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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1912
Page
12
Georgia youths begin arriving for the state canning and corn club fair at the Capitol. Exhibits include over 70 displays with hundreds of dollars worth of stock and produce, assembled by boys and girls from across the state, with a parade set for Friday afternoon.
The capitol rotunda and lower floors fill with pumpkins, squash, beets and jars of jellies and preserves as the state corn show opens with hundreds of rural youth arriving on early trains. Delegates tour exhibits and learn how state government operates while parade orders and ceremonies unfold in Atlanta.
Taft nominates several Georgia postmasters including Young A. Wiliteios Greenville Palmetto John Fo Jenkins Ashburn Wattie Fo Gunter and more across towns such as Talas and So fal trale. The list reflects appointments as of December in Washington with representatives named for multiple counties.
The 1913 city directory will be ready by December 15 and will add about 65 pages for a total of roughly 1,300 pages. It notes population growth of eight to ten thousand in a year, a shift from residences to business on central streets, and widespread housing development around Atlanta. The directory, the thirty seventh issued by Atlan ta, highlights past gaps and new listings totaling about 169,099 names.
Fragmented wire service style note describes a stray weather forecast blamed on pressure systems. Great Lakes low pressure and high pressure movements diverted east, leaving the South out of the path. Georgia and Atlanta were set for warm but chilly changes as the forecast went off course.
An alleged cab bandit posing as a detective was arrested on Marietta Street after allegedly stealing a taxi from Newsom stables and fleeing to a drugstore. He is identified as Winegardner, accused of defrauding Mrs Reynolds at Carilla Delicatessen for 259 dollars. He will be tried in police court this afternoon.
A Fouche Lemon of McDonough dies at Griffin hospital after a car wreck near Sunny Side five miles north of Griffin. Robinson of McDonough escaped with minor injuries. Lemon, 77, suffered breast and back injuries and died about two hours after arrival. He leaves a wife and an 11 month old daughter, plus a brother and a sister. His mother and two sisters perished in a prior train wreck near Atlanta. Funeral and interment set for Me Donough tomorrow afternoon.
The Twenty third annual session of the A M E conference convenes in Moultrie on December 7 with about three hundred pastors and delegates expected. Rev R W Singleton is elected secretary in chief and presiding officers include W O Sherman and others. Reports cover education moral worth church state and finances and the Philadelphia book house and Morris Brown college will be discussed.
J B Parker bankrupt, resigns from Central of Georgia Railway as assistant general freight agent. Petition lists liabilities at 1456 dollars. Resignation effective January 1. Parker on leave in New York and not expected to return to Savannah. He is among the best known railroad men in the South.
Three would be mashers were flogged in Waycross according to police reports. A white hackman named Robinson, husband of a woman involved, was in one altercation near the chain business street by Union Station. Names are withheld.
Savannah, December 8. JOD Owens, a local machinist, believes Carl Johnson of New York is really C G Gay of Macon or Atlanta. Owens says he saw Gay, a machinist, in Savannah about a year ago and after close inspections of the remains he is almost positive the man is Gay. The secretary of the local machinists union has taken up the matter with the Macon and Atlanta unions. The remains are still held.
On Arbor Day Atlanta schools plan to plant some 20000 Cathipn trees if weather permits. Jacobs Pharmacy donates the trees at no cost, with Manager Charles A. Smith ready to distribute. Federation of Women’s Clubs assists with school programs and the community thanks Manager Smith and Jacobs Pharmacy for their generosity.
Waycross Georgia December 3 at an enthusiastic meeting of Waycross and Ware citizens resolutions were adopted urging elected representatives to prepare a bill introducing a government experimental station at the next legislature. Several larger sites have been donated for the station.
Columbus Ga December 3 Two Phenix City Alabama aldermen Cook and Telbert refuse to sit in mayor Gullatts chair claiming council action would be illegal under city attorney Himbrough guidance. Gullatt insists he is mayor and would preside. session lacks quorum and no meeting is held. Gullatt recently indicted in Muscogee county as accessory before the fact in a sensational alleged criminal practice case. He surrendered after initial disappearance and posted bond. He says he is fully qualified to serve as mayor and will proceed.
Athens Ga December 3 Special The Southern Poultry Association opens a three day show featuring a fine flock from Athens and about 100 exhibits from other Georgia towns and several states.
Dr Sledd and Loring Brown headline a Birmingham lecture on poultry business phases and industry progress, presenting insights from years of work with The Industrious Hen and other ventures. The talk aims to guide local producers through modern practices and market trends.
Notice announces Dixie Flyer train No 94 leaving Atlanta at 8 a m instead of 7 42 a m effective Sunday December 8 1912 All other schedules remain the same C E Harman Gen l Pass Agent
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