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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1915
Page
4
J W Turner of Hillsboro writes he recovered from pellagra and praises a new remedy. He describes symptoms such as sunburn like skin, mouth sores, and throat irritation. The letter urges consulting Amerigan Compounding, Box 2003, Jasper, Alabama, claiming money back if it fails.
Columbus Ga June 4 Special It seems likely no further deaths will occur from a automobile train collision yesterday. Mia Miller and Miss Sarah Burts lost toes while Paul Miller remains in serious condition. Mrs Amos Harris and Mrs George Burrus are recovering but shocked. Mamie Burts will recover despite injuries. George Burrus III nine months old escaped with scratches. A Southern Railway agent says Offiler steered up track when unable to cross before the engine. The engineer applied the brakes too late.
An emergency brake was applied about ten feet before the crossing as a car rushed toward the crossing. The funeral for Mrs Miller and Mrs Burts is scheduled for tomorrow.
Mrs J B Hill of Columbus dies suddenly after long illness. daughter of Lemuel T Downing. Judge D T Hammond dies in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore. funeral in Attala Alabama. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Valentine Winkelman dies in Atlanta. KT Smith dies after violent illness in Athens. E T Allums of East Point dies at home. infant Henson dies at private hospital. Ethel May Scarbrough dies at home in Marietta Street. Rebecca Wallis, Villa Rica, dies at brother’s home after long residence there.
After a full day on the Leo Frank case the three state prison commissioners left for the weekend to digest the data at home. They were interviewed by May Futrelle of The Boston Post, wife of Titanic victim Jacques Futrelle. A verdict isn’t expected until Monday. Resolutions urging commutation to life imprisonment were adopted at Rochester New York. James G. Cutler, former US Chamber of Commerce executive committee head, spoke.
Police stopped a joy ride in front of Ponce de Leon Springs when occupants allegedly opened beer bottles. Two men and two women were detained. one case of drank was docketed against J J McCarthy of 447 East Georgia Avenue. Others were released to go home and scheduled to appear before Receiver Johnson this afternoon. California in 1914 produced 39,900,000 gallons of wine.
Real estate notices record sales and permits in Atlanta. Forrest and George Adair sold 565 Ponte de Leon Avenue residence to W C Wilson. A two story Bluestone plaster home on a 650 by 200 foot lot near Bonaventure Avenue. Eighth Ward Movie House permit to remodel 54 1/2 Peach Tree Street for a cinema, cost about 2750 dollars, by Suburban Amusement Company with Frank Montgomery backing. Amaley Park realty sale lists Benjamin J Watkins selling 268 Prado to Guy Carpenter for about 11000 dollars. Ansley Park two story residence near Peachtree Circle on a 622 by 300 foot lot.
A long list of real estate transfers, warrants, and sheriff deeds dated 1910 to 1945. Transactions name buyers and sellers like D Rozinky, Charles Himmar, B Gresham, H B Fischer, and W Rountree across blocks on Capitol avenue and Bedford place with lot sizes, street intersections, and dates. Multiple properties on Penn avenue, Stewart Avenue, and Fourth Street appear, with figures ranging from 500 to 6,000 dollars.
In Princeton Kentucky on June 4 a Black man named Arthur Réel was dragged from his jail cell by a mob and died. The incident followed a charge that he had confronted a young white woman. Authorities reported the mob overpowered the jailer and moved the prisoner to a tree where he died. The event underscores racial violence in the county.
A Georgia Court of Appeals affirmation lists numerous cases including Cowdrey v Barksdale from the city court of bakery Tudge Sheffield and Chicago Northwestern Railway v Ellig it. The report covers judges and counsel for plaintiffs in error and various counties including Fulton Polk Chatham Laurens Macon and Albany. Reversals and judgments modified appear in the bundle with attorneys noted.
Philadelphia police arrested three alleged agents in a $60,000 weekly baseball pool. Daniel Lucas of Morristown, a Pennsylvania agent for a New York syndicate, was seized with 10,000 coupons for next week’s play. Edward Whatham and Bartow Weaver are named as co‑prisoners as the case ties to state senators and a New York company.
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