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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1915
Page
10
An old advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a remedy to ease pregnancy pain. It claims applying the product relaxes abdominal muscles and relieves distressing pains, urging expectant mothers to seek comfort and calm for a healthier birth. It directs readers to Brailford Regulator Co., Atlanta, for a book of interest.
Recital opens Agnes Scott commencement week in Decatur chapel tonight at 30 cents admission. Students trained by Mrs LawlesH Johnson present a vocal program promising an evening of song. The event serves as the opening of commencement with the baccalaureate address by Dr James I Vance and graduation exercises scheduled for Wednesday morning May 28.
Four candidates passed the Georgia state board of public accountant examiners held in Atlanta this week. J B Spencer A A Morton M Barber and F C Clayton earned certificates entitling them to practice in Georgia. Examinations were conducted in the parlors of the Aglsley. Board members were Joel Hunter Atlant RK Jemigan Macon and Hudson Moors Atlanta.
Memphis May 31 at the Tri-State Telephone association annual meeting it announced that the Independent telephonia company of the south is near completing arrangements with Postal Telegraph to use its wires for long distance service across the southern states. Plans include Memphis to Dallas Texas, Cairo to St Louis and Louisville, Atlanta to Memphis Birmingham and Montgomery, and Mobile to Memphis Hattiesburg Meridian and Yaxco City. Independent operators in Chicago Washington and other cities attended as the meeting adjourns tomorrow.
Grant park visitors will find a network of beautiful drives and walks laid out this spring under Park Manager J. C. Cochran. The drives improve park appearance and open new sections for cars. County campus workers oil and roll the drives and lay concrete gutters to resist showers. Cochran seeks June council money to surface and oil more drives in Grant Park, with support from the Ananeg committee and council members.
Local attorney Leonard J. Gronsman announces tonight’s Civic Forum in the chamber of commerce assembly hall at 3:40 p.m. Dean John R. Atkinson will discuss public relations, with Basil Blackbridge coordinating invitations. Lawyers J. W. LeCraw and William H. Ahlgren will argue licenses should be revoked while S. M. Candentent and G. Friedman contend clubs are not breaking the law.
The third Sunday of the white room contest at First Christian Bible School Trinity and Pryor streets aims for over 800 participants or attendees. Scholars search the city for new scholars while older folks invite neighbors to enroll. A plan to place enamelled furniture in a church room mirrors the setup at the Southern Orphans home where forty two orphans will attend the school to inspect it.
State Senator J. W. Denison and Representative George H. Smith of Alabama visited on Friday to study prison conditions and advocate a shift from convict leasing to labor on public highways. They toured road camps in Fulton and Campbell counties with Prison Commissioner Mr. Rainey.
Dr Samuel Phelps Leland will address the Bible class at 9 45 Sunday morning at the First Universalist church. A noted lecturer, Leland has spoken worldwide under Kedrath System auspices. At 11 o clock the pastor Rev Fred A Line will discuss the series topic Greed and Deed.
Willingham Tit Lumber operatives adopted resolutions Thursday evening endorsing Professor William M Slaton as superintendent of the duy public schools and urging the board of education to retain him in office. The resolutions called on the city executive committee to let the people vote in the next primary on whether the superintendent should be elected by a popular vote.
President Wilson praised the New York police for their guard during the Atlantic fleet review. He asserted the police were admirable and showed efficiency in protecting the event despite some noisy opposition.
At noon today the body of Charles D. Randle will arrive from Birmingham Alabama and be taken directly to Oakland Cemetery for funeral services and interment. Randle 48, survived by a widow four daughters including Mrs Jesse Stalcut and Mileonea Mary, a son Junius, and his mother Mrs M C Bule. He died after a quarrel with a maid allegedly struck by William Bailey who faces assault with intent to murder in Birmingham. He was formerly employed at the Atlanta Stove Works.
Five men were arrested Friday in a police bid to locate drug dealers. Dan Williams Gus Isell A J Fitzgibbons Tom Martin and Martin Watts faced vagrancy charges with bonds set at 300 each. Officers said they hoped to send the men to Milledgeville State Farm for treatment and to recover drug suppliers.
Salvation Army officers in Atlanta will receive commissions at a Sunday night ceremony in the Salvation Army hall at 97 Marietta Street. The event includes a formal ritual and is open to the public, with officers named such as J. treasurer William Notte Clarence McMillan Ida May Blackwell A. Amanyon Edith Ayers Rheba Crawford and leadership by Brigadier and Mrs A W Crawford assisted by Adjutant and Mrs James Yates who oversee Augusta and Atlanta headquarters.
The private vault of Emmett Hight, wealthy clubman, faces a sensational estate dispute between his widow and relatives. Witnesses will view the vault this afternoon to determine if a will exists as the estate value remains unclear. A Friday search uncovered eighty six thousand dollars in bonds and investments in filing cabinets in his private office in the Candler building. Documents were taken in charge by Reuben Arnold, counsel for Hight, who is serving as temporary administrator.
The Rev Frank J Fleming spoke to railroaders and friends at Grant Park Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon at 3 30 o clock The Railroad Young Men's Christian Association hosted the event inviting all railroad men to attend and join the gathering
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