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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
12
Haynes Silver is praised as a lasting wedding gift whose strength and beauty endure with time. Market copy hailing the store as "The Best Silver Store in Dixie" emphasizes lasting value and local prestige.
In a brisk remark the boss notes excess knee trousers and orders a Friday Saturday sale offering the entire lot. He directs the public to choose any suit with a special early to 'cul’ price approach, emphasizing the two day event.
Mrs Hobart R Evins of Griffin returns home after several days in the city. Many friends and relatives travel to attend weddings, commencements, and visits from Mobile to Savannah. Names include Miss Katherine Trippe from New Orleans, Mrs Belle Newman Howard, and Mrs Philip Kunsig among out of town guests. Mary Walker has recovered from a long illness.
The Supreme Court ruled that income certificates issued by insurance companies are virtually worthless as company liabilities. Lochridge v State Mutual of Rome and Cherokee Site v Rome highlighted that these certificates are collectible only after liquidation, leaving holders with weak protections and steep discounts in value.
The annual Ahavath Zion Sunday school picnic is scheduled for June 18. Misa Rae Jai chairs the arrangement committee with Miss Bertha Wilm, Miss Ida Russell, and Miss Sarah Harris named as members. A regular monthly meeting convened last Sunday at the Gilmeretrest temple quarters.
The June number of The Atlanta Commercial and Industrial Bulletin issued by the chamber of commerce statistical bureau is the most popular yet published. Numerous applications have been received and fax copies of the bulletin have come from parties outside the city.
Beauty readers praise mercorized wax for restoring a youthful complexion by removing age spots and blotches. It claims to work with physiological laws, renews skin, and produces a natural, healthy appearance without harm. A nightly application with cold cream is advised, plus a sax elite betel lotion for wrinkled skin.
The Fifth Ward Improvement Club urged the school board to keep English Avenue School boundaries and favored expansion. Speakers included Miss Kingsbury, Councilman Sisson, and School Commissioner Terrell, who outlined planned improvements while cautioning against using the auditorium as classrooms. The group plans another meeting next Thursday.
Marist College held graduation exercises last night naming four graduates Howard McCall Eugene Oberdorfer Lyons Joel and Robert Hubert. Joel delivered a declamation Let Us Pause and McCall gave the vale dictory. Rev George S Rapier president presented prizes medals to Oberdorfer Williams Bratton Meek Hekford Farlinger Powell and others with commissions by Major E.B. Schmidt. The Marist orchestra provided music for the event.
Police report a man nicknamed Big Black Baby Jim living at 92 Randolph Street fired a pistol at Will Dorsey of 7 McGruder Street during a craps dispute last night near Edgewood Avenue. Dorsey was taken to Grady Hospital in critical condition. officers Lon Evans and Jim Palmer investigated at the scene.
Members nominated officers for the University Club with William A. Wimbish named president and Hollins Randolph, James Henry Porter, E. Lee Worsham, Thomas W. Connally as officers. Election is set for next Thursday. The locations committee recommends the club remain at its current quarters indefinitely.
A tour by eastern and middle western capitalists examining Georgia farm lands under the rural credit plan touched Valdosta and Quitman in a brief visit. Led by E F Angley in Valdosta and by Gwin Ansley and others in Quitman, the party toured fertile lands, met bankers and railroad men, then proceeded to Atlanta.
Quitman Ga June 11 Special The fret car of melons loaded in Georgia was packed in the Quitman yards of the South Georgia railroad today by John Harker. They were picked from a patch of twenty five acres and average fully twenty five pounds. This shipment is ten days ahead of the first car loaded last year by O A Davis. The flea can only jump so far but till he's not biutt He never jumpy far as he con and flods It V0 tat paoush.
Greater Tech fund workers cite success of ten Tech graduates in a national contest by the Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania to argue Tech’s influence. One won first prize, two tied for second, three received honorable mention as Atlanta plans expanded facilities and a new building. Donations to the fund are matched in value, with pledges payable over five years, endorsed by Governor Slaton and Atlanta leaders.
Four senatorial candidates appeared in Atlanta Thursday but only two met with the public Governor John M Slaton and John R Cooper met at the capitol in the morning to discuss client news not politics Colonel Cooper then spoke with Rufe Futchens at the Kimball House Hardwick arrived late afternoon and planned a pointed reply to Governor Slaton The candidate outlined speaking dates across the state from Stillmore to Ula Hall County gathering support and scheduling events through June 20
Savannah, Ga, June 11. W B Stubbs issues appeal to law abiding Georgians urging pressure on Savannah merchants over alleged violations of state prohibition law. He outlines efforts against liquor sales and details events leading to liquor purchases used in grand jury presentations.
Rome reports show clashes between strikers and police and troops despite orders to stop the general strike. Eleven rioters were wounded in one riot, Naples saw a striker killed and seventeen seriously injured. Authorities quell unrest with force as debates in the chamber of deputies end with Premier Salandra pledging order.
A Savannah news item reports the schooner Lizale Jones bringing in the body of Thomas Cooley, a Tsher TM man, found frozen in the ice of the fish hold. Cooley left Savannah a week earlier and had been unwell, his health not fully recovered before the voyage ended near St Augustine.
A Senate driven plan, tied to the Clayton anti trust bill and Newlands trade commission proposal, aims to direct a new federal authority to report on interlocking directorates and holding companies next winter. Adjournment could affect passage this session. Washington notes June 11. Coolay's burial in Orient prep under Clayton bill coverage.
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