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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-20
Realty and Building
Boom On in Suburbs
Decatur, klrkwood, oakhurst and L.
thonla Busy DeVeIoping-3,ooo
Acres Sold for $2e, 900.

Great activity in real estate and
building in Kirkwood, Decatur. Oak
hurst and other towns near Atlanta
is indicated in reports from those
places.
Plans for the erection of sixteen
residences in Winona Park, one OF
Decatur's leading residence sections
have been made by w. II. s. Hamil
ton. The Decatur Land Company Is
making extensive Improvements on its
property The l.. P, Bottenfield Real =
ty Company also is developing large
tract Of land near Decatur
Other improvements are being made
at Lithonia, where a dozen new build
ings and residences are in course OF
construction. One of the most i'm
portant of these is the two-story san
itarium of Or. J. A. Bell on Rock
bridge street. The school building ia
being overhauled by j. X. Davidson to
be used as a hotel.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-20
SNOW I'M VIRGINIA,

RICHMOND, VA, Feb. 2o.-For
the third time in a week Virginia is
in the grasp of a snow and sleet
storm. A blizzard is raging through
out the State.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-20
Warranty Deeds.

warranty OooQbs
$l2,104-Percy II. Adams to W, G.
Carter, one-fourth interest in 1851
acres in northwest corner of land lot
81, Seventeenth District. Also one
fourth interest in 1909 acres. south
east side Montgomery Ferry road in
land lot So, Seventeenth District.
June 81, 1911.
S2,452-w. P. Mann to George B.
Rookie, No. % Egleston street, lot 81
by $50 feet. February 18.
IS, Love and Affection-A K.
Hawkes. to Albert B, Cundy. No. 40
Bunker street, lot So by 100 feet
$500-Baynard Wlllingham to c.
2. Butt, lot 100 by 1872 feet, north
side Cambridge avenue, 100 feet west
of jackson street. January 80.
Love and Affection--Jane Weaver
TO Maud Wilson, lot 80 by 1877 feet,
being lot 8, block 2, of T. N. Rhodes
addition to College Park. August IL,
1918.
s3bo-George 8. Lowndes to Harry
Drummond street, lis feet east Of
Ashby street. February 10.
S9,350-McKenzle Trust Company
to Fulton Mortgage Company, lot 80
by $50 feet, south side st. Charles
avenue, 4sS feet west of Barnett
street. Lot 30 by $50 feet, southeast
corner of st. Charles and Bonaven-
ture avenue. Lot 40 by 1872 feet, north
east corner of Fourth street and
Ponce DeLeon Way. Lot AZ by lat
feet, south side Fourth street. 464
feet east of Bedford Place. Feb
ruary IS.
$9,s50-Fulton Mortgage Company
to Germania Savings Bank, same
property. February 16.
$4,000. p. Gordon to Mrs. Fam
ME l.. Gordon, lot so by 149 feet,
north side Dorsey street, $50 feet
west of East Point avenue Febru-
airy IS.
$40 and other Property-G. H.
Waddell to Utoy Stone and Sand
Company. lot of 81 acres in land lots
244 and PAS, Fourteenth District, on
south side of Wilson Mill road. Oc-
tober /, 1918.
$2350--Hal A. Steed and Roland
II. Rowe to Mrs. Myrtle w. Britain,
lot 40 by 100 feet, south side Mer-
ritts avenue, 100 feet east of Plum
street February g.
$3.000-Beulah B. williams to
BENJAMIN williams, 40 acres in south
west corner OF land lot 209. Fourteenth
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-20
Bio Acreage Exchanges.

The Charles P. Glover Realty Com
pany has sold for the Mcintyre In
vestment Company 1000 acres of land
near Findig. Wayne County, on the
Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic
Railroad, to a client for $4,000 A
tract Of 40 acres of Cherokee County
land was taken in part payment
The Glover company states that
the buyer of the tract will make OK
tensive improvements and subdivide
~
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-20
liAns.

$170-George F. Eubanks Mantle
Company VS.. E. S. Lumpkin, Nos
147-A and 147-B Kelley street. Feb
ruary 10.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-20

north side Dorsey street, $50 feet
west of East Point avenue. February
1S.
s5s-Mrs. Annie L. Barford to John
B. Roberts, No. 141 Cherokee avenue,
4s by IFS feet. February is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
AVOID The COURTS
Railroads Settle Most of Their
Troubles Outside.
Find 1t Cheaper to Compromise
Than Fight.
HOW THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED
Fewer Appeals Taken Nova
days in Topeka.
Santa Fe Settled Ten Damage
Cases Here in Year.
HOW THE TIMES have CHANGED

'The volume of big litigation has
fallen off in recent years and the time
Of the county courts is taken up with
cases which il Importance average
less than was the case when I first
came in touch with them as court
reporter twelve years or SO ago." said
Charles Bower, clerk of the district
court today. More cases are settled
out Of court and many big subjects of
dispute which once would have been
the bone Of contention for a long legal
skirmish through the county court
and probably at the supreme bench
now never get into court at all or at
most are made the subject of a friend
ly suit with an agreed verdict SO that
1t will be made a matter of record"
That this statement applies with in
teresting force to the damage suits
brought against Kansas railroads is
evidenced by an examination OF the
dockets for the last three or four terms
Of court. Now the railroads settle
where once they fought. Death claims
in numerous cases are paid direct to
the heirs without the Intervention of
an attorney for the side that gets the
money. To cover legal requirements
the name Of an attorney appears on
the court record where an entry of the
case is made when the railroad attor-
neys and the plaintiff go before the
judge to ask for an entry of judg-
ment, but the plaintiffs attorney is
generally also an attorney for the rail-
road company and he gets no fee out
OF the judgment paid. In a case like
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
THE GOAT WAS ON THE JOB.
Burglar Laughs 1t Watchdog, but Billy
Spills His Blood.

After very carefully avoiding a saw
age watchdog. chained to the rear of
the house he was about to enter, a porch
climber came to grief. and narrowly es-
capped being captured by a pet Billy
goat in the front yard Of the italian
club on B street last night.
Gaining entrance to the second story
by means of a ladder, the burglar col
lected together $3.50 in coin. a few
gold rings. and odd trinkets. and slid
down a porch post to the ground. AS
his. feet touched terra f1rma, the goat,
whose private grazing patch had been
invaded, spied the intruder. Also the
intruder spied Billy. Then started an
unequal foot race for the nearest fence.
The burglar lost-lost the race, great
patches Of cuticle, the major portion of
his clothing, and several teacups OF
blood. He finally managed to scale the
fence, and disappear in the darkness
with the loot. which was the property
of John Regalia, Antoine Rambonio and
Tony vanon.
Mrs. E. B. Pond, daughter-in-law of
former Mayor Pond Of San Francisco,
whose local home has been invaded
by burglars twice during the past fort
night, attempted to buy the goat from
the Italians today. He is not for sale,
however. although the savage watch
dog, which slept through the entire
confusion. can be had for the asking
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
SANTA FEE IN EUROPE.


Railway would Extend From Eastern
Russia to Paris.
A map Of the Santa Fe railway If it
was placed in the heart of Europe, was
issued q few days ago by the passen-
ger department Of that railway. It
was a perfect war map of Europe.
with the railroad inserted.
Chicago. the eastern terminus of the
Santa Fe, was placed near Alfelnova.
on q direct line about 500 miles east of
st. Petersburg. Topeka is placed about
400 miles south of the capital, near a
town with q rather long name. Wolo-
kalamsk. Warsaw. the capital of Po-
land. is located halfway between
Pueblo and Santa Fe. Denver is in
Germany, not far from Danzig. on this
original map.
Ell Paso is here located in Transyl-
vania, q province of the Austria-Hun-
gary empire. Galveston and Houston
are in southern Russia, near Crimea.
Phoenix. Arizona, is not far from
Vienna. San Diego is exactly where
Verona, Italy, stands, and Los Angeles,
near st. Gothard. Switzerland. San
Francisco is located where Paris
stands and a branch north of San
Francisco, compares with southern
England. The Grand Canon Is in Bo-
hernia Kansas City ID only az far In
the map from Moscow as she il really
from Independence.
The map was made out by the ad-
vertising department of the road and
will be used along with the California
fair literature.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
ABOUT II. e. RAY OF TOPEKA.
New General Storekeeper OF Santa +
Popular ON Coast.


New General Storekeeper Of Santa Ee
Popular ON Coast.
The San Bernardino Daily Sun pub
lished the following a few days ago
about II. e. Ray, who arrived in To-
peka last week to become general store
keeper Of the Santa Fe system:
II. e. Ray. for the past five years
coast lines storekeeper Of the Santa Fe.
leaves today for Topeka, to become gen.
eral storekeeper of the system ON Sep
tember l. K. r. Stewart OF Albuquer-
que. who succeeds him, Il already In
San Bernardino, ready to assume
charge OF the local headquarters for the
lines west Of Albuquerque on Tuesday.
1t will be interesting to the railroad
men and the general public to know
something Of the new general store
keepers career with the Santa Te.
II. E. Ray was born in Shepardstown.
West Virginia. May Is, 1871. He entered
the railroad service in June. 1890. with
the store department Of the st. Joseph
Terminal company st. Joseph Missouri.
On December /. 1884, he entered the
store department Of the Santa Te and
from that date he was consecutively
clerk, chief clerk, assistant to the gen.
eral storekeeper, and June 1. 1908, to
June is, 1909, storelleeper at Topeka,
June Is. 1909. to date, storekeeper of
the coast lines.
Mr.. Stewart has been in the service
of the Santa Fe since 1882. He was in
Topeka about twenty years ago, but
has since been storekeeper at La Junta.
Colorado, and at Albuquerque.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

that the total cost of court procedure
is $3.50 for clerical fees.
when 1 was stenographer for the
Shawnee county district court, there
was often a little money to be made
on the side by making transcripts OF
cases that had been appealed, con-
tinued Mr.. Bower. There is far less
of this sort of thing than there used
cation doesn't pay and the folks who
once had the most important cases
now have few.
Settle Just Claims.
1.-The experience of the railroad COM
panies has evidently been that it is
cheaper to settle when the injured party
really has just claim. Now about the
only railroad damage suits that are
fought are the ones where the COM
pany is sure of its ground and thinks
there is not a just cause of action
against it,"
An inspection OF the Shawnee county
court dockets for the last year shows
that the Santa Fe railroad company
has paid out in settlements a total OF
$40 $50, covering ten separate claims in
this county alone, the items varying
from $3.50 to 5000. There are a few
cases on the September term docket
which will be fought. In the ones that
have been settled the Deneficiaries have.
for the most part. received practically
every cent Of the awards, not having
to split with an attorney. In many
cases the settlement has been made al
most with the prornptitude Of q life
insurance company. This was. true In
q recent case where widow received
5000 in case a few weeks after the
death of her husband in a wreck in
California.
There are not many cases in sight
for trial in the local courts where large
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
PASSENGER BUSINESS SLOW.
Period of Quiet Between Summer and
Winter Traffic.

Passenger business of the various
railroads through Topeka has again as
sumed the routine. except from a brisk
but temporary rush to Kansas from the
summer resorts. There are few tourists
going to the mountains or the lakes at
the present time and most Of them who
have spent the summer at these places
have returned home.
In two or three months, however. the
passenger departments of the three
through lines in Topeka, Union Pacific,
Santa Fe and Rock Island, expect to
see great California winter b. ,iness.
This is always heavy every winter and
the railroads have good reason to ex-
pect it to be unusually so this year. For
the greater part CT 1915. the two Cali
fOrnia Fairs will mean a stupendous
business TOR all roads to the Pacific
coast and the railroads are preparing
for it by buying and remodeling equip
ment.
In addition to an expected large at
tendance at the San Francisco and San
Diego expeditions next year, the Rocky
Mountain resorts in Colorado and
Wyoming and the Yellowstone Park.
Yosemite, Grand Canon, Glacier Ma
tional Park. the northwest Pacific coast
and even Alaska will probably prove
attractions to the fair visitors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
Novel Chinese Flea Trap.

A flea trap is in general use in
Szechuan. It consists of two pieces
of bamboo, one inside the other. The
outer is about a foot in length and
two and a half inches in diameter; it
is longitudinally fenestrated. The in
ner bamboo is of equal length. but
only about an inch in diameter. 1t is
kept in position by means of a short
wooden plug. The inner bamboo is
coated with birdlime OF the like; the
outer bamboo is protective. The trap
can be '1ced under bed clothes,
among rugs, and so forth; any fleas
that go through get caught on the
birdlime. The trap might be OF great
value in connection with plague cpl
demics-KnoWledge
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
BEGAN YEAR RIGHT.
Santa Fe Reports Good Gains First
Month OF Fiscal Year.


Month OF Fiscal Year.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railway commenced the fiscal year
with satisfactory gains in both gross
and net earnings. the former having
scored an increase of 100000 and
the latter about $441.OO0 as compared
with July a year ago. This showing
is the more satisfactory when it IS
considered that in July, 1913, there
was gain of $1e3.O0O in gross and
nearly 100000 in net. as compared
with the same month year previous.
According to railway ofI1cials in To-
peka, western railroads bid fair to
show Satisfactory. earnings this year.
as crops throughout the country have
been better than In years, which in
sures a large tonnage for the carriers
Shipping. although somewhat restrict
ed at present. must eventually assume
large proportional and many predict
that the date II not far distant when
tonnages will be heavily increased
The tonnage II there and the railroads
must sooner or later move It For
that reason. railroad men believe that
the outlook forst earnings il better
than it has been Tor years
The last fiscal year. ending June 30,
showed large Losses in net and gross
earnings. and 1t = apparent that con-
siderable improvement must be made
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

during the current year to overc0me
these declines. The. company earned
about Z Il on its common stock Tor
tho twelve months a. compared with
q little over 8 y in the year ending
June 80, 1919 Even with . loss Of
nearly 100000 In gross and about
$7,500.O00 in net for the twelve
months, It u to be noted that the conn
pany's stock dividend was earned with
q fair balance to spare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

interests are at stake. The dockets are
full of small actions of every descrip-
ton, but the day when the defendant
thought it best to fight. COR the principle
Of the thing. appears, as Bower says.
to have passed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

Made of select felted layer cot
ton, roll edge, and covered in. fin
est quality strong art ticking of 8;
most handsome pattern. We rec
0mmend this as the greatest mat
tress value ever offered in Topeka
s Msse o 1a1Te- This $6.9S
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07
No More Rupture Troubles
so Days Trial
To Prove 1t

You Don't Have ID Risk Penny
Here il something absolutely GUARAN-
TEED to keep your rupture from coming
out.
And you can tIy + siaty S.y% %itsous
having to risk a penny.
II it doesn't hold-if it doesn't keep
YOUR rupture from bothering you In any
way-then 1t won't cost you q single cent
The Only Thing Good Enough
to Stand Such . Test
You know as well as we that you can't
else Tor rupture merely by trying it on.
That's the worst Of going to drugstore
seem alright when you first put 1t on.
and afterwards prove utterly worthless.
The only way in the world you can mako
sure Of exactly what you're getting Is by
DAY-AFTER-DAY TEST.
famous Cluthe Automatic Massagtng Truss
lis the only thing Of any kind whatever
for rupture that you can get ON sixty days
trial the only thing GOOD enough to
Something Nothing Else Does
Inc Cluthe Automatic Massaging Truss
il SO utterly different from anything else
fos rupture the. # + : has T ,sSs.ved EIGHT
It provides the ONLY WAY EVER DIS
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which is the real CAUSE OF RUPTURE.
Just how it does that-entirely auto
book.
WIN Save You From Operation
The Cluthe Truss has 10 thoroughly
proved its merits that physicians in all
parts Of the world and surgeons in the U.
stead Of advising ope<ation- II has brought
complete recovery In hundreds of cases
after operation has proved failure.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-07

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that's why people who try this truss
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Explains why elastic and spring trusses
are q wicked crime-why they are the
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Exposes the hurnbug .:appliances.'
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shows why operation il often = needless
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coupon or say in letter Of postal Send
me the book"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-15
BEGIN HERE TODAY

Though | chaperoned Claire, an
utter stranger, from Vevey to
Paris, where she was met by her
father. M. de Ravenol, | refused
to be responsible for the child on
the trip to America. Mrs. Delario,
a clairvoyant, accepted the charge.
The girl was to be met In New
York by her mother.
The mother, however, failed to
appear at the dock. In the ex-
citement caused by Claire's disap.
pointment. Mrs. Delario dropped
from her suitcase, opened for in.
spection by custom officials, 0
slipper. Inasmuch as she and
had both purchased slippers alike
! thought 1t was mine and slipped
II in my suitcase.
Several days after arriving in
New York, M. de Ravenol having
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-15

lady. But If you refuse to come
I'll have to put the cuffs on
And what do ! do? Scream?
Have 1t in all the papers that
they found the diamonds in my
stocking just as | was carrying
them off? Naturally, | go; and
/ confess I was so much dis
turbed as | thought what might so
easily have happened had l acted
on the telegram that 1t was some
time before l got my wits to-
gether.
One thing was clear to me,
however-monsieur was going to
act with great rapidity and secre-
cy; secrecy-that was the main
! point.
Mrs. Jimmson came to my
study while l was bordering all
this and asked ME, What about
lunch?" | sent her round to the
delicatessen and told her to buy
anything she wanted.
l don't think could have
named the food she presently set
before me. While | ate, my mind
went like a hammer. How could
| !, get the diamonds out of the
house? To whom could J entrust
them? Not a living soul, as far
as | could see-unless | could get
them back to Mrs. Delario herself,
which didn't seem likely in the
present state of the case. The
idea came to me to find out IL
were now watched and followed.
Telling Mrs. Jimmson to wait
till ] came back-she was still
enjoying her Iunch-and though
1t was raining hard, went out for
an investigatory walk around the
block.
I A man sat In the lower hall as
I stepped out of the elevator. |
think the devil himself must have
got into me then; for without
looking at Mr.. Man, except the
glance | gave him as | left the
car, ] walked straight into him
and stepped on his toe, hard.
He said. "Ouch!"
| / said, "Oh, beg your par
don! Did hurt you very much ?"
"No-not very much" he re-
piled, and looked glum.
| walked half a block and turn
ed sharply IN my tracks. Mr.. Man
was about twenty feet in the rear,
following me. He began to limp
the moment he saw me noticing
him.
l walked up to him and said
"Did ] hurt you very much?"
Said he: "No-not much, F."
tipped his hat and limped on.
| vanished into a toy shop and
was buying a doll for my niece
when Mr.. Man discovered me
and pretended he didn't see me.
He walked on ahead, but | caught
up with him.
did l hurt you very much?" l
asked.
"No-not very" He was be-
ginning to look astonished now.
sprinted away and turned
south on Amsterdam. There,
went into a stationery store and
bought an ink eraser. Mr.. Man
passed the door and glanced in.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-15

man to get In while was in--un-
less. that Is. he came down from
the roof on rope to one OF the
other windows. thought of that
and got ready to knock him Off
with a broom or throw pepper In
his eyes II he tried that trick on
me.
Continued In ur Next Issue.)