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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1915

Page

14

Auto strike kills youth in East Point bicycle crash

Claude Dougherty aged 11, son of W. T. Dougherty of East Point, was fatally struck near Main and Cleveland by Colonel J C Woodward’s car driven by Douglas Woodward of the Georgia Military Academy. Woodward, a Naval Academy student, was arrested on bond of 2000. The fatal injuries included a fractured skull.

Main Street Cleveland Avenue Egat Point Claude Queene Dougherty W. T. Dougherty Taylor Avenue East Point J. C. Woodward Georgia Military Academy Ariven Douglas Woodward United States Naval Academy Annapolis Dougherty Woodward J. W. Miter Guy W. Parker C. C. Hurd A. A. Stovall Wood- Ward East Point Bank Naval Academy Young Dougherty Hemperly Undertaking Establishment Aete

Gentle Indicted for Striking Pylant in Georgia Case

L C Gentle father of twenty four children faced the Fulton county grand jury after a neighbor dispute with R L Pylant. Previously recorded fines were forgiven after a reconciliation. The grand jury indicted Gentle on two counts of assault for allegedly striking Mr and Mrs Pylant. He posted a $206 bond.

L. C. Gentle Fulton County Grand Jury Gentle R. L. Pylant Pylant

Zode Smith Seeks Police Badge Despite Not Being Officer

Zode Smith, general manager of the waterworks, applied for a police badge to avoid embarrassment when passing through crowds. He requested badge No. 13 but was refused since veteran officer Thomas W. Ivy already uses the number and regards it as lucky.

Zode"Smith Thomas W. Ivy

Two Divorce Suits Filed in Superior Court

Two divorce suits were filed with the clerk of the superior court yesterday. Wager seeks a total divorce from Charles A. Wagar, claiming marriage on September 3, 1903 and desertion in October 1908. James Walker seeks a total divorce from Annie Walker for infidelity. they married March 21, 1912 and separated in September 1912. no children mentioned.

Superior Court Yester As. Wager Charles A. Wagar James Walker Annie Walker

Monkeys and raccoons to be separated at Grant Park Zoo

Atlanta Recorder Johnson ruled after humane society members urged action that raccoons at Grant Park Zoo be placed in a separate cage from troublesome monkeys. Parks manager J Cochran testified the two large monkeys named Mayor and Alderman frequently terrorize the raccoons by tail pulling, prompting the court to threaten dismissal if a separate cage is provided.

Grant Park’ Zoo Recorder Johnson Atlanta Humane Society Grant Park Humane Society Parks Cochran Gooman Emean Johnson

City Finance Committee Faces $193,000 Deficit In October Sheet

The city council finance committee meets to start the October apportionment as the year-end adjustments loom. Mayor Woodward pins the shortfall on overestimated receipts and warns of cuts, noting taxes miss by 192000 and other revenues underperform. Some recommend trimming construction budgets to relieve labor costs while schools show savings from new salary scales.

Woodward Finance Committee

Holmes Urged for Leadership of Negro School in Atlanta

The board of education will decide today on a principal for a proposed Negro night school. B R Holmes, head of Holmes Institute, is a leading candidate supported by prominent Black residents and white reformers. Holmes has run a free day and night program for underprivileged Black children for a decade, aided by local educators and officials. The new institute opened last Monday with strong turnout and over fifty applicants.

Board of Education Atlanta B. R. Holmes Holmes Institute Min Holmes W. W. Tindall

Get-Together Party At St Philip Cathedral Friday

The Sunday school members of St Philip's Cathedral along with parents and friends will gather Friday afternoon and evening at the church house 16 Washington Street. Children in the kindergarten and primary depart ments will enjoy games and refreshments from 4 to 5:35 pm, the intermediate department from 5:40 pm to 10:30 pm, and the adult members will have music dancing and refreshments.

St. Philip's Cathedral Church House Washington Street

Atlanta to Furnish Water for the Fair

Atlanta plans to lay a new water pipeline from Lakewood Lake to Lakewood for the fair. The city once drew its entire supply from that lake. the dam remains and the old main is still underground. The move would restore water access to the lake area for event needs.

Newcastle Lakewood

Moreland Ave School Condemned as Unsafe

Parents and Teachers club formed at Moreland Avenue School to press for a new building after an inspection found the structure unsafe unsanitary and too small. A petition signed by all ladies present and a committee led by Mrs Victor Kriegshaber will present to the board of education this afternoon.

Moreland Avenue Innian Park Druid Hills Board of Education Pressent Victor Kriegshaber Moreland Avenue School Ladles C. J. Maddox Moreland School Neal Military Academy Ruth Sims Gertrude Cloud Edna Bush Marie Sears Martha Foster

Ad Men to Host Prosperity Meeting in Atlanta

The Ad Men's club of Atlanta plans a 1 o clock luncheon at the Ansley hotel's Italian ballroom. The event is a prosperity meeting with a business revival focus. Kriegshaber will present surprises including a Q&A contest with ten Georgia and South questions for a prize of jewelry. Pedder will discuss The South's Opportunity in a 15 minute talk. Boehm notes members cover lunch costs if accepting cards. Music by the Ad Men's quartet.

Ad Men's Club of Atlanta Ansley Hotel Kriegshaber Georgia South Dumnes G. Pedder Bradstreet WII Julian ¥. Boehm Elob

Three Macon Men Injured In Motor Accident

Three Macon men were injured when a touring car went out of control on Clinton road and plunged down a deep embankment. Injured: Lee Davis with an ankle sprain, C. E. Holder with a foot injury, Shao Moces with a dislocated shoulder.

Macon Clinton Road Lee Davis C._E. Holder Shao Moces

Herndon Drops Dead On Street In Macon Ga

Wiley R. Herndon a prominent Odd Fellow and former grand noted for the Gold Fellows Grand lodge collapsed and died of heart failure in front of Powera Curiosity shop where he worked in Macon September 22 He previously ran a grocery business on Third Street in the city.

Macon Wiley KR. Herndon Powera Curiosity Shop Herndon Gold Fellows’ Grand Lodge Third Street

Bainbridge to Have New Cigar Factory

Bainbridge Ga September 22 Spe jelglj The latest addition to Bain bridge's fast rowing list of new enterprises is the Edwards cigar factory. This industry will employ when completed a built 25 men and came here on account of the unusually low freight rates and the fact that Bainbridge is in the heart of the tobacco belt. Some of the Anest shade tobacco in the world is grown in this section.

Bainbridge Spejelglj Edwards Cigar Factory Tully Baintridge

Water Bill Mystery Baffles City Water Board

On Howell Mill Road a tenant paid 80 cents monthly until a bill of 32.89 appeared. Water board examined premises and found no leak, tenants moved out, and the decision was to charge the regular 8 cent bill while seeking the cause of the spike.

Water Board D. Pickett Howell Mill Road Ter Pickett Gage Puplsett

Final tributes for John T. Johnson in Columbus funeral

John T. Johnson longtime Central of Georgia Railway general superintendent dies in Savannah and will be honored in Columbus with a 6 am arrival by special car and funeral at Trinity Episcopal Church. Knights Templar will lead services at church and grave, with a large local delegation and many railroad officials in attendance.

Columbus Central of Georgia Railway John T. Johnson Road Savannah Jagulay B. I Sims Broad Street Trinity Episcopal Church Alston Wrage Knights Templar Lodge Johnson Hey Li Wood William, A. Winburn W. D. Beymer W. B. McKinstrey G. L. Candler Th. Lawrence C. P.hammon Tf, Smith W. A. Wright Savanhank TJ. Harlan Southwestern M. A. Ramsey Macon Chattanooga Daniel J. G. Cartisie J. & Haile J. Robinson J 0. Bennett Brooks J. M. Fawan M. W. Haile WV. W. Owens W.H. Fenner J. F. Bou S. Hellborn L. Candler P. J. “Robiggon H' Daniel M. Fagan Wiliam A. Winburn J. L. Bennett W G. Bradley C. K. Lawrence C. E. Hattle P Hammon Rhodes Browne W. H. Wright Dan Josephs W. W. Owens B.J. Harton W.D. Beymer Harry Baldwin W. B. McKinskey W. H Penter J. G.haile BG. Gross I. G. Carilissa T. F. Smit Ramsey

Cooper seeks pardon for Milton Rawlings

Macon Ga September 22 Special Attorney John H K Cooper will tomorrow petition the prison commission for a pardon for Milton Rawlings one of the Rawlings boys convicted of murder years ago His two brothers Jesse and Leonard who were given life sentences have already been pardoned The father of the boys was hanged Milton Rawlings is now on the chain gang in Milton County Odd Fellows to Chattanooga for grand lodge session in 1916 on today’s Sovereign Grand Lodge meeting notes.

Macon John HK. Cooper Prison Commission Milton Rawlings Rawlings Jesse Leonard Milton County Odd Fellows Chattanooga San Francisco Independent Order of Oold Fellows Sovereign Grand Lodge

Holder urges state supervision of roads in Georgia

Athens, Sept 2 special. John N Holder urged state control of all convicts and state supervision of road building with a plan for a statewide highway network. He proposed dividing the state into fourteen districts with 10 squads per district, building main highways through every county and connecting them. He claimed county gangs waste money and that 1,500 miles of new roads could be built yearly under a state system, directed by a prison or highway commission with expert planners.

Athens Chamber of Commerce of Atheny John N. Holder Jackson PLC

Move G S and F yards beyond Cordele limits

Cordele Georgia September 22. A authoritative source says the Georgia Southern and Florida railway has allocated 25 000 to shift its freight yards beyond Cordele's southern limit and build new larger yards about a mile from the business center. Switching cars through streets caused complaints. relocating yards will reduce noise and danger.

Cordele Bipe Vial Georgia Southern Jou Florida Railway

Firemen's Fund Reinsures Atlanta Home Insurance Business

The Firemen's Fund Insurance company has re insured the business of the Atlanta Home Insurance company and will conduct that company's business. The transaction, completed September 18, was made public on Wednesday and is valued at about $100 000.

Firemen's Fund Insurance Company Atlanta Home Insurance Company

Georgia Owes $100,000 to State Sanitarium in 1914

It became known yesterday that the state is at least $410,000 more in debt than previously disclosed. The state owes $100,000 for the 1914 appropriation to the state sanitarium. A requisition for that amount was drawn December 13, 1914, and had not yet been paid.

Georgia St Fll

Calomel Dangers and Liver Tone Remedy

A historical ad warns calomel harms the liver andpromotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative. It claims calomel causes cramping nausea and salivation while Liver Tone promises gentler, quicker liver activation with no sickness. The copy emphasizes safety for adults and children.

Dodson

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