ROT Freshmen Clash with Police and Class Leader Jailed
Sunday banner reports a clash between 1915 freshmen and police. T S Malone elected president and B F Floyd were carried to city hall and jailed after rioting at Majestic Elite and Lyric theaters. Col. Snelling intervened, visiting the station and posting bond for the two leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. C. M. Snelling
T. S. Malone
B. F. Floyd
Malone
Stone Mountain
Monticello
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Clayton Street
The
Majestic
Stone
Lumpkin-Milledge
Lyric Theater
College Avenue
Thomas
Seagraves
City Hall
Col. Snelling
Attack on a young Atlantan by unknown gunman
Special to the Banner reports Harry Woodward, a resident of Atlanta, was robbed at Fourteenth and Peachtree Streets by a armed Black assailant who fired, wounding his right arm. the offender escaped. Woodward's father formerly managed Atlanta’s waterworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Harry Woodward
Park Woodward
Fourteenth and
Peachtree Streets
New Georgia Railway and Power Company Formed
Plans completed in Atlanta on September 23 to consolidate hydroelectric plants across Piedmont into a single system. A $27,000,000 capitalization will fund the venture, with major funding from Canada and England. Charter requested. officers to be announced. company to take over and operate regional power projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avlanta
Piedmont
Canada
England
New Georgia Railway and Power Company
Opera
Evening wear fashions for girls and women on show
The notice invites shoppers to view an evening stock of girlish and older fashions. It promises a magnificent array of latest styles and urges careful selection and note of each garment in the shop’s inventory.
The Fall Suits Demonstrate Simple Style Over Flash
The piece argues that extreme fashions are unfashionable and conspicuous. It praises simple clothes for lasting appeal and cites the Wooltex model as proof. It notes the ready-to-wear line is the prettiest and most stylish shown.
Fall Dresses Show New Paris Styles in Athens
Our fall opening highlights the newest Paris styles in a fashion exposition. The fall line includes dresses for all occasions, with expert salespeople ready to assist.
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Paris
Athens
Long coats highlight workmanship in fall line
The piece stresses careful tailoring and fine details like turned seams button holes linings and collar fit as essential to elegant clothes. It promotes the fall line of long coats as a perfect example of this standard.
Separate skirt offers practical comfort for walking wear
Practical women favor the separate skirt, a straight model design praised for ease and beauty. The article notes that this walking skirt meets a long felt need without sacrificing style, showcasing our line as graceful and comfortable.
Georgia Railway and Power Co formed from major Atlanta plants
A new corporation unites the Bull Sluice Chattahoochee Etowah and Tallulah Falls plants with street railway and lighting interests in Atlanta. Canada and Atlanta capitalists are among incorporators. The firm, among the world’s largest, aims to cover most of the state’s water powers from plains to hills. Advertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattahoochee
Etowah
Tallulah Falls
Atlanta
Georgia Railway and Power Co
Incorporators
Lore Canada
New Corporation
Two Business Men Dead Over Push Cart Dispute
In Atlanta suburb Oakhurst a grocery firm owner W. H. Johnson is dead and P. W. Zuber is dying after a quarrel over a push cart used by a grocery boy. An ordinance bans pushcarts on sidewalks except baby carriages. the man shot the other after an argument at Johnson’s home, then the other fatally assaulted him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
W. H. Johnson
Oskhurst
P. W. Zuber
Grady Hospital
Oakhurst
Zuber
Johnson
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Georgia
Piedmont Region
Wooltex
Peter
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