Society Notes Highlight Local Entertains and Teas
Miss Ingram, bride elect, attended an informal tea hosted by Mrs Norwood Mitchell at her Columbia Avenue home with floral decor and narcissi centerpieces. Mrs DeLos Hill hosted the Reviewers Club at Ponce de Leon Avenue for their 25th anniversary, featuring musical numbers and club history, while Miss Windle and Miss Stirling attended a luncheon at the Piedmont Driving Club. Mrs Norman Sharp hosted Atlanta Woman’s Club event in honor of the conference committee for the Third Regional League of Women Voters. The Alliance to Celebrate the French Treaty plans a February banquet at the Georgian Terrace with Marvin Underwood recounting the treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Ingram
Wiss
Julia Ingram
Norwood Mitchell
Venterday
Columbia . Avenue
Tne
Yum
Yuichard Battle
Wea
George Breitenbacher
C Cartledige
Mo% Crisp
Mike Hadaon
Mire Walker
Dungan
Hannah Tranklin
James T Miller
Eloise Pittman
Paul Tleming
W. Foster
RB. Gay “Wise Virginia Hardin
NeLos
Misa Ta Smillie
Trene Smiltie
Rom Turman
Niles Henrietta Masseling
T. Maddox
TG J Marit
Neal
Tora Barker
Hollinesworth
J. Thomason
Talmh van Wormer
Alfred Buck
Josephine Windle
New York
Misa Alexa Stirling
Wanet Evins
Piedmont Driving Club
Windle
Ivina
Sharp
Norman Sharp
Atlanta Woman's Club
Begtonal League of Women Voters
James ‘T Willams
Arnold Brovies
Marion Benson
Stephen Barnett
Omar F. Elder
Irving Thomas
Catherine Hillyer Connerat
WL Thrower
A. P. Treadwell
George S Obear
Irs
Hamilton Douglas
Alliance
Atlanta
Atlance ‘Francaise
France
United States
Georgian Terrace
Marvin Underwood
Cinderella
Prince Charming
Candy Box Peanut Creams Recipe Card
Recipe lists ingredients sugar corn syrup brown sugar cream vanilla and browned peanuts with a method to boil until a soft ball forms then beat and drop onto waxed paper. Mentions Miss Mary Faltyow and Miss Virginia Kelly. Social events note singing by Mrs Selbina and Mr Rollain and a group address by Charles Loridans with reservations due before noon Monday February 7 by phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Falth Yow
Virginia Kelly
Selbina
Rollain
Charles Loridans
Marvin Underwood
The
Alliance
Phoning Mmo, O
Emlocis
Birth announcement and social notes from Atlanta society
Mr. and Mrs. William Vaughn Rowley announce the birth of a son named Thomas Spencer for his maternal grandfather. Mary Keith, after an appendectomy at St Joseph's last week, is improving and her parents Mr and Mrs W Felts of Senola have returned home. Friends of Samuel C Dobbs receive news of a birth in Plymouth England. Miss Mary Reid arrived from Athens to visit at Rosedale Road while attending Saidy Cobb Institute. Mr Fred Houser is convalescing after a serious operation at St Joseph's infirmary and has moved to Blue Ridge Avenue. Major and Mrs Charles A Stokes of Camp Lee, Va arrive to visit their sisters on Avery Drive and will spend a month in Atlanta. Mr and Mrs Ernest B Boyd, Anna Boyd and Ernest B Boyd Jr leave for Greensboro with Miss Ellen Jones of Aberdeen, Washington joining them. Mr and Mrs Sam I Dick are in Palm Beach. Mrs Isaac Minis hosted a tea at the Atlanta Woman's Club for Mrs Howard McMillan of Minneapolis. Mrs W S Buck departs for a month at the Marlborough Blenheim in Atlantic City. Dr and Mrs Mark Rothschild arrive from New York to visit Mr and Mrs Isaac Liebman and Mr and Mrs Arthur Warris. Miss Ola Harris of Warrenton is a guest of Mrs A T Koch at 42 Rupley Drive. Miss Helen Whitehurst is hosted by Miss Annie Kate Adams of Jacksonville, formerly from Atlanta.
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Mae
Samuel C. Dobbs
Plymouth
Engand
Mary Reid
Athens
Rosedale Road
Sairy Cobb Institute
Yan
Fred Houser
St. Joseph's Infirmary
Blue Ridge Avenue
Charles A. Stokes
Camp Lee
Misses Stokes
Avery Drive
Ansley Park
Mrs. Stokes
Atlanta
Major Stokes
Philippine Islands
Ernest B. Boyd
Anna Boyd
Ernest B. Boyd, Jr
Greensboro
N.C
Ellen Jones
Aberdeen
Wash
Biringham
Sam I. Dick
Palm Beach
Buck
Marlborough
Blenheim
Atlantic City
Mark Rothschild
New York
Isaac Liebman
Arthur Warris
Ola Harris
Warrenton, Ga
A. T. Koch
Rupley Drive
Misa Helen Whitehurst
Annie Kate Adams
Jacksonville
Atlante
Slayers of Capps Are Discharged by Judge Trieber
In Little Rock on February 4, J H Hoppar and Roy Stegall federal prohibition agents charged with murder in the deaths of J C Capps and Cecil Lacotta last October were dismissed from custody by U S District Judge Jacob Tricker. The hearing on a writ of habeas corpus followed their arrest by state officers amid high in-court emotion. The agents testified they shot in self defense as they attempted to arrest the men on a distilling charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
J. H. Hoppar
Roy Stegall
Prohibition
Mlurder
J. C. Capps
Cacil Lacotta
United States District
Jacob Tricker
Restoration of Greek Letter Fraternities Lost in South Carolina
In Columbia February 5, the possibility of restoring Greek letter college fraternities at South Carolina state institutions was defeated as the House of Representatives adjourned the issue until next year. Trustees would be authorized to dispose of the question if revived. The current law bars college fraternities at state institutions as illegal. A 1920 bill to grant trustees authority passed the House but was rejected by the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina
House of Representatives of
General Assembly
Law College
House
Senate
Reno Divorce Residency Amendment Passed
A Nevada assembly morning session approved an amendment to the state divorce law. It requires that every applicant must have been a resident for at least a full period before filing. The measure bars the short term divorce class except for bona fide residents and now goes to the governor for signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reno
Ned
Nevada
Aft
Magnolia Petroleum Cuts Crude Oil Prices Nationwide
Magnolia Petroleum announces crude oil price reductions of 25 to 75 cents per barrel. New figures list Beardstown Texas Augusta and Corsicana with light and heavy grades, reflecting wide regional adjustments effective February 4 in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Augusta
Kan
Oklahoma
Esa
Beardam
Corsicana
Coulston Nominated Patent Commissioner
President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of Melvin H. Coulston of New York to be commissioner of patents. Coulston is the present first assistant commissioner of patents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Melvin H. Coulston
New York
Coulstons
Theaters Amuseme Atlas Advertises Night Shows
Amuseme reports theater listings with Lou Yellegen in Blind Youth at Igrin Theater and Keith vaudeville acts at The Grand. Howard Theater promotes Saturday showings featuring Clea Kimball in Hush and other features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlante Thestey
Mathree
Lou Yellegen
Igrin Theater
Keith Ith
Loew's Grand Vaudeville
Howard Theater
Clea Kimball Young
Leaps from Police Station Window in Flim Flam Escape
Robert L. Norris of Hoston 22 years old under arrest for a flim flam scheme made a remarkable escape from the second floor of the police station Friday evening leaping to the pavement two floors below and slipping past officers. He was later chased and captured in a downtown hotel and is charged with cashing checks totaling about $9,000 after bank officials hurried home due to a claimed family accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Norris
Hoston
Ernest G. Bentley
Norris
A. Lamar Poole
Orris
Stone and Hornsby
Theaters Show All Week Movie Lineup
Local listings note multiple theaters featuring westerns and dramas. Rialto presents Webe Daniels in a crime tale, Strand runs Tom Mix in The Untamed, and others including Barbara Bed fond, Douglas Fairbanks in Spine With Fate, and Antonio Morene da Ene Felled Myste at Alpha Theatre.
Summerville Man Believed Located in Hot Springs
Chattanooga February 4. Lewis E Kinsey rural mail carrier from Summerville Ga is believed to be in Hot Springs Ark after two tickets were bought for that city on the night of his arrival in Chattanooga A man matching Kinseys description bought the tickets Sheriff Frank Thomasson of Chattooga County issued a broadcast offering rewards for Kinseys body and for information leading to the recovery of Kinsey who disappeared with Clint Mathis on January 7 Mathis is described as 24 years old 5 6 175 pounds with a scar on his neck light hair brown eyes a gold tooth and a bootlegging past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lewis E. Kinsey
Summerville
Frank Thomasson
Chattooga
PRN
Clint Matha
Lewis 2
Kinsey
Maths
Thomasson
Mathis
Insey
Early confirmation sought for Army promotions in Senate
Washington reports steps by Republican leaders to have the Senate confirm officers below brigadier general, while blocking eleven major generals and twenty two brigadiers named by President Wilson. Wadsworth pushes confirmations for colonels and below, McIntyre cited, Swanson and Robinson condemn politicization of promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Wilson
Wadsworth
New York
Military
Frank McIntyre
Insular Affairs Bureau
McIntyre
Robinson
Arkansas
Ion Swanson
Virginia
Swanson
Navy
Lodge
Massachusetts
Army
Smoot
Utah
Counterfeit Car Tickets Found at Bumpus Home
Gadsden Alabama February 4 search of Louis and H C Bumpus home tied to alleged Atlanta street car ticket fraud yielded many tickets a stamping stamp and letters from an alleged Confederate. In Atlanta officers announced today Reverend Gibson guilty of bigamy and six year sentence. Gainesville Georgia February 4 Reverend William Francois Marion Gibson accused of four wives was tried and found guilty by superior court with two marriages proved Erna Rowland and Ara Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Ala
Louis
H. ¢. Bumpus
Atlanta
Gibson
Gainesville
William Francois Marion Gibson
North Carolnn
Erna Rowland
Arah Lord
Unique Dinner Celebrates Atlanta Romance and History
The Secre taries' club of Atlanta held a distinctive dinner at the Winecoff hotel focusing on Atlanta's romantic past and present. Charles Robertson outlined the motive to cast Atlanta's historical figure as a selling point, while Mrs. Lollie Bella Wylis and Miss Carolyn Cobb read Grady and Stanton writings and recounted scenes from early Atlanta life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretaries' Club of
Atlanta
Winecoff Hotel
Henry W. Grady
Joel Chandler Harris
Frank L. Stanton
Robertson
Charles B. Robertson
At_lanta Chamber of Commerce
Lollie Bella Wylis
Pioneer Society
Henry Grady
Carolyn Cobb
Grady
Remus
Brer Rabbit
Harry Stillwell Edwards
Dixie
Joe
Walter C. Foote
Chamber of Commerce
Kimball House
Edgewood Avenue
Harry G. Hastings
Southeastern Fair Association
Walter C. Barnwell
Kiwanis Club
W. Tom Winn
Georgia Good Roads Association
Dave Webb
Atlanta Ad Club
Allen Gen Farm Sentence In Atlanta Gaming House Case
Lonnie Allen, labeled an operative of Atlanta's banco syndicate, pleaded guilty to operating a gaming house at 49 Central Avenue. Judge John D. Humphries sentenced him to seven months on the state farm. Other defendants, J. W. Kelly and Americus Lee, already received maximum sentences, with Kelley Lea and Abe Powers previously tried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie Allen
Atlanta
Banco Syndicate
Central Avenue
Criminal Division of Superior Court
State Farm
John D. Humphries
J. W. Kelly
Americus Lee
Allen
Ex- Penske
Trig
Boy‘kin
Kelley Lea
Abe Powers
Mexico raises passport and permit fees in border policy
Mexican Consul Verdugo announced a new fee schedule effective today charging 10 dollars for permanent passports and 2 dollars for temporary border permits. The measure applies to all non residents in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Verdugo
Anti Smoking Bill Reaches Senate For Consideration
Washington February 4 Senator Smoot proposes banning smoking in any building owned or rented by the government or independent establishments as an amendment to the sundry civil bill. Senators doubt it applies to the Capitol, Senate and House offices, or the White House. a department of commerce fire blamed on a cigarette spurred the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smoot
Senate
Capitol
House
White House
Department of Commerce
Separation of State And National Elections Law in Arkansas
The Arkansas house passed a senate bill to separate state and national elections. State elections would be held in October, not November, to reduce black voters influence in state races. The measure argues differing dates lessen negro turnout and interest in state contests as national ballots are separate. The bill goes to the governor for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
House
Senate
10 Per Cent Deposit Required for Gov’t Property Bids
War department issues new rule that all bids for government surplus property must include a 10 percent deposit. Acceptable forms include cash certified checks money orders or assigned registered or unregistered Liberty bonds. Cash or money orders may be used to cover the final 10 percent if awarded. Liberty bonds are refunded on sale completion. Unsuccessful bidders receive deposits back after awards. surety bonds not accepted with 10 percent deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
More Indictments Charge Extortion To Labor Leader
Five additional indictments are pending against Robert P. Brindell, head of the Building Trades council, who is in the Tombs prison awaiting sentence after yesterday’s conviction for extortion. Each remaining true bill charges extortion with a maximum sentence of fifteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert P. Brindell
Building Trades Council
Tomba
Brandishing Knives Winnes Case Ends in Mistrial
In Harlan Kentucky on February 4 the jury in the murder trial of Dr HH C Winnes for the death of Miss Lara Parsons a school teacher failed to reach a verdict after over 89 hours of deliberation. The panel stood 11 to 1 in favor of acquittal when three jurors brandished knives prompting a deputy sheriff to intervene and disarm them. The judge had cautioned jurors against letting personal feelings affect their deliberations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan, Ky
HH. C. Winnes
Lara Parsons
Davis
Briand Explains Reparations Plan in Chamber
Paris February 4 Premier Briand outlined the reparations conference results and asserted the decisions were France's best terms from Germany under current conditions. He urged the chamber to accept or reject the package as a whole, with further debate postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Briand
France
Germany
Chamber
M. Briand
M.tardieu
M. Tardieu
Doctors' Corps Works to End Yellow Fever in Vera Cruz
American doctors and nurses under the Rockefeller Foundation begin a campaign in Vera Cruz to eradicate yellow fever after last fall's high death toll. The Mexican government directs supervision, with Vera Cruz as base and coastal district covered by agents, aiming to inoculate the population with Noguchi serum to prevent a spring outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Rockefeller Foundation
Department of Health
Obregon
Wilson to Reply to Rail Unions on Wage Readjustment
President Wilson plans a reply to seven large railroad labor unions demanding an investigation of claims by W W Atterbury that carriers must readjust wages or face bankruptcy. The reply, drafted with input from Secretary of Interior Payne, will address telegrams from the unions and from Thomas Dawitt Cuyler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Railroad Labor Board
Chicago
White House
Interior Payne
Railroad Administration
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employees
Department of the American Federation of Labor
W. W Atterbury
Pennsylvania
Congress
Py Thomas Dawitt Cuyler
Association of Railway Dracutes
Payne
Plan to patch Plymouth Rock with dentistry methods
Plymouth Rock can be permanently patched to restore it to its original shape and preserve it for posterity. Syrus E. Dakin of Arlington, chosen by the Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission, said modern methods, including dentistry principles, could bind the boulder after it breaks into three pieces. The plan aims to restore the rock at a former place on the short line and recreate the appearance when the Pilgrims landed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Mass
Plymouth Rock
Syrus E. Dakin
Arlington
Mortuary notices list several East Point deaths
Mrs. Julia Taylor died at 43 at her East Point residence. Survived by two sons DBD and C Taylor. Infant John Alton Brith, son of Mr and Mrs W Smith of 87 Glenwood, died at home. J J Crawford, 6, of 46 East Mitchell Street, died Friday night at a private hospital, survived by wife and three children. Lizzie Power Armistead, 74, died Friday at 63 Dillont Street, survived by three sisters, one sister, two neices, and relatives. Susan Smith, 73, died Thursday evening at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Taylor
East Point
Dbd
C. Taylor
John Alton Smith
John Alton Brith
J. J. Crawford
J J. Crawford
East Mitchell Street
Lizzie Armistead
Lizzie Power Armistead
Dillont Street
M. B Willams
J. A. Rogers
J. B Martlin
G J. McWilliams
Will Parker
Dallas
Tex
Louis Williams
Orthur Williams
Ollie Wolfe
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Minneapolia
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Bumpus
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Susan Geyer Smith
Stewart
Spiparment
William A. Smith
East Seventh Street
Benjamin B. Cates
Knoxville
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Dudley J. Smith
Boston
Maas
Kiamie Smith
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Wright Otey Smith
Musterole
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GROVE
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Charles Nader
Mainet
LaGrange
Henry Rem
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Tua
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