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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
8
A wide assortment of suits priced from 24.75 replaces higher tags. Fifty to sixty five dollar ranges appear for up to eighty seven styles in stock, including gabardines serges crepes and silks with black and bright colors, plus additional pieces that previously sold 35 to 90 dollars.
About a hundred silk dresses in crepe de chines chiffon taffetas messalines and poplins in black and colors plus floral silks and novelties are available. Each is priced at $11.50 marked down from $25 to $35. First display at this reduced price on the second floor Ready-to-Wear.
5,000 yards of Calais Valenciennes laces offered in charming edge and insertion sets from 11 2 to 4 inches wide. Immediate Europe import clearance left laces in stock for sale at 9c to 25c with choice trims ready at 9 a.m. Main Floor Right.
Stock presents complete varieties and styles from plain to fancy. Black silk favored for travelers with prices from $2 to $22.50. Caps range 25c to $2.50. Shoes cost 50c to $3.50. Short tights 75c to $2.50. Long tights $8.50. Second Floor. Hees just arrived.
The seventh annual council of the Diocese of Atlanta opened at the Church of the Incarnation West End with Holy Communion led by Bishop G K Nelson. The day included the bishop's address on church conditions, re election of officers, and reports from Woman's Auxiliary Junior Auxiliary and missions. A sermon from Bishop Nelson discussed science and faith and the need for active religious watchfulness. Parish School Dedicated at St Pauls on Auburn Avenue with 160 students and remarks praising the school.
A string of obituaries from Georgia towns details deaths at private sanatoriums and at home. Entries name widowed spouses, children, and siblings, with funeral times and locations including Duluth Methodist church and local cemeteries. Several survivors are listed and services are announced across multiple counties.
Terrell superior court convened for the special spring term with Judge W C Worrill presiding. The grand jury were told they had one of the county’s best panels. Civil and criminal dockets were light and the week’s business was disposed of Monday and Tuesday with criminal work starting Wednesday.
In Gainesville Georgia on May 27 Reube Burgess two merchants on Athens street had a purse snatched while swatting at two Negroes in his store at a late hour. No arrests made yet. Heads Athens Schools Athens all ay o1 Lppeciad. Professor G G Bond re elected superintendent of the public schools for the twenty fourth year and for another three year term. Professor B B Mell re elected principal of the high school and assistant superintendent.
Atlanta real estate briefs report a sale of about twenty or more building lots in West End Park at Gordon Street foot and Piedmont Avenue parcels sold by Forrest and George Adair. The Piedmont Avenue tract near Peachtree Road brings 14 000 dollars. Mortgage deeds list multiple transfers on Fourth Street Avery Drive and Willard Avenue. Building permits include a 1500 dollar two story dwellings and a 1500 dollar demolish plan for Georgia Railway and Power Company property.
A compilation of warranty deeds and transfers dated May to December across Atlanta and surrounding districts. Includes parcels on Connally Street, Giunwood Avenue, Peachtree Street areas and various Northwest Atlanta properties, with prices ranging from $170 to $15,000 and multiple cash considerations. Transactions involve George W. Adair, Mrs Harta M. Swift, Marian Smith, James Elis, Theodora Way, Metropolitan Trust, and others, detailing lot sizes, streets, and specific block designs.
Washington May 27 Special J Senator West of Georgia postponed his final toll speech to tomorrow to back the administrations toll subsidy. The vote on the Sims bill seems unlikely before Saturday. Eastman Ga son of Claude Eubanks named ships writer on Itasca will cruise Europe with cadets returning in September. Hawkinsville to get experimental city delivery two carriers to start. Judge Newt Morris Marietta in Washington seeking extension of Comfort patent tying device with cotton cord from Macon.
A. H. Stephens, general superintendent of the railway mail service in Washington, and other high officials will visit Atlanta Saturday morning as guests of the railway mail service. The visit highlights the ongoing improvements and arrangements for mail handling in the region.
The Railway Mail Association and its Woman's auxiliary prepare a large gathering in Atlanta with about fifty three clerks from the fourth division attending the annual all day outing and barbecue at Grant Park. Mr Stephens will attend in an official capacity representing the postmaster general.
The Hall County Teachers Institute gathers this week in Gainesville under Mina C. Parish of Atlanta. Attendance is record breaking as prominent local and city teachers discuss live topics for improving the public school system.
Keith Vaudeville presents Lucile LaVerne Stock company with The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary at the Lyric. Miss LaVerne delivers a charming lead while Miss Olive Takeney charms as ingenue. Three acts brim with humor and romance. show runs with matinees Thursday and Saturday.
A fragmented ad-like notice lists The Royal Box program including Grand ranagement, John Bunny, and Mitagraph stars in a forty five minute folkl langiwer film. It also mentions The Royal Box from a late Charles Coghlan play and Gertrads in the principal past. Pathera Weolly screens The Confederate Veterans' Reanlou at Jacksonville.
Montgomery Alabama May 47 Special President Wilcox of the Montgomery baseball association announced that Witehec Corlust, bought last fall from the Rome Georgia team of the Appalachian league, was sent to Thomerville Georgia of the Empire State league under an optional agreement. The young pitcher shows promise though struggles with control. Further personnel changes are expected in the Montgomery club soon.
Cordele Ga May 27 Charlie Wade a negro was sentenced to seven years in the chain gang by Judge W F George in Crisp superior court yesterday on arson. Wade was charged with setting fire to a barn owned by James Felder a white farmer near Cordele, seven mules and two horses were killed in the blaze.
Bremen Ga May 27 Special Bremen high School commencement concluded last night. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered Sunday by Professor Liddel of Annia fom flc of the Presbyterian college. On Monday night the announce pupil under Miss Clarice Adamson and the expression pupils under Miss Lazarus presented an interesting recital.
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