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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1900
Page
6
The governor names new examining boards to assess qualifications and fitness for state line officer roles, outlining procedures and anticipated calls to service. The move aims to standardize exams, improve accountability, and ensure officers meet statutory requirements.
Governor Candler issues orders forming multiple examining boards for the state militia. Captain L D Morris heads Atlanta’s three member local board to assess officers elected February 1. Other city boards include Savannah Macon Albany Augusta and Rome under senior officers with one field officers board handling all field officers.
Special Orders retire Colonel C M Willey of the Second Georgia Regiment at his request after seven years service. Lieutenant Colonel Huguenin takes command with Colonel Thomason ranking as head of the field officers exam board. Retired date set as February 12, 190. By command of the governor Acting Adjutant General Byrd G 3 T.
Property owners neighboring 25 North Butler Street protest a beer saloon license granted by council without their knowledge. Ministers and residents plan to petition to revoke the license, while new petitioners from across the street seek action after learning the permit was approved.
An Atlanta delegation led by Evan P. Howell visits Washington seeking congressional funding to establish a national military park near Peachtree Creek. The effort cites Civil War battles around Atlanta and gains favorable remarks from Union generals, aiming to deepen reconciliation and national sentiment. John C McCall of New York Life arrives in Atlanta for a Southern agency tour. a Southern meeting in New Orleans is planned for early March with home office executives attending.
Shane shore items report health notes on Julian Harris of The Constitution and news from Atlanta. Judge Candler adjourned DeKalb Superior Court due to unfinished courthouse. court to reopen on the 26th. John Johnson sues Atlanta Railway for 2000 for injuries on Mitchell street. Ordinary Hulsey to begin pension papers for Confederate widows next Thursday. P D O Connor acquitted of assault by jury. W H Bass files for divorce over religious differences. Lincoln anniversary celebration postponed due to weather to next Monday night in Wheat Street Baptist church.
A westbound through freight on the Western North Carolina road derailed by a heavy landslide near Black Mountain at 2:30 this morning. Fireman Adam Jeffries and brakeman Porter Nichols were crushed to death under the overturned engine.
Word arrived that Admiral and Mrs. Dewey will depart Washington for Bavaneh this week and arrive in Palm Beach early next week for a stay of a fortnight or more.
Retail merchants on Peters Street push to pay top cotton prices to draw farmers to Atlanta, aiming to enter the market next fall with independent buyers led by Smith Higging and Morgan & Sewell. A warehouse is discussed as a possible follow up as trade shifts away from city rivals. The move, supported by the Atlanta Business Men's League, targets restoring Atlanta as a major cotton market and boosting local trade.
Secretary Martin reports Paterson Street merchants back a city movement to establish a mill. J R Smith calls the plan the biggest undertaking in twenty years and urges public support. Merchants already show interest and may buy stock to aid the movement, aligning with recent North and South Carolina manufacturing activity.
Rev Kendrick a country preacher from north of Atlanta traveled to the city to buy a horse. A horse trader named E A Taylor accused him of drawing a pistol. Kendrick testified about the fair trade gone wrong as Taylor drunkenly swayed and was fined 10.75 dollars for contempt of court.
The Aubrey Dramatic Company began a two weeks engagement at the Columbia theater with a five act melodrama The Land of the Living praised for scenery and strong acting by Lilian Bayer Siggins Davis and Florence Hastings The company plans a Faust production tonight and Thursday at the Grand Also Willie Colter presents Mr Smooth at the Grand with praise from Chicago critic Nixon A Colonial Girl starring Howard Gould comes Friday and Saturday A Paderewski recital is announced for February 22 at the Grand with advance ticket sales starting February 19 and rail excursion plans in negotiation
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