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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1913
Page
2
Humble weekly letter from Sl Hawkins describes bustling city scenes Jim Amid the papers. He plans a free sightsee trip to Atlanta factories and a theater event while shopping for store inventory to serve local folks. He mentions Mirandy, city merchants, and work on a new venture before returning home.
The complete list of delegates who registered yesterday before noon is recorded. Registrations were taken at the Piedmont hotel this week, with numerous names across Georgia South Carolina and Indiana including Ida Molly J W Baughman Wagner Morehead Mason and many others from towns like Greensboro Crawfordville Waring Richland and Brasstown.
The second week of the 1913 Southern Merchants' convention began with a bustling registration at the Piedmont hotel as merchants arrived greeted as royal guests. A theater party at the Forsyth drew full houses and delegates left with bright smiles, while the rest of the week promises more events and a strong intent to return next February.
A lengthy OCR list enumerates hundreds of merchants and firms across Georgia and Alabama. Names include Jones Bros Alexandria Alabama Lena Jones Jeter Price Jeter Leary Pelzer Crawford Gaineville Oakes Crow Griffin Hargis Griffith Pendleton Darlington several mercantile companies and hardware firms with locations in towns like Cusseta, Roanoke, Commerce, Moultrie, and Athens.
A citywide free auto tour to view leading Atlanta manufacturing plants departs at 2 pm from the Constitution office. Visiting merchants are invited. limited time at each stop requires punctual arrival. Autos are new Alco and Federal trucks provided by TL Nabors of Alco Motor Co.
Ww L Walters and wife W L Walters Alexandria City Alabama. R A Perryman Perryman Heflin Alabama. J J Hevens GW Jenkins Harris Georgia. L A Dodgen Mabelton Drug Company Mableton Georgia. W W Bruce Crooks and Merritt Greensboro Georgia. W L Hawkins A W Hunt Flowery Branch Georgia. 8 A Bryan same Danville Georgia. W Linder Danville Fertilizer and Warehouse Company Danville Georgia. Miss Etta Win same Fountain Inn South Carolina. Miss Emma Dorris J W Whiteley Warrenton Georgia. W G Helton McClure Ten Cent Company Griffin Georgia.
Georgia's crack shots leave Monday at 7 for Camp Perry Ohio to contest in national and international matches. Adjutant General J Van Holt Nash captains the team, aiming for an improved record. The Georgia squad previously ranked highly, featuring W S Hale and brothers B C and B L Hale among its ranks.
San Francisco closes saloons for four hours as a new temperance law takes effect at midnight. The ordinance bans sale or delivery of liquor between 2 and 6 am, marking the first major statutory disruption to retail liquor traffic.
In Wastings on the Hudson on August 1 Henry Dietrich found eighteen cows dead in a row after lightning struck the length of two stalls. The barn itself was undamaged.
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