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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1904
Page
20
Mersia Bagley and Willet, general agents of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, announce W Lifsey as manager of their city department with headquarters in Atlanta, a new important role in their agency network.
Georgia born Liffey, long service with East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia and Plant System, will lead the Penn Mutual life insurance company city department. He represented passenger departments in Tennessee Georgia Florida and Alabama and recently left Consolidated Street Railway of Cincinnati to join Penn Mutual. His broad railroad experience will extend his new duties beyond Atlanta into a wide southern field.
Couch Bros and J J Eagan Company filed a petition for an injunction against Allen Manufacturing Company of Lawrenceville and C J L Allen of Atlanta. They seek to stop construction use and sale of improvements on horse collars patented and owned by the plaintiffs. The bill outlines prior patent transfers to the plaintiffs and asserts defendants have manufactured used and sold the inventions harming the plaintiffs and prompting others to imitate. The court was set to hear why the injunction should not be granted with Judge Newman to preside February 27.
A fire at Kaylor and Bishop lumber and shingle mill near Joel in Carrollton County burned the mill, causing about 600 in loss with no insurance. The town notes the setback falls hard on the young entrepreneurs who had recently started the enterprise.
The Atlanta Constitution reports the port receipts contest results after ten days of clerical work. The exact figure 5,586,367 was given by Ellen Dora Beal of Ashburn, Georgia, who will receive $3,000. Second prize goes to R H Sonntag of Denmark, South Carolina, within one bale. Shared third prize of $500 goes to three contestants within three bales. A W Bains of Bethany, Louisiana wins $200, five bales off. Two ties share fifth prize of $250 for W Robertson of Logansville and D W Perdue of Griff, Georgia. Full results to be announced next Sunday.
Johnstown Pa January 21 three men killed and six injured when a governor belt failed causing a 50 ton flywheel to explode at Cambria Steel Company No 2 rail mill. Steam pipes and water mains were torn, fire started, and bodies were badly burned or crushed. Engineers rushed to stop the engine but were unable. Wages loss estimated between 10 and 12 thousand dollars.
The remains of Mrs James M Hobson accompanied by her son Richmond Pearson Hobson arrived from Colorado this morning. Funeral services were led by Rev R H Dobbs at the Episcopal church at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Captain Dobson's fraternity the Kappa Alpha gathered in a body. Many handsome floral tokens were sent from far and near.
The funeral for Charles E Turner of 168 North Avenue, a railroad conductor killed at Irondale, was held yesterday at 2 pm at Payne Memorial Methodist Church Corner Luckie and Hunnicutt Streets. Rev H M Quillan officiated, interment in Westview Cemetery. Delegations from the Order of Railroad Conductors Shriners and the Blue Lodge of Masons attended, with music by the church choir.
At the annual Georgia Home Insurance Company meeting in Columbus on January 21 Rhodes Browne was reelected president and other officers, with the board of directors also chosen for another year.
Firebugs burned two barns owned by ex Congress man Willis Brewer and John Gay in Montgomery County Alabama. The loss was about 1500 dollars. State authorities were on the trail but Columbus January 21. Columbus company No B Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias held an annual election of officers with G C Shackelford reelected captain. The group plans to attend the grand lodge meeting in Albany in May and will compete in the prize drill hoping to win.
Newton County commissioners plan a thorough probe into tax dodging with rumors that wealthy residents have for years underreported property values to pay less tax. Dr William I Benham of Cartersville dies at his son in law’s home after grip illness. he was 81 and a Confederate veteran. Captain W T Smith of Buford buried in family plot. Schatzman of Macon dies at 52 after a public life in civic groups. Abraham J Hoge of West Point dies of heart failure. Mrs J M Stewart of Oxford dies after long illness. Walter H Mattox, a Bartow area turpentine operator, dies. Simon Goldman and Albert Von Maybach noted deceased. Mobile exchanges push Panama canal treaty action. various obituaries and notices.
Brunswick news recounts Green and Alice Martin eloping after a possessory warrant halted their earlier marriage. They wed in Wayne County at 2 am with a friend delivering a license. Police and parents pursued, and the girl’s father seeks habeas corpus as the marriage faces possible annulment in Superior Court.
The January 21 session of Oconee Superior Court at Watkinsville is postponed by Judge Russell due to smallpox concerns across parts of the country. A new date will be announced later, likely in April after Clarke county April term adjourns. Also reported is a fatal train shooting incident near Bluefield involving Thomas Leedy of Graham who shot Walter Harris after a ticket dispute. Leedy was arrested.
Governor Jelks announced a reward of 250 for the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Martin Ready a prominent white man of Escambia County shot at his home with his family in a cold blooded manner on January 21 in Montgomery Alabama.
An old advertisement touts Drake's Palmetto Wine as a daily tonic that promises to improve digestion liver function blood health and skin. It claims cures for stomach trouble constipation and related ailments with a trial offer and prepaid jar for readers who respond via mail to Drake Formula Company Chicago.
London January 21 Whitaker Wright, company promoter on trial for fraud, left the witness box after two days of cross examination. Prosecutors attacked his statements on large balances in London and Globe sheets, while Wright claimed slips of the tongue and blamed malice by stock exchange members. He said losses from Like Views ranged up to 16 million and that window dressing was routine. The defense asserted actions were board approved. trial adjourned.
Nashville, January 21. Mrs A. T Smythe of Charleston presides over the United Daughters of the Confederacy while Mrs A W Rapley of St Louis heads the Missouri district. They notified Mr John P Hickman that the annual convention will be held in St Louis October 4 to 8, 1904, with October 7 designated Confederate day at the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
Emory College students at Oxford plan to travel to Atlanta on February 22 for the senior class banquet at the Piedmont hotel. A morning class meeting in the college chapel appointed committees, and Professor Frank Clyde Brown was elected to accompany the group as the faculty member. Individual class photographs will be taken and exchanged as keepsakes of four years at Emory.
Invitations issued by Mr and Mrs Joseph J Laughlinhouse of Greenville announce the marriage of their daughter Tilvaveth Forest to Secretary of State J Bryan Grimes on February 3 at the couple’s home. Mr Grimes is the son of the late Major General Bryan Grimes and the bride is a prominent planter in the South.
Clarence Howard Leavey of The Brunswick News married Sarah Cornelia Lancaster at the Second Methodist church Rome January 21 in a large fashionable ceremony. Mrs Leavey is noted as one of Rome’s most accomplished young women. The couple departed for Florida after a reception at the bride’s home.
A blaze at the Shelby Steel Tube Company warehouses in Shelby, Ohio, destroyed stock believed to be about 25 million feet of tubing. Estimated loss reaches $3,000,000. Fire reportedly started from a defective electric light wire and the buildings, saturated with grease, burned quickly.
Charlotte January 2 Special John Wells four year old son of John Wells of this county died after a cord wood stick rolled down and crushed him. Death occurred about an hour earlier.
Savanna Georgia January 2 Special Supt Moise named general superintendent of the Central of Georgia railway by the executive committee. J Ot Johnson appointed superintendent of transportation. M Malse elevated to general superintendent of transportation after late General Waniger’s death. Johnson moved from Columbus to lead first division. Reported from San Antonio on a heavy bank failure with unsecured liabilities dominating.
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