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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1907
Page
6
A springlike day in Atlanta featured bright sun and no rainfall after a week of wet weather. Crowds gathered at Ponce de Leon, Grant Park, and other lawns, enjoying bands, strolls, and wagon rides while fashioning plans for a water carnival and a new clubhouse opening.
Zeb Jones a Black man was arrested in Marietta Ga after a picnic melee. A mule kicked over watermelons angering Jones whose wife was struck in the mouth. Jones then stabbed the mule claiming self defense and decried mule rights.
A 17 pound beet on exhibit in Columbus Georgia has drawn crowds. The giant tuber, grown by W M Miller near Jackson's Gap Alabama, matches a dressed turkey in color and shape and appears turkey like from a short distance.
The day was quiet with the local union receiving cheers from cities on strike. Leaders spoke and a formal exchange of views followed. Atlanta operators plan ticket sales for Casino House Friday night to support strikers as two weeks into the strike, Western Union and Postal handling business is said to be moving along satisfactory.
Matthiessen's band performed two concerts at Ponce de Leon Park in Atlanta drawing thousands to the resort on Sunday. The park remains a magnet for rest and recreation with daily attendance and plans for Labor Day fireworks exhibitions and nightly balloon displays during the special week.
Charles Plunkett a Macon public works foreman and former police officer died after being struck by a passenger train near Warrenton Georgia. He apparently missed his stop while trying to reboard the rear car and was fatally injured. funeral services were held at the Hart mortuary with burial at Rose Hill.
The governor received resignations of State Senator Lucian Gardner and Representative Henry B. Betegal, ordering elections in their districts for September 8. Notices were sent to sheriffs to arrange polls, with the governor signaling an expected extra session of the legislature before the next general election. In Macon Georgia, a separate report recounts a robbery plot at Joseph Neal clothing and Empire store involving Miller White, George Banks, and Philip James, with detectives recovering goods and the suspects jailed for a hearing tomorrow.
Sam J. Jones of Atlanta seeks state legislation to force parents to care for abandoned infants. After adopting a five week old girl named Evelyn Dorothy Jones, he mourns her death, praises that legislature, and urges a law authorizing enforcement to protect illegitimate babies, noting two vulnerable infants left in poverty.
The court term starts Tuesday September 3 as Labor Day holiday on September 2 delays sessions. Judge W D Bilis will preside over first docket, with courtrooms empty now but expected to brighten. A week later county commissioners meet to discuss a court house building bond election and tax rate, plus a permit for Georgia Railway to lay tracks and extend Peachtree lines.
In a London Tatler piece quoted in Gelden Diggings the Goodwood area, villagers profit from lodging week stays charging about $20 a year for cramped rooms. Locals buy up apartments, corner them for big gains, exploiting patrons and reflecting a charged, daylight robbery critique of rural lodging practices.
The city hall will host a busy week with a semi monthly council meeting and multiple committee sessions. The ordinance tax claims and street committees will meet on respective days, plus an electric telephones and telegraphs committee likely to discuss the Atlanta Telephone Company manholes. A Tuesday 4:80 pm citizens meeting seeks support for a proposed boys' club organized by Atlantans.
The new anti narcotic bill took effect Saturday and many Atlanta druggists were unaware until The Constitution reported the signing. Morphine and related drugs stopped selling to habitual users, while hundreds of users faced withdrawal and despair. Doctors and other professionals were noted as heavily affected, with relief elusive as weather and pain drive continued demand across states.
Wills Musical Comedy brings back Sweet Sixteen for a second week at the Ponce de Leon Casino with a clever cast led by John B Wills Walley Helston and Charles Brewer. The program features popular vaudeville acts Lampert and Pierce Howard Harry Carl and Carl and Sadie Cari with tickets at the Bijou box office.
Dr W L Pickard pastor of First Baptist Savannah preached on Christ and the Human Crisis at First Baptist, recounting Jesus calming the storm and Peter walking on water. He urged serious living, faith over fear, and Christ as support amid trials, stressing practical morality and hopeful perseverance.
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