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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1912
Page
45
Mrs John Edgar McKee, a noted lyric soprano now living in Atlanta, will assist Dr Parey J Starnes at the tree organ concert this afternoon. The program includes selections by prominent composers as announced for the event at an unidentified venue.
Voters elected Fred M. Powers, a totally blind lawyer, as justice of the Perce to succeed Judge Landrum who resigned. Powers led with 206 votes to Rodgers 0 Seidell 70 and Manning 40 total 357 with one scratch. Some citizens were turned away at 13% Decatur street for living outside the militia district bounded by railroads Jackson Sixth West Peachtree and Simpson streets.
The Macon Cabinet Works, owned by Carl Dehn and his sons, valued at 20000 dollars, was destroyed by fire at 10 o'clock this morning. No insurance was carried. The blaze threatened wider damage to nearby Jaques and Tinsley warehouse and Shaw Brothers lumber plant, with flooding causing 2000 dollars in damage at the former. The origin was the boiler region at Seventh and Poplar.
The Stevens-Duryea convertible is praised as a two purpose car offering three forms. It can serve as a closed weatherproof berline limousine a touring car with a top and an open touring car. The design emphasizes ease of use flexible form and comfortable seating.
Private Robert Kellogg of the Seventeenth Infantry rushed to Infantry headquarters at Fort McPherson after saying he shot two prisoners who tried to escape. Walter Frady lay dead with a bullet through the heart near the waterworks dump pile, while William H. Jones vanished after leaping into dense brush. Kellogg faces manslaughter and neglect charges as a court martial convenes.
May 18 Macon Ga special. City directory lists 211 Smiths up from 224 last year with 13 losses while the Joneses rise to 193 from 173. Browns barely gain, city clerk Bridges Smith notes. Also mentions Frady serving in Mexican border era, and a funeral held with military honors despite unresolved charges.
A fragment from a Cartersville Georgia notice mentions Box 35 and the Andrews reference. The readable text is sparse and lacks dates or actions. No additional context or names are available to identify the event or purpose of the notice.
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