Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19
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| Justice of the Peace ]. B. Ridley has
| gone to southwest Georgia on a hunt
| ing trip of several days. He expects to
be back on the job in his court the lat
ter part of this week
! Frank Level, recently chosen as state
! field secretary of the Baptist Young
Peoples union, will be rendered a re-
| ception by the Young Peoples Union
of Atlanta Thursday night at the Tab
ernacle Baptist church. A splendid
/ program has been prepared, and an en-
! Joyable occasion is anticipated. The
unions of all Baptist churches of the
| city are expected to attend.
Detective John Black. who went to
| Detroit after A. D. Walk. an alleged
| forger, will return to the city next
Sunday. The question of whether he
! viii bring back the prisoner however,
IS in doubt, as Walk has taken out ha-
beas corpus proceedings and will fight
| to a finish to prevent the Atlanta Of
ticer taking him out of Michigan. Walk
married a wealthy society girl of De-
! trolt, holds good position there, and
| his friends are standing by him. He
is wanted for an alleged forgery here
in 1910.
Chief Zach Rowan, of the county po-
lice, who is recovering from long i'll
ness, was at the police station yester-
day. mingling with his former COM
rades. Chief Rowan was a city detec-
, tive before being elected head of the
county force. While able to be out. the
chief has not recovered sufficiently to
resume his duties.
The governor today reappointed the
| entire membership OF the state homeo-
pathlc board, to serve term of six
years. The board is composed Of the
following homeopathic physicians Drs.
John d. Lawshe, r. E. Zimmerman and
| Z. NJ. Paine, of Atlanta; Robert Cuth-
bert of Rome, and M. "A. Cleckley, of
| Augusta.
H f. Wilson, of London, England,
accompanied by his wife and General
Manager George w. Babb, of New York
city. all prominent officials of the
i Northern Assurance Company, Eng
lands largest life insurance company,
VIII be in Atlanta Friday stopping off
here en- route to Florida. They will be
guests at the Georgian Terrace.
Mrs. Marie L. Angler has sold to
Henry F. Emery the old Clarence An
gier homestead at 267 West Peachtree
street on the east side of the street,
| between North avenue and Kimball
street. according to bond for title which
went to record today. The sale was
made November 10, 1912, and the con-
stderation was $11,O0 The lot is about
60 feet in front and has a two-story
frame house on it.
A. o. Blalock, of Fayetteville, former
state senator, is so certain that he is to
step into the job OF, collector of internal
revenue In Atlanta, that he has been visit
ing the office of Henry s. Jackson and
sizing up the condition of the office fix
lures, furniture and the Federal building
In general. On his most recent visit he
| was accompanied by his wife, who said,
after viewing Mr.. Jackson's elaborate
| suite, that the furniture might be more
Democratic. Mr.. Blalock's hopes are said
to be extremely well founded.
R. L. Virgins, formerly head of the
department of English a. Wofford college,
has been appointed associate registrar at
Georgia Tech. Mr.. Virgins is a graduate
of Emory and Vanderbilt and has taken
degrees at Chicago and Columbia. He is
brother of the Rev. DR.. Virgins of the
| First Methodist church.
G. L. Paxson, New York and Brooklyn
distributor of the Packard automobile, is
in Atlanta today en- route to Florida, over
land. Mr. PaXson had three cars shipped
to Atlanta last week and tomorrow he, in
company with two factory representa-
tiyes, will start for Jacksonville, each
Mr.. Paxson is reported to be the larg-
est single distributor of automobiles in
| America.
The Christian Index, after reaching the
ripe old age of 90 years, has passed from
the hands of its owners, and today is be
ing conducted by The Index Printing
nounced as $50 900. Capitalized at s67,-
600, the new company embraces among its
stockholders large number of the most
prominent Baptists in Atlanta and en-
virons. The company was organized some
years ago to take over The Index from it's
former owners, DR.. B; w, Graham and
Dr. r. z. Bell, as it has long been the
desire to put the publication on a firm
foundation.
Mrs. Grace Wrinkle, in filing a divorce
kle, makes the allegation that her spouse
| was for years a professional cusSer," and
often threatened to knock her two eyes
into one The couple were married in
1906 and have two children. The wife
asks the custody of the little ones
the aid of fifteen year old Leroy Thorn
as, the country lad, who attempted to
end his life last Thursday night in a
downtown, drug store, following a fit Of
today declared she would not adopt the
boy, she said she will provide him with
| a home and occupation until he is able to
take care of himself.
The Tabernacle infirmary is today un-
! der the control of the state mission board
of the Baptist denomination. The de-
cision to place the infirmary under such
control was voted after a five-hOur SEES
sion of the board members late yesterday
at the First Baptist church. The in
Urinary is located on Luckie street and
is one of the best equipped hospitals
in Atlanta.
Your rooms can be rented If you will
advertise them in the Recognized Rent
looking for nice rooms, look for them
where they have the largest number to
choose from Your ad in The Georgian's
1 Rent Bulletin" will attract the attention
Of the party that is looking for rooms in
your house. Try it and see.