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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1900
Page
4
A state primary schedule lists the voting period from April 16 through September 15 with dates spanning spring to late summer. Officials urge voters to verify registration and polling locations.
The sub committee chairs discuss when to hold a joint city and county primary with dates suggested from April to August. Members favor a combined primary, some support early June, others prefer late summer. Collier expects a meeting this month to decide and push for a unified date.
A New York jewelry house Maier & Bereele at 81 Whitehall Street advertises a fresh stock of up-to-date umbrellas and danes. The note emphasizes affordable prices and fashionable appeal.
Officer Harry White investigates a stabbing case involving Rose Suttles and Will Stegall. Suttles is jailed and later released on recognizance as Stegall remains missing. Coroner reports no confirmed death despite rumors. Stegall believed injured and hidden by friends, status unknown.
A horse trader, Thomas E. V. Thomas, offers 75 dollars for information leading to the capture of a thief who stole his bay mare. Tillman rode the horse during a test ride, then fled. a posse pursued but failed to capture him. The mare was recovered, with 150 dollar reward noted for the thief. Local horsemen pledge to stop further thefts at Thompson's stables. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad at end follows.
The Atlanta Business Men's League will hold its annual meeting in the Kimball ballroom next Thursday night. The program includes officer elections for the coming year, a Bohemian smoker, and speeches by prominent members including D. A. Tompkins of North Carolina, a noted cotton mill expert. The event aims for strong enthusiasm and outlines future undertakings.
The little son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Coker died Saturday afternoon at nearly three years old. The child was dearly loved by his father and brother. Mr. Coker serves in the police department. The funeral was held from the residence at 9 Kirkwood Avenue yesterday morning, with burial at Nance's Creek Cemetery.
Countess Adeline Schimmelmann arrives in Atlanta March 6 for ten days to attend the Tabernacle Bible conference. She travels by yacht Duen, preaching and feeding sailors and longshoremen in ports worldwide, and has engaged in evangelical work in New York.
Assistant Adjutant General Phili Byrd announced commissions to officers re-elected on February 1 for three year terms in the state militia. Many units lacked returns and some elections require repeating due to irregular ballots. The list names officers by regiment, unit, and officer rank with vacancies noted and staff reappointments by Colonel Lawton.
The Georgia prison farm at Milledgeville shows a surprising first year profit and near self support with 273 bales of cotton worth about $10,000. Expenses for operating 223 convicts run around $10,000, leaving an estimated $4,000 net profit. Acreage may rise to 700 with more land under cultivation. health of inmates has improved under prison medical care.
Post B of the Travelers' Protective Association met at the Kimball and elected officers for the year. James L Mayson won the post attorney post pro Tem James J Masson. officers include President W C Tidwell Vice President M M Anderson secretary Aaron Guthman third president W F Rogers treasurer J W H Andrew and more. A joint smoker with Posts F planned for February at the Kimball to select delegates for the state convention in Macon.
A long exaltation of Dr Hathaway as a leading specialist with twenty years of success and the so called Gift of Healing. It credits his scientific training and vast practice for his reputed cures across towns and hamlets in the country.
Reliable and industrious men sought to represent the Life Department across Georgia. Handsome compensation and guaranteed income offered. Haas & Co., state agents, Atlanta, Ga. For croup use Cheney's Expectorant.
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