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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1912
Page
10
A Confederate veteran, memory gone, lies dying in a Macon hospital. He arrived for a reunion and could not reveal his identity. He claimed to be J. W. Atkins of Anderson, but that name checks out as unknown. Telegrams fail to identify him. doctors fear death within a day.
The University Club elected John M. Slaton as president with H M Atkinson, B S Wallace and J H Porter as vice presidents. Thomas W Connally is secretary treasurer and Burton Smith chairs the executive committee with several council members for a two year term. Free moving pictures will be shown at South Macon playground two nights a week in June to test educational content and possibly expand to other playgrounds. A site search in East Macon for a playground is also planned.
Macon Ga May 14 Special The Matos Playground Association this afternoon set aside an appropriation to support free moving pictures for local children. The decision aims to provide recreational viewing at no cost to families.
Fitzgerald Ga May 14 Special The paving bond election carried by a large majority enabling fourteen more blocks of brick paving at a cost near 120 090 to be financed.
Evangelist Carlyle B. Haynes led a public meeting at the old Baptist Tabernacle denouncing Sunday laws as religious repression. He urged liberty to use city parks for Sunday bathing and condemned blue laws as medieval bigotry while presenting resolutions to the audience.
The Atlanta theater hosts a charitable concert drawing strong demand from city and suburb patrons. Promoters report unusually large ticket sales and inquiries from Macon and other towns, with notable support from professional singers, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and artists Mary Love Lace and Louis Koplin. The event, organized by Major Eugene Schmidt, features the Turner singing section trained by Professor Bunter Welsh and aims to provide a lasting souvenir program. Box office opens at 10 am and closes at 5 pm.
Sixty Macon boy scouts of America will hike from Macon to the J. M. Talley plantation near Milledgeville, a 40 mile trip, spending a week in camp. They will march 20 miles first day, use ten tents, and be led by F. G. Kingsbury director of the playgrounds association. One day will include a visit to Milledgeville sanitarium.
Jason Burr Council No. 18 Royal and Select Masters will hold a special assembly on Wednesday evening and confer degrees on a large class. Rev. A. E. Sanburn of Gatonton Georgia will preside and address the council with other prominent Masons. A music program is planned and a banquet will follow at the Majestic hotel for the class companions and visitors.
Professor Fred Reims a physical instructor and trainer from the Atlanta Turn Verein will open a summer swimming school at Lakewood next month. Responding to parental requests, he will teach boys and girls ages 10 to 18 with safety gear provided. Classes run daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and current enrollment ranges from 30 to 40 students.
Macon Georgia May 14 Special The family of A J Powers formerly of the fire department faced death as firebrands dropped from the ceiling in their Church street home. Powers awoke leaped from bed and warned others before the roof collapsed extinguishing the blaze before the fire department arrived. Family saved only their night clothes.
A. A. Zubilan filed in Fulton Superior Court a damage suit against bailiff R. M. Bell alleging the bailiff levied on goods and passed refreshments to calm a crowd, disturbing peace and causing damages. The readable fragments describe actions around a disturbance and claims of improper conduct by the bailiff.
The Marist Riflea, Atlante’s new military company, presents a minstrel show at Marist college hall Friday and Saturday May 31 and June 1 with matinee Saturday afternoon. Featured guest Mrs. Frank Pearson departs for New York to study grand opera. All sketches by company members. admission 75 cents and 50 cents for nights, 25 cents for matinee. Proceeds fund company room furnishing and camp.
The council committee on ordinances met yesterday afternoon and referred an Alderman Van Dyke carpet cleaning ban to the city attorney for redrafting to apply only in business districts. They opposed a Mason proposal giving the city power to seize unpaid private water lines after ten years. A Cham bers resolution to cap campaign spending at 1000 was discussed but opposed by Aldermen Candler Warren and Councilmen Smith Haverty as useless. The Greer street permit ordinance was amended to authorize temporary permits for street closures and sidewalk excavations, expanding authority beyond the chair.
Macon Ga May 14 Special Announcement has been made of the resignation of J T Nyhan general manager of the Macon Railway and Light Company Mr Nyhan held that office six years under W J Massie and his resignation comes on the day that W H Felton the new president assumes office After the request of President Felton Mr Nyhan will remain in charge until his successor is chosen Mrs Nyhan has made no announcement of her future plans but it is believed he will join Mr Massie in the capacity in the new Power company the latter has urgent
Macon Ga May 14 Special the Knights of Columbus of Georgia in session decided to send a large delegation to Washington DC for the June 8 Columbus monument unveiling They voted a substantial offering for the monument and to participate in the parade carrying a Georgia banner Thirty delegates attended and Savannah was chosen as next year’s meeting place New officers were elected including Cecil Morgan as state deputy J J Carleton state secretary J J Powers state treasurer N C Caryrail state advocate George J Burrows state warden and others
In Savannah on May 14 the Oglethorpe Club was fined 16 dollars after officers found wild ducks killed out of season in its ice box. Ward Allen, who killed the ducks in South Carolina, was recently fined the game amount. The case, seen as a test, went to the court of appeals and mirrored the Allen ruling, with the club facing the same punishment given the professional hunter.
Rev. F. K. Schadewelh of Savannah is listed as an alternate to the state deputy at the national convention. J. J. Farrell of Augusta serves as an alternate to the past grand knight, while Augustin Daly of Macon is named an alternate to the past grand knight.
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