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Newspaper

Atlanta Georgian

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1914

Page

8

Birthday Party Honors Mr. Spalding at Connally Home

The Homestead in West End hosted 125 guests for Mrs. John J. Spalding’s party honoring her husband, the Second Baptist Sunday school superintendent. Guests included family, teachers, and five little Spalding daughters, with garden flowers, pink and white decor, a silver centerpiece, and a birthday cake with 39 pink candles.

E. L. Connally West End John 8. Spalding Spalding May Walker Rosa May King George Westmoreland Cora Brown J B. Young Willie Brown Mary Verney Corrie Hoyt Brown Frances Connally Werner Martin

Dances and Social Events Noted Around Town

Dance for Miss Westmoreland and Mr Babbage at Charles King home on Peachtree Circle ahead of their Saturday noon wedding. Teas and suppers at Pace's Ferry Tea House. Alliance Francaise to stage a play at Marist College with Rosaline Raoul and others. Segadlo's shifts dancing to Tuesday, Bryson hosts a piano and violin recital at 258 Washington Street. Thirteen girls graduate from Elisabeth Hanna School at the Atlanta Theater.

Alliance Francaise Marist College Rosaline Raoul Helen Muse Jessie McKee Grace Stephens Eichberg Waddell Margaret Fraser Ransom Wright Grace Lee Brown Townsend Heartly Edn R Bartholomew George Lindner Nan Stephens Miss Mather Edwina Berry Rose Jeanne Slifer Girls’ High School Agnes Scott College M. Bellegfort

Hawkes Glasses Offer Modern Optical Services

Hawkes Co. advertises superior optical service in modern fitting rooms with expert personal attention. It highlights latest glasses styles and lens types including Torics Kryptoks Bria Fits-U mountings and other optical products from A. K. Hawkes Co. located at 14 Whitehall.

A. K. Hawkes Co Opticians Whitehall Advertisement

Graduates Earn Medals For Class Records In Exercise

After regular exercises a classical play The Court of Juno was staged with success. Miss Elisabeth Hanna wrote it with musical introduction by Mrs. Sarah Hanna. Graduates include Hazel Rainey Bonnie Kate Martin Opa Perkins Elsie Stephens Florence Mc Gehee Dorothy Davis Leona Dale Christina Burger Ruby Sawyer Maggie Lee Oglesby Irene McMurry Lonnie Sirman Lois Weathers. Ruby Sawyer Dorothy Davis Hazel Rainey Irene McMurry received gold medals for general excellence.

Elisabeth Hanna Sarah Hanna Hazel Rainey Bonnie Kate Martin Opa Perkins Elsie Stephens Florence McGehee Dorothy Davis Leona Dale Christina Burger Ruby Sawyer Maggie Lee Oglesby Irene McMurry Lonnie Sirman Lois Weathers

Social calendar notes at Forsyth and East Lake dances

Miss Marion Morgan hosts a matinee with Girls' High School graduates at Forsyth Theater. Miss LaVerne and stock company present a 4 pm benefit for Uncle Remus Memorial Association at Wren's Nest. Girls' High School normals plan a 10:30 am program. East Lake hosts a third season dance in a grand pavilion as crowds gather. Marguerite Harper hosts bridge for three brides elect, lace gifts, and robes. Swagger Club hosts a Marist College dance chaperoned by local dignitaries. Ethel Reims entertains a small party honoring Edna Shaw of Wichita. Mrs A M Wilson and Mrs Hastings plan farewell events before travels abroad.

Marion Morgan Forsyth Theater Girls’ High School Miss LaVerne Wren’s Nest Uncle Remus Memorial Association Wren's Nest East Lake Miss Reims Ethel Reims Edna Shaw Wichita Kans Lillian Hettinstall Ruby Carlisle Fither Reims Julian Philips John Hargraves Burdon Freeman Dean Smith

Spring Pageant Promises Beauty for Atlanta Theater

Miss Maner Montgomery slated to play the May Queen in the Rome pageant benefiting the Young Women's Christian Association. The event will be hosted by Miss Nan Stephens at her Druid Hills home, with proceeds aiding WYCA work.

Maner Montgomery Atlanta Miss Montgomery Rome Nan Stephens Druid Hills Young Women’s Christian Association

Personal notices from Valdosta to Madison and Gainesville

Miss Caroline Griggs of Valdosta accompanies Miss Ellen Wolf home from Lucy Cobb as her guest. Mrs. Felton Loveless improves at Wesley Memorial Hospital after an operation. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers Keese visit Mrs. Keese's father at his Madison New Jersey summer home. Miss Dorothy Wilhelm returns home after visiting Miss Ruth Belk in Gainesville. Misses Edith and Antoinette Kirkpatrick return from Decatur where they stayed with Miss Lizzie Kirkpatrick and Mrs. Charlton Frazer widow of the late Rev Charlton Frazer, former pastor of Georgia Avenue Presbyterian Church. Mrs. John Barnes has also returned.

Caroline Griggs Valdosta Ellen Wolf Lucy Cobb Mrs. Rogers Keese Mrs. Keese Madison, N. J Dorothy Wilhelm Ruth Belk Gainesville Edith Antoinette Kirkpatrick Decatur Lizzie Kirkpatrick Charlton Frazer Frazer Georgia Avenue Presbyterian Church

Turtle egg dispute ends in murder on Jekyl Island

Professor J William Hart former Athens professor and Jekyl Island Club associate dies after a dispute over egg gathering led J S Thompson fisherman to shoot Hart on the beach. Thompson surrendered in Brunswick as jurors call it murder. Hart leaves a wife and four children and had recently joined the Millionaires Club on Jekyl Island.

Brunswick Jeky Island J. William Hart Athens J. S. Thompson Thompson A. A. Bennett H. L. Spinks Professor Hart Gilbert Hart University of Georgia Hart Jekyl Bureau of Animal Industry The Agricultural College Millionaires’ Club Jekyl Island Clemson S. C University of Illinois Queens Canada Brazil Porto Rico

Social notes of residents visiting and traveling

Miss Genie Hood returns to Cuthbert after a Florida stay with friends. Winston-Salem and grandmother visit described. Joseph Gatins from New York visiting Murp hy home. The Lewmans return from New York and French Lick Springs. Mitchell King and Gus Memminger visit in Asheville. Mrs Earl F. E. Watson hosts a matinee for Birmingham guest. Emerson Ham and a child visiting Locust Grove and will travel to McDonough. The Cromers in Gainesville through summer. Maner Montgomery of Rome guest of Nan Stephens. Cleone Willingham ill after appendix surgery at St Joseph’s. Mrs Herbert MacMurphy visits from Columbia after two weeks with Watts family. Edith Watts leaves June 15 for Manitou Lake then New York winter. Emily Cassin to visit South Carolina relatives and stay with grandparents during mother’s Gainesville absence. Mamie O Keefe Kirkpatrick returns from Chevy Chase Seminary with dances at Annapolis and other sites.

Edith Watts Manitou Lake Indiana New York Emily Cassin South Carolina George Hillyer Gainesville

Government Calls for National Bird Census to Count Breeding Pairs

Washington reports the Agriculture Department seeks public help to census all U S birds to gauge breeding pairs by area. Volunteers will count nesting males at dawn over a defined 40 to 80 acre farm area, with dates varying by latitude beginning June 1 near Washington and later in Boston, to assess laws and bird population trends.

Washington Department of Agriculture United States Department of Agriculture of the Boston

MacManus Acquitted of Revising Bluecoat Conflict

Seumus MacManus, who resembled a burglar and was arrested by a Plainfield police officer outside his own home on suspicion of burglary, was acquitted in court of calling the arresting officer a fool with a strong expletive. The court faulted him for withholding his name.

New York Seumus MacManus Plainfield N. J MacManus

Eight Get Diplomas At East End School

Eight graduates received diplomas at East End School as the commencement closed. The program featured a salutatory, essays on DeKalb County by Miss Friendly Haushauler, class history by Miss Ruth Clay, essays on manual training, declamations by Henry Clay Moore and Frank Brownlee, valedictory by Miss Lillian Pauline Hendley, and the address by Colonel George M. Napier of Decatur.

East End DeKalb County Friendly Haushauler Henry Clay Moore Ruth Clay Frank Brownlee Lillian Pauline Hendley George M. Napier Decatur

University Teaches How to Keep Store in Kansas

A three day course for storekeepers opened at the University of Kansas in Lawrence with several hundred country merchants attending. The program aims to impart ideas in business, advertising and store management to small town and country merchants.

Lawrence Kansa University of Kansas

Eclectics Return to Atlanta Next Year Honoring Dr Powell

Dr John Powell of Atlanta was elected president of the Georgia Eclectic Medical Association as the two day convention closed at the Hotel Winecoff. D H Parlament of Conyers A F White of Flovilla and Powell gave special talks. The group planned to hold next year’s meeting in Atlanta and to push for hosting the next national convention in the city with officers Adamsen Adamson Kirkwood House and Adams elected to key posts.

John Powell Atlanta Georgia Eclectic Medical Association Winecoff D. H. Parlament Conyers A. F. White Flovilla Powell Indianapolis O. D. Adamson Raymond C. H. House Kirkwood A. M. Adams

President Reverses Refusal to Speak at G. A. R. Ceremonies

President Wilson changed course and attended Memorial Day rites at Arlington National Cemetery after initially declining an address. Secretary Tumulty explained the move as to avoid misinterpretation of his absence. Wilson spoke briefly, followed by Speaker Clark.

Washington Wilson G A. R Arlington National Cemetery Tumulty Grand Army of the Republic of the Clark

Law Students Debate on Mexico at Atlanta Law School

Preparations under way for the annual public debate at Atlanta Law School next Friday. A $20 gold medal is offered for the best debater. Six of fourteen entrants were chosen for the contest. The topic: Resolved that the United States should assume control and protector over Mexico. Affirma tive speakers are Franklin S. Chalmers, William A. Baumstark and Ernest W. Smith. Negative speakers are Hewitt W. Chambers, J. Walter LeCraw and S. A. Lokey.

Atlanta Law School United States Mexico Franklin S. Chalmers William A. A. Baumstark Ernest W. Smith Hewitt W. Chambers J. Walter LeCraw A. Lokey

Forsyth The Red Headed Girls at Saturdays Forsyth

The Forsyth hosts weekend matinee and evening shows concluding this week's run headlined by The Red Headed Girls starring Jesse Lasky. Emma Bunting, a famed Atlanta actress, is billed for next week with The Purple Lady miniature musical comedy as an added attraction.

Forsyth Jesse Lasky Emma Bunting Atlanta

Return to Athens Guana Sunday Sea Board

The note references a weekly return route to Athens, Georgia aboard the Sea Board service with a fare of $1.50. Details on schedule or operator are not provided in readable text.

Athens Seaboard

Carranza Victory Shifts Mediation in Niagara Talks

At the mediation talks in Niagara Falls the Carranza stance shifts the process. Huerta’s terms were accepted by Mexican representatives, but Carranza’s message alters the path forward. Diplomats, including South American delegates, acknowledge a Constitutionalists’ leverage and press for a Mexico centered settlement on form and land laws.

Clifton Hotel Niagara Falls Ont Carranza Huerta Mexico

Julia Marlowe Leaves for England With Husband

New York May 30. E. H. Sothern and his wife Julia Marlowe have gone to England where they plan quiet domestic retirement next year. Mrs. Sothern will not return to the stage next season.

New York E. H. Sothern Julia Marlowe England Sothern

Tomato plant offer at Atlanta Floral Co greenhouses

Two dozen tomato plants free with each one dollar purchase at the Atlanta Floral Co greenhouses located at 655 East Fair Street.

East Fair Atlanta Floral CO

Resinol Ointment Heals Bad Skin Overnight

A testimonial from Miss Celia Kleinman describes suffering on her hand for months with itch and rash. After using Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap for one night, the skin cleared and the trouble never returned. The ad promotes Resinol products for skin conditions and offers free samples from Dept. 17-R, Baltimore, Md.

New York Celia Kleinman Columbia St

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