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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1914
Page
4
Charley Schmidt of the Mobile team denied reports he would leave for Germany to join the army. He said the rumor began as a joke, and he has no plans to depart before the season ends in September, believing the war will be over by then.
Friday's game between the Crackers and the Lookouts at Lookoutville featured every player from both sides recording at least one hit. Browning struggled as Lookouts scored two early, then tied after a seventh inning tirade. Four Crackers were thrown out at the plate, and safety at the plate limited their scoring while the Lookouts benefited from breaks.
U T C faces Lakeview in a baseball game at 3 30 o clock. The lineup includes Parker as pitcher Bird catching Pennington Swain infielders Mills Parkes Sullivan Roland Sevi Wallace and Held in the outfield.
In Dawson Va on August 1 both teams battled rain soaked grounds. Dawson won 4 to 1 over Wrightsville after Wrightsville failed to score until the seventh. Highlights included several outfield catches and seven Dawson hits with three errors by Wrightsville. Pitchers were Du mag for Wrightsville and Schuessler for Dawson. Umpires were Dudley Cocke and Henry Melton. Monroe defeated Madison 8 to 2 in Monroe Ga, as Eto Robinson pitched steadily amid wild moments and fielding feats to sweep the series. Bradison’s Lester allowed nine hits while Robinson yielded seven.
Rome Georgia August 7 Special A charter was granted to the Rotary club of Rome and a temporary organization formed with Dr G B Smuth as president and J O Mc Cartney secretary The permanent setup will be completed August 18 by John E Shelby vice president of the International Association of Rotary plus arriving from Birmingham The association has not typically organized in towns under 100000 population and Rome may be the smallest city in the country to secure this.
A Rome Georgia article reports a referendum to adopt commission government. The plan creates a chief commissioner as executive with a salary of 60 per year and four advisory commissioners paid 2 per month each. It includes a limited referendum and new municipal features.
Rome Ga August 7 Special B FS Quiggs professor of Staten and director of athletics in the Home High school has returned to this city from Europe. Friends feared he would be marooned by the disturbance to ocean travel. Mr Quigg states that at the time he left Europe there was no sign of unsettled trouble and the possibility of war was even.
Washington August 7 nominations of Paul M Warburg New York and Frederic A Delano Chicago as members of the federal reserve board were confirmed by the senate. With their confirmation the new banking board is complete joining Harding Miller Hamlin McAdoo and Williams as ex officio members. The vote followed a two hour debate marked by personal sharp exchanges between Senators Bristow Stone and others.
By resolution the committee of American Roads Congress presented invitations to senate members and county officials to attend the American Roads Congress in Atlanta November 9 to 14. The committee was chaired by Charles J Braden with Allan Davis Davison and Dabney. The senate adopted a unanimous resolution accepting the invitation and the house will act at Monday's opening.
Anecal L Hopkins traveling salesman from Atlanta wed Alma Stems of Kinledgeville at Joseph Monee home with Rev Elam Fersey officiating. The ceremony occurred in secrecy, performed after which the couple traveled downtown and left that same afternoon for Atlanta. The bride’s twin sister Mag did not witness the event as the marriage was kept secret from the family.
In Opelika Alabama on August 7 the first Lee county cotton bale was sold at auction by the chamber of commerce. The 437 pound bale brought a lively price and went to Walter Cullers for Weil Brothers of Montgomery. The cotton was grown by CM Broadwater and ginned by Whatley and weighed at the John C Fatley warehouse.
White, president, announces transfer of the Stone Mountain singing convention from the Soldiers' Home to Calvary Baptist Church near State's crossing. The event began Friday and continues Saturday and Sunday. Directions: take the South Deratur car and alight at Willow Street.
Lula Bell and Jennie King faced trial for assault to murder John Bell after a quarrel over dinner. Testimony relied on circumstantial evidence as Lula said the pistol fired accidentally while the King woman admitted supplying the weapon. Both women were bound over.
At the Grand today the three reel shadows of the past and Mr Bingle's Melodrama in three reels draw crowds this week. Management expects today to be the largest business of the week. Next week features Home, Sweet Home in memory of John Howard Payne, a four reel program played by twenty five stars.
Joseph B Holmes of Culloden Georgia died after accidentally ingesting carbolic acid kept as a household disinfectant. He had been taking bromide of potash and misread a bottle, swallowing the acid at 6 AM after being found unconscious hours earlier. He hailed from a prominent family, son of Judge J Holmes, and left a widow and several siblings.
Waycross Georgia plans to renew Sunday soda water service after police chief John W Colley urges drug stores to sell cold drinks on Sundays and restrict the Beauty Park stand. He argues the stand draws huge crowds and encourages excess kid activity, preferring pre crusade conditions.
A runaway horse hitched to a buggy on Main Street in LaGrange, Illinois, Friday afternoon caused severe injuries to Mr. Tt. Roberts, proprietor of Leibert’s Meat Market, who was dragged for a full block while getting out of his delivery wagon. The horse frightened, the buggy ran to a hitching post, and Roberts sustained heavy bruises.
The board of education yesterday awarded the contract to erect a new colored school replacing the blown down structure near Lornado. The four classroom facility will include a large hall downstairs and an auditorium and assembly room upstairs. Completion is set for September 15.
J. H. Welling of Trenton, organizer of the New Jersey Congress of Mothers, urged national and state Congresses of Mothers to hold mass meetings to press for peace in Europe. The appeal seeks broad participation to rally public support for an end to hostilities overseas.
Parke Nicholas of Laurel Mississippi quotes a woman named Seema praising Baughn's Pellagra Remedy. She claims dramatic weight gain and urges sufferers to try the remedy, noting a free book and money-back guarantee.
An advertisement from Abs M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment for bed-wetting and related troubles. It claims a constitutional cause and promises full instructions without any charge to mothers and others seeking help for children and adults.
Mrs. Sarah P. Edwards of Alabama files a federal suit in Savannah alleging Wm C McClinnon of Montgomery County Georgia killed her husband Wm H Edwards in November 1912. She says the slayer offered no support for her and her four children after beating him with a gun and kicking him to death.
Rome Ga August 7 Special Searchers for buried treasure have crowded the Broad street and Sixth avenue lot where the Buena Vista hotel once stood. The hotel built in 1886 was razed to make way for an apartment house and rumor said war money and valuables lay beneath. G W Marshall supervised grading and found two ten cent pieces dated 1840, the only reward of those who scoured the ground. If any treasure existed it was likely recovered after the war.
Edmund H. Dawson Jr of Killaville Ga dies after diphtheria illness. Savannah Queen aged 31 dies at 110 Main St. in Villa Rica with survivors including husband William Queen and Thompson relatives. MrsMatthew Shivers Kirk, 76, dies at daughter’s home in Villa Rica with two daughters and three sons listed. W. M Criswell, 68, dies at 140 Franklin St with wife, son Lenton, two daughters, and siblings mentioned. Sam T. Corley, 79, passes at J W Corley’s Inglewood home.
Monroe La August 1 Two negroes Preston Griffin and Caartes Hall were taken from the city hall tower and hanged to trees in the rail yard by a mob of about 500. Henry Holmes accused of instigating the attack was lynched nearby hours earlier. An elderly grocer A J Madden was hacked to death by robbers amid town limits.
Washington August 1 The reclamation bill extending loan repayment from ten to twenty years for irrigated land water rights was passed by the house today. An amendment ties the reclamation service to congressional appropriations via the canal fund.
Chicago August 7 The federal grand jury ended its probe of the Western Cantaloupe exchange today with indictments against seven corporations and twenty eight individuals. The charges allege Sherman act violations illegal control of the product and price fixing.
Brigadier General Charles J. Bailey who commands the artillery district of New York and New England was ordered today to proceed to the Philippines. The dispatch from Washington dated August 7 confirms Bailey’s reassignment as senior artillery officer in the Pacific theater.
A general fifteen day armistice has been agreed upon for the Dominican republic, according to navy department advices. The agreement aims to halt hostilities and establish a cooling period across the island.
The Pythian supreme lodge, closing its session, selected Portland Oregon as the 1916 convention city. In Chicago a dentist, Dr Olaf Lange, killed his wife and his 3 year old child before taking his own life amid an apparent insanity episode.
Senator West plans to present S J Fulbright's name to the president next week as a potential district attorney for the southern district of Georgia. Fulbright, Burke county legislator and chair of the house judiciary committee, has been endorsed by the Georgia House. If current candidates are rejected West may back Fulbright alongside Roy Stubs and Minter Wimberly.
Athens dispatch reports eight men from Athens raiding Bogart over night, entering Wood Harris store, R P Christian shop and Freeman store, plus Bank of Bogart and Griffeths. Cash, shoes, and small articles taken. vault entry attempted but failed. burglars fled after a window breakin and left tools behind.
Washington August 7 a Moon rail pay bill amendment would strip assistant postmasters clerks and other post office workers of civil service protection making them local postmaster personal appointees. Gallop offered a rival measure to restore control by postmasters for four year terms with competitive exams. The vote 75 to 25 favored the bill despite republican opposition.
Washington August 1 The house today passed the senate bill to put state banks on a par with national banks in the shifting of reserves to the reserve banks of the new system.
A bailiff transporting William Jones from Chamblee Ga to Decatur Ga forgot his prisoner when intrigued by war talk at Atlanta Police Station. Jones, mistaken for a civilian, asked to bond arrangements and slipped out a side door with the sergeant unknowingly aiding his escape by sharing bondsmen names. Jones disappeared into Decatur street as officers chatted.
Kansas City August 7 Spokane Washington was chosen last night on the first meeting place of the Fraternal Order of Eagles by the grand aerie in session here Conrad H Mann of Kansas City was elected grand worthy president William L Grayson of Savannah Georgia grand worthy vice president J D Weed of Helena Montana grand worthy chaplain Joan L Lenny of Chester Pennsylvania grand worthy minder guard Jon S Parry Kansas City grand worthy secretary and Frederick Hughes Yonkers New York grand worthy treasurer
The Fraternal Order of Eagles convention announced Kansas Uy from Inwanapolis Ind won the $1,000 grand prize in the drill team event. Savannah, Da, finished ninth amid a splash of sensational acts by Dolls Varden and the Flour that is White.
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