Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-19
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Justice of the Peace J. b. Ridley has
gone to southwest Georgia on 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-
loyable occasion is anticipated The
unions of all Baptist churches of the
city are expected to attend.
Detective John Black. who went to
Detroit after y. ID. 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
ttcer taking him out of Michigan Walk
married a wealthy society girl of De-
| troit, holds a good position there, and
ms friends are standing by him He
Is wanted for an alleged forgery here
in 1910.
Ch1ef Zach Rowan, of the county po-
| lice, who Is recovering from a long ILL
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 a term of six
years. The board is composed of the
following homeopathic physicians: Drs
John d. Lawshe, r. E. Zimmerman and
=. M. Paine, of Atlanta; Robert Cuth
bert, of Rome, and NJ, A. Cleckley, of
| Augusta.
I'll. E. Wilson, of London, England
accompanied by his wife and General
| Manager George w. Babb, of New York
| city, all prominent officials Of the
! Northern Assurance Company, Eng
lands largest life insurance company,
| VIII be in Atlanta Friday stopping off
here en- route to Florida. They will De
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-
| sideration was 81, 900. The lot is about
| SO 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 at Wofford college,
| has been appointed associate registrar at
| Georgia Tech. Mr.. Virgins is a graduate
of Emory and Vanderbilt, and, has taken
| a 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-
| tives, will start for Jacksonville, each
| driving a car
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
| ing conducted by The Index Printing
Company. The sale price has been an
nounced as 100000. Capitalized at $67.-
| 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 its
| former owners, Or. B. w. Graham and
| DIR. T. p. Bell, as it has long been the
desire TO put the publication on a firm
! foundation.
Mrs. Grace Wrinkle. in filing a divorce
suit against her husband, George +. Win
| llle. makes the allegation that her spouse
was for years professional cusser,' and
| into one" The couple were married in
| 1905 and have two children. The wife
asks the custody of the lictle 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
melancholia. Although Mrs. Regenstein
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 I'M
der the control of the state mission board
! of the Baptist denomination. The de-
csion to place the intirmary 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 II you win
! advertise them in the Recognized Rent
! Medium of the city. People who are
| looking for nice rooms, look for them
where they have the largest number to
/ choose from Your ad in The Georgian