am
50 RedfeIat Aberdeen, Oaks and
il Way II. e keaeid ex Sun. 1oe eSpm
11a Frt from Tracy via Candy, VI
Tues, Thus, Sat, ar....... .s:2Opm
SOUTH DAKOTA CENTRAL
2 Sioux Falls pass, ex Sun, w.. 6:O5am
! Arrive at Sioux Falls l0:20s I5i#
( ~ Sioux falls pass, Sun. only, ". III ;0Oam
Arrive Sioux Fails 800 p. m.
Watertown pass, ex Sun, arr. 8:O0pm
Leave Sioux Falls S:45. 5gf 81
3 IL WATERFOWL pass, Sun only. So. o :O0pm
3 Way frt., sex Sun, ar. =. D5pm
Leave Sioux Falls p. m.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1909-08-13
Team Chosen

After a months hard work the
task of choosing the team to rcpres-
ent South Dakota at the national
rife competition to be held at
Camp Perry, O., which begins
Aug. %, has been completed.
Adjt. Gen. Englesby will be the
captain of the team. Lieut.. W. A.
MCGEE of Sturgis will be coach,
and has been promoted to the
grade of first lieutenant and as
signed to duty on the staff of the
adjutant general. Lieut.. H. T.
Jensen of Brooklngs will be the
teams spotter. Following is the
personnel Of the team: Capt. H.
G. Boocock, 1t. l.. W. Kelley of
H company, 1t. j. R. Fridley Of
C company, Maj. J. w. Edmunds,
1st Sgt. D. c. Bear Of separate
company B, LIST Sgt. K. d. Niece
of X company, Sgt. i. T. Grigsby
of B company, Sgt. F. McDermott
of K. company, Sgt. J. E. Ham
mon of X. company, Pri. E. Z.
Harmon Of X company Corp. &c.
Matheny Of c company, Pri. 0.
Hanson of B. Company. Alter
mates: 1t. J. McNenny of com
pany, Pri. G. W.Philips of c COM
pany, and Pri. O. L.Keating Of B.
company.
The team will leave the city for
Camp Perry on Friday Of this
week in a special Pullman car.
The competition is open to every
state in the union, and prizes
and trophies aggregating thous-
ands of dollars will be presented.
The camp is under the direction
of the war department.