Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19
NEWS JOTTINGS
ABOUT TOWN

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payments Of pensions for The present
year.
T. A. Hammond OF Atlanta. mas been
given ais appointment as d member Il
the Georgia commission on uniform
legislation. 10 succeed \. C. Pate. u
Havkinsvi-le. who recently submit,eL
his resignation.
George r. Flint has been appointed
soliciting agent OF the clyde Line
Steamship Company in Atlanta, TO sue
coed T. a. Cheney. resigned. Flint re-
ports this week 10 James 7. Scott. COM
mercta- agent for the lire in Atlanta
D.. john r. White. pastor Of the Sec
ono Baptist church. will open revival
services Friday night. DR.. White. who
has just returned from Valdosta, Ga,
where ne has been conducting services,
brings with him the famous group Of
Welsh Revival Singers, fifteen in num-
Der, who win aid in the meetings here.
Plans for the organization of a state
chamber of commerce. for concerted
action among the municipal organiza-
tons of the kind. are being aired by
prominent Chamber of Commerce men
in Atlanta The plans will be developed
within a few months.
Real estate men in Georgia will be
forced to pay the so occupation tax in
every county in which they do business,
according to rule laid down to-day by
the court Of appeals.
The decision was reached in a trial
suit that came up from the city court
of Cairo.
Major j. J. Conner state commits
sioner of agriculture. to-day issued a
warning to farmers against inferior fer
tilizers. In part. he said: Il advise the
use of high grade fertilizers in all cases
| The results are worthy OF the extra eX-
! peEse. Were high grades used every
where if would eliminate the filler
| trouble which We hear so much about.
J The good roads committee OF the De.
catur Board Of Trade will meet to-nigh
to consider bids for the paving Of Can
dler street. Decatur. to Morgan stree
| i'm East Lake. The work on the new
paving. it is expected. will begin OF
April l. The board recently mas Sc.
cured new quarters in the Weeke'
| building.
! Lawtou Riley, James R. Nutting anC
! Edgar Watkins will debate the pro.
posed charter reform at the fourth o
| the series or monthly discussions .
current topics, to be held at the Beaver
/ nall. 81 1-2 East Hunter street. the frs
Thursday in April ]. T. Dabney, prom
inent Beaver. will preside. William NJ
| Hairston will make the introductor,
remarks.
The case Of Alderman J. W. Maddo'
/ win be called before Recorder Broyle'
/ this afternoon. The city official cam,
athwart the city laws because OF hi
! steam shovel. which Inspector Ceci
/ Poole declares emits too much smoke
for the good Of the smoke ordinance
/ The engine was being operated in tn
/ Healey excavation. Walton and Forsyth
/ streets. when the complaint was made
/ Holhns y Randolph has been elected
| to succeed the late James d. Kilpatricl
las a member Of the executive committe,
Of the Atlanta Bar association. Tht
! election took place at meeting OF III,
! executive committee and chairmen O
other committees held in the grill room
| Of the Capital City club yesterday aft.
arnoou. Those attending the meetins
! were Reuben R. Arnold. Alex Meyer
/ Judge Spencer R. Atkinson, Burton
/ Smith. Edgar Watkins, Shepard Bryan
John Y. Smith and Carl Hutcheson.
Excellent results toward obtaining
money for the proposed negro Y. NJ
( C. \. building were revealed at a meet.
/ ing Of the workers held at the associa
! ton quarters \ report on the recent
| tag day" showed that with the money
| collected on tags and on pledges a tota
Of S55217 had been obtained The
/ largest single subscription was that Of
/ Rev. P. James Bryant pastor OF th5
Wheat Street Baptist church, who sub
erford. international z. NJ. c. A secre-
] rary. was heard.
! Under the auspices Of the Civic league
! Dr. II NJ. puBose. OF the First Methods
church. viii lecture sunday. March %. OF
Christianity and Citizenship" The lee
| ture, the first OF series planned for Al
| lants by the Civic league, viii be given in
/ the assembly hau Of Central Congrega-
Jional church at $50 o'clock in the after
noon.
\ charter was issued to-day from the
! Office Of Secretary of State Cook for The
Farmers and Merchants Bank, Of Mid
VILE. Burke county. with q capitalization
of SIS. 600 The iucorporators are: s O.
Jones' II. D. L. Switzerland. O. H. Hig-
don T. H. Wall. Z. ". Brooks ana II. 1.
Smith. Of Midwife: l. T. Farmer. OF
Louisville and " 4. Law. OF Herndon.
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