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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1911
Page
7
Miss Kate Mulky soprano of St John’s choir in Augusta Ga guests Miss Anna Quilnan during Grand Opera Week will sing Jull selection at Walker Street Methodist Church Sunday morning.
A lively street committee session heard protests over replacing the old brick sidewalk on Peeples Street between Gordon Street and Oglethorpe Avenue. Some property owners argued the old sidewalk is adequate while others urged tile. The committee will inspect the sidewalks and report, and it favored freeing a $50,000 A B and A bond after required street work. Charlie M Smith was named city agent to negotiate a grade crossing with the railroad at Flora Avenue. Bids for North Boulevard wood block paving between Ponce de Leon Avenue and Tenth Street were opened. Thornton & Mawson submitted the low bid at 2.65 per square yard and was accepted.
Georgia Lodge no 153 Knights of Pythias will confer knight ranks on Esquires A Wim berly and J A Langshorn next Wednesday night at Castle Hall. Majuc Oweng has ordered the grand lodge team to assist in the ceremonies. The grand lodge team, drawn from eight Atlanta lodges, features well known citizens and is praised as the state’s best. A campaign to raise 12000 for Gravechurch church building debt will be discussed by Rev James Osgoodthowan with no collections during services.
Macon Ga April 28 Special The Georgia Educational association opened with a barbecue for 678 delegates at the Log Cabin Club. Dr Robert G Stephens urged medical inspection of all county schools. Speakers from Atlanta Wesleyan College and the State Normal School at Athens discussed education, crime prevention, mountain schools and southern schools. The convention may set Macon as permanent headquarters despite opposition from Atlanta Augusta Columbus and others.
Parlor cars will operate on day trains between Atlanta and Waycross via the A B and A railroad, serving meals a la carte. The new service, effective April 30 for southbound and May 1 for the first northbound car, promises the best travel between Atlanta and South Georgia.
The forecast running through Saturday promises fair skies and rising temperatures. If the forecaster’s reading holds, the closing day of the grand opera may partly redeem a week marked by unsettled weather.
The piece notes a 70 degree thermometer reading and a stop in business. The Gooner says ladies have left for grand opera, leaving the door sign read Come in next week this is a holiday. The Gopher today proves there is no real work underway.
A manhole fire alarm near Whitehall and Mitchell streets drew central fire units and a large crowd as smoke poured from the opening. An electric company trouble wagon repaired the fault.
A thousand white men and youths packed the recorder's courtroom to witness the ongoing case against Mrs. Rachel Lynn at 604 Washington street. The hearing was postponed to Saturday morning after her attorneys sought a continuance, while detectives claim she ran a private maternity ward disposing of infant bodies. The suspected accomplices include two African American women, two white witnesses and Lynn's relatives. Mrs. Lynn, 68, denies guilt, calling the charges malicious and false. The public curiosity persists as the next session looms.
A true bill was returned by the grand jury in session against Jack Allen, a white man, charging him with the murder of John Waters, former night marshal of Statesboro and uncle of the defendant. Waters was killed about two months ago at a lugrolling at Jimpe station. Allen had a preliminary hearing and is held for manslaughter. The grand jury reportedly secured additional evidence and found the bill. Odd Fellows Celebrate Ninety Second Anniversary in Lawrenceville
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