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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1910
Page
6
Bargains for Mien shoppers advertise a two day sale ending Saturday at 4 o clock. One dollar Panama cloth undergarments are offered. The notice emphasizes half a day sale and specifies closing time.
Two police officers will be equipped with motor cycles replacing bicycles. Each machine is four horse power with magnate ignition, expected to hold five miles per hour on good roads. Motor cycles are widely used by police in northern cities such as New York Philadelphia Washington St Louis Boston Buffalo and others. They are valued for enforcing speed laws and aiding parades. Machines of Indian make have been purchased.
In Paterson New Jersey on August 11 creditors of the defunct Cataract City bank are to receive a first dividend after fifty years. Receiver John L Gripes has 33705 to distribute from funds obtained after legal battles involving the estate of a former receiver who died in 187. The bank, chartered in 1866, failed in 1870. Its president Charles Sanford and two officers William P Sumner and J Beech were imprisoned for conspiracy. Benford died in prison.
Nashville Tenn August leaders of the Republican party are at sea about the gubernatorial nominee with Foster Brown of Chattanooga Newell Sanders of Chattanooga James A Fowler of Knoxville John W Overall of Nashville George McHenderson of Rutledge and Robert Sharp of Chattanooga among names. Hon A A Taylor brother of United States Senator Robert L Taylor also mentioned.
The 128 counties report a total tax valuation increase of 29 589 792 for 1910 over 1909 led by Laurens Sumter and Cherokee counties. Laurens returns 2408 dogs for taxation, Fulton not yet listed. Total dogs counted reach 146 458 with projections toward 460 000 as all counties file.
The weather column notes a northwesterly wind and a promise of very fine weather on Friday. Georgia’s forecast suggests clear skies and mild temperatures with confidence in improving conditions.
The forecast notes moderate temperatures and August sun shining all day with several days of continued pleasant weather. A dialogue reveals social chatter about weather, journalism friends, and a playful anecdote about John Sr and John Jr at a gathering, hinting at light regional humor.
Based on a Hodges planter’s daughter testimony, C Hogans Woods is held at police headquarters on an abduction charge after luring the 15 year old to Atlanta with a marriage promise and detaining her at 114 Decatur Street for about two weeks. She fled and sought help at police headquarters. A letter from her father prompted officers to act. Detectives Harper and Kilpatrick identified Woods nearby and he was placed under guard pending a warrant from South Carolina or city court arraignment. Vote for R E Davison for Prison Commission.
During the Gore bribery inquiry in McAlester Oklahoma on August 11 witnesses testified that infant heirs labeled papooses signed land sale contracts worth up to 30 million dollars with a 10 percent attorney fee. Indians like J M Perkins and his nine children and Choctaw attorney McHarg described salaries and roles in hearings amid claims of wealth from the per capita shares and disputed charges against officials.
A special round trip fare of six dollars for travel to Asheville Hendersonville Lake Toxaway Hot Springs and Tate Springs on August 18 via Southern Railway with return by August 28. Special train to Asheville departs at 9 00 p m offering coaches and sleeping cars.
A string of property transfers and mortgage deeds is recorded, naming numerous individuals and entities. Transactions cover parcels on Washington Street Central Avenue Confederate Avenue and other streets, with figures for lot sizes and monetary values including bonds and loans. Names include N Abernathy Minnie Mras, Mary Fishin, E R Armor, TC Clark, Mary Gavin, James W Gryring, Wrenn, Franklin P Rice, Southern Floor and Grain Co, Atlanta and West Point Railroad, Barnett, A Thacher, H R W Palmer, Mort kage Bond Co, Francis Tasks Halstead, S E Richards, J Herman trustee, Mirth Milton F Her saan, W A Thatcher, Wood Bros, and others.
A longtime Atlanta medical advertiser proclaims thirty three years in the field and twenty five years in this line of work. He asserts strict, lean therapy can cure many conditions and stresses dedicated, careful methods for syphilis and gonorrhea treatment. He offers free examinations and advertises his booklets Disease of Men and Wealth in plain sealed wrappers.
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