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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
10
Ralph C Cochran declares thanks to supporters and friendship with rival candidates in a Fulton County legislative bid. He notes 14 years in Fulton, ties to Atlanta growth, and pledges to work for local and state uplift as a businessman worthy of voter confidence.
Letters from Chay and adjoining counties praise Hen Jon Mc Slaton for supporting Slaton and discuss Foster the elder’s 1896 election fight. The piece notes the legitimacy of Foster’s seat after Alabama House investigation and highlights shifts in political alignments over sixteen years.
Here you can buy diamonds with guaranteed grades and weights from a supplier who buys loose stones directly from cutters. Stones are tagged with exact weight and lowest net price. Diamonds can be purchased with a fifth cash and balance in ten monthly payments. A booklet, Facts About Diamonds, is available. Established 1887.
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Capacity crowds filled the Forsyth for matinee and evening performances Wednesday. Headliner Master Gabriel and Al Lamar with Vida Perrin delivered a clever act, Tempest and Sunshine drew growth in popularity with singing and dancing novelty by pretty girls. Next week William Kock and Maud Fulton lead novelty dancing acts, with Mr. Hick and Fulton planning a big musical comedy dance routine promising strong attendance.
Samuel W. Wene, a commercial agent for the Atlantic Coast Line, killed himself with a pistol in his bathroom after years of blindness efforts. Once struck with disability, he sought treatment nationwide but found no cure, leading to despair. Survived by wife and two young children.
Washington reports that Patrick Dunne, an American citizen aged 13 in prison in Mexico under a death sentence. The State Department has been informed by Representative Kincaid and directs consular officers in Mexico to locate Dunne and strive to save his life.
A charter amendment to be reviewed by the tax and ordinances committee proposes that a board may fill vacancies for its term if a city official dies or resigns, and if council or aldermen's chair is vacant the general council can fill it for the year. The committee met with four members and adjourned to Saturday. Also under study are a split of engineering and public works departments and a pension amendment for long serving officials at police request, with Chief of Construction Clayton to testify on engineering matters.
Montgomery July 17. County grand jury returns indictments charging C Walter Jones with murder of Sloan Rowan and Louis Smith with murdering Brooks Fuller. Both defendants are white. Rowan killed last night aboard a western railway train. Fuller, a saloon man, was assassinated about a month ago. Sheriff searches for an unknown man who accompanied Jones through the railway station gate before Jones fired a shotgun at Rowan.
El Paso July 17 J Wylie Smith Atlanta banker held five months in Chihuahua awaiting extradition for embezzlement was freed by rebels and seen in Juarez yesterday a witness says he saw the banker there per a report to the American consul at Juarez.
Lake Charles La July 17 sentiment runs high over conditions alleged to be critical in the sawmill territory. Citizens discuss urging the governor to appoint a legislative committee to investigate and seek an end to labor troubles.
Macon hosts Atlanta Ad club visitors on July 23 with a morning arrival, drum corps welcome, speeches, and a banquet. The piece links Atlanta Spirit with Macon nerve in a Georgia booster effort amid talks of abolishing justice courts and power plant upgrades in Macon.
A small black worm has appeared along the Chattahoochee river bottoms near Franklin Georgia. In the past few days it has caused extensive damage with some lowlands totally destroyed. Residents express strong alarm at the infestation and its impact on the area.
Washington July 17 The house passed the bill to create a department of labor with the secretary to hold a cabinet seat. The measure pushed by organized labor now moves to the senate. It would shift bureaus on labor and capital and transfer the immigration bureau from commerce and labor. The fight in the house was hard.
New York July 17 Ethel Conrad the chorus girl once acquitted with Lilian Graham of attempted murder of W E D Stokes was found unconscious in a vacant lot on the upper west side. She is in a hospital with a chloroformed handkerchief bound over her mouth and ropes tying her hands and feet. She said a man followed her after leaving a subway station and her mind went blank.
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