Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-14
NEWS J0TTINGS
ABOUT TOWN

Or. J. Campbell Morgan Of London,
England, will speak to the colored people
Of Atlanta this evening at 7:45 at Big
Bethel, A. NJ. E. church, corner Of Au-
burn avenue and Butler street. DR.. c.
NJ. Tanner, pastor Of Big Bethel church,
has arranged an interesting program in
addition to Or. Morgan's address
Examinations for entrance into the civil
service have been announced as follows:
Mechanical engineering inspector April 16-
Il; laboratory assistant. April .; Junior
engineering, April 1917, and for agricul-
tural inspector. for service in the Philip
pines, April $40. These positions range
in salary from $500 per year up to $500
per year.
Rev. DR.. c. y. Donaldson pastor OF In
man Park church has returned to the city
after having spent a brief vacation in his
native state, South Carolina. where he
filed several pulpits, and made an ad-
dress before the student body of Furman
university, his alma mater, at Greenville,
:. c. Or. Donaldson viii ill his pulpit
at the regular hour Sunday
Postmaster Hugh Mckee left today for
Augusta, Ga, to attend the annual meet
ing Of the Presidential Postmasters asso-
citation, which body will convene there
Friday and Saturday Of this week. Mr.
Mckee is vice president Of the assocIa-
ton and takes a great deal OF interest in
all Of the proceedings. EX- President Taft
a n Ia Ta of no
meeting
Clyde J. Wright, fourth speaker on
the Socialist lyceum course, will de
liver free lecture on What the So
cialists Want at p. m. Sunday aft
ernoon at the Red Mems wigwam. Sc
Central avenue. Mr. Wright is said to
be deeply interested in the agricultural
questions of the day, having made a
| special study of them.
Gee, but it's good TO be home again.
especially after you have had to travel
| Al days to get there" said Clarence r.
! AGREE, formerly Of Atlanta. who ar
| rived here this morning from the Phil
! ippines. where he had been honorablv
discharged after three years service for
/ Uncle Sam. Mr.. AGREE, who was a pri-
waite in Battery A. First regiment field
/ artillery made a f1rst-cIass record in
| the army coming out with highest
gunnery honors. He was formerly en-
ployed by J. L. Burnett of this city.
/ The contamination of the success full
| whirlwind campaign of the Atlanta
/ Chamber of Commerce to obtain new
members was marked last night when
| the executive committee of the cham
/ Der passed upon the 500 applications
received, electing the applicants mem
bers. Besides electing the members,
! the committee discussed general plans
| for the establishment of an industrial
! bureau in Atlanta, whose function it
will be to endeavor to bring capitalists
! to Atlanta.
! Suit for $4,000 against the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad has been
entered in the city court by II. H.
| Bryans. a railroad fagman. who wants
that amount to recompense him for the
loss of a leg. In his bill of complaint.
he declares that his right leg was so
badly crushed while he was coupling
cars that it had to be amputated above
the knee. His suit is based on the
claim that the engineer started the
ears without warning while he was
working between two of them.