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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1912
Page
3
Readable excerpt lists low prices on enamelware and cookware items including pudding pans 6 quart 0.45, 4 quart 0.35, 2 quart 0.30, dairy pans 6 quart 0.40, 2 quart 0.25, wash basin 0.35, double boiler 1.25, jelly cake pans various sizes 0.10 0.15 0.20, jelly pans 9 inch 0.15, 12 pint funnels 0.30, loaf pans 0.65, fry pans 0.35 0.40, bath tub seats 2.00 1.50, glass shelves 2.50 2.25, lawn mower sharpener 1.00, and other items as quoted.
Special board of visitors arrives as University of Georgia begins commencement season. Events run June 12 to 19 with diverse activities including Masquerade, junior hops, senior law dance, senior ball, numerous banquets, and the cadet review by Governor Brown. Graduation addresses by Dr W L Pickard and Judge J H Lumpkin cap a packed program.
William Kent, once a Georgia football star and legislator, has his permanent disbarment upheld by the state supreme court affirming Montgomery county court findings of unprofessional conduct. He faced charges of concealing papers to delay cases and arranging court records to aid events. He defended with minimal aid, opposed by several attorneys, and previously sought to create a new county named for his father.
Cordele Georgia June 14 special. Mrs W H Tripp widow of the late W H Tripp was married to Morgan A Tripp of Monticello Florida at Valdosta Tuesday night. The bride left Cordele Monday night on the Georgia Southern and Florida Shoo Fly. They will reside in Monticello where the groom operates in livestock. The wedding shocks Cordele friends and follows years after the 1909 shooting death of W H Tripp by Policeman W P Kendall.
Refugees Mark Stament his wife and five children and Marx Trauth Jr reached Gretna after eleven hours in a fruitless skiff escaping rising floods from Hymelia crevasse in southern Louisiana Des Allmands section described miserable conditions and forceful progression through submerged areas as they fled the Des Allmands region
A mother recounts her week old baby’s severe eczema with sores and rotting ears. She used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with hot baths, and the child slept four hours for the first time in nearly two years. Soon the skin improved and the illness largely cleared. The testimonial promotes Cuticura products and offers samples and a booklet.
Des Allemands reports eight feet of water in the area as swollen currents force residents from homes. Levees on Ellington and Godchaux plantations fail, inundating Eling ton Lone Star area and nearby tracts between major rail lines. Water rises over floors in Luling, with Bayou La Fourche flooding threatens Four Parish lands. Donaldsonville expected to stay protected by high levees. Army officers distribute rations and aid submerged communities. Thousands of sugar acres submerged this week by the Himesia waters.
Two way tickets from Atlanta to Pensacola via the West Point Route priced at ten dollars. Sale occurs every Thursday through August 22 1912 with return limit of ten days. Sleeping cars and dining cars available. Tickets at Fourth National Bank Building ticket offices and Terminil entation.
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