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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1921
Page
6
Dr Blosser promotes a herbal smoke remedy to reach head and throat passages. The product claims to soothe without alcohol or habit forming components. A pocket size pack of 20 cigarettes costs 3 cents, with mail order offered from The Blosser Co Atlanta Georgia.
In Vicksburg Mississippi on February 2 a campaign for a Jefferson Davis statue at the Vicksburg National Military Park moves forward after War Department approval of a revised inscription. Captain William T. Rigby, superintendent of the park, leads fund raising with General K. M. Van Zandt to secure quotas from fourteen states including Arkansas Alabama Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi and Virginia. The effort follows resistance from the Daughters of the Confederacy and notes previous statues stress military service over political roles.
Jefferson Davis history spans from 1824 cadet career through 1883, with key posts including Lieutenant, Captain in the Ist Miss Rifles, Secretary of War 1853 1857, and later Confederate leadership. The piece notes debates over his remembrance, funding efforts led by Captain Rigby and General Van Zandt, and a Vienna report stating allied governments order withdrawal of military missions within a month.
The Atlanta Caterers' club will hold an informal dance tonight at Lane's Academy. Members, partners, and a few invited guests will be admitted. Henry Brodeur, George Coltis, and Charles Keramivas prepared a program of dancing, entertainment, and refreshments. Souvenirs will be distributed to the ladies.
R. M. Hudson, a prominent Atlanta contractor, arrived in the city to launch a nationwide search for his wife who disappeared from Salisbury after November. The 43 year old woman, described as nervous and despondent, left behind five children and is believed to be in Florida or New Orleans. Pinkerton agents and handbills will aid the search, with Mrs Hudson’s sister and relatives notified. She is active in the Episcopalian church and has ties to Atlanta.
Final plans for the Pi Kappa Alpha district convention in Atlanta February 10 and 11 will be discussed at a 6 30 pm dinner at the chamber of commerce case. National Treasurer Robert A Smythe of Atlanta and Dr C B Wilmer will speak. About 125 Atlanta members are urged to attend to learn expectations. Delegates from Georgia Florida and Alabama will attend. Headquarters set at the Georgia Tech chapter house with business meetings at the Emory university chapter house.
The Williams Singers will appear Thursday night February 10 in the Auditorium Armory. Eight performers include two double quartets. They will sing opera to jubilee and plantation numbers. Ira Aldrich of the London Royal Conservatory trained the group. Presented under the Atlanta Urban League auspices.
Plans to provide nutritious meals at minimum cost for Georgia Avenue school pupils were outlined by Miss Nellie King, school lunch supervisor and special class teacher, at Wednesday PTA meeting. Miss Mary Dickinson of the Anti Tuberculosis Association spoke with an illustrated address at the school auditorium.
Judge Samuel H. Sibley and the court party returned to Atlanta from Columbus after a short federal court session. The delegation included Gordon M. Combs, E. I. Gilmore, H T Nichols, Deputy Clerk Boone, and others. The main matter was condemnation proceedings against Camp Benning property. Combs said the government was highly successful in disposed cases, with several postponed at respondents' motion.
In Statesville North Carolina the funeral for J. O. Hood is set for 1 30 this afternoon at the family home 184 Belmont avenue with interment at North View cemetery. The report also notes a child Lilly May Connihad 9 years old and the arrest related to a shotgun incident involving Alice Wilson.
Hal Lindsay, Atlanta lawyer, was sworn in as assistant United States district attorney. He will start his duties immediately at the district court clerk’s office. Lindsay, a North Carolina native, Atlanta Law School graduate, has practiced in Atlanta since 1913 with Crew Lindsay. He served as a first lieutenant in the Sixty first Infantry during wartime, overseas seventeen months.
The February 2 report from Plaquemine Louisiana details George Werner, a black man who shot and wounded rice planter Numa Tireuit. Werner was taken from Port Allen parish jail by a white mob and hanged at a sign post near the shooting site. He had previously fled to Addis and Morley, then returned to the jail where he was shot multiple times after admonishments regarding cane-field work. The victimized planter is hospitalized and not expected to survive. The act marks Louisiana’s first lynching in over a year.
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