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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1914

Page

3

Regulation debate over sale of Jiquar and city clubs

A speaker urges Georgia to enforce prohibition laws against fashionable clubs in Rome and Atlanta. He cites injunctions used to shut down major clubs and presses leaders to act, stating prohibition progress depends on applying the law without regard to social status, and warns of future action by women.

Wright Rome Mqnor Geor*gia Mr. Wright Georgia Atlanta Christ Spendo Capital City Club Capitality Club

Capital City club threatened by injunction in church reform clash

In a tense meeting at the Capital City club a clash over church influence escalates as Mr Wright calls for action against perceived hypocrisy. He urges leaders to defy opponents, urging funds be raised to pursue injunctions while Dr DuBose attempts to manage the crowd. More than half the men rise to pledge support.

Baltimore and Ohio Opens New York Warehouse Today

The Baltimore and Ohio railroad announces the opening of its large storage warehouse at Twenty sixth Street in New York City. The ad coincides with a historical note on early American rail charter history and signifies the railroad’s expansion into key terminal facilities amid the Southern system integration.

Baltimore and Ohio New York Baltimore and Ohio Railroad New York City Twenty-sixth Street Old South Carolina Railroad Great Southern System Bveryland South Carolina America Potomac Yard

Loot Found In Bushes Ties Bank Robbery Case

Shreveport detectives said they recovered 5760 dollars hidden in a clump of bushes near Logansport Louisiana. The sum is seven dollars short of the total amount reported stolen from the Bank of Logansport on Friday.

Shreveport Bank of Logansport

Mrs Fiske Arrival In Atlanta For The High Band Show

Star Alice Fiske arrives with her company in Atlanta. She will perform The High Band at the Atlanta theater tonight and Tuesday matinee and night. She is registered at the Georgian Terrace and will meet Drama League executives during her stay.

Fiske Atlanta Georgian Terrace Drama League

Harvard Ends Ban On Dances For Junior Prom

Cambridge February 1 Harvard union announces no restriction on dancers at the junior prom February 13. Modern steps will be allowed up to 30 seconds unless the prom committee limits rag-time on the program.

Cambridge Mass Harvard Union

Woodmen of World Honor Founder Joseph Cullen Root

Services in memoriam to Joseph Cullen Root founder and sovereign commander of the Woodmen of the World were held at Wesley Memorial church. Attending camps included Water Oak No. 2 J. C. Root No. 30 Avanta No. 430 Railway Decatur Hapeville Kirkwood. Newton Phillips spoke on Why This Gathering of Woodmen Today and Dr W R Hendrix delivered the memorial tribute.

Joseph Cullen Root Woodmen of the Warld Wesley Memorial Church Woodmen Water Oak J. C. Root Avanta Railway Decatur Hapeville Kirkwood Newton Phillips Woodmen of the World W.R. Hendrix W. J. Simmons Simmons

E Floding Dies Prominent in Atlanta Lodge Affairs

E Floding a dealer in secret order paraphernalia and a lodge figure in Atlanta died at 64 from a stroke in Orlando Florida He is survived by his widow three daughters and five sons His family business is in the city and his body will be transported through Atlanta Tuesday morning toward Huntington West Virginia for funeral and interment after a stopover in the home city

W. E. Floding Atlanta Whitehall Orlando Fla Myrtle Street Huntington W. Va

Capt and Mrs Huie Hold Family Reunion

Captain Joseph A. Huie and wife hosted a family reunion at 1 Forest Park Georgia. Attendees included Murphy and Murphy families from Anniston Alabama and several Forest Park residents. Captain Huie is 70 and a Confederate veteran.

Capt Mrs Huie Joseph A. Hute Forest Park Annia Lynn Huie Eloise Chapman Erma Lee Shelnut B. 1. Murphy East Point B. Murphas Lynn Arvin Reba Murphy Morrow Hufe

William F. Gregory Dies in Norfolk Veteran Journalist

William F. Gregory died in Norfolk Virginia on February 1 at about his eighty fifth year. He was longtime member of The Virginian Pilot staff for more than twenty five years and held notable offices including past supreme oracle of the Grand Conclave St Heptasophs and a Confederate veteran.

William G. Gregory Norfolk Wiliam F. Gregory Virginia Jetare Virginian Pilot Aupreme Orphen St Heptasophs

Exiled Shah Plans Raid Across Persia

Official reports place former Shah Mohammed AM Mirza arriving incognito in St. Petersburg. Rumors say he intends a raid on Persia, a development that has caused considerable anxiety for the Persian government.

Shah Theran Persia Mohammed AM Mirza St. Petersburg

Milledgeville Welcomes New Rector Clinton Weaver

Milledgeville Ga February 1 Special St Stephens Episcopal church will fill the pulpit after months vacant. Rev Clinton Weaver of Princess Anne Maryland has accepted the call and will preach his first sermon Sunday. He will move his family to the area and live in the restored Burnaville West Virginia home. Early today half the business section of Burnaville burned in a blaze that consumed ten shops and one home. Estimated losses run to 150000 with over half insured, believed sparked by a gas jet left burning in a restaurant.

Milledgeville Miltiadgeville St Stephens Episcopal Church Clinton Weaver Princess Ann Maryland Burnaville W. Va Sebruary Urnavilla

Artificial Colors in Lights in Industrial Uses

A Minginvere study by a German engineer analyzes light color from industrial sources. Daylight is hard to imitate with current lamps, as incandescent and electric lamps skew red and blue. Arc lamps are nearer white, while new pitrdgen lamps sit between white and daylight. Vapor lamps appear as quirky options.

Enduring Lesson From a Brutal Eton Tale

A fragment from a January issue recounts Dr Keate at Eton berating a cold boy and invoking harsh discipline. The tale hints at hidden pride in the lad who later, with the Third Dragoons, charged allied forces in a major siege, dying at Babrron as Lahore yielded.

Agnes Ropplier Keate Eton Mane Hood Third Dragoons Suttle Babrron Lahore England

Working Women Press on Wilson on Suffrage

In Washington on February 1, delegates from ten states and the District of Columbia, totaling over 259 working women from factories and offices, prepared for an interview with President Wilson at the White House to seek his attitude on suffrage. Marguerita Hinchey and Rose Winslow were chosen to address him, urging creation of a home committee on suffrage while seeking his personal stance. A mass meeting will precede a 12:45 march to the White House tomorrow.

Washington Wilson White House Baltimore Mise Marguerita Hinchey New York Misa Rose Winslow la Follette Macdonald Michigan Keat— King Colorado Masssachusetts Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Virginia West Virginia Maryland Rode Island

Mercury Tablets Claim Life Of Young Sheats

Stemphis Tenn February 1 Special I C W Sheats formerly of Monroe Ga died here today after swallowing bichloride of mercury tablets last Monday night at a local hotel. Surgeons removed almost half his liver last night but the poison progressed. He was 22 and worked as a cashier for Cudahy Packing Co Memphis plant. He refused to reveal if the act was accident or intentional. Some attributed unrequited love as a possible cause. Mrs M A Sheats of Monroe Ga and another son arrived to comfort him. Before Memphis he was employed in Birmingham.

Stemphis Tenn Monroe Sheats Iver Sheatse Cudahy Packing Company M.A. Sheats Memphis Dia Birmingham

Not Prominent Woman in Trouble in Rome Crime Case

Mrs. Pearl Farris of Polk County near Lake bonded to appear at the next court term after being indicted for shoplifting at a Rome department store just before Christmas. She initially used the name of a Cedartown woman to avoid prosecution and was allowed to depart town on generous terms until the investigation revealed the misrepresentation. Grand jury returned an indictment.

Rome Pearl Farris Polk Lake

Deceased Professor Not Peeping Tom in School Case

Madison Ga February 1 Special. Reports claimed professor William Aiken died by his own hand at Bostwick public schools. The dead man had only been connected to a so called Peeping Tom incident, which officials say he addressed by chastising the intruder.

Madison Wm. Aiken Bostwick Public Schools Aiken Gheala

Charles Day Leaves Ansley for Piedmont Hotel

Charles G. Day resigns from Ansley and takes the role of publicity agent at the Piedmont hotel starting Sunday. James F. DeJarnette becomes chief clerk at Ansley to fill Day’s former duties, with A. H. Chapman succeeding DeJarnette.

Charles Day Ansley Piedmont Charles G. Day Day The Amiley James F. DeJarnette A. H. Chapman DeJarnette Mr. Chapman C. Barnes

St Valentine Day Services Arranged at Central Baptist

Unique services are to be held on the Sunday following St Valentine Day at the Central Baptist Sunday school. The program includes special music recitations and speaking. Atlanta reading Sunday school speaker will address on The Meaning of St Valentine Day. Attendance aims to reach 2000 by month end. Sunday morning attendance rose to 425 the largest ever, after 130 in early January.

Central Baptist Sunday School Oye Atlanta

State Sanitarium Names New Treasurer

Milledgeville Georgia February The state sanitarium trustees named a new treasurer after considering Macon institutions that offered 4 percent on daily balances. The appointee serves without salary, requires a monthly two paymaster, and must bond $20,000.

Milledgeville Macon

Col Lowry Hosts Dinner For Railroad President Arrival

Jehan Howe Peston, newly named head of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis, arrives in Atlanta by No. 3 from Nashville at 7 16. Col Robert J. Lowry hosts a dinner at the Capital City Club at 6 pm to introduce the Atlanta leadership to the visitor. D B Carson accompanies Peyton as Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis president, a familiar figure in Atlanta rail circles.

Col. Lowry Jehan Howe Peston Nashville, Chattanooma and St. Louis Wll Atlanta Nashville Himselt Robert J. Lowry Capital City Club Lowry South Act 7 Peyton Nashville, Chattarooma St. Lopia D. B. Carson Tillroad Carson

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