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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1909
Page
8
The store advertises a major bargain offering customers their pick of all $25 suits and overcoats from Rogers Peet Co and Hart Schaffner Marx. It touts better value than many reduced price outfits, complete size assortments, and new styles, urging shoppers to come in this morning.
Plans for a major Atlanta auto exposition at the Auditorium Armory stir wide interest. Officials from the Atlanta Automobile Club and Chamber of Commerce, local merchants, and dealers back the project as a rising Southern business and cultural event with potential spring or autumn timing and broad manufacturer cooperation.
Buffalo notes strong southward auto show appeal in new Atlanta auditorium. Pierce Arrow Motor Car Co and Matheson Motor Car Co promise enthusiasm yet cannot participate due to full production through August. Wilkesbarre dispatch references communications to Matheson Auls Co for attention.
Col L J Taylor, senior agent of the American Railway Association bureau, spoke to about 156 men at the Railroad Y M C A on The Safgs Transportation of Explosives and Other Dangerous Arm es. The audience, including superintendents and freight agents, remained attentive and extended thanks at the close for the instruction and practical insights.
Birmingham convenes the North Alabama conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at First Methodist Church. Notable speakers include Rev Dr W Lambuth and John F Pepper of Memphis leading the Jaysmens missionary drive. Banquet planned and sessions run into Saturday. Separately New Orleans hosts the Independent Order of Beavers panel with 40 of 65 dams represented and 3000+ new members since July 1908.
Fragmentary weather note indicates a passing rain event. Forecasters expect fair, cooler conditions with a shifted low pressure center moving from eastern Nebraska toward Chicago.
The eastern half of the United States except New England is under developing storms with many stations in the south Atlantic states experiencing thunderstorms. A high pressure area brings clear skies to the southern Pacific slope and the western belt, while the Missouri valley remains cloudy and the far northwest receives rain. Atlanta shows rainfall 1.40 inches above average for the past month and cooler, fair conditions are expected as a high pressure advance moves north. The lowest temperature recorded was 46 degrees. The busload plane region near Atlanta is Fort McPherson where the full regiment and band have returned, and local sentiment notes admiration for the men of the Seventeenth.
Instant relief from catarrh is promised by Total Eclipse Catarrh Cure. Testimonials claim immediate air passage relief and a permanent cure in severe cases, with requests for trial treatment and postage. The ad touts a vegetable preparation and urges readers to send money and addresses for a booklet and more information.
The newly appointed Japanese minister in Chile, Bandago Chy Hicku, arrived today. Officials and locals greeted the envoy, signaling a fresh diplomatic opening between Tokyo and Santiago.
The Marist Club held midyear meetings with members from Athens and Rome. J. Spalding urged two core aims for success, honesty and industry, noting that community trust underpins enterprise and that capacity rarely fails but industry often does. Father Gunn and Father Rapier welcomed and encouraged the young men.
Montgomery February 19 A Negro named Bailey has been convicted of violating Alabama's labor law and will be sentenced later. Bailey's attorneys sought an affirmative defense, contending the statute unconstitutional as upheld by the state supreme court. The case may head to the US Supreme Court appealing liberty without due process claims. Attorney General Bonaparte argued the law endangered Negroes' liberty in the South.
The Tennessee Legislature today overrode Governor Patterson's vetoes on three bills. The measures create a compulsory legalized primary system and restructure state and county elections boards without full executive control. Both houses maintained large majorities, mirroring last week's passage.
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