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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1914
Page
4
Macon Georgia on November 27 special report says Judge Nol presses case against a Macon orphan charged with killing Thos Smith. Solicitor General John B. Ross moves for action as Judge Mathews presides in Bible matters.
In Jasper county Monti cello orphan Harry Wooten was not pressed for murder tonight in superior court. He had previously been convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of Macon youth Thomas D. Smith and given four years, but a new trial was granted. Wooten claims Smith was attacking him in the road with brass knuckles when the fatal shot occurred.
Constantinople announced by the finance minister that interest on the 1909 loan of 159 million francs will be paid only to bondholders who appear at the central office. The next semiannual payment was due December 14. Most bonds were held abroad, with $39 million placed in London and the rest in France, some in Germany.
Society notes recount Mrs Gayle Forbush forsaking Atlanta after creditors, including the Ansley hotel, were notified she would settle claims as she heads east. Her Terpsichorean club dance venue on Peachtree Street becomes the club’s official home, replacing the trellis room venture at the Ansley ballroom which proved too costly. Steve Wheeler, her New York dance partner, accompanied the escape.
A society patronizes Mrs. Vorbush as she departs for the east after learning dances like the Lulu fade and fox trot. The Terpalchorean club, a dancing group, laments last season's dresses and wonders what to do with them as they move forward without such expenses.
Paris November 27 Emperor William described in a letter received by Patria editors from a captain undergoing hospital treatment in Motzau Fortress. He praised French valor and, despite present cruelty, expressed hope that Germany and France will one day be joined by sincere friendship.
The Cologne Gazette comments on a Berlin dispatch about renewed peace talks. It says it is premature to talk of peace and that no German diplomat or soldier believes in an illusory peace with the powers defeated. The article asserts all Germans are determined to finish a clear score and dismisses English talk of peace as bluff.
Dr Ogden speaks at Central Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening about The Right and Wrong of Dancine in a constructive critique of amusements. Morning sermon titled The World's Greatest Revival outlines a positive religious awakening.
London announced by Chancellor Lloyd-George in the Commons that the Avon loan of 350 million pounds had been greatly oversubscribed. Nearly 160,000 individuals applied for small sums, with first allotments to these small investors. He described wartime finance actions, the role of Britain’s exchange, and the deep international trade ties backing the loan.
Waycross Georgia November 24 specials report multiple obituaries including H Dunn aged 57 survived by wife eight children and two brothers. Clara Tolar age 24 dies in Hapeville survivor Amanda Tolar and siblings. Co BE Adams aged 48 dies at 603 Washington Street. Balan Burgess aged 64 dies private hospital. instruments stolen from Dr J Kinard valued at 25 on North Peachtrea street. several family lines noted.
Miami investigators report no new facts identifying the killer of Adam A. Boggs and his daughter Marjorie whose bodies were found among the ashes at their country home. A watch stopped at 2.05 was recovered, and neighbors said the fire began shortly before three Wednesday morning after an unlocked front door was found in the ruins.
The first production of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine proves hugely popular. Eleanor Mantell, famed for her mountain heroine, stars with Primrose Wilson and West, who reunite after twenty years. A cast of fifty backs a celebrated American stage spectacle premiering in Atlanta with shows Tuesday to Thursday.
The Bijou theater plans Monday open for matinee and evening shows featuring Han Ping Chien’s act The Pelin Mystones and a Seminary Scandal with Wieg Tommy Allen. Joe Jackson the pantomimist and Lottie Colling Jr. will appear amid a star lineup as advance sales indicate strong patronage for the new stock company. The opening play is a western drama titled The Whirlpool.
Leavenworth Kansas November 21 Wallace Stuckey a former pastor editor began serving a sentence in the state penitentiary for abducting 16 year old Lorena Sutherland of Williamsburg church He said he will pay for his mistake and return to Tampa where his wife runs his drug store in his absence He had earlier fled a longer term. Sumner Reaches Galveston Galveston Texas November 27 the Sumner transport bringing part of an expeditionary force that has held Vera Cruz for seven months arrived with General Funston arriving with the main body yesterday
Notices list several funerals at Barclay and Standen Co. chapel with services at 12:30 pm for Mrs Mary B Curbow and 3 pm for Mrs W J Garrett, interments at Oakland and West View cemeteries, pallbearers named, and invitation extended to relatives and friends. Additional notices record services for Mr Henry P Ashley and others with ministers including Rev C H Davis and Rev Carl Garth.
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