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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1909
Page
6
Cainesvillle Ga May 7 Special Judge JoHN Gaston is seriously ill after an attack of acute indigestion and threatened with cerebral involvement. Gaston is a prominent figure in Southeast Georgia, with friends fearing he may not recover though his condition has momentarily improved.
Mount Vernon Indiana votes to retain saloon service under local option law by a majority of 1449. Wet win is largest to date across Indiana counties with Mount Vernon tallying 703 in favor. Nearby Spencer county also switches to wet by 55.
A cryptic line references a sage fountain boy and a product named PEP-TU Lac within a fragmented text. The readable content provides no clear event, person, or organization to summarize.
In Waverly Tennessee on May 7 testimony for the defense began in the fourteen defendant night rider trial. Defendants sworn as witnesses deny night rider ties or raids in Perry and Humphreys counties. A relative of John A. Murrell attended, and Wiley Sanders clashed with the attorney general over alleged past whipping. Rumors of jail dynamite and preparations by night riders circulated as the hearing proceeded.
Annieton New Mexico May 7 Hosea Bryant aged 12 died this afternoon after a fight with a boy about his own age. His face was badly mutilated, and complications arose before he died, authorities said.
Seaboard Air Line seeks injunction against enforcement of the Georgia Tift headlight act and asks federal court for guidance. The case questions compliance with the Fourteenth Amendment and cites differences with North Carolina’s similar statute. Intervening details note rail service changes and interstate concerns, including schedules via Birmingham and Shreveport.
A small music festival organized by the Police Relief Association will feature Sergeant Reed of the local force as emcee with songs and dances. Two special trains run from Union Station to Warm Springs, with a morning and evening program including Professor Georges Murray’s orchestra and Uncle Dick Holmes calling dances. Tickets are £1 round trip. about 1500 people expected.
Walter H Cox of Boston describes a three month severe hand eczema cured in a month by Cuticura Ointment and Resolvent after zinc tar remedies failed. He used gloves at night and notes clear hands nine months later. Published testimonial from 1908.
Whitley, a near beer dealer at 135 Petera Street, was fined 500 dollars and given 9 stockade days plus a 30 day commitment to the criminal court under 32 900 bond for violating prohibition laws. Detectives Hood and Bullard testified that Ed Jones sold whisky under Whitley direction. Whitley denied involvement, but Jones’s testimony supported the case. bond for Whitley was set by the recorder and Jones was held on 500 dollars bond to appear in criminal court. Testimony included witnesses who sought to impeach painters who admitted drinking whisky purchased from Whitley.
The West Side Improvement Club of the fifth ward met at the Old Primitive Baptist church on Kennedy street to press city and county officials for street improvements. A committee led by J. J. Greer will draft proposals for ward repairs, focusing on Tyler and Strong streets, with a publicity group led by J. H. Timmie. Residents report dangerous gulleys and obstructed paths hindering wagons and access to Simpson street, urging action by May 21 when Alderman Bou tel and Councilmen Winn and Warren will be invited.
Effective May 16 Southern Railway adds seven eastbound trains from Atlanta to New York Richmond Washington and other points. Notable services include No 12 at 6 55 am to Richmond No 38 at 11 00 am to New York No 40 at 12 40 pm to Charlotte No 18 at 4 30 pm to Toccoa No 44 at 7 45 pm to Washington and The Birmingham Special departing Atlanta 2 45 pm arriving Washington 6 30 am and New York 5 pm with dining car coaches and Pullman sleepers.
J Robert Jonen senior in Jonen firm was killed by William L Halsey president of Halsey Wholesale Grocery. A. D. McDowell clerk died of wounds after attempting to fetch a doctor. Halsey, under insanity treatment, is jailed. Witness: Halsey Jr. was in the office. The two men were lifelong friends and associates.
Advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilia contains over twenty ingredients and offers cures for fate eczema eruptions catarrh rheumatism nervousness and more. It asserts the medicine strengthens the body's Little Soldiers, the white blood cells, to fight disease germs.
United States Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari in a case from Pensacola Florida involving W S Harlan manager at Jackson Lumber Company Lockhart Alabama Robert Gallagher assistant superintendent and three foremen He and the others were sentence three years ago by the US circuit court for conspiracy to commit peonage They will be taken to Atlanta federal prison to serve terms eighteen months for Harlan six thousand dollar fine fifteen months for Gallagher and one thousand dollars each for Grace Hilton and Juggins three foremen with thirteen months each and one thousand dollar fines.
Trade reviews from Bradstreet note improving retail and wholesale activity, rising prices in iron and steel, stronger wool and hides, and a warmer bias for future demand. Tariff uncertainty and crop planting progress are eyed as key factors, with failures and export figures for the week ending May 6 also reported. Additional items include a new Atlanta to New York train schedule and local notices on sewerage planning and injuries.
A dated sale advertisement highlights closeout prices on men’s undergarments and sleepwear. Scriven Drawers in multiple styles reduce to 25c to 75c per pair, paired shirts, socks, pajamas, and nightshirts up to $1. Special emphasis on elastic seam and patent elastic versions.
At Agricola Georgia a domestic dispute between Sam Brown and a negro woman who cooked for his mother ended in a fatal shooting. The woman died hours after Brown fired a shot aimed at her head following a quarrel over household matters. The incident occurred in the house and yard of Thomas Brown in Agricola.
Little Mary Audrey Bassett, ten months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs TL Bassett, died this morning at their home on Uiame Street after a brief illness. The funeral will be tomorrow at Mabel Whitechurch with Rev W M Sentell officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Ridge Cemetery.
The Well Informed world seeks a simple pleasant laxative, safe for family use, with known wholesome ingredients. Byrup of Figa and Elixir of Senna from California Fig Syrup Co. meet this demand with ethical supply, gentle yet prompt action and broad druggist distribution at fifty cents per bottle.
The administrator of the estate of Ramund J. Tyler announces a sale by public auction at the Fulton County courthouse door in Atlanta. June 1908 describes multiple tracts including undivided one third interests in parcels near West and East of land Lot 84 and other sections in the 14th and 8th districts, with properties conveyed to Robert T. Miller by Mary A. Hallart and others. Proceeds to be distributed among heirs. terms are cash.
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