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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1915

Page

2

Prices Fall Off In Cotton Market In New Orleans

In New Orleans on December 13 the cotton market declined all week with prices 2 to 30 points under the prior close. Bears led selling as volume remained heavy with stop orders triggered near week’s end. Bulls cited government crop estimates but prices fell about a cent per pound from Friday to the week’s low. The market eyes a census gin report this week and expects a dull holiday week with markets closing early.

New Orleans Bear I Long Cotton Census Bureau Buils Buns Great Lakes Prinupil New York Inter.ste Alstery

Weekly Financial Weslington December 19

The con didrate the United States treasury yesterday Wise Ret balunet it sengral fund 107 total payments 194 2Re. The deficit this Ascal year 15 51 406 we ba tuiest a deficit of 271 374 last Year exclusive of Panama canal and pill deb transactions.

Weslington United States Treasury Panama

Large Trades Show More Than Customary Activity

Bradstreets reports sustained activity across most sectors with prosets of further growth. Wholesale and retail trade run high as Christmas shopping peaks, jewelry and luxury goods surge, and farm and industrial activities show strength amid favorable wages, bank clearings, and rail traffic gains.

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Foreign affairs influence market dwarfs domestic concerns

New York reports foreign affairs dominate the market as tensions with Austria, a British treasury move to control American securities, and a broke French issue affect bond prices. Exchange rates slump for Berlin and Vienna while Amsterdam and Scandinavian capitals rise. Domestic business shows resilience amid holiday demand, rail strikes resolved, and strong steel and metal demand into the next year.

New York United States Austria Berlin Vienna Amsterdam Bank Clearines Rota Chicane Srna

Bank Clearings In United States Past Week Ended December 16

Bank clearings in the United States for the past week ending December 16 totaled 4627 09700 with a slight drop from the prior week. Local city figures list gains and losses with Chicago Philadelphia Boston and Detroit among the leading markets. totals include outside New York and outside the U S reaching a combined total of 4622 397 000 with outside totals 1825 974 900.

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Confederate Daughter Saille Withers Bruce Dead at 101

Covington residents mourn the death of Mra Saille Withers Bruce aged 101 at her home. Wife of E M Bruce noted as distinguished former Confederate Congress member and vice president of the Confederacy. She was twice married and active in the Virginia Colonial Dames and honorary president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Covington Saille Withers Bruce Morris E M Bruce Confederate Congress Confederacy Virgina Colonial Dames United Daughters of the Confederacy

Sunday Organ Recital Draws Large Audience

A large audience enjoyed the Sunday afternoon recital at the Auditorium Armory under Charles Sheldon Jr with Mrs J W Jaffords as soprano for the assisting artist. The varied program was warmly received by the crowd.

Ebje Ea Auditorium Armory Charles Sheldon Jr JW Jaffords

Peeping Tom Caught in Georgia Home Peeping Incident

Cordelera December 39 Special reports a man identified as Boise Williams caught by two railroad workers Gene Whittington and Wilbur Sheppard while peering through a window into the home of George Miller in Atlanta. The event occurs during matinees of The Birth of a Nation, with ongoing showings all week and a daily matinee schedule. The article notes Williams as a Negro and references past disturbances by others described as peeping Toms.

Cordelera Boise Williams Gene Whittington Wilbur Sheppard George Miller

Griffin Sentenced for Manslaughter in Georgia Trial

Waycross reports Guilty of voluntary manslaughter finding in the W J Griffin case. Judge Suromerall sentences Griffin to fifteen years. Griffin charged with hiring Charlie Inman near Tuly. Henry Inman and Miss Addie Inman were shot. Griffin wounded. Conflict involved Jake MccCormick and others. Defense witness AW Kerton clashed with state’s counsel. Attorneys plan a motion for a new trial.

Waycross Superrior W J Griffin Suromerall Griffin Charlie Inman Tuly Henry Inman Addie Inman Jake MccCormick Alien E Spence MD Dickerson AW Kerton Winter Park Fla Duncan Griffin Jie

Fire tragedy in Macon claims life of Frank Jackson

A two story frame building at Fifth and Walnut in Macon burned today destroying a near beer saloon run by George Jackson. Frank Jackson died of suffocation in a room not reached by flames while his father and two other men escaped. George Jackson suffered a broken leg.

Macon Frank Jackson George Jackson Fifth and Walnut Streets Elder Jackson George Tackson

Captain and Mrs Quillian Visit From Seattle to Atlanta

Captain and Mrs C Quillian of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey arrived in Atlanta from Seattle for the holidays. They will stay with Mrs Quillian’s parents at College Park until the end of the season. Captain Quillian, a noted veteran, commands the steamship Arthur en Raxed in Alaskan charting duties and expects to report to Washington shortly after January.

C . Quillian United Stairs Atlanta Seattle Ant Quillian Collegs Park United States Im Arthur Alaskan Washington Quillians Ce South

Thrown from buggy in front of Seaboard train

December 19 report from Corderea describes Sam Lovett, manager at Armour & Co local plant, being thrown from a buggy onto Seaboard railway tracks at Sixth street crosses. He narrowly escaped being crushed as a freight train passed, rolling and backward somersaulting to avoid the wheels. Injuries described as serious and possibly internal.

Corderera Seaboard Railway Sixth Street Sam Lovett Armour & Co

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