Mrs Foster to Entertain in Washington Visit
Mrs Sheppard Wo Foster vice regent general of the Daughters of the American Revolution from Georgia arrives in Washington to attend the continental congress. She will entertain the Georgia delegation at a dinner this evening at the New Willard. Mrs Ganage host. Vic Henson entertained at bridge this afternoon in Livingston in honor of the visitor, Mrs Harris Tranauge of Bainbridge. Mrs Frederick Jones gave tea yesterday at her Junptreet home in compliment to Mrs Ganage Matthews. Miss Vinnie Tilden and Miss Beulah Dell Harralson served punch. Children were amused with games and the younger auxiliary members joined by young men for dancing after 6. Miss Griffith wore white lace with rose Georgette. sister Mrs Waller Ledard wore white Georgette crepe.
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Foster
Sheppard Wo Foster
Daughters of the Aimerican Revolution
Georgia
Washington
Continental Congress
New Willard
Ganage
Vic Henson
Bussey
Bridge
Livingston
Wia Haris ¢ Tranauge
Bainbridge
Frederick Jones
I B A Howe
John Latham
New York
Louisville
Robert Adger Smythe
Neal
Frank Myers
Charleston
iMrs
Thomas Kilby
Alabama
Cator Woolford
Dea
Opera
Rehearsal announcements for Spring Festival week
Miss Bva Bergne the physical director announces festival rehearsals at the WCA gymnasium on Tuesday at 11 30 and 3 30 for parts Goldo Priestesses Persephone and maids, Wednesday at the Terpsichorean club 7 00 p m Woodland sprites, Thursday at 64 Houston Street 4 00 p m for Neveis costumes due, plus the Music Study Club info and Parent Teacher Association meeting details.
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Bva Bergne
WCA
Flouston Street
Golo
Persephone
Aurora
Terpsichorean Club
Woodland Sprites
Houston Street
Miss Griffiths Tea Party Honors Julia Jackson Chapter
Miss Griffith hosted a pretty tea yesterday afternoon at her home on Laurel Street to honor the Julia Jackson chapter of the Children of the Confederacy. The color theme featured tea and white with red and white flowers throughout the decor as guests, including officers and hosts, mingled in entertaining fashion.
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Miss Griffith
Mary Butt Griffith
Pborlock
Lea Htree Street
Julia Jackson
Children of the Confederacy
Vass Griffith
Tessie War
Oei
Margaret Funai
Lawrenceville School Tops 9th District Contest With High Average
Lawrenceville School achieved the district’s highest average at the ninth district education and athletic contest in Canton last week. The high school won the athletic cup long held by Toccya for years and earned the district’s top overall score while entering for the second year. Residents praise the faculty and contestants for the notable showing.
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Lawrenceville
Canton
Toccya
Temperance groups plan May 1 parade for death of King Alcohol
The Women’s Christian Temperance Association and allied groups announce a May 1 demonstration to celebrate the closing of liquor shops. A parade of several hundred women and children will be led by a hearse bearing the corpse of King Alcohol, signaling a temperance victory.
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Womens Christian Temperance Association
Alcoho
Bank Directors Sued in Federal Court
Six directors of the First National Bank of Lafayette Ga face a $90 000 suit in federal court before Judge Newman this morning. Named defendants are JW Catender A Jackson J H Hammond H S Garmany S Aunt Jr and T Simmons. Counsel for the United States division of banking and Mr Freeman, receiver of the borst National, arrived with Mr Dunlap to pursue the case.
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First National Bank
Lafayette Ga
Newman
JW Catender
A Jackson
J H Hammond H S Garmany
Aunt
Joe V Williams
Chattanooga
Walter B Shaw
J B Shattuck
Fayetteville
Dunlap
Freeman
Woman Suffrage Up to Iowa Primary Voters
Governor Clarke of Iowa issued a proclamation directing submitting to voters at the June primary the constitutional amendment providing for woman suffrage. The move places the issue before Des Moines voters and throughout the state.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Clarke
Madame Ober to star in Samson and Delilah in Atlanta
Opera Week notes highlight Madame Ober in the leading Delilah role with the Metropolitan Opera's French performance and Anna Case making a local debut. The event features ballet, grand opera, and an Atlanta Musical Festival association premiere with club reservations and elegant gowns described for various opera week functions.
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Ienna Dooly
Madame Ober
Ravencavalier
Anna Case
Atlanta
Delilah
Capital City
Stars of Grand Opera
Atlanta Musical Festival Association
Refrigerator cars needed for South crops
Washington April 47 The Interstate Commerce Commission issued a memorandum urging railroads to ensure a sufficient supply of refrigerator cars for moving early south fruit and vegetable crops. It stresses not diverting cars from this purpose and calls for prompt return of all refrigerator cars now in possession to their owning roads.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Favorable Report on Immigration Bill Passes House
Washington April 17 Senator Smith of South Carolina submitted the report of the Senate immigration committee declaring the literacy test acceptable in the house bill and recommending its passage. The bill would meet the presidents veto concerns by excluding political offenders where the offense was a felony and excluding aliens over 16 who cannot read some language. It would allow admissible aliens to bring in immediate family and provide exemptions for those escaping religious persecution.
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Washington
Smith
South Carolina
Senate Immigration Committee
House
Girl From Talbot County Regains Speech at Hopkins
Grace Marshall, a Talbot county girl allegedly imprisoned for over ten years by her father until she weighed 57 pounds, is discharged from Johns Hopkins hospital after four months. She has regained speech and now weighs 50 pounds. Miss Marshall will testify against her father and mother, who face trial soon on charges related to the girl's condition.
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Baltimore
Grace Marshall
Talbot County
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dliss Marshall
Abolition of Little Chicks Gift Urged by Humane Society
The Atlanta Humane Society urges ending the Easter practice of gifting live chicks. It condemns cruelty from neglect, overcrowding, and disease, urging children learn animal welfare and dealers to show more care for birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastertime
Humane Society
Morrison will leaves vast estate to grandchildren rights limits set
Mary S Morrison wills distribution to three grandchildren R Clyde Margeson Frank Jones Margeson of Portsmouth NH and Emily Laighton Tobey of South Hilcott Maine exceeds 20000 each valued estate between 70000 and 190900 with holdings in Atlanta Alen SC mining interests in California a Highland avenue home over 20000 plus furnishings executors John T Hall and Mary T Scott named guardians barred for R Clyde and John G Tobey Tobey not to be trustee or intrusted in any capacity tied to the 20000 shares.
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Mary S Morrison
Morrison
Atlanta
Alen
California
Highland Avenue
R. Morrison Margeson
Frank Jones Margeson
Portsmouth
Emily Laighton Tobsy
South Hilcott
Maine
John T. Hall
Mary T Scott
Morrisons
R Clyde Margeson
John G Tobey
Park Rule Violations Prove Very Expensive In Recorder's Court
Four men were fined in police court Monday for alleged Grant park violations. Berry Cohen and H Pickett were fined $5.75 each for riding motorcycles up a bank and damaging grass. 65% Shreet barber Sam McKenney faced $7.3 fine for drunkenness and feeding peanuts to animals. Sam McKenney was also cited for decorating his coat with park flowers, fined $5.73.
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Grant Park
J . Cochran
Berry Cohen
Love Street
H . Pickett
Baltimore
Decatur Shreet
Sam McKenney
Cameron Street
Freeman
Failing to Blow Safe at Moore Wilson Mercantile
Burglars pried open a cash register and looted pennies from the safe at Moore Wilson Mercantile on West Linden Street Sunday night. A nitroglycerin charge blew holes in the safe sides but failed to detonate, leaving shelves with hundreds of dollars in the till and the crime discovered Monday morning.
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Moore Wilson Mercantile Company
West Linden Street
Safej
Duncan Found Dead at Emory University Campus
W C Duncan a 45 year old workman and foreman of a grading gang at Emory University campus complained of illness and died in his room at the Folsom hotel 168 Marietta Street. Acute indigestion is given as the cause. He leaves a wife a sister at his Jackson Street home and a brother in Athens Ga.
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North Jackson Street
Wic Duncan
Imory University
Folsom
Marietta, Street
University
Duncan
Athens
Dr Porter speaks at YMCA meetings for men
Dr H A Porter of Second Baptist church conducts nightly religious meetings for city men at the YMCA from seven to eight. Last night’s topic Was Does Death End All tonight he speaks on An Hour at the Cross Special music enhances each program. F S Goodman of the international YMCA committee will join later, bringing his national reputation as a speaker for men.
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H A Porter
Second Baptist Church
M.ca
F S Goodman
International
Absorb Freckles and Blemishes with Mercorized Wax
Inquiries by girls seek a reliable freckle remedy. Mercorized wax reportedly absorbs freckles with no harm, leaving a soft rose-tinted complexion. Apply a thin nightly layer over the face, wash off in the morning. For rough skin use hazel with saxolite for a facial bath. wrinkles may improve.
Traffic Regulations Announced For Opera Week
Police Chief Mayo unveils one way traffic on Courtland and Gilmer streets during opera week. Westward flow on Gilmer and northbound on Courtland. Parking limited to Courtland near Hunter, Edgewood, and Gilmer behind the auditorium. An extra patrol will manage crossings and marshal opera guests’ cars.
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W M Mayo
Auditorium Armory
Courtland
Gilmer
Courtland Street
Hunter
Edgewood Avenue
Gilmer Street
Auditorium
Burnett
Suit Filed Over Federal Stamp Tax Liability
JI H Hicks of Talladega Alabama sues The Corinthian company of Atlanta in U S district court for 88 dollars to settle who must pay the federal stamp tax on a deed. Hicks seeks a court decree to determine which party is liable after offering a $100000 property value bond and noting the transfer occurred in 1912.
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United States District Court
JI H Hicks
Talladega
Ala
Corinthian Company
Atlanta
Alabama
Hicks
Montgomery & McKinnon
Corrinthian Company
Hightower estate left to widow and children
Probate in DeKalb county reveals T J Hightower Sr will bequeaths to his widow Mrs George A Hightower and their children stock in West View Cemetery and the home at 65 Moreland Avenue with equal shares. Executors named as T J Hightower Jr and the widow. Also notes a sliver of his interest in Hightower Hallman valued at 26 000 dollars. A separate line mentions beef sales by Suit & Co in Atlanta for week ending April 15 1916 averaging 11 90 cents per pound.
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T J. Hightower, Sr
DeKalb County
West View Cerfietery
George A Hightower
Hightower & Hallman
Moreland Avenue
Mrs Hightower
George A. Miltean
Enen Reese
T J. Jr
John B. Albert
Mark A Hightower
Mra Charles A Sisson
Harry Hightower
Ada and
Nellis Hightower
T J Hightower
Suit & Co
Atlanta
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Phillips & Urews
Lvelyn Jackson
Ehanman
Haydnies
Jackson Stana
Vins
Kate Wein
Lucile Waporeioltr
Aliee
Bonnell Fransuly
Sara Larkins
Walter Belanders Woodorg
Mr Watters
Parent-Teacher Association
Parent Teacher Association of
Greenwood School
Jarnigan
Trama
Arn
Crete
Fairbank
Hastings
Boston
Hastings Go
Opera Week
Atlanta Humane Society
The
Mary Morrison
Recorder’s Court
W. C. Duncan
Emory
DR. Porter
Mayo
Hightower
Diesel
M. Rich & Bros. Co
Whitehall Street
Atlanta Gas Light CO
Express
J. P. Allen & Co
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