Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-01
NEWS J0TTINGS
ABOUT TOWN

The Woodmen OF the World of At
ianta are planning for d big celebra
! ton at Thomasvil.c, Ca, April S, .
! and 10. The Atlanta Woodmen VIII
Z loave in special train over the At
( lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic April
/ :. about 100 strong
! J. NJ. Whitfield. city chemis, for
Richmond Va. who vas in Atlanta
10 study the system of sewage dis
posaI and examine the local coal tar
I binder product, paid a high tribute 10
! the city's disposal plants. He SAID
no city in the United States could
/ shOw the progress of Atlanta In its
/ system of sewage and garbage dis
/ posal.
The new 100000 Office building Of
; the colored odd Fellows viii be
opened and dedicated tonight. with
services at the Bethel \ NJ. +.
! Church. Bishop J. s. Flipper will
preside. Addresses will be delivered
1 BY Dr. e. VI. Tanner Of the Bethel
Church. Rev. +. r. Carter. Rev. p
/ James Bryant. Captain Jackson Nc
! Henri, Dr. W. a. Fountain and others.
Application for charter was made
TO Secretary OF State Cook day by
the Bank of Weston. Webster Coun-
/ ty, with capitalization Of 5000.
| Included in the inCorpOrators are A.
I p Passmore. G. G.. Lunsford W n.
| King and S. W. Adams. Of Weston:
J. W. Barge, of RiChland 5. J. Car
| ter, Of Panott. and ten others.
! VIII Jones, a negro porter in the
! Piedmont Hotel to-day was captured
! al Lithonia, after having shot and
/ killed George Ninson. another negfp.
! al an early hour this morning at Al
| Rock street A detective will be sent
| to Lithonia to bring the prisoner back
| here. The trouble S. said 10 have
| grown out of a beer drinking party.
\ large number Of the friends Of
D.. John T Patterson. the Atlanta
physician who pleaded guilty of send
! ing harmful reading matter through
J the malls. appeared before Judge
! Newman. of the United States Dis
! trict Court and entered a plea i'm his
| behalf this morning. Judge Newman
| took the case under consideration and
| will return a decision within a few
| days.
In the case OF Mrs Eleanor Howard
! Gunby against Mrs Adelia r Mur-
| phev and others. a suit for 100000
| damages and 70 recover possession Of
property At the southwest corner Of
South Broad and West Hunter
Streets, Judge George l. Bell has is
sued an order perfecting service by
publication on Mrs Adelaide Robin
son. defendant, thought to be IN
New York.
Elaborate preparations are being
| made to-day for the entertainment to
he given by the Woman's Auxiliary
to Atlanta Typographical Union No.
as. next Friday evening in Gable hall.
| An interesting program Of music and
songs, together with several al
| dresses. Is being arranged. The pro-
ceeds will go TO the fund for the cree
/ ton OF a shaft in Union Printers lot
the union printers who have died in
Atlanta and been buried there.
Saving OF several hundred dollars
year 10 the city has been effected
by the new contract for the removal
Of dead animals from Atlanta. which
| was signed yesterday with r. l.. Field
/ man Under the old contract with J.
A. Couch, the city paid 81 for every
! carcass removed. Feldman in his
| contract agrees TO pay the city
| bonus Of $50 a month and not charge
for the dead animals removed The
contract with Couch was Cancelled
because the people living near the
ground where he buried the animals
objected.
II plans now being formulated are
carried out. every city I'm Georgia
will be asked TO aid Atlanta in secur-
ing the 1914 COnvocstion Of The An
cient Arabic Order. Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine. News of the plans was
brought TO Atlanta by Z. A QUITS. of
Savannah, imperial outer guard Of
the national organization of the
Shriners Mr.. CUTS says he believes
every city in Georgia will help.
At'antans who have made a STUDY
OF the occult are particularly inter
ested in the appearance tonight al
the Tabernacle Auditorium Of Kali
German, the famous modern wizard.
German is a magician" in the ord -
uarily accepted meaning Of that term
but he is a great deal more He has
| spent practically all his life in eXplor-
ing the mysteries Of the psychic and
the occult.
That Dan Shaw blind tiger king.
is not without friends i'm his adversely.
was indicated to A. H. Tim. exeCu-
tive secretary to-day by letters from
| Georgia. North Carolina and Virginia
| asking Clemency for Shaw. who is
under heavy sentence for liquor law
| violations. They have raised about
5000 and asked that his sentence be
| changed to fine OF this amount
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