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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1901
Page
2
City officials report rapid progress on the Whitehall Street viaduct with Grant Wilkins receiving a 20000 dollar payment from Mayor Mims. Initial material triggered a 2000 dollar city check. total cost projected at 413,758.21 with 730,000 already paid and the rest to follow as work continues, aimed for completion before October 1.
Lee Green twelve years old son of Mr and Mrs James W Green of 41 Lucy Street was struck on the head by a timber from the Jones avenue bridge as he looked from a car window yesterday afternoon. He lost blood and was unconscious on arrival home after a train ride back from Lithia Springs picnic. He regained consciousness and doctors aided him but is likely to be confined to bed for some time.
Hon George R Wendling headlines a Sunday event on June ath presenting topics Saul of Tarst a.in Mirabean and the French Revolution neh Reveution with a focus on lectures and historical discussion at the Marietta Chautauqua series.
Miss Fannie Wolf, taken from Tabernacle Baptist home over alleged cruelty, was placed in a private family by Chief Ball after a caller offered a home. The chief expressed relief the matter is settled, and Miss Fannie said she is contented. Erie transport to the new home was handled by the police.
Leo Fresh of the Southern Auction Company at 68 Decatur Street donate a thirty day regulator to the Confederate Soldiers Home after learning the facility lacked a clock. The clock will be turned over to home officials this morning for placement.
Captain T. B Neel formerly ill at Dr Robertson's sanitarium on Capitol avenue showed marked improvement last night with doctors deeming danger past and planning interment at Oakland. The funeral for James E B Owens, 35, of Norfolk arrived and will be held at 10 o clock this morning at the home of his sister Mrs Fred Bush, 1 South Pryor street, with Oakland as burial. Roy Coleman, infant son of Mr and Mrs J B Coleman, died in East Atlanta. body shipped to Red Oak Ga for burial at Shadner church. Mrs Sarah Fitzareth Heath died at 735 yesterday morning of stomach cancer at 121 South Pryor street. body to be shipped to Due West S C for interment, accompanied by husband W T Heath.
Miss Cora Watts testified she was followed and grabbed by Joseph A Scrutchins on McDaniel Street. He was identified as the assailant in court and Recorder Broyles fined Scrutchins 90.25 plus costs after rejecting an alibi. Scrutchins maintained innocence claiming a similar looking man was guilty.
The notice promotes a continuous panorama of scenery from Lehigh Valley to the Pan American exposition and Niagara Falls via rail and steamship lines. It highlights service from Philadelphia or New York with pamphlet details by Charles Lee, NY general passenger agent, about the route. The document also lists Georgia Supreme Court docket entries from June 20, 1901, across multiple circuits with various cases and parties.
A record seven minute aldermanic session ended with Councilman Barrett proposing a clock for the council chamber not to exceed 25 dollars. The measure aims to shorten long meetings while Mayor Pro Tem Harvey Johnson and Aldermen Day Ladatte and Eilpatrick attended. Welch arrived after adjournment and explained a home-host priority delaying his arrival. Pierce left for Lookout Mountain for ten days.
The Piedmont hotel project expects its first steel shipment to arrive next month and rapid progress afterward. Excavations at Peschtree Luckie and Forsyth streets are complete but building remains stalled awaiting steel. The hotel aims for April or May opening with European and American plans and Waldorf style interior ideas under architect W O P Denny.
A Cumberland Presbyterian special committee from Tennessee arrived in the city to consult with locals on locating a new Cumberland Presbyterian church. The visiting team includes Rev J H Miles Rev H M Stelchey Rev D Logan and Rev W T Rodgers with local members Dr R B Kime D B Carson Dr J W Blosser H M Laird and Lucien Warren. An open meeting at the Y M C A will hear addresses and the site announcement is expected tonight.
Dr Charles Byrd opened four series of tent meetings last evening at the corner of Decatur and Fitzgerald streets. Services will continue for several weeks and drew a large attendance. He will be assisted by Dr J W Blosser and BE 5 O'Neil. The meetings are church sponsored but designed to attract people of all denominations.
Two 3-room houses on Windsor street near Southern shops offer rent rates of $3.00 monthly with sale prices of $600 cash. A $50 paint and repair investment could raise rent to $10 monthly, promising a strong bargain and solid return for investors. W. ADA
Washington and the Southeast expect fair to partly cloudy skies with scattered showers in portions of Virginia North and South Carolina and Eastern Florida. Winds shift from southerly to fresh easterly, with warmer air in most areas. Texas and Louisiana forecast fair days with possible showers in northern Texas and southeastern winds. Temperatures, rainfall totals, and regional wind patterns summarized. data from multiple stations included.
Several corporations file bond issue notices with the Secretary of State in Atlanta. Water bonds of zero value for the city of Atlanta are noted along with $200,000 five percent bonds for the Equitable Trust Company of Augusta and $50,000 five percent bonds for the Ocilla and Irwinville Railroad Company. Train schedules for Central of Georgia, Western and Atlantic, Seaboard Air Line, Georgia Railroad, Atlanta and West Point, and Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern lines are listed with arrivals and departures between Savannah, Macon, Hapeville, Jonesboro, Augusta, Covington, and other points.
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