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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1913
Page
9
The Pythians of Atlanta ready for a district convention next Wednesday with delegates from every lodge in the fifth district expected. The afternoon session at 3 o clock will address business matters and a motion to build a new Pythian castle hall in Atlanta will be initiated.
The convention next week will outline action while the session focuses on merriment. Grand lodge officers from Milledgeville and Athens plan to address the Atlanta Knights, with local leaders including Col. James W. Austin and Col. Shepard Bryan on the program. Sessions occur at the ball in the Kiser Building.
Annie Russell appears at the Janta theater Monday night in the season opener to receive the Drama League first endorsement. Her production She Steers to Conquer with The Risaly Theyndorsemat is promoted by the Atlanta center amid a bulletin from league headquarters. The Old English Comics company presents Miss Russell and a strong supporting company in a brisk witty comedy with true humor and tasteful staging.
Milledgeville Ga October 25 a large number of representative women formed The Milledgeville Woman's Club to promote self improvement and civic betterment Mrs Moomolarks elected president at next meeting to decide study lines and departments in domestic art science child study library extension music and related subjects Mrs M M Parks and Mrs Miller Bell chosen to represent the club at the Georgia State Federation meeting to be held at Cuthbert later.
Charles A. Lamar of Atlanta denies in a communication to The Constitution that his son James Ti Lamar married Dollie Bencken on an April date this year. No such marriage occurred, says Mr. Lamar and contradicts newspapers reporting the event.
Atlanta schools both public and private will see the dramatization of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women at the Atlanta theater for three days starting November 12. Daily matinees at 3 o'clock cater to students and office workers with special prices, as Agnes Scott Institute and several other schools anticipate large delegations. The production, led by Mrs Brady, was a strong New York run last season and is praised for its wholesome, simple portrayal without sensationalism.
Dr J G Sterrs a local colored physician has returned from Edinburgh where he completed a post graduate course in surgery at the University of Edinburgh.
In Kiev on October 25 the Beilis murder trial stirs uneasy mood of pogrom fears. The Black Hundred paper The Two Headed Eagle urges attacks, citing alleged Jewish threats against the empire. Police report arrests as riots feared, with testimony linking Vera Singarevsky and accomplices to the Yushinsky killing.
Thomasville Georgia October 25 heavy frost began cutting and banking seed cane to guard against another frost. Cane largely uninjured by cold. expect good seed supply. Growers already starting grindings and by next week will be in full swing. Crop reported fair, near average for several years.
William Paxton 85 or 86, a Walton county resident born on the plantation, travels to Atlanta to see Paul Wesley, great grandson of his first owner Ben Paxton. Paxton, one of the longest sleeping farmers, raised 12 bales of cotton and 150 bushels of corn last year with his wife, who bore ten children. He criticizes modern rural Negroes moving to cities, saying they should stay in the countryside. English mills sold 62,000 000 yards of cloth to China in August, more than a year ago.
Z. F. Mitchell arrested Friday night on a Warren county warrant charging cheating and swindling. He was released last night on $500 bond. The item includes a quotation from Oliver Goldsmith and a Kansas City Journal anecdote about rent in advance.
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