Few Cities Do Full Physical Exams for School Children
The Associated Press reports at the American Medical Association convention that few U S cities conduct thorough school child physical examinations beyond sight and hearing checks. Dr Everitt Beach urges annual exams and unified standards, noting benefits when grammar school teachers perform initial screenings and stressing coordination among boards of health education and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Everitt C. Beach
Preventative Medicine
American Medical Association
Beach
Boards of Health
City Boards of Education
Board of Health
Board of Education
Miss Sherrard to Leave Charlotte
Miss Elizabeth Sherrard resigns as general secretary of the YWCA Charlotte. She will move to Pittsburgh in August to serve as educational and social secretary at the Central YWCA. Her departure follows her father Rev John H Sherrard’s death and her two years of leadership in Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Sherrad
Charlotte
Miss Sherrard
Pittsburg
Central Y. W. C. A
Sherrard
Association
Nashville
Ufe
Gambier Divorce Suit Concludes in New York Court
Edith Russell Gambier of Atlanta sued Edward Victor Gambier a bank cashier for separation. Justice Pendleton allowed briefs. decision to come later. Gambier’s suit for annulment of marriage was sent back to the calendar with a jury trial requested, not yet decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Edith Russell Gambier
Atlanta
Edward Victor Gambier
Justice Pendleton
Supreme Court
Gambler
Pendleton
Gambier
Anti-Commission Rally Signals Charter Fight in Legislature
Atlanta activists opposing the commission form of government vow to block the new charter in the legislature to keep it from a public vote. Several speeches at a rally last night underscored the strategy to reenter the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Commission
Movement For
Anti-Commission
Bridge Expert Praises Sloan's Ferry Concrete span
Mr. C. W. Requarth of C. W. Requarth Concrete Construction in Charlotte visits to oversee the new Catawba river bridge at Sloan's Ferry. He endorses concrete for durability and low upkeep, noting floods pose the main risk and that the mid stream spans will be concrete throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Requarth
Requarth Concrete Construction Co
Sloan’s Ferry Bridge
C. W. Requarth Concrete Construction Company
Catawba River
Sloan’s Ferry
Charlotte
Mecklenburg and Gaston County
Requarth
Sloan's Ferry
Freak Bill 10 to Prevent Girls from Eloping
Atlanta June 30. The Georgia assembly opened its 1911 session as lawmakers began early patient debate on Freak Bill 10. It would require parental consent for marriages of females under eighteen and impose $500 penalties on clerks who issue licenses without consent, though critics say it would not stop elopement.
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Atlanta
Amers
Georgia Assembly
Williams
Fourteenth
General Assembly
State of
Georgia
Street clash erupts in Barcelonian garrison row
Associated Press dateline Barcelonia June 30 says a street encounter between Carlists and Republicans left a Republican badly wounded. The garrison stayed in barracks after the clash sparked when a hand organ grinder played the Mairselliaise before the Carlist club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Barcelonia
Spain
Bhots
City Sued Over 8.86 Acres Of Former Water Works Site
A summons issues in a civil action with M. A. Torrence et al as plaintiffs against the City of Charlotte and the Park and Tree Commission. Plaintiffs seek $8.86 acres including the old water works pond arguing only an easement existed and that the city never owned the land outright. The land was condemned for a water plant, later transferred to the city and then to the Park and Tree commission for park use, making both city and commission defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Torrence
City of Charlotte
The
Park and Tree Commission
City of
Charlotte
Charlotte Water Works Company
Board of Water Commissioners
Union National Directors Meet
The Union National Bank directors meet to carry earnings to the profit account after charging off $6,800 in bonds and fixtures. Profit since organization on June 2, 1908 totals $34,500 with a goal of a $100,000 surplus before dividends. Capital stock is $100,000. profits $34,000. assets $725,000. Officers are T. W. Wade president F. D. Alexander vice president H. M. Victor cashier. Directors include F. D. Alexander Peter S. Gilchrist W. B. Rodman E. A. Smith A. H. Washburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union National Bank
T. W. Wade
F. D. Alexander
H. M. Victor
Peter S. Gilchrist
W. B. Rodman
E. A. Smith
A. H. Washburn
Inauguration Set for Governor Smith and State Officials
Atlanta June 30. Governor elect Hoke Smith to be sworn in Saturday at noon in the house of representatives. Chief Justice William H. Fish to administer the oath. Smith will deliver a one hour inaugural address outlining reforms from his campaign. Several state officers to be sworn in include Felder as attorney general Speer as state treasurer and Wright as comptroller general. Pope Brown to retire. Ben F. Perry to serve as secretary treasurer of the Atlanta Realty Owners.
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Atlanta
State House
Hoke Smith
House of Representatives
Smith
William H. Fish
State Supreme Court
Thomas S. Felder
Macon
Hewlett A. Hall
W. J. Speer
Pope Brown
William A. Wright
A. Wright
Phil Cook
Mrs Lummus and daughter move to Mrs Eddy's this afternoon
Mrs L. E. Lummus and her daughter, who stayed at Mrs A. S. Howerton's for weeks, will go to Mrs H. W. Eddy's this afternoon for a visit.
Local social notes on upcoming visits and recoveries
Mr. Burton Smith, son of Col and Mrs A L Smith of Wilkes-Barre, plans a short Wrightsville stay before Charlotte. Miss Helen Eddy leaves for New England next week to visit Springfield and other relatives. Mrs R E B Mason returns from Se Ne ca to Charlotte. Miss May Dalton of Winston travels to Salisbury to visit Miss McCanless. Mrs T T Smith, operated on at Charlotte Sanatorium, has gone home to South Myers Street and is recovering with friends' good wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Smith
Col
A. L. Smith
Wilkes-Barre
Wrightsville
Charlotte
Helen Eddy
W. H. Eddy
New England
Springfield
Mass
T. T. Smith
Charlotte Sanatorium
South Myers Street
Smiths Return From New York Vacation Flight
Mr and Mrs Ben Smith arrived home from New York this morning after a brief flying trip. They left last Monday and traveled quickly back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Smith
New York
Delights in Misses Dalton Honor Shower at Hutchison Home
Miss Susie Hutchison hosted a morning gathering in Winston to honor Misses Margaret and May Dalton. Prizes included first to Miss Mary Durham, consolation to Miss Nell Lewis, and visitors’ prize to Miss Marjory Bethel. Guests listed encompass numerous local society women and visitors from Raleigh and Atlanta.
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Susie Hutchison
Margaret
May Dalton
Winston
Hutchison
Mary Durham
Nell Lewis
Marjory Bethel
Miss Hutchison
Anne Parks
Selene Hutchison
South
Margaret Dalton
Melissa Phillips
Sarah Wilson
Adelaide Orr
Alma Oates
Camille
Beatrice Blake
Flora Bryan
Lilly Mae Loving
Mary Neal Mellon
Marie Thomas
Mary Morgan Myers
Flora Jeffries
Estelle Hargrave
Daisy Moore
Anna Forbes
Liddell
Polly Shannonhouse
Susie Cowles
Agnes Thomas
Columbia
Esther Springs
Alma Maxwell
Mary Osborne
Margaret Bratton
Atlanta
Eloise Gaston Gay
Margaret Reese
Patsy Smith
Raleigh
Cammie Rodman
Hannah Goddard
Jean Dowd
Mary Johnston
Julia Irwin
Rose Hill
Greenville
S. C
Cornie Fore
Margaret Haughton
Katherine Pegram
Melva Carr
N. C
Elizabeth Chambers
Maujer Mosely
Misses Heath and Crow
Monroe
O. W. Nisbet
Ruth
Laura Reilley
Doctor and Mrs Halliburton Head to Mountains with Sons
Dr. Annie Alexander and Mrs. Lucy Halliburton plan a mountain trip with their sons for several weeks. They were delayed by the illness of Mrs. S D Harwood, a patient of Dr. Alexander, causing a postponement from yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Alexander
Lucy Halliburton and Sons
Mountains
Rev Madison Bound Over to Higher Court
EB Lb Madison a colored pastor of Metropolitan AME Church on South Mint street was bound over to Mecklenburg Superior Court under a 200 dollar bond on a charge of slandering Ella Jones a prominent colored woman of his church The case drew wide interest among the city's colored population and the Superior Court room resembled a busy session yesterday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. Lb. Madison
Metropolitan A. M. EB
South Mint Street
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Ella Jones
Superior Court
Why Women Go Astray at Sagamore Beach Conference
Mrs. Jessie R. Hedder, superintendent of the Massachusetts Reformatory for Women, warns hunger and sympathy cravings drive many women astray while at Sagamore Beach. President G Stanley Hall of Clark University calls sex hygiene vital, condemning youth ignorance and urging wholesome adolescent stimulation.
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Sagamore Beach
Mass
Jessie R. Hedder
Massachusetts, Reformatory For Women
G. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Worcester
Morse habeas appeal fails to free banker in Atlanta
Attorneys for Charles W. Morse signaled intent to seek a circuit court of appeals review on a writ of error. It is believed Judge Newman's district court decision denying Morse a writ of habeas corpus ends his chances for liberty under this action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Charles W. Morse
U. S. Court of Appeals
Newman
Morse
Panic in Madrid as Eucharist parade ends Catholic congress
Government censor halted all telegraph despatches after a bomb exploded near Calle Bordares and Calle Mayor. About sixty people suffered bruises in a street panic as crowds fled the explosion, many women fainting and being trod upon. Police restored order and one arrest was made. Fifty thousand attended the parade including ten thousand workers and several thousand clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Calle Bordares
Calle Mayor
Catholic Congress
Fatal Auto Accident Near Braddock Claims Three
In Pittsburg area late night a car crash left one unidentified man dead and Ed ward Ward and Charles Irwin fatally injured. Ward and Irwin were ejected and crushed against a wall as the vehicle plunged a hundred feet down an embankment. the unidentified body lay beneath the car and J. F. Trueman of Wheeling, West Virginia, is believed dead.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Edward Ward
Charles Irwin
Braddock
Ward
Irwin
J. F. Trueman
Wheeling
W. Va
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Union National
TATE
Nadinola
National Towlet CO
Portes Tone
MR. Smith
Miss Eddy
Seneca
R. EB. Mason
W. J. Lunney
Seneca, S. C
Will
Salisbury
Miss McCanless
Misses Dalton
Madison
Associated’ Press
May's Bell Ag
Sobanc
Pege Mark
Node Uesea
Ey Specialties Co
Hay’s
Bartina
Woodall & Sheppard
Kenny
C.D. Kenny Company
South Tryon Street
Gibson - Woolley. CO
Yorke Bros. & Rogers
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