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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
5
The Emory College graduation at Oxford Ga on June 12 featured senior orations by Sasnett Blount Dowman Evans Foreman and Hopkins among others followed by diploma conferrals for Earl Anderson Banks etc and honorary degrees. Valedictory by Willig Anderson highlighted scientific advances and the president delivered the farewell address urging graduates toward steadfast service and faith.
A fragmentary 19th century sermon stresses labor, self sacrifice, and moral formation. It extols enduring education, character as the trophy of effort, and living by high ideals under divine guidance. The speaker urges graduates to pursue integrity, true value beyond applause, and readiness for future meeting.
Funeral services for Mrs M S Artope were held at her home in Macon Ga at 10 o clock this morning with a large turnout of mourners. Rev F F Reese of Christ Episcopal church conducted the rites and interment followed at Rose Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers included the grandsons E Artope A M Reid Charles Megrath Les Fuss Mr Meadows and J W Felder of Atlanta.
State v B L Heys a traveling salesman formerly with Whitley Grocery Americus charged with embezzlement He allegedly collected over 200 from country merchants without accounting He claims shortages due to uncredited returns The case draws wide local interest with strong legal teams on both sides Core events unfold in superior court with trial to conclude tomorrow
Mrs Helen Kilkenny of New Portland Maine recalls her mother using Ayer's Hair Vigor for twenty years as a hair dressing. The product is said to stop hair loss keep the scalp clean and restore gray hair color. One dollar per bottle.
If your druggist cannot supply you send us $1.00 and we will cover all charges prepaid. Include your street address and express office. Je Ayame Co Lowell Mass Send for our handsome book on The Hair.
Savannah Georgia June 34 2 am Brantley A Denmark died 1 20 this morning after a complication of diseases the chief issue was kidney congestion He was senior member of the law firm Denmark Adams Freeman president of Citizens Bank president and stockholder of the Southwestern railroad and vice president of the Chattahoochee and Gulf He served on the state university board of trustees and had been named as a possible gubernatorial candidate He also directed several large estates and acted as executor and guardian
Emory College at Oxford Ga on June 14 published the honor list for students achieving top marks in scholarship. Senior Class includes many names such as Anderson Blount Boyd Broom Dowman Evans Farmer Foreman Harris Crasthaones Lund Mckellar McKellar Napier Parks Pharr Quillian Ord Rosser Saasnett Woodard. Junior Class lists Abbott Callahan Marshall Moore Quildan Roberts Shelton Smith Turnban Turner Sophomore Class lists Anderson Anderson Anthony Hanks Campbell Hale Hodges Parker Pirkie Quillian Reen Shepard Spencer Shifon Freshman Class notes Belcher Goodyear Haddock Tarrison Hentz Methya Bumble Sinan Staples Saab President?
Savannah June 12 special The Seaboard Air Line strikers quiet all day yet win their point by forcing non union machinists and boilermakers to quit. Fewer than twenty strikers remain as a special police guard of thirty seven keeps a cordon around shops to prevent contact with new workers and deter intimidation claims.
Jorge Mitchell, colored, was convicted in Chatham County Superior Court of criminal assault on two Negro girls and faces the death penalty tomorrow before Judge Farligant. If carried out, it would mark a first execution for this crime in the county. The crime occurred in the Hutchinson Arena area on a June afternoon.
James Park Hanoner Jr named new professor of modern languages at Emory College Oxford Ga He hails from an old Tennessee family in Franklin His father is a noted physician and his grandfather is also prominent in the community The item notes his succession and family background in brief profile form.
The article notes Dr. John W. Hanner, son of a prominent Tennessee Methodist family, appointed to Emory to fill the vacancy left by Dr. Tulius Magath. Hanner graduates from Van fersilt University and Millsaps College, then studies in Europe and Semsle, bringing scholarship and teaching prowess to Emory. He previously earned wide regard at Millsaps as a popular faculty member.
Centennial celebrations in Athens Clarke County begin with a morning chapel program. Rev Prison D. Stone delivers opening prayer as Thomas P. Vincent and Mayor Smith preside. Clarke County rep Wiley B. Burnett introduces the day’s orator, praising the occasion and community ties.
In Sumter, Henry Tucker, colored, was convicted of horse stealing and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary by Judge Littlejohn. Walter Coleman, colored, received a similar term for rape. Several other vagrants with minor offenses were sent to the penitentiary or chain gang as the present grand jury has returned more than a hundred indictments and continues investigations.
Macon lawyers Messia Dessay Washington Dessau Dupont Guerry and Orville Park commented on the Supreme Court ruling upholding Treasurer Park in refusing to pay school warrants from the public property fund. They praised the court for fidelity to the constitution, noted no triumph over officials, and discussed potential political implications and personal ambition.
Essig Brees presents a historic address recounting Clarke County’s founding figures and early industry. The talk highlights Franklin college origins, land grants, notable residents like Madame Gouvain, Levi Crawford, and Dr. Jackson, plus Clarke’s pioneer mills and the 1827 Georgia factory. The speech previews further discussion on the county’s early history.
A garbled advertisement mentions products like coats underwear and snow hats with unclear prices. It references brands or names such as Flanne Buir Serge Coats Vesta and a location Atlants. The text lacks coherent structure and concrete details beyond scattered price figures.
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