Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
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First Lieutenant Thorne Strayer, of
the seventeenth infantry. u s A.
Fort 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
Will be sorry to see him leave
Friends of Lieutenant Albert S. J.
Tucker, U. s. A, who is on a trip with
General Robert K. Evans, commander
, of the Department of the Gulf in sew
eral of the Gulf states, are preparing a
warm welcome home" for the popular
young army officer. This is his first
trip in this capacity. Lieutenant Tuck
err is member of the noted Tucker
family of Virginia a son of former
Congressman Tucker, and a 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 a Cornell grad
uate and well known in several quar-
tiers of the United States, where he has
travelled.
Eb T. Williams. widely known as a
stump speaker, has returned from the
| Mardi Gras at New Orleans. Colonel
Williams is passionately fond of the
violin. Like Kidding 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 'possum peeping through
the blinds First time | 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
a 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 Chas
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.
Il 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
/, man last May. 1t is alleged that Rivera
/, deceived the woman in the case by
mock marriage.
Asserting that he was robbed of $240
, while a guest at the New Kimball ho-
tel A. H. Hutchinson, q commercial
traveller, today instituted a damage suit
for that amount in superior court. The
suit was brought against Will thinner
and G.. A. LOugee. Hutchinson main
tanned that some one gained entrance
into his room through door leading
from an adjoining bath and ri1ed his
trousers pockets.
]. S. Franklin, a clerk residing in
Atlanta, today filed a voluntary petit
ton in bankruptcy fiji the bankruptcy
division Of the United States district
court. His liabilities are scheduled at
$342.9O. with assets of $50, claimed to
be exempt
; Governor Brown today drew his
warrant for 1924 $3.50, 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 D. Little to succeed DR.. A. =,
Taylor resigned, on the state board of
health. Both live in ThOmasville.
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