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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-22

you will do something desperate il re-
fuse"
II sartin would! And you'n take it
really?"
Eyes, Uncle Elisha"
"Glory be: And-and, Caroline. you
won't hold 1t against me, my maxim
you think you was poor and maxim
you live in that little place and get
along on just so much. and all that?
Can you forgive me for dom that?'
Forgive you? Can | ever thank
you enough? l know can't, but can
try all my life to prove WHAT
"S-s-h-h! Ssh! Therew with
great sigh, almost a sob, of relief. II
guess this'll be a real Thanksgiyin'
after ALL"
But few minutes later another
thought came to him.
Caroline" he asked, II wonder If.
now that things are as they are. YOU
couldn't do somethin' else-somethin'
that would please me an awful lot?,
What is it, uncle?"
TITS somethin' perhaps amt rot
any right to ask. The other day Won
told me you cared for Jim Pearson.
out that you sent him away cause
YOU thought you had to earn Twin
FOR you and Steve. Now Won know
that you amt got to do that. And Won
said you told him if you ever changed
your mind you'd send for him. Don't
you s'pose you could send for him now
right off-so he could get here for
this big Thanksgiving of ours? Don't
you think you could, Gardiner
SEND for him-now?" she asked iii d
low tone.
Yes; now-right osf-in time for to-
morrow"
He could not get here" she wnis-
pered.
Yes, he could. If you send him d
telegram with one word in it--'Come'
and sign it Caroline he'll be here On
tomorrow mornin's train or III eat
my hat and one OF Abbie's bonnets
hove in. Think you could, Gardiner
A moment, then in whisper, Eyes,
Uncle Elisha"
"Hoorayl But--but," anxiously, afiold
on. Caroline. Tel me truly now. You
amt dom this Just to please me7 You
mustn't do that, not for the world and
all. You mustn't send for him on my
account; only just for one reason be
canse you want him."
He waited for his answer. Then she
looked up. blushing still, but with
smile trembling on her Lips.
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Quite Natural.

Tinwafer lad never been what You
might call plump, and since rations,
had become general he certainly hadn't
been putting ON weight.
Il say" he remarked to a friend
Il met Fuller yesterday, and he told
me that / was getting fatter."
well, it's only natural that he,
should say So" was the answer
Tinwafer looked surprised, and ask.
ed why.
That's easy" replied the friend.
"Iou were looking Fuller in the face"
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CHAPTER XIX,
ayes, Because 4 w;

gSSs DeCauSs WanC HIM"
CYLVESTER paused. Caroline did
~ not speak for a moment; then she
asked:
And no one knew-you or my uncle
or any one-of all this until last
March?"
mo. Graves had, with his usual care
and patience, pieced together the evil
dence and investigated until we were
sure that stakeholder In the Akrae
company existed and that all Of your
fathers estate belonged to him. Who
that stockholder was we did not know
until that day of the meeting ae our
office. Then Captain Warren told US"
"But he did not know either?"
''Not until then. He supposed his
Akrae stock worthless and had prac-
tically forgotten 1t. When we told him
of its value, of the note and of
the missing shareholder, he knew of
course. One would have thought he
was the wrongdoer and not the wrong
ed. He would have gone straight to
You and asked your pardon il we would
have permitted it."
"But, Mr.. Sylvester, now we are
coming to the part I cannot sunder-
stand. OF course the estate belonged
to him. / know that. 1t is his. But
why didn't he tell Steve and me the
truth then, at once?"
Caroline, Caroline, don't you under
stand yet? Do you imagine for one
moment that your uncle intends keep
ing that money!"
She stared at him in utter amaze
ment.
Keeping itT' she repeated. "Wny
aoti 1t Is his It belongs to him.
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the affairs of the
Union were in
a precarious con-
dition, a friend
remarked to him
that it was a
good thing TO
have the Lord on
our side. Mr..
Lincoln very Sc
riously replied
that he was more
concerned about
whether he were
on the Lords
side. There are
indications that
the German kali
ser is more COZ
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Woman,s Imauination.

When a woman arrives three min
utes late at a railway station she Ira.
AGNES that the engineer saw her com
Ing and pulled cut just for spite.
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The Price Goes UP.

A penny for your thoughts"
mot in war times. The least 4
could take would be six cents" \
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-22

1t Is related that at certain point In
Lincoln's presidential experience. when
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-03-22

United States government recently
ordered $145,000,O00 worth of meat In
Chicago.
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Who Is On the
Lords Side?
By REV. ]. H. RALSTON, D. D.
Secretary Of Correspondence Department.
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago

TEXT-Whoso is on Jehovah's side let
him come unto me.-R. v.
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ment. announces that until July pres
ent prices will not be raised. This COM
pany is accepting leases from October
for four. five and six room apartments
at rentals of $40, $50 and $50. All of
the apartments are OF most modern de-
Sign and construction. Every one of
them has Its own Individual garden plot.
Detached houses are being built 10 order
on restricted locations at from $4,000 to
$4,000 on terms as low as s75 month.
A new note In safety is offered to pur-
cha.sers OF these houses. In case Of de-
fault after so per cent. OF the purchase
price shall have been paid, the owners
equity will be allowed in full. provided
that the proceeds OF the resale be ade-
quate for the purpose.
The company offers to provide apart
ments or detached houses built TO order
and guarantees to have them ready for
occupancy on October l.
Laurelton, being on the Merrick road.
is particularly accessible for motorists.
Ground IL being broken for a group OF
business buildings near the station. Re-
tail stores with large auditorium over
the stores to be used as community
centre or moving picture house will be
erected.
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which under normal conditions would be
occupied by approximately 100000 per-
sons. These are the conditions, among
others, that have combined to convince
US that Il IL our duty to do all we can
to help relieve the situation by the ear
Hest possible production Of new build
ings Of type that will appeal to the
discriminating tenant who will pay a
fair rental. The production OF many
such multifamily houses IL, in our opin-
ion. the only sure solution OF the hous-
ing problem.
while Il doubtless II true that the
building Industry to-day 10 the most de-
moralixed Of all che great ana important
industries affected by the war. Il 10 also
q fact that the increased cost OF pro-
duction Is less proportionately than that
of any other fundamental industry
Food. for instance. has increased 81 per
cent and clothing 50 per cent. In cost
while building costs, as a whole, have
risen only about 20 per cent. There Is
little doubt that these increases sooner
or later will be equallzed. This sug-
gests the question: What, then, is the
outlook for building7'
UNLESS all signs fail II Is a safe as
sumption that prices are not going to
drop; in fact they are much more apt
to 20 up as soon as building 10 resumed
generally on An extensive scala be-
cause OF the resultant increase IN the
cost Of materials. labor. &c.
where 70 Per Cent. OF Cost Lies.
"In construction work OF any and
all sorts the largest part OF the cost Ia
labor. which generally accounts for
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SUBURBAN REALTY
DEMAND GROWING
In Many Sections Values Have
Not Increased in the
Last Decade.

It Is daily growing more and more
evident that suburban properties are
coming into their own again. Real es-
tate values in suburban estates in many
instances have remained stationary for
the last ten or twelve years. Popula-
lions have increased, properties have
been improved. elevated lines and sub
wsys have been extended. but some
prices have stayed where they were as
far back as 1907.
Consider Laurelton. Long Island. for
instance. This easily accessible. highly
improved property consisting of 5000
lots is only fifteen miles from the
Pennsylvania station. Jamaica Is but
a scant two miles distant. Parked ave-
nues, concrete sidewalks. water. cleo
triclty. hundreds OF home makers are
there. 1t has the service of the New
York city fire department, police and
schools. and yet the price OF property
is still at the old 1907 scale.
The Hathron Corporation. the prin-
cipal owner OF the Laurelton develop
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about ~ per cent of producing a COM
p,eted building, which estimate OF course
takes into account the labor employed
at the site, At the mills and factories, in
the brickyards and elsewhere.
And owing to the present great
scarcity OF certain classes of labor. also
the enormously increased cost OF living,
II 10 not to be expected that the price
OF labor will be reduced, at least not
until corresponding reLu .tions nave been
made in other directions.
All who would build to-day but who
nevertheless hesitate to do so must also
accept AZ an important consideration the
fact that there is at present a scarcity
of certain materials. In order that the
stock OF those materials may be re-
newed higher priced labor must be en-
pioyed. This single factor In the situa-
ton. not to mention other pi obabie IN
creases in the overhead expenses, will
be quite enough to drive prices up to
hisher levels than they have yet rea ?hed.
ut appears therefore 10 be the part of
wisdom to build now. and for investors
to purchase any suitable improved and
we'll located building in a growing neigh
borhood that was erected few years
ago before the rise in costs began"
The success of jackson Heights has
been attributed by many to the erection
Of q superior type OF building known as
garden apartments" and 10 the fact
that here 10 found real community life.
Following the present day demand for
outdoor exercise, the Greensboro Cor
poration In developing Jackson Heights
made extensive plans for looking after
the physical welfare OF its residents.
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to be erected for the use OF the tenants
Of the new buildings.
An important feature In the projected
apartment houses IL the fact that they
are to be Of the detached atA semi-de-
tached type. This innovation in apart
ment house planning will permit a free
circulation OF light and air between
each house and cross ventilation in the
rooms. In addition, however. each suite
is laid out so as to run through from
the front to the rear of the building. The
rear outlook OF the apartments will be
already provided for In the improvement
Of other Jackson Heights garden blocks.
Plenty OF Light ana Air.
In order that this garden apart
fullest extent the greensboro Corpora
ton has decided upon the erection of
the new houses on plots having not less
than elghty-three feet or more than 100
feet frontage. These larger units do
away with rthe necessity for construct
ing the deep houses which lack the light
and air that are obtained in the new type
house.
Asked to outline the reasons which
led to the decision to begin this large
building operation at the present time
and under the existing conditions, Mr.
MacDougall said:
The present famine in housing Is a
direct result OF the almost complete
stoppage of residential building during
the last two years. This has caused
great distress and a shortage in the city
Of about fifty thousand apartments
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SPLITTING UP OLD
HOMES INTO SUITES
conts,asd rom F1st Page.

appeals, an intimate feeling OF having
n home OF ones own that is much az
preciated after apartment house re-
strictions.
by getting a ten year lease and re-
modelling one can not only get ones
own apartment free but a comfortable
income in the bargain. Much Of the
property in this section of the city Ii
In leaseholds, and houses can be gotten on
n twelve. twenty-four UP to n ninety
nine year lease very reasonably. 1t isn't
advisable to spend too much I'm remod-
cling. Removing the brownstone steps
and making an American basement Of Il
is often the principal change required
and the Introduction OF an additional
bath and maybe n kitchenette. Baths arc
white enamel. They add $500 each time
one IL put I'm.
After retaodsliine q number Of
houses for clients took ~ West Forty
ninth street for myself and promptly
rented the front room on the ground
floor 70 a milliner for s1s5 q month on
three year lease. The rest Of the
floor made over for my own use. A
front room and bath on the next floor
rents for $500 q month and two rooms.
bath and kitchenetts in tine rear for
s125 on a three year lease. The upper
floor, with the rear extension and roof
kaTueUs - u 0upicx, TsntthB LOT tl,bVu n
year. Against rental OF $4,000 for n
private house now get $500. and
$500, I estimate, will cover the cost OF
remodellins.
"A woman know living at Sc West
Forty-ninth street has remodelled the
house and gets tremendous rentals from
II. The front basement 10 occupied as a
shop. and the back room. It was sup
posed. could be similarly rented, but
after being vacant year I made the
suggestion it should be remodelled into
an apartment, which was accordingly
done. and the suite rented at a good
figure.
Five West Fiftieth street. the late
Or. Delaheld's old house, with 8, have
been remodelled with shops on the
ground floor, each Of the latter renting
for $1,000. This gives some idea Of
the price asked in this part OF town.
"Just to show what dan be done with
these houses. there 10 the one ar 1ss
West Fffty-eighth street 1t Is
80 foot house and rented for $4,000. The
present rentals total sil.60o. There Is
no limit. It seems to the demand FOR
these remodelled houses, and Il seems
happy solution OF the living problem.
Best Of all IL one IL anything Of a sport
and is willing to speculate a little he
may get his own rent free with tidy
little income to boot"
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TO SELL RErDEL PROPERTY.
bryan l.. Kcnnelly VIII Auction
IIackensaek Lots June Z.

Considerable interest has been at
tracted by the Offering OF IIackeasack
building lots and plots to be sold by
Bryan 1. Kennedy next Saturday. The
Offering comprises the property OF the
estate of T. II. Reidel, situated on Pas
sale, Grove, Elm, Byrne and Anderson
streets. Lookout. Park and Pleasant ave
nues and Hamilton place, in the towns
OF Hackensack and haywood. N. j., and
includes seventy-two plots and a three
story dwelling at 4o7 Passaio street.
Hackensack is one of the most popular
of New York's nearby suburbs and looks
forward TO a. unusual active home
building campaign this season. The lots
to be sold are exceptionally we'll located
and offer home buyers an unusual OPP
portunity to secure sites at whatever
price they SEQ fit to bid for them. The
remarkable growth and improvements of
Hackensack through tho last few years
attest It's popularity as a residential
town. Hackensaok 10 the county seat OF
Bergen county. with six railroad stations
on the Erie Railroad within It's corpo-
rate limits.
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Buildings Will Be
Erected atOnce-
Greensboro Corp.
Is Financing the
Project Which Is
to Cost 5000, 1000.

What promises to be one OF the most
Interesting building projects launched
since the beginning Of the war Is that Of
the Greensboro Corporation. which plans
the immediate erection of group OF
apartment houses to occupy an entire
city block on jackson Heights, Borough
Of Queens. Those apartments are to
be sold on the collective ownership plan
and are TO contain many novel features
According TO an announcement made
q few days ago by Edward A. MacDou-
gall, president OF the greensboro Cor
poration. that organization has completed
arrangements with the Title Guarantee
and Trust Company for building loans
approximating 100000 for the purpose
OF financing in part the construction OF
the sixteen garden apartment houses"
which the corporation is to build on
: Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth
streets, Jackson Heights. Queens be-
tween Roosevelt and Polk avenues, two
60 three short blocks from the Twenty
nfth street dual subway station. Tho
houses are to be four stories and base
ment each and will be constructed so
that each apartment will have the maxi
mum amount of light and air.
Including the value OF the land, the
new houses. when completed. will rep
resent the investment of approximately
5000, 900 and a considerable enlargement
OF the well developed Jackson Heights
apartment house section. the pivotal
point OF which Is Twenty-flfth street.
between Roosevelt avenue and jackson
avenue. Roosevelt avenue Is the route
OF the Corona IT, line of the dual sub
way system. while the other is the route
OF the greensboro Bridge-Jackson ave-
nas electric surface line.
Splendid Transit Facilities.
The time of travel to Manhattan via
the Greensboro subway to the Grand
Central Terminal is about twenty min
utes, which puts this port of Queens on
a par with the central west side of
Manhattan, and far ahead of the other
nity districts in so far at least as their
relation to the midtown Manhattan
shopping, amusement, hotel and business
centres is concerned.
In addition, however the B. r r.
Broadway-Seventh avenue line via the
new Sixtieth street. East River and
Queens tunnel will be in operation by or
before the end of the year.
This will give jackson Heights d.
rect and uninterrupted service from At
lantio avenue. Brooklyn, TO and through
Manhattan. to Fifty-ninth street. and
thence to the Queens Plaza main station.
where, as In the case of the greensboro
subway and the Third avenue IL" trains
connection is made with the Corona az"
IN Roosevelt avenue. Thus the entire B.
r. T. system is added to the Interboro
to give access to both the east and west
sides of Manhattan from Jackson
Heights
The sixteen new multifamily build
ings to be Immediately erected at Jack
son Heights will provide accommoda-
lions for IA families. Apartments will
consist Of four. dve and six rooms and
bath. Built in porches win be an added
feature. At present porches Of this kind
can be obtained only in connection with
costly private houses. Garages are also
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absorb every vestige OF . readers In
terest for hours on end.
Finally. consulting my bank account
with feverish impotence and finding Il
totally inadequate to pay the butchers
bill which Arabella had handed me with
a sigh. cast the butchers bill into the
waste paper basket without qualm of
conscience. I bought Arabella q very
handsome pair OF buckles for her slip
pers.
l. came home in the bus with the
buckles safe in n neat box in my pocket
and the perspiration thick upon my
forehead.
1--WE done that butcher a kindness"
argued 20 myself. They take . hor-
ribls pleasure in making out BILLS I'll
f-t another one by Monday. and by that
time my family's future win be in my
own hands. wherever my bank account
Is"
I managed to keep pretty quiet and
normal while I was with Arabelia, and
hoped that she would detect nothing Pc
culiar about my activities I called
Freeland on the telephone frequently.
and he tried to act as ballast and steady
my extravagant pace.
All That n wife should he.
Arabella was sewing on little things
for Toby and for Arabella the younger,
and IS far as ] could discover went no.
where without me. She continued to be
quiet eyed and demure save for her
delicious and charming gayety at our
parties. All the time knew, OF course,
that her marvellously keen and practical
mind was making observations, but I
trusted that for once her mental powers
were not exerting themselves beyond the
point of safety for me.
i was justified In hoping this. because
Arabella has very definite times OF men
tai repose when she seems to be serene
and sweet and not particularly ambi-
tious
This week appeared to be one OF these
| times
When Friday evening came without
mishap I felt triumphant
Arabella was quietly selecting wor-
steds with which to embrolder a flower
upon Jaunty frock for our little girl.
| sat looking at her from time to time
over the top Of my newspaper. When
she gathered her sewing together and
rose j couldn't repress q nervous start.
But she merely switched on the light
and took her place again. fitting the
shade OF the lamp with her pointed white
fingers, looking at me indulgently and
smiling her most enchanting smile az
she resumed her work.
She was wearing a new gown and sat
with her feet crossed, my extravag CANT
gifts shining upon her slippers,
Presently ] thought the time was
| quite ripe to start the new book I had
| selected.
| suggested that read II aloud and
! Arabella was delighted.
"Its n long time. Jonathan, since you
read to me last. We must do II more"
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PLAN COUNTY GARAGE.

The Passaic County, N. J.. Board of
Freeholders have decided to purchase
two city lots at IT and 10 Marshall
street. Patterson. directly to the rear
of the Passaic County jail, for S6.2ao.
In case the owners refuse to accept this
offer the board viii institute condemna-
ton proceedings. The Frseholders pro-
pose to erect a county garage on the
site.
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Plainfield. n. J. The property consists
of a modern eleven room dwelling with
three baths and corner plot OF one
acre laid out In lawns. gardens with
beautiful shrubbery. rare old trees and
brook. The Corbett house 10 situated
In the best residential section OF the
town.
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GARDEN APARTMENTS ON JACKSON HEIGHTS, QUEENS, TO
CONTAIN MANY NOVEL FEATURES FOR TENANTS COM7OR

Having considerable vacant land in the
immediate vicinity OF It's many new
housss the corporation built tennis courts,
and in cooperation with the tenants golf
course and Kitchen gardens; but perhaps
of greater interest are the large. well
kept Fairgrounds, where tho children OF
jackson Heights play under hsalthful
conditions In entire safety from the
dangers of automobiles, street cars and
other vehicles.