Social notes and anniversaries amid Atlanta society
Mrs Lew Lewman hosts a dinner dance for visitor Mrs Henry Bispham at the Driving Club. Dr J H Kelley marks his and his wife’s twenty-fifth anniversary at McLendon Ave home. Rev Clement Cary and others attend. We note suffrage meetings, cake sale, and a United Daughters of the Confederacy gathering with Mrs W P Lamar as guest of honor and remarks on Confederate history and education funds.
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Bispham
Lew Lewman
Henry Bispham
J. H. Kelley
McLendon Avenue
Clement
Influence of the Movies on Modern Drama Discussed
Dr William Norman Guthrie spoke at the Drama League on the influence of the moving picture show on drama. He argued that film enhances drama by highlighting qualities films lack while criticizing their artificiality and urged patience and focus on the value of the word amid industry challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Norman Guthrie
Drama League
Georgian Terrace
Guthrie
Reinhard
Sumurun
D'annunzio
Cabiria
League
Daisy LeCraw Sings Pleasing Low Voice at Social Event
Daisy LeCraw performed a set of low voice songs described as a rich pleasing quality. The program was followed by a reception to Mrs Lamar and a social gathering with punch hosted by Mrs Hazard and Mrs J C Henderson.
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Daisy LeCraw
Miss LeCraw
Friday Morning Reading Club Meeting Notice
The Friday Morning Reading club will meet this morning with Mrs. R L Foreman The Inman Park Students club will meet this morning at 10 40 o clock at the home of Mrs L R Carmichael 18 Spruce street The Needlecraft circle will meet Wednesday afternoon at 4 o clock with Mrs H Printup on Mell avenue
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Moore
Ormewood Park
Atlanta
Equal Suffrage Association
R. L. Foreman
Inman Park
L. R. Carmichael
Spruce Street
Needlecraft Hcle
Social items from Carters Georgia to Daytona and Washington trips
Mrs. Emily Carter Divine of Carters Ga visits Mrs Spencer Atkin son Miss Sophia Stewart tours Chicago with Miss Norma Klendt and will visit Tyrone Pa then Agnes Iper in summer. Several families plan trips to St Petersburg Fla Augusta Ga Dallas Texas Daytona Beach and Augusta hosted guests and births announced. Nininger recovers from appendicitis as local residents travel and illness reshapes plans.
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Sophia Stewart
Chicago
Norma Klendt
Colonial
Washington
Miss Klendt
Tyrone
Misa Agnesiper
Phillips McDuffie
T. B. Felder
T B. Felder
Daytona
E. W. McCerren
Dallas
Texas
Crowdns
Law
Nininger
Social notes from Augusta and surrounding areas
B Paine and Mrs Phinizy Calhoun along with Mrs William Tilt spend the weekend at Hampton Terrace Augusta Ga Mr and Mrs Hugh Richardson stay there for a week Nell England plans a two months Kentucky visit Mrs Froeshel of Minneapolis visits her parents at Georgian Terrace Mr and Mrs William Green Raoul remain at Georgian Terrace Miss Rebecca Clark and Miss Elise Bass of Shorter College visited Mr and Mrs Walter Stanley Mrs Ransom Wright returns from Athens Mrs Ben F Wright of Cedartown visits aunt Mrs Harry Arstrong at 318 North Jackson Street Misses Mattie and Nel Johnson of Athens visit sister Mrs Clanton Armstrong
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B. Paine
Phinizy Calhoun
William Tilt
Hampton Terrace
Augusta
Hugh Richardson
Froeshel
Minneapolis
Louis Newell
Georgian Terrace
William Green Raoul
Rebecca Clark
Elise Bass
Shorter College
Walter Stanley
Ben F. Wright
Cedartown
Harry Arstrong
North Jackson Street
Mattie and
Nel Johnson
Athens
Clanton Armstrong
Women to register without giving ages in Chicago plan
County Judge Thomas F. Scully considers revising law so women need not declare exact ages when registering next Tuesday. He says age is only identification and that dropping it could encourage registration among Chicago women.
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Chictago
Thomas F. Scully
Lyons Speaks at Mobile Bible Conference
Dr. J. E. Lyons, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, spoke tonight as the principal speaker at a major Bible conference in Mobile, Alabama, now in its second week. He addressed a large gathering, contributing a timely message at the event ongoing since last week.
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DR. J. 5. Lyons
Mobile
Ala
J. 8 Lyons
First Presbyterian Church of
Atlanta
No Increase in Clay Rates Proposed by Southern Railway
Proposed increases in clay rates on carloads from Georgia and South Carolina to New York Boston and interior eastern points over the Southern Railway were disapproved today by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Masuington
Georgia
South Carolina
New York
Boston
Interior
Southern Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Well-Known Songs by Alkahest Quartet Concert Program
The Metropolitan quartet presents a program at the Auditorium under the Alka hest lyceum course featuring Viking Song Across the Still Lagoon Absent Sicarioss and more with duets and a quartet. Ensemble members include Neth Chase Iberly and Lane with Mrs Willage Lane as accompanist. selections span grand opera and Keith International circuit prominence.
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Metropolitan Quartet
Alkahest Lyceum
Viking Song
Coolridge-Taylor
Invictus
Huhn
Lane
Across the Still Lagoon
Luci
Chaze
Eberly
Metcelf
Sicarioss
Pagnacci
Leoncavado
Swing Along
Cook
Sandmen
Protherve
Gioria
Buzzi-Peccia
Eberly Cndings
Rose
McDowell
Kuhn
Mr. Chase
Neth
Mr. Lane
Charles WS. Neth
Germany
Paul Chase
Cleveland
Ohio
John Iberly
Keith International
Thomas Wade Lane
Willage Lane
Geunod
Desert Acres Made to Yield Good Crops
C J Blanchard statistician of the reclamation and forest conservation service told the Southwestern Lumber Dealers association in Kansas City Mo that three million desert acres have been made to produce good crops since 1902. He said the government’s reclamation program is a growing success, likening it to a baby project now a lusty individual and planning to add 20 600 000 acres more to cultivation with farmer cooperation highlighted as key.
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Bkansay City
C. J. Blanchard
Reclamation and Forest Conservation Service
Southwestern Lumber Dealers' Association
Panama Canal
Blanchard
Judge Hart Opens Georgia Tax Case Over Railroad Leases
Judge John C. Hart, Georgia tax equalizer, began Supreme Court arguments on the Central of Georgia railroad tax dispute. The state contends higher taxes on Augusta and Savannah and Southwestern railroad property leased by Central. the railroad argues a 1 percent tax cap on net income per a 1830 charter. Associate Justice Lamar did not participate in the hearing.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
John C. Hart
Georgia
Supreme Court
Central of Georgia
Augusta
Savannah
Southwestern
Central
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Georgia Railroad
Joseph B. Lamar
Buy Belgian food supplies at interior points
The American committee for relief in Belgium urged governors and state committees to buy Belgian food supplies at interior points rather than New York. The commission will cover shipment to the sea board, noting interior prices are 5 to 15 percent cheaper due to transportation arrangements and parcel post facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Committee For Relief In
Belgium
Seaboard
Fire in Columbia Destroys Dwellings and Warehouse
A string of five suspected incendiary fires in the northwestern Columbia area destroyed lit dwellings and a warehouse, all vacant, with about 40000 dollars in losses. Police detained 17 year old R Lt McKeet for questioning but released him after inquiry.
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Columbia
McKeet
Food Crop Conference Held at Albany Georgia
A southwest Georgia food crop conference in Albany outlined plans to boost fan product production and standardize marketing of food and feed crops. Delegates from fifteen counties attended as Georgia Chamber of Commerce President C. J. Swaden spoke on aims. J. A. Bush was elected chair and John H. Mack secretary. Committees were named for cooperative cattle and hog purchasing for breeding in the region. The meeting closed with zoologist S. W. McCallie discussing local limestone formations.
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Albany
Georgia
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Dougherty
Mitchell
Miller
Marly
Baker
Calhoun
Terrell
Lee
Turner
Worth
Tift
Colquitt
Clay
Quitman
Randolph
C. J. Swaden
State Chamber of
Commere
I. A. Bush
Mitchell County
John H. Mack
Georgian
J. A. Bush
Love letter sparks Atlanta divorce case in 1915
Mrs. Horne accuses stenographer Miss Boag of pursuing her husband via a twenty page love letter campaign. She cites passages from the letters and a telegram, claiming infidelity and urging him to return. The petition describes separate lives in Macon and Jonesboro and notes that all parties are under 25.
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Jonesboro
Macon
Pas
Morelle
Fiteaal
Miss Boag
Horne
Missouri City
Atlanta
Blanghe
St. Louis
Courtland Street
Misa Boag
Iowa Women Working to Secure the Ballot
Des Moines January 28 A joint resolution to submit a constitutional amendment granting women the vote was introduced in the Iowa legislature. Suffrage leaders say pledges to pass the measure are sufficient after it was adopted by the assembly two years ago and referred to the current assembly as required by law.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Daniel's Employees Theater Party At Atlanta Theater
The employees of the Daniel Brothers store attended a Wednesday night theater party at the Atlanta Theater with their families. The play was enjoyed by a cordial group and praised by all attendees.
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Daniel Brothers
Atlanta
Prohibition of Liquor Profitable to Russia
Petrograd reports that Russia will abolish alcohol revenue in the next budget, cutting from nearly a billion rubles to a few million. The government expects indirect taxes to cover the shortfall while Army labor efficiency rises from 60 to 100 percent due to enforced sobriety.
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Ninth Ward
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Ladies of the West Christian Church
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Birmingham
Jacobs
Fither Teitlebaum
Annie T. Wise
Lamar
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Woman's Club
W. PD. Lamar
State
Williams Mic-Carthy
Walton Mitchell
A. O. Woodward
eCarthy
Laura Weddell
Rebecca Nesbit
Olf
Children of the Confederacy
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Secade
W. S. Yeates
Wren. McConnell
Ea Wheeler Wilcox
McCarthy
Lara He Fuest
Daughters of the Confederacy
Helen Plane
Georgia U. C
Damar
Emily Carter Divine
Carters, Ga
Spencer Atkinson
H. D. Coles
Nash Broyles
Missarriett Broyles
Miss Nutting
George’ Forrester
George Forrester
St. Petersburg
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FP. R. Yarbrough
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Elkin
Edward Inman
Nell England
Kentucky
Ransom Wright
Charles Phinizy
Alkahest Quartet
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Irchive
Daniel
Russia
Petrograd
London
Ways and Means Committee
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Fulton
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New Orleans
Louisiana
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