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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1909

Page

10

Real Estate Offers Beechmont Street Prospects

Edwin P. Ansley presents several properties for sale including 132 Juniper Street a two story seven room home in good condition near a major avenue with modern improvements priced at 7250. 15 West Simpson Street a two story six room house near West Peachtree Street lists for 4000. Five two story seven room houses described as close in and strong investments at 16200. 83 Gilmer Street a two story seven room house near the Auditorium priced at 2200 with installment terms. Decatur Street 45 by 190 foot lot with old building producing rent at 65 per year and good future return.

Juniper Street Simpson Street Feachtree Street Gilmer Street Clona Decatur Street North Boulevard Edgewood Avenue West Peachtree Corner Porter Place Grace Mathedrat Jackson Hil Baptist Westminster Presbyterian

Complex Crawford will fight opens in ordinary court

Hearings begin today in the estate of Joshua B Crawford as pleas and petitions flood the case. Contestants challenge the second will naming the widow as administratrix while relatives argue Crawford was mentally unfit when the second will was made. A Rome, Georgia claimant also appears seeking a share, heightening attention for what may become a long legal battle.

Joshua B Crawford Wilkinson Joshua Crawford Crawford Suan Hhjan Rome

Washington Seminary Enrollment Boost for Atlanta Session

Large enrollment expected for the coming season at Washington Seminary in Atlanta. Principals LP and BB Scott request that new pupils attend orientation on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday to facilitate class placement. Phone Ivy 647.

Washington Seminary Atlanta LP & BB Scott Ivy

Ambush kills Little River Lumber employee Jeff Richards

In Sevier county near Blount county a Little River Lumber Company worker, Jeff Richards, was shot from ambush and killed. A Winchester bullet struck his chest and he died without speaking. Fellow employee George Moore is suspected. a warrant is issued and Moore fled the camp armed with a Winchester rifle.

Knorviila Tonn Jeff Richards Little River Lumber Company Sevier County Blount County George Moore

Athens Politics Lively As Mayoralty Race Intensifies

Athens voters watch a heated mayoral contest with editor Rowe and former mayor J F Rhodes seeking the post. Four wards seek aldermen as candidates spar in each ward with a primary slated for late November and campaigns under way.

Rowe J. F. Rhodes Athens Hreifer Thera H. J. Rowe the Banner Frank Rhodes

Meeting of Ex Slaves in Macon Plans Home for Disabled

In Macon Georgia on September 5 a meeting of former slaves is scheduled at the Central City drug store. W G Batley called the gathering to discuss establishing a home for disabled former slaves and to push plans toward completing funding efforts. Speakers will voice support and fundraising details will be outlined.

Macon W. G. Batley Central City

Atlanta's first two story building of 1842 on Wall Street

Long account recalls Atlanta first two story office building and hotel erected in 1842 facing Wall Street opposite Union Depot. It moved to Peters Street near Trinity Methodist Church, then torn down for railroad and city growth. The era marked by Georgia railroad history, first locomotive Florida, and notable figures Logan E Breckley Jonathan Norcross and Hardy Ivy.

Wall Street Union Depot Atlanta Peters Street Trinity Avenue Trinity Methodist Church Atlantic and Western Railway Atata Road Florida Madison Georgia Railroad Whitehall Street Milledgeville Marietta W F Adair E F Y Clarkes Logan E Breckley Supreme Court Bleckley Jonathan Norcross Hardy Ivy John Thrasher John Marthasville Johnson & Thresher First Presbyterian Church Willig Carlsle Spring Streets Willa Carlisle W. 9. Withers Atanta Wash Collier Cigar and Tobacco Decatur and Peachtree Streets Edgewood Avenue Lts EW Holland J W Kreis Collier Western Atlantic Gate City Guarda Henry Clay State of Georgia Jim Lynch Western and Atlantic Roundhouse Brown Western and Atlantic Railroad

Potato gopher from Gainesville Iowa? Georgia

A Gainesville Georgia potato caused by Irish taters grown by W. E. Smith was unearthed by his son Candler while digging. The gopher shaped potato, photographed for The Constitution by N. E Merck, sparked wonder as the boy compared it with a real gopher and noted its exact form.

Gainesville Hall County Georgia W. E. Smith Candler Smith N. E Merck

Vacation Fare to Birmingham on Seaboard

A brief railway notice advertises a round trip to Birmingham for $2.50 on Seaboard from September 14. The train departs at 7:30 a.m. from 88 Peach Tree station and travelers may call 100 for details.

Birmingham Seaboard

Slayer Escapes, Brother Killed in Lynching at Telegraph Pole

Nathan McDaniels suspected shooter Policeman Walter Marshall was killed during a raid on a crap game in Clarkedale Mississippi. A mob seized McDaniels brother Hiram in Jackson and hanged him from a telegraph pole after Nathan was captured in a swamp near Duncan. Authorities moved Nathan to Jackson for jail in Bolivar County.

Iceman Marshall Slayer Telegraph Pole Clarkedale Misa Nathan McDaniels Walter Marshall Duncan Jackson McDaniels Hiram McDaniels Hiram McDaniela Hiram F G Wingfield Miss Sheriff Baugh Talbert Cleveland Wray Bolivar County

Alabama Masons Will Build Home in Montgomery

Definite plan set for a Masonic home to be built by the Grand Lodge of Alabama on 236 acres near Montgomery, land bought from Frances LaPrade. Montgomery lodges pledge $10,000 to aid construction. work to start immediately. Other items note last days of the Legislature, a proposed joint debate on a constitutional amendment, and an official stance on wine at a wedding feast. The issue includes a long list of names likely for a lodge roll and society directories.

Montgomery Speein Jis Grand Lodge of Masons Frances LaPrade Messrs Montgomery Ala Comer Ala B B Comer Spraging Huntsville H Carmichael House A M Garber Nick Stallworth Mobile A Spira Galf Crty Stallworth Spira Colnel Garber

Advertised Letters At Atlanta Post Office September 5 1903

List of uncalled letters at the Atlanta Georgia post office for week ending September 5 1903. Recipients required to say advertised and date. one cent fee per letter. Names include Lula Austin Getta Wayne Mollig Adams Sallie Adams Judith Abraham Salne Amcon Jennin Amos M M Allen Mattle Allen Annie Allen Mattie Aldridge Bertha Almand Maggie Ayers T C Alexander Betty Andres and more with many others listed.

Atlanta, Ga Lula Austin Gettaway Mollig Adams Sallie Adams Judith Abraham Misa Sal- Ne Amcon Jennin C Amos M M Allen Mattle Allen Annie Allen Mattie Aldridge Bertha Almand Maggie ‘Ayers T C Alexander Bette _Y Andres Misa Mary Bateman Browden Louies Bates

First Press Ever Used in Georgia Found Near Dawsonville

A Dalton-like discovery reports the old Washington hand press used to print Georgia’s first newspaper found among ruins near the Howser Hotel in Dawsonville. D. G. Bickers of Gainesville photographed remnants once at Augusta and Nuckolsville, later Ball Ground and Waleska, before ending up at Dawsonville Advertiser. The piece, linked to the Constitutionalist and Mountain Signal lineage, endured a 1904 arson blaze that destroyed the Howser Hotel and the press.

Georgia Dawsonville Washington D. G. Bickers Herald Gainesville Dawdonville Bickers Howser Kodak Augusta Constitu-ionariat Auguste Chronicle The Constitutionalist Chronicle Nuckolaville Nockolsville Mountain Mr Pickett Worth Georgia Congress Allen D. Candler Pigeon Roost Mountain Signal Emory Speer Rey Pickett Ball Ground Cherokee County John B Thomas Dawson County Hon F C Tate Hey Thad Pickett Old Press Advertiser Old Ruckellsville Rex Thad Pickett Waleska Ashe Red Old Hill Dawson Counts Dawsonville Advertiser Thomas User Pears

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