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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1919
Page
16
The Crackers edged the Barons 2 to 1 in a pitching duel as Tom Sheehan worked eight strong innings for the Crackers and Ellis matched him for the Barons. Lefty Sigmon allowed the decisive runs, Ivy Griffin returned to action but went hitless in three at bats.
Rank T Reynolds secretary of the Georgia Automobile association will speak in Douglasville to urge bond approval for better roads. Douglas County plans a bond vote on the good roads program within the next days.
Reports from the prison commission show a jury fixed the first indeterminate sentence for Milton County Court with Judge Newt Morrin presiding. A defendant named Inman Streetman, a white man, faced an indeterminate sentence of not less than two nor more than three years for automobile theft.
A catalog notes new vanity card cases with unusual handsome styles including striped engine turned designs inlaid with yellow and green gold stripes. It highlights popular hammered finishes and asks readers to see the new and pretty cases, stating high demand and eagerness to show them.
General Agent A. Marshall of the American Railway Express cautions summer travelers and local expressmen that baggage from summer resorts is increasing. He urges careful addressing and marking of trunks and suitcases, remove old labels, and affix a proper address tag. He also recommends placing an extra internal address to identify baggage if outer markings are lost.
The Georgia Osteopathic Association convenes its annual meeting at 10 in the Carnegie Library auditorium with Dr. F. F. Jones of Macon presiding. Dr. Perry Woodall of Birmingham, ex-president of the American Osteopathic Association and author on osteopathy, delivers the principal address. A gynecology clinic by Dr. Guaste Phillips in Hurt Building begins at 9. Woodall lectures on readjustment technique. Officers will be elected this afternoon and visiting guests dine at Druid Hills Golf Club.
Funeral services for Charley C. Jones of Atlanta were held at his home on 856 Piedmont avenue with interment at West View. Pallbearers included George P. Moore Walter Taylor and others. He is survived by his widow son Eugene sister Mrs Beardsley and brothers Walter R Jones and W E Jones. He died suddenly of heart failure at 49.
Dublin Georgia August 22 special Mrs W W Lane of this place found a live possum curled under the dining room table sleeping peacefully as if playing possum. Her husband captured the animal alive and it was penned to fatten for a future dining room encounter.
Savannah August 22 Special Superintendent Carleton B Gibson of the Savannah and Chatham school systems has received the medal of King Albert of Belgium for his services in Belgium as a member of the American committee of relief. It is his third honor for Belgium along with a gold medal from the national committee and a gold watch from Belgian officials. He recently returned from service in France as a member of the American education committee.
Americus Ga August 22 J M Johnson a cattle raiser here has been held to await the action of the grand jury of superior court following a preliminary hearing on charge of failing to dip his cattle Johnson set up the defense that he was unable to dip all of his cattle because they were unmanageable and that he had dipped more than half of his herd at stated intervals The charge was made by Dr J H Martin directing the dipping camp aten
Macon Ga August 32 Special The White Swan laundry once under receivership was sold today for 20000 cash to Roy W Moore Robert A Moore and T J Harris creditors approving the sale The plant and machinery were valued at 20000 The new owners assume none of the liabilities estimated at 10000 AL Heyward had been operating the plant as Tecalver
Macon Ga August 22 Special One hundred fifty army blankets sold to Macon housewives by Postmaster Nottingham. Proceeds totaled $900 with orders from one to a dozen blankets. Blankets priced at six dollars a pair, sold at half price as part of government surplus stock ordered during the war. Fraternal Meet Ends. Ga Armist 227 34
Wes Rountree, a Black man, was found guilty of assault on a young white girl and sentenced to hang in Brooks County on September 12 after a nine minute jury deliberation. The case drew tense crowds and warnings of possible lynching during trial. Separately, a middle aged white man's body was found in the Oconee River near Milledgeville with injuries from beating and possible gunshots. an inquest ruled death from head injury, gunshot, or drowning, and the body was buried in the city cemetery with no identification.
Mrs Mary Lindner a Scranton native and Savannah resident died from gas fumes at her Whitaker Street home in an apparent suicide during a period of extreme despondency over ill health. Her husband and son broke in after failing to reach her by phone. she had been dead for several hours.
In Savannah Georgia on Hutcheson Island P C Silvers an employee since April fell about 70 feet while at work on a Gulf Refining Co tank. A bystander warned him moments before he slipped and laughed at the danger. His neck was broken in the fall.
Savannah Ga August 22 special it is announced that work will begin by September 15 on the Savannah harbor improvement under a contract awarded to John Emille of Jacksonville The project contemplates the expenditure of nearly 175000 in four or five months to dredge the channel from the Seaboard Air Line bridge to Kings Island 200 feet wide and 21 feet deep at low water
Savannah hosts 400 to 600 Masons from the first district for the annual Millen convention September 2 and 4. Grand Master RT Travis of Savannah will attend and report on a visit to the grand lodge of England. Americus Baptists from Friendship association counties gather August 26 for a conference on a campaign to value 75 million dollars for missionary work.
A dated advertisement claims many people feel tired and sick due to impure blood. It promotes Prescription C-2223 as a ready prepared purifier to cleanse blood and bolster health, listing a $1.50 bottle and mail order from Memphis Tennessee. It warns against mercury opium morphine and other ingredients in rival products.
The Southern Metal Trades Association files a protest with the federal trade board challenging steel price disparities. It alleges Pittsburg prices plus freight to consumers are unfair, noting freight of 60 cents per 100 pounds to Atlanta versus 12 cents from Birmingham. It cites Alabama mines near Birmingham costing about 25 percent less than Pittsburgh operations.
The fragment notes a person or entity sustaining a V R while involved with a 1080 kilogram item. Details are incomplete, with missing names, dates, and context preventing full reconstruction.
Comptroller General Wright announced early figures from tax returns showing across two counties GwirtnettTM and Jeff Davin posting $844,241 and $68,446 respectively with twelve counties still to report. He projected total year revenue could exceed 1918 by about $600,000 after insurance premium tax, inheritances tax, and business taxes are fully counted.
Macon Georgia August 22 A man without a country, Earie Mesrie of Macon, appeared before a United States clerk seeking a passport to Turkey, his former home. He claimed to have renounced allegiance to Turkey months earlier and sought admission as a United States citizen, but immigration has no record of his entry. Mesrie says he landed in New York at age 12 under an unknown name and now fears remaining in the United States. He is eager to leave and willing to pay any amount to depart.
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