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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1906
Page
14
City council may consider a proposal to redraw ward boundaries to simplify property assessments. Tax assessors urge reestablishing ward lines by street, claiming current divisions confuse entries in tax books and split property plots. Aimed at square wards and clearer assignments, the plan faces discussion pending council action.
After the Grand opera house performance, Dr. T J Hinman discovered his automobile had vanished. Police checked nearby garages but the thief likely fled, later an anonymous call placed the car at Inman Park. A small negro boy witnessed a youth entering the machine, and authorities pursued a suspect named Norval linked to a sheep business.
John Craig files suit in superior court against Lane Bros Co Jones Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad and Gate City Terminal Co seeking 2000 damages. He says a trestle collapse on December 4 at Magnolia and Mangum streets caused he and three loaded cars to plunge twenty feet, injuring him. He alleges negligent construction with rotten timbers and unstable foundation. Attorney F Roland Alston represents Craig.
A week before the water commissioner election, Thomas F. Stocks seeks re election while Joseph J. Cobb Jr challenges him. Ten commissioners total serve with the mayor and water works chair ex officio. Stocks and Hugh Dorsey are term limited this year. Cobb gains strong backing from First ward interests. The outcome will shape city governance and water policy.
Special to The Georgian Memphis Tenn Dec 7 Thomas Dixon Jr famed author announces a practical philanthropy project focusing on tuberculosis treatment and a socialistic colony near Thomasville Georgia Dr Frank Clenger a tuberculosis specialist from Asheville NC will lead the community which will include 100 small cottages with open air sleeping rooms indoor dressing rooms a general hospital and a small theater The former minister plans to donate all proceeds from his plays The Clan man and The One Woman to fund the experiment
The Georgian reports no records or local real estate knowledge of any land purchase by Thomas Dixon near Thomasville Georgia. Officials and brokers say they know nothing of such a transaction and there is no public confirmation.
A Sigma Alpha Epsilon convention will be held at the Piedmont hotel December 26 with the fiftieth annual banquet at the Kimball on Saturday December 2. About 80 to 100 visitors are expected in Atlanta. The Tech chapter and Atlanta A la Association will host the Piedmont events with a large dance at the Kimball on December 23. Open night is December 27 for members of chapters and other fraternities to attend. SAE, a large southern fraternity, has sixty seven active chapters and forty alumni chapters. Charles F. Stone chairs the entertainment committee striving to make the Atlanta convention a standout event.
Governor Terrell issues a proclamation offering a 600 dollar reward for the apprehension of the unknown killer of C H Brooks a leading Chipley citizen. Brooks was shot at his home December 4 as his wife heard the shot and found him later dead. No clew has surfaced though Brooks was well liked and enemies are not known. County wide search continues amid high indignation.
The article highlights refined design and curated plantings in the Kimball Palm Garden. It notes meticulous layout choices, elegant pathways, and attention to texture and color. The feature emphasizes a serene, upscale space aimed at discerning visitors.
The Georgian offers a yearly subscription of $4.50 and will send The Georgian every afternoon except Sunday to subscribers who prepaid. Each subscriber may select one of ten magazines such as Judge's Quarterly American Magazine American Boy Good Housekeeping McCall's Popular Magazine Southern Cultivator Woman's Home Companion Garden Magazine Cosmopolitan.
Special to The Georgian Macon Georgia December 7 The Georgia Students Missionary League begins with social activities at Wesleyan College with delegates from state colleges including the State University Lucy Cobb Agnes Scott Georgia Tech Emory Georgia Normal and Industrial Lavr... Mercer and Wesleyan represented. President DuPont Guerry Rev R E Douglass and Mercer President S Jameson address opening events.
A blaze in the McAuflan and Wakeman block in Holyoke Massachusetts spread early morning, drawing Springfield help ten miles away. High winds hampered efforts as losses reach around 400000 dollars for one of the city’s premier business blocks.
Special to The Georgian. Jackson Miss December 7 Fire at the National Lumber Company plant in the southern part of the city caused $100000 in losses, not fully insured. The blaze began in a shed and got beyond control quickly. Several Illinois Central box cars were also destroyed.
Eufaula Alabama December 7 The seventy fourth session of the Methodist conference opened with Bishop W W Duncan in the chair He spoke of losses from Bishop Tigert's death and Bishop Galloways illness and extended sympathy to storm stricken towns along the South Alabama and West Florida coast Also noted were re elections for J M Mason and visits by several church leaders and reports from Tuskegee and Greensboro colleges.
The Rawlins brothers, sentenced to life terms, will be moved next Tuesday from Valdosta jail to three state camps. Jesse Rawlins is assigned to operate a steam shovel at Chereokee Brink Company in Macon by W L Dunwoody and Secretary Goodlet Yancey. Milton goes to George 8 Baxter Company at Fargo, Leonard to Babcock Lumber Company in Miller County. Protests against commuting the sentences were widespread and no voice supported the decision.
A Georgia preacher Rev E M Bounds led a large congregation at 3 PM during the class meeting with eight young men named F M Atchison Francis Hastings Caleb T Martin Arthur C Clayton Josephus Hardy John C Marley Robert J Coxwell and J Bruce Alrey present. Dr H M Hamil of Nashville and Mixx Minnié BE Kennedy of Opelika delivered splendid addresses during the anniversary.
Readers are urged to subscribe to a group package including The Delmester The Magazine The World's Work and The Georgian for $6.50 yearly in advance. Individual magazine prices run about $4.60, while combined offers with The Jeffersonian and The Georgian each cost $4.50 per issue.
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