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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1921
Page
8
Arrangements are under way for an all-day singing at County Line church near Juliette Georgia on Saturday August 6. Thousands are expected including top singers from Monroe and surrounding counties. Dinner will be served on the grounds at noon. The annual event attracts large crowds.
Grand Vaudeville presents an all star bill including Corinne Griefite in What’s Your Heputation Worth. Nightly performances run today at the Grand, with 3170-7-P listing details.
Keith Vaudeville at the Lyric presents Jimmis Fox and company in a comedy novelty Tha Goat during the first half of this week. Loretta bears in a novelty act and other attractions include Elsing and Kelkarad in Movié Types Barbetto in A Warsatile Specialty and Ryan and Ryan, a two man eccentric dancing duo.
The Grand hosts Loew vaudeville featuring Murray and Popkows, touted as a leading act among five. Also on screen are Dingham and Meyers in Right Off the Reel, Russell and Russell aerialists, and stars like Giffith in Whats a Reputation Worth. Other theaters list rotating stars and films through the week.
The Hlem church near here observed Home coming day with a Sunday service and a ground dinner. Old members who had moved away were greeted by current members during an interesting program.
New York author B Haynes spoke to a large audience at the Lyric theater denouncing Sunday laws as religious, arguing the state cannot compel rest or labor. He warned of church state union and questioned how the true Sabbath became the false Sabbath.
The Atlanta Lions Club hosts a 1 pm luncheon at the Piedmont hotel with entertainment by Press Huddleston chair and others. Mayors J. Bryan Kirkwood D. A. McDuffie East Point W W Bateman College Park W Wells Hapeville will speak about annexing nearby towns. A comedy sketch The Nervy Bell Hop directed by Miss Barah Moulton and Miss Mary Singleton at piano adds to the program.
Waycross Ga July 24 Special John Young of Manor surrendered to Ware county authorities and is held in the local jail charged with assault and battery. Officers were sent to the scene after B M James, an aged Manor resident, was attacked and seriously injured. James at 68 was brought to Waycross for medical aid and is in serious condition.
Sharon Ohio July widow Eva Wanson of Cleveland surrendered to police after learning she was wanted in the Thomas D. Randolph kidnapping for a $50,000 ransom. Randolph, a Sharon businessman, was reported kidnapped and returned home last week, now jailed in Mercer County on fraud charges. Wanson denies conspiracy and faces a hearing tomorrow as officers search Cleveland.
In Philadelphia on July 24 a warehouse was raided by about a score of armed men who terrorized the neighborhood and looted liquor worth an estimated 50,000 dollars. The robbers, split by race, loaded four trucks and fled before police arrival as residents watched from windows.
Fragmentary notice reports a federal case in Paul Minnesota in July where Morris Page of TH Luth was sentenced to sixty days in jail under the attorney general act of the village for the thine belts.
Death notices report Charles McFarland a longtime resident of the area died at home near Hampton. Survived by two sons Frank and Ballard McFarland one daughter Mrs Peeples and sister Miss Maggie McFarland of Griffin. Also obituary notes Rev Father J Zimmermann funeral held Friday with interment in Catholic cemetery. Leaves three brothers and two sisters in Switzerland. Donald Cook Aldrich nine months old son of Lester B Aldrich died at East Lake residence. Survived by one brother David and grandparents Mrs Elizabeth Cook and Mrs D B Aldrich.
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