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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1914
Page
9
Washington on May 10 notes the tolls exemption debate intensifies in the Senate as a record vote looms on the pro canal measure. The report highlights strong partisan activity and high stakes as supporters push for exemptions amid broader fiscal and strategic considerations.
Congress enters a busy week with a House caucus to set a legislative program and possible action on prohibition. Senate plans include registration, the trade commission bill and rural credits, while debates on antitrust, tolls exemption and appropriations loom. Delegates consider adjournment in July and vote timing remains unsettled.
Canton Ga May 10 Special commencement exercises of Rein hardt college at Waleska began today with a brilliant sermon by Rev Wallace Rogers of Atlanta before a crowd that packed the large auditorium. People from a dozen counties are coming to witness the exercises Monday and Tuesday with Hon W S Witham and other Georgians delivering addresses and a military drill and sham battle by the Belnharat cadets Monday evening.
Oklahoma City May 10 delegates to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South set aside material discussions for religious exercises. Bishop Candler urged spiritual welfare over wealth, saying poverty may be endured and the world is not saved by increasing per capita possessions. Committee reports on Vanderbilt University and church rights in Tennessee were awaited.
New Orleans May 10 The past week showed a small net gain over last week’s cotton prices in the New Orleans market with gains from three to twelve points across several futures months. The week opened with a sharp advance in new crop positions, dipped Tuesday, then rose again until Friday before sentiment shifted on Saturday as weather improved. Outlook for the coming week points to lower prices due to continued favorable weather and ongoing farming progress.
Columbus Ga May 10 Special Yesterday Was general picnic day for Columbus Phoenix City and Girard people Thousands spent the day in the woods enjoying the outing Factories machine shops iron works and industrial plants closed for the day to give employees a holiday for the picnic Dozens of Sunday school picnics were held Many parties traveled by car train or river steamer to nearby or distant points with no untoward incidents reported.
Thomasville Georgia May 10 Special. Robinson Crusoe, as he calls himself, is jailed in Camilla after appearing at a sawmill camp near Baconton seeking clothing. He claims to have lost his clothes crossing the Flint river and is described as about 45, 5 7, 145 pounds with light hair blue eyes and a red beard. He is believed to be an escaped convict and warrants have been sent to county officers.
Americus Georgia May 10 Special The Wheatleys Mr and Mrs J W Wheatley celebrated their fifty ninth marriage anniversary married in 1855 and have lived in Americus among prominent residents Both are 81 years old and in good health Mr Wheatley has led Americus banking since the Civil War and is president of the Commercial City Bank whose founder and active head is his son Crawford Wheatley former State Senator
In Carmel by the Sea a month earlier a plan to poison novelist Alice McGowan failed when she detected bitter mayonnaise. Her Japanese servant ingested marshmallows and nearly died as more than $2000 in jewels and clothing vanished in preceding thefts. A domestic suspect was arrested and the writers sought detectives but failed to solve the case.
Washington May 10 unsettled weather is forecast for the coming week with mid spring temperatures in the southern states and west of the Rocky mountains while the west bears below normal temperatures. The forecast calls for frequent showers in the middle west Great Lakes and middle Atlantic and New England regions as a Rocky Mountain disturbance advances toward the Atlantic by Wednesday.
A marked disturbance travels from the west toward the middle and east, bringing general precipitation and rising temperatures. As it moves, expect storms and thunderstorms with several showers attended by unsettled weather across the region.
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