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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1916
Page
4
The Laymen Missionary Convention met at the First Baptist Church last night and adopted resolutions calling for a publicity drive and the appointment of a committee to supervise it. The meeting noted widespread misunderstanding of mission matters and misrepresentation of facts.
An advertisement touts Shredded Wheat with hot milk as a breakfast that provides body building nutrients from the whole wheat grain. It claims to restore warmth and strength for daily work and to delight the palate, prepared at Niagara Falls New York.
The convention passed resolutions urging wider publicity for missionary work. A seven member publicity committee with Atlanta headquarters was appointed to organize campaigns and secure services and funding from the Southern Missionary News Bureau. The program featured talks by Dr Tipps on the dynamics of religion and the relationship of individual churches to mission advances, with delegates approving the resolutions and praising the movement's aims.
Al Jennings spoke three times on Sunday at 11 oclock and 3 pm about true devotion. Women attended Friday service and many requested prayer. Large crowds over three weeks filled the Tabernacle with numerous conversions and remarks on the revival effort.
The operetta pronounced Shar ee is touring Atlanta for three nights with a Wednesday matinee next week. Henry Savage promotes the show noting its popularity nationwide. The score by Emmerich Kalman features notable waltzes and dances, with Webb in lead roles.
Fannie Davis 34 from Lumber City attempted suicide in Atlanta after a 22 hour delay and a disrupted journey toward San Antonio. She drank chloral hydrate in the terminal’s ladies room, was found unconscious, treated at Grady Hospital, and reportedly insisted on continuing her trip for her ailing daughter Juanita.
Obituary notices report the death of Dr W Wight a noted physician of Cotectivity who died at his Lost Mountain area home after a brief illness just after breakfast. He was 50s survived by his wife and two children Charles Wright and Mrs Purilia Stricksend arrangements set for burial at Midway Presbyterian Church.
Harold Le Severy, a youth who shot four people, mortally wounding one in Albans OX last Friday, was committed to Matteawan State Hospital for Criminal Insane by County Judge Addington after a commission found him insane. He told of wandering, persecution, and attempts to end it, saying he fired at ten people across the Hudson and in Schenectady seeking a more powerful weapon.
Funeral for Mrs Ellen G McCabe was conducted at North Avenue Presbyterian Church with Rev Orme Finn and Rev Dunbar H Ogden officiating. Flowers filled the church, reflecting deep community sorrow. interment to follow in Columbus with a private early Saturday ceremony. Pallbearers included Dr Thomas P Hinman and James R Gray among others.
Dr Sprole Lyons returned from Louisville where he preached last Sunday celebrating the first Presbyterian church centennial. Lyons had pastored the Louisville church before moving to Atlanta.
The First Presbyterian church invites pastors elders and deacons to a dinner Monday at 9 o clock. Lyons and church officers will host with extensive preparations for a notable social event and much pleasure expected.
Candidate Job Bodenhamer announced his bid for DeKalb Tax Collector after conferences with supporters. He is a well known local figure and joins other active contenders as the election nears.
A United States envoy, Henry Morgenthau, senior, slighting absent son Henry Morgenthau Jr, arrived in Berlin en route to the United States. He will stay a day or two before sailing to New York via Rotterdam or Copenhagen.
The Turkish Bath in the Gould building at 10% Decatur Street near Peachtree is closing after decades as modern cinema profits eclipsed it. Once a fashionable spot with steam and plunge baths, it faded as times changed and the proprietor moved to the moving picture business. Meanwhile, notes from Washington report the Italian steamship Caserta with defensive guns awaiting action as diplomatic discussions unfold.
The notice lists friends and family invited to funerals for Fred Kuhn, John Kuhn, H A Morgan, Laura Guthrie, and related individuals. Details include service times, chapels, interment at North View and Goermer e Rond, with attendees from various cities and families such as Pope, Schikan, Rider, and Davis.
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