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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1906
Page
8
Public notice to subscribers from Feb 21 1906 lists publishers and agents while a long offbeat column previews Roosevelt Longworth Cuba Hungary Rockefeller and the Florida strawberry. It mentions the Atlanta World’s Fair preparations and a stream of social and political asides including Pat Crowe Hun gary and King Alfonso with a tone of period gossip.
The Smith-Watson organ faces criticism for publishing a speech calling the Democratic Party robbers. The Atlanta Journal allegedly erased Travis signature and claimed full responsibility, drawing denouncement from readers and supporters of democracy. Exposition fund progress noted at Atlanta chamber of commerce. The death of John A. McCall praised despite financial-reform scrutiny.
A fragmentary Georgian verse page recalls love in May and springtime imagery. It blends poems about Hasten Love, a mockingbird, and a narrator's reflections on memory and renewal with regional anecdotes and spirited folk lines about flowers and song.
The courts heard a divorce filing by J. A. Perry for Rebecca Fincanon and a damages suit by Mrs Rosa Kohenan for $2000 against Joan Morris over a defective floor at 73 Courtland Street. Additional suits include A. A. D. McMillan seeking $2000 from Western and Atlantic Railroad. Property transfers filed list multiple warranty deeds and trust/loan deeds for parcels on Spring Street Pryor Street and East Avenue among others. Also includes poems and local notices with brief humorous items and a Savannah steamer incident report.
In this letter from Albany Georgia the We We Equipment Company denies a strike among its mechanics. They claim only a few men quit and that production never stopped. They request the Constitution publish that no strike occurred and that operations ran daily. Isaiah Fitten and Juliet Luttrell are mentioned in the service inquiry.
Henry Moore, an associate of the Northfield Christian Association and key figure in religious enterprises, died here today. He was 75 years old.
A report from the travelers aid branch at the terminals shows the Atlanta Women's Missionary Association aided 96 old and infirm, 720 girls, 1,226 women, 286 sick, 36 deaf mutes, 20 cripples, 20 blind, 13 insane. They sent 46 to hospital, 23 to charitable homes, secured 186 transports, obtained 104 employments, aided 84 lodging, and sent 2 to Florence Crittenton home, plus clothing and religious literature distributed.
A large group of Whitesburg residents has funded a legal challenge to Georgia's new district school law. They have hired counsel to take the case to the state Supreme Court, arguing constitutional issues. The measure creates a 4 mile diameter district, imposes 1.5 percent ad valorem taxes, shifts control from the county board, and alters the will of Arthur Hutchenson regarding funds for Hutchenson Collegiate Institute.
Representatives Bell and Lee pressed to add Gainesville and Rome to the House committee on rivers and harbors southern trip. Judge Burton, chairman, said the committee cannot change the itinerary further. They must return to Washington to handle congressional matters.
Roanoke Virginia on February 20 reports the coroner’s jury in the case of former Sheriff Traynham, found murdered in his home yesterday. Jury says Traynham died from blows to the head and a knife wound, not a sharp weapon, during a party after unknown assailants. No arrests have been made by police.
A Hawkinsville correspondent denounces a Tuesday Atlanta Journal poll as fraudulent. The letter cites a Pulaski county local tax election in Springfield district with 23 votes cast, claiming no such poll existed and naming parties including Sam Spencer and Judge Hiram Allen, while urging verification and noting misuse of polls by Smith supporters.
Georgia officials report a federal appropriation plan to combat cattle ticks in the southern states. Assistant Commissioner B F Wright and R J Stedding described meetings in Washington with congressmen and Secretary Wilson showing strong support and likely approval for funding. The effort involves quarantine, fumigation, and urging farmers to quarantine diseased cattle to prevent spread. A prior note mentions a traveling band of horse traders linked to tick introduction in Clinch county.
Douglas Ga February 20. Building committee for the new Methodist church invites architects to send sketches for a $10,000 brick church on a competitive basis with the winner paid. Decision expected next week. Also notes a steam laundry run by a Chinese proprietor and farmers preparing for spring planting amid fair days.
Arniston Alabama February 20 Captain Laytain James Crook former railroad commissioner and early gubernatorial hopeful announces for commissioner of agriculture andAries subject to the run of the private press Argus Theaters and skating links to show Sunday closure. The board at noon bans Sunday theatergoing deeming it demoralising and issues order.
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