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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1912
Page
14
The annual report by Dr. Robert G. Stephens to the Atlanta Board of Education reveals high defect rates among city schoolchildren. White pupils 22.2 percent defective, Negro pupils 71.7 percent, with issues including enlarged glands teeth and nasal or tonsilar problems, malnutrition and skin diseases.
The Forsyth theater in Keith Vaudeville reports Edwards Week as its most successfulever with full houses and standing room. Edwards adds a full program change featuring new acts and favorites as Sing Revues continue to draw crowds. London news notes Pethick Lawrence and Emmeline Pankhurst leading to nine month terms for conspiracy and incitement, with their release announced today.
The Cotton Seed Oil Mill Superintendents' Association holds its final morning session at Taft Hall after two days of assembly with delegates from the southeastern states. Yesterday featured speeches and various program items as the meeting nears adjournment.
Mrs. Malcolm Johnston a widely known city woman died last night at 7 30 in a private sanitarium after weeks of illness. A former Miss Imogene M Simmons of Wilkes county she leaves husband Colonel Malcolm Johnston Jr 39 Summit avenue one daughter Mrs N W L Brown of Marietta and many relatives. She was a West End Baptist church member active in church work. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Prominent oil mill superintendents including H. H. McNaughton J. Brogdon R. M. Fluker J. F. Rhodes C. P. Schell J. O. Bailey and W. J. Arborough participate in a program featuring The Man of the Hour and Separation and Oil Extraction talks. Officers to be elected meeting place for 1913 chosen. attendees to a theater party and a barbecue at Cold Springs.
A visit to the Jno L Moore & Sons grinding plant highlights the value of accurately ground eye glasses. The Kryptok Pifocal is described as the aristocrat among eye glasses, noted for comfort. The shop is located at 420 North Broad Street.
In Calais Maine June 27 the steamer Grand Manan carrying 600 excursionists struck a dredge in the St Croix river. The second engineer James Carr of East Boston was crushed to death. All other aboard the steamer or dredge were uninjured and passengers were moved to another vessel as the ship began to leak. Low tide prevented a heavier loss of life. A signal misunderstanding is suspected.
Canton Ohio June 27 five years in the penitentiary was imposed on William B R Shaver former president of the Golden Rule Coupon Company for forging the name of his partner W D Tucker to a note for 450 dollars. After being indicted Shaver eloped to Winnipeg Canada with his wife a cousin Miss Ethel Winn who remains there. The judge said the sentence reflected deserting his family as much as the forgery.
A German airship postal journey delivered a German postal card to John L. Eichberg of 445 Marietta Street. The card traveled from Worms to Hamburg, then on ocean liner to New York, and on to Atlanta, marking the first such aerial mail reception in the city.
In Columbus Ga a widow Mrs M A Harris died from heart trouble amid a blackhand letter scare. The same article notes Atlanta business leaders seek to block an 1914 exposition and a Lakewood park debt plan, signaling council may rescind charter actions next week pending the petition.
A committee formed at Dalian Texas by the Associated Advertising Clubs of America organized the National Association of Advertising Agencies of America in Pittsburg. An executive committee including Presbrey of New York chairing and David L. Taylor of Chicago as vice president was elected along with officers and a nine member membership committee to recruit agency members for the first annual meeting set for September 10 in Pittsburg.
A city council debate in Marietta Street aimed to shift the near beer zone limits from North Avenue to West Zone Avenue to curb students near Georgia Tech from accessing alcohol. The proposal, backed by some, was pigeonholed, while others doubted its impact. The police committee will review the request amid concerns over crowding saloons and aiding students.
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