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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1912
Page
6
The account recounts a dance at a pavilion disrupted by intruders. Voiced by wait, a son Reese Watts and others fought off attackers after insults and blows. Teon Guin claims and Reese Watts also describe the melee with multiple assailants, culminating in injuries and a hospital awakening.
A condensed list of real estate transfers, mortgages, quit claim deeds, and administrator and receiver deeds in Atlanta and nearby areas. Entries include properties on Ashby Street, Oak Street, College Park, Fern Avenue, Peachtree Road, and West Tenth Street, with dates in July and various sums such as 1300, 150, 1900, and 1060 dollars. Names include Cankrues Owens, H M Euhamis, John D Pou, F Johns, Morris Cohen, James Jones, and institutions like Georgia Savings Bank and Merchants and Mechanic Banking and Loan Company.
Argued and submitted lists include Empire Life Insurance Company versus Edna B Finstein from Mitchell and other mixed docket entries spanning Felder from Sumter Dukes versus Gore and Co from Lewis Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company versus J R Thomas from Brooks and others involving district grand lodge 18 from Chatham, with additional names.
Hurley Guffin and other youths were stabbed in a park melee during a Friday private dance at Grant Park. Police say three leaders instigated the clash, with W. Watts and family attacked as knives and bottles were used. Chief Jett pledged patrols to curb disorder.
Clayton of Georgia says he will back Theodore Roosevelt if his Progressive platform includes three planks: national black disfranchisement, pensions for Confederate soldiers, and graduated payments for freed slaves. He cites southern voters’ history, tariff protection, and the need for large turnout to influence politics. He aims direct contact with Roosevelt and awaits the candidate’s platform decision.
The trial reveals Still recounts a confrontation with Byrd and Lyon outside a senate committee room. He claims Lyons and Byrd used threats and brass knuckles during a prearranged assault while Still tried to defend himself, the fight ending with knuckles dropped and later proceedings binding Byrd and Lyon over for further handling.
Continuous discussion outlines changes to parcel post laws. It details editor and stockholder disclosures, advertisement labeling, penalties, and the abolition of the blue tag second class mail system. It also sets postal clerk pay grades from 900 to 1800 dollars and allows transfers between service classes. The bill aims to implement these reforms immediately.
Judge Archibald faces impeachment charges with July 29 set for trial and August 1 3 deadlines for the House managers reply and pleadings. His lawyers include A S Worthington and Robert W Archard Jr. of Philadelphia as proceedings run in the Senate. A summer school group plans a day trip to Tallulah Falls July 31 to study the scenery and a large new power plant project.
The friends and relatives of Colonel William L. Scruggs and his extended circle are invited to attend his funeral today Saturday July 21 1912 at 3 30 p m from his late residence 382 West Peachtree Street. Pallbearers to meet at H M Patterson Son at 3 p m include Charles Hopkins Frank P Rice Judge W D Ellis Sam Inman Judge W R Hammond Dr E L Connally and T D Meador. An honorary escort awaits at the residence with a long list of named attendees led by Bishop Kinloch Nelson and other notable figures.
In Dalton Georgia the matter centered on room 210 at the Aragon hotel where eight men were arrested in a poker raid. Charles May, a jeweler, denied ownership of the room and claimed he had moved to room 216 before the raid. The Recorder dismissed the case against May and ordered detectives to shift charges to Jeff Harbin, slated to face court at 2:20 PM. A peach crop report from Dalton notes a near total local failure with Elberta shipments down sharply and large losses per car on other varieties.
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