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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1902
Page
10
Pierpont Morgan and five companions arrived in Atlanta on a private six coach train from Macon on the Southern. The visit lasted about five minutes as Morgan inspected the depot with a restrained, almost critical air before the party departed for Chattanooga.
Columbus ex-chief Wiley Williams receives letters from state police and court officers urging him to announce a candidacy for prison commissioner. With Commissioner Eason seeking reelection, Williams’ supporters push for his entry, noting his police leadership and broad state ties.
Special reports from Abbeville Georgia note Hon. J M Terrell and Col Estill visiting the courthouse crowd after noon recess. Terrell pleased with reception and support from Guerry friends. Hardwick Congress candidate spoke at Thomson noon recess, noting debate with Fleming and criticizing voting records as suffrage becomes key theme.
Fine cut glass items are highlighted as premier wedding gifts with abundant shine and craftsmanship. The copy promotes Toom Metua BimruLE on Tremont Street as a source for selecting ornamental glass pieces.
Fulton County voters are massing at the Tax Collector A. P. Stewart office and the Silverman branch to register for the April 10 county primary. Officials estimate about 6,000 eligible voters, with 3,000 already counted. strong youth turnout and candidates for representative, county commissioner, and coroner drive a brisk campaign and broad interest. The Silverman branch eases north side registration and signals a busy, competitive race ahead.
officers in Atlanta were asked to arrest white man Turnage who shipped from Abbeville South Carolina with 28 entrusted to pay off hands. description left at police barracks. Turnage, 45, 6 feet 4 inches, 140 pounds, with his 14 year old son. He worked for Kendrick Gold Mining Company and reportedly received 250 for the hands before leaving town.
A reader testimonial extols Postum Cereal Coffee as a healthful alternative to traditional coffee. It claims rapid energy and digestive relief for chronic dyspepsia, with gradual weight gain and improved appetite after using Postum regularly, including details of trying it with water, milk, and cream.
John Thomas a colored convict freed yesterday by gubernatorial pardon arrived in Atlanta en route to Campbell county. Once 28, now 58, he recalls changes since coal mining days and the murder conviction that led to life imprisonment. He seeks his wife and two grown sons, and childlike memories mix with regret as he adjusts to freedom.
F M McClintic of Dallas won the Carnegie medal for beginner telegraphy at the Atlanta telegraphers contest held March 1. The medal costing $500, gold and diamond set, will be shipped to Atlanta jeweler Charles W Crankshaw after fabrication in New York. McClintic, AP correspondent, led the tournament with multiple medals and is not the medal’s owner but its contestant.
Comptroller General W A Wright probes the Rapid Transit Company of Chattanooga operating to Chickamauga Park Georgia for unpaid state and Walker county taxes. He requests immediate property returns and warns of assessment and collection actions. He also issues revised tax digests and blanks to county tax receivers ahead of the April 1 deadline.
Mystic Shriners from Yaarab Temple Atlanta depart at 4 20 PM from Forsyth and Mitchell streets for a street parade led by Cap Joyner and the drum corps. Nobles John C Joiner M B Yorbert and Harry W Anderson oversee it. Esoteric rites follow at the temple with Ernest A Cutts of Savannah present and plans announced for Charleston on April 2 and a June imperial council trip.
Will H. Inman lies dangerously ill at his Peachtree Street home after months of health problems including diabetes. Once in Cooper and Elkin sanitarium, his condition worsened and he was moved home, where family and friends fear for his life. He is the eldest son of Walker Inman and a well known young resident.
Campy Walker Confederate Veterans host a Friday event at 614 Whitehall Street by the viaduct drawing large crowds. Booths display attractive articles, music and dancing authorizes an admission free night. A candidate lineup for local offices is planned with speeches expected.
Complete knitting plant for wear with Scott Walliams knitting machines and Union Special finishing machines. All equipment of latest patent, in use about one year, in operation. Going concern preferred but removable. Plant cost about $20,000. Contact W. D. Nottingham, Chairman, Macon, Georgia.
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