College Girls Panic as Men Duel at Converse College
In Spartanburg May 15 two men, J B Cheshire of Atlanta and John Bayes a discharged cook, fought with pistols in the Converse College kitchen. Nine shots fired. Cheshire wounded Mayes in the left arm and shoulder, Mayes shot Cheshire in the breastbone and left arm. Cheshire arrested on bond. Mayes hospitalized with critical injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
Converse College
J. DB. Cheshire
Atlanta
John Bayes
Mayes
Cheshire
Nero
Bond
Nesto
Shebe
Senator Hoke Smith Keeps No Open Door on Tariff
Democratic senators on subcommittees pushed office hours while Senator Hoke Smith locked his door. The plan limited visitors to 10 to 11 a.m. and 4 to 5 p.m. as he said he had no energy to wrestle with the tariff and directed his secretary to admit visitors only at those times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Hoke Smith
Ke Smith
Smith
Adegut Vistturs
Waycross Chosen as Next Knights Templar Meeting Site
Columbus Ga May 1 Waycross chosen as next meeting place of grand commandry Knights Templar of Georgia Officers elected include Miller Waycross grand commander Bowes Augusta deputy grand commander Murrelli Atlanta senior warden Clark Savannah junior warden Weir Macon treasurer Word Savannah recorder Wilkinson Atlanta word bearer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clumbus
Waycross
Grand Commandry
Knights Tem Mars
Georgia
A. . Miller
Gran
W. S. Bowes
Augusta
John W. Murrelli
Atlanta
Drkce W. Clark
Savannah
M. A. Weir
Macon
Word
Joan S. Wilkinson
Dr Wilson Addresses Negro Students At Santa Institute
Dr Warren H Wilson president of research and country life for the Presbyterian church in New York will speak at the closing exercises of the Santa Normal and Industrial Institute Friday night at 7:18 o clock in Cosmopolitan Methodist church Vine and Foundry streets Richard Grime Flinn also appears on the program for an address same time Faculty students and friends urge all supporters of practical education for the masses to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren H. Wilson
Esearch
Presbyterian Church
New York City
Santa Normal and Industrial Institute
Cosmopolitan Methodist Church
Vine and
Foundry Streets
Richard Grme Flinn
Charles Crowley Funeral and Interment Planned
The body of Charles Crowley will be removed to Temple Georgia this morning for funeral and interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Crowley
Temple
Pickpockets Steal Watches and Cash at Police Picnic
At the annual police picnic at Warm Springs two watches and $90 in cash were stolen. A. Aiken, address Campbell road, was arrested at Senola on the second section on suspicion of the thefts. He is believed to have taken two watches from two complainants on the first section and attempted to flee when approached by officers J. E. Hughes and P. H. Gresham. The outing resumed with no further incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
A. & Aiken
Campbell Road
Aiken
Senola
J. E. Hughes
P. H. Gresham
Edward Denham
Welborn Street
Senoia
Officera Hughes
Gresham
Police hold lunatic suspect after failed asylum transfer
In Atlanta, Marvin Hous of 103 Powers fired is kept at the police station as Recorder Broyles declines to take the lunacy case. Hous, recently released from Alabama's idane asylum, cannot be admitted to Milledgeville or Alabama facilities. He may have fired on a public highway but cannot be tried in court due to feeble mindedness. Associated Charities offers to cover return transport to Alabama if police accept responsibility for him on the train. city attorney to rule on disposition today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broyles
Marvin Hous
Powers
Alabama Idane Asylum
Young Holly
Atlanta
Lane
Milledgeville
Georsa
Alabama
Associated Charities
Beavers
Wound Kills M Neill and Wife in Collapse
Jacksonville tale reports Py McNeil a well known local businessman and cousin of United States Judge Emory Speer dies from a wound after a scuffle with his wife near Pablo Head. Mrs McNeil suffers a nervous breakdown while a chauffeur and a cook are held in connection with the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Py McNeil
United States
Judes
Emory Speer
Macon
Pablo Head
McNeils
McNells
County Board Acts on Return to Fees
The Georgia Supreme Court ruling nullifies the salary plan for Fulton County officials, prompting continued fee-based pay until further action. The board denied the Atlanta Mausoleum Company's burial site petition on Cascade Avenue. It adopted competitive bidding for asphalt purchases and appointed A Chrishill as assistant to the public works superintendent at 3009 dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Supreme Court
Fulton County
Atlanta
Cascade Avenue
Anderson
Waters
Turman
Smith
Winn
iBregent St
H. MM. Wood
State Supreme Court
Shelby Smith
Alonzo Richardson
Mausoleum Company
Atlanta Mausoleum Company
Swanty Acres
Cas~endevenue
Ustless
Cornyshaners
Alex Smith
Comopany
Board of County Remainssingers
A. Chrishill
Public Works
Board of County Commissioners
Mrs Minnie Hartz Granted Total Divorce in Macon
In Macon Georgia on May 15 Special news reports Mrs Minnie A Hartz was granted a total divorce from Morris A Hartz. The couple married January 10 1912 and lived together two months. She received 5000 alimony and a 2000 diamonds award previously claimed as loaned by Hartz. The husband reportedly valued at 50000. No appeal planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Minnie A. Hartz
Morris A. Hartz
Warts
Ulartz
Hartz
Mortuary notices and deaths in local area
Obituaries report Lula A Thompson of 22 West Harris Street aged 56 dying at home with two daughters and a nephew among survivors. Funeral from residence at 4 pm with West View interment. Also noted are Clarendon E Jett death at 51, Jett’s sister Ida Wilson surviving. T M Cook age 56 with funeral plans later. J E Garrity died of typhoid at local sanitarium. Louisa Curtis Wing age 52 of Grimwood Park died at home with husband and sisters, funeral 10 am at Capitol Avenue Baptist deacons to pallbear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula A. Thompson
Lyle A. Thompson
West Harris Street
J. J. Williams
Robert Hill
Wiliam Burke
Chattanooga
Tenn
West View
J. M. Cook
T .M. Cook
English Avenue
Fulton Lodge No. Az
Choctaw Tribu
Silver Lake
Louisa Curtis Wing
A. J. Wing
South Moralani
Eden Avenues
Grmewood Park
M. B. Kernoodle
Victoria Kernoodle
Emma Johnson
Qeclock
Virgil T. Norcross
Capitol Avenue Baptist Church
Hearst and Wife Set for Atlanta Visit This Week
William Randolph Hearst and his wife are due to arrive in Atlanta this morning and will stay a week. They will visit the Georgian Terraces and likely meet officials and staff, drawing local attention to the newspapers owned by Hearst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Randolph Hearst
New York
Atlanta Georgian
Atlanta Sunday American
Atlanta
Augusta Medical College graduates hear cosmopolitan ceremony
Twenty eight members of the 1513 graduating class of the Medical College of Georgia received the doctor of medicine degree from Chancellor David C. Barrow during graduation week at the Grand Opera House. Speaker Dr. Ralston Lattimore urged new doctors to face life’s challenges. Dr. T. Cason of Island Grove delivered the valedictory. Ward Beecher DuVall welcomed the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Medical Colleg of Georgia
David C. Barrow
University of Georgia
Grand Opera House
Medical College
Georgia
State Medical Examining Board
Ci¢Lea
Ralston Lattimore
State Medical Association
Ife
T. Cason
Island Grave
Fla
Diplomas Awarded to Young Dentists at Southern Dental College
Thirty five young dentists received diplomas at Southern Dental College exercises closed marking a prosperous year. Dean B. Foster read the annual report noting 140 students, with 72 in first year, 46 in second year, and the remainder in the grading class. Degrees were conferred by T. A. Hammond, and Dr. H Johnson of Macon gave the address reviewing dental history and progress. Names of graduates listed with class officers: Davin president, Carter VP, Callen secretary, Alderman treasurer, Hunter poet, Williams prophet, Porter historian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Dental College
A. R. Holderby
T. A. Hammond
de Ur. H. Johnson
Macon
Johnson
Samuel G. Alderman
Clarence
Barlow
John ©. Carter
Willam 3
Crane
Harvey K. Crews
Clarence A Cullen
Bert V. Danhelsser
Julius M. Davis
Luis P. Carrieo
Paul G. Gates
Russell JL. Grace
A.C. Hunter
J. Fred Hall
Gthma
Haynes
Marion B. Hembree
A. Rorer Leas
G. Rozier Lee
Jose G. Lomba
HW. McMillian
H. Rawla Mallory
Lucius Ww. Odom
Chester O. Porter
Ray Rameneur
Alfred P. Richards
Angus M. Sellers
Emmett L. Smith
Ebern P. Spence
Benjamin B. Todd
M. Herbert Warn
Rums J. Watson
M. Clyte Wrils
Matt H. Wheeler
Charles J. Williams
Benjamin T. Yarbrough
Warren 2
Rearrested shooter Battle faces court in Georgia
Moultrie Georgia May 15 Special The wounded FP Brown remains ailing but not out of danger. J J Battle, who shot him Monday, was rearrested today under a superior court judge's order while free on bond. Also, Wi Cason, Bank of Crosland cashier, surrendered by bondsmen to await July grand jury action after defaulting on defalcation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moultrie
FP. Brown
J. J. Battle
Battle
Thamae
Superior Court
Cason
Bank of Crosland
Trom Grand Jury
Soul in Giving Pleads Woman Orator at Atlanta Event
Madame Bella Pevsner electrified a Social Workers of Atlanta audience with a plea for genuine social service. She urged social workers to give their souls, criticizing wealth’s exploitation of labor and linking social service to happiness and character. Since arriving in Atlanta she has drawn support for woman suffrage, women’s history, and Palestine and the Jewish future, with another talk planned at the Jewish Educational Alliance next Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Bella Pevsner
M. C.A
Social Workers of
Atlanta
Alre
Dr. Jeky
Mr. Hyde
Madame Pevsner
Palestine
Jewish Educational Alliance
Are You a Mason to Play at Atlanta This Week
Miss Billy Long company gains popularity playing to packed houses at the Atlanta with Are You a Mason a 1000 laugh farce. Three more performances are slated tonight Saturday matinee and night. Next week The Deep Purple by Armstrong and Mizner will be staged with matinées Monday Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.
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Atlanta
Miss
Billy Long
Mason
Deep Purple
Master Crook
Paul Armstrong
Wilson Mizner
Apollo Trio stars in bronze mime act at local vaudeville
A local stage features the Apollo Trio from Rome eight months ago, three Italians painted bronze to resemble statues with living movement. Paul Dickey earns praise as the night’s standout actor, while next week’s bill promises comedy features and original entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apollo
Rome
Paul Dickey
Gillettes Adam and Eve
Gallorgher
Barrett
Josephine Durfee
Sweet Singer
Little Melville Fuller Buried in Greenwood Cemetery
Little Melville T Fuller, 18 month old son of City Marshal James M Fuller, died Wednesday morning at 4 o'clock at 74 Ashby Street after a cold developed into pneumonia. He was declared the most beautiful baby at a recent Atlanta baby show and was buried at 2 pm yesterday in Greenwood cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville T. Fuller
James M. Fuller
Allents
Greenwood Cemetery
Atlanta
Kilys Melville
Ashby Street
Shriners Plan Reception for Delegates in Atlanta
The Shriners of Atlanta will host a gala reception next Saturday night for delegates returning from Dallas where they won the convention for 194? and will hold the 306 local Shriners in a grand ovation at the Terminal Station. The march will start with a brass band as the delegates are greeted warmly. Dr. M. E. Turner Thomas H. Fit China Messy and Oscar Wem have been named to arrange the events. The special train bearing the delegates arrives in Atlanta at 9:20 PM Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shriners of
Atlanta
Dallas
Texas
Shriners
Terminal Station
Atlanta Shriners
Shrinera
M. E. Turner
Thomas H. Fit
China Messy
Oscar Wemme
Shriners’ Imperial Council
Clairvoyant Ring Leader Posed as Lawyer in Chicago Case
Chicago May 15 An alleged clairvoyant ring leader Charles De Alvandros described to the grand jury as a dual figure who posed as a lawyer and worked as a seer. State's Attorney Hoyne says he lured victims to consult a seer in his parlor and handled court matters for ring members while at large with six fellow conspirators sought by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles de Alvandros
Hoyne
de Alvandros
Mrs Woodrow Wilson Slams Talented Tour Visit to Dens
Mrs Woodrow Wilson accompanied by local social workers toured Washington slums at night visiting Great Alley Snow Court Ragland Alley and other squalid sites. The group kept the outing discreet until today when participants revealed the trip. She spoke with mothers and children unaware of her identity during visits to tenements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Woodrow ‘Wilson
Geat Alley
Snow Court
Ragland Alley
Ten Dollar Monthly Tuition Promote Crichton Shumaker College
The Crichton Shumaker Business College in Kiser Building offers a complete business education for 10.00 monthly for the first time, with a 19.00 monthly rate suggested as a fair value. Crichton and Shumaker highlight 26 years of Atlanta experience, employing seasoned instructors in stenography and bookkeeping. catalogues available on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crichton-Shumaker Business College
Kiser
Messrs. Crichton & Shumaker
Atlanta
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Jr. D. Cheshire
Converse
Knights Templar
DR. Wilson
A. S. Aiken Held
M'Neill
Hotel Gotham
Proses Wetherbee & Wood
Fifth Ave
Fifty-fifth St
Principe
Havana
el Principe de Galles
Cuba
Putze Fon Gouweelf
Gapifal City Tobacco Co., Diste.eutors
Supreme Court
Clarendon
J. E. Garrity
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
Greenberg & Bond
Mrs. Louise Curtis Wing
William R. Hearst
Georgia Medical College
Olus
Coat Union
the Girard
You A Mason
Keith Vaudeville
Greenwood
Wik
Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson
U. S
Swift
U.S
Swift & Company
Peachtree Street
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