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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1915
Page
9
A fragmented report describes tensions between white residents and Black communities in the Fourth Ward amid boundary shifts. Language reflects historical racial descriptors as officials seek to quell fears and preserve white areas. The piece notes fears of a rising Black tide crowding white neighborhoods near the colored section.
A promoter warns against stock gamblers and timid buyers and touts Triangle Film as a profit-oriented venture. He insists true investors back ownership, view films, and avoid margin buying while stressing strong internal resources and growing shareholder base.
The Fourth Ward Civic League organized with Councilman Claude Ashley as president and A W Farlinger as vice president. A white and negro committee drafted a pledge to block sales or rentals to the opposite race, to press real estate agents and the Atlanta Real Estate Exchange to stop discriminatory practices.
An autographed photo of President Woodrow Wilson arrived at the Atlanta Convention Bureau with the president’s compliments. The plan is to hang it among portraits of notable former Atlantans, with twenty individuals on a current communication list. Wilson, once a local lawyer, leads the display.
The funeral of Mrs Rachel J Waters who died after a brief illness Friday morning will be held Saturday at 3 PM from her son W T Waters home 200 East St Charles Ave Rev CB Wilmer to officiate The body will go to Fayetteville for services and interment Sunday morning at 10 AM Pallbearers include Col A J McBride Judge Ernest C Kontz Major Joseph H Morgan and others Survivors include two daughters Mrs Lotte W Yarbrough and Mrs T J Wesley both of Atlanta five sisters two brothers and a host of relatives
The Gentry Brothers trained animal show, the world’s largest, will visit Atlanta Monday and Tuesday for a first appearance in three years. An advance camp sets up on Jackson street grounds with an army of agents preparing for the arrival and reception of crowds and animals.
London dispatch notes Baron Strachie will ask the House of Lords if Lord Reading has authority to set up a new international tribunal to replace prize courts and whether hostile belligerent goods seized at sea are being confiscated. It also questions if the admiralty fully enforces search rights as claimed.
The transcript recalls a chaotic scene with Greek leaders Sperdox and Sarrandulas opposing C onstantine while Venizelos pushes Greece to join the war against Bulgaria. A police court in Atlanta fines several uninjured combatants for neutrality violations as the clash over Greece’s stance escalates.
Carrie S Thrash aged 9? died at 244 Oakland Ave with husband W Thrash and children Helen Cecelia and Charles. parent Darflinger and sister Hofman. R J Macdonald and Elia Reynolds obituaries follow with survivors in Traverse City and Atlanta. Albert Moody Moore 85 at 616 South Pryor Street. Annie Cable. Blackstock family. Glenn B Hutchinson 8. Harman Shipman 10 months.
British steamer Rio Pallacresa of 2587 tons, en route from Matanzas to New York with sugar, reported in distress off the Savannah river mouth. Six tugs dispatched to assist. believed grounded near Tybee bar, details sparse.
Pekin October 8 China’s state council forwarded to President Yuan Shi Kai a bill authorizing the chief executive to summon a people’s convention to decide China’s future form of government. The second and third readings passed yesterday. The council urged broad opportunity to secure the masses’ real opinion on monarchical or republican form, despite Yuan’s earlier stance for a national convocation on November 10.
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