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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1914
Page
8
Readers are urged to check tonight’s papers for extraordinary bargains in the 47th Anniversary Sale. Items priced at 47 cents or ending in 47, ranging from $1 goods to $10 goods, mark a celebration of 47 years of growth. Offer emphasizes customers helped build the business and warns against delaying engagements until after reading the papers.
Belts and girdles offered in suede and white kid with pockets, bows, and multiple color options. Suede belt 2 inches with bow front available in black tango Copenhagen Kelly green navy and more. White kid belts and black patent leather girdles priced around 50 to 60 cents, with sizes and styles noted. Pitth Avenue girdle display from Belts Main Floor Center.
The chamber of commerce schedules a luncheon at 1 30 PM at the Piedmont Driving Club to honor Vice President Marshall and Senator Hoke Smith. About fifty members form the entertainment committee led by Colonel F J Paxon with Mel Wilkinson presiding.
Brilliant commencement exercises mark the close of a season at Shorter College. Festivities begin Friday and continue through the following Tuesday. Dr. M. Ashly Jones of Augusta will preach the laureate service, and De J. C. Marsee of Dayton, Ohio, will deliver the baccalaureate address.
Vidalia Ga May 206 Joe Nunn a farmer shot and probably fatally wounded J M Taylor another farmer this morning near town Taylor, once chief of police here, had served the city for years and was ranching nearby Nunn was arrested at his home and jailed Deputy Flda reported Taylor resting well tonight.
A couple wed yesterday on the bread highway as Rev. C K Henderson pronounced Miss Thei Dunham and Mr Davie Weeks man and wife. The minister, delayed on the way to the bride’s home, was met by the couple and the ceremony took place with all parties seated in buggies along the route.
Nearly 3,000 Atlanta residents attended the Cedartown police picnic on Wednesday. Excursion trains arrived at the grounds and the event featured feats by officers. A foot race for over 200 pounds was won by Officer Turner with Shumate second and Quathebaum third among the under 200 pound division. Two safety razors were awarded to the first two finishers.
Jesup Georgia May 20 special Dr Moore left Jesup last night to answer a call at Hraadhurst. His horse frightened him into the road and threw him from the buggy. He suffered bruises and was knocked unconscious lying on the ground for hours until a local negro found him and alerted his family. He is resting well.
Rainbridge Georgia reports high winds after a storm from Tyhee damaged crops in Decatur. Sixty nine days with virtually no rain left soil dry and cotton and corn stunted as winds pulled up seedlings. Farmers urge rain to ease drought.
The general conference approved retirement of Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson and granted Bishop Hess eight years of release due to ill health. It rejected attempts to elect new bishops and kept Vanderbilt University financial control disputes unresolved. The body also discussed church federation, future general conference locations, and appointed a commission to examine church boards and charters.
Returns from ten of sixteen precincts in Waycross show Pittman with a big lead for sheriff. Berry leads for clerk, Strielland for tax collector, Gibson for tax receiver. Knight and Fleming top the board for county commissioners. Parker leads for representative with Hickox second and Cooper third. Official count may decide several close races.
An excellent Forsyth program features Frank Keenan acclaimed as a top actor in Vindication with Jim Toney and Ann Norman in Nonsenae and George Brown the world champ beer and tea walker. Next week Laukys Red Heads headlines as Pratned Nurses previously shown. At the Lyric Marguerite Chatton leads in a Maydeyce role with Lucile La Vernes Stock company delivering strong emotional acting alongside Mies LaVerne and company. Atlante the Forsyth cast praised.
Attendance rises as the Sealed Orders event fills the Grand with strong patronage. A film feature and Pathe special titled The Shiners in Atlanta screens late shows, offering best parade scenes and stands. Performances run 2, 3 30, 7 80 and 8 00 PM.
Chancelor J H Kirkland of Vanderbilt University will be the guest of honor at a Vanderbilt alumni banquet in Atlanta at the University Club next Tuesday evening from 11 to 2 o'clock. Dr Kirkland will attend Agnes Stott College’s quarter centennial celebration and Atlanta area alumni will meet to felicitate him on his recent victory. The board of trust requests all alumni desiring to attend to contact AG Adams at address a561.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices reported for Decatur and Atlanta area residents. Mrs James R George wife of Judge James R George died at home and will be buried in Conyers. Other notices include Mrs Amanda J Woodruff of Macon died at private sanitarium and funeral plans. Miss Aurena Quick aged 20 died at Center Hill residence. Mrs Daisy L Sandwich died at 67 West End Avenue. infant Josie Fleming daughter of Mr and Mrs M Fleming. Grace Marsh daughter of Claude E Marsh. Josephine Garrett infant daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Garrett. Archer Filag infant son of Mr and Mrs N R Wilae. Mrs Julia A Waits funeral at Wesley Chapel. Mrs S E Leake death. Mrs Martha A Cheves death at private sanitarium with funeral arrangements.
William McCoy, after serving eight years in a federal penitentiary near Atlanta with good time and an extra thirty days for inability to pay a $200 fine, is discharged and en route to Trenton New Jersey, where he had broken into and robbed a post office in 1906.
O Connor was yesterday reelected principal for another term at the Georgia School for the Deaf during the board of trustees annual meeting. Miss Nettia McDaniel was reelected assistant principal and most teachers were likewise re elected.
Columbia May 7 The South Carolina Democratic convention adjourned after a day of organizing as a committee prepares a draft plan for primary reform to be presented at 10 am. The Barnwell delegation was seated and urged reform while Governor Blease supporters defend past practices amid fraud allegations. The primary rules limit voting to white Democrats meeting residence requirements and club roll enrollment timing varies by city.
Adel Ga May 20 The building committee announces readiness to begin work on a new handsome Methodist church. The committee has organized and will consider tentative architect plans to select construction plans for the church.
Jefferson City Mo May 20 The Missouri supreme court sustained the right of express companies to refuse shipments of liquor to points in Texas in the Rosenberger case. Abram Rosenberger of Kansas City sued Wells Fargo Cols Express and Pacific Express for value of refused liquor deliveries.
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