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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1906
Page
9
Market items include apples oranges bananas grapes and various vegetables. Prices shown include blueberries strawberries celery potatoes sweet potatoes and cabbage with occasional quotes per crate or per hundredweight. Local dealers advertise mixed fruits and seasonal varieties for wholesale and retail purchases.
A fragment lists prices for flour, grain, and provisions, including No. 2 white and clover seed, mixed feeds, and various staples. Mentions corn meal, rice, dairy products, apples, and seafood items with per unit costs and locations.
The Sun reports heavy cotton deliveries expected in January amid fluctuating prices and fears of depressions in the market. Buyers, sellers, and port towns weigh contracts and transport entanglements as New York stock rises and ginner reports loom.
The New York Sun reports a sudden stock market rally with Great Northern and Northern Pacific shares surging enough to erase most earlier losses. The rest of the leading stocks largely failed to follow, and no renewed liquidation signs appeared beyond the recent heavy selling.
Birmingham society notes list moving and traveling residents. Jnamen Dunlap and family bought the Hanahan home on MOL South Eleventh. Dr Archibald Smith moved to Inman Park and stays with Mrs Randall at 668 Edgewood Avenue. Several guests visit friends in East Atlanta, Cartersville, La Grange, Decatur, and Americus. Major and Mrs Ball travel to Montgomery. H S Penn heads to New York. Anita Penn to North Carolina. numerous social courtesies and holiday plans populate the page.
W H Powell an Atlanta youth walked into the police station and surrendered to Captain Mayo declaring he deserted from the Navy last June at Norfolk. He asked to be returned to service and was locked up awaiting transfer.
Special to The Georgian Bristol Tenn Dec 15 Paul Garst shot and killed Mack Smith at the Southern depot in Jonesboro Tenn after an altercation linked to past trouble Garst escaped but later surrendered Both men were neighbors and held in high esteem
In Gainesville Georgia on December 15 Miss Minnie Kimsey of Cleveland daughter of Judge J J Kimsey was elected to teach in the Gainesville public schools succeeding Miss Jennie Kendall who has resigned.
Carter Tate United States district attorney returned to Atlanta from Washington and denied reports of changes in his office He stated there will be an attorney and two assistant attorneys with current occupants remaining in their posts Tate travels to Rome to seek courthouse space for federal courts and possible additions.
Jozeph Tomfe, of Delagua Colorado, leaped into a hot coke oven in Denver after his Austrian fiancee wrote that he gambled and failed to save money. He reportedly survived the ordeal.
New York announces a wide investigation into private insane asylums. The state lunacy commissioner says many people are illegally confined and that several facilities operate without licenses. The move follows two recent suicides at local sanitariums.
Mrs Maud Ballington Booth, famed lecturer, spoke at the Grand opera house on Lights and Shadows of Prison Life. An appreciative audience greeted her. she plans city prison visits Saturday and services at a Federal prison Sunday morning. She has rooms at the Piedmont hotel and arrived Friday from Greenwood South Carolina.
Mrs. J. La. Reid an elderly resident near Roundsville West Virginia was attacked yesterday afternoon while seated in her buggy. A negro grabbed her dragged her from the cart and overpowered her until a passing vehicle approached and frightened off the assailant. Reid was returned to her home after the incident.
St Petersburg December 15 It is said Count Witte will leave Russia in January after a disappointing reception He has not said where he will live next It is denied he presented a memorandum to the emperor Evidence from Vice Admiral Rojestyensky about squadron ships and officers was contradicted by several witnesses
Arrangements by the Associated Charities and the Atlanta Sociological Society set for Monday night at the YMCA hall. Dr Henry Curtis will speak on playgrounds for children and their benefits, illustrated by stereopticon views from travels across the country. He plans a Southern tour after Atlanta, visiting several large cities.
Georgia Construction Company directors met Friday to authorize purchasing equipment for the Atlanta Griffin and Macon Electric Railway line. Three potential routes between Atlanta and Macon have been surveyed, with no final choice yet. Plans covered cars, machinery for the power plant, and eventual transfer of the road to Atlanta Griffin and Macon Electric Railway Company.
Holiday travel by Georgia Railroad offers round trip tickets at one and one third first class fare plus 25 cents. Sale from December 30 to January 1 with final limit January 7 1907. Information available from ticket agents A G Jackson C C McMillin GP A Augusta Ga.
A mixed county blurb lists names with ages and death locations, plus property transfers and building permits. Items include Amanda Colbert age 9 dying in Fulton County alod. Emma Bell age 26 at North Butler Street Kolfa. Mrs. M. Y. Perrain age 56 wed old At 'ont West Point Ga. J. Garland to W. B. Wharton at 86 East Pine Street. Hollywood Faiperere Co to Slarriman islander lot in Hollywood cemetery. Sarah T. Hewitt to James & Raley on Ponce DeLeon near Jackson. Amanda A. Lyon to Cynthia K. Lyon on Edwards near Bush. several building permits for alterations and new structures in Atlanta area addresses such as 89-91-03 North Pryor, 465 Hunter Street, 204 East Georgia H5-W, 615 Glenn Street, 50 Highland Avenue.
Guayaquil reports Rebel Leader Vega, captured at Ayancay, shot himself in Cuena yesterday during a rescue attempt for rebel prisoners. Troops fired on the mob, then Vega used a revolver to kill himself. Friends say he was fascinated by the cause.
The proposal to rename Madison avenue to Spencer avenue was tabled by the streets committee Friday afternoon to allow more time to gauge Madison avenue residents. The ordinance awaits council action after Monday’s meeting.
Five suffragists arrested for attempting to meet within parliament precincts were arraigned and fined five dollars or two weeks in jail. They chose prison, while reporting notes indicate the action was seen as a bold protest. The piece also reports on Walton Cotton Mills plans to double capacity in Athens Georgia with expansion of spindles looms and workers.
Robert P. Woodard criticizes Judge Moon for backing a large navy, calling it a Republican doctrine. Thomas J. McMahon supports appealing to Tennessee’s two senators to back the navy enlargement measure, as club members plan to attend Governor Patterson’s inauguration.
Washington reports the president will send a special Panama message on Monday outlining observations and recommendations on imperial affairs. Also, two months for Mutual and New York Life votes end Tuesday with counting likely weeks. Panama Canal bids delayed to January. Virginia banquet marks 500th anniversary voyage. sixteen inmates set for death Friday for murder.
Officials of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic push for trackage rights over the Atlanta and West Point from Atlanta to LaGrange to inaugurate passenger schedules Atlanta to Brunswick. President Wickersham of the West Point Route is away, and if arrangements succeed service could start early January. The route from Brunswick to Birmingham will be shortened by a Warm Springs junction, expanding a new south Georgia section within hours of Atlanta.
United States Casualty Company filed an injunction in the Northern District of Georgia to stop Virginia Carolina Chemie from removing books and records related to payroll counts. The suit, issued after prior filings, seeks payroll based premiums for about 28 policies insuring against gas prowling at accidents to employers. The summons was served on S. Sams in Atlanta.
Snow storm snarls rail traffic across St Paul and western extensions as through trains are trapped and snow piles reach twenty feet in places causing widespread standstill. A separate Asheville report identifies Troy Foster 18 found shot near Leicester with coroner ruling an accidental discharge of a .38 revolver as the likely cause.
Special to The Georgian Decatur. Dec 16. The preliminary trial of Cirt Way, charged with the murder of Policeman J Lem Jones on November 4, is heard today in Squire L D B Morrows court. The trial will consume the entire day. The courtroom is crowded with orderly proceedings and Policeman Jones' popularity makes the case one of much interest.
A man identified as Lawrence Nelson, of Lenoir, was found dead two miles east of Lenoir with a rifle wound in the neck after a two week disappearance. Hamp Kerulai and Juho Vickers were arrested for the murder and are jailed in Lenore.
In Norfolk Virginia today the Igifta of the states named for each ship was presented to the armored cruiser Tennessee and the battleship Virginia. Governor Cox of Tennessee delivered the presentation with his daughter Mary Cox assisting. The Tennessee cruiser was launched at Newport News at 8:56 this morning amid a large party including state officials and military officers traveling by special train. The ceremony featured a long roster of attendees from governors to colonels and notable figures in state government and the railroad sector.
The Mexican government will merge the Mexican Central National International Inter Oceanic and Hidalgo and Northeastern railways into a unified system totaling about 10 000 miles. The Tehuantepec National and Vera Cruz and Pacific will remain separate companies. Major banks in New York London Paris Berlin and Frankfurt join the syndicate with the National Bank of Mexico participating.
Frank Carr, a young white man, was convicted in superior court of highway robbery for the October 20 attack on D. A. McNabb at Strong and D Alvigny streets. He received a fifteen year term in the penitentiary after alibi claims failed and police recovered the watch chain and pawn ticket. He was represented by Attorney Wall with State’s Attorney Hil presenting the case.
In Augusta Georgia on December 15 Joe Jackson a colored deck hand aboard the river steamer Swan which runs between Augusta and Savannah fell from the deck yesterday afternoon and has not been found despite searching efforts. The incident occurred while the vessel was near the Augusta area.
Berlin reports the Reichstag dissolution has broad support amid fatigue with Center rule. The real contest hinges on whether the Center party loses voters or remains a pivotal force, potentially reshaping government plans before the January election.
Eighty members of the Engineering Society of the South from Atlanta Nashville and Birmingham met at the Kimball house for its eighteenth annual convention and chose A. V. Gude of Atlanta as president for the coming year. A. Granberry Jackson was elected head of the aut a section with officers including G H Birmingham and M. lanta vice presidents H M Jones secretary and Hunter McDonald Nashville inland Nashville C B Wilson Nashville as directors.
The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed judgments from multiple circuits and counties. Cases include Harris et al v. Gray Lumber Co and Callaway v. Western and Atlantic Railroad Co, with various judges and counsel listed. Several motions to vacate and rehearings were denied.
Fragmentary OCR of a 19th century superior court docket shows references to Panstactariae Company v multiple defendants, with judges and attorneys named in error proceedings. Names include White Judge Fite, Longley, Starr, Willisuns, and others. Discussed are appeals, citations, and motions across several counties with mentions of Terre?ll and Vincourt.
The midday mishap sent Kat into swift deep water and she never resurfaced. Authorities recovered Kat’s body in an eddy far from the anchor of the steamer, prompting a formal search and safety inquiries.
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