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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1907
Page
6
Citizens discuss electing city officers by popular vote versus council selection. Officials argued must be experts, with boards testing candidates. Augusta plans improvements worth millions of dollars, as French and Swiss capitalists form a $10 million iron development company.
The Atlanta city council meets this afternoon in regular session to discuss extending city limits to include peachtree road area up to the railroad bridge as well as Oak land City Cooks district Battle Hill and Edgewood and to authorize a new waterworks pump. A charter amendment may follow if the vote succeeds. Freight wreck on Central of Georgia blocks Atlanta Columbus line near Ray mond delaying a passenger train until early morning.
Miss Annie Belle Tarver, young daughter of Mr and Mrs Tarver of Columbus, died in Charlotte, North Carolina after a week battling typhoid fever. Her brother Clifford Tarver, also in Charlotte, is critically ill with typhoid fever. The family had rushed to her bedside as she passed away yesterday.
Mayor Joyner to convene a special committee early in the week to review the city engineer's report on the reservoir. A resolution inviting the county commissioners to a conference may be adopted once the report is in, with a meeting likely set soon to kick off the work. The plan estimates completion within a month using about one hundred convicts.
Eight year old Henry Henderson was found asleep on a bench at Ponce de Leon Park near the entrance and awakened by Georgia Railway and Electric Company employees. He could not recall leaving home and was taken to the police barracks after stating his father is Charles Henderson, a market keeper on Decatur street, and that he lived at 94 Kelly Street.
In Columbus Georgia speculation centers on prohibition's business effects. It is estimated residents spend about a half million yearly on whisky and beer, with much of that money staying locally and offsetting tax revenue losses. Forty saloons exist, closing them could ease rental shortages though some store vacancies may rise, while new merchants sought space but could not find it previously.
The Georgia Anti-Tuberculosis League met at the Grand with Dr W H Mayfield of St Louis and Dr J Cheston King of Atlanta among speakers. The program included talks on tuberculin testing, milk Pasteurization, and preventing transmission, with vivid cautions about kissing and caring for consumptives.
The Atlanta Chamber executive committee will meet to plan a mass rally to unite citizens under the old cry Now, everybody for Atlanta. Speakers and date will be set for a citywide meeting to show the old spirit remains strong against the new prohibition regime and to back local option supporters in the path to prosperity.
City voters go to polls Wednesday at 7 PM to elect aldermen councilors and city executives in off year local politics. The slate lists candidates by ward for aldermen and council, plus dozens of names for the city executive committee. polling sites include county courthouse basement Fraser street and Tabernacle Place.
This morning at 1 o clock the senate will be called to order by President Akin. The body adjourned Friday for weekend home visits. Last week lawmakers passed several general bills including Felder disfranchisement and Debbs railway car on demand for fruit trade. Up to now about 140 banks have been introduced, with many sent to the house for concurrence. When sessions resume, the Willford bill on county school commissioners and the Wright anti lobbying bill will be considered.
Businessmen unable to take a summer vacation may reside at the Sweetwater Park Hotel and tend to business interests in Atlanta. Offers cheap monthly tickets and ideal schedules with trains on time.
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