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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1913
Page
2
A traveling salesman earning about 150 dollars monthly plus expenses seeks a salary sacrifice to join a reputable concern offering advancement. Potential buyers can sell goods and meet the business public intelligently. Address "Traveling Man" care Constitution.
A large meeting at Si R Jacobs residence on Ponce de Leon avenue and Hunt street pressed for improved streetcar schedules before a railroad commission hearing next Thursday at 10 am. About fifty residents urged restoring a former, superior service and noted lagging progress as development along the avenue accelerated. A committee led by GoW McCarty and others was chosen to represent the Improvement Club at the hearing.
In Ocala Florida on January 7 a rapid trial concluded for Kim Johnson a Black person who harmed the wife of a prominent orange grower near Cura ta Saturday. The jury delivered the passing penalty after about two hours and five minutes in court. Around 2000 people gathered outside the courthouse as militia and deputies escorted the prisoner in and out. Official papers go to the governor tonight and execution is expected next Friday.
In January the Conservative reader Al meida, tasked with forming a ministry, resigned after Independents opposed Senora Al meidas Jeortam over a measure reducing public worship ordinances. President Atriaga then asked Al fonso Costa, Democrat leader, to form a cabinet and he agreed.
The committee heard testimony on the control and stock holdings of Mutual New York Metropolitan insurance groups and the National Bank of Commerce sale to Stillman and Baker. Samuel Untermyer questioned securities, while Judge Day discussed the sale to the Bankersee company and eventual absorption by Bankers Trust. William Rockefeller, staying in Nassau, was reported ill and not available for interview.
Local council members discuss replacing the old city charter with a new one. They advocate appointing a committee to study revisions, reduce council size, and grant department heads more control, while delaying haste until the new administration stabilizes city business.
Council members from eight wards and several aldermen voiced support for revising Atlanta’s worn out city charter. While some warned against radical changes, others urged timely action and proposed a committee to draft a new charter. several favored partial revisions and reforms to boards and the construction department.
Edward Hacker of Philadelphia was named special examiner by the U S district court to hear the civil anti trust suit seeking dissolution of the motion picture trust. The trial will begin in New York on January 16 and may extend into Wilson's administration. The government argues the case tests patent law against the Sherman act as major film concerns are accused of monopolizing the business via the motion picture patents company and the General Film company. The defendants say they are merely exercising lawful patent rights.
Mayor James G. Woodward calls for sweeping changes to Atlanta's city charter. He pushes eliminating politics, revamping contracts, tax equalization, city official elections, and giving the mayor expanded power with recalls. Proposals include salary scales, public finance disclosure, and stronger department accountability.
Adelaide Thurston headlines matinee today at the Atlanta in The Love Affair to strong praise. The Prince of Pilsen returns Friday and Saturday with Jess Dandy, Lottie Kendall, and an enhanced orchestra. Grand vaudeville at the Grand highlights Ray Cox and Charlie Case with daily bargain matinees. Lyric features In Old Kentucky continuing with strong reviews and vivid scenery.
Three death notices from Ellijay Georgia report the funerals for Susan E Pinson age 83, widow of Bart Pinson, with four sons and numerous grandchildren. Jenny A Fairchild age 68, mother in law of Major David Baker, to be buried at Waltonville Tl. and N O Rudisill age 38, dies at private sanitarium, survived by wife and six children, funeral to be in Chamblee Ga.
Plans by the Mothers Congress of the District of Columbia move to assign leading society women and government wives as foster mothers to delinquents under juvenile court jurisdiction. Each mentor would oversee one probationary child until legal supervision ends, following a model used in New York and Chicago.
Advertises Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a universal stomach health solution. Claims modern diets lack flesh forming elements and digestive salts, urging use of the tablets to supplement pepsin and diastase and digest food. Promotes accessibility, safety, and a 50 cent price per box.
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