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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1913
Page
14
The Constitution launches a weekly religious page with sermons from Atlanta ministers. It promises interviews, reader tips, and a broad impartial layout, listing topics from morning and evening services across churches such as Baptist, College Park, North Atlanta, Ponce de Leon, West End, and more, including sermon titles and pastors.
The Rev Father P J MacCorry eminent missionary and lecturer will be in Atlanta Tuesday evening at the Tabernacle auditorium under the auspices of the Alkhealy lyceum system. His appearance will mark the close of the present lyceum series and he will present a lecture titled The
The lecture titled Story Beautiful will be illustrated with 100 facsimile reproductions on the stereopticon screen and motion pictures. Paintings colored for Father MacCorry by James Hawkes of the Metropolitan Museum. Music will accompany the program, and the event is expected to draw a large audience at the Tabernacle auditorium.
Dr Edward Griggs will deliver the fifth free ethical lecture in Atlanta on Public Education and the Problem for Democracy. The talk, in Wesley Memorial auditorium at Auburn Avenue and Ivy Street, will have 2000 seats with tickets for the main floor and balconies open to the public.
West Palm Beach April 12 Henry M Flagler the railroad magnate who had been seriously ill for several weeks was said to be greatly improved today At his home he sat up briefly and his condition was described as more favorable by officials
Atlanta mobilizes to host 1,509 commissioners for the May 15 Presbyterian assembly. City citizens pledge 2,000 homes for Presbyterians and 540 for other denominations. total visitors expected 5,900. Methodist stewards vow strong support with numerous homes offered. Orr leads committee. Dr. Roberts, long-time stated clerk, to oversee duties. Moore coordinates commissioner list.
The Atlanta Presbytery meets in Carrollton Ga this week with about seventy five ministers and elders expected to attend. Dr Hugh K Walker opens with a sermon Tuesday at 730 pm followed by welcome remarks from Mayor Shaw and Rev Dodd. Closing sermon Friday evening will be by Rev Fritz Rauschenberg. Commissioners to the May general assembly will be elected.
Dr. William H. Roberts of Philadelphia, a long respected Presbyterian leader and former stated clerk, will be in Atlanta for the May church assembly though advanced in years.
A spring revival wave sweeps Atlanta churches and Sunday schools with multiple ongoing meetings and several planned in coming weeks. Evangelists A. C. Shuler, L. C. Bricker, B P Robertson, C. W. Rowe, J. Frank Jackson, and John T Hawkins lead citywide activities as First Christian, Edgewood, North Atlanta, McDonald, West End, and other congregations host nightly sermons and music.
Richmond April 12 announces that Dr R C Mitchell president of the University of South Carolina has accepted the presidency of the Medical College of Virginia. The two Richmond medical schools were consolidated and the board sought a suitable man for president with a background in medicine and business.
The Southern Pacific liner Occidente sailing from New York for Galveston was in a collision tonight with an unidentified schooner off the New Jersey coast. No danger to the Occidente was reported and the schooner’s fate remained unknown.
Walter New, 16, fell from a freight train about two miles west of Tallapoosa on Friday morning and died instantly when struck by moving trucks. Local authorities and witnesses describe a tragic accident as the teen departed the freight car and was struck as the train passed.
Rev Charles Daniel, pastor of the First Baptist Church, calls palmists in Atlanta “fakers” and urges city council to outlaw fortune telling and palmistry. He warns these con artists corrupt youth, rob customers, and undermine judgment, citing police complaints and harm to delinquent girls. He favors a city ban and taxes on such operations.
Buena Vista Georgia April 12 The second annual Fourth District High School meet opened April 11 at Hoke Smith Institute Buena Vista. Officers elected for next year include C I Smith La Grange president W E Crane Hoke Smith Institute vice president L P Herring Manchester secretary T C Kendrick Columbus High and Professor T G Polnit LaGrange High. Hoke Smith Institute won the loving cup with 2112 points. Winners listed by event include Defamation recitation Hatcher Columbus High School music Miss Chapman spelling Miss Ellcrease high jump Be Be hson Kurdiga Healr Hotee Sanity jump Chapman Fourth district a boys essay Traylor A 100 yard dash Hallam running long jump Talley four yard seck Ti jum Fourth district a girls essay Miss Norman shot put Struppe Columbus Industrial High School relay Columbus Industrial High School 220 yard dash Marshburn running broad jump Marshburn LaGrange. Miss Olive Bradley second in recitation Susie Tanner and Walter Sturdivant third in music and essay Carrollton High School. Weat Point student took third in essay Twelve schools represented.
The City Savings Bank stockholders are slated to meet Monday following state bank examiner action that declared the bank solvent. A committee of directors has a proposal from another banking institution to present for approval, with the exact terms and institution undisclosed by W W A Sims who helped negotiate it. The outcome hinges on stockholders approval and whether the bank resumes operations.
Washington April 12 The case of W C Chase of Atlanta buys a 160 acre country farm in Warren county Virginia named Druid Hill for a stated price of 40000 dollars.
In Moultrie Georgia on April 12 special report says judge fined James Holmes 109 dollars for approaching a juror. The court inquiry noted juror contact. details indicate Holmes, a focal capitalist and naval stores operator, faced the penalty as proceedings unfolded.
John W. Philips of 57 Whitehall Street vowed to "fx" Green Howell, who testified against him in a liquor sale case. Philips, released Saturday, found Howell on Broad Street near the viaduct and assaulted him, leaving Howell hospitalized. Police then took Philips to jail on disorderly conduct charges.
In Athens on April 12 the Phi Kappa debaters defeated the Demosthenians in the annual sophomore contest at the University of Georgia chapel. The question asked if Georgia should adopt a graduated inheritance tax on property valued at or above 60 000. The Demostheniana supported the affirmative with T N Hendricks W R Fort and A G Grafta and the Phi Kappa negative team included Henry H West L A Pinkusshon and E J Hacdin. Judges were State Senator Robert Toombs DuBose Dr J oe Campbell and Colonel DeuPree Hunnibutt.
A weather report predicts a clear day with temperatures from 45 in the morning to 60 at noon making Sunday ideal for rest. A cool gusty evening chills Atlanta streets as wind shifts past 6 or 7 o'clock and Peachtree Street swirls around the Candler building.
President Wilson and Postmaster General Burleigan moved quickly in choosing postmasters. F. & Myers was named postmaster at Portland Oregon and Sherlock Swann at Baltimore. Swann had backed William L. Marbury against Senator John Walter Smilin, signaling Wilson's lean toward the Marbury faction in Maryland.
St Louis April 12 Judge Dyer in the federal district court here today began to hear arguments to enjoin the enforcement of the disputed sausage order as part of a food regulation case impacting producers and distributors in the region.
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