Memorial Day program marks U D C ATL Attante chapter meeting
U D C ATLante chapter meeting held a busy session with seven new members, wreath plans for Mrs. Raines, and a fundraising sale of Jefferson Davis autographs for Winnie Davis memorial fund. Speakers praised Memorial Day, Camp Chase, and Jefferson Davis, with a varied program of songs and readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Raines
Jefferson. Davis
Winnie Davis
Camp Chase
Congress
R E. Lee
The
Daughters
E. V. Warrison
Alabama
J. Lewis Browne
Atlanta
South
Charleston Exposition Inspire Confederate Memorial Remarks
The address recalls Civil War shadows and Charleston’s beauty while Miss Wallace and Miss Boyd perform speeches and songs. The Winnie Davis memorial fundraiser netted 1644 dollars at the Grand, with fifty hundred dollars to be allocated to the Winnie Davis fund and the rest to Soldiers' Home and Jefferson Davis monument as approved by the Atlanta chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Wallace
Charleston
Forts Sumter
Moultrie
Elvil War
Jennie Boyd
Joseph Thompson
W. M. Nixon
Grand
Thompson
Winnie Davis
Soldiers’ Home
Jefferson Davis Monument
Plane
Bowling Party and Society Notes in Atlanta
Yesterday at Piedmont Driving Club Mrs. Charles Cax hosted friends for informal bowling and a luncheon. The piece lists several attendees and then shifts to multiple church guild meetings and social notices across Atlanta including a marriage at Miss Jean McCormick’s home with J E McDonald as groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont C
Charles Cax
Chicago
Hawkinsville
Jean McCormick
J. E. McDonald
McCormick Avenue
Leutla Way
Joe McDonali
A. M. Simms
Rugan & McDonali
Maude Fuller
Social calendar highlights from city visitors and gatherings
Names of guests, hostesses, and events fill the week as the city hosts visitors from Atlanta, Augusta, Athens, and beyond. Notables include Miss Julia Porter entertaining the Current Literature and Art Club, Miss Susan Calhoun hosting the Spinster Club, and multiple reunions and box parties surrounding societies, with travelers from Milwaukee to New Orleans and back. Numerous returns from trips to Macon, Dallas, and Inman Park punctuate a busy social scene, along with a health note about Mrs. Mary O'Brien improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Smith
Austin
Tex
W. T. Smith
Inman Park
Smith
New York
Europe
Loule Watson
Augusta
Phil Seem
Ivy Street
Messrs
Russell Mitchell
John Maddox
Dallas
Ora Sue Mitchell
Memphis
Wilma Gaines
Lucia Cromer
Union Point
Points of Law Decided in Georgia Bankruptcy Case
Judge William T. Newman rules two key law points in the Haslett bankruptcy in Atlanta. A vested remainder in land must be scheduled as an asset and sold to pay creditors, and a contingent remainder if the event governs is also an asset to be scheduled, sold, and distributed. The decision affects Haslett and other creditors and includes representation by Bales, Langley, and McGill. Also notes Southern classification committee’s three day session in Chattanooga to classify about 190 commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tudee Newman
Indes Newman
R. V. Haslett
United States District Court
District of
Georgia
Atlanta
Bales
United States
Willam T. Newman
R. V. Hassett
Lee J. Langley
Mason, Hill & McGill
Chattanooga
Tenn
Southern Classification Committee
Asheville
N. C
Charity Sales Offer Benefit To Atlanta Orphans
Urichs Generous offer accepted at a meeting yesterday with Miss Florence Jackson presiding. M. Rich & Bros Co. will donate 5 percent of proceeds from sales over fifteen days starting May 6 to numerous Atlanta charitable groups with each organization led by a designated chairwoman and assistants. A final prize of $30 goes to the day’s leading fundraiser. Purify the blood with Prickly Ash Bitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Jackson
Capitol. Square
Freston Arkwright
Sheltering Arms
Miss Florence Jackson
M. Rich & Bros Co
Atlanta
Carnegie Library
Anne Wallace
Mires Joseph Thompson
Joseph Jacobs
Business Woman’s League
Burton Smith
E. T. Brown
J. K. Ottley
H. Jones
Enos Hartman
G. A. Nicolson
Howard Palmer
Hebrew Orphans' Home
Joseph Hirsch
Decatur
Frank Brock Meador
St. Joseph's Infirmary
Robert Ridley
James Dickey, Jr
Presbyterian Hospital
Ram Georgia
Baptist Orphans’ Home
Mirs
A. McD. Wilson
James Jackson
Atlanta Free Kindergarten Association
Nellie Peters Black
William Nixon
Oc. A. and Young Women’s Christian Association
Martha
Hardin Boyd
Heke Smith
Fugene
Black
Preston Arkwright
Grady Hospital and Order of
Od Fashioned Women
William H. Kiseram
Wilmer Moore
Firemen's Benevolent Association
W. R. Joyner
Rich
M. Rich & Bros. Co
Hts
Two Georgia Convicts Captured. Prison Board Notified
The prison commission reported the capture of two men suspected of escaping from Georgia convicts. Will Johnson, colored, from Bibb county, escaped in 1897 and is believed in Birmingham awaiting transfer to Atlanta after description was sent to police. Ben Collins, colored, from Meriwether county, escaped Lookout Mountain camp and possibly held in Selma. Authorities seek confirmation via Alabama officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Will Johnson
Bibb County
Birmingham
Atlanta
Goodloe Yancey
Prison Commission
Ben Collins
Lookout Mountain
Selma
Collins
Meriwether County
Candler
Jelks
Alabama
Speakers Places Awarded in South Georgia College Contest
South Georgia College at McRae awarded speakers places in a recent contest across academic intermediate and scholarship categories. Recipients include Mack Miles James Sanders Eddie Morgan Vera Dyai fim Boson Reuben Strozier Winnie Eason Audrey Adams Florence Curry Florence Folsom Irene King Julia Lane Ruth Barrett Sanders Roy Girardeau Arnold Stallings James Council Clinton Giles Bris Mae Clemens Della Cook Emegene Macon Percy Council Ethel Ault with preparations for a fine commencement this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Georgia College
McRae
Mack Miles
James Sanders
Eddie Morgan
Vera Dyai
Fim Boson
Reuben Strozier
Winnie Eason
Audrey Adams
Florence Curry
Florence Folsom
Irene King
Julia Lane
Ruth Barrett
Aljd Sanders
Roy Girardeau
Also Mentioned on This Page
United Daughters of the Confederacy
George Dexter
J. L. Dickey
J. Frank Meador
Daughters of the Confederacy
Mildred Kelly
Covington
Texas
Panama
Porto Rico
Guam
Bps
Pwo
Wes
SY Vy Mwai
Arphive
Dax
Aring
Mary
Guild of the
First Methodist Church
B. B. Crew
West Harris Street
Ladies’ Guild of
St. Luke Church
the of the Confederacy
Irene Mitchell
Sheltering Army Association
George Howard
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Young Ladies’ Guild of
St. Philly Church
T. 3. Lewis
Peachtree
King’s Daughters and Sons
C. P. Goree
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Inman Park Reading Circle
Victor Moore
MccCormick
Kathleen Wright
Lucy Cobb
Fannie Rutherford
Athens
Charlotte Miller
Tampa
Frs
Gertrude Holden
Granfordex
Cheston -King
American Animal Therapy Association
Janie Speer
Marie Anderson
Baltimore
G. R. Walton
M. J. Muller Ig
Florida
Venice Clay Walker
Mae Tompkins
Richard Butler
Amnic
Buiter
Julia Porter
Fred Scott
Milwaukee
Susan Calhoun
Ulric S&. Atkinson
Hot Springs
John J. Lynch
Ida Ryan
Los Angeles
Marion Lumpkin
Eva Wilby
Wilby
Miss Lampkin
Miss Cross
Frederick Link
Hoyt Dender
Gaddes W. Faber
Henry Sten
Abbeville
Mary O'Brien
Gertrude Halden
Frances Rutherford
Legwin
Miamie Hatcher
Macon
Julian Perine
Wesleyan College
Virgie Phillips
Archibald Logan Denny
Kentucky
Frances Norris
Washington
James Field
LaGrange
William Chaping
New Orleans
Kate Robinson
Howard M. Pierce
Boston
Frank C. Owens
Greenville
D. c
B.C. Cortledge
Dr. Amster
Clty
Lucy Candler
Philadelphia
New York City
George Carrington
Johnson
Peachtree Point
Dalian
S. A. Visatinka
South Pryor Street
Hood
Fr. Rich Bros
Urich
Comeny Company
Mexico
Balanee
West
Columbia
the Grand
Columb‘s
Miller's
Sienna Alanine Ae
Rissman & Vwi
GENS
AWD Boys’ Outfitters
Whitehall Street
Stafford
Goiege Hall
Wigai
McArthuer's
May
Gate City
Cain St
Gotn Bho
Charles W. Crankshaw
Hotels
CRANW
Hotel
Morgan
Madison, Ga
Tae
Schaul & Ria Y Cor
Peachtree and
Decatur Streets
Ceylonia
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea CO
Foreign Mission Society
Gainesville
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the North Georgia Conference
Kimbrough
B. B. Edwards
W. F. Quilnan
John A. Smith
F. C. Shewmeke
W. P. Lovejoy
Mary Bonnell
W. F. Robinson
BE. A. Gray
Sallie Stewart
Boyce Ficklin
Bonnell
W. L. Pierce
T. F. Pierce
George Matthews
South Georgia
Woman's Foreign Mission Society
Clarence Duvall
Fo. J. Cooledge & Gbro
North Forsyth St
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E. Fougera
Marietta St
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