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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1924
Page
20
Degrees were conferred during Friday afternoon and the early night followed by a banquet at 8 o'clock in the Masonic temple closing the reunion. Among attendees was the Joseph C. Greenfield class of Scottish Rite Masons, which had just completed its semiannual reunion in the lodge rooms.
Mrs. J. S. Houze aged 75 of Roswell Ga died at her home Friday morning. Funeral services are set for 2 PM today with Rev. W. F. Burdett officiating. Burial will be in Lebanon Cemetery. She is survived by her husband six daughters and two sons including Emma Houze Mrs. E H Cook Mrs J E B Stricklin and Mrs W S Burdett of Roswell F B D Morgan of Athens and C G Houze of Fort Valley and Col J T Houze of Valdosta.
Mrs Martha A Beach 80 widow of Dr A Beach of Sandersville Ga died Friday at her son W R Beach home Beach Hill Realty 162 St Charles Ave Pneumonia listed as cause of death She was born in Sandersville and moved to Atlanta about five years ago She was a Christian Church member Her body to be sent to Sandersville this morning
Funeral services for Mrs N E Pitts daughter of Robert and Nancy Craig were held at the First Presbyterian church in Calhoun. She moved to Calhoun with her husband Captain Thomas H Pitts after the Civil War. Survived by daughters Miss Mamie L Pitts principal of State Street School Atlanta and Miss Vali Pitts of Calhoun a son Logan R Pitts and grandson Henry M Pitts of Atlanta.
William Fahy once Chicago postal inspector, accused as the brains of a $2,000,000 mail train robbery at Hondout, IL, last spring, will testify Saturday to prove he is not the brains but the goat. Government rested after Chief Inspector Carahan recounted Fahy implicating himself to superiors and meeting Mrs Fontanna and Jerney Murray in suspicious settings.
Savannah bank case attorneys contend suits against stockholders of the defunct American Bank and Trust Co of Savannah were improperly brought. State Bank Superintendent seeks $58 a share to cover depositor losses. Judge Meldrim heard the point and slated it for advisement.
Augusta Ga November 21 Special Mrs R L Campbell 75 prominent Augusian woman died at her home early this morning She is survived by several children including son Thomas M Campbell Atlanta architect Funeral arrangements have not been announced
November 21 demonstration on Albert J. Evans farm showcased airplane dusting using calcium arsenate lime to combat the boll weevil. Dr. Andrew M. Soule praised planes for rapid, thorough coverage over large areas, enabling rain-friendly, efficient dusting and reducing farm labor time compared to hand or mule-powered methods.
J Cutliff of the Imperial hotel admitted driving the car that struck HE L Garvin's machine last Tuesday Garvin was badly hurt. Miss Smith a manicure joins the case as material witness and was bonded. Cutliff said he was not speeding and could not stop before the crash. He gave a written report at police headquarters.
In Herrin Illinois on November 21 a bullet riddled sedan matching the description of the car owned by 8 Tetin Young, a former Williamson county Ku Klux Klan liquor raider, was found in a Herrin garage after being seen in Madison Wisconsin last night. Young had been reported two days earlier to be at Rochester Minnesota with his wife en route to an operation.
Homer Williams a negro was arraigned in Police court Friday morning and bound over to the Fulton inferior court on bonds totaling 18000. Witnesses identified Williams as the man who shot Gus Silverman of 411 Marietta street Saturday night and who took part in several robberies and holdups.
Funeral services for A J Hudgins 21 of Stonewall Ga were held at 3 PM Friday at Shadnor church following a car accident that left him dead Thursday night Interment was in the churchyard He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs H H Hudgins four sisters Tebie Mary Florence Liezie Mildred and two brothers Barnie and Lovrieck Hudgins
Rangoon Burma November 21 The high court today charged one of the Buddhist priests in the attack last month on Professor and Mrs Paul Gleason American missionaries attached to Judson College.
Augusta E. Stetson today secured another victory in her long battle to prevent erection of a spite wall between her $75,000 home on Central Park West and the First Church of Christ Scientist. The supreme court upheld a lower court injunction barring any obstruction to light air view and access.
The Institute for Public Health Nurses in Athens closes Saturday after a Thursday opening. Noted speakers included Miss Marie T. Phelan from the U S Children's Bureau Miss Ithoda Kauffman director of public welfare and Miss Susan Matthews from the State College of Agriculture. A Friday group conference covered industrial and rural nursing and program outlines for the state department of public welfare.
Mrs Ruth Burkhart aged 32 hanged herself and two children Nellie May 8 and Donald Jr 7 in their Massillon Ohio home after leaving a note to her husband saying the children have gone and I am going with them Grace 4 was visiting grandmother and she is left with another parent finding the scene on returning from a hunting trip the husband found the note on the kitchen table afternoon.
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