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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1907
Page
10
Cartersville hopes to gain free mail delivery as post office business grows. Postmaster Walter Akerman says government aid requires 25 percent more quarterly business by March 21 1906. The 1906 year shows larger receipts and routes covering about eight miles each, with daily mailpieces rising from 2 500 in November 1904 to 34 283 in November 1906.
The Brown House manager C. Foore leaves after a year directing the hotel. Ed Validay succeeds him while Foore heads a new vaudeville venture in Macon on First Street. Foore’s links to theater and business extend from Atlanta to regional ventures.
The Georgia Savings Bank and Trust Company, the oldest in the city, invites deposits from $1 with 4 percent annual interest compounded twice yearly starting January 1. Open an account at Broad and Alabama streets, receive a pass book, and begin building an ageable future. deposits before January 10 earn interest from January 1. Bank hours include Saturday afternoons.
A report by First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock shows over 12 percent of railway mail clerks resigned in the past year. The pay, ranging from 1000 to 1800 dollars, plus exhausting shifts, fostered resignations and pushes workers toward private sector opportunities.
Special to The Georgian Columbus Ga Jan 1 The San Jose scale has taken hold of peach orchards near Midland in a region largely devoted to peaches Owners have been told by the state entomologist that destroying affected trees is the only remedy Orchards of 2500 trees or more are badly affected by the pests.
In Evening Shade Sharp county Arkansas practically every black resident has fled after threats to leave the country. Joe Brooks nearby was fired on and injured as the distressing pattern drove the colony to abandon property and relocate.
A freight train backing into the Central railroad yards in Columbus struck the building housing the master mechanic and officials. No injuries occurred though the offices were shaken, with the conductor's cab suffering the most damage.
Special to The Georgian from Sparta Georgia reports Sheriff W M Berry of Handock County learned by wire that Jeff Landry, the Black man who killed Eddie Brown near Devereaux, was captured in South Carolina. Lundy killed Brown weeks ago and was shot during capture, taken to Augusta Hospital for treatment, and later escaped from the hospital.
A Battle Creek Postum Company advertisement quotes a town woman who attributes headaches nerves and dizziness to coffee and tea. She says after switching to Postum her symptoms improved and eyesight and mood stabilized. The piece urges readers to brew Postum and read The Road to Wellville for a reason.
Gainesville Ga January first Claude Miller, previously tried for shooting Harve Merritt, is jailed under arrest by Sheriff Crow on a warrant by W H Reynolds of Gainesville alleging Miller set fire to Reynolds barn near White Sulphur Springs twice last week Miller remains in jail awaiting the next term of Hall superior court
Chattanooga news reports the first bank opening in the city in a department store setting. The D B R Loveman Bank has applied for a charter with fifty thousand capital to serve store customers and local patrons.
Georgia Secretary of State records show two corporations registered for 1907 with a $0.60 initiation fee after a law from the last session, while about 10,000 others failed to file and face $60 fines. The piece also includes an unrelated advert for Singer sewing machines with local dealer contacts.
Peter Ropp, a leading supporter of Dowie, was shot last night by Rudolph Zollinger, a night watchman in Zion City. Officials report motive linked to robbery. several all night meetings were held by factions as Zollinger allegedly entered the front and rear doors and fired.
William B. Thweatt of Forsyth died in Maitland Florida Sunday morning from bronchial trouble. He was 56 and had recently moved to Florida for health reasons. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Forsyth with ministers J. A. Timmerman and W. T. Hunnicutt. He left a wife, a child, one brother and several sisters.
Special to The Georgian Newborn Ga Jan 1 The funeral services for C A Bimpoon of Newborn were held at the Methodist Episcopal church. He was killed Friday night after entering service with the Central railroad as a cook for the bridge gang in Macon. While locking up on the trestle he stumbled and fell to the street below breaking his neck.
A jumble of names and shows reports many debuts and engagements in major venues. Melba makes a stage entrance this week while Daly tops a contest in the pit. Productions by Evelyn G Sutherland Beulah Dix, Wilson, and Al appear. new theatres open in New Orleans and Harcone Street. Mrs Seaman, possibly the oldest actress, dies in England as new shows head to London and New York stages.
At First Baptist Church of Macon a twenty member committee was appointed to elect a new pastor after Dr. J. L. White leaves January 14 for Beaumont Texas. White who arrived twelve years ago increased church membership from about six hundred to nearly twelve hundred and leaves the church strong and orderly. The committee will begin work at once with several prominent men discussed for the pulpit.
W Jones and Co, a noted business broker, forms partnership and relocates from Century building to Viaduct place. R Bert Mitchell joins to head real estate, Drewry to manage sales, and W A Beck to lead business brokerage. The firm plans to buy and sell businesses, handle real estate, and offer realty loans.
Cuthbert residents discount Atlanta and New Orleans reports accusing Professor Gustav E. Von Hort. Von Hoff, longtime head of the Andrew College music department, is regarded as a man of integrity and is expected to refute the charges. In Lizella fire destroys J T Jones household goods. Gainesville reports initial real estate transfer on Prince Street trade.
Methodist ministers of Columbus Georgia and adjoining Girard and Phenix City reorganized for the year with Rev. Leon O. Lewin as president, Rev. P M Guthrie as vice president, and Rev. H B Allen as secretary.
Teeres LM Macon Ga Jan 1 Officer on the Torcer force has been stricken with paralysis depriving him of power of action. He has served over thirty years under Price Horne and Special Will Move to Oklahoma. Scottabors Jan Proctor a Jackson lawyer resident in Scottabord spore hee Barclay moves to Oklahoma with his family where he will practice.
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