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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1912
Page
14
A letter signed by hundreds of Fulton County voters and local leaders urges Hon. R. B. Blackburn, of Atlanta, to run in the August primary for representative. The missive commends his seven years as a county representative and pledges strong support if he consents to enter the race.
In Jacksonville, Wilder held Columbus to two hits as Columbus fell 5 to 2. Morrow yielded four runs in the fifth on three hits, a hit batter, and a walk, while Cueto cleared the bases with a two-base hit. Time 1:35. Umpire Kelly. Indians 8, Peaches 2 in Macon. Savannah routed Macon 8 to 2 with Schultz erratic after five. Albany-Columbus no game. Albany club failed to arrive.
Southern League results include Birmingham 2 1 Atlanta and Mobile 4 0. South Atlantic saw Jacksonville 5 Columbus 0 and Savannah 8 Macon 2. National League games featured New York 5 Cincinnati 4 and Philadelphia 4 St Louis & Chicago B 1. American League includes St Louis 2 Boston 1 and Washington 6 Detroit 2. Several postponements and multiple league ties noted. other leagues report various scores such as Minneapolis Toledo Toledo Milwaukee St Paul and more.
Greenwood 4 Meridian 0 and other score lines appear alongside an advertisement for Waterman Fountain Pens at John S. Moore & Sons 42 N Broad Street. It mentions teams like Vicksburg Galveston Beaumont Austin and Talladega in a disjointed eastern league context.
Washington reports President Taft was formally notified of his nomination by Senator Elihu Root in the White House East Room. Root praised Taft while Taft accepted, pledging to serve the public in a second administration, as Mrs Taft and the younger son Charles stood nearby. Moving picture cameras recorded the moment, a White House first.
The excerpt records Taft outlining campaign issues with intent to expand his remarks later. It notes Roosevelt being called leader of former Republicans and describes a luncheon at the White House after speeches. Democrats in the House delivered fiery campaign oratory praising Woodrow Wilson.
Washington reports President Taft will oppose any Roosevelt backed plan to fuse progressives and regular Republicans for Ohio's state ticket. Taft supporters insist a Taft man will head the ticket and no accord will be reached among rival factions. No candidate was chosen to replace Judge E. B. Dillon, who declined.
Philadelphia authorities disclose graft among municipal public safety workers as Michael Bendon, a 22 year veteran of the stables, is arrested for larceny of city property. Police say horses timber saddles and any uncalled down items were stolen with other employees implicated and more arrests planned. Detectives allege stolen horses were rested at Bendon's Camden area farm and sold back to the city for police and fire use.
The attorney for the state likens Daisy Grace to Lucretia Borgia as he opens the defense in a murder case. He accuses her of plotting with her attorneys and concealing the truth of Eugene Grace's shooting while she fled to Newnan.
Gambling surrounds the Grace trial as bets circulate on mistrial or guilty verdict. Odds favor a mistrial due to the defendant's gender, with two to one on mistrial and even money on not guilty. Solicitor Dorsey and Mrs Grace's lawyers offer no forecast, saying only that juries are unpredictable.
Grace returns to his mother's house in Newnan after a trial involving the woman he accuses of shooting him. The scene unfolds with a farm wagon, creaking wheels, and a quiet night as Grace jokes about marriage and city names, including a sly quip contrasting New York and New Orleans with Newnan.
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