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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1914
Page
9
Dozens of readers in Atlanta ask for lent dates and observe lent in varied ways. Women discuss ash Wednesday date February 25 and Easter April 12, with plans ranging from abstaining from drink to home duties, reading, and spiritual reflection.
Miss Augusta Gardlen entertained at the Forey box yesterday afternoon in honor of Miss Hebecca Wilmer of Marsland and Miss Eva Reynolds of Sloam Gu. Guests included Miss Louise Black and others. Tea featured jonquils, yellow and white decor, and a silver cup centerpiece. Penelope Clarke hosted a late card party for Miss Nannette and Corinne Payne with 24 guests and a supper after the game.
The item notes Mr and Mrs Charles P Wilson hosting a formal reception on February 13 to celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Curmer Street Inman Park Girls Club meets Friday at 3 pm in Druid Hills Mrs Faulconer hosts a card party Saturday afternoon at her home in Richmond VA in compliment to her cousin Miss Minnie Schwelckert.
Mrs Arthur P Flowers hosted a tea yesterday afternoon at her Fifth street home for Mrs Lang of Memphis. About fifty callers enjoyed ferns jonquils and narcissus, a Cluny lace tea table, yellow centerpieces and silver vase arrangements. Joan A Boykin poured tea with Misses Neal Morris assisting. plans for 1914 settlement work were discussed at Wesleys renge meeting. Phi Mu Gamma sorority organized a Atlanta branch. Miss Ruth Moody hosted a Corayth box party and tea at Ansley with several guests.
Commissioner of Agriculture JD Price seized 125 sacks of contraband pigeon feed shipped from Saginaw Milling to McMillan Feed in Atlanta. The cargo, found at Louisville and Nashville warehouses, lacked registration and government stamps. Price said the violation is limited but will be pursued, with seized goods turned to Sheriff Wheeler Mangum for sale.
The Atlanta Music Festival Association reports the guarantee fund has risen to 63,180 dollars with new subscribers adding to prior totals. Notable donors include Theodore B. Lathrop, PF McBurney, George Mune Clothing Co, J P Stevens, Archibald Davie, Robert Smythe, and Alex W. Smith Jr among others, as subscriptions continue to pour in through a committee.
The Atlanta Automobile and Accessory Association holds its annual meeting Friday at the Auditorium Farmory starting at 6:30 with an oyster supper for members. New officers will be elected. plans include more luncheons and daytime meetings. Addresses on road use and state progress will be delivered. speakers unnamed until tonight.
Two mass meetings of voters and citizens from the sixth and eighth wards will be held at 808 Marietta Street Friday night to choose a candidate for county commissioner. About 200 voters are expected. H Avery Chastain is likely to be endorsed after strong past support.
W J Crawford and Joe Armstrong, officers of Primo Co, were found guilty of cheating and swindling. The trial stemmed from their sale of a fluid named Primo claimed to remove carbon from engines. CB Russell testified he bought the product in Georgia, believing the claims, only to learn it failed.
Thomas EB Conner, longtime state capitol and political reporter for The Atlanta Constitution and former Macon Telegraph correspondent, was named war rant and requisition secretary by Governor Slaton to succeed the late Dr Hopkins. He is the son of former state agriculture commissioner J J Conner and an Honor graduate of the University of Georgia.
Twelve companies from Fort McPherson and the regimental band will appear in full dress at 3 86 o'clock for a regimental parade led by Major George W Martin who has acted as temporary commander since Col John T Van Orsdale departed The Fort McPherson band, with thirty eight men, is regarded as one of the best in the state The regular morning drill from 820 to 1030 o'clock will be observed as usual.
Chief of Police James L. Beavers will deliver the principal address Sunday morning at 9 30 o clock during a large Sunday School assembly at East Side Tabernacle. The event marks his Fire appearance as a Sunday School worker and is highly anticipated. Recorder Pro Tem. Preston will speak at East Side Tabernacle Sunday night.
Fulton county has let all furniture contracts for the new courthouse. total building outlay is 545,602 66. Awards include Furniture Gimbel Bros New York City 937 000 Meta Furniture The Art Metal company 15 393 Rhodes M Rich Bros company 1 849 66. Protests were filed by competing concerns against the first two contracts.
The governor and prison commission refused to intervene in the case of George Smith a Valdosta man convicted of murdering Simpson Smith. Smith is scheduled to hang Friday morning. Separate notes mention a Wesley Memorial hospital board meeting with committee reports and two donations of twenty dollars each.
Grand jury will resume investigations into convict camp conditions in Fulton County on Friday with six more prisoners to be examined. The six, all colored, are at Roseland camp under former supervisor Luck. Names include Jim Owens and Charles Edwards among others. The State Prison Commission backs reform by splitting read and warden duties, proposing two offices and a warden salary not exceeding 100 dollars monthly.
A vintage beauty tip column describes a two step skin care plan learned from an English woman. It advocates nightly mercurized wax application to remove dead skin and reveal smoother skin, followed by a Saxolite based wrinkle remover. The method promises gradual, painless results and claims to reduce flaws like chaps freckles blotches and deep wrinkles.
Glasses fitted using modern testing instruments and standard mountings. Reliable, gapendable optical service offered by A 3 brikes Co opticians at 14 Whitehall.
A testimonial from Mrs Booth recounts crippling chills, fever, weakness, and back pain. After two bottles of Cardul, she reports immediate improvement and life saving relief, urging others with common female ailments to try the tonic and request the Chattanooga Medicine Co guidance and Home Treatment for Women booklet.
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