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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1912
Page
3
Classified text outlines required word counts for specific ad classifications. It specifies seven average words per line and requires a minimum of 15 words per ad. It warns that bills will be sent the next day and prohibits purchases under 15 words.
Special notice directs cessation of cos advertisement by phone and requests written notices. The mix of classified ads seeks workers including housekeeper cook stenographer and general help, with locations in Atlanta and surrounding streets, plus government jobs and crime notes.
Columbia C May 29 Benjamin W Brown night yardmaster of the Seaboard Air Line railway was arrested on a murder warrant issued at Hamlet North Carolina. It is alleged he killed a flagman named Funderburg there last Christmas day. He will not resist requisition and will be taken to North Carolina for trial.
Clarence Pinion a Young carpenter in Atlanta set a matrimonial record by marrying twice in 24 hours, taking two wives, then facing a bigamy warrant after divorce proceedings. He remarried Misa Lulu Bello Lory, obtained a final divorce from his first wife, and was released on recognizance as the case heads to trial Friday.
New York May 29 Governor Sanders of Louisiana expressed gratitude for New York City aid to flood victims. He thanked Mayor Gaynor, the mayoral secretary, and New York citizens for their support. Total contributions turned over to the mayor’s committee reached 3,905 dollars, with the New York Cotton Exchange adding 5,470 dollars sent to the Memphis Cotton Exchange president for distribution.
Natchez Mississippi May 29 Bishop Gunn today received a check for 244 dollars from Very Rev Father Mauer of Jacksonville Florida. The gift came from the Catholic congregation there in recognition of Natchez donations during the Jacksonville fire.
Montreal May 29 Sir Wilfrid Laurier spoke at a liberal banquet denouncing the Taft letter to Roosevelt on reciprocity as shallow rhetoric. He said Taft’s arguments fail to convince Theodore Roosevelt and asserted Canada would not become an adjunct of the United States. Laurier insisted Canada was on the right.
Evange list Carlyle B. Haynes spoke last night on how nations rise and fall align with Daniel’s prophecies. He traced four beasts Babylon Medo Perish Greece and Rome and argued some survived while others were absorbed by the papacy, predicted to unite under the Lord’s kingdom.
Los Angeles May 29 Bert Franklin former chief detective for the McNamara defense described alleged bribery of George N Lockwood as the Darrow trial continued He said Darrow showed a list of prospective jurors and urged him to influence them Franklin testified that he told Darrow Lockwood was a man of character and that their friendship could not continue if he could not accept it The prosecution seeks to link Darrow to corrupting witnesses and expects to call Detective Guy Biddinger and George R Behn among others to support broader corruption charges in the McNamara case
A silver saving cup was presented to C. T. Ladson attorney for the Georgia Federation of Labor and the Atlanta Federation of Trades at a banquet at Folsom's attended by over thirty trades union members. Jerome Jones editor of The Journal of Labor presented the cup as a token of appreciation for Ladson's twelve years as legal adviser and his work with the unions. Speeches followed from prominent labor figures.
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