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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1923
Page
18
At the annual Rotary meeting officers and directors were elected and optimistic year end reports read outlining the club’s work over the past year. Glennis was chosen to head the organization as president with other officers and directors named.
Miss C Smith of Richmond Virginia credits Munyon's Paw Paw Tonic with restoring her digestion insomnia and nervousness after other remedies failed She claims rapid improvement and urges others to try the tonic It is advertised as a universal remedy available at leading druggists in Scranton and beyond.
An advertisement claims a tonic cleanses the intestinal tract and relieves stomach and liver ailments, including appendicitis, with a money back guarantee after one dose. It touts international medical authority praise and lists Jacobat Pharmacy and druggists as distributors.
Deiter Goon presented new officers for 7 lera elected at the Capital City club headed by William H. Glenh as president and Charles L. Thom as first vice president James B. Allen as second vice president George W. Brine as treasurer Frank Spratlin as secretary and Charles T. Pottinger as sergeant at arms Directors named Jerome C. Beam Robert Gregg George Herris Wayne Kell and Robert Barker Retiring President W M Brownlee received a silver service and Wayne Kell got a gold Rotary emblem watch chain W A Alexander presented it Assistant Secretary Milas Gladya Hawes received a bouquet Brownlee closed with a final address and Glenn took over as president expressing thanks and noting the clubs work including education foundation funding and boys workעם
City councils moves to limit department heads power in promotions draw sharp attack from Attorney George J. Appree. Spence and others denounce the ordinance as political trickery aimed at police and city leadership. Councilmember York proposes a charter amendment to let council appoint a police chief every four years, amid civil service protections for the force.
Funeral services for R. W. Love of Atlanton will be held at HL. MM. Patterson & Son chapel with Dr. Charles W. Daniel officiating. Interment follows in West View cemetery. Loved by Georgia Masons and Royal Arch Masons, he died Tuesday morning after a stroke. Survivors include daughter Mrs. W. F. Walters, son I. A. Dent, sister Mrs. A. Hughes, and brothers Dr. W. J. Love, S. P. Love, and P. Love.
The Colored State Teachers and Educational association convenes in Atlanta for a three day session. Tonight's meeting is at Friendship Baptist church. Speakers include John J. Tigert U S commissioner of education W W Sanders supervisor of negro schools in West Virginia and Captain J Calloway director of Tuskegee in state extension division. The Gate City Teachers association oversees the entertainment arrangements.
Georgia will be represented in three spring intercollegiate debates against the University of Virginia Vanderbilt University and the University of Alabama. Austin Dean of Gainesville and Charles J Anderson of Macon will debate Vanderbilt in Athens later in May defending the affirmative on war debt cancellation.
Reports claim a miniature snowstorm touched downtown Atlanta Tuesday afternoon around 4 o clock with snowflakes seen in the wind and on awnings. Local weather officials deny snow in the area, noting the last April snow in nine Georgia counties occurred on April 11, 1915, and forecast a cloudy day with little temperature change.
A fire truck from Station No. 4 struck a car owned by Paul H. Norcross on Peach Tree Street near the viaduct shortly after noon Tuesday. Passengers Aliss Frances Patton and Henry Wheeler were uninjured. The truck was en route to a blaze at 11 West Alabama Street caused by a cigarette.
Salvation Army teams restart fundraising Wednesday morning after a two day pause to clear Sheltering Arms. Only $20,000 has been raised. organizers urge Atlanta residents to contribute, hoping to complete the $40,000 goal by Saturday night. Leadership lists, top teams, and donors are noted as the drive continues.
Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle, senior prelate of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States and head of the Missouri diocese since 1860, died at his St Louis home after a lingering illness. He clung to an old Bible through his illness. Alexander Charles Garrett of Dallas will succeed him, to be consecrated at the next convention in 1926. Tuttle, born January 26, 1887, in Windham Nebraska, had a long career including missionary work in Montana Utah and Idaho. His varied life and service left a lasting imprint on the church.
The veteran church leader, cited as senior bishop of the gaurel in the United States, carried out heroic rescues and cheered women and children across the western frontier before his death following an epidemic attack. He is survived by Dr. George W. Tuttle of St. Louis and Arthur Tuttle of Mexico City, and his wife who died in Morrie, New York.
In Griffin Georgia on April 17 Dr W A Shelton a Timory university professor and former pastor spoke at the high school auditorium about conditions during King Tutankhamuns era. He said misquotes in a Atlanta Sunday paper suggested an ancient curse caused Lord Carnarvon's death noting deadly insects haunted the country and that Carnarvon grew careless amid the tombs discovery while spending years seeking it.
Judge William Grubb of the northern district of Alabama held court in Savannah to sentence multiple defendants for liquor violations. He imposed harsh sentences including heavy fines and straight penalties, emphasizing prior records and a thorough review of each defendant’s history.
Noted attorney Q Murphey Cradler will addressAtlanta Masonic Club members at the weekly luncheon today at noon in the Peacock cafe. Pythagoras lodge has organized the meeting and a musical program by Georgia rambers will be presented.
Erneat Buchanan local attorney was indicted on a felony charge by the Fulton grand jury for allegedly attempting to sell shares in the Black and White Taxicab company without a state securities commission permit. The October transaction involved Allen M. Pierce of Atlanta.
A petition to discontinue the extra fare on the Oglethorpe car line between Buckhead and Peachtree City will be presented to the Public Service Commission within days. M I Chambers of the Peachtree City Improvement Club announced the move, backed by residents in and around Peachtree City.
Funeral services for J Walter Blackmon prominent Columbus insurance man who died Saturday after lingering illness were held Sunday afternoon from his residence at 2015 Hamilton Avenue Rev Robert Kerr officiated and interment followed in Linwood Cemetery
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