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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1916
Page
11
The Marietta Street carnival launches with a full slate of attractions including a midget show a wild west display a snake show and acrobatic feats promised to thrill crowds A pledged wedding ceremony among Atlanta youths and a Jubilee HQ schedule mark the week with parades municipal shows and a suffrage day autos and a host of sponsors from local businesses and suppliers backing the event.
Fulton Supply Company, located at 86 Marietta Street, is described as a fast growing, enterprising retailer and wholesaler in mill and machinery supplies. The firm occupies space in the Kents Building, employs trained staff, and serves customers in northern and central Georgia and adjoining states. Officers listed include George Winship Jr president, J C Walraven vice president, J R Walraven secretary treasurer, and W M McDonald general manager.
Blackstock Hale & Morgan, popular clothiers to hundreds of college youths and Atlanta business men, now at 16 Barletta Street after earlier years at 5052 Marietta Street, boast distinctive clothing and full furnishings. They back Marietta Street display plans with time and money, aiming to draw visitors during gala days.
M Hirsch, a longtime wholesale tobacconist and grocer, has moved into a renovated landmark on Marietta Street formerly the Orpheum theater. The new building hosts a large general line of cigars, tobacco, cigarettes and groceries and aims to serve Atlanta and surrounding regions. Hirsch supports local events and invites out of town customers to visit during the Wala week festivities.
B B Richy at 27 Marietta Street runs a blacksmith shop with auto welding and a strong focus on auto trailers for Ford cars. He manufactures complete detachable delivery trailers carrying 600 to 800 pounds, enabling day work with the Ford and freeing the car at night or Sundays. He invites visitors to the carnival next week to view the trailer’s advantages.
Drennan and Co operate at 234 Marietta Street selling a full family line of shoes including Rice and Hutchins and the Bac-eator style from Boston makers. C J Drennan leads the business with long shoe trade experience, and Jahlon Rosss oversees window displays while his son awaits school milestones amid carnival week interest along Marietta Street.
Auto Gear and Parts Co on Marietta Street with a dozen workers plans a large week of activity and a street carnival to attract visitors. Manager Hortor promotes extensive repair capabilities including transmission gears, differentials, axles, and a Gleason bevel gear generator plus Brown and Sharpe heat treating furnace. The firm serves 100 car makes, offers quick, cheaper repairs, and operates widely from Chicago to New York.
Local harness maker PC Goldin, long established on Marietta Street, has moved to larger quarters to expand into auto tops for Ford cars. The shop now installs tops quickly at moderate prices and anticipates a strong crowd during the approaching trade week, boosting both business and street activity.
James Sharp, a veteran Atlanta druggist, runs Sharps Drug Store at the Marietta street junction. The store offers a fresh stock and a strong prescription department along with cigars and drinks. Sharp is active in city improvement and looks forward to a bustling carnival week with many visitors.
Allen M Pierce runs a well known haberdashery at No 18 Marietta Street. For years he has been a progressive business figure on the thoroughfare, drawing hundreds of Atlanta men who find services in haberdashery, barter shop, and laundry. The proprietor looks forward to a lively week as patrons visit Popular Marietta Street.
George Eubanks of Wo rd 4 on Marietta Street is a leading booster and head of the George F Eubanks Mantel Company a large mantel and lighting fixtures business in the south The firm located in the FPhoder building offers a vast stock and does comprehensive work in baths porches and stores The business has operated over twenty years and is regarded as a solid institution in the city Eubanks grew up in Atlanta and is active in promoting the city while running his mantel firm
A new Daylight Department Store rises on Marietta Street opposite Jonex Avenue, replacing red clay with a two story building complex. The Tesler Dry Goods Company launches a rapidly developed section after street widening, attracting attention as a prime future neighborhood hub with extensive residential demand nearby.
Dobbin s Cafeteria on Marietta Street opposite the Grady monument attracts crowds with a broad menu and table service. Manager Dobbin s has run the eatery five months and expects a busy festive week as local merchants anticipate a prosperous season.
Frank Smith, tax collector, writes from Marietta street praising the relocation and expansion of John Silvey & Co a wholesale dry goods and notions house. He notes the firm’s new seven story brick building on Marietta street its large staff fourteen salesmen and strong southern patronage while urging locals to visit during the upcoming carnival week to boost business and civic pride. James Fuller city marshal endorses the prosperity of Marietta street.
City Comptroller J. H. Goldsmith praises the Manetta Street Merchants and Manufacturers association for their good work and hopes for large attendance at next week’s attractions, wishing them success.
George O Barrett and LE Williams of Elaborated Housing at 7 Marietta drive the weeklong festivities on Marietta Street. Barrett, longtime secretary of the Marietta Street Merchants and Manufacturers association, injects funds and effort to boost the event to draw thousands. Williams shares the enthusiasm and will coordinate with the roofing firm and stewards. Barrett plans a Florida rest after the carnival.
A fragment from a city notice describes a gathering at Marietta Street as the Capital City Tob. 09 hosts and invites its friends. President Carlton and vice president Foy lead the event with a cordial reception for visiting merchants and factory leaders. Walter C. Taylor, City Clerk.
Atlanta tops national enlistments in the naval recruiting drive ending March 23 with 12 recruits, replacing Cincinnati’s 20 first time enlistments. Other entries include San Francisco 14, Baltimore 30, Kansas City 12, Fort Worth 14, New York 18, and local names such as Herbert P Brown from Americus Georgia and Nelsar Wooley. Recruiters urge applications before the June deadline for the Southeast naval district cruise from August 1 to September 12.
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