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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1909
Page
10
Forecast indicates a warm day with clear skies. High pressure brings fine, fair weather and rising temperatures into the night. Rainfall last Sunday night was negligible, with Ashe reporting the latest figure.
A stormy day in Atlanta left 22 inches of total accumulation and winds near 34 mph from the northwest, cooling conditions for the season. The Piedmont Driving Club plans a lively gathering tonight with lawn decor and dancing, inviting all members to attend as a fine social scene unfolds. Fire damaged A F Menalick Company grocery in Winston-Salem, causing about $20,000 loss with $1,300 insured. the building owned by RJ Reynolds.
H. Jay Pierce, chairman of the board of Uirretora of the Watera-Pierce Ol Com pany, was arraigned for trial on Monday next on a charge of false awearing. Seven daily trains east are listed by Southern Railway effective May 16 with multiple departures to New York, Richmond, and Washington including the Birmingham Special.
The Auditorium Armory committee met at city hall to formalize a contract with the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers for a show in Atlanta from November 13. The agreement assigns use of the building from October 25 to enable decorations and setup before the event.
Seaboard announces a through Atlanta to Birmingham sleeper train to Memphis departing at 4 15 p m. Passengers may dine on board and enjoy a streamlined service.
Kilpatrick, a former detective and bailiff in Justice Ridley’s court, sues Charlie C. Jones for 519000 damages alleging slander and libel. Kilpatrick claims Jones told a reporter he had paid Kilpatrick 25 seeking reinstatement amid police commission turmoil over Newport Lanford.
The Seaboard provides the quickest route to the Carolinas Virginia and the East with three daily trains at 7:00 AM 11:25 AM and 9:40 PM. Through sleepers and dining cars available.
John Tribble held in the city stockade for whisky sales was allowed to go home Sunday for his child's funeral. He returned to finish his sentence after the service, under guard. Commissioner Collier approved the unusual concession, funding the burial as the family faced hardship.
Fine silver items for tea tables are offered with a wide range of patterns and prices. Includes Tea Balls Sugar Baskets Sandwich Trays Sugar and Cream Sets Bonbon Dishes Five Piece Tea Sets and more from 2.50 to 285.00. Wedding gifts are highlighted as practical and desirable with hundreds of patterns available.
A Fulton county committee found no facts supporting charges of cruelty toward E. C. Hues at the convict camp and county hospital. The report states the prisoner was treated kindly, with no pain from anklet removal, while officials faced no wrongful conduct. A separate ministers conference plans an independent look at camp conditions.
The advertisement touts Seaboard-4 with three daily trains including Pullman and dining car service to Birmingham. It endorses Clinchfield Coal of Quality for all uses, emphasizing reliability and quality.
A May meeting in Atlanta will shape the Presbyterian hospital’s future as a reorganized board of trustees and advisory ministers detail plans for a larger, modern hospital and a new training school for Christian workers. Trustees from Athens, Macon, Atlanta, and other presbyteries join advisory ministers to guide capital, medical staff expansion, and charity work. women’s groups pledge baby ward funds and ongoing support.
H H Perham of St. Louis, president of the International Order of Railway Telegraphers, delivered welcoming remarks. The visiting telegraphers were welcomed to Atlanta last night at the Grand Opera House by Mayor Maddox, with Governor Hoke Smith and Rev Dr HM Atkinson, pastor of Central Congregational church, taking part in the program.
Colonel Lawson Lamar introduces telegraphers union leader and city officials as Atlanta hosts a convention. Governor Smith and Mayor Maddox receive warm applause. Perham and Quick headline a robust opening with speeches on labor unity and railroad legislation.
A costly Confederate memorial was unveiled in Salisbury with an original poem recited by Christian Reid. The group’s design came from Wy Ruackstrall of New York. Speeches by General Slenmett F. Young of Louisville and Mayor Burden of Salisbury marked the ceremony attended by prominent Virginians and North Carolinians.
Simon Kosky, renowned restaurateur long known across the United States and Europe, died here this morning at age 70 in Mobile Alabama. His wife was drowned in the great 1608 hurricane that devastated the coast. The Seaboard train service advertises through sleepers and connections from Atlanta to Birmingham Memphis and the West with departures at 4 15 P M and arrivals at 8 45 P M and 7 30 A M respectively.
West Point Ga May 1 only two witnesses examined in preliminary trial of Henry Weck for talking his stepfather Dr W Taylor Hawac rex moved to LaGrange jail on the charge of murder without bail to await action of the superior court of Troup Counts which convenes in August.
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