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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1908
Page
7
A brief financial note references a premium amount of 125 dollars 30 cents and a larger figure of 373 dollars 40 cents alongside loan values. The fragment suggests discussion of all premiums related to the accounts.
Recruitment note calling for capable men to join the Company as agents in all towns and villages lacking representation. Emphasizes training classes for beginning insurance with no cost, inviting interested individuals to apply.
Norman and Mack search for a New York Eastern campaign chief to unite factions for the Democratic bid. The choice hinges on rare executive ability and unity, with Bryan and national committees weighing in. The NY headquarters faces high stakes as daily pressure grows and meetings continue.
Special Council Committees plan a 10 o clock morning meeting to address smoke from locomotives and from factories hotels and offices. The committee includes Présa Huddleston F J Spratling and Charles A Harman and will hear from railroads and business representatives before inviting interested citizens to attend.
The Sunday School Convention of the Appalachee Baptist Association convened at Rutledge Georgia on August 30 for two days. Rev YF BH MacCutcheon of Jones Avenue Church Atlanta was elected moderator. Attendants included Geo Andrews of Atlanta who spoke on The Importance of the Sunday School. The keynote sermon was by Rev ER Pendleton Covington on The Sublimity of the Christian Motive. A packed house heard the Monroe Cotton Mill chapter report led by Mrs B S Walker wife of the mill president. Rev J W McWhorter preached Sunday. The piece ends with the remark that Sunday isn’t always the forward child that comes out ahead.
Memphis August 30 The Commercial Appeal summarizes a slow cotton opening with flood damage in parts of the Carolinas and lower Mississippi Valley. Weather kept progress uneven as rains and weevils affected yields, with Georgia and northern Alabama faring relatively well while Texas regions showed mixed results and pests remained a concern.
Shearouse Lumber Co of Shearwood plans to move its sawmill to Brooklet and construct a railroad to Groveland along the Seaboard Air Line. The company has bought large timber tracts near Brooklet and will hire many workers, boosting southeast Georgia’s development.
Seaboard Air Line will operate flat boat crossings between Georgia and South Carolina shores to bridge the Savannah River flood damage after the bridge failed. Rail service hopes to resume by midweek, with freight traffic moving east and to Carolina territory as lines repair.
A fragment praises a town near the capital for exceptional cleanliness. It notes painted houses, tidy wards, and orderly streets, with residents whose main work involves farming, stock care, butter and cheese making, all contributing to a spotless, prideful community.
Jasper Newton Smith claims brandy saved his injured foot after a severe scalding by carbon acid. He links the accident to his pain and missed duties at Hard Shell Baptist church and laments prohibition, arguing temperance in Bible terms. The tale weaves courtly boast and local satire amid Atlanta and Georgia references.
In a fragmented dialogue a woman bursts into tears and laments her husband’s smoking. A bystander questions the scene as four old women, the old Lady and other figures react with astonishment and anger at the events surrounding a wife and her spouse.
The Atlanta district conference closed after a busy session with strong attendance. Funds raised for education and missions surpassed seven hundred dollars, with a goal of one thousand dollars before the meeting ends. Rev Lagram addressed the gathering, and the Montana Misasional Society was organized and began immediate work. The next session will be held at Newhorn Station.
An inquest near Buckhorn Bluff concluded a dead mulatto man, about 35, six feet tall, 136 pounds, died from injuries after being pushed from a ringing branch into the river. The body showed ten to fifteen days in water with a broken neck, fractured skull, and a severe jaw wound. The jury found death caused by party or parties known to them.
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