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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1908
Page
2
William M. Mewborn longtime Atlanta police officer dies in Duluth Georgia after a period of failing health. He joined the force during early years of the city and witnessed many events. death follows a long service in law enforcement.
Accoune, a veteran of the Sixteenth Georgia in the Virginia army, served Atlanta polic e for over twenty years with duty as his watchword. He retired due to ill health and died at 64. He leaves a wife, a son Clarence Menbern in Tennessee, two daughters who work as stenographers, and relatives expect funeral and interment at Duluth tomorrow.
Eastman Kodak advertises a range of photo products with prices from $1 to $35. It promotes fresh Kodak film and various applications at 14 Whitehall and 325 Beachiver, urging readers to visit for the latest offerings.
Philadelphia April 13 A permanent relief committee proposed 8000 dollars to hire unemployed at a dollar a day. Union men denounced the offer saying it would lower wages and drive workers to accept substandard pay. A resolution condemned the recommendation and urged unions not to take the offer.
Bartessile Georgia April 13 special funeral plans announced for Hill Powell, longtime resident and last of a prominent family. He died yesterday morning at 9 o clock, immediate cause given as paralysis. Powell formerly lived in Macon and Marbleville, with 35 years of service in ARS and membership in several orders.
A vivid 1908 letter from Mrs Sutton Brown describes Buster Brown’s reception in Barnesville at the Opera House and hotel. Crowds, children's cheers, and eager shops followed his visit as Strickland and Crouch promote blue ribbon shoes. The event featured a new Orpheum stage set titled The Buster Town Clue Ribbon Shoes Scene.
Frank Adair, returning from a hunt in Florida, sent an alligator to Grant Park via Atlanta Park Board secretary Dan Carey. The transfer followed gifts of a deer skin and antlers in prior years. The creature measured large with a full mouth and sharp teeth.
Washington April 13 After a conference with the president Watson the Republican whip of the house says he arranged a 930 o clock meeting with the president to discuss the program for the remainder of the session He favors adjourning May 15 a plan drawn up by Republican leaders Roosevelt expected to indicate his views on the matter
April 13 special in Columbus Georgia announces Ed Wollwender a known young attorney as a candidate for the legislature from Muscogee county. Also listed are James J Slade A Ryder and Charnea Jewett as fellow contenders in the race.
At the Atlanta Woman's Club regume meeting the social service section presented a program on civic improvement. Speakers from the chamber of commerce engineers and architects outlined plans for sanitation utilities public safety and city ornamentation with photographs of disfigured city centers and suggestions for practical changes.
Washington on April 3 reports the president nominated Aaron M. Storer of Mississippi to be United States marshal for the northern district of Mississippi.
Washington April 13 The Supreme Court decided against Shawnen Com pany and Gulf Compress Company in their bid to show Gulf is a monopoly operating in restraint of trade The case began when Anderson and Clayton minority stockholders sought to enjoin leasing of the cotton press to Gulf The Oklahoma territorial supreme court had held the lease aided a monopolistic design and restrained trade Justice Mc Kenna authored the opinion affirming the Oklahoma decision
Colonel W. T. Gentry vice president of Southern Mela Taephone Company and J. Epps Brown general manager return to Atlanta from a business trip. Gentry was in New York while Brown visited Richmond and Norfolk with F. A. Pickernell and C. B. DuBola. The quartet will tour Atlanta and other southern points before heading back to New York.
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