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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
16
A fragmented page lists numerous firearms with prices and models from vendors in a community notice. The piece veers into a social appeal urging readers to consider gifts or purchases for family and friends, mentioning plans for a fall season and urging timely action.
December 5 report from Ga notes Mrs Towsy Matwen killed at her residence. A child, left under the care of an older sibling, perished from burns two hours after flames were extinguished. Fire started near the acreama when drawing water.
Jesup Georgia December 5 Special A negro restaurant in the heart of the business district was discovered afire endangering nearby buildings between a grocery and The Wayne County News office. Jesup lacked a water system forcing heroic efforts to prevent spread. damage about 1000 dollars, partly insured.
Ben Jordan, known as the Bandit of Pigeon Hole, was arrested after a raid on his one room shack in the rambling alley off Pindmont Avenue near Cain Street. He faced three cases and received thirty days in each. a jubilee followed in Pigeon Hole as residents celebrated the capture and his arsenal seizure.
In Georgia, J G Rawlings and Jesse Rawlings face clemency pleas as the Prison Commission weighs commutation from death to life for their alleged roles in the Carter children murder. petitions from over a thousand Lowndes and Irwin residents flood the commission, with few urging execution.
Government-operated rail service from Altania to White Springs and Palatka Florida offers Pullman sleeping cars. Trains depart Athinta at 9B pm, run via Georgia Southern line, reach White Springs at 7 05 am, with returning service leaving Palatka 6 40 pm and arriving Palatka 7 10 am, claiming the most direct route through southern Georgia and northern Florida.
President Roosevelt commutes the death sentences of Arthur Adams and Robert Sayner, two negro crew members of the schooner Henry A. Berwind, convicted of mutiny and murder. The men were tried in Wilmington, North Carolina, about a year ago and are now serving life imprisonment.
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