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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
7
An extensive, editorial style piece argues for independent journalism, critiquing party bias, and proposing a bipartisan, single-paper model. It discusses editorial policy, reader trust, and the role of editors and proprietors in presenting balanced coverage while avoiding sensationalism and factionalism.
A reader reports dramatic improvement after using Grape Nuts for digestive and nerve issues. The testimony describes a 12 year struggle with speech, weakness, and dietary limits, followed by renewed strength, ability to eat a wider range of foods, and regular meals after starting Grape Nuts.
Ogden, president of the general education board of New York and the southern educational board, met with Southern state superintendents represented by the conference of education in Memphia. The eleventh annual session was Meld in Memphia with President Ogden giving an address on education and progress.
Reporting on a General Education Board funded visit by school officials to study New York and Boston systems. The lengthy ten day tour includes meetings in New York on October 5 and a congress in the Lyceum theater. President Ogden urges a broad public educational movement to extend school terms and improve funding. He highlights duty to provide broader opportunities to children and prepare for future challenges.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla for blood, liver, and general weakness and promotes Barvetebs tablets in chocolate coating. A separate educational sermon urges local action to improve schooling, raise funds for longer terms, and involve communities in teaching improvements and school support.
A Boys Club of Atlanta entertainment at 00 Central Avenue attracted strong support and enthusiasm for future plans. Ming Ruby Traynham performed, a duet with T G Aldrik accompanied by smith on the piano, and Ming Hertha Sleman gave an encouraging recital. Talks by boy traders and Judge A G Sharpe praised the club’s baseball and camping initiative, with Mrs Rosa Wright Knapp donating 18 dollars to sponsor six underprivileged youths on a June 1 Silver Lake camping trip.
At the American Newspaper Publishers Association meeting in New York on April 22 a resolution condemns Speaker Cannon and allies for obstructing the Stevens bill for free paper. It cites committees delaying action to aid paper combinations and accuses paper makers of shutting mills to maintain artificial prices, urging trust in congressional authority.
About 100 delegates from the northern portion of Georgia attended the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society gathering in Cedartown at the Cedar Town Methodist church. An interesting program was arranged by local women for the remainder of the week.
Washington April 22 The seventeenth continental congress of the national society at the Daughters of the American Revolution opened with reports on patriotic education historic spots flag preservation and child labor Martha Berry of Rome Ga spoke on her industrial home for girls and a resolution praised her work pledging fifteen scholarships of 80 each to her school proven by delegates and a collection for the institution was authorized.
Clayton Ga April 22 Special R J Cannon a respected Rabun County leader and Georgia legislator died at his home in Tiger Ga at 4 o clock tonight He leaves a wife and six children to mourn his untimely death.
J G Edmundson fell from a ladder while repairing a house on the outskirts of Toccoa on April 22. He landed heavily and was found unconscious by his wife, with doctors reporting no broken bones but fear of internal injuries. Witnesses could not be found.
The Atlanta School of Medicine held a commencement with 274 students, 49 graduates, and seven certificates of distinction. Notable attendees included W. J. Naríhes and Dr. Jonn G. Olmatead. Graduates hailed from twelve states and two foreign countries, with a diverse class representing many regions and professions.
A letter from T H McHaney, Portmaster at Kennett Missouri, to J R James of Memphis Tennessee, discusses quitting tobacco and the eating habit. He notes he has stopped chewing and smoking but seeks to curb all food intake and expresses his resolve to stay temperate.
An offer listing James Home Remedies for drug addictions and other habits describes free sample treatments and home-based programs with various prices for services. The notice targets Memphis, Tennessee, including 151 Poplar Ave and Dept. 7, and advertises multiple products and forms of service in a dated, promotional style.
The Cherokee presbytery met at First Presbyterian Rome with Rev W W Powell Cedartown elected moderator and Rev N O Mathes Kuharies named temporary clerk. Evening services included sermons by Rev W A Cleveland and Rev F K Sims with a laymen’s movement secretary Charles Roweland Athens speaking. Sessions opened public and adjourned with a 2:30 pm reconvening.
Funeral services for Rev O W Branch, long a prominent figure in the South Georgia Conference, were held in Cordele, Georgia, with Rev A Jackson and several Methodist ministers assisting. Branch, son of the late Dr LO Branch, had long served in Alabama and Georgia, including Lumpkin and Centenary Church, but declining health limited his pastoral work in recent years.
General Harvey H. Hannah, the adjutant general and railroad commissioner of Tennessee, will deliver the Memorial Day address at Thomaston, Georgia. The noted speaker is known for his eloquence and long service in state affairs.
Local items from Washington report Ralsh the White returning to the national capital after a health break, Mr Cheshire resuming duties near Calores Aptings following a ten year stint, and Mary Lou Anderson improving at home on Luckie Street with doctors hopeful for full recovery. Henry Roberta, a Northern route foreman, resumes work after a foot injury from Powder Boringe. Wiley of Alabama, reprimanded for several weeks, remains at home recovering from inflammatory rheumatism.
Senate debate centers on navy and army funding with Warren challenging expansion plans while Hale and Foraker weigh in on Secretary Taft’s Columbus speech. Officials discuss large appropriations, battleship goals, and the balance between regular forces and reserves amid naval build up.
An advertisement for Total Eclipse Catarrh Cure claims instant relief from catarrh and a permanent cure. It touts a vegetable formula reaching air passages and includes patient testimonials from A. A. Wear of Onona Florida and others, offering samples and a booklet from a Georgia company.
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