Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-21
NEWS JOTTINGS
ABOUT TOWN

The Board of Trade of Decatur isl
to-day established in It's new quarters
in the Weeks building, Decatur. The
! furnishings of the board rooms have
been entirely renovated and with the
larger quarters the members believe
the work of the organization viii be
greatly furthered.
Although it was feared for some
| time that the call for troops for the
| Mexican border might break up the
| International Rifle matches at Camp
/ Perry, Ohio, August - to September
| %, Brigadier General Robert X. Evans
| commander of the Second brigade of
the First division of the United States
army, will leave for Washington Tues
day to make preliminary arrangements
! for the skirmish match of which he
/ has charge. Many foreign companies
have announced their intention of en-
tering the matches, and the winner will
gain a silver cup, to be presented by
/ General Evans.
| =. - f4lllOll, OF MdItltSltlr has
written Chief of Police Beavers asking
him to locate his son Andrew Elliott,
whom he declares has run away from
| home The father is helpless with
rheumatism and he is anxious that the
son return. Young Elliott is suppos-
ed to have come to Atlanta with a
companion. Earl Hillhouse.
| The physical and temperamental pos
sibilties of the negro voice in lullabies
and folk songs will be tried out tonight
at the Auditorium in the annual mu-
steal festival and voice demonstration
of the Atlanta Baptist college. A glee
| club of 40 voices, a chorus Of $50,
quartet and orchestra will be heard.
Many tickets have been sold and it is
expected that an attendance of 5000
will be recorded.
The Railroad Young Mems Christian
| association, 311a West Alabama street,
invites all railroad men and their
| friends to hear Rev Olin King, pastor
of Walker Street Methodist church,
south. at the rooms Sunday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock. fine orchestra and
rouslng song service will be features
Ex-Governor and. Mrs. L. \. Wood
| bury, of Vermont are visiting friends
! I'm Atlanta. stopping here on their way
home from Daytona, Fla, where they
spent the winter. With Evan p. How
/ ell. of Georgia. Governor Woodbury.
served on the war department investi
eating committee during McKinley's
administration. His first visit to Atlanta
was before the war in 1855 and 1856.
The Fulton County Medical associa
ton last night elected delegates to the
state convention OF medical men, which
is to be held in Savannah, Ga, April l6
and Il. Those named were: DR.. +. C..
Thrash, w L. Champion, J. l.. Camp
bell, f. G.. Bellinger. DIS. :. r. Rob
erts j. E. Paulln, l.. NJ Gaines and r.
c. Gould were elected alternates in the
order named.
Among the many moonshining cases
which are now occupying the time of
the United States district court, one
conviction was secured Yesterday in the
person Of G. c. Mcdonald, of Hall coun-
~ Mcdonald was fined $3.50 by Judge
! Newman for removing and concealins
spirituous liquors on which the United
| States tax had not been paid.
A case which had its beginning p
years ago when w. J. Northen was gov
ernor was settled to-day in the superior
court by the verdict declaring Illegal the
forfeiting Of a bond Of $3.50 furnished
i by Moses Hill for William Thornton.
! Hill walked out of court before the
case against Thornton was called and
the question Of the legality of the for
fixture Of the bond has been in the
courts ever since