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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1914
Page
10
Morton Yorstoun, nine year old son of Lord Carthew Yorstoun of East Lake, was severely injured Saturday afternoon by an explosion from a cap he picked up near Lexx Bleive.
Reports describe a laborer blasting in a home area where stumps and trees were removed. A boy lost one finger on his left hand and suffered severe facial burns, later noted as improving by Sunday after transport to medical care.
Pastor Daniel o Day Charles W. of the First Baptist church preached Sunday afternoon to a large audience at the Alamo theater. He urged that true Christian doctrine comes from the heart not from formalities. He said a person who finds he is wrong, opposing Christianity, can admit error and accept what is right. He contrasted the heart belief with rigid tradition.
The Southern Female college in LaGrange Ga will open commencement on Thursday May 21 with the two act Indian operetta The Feast of the Red Corn. The college is known for student dramatic talent and this production is expected to be highly successful among campus entertainments.
Rev W A Brooke reports from Oklahoma City May 410 noting public school buildings in the west and a $600000 white Bedford stone four story school opposite St Luke church during the seventeenth general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church south. Obituaries mention Bishop Oscar Penn Fitzgerald born 1829 died 1911. Discussions cover future conference sites, Vanderbilt university matters, Atlanta as potential publishing and university center, and Georgia delegates and women visitors shaping church governance.
Thomson Ga May 10 Special The McDuffie County Fair association met Wednesday and elected officers for the ensuing year Ira B Farmer president R B Evans secretary C F Hunt treasurer The fair will be held November 10 1933 for the Inter girls year event guidelines unclear but a forthcoming fair schedule announced
An old style hotel ad describes a modern squipped hotel in the mountains at 2,500 feet with sanitary conditions, cuisine and service at standard of excellence. It promises superior facilities, ball room, symphony orchestra, dancing, instruction, tennis, bowling, and tournaments. Rates listed for families and transients.
Judge Nash R. Broyles spoke at Macland Cobh county Saturday on law enforcement and education. He urged strict enforcement of pistol and blind tiger laws, noting 8 percent of violence relates to these offenses and said he would continue accepting speaking engagements on the topic. He recently addressed Brunswick to a packed house with an ovation.
Augusta Ga May 10 Special At the belated term of the United States court opening May 12 the grand jury will hear Thomas E Watson of The Jeffersonian Thomson Ga charged with sending obscene matter through the mail The indictment was previously quashed Judge William B Sheppard of Florida to preside The Sutton brothers Jim Roy and Watson from Whites County face moonshine charges in a case of local interest
Mrs Albert S Heyward of Worcester Massachusetts formerly Miss Laura Foote of Atlanta died yesterday morning after several months illness and surgery She is survived by husband two children her mother and two sisters The funeral will be held in Worcester and many Atlanta friends mourn her loss
Rome Ga May 10 Officials of Martha Berry School for Girls say the burning of the Rome Model cottage used as a dormitory will not disrupt commencement exercises. They begin Saturday with a pageant of Ivanhoe and continue with events over the next days. The cottage and furniture were destroyed. The blow is a setback but rebuilding is planned for the coming summer.
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