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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1909
Page
12
J P Allen & Co at 5153 Whitehall Street unveils a new neckwear department already popular with discerning women. Fashion this season offers generous leeway in neckwear choices with daily arrivals. Highlights include the Nell Brinkley Collar satin pieces and hand embroidered Jinen Collars among a dozen chic designs.
Fragmentary courtroom narrative follows testimonies about a revolver linked to Senator Carmack’s shooting. Witnesses describe pistol type, ownership, and transfer, with defense asserting their case while prosecutors seek to establish motive and sequence of events surrounding Colonel Cooper and Carmack.
Thomas B Watson proposes a policy of nonpartisan independent medical commissions to regularly assess sanity in state asylums. He references the Bell case in Baldwin County and Emanuel County and argues the original commitment was illegal, urging safeguards and prompt habeas corpus review. He commends Kilburn and McNett for their efforts in securing Bell’s release.
Funeral services for Mrs Henry K Stanford will be held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at 141 West Calm Street with Rev J Stewart French officiating. Interment follows in Oakland. Mrs Stanford, 23, longtime Methodist Church worker, survived by husband Henry K Stanford and her parents Mr and Mrs J A Forsyth and brother J A Forsyth Jr.
The Southern Railway offers greatly reduced round trip rates from Atlanta to Washington for the presidential inauguration period. Special train departs Atlanta 11 30 am Tuesday March 2, arriving Washington 7 5 am the following morning. James Freeman, district passenger agent, urges early reservations at the office on No Peachtrea street on the Vinduet.
Mrs Alice M Taylor owned the lot at 201 Wesentre a Street sold yesterday for 818500 to Mrs Lena Huntley. The 70 foot frontage implies a price around 266 per front foot. The cottage is historic and the new owner plans several stores matching the area’s style. The Southern Railway runs No 38 to Washington with two sections leaving Atlanta at 11 am Sunday February 28, dining car service on both trains.
The Gordan ire of the king Daughters host a lunch in the basement of the cool house from 12 to 3 to raise funds for the Old Women's Home on West End Avenue. The menu features home made bread barbecued and cold meats vegetables butter coffee and an old fashioned apple pie. Proceeds cover the remaining payment of 16 000 for the home. Pep-To-Lac drink offered for 5 cents or 6 cents at all foundations.
Captain Richard F Powell, longtime resident and former president of Patonton, died recently in Tuscumbia Alabama after an extended illness. He served as a Confederate veteran and was prominent in local affairs. The funeral and interment were held at Pine Grove, with many relatives and friends attending. Pallbearers were named by the family and requested to meet at Givenberg and McCombfield.
Washington insiders discuss immigration funding and wireless telegraph bills amid Washington intrigue. Delegates press for cotton type funding. Roosevelt era loyalties and an Aurora excerpt stir sentiment. A Confederate veterans march request and Van Amburg circus hype close a wide ranging Capitol scene.
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