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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1921
Page
8
Wholesale indictments issued after simultaneous raids by the Solicitor General last Saturday on a store at 27 Exchange Place and Peachtree Hills residences. A large amount of whisky and a complete distilling outfit were confiscated. Indicted include J Gregory and others.
The document lists Murphy, M G Griffith, D Castor Nedwood, W L Garvin, Mrs Lucy A Garvin, Leila Brown, A D Moore, Mrs Elizabeth Murphy, Miss Franzes Lynch and Georgia Jones accused of felonies for whisky manufacture. Further charges say Murphy and wife and Griffith kept a shop at home. R A Davis faces murder indictment for stabbing J F Hanson on February 8.
Washington reports the Senate, in an eight hour session, adopted four of nine remaining amendments to the Fordney emergency tariff bill. Senator McCumber predicted a vote tomorrow as heated speeches delayed final action. The Smoot sugar amendment was adopted, adding one cent per pound plus existing duty, while other rates were set for butter, cheese, and milk products. Senator Thomas opposed the Smoot amendment. sixty seven votes supported it.
Fitzgerald Georgia February 15 Special A chain of three local grocers cuts prices to the lowest level in three years and the leading restaurant introduces a revised bill of fare with average price reductions of about 15 percent.
Tonight at 8 o clock an Indignation meeting of Edgewood citizens will be held at W M Hairston residence New York avenue to protest the latest rate increase granted for fas in Atlanta by the Georgia railroad commission. The meeting will discuss the raise and actions to take amid long complaints of poor service and prior rates deemed excessive. Councilman Walter A Sims plans to offer a resolution to authorize condemnation and city takeover of the Atlanta Gas Light and related utilities to supply street lighting. Mayor Key criticizes the Georgia utilities commission after a recent decision raising rates from 145 to 190 per thousand cubic feet, arguing the commission complicates city interests and the broader cost of living.
Delegates from across Georgia gather in Atlanta for the state convention of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic. Registration at 9 a.m. on the Flatiron Building's seventh floor precedes a business session in Carnegie assembly hall. An automobile tour, dinner at 6:30 p.m. at Peacock cafe, with Judge W A Brown James Nevin Judge Augustine Daley L J Henry W A Saunders among speakers, followed by a dance after toasts.
The Lions Club at the Ansley hotel luncheon unanimously endorsed a $40,000 expansion for the Georgia Children's Home Society. Leaders including J K Jordan and William Candler outlined a citywide campaign with zone chairmen and joint civic cooperation from Civitan and Kiwanis. A second conference was set for 4:30 pm at the chamber to finalize details and mobilize participation.
Captain F B Van der Veer named master and led a merry spread as Past Potentate George Napier delivered remarks. The assembly cheered toasts and the familiar watermelon song by Frank Cundell, then dispersed with Heinz urging continued work and return home from Mes Moines for the prize for best drilled patrol.
Prohibition officers and city detectives uncovered a hidden 30 by 30 foot room beneath a pine thicket near Adamsville containing 10 kegs of corn whiskey 160 gallons and 3 000 gallons of beer plus a 60 gallon copper still. Wealey Robarts and Joe Worsham were arrested to face moonshining charges before U S Commissioner W Colquitt Carter.
Washington February 15 Representative Brand Democrat Georgia urged the nease banking and currency committee to favor his amendment to make cotton factors papers eligible for rediscount at federal reserve banks. He said southern farmers rely on factors for financing and that their paper now faces discrimination under current rulings. Other lawmakers noted similar proposals by Senator Hoke Smith and indicated support while stressing the need to limit rediscounting to bona fide farmer transactions.
Dr Charles E Barker prominent lecturer and Taft adviser will give three talks in Atlanta on Friday under the Atlanta Rotary club auspices. The 1pm address targets 4,000 to 5,000 high school students on How to Make the Most of Life at the Auditorium. At 3pm he speaks to the Atlanta Woman's club on A Mother's Relation to Her Daughter. The 6:30pm main address on A Father's Responsibility to His Son will be at the Hotel Ansley with 400 in attendance.
Waalon February 16 The last of the thirteen annual supply bills arrived in the house as the appropriations committee reported the fortifications measure. It totals 8 058 000 with reductions from estimates and prior appropriation. Funds cover US coast defenses field artillery and ammunition proving grounds insular possessions coast defense and Panama Canal.
Washington February 15 In an effort to obtain a vote in the house on the packer control bill proponents of the measure decided today to petition the rules committee to call it up on the floor before the end of the session Petitions were circulated among state delegations and Representative Young Democrat Texas who has pressed for a vote said at least 150 signatures had been obtained but it was doubtful such action would sway the rules committee members
Members indicated they likely would not agree to a vote to bring the question before the house. Representative Small of New York said the committee could not set a precedent by entertaining petitions from members interested in different types of legislation. On the floor, Mr. Young asked Mr. Mondell if a vote on the packet bill would come before adjournment. Mondell gave no reply.
Savannah Georgia February 15 The board of education of Savannah and Chatham fixed May 24 as the date for the election to determine upon the issue of one and a half million school bonds. After a recent election a few votes were needed from authorized bonds and, upon petition of the requisite number of veterans, a second election is called.
Pat Prater of 124 Ivy Street and Aaron Floyd of 478 Pulliam Street were slightly injured early Tuesday when their car skidded on wet pavement at Washington and East Fair streets, struck a tree, and they received medical care at Grady before going home.
In Lyerly Georgia on February 15, a special report notes heavy rains and high water last week caused road damage and power outages after the Chattooga river power plant failure left Lyerly without lights for several days. The river reached a historic height, with limited additional damage beyond roads and outages.
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