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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1911
Page
4
Macon Georgia April 24 Special says a noted philosopher Dr Guy Carleton Lee argues divorce increases prove moral progress not decay. He contends rising divorce shows a birth of a new ideal demanding both partners share home making child bearing and emotional partnership.
In Thomasville Georgia April 24 a row among a party of negroes over a nickel in a card game at Way's still one and a half miles from town left John McElmon dead Milford Brown badly wounded and Tom Sawyer jailed Brown fired at a lawyer missing and the lawyer fired back six times injuring Brown. The lawyer then fell ill and gave himself up.
National Farmers' Union President Charles S. Barrett condemns vote buying as a frequent evil in American politics. The statement to members urges members to act to purge the practice from political life, following actions by officers and members in Union City Georgia.
A speech by CHAS. S. BARRETT urges Farmers' Union members to root out vote trafficking seen across Georgia and the nation. He argues bribery debauches democracy, calls for ballot purification, and cites local accounts of purchasable white voters and political pressure.
Americus board of trade petitions Central of Georgia to schedule a post midnight departure from Atlanta for Americus travelers. The move aims to let southwest Georgia residents finish late business in Atlanta and return home the same night, improving connections and evening services along the line.
Cartersville Ga April 24 Special Group 3 Georgia bankers will hold their meeting in the city on Wednesday. They will convene at the Grand Opera house for one day with about 125 members and several prominent financiers. Attending will be Col Robert Lowry of Atlanta E L Henderson of Cedartown C L Wardwick of Dalton Robert F Maddox of Atlanta J G Lester of Atlanta TL Gilbert of Marietta BE Davis of Delta A B Sims of Atlanta Hansell Hyllier of Macon and others.
Special from Quitman Georgia reports exceptional crop prospects across Brooks County. Favorable weather since February has improved oats by about 49 percent and boosted stands for cotton, corn, and peanuts. Melons show especially strong growth with J W Avera citing 26 acres of melons, each hill thriving.
In Macon Georgia a man identified as William Year pleaded guilty to operating an illicit distillery. He was bound over to the next federal jury after a raid destroyed his still and 138 gallons of mash near Deepstep Washington county. Separately Dalton delegates Rev J S McLemore Floyd Farrar and W L McWilliams were chosen as Southern Baptist convention delegates for Jacksonville in May.
Columbus Ga April 24 Special The Rev R N Peacock of Hast Highlands Methodist church lauded Governor Brown for upholding duty in the Stripling pardon case. He urged reading the governor's opinion and argued the governor acted within his sworn duty, stressing God’s justice alongside mercy during a revival sermon.
Thomasville Georgia April 24 Special John F Archbold and family have been in town this season He left today for New York to be with his father John D Arenbold who is seriously ill with pneumonia at the time of his departure from town Archbold is reported to be in a severe condition.
In Savannah on April 24 United States Commissioner W R Hewlett dismissed charges against Louis Berger and D J Lawrence after examining a hoard of about three dozen newspapers seized from the mails. Postoffice Inspector Britton testified the papers were taken as allegedly unusable, but the key issue was how they were obtained rather than the ads by Berger and Lawrence.
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