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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1915
Page
5
The readable portion shows a fragmented quote about a liberal education and a parent addressing a son. Names, places, and clear facts are missing, leaving an unclear excerpt that hints at a discussion of education and expectations without concrete details.
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative tonic that relieves indigestion and constipation. It claims quick relief from stomach waste congestion and regains regularity, citing a testimonial from Mrs Oliver Young of Merrill Wisconsin and offering a free trial bottle by writing to Dr W B Caldwell Monticello Illinois.
Surprising points arose in a certiorari case before Judge John T. Pendleton as ex Chief James J. Beavers challenges the police commission. The defense argues Beavers is over the 50 year age limit and cannot be restored. the commission says he became a private citizen upon resigning. A notice issue is raised due to service by the secretary to the chief of police. Beavers’ lawyers seek a Friday continuance to prepare further defense. The other feature describes Jack Frost ravaging the federal prison landscape, ruining a costly flower garden planted by prisoners, with floral keys and designs left damaged by cold. Most vegetation will recover next spring.
Members of the Atlanta lodge of Elks are organizing a full dress Thanksgiving ball to be held Thursday night. The arrangements committee includes Albert L. Dunn Ralph Dean Albert Steinheimer James M. Moore and Henry Williamson. Local Elis and visiting order members are invited to attend.
Mrs J H Thompson of 620 DeKalb avenue appeared to prosecute her husband for cursing and abusing her but refused to testify. Officers testified she had him arrested to entertain a soulmate. Recorder Johnson dismissed the man’s case and gave the woman a severe lecture on faithfulness after learning she had a child at home.
The South Georgia Conference begins its forty ninth annual session in Cordele with committees in session at the Methodist church. Twelve ministers seek admission to the traveling connection as eighty five undergraduates appear before examination committees. The board of missions and board for education meet amid sessions, with the formal opening to be led by Bishop Kilgore Kil39. Rev J P McFerrin delivers sermon to a large crowd.
Georgia moonshiners use night riding tactics as a deputy revenue agent and posseman are hosted by Harris county farmer W J Horn. His home barn smokehouse and cotton store were set ablaze, with an estimated loss of 1600 dollars after Horn gave supper to Deputy W M Bryant and his companion following a still bust on Goat Island in the Chattahoochee river. Revenue Collector Gantt seeks a special investigator to pursue the night riders and repay Horn.
Columbus Ga November 23 Specially Martin Brown a negro was held today in police court under heavy bond on a charge of attempted criminal assault. The baggage boy at a local hotel was identified by the woman who said he climbed in her window and attacked her before escaping through another window. The incident occurred in the lower part of the city, causing considerable excitement as police sought the suspect based on a good description.
In Augusta, Attorneys T. B. Felder and Leonard Grossman filed a suit in superior court for $1,000 damages on behalf of W. K Miller against George H. Traylor and wife Mary C. Traylor owners of the Colonial apartments. The action concerns the sale of the Colonial and seeks repayment of expenses alleged from fighting the sale and breach of contract claims.
A Friday lecture at the First Methodist Church will discuss the drug habit under the title The Curse of the Pony. A man who suffered morphine addiction for twenty two years and has been cured for several months will recount his life under the drug and his recovery. The talk will begin promptly at the hour. Public notice appears in the paper.
William Jennings Bryan arrives in Columbus Georgia tomorrow afternoon at 5 30 and will be met by a large delegation and escorted to a local hotel where an informal reception will be held. That night at o clock he will lecture under the Rose Hill Presbyterian church auspices on the subject Unpreparedness.
Savannah Ga November 23 Judge Wallace W Lambdin issues order substituting G Roy Muller Augusta Ga as purchaser of Southern Seaboard Lumbers properties in Georgia North and South Carolina sold previously to American Lumber company of Baltimore Inc incorporated in Delaware.
The court directed M. A. O'Byrne of Savanna as receiver and commissioner and the Baltimore Trust Company as trustee to turn over the deeds to the property to the American Lumber Company, in a case valued at $300,000.
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