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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1912
Page
10
Members of local lodge No 43 T A Of M join with others to endorse Oscar W Underwood. The joint letter praises his post duty, notes his Jeffersonian Democrat beliefs, and urges Georgia voters to support him. The card pledges to assist his tariff bill and campaign efforts.
In Coffee County the April 26 report shows overwhelming support for Oscar W Underwood in the upcoming presidential preference primary. Local sentiment declares no doubt about a favorable result for the Alabama candidate and notes cross-faction backing from prominent Smith and Brown men indicating Underwood will be the Georgia nominee.
Campaign managers warn only two weeks remain to secure subscriptions and votes. The ten vote coupon appears in Sundays Constitution for the last time, with May 6 deadline to receive coupons. Campaign closes midnight May 11, after which no new subscriptions count toward votes.
Thousands of Fulton County voters pack the Grand Opera House to hear Governor Emmett O Neal of Alabama stump for Oscar W Underwood. Bankhead will also speak in Columbus as Georgia rallies in support of the southern tariff leader before the Wednesday primary.
Washington April 26 Special Representative Samuel J Tribble of Georgia cites cases from 1878 onward to allege pension abuse by James C Black former Civil Service Commission head and congressman He notes Black collected $100 a month in pension while holding multiple high offices and earning salaries in government service urging cleaning out the pension bureau to root out fraud.
Fire destroyed the old Academy of Music on Liberty Avenue in Pittsburg after an early morning blaze. Three firefighters were injured and many narrowly escaped as galleries collapsed. The theater, long a leading venue with many famed stage figures, suffered an estimated loss of 150000 dollars.
A fragmented OCR item mentions Nadiad and Noe with SE MP SE Ue Bec terms. The readable portion hints at a locality or committee reference but lacks clear event, date, or outcome to form a concrete item.
An old enslaved man named Darney John worked for six years at a Richmond tobacco factory without a salary. He ruled his imagined subordinates, refused ordinary pay, and drew cash in odd sums at the pay window with the silent consent of higher ups. Loyal to his master and the Patterson process, his death ends a vivid, faithful character of local industry.
An OCR fragment touts Tuxedo Toba tobacco as the greatest mod triumph with a cool fragrance and mellow flavor. It claims a famous, original Branulated Tuxedo and praises its appeal to gentlemen, though the text is garbled and partly unreadable.
The R A Patterson Tobacco Company of Richmond Virginia with over fifty years of experience markets Tuxedo smoking tobacco praised for being bite free harmless to throat and widely imitated yet Patterson quality remains unique.
The purged registration list shows 16 717 voters eligible to vote in the May 1 primaries, an increase of about 1 500 from 1910 gubernatorial totals and close to the 1998 presidential figure. Andrew P Stewart, Tax Collector, oversees ward and district tallies across city and county districts including Adameville Battie Hillme Blackhall Bryant's Trekhead College Park and Peachtree.
The Jacobs Pharmacy advertises private fitting rooms on the second floor of the main store for comfort and discreet care. It touts a best equipped Trust Department in the Southern States and a large stock of trusses elastic hosiery belts and abdominal supporters at low prices.
Dublin Ga April 26 Special The jury found Steve Thompkins guilty of murdering Mrs Billa Doston this morning Judge Hawkins set the execution for Friday May 24 in private with minimal witnesses Thompkins insisted on innocence and complained of lack of counsel amid planning for a new trial prior to sentencing, a Fridays sequence tied to the dates April 5 19 26 and May 24.
A religious conference in a Southern city drew clerical delegates from both sides of the Atlantic to a tobacco factory. Visitors asked many questions about the Patterson process that makes Tuxedo tobacco mild and fragrance rich. One bishop visited several times and the management was praised for the factory conditions and high quality tobacco.
Richard Hageman, conductor of the Metropolitan Opera Company, recounts an unlikely path to the baton. He recalls an Amsterdam apprenticeship, a Prague contract, and a fateful introduction to Dippel that led to his Met offer. He notes some conductors are born, not made, and remains a striking six foot tall figure guiding a major orchestra.
Georgia Military College trustees elect Professor O R Horton president beginning next term. Horton arrives from Locust Grove Institute where he served as president. Willian Reynolds has resigned and the board has held the matter. Undertakers Convention notes Macon gathering June 19 and 26 with about 200 visitors. state embalming board to meet preceding the event to examine applicants for licenses.
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