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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1911
Page
2
A Birmingham resident testifies that Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root cured his wife’s long kidney troubles after multiple bottles. He notes she slept better, regained weight, and has remained healthy seven years later. The letter, dated July 1 1909, is certified by a notary in Jefferson County Alabama.
Letter to Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton New York advertises a sample bottle and a booklet on kidneys and bladder. It promotes regular fifty cent and one dollar bottles for sale at all drug stores and mentions the Atlante Daily Constitution.
A former post office staff, Wynne, with Norton and Rhodes, faced charges of conspiring to underweigh Constitution mail to inflate drayage payments. The grand jury heard the contract was tonnage based and payments matched postal charge schedules. Evidence included canceled checks balancing weekly mail weighings and hauls, plus alleged technical violations on sample copies and agent copies. The case reflects ongoing prosecution and prior grand jury activity.
In Kansas April 12 Circuit Judge Schofield quashed perjury indictments against Frank W Jones and Peter Sanichis tied to a grand jury probe into election fraud. The court cited insufficiencies in several particulars and will resume handling remaining election cases tomorrow.
The grand jury returned a unanimous verdict of vindication after a sweeping inquiry led by J J Britt and other officials. Clark Howell appeared after initial refusal by the attorney general and confronted Britt with a letter revoking a second class mail order. No charges were found against Howell or any others under investigation.
The Amien Cotton Bagging Corporation has acquired Margolius Company Incorporated of Norfolk Va with all patents rights and goodwill and will continue Margolus Patent Bagging and patent ties. A Spartanburg SC branch is opened to manufacture these products for closer customer service. Leadership includes KR Margolitus president T Margolius vice president and Lawrence S Holt Jr secretary treasurer with directors J Harper Erwin Durham Cotton Manufacturing and John A Law Central National Bank. Authorized capital 300000.00 with 250000.00 subscribed.
The city faces a costly switch back as the new tax system confuses returns and delays records. The auditor cites missed meetings and misapplied procedures while assessors blame the change for increased personal returns and chaotic books. A rethink on water bill payments follows, with residents unhappy over monthly bills and the proposed return to the old method.
Mrs William Van Wyck of New York was run over by an automobile in Geneva last night and seriously injured about the head and face. She may be internally hurt. Her husband is a nephew of Robert A Van Wyck, former mayor of New York.
President Hobbs told the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers in Boston that troublous times persist in both Lancashire and American mills. He cited rising consumption, continued curtailment, and political uncertainty as factors, urging expansion of American cotton production and improved methods to meet growing global demand.
Shortened by Seaboard Etacthy April 9 leave Atlanta 216 p m arrive Washington 1017 in New York 356 p m Through extra lighted steel sleeping and closer Nation cars Dining cars Use new Pennsylvania ROR station New York.
Camp J B Gordon of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans held a lively courthouse meeting to plan participation in the Memorial Day parade. The reorganization boosts prospects for the group, with a call for all local Sons of Veterans to join by April 26. Ashley Jones will receive applications by mail or phone. A committee will seek a suitable room in the new courthouse as headquarters for Confederate groups.
Kansas City April 12 Attorneys for Dr H Clark Hyde, whose conviction and charge of murdering Colonel Thomas H Swope were reversed and remanded for a new trial by the Missouri Supreme Court, will be asking tomorrow that the physician be released on bail set at 250000. The judge will decide whether Hyde must remain in jail.
A jumble of dated deed records lists transfers and liens around Jonesboro Road, South Boulevard and College Park. Names include Sallie W Card, John G Wor Mall, Germania Savings Bank, Q Martin, Mery Belle Morris, Will Whipple, TC McCrory, GF Longino Jr, Kate W Barrett, Ida Whitehead, J Wawake, Shorekan Adier, Joseph P Gallu, and Robert L Gosnell. Dates span 1908 to 1941 with various lot sizes, street corners, and a bond for title.
Speaker Adkins announced he would use all means to block the Chicago Board of Trade bill legalizing puts and calls. He accused the gambling faction of risking the farmers grain and warned the house against allowing the measure to become law.
Emma Bellah of 75 East Pine Street confronted a 12 year old black thief intruding in her bedroom as he rifled drawers and attempted escape. A scuffle ensued with the youth, who fled empty handed, while police investigated and linked him to a prior December robbery of Miss Willie Bellan involving a $60 watch a jeweled ring and a silver knife.
Augusta Maine April 12 Frank L Dutton of this city named receiver for the Bon Air Coal and Iron Company a 5 000 000 Maine corporation with mines in Tennessee The appointment follows a suit by Charles W Hotchkiss who won 130 068 in Nashville Tennessee The Augusta action is said to be temporary and not affect company operations The Maine case seeks the refunding of money paid on an option and stems from an old suit in New York by Clarence J Houaman of New York balance
Governor Hadley said he would seek urgent action from the governors conference executive committee if the U S Supreme Court affirms Judge Sanborn's Minnesota rate decision. He warned affirmation would strike down police powers and sovereignty of states, making them mere dependencies of the national government.
At a Mobile Cotton Exchange directors meeting on April 12 resolutions were adopted protesting duty on cotton bagging and ties and imitating a similar resolution from the New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
The body of Roy Arnold of 2222 Arthur Avenue New York was taken from a northbound Southern railway train in Greensboro and placed in charge of a local undertaker. Arnold aged 23 died in his berth on the train of tuberculosis on the way to New York. The body will be carried to New York tomorrow for burial.
Reports from Paso on April 13 say Mormon Colonia Morelos colonists fear raids and a famine as crops are planted while natives have not sown. U.S. officials hear of weapon smuggling and border activity near Juarez and Casas Grandes as tensions rise along the Mexico border.
A committee of ten publishers will travel to select three trustees to take over the H G Lewis publishing and real estate holdings valued at over five million dollars. John H Williams of New York assumed control today and will serve as comptroller until trustees are named for a five year term. Later, Hil Anger-C H. Magridge, 25, terrorized his boarding house at 71 Luckie street during supper, tearing furniture and crockery, frightening the women, and was held on a fifty dollar bond for disorderly conduct. he is a drummer in a local movie house and formerly from Decatur.
W C Orr of Madison slipped on a slick pavement on Wall Street near the viaduct steps last night at seven oclock, sustaining a painful gash in the back of his head. He was taken to Grady hospital and later discharged after treatment.
The funeral for Mary Fincannon who died Tuesday will be held this morning at 10 o clock in Barry G Poold s chapel. Interment to follow at Oakland.
Crowds estimated between 159000 and 200000 lined Cleveland streets in cold rain to honor former mayor Tom L Johnson. His funeral train left for New York after a brief family service in Cleveland. Business paused citywide as flags flew at half mast and floral tributes arrived from near and far.
Washington April 12 Special. The Rucker bill would replace ad interim Senate appointments with elections to fill vacancies. It empowers state legislatures to set times and manners of elections while allowing temporary appointments only if legislatures authorize it. If enacted, Georgia would have held no interim appointment.
Health officers had said the cholera outbreak was stamped out a week earlier but a new case appeared today in Honolulu involving a native Hawaiian. Officials downplayed risk, noting no apprehension of further spread.
In a city council discussion a memorial drive gains momentum for a new playground to be named Johnson Park. Mayors William B. Thompson of Detroit and Herman Hachr of Cleveland spoke at the session alongside local civic groups and party committees.
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