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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1923
Page
12
In a brief sports update from Sumter, J Leonard Rountree is the sole remaining member of last year’s team returning this season. He is the lone veteran to rejoin, signaling continuity for the squad as others depart or graduate.
A clipped snippet references Herbert Clay Cobb as sender of a horse, noting he would have fit a certain classification had he not recently been in Me. The incomplete text leaves the full context and outcome unreadable.
In 1922 and 1922 races returns list J Luther Horn of Preston Howard E Cates Hawkinsville George W Lankford Lyons G C Smith Butler T S Magon Hartwell A W Henderson Jr Cleveland Arthur Whitaker Conyers W Mundy Cedartown with other candidates.
The report covers Georgia officials and prophets of transfer as Governor Hardwick prepares final messages to be delivered soon. Gov elect Clifford Walker and family arrive in Atlanta and settle at a Peachtree Road residence during the transition period.
Georgia legislators convene as Speaker Neill plans seats for two women members, while Passmore and Redwine miss opening due to illness. The Georgia League of Women Voters will visit the assembly to press a Women in Industry bill and showcase a league bannered car at the capitol.
San Francisco reports on June 26 detailing the promise of truth serum tests using scopolamin. Dr. E H House of Ferris Texas, originator of the drug, announced trials while AMA delegates split on its use. Henry Wilkens, acquitted after a prior hung jury, underwent a test and was declared innocent by physicians. Berkeley Police Chief August Vollmer supports the method. Sheriff Traeger of Los Angeles seeks jail trials at San Quentin.
In Atlanta the Eighty One theater on Decatur Street hosts Bessie Smith, famed Columbia star, in a midnight blues show and vaudeville revue Friday at 11 15 p m It marks the first white audience Midnight Frolic in the city Tickets are invitation only and available at newspapers or leading hotels
Milton Rawlings, who has served 16 years of a life term for involvement in the 1906 murder of a four member Carter family near Vallasta, is granted parole by Governor Thomas W. Hardwick. His father and a Negro, Alf Moore, were hanged. his younger brothers were pardoned in 1911. Clemency had repeatedly been urged by the prison commission.
Dr. John A. Rhodes of Crawfordsville was appointed to the state board of health to replace Dr. Doughty who died recently. The appointment was announced today by Governor Hardwick.
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