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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1910
Page
23
Charlen Miller a Brooklyn tradesman who runs a basement stationery shop says newspapers wrongly linked his late father William Miller to John D. Rockefeller. He says the distant kinship cost his father and may cost him, as locals boycotted the shop and refused to believe the relationship was real.
The Southern Railway begins gas electric motor car service between Greenville and Anderson with two daily round trips starting Thursday July 28. Stops include Piedmont Pelzer Williamston Belton and all intermediate stations. Travel time 1.5 hours for 17 miles.
Savannah moves to boost South Atlantic trade with South American republics. Secretary Gray asks Georgia Florida South Carolina Alabama trades bodies to organize a mass meeting in Savannah to press for steamship links to South American ports. The plan aims to divert Caribbean and European trade toward the South Atlantic as Panama Canal trade grows.
In Augusta on Fenwick and Cumming streets workers uncover an aged marble slab from a grave. The inscription memorializes Roberta Kirkpatrick who died February 1st, aged 35 years 6 months 16 days. The slab, 20 by 60 inches and about 1 inch thick, lay under floor debris in the old brick house. A separate notice reports the Tenth District Agricultural Colleges trustees installing Prof. R. L. Nixon as principal and planning a district tour to recruit students.
Rev J W Ham of Atlanta refuses to travel to Augusta as a witness in WCTU liquor violation warrants tied to the Albion hotel Metropole Cafe and Theo Zoeller. Ham says he will come only if compelled by the state and notes he supplied the liquor used in a recent lecture. He names the three alleged sources of origin for the liquor.
Rector Whatham of Trinity Church in Louisville Kentucky was sworn in as a private policeman for Trinity Park. He wore a badge inscribed Private policeman Trinity Park and said his police role would help keep boys in Trinity Park in check. Inaugural stockholders meeting for Economy Cup Company held in Montgomery building with directors J A Best N M Reynolds and others and officers Harry Presslen and Prank Dowling elected.
The Southern Commercial Congress executive committee will convene in Atlanta at 10 oclock in the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. They will set the convention date and arrange other details. Notable members include Charles H Davis of Petersburg and John M Parker of New Orleans. The meeting aims to mobilize southern business leaders to promote regional resources and progress.
In Helton Texas on July 22 deputies report the ashes of Henry Gentry burned at the stake for the murder of Constable James Mitchell. As funeral processions passed, white residents demonstrated while local Democrats voted for the deceased man as his own successor, with a white substitute filling the vacancy.
Ocey M Snead died in her East Orange New Jersey home and her 1 year old son David Pollock Snead also died this week The infant was buried with his mother at Mount Hope cemetery Reverend J P Wardlaw of Fort Valley Georgia was the only attendant at the funeral
The Constitution sponsors a baby picture contest with Wesley Hirshburg at 3434 Whitehall Street. Over 1000 photos expected, judging by merit of photographs not babies. Prizes include 26 and 10 gold for youngest group and 25 and 10 gold for older infants, plus three 5 gold prizes in each class. Entry requires coupon and photo by Hirshburg. Any baby can enter if photographed by Hirshburg.
In New York on July 24 a speeding auto nearly killed Charlotte Connelly, age two, playing near her home. A pavement hole and a bystander’s quick action kept her uninjured with no bruises. The doll she held was mangled, but the child was safely returned home.
Washington July 23 census returns show Browneville the southernmost Texas city increased its population by 68.2 percent in the last decade. The current total is 10,517 compared with 6,305 in 1900.
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