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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1913
Page
12
The Atlanta Equal Suffrage Association will meet Wednesday at 2 p m at the Ansley hotel. An interesting program is arranged with speakers including Judge Wool Tindal and Mrs Danisen and Mrs W Lazarus. All interested are invited.
Community notices list Mrs J B Whitehead and family returning from Europe, moves and new homes in Drum Hills and Druid Hills, guests at Meadow Lane and various social visits in Atlanta area. Several weddings, births, and entertaining events noted, with many corrections and names like Wise Dorothy Harm, Miss Lula Dean Jones, and Mr Duncan MacDougald.
Ex Georgia legislator T H Kimbrough issues a broad appeal to cotton producers in Georgia urging better baling and post harvest care to preserve the U S cotton market position. He calls for standard presses and proper handling to reduce tare penalties, boost trade balance, and protect national wealth. The message underscores reform across preparation, baling, and transport to avert foreign competition gains.
Company F of the Fifth regiment known as the Fulton Blues will disband next December as enlistments forming Jing te company expire. The Blues personnel are prominent in society and theater events, making drill attendance difficult. After retirement, the company will be recruited from other regiments until new enlistments form a new unit. Captain Harrison Jones has led Fulton Blues for two years, earning an enviable record.
New Atlanta postmaster Bolling Jones, sworn in Tuesday, addresses the 300 plus staff at four o clock urging efficiency and unit work. He pledges no politics in the office and calls on each worker to prove their value under civil service rules. A 50 member delegation from local business groups visit, presenting flowers and a bronze ink well and paper cutter as congratulations.
Macon on September 16 Special At a meeting here this afternoon of the board of directors of the Macon Dublin and Savannah railroad WW Sedden of Norfolk Va was elected vice president of the Macon Dublin and Savannah railroad filling a new office just created. Mr Sedden is at the present time vice president of the Seaboard Air Line. He will retain his headquarters in Norfolk Va. James A Blair of New York president of the Maco Dublin and Savannah railroad attended the meeting today.
The Mothers club linked to Elberton public schools began serving penny lunches to pupils today in cooperation with the domestic science department led by Miss Laura Stilwell. Lunches cost one cent and are served at the first recess, with organizers optimistic about the plan’s prospects.
Detectives scour Atlanta in a Tuesday search for a famed Alabama couple, a physician and his wife, allegedly fleeing under the Mann White Slavery Act. Alabama officials seek their return to face charges, while investigators inspect hotels and registers for clues.
The Dublin cotton market reports receipts approaching five thousand with steady arrivals and much more to be picked. A substantial portion of late cotton has not yet opened and the early cotton crop is still being picked, with much of the overall crop yet to come in.
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