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erty of EIdridge Cults:

Of the City of Fitzgerald, &C
cording to the plat and survey of
said tracts of file in the Office of
the clerk Of the superior court.
At the same time and place and
for the same purpose as the prop
erty of Haygood & Cults:
Lot. Square. Block.
Is 9 7
400 acres in lot No. 207 and
in the 3rd District 1920
At the same time and place and
for the same purpose as the prop
erty of Mrs. Anil M. Cults:
10-acre tracts Nos. 2345,
2351, 1852, 1856, in land
lot 81 in the Sd district as
per the recorded plat of
the American Tribune
Soldiers Colony Company
of file in the office Of the
clerk of the superior court
of Irwin county. =. =. SOL. 81
At the same time and place and
for the same purpose as the prop
ertv of J. C.. Rogers:
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erty of J. G.. Rogers:

Of the City of Fitzgerald, ac-
cording to the plat and survey of
said lots of file in the Office of the
clerk of the superior court.
At the same time and place and
for the same purpose as the prop
erty of James Fletcher:
Acres. Lot. Dist.
400 80 3 $156. "a
At the same time and place and
for the same purpose as the prop
erty of L. T. Stone:
Acres. Lot. Dist.
1921 247 3 $15.16
At the same time and place and
for the same purpose as the prop
erty Of Tom Riggs:
Lot. Square. Block
n o 10
/ 16 Is $2.76
According to the plat and sur
vey of the American Tribune
Soldiers Colony Go. of file in the
office of the clerk of the superior
court of Ben County.
At the same time and place and
for the same purpose as the prop
erty of M. D. Swafford:
Lot. Square. Block.
5 4 8
According to the plat and sur
vey of the American Tribune
Soldiers Colony Co. of file in the
office of the clerk of the superior
court of Ben Hill county.
At the same time and place and
for the same purpose as the prop
erty of T. M. Griffin:
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According to the plat and sur
vey of the American Tribune
Soldiers Colony Co. of file in the
Office of the clerk of the superior
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-05
Novel Silver Wedding
Celebration.

Paris Singer. an American, astonished
the ParisIans by celebra ting his silver
wedding anniversary with a gift to medi-
cal science OF a fully equipped institute
for medical research. This institute will
be conducted upon the lines OF the Rookie
feller institute OF New York and will
represent an expenditure of $500 O0C.
Frank j. Ransom of New York, willed
$3.50, 900 TO New York hospitals and TO the
Church OF the Holy Communion.
John s. Lyle. the millionaire nonagen-
arian OF Tenafly, n. j., directed that
$4,000 OF his fortune ESTIMATED at s20,-
000,000) should be distributed among the
American Bible society, the Presbyterian
hospital OF New York. the boards OF
home and foreign missions of the Pres
byterian and Reformed churches and
many New York institutions for the in
firm and needy. Miss Alice A Hicks OF
Mineola7, L. l., distributed $4,000 in char
ity by her will The Nassau hospital at
Mineola received 100000 Swarthmore
college, 100000, and the New York So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty TO
Children and various orpbanages of New
York City the remainder, Edward r.
Jackson, n millionaire sheep raiser OF
San Antonio. Texas, who died January
II, left $350,000 To the Roman Catholic
Church OF North America
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cousin OF Mr. Astor he was not on
friendly terms with him, and never vis-
Mrs. James w Watson OF Rochester,
y Y. contributed 100000 TO the Uni
versity of Rochester Tor an art gal
isry il men memoir %go Of # her sG. son. MIA lanes
n. Lccere bequeathed 100000 to vari-
GUS hospitals and church institutions
in Now York and PariismS75,99o w was a,
eaise de L'InstItutons de France. in
Paris, for prizes to be paid TO school
mistresses who have had the greatest
moral influence over their pupils Mar
ceiyed $500, 200 under the will OF A. J..
Gallun, the millionaire tanner Adolph
Lewisohn OF New York city contributed
s2SS SSS SSS to two New & n1rS nsttntons 5a
ium and an equal sum TO the Hebrew
Shelterlng Guardian society.
Miss Betsy Head. Of Islip. l.. l., wuled
s1S7,T T46 TO the Flatbush Playground as
ISOLATION to establish a playground at
Bedford Place, Brooklyn. Isidor Straus
who. with his wife, met death in the IT.
tanic disaster, requested in his VIII that
SlS5.000 should be Distributed by his sons
10 charities which seemed most deserving
to them. Mrs. Brockholst Cutting, who
died in October, 1912. left SiS0,oOo to be
distributed' among . number OF New
Anna II, Carver Of Philadelphia. willed
$4,000 each to the University Of Penn
sylvania, the German hospital and the
Jefferson Medical college Of Philadelphia,
and $4,000 to the Peter HcrsoS Thcologi
cal hall. at New Brunswick, y. j.
Charitable bequests amounting 10 s175,-
600 were contained in the will of Mrs.
Joseph DreXel, Philadelphia, chief among
the beneficiares being the Archaeological
museum OF the University of Pennsy-
vania, the Catholic university at Wash
ingtop. ID. c.. and several New York
churches and day nurseries. Henry Iden.
Of Pelham Manor, New York. who died
May, 1912, besides a rare collection oil
painting and bric-a brac to the Metropol-
itan Museum of Art left Sl60, 000-S100,
600 TO the Cooper union, and the re-
malnder 10 the New York Geological So
ciety New York Botanical Garden, the
American Museum OF Natural History and
other New York institutions. Miss Har-
riet Il. Goodnow Left q bequest of $780,
900 to Harvard university to be known
as the Waite memorial fund, This fund
is to be used TO assist worthy poor young
men Of any denomination at the uuiver-
slty,
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For a Chair Of Banking.

T. c. Converse of New York founded
chair OF banking in the Graduate
School OF Business connected with Har-
yard university. The value OF Mr.. Con-
verses donation is Sl25,000 He pre-
pared for Harvard, but owing TO family
reverses. gave up a college career and
went into business with his father. For
many years he has been president of
the Liberty National bank. the Bankers
Trust company and the Astor Trust COM
pauy, all OF New York, and he is a di-
rector of many corpora atoms throughout
the country. James &. Speed of Louis
vile. Ky, bequeathed s125. 600 to various
charities of his native city. Miss Pene
lope McCune of New York city left by
her will sl10, 600 To be given for the Home
for Old Men and Aged Couples at Am
sterdam avenue and One Hundred and
Twelfth street, New York city. Thomas
A. Spider, the former Cincinnati catsup
manufacturer. who was killed In an au-
tomobie accident while on his honey
moon. left Sl10. 900 to charity-S50. 900 TO
the Methodist Episcopal church of Gin
Cinnat: like sum 10 The Methodist
Union Gospel Wagon Mission for Street
Preaching and $4,000 10 the Methodist
Home for the Aged.
Miss Emily ~ Bourne OF New York city
erected at n cost OF Sl0I. 900 the Bourne
Workshop for the Blind in New York
city. This building is the most complete
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-05
An Open-Handed Altruist.

Among the phllaDthroplsts who elect
10 bestow their public largesses dur
ing their lifetime Julius Rosenwald of
Chicago stands conspicuous both for the
public spirit shown in his benefactions
and for their size. His contribution Of
81, 100000 to the cause of scientific
farming through the medium of the crop
Improvement committee OF the council
OF grain exchanges means the extension
OF the work Of agricultural colleges and
experiment. stations, great storehouses
OF research and demonstration that are
TO be placed within reach of the indi.
vidual farmer.
Mr., Rosenwald celebrated his fftieth
birthday on August IL, 1912, by giving
S6S7 800 to educational and general
charities and $250,000 to the Univer-
sity of Chicago for women's gymna-
stun. He follows no system and does
not even keep an account Of his gifts.
He employs Jane Addams, julia Lath.
rop and Sherman c. Kingsley as his
almoners. with Judge Mack as general
ADVISER, and never questions their ac-
tion. ''The opportunities for profita-
BILE giving are so numerous be de.
clares, THAT IL is an exceptional day
when ! do not invest a few hundreds
in it,
Mrs. John Stewart Kennedy of New
York city. whose husband bequeathed
several millions to charitable and re-
ligious organizations, is becoming con-
spicuous as a giver on her own ac-
count During the year, Hartford Theo.
logical seminary received from her
$3.50, 900 for the endowment Of the Hart.
ford school of missions, and the Hart
ford school Of religious pedagogy was
given an equal sum. 10 addition Mrs
KpDnad-, y,Toroirad S100 000 Co. N .zx..
building 70 house the students of the
above two schools. Her generosity has
| also made possible home for women
Christian workers on the east side OF
Manhattan, costing 100000. She also
cave 100000 each 70 the New York
Mission and Tract society: 100000 TO
Mount Holvoke college and the Bible
| Teachers Training school OF New York
and 500. 900 20 New York university
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-05
A Unique Landlord.

One OF tho most unusual wills ever re-
corded in Philadelphia was made public
September (, when William Hawkins
bequeathed 5000 600 for distribution
among eighteen poor families who occu.
pied houses owned by him. The houses
were valued at from $4,000 to $4,000. and
the beneticiaries. many Of whom han
never seen their landlord. were given
clear titles TO the properties. Mr. tiaw.
klns, who died In his ninety eighth year
never married, and was said 10 have de-
voted his entire wealth 10 relieving pov.
erty which he Investigated personally,
That children may enjoy fresh air.
good food and intelligent instruction in
the wonders OF outdoors: Mrs. c. C.
Goodhue gave 20 the Children's Aid so
ciety her beautiful estate. containing
fifty acres of land and a perfectly ap-
pointed mansion, on Staten md. FOR
that pUrpose The value ~ Mrs. Good
hue's gift was $500 900. Each OF these
three men contributed $500. 900 TO the FOL-
lowing institutions: Charles T. Chitten-
den OF CayuSa. y. Y. 10 the Young
Mems Christian association OF ithaca;
amuel Cupples of St Louis Mo. TO
Washington university, and James Hall
to the University OF Manchester. Eng
land. Henry BeelSman Armstrong.
cousin of John Jacob Astor and re-
cluse. of Red Hook. y. Y. left 100000
for philanthroplc purposes. Mr.. Arm
strong retired TO his farm on account
OF a disappointment Ia hts early youth
He lived alone and devoted his DAYS
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A Bachelors Memorial.

William Patterson Young. an cccen-
trio bachelor OF Newark. n. j.. who
died at Atlantic City. N. j.. July 81,
provided that his fortune OF $7O3, 500
diocese Of Newark for the erection OF o
church in memory of his mother. An
odd provision OF Mr. Young's will was
shat al OF his gold and silver ornament.
ne broken Into scrap and melted into buI
hon to destroy their identity and then
become part OF the bequest.
The Will OF Colonel D. Wick OF
tsnlc,. requested that $500 900 should be
distributed among the charities OF his
j: Pierpont Morgan gave the Univer-
SlSo,oo0 for It's endowment fund: Trinity
college. Hartford. 100000 for library
and an udn1a uaddnm1lnistrallpn building. to be known
Teachers and the Church Unity Move
| ment. 100000 each: the University OF
Gottingen and the, London Young Men S
French Benevolent society. for train
Ing school for nurses, New York city,
$4,000, and Fisk university, Nashville,
and the Preventorium at Farmingdale,
n. j.. $4,000 each, making his gifts for
| the year reach the sum of $500. 900
John D. Rockefeller has only S536. 600
to to his credit for the year 1912 outside
board, This year he gives S25o.o00 TO the
| medical department OF the Western Re-
serve university of Cleveland, o.. 32l0 =
600 to DePauw university; $50, 900 to the
| Young Mems Christian association nj
Tarrytown, y. y; 81. 900 for the pur-
chase OF Pasteurs house in Dole France.
and other small gifts to hospitals and
It is difficult 10 estimate the amount
| given by Mrs. Russell Sage during the
| year as her philanthropy lends Itself 10
almost every field OF helpful endeavor
and her name Is withheld as frequently
| as possible. The published reports are
| not proportionate to the amount actually
gwen, During the year Just ended Mrs
sage is accredited with giving s5ls, 800
I-S20O.Oc0 for new freshman dormitory
at Harvard. $4,000 20 Vassar, $50 900 for
| the cloisters or Holder Hall at Prince
ton university. $4,000 TO Syracuse unl-
yersity. s25,000 to Columbia university
for the Janeway library fund. SIS. 900 to
| the Audubon society. sl5. 900 for the pur-
chase OF Marsh island. In louisiana for
| bird refuge. $4,000 TO the Woman's s
League for Animals. $4,000 TO the pen
sion fund OF the New York street clean
Ing department and many other smaller
Mrs. Helen NJ. Holly of Stamford.
Conn. who died in Florence. Italy. Aug
ust 49, 1912. bcduca thed $3.50. 600 as fol-
lows: To the Charity Organization So
ciety OF New York. s4o0, 600: to the poor
OF stamford. $40, 900. and TO four New
York charities. 100000.
The will Of Francis Amory, the last
representative OF one branch OF the
Massachusetts family OF that name. bene-
fits the Boston Lying-in hospital 20 the
extent Of $500. 900 and tho American
Academy OF Arts and Sciences, s25. 900
Mr. Amory gave s5o0o0 10 Harvard uni
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Princely Gifts From
Philadelphians.

By the will of Mrs. Robert ~ Car
son. widow Of the former street rail
road promoter of Philadelphia, Pa, the
Carson College for Orphan Girls, on
the carson estate. Erdenhcim, Chest
nut hill. was enriched TO the extent
Of S6000,0O0. During her lifetime the
generous oivcr was prominently iden-
tihed with charitable work in her ma.
i've city. The Carson fortune was
founded when the Union Traction com.
pany came into existence. Mr.. Carson
sold out his interest 10 p. a. 3. Wild.
cncr and W l., Elkins. and at the
time OF his death. October 49, 1907,
was rated as the third richest man in
Pennsylvania.
In connection with the Carson Widen
'r business interest, il is significant that
another notable benefaction is from
Peter 4. E. Widener, whose son George
D.. and grandson, Harry Elkips Wild
cner. were victims OF the Titanic dis
aster. Mr.. Wideuer executed a deed
Of trust for $4,000.o00 in 4 per cent
securities to be used as an endowment
for the Widener Memorial School for
Crippled Children. He gave another
million TO Harvard for a building. to
be known as the Harry Elkins Widener
memorial. to house the collection Of rare
versity, Thus Mr.. Widener's splendid
gifts amount TO S5,000,000 and these,
with Mrs. Carson s bequest, place Phila-
delphia far 10 the fore in the year Is
benefactions.
George +. Baker, former president of
the First National bank of New York
City. made royal gift, said to be 81,
100000, 20 tho New York hospital on
condition that the institution should
affiliate with the Cornell Medical school,
Ny. Baker, who has been on the hospi-
yal board OF governors for many years,
has been greatly interested in promot-
ing medical science and research. Part
nf the gift is for the erection of a new
hospital building near the Cornell Medi-
ral school. and the remainder is TO be
spent in employing medical ard surgi-
ral experts and in equipping laborato.
ries. II is the opinion Of the medical
profession that Mr.. Bakers gift is one
of the most important steps toward the
turtherance OF medical science ever
taken iu this country
Ore OF the years most generous
aivers prefers that his splendid gift
shall be listed as anonymous. BY il
e2.500,000 becomes the property of the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology.
10 be used for site on the Cambridge
yidc Of the Charles river and for new
buildings. Referring TO the munificent
gft. President r. c. MaeLaurin says:
The gift is one OF the largest in this
era OF large things. The spirit in which
IL has been given shows the American
business man at his best and in man.
ner which cannot fail 20 command our
aduiiration b. the evidence that IL dis
plays Of desiring 10 do great thing
quietly and without fuss.
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Two Cathedral Chapels.

A chapel TO cost $4,000. to complete
the seven that will surround the sane
tuary at the Cathedral OF st, John the
Divine, New York city, is the Glft Of one
OF the Astor legatees In honor OF the
memory OF Colonel John Jacob Astor,
who went down with the Titanic. Miss
CIementne F'urniss contributed $3.50, 900
for a chapel at the Cathedral OF st.
John the Divine in memory Of her par
ents. Mr., and Mrs. William Ponsonby
Furniss. George w. Melville. engineering
chief Of the United States navy, provided
by his will that $4,000 should be used
for placing aged persons in institutions
where they will be carefully attended to-.
Mary f. Johnson, OF Benson. Yates COM
pany, New York. willed Sl00 900 to the
Board OF Missions Of the Presbyterlau II
church. and $50, 900 TO the Bellona Mem
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An Eccentric Friend of
Education.

John Armstrong Cbalcner the eccen-
trio millionaire. formerly OF New York,
oU. now OF Merry Mills Va. fearing his
relatives might contest his will upon
tho grounds OF alleged insanity, has
conveyed his entire property, valued at
SlSOO.No0. n trust 10 the Virginia Trust
company OF Richmond. naming the Uni
verSltv Of Virginia and the University
OF North Carolina as resIduarv legatees
Coach 10 receive 100000 while nine
other educational Institutions viii re-
ceivc $4,000 each. The control OF the
property Is retained by Mr.. Chaloner
during his lifetime. but he cannot in
cunlber any OF the real estate or hy
pothecate any Of the securities. One
TO the town OF Roanoke Rapids. Va.
the interest to be expended annually for
a Christmas treat fcr the school children.
Mr.. Chaloner alleges that his relatives
are responsible for his having been de-
clared insane (only In the state of New
York;, and for that reason he discarded
the name Chandler and adopted that Of
Chaloner.
The late Henry Strong OF Lake
Geneva, Wisconsin, left provision in his
will that $1,000. 600 should be used 20
provide fund 10 be distributed among
students of western and southern state
universities. No ono person is 10 re-
ceive more than $500.
A gitt or l,4Sl.0o0 was made to the
Boston Museum OF Fine Arts by Francis
Bartlett OF New York. The bequest Is
in real estate, at State and Dearborn
rental from this property, which Is un-
der lease 20 tenants Tor 1913 years,
to $4,000 annually for the next
i've years. S55.ooo annually for the fol-
for the remaining years. This is the
second gift made TO the museum by Mr.
Bartlett. his first being a collection OF
classical antiquities valued at more than
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orial church. Clarence II. Mackay and
his mother, Mrs. John W. Mackay. an
nounce a donation of Si50.000 10 the Uni
versity OF Nevada. making their total
benefactIons to this institution $500, 600
This money will he used for the MaclSay
school OF mines. The will OF Benjamin
Guggenheim. who was lost on the II
tanic, left S150.0O0 among the charita BILE
institutions in the city OF New York.
Among them are the Manhattan Trade
School Tor Girls. the Educationsl Al
Technical institute. Home for Aged and
1nfrm Hebrews. Home for Colored Orph-
ans. Home for I'riendless Girls. and sew
eral other similar Institutions. e. r.
Artman. Of Philadelphia, directed In his
will that $150.OOO be distributed as fol-
lows: For home for poor and deserving
Lutherans of all ages and both sexes
within thirty miles of Philadelphia, $780,
ary, Mount Airy, Philadelphia, $4,000.
and for Roanoke college, Salem, Va,
$4,000.
Solomon Wolf of Worcester. Mass. who
died in July 1912, left his estate Of $780,,
600 to the order OF Odd Fellows and TO
hospitals IN Worcester and New York.
The will OF Mrs. Julia Ann Merrill, Wild
ow Of William f. Merrill. stock broker
OF New York city, left $4,000 to char
ity. to be divided among the American
board OF foreign missions, the American
Home Missionary society. the American
Missionary association and the Brooklyn
Industrial School association and Home
for Destitute Children.
Greenwich House. New Yorks social
settlement at 26 Jones street. has been
endowed by Mrs. Anna Wocrishoffer as
a memorial to her daughter, Garcia, who
was an active worker in the Greenwich
House field Miss Woerishoifer was
killed By an automobile last year while
making an investigation for the bureau
of industries and immigration of the state
department of labor. The value OF Mrs.
Wocrishoffer's gift is Si25, 600
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A Royal Present.

Thomas r Ryan the New York fnan-
cler, long famous for his generosity
toward Roman Catholic institutions, tes-
tfed to his appreciation OF the work in
| New York city Of the Fathers of the
Blessed Sacrament by building them one
Of the largest and most imposing churches
In America, The new church, when COM
pieted, Will be one Of the finest examples
of the classic Roman style In America.
1t is in the shape OF u Latin cross, with
three naves twin towers and n great
dome, For the drawings, which were
exhibited at the international exposition
rachina, received gold medal This
edIfice will cost 81. 600, 900, Mr. Ryan also
gave $4,000 for n mural decoration In
Memorial hall. Richmond.
An unconditional gift OF S1,0o0.000 to
the Metropolitan Museum Of Art OF New
York was made by Francis L. Leland.
president Of the New York County bank.
The money will be used for the pur
lands gift is one OF the four largest
ever received by the museum during
the lifetime of the donor,
Rockefeller ,Jr. leads his father on the
list OF notable givers. His million dol
lar donation is for the erection OF the
tory, in the world. II Is one Of a group
OF three buildings which Mr., Rockefeller
viii build on land adjoining the Reform
atory for Women at Bedford Hills. n,
expert scientific women, who will inves-
tigate the criminal phases of the women
detained at the reformatory.
Several charitable Institutions share
in the miion-dollar estate OF william
Hall Penfold OF New York city. who
died September IS. The benehciarles
Of his public bequests are st, Mary's
Free Hospital for Children the Presby-
terian hospital, the Charity Oreaniza-
ton society the Association for I'M
proving the Condition Of the Poor, the
Adirondack Cottage sanatorium, st.
Luke's hospital, the Manhattan Eye and
Ear hospital and numerous homes Tor
the incurable. the aged and INDECENT
men and women.
The beautiful new library OF the Uni
verslty OF California owes it's existence
TO bequest OF the late Cha rles Frank
lin Doe. who directed that $3.50, 600
should be given to the university for
that purpose, The library conforms in
Its architecture to the other university
buildings, many of which were given by
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, and It differs from
other university libraries in that it is
constantly open 10 the general public
Charles II. Pratt of Boston. Mass,
left $3.50, 900 to the Ma ssachusetts Insu-
tute OF Technology. the money to be
used for 4 school OF naval architecture
and marine engineering, Mrs Caroline
Barnard OF Everett, Mass, left her es-
tate OF $4,000 to Harvard university
TUFTS college and number OF religious
and charitable institutions