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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1909
Page
4
An advertisement argues that lard is unhealthy and scarce, urging use of Cottolene a pure vegetable product by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY. It claims lard supply meets only one tenth of demand and promotes safer, digestible cooking with the vegetable fat substitute.
L M Harbuck yesterday received a 9500 fine and 30 days in the workhouse for having whisky for sale at a Peters street saloon. He also must post a 600 bond for violating prohibition. Officers found two half pint bottles behind the counter and a hidden trap door with whisky. Harbuck fled when questioned and later surrendered. Whitley testified for Harbuck claiming he was only a clerk. The defense argued the janitor supplied the liquor. the recorder rejected this.
Two cabmen Albert Wagner and James Rucker fought near the old union depot during a winter night. A police officer arrested both. Wagner was jailed to sleep off the liquor. In court Wagner denied provocation while Rucker alleged he was knocked down. A bystander, George Brown, ran a cab and earned 50 cents. The recorder fined Wagner 310.76, Rucker 175, and Brown 175. The tale notes a fare of about 80 cents.
Ocilia Georgia March 4 Specials Track delayed as grading and piling progress toward Alpha on the Atlantic Coast Line. Rumors place Uthigrosd moving to Adel and Sparks. Ocilla aims to add a gin and mill, with ten thousand bales of cotton expected to market locally. The $150,000 cotton mill project plus a new courthouse spur substantial growth in Ocila and Irwin County.
Three white youths, John Albert Walter Corley and Werng Biosely, were arraigned in the police court on burglary charges for robbing Dr Boughton s drug store at 562 Decatur afrect om St Valentines day. They took chewing gum candy post cards prize popcorn and three bottles of cough syrup and pennies from prize popcorn. Albert said Veron Mosely and another boy opened the window. Mosely declined to speak. The recorder held Mosely in $9000 bond for burglary. Corley placed on probation. Albert held as a witness.
Chicago March 4 University of Chicago divinity students are warned against sentimental relations with parishioners by Rev James M Brace New York secretary of the American Baptist Home Missionary Society He cautions that modern churches give women a strong role and pastors must avoid intimate ties He also warns against greed for money and says the Bible imposes strict limits on church finance care in handling funds is essential
Waycross Ga March 4 Council passed a special meeting ordinance regulating near beer sales. It requires a thousand-dollar license five thousand-dollar bond written consent of nearby property owners within one hundred yards limit five blocks one street sale not over one quart per person per day no drinking on premises hours to 6 closed Sundays election days and other days set by council.
In New York on March, Judge Ward of the United States circuit court denied the writ of habeas corpus for Theodore H. Price and remanded him to U.S. marshal custody. Price’s removal to Washington for trial had been ordered after an indictment charging him with conspiracy to defraud the government by obtaining advance information from a tapert in 1966. The writs pursued against the removal order were dismissed.
Washington March 4 The Canadian boundary waterway treaty was ratified by the senate today with Newhitton attached to meet objections of Senator Amith of m
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a care or case involving dental work or treatment issues. Names, dates, and precise details are unclear. the brief item hints at a situation requiring attention by a court or institution but lacks concrete facts. Further readable text is needed for a solid summary.
Paris reports plentiful discussion on the Taft inauguration and Roosevelt’s retirement. Observers praise Roosevelt as a dynamic national figure and global actor while deeming Taft a safer, steadier president with Mrs. Taft seen as highly capable. The piece notes little fear of upheaval from Roosevelt’s era in both the United States and Europe.
On the eastern shore of Mobile Bay today a reunion of blue and gray veterans was held at Fair Hope near Spanish Fort. Union leaders include Hon. H. W. Greno, mayor of Fair Hope, while Confederate veterans are led by Captain Oliver J. Semmes, son of Admiral Raphael Semmes. The Confederate veterans were brought to Fair Hope aboard the revenue cutter Winona.
Loggs Atlanta daily at 6 40 p m by electric lighted drawing room sleeping cars via A B A for Thomasville Georgia with beat time to south Georgia and west Florida connections Inquire at city ticket office Peachtree Atlanta phone main 228
Nashville March 4 The runaway senators persist in abstaining from the upper house seating, as both sides endure a status quo after a joint convention debated the legislative stalemate. State-widers and administration forces stand firm in their claimed legal rights to form a state treasury and election boards. Captain and Wife Drowned In New York Bay A barge accident near Staten Island sinks Captain William Kerkuson and his wife Mary, with six nearby barges sinking as the incident unfolds. Grandson for the Mikado In Tokio Princess Takedi, daughter of the emperor, celebrated a birth, a son born to the royal line in Japan.
Priands of Judge Gaston a prominent Georgia Republican say he has a good chance for the Atlanta revenue collector post to replace H A Rucker. Judge J B Gaston of Galpenville is in Washington for Taft inauguration and is closely connected to conditions politically.
A longtime public servant who held the commissioners post for twenty five years and was active in local politics including the board of education and city council has passed away. He led the city during two mayoral terms, helped oversee the construction of the present city hall, and served as trustee of Brenau College Conservatory. He was prominent in the Jana church and fraternal circles.
In police court Mattia Brown testified about Albert Thomas, a bald, whiskered older man who mixed near beer and blind tiger whisky at Brown’s boarding house. He caused a two day disturbance, spoke in a crude dialect, and was fined 0.75 with a warning not to mix alcohol again.
The Georgia member of the nomination committee who notified Judge Taft of November results and later will join calls on him after inauguration. As chairman of the Ninth district executive committee, he was pivotal in securing a district majority for President Taft and the winning candidate Tart.
Sterling A. Wood will issue an order for the sale or public outcry of all properties of the Southern Steel Company in Birmingham. Creditors plan to petition to review the order in U S circuit court and push collection of unpaid stock subscriptions totaling about 2.5 million. John W Herron, father of Mr. Taft, aged and ill, has died in Cincinnati.
Reports describe insugurs yon ceremonies at Washington. The father of the first lady of America praised his daughter and expressed pride and a wish to visit soon as he recovered.
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