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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
18
The Brook haven Club passes under new management with an informal Thursday reception and an evening dance. Members welcomed by President Robert F. Maddox and officers as grounds bustle with motor parties and lake activities.
A string of social gatherings unfolds with weddings planned, mothers in white satin, and a host of bridge and tea parties. Pappenheimer presides over a rose filled bowl as couples prepare for a wedding journey east. Miss Stoney hosts a daisies themed luncheon for Louise Cooper’s circle. Marian Vaughan hosts a bridge party with a large guest list. Frances Connally hosts another bridge ahead of a June wedding. Laurette Lewis announces nuptials with Charles Jones as guests mingle in pink lingerie and white satin. Further teas feature Miss Callie Hoke Smith and Miss Mamie Powers hosting the Dramatic Club at the Piedmont Driving Club terrace.
Mrs. Mary Abner leaves Thursday evening for Washington and Augusta. Mrs. J. S. Hamilton and Miss Louisa Hamilton have gone to Sewanee Tenn for the summer. Mrs. Hughes Spalding is visiting her parents at Athens. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Buckingham Hall Jr left for Morristown N J. Dr. E. L. Connally and Judge George Hillyer will leave for Gettysburg to attend the reunion. Mrs. Willis Dobbs returned to Atlanta after a visit with her mother in Villa Rica. Mr. Jesse Dobbs and Mr. Howard Dobbs sail for New York from Savannah. Mrs. Nellie Peters Black and the Misses Black will spend the summer on their North Georgia farm. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Prader will fish in South Georgia and return in a week or ten days. Miss Rebie Wilkins returned from Athens after her brother Rob ert Raiford Wilkins graduation. Dr. and Mrs Shallenberger reside with Mrs Ida Cramer on Eighth Street. SOCIETY Miss Mamie Branch Towers of Decatur visits Miss Mamie O Keefe Kirkpatrick in Peach tree Road. Mrs B L Dobbs and Miss Fay Dobbs are at Greenville S C, then Caesars Head for the summer. Mrs Charles Dowman of Birmingham will visit her aunt Mrs E W Ebaugh in Greenville S C for two weeks before returning to Atlanta.
Tuesday evening the club met and rehearsed for an early July play. Miss Mamie Kirkpatrick and Mr Edward Van Valkenberg performed several vocal duets at the session.
Mrs W A Wimbish hosts an afternoon tea for Miss Stewart of Montgomery and Miss Eloise Oliver before her wedding to Mr Frampton Ellis on June 30 in a page of Georgian social news. Also noted are Ellen Sawtell wedding to Roland Lyon, May Baldwin hosting for Celeste Webber, and Carlotta Willett to wed Albert Adkinson at Egleston Memorial Church. Community events include Wesley Memorial Hospital shower day and Piedmont Driving Club party plans.
Canvassing of the October general election returns took a little over an hour by the joint Senate and House session. Official results announced after 12 o'clock showed Slaton leading for governor with 54 427 votes and Castleberry at 434. Others listed include Cook for secretary of state 57 570, Wright for comptroller 57 511, Speer for treasurer 57 436, Felder attorney general 57 398, Price agriculture 57 067, Brittain schools 57 353, Patterson prison 57 398, Lindsey pension 57 290.
Cleveland mourns Louis H Severance the Standard Oil magnate and benefactor aged 75 who died late last night at his son's home from acute abdominal trouble. The multi millionaire and philanthropist supported colleges and universities worldwide.
Multiple obituaries from Bolton and surrounding areas detailing deaths at private sanatoriums and homes in Atlanta Crawford Acworth and other locales. It lists survivors funeral times and interment plans for Mrs Lillie Mauldin Adams Max Magolious Mrs L G Willingham Mrs C L MacMillan Benjamin M Dunn Margaret Lythgoe P T Kennedy Mrs L O Miller infant of T B Johnston Etta Gollnick Herbert Mackintosh Ida Hodnett Carl Anschutz Charlies R Russell and related burial arrangements
Policeman G M Gorman, praised for his Sherlock Holmes zeal, read a notice offering a $50 reward for Paul Mitchell who escaped convict camps at Rome. He disguised himself, feigning drunkenness on Decatur Street, to locate and arrest Mitchell, delivering the fugitive to a police cell and securing the reward.
Mary Tribble a 7 year old girl who died from poisoning will be buried in Westview after funeral services at East Side Baptist Tabernacle Friday at 10. The child became ill weeks earlier after eating school crayon. She was the daughter of M C Tribble of 7 Porter Street East Atlanta.
Harry Martin relief driver for Charley Mertz in the 1913 500 mile race was killed and Frank Agan mechanician badly injured when a Stutz racing car they tested ditched on the speedway track. The car skidded and overturned on the back stretch at about 78 miles an hour.
The Dutch Mill Theater markets a new show with numerous electric fans a large exhaust fan and strong ventilation. Manager Glenn aims to make the Dutch Mill the most popular playhouse on the South Side and believes success will follow.
Pensacola June 26 A Treasury Secretary McAdoo letter at the President’s direction requested the resignation of W H Northup as Collector of Customs at Pensacola. Northup mailed his resignation to Washington. The Republican administration previously abolished the Pensacola port collector’s office. Deputy Collector B S Weeks, a Republican, will take charge.
Aniston police report C W Sanders dies of wounds from a confrontation. Sanders was injured in a case linked to a slaying and is in custody as a suspect. Further details released by authorities.
A man shot Saturday night by G. H. Bailey died today in hospital. He leaves a wife and children. Bailey is held in the county jail on a murder charge.
Bonita offers a lively beauty show as the Tassells and Young Southern Beauty Company perform routines that charm audiences, making the hot weather fade from memory with tuneful songs and synchronized dancing.
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