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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1924
Page
2
A vintage ad promotes a "Miss Georgia" American doll described as highly elaborate and expensive. It claims the doll would cost $12.50 or more in retail, and offers a free doll through The Constitution's special Christmas circulation, inviting readers to enter via a page entry form.
New York this week featured six new plays with Frank Craven's New Brooms at Fulton theater drawing strong praise from critics. Cast includes Blyth Daly Robert Keith and Robert McWade as the show opens Monday.
The board and council debate funding for the school department with a push for a ballot offering two member seats one proposed by the council and one by the board. They favor continuing ward based elections but contend current finances are insufficient under tax law. If council refuses 26 percent of city revenues the board may seek a special tax levy to fund schools with no spending restrictions. The plan faces opposition from some council members who dislike Moore's three alternative options though both the board and council agree the present method cannot continue.
An advertisement touts Grand Tablets as a treatment that, when added to a fowls drinking water, acts on egg laying organs and claims hens will lay within 24 hours. It offers a free trial pack and a special deal of three full size packages for $1.00, with a money back guarantee from Imperial Laboratories Kanes Cite Mo.
An advertisement touts Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use hair darkener. It claims quick results by applying with a comb or brush, making hair look darker by morning while promising a youthful appearance.
The town eyes changes in key panels with Bachman and Jenking as likely chairs. Potential moves place McLendon or Gordon on hospital and police committees, Hartsfield atop tax, Buchanan on sewer, Armistead on fire, Russell on ordinance, and Duvall to continue leading sanitation.
The Stone Mountain memorial drive dominates the convention as officers clash over fundraising and committee methods while two new scholarships are created. North Carolina proposes a Mrs Stone scholarship. responses from Alabama Texas New York and Missouri shape the outcome. Lee Memorial plans face board objections. Washington and Lee trustees call changes impractical and funds may form a Lee memorial trust.
Airs E BE Moffitt of Richmond urged Daughters to push geographers to credit Maury for his discoveries and science contributions. Louisiana conversion of Judah P. Benjamin’s home into a Confederate museum was reported. An appeal to boost the A D C bounty for needy Confederate women raised the year’s fund to 2230, with divisions seeking five dollars per chapter rather than one.
Leaders in the Atlanta Christian council urged calm amid rumors of uprisings as ministers from white and colored churches addressed the city. Bishop Darlington announced several transfers into the conference from various regional and denomination backgrounds and noted a transfer to the Pacific conference.
The Decatur Methodist conference received a report on the Decatur Orphans Home signed by Colonel K. A. Hemphill and W. C. Foote. It shows 40 years of operation aiding 4,000 children, 120 presently cared for, with good health and only 53 spent on physicians this year. Trustees seek to enlarge the work to assist widowed mothers, urge stronger denominational attention, and present the home to congregations. The session also set Griffin as next year meeting place and approved a budget of 238,505 for general and conference work, a reduction of about 18,000 from last year.
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