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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1910
Page
10
At a council streets committee meeting yesterday afternoon the chair, Aldine Chambers, announced a new inquiry. The room grew tense as members anticipated a major investigation, with startled replies and anxious whispers until the chair called out the rock crusher as the focus, after which relief followed.
The Holland house at 37 Auburn avenue faces closure instead of court appearance as proprietor Mrs. Skelton agrees to shutter the hotel after a raid that led to multiple arrests for disorderly and immoral conduct. Adolphus Getsberg and others linked to the case are held on various bonds. others paid fines or were released on collateral.
Henry Collier, commissioner of Public Works, announces he will run for chief of construction, a new post created by consolidation of departments. He says he was prompted by a council inquiry and will meet the public to rebut slanders and prove his nine years of capable service to the city. The note ends with an ad for Underwood Typewriters at 119 Peachtree St.
Dr Mikel, eminent scholar of German literature, was hosted by Atlanta’s German colony and spoke at Turner Hall on Goethe, Scher, Uhland and modern poets. A largely attended Thursday night lecture drew many American and German scholars. He dined with colony members at the German cafe and plans to depart for New York today.
Diamond dealer touts rising prices and high quality stones, offering loose stones or mounted pieces in many sizes.
The forecast predicts fair skies and a colder day on Saturday. The weather man notes a shift in barometer readings and a potential storm area, with some skepticism about the cause being a personal change rather than a meteorological one.
A report from Cairo Illinois notes W W Reed arrives to assume sabétant director duties, replacing W W Martin who moves to Cheriote to head the weather bureau and office affairs. The piece then shifts to a windy, colder night with a winter relapse forecast, ending with a humorous Inman Park dog-hat anecdote about hats being chewed and mixed up.
Miss Alice L. Higgins, principal speaker at the Associated Charition mass meeting, will address crowds at the Grand Opera House Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock. She arrives Sunday morning and will stay in the city as guest of Captain W G Iacul.
Rev. J. W. Ham of Newbern N C accepted the invitation to become assistant pastor, to begin February 2, after the resignation of B H Pestock. Ham, a Georgia native from Jackson, studied at Mercer and Moody, leads a growing North Carolina church, and his wife, a North Carolina college graduate and musician, is expected to aid in Tabernacle work.
Dr Zachariah Carnes longtime Greenwood physician dies at seventy plus in Indiana. Survived by widow Mrs Fitz Carnes two sons Dr Henry Carnes and Dr Will Carnes of Atlanta and daughter Mrs Theophilus Moll of Indianapolis. Funeral held in Greenwood with relatives arriving from Atlanta.
The Brotherhood at Locomotive Engineers No 207 requests railroad men and families to attend a special meeting at Jones Avenue Baptist Church on Sunday January 28 1916 at 3 p m. The aim is to unite orders, give thanks for divine providence in the past year and hear evangelist Ray Thomas McCutchen speak. Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis Railroad officials are expected to attend along with other officers.
The Associated Charities reelected W. G. Raoul as president and elected J. Carroll Payne as vice president R. F. Maddox as treasurer. Nine directors for three years include W. C. Foote R. L. Foreman Meit R. Wilkinson H. L. Schlesinger R. J. Gulnn J. Burke Hugh M. Willett and W. G. Raoul. Treasurer’s report shows eight thousand seventy two dollars from memberships and seven thousand two hundred seventy four dollars spent for general fund services.
The treasurer reported 4468.87 in direct disbursements to the poor and 4799.22 spent, leaving a 390.45 deficit in the relief fund. Total receipts reached 91040.37, with 500 from the city for playgrounds. The board reviewed the year’s work including playgrounds, tuberculosis, medical inspections, and epilepsy, noting progress in making these services part of city operations. A discussion urged wider civic interest in social issues, with four or five public meetings planned annually if possible.
The Morris Brown College mass meeting on education is set for Sunday afternoon January 30. Captain J. W. Bingilak, president of the Fourth National Bank, will preside. Speakers include Hon. J. Pope Brown state treasurer, Gr. OW. Daniel, Dr. Thomas H. Slater, and Dr. J. R. Belk. Richard D. Stinson leads the event, described as a major gathering among colored communities with notable national precedents.
J G Ramsey of Camp Walker United Confederate Veterans seeks information on a soldier buried at the Caldwell plantation near Statesbury DC. The headstone reads J A York Co A 11th Georgia Cavalry, but the only confirmed grave in the area is Geo Doyle of Logun county Kentucky a member of the Orphan Brigade. Ramsey asks a member of the Orphan Brigade or any Eleventh Georgia cavalry line to help identify the grave origin.
A special January 19 event gathers owners and workers from Hebore Cypress MI to initiate the great mill project. The visitors arrive by special car convoy to oversee the one day startup planned for today.
Governor Brown faces a decision on granting another respite to George Burge, condemned for murder, as his attorneys seek a habeas corpus appeal to the state supreme court after Fulton superior court Judge Ellis denied relief. Brown departs for Washington Monday and may rule today.
Letter from L G Broughton challenges Watson to a public debate at Broughton Tabernacle on the foreign mission movement. Watson replies by phone that he will respond after receiving the letter, hinting at possible developments.
The railroad commission approved Kenne saw Paper Company led by General Clifford L. Anderson of Atlanta to raise 198000 dollars in first mortgage bonds 102000 dollars in preferred stock and 200000 dollars in common stock totaling 500000 dollars. The firm runs the electric grit plant and falls under the commission authority as successor to the Georgia Manufacturing and Public Service Company which was bankrupted and bought at receivers sale.
The state supreme court divided three to three on the appeal of L Rogers administratrix against B M Brand from Wilmette County. The lower court’s decision stands affirmed by operation of law. Justices Fish Evatie and Lumpkin favored reversal while Justices Beck Atkinson and Holden favored affirmation.
Hartford Connecticut January 1 An alarm clock attachment on George Haws farm feeds and waters the horses. At :30 am the alarm releases oats into each trough and uncovers water pails, letting Howe sleep later. The mechanism feeds all horses simultaneously with no pecking among them.
Thirty new pupils joined the Southern Shorthand and Business University this week, bringing total enrollment to 250. The school touts Graham Shorthand and notes rising inquiries from across the country as it reports 61 colleges dropping the Chartier system.
Mrs Redding is building an addition to three brick stores doubling the present size. She has recently completed three new brick stores which were rented and occupied immediately on completion.
A fire at Harrieon’s livery stable in Thomson Georgia destroyed the stable and damaged several dwellings. The loss is estimated at $20,000 with authorities investigating the cause.
Pending final conferences between President Taft and Attorney General Wicker, officials of the Union Pacific, the hearings here of the federal suit to dissolve control of the Southern Pacific by the Union Pacific will be deferred until next month.
The Merchants and Mechanics Bank in Macon shows rapid growth with a large business build up. President W. T. Mor bap and Ooshter Hawkes report the bank placed over $49,000 in deposits in a single day and praise its modern conveniences and sound financial footing.
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