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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1914
Page
9
Warren H. Toole has been elected a class A director for a new regional bank planned in Atlanta by Group 3 banks. He is regarded as a foremost Georgia small town banker and is expected to be a strong board member amid regional competition between Georgia and Alabama interests.
Warren Toole, a banker with twenty-two years in the field, has been elected to the post amid a fierce contest in which both leading candidates fell short. Born in Macon, he started work at age 14 and advanced from bookkeeper to cashier, later helping organize several northeast Georgia banks. He helped found the First National Bank of Winder, now with substantial capital and surplus, and serves as president of Worth Georgia Trust Company. He played a key role in Barrow County’s creation and has ties to multiple regional banks and manufacturing interests. He is closely connected with prominent banking figures in the south through family and professional roles.
The weatherman warns of continued showers this Sunday as the region, drying for months, finally cools from recent downpours. Temperatures ease, and Dixie residents wake to mornings with a refreshing autumn-like feel despite lingering drizzle.
Ww P Jones secretary and J J Jones mentions a reunion of the Jones family to be held at Hapeviis on August 28. Everyone is invited to attend with baskets. Prominent speakers and good music expected for the event.
Rev BE M Douglass preaches at 11 o'clock this morning at the gospel tent on Cone street near the Walton building. Afternoon service at 3 30 led by Mrs Sallie Saul. Dr T SavkinHl to deliver the Stoning z 130 o'clock.
The Fulton county home for incorrigible girls, created by the county board, opened yesterday with fourteen inmates. Located on the Pauners home property away from the city, a new building and modern plant serve the cottage system. Groundwork for additional structures will start early next year. Martha’s Home, the relief for wayward girls, is abolished and most inmates were sent to educational institutions or placed in the county home. Funds are being raised to send some girls to college rather than to the county home.
The Atlanta Typographical union starts a campaign to curb declining home product prices, pledging to buy only cotton goods where possible. Resolutions supporting the move have been adopted by the chapels of the three Atlanta papers.
Rev D H Ogden returns from a western trip and will fill the pulpit at 11 o clock today with open air services on Capitol grounds. Attendance at the outdoor services ranges from 1500 to 3000 as weather remains inclement. Services will be held at Central Presbyterian church.
C. H. Webb, traveling auditor from Memphis, died in a hospital after the derailment of the Hot Springs Memphis passenger train on the Rock Island line at Ger mania, Arkansas. Eight others were injured, none seriously. Officials suspect switch tampering and opened an investigation.
Alex Stephens runs for the Georgia Court of Appeals noting 17 years of practice and law writing. His opponents include a police recorder with 15 years as city official and no formal court trial experience. He cites lineage to Alexander H. Stephens and a broad legal education including Harvard and the University of Georgia.
San Francisco August 15 Dr J R B Wood formerly chief surgeon of General Pickett s division in the war between the states and a personal friend of General Robert E Lee died of asthma a few days out from Nagasand aboard the army transport Logan arriving today from the Philippines
Dr Plato Durham formerly tied to North Carolina conference will preach at Trinity church at 11 oclock Sunday morning. He will lead as dean of the theological department of a new Methodist university to be located here. A prior erroneous note said he would preach at First Methodist church. In Santiago Cuba August 16 a special commission including Governor Fort of New Jersey lawyer Charles Smith and James M Sullivan US minister to the Dominican republic sailed for Puerto Plata aboard the transport Prairie to present a peace restoration plan.
Asheville N C August 1b Representative James M Gadger Jr was renominated in the tenth congressional district democratic primary today defeating R R Reynolds according to returns from ten of thirteen counties received tonight.
Major Joseph Pangborn longtime railroad general and former newspaper man died in Baltimore tonight at age 70. He served with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad nearly continuously since 1889, shaping regional transport and media circles.
A terse exchange about pretty waitresses at summer hotels. Ned quips that after time they fetch nothing, underscoring a skeptical view of appearances versus reality.
Washington reports one thousand forest fire fighters battling fifty uncontrolled blazes in Montana and northern Idaho. Weather worsens with high winds feared to fuse small fires into large ones. Near Glacier Park a fire menaces a billion feet of green timber. In Oregon forests threaten Portland water supply. loss of life reported at several points.
Washington August 15 Senate passes a house bill to regulate opium and derivatives. It requires federal registration of producers dealers or dispensers and bars unregistered possession. Excludes preparations under two grams per ounce and physicians prescriptions. Senator Lana claims the exception saves 10,000 white babies yearly from opium syrup use.
New York August 15. Acting in the interests of American policy holders the state insurance department has placed an embargo on sending any money by New York agents of foreign fire marine casualty and life insurance companies to parent companies abroad during the war.
Senator West proposes a shift from cotton to grain for next year to counter war pressures and bolt weevil impact. He envisions a 50 mile belt to expand food crops, arguing grain offers higher returns than cotton amid wartime shortages and prices. He states he will not plant cotton next year and stresses feeding the nation with hoe and grain.
Washington August 15 reports from the state department list several Americans deemed safe as industries have been cited for diplomatic offices in Europe. Names include Mr and Mrs Benjamin Dresden Paruckers Geneva Dallas Nellie Fargo Madrid Rockford Texas Mia Gordon Gibbon and child Dresden Montgomery Marc Vincentell Paris among others.
An old style hotel listing for White Path Hotel in the Blue Ridge mountains promotes cold spring water, fresh vegetables and charming scenery. Rates span seven to ten dollars per week with postal inquiry, and a proprietor named T. H. Tabor is listed.
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