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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1912
Page
8
Calhoun Georgia March 15 One of the happiest bridalgrooms in Georgia today is Perry Ledford a farmer aged 65 who has married a youthful bride Miss Mary Fuller aged 15. Ledford a Civil War veteran, the ceremony took place at the bride s home indicating a noteworthy age gap for the era.
In New York on March 15 evidence emerged that Adolph Segall built a Philadelphia sugar refinery to sell to the American Sugar Refining Co and profit a trust, with a $1,250,000 loan aiding possession. Counsel argued this formed the defense to alleged Sherman anti trust violations.
Edgar Dunlap of Atlanta says reports that Fireman's Fund Insurance Co of San Francisco has ceased operations in Georgia are unfounded. He notes the notice was a misinterpretation of a separate withdrawal by a different organization and confirms the Georgia field remains active.
Fragmentary note mentions a person named No-man E. Mack and a national event or approach. Readable portions reference a house and a fan effort, with garbled phrases suggesting confusion or disorder around the event. No clear dates, places, or outcomes are discernible from the text.
Street committee voted to recom mend to council that the $500 bid bond for Jamison and Hollawell be returned to the bidders. The panel split with Hall Haverly Baskin Smith Sisson Vaughan voting to return the check while Boynton Ragsdale and Andrews opposed. The bid of 93 cents per square yard for sidewalk paving was deemed under a misunderstanding by Jamison and Hollawell. The committee will present the matter to council next Monday for final disposition. The tile sidewalk paving contract went to Southern Tile and Stone Company, with Cement Tile Company awarded the tile Tepaites contract.
Politics in Gordon county is very lively as the county primary on April 6 approaches. Two candidates contest the ordinary seat: incumbent Colonel W. R. Rankin and challenger Colonel T. A. Haney. Other races feature Lawrence D. Neal and M. Moss among treasurer contenders and several names for tax collector, sheriff, clerk, and commissioner with ongoing campaigning.
Pottsville Pa March 15 Seventeen hundred of the 3400 mine workers who quit at the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company collieries in Panther Creek valley return to work after being assured members would join the union soon Nesquehoning and Coaldale workers who walked out Monday remain idle about 1700 in total The Lehigh company employs 6300 men and boys in all state collieries.
Sacramento March 15 Aviator Charles EK Hamilton claims a new American biplane record with a 42.7 mile flight from Sacramento to Maryville in 33 minutes at an average speed of 78.9 mph a ru.
Macon Georgia reports that on April 16 a new joint freight terminal built by the Southern Railway and the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway will open. The facility includes two 492 foot warehouses, seven tracks for 70 cars, a 250 foot cotton platform, 100 car bulk freight team tracks, three paved driveways, and extended roofs. Located in the heart of the business district, the terminal aims to expeditiously handle freight and spur Macon’s growth.
Mrs. Gilchrist Strong of Cincinnati will head a five day cooking school at the old Capital City club building from March 25 to March 30. The event, under the Home for Incurables board, offers season tickets at 1 and single lessons at fifty cents. tickets available at Davison Paxon Stokes.
Hon. B. W. Hunt of Eatonton sent Governor Brown a Gordonia pubescens specimen found only in Georgia. The small tree was planted at the executive mansion in a flower pot and will be transplanted later to an appropriate site.
Washington March 15 A tariff board summary of the cotton schedule was laid before President Taft today. He will begin writing his message on cotton at once and may send it to Congress next week.
At the state Republican convention here the Roosevelt faction secured key posts and delegates. A delegate died after the session closing. Theodore Roosevelt telegrammed thanks to A. E. Berry. George C. Priestly won national committeeman, James A. Harris remained state chairman, and Taft allies tried but failed to reorganize. Charles Hunter voiced firm Roosevelt support risking his federal clerk position.
Six hundred voters are already registered for Americus Georgia's city election next Wednesday to decide a 50000 dollar municipal electric lighting bond. The lighting firm opposes the bond while the city council majority supports it. factions push registrations and tax verifications to maximize turnout.
New York report states Winifred Ankers, a Brooklyn hospital attendant, indict ed for murder in the first degree for poisoning infant milk. Nine deaths are attributed to her actions. She pleaded not guilty and was remanded for trial. A commission investigated her sanity but has not reported.
The report traces Prince Tuan leading 14000 Manchus toward Pekin with General Sheng Yun, the January 1900 edict naming Tuan's son Kuwei as heir was revoked, Tuan banished to Manchuria then sentenced to death, later commuted to exile, with Tuan later hiding in Pekin in 1905 and possibly seeking refuge in Shan Si province.
Rear Admiral John M Bowyer of Erie Pennsylvania died at a Tampa hospital after a long illness. He had come to Tampa last fall seeking health and was a former superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Remains will be taken to Brie for interment.
Robert J. Foster a National Erectors' Association detective was bound over to the grand jury in Indianapolis after a justice of the peace found him guilty of assault and battery with intent to kill Frank M. Ryan president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. Judge Kelley declined to impose a fine citing lack of authority. Ryan testified Foster, ejected from offices after a talk, struck him with a pistol. No defense testimony was offered.
In a Baltimore American snippet an actor explains to a manager that his feigned illness is only sham pain, while the manager questions the sincerity of the whine. The dialogue showcases theatre slang and a playful exchange about performance versus reality.
The Boston meeting of the association last year elected a Negro attorney to membership despite a letter from George W. Whitelock, secretary of the association, claiming only whites had held membership. The attorney general asked for confirmation or correction as the case gains attention.
Bernard M Baruch of New York announced a $40000 donation to Camden to establish a hospital in honor of his father Dr Simon Baruch the retired surgeon who formerly lived in Camden This gift aims to enhance local medical facilities and memorialize the Baruch family in Camden.
A committee of women from the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Atlanta Civic League urged the board of health yesterday to establish a public market. They favored either a large central market or four smaller ones and named several speakers including Mrs. M. L. McLendon and Mrs. Amela Woodall. Doctor John C. White supported the effort arguing markets ensure healthier foods, with a special committee appointed to study the matter for a report next meeting.
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