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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1915
Page
10
The Anence committee met to revise the October budget amid heated debate over a $6,000 school demand and city debts. After clashes over proposed cuts and a bold but ruled out faltering motion to halve city officials pay, the committee adopted the existing October apportionment sheet, signaling possible mayoral approval.
Senator Hoke Smith drawing five thousand people at the Georgia Florida fair grounds after a public reception. IR Walker introduces him. He touts Democratic administration actions on war, cotton, banking, and the currency bill. He predicts higher cotton prices and urges farmers to hold cotton. He criticizes Britain over cotton contraband and praises Wilson and future prospects.
W D Shilts of Goodyear Akron lauds Atlanta as a leading auto city at the Winecoff Hotel during the southern Goodyear sales convention. He notes a large turnout of over sixty agents and predicts a strong year ahead for the auto and tire industries amid rising production and demand.
John M McFall formerly of Hidnes Way 5 C has moved to Atlanta and will join Austin and Smith in the Atlanta National Bank building. An alumnus of Columbia University Class of 1915 with first honors he studied law at George Washington University. He previously served as instructor and headmaster at Columbus Industrial School Peacock Military Academy in Texas and Donaldson Military School in North Carolina. He has many friends in Georgia and will practice law in Atlanta.
Renewal meetings at the Railroad Y M C A begin with strong fall plans. Rev L Barton, pastor of Jackson F s Baptist church, will address the service at 3:30 PM. James, the association’s pianist, prepares a special musical program for Atlanta railroad men. All men invited.
Washington October 22 The three day convention of the National Association of First and Second Class Postmasters closed its sessions tonight Election of officers and the selection of Washington as next year s meeting place marked the event Colvin E Soph of St Louis was elected secretary Bolling Jones of Atlanta was named a vice president John J Cleary of Terra Haute retired as honorary president and Colvin E Soph was named president
Dixie Highway tourists arrive in Cocoa after praising Florida roads from St Augustine to Daytona. The group, extending from Chicago to Miami, enjoys banquets and municipal hospitality as 31 million in Volusia bonds for road improvements are noted. The final leg heads toward West Palm Beach and Miami with a Jacksonville reception.
Office of Solicitor Hugh Dorsey said yesterday there is no basis for claims the grand jury investigates Mutual Film. Mutual offices moved to 80-62 South Morayth Street. service to exhibitors continued. Beulah Yost improves rapidly after severe burns. Annie Allen leaves critical condition behind to tend injured coworkers.
Georgia- Florida fair stock exhibit awards go to Georgians with J Po and W Wo Peacock Cochran winning fifteen fist prizes on Duroc hogs and a grand champion boar. F Turner Vaideata earns eight firsts on Poland China hogs. Templeton Blythe earns two firsts on Berkshires and six on Holsteins. Hereford winners include E E Macks & Son and GFI Shingler. Judge says stock exhibit the finest in the South. cattle from Tennessee Alabama South Carolina Texas competed.
New York October 22 Leonhardt Berklein fireman on the steamer Comanche convicted of manslaughter for the killing of another crew member was sentenced in federal district court to five years in the Atlanta penitentiary Berklein’s case drew attention as murder on the high seas would have brought federal hanging under law New York law allows electrocut ion public curiosity noted an old gallows in the federal building and Berklein might have faced execution in the attic Judge Sheppard reduced the offense to manslaughter and the jury convic tion followed instructions
President Wilson commuted the sentences of Oscar Houston and Eugene F. Robinson. Houston, convicted of breaking into the Enid Oklahoma post office, and Robinson, sentenced for conspiracy to use force with intent to delay. The commutation expires immediately, with Houston’s sentence ending now and Robinson’s four year term at the Atlanta penitentiary ending now.
Baltimore, October 22. Norma Galt and Miss Helen Woodrow Howes with Mead and Payton of Ohio arrived to shop for the forthcoming wedding of President Wilson and Miss Galt. The party moved through downtown in a white house automobile while Nem Galt was in the city, though other members did not appear.
Bainbridge Georgia plans the South Georgia Harvest Festival for November 16 to 18. Three days of events include Farmers Day with expert addresses, Dollar Day and School Day with holiday for county schools, Jay Day featuring a parade and queen coronation, plus a masquerade street ball. Metropolitan shows fifteen midway attractions and three brass bands will perform daily open-air concerts.
Hugh Willet general agent for Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co of Georgia praised improvements in the industry after returning from the annual convention at Atlantic City and Philadelphia. He was elected first vice president of the national organization and reported the company’s new headquarters skyscraper dedication, with Penn Mutual ahead in new business nationwide. He urged Southern agents to capitalize on cotton prices and sell large volumes of life insurance before year’s end.
Calhoun Ga October 22 Special Due to strong interest in the best exhibits the Gordon county fair will continue through Monday and Tuesday next week. Exhibits will be sent to the State Fair at Macon and Gordon county aims for strong representation at the Harvest Festival in Atlanta in November.
Decatur October 22 Special The executive committee of the town of Decatur set November 20 as the White primary date to nominate a mayor and four councilmen Colonel L J Steel announced his candidacy for mayor and JO Belt and Neal G Goss, current council members, announced for re election Registration books will be open November 12 to 15.
Mr Richardson and his wife, a governess, with a servant, stranded in Madison due to bad automobile weather while traveling in an 86 horsepower car from New York to San Francisco. The party had recently toured Wyoming before the halt.
Sir Andrew Noble, noted authority on artillery and explosives, has died. Born in Scotland in 1831, Noble was a prominent figure in military science and related fields.
Markham of Illinois Central with ten railroad directors arrives in Atlanta at 11 this morning via the Southern from Birmingham to inspect Central of Georgia properties. They tour the Central lines to Savannah for a directors meeting Monday and will be hosted at a luncheon at the High Hills Golf Club after a local inspection tour organized by Atlanta officials led by Murphy and English with assistance from Lowry Slaton.
Athena Georgia October 3 Special fire at the Lyric theater in a busy business block. The blaze stemmed from grounded wires worsened by rain. Mrs Reuben Stone, wife of a theater operator, was awakened by her husband and saved from thick smoke as firefighters cut the current to enter. The building’s electrified walls required power shutoff before entry.
Mrs Sarah Edmondson wife of Leroy Edmondson prominent Cumming capitalist died at her home in Cumming Ga aged 72 She leaves beside her husband one daughter Mrs Clifford Humphries of Atlanta and five grandchildren Ferole Catherine and Fivon Humphries of Atlanta Louie Wisdom of Cumming Roy Humphries of Gaines
Bainbridge Georgia October 22 farmers in this section are optimistic about a fair cane crop after weeks of drought rumor and prior destruction. Recent rains revived the dormant cane and farmers now feel confident a good field will result.
Eatonton Ga October 22 Special Mayor Roy D Stubbs appoints Miss Mildred Greene as Eatonton s maid of honor for the Harvest Festival in Atlanta She is praised as Georgia s beauty and popular in the area Accompanied by her mother Mrs Thaddeus Rireene
Experienced women advise using Mother's Friend because it is safe and has helped many expectant mothers reach a happy normal existence during this important period. It is an external remedy available at drug stores that relieves tension on cords and ligaments from muscular expansion and soothes nerves for relief from pains.
Freckle-Go promises to remove tan freckles and sunburn without blistering or discomfort. It claims to lighten complexions from outdoor sports like automobiling rowing tennis and golf and to aid rough skin redness blackheads and pimples while stating it contains no petroleum and won’t promote hair growth.
The Corn club boys and Canning club girls will visit Atlanta November 27 48 invited by the chamber of commerce and the Southeastern Fair association. Local clubs and prominent women including Mrs George Mure Mrs Jatt Warren Mrs Leach Mrs Rosa Woodber Mrs W I Brewer and many more coordinated host homes through the Atlanta Federation of Women’s Clubs to welcome participating youths.
Americus Georgia October 22 Sumter county will have a float in the Parade in Atlanta for the Harvest Festival. The float is organized through the Americus and Sumter county Chamber of Commerce with products and decorations supplied by Sumter County Demonstrator G Oliver who will arrange the float's decoration.
Atlante council No 18 United Commercial Travelers will entertain members and friends Saturday at 8 p m at the Ansley hotel.
Kinser a prominent Gilmer county farmer and juryman at the county term of the superior court, was jailed in Fulton county on a $100 fine and two month confinement after pleading guilty in federal court. A bench warrant was issued when he failed to appear and the judge later postponed the case pending further orders.
Augusta Georgia October 22 Nelson O Shaughnessy is reported to be resting quietly this morning and the authorities at the sanitarium believe that he will be out in about a week He has a slight temperature each day and his physicians are undecided if it is intestinal trouble or not the patient is somewhat improved but in a delicate condition.
A Louisiana reader reports a wager over how to pronounce Vitalitas as a tonic claimed to cure ailments. The letter notes differing pronunciations Vieti le tas Vi-u i tas and Vi tai tas with emphasis on the second syllable, while praising the product’s health benefits and urging readers to contact Jacobs Pharmacy for information.
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