Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-06
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Advocates of woman suffrage living
in Atlanta and the suburban towns will
meet this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the
lecture room of the Carnegie library. to
discuss plans for taking part in the
great Votes for Women" parade in
Washington March g. Georgia suffra-
gists are determined that they will be
represented The call for the meeting
was issued by Mrs Amelia .Woodall,
president Of the Atlanta Civic league
Mrs. Mary L. McLendon is president OF
the Georgia Woman's Suffrage associa-
ton and probably viii lead the Geor-
gia delegation in the parade.
Secretary of State Phil Cook has is
sued charter to the valdosta Trac-
ton Company, a $125,000 corporation,
organized to operate street railway
and lighting system in Valdosta. The
incorporators are w S. West, ]. @.
Crawford and E. K Wilcox.
Mark Eubanks, attorney for the
Floyd county commission. will confer
with Comptroller General Wright to-
day relative TO the corporation tax ap-
portionment for Floyd county The
commissioners believe that the coun-
tvs share of the state tax is too small.
At present the county is receiving $12,-
600, although the mills at Lindale alone
pay something like $3.50.
Governor Brown has appointed Ave
delegates to represent Georgia at the
convention of the Southern Highway
association, to be held in Asheville on
February IL. The delegates named are
S W. McCallie, of Atlanta; Professor
c. NJ. Strahan, of Athens; General
Clifford L. Anderson, of Atlanta; Colo
mel Sanford H. Cohen. of Augusta, and
Hon. r. F. Dawson, of Woodville
The Beavers lodge will hold another
one Of its political debates at the club
hall, 81 IL East Hunter street, tonight.
| tuition of the lodge. The subject viii
be, rs Commission Form of Govern
ment Democratic"
If arrangements can be completed
between the Atlanta camp of Gideons
and William Jennings Bryan, he will
deliver a lecture in Atlanta this month.
In letter to c. H. Burge president of
the camp, he said he was very anxious
to visit this city.
Ben Lee Crew, OF the Arm of Phillips
& Crew. has returned from Chicago,
where he has been on a weeks social
visit Mr.. Crew while in the Windy
City was entertained by the Press club,
and says he is "forevermore a friend of
the newspaper men"
Frank B. Freeman, of Birmingham,
manager of the Jefferson and Terminal
hotels in that city, is an Atlanta Wis
itor. Mr.. Freeman is a former Geor-
gian and has been wonderfully success
full in his new home. He is on a two
weeks vacation now, to be spent hunt
ing in north Georgia
Atlanta has gained a most welcome
new citizen in George D. Pollock re-
Gently of Rome, who resigned the presi-
dency of the American Banking and
Trust Company there in order to accept
the vice presidency of the newly or
gani4ed Union Trust Company of At
lanta. Mr.. Pollock was for a number
of years one of Rome's most successful
business men.
| NJ. j. Mcmahon, general freight and
passenger agent of the New Orleans
| and Great Northern railway, and ]. H.
| Brown, general freight agent of the
| Gulf and Ship Island railway. left for
! Washington, D. c., this morning after
a two-day visit in Atlanta They will
attend the meeting of general freight
! agents to be held there the first part
of next week
| Civil service examinations to fill a
number of government positions will
be held at the Federal building the lat
ter part of this month and the first of
next month Examinations will be held
as follows: February 26, engineer and
plumber examiner of surveys and mech
anician: March 8, meat inspector:
March >. first-class steam engineer and
assistant; March 81 junior topogra-
pher,
Rev. w. H. Williams, better known
as Billy Williams, the drummer
preacher of San Jose, Cal. spent to-
day In Atlanta viewing the city's points
of interest. He is en- route to Green
VILE 5. c.. where he will deliver a Sc
ries of lectures, among them THE Last
Romp of the Tiger" which deos not
| deal with the Detroit baseball team or