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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1915
Page
8
The Atlanta Gideons camp will gather Sunday afternoon at 4 o clock at the Ansley hotel to elect delegates to the national convention, to be held July 24 and 25. Several auxiliary members will also attend the convention and be at the auxiliary in the next few days.
On June 18 a mob killed a Black man identified as Sam Stephens. After a verdict the deceased was found, weighed by bystanders, and later buried in the Black person cemetery as no family claimed the body. Unknown parties inflicted the fatal harm and several others were reportedly wounded.
In Tifton Georgia on June 14 a special meeting is set for 11 o'clock at the Tift county courthouse. The gathering seeks to organize support for an east to west graded highway from Albany to Waycross with Savannah possibly as a destination. Delegates from Sylvester Sumner Poulan Ty Ty Tifton Brookfield Enigma Alapaha Willacoochee Pearson and McDonald are invited to attend.
Bishop Candler announced that Dr A M Muckenfuss of the University of Mississippi will be chair of chemistry in the medical college of the new university. He is a South Carolina and Johns Hopkins graduate with studies in Germany and is highly regarded in the United States. Also named a university commissioner Rev John Frazier of Mobile to canvass funds outside Georgia. Candler aims to secure a building for the law school to be named the Lamar School of Law after Justice Lamar, Emory Class of 1845.
James Calvin Tumlin Georgia state manager for Illinois Life Insurance dies Thursday at age 62. He Dai born in Gainesville Georgia on April 1 1875 and studied law in Tennessee and Georgia before moving to insurance. Survived by wife Flora May Poole Tumlin and three children James Freuben Flora May and Thomas Poole Tumlin, his mother Mrs Elizabeth Tumlin, five brothers and three sisters. He served as a Royal Arch Mason and was inaugural president of the Dimers Lata Insurance company 100 900 club. Funeral at residence 144 Ponce de Leon Avenue Saturday afternoon at 2:90 interment West View.
The board appointed a committee to address the Thrower proposition and TJF Day building on Pryor street, and authorized immediate construction related to Lucite and Mution avenues and school annexes. Lomapelch named superintendent of buildings at 159.2 dollars monthly. several teachers and pension assignments noted.
A Detroit-style political roundup notes key figures arriving in Atlanta for the upcoming General Assembly session. John T BoifelNet, veteran clerk, registers at the Kimball House. Secretary nominees and road fund apportionment details follow, with talks of Gov. Harris’s staff arrivals and transport policy questions lingering over the rail system.
Dr LC Rouglin faced a jury over the death of Hush Be Hur ras during an operation. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after defense testimony arguing the accident was unavoidable. Judge Ben HI planned a morning sentence as Solicitor Hugh M Dorsey prepared an appeal on a writ for no verdict.
Wealthy Arkansan James D. Sparks fights the Fulton Superior Court alimony award of 335,400 to Mrs Sparks. Attorneys Harvey Hill and Armina Wright filed for a new trial, potentially to the U S Supreme Court, delaying payment pending decision. Reverend Graham to preach at the Entenpuial Tabernacle Sunday at 4 pm.
The forty seventh annual Georgia State Dental Association meeting near final sessions with officer elections. Dr P D Atkinson of Brunswick presents True Ethical in the Practice of Dentistry and Dr S L Iverman of Atlanta speaks on Conductive Anesthesia, with discussion by Atlanta doctors Hinman Hughes and Mottell.
Spartanburg South Carolina will see a modern freight terminal built by the Southern Railway Company. The project with an estimated cost around 110000 dollars includes separate inbound and outbound warehouses, four team tracks, and a 20 ton pillar crane. Construction begins after contracts are awarded and materials are gathered, with rapid completion planned.
Chief Beavers reads special order to his watches to end the nightly canine howling in Atlanta. The police plan gutetus on the nowy canings to curb disturbances.
An advertisement claims Vitalitas, a natural mineral tonic, cures digestive, rheumatic, and nervous disorders when taken as four drinks daily. It asserts widespread chronic illness relief, urges readers to visit Decohs Pharmacy at Whitehall St for samples and information.
A lengthy critique argues Chartier Shorthand is inferior to Pitmanic systems. Southern Business College touts Pitman shorthand with expert teachers and long success, while Chartier supporters cite advertisements and alleged failed outcomes. The article cites an Atlanta endorsement and calls readers to compare curricula at the Southern school.
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