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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1904
Page
22
The Department of Agriculture reports that from June 1 to January 20 it has turned 26600 into the state treasury after expenses. The period suggests a yearly total well over 540000, with receipts peaking during the season.
Secretary of State John Hay arrived in Thomasville Georgia this evening from Washington. He is accompanied by Mr and Mrs Payne Whitney and family and the party travels in the Pullman car Course. Hay appears well and was greeted by Colonel O H Payne then driven to Greenwood, where they will remain for weeks or more.
Chicago January 21 Dr R. & Preble president of the Chicago Media Society declares antitoxin under control of a trust that has placed children’s lives at risk for profit. He proposes federal government manufacture of antitoxin and plans to appoint a committee to report facts and launch a national movement.
Fulton and Cobb counties will jointly build a steel bridge over the Chattahoochee at the Mason and Turner ferry about miles from Atlanta. Estimated cost about 10000 to 12000 dollars with two-thirds financed by Fulton and one-third by Cobb. Architect DeLong to prepare plans. bids likely within weeks. construction expected spring to fall.
In the Circuit Court a bill filed by Couch Bros and J J Eagan Company against Allen Mig Company of Lawrenceville and L Allen for patent infringement on horse collars. The suit alleges three styles including the Lankford patent and reserves action against merchants who purchased or sell infringing goods. The case is set for near Rules Day before Judge Newman. complaint by Arnold & Arnold of Atlanta.
The Society of St Luke and the Ladies Aid Society of St Philip Episcopal Church adopted a memorial honoring Mrs Sarah H Conley at their January 20 meeting. They praised her devotion, church service, and modest offerings, noting her last acts of worship and her Christian example. A copy of the memorial will be inscribed in the minutes for future remembrance.
Experts at the quarterly Southern and Southwestern Railway Club meeting discussed train lighting. Representatives from major lighting firms attended, including Gold Car Heating and Lighting, Adams and Westlake, and Pintsch Gas. Professor Ford led the electrical engineering department presence. officers named Lane, Hig King, Cox, Love, and Morrill. Meetings occur January, April, August, and November.
Deputy Sheriff Buchanan arrests John Shaw at East Lake for poisoning Sarah Wann of Ellenwood who died January 11 in Bulenwood Clayton County. Coroner’s inquest finds poison in whisky. verdict says murderous intent. Charlie Mann and Bob Middlebrooks named accessories. Mann allegedly hired Shaw to kill his wife for another marriage.
Bussey offers cleaning, reshaping and dyeing of old hats and Panamas at 2874 Wasteball Street with prices based on work performed.
The five member committee chaired by Judge WoL Calhoun met to plan a memorial for General John B Gordon. They selected potential members for a 25 person steering group and scheduled a Saturday meeting in City Hall to finalize plans and pursue a charter, fundraising across the South.
Police arrest Dr Link after he and his wife left their two young children with an elderly Black woman for three months. The boy is 15 months and the girl 3 years old. Link says he paid weekly for care and claims to own four houses and a Mississippi farm. The children were sent to the police barracks as the investigation began.
The John C Martin educational fund will expand Bible conferences for negro preachers church officials and Sunday school teachers across Georgia starting January 26 in Barnesville and continuing statewide. The effort aims to train leaders distribute Bibles and literature and establish permanent training schools with white church and law-worker cooperation to uplift the race. Noted Georgia leaders back the program and Rev M M Pontson will lead conferences in several cities with Mr Martin attending at times.
In St Louis on January 21 at the request of T Masterson & Bros undertakers the Chief of Police detained pallbearers for Frank Magin funeral. Magin was a member of Walters Union and friends from unions offered pallbearing but refused as drivers were unionized and the carriages at stake. Fifty drivers and undertakers were sworn in as private watchmen to guard property during a drivers strike that began yesterday.
In Chicago on January 21, items from Central church used for religious services were moved to the Iroquois theater the day before the fire. Only the Bible survived the blaze its covers burned and edges charred yet the text remained. Two pulpits a communion service and six or more vessels were stored near the stage as the church had leased the theater for yearlong Sunday services.
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