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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
12
A 16 year old in Brooklyn cut the throats of his employer Antonio Peraso and three barbers while they slept at Peraso’s apartment on Fulton Street. Peraso and his wife are mortally wounded. the other three barbers are seriously but not fatally harmed. Police consider a possible Black Hand connection.
Captain Charles Clark chief commissary of the department of the gulf completed a tour of storm swept districts. He reports sufferers well cared for and already rebuilding. He arrived in Atlanta from Cave Spring with supplies for cyclone victims. Caplan Craig in Alabama says 1250 injured at Aberville with a request for tents, cots, and blankets. Red Cross reports Griffin no longer in need of assistance and recalls Lieutenant Osterman from Washington.
A city committee will meet at 10 o clock to draft an ordinance regulating near beer sales in Atlanta for the year. Mayor Pro Tem F A Quillian chairs the tax committee with members from police and ordinance groups. Proposals for annual taxes range from 60 to 300 dollars and an open meeting invites near beer operators Prohibitionists and other interested parties. The group aims to set tax rules and licensing for these establishments. The session recalls a 1908 saloon license moment and names committee members Pittman Quillen Baskin Longino Huddleston Roberts Spratting Pearce Mancum A J Johnson Harmon Key Grant. In Macon Ernest Davis the porter who stole 3900 then returned has been sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. A young purse snatcher received fifteen years after being found guilty.
The Grand features praise for The Man on the Box with Giffen’s company next week The Bijou reports Dream City drawing strong crowds with Gittle Chip and Mery Marble performing well The Orpheum plans a grand farewell week adding extra acts including Charlen Nevins four college girls and Joseph Callahan acts White City sees solid attendance despite poor weather with a large protective seating circle and full lineup and Wadewmere’s band delivering two concerts daily
The article notes a caveat trial before Judge Wilkinson where Mrs Zach Martin widow of Zach Martin was granted twelve months support. It mentions appraisers’ will allocations, lawyers Wentmoreland Brothers for the caves torn and Arnold & Hill for the pro pounders, and references Salvation Army dignitaries Brigadier and Mrs Connell arriving for a service at the Salvation Army hall. It also covers property sales, a damage suit involving multiple railroads, a voluntary bankruptcy petition by WF Lawrence, and comments on Judge Tate’s excursion to Columbia for the pension court session. It mentions Frank C Marsden's illness and travel, with background on his southern work.
The seventh district Masonic convention gathered in Rome this morning at the Masonic temple with sixty seven lodges represented and expected more from Georgia and Alabama. Worshipful Master Max Mayerhardt opened the session and Mayer T W Lipacomb welcomed delegates. Badges were distributed as reports were read and the first degree was exemplified by District Deputy Paul F Akin. Tonight at 8 op era house features a varied program to close the events.
A Lahore dispatch reports sixty Afghans killed in a clash between a large Afghan force and British troops at Kibybor pass near Landi Khotal last Saturday. The Afghan death toll of 300 in a Lahore publication is disputed by the British column.
The Odd Fellows of Georgia converge on Macon for the annual grand lodge sessions to mark the largest growth yet. over 200 Macon members prepare as visitors from across the state arrive to participate in the sessions. The event highlights vibrant fraternal activity and statewide devotion to the order with Macon aiming to host a representative gathering.
London May 6 Britain's press notes a rapid shift toward tariff reform under Joseph Chamberlain as the Wolverhampton election yields a Liberal majority of eight. The result boosts protectionists led by Amery and signals growing anti government sentiment. Premier Asquith faces a budget speech with possible new taxes provoking tariff reform support. The unionist press links the trend to a downturn in trade after years of booming commerce.
A carload of grass fed Texas cattle sold in Fort Worth on May 6 at eight dollars a head, the highest price paid in twenty five years in this market.
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