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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1914
Page
7
The Capital City Country Club hosted a Thursday dinner dance with over a hundred members, diners on the porch, pink gladioli decor, and later roof dancing. A Piedmont Driving Club event is noted. A marriage occurred at 8 PM at the bride’s mother’s residence, officiated by Wade A. Shuler, witnessed by relatives.
A pamphletlike tale reports a physician whose secret to a youthful complexion is a waxy preparation and a Saxolite facial bath. The narrative claims the wax and solution absorb and renew the skin, offering a dramatic remedy for aging visible in a cold climate era.
Close friends attend the ceremony as Ethel and Kate Rice greet Grady Frozier and Luther Wallace. An informal reception followed with a blue traveling gown and bouquet of bride roses and lilies. Bridesmaids in white chiffon carried pink flowers amid a bustling social scene. The groom, a leading figure with George Muse Clothing Co., is noted as popular in the city business world.
The scholarship committee offers one each to Agnes Scott Sophie Sewcomb Gonder college and Barnard college with Barnard to be awarded by competitive examination. Women may apply by contacting Miss Cleveland Zahner at 23600 Peachtree Road at Wrens Nest. The Anela Remus Memorial association hosted an informal tea yesterday in honor of Miss Vary Brown, a bridgelist and librarian at the Carnegie Library branch. The Wrens Nest hosts and members attended, with several society names listed among the guests. The wedding of Mrs Ella Wright Wilcox to Phillips Tyler Barabara was celebrated at North Avenue Presbyterian Church with classical music including works by Grieg Wagner and Mendelssohn. The marriage of Miss Ione Hannson to Vir Lewis Allen George occurred last night at the brides home, officiated by Rev Leonard Pichards, with a large bridal party and pink and white roses in attendance.
The bride entered with her mother and met the groom at the altar as bridesmaids and flower girls in pink and white attire stood nearby. She wore a blue faille gown and a feghorn hat, carrying white roses. reception followed as the couple left for a North Carolina honeymoon, and planned events were postponed including a Decatur dance.
A long stream of names and well known Georgians depart for summer resorts from Knoxville Asheville Lake Toxaway Tate Springs Kanuga Mountain City and Wrightsville Beach. The notes track visits and returns to Atlanta Ansley Park Morningside and nearby communities with trips to Atlantic City Brevard Tate Springs and the Great Lakes.
The Georgia House rejected multiple county-creation bills in a decisive vote, killing the Griggs county plan and others for Mitchell Grady Thomas Colquite Pelham, and a measure abolishing the solicitor general in favor of county prosecutors. Additional proposals included a state plumbers board and allowing interrogatories in certain criminal cases, with several charter and depository bills advancing.
A seven year old boy, Jay Who, was knocked unconscious by a speeding auto driven by two women at the Pulham and East street corner. He was found with a head injury and concussion of the brain after witnesses carried him to his father’s home. The driver’s name was not learned.
George Woods, described as a negro, allegedly cut Leo Wood fatally and inflicted multiple chest wounds. The assailant, named Gordon Kellett, remains at large as authorities continue the manhunt with ongoing lookout notices.
The Busy Bees Bible class of men from First Christian church will meet Saturday afternoon on the church lawn at South Pryor Street and Trinity Avenue to beautify the grounds. Each member brings tools while Mrs Charles Goodman, chair, directs landscaping and planting of flowers.
Rome Ga July 18 Special John R Cooper of Macon running for short term senate nomination addressed about 200 voters in the courthouse chamber. He urged a choice between Hutchens and himself, attacked the press as purchasable and alleged liquor influence among Hardwick, while Felder faced accusations of ingratitude. He pledged to run again whenever elected and offered to defend in court free of charge every man who votes for him on August 19.
Donalsonville on July 18. The first bale of Georgia cotton ginned there was shipped to Savannah by express. Seed from the bale was bought by the Donalsonville 611 mill for 50 cents per bushel. The bale, weighing 214 pounds, was brought in by J F Moose who moved from a North Georgia farm two years ago.
Clayton July 18 Special 1 Hon Thomas M Bell seeks reelection to Congress from the ninth district addressing Rabun Gap locals about opponent William A Charters. Bell accuses Charters of two legislature terms with no achievements and hard on the poor, claiming Charters prosecuted trespass cases to fund campaigns and promising to oppose Gainesse lawyers.
Rome on July 16 Special John H Hawkins the 61st discoverer of the mineral bauxite in America, died yesterday at his home on Second Avenue. He was captain of a Virginia company during the Civil War and came to Georgia in 1881. He was deeply involved in mineral resources development and aluminum exploitation. He was 72 years old at death and left a fortune. He is survived by his wife Mrs Tucy Young Henderson of Cedartown. He was buried today with Masonic honors.
The Forty-Second Georgia regiment, which captured DeVrees battery at Atlanta under Lou Thomas and Hugh Morhe, plans a July 24 reunion at Grant Park to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the battle. Confederate veterans descendants will attend, with a large basket dinner on the ground. 3 M Summers is the present commander, and W M Durham serves as secretary and historian.
The senate committee on constitutional amendments reported the bill to create Bacon County with a favorable, unanimous vote. The amendment moved the new county from the Waycross to the Brunswick circuit, facing opposition from Ware county representatives but supported by others. The proposal, drawing on Appling Coffee Ware and Pierce, would place Alma as county seat and aims to pass the senate tax valuation and population facts.
Dr. Marion McH Hull will speak at Georgia Avenue Presbyterian Church next Sunday morning at Last Georgia Avenue and Grant Street. Hull, known to Atlantans for religious work and Sunday school lessons, is praised for service in the Lord’s work.
Ex-President Roosevelt denounces Charles S Whitman as a tumid weakling or as aligned with Boss Barnes in a ruse to secure Whitman’s governorship bid. He says the campaign feints ran weeks and collapsed when Whitman failed to pledge support to Barnes.
Dr Carl Woosiuser of Marion Ohio told the alienists and neurologists convention that mental disorders stem from physical causes and should be treated with physical measures. He argued most conclusions rely on investigator flaw rather than absence of physical factors, noting study of 2700 cases.
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