Hardware trust to unite nation’s big wholesale houses
Negotiations for a mammoth hardware trust aim to consolidate leading hardware firms nationwide with a capital near 100 million dollars. Meetings at the Waldorf Astoria involve prominent dealers including Atlanta interests, though denials are stated by L. E. Beck. Options reportedly secured on Atlanta Macon Savannah Greene County Richmond Norfolk Charleston Mobile Nashville and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammoth Hardware Trust
New York
Atlanta
Waldorf-Astoria
Feildom
Combine
L. EH. Beck
Beck & Grese Hardware Company
Constitution
Macon
Savannah
Greenesboro
Richmond
Norfolk
Charleston
Mobile
Nashville
Knoxville
Birmingham
New Orleans
Wilmington
National Hardware Association
BAD MONEY FREELY PASSED IN ATLANTA CASE U S AGENCY
Police and United States authorities investigate a counterfeit money ring in Atlanta. Julius Wyche a young Black man is jailed on passing queer money and remanded to federal custody after Recorder Broyles proceedings. Evidence shows two coins passed and a third attempted with four counterfeit quarters recovered. victims include George F Voigt 240 Whitehall Street and Mrs Jacobs 108 Iva Street and Mrs G W Guthrie 108 Pearl Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
United States
Atlanta
Julius Wyche
Wyche
Broyles
Wyehe
Walter T. Colquitt
George F Voigt
Whitehall Street
Mies Jacobs
Iva Street
G. W. Guthrie
Pearl Street
Confederate Veterans Rail Plan Offers Oklahoma and Indian Territory Trips
Ticket package to Dellas Texas via Frisco System through Memphis includes stopovers in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Corner fares 5360 for Oklahoma City round trip and 1.25 for Hot Springs. Special trains and chair car arrangements available. Inquiries to W. Saunders Frisco System Atlanta Ga.
New Hana Bags Debut At Mick & Be Avil Store
New in leather the hana bags arrive in seal suede and morocco finishes. Features include feathered silver lock-link chains to secure and display. Available now at Mick & Be Avil, 31 Wimyee wold street.
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Morocco
Mick
Plans for Atlanta Manufacturers' Fair Building
Plans have been finalized for a large Atlanta manufacturers' fair building on the old capitol site at Marietta and Forsyth streets. The one story structure will cover the lot with 16,000 square feet of floor space and rise 25 feet, constructed by Phoenix Planing Mill and ready for June next year. Local merchants and manufacturers show strong interest with many applications for space, promising a crowded exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Capitol
Marietta and
Forsyth Streets
Phoenix Planing Mill
Primary Voter Registration Surges in County
About 4,000 voters already registered for the Democratic white primary on April 10, with roughly 200 new registrations daily. If this pace continues, 6,000 to 6,500 qualified voters will participate. Only five candidates have unpaid assessments. deadline is next Tuesday noon as subcommittee sets poll workers. Hubert L Culberson paid $50 yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert L Culberson
Youth escapes reformatory misreads train to Atlanta
Caywood Whalen, a Fulton county reform school escapee from Cleveland Tennessee, boarded a Western and Atlantic freight by mistake and ended up in Atlanta. After a nap in Kingston he woke to find the wrong train gone and soon learned he had traveled toward Chattanooga by error. Police detained him and he was moved to the Tower for return to the reform school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Caywood
Whalen
Fulton County Reformatory
Reformatory
Cleveland
Tenn
Kingston
Chattanooga
Aged Forsyth Farmer Dies After Drinking In Atlantis
John Pruitt, 6 years old, and an aged Forsyth County man, died suddenly in a Decatur Street room after consuming Jamaica ginger and whisky. Coroner declined to hold an inquest. body to be returned to Forsyth for burial. Pruitt reportedly suffered heart disease and had been warned about whisky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fruitt
Forsyth County
John Pruitt
Decatur and
Courtland Streets
Pruitt
Jamaica
J. R. Stamps
Cumming
White Maw Robbery In Mississippi Bottom Featured
James Carns, a white man, was lured Thursday night into Mississippi Bottoms by two white men who robbed him. They forced him to the floor and rifled his pockets, netting about 75 cents. Policeman J. B. Wilson investigates but has no suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Bottom
James Carns
Mississippi Bottoms
Goggins
B. Wilson
MilfiS May Call Council to Aid City Streets
Mayor Mims warns of an extraordinary tax levy if council cannot fund street repairs in Atlanta. Commissioner Collier lacks funds, the finance committee offers no additional money, and the mayor says streets must be improved or council will be convened to decide drastic steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Mims
Collier
Finance Committee
Holt
Goldsmith
Charleston Fund Grows for Atlanta Day Exposition
Subscriptions totaling hundreds insure attendance by twenty four police officers and a large Atlanta contingent. Railroads grant a 350 round trip from Atlanta to Charleston April 3 to 6 to boost crowd estimates of 2000 to 2500. A special train will depart April 3 carrying the Atlanta party. Mayors, council members, and city department heads plan to attend. Funds are being raised to cover expenses for police and at least two military companies with a goal to raise the needed amount in days. Subscriptions announced include Dr Joe Jacobs thirty dollars, Atlanta Gas Light Company zero, H W Atkinson fifty, Captain J W English forty-two, Atlanta Journal forty-two, and members of the Atlanta fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rairoads
Atlanta
Charleston
Joe Jacobs
Atlanta Gas Light Company
Wi Atkinson
J. W. English
Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Fire Department
J. Frank Beck
Indian Funeral for Willam H Inman Today
The funeral for Willam H Inman is set for 10 o clock this morning from his home at 719 Peach Tree Street with interment at Oakland. Dr. C P Bridewell and Rev. Richard Orme Flynn will conduct the services. Pallbearers include James W English Sr, Harvey Johnson, John W Grant, Charles W Cranksnaw, Thomas B Paine, John W Sanders, J Frank Meador and Joseph T Orme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Willam H Inman
Peachtree Street
C. P Bridewell
First Presbyterian Church
Richard Orme Flynn
North Avenue Presbyterian Church
Inman
James W. English
Harvey Johnson
John W. Grant
Charles W. Cranksnaw
John W Sanders
J. Frank Meador
Joseph T. Orme
East Still a Fugitive After Rumored Capture
Reports say convict R. H. East remains at large as authorities have received no confirmation of his capture. The escape appears ongoing with no crew found to disclose whereabouts, despite rumors of a Red Oak arrest that were never verified by police or penitentiary officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben
R. H. Bast
East
Red Oak
Grape-Nuts Endorsed by 3,000 HP Electric Plant Engineer
Foote, the famed electrical engineer who built a 3,000 horsepower plant serving Battle Creek and other Michigan cities, praises Grape-Nuts for superior mental stamina from breakfast through noon. He says no other food provides the same brain vitality and rapid assimilation into blood and tissue, with no artificial stimulant required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foote
Battle Creek
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Lowry Clearsself of Dishonesty in Resignation Card
Former Sanitary Chief T. J. Lowry issues a lengthy card defending his voluntary resignation to halt an investigation. He denies the board requested his exit, asserts honesty in all deeds, invokes God to witness truth, and recounts personal family and service details. The missive accompanies a follow up editorial reply and local medical anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Lowry
Care
Board of Health
Atlanta
Lowry
Veal
JT Lowry
Cherokee County
Basil Lowry
Joseph
Amy
Dorsey
Yarbrough
Edwards
Géa
Frisco System Offers Stopovers from Dallas via Memphis
Secure tickets to Dallas by way of the Frisco System through Memphis and enjoy stop-overs visiting Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Side trips priced at 30 dollars to Oklahoma City and return and 125 dollars to Hot Springs and return. Special trains code chair car arrangements. Full information upon application to W. T. Saunders, G. A. P. D. Friaco System, Atlanta, Ga.
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Dellas
Tex
Memphis
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Oklahoma City
Hot Springs
W. Saunders
Frisco
Atlanta
Dallas
Hot Strings
Cer
W. T. Saunders
G. A. P. D.friaco
Atlanta, Ga
W H Melroy To Lecture Before Atlanta Group
William H McElroy of New York will lecture to the Atlanta Lecture Association on Famous Men at Famous Dinners. The speaker, noted as a leading on the American platform, delivered an earlier talk in Boston to the Lord a Hand clubs with Rev Dr Edward Everett Hale presiding. He spoke over an hour without notes, using wit and anecdotes to keep the audience in laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Lecture Association
Willam H. McElroy
New York
McElroy
Boston Globe
Old South Meeting House
William WW. McWroy
New York Tribune
Boston
Edward Everett Hale
Priefly
Sad case of destitution prompts aid appeal
Ward physician accused of neglect as Mrs. Lallie Frisbee, a widow at 62 Mangum Street, and her year old daughter battle pneumonia and hunger. Julius N. Rowland reports seeking relief and criticizes Dr Bridwell, aided by councilmen to secure medical visit and aid.
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Obley
John W. Ball
Bridwell
Julius N. Rowland
Lallie Frisbee
Mangum Street
Dr. Bridwell
Rowland
Cammnv
Boy crushed by switching cars at Georgia yards
Edward Stephens twenty four living at 25 Rhinehart Street died when two freight cars and a switch engine tender ran over him at the Boulevard crossing in the Georgia railroad yards. No eyewitnesses. Coroner postponed inquest to morning. Stephens survived by his mother and siblings. RU-TER-BA laxative advertised at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Stephens
Georgia
Stephens
Rhinehart Street
J RF. Stamps
Hilburn & Pauls
Hunter Street
Bond Received for New Atlanta Postmaster Blodgett
E F Blodgett has a perfected bond as postmaster of Atlanta and will receive his commission once the government accepts the bond. A post office inspector from Chattanooga will handle the formal transfer, with Blodgett acting in the interim and retaining most civil service positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
E. F. Blodgett
Atlanta
Blodgett
Post Office
Gate City
South
Chattanooga
Major Smyth
Civil Service
Robbery charged to a negro Henry Berry named
Henry Berry, a negro, is in the police station charged with assaulting and robbing farmer G. T. Gary in Morris wagon yard on Decatur street. Gary was knocked unconscious and about 80 dollars plus a pocketbook were taken. Berry was arrested by Policeman Garner and Detectives Steint and Obvurn. a second suspect is at large. Preliminary trial set before Recorder Broyles.
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Henry Berry
G. T. Gary
Morris
Decatur Street
Gary
Hieerson
Berry
Garner
Steint
Broyles
Rome dispensary opens April first in trial phase
Commissioner W H Neel of Rome says the new dispensary system should work smoothly and be properly tested. The Rome panel aims to open April 1 with manager chosen, premises rented, licenses due to expire end of March, and the case before the supreme court expected to be decided soon. Public opinion ranges from cautious support to strong opposition, with many temperance advocates hopeful for a better whisky solution.
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Rome
W. J. Neel
Atlanta
Supreme Curt
Supreme Court
Ezecs
Friends of the
Rome Dispensary
Floyd
Georgia
Tetple
W. BROWN HAYES Joins Knott & Awtry Shoe Co in Atlanta
The well known Atlanta shoe man W. Brown Hayes has returned to the city and is now located with the Knott and Awtry Shoe Co. Friends greet his return and promise a warm welcome as Hayes resumes his career in footwear at the popular shoe house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Knott & Awtry Shoe Co
Mr. W. Brown Hayes
Hayes
H Thornton Announces Candidacy in Fulton County Race
H Thornton declares for the Fulton county representative post in the personal accident department of the Maryland Casualty Co of Baltimore. He thanks friends, requests continued support, notes office contact at 37 South Pryor St and Bell phone 1453, and mentions ticket and travel details for a Georgia Baptist Convention event in Rome with railroad fare notices and departure plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dno. H. Thornton
Fulton County
Maryland Casualty Co
Baltimore
Maryland
R. Thorn Son
Res. Mansger
South
Pryor St. Bell
Captured at pistol's point he shot his wife a bad man
Bill Stacey a negro feared by police, captured by county officers led by Chief A Q Turner after being cornered in a Riverside loft. Despite armed expectations he surrendered when faced with seven gunmen. Stacey had previously maimed his wife and faced warrants in Cobb and Lumpkin counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill" Stacey
A. Q. Turner
W. C Fisher
Stacey
Riverside
Cobb County
Turner
River End
Wright
Mammoth Cave
Tnere
Lum
Cabb County
Mhe i5
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Sromotergy
Lowman
Empire Building
Milfis
Council
M. A. Hogarty
Lexington
W. H. Melroy
Victin
Boulevard Crossing
Hood
Thomas Gereatta
Wittotian St Sole Ac
Bam
Royal
W. J. Weel
Home
Hill City
Seaboard Air Line _Railway
Morville
Bay Line
Harry Krouse
C. P and
FT. A. No
Kimball House
Georgia Baptist Convention
Western and Atlantic Railroad
BR. B. Weaddon
First Baptist Church
Rome. Wiiletra Atlanig
Fey
Agen
Pistol's Point
Bill” Stacey
East Alabama Street
Travelers Insurance Company
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