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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1909
Page
14
A promotional notice announces a new fourth floor home for the millinery department with an autumnal hat display. It describes a spacious, well-lit, customer friendly redesign including private rooms for trying on, improved service, and an invitation to visit the grand opening and experience the refreshed department.
Key West Florida October 14 Immediate outside help is needed to aid recovery efforts after a hurricane left over half the city ruined and workers unpaid. Distress and suffering are reported among workers in large cigar factories as streets remain impassable, sewers broken, and epidemic risk looms if repairs are delayed.
A Western editor praises the St. Regis New York for a home like atmosphere and serving the middle class, noting its Fifth Avenue location near theatre and shopping. Rooms range from $3 to $12 nightly, with suites offering parlor and private bath.
Pike superior court sits for criminal cases. B F Perdue faces murder charge in the 1909 Porch killing near Barnesville. Previous verdict of manslaughter overturned on appeal. new trial granted. State represented by Wise Bloodworth Redding and Allen. defense by Berner Murphy Cooper Dupree Owen Allen.
The Red and Black eleven, in Athens, faces Davidson in a hard upcoming game. Coach Coulter drills the team as players and students unite, aiming for a creditable showing despite earlier disappointments.
Street cars to the auto track will operate Sunday with a new spur directly to the Speedway. Many visitors are expected to use the added facility to view the nearly completed course. Speed trials are set for a week from Saturday after final track completion.
Norfolk VA October 14 The Norfolk and Western railway passenger station here was destroyed by fire early today along with a long train shed freight and express rooms the Norfolk office force and many freight and shuttle cars. Loss about 150000 dollars partly insured. The burned depot will be replaced by an eight story union depot and office building.
Former Justice John Candler and W D L Thomson of Candler Thomson Hirsch with Joseph R Lamar of Augusta counsel for former Railroad Commissioner S G McLendon left for Savannah to argue quo warranto proceedings against Hallroad Commissioner Joseph K R Gray before Judge Chariton. Immediate decision expected and appeal to Georgia Supreme Court. Remember the free pound of Rotan Coffee to be given away by Wood and Singleton tomorrow.
Cincinnati delegates and fifty coffin manufacturers from the U S and Canada convened to discuss funeral costs and casket pricing. They claim funerals are too cheap and casket costs too low due to higher material costs, while denying plans for uniform prices. An accord with lumbermen on lumber grading for coffins may be pursued.
Nashville Tenn October 14 Rev William Thorne moderator of the synod of Tennessee Presbyterian church United States made the startling announcement to that body which is in session here last night that there are forty one civil districts in this state which have no church of any kind and that there are hundreds of families in which there is no Bible
Roanoke Virginia on October 14 reports a light early morning snowfall that did not accumulate. Nearby counties confirm a general freeze overnight harming vegetation and late apples, causing notable losses for fruit growers and truckers.
The North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' Association executive committee in Charlotte approved forming a commission selling agency for Southern yarn mills. A. C. Phelps of Draper, N C, was asked to draft articles of agreement for approval by the association. The curtailment agreement of the American Association was endorsed.
The Norfolk and Western Railway Company held its annual stockholders meeting in Roanoke with about 71 percent of stock represented. Retiring directors and officers were reelected for the coming year. A prior board meeting declared a 2 1/2 percent semiannual dividend on common stock, boosting the annual rate to 6 percent. After adjournment, President L. E. Johnson, with Henry Fink and others, departed for a inspection trip from Roanoke to Columbus, Ohio.
Carrie Hunter a 28 year old woman temporarily deranged by ill health leapt into a well at her sister Mrs B F Gulledge home in southern Anson county near Charlotte at midnight. She outran a pursuing brother and died almost instantly. Hunter was recently employed by the Southern railroad and was a prominent local figure.
Swainsboro Ga October 14 Special Superior court opens next Monday with Judge B T Rawlings presiding. Eight murder cases on the docket include Manse Curry charged with murdering a negro woman Lizzie Mincey. Charlie Ailen to be tried for shooting Beatrice Green. Coris Smith awaiting trial for a murder at Adrian. John Faljrelath charged with killing John Pope. Jim Mack for killing Dank Williams. Jim Myrick for killing Mary Williams. and G H Manson for killing Mack Smith.
Miss Margaret Thompson of Anniston narrowly escaped a night time fire, saved by her watchdog whose barking woke her. She fled in night clothes from a burning house on Mrs. E L Tyler’s property, suffering minor injuries to hair and face. In Albany, Justice William J Gaynor resigns from the appellate division as he campaigns for mayor of New York City.
Wilkesbarre Pa October 14 two condemned murderers Thomas Willis and Stanley Nazarko were hanged today in Luzerne County Prison. Nazarko’s wife arrived with a man she plans to marry to witness the hanging but the sheriff forbade it. Nazarko left a will to his wife naming her future husband and expressing hope for his happiness. Nazarko had deserted his wife and two children in Russian Poland ten years earlier and came to the United States where he killed a woman he knew from his homeland.
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