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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1914
Page
12
Mrs. F. E. Land of Macon, with Miss Ada Young, attended the final three operas and planned to stay through Sunday at the Piedmont venue.
Baltimore widow Mrs August W Konoven credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending six months of crippling pains and irregularities. She details prior distress and states she now feels perfectly well and healthy. The ad touts the remedy as made from native roots and herbs with no narcotic drugs and invites confidential letters for advice.
Fragments list numerous social guests from Athens Macon and other Georgia towns visiting Atlanta for opera week. Names include Mrs De Los Blodgett Miss Blodgett Miss Virginia Hood and Mrs J H T Inman plus many hosts and hostesses at gatherings, teas, and bridge parties around the city.
The Evangelical Ministers association of Atlanta unanimously endorsed a Wednesday afternoon shopping closing plan. The move takes effect June 10 and has earned support from civil organizations and about fifteen thousand workers who are paid on Saturday. Grocers and Butchers' association at Rhodes Guildings coordinates signups and public notices for the plan.
Cartersville Ga May 4 special The funeral and interment of Miss Julia Hall formerly of Cartersville but late of San Antonio Texas were held at Oak Hill cemetery attended by a large crowd Miss Hall a talented musician and educator was principal of a large San Antonio school assisted by her sister Miss Mary Hall She died in San Antonio after a long illness She was a native of Cartersville and moved to Texas thirteen years ago Nine years ago she opened the Ben Avan school for girls in San Antonio now among the largest in the region She is survived by her mother Mrs Kathleen Hall a sister Miss Mary Hall and five brothers George Harry Frank of Georgia Fred of Malatas Texas and Closewell at Columbia University
The Atlanta Association of Credit Men announces its annual meeting for the evening of May 8 in the chamber of commerce assembly room. Justice Joseph Lumpkin will discuss What I Do Not Know About Credit Men, and Hunter will speak on The Credit Firm and the Public Accountant. An annual election of officers and two executive committee members will be held before adjournment.
CG V LeCraw resigns as superintendent of the First Christian church Sunday school after many absences for business across the past year or two. The board will elect a successor. His leadership saw attendance rise from 150 to 600 during his term.
Chairman W G Humphrey of the city finance committee moved a resolution to appropriate 1000 dollars for special detectives and about twenty extra policemen during Shrine week. Chairman Smith of the tax committee offered a measure to empower rail road detectives and employees as special officers for Shrine week. The railroad detectives will guard the special train sidetracked in the yards. The resolutions were passed.
Valdosta Ga May 4 Leroy Amerson 12 son of J B Anderson Stockton Ga drowned in the Alapaha river yesterday while bathing. He stepped from a rock into a 3 foot pool and sank before others could救 him. The body was recovered this morning after a long search. parts were mutilated by fish or turtles and facial features were unrecognizable.
Lyerly Georgia May 4 Special The Old Maids of Chattooga County plan a convention on Wednesday May 6 to start promptly at five o clock The main topic will be whether women should propose marriage to men sparking anticipated lively debate among attendees from area communities
Captain Mayo pledges changes to the sheriff's office and jail after seventeen years on the police force. The inquiry asks what reforms he has implemented and questions the concrete results of his tenure.
Newnan Georgia May 4 The county Democratic executive committee met to canvass and consolidate returns from Saturdays primary for county officers. Winners include Clerk Lynk Turner Sheriff J D Brewater Tax Receiver Paul Smith Tax Collector B J Fry Treasurer J M Stallings County Commissioner Second Road District Henry Lamp County Commissioner Third Road District Rog ary Arnold Surveyor A C Goals Coroner no opposition. Committee unanimously endorsed the county unit plan for nominating United States senators governors and statehouse officers and opposed changes in state rules for the August 19 primary.
Greek consul Demetre Valiadi objects to labeling Sikel as Greek after a city incident on Whitehall street. He states Sikel is Hungarian and urges naming individuals, not using ethnic labels. Mayor Woodward and Recorder Pro Tem Preston hear the case with Sikel fined $25.76 in police court.
Alderman Albert Thomson moved to authorize city executions to record liens on the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic before a May 15 sale. Liens amount to 2404.52 covering sewer charges on Aghby Bellwood and Marietta streets. If not recorded before sale, the liens would lack legal status.
Governor Slaton will hear arguments by Jim Cantrell and his brother Bert Cantrell regarding their murder case in Gainesville. Cantrell and Bert sit under sentence to hang for Hawkins death, but a reprieve was granted after plans for execution last Friday. The note jokes about the “skinny man” paying cash and the “fat man” with a free city ticket.
El Maida temple from El Paso Texas is due in Atlanta Wednesday for a brief stop before continuing to Florida for the Confederate Veterans reunion in Jacksonville and other state appearances until Saturday. Flood delays pushed their arrival twelve hours or more late at 2:20 pm Tuesday.
Charlotte dispatch reports Herbert Austin, 26, cashier at Wachovia Bank in High Point, NC, shot himself at his grandmother Mrs. Nash Townsend's Hildebrand home around 10 am after arriving from Hickory. He had wed only weeks earlier. no motive is known. Political brief notes Senator Martin files a petition against a nationwide prohibition amendment with 39,496 New Jersey signers. Mangum, a Civil War veteran, leads sheriff race as opposition cites veteran lineage of his ticket.
A call echoes for voters to cast ballots for TULL C WATERS to free the county from grasping ring politicians. The urged action frames Waters as a reform candidate capable of shaking entrenched political interests.
Rosedale Olla reports Mrs Reckey Barrett describes years of severe womanly troubles. She credits Cardui with restoring strength, enabling daily chores and walks, after five bottles. The ad touts Cardui as a safe vegetable tonic aiding weakened organs and nerves, in use for over half a century.
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