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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1914
Page
11
A box supper is set for Friday night at West Haven school near Battie Hill on Gordon road. School girls and community ladies will bring baskets of edibles. Proceeds will fund a much needed school library.
The socialists of Atlanta plan a May Day observance next Sunday with a picnic on the grounds of the South Bend socialist colony along the federal prison car line. Music and addresses by party members are scheduled and Indies will serve lunch.
A party of New York bankers from J. P. Morgan & Co and Drexel & Co will arrive in Atlanta to inspect the Georgia Railway and Power Company property and the Tallulah Falls hydro electric plant. The visit is to last two days with one day devoted to the Tallulah Falls project, though officials deny any bond issue has been decided. President Preston S Arkwright says he was not informed of the visitors.
A Georgia legislative commission examining state publishing of school books concludes costs in Georgia are actually lower than in the other forty seven states. The majority condemns the Ontario plan, while a minority urges testing state publication with manuscripts and bidding, and potential publisher plate retention to compare costs.
A persistent rain area in the central valley and Texas to Minnesota moves east slowly. Atlanta forecasts another warm day with south winds and a high likely around the mid 70s. A cooler wave is expected Thursday or Friday.
Following the Alpha Tau chapter institution at Atlanta Medical College, members attended a banquet at the Capitol City Club. George Cook of Concord presided, with visiting faculty and Psi, Epsilon, and Alpha Gamma chapter members present. New officers include James W Paper president and Henderson vice president, with a list of charter members and officers.
Mrs Hugh M Willet joins the hospital movement after visiting New York and urges bond measures. Mire Walter D Lamar of Macon, visiting Atlanta, chairs the Georgia Federation hospital committee and supports building hospitals with state educational institutions to improve public health and rural care.
At a mass meeting in the McKenzie building Fulton County progressives elected delegates and alternates to the state convention on the 12th next month. Delegates include Bernard Suttler Albert Hilia Alex 1 Hamilton John T Pugh Co W McClure Dr F H Peck and alternates Sam J Jones G W Chamberlain H Wolfe D H Kent W H E Mashburn and W D Hart. Permanent officers chosen are Bernard Suttler chairman Sam J Jones vice chairman and MM R Dufty secretary.
A Retail Grocers association committee reports near total support for moving downtown shops to a Wednesday half holiday. Workers favor the change to allow midweek shopping and bill settlements, replacing Saturday closings that concentrate shopping in one afternoon. If approved, the plan would start June 10.
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