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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
11
The Capital City Club hosted its annual New Year's ball, a premier social event that closed the season with elegant decor. Wild smilax and American beauty roses enhanced the ball room and reception rooms, while a sumptuous hot supper preceded late dancing as members and guests, notably women, displayed striking attire and refined hospitality.
Mrs Knowles was delightfully entertained during her visit in Atlanta with a dinner and theater party hosted by Mr and Mrs Ralph Van Landingham on Wednesday evening. Invited guests included Mr and Mrs Barbour Thompson, Mr and Mrs Daniel B Harris, and Mr Saunders McDaniel. The Majestic hosted dinner in private apartments with elaborate decorations, renaissance lace table cover, fern centerpiece, rose shaded candelabra, crepe fans as place cards, and a Japanese parasol with electric lights. Afterward guests attended a box party at the Bijou.
The West End club hosts a 4 o clock tea at Mrs Wallace Kirkpatrick’s home in red and green decor. Over a hundred guests, including sixteen club members, will attend with Misses Susan May Pope Pauline Wagner Annie Stone Jay McBride Margaret Ladson serving at the punch bowls and Misses Edna Pope Neil O’Donnell Emma Kirkpatrick at the tea tables.
Utopian Club hosted a New Year dance with chaperones Mr and Mrs Edward White and Mr and Mrs E M Yow. Attendees included many named ladies and gentlemen from Portsmouth, For sythe, Thomasville, Cartersville, Locust Grove, and Douglasville, among others, with plans for egg nog party and a reception by Miss Irene Thurman featuring Miss Lulu Mac Collins of Paris, Ga.
Members and guests in Jackson Georgia area attend New Year Eve open house at the Atlanta Young Men’s Christian Association. Evening features basketball games among league teams and a musical program with soloists and choruses. Mr and Mrs Carroll announce their home plans after marriage. Local social calendar includes box parties and betrothal notices.
Delighted visits and arrivals populate the social scene. Mrs Frank Moore Pearson plans visits with Captain and Mrs Varnum around January 6. Miss Lizzie May Terner hosts the Immen Part Club, with others hosting at Piedmont and homes in Rome, Calhoun, and New York. Several locals, including Mrs R. E. McWhorter and Miss Susie May Pope, are noted for illness, travel, and schooling plans. Guests from New York, St Joseph, and Columbia temper the week’s gatherings while church activities and holiday travels fill the calendar.
Cox College at College Park Ga announces spring term resumption on Tuesday morning January 5. The school promises its most attractive season in years with improved equipment attendance and facilities. For catalogue and information address Charles C Cox president College Park Ga.
Items listed include Petoubet's notes valued at 100 dollars, Arnold's Society gift of a lesson priced at 25 cents, Illustrated Notes also at 100 dollars, and One Columbia Book Co at 81 Waterball Street. Names and prices indicate a catalog-like listing of educational materials and publishers.
In New Haven Conn on December 43 a supplementary proceeding was filed by WJ Bryan executor against Mrs Bennett and other Bennett heirs to challenge validity of will paragraphs. The suit targets a $60,000 bequest to Bryan and three $10,000 trust gifts for education to institutions, disputed via a seated letter to Mrs Bennett.
In Childersburg Alabama a visiting Piedmont man William F Lark aged 80 was killed this afternoon by city officers while attempting to arrest him for disorderly conduct. The incident occurred during a visit to relatives. A small blaze in Barnesville Georgia damaged grass and lumber oil storage, with losses running to several hundred dollars.
A showcase of precious stones features diamonds emeralds rubies and sapphires emphasizing the finest choices in gem collecting. The collection presents each gemstone as worthy of distinction and honors the allure of top quality jewels.
The Atlanta Clearing House Association led by manager Darwin G Joes posted record one day and yearly clearings for 1903 at 144 992 039 59 surpassing all prior totals. December 1903 clearings reached 16 795 77 and yearly totals show ten year growth with 1902 at 131 200 476 25 and historical figures listed.
Rail notes report HD Rays succeeding J W Smith as commercial agent of the Merchants at Miners Transportation Co with Carroll H Smith visiting Baltimore to install Rays. Mentions Frisco execs mourning a Chicago fire victim, McManus promotion and lineup shakeups in the Southern, plus Great Northern ticket scandal and scalpels. Homeseeker excursions to the West to induce travel.
New Orleans December 2 Members at the American Economic and American Historical associations have formed the American Political Science association. Its object is the study of politics administration and diplomacy. The work will not commit members to any views on practical politics. Officers elected President F Z Goodnow Columbia University vice presidents Woodrow Wilson Princeton Paul B Reinach University of Wisconsin Simon E Baldwin Yale secretary treasurer W W Whoughby Johns Hopkins University.
Mobile Alabama December report says heiress Miss Ethel Rovelle, an $8,000,000 fortune beneficiary of Denver’s Minerva Binford will, may have come to Mobile to visit Mrs Lees family. Authorities pursue leads from Meridian and Birmingham as relatives corroborate the abduction claim.
New Orleans banks posted total legitimate clearings of 1903 at 427 70 850, showing a year over year increase of 256 350 273. Over the past decade the city’s clearings have grown by 493 707 454 as bank activity mirrors rapid city development.
Montgomery Alabama December 3. Attorneys move for habeas corpus release for Alpert Ctgcol and Edward Fussell, with Pearsen Shinardgson aiding Joe Packer of Mobile. Vermont state penitentiary officials sent descriptions and photos of burglary convicts paroled. the same men are now jailed here, matching the Vermont description.
In Americus Georgia Judge George F Gober and WC Bagley of Atlanta oversee the Gober Bagley Orchard Company to plant a 2000 acre monster peach orchard. The project cost $16000 and aims to deliver fruit three weeks earlier than rivals, securing early peaches to markets.
Huntsville Alabama December 31. Special report states Dr J B Farley was tried before Judge Marian Stewart for the murder of Davis Johnson on Christmas Day. Argument concluded tonight and the defense rested as the court ruled the killing justifiable.
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