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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
5
A mass convention of cotton growers and allied interests gathered in Memphis Tennessee to concerted action against the falling market price. Several thousand delegates attended as governors and prominent figures prepared to speak over a three day session.
W V Henry of Panama MO testifies seven years of proof that Dr Kings New Discovery cures coughs and colds and throat chest and lung diseases. The world has thirty eight years of proof its use prevents pneumonia in early consumption. Sold at Smith & Bro HR Picter Song drug stores. Trial bottle free.
Fragmented report notes the Gamma Phi Beta society holding a national convention in Ann Arbor Michigan with sessions starting today and continuing through the event. Mentions Syracuse University as a related reference and notes a small membership context, though details are garbled.
Nouatiille Tenn Nov 10 A former United States Senator from Tennessee, Bernard Ward Carmack, was killed in a street duel with Colonel Duncan B Cooper and his son Robin Cooper after editorials in The Tennessean criticized Cooper and the so called democratic machine Carmack led after losing the gubernatorial nomination. Robin Cooper was wounded in the shoulder. Carmack died instantly. witnesses few. cause linked to recent Democratic primary fallout.
The National Farmers Union meets in New Orleans November 11 12 to push warehouse plans aiming to lift cotton prices. President Barrett says no speculative interests drive the move, backed by Louisiana banks and insurance groups with potential $50 million in loans. 5000 delegates from the southern states expected. the Coliseum to host the gathering with Thomas E. Watson as chief orator.
A public notice advises immediate steps for burn relief using salve on a soft cloth to ease pain and reduce scarring. It highlights common household preparation and lists suppliers H R Palmer and Sons, Orr Drug Co, Warren J Smith and Bro, E C McEvoy, and L P Canning as vendors.
On Seventh Avenue Colonel Dun Cooper and Robin Cooper assisted after a shooting. Carmack lay dead with a pistol at his side and an empty chamber. The wound to Carmack was treated by Dr. Roe Fort, while Young Cooper was taken to a hospital and Colonel Cooper held at police headquarters. Robin Cooper, 27, is an attorney and single.
A party of twenty five persons including state officials was on hand to represent Rhode Island at the unveiling of a granite monument. The monument is described as artistically designed and was erected at a cost of five thousand dollars.
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