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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1912
Page
6
Property premises in Fulton County will be sold to the highest bidder in 35 by 100 foot lots. Located near the Southern Shops Hightower Willingham and other plants with car service nearby. County offers payment terms of one fifth cash and the rest in one to four years at 6 percent interest. For plats or info, call the county office.
Clark and McBride’s first Atlanta subdivision sale in West End yielded 15 vacant lots and two houses bringing 23200. Individual parcels sold to multiple buyers including Misa Bone Curtis Champion McArthur Gentry Baldwin and others as the sale totals highlighted brisk demand in this year’s market. An afternoon sale of Humphries street barracks property is announced with terms of one fifth cash and balance over three years.
For sale or exchange for a good vacant ready for improvement. Two bedroom house at 780 East Linden Street valued at $5,500 with equity $3,250. Rents for $37.50 per month and is occupied. Will sell on easy terms to a good party or exchange for clear lots in a good neighborhood, preferably on the north side. Willing to adjust with cash difference.
A brief directory-style entry lists MO R Scott with the phone line designation M and a street address at 814 Grant Building, dating from 1869.
The Georgia Bankers Association held its twenty first annual convention in Atlantic Beach Florida beginning Friday afternoon. Speeches by U S Treasury official Lee McClung and Stetson University president Lincoln Hulley outlined currency system reform and national monetary issues. Georgia progress was praised by Robert F Maddox. Officers elected for Georgia to the national body included Joseph A McCord E A Pendleton and Mills B Lane.
Mrs Park A Dallis wife of Park A Dallis architect died Friday in a private sanitarium. Body to be sent to McDonough Georgia for a Sunday 10:30 a m funeral from her mother’s home. Survived by husband and infant daughter Elizabeth. L W Downes died at home 29% Marietta Street Friday at 12:30 p m aged 74. Funeral at Barclay Brandon’s chapel Sunday 9:30 a m Rev W P Yarbrough officiating. Interment West View. Survived by wife and one son.
The Navy explains the rejected meat intended for the Prairie was sound but not frozen hard enough to meet naval cruising requirements. There was little local demand for such frozen beef and Philadelphia faced a delay. The marine expedition proceeds with ample fresh meat from Guantanamo's cold storage, the Prairie bound there.
Lexington Kentucky May remarks by R M Alien head of the Kentucky pure food department refer to a leap year and dispatches from Washington about a coup allegedly involving a daughter. The fragmentary item hints at commentary rather than a clear event.
Mrs. Danay E. Grace files answer to FE Lawrence suit claiming she lent large sums to Eugene H. Grace for the Grace Lawrence Building Company with understanding of repayment. She asserts she should be paid as creditor and seeks to enjoin disposal of company property, arguing her loans qualify as a lien.
Louisville May 24 In an effort to supply pastors to the 3000 vacant pulpits of the Northern Presbyterian church the general assembly created a new standing committee to serve as a caring house by correspondence to bring pastors to churches without pastors The six additional members named are the Rev Dre John A Boyd Portland J Frank Smith Texas Robert B A McBride Leavenworth Widers C S Stringfellow St Paul M Crosby Birmingham and H P Rowell Chicago IL
In Roskilde Denmark May 24 the body of King Frederick VII of Denmark was interred beside his predecessors. Crowds filled the streets from the royal son to the cathedral for the solemn funeral rites conducted with military ceremonial honors.
New York May 24 Cotton prices hold under pressure despite some favorable crop reports from Texas and parts of the eastern belt. Trading is cautious awaiting the National Ginners Association and government data. Bulls appear buoyant in places with spinners buying futures, but many aim to wait for official reports. Spot demand in Liverpool upticks as Continental shorts cover. Wall Street bulk buyers and Memphis orders seed a cautious optimism while entomologists warn of possible caterpillar invasion in the South.
Atlanta weather notes show 12 hour temps ending 8 a.m with high variability and a cautious outlook for fair conditions in eastern Georgia and the Carolinas. Provision market lists mixed items from Cornfield products to staples like lard, bacon, sausage, flour, yeast, and beverages with price ranges and package sizes.
Fragmentary historical note mentions cotton taking and figures like 2,000 and 84,000 in a New Orleans context. Details are garbled. readable terms reference agricultural or wartime collection actions and regional data points. Entities include Orleans and American cotton with modest numeric figures.
Secretary Hester reports a drop in cotton movement into sight compared with the previous year and year before last, with mixed changes for May totals. For the season, receipts across ports and overland routes show gains over last year and overall imports, with northern mills purchasing more and seaboard stocks down. Total season movement reaches 14,991,187 bales, while foreign exports for the week total 63,238. Stocks at ports and southern centers remain higher than a year ago.
R G Dun & Co reports in its Weekly Review of Trade that business volume grows supported by higher bank clearings and rail earnings. Weather boosts retail and wholesale distribution. iron and steel demand shows lull but prospects for tonnage and price gains exist. Railroads buy, car inquiries reach 30,000 tons with over 35,000 tons of radiata contracts. pig iron stocks fall as output rises. Cotton goods steady, export trade remains strong, and fall orders rise.
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