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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1924
Page
21
Governor Donahey said martial law in Niles probably would not be lifted for several days. Reports from the city urged keeping troops in place on election day. A long distance call with Major-General Hough confirmed it would be unwise to restore civil government soon.
The offices of the Public Service Commission at the state capitol were closed all day Monday due to the death of Mrs Paul B. Trammell, wife of Chairman Trammell.
Mrs. E. H. Boots of Buchanan County Ia promotes a home remedy to darken gray hair claiming it makes a person look twenty years younger. The mix uses bay ram Barbo nopound glycerine and water with instructions to apply every other day.
Madison WI November 3 The Independent presidential candidate Senator Robert M La Follette returns to politics after rest and farm chores. He denounces a Coolidge RNC push as a bluff and slush fund tactic while urging Progressive voters to march to the polls. He plans to vote early and stay at the farm for chores then await returns in Madison.
Private Jesse KE Davis of Fort McPherson lies unconscious with a fractured skull after a street car collision near the military reservation. Officials say the soldier tried to cross the tracks as the car, driven by Motorman W T Heath and Conductor F G Steele, came within about 20 miles per hour. Relatives from Gainesville Ga. remain at his bedside as doctors assess his condition.
The Georgia association of Phi Beta Kappa will elect new officers at 5 o clock Wednesday in the directors room of the chamber of commerce. Plans will be discussed for a reception by Charles F Thwing president of Western Reserve university and United chapters head, who will visit Atlanta November 10 and 11 to speak at Agnes Scott college. Members without enrollment should contact T By Wigdon 1124 Aurt building Harold Hirsch 1415 Cander building.
Tames A Hollomon of The Constitution will be principal speaker at the Y W C A 19 West Baker Street tonight at 7 o'clock. He will discuss The Three Political Parties. The program is part of a series arranged by the League of Business and Professional Women and the League of Women Voters. The public is invited and no admissions will be charged.
Visitors from across the state and tourists view the Albert Sulzbrenner loan exhibit of portraits of Atlantans at the Biltmore hotel. The show continues this week with daily hours from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Willis is chairman of the sponsoring committee.
The Atlanta Community Chest reports two major gains in its first year. Forty agencies joined under one umbrella, forming a Community Welfare Council to coordinate plans. The Chest collected 91 percent of 1924 pledges and passed 93 percent to agencies, with about 7 percent for costs, making the method cheaper overall.
The Inman Park Baptist church hosts Dr Spencer Tunnell of LaGrange at 7 30 for an address on An Adequate Church Educational Program as part of enlistment week. The series features Georgia religious leaders with topics through Sunday and ends with a stewardship talk.
The Georgia Securities Commission granted three firms permission to offer stock. The Southern Arsenic and Mineral Products Co of Indiana, led by president R B Costetter of Indianapolis, may sell 300000 dollars of common stock monthly in Georgia to fund an arsenic mine in Randolph County Alabama near the A B A railway. The issue named Cine a C or speculative securities. The Southern Builders, Inc of Atlanta, with Dr Marion T Benson as president, can sell 100000 dollars of common and 50000 dollars of preferred stock. NX Cheeves and Company may double capital by selling an extra 25000 dollars of common stock in the state.
Fears for two Decatur youths E R Brown and R J Free were relieved when they landed at Candler Field near Atlanta after a Sunday night forced landing in Griffin. A scout plane searched for the downed air craft and its occupants as they planned to reach Atlanta the prior day.
Former governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, a leading advocate for cooperative farm marketing, will meet guests at Ansley hotel Parlor A on Monday November 17. He comes to Atlanta by invitation of J E Conwell president of the Georgia Cotton Growers Association and will speak to the group at noon in the house of representatives hall at the capitol before departing for Savannah that night to address the United Daughters of the Confederacy convention on November 18.
A burglar in Fr. Mendel's yard on 320 Washington Street tripped over a clothes line and fled. Police Officers Howell and Barker investigated, finding the victim's trousers with a valuable watch and $11 in cash, but the thief had escaped empty handed.
Mary Nebro wife of a building janitor in Lower Manhattan and her two children perished in a fire that gutted the structure today. Firefighters took over an hour to control the blaze and two would‑be rescuers were overcome and removed from the ruins.
A three week tent revival is under way in Uvalda with Rev. J. N. Salter and Rev. T. Is Remater from Pitts assisted by Rev. R. Tyrant of Nichola and Revs. H. McGulioveh and H. B. Grace of Uvalda. Large night crowds attend as a communal Union meeting is planned with a jot from G. Martin for interdenominational support.
The world marks the 10th anniversary of Joseph Aspdin for inventing artificial stone, with a memorial tablet in Leeds by American cement makers. A National Geographic Society bulletin lauds his vision and notes concrete highways, Roman aqueducts, and the Panama Canal, detailing cement production, kiln processes, and the Lehigh Valley as a cement hub, alongside the material’s broad uses from sacks to ships and even war fortifications.
General James A. Thomas of Dublin, Georgia, announced as chief of the United Confederate Veterans after the death of Gen W B Haldeman. Thomas, veteran of the Army of Tennessee, long active in Georgia veterans circles, will visit his late commander's grave soon. The Sahara Desert is noted as larger than the continental U S with Alaska and possessions included.
George W. Armstrong, alleged driver of the death car that killed Mrs. M. W. Moore, is an escaped Fulton county chain gang convict. Police say Armstrong, also known as G. A. Williams, has been indicted for involuntary manslaughter and remains at large. Buick district sales manager B H King has been named acting Atlanta branch manager following the death of local manager Dr. F Ulmer.
Paul H. Norcross president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce returns from Chicago where he with nine engineers investigated the drainage of the Great Lakes. The study was conducted under the Chicago Fresh Water and Canal Commission.
Leo M. George, president of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks, will be principal speaker at a joint meeting of railway snail clerks post office clerks carriers and supervisors at Ta clerk Wednesday night on the roof of the Ansley hotel. The address will address the Kelly-Edee salary bill for postal employees followed by a discussion and vote.
Miss Tommie Dora Barker, librarian at the Atlanta Carnegie library, will be principal speaker at a noon Atlantes club meeting at the Robert Fulton hotel. Miss FuERDS will discuss the Atlanta library. The event kicks off a series honoring the library's anniversary with a reception later this month. J P Swann, chairman of the program committee, will oversee the program. The musical portion features songs by the Georgia Tech Tin Cone Trio.
H M Keys, survey engineer for Southern Bell, spoke to the Atlanta division of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers at the Anster hotel on Commercial Surveys of Large Cities. The talk was followed by a discussion of business matters. A city mail carrier was slightly injured at Broad and Walton streets when struck by a car driven by Mrs. W F E Dillon. He was treated at Grady hospital and allowed to go home. A case of reckless driving was brought against Mrs. Dillon.
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