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...President being busy, Mrs. Coolidge became the official White House football "fan," attended the game of the Quantico Marines v. the Fort Benning (Ga.) Infantry, presented the President's Cup to the Marines when they won the Service Championship for the second successive year. ¶ In a conference with the press, the White House Spokesman last week revealed that few people realize the magnitude of Government expenses. Take the humble lead pencil, said he, $125,000 per year is spent for that item alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The White House Week: Nov. 29, 1926 | 11/29/1926 | See Source »

...week when Major Brown, white, pleaded guilty as the leader of the lynching party which dragged Dave Wright, white, out of jail in August and killed him.* Eight other members of the party followed Major Brown's precedent by also pleading guilty. Thereupon, Judge Harry Reed of Douglas, Ga., sentenced Major Brown to life imprisonment and his companions to terms of from four to twenty years. Thus, Georgia had punished lynchers within 90 days of the lynching. Georgians were justly proud of Georgia justice. Meanwhile, in Aiken, S. C., there was little progress in the investigation of those responsible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LYNCHING: Different | 11/29/1926 | See Source »

Last week, art came into its own at Atlanta, Ga. A public-spirited citizen had given it a home. The Grand Central Galleries of Manhattan had furnished an exhibit. The excitement of the event was emotionally reflected in front page news columns. For example, a news article in the Atlanta Constitution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Beauty & Truth | 11/1/1926 | See Source »

Lieut. Colonel 24th Infantry Fort Benning, Ga...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mrs. Jeppe Flayed | 10/25/1926 | See Source »

...More precisely, six: Plato, la.; Plato, Pulaski Co., Ky.; Plato, Houghton Co., Mich.; Plato, Minn.; Plato, Mo.; Plato Center, 111. Of these, Plato, Ga., was doubtless the "city" Agathon had in mind. Its population is by far the largest: 238. There are 13 Homers, from Alaska to Texas; one Homer City, (Pa.) ; two Homersvilles (Ga., Ohio). There is no Socrates, no Xantippe, but in Missouri there is a Huzzah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiction: Oct. 18, 1926 | 10/18/1926 | See Source »

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