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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1910
Page
5
Advertisers must go beyond printing name and address and show skill and personality. A blacksmith or any business can profit from publicity if copy is natural, engaging, and expresses expertise. Consistent effort to craft better ads beats preachy sermons, with heart, human nature, and common sense driving lasting payoff.
Paris August le Hlane arrived at Isay near Paris at 640 in the morning as the winner of the eroas country Night. The race began in August and covered about 80 miles. The $20000 prize was offered by a Paris newspaper.
The Progress Club tennis finals occur this afternoon on Lakewood club courts. Men singles include Sunroder Malvern, Behlesinger, Dewald, Klein, Haas, and Schiesinger among others. ladies singles feature Schiesinger, Sonn, Hartly, Dewald, and Schroder. mixed doubles list Dewald and Dewalg, Haas and Star.
The trial jury selection in Browne's case is rocked by allegations that veniremen were improperly influenced by agents for third parties and by government interests. Judges demand witnesses and potential dismissals as prosecutors and defense spar over fairness and potential retrial implications in the Browne case.
Former Georgia governor Hoke Smith spoke to about 1200 at the Augusta opera house on August 16. He defended election law and franchise issues, criticized Brown’s repeal efforts, and promised to build sentiment against the Georgia railroad strike within two years. He avoided the prohibition topic. The audience included many outsiders and Brown supporters, with a large turnout at the train arrival and reception at Albion hotel.
In Ainton West Virginia a mob gathers as a railroad detective arrests a Black man believed to have assaulted and killed Mrs Lottie Alias of Quinemont. Guards flee a Pullman car, militia arrives, and cars are blocked amid a tense night with trains stalled and guards withdrawn.
The Wo and A RR offers round trip tickets for Chicago to St Louis for 15 dollars leaving August 20 1910 from Auburn and returning September 4 1910. Reservations advised through city agents J A Thomas C B Water Walon Station CG E Harman.
News from New York reports Colonel Taft’s silence on Griscom’s plan to force a Roosevelt name vote. Roosevelt’s stance drawn a line with pro-preserve factions. Senator Crane’s visit to the president and Ballinger retirement pressure frame the ongoing reorganization amid uncertain outcome.
Clifford Le Anderson, long serving county commissioner, writes a voters card detailing why he should be reelected. He argues he represents the entire county, notes eleven years of road paving progress, and denies claims the city alone received attention. He cites convict labor in city limits and county road building as upbuilding Atlanta, urging August 23 as the test of his record.
In Covington Louisiana on August 16 the St Tammany authorities have granted prisoners stripes and denied shoes. Parish convicts had worn civilian clothes previously. Clothing bills were said to be large. Stripes were viewed as an economy. No statement was given about the refusal to buy shoes for prisoners.
The West Side Progressive Club met at Schlasingers candy factory to hear a committee report urging the council to move on a neat mide viaduct. The committee believed consents could be secured, Alderman Everett pledged aid, and local candidates Clifford Anderson and Horace Grant spoke. Resolutions favored reorganization of the AB and A and resumption of its terminals in Atlanta, urging council to act with liberality.
Nebraska primary results depicted a split scene with Patters blamed by press for party stagnation. Lincoln showed crossovers with Democratic leanings while Governor Shalenberger drew Republican votes. Progressive AL Sutton nominated in Second District. Bristow assails Aldrich stand-patters during Chautauqua speech. Augusta man charged with uttering worthless checks after suspected fraud.
Clifford L Anderson appeals to Fulton County voters presenting a long record as county commissioner. He cites road building expertise, cites laying of Whitehall and Peachtree streets, and notes county work benefiting Atlanta city and suburbs. He urges voters to judge by results and pledges continued service for all county residents.
In Montgomer y Alabama on August 16 Judge Thomas G Jones ordered a whipping in an ante room of the federal court for Bell Donnelly a 10 year old Negro boy indicted for robbing a Welumpka post office. Donnelly had been taught to reach through an open mail box and steal small change from the cash drawer. Tears streamed as he was brought into court and then discharged.
Camp Perrin Ohio August 16 The Bixch Massachusetts rifle team today won the National Rifle Association regimental championship for the fourth time, scoring 31 to lead the field that included Fifteenth United States infantry and other units. The event highlighted a list of top squads and their scores, with the Fifteenth US Infantry among the leaders. Edward S. Wright, veteran journalist, dies in Cleveland after illness. Lee Smith, engineer on the Central of Georgia, dies by apparent suicide in Macon, Ga. France follows Morgan as Confederate veterans gather in Parks Hill Ky for a reunion.
A Ballinger Texas resident, after settling his business and drawing up a will with Henry Wuerstenbart, shot himself at his Ballinger home. No motive or cause is known for the fatal act.
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