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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1904
Page
7
At 213 Williams street Mrs Mamie Maddox fired a revolver through a bedroom window after a brick was pitched at her home. Police Doyle and Tibbs investigated but found no trace of the assailant. Neither she nor her child were harmed though both were frightened by the incident.
Local notes report Mrs. Columbia S Whisenant aged 84 fled her Park Avenue home leaving seven children. Funeral plans not yet set. Also Mrs Pennell mother of J N Pennelli died in North Atlanta with a 2pm service and burial later. Frank Ellis, son of Mr and Mrs W T Ellis, died at 218 Back Street. funeral to Palmetto. Green Fr Roberts interred in a brick vault per will. Forace Osborn dies after ten days’ illness. civil engineer from Ohio. Rev William Francis Tem ASH to speak at 7:30 pm on stage life and church work. Central Presbyterian service focused on elder and deacon duties. new officers installed. City children to have holiday on Lee’s birthday. Torpedoes on Walker Street track caused excitement near the church. no arrests. Burglary at Wat t M or Street public school. many books missing.
The General Committee on Federation of Trades meets Wednesday night in Federation hall to finalize celebration details for the federation's twelfth anniversary. Vice President James Duncan of the American Federation of Labor is invited to speak, with a likely acceptance expected. The public exercises will be held February 10 in a large city hall, delayed from January 24 to install officers then.
Afacon Ga January 17 Friends of the city hospital expect to realize a handsome sum from Judge Emory Speer's address on General Robert E Lee to be delivered at the Academy of Music Tuesday night. A large number of seats have been sold in advance and the promoters expect to see every seat filled when the jurist begins his eulogy on Lee.
Rev Dr Ainsworth of Mulberry Street Methodist Church denounces modern social dancing citing Titus and church pronouncements. He traces dance origins to pagan rites and Paris revels, condemns mixed-sex dancing as immoral, urges abstention and discipline by churches, and warns of social and moral harm.
Charles M. Pepper, U S representative, returns from a 25,000 mile tour visiting 21 capitals. He reports the Pan American railroad advancing with Guatemala and Nicaragua planned lines. Argentina drives rapid rail expansion. Chile trends northward. Brazil plans lines to the Andes.
The Atlanta Typographical Union honors Ben Franklin in a Franklin Day at Turn Verein hall Forsyth street tonight. William B. Wardlaw leads preparations with a reception for printers wives and friends from 8 to 8 30 followed by an evening program of addresses recitations music and a minstrel show. Dancing will cap the festivities.
Funeral services for Rev W A Dodge a noted Methodist minister in the North Georgia conference were held at 1 o clock this morning at Walker Street Methodist church with Rev W Matthews of Dublin Ga and Rev Mashburn and Rev Charley D Tillman officiating Pallbearers included W M Halcomb John Laftis Alfred Turner T C Mason Dr Trimble Frank Benson R Henry and BE M Roberts Interment followed at Oakland He was 59 years old and had served around forty years in ministry survived by his wife three children a sister and a brother He previously led St Paul and Walker Street churches and at death led a church in the Fairburn district
Private instructions from the national committee to Texas Republican leaders bar all federal officeholders from serving as delegates to the national convention. The move, attributed to the presidents wish to avoid a convention dominated by federal officeholders, followed a conference in San Antonio with State Chairman Cecil Lyon and state party leaders. The policy disappointed many officeholders who had hoped to participate.
In Bartow Florida on January 17 two nearby farmers Warren Off and W H Tullig exchanged shots at roughly 30 yards after a dispute over a horse. They were bound over to circuit court with bail set at 300 and 200 dollars respectively after appearances before Judge C A Boswell.
Athens Ga January 17 Special The trial of Wash Scott for the murder of John Sanders was concluded last night. The jury deliberated twenty minutes and returned a guilty verdict. Judge Russell sentenced Scott to be hanged November 24. A motion for a new trial was filed.
Albany Ga January 17 Special The fight to move the Worth county seat from Isabella to the railroad town resumes with a strong campaign. Sylvester organizes a committee to back the move and petitions circulate across the county. Poulan Sumner likely align with Isabella, risking courthouse relocation to Sylvester.
The Georgia Tech gymnastic contest and exhibition enters its third year with a mass student body meeting today. Dr Jackson, physical director, will call for earnest student support and present new features inspired by Chautauqua style performances. The event will be held at the Grand Opera house in February, aiming for a large audience.
William A. Harris former U S senator from Kansas has been named to the executive committee of the Kansas City and Orient railway. He will oversee land and town site interests for the Orient road and believes close ties between the United States and Mexico will grow, with the Orient road serving as a supplementary rapid transit route to the Isthmian canal and aiding canal construction with mineral resources from the southern region.
J P Lane R Lawton B Connally William Brabham J C Candler all of Atlanta and T B Wuson named editors for The Annual at Wofford College Spartanburg as the societies report over 8500 raised for the first edition and plan to elect editor in chief and business manager Monday.
Guissepe Garibaldi, grandson of the Italian patriot, was found among revolutionists captured last August at Ciudad Bolivar. Upon official recognition by Italian officials, President Castro ordered his immediate repatriation.
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