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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1914
Page
4
Dozens of customers inquire as neckwear priced at 50c. Neckwear arrived Tuesday with new organdies linens lawns fatiques and keenly priced sets. Venteca vester and cuff sets and military style collars feature brass buttons wide tapes and Castle embroideries.
An old advertisement for short white kid gloves promotes self washing at home with soap and water to save dry cleaning costs. The gloves are described as French kid, pearl white, well cut and fashionable, priced at 91.50 and 3.50 for two pairs, with a note on two complaints in three seasons and satisfactory adjustments.
Evelyn Harris described how the Bell system emphasizes public service and universal access, with Rotary members observing at the Ivy exchange. W. S. Gantry and Bell officials demonstrated operations and the company’s employee welfare plan, while Harris praised the system as a model of service over profit. The Atlanta Rotary Club announced a delegation to the All Southern Get Together in Jacksonville on October 26.
Mrs Elizabeth Aberhart Fox wife of Dr Amos Fox longtime Atlanta resident died last night at her home 634 Washington after a lengthy illness She was seventy survived by her husband and two sisters Miss Mattie Jones and Mrs J G Gilman Funeral arrangements to be announced later
Dorchester physician Dr C J Douglass argues that tea and coffee create drug like dependence. He says nutrition can satisfy cravings with many foods, while small caffeine boosts cause discomfort when stopped. He notes a caffeine free drink alternative and cites a shift to tea as a table beverage.
Washington October 29 The American Bar Association opens with calls to humanize law and curb criticism. President Wilson urges justice and better citations, Taft stresses prompt court action and uniform decisions, McReynolds urges public opinion attention, Root promotes practical evidence rules.
Mrs Mary Belle Crawford, linked to many criminal court actions over her husband Joshua B Crawford will face renewed murder charges as the grand jury convenes. Attorney John Smith will prosecute due to disqualification of Hugh Dorsey. The renewal rests on Dr L F Harms testimony about finding morphi poisoning traces in Brantford stomach years after death.
Washington reports seventy four foreign built ships, totaling 268372 gross tons, have sought American registry since the European war began. Great Britain leads with sixty two ships, seven German and five Belgian vessels follow. Forty nine are freighters and twenty passenger ships, with five undetermined. Eleven vessels gained provisional registry via American consuls.
Court of Appeals of Georgia affirms several lower court rulings and reverses a set of cases across multiple counties. Listed are litigants including Brown v Emerson Brick Co and Parker v Southern Ruralist Co with city and superior court references, judges, and opposing counsel.
Rufus Spain of Walker County was yesterday tried before United States Commissioner J. C. Printup on a charge of illicit distilling and bound over to the November term of the federal court for 200 dollars.
A city optical firm proclaims a fundamental improvement in eyeglass mounting. It notes Kryptek bifocal lenses pioneered eight years ago and claims primacy in advertising druglose fitting methods. The new method eliminates screw holes in rimless frames to prevent edge breakage.
A grandstand at the Laurens county fair collapsed at 11 am, burying about 500 spectators. Seventy five were injured with cuts, bruises, broken limbs and crushed chests. Hospitals overflowed and physicians arrived from nearby towns. top absence likely saved lives. Several seriously hurt include Mrs. J. W. Sanders and Mrs. Joel Smith. The program continued after ambulances ferried the wounded. In Commerce Georgia an escaped white convict, Smallwood, was captured after several days on the run.
New York October 20. The rights of Jared Flagg, on trial for alleged fraudulent use of the mails, were invaded when postal authorities raided Flagg's offices three years ago, removed books and papers, and denied his attorney access. Judge Rudkin issued the opinion noting the protest against trial proceedings while a Supreme Court motion on the invasion claim was undecided.
Washington October 20 Special. T C G Shaw long time field marshal for the civil service commission in Georgia and Florida has been named secretary of the fifth district with headquarters in Atlanta. He succeeds B F Hare who resigned. Shaw is a South Carolinian and Clemson graduate.
Washington October 26 Traff ic through the Panama Canal was resumed today after a weeklong blockage caused by a landslip into Culebra Cut.
Colonel Goethals reported the reopening tonight in cablegram. Nearly a dozen merchantmen waited at each end of the waterway and it is expected two days will be required to move them through. The landslip last Tuesday night covered about 1,500 feet.
Mississippi’s alfalfa king Ming Jackson Smith was granted clemency by Governor Brewer, ending a life prison term though he must stay in the East Mississippi Insane Hospital. His daughter Estelle Smith, soon to wed Saunders Wilburn of Winona, helped secure executive clemency through a plea.
Laurel Mississippi resident Parke Nicholas praises Baughn's Pellagra Remedy claiming a dramatic weight gain from 60 to 90 pounds and urges others in the Pellagra Belt of Alabama to seek the cure. The ad-style note invites readers to obtain a free book from American Compounding Co. Jasper Alabama with a money-back guarantee if the remedy fails.
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