Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
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First Lieutenant Thorne Strayer. OF
the seventeenth infantry, L. S. A..
| tort Mcpherson has been ordered to
Trenton, n. j., as inspector instructor
OF the organized militia Of New Jer-
sey Lieutenant Strayer has many
| friends at the fort and in the city who
| VIII be sorry to see him leave.
Friends of Lieutenant Albert S. j.
| lucKer, L. 5. A., who is on trip with
General Robert X. Evans. commander
OF the Department of the Gulf, in sew
| eral of the Gulf states. are preparing
| warm welcome home" for the popular
young army officer. This is his first
I trip in this capacity. Lieutenant Tuck
| er IS a member Of the noted Tucker
| family of Virginia, a son of former
! Congressman Tucker. and great
grandson of General Albert Sidney
Johnston. His grandfather was at one
time president of Tulane university.
He has Travelled extensively, one of his
| trips carrying him by way of the
| Trans Siberian railway from China
whence he went from the Philippines.
| Frederick s. Crofts, manager of the
educational department of The Century
| Company, New York city, is expected
to visit Atlanta this month or early
in March. Mr.. Crofts is Cornell grad
| uate and well known in several quar-
ters of the United States, where he has
| travelled.
| stump speaker, has returned from the
Mardi Gras at New Orleans. Colonel
Williams is passionately fond of the
violin. Like "Fiddling Bob" Taylor, he
sits in chimney corner these long
! winter evenings and thrums-or Saws"
the violin strings, and the neighbors
can't resist the temptation to drop in
unannounced. The other night, while
the sweet strains were floating out of
the chimney, Colonel Williams heard
scratching at the window. Going out
| side, he saw a 'possum peeping through
the blinds First time l knew" de-
clared the colonel, that possum had
| an ear for music" Colonel Williams
| friends accuse him of nature taking
when he tells this tale, but he points
| to the fact that he lives in West End
and there is a persimmon tree in the
front yard. Q. E. D.
The Universalist church has installed
| full -fedged grocery store in the Sun
day school room. Over 100 manufac-
turerS and local concerns responded to
the call for supplies sent out by the
congregation, and the store will be
opened to the public tonight. over $500
worth of edibles have been contributed
Atlanta is twentieth in the list of
pOstoffices, New York being first. of
course, in the business done in the
parcel post division during January,
according to figures just made public.
Atlanta did more business than Denver,
Los Angeles, New Orleans, Louisville,
Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Seattle and
Portland, each having far greater pop
ulation.
John w. Henley, assistant district at
torney of the Federal courts for the
northern district of Georgia, who went
to New Orleans last week to represent
the government in an appeal taken
some time since by Warden Meyer, of
the Federal prison here, against Chaa.
Anderson, a prisoner seeking liberty by
habeas corpus has returned to Atlanta.
Anderson was convicted in the Oregon
courts on a charge of robbing a post
office and sentenced to serve three
terms, one for five and two for two
and half years each. After serving
his first term, Anderson asked for lib
erty on the plea that he could not serve
more than once for the same offense.
No decision has as yet been handed
down in the case.
At the New Kimball house tonight
! the AID Mems club will hear an adj
dress delivered by Herbert Myrick,
| president of the Orange Judd Company,
publishers of Southern Farming. The
! third lecture in the Associated Adver-
| Using Clubs of America on Human
Interest in Advertising will also be
| read.
! Federal deputies have removed Cas-
! tro l.. Rivera, arrested here last Mon
day and held in $4,000 bond on a charge
of violating the laws of the District
/ of Columbia" to Washington. Mary
| yesterday is named as a material wit
ness in the case, according to the copy
| of an indictment brought against the
/ imam last May. 1t is alleged that Rivera
! deceived the woman in the case by a
mock marriage.
Asserting that he was robbed of $240
| while guest at the New kimball no
| tel A. n Hutchinson, a commercial
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! for that amount in superior court. The
suit was brought against VIII thinner
and G. A. LOugee Hutchinson main
| tanned that some one gained entrance
into his room through a door leading
from an adjoining bath and Iified his
| trousers pockets.
j. s. Franklin, a clerk residing in
Atlanta, today filed a voluntary petit
ton in bankruptcy in the bankruptcy
/ division of the United States district
court. His liabilities are scheduled at
$4,000. with assets of $50, claimed to
| be exempt.
! Governor Brown today drew his
warrant for $624,330. in order that the
payment of the first Confederate PEN
! sions for the year 1913 might be made
at once. This amount will take care
of nearly half the counties, and the
governor hopes to complete the pay
ments within the month.
Governor Brown today appointed Dr.
| Arthur ID. Little to succeed DR.. a. p.
| Taylor resigned, on the state board Of
| health. Both live in ThomaSville
| rThare was uuitp a Suirite1 contest