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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-12-17
PETITION FCR CHARTER.
State OF Georgia.
County of Glynn.

SAs--C ~ sew 5ta.
County of Glynn.
To the Honorable Phillip Cook. sec
rotary of state OF the state Of Geor-
gia
The petition of r. w. burden, c. F..
burden. y. d. Cowart, W. r. Kicks.
of the state and county aforesaid. and
G. L, Bailey, OF New York. city of
the state and county of New York. re-
specially shows:
Petitions desire that they, their
asst eiates. successors and assigns be
made a body corporate under the laws
OF the state of Georgia, for a period
of twenty years, with the right of re
newal at the expiration of said period
THAT they desire that the name
of said corporation be The Home Mu-
tual Fire Insurance company.
3.-That the Cblec: ma ann of said
association is to Ell &c IN and carr!
on the business of general fire in
Surance under the laws of this state,
and such bylaws as they may enact
not in conflict with the constitution
and laws OF this state, or Of the Uni
ted States.
4.-That the plan of operation of the
association being purely mutual CT CO.
operative, it will have no capital
stock.
5.-That they in good faith intend
TO go forward as soon as incorporated
and organize said association with its
principal office in the city OF Bruins
wick. Glynn county, Georgia. with
branch offices and agencies at such
other places in this and other states
as they deem proper to the interest
! Of the association.
| 6.--Petitloners request to he incoT-
| p2rated under the laws of this state.
| I-pcti;ioners show that they have
Giyen thirty days notice of their in
tcntion to apply for Il charter Of in
corporation by the publication of this
/ petition once week for four weeks
| III the Brunswick News, the newspa-
per publishing the legal advertise
ments Of said Glynn county, the cOun-
iy in which the principal office CT said
( association is to he located. as will
appear from the files of said paper
herewith submitted.
Wherefore your petitioners file this
their petition as provided by law and
pray that tdey, their associates, sue
cesSOrs and assigns be incorporated
with the corporate name OF The HCrIl
Mutual Fire Insurance company, will
the authority and right to have rap1
use a common seal, TO sue and. be
sued, contract and be contracted wiz
to purchase own, hold. sell, AMI &C
cept donations Of real estate Gnt
such other property as they NAV iin(
necessary CT proper in the cOnd let
ing of their business ana to do an.
and all other acts necessary and pro
per in the management of their Lusi
ness.
They further pray that they N.
be given the right to make such rules
regulations and bylaws to govern II
the management of the business o
the association as they may deem PFC
per, not in conflict with the cons i
tuition and laws CT this state, n o
the United States and your peti4i"l
ers will ever pray. etc.
r. w. burden,
c. p burden,
N. D. Cowart,
w. r. Kicks.
G. &. Bailey,
Petitioners
J. T. Powell,
| Petitioners Attorney.
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STERLING,
MR.. MERCHANT

We wish to call your attention
to the faC1 that we are now In posi-
ton to furnish you anything in the
line of poultry and eggs and at
right prices, Being connected with
one of the largest poultry houses in
North Georgia we are able TO get
our good fresh from the North ueor-
gia farm wagons every day. CAN
phone l48 and make your wants
kno n. Or better still call in per-
son at the Hirsch building on the
corner OF Gloucester s Bay streets.
We are strangers here and Woufd De
qIad TO make your acquaintance even II
YOU don't want TO buy anything.
Yours For Business,
ADAMS & Ally
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-12-17
The Renoo Belt corsets.

The ladies' attention is directed TO
The ad of H. V Adderley, who Is sale
agent in this city for this famous cor
set The "Rcngo" is perhaps the
most popular style OF corset now
sold II, is specially adapted to Ger
tain forms and its originator has
spared no expense in bringing 1t TO
up.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-12-17

Georgia.-GIynn County.
In the Court of Ordinary of SAID
County.
Whereas Augusta Arnheiter, execu-
trix OF the last will and testament OF
Chris Arnheiter, late Of said county
deceased, represents to the court in
ner petition duly filed and entered
on record that she has fully admin
istered Chris Arnheiter's estate. This
is therefore to cite all persons con
cerned, kindred and creditors, to show
cause if any they can, why said exc
cutrix should not be discharged from
her trust and receive letters Ct dis
mission on the first Monday in Janu-
airy, 1910.
This December 4th, 1909
Horace Dart,
Ordinary Glynn County, Georgia
Dec. Z, IA, q, IS.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-12-17
THE LAW REMAINS DRY.
Indiana Counties Thus Voting Will
Continue to Keep Out Saloons.

Continue to Keep Out Saloons.
indianapolis, Ind, Dec 16.-The SUI
preme court Of Indiana today held as
constitutional the county local option
election law, which was enacted in
1903. under which sixtyfive of the
ninety-twO counties of Indiana have
closed their saloons.
Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs
quickly. strengthens the lungs and eX-
pels cold. oct the genuine in n yell
low package at Atlanta Pharmacy
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CITATION.

Georgia,-Glynn County.
In the Court OF Ordinary of
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04
THE PHANTOM SHIP OF GOAT ISLAND

HE loomed out OF the fog like an
apparition. white and ghostly. her
- decks. smokestacks and cabins
showing wet and glistening in the sud-
den lift of the smother OF dank air
which had enshrouded her from stem
TO stern. She lay just off Goat island.
It was a weird sight-a splendid bat
tleship. her decks swept clean of life,
her shroud OF fog enwrapping her
stealthily as she rose and fell with the
heave Of the bay waters. drifting ire
sistibly, it seemed. on the sharp rocks.
Every man on the approaching ferry
boat stood aghast The captain, how
ever, seemed careless of the inevitable
crash which apparently was but a few
minutes away. Then one man spoke:
It's a battleship." he cried. "On the
islandl Looki"
The crowd surged TO the side till the
ferry boat careened. But not a man
moved from his vantage point. There
she lay. huge, majestic, indomitable, her
turret tower. rising above her broad
white sides like a menacing signal
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04

went In the IRE. Since then, without
the building, he has been offered
100000 for the ground.
South OF Market values have been go
ing up, steadily for a. long time A
Tot so by 100 In the west side OF Third
street, 50 feet north OF Mission, bought
for $4,000, sold the next day for
$4,000. and two months later for
$3.50, 900.
The northeast corner OF Third and
Jessie, 8s by 80, was sold by the Crook
estate at auction for s13o.0oo. Oscar
Luning bought It for tri1e more and
six months later sold It at profit OF
$4,000. Mission street property in
that vicinity Is now valued at $4,000 q
front foot.
Some years ago A. Aronson bought
the northeast corner of Mission and
New Anthony streets. ss:s by 1s7, ex-
tending to Jessie. for 100000 and be-
gan Immediately to build Before the
structure was completed he sold the
ground for s225, 900.
Instances can be multiplied without
end.
There were also those who made their
fortunes because they held to their
homes. Notable instances OF homes
which rose to high values are:
The old Hume home in Geary street be-
tween Stockton and Powell. was bought
by NJ H de Young for s225.000. The
Starr King church lot, just q block
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04

We'll. by Jimmy" said the keen eyed
man slowly. Who'd have thought it?'
In an instant the mystery had been
solved. The rocks OF Goat island rise
some 80 feet above the waters OF the
bay. On each side and below the light
house on the island Is a large space of
rough rock. whitewashed. in order that
the signal light may be more easily
discerned at night by passing vessels.
One corner of this whitewashed ex-
panse has been rubbed away by the
action of the tide, and this whitewashed
space. with the dark rubbed portion,
and tho lighthouse rising clear above
in tho center. forms. when a heavy fog
is on, an absolute facsimile of a battles
ship 1t is singular coincidence, but
a startling one. Aided by the encir-
cling wreaths of fog. tho resemblance
of the lighthouse and the rock to an Inn
posing vessel is so real as to deceive
even those who are aware OF the illu-
sion. Tho optical deiusion Is further
carried out by the whistle Of the light
house apparently proceeding from the
battIeship. thus producing the inevita-
BILE conclusion that 9 nne battieship,
which should be anchored somewhere
securely in the bay. II drifting to her
doom on the reefs Of the old island.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04

Then she whistled. The man who had
spoken first gasped.
Good Lordf' he exclaimed. what 8
the captain thinking Off"
A wave of expectancy swept over the
laden ferry decks. A little man with
keen eyes pressed close to the side and
took a sharp look at the big hulk now
partly hidden by fog again.
ut can't be ship over there" he
declared How could q battleship get
so near the island?"
You heard the whistle, didn't your
demanded some one.
"And you see the ship, don't your
demanded somebody else.
Now you see 1t, and now you don't -
yelled another quick witted person.
Look at her nowi"
The crowd bent eager eyes on the
motionless vessel. The ferry boat
seemed about to pass by 9 hairs-
breadth. Some of the passengers in
voluntarily jumped back from the rail
flushing Indignantly at tho laugh that
greeted their move.
Just then the fog swept away. from
the upper part Of the ship, leaving her
clear. The whistle sounded again,
Something about the smokestack seemed
strangely familiar.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04

UP and down Market street on the way
to work and back. These number moro
than 100000 daily, and they set in a
steady stream UP street from to 1o:3o
in the morning and back again from
to 7. The result is that values on
lower Market are soaring.
Here is the moro recent history Of
some of the better known pieces of real
estate in San Francisco.
The site OF the st. Francis hotel was
bought by the Crocker estate for $22b,-
600. The lot was e7:s by 1875,
with the longer side on Powell street.
Very recently the same purchaser paid
s26o.ooo for the adjoining lot at Post
and Powell streets. that lot being 81
by 81 feet and not In as good a posi-
ton. Meanwhile the original piece, not
counting the building, has risen to a
value of 100000. Levi Strauss, who
formerly owned the Post and Powell
streets corner. paid s72,5oo for It.
Just before the fire the Bankers' In
vestment company bought the Market
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04

below. was sold for s11o. 900. 1t is
now worth 100000. The old fashioned
residence at Eddy and Taylor streets
sold for $4,000 also.
Outside OF men OF large means who
have invested IN real estate as a safe
way OF keeping money and men who
have bought for their own particular
uses. those who have profited most out
Of San Francisco real estate are men
who devoted themselves to operating.
buying and selling at the right moment.
Many OF these have accumulated vast
fortunes. They are remarkable for
their intimate knowledge. Many OF the
facts here set down were gathered from
one OF them, A Aronson. who gave
sizes and figures from memory. There
IL not q piece Of property down town
the exact size OF which he does not
know to an inch He also knows all
the owners OF each In the last 80 years,
and ths prices at which they were
bought and sold. It seemed such a stu
that I gave an involuntary expression
Of incredulity when he told me he was
giving exact figures.
'Tt has been my hobby for years to
know everything about every piece OF
property within certain radius" he
explained
San Francisco has come up during
days II held no such bonanzas as now.
For instance, there never was such a
losing proposition for q hotel as the
old Palace when 10 was first opened.
World famed as II was IL cost the own
ers . pretty penny. In the beginning
the restaurant and bar showed dead
loss OF $4,000 year. Before the flames
claimed IL those two departments were
bringing In s1f5. 900 q year. having long
since made up all loss with Interest
There ls no spot too small not to DO
worth something. The smallest REIN
forced concrete building In the world
stands over In Chinatown on q lot six
feet wide-hardly wider than = doors
yet IL brings to Its owner. Mrs. Cath
the building belonging to q spscu-
letor.
This lot Is In the west side. at 955
Dupont street, 80 feet south OF Jackson.
II Is occupied by the Hongkong barber
shop, conducted by negroes for the Chi
nese trade. 1t accommodates both bar
bers and customers comfortably and
has room In front for bootblack stand
Rents In Market street have had a
conspicuous rise during the last few
months. Store keepers are now paying
$40 front foot per month. and there
are no inches thrown in. At this rate
an average establishment In the street
rents for $500 month.
In this respect a wonderful change
has come over the retail district IN the
last Is or 30 years. When the build
az Golden Gate and Market streets was
built In the eighties. the stores went
begging at 325 month. When II went
IN the fire tenants were paying $3.50 a
month for these stores and clamoring
for long leases at that figure.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04

some day be IN the center Of the city.
when he was eventually offered $780,
600. he refused. Other and moro hat
tering offers followed. He was obdu-
rate. It got to be a question between
the real estate men as to who would
get Hewes to sell. In 1900 he was Of
fered s25o.ooo. and his agent begged
him to sell, saying 1t was $4,000 more
than It was worth.
He knew what he had by this time
and when the last offer he received
was made, s650,ooo, he sat down and
figured out that during the time that
creased in value at the rate OF $1,000 a
month. and during that time he had
done nothing to help 1t along. Now
he is doing something. something he is
able to do because he received for
years handsome rentals from the old
building that remained there all those
years.
With the new building on it the cor
ner is worth $4,000 All that grew
out of a bad debt of $4,000. That is
what real estate has done, and 1t is
not a peculiar history although pic
turesQue. Any downtown corner has
had q similar rise. For business prop
erty is gaused according to the num-
Der OF people who pass that way. and
there again you can not always tell.
To illustrate this point: Before the
fire Ut is always before or after the
IRE with the real estate men) property
down Market street toward the ferry
was sitting in the shade cast by the
big buildings above Montgomery.
Lower Market street was going down.
That was generally agreed. Look at it
nowi One of the best things the fire
did for this city was to push lower
Market street into the foreground. A
simple change was responsible for this.
Formerly the old buildings down.
town were built dark and forbidding,
with great iron doors which swung shut
with a rumble. Lower Market street
was lined with these. Behold the diff
ference nowl Brightly lighted from
Kearny to the ferry with interesting
shop windows. It affords entertainment
by the way, to those who pass along.
AS consequences. people living across
the bay, when they have time, walk
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04

street property extending from Grant
avenue south to the Mutual savings
bank building for $2.250.oOo. Since
then the value has risen to 100000,
Judging from actual sales.
The history Of the Emporium site Is
interesting. Mrs. Abby Parrott paid
for this a few years ago just $4,000
less than million. After the fire E.
H. Hartman offered $2.5oo.ooo for 1t.
as it stood then. with wrecked build
ing which at the time no contractor
had been found to rehabilitate. The
offer was refused and since then the
value has risen to $2.75o,0o0. The site
has 275 feet in Market street. worth
$4,000 front foot
This. 1t will be remembered. was the
site of the old St. Ignatius college.
Mrs PARROT seemed to have aspenchant
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04
VALLEYS NAME

CAMILLA w. KENYON In The Sun
day Call OF january 81 complains
OF the lack of originality In the
naming OF Strawberry valley, where
Fremont crossed the Sierra, while IN
fact 1t is one OF the most Originally
named places on the coast.
AS the writer mentions IN her article,
the road from Sacramento via Placer
Vile (Hangtown) and the American
river was the main route OF travel
between California and the mines OF
Virginia City before the railroad was
built The freighting was done mostly
by six to twelve mule teams, the round
trip occupying about three weeks.
For the accommodation OF this traflc
there were frequent wayside houses
consisting mostly OF large barn and
log cabin, which was ~ . rule .
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04

- VIZ AS@AAG ~ o@A4 IL OAAS
knew when. Otherwise there
would be another set of multi
miIlionaires IN San Francisco.
II would not have been believed 40
years ago that property on Market
FrrseJ, sway over at Fifth" would be
worth $4,000 front foot and hard to
get at that And two years and three
quarters ago II you had told any Of
the gentlemen who were piling bricks
on the main thoroughfare with a SOL
oier>s bayonet as inspiration that val
ues down town would rise to heights
above any known before they would
have heaved q rectangular piece OF
baked clay with vicious animosity.
But take down the block book and
look up the recorder OF deeds and a
story is unfolded which is full OF a
wonderful 1eoromancy, in which the
gold seems to glitter before your eyes
and prices nutter up to prodigious
heights over night
Some made their fortunes because
they knew when to sell. others made
theirs because they could not sell, but
the man who held on and refused to
sen found the values rising like a tide
that has known no receding.
II the small shop keeper of the
seventies had invested his savings in
uptown lots his children would be roll
ting IN wealth But plain John Smith
Of those days was buying mining stocks
and listening 70 the siren song that
silver sang. II be had only listened to
the tramp OF feet and. well. IL he had
only known which way the cat was
gofng TO jump. he would have bought
real estate and planted q seed that
could not help growing.
Take the story OF David Hewes.
Steam Paddy" Hewes. as he is better
known Lately n tall steel frame at
the corner OF Market and Sixth has
been taking on the shape OF a 15 story
building. That belongs to David
Rewes, SO years OF age. who. IL he had
had his own way. would never have
swued II
Hs is called Steam Paddy Hewes
because be graded Market and Mission
streets and all the property UP around
Union square and thereabouts with his
steam paddy. He took some pretty
big contracts. and one fer $4,000 worth
OF work that he entered into In the
late sixties was not much Of a propo-
sition for him There was, however,
only a slender guarantee OF payment,
q wooden building on the southeast
corner OF Sixth and Market, a corner
where mules used TO sink out Of sight
IN the winter mud When the contract
was finished things did not go right
with the property owner and he had to
let his building so for the price OF the
work.
Hewes took It reluctantly. He consid-
cred 1t a very bad debt, as indeed II
was at the time. the corner. building
and all. being worth about $4,000
Isgt II is on account of that lot that
HAwes is a millionaire today.
At FIRST he cursed his debtor monthly.
sf rent collecting times. He would have
much preferred TO have had his money
in steam paddying. BY and by he became
attached to the lot as one will to an
old coat and framed what was hooted
AZ a. the ridiculous idea that IL would
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04

long room or hall with kitchen at
one end. long table IN the center
and hunks on the side. In most cases
the drivers for sanitary reasons carried
their own blankets
man named Berry, who cut the grass
from a meadow in a small valley and
as an inducement to the patronage Of
these teamsters gave each one an al
lotment OF this dried grass for his
bunk. Hence the place became known
as Straw Berry's.
This Is common tradition IN this dis
trict, and II I remember rightly. men,
tion Is made of the naming OF this
place by Mark Twain In his book
"Roughing IT, also OF the Hank Monk
and Horace Greeley episode.
SUBSCRIBER.
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04

for buying church property, for she pur-
chased some years before the site Of
tho old Trinity church at the north
east corner OF Post and Powell streets
and realized handsome pront on 1t.
A much more striking rise IN values
Is shown In the northwest corner of
Fourth and Market streets. bought by
James Flood In 1882 for $4,000. The
property extends 1876 feet along Market
street and 165 along Fourth. It is now
held at $s,ooo.ooo.
Flood also bought the site of the tidy
little nine story Westbank building on
the gore Of Market and Ellis streets
from DR.. Nightin gale for s275.O0 at
about the same time. When the pres
ent lease was arranged the value OF the
property was set at s1,26o.o0o. and
that was shortly after the fire. when
values were in temporary slump.
The site of the Flood building was
bought after the. terrible Baldwin hotel
fire for $1,40o.o00. whacking big price
In those days. But It has more than
doubled in value, the ground alone
being rated at $4,000. 900. and. the cost
of building figured In. nets the owner
interest on the total sum.
The site of the Claus Spreckels build
ing, 20 by 75 feet. was purchased by
the late Claus Spreckels at auction for
$685. 900. The location alone IL worth
. million today.
The rise In values = little farther
out can be judged from the following
The northeast corner of Post and Jones
streets was purchased by A Aronson
for $27 500. He held 1t eight years
and sold 1t for $1,000.
The Liebes building site was pur-
chased by Levi Strauss at auction for
$146.o0o. It contained q building which
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04

i THE EMPORIUM SITE, Was BCU cET
II FOR 1878. 900 FOURTEEN YEARS
II AGO. THE SITE NOW NORTH
s 1.75O. 900
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-04
By Robert Bolton

10 one knew which way the cat
was going to jump, and no one
y knew when. Otherwise there
would be another set OF multi
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-06-10

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corner of section two, ca, township
155, range ~. thence east on and
along the section line to northeast
corner Of section eight, (s), in town.
ship 155, range 43, all in said County
of Marshall, be and the same is here.
by designated State Road for the
purpose of having same constructed
or improved in accordance with the
provisions of said Law, same to be
known and designated as State Road
No. 3. .~..s~. i,~s
Adopted June End, 1909.
F. A. Green, Chairman.