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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1913
Page
6
A state department statement denied reports that artillery transfers to the Philippine garrison were increased. The note criticized misreporting in Japanese and Italian newspapers as misleading.
Daily reminder urges merchants to advertise now to secure customers and beat rivals. It emphasizes turning advertising into an investment, reaching thousands through the paper, and actively prompting readers rather than waiting for them. The piece frames ads as salesmanship on paper and calls for bold storefronts and active outreach.
Agnes Scott students debated whether United States coastwise vessels should pay tolls through the Panama Canal. The Propytean side won the negative, with judges ruling against toll exemption. The event drew campus attention, with cheers, commentary, and noting delays in authoritative decisions on toll applicability.
Discussion at Takoma Park May 2 on a new money system for Seventh Day Adventists World Church. Previously the general conference treasury drew from North American conference offerings totaling 158000 surplus tithe 6000 for aged ministers and 46000 for missions. Under the new plan all funds except the mission fund go to the North American conference treasury, while the mission fund goes to the general conference treasury to support mission fields.
Tulsa Oklahoma May 27 seven persons badly burned and five buildings plus a lumber yard destroyed when gasoline stream from an overturned tank on the main street ignited on two coals in a blacksmith shop. Injured all in the blacksmith shop Walter Martin Bert Thimps George Magee and George Peli may die. others expected to recover.
A Jersey City officer was fatally shot with his service weapon during an encounter with an assailant. The wounded officer died from his injuries after refusing to identify the attacker. A homicide charge was filed against the suspect as witnesses, including Mrs Bev Un and Miss Anna Yeatin, testified at the scene.
Tallahassee Bla May 37 reports the Senate approved a measure permitting marriage between siblings or close relations in hotels as a registered act. The bill passed the Senate by an overwhelming majority and was transmitted to the House without opposition.
The annual meeting of surgeons attached to the Vo B and A railway is held today at the Piedmont hotel. About twenty five physicians from across Georgia and Alabama attend. Scientific papers and speeches will be presented, followed by a banquet at the Capitol City club. Officers include Dr BE B Sims president, Dr F Mutlino vice president, and Dr W S Goldsmith secretary and treasurer.
A long courtroom session featured Dr. Alex Lambert and Dr. T W N Rixey detailing Colonel Roosevelt’s temperate habits, health, and reactions to alcohol. Witnesses described his restrained drinking, vigilance over meals and health, and the absence of intoxication during travels and public duties. Other experts and associates supported the portrayal of a disciplined, health-focused leader.
Ellis Whitman displayed to Grady Hospital doctors an ability to dislocate and reassemble his bones. He earlier fooled a doctor by feigning a dislocated shoulder so the remedy could be shown without surgery. Local physicians are eager to learn his method and hope for a Fulton County Medical Society demonstration.
Testimony in the government suit to dissolve United States Steel details Roosevelt’s dealings with Albert H. Gary and H C Frick. Witness Thomas W Joyce of Morgan reveals Moore & Schley held far less Tennessee Coal and Iron stock than alleged and that most shares were pledged as loan collateral. Cross examination covers Farrell and Carnegie dumping and overseas markets in late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Fulton county representative elect and U S Senate candidate Ralph Q Cochran delivered the literary address at Villa Rica High School’s commencement last night. He praised Georgia as a leading incubator of ideas and urged progress while noting invocation, class song, salutatory, and diploma presentations by graduates and teachers.
In Washington on May 27 Mrs Wilson joins prominent women at a Women’s Department meeting of the National Civic Federation. A letter from President Wilson endorses the drive to wipe out disreputable, unsanitary homes at low rentals for the poor and improve sanitation. Later Mrs Wilson attends a Capitol event to hear Representative Berlin of Missouri speak in support of the movement.
The Southern Wholesale Druggists Association, including members from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, opened its annual meeting in Columbia on May 27. Officers were reelected: B R A Solomon of Savannah as president and A J Geer of Charleston as secretary and treasurer. The sessions run through tomorrow with delegations touring the city this afternoon and a banquet hosted by a local wholesale drug company tonight.
Davidson College in Charlotte NC awarded William T Ellis Doctor of Laws at commencement. Ellis, Swarthmore journalist and travel writer, delivered the address on Americas World Mission. New president Dr W J Martin to be inducted tomorrow. college notes large undergraduate body and seventy ministry candidates.
Crowds watch rapid construction as Hurt building space nears full lease. Auction sale set for next Thursday at 590 o'clock by Ralph Goerhan Co. lists a nine room colonial residence on West Tenth Street with a 100 by 200 foot lot. payments scaled from $500 cash to annual installments up to three years. Property transfers follow with numerous deeds and parcels across Atlanta avenues, including residences on Willard, Ormewood, and Molden streets.
A windstorm struck a wild west show in Lienderson North Carolina during the afternoon performance. A tent pole collapsed into the crowd, fatally injuring farmer Robert Davis within an hour and injuring a woman and several others. Spectators fled in a rainstorm, causing panic.
Anderson May 27 A cyclone struck the town of Honespath South Carolina causing property damage and temporary telegraph and telephone outage. No logs of effects reported.
Delegates at the convention of the Order of Railway Conductors decided to hold a grand division meeting in St Louis in mid May 27. The group also voted to create two new vice presidents and to move conventions to occur every three years instead of biennially.
Washington May 27 acting Comptroller of the Currency Thomas I Kane rescinded an order by former Comptroller Murray requiring national bank examiners to furnish bonds of 20000 each holding that such bonds have no legal force and are invalid in practice resulting in no bond requirements for examiners at this time
In Columbus on May 27 a life sentence was imposed after JW Creen pled guilty to fatally shooting OD Mitchens on a Columbus street March 9. A jury recommended mercy, but the court accepted a life verdict. State officials reported Creen feigned insanity but doctors found him sane, while he acted peculiarly and appeared oblivious in court.
Mortuary notices report John Gault of Canton killed by an Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic train and to be interred tomorrow at 10 am in Canton. Other obituaries include J Appling age 61, wife and seven children surviving, service at Mount Zion. Mrs Anthony Marmon 30, Church of the Immaculate Conception service, interment at West View. T Fife Awe 21, funeral at Central Presbyterian Church with interment at West View.
Obituaries list Clifford Mangrum Otford Mangrum 28 died after a fall at a private sanitarium in Zebulon Georgia. Survived by parents two brothers and three sisters. Funeral at Barclay and Brandon chapel then to New Decatur Alabama. Also Ruth Elizabeth Warlick 16 died at 125 East Avenue. Parents Mrs and Mrs A Warlick and siblings noted with service at Grace Memorial Church Oakland Cemetery. Harvey Kidwell Hares Kidwell eight died at sister’s home in Kirkwood. Service at St Pauls Methodist Church. Interment at Oakland.
A J Pierce a retired merchant died at his residence Monday. He is survived by his wife and two children. Funeral planned for 9 o’clock Thursday morning from the Methodist church in Conyers. Mrs E M Morley aged 69 died at a private sanitarium yesterday noon. Body removed to Pooleschan. Funeral arrangements to be announced after relatives have vacated.
A fragmented New York dry goods scene shows uneven demand for print cloths ginghams and yarns, with stable to firm sugar and molasses markets in New Jersey and New York. Spirits turpentine and resin hold steady. turpentine and other naval stores show firmer prices and mixed receipts as traders note cautious activity across commodities.
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