Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-27
NEWS JOTTINGS
ABOUT TOWN
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Shelby Smith, chairman of the board
| OF comfy commissioners and swell
| known in the real estate field has re
turned from hunting and fishing trip
to Florida and friends are gathering
round TO hear tales of the expedition.
Mr.. Smith is the man who recently
! brought back to his office in the Empire
building a large stuffed rattlesnake
| from the marshes of Glynn The snake
had a terrifying effect on realty pros
| poets, and Mr.. Smith removed it to his
garage at home. where the chauffeur
uses it to scare away mice. IT,
Richard d. Stinson, principal Of the
Atlanta Normal and Industrial. insta-
tute, has sent letter of appreciation
to the newspapers of Atlanta and the
supporters of his propaganda today in
which he expresses his thanks for the
aid rendered him i'm establishing his
institution for the training of colored
girls and boys in domestic sciences and
trades. Stinson also warmly praises
the manner in which his appeals for
! financial assistance were answered.
Dr. r. c. Jolly was made defendant
in d $4,000 damage suit filed in su
| perior court today by w. Calhoun.
| father of five-y ear-old Willie calhoun.
| The boy was knocked down and in
! jured by DR.. Jolly's automobile in Ma
rietta street on Sunday The elder
! Calhoun told the court that Dr. Jolly
was driving the machine in reckless
manner. .i
! Colonel Walter p. Andrews, manager
! of Woodrow Wilson's campaign in
| Georgia, has accepted an invitation to
: ride in the inaugural parade March
on the staff of Colonel Carter, who is in
charge of the civic division for the
function. Colonel Andrews will leave
Friday for Washington. He will go
early in order to pick likely charger.
After two days spent in the city,
! Ned Grayl of Newark. has returned
home. Mr.. Gray went to Athens Sun
day to visit his old college mate. Nor
ton 5. Hodgson, and the two INDUCED
in many "reminiscences of Princeton,
where both attended
Captain Robert D. Carter. of the Seven
teenth, [, S. A., has been chosen assist
ant TO General Robert X Evans in the
conduct OF the national rifle matches to
oe held TINS summer at Camp Perry, Ohio
me matches will last month from July
10. General Evans directed letter. today
to Colonel }. T. Van Orsdale, commander
OF the seventeenth, asking that CAPTAIN
Garter be assigned to this duty.
There are several sets of Colonial and
| Confederate records in the basement of
! the state capitol in Atlanta. one or more
Oh "hlch any school within the state. pos
| SeSSihs and maintaining a. library. may
! nave Ior the asking, If it, desires the
same. The governor is authorized under
a recent act of the legislature Thus to
dispose of them, in his discretion.
Harry L. Patton, of Rome. Ga. secre-
tary Of the Patton Manufacturing Com
pany, contractors and lumber dealers. has
resigned his position in Rome, and will
bring his family to Atlanta to reside ON
April l. Mr. Patton will be connected
with one of the larger contracting firms
Of Atlanta.
Chief +. H. Jennings. of the clvil serv-
ice department, is having a vacation thar
is not tabulated in the Official vacation
records His Oldest daughtc, Leyfe has
an attack of dphthcra and though She is
getting along very well now Mr. lem
hlngs is not allowed to leave his home
The department of state has ro,ot,..5
the application for charter Of, the Bank
OF Norristown in Emmanuel county, To-
be capitalized at $25 600
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