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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1909
Page
12
The notice outlines how a 44 59 capacity facility offers support to men starting or expanding businesses in Atlanta. It highlights ways the bank can assist and encourage use of its services. The text promises extended terms and improved outcomes for applicants seeking to leverage the bank’s resources.
Thousands of cards announced a men only meeting at Grand Opera House on Saturday May at eight oclock pm. The event targets Dr Len G Broughton pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle and involves Byron A Pugin, a firm member, amid accusations of blackmail and a $500 lawsuit over plans for the Tabernacle infirmary. The meeting, seen as an attack on Broughton, drew quick denials from Pugin and comments from Atlanta and Valdosta sources. Dr Broughton insists the matter is a malicious attack and will proceed with legal proceedings while continuing church activities.
A description of fine china design and decoration emphasizing quality and beauty. It highlights craftsmanship and the privilege of showcasing premier porcelain artistry.
The charter revision committee of forty nine will meet at 4 PM in the council chamber to hear reports from two subcommittees on forms of government. One report favors a commission form with no wards and removal of veto power, while the other advocates a mayor and council system with elected heads of departments and tax supported education. The full committee plans to submit any action for a citywide vote.
Floyd Lawson Scales dies in Joan Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after months there. He was a prominent Burke County attorney and a Democrat active in state politics and local organizations. The body will reach Wayne County city Wednesday. funeral plans to be announced.
Banks owning their buildings faced tax assessment disputes as city authorities debated how to deduct equity in real estate from stock shares. Atlanta National and Fourth National faced proposed assessments of 945000 and 335000, with final figures reported as 94500 for Atlanta and 835000 for Fourth National, pending final settlement.
Walter Ballard Op- Weal Co at 75 Peachtree Street Atlanta advertises invisible toric bifocals that provide reading and walking aid in one lens. The ad claims no visible seam lines and a stylistic claim of being indistinguishable from standard glasses.
Partly cloudy conditions with possible showers today. Warmer temperatures expected along the Atlantic coast as a low atmospheric pressure persists, bringing scattered showers and a higher humidity. Local area outlook suggests showers may drift inland later in the day.
Cloudy weather with rain spreads from the lower lake region to the cotton belt while an extensive high pressure area sits over Detroit bringing fair cool conditions in the east. A trough from North Dakota to Texas and a north Pacific high shape today’s pattern. Veterans recall the parade as the finest Memorial Day yet, despite crowds forcing a climber to scale a pole to glimpse the scene. Temperature rose into the lower seventies during the climb.
The SEA BOARD offers 414 hours and three daily trains with Pullman and dining car service. Ef
The correction notes that the Sunday Constitution story misstated key facts about John H Kev bak true city and the arrest. It clarifies he did not go to Motescor West for nonpayment alimony and that he sought advice on burial and other personal matters. The Constitution issues the correction and states Bes never paid alimony.
A Mason faction led board forms a three member committee to audit the police system and consider reforms. Newport Sanford placed atop the detective force, with potential civil service and age rule changes discussed. committee members Johnson Kilpatrick Arbut are loyal to the faction. The probe aims to reshape the department, possibly creating a secret service bureau and restoring broad reform.
New York April 26 Thomas Mortimore 42 of Madison Square fell three hundred fifty feet from the Metropolian Life Insurance Companys building. He was foreman on the tower and watched by dred of people before he plunged onto the balcony then vanished. Involuntary bankruptcy petition filed in Macon Ga. against Green Brothers of Arabs W A Thompson receiver for Watson Hardware and Southern Medicine.
Columbus hosts a Georgia Bankers Association Group Four gathering with Fuller Callaway of LaGrange presiding Edwin Sterne of Albany elected president and Henry B Crowell of Columbus named secretary A notable move asks the legislature to require state banking department approval before granting new bank charters to prevent chartered banks in small villages closing for lack of support and benefiting promoters.
Philadelphia report on the will of George C Thomas revealing a large estate split among his three children and widow. The Holy Apostles church receives 100000 outright plus nearly 200000 contingent. Foreign Missionary Society gets 150000. a 900000 trust for widow and children for charitable distributions. local Episcopalian bodies receive 178000. Hahnemann Hospital Philadelphia gets 10000. The article notes the arts collection is not placed for public benefit and overall wealth estimated around 10 million.
The railroad note lists a departure at 4 15 p m and arrival at 8 46 p m Birmingham with a dining car offering ala carte service aboard the train line.
James Thos Williams Jr of South Carolina was appointed a civil service commissioner by President Taft. He succeeds Henry F Greene who resigned weeks ago. Williams served as secretary to National Chairman Hitchcock during the early campaign and later traveled with Taft. A Greenville and Columbia native, he graduated from Columbia College in 1901 and worked as a newspaper man and Washington correspondent for The Boston Globe.
In Greenville on April 26 a mistrial was declared as jurors could not reach agreement in the federal peonage case of Johnmus and Ranley. Ashley, a state senator from Anderson County, was among the defendants. The trial faced difficulties over the charges and witnesses.
The U S Supreme Court ruled that a city may compel railroad companies to build street crossings when streets were laid out after the tracks. The decision sided with Minneapolis in the case of the St Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba and the Great Northern Railway versus the city.
Chillicothe Ohio reports Mayor Wallace Yapie has prohibited a parade planned by the non voters of the city. The event, organized by a local option committee, involved church women and Sunday school children and was set for Tuesday afternoon amid the wets versus drys contest.
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