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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1906

Page

14

Wester Music Co Great Clearance Sale Promises Big Savings

A chaotic ad urges buyers to double their dollars at Wester Music Co with deep cuts on piano uprights and finishes. It touts prices from 127 to 400 and implies delivery by Christmas, listing brands like Kimball and Steger & Sons while promoting mahogany and walnut uprights and in-store open evenings at 64 Peachtree and 64 N Broad.

Wester Music CO Kimball Wy Pond Emerson, McPhail Kur Skrell Steger & Sons Atrohber Sterman Eany Peachtree Westor Music CO N. Broad

Georgians Move On Washington

Georgia delegates head to Washington for rivers and harbors hearings with Savannah Columbia and Lumpkin contingents arriving to back the convention. Representatives Adamson and Overstreet assist district groups as bids for Atlanta’s federal building are readied. A Seaboard freight train collided with a wagon in Lumpkin injuring no one.

John Corrigan Washington, DC Georgia Washington Savannah Stilwell Oliver WR. Leakin Wiliams George P Walker Herman Myera Columbua Ralston Caralil le IT Chappell Wo Binde Chattahoochee Rivers and Harbors Congress Adamson Overstreet Supervising Architect of the Treasury Atlanta Federal

Treasury proposals for 1908 prison and harbor spending

Assistant notes from Washington list tariff and budget recommendations for 1908 including a 102000 dollar appropriation for Atlanta Federal Penitentiary plus 138420 for maintenance of related buildings. It also covers harbor improvements at Savannah and Darien, river and harbor works across Georgia, waterway projects, and military veterinary and cavalry needs at Fort Oglethorpe with a 1950000 dollar boll weevil investigation allotment.

John Corrigan Washington Teeagury Atlanta United States Dalton Albany Guinonville Mr .Con Marlette Valdosta Savannth Chattahoochee Coota Oostenaula Coonawattes Savannah Farnondinn Oglethorpe Veterinary Hospital FortOglethorpe Brunswick BBC Tor Cotton Boll Weevil Investigations

North Georgia conference formed by African Methodists

In Cedartown Georgia on December 5 the African Methodist Episcopal church organized the North Georgia conference with 167 preachers and 40 delegates under Bishop Turner. Revs J T Reltsaw J Hadley and WB Lawrence C L Williams and S M Pitts named secretaries. Marietta Cartersville and Athens invited as next hosts. Bishop Turner praised white support across Georgia conferences.

Cedartown African Methodist Episcopal Church Turner North Georgia J. T. Reltsaw J & Hadley WB Lawrence C Ol. Willams Pitts Marietta Cartersville Athens C A Wingfield Georgia

Supreme Court Denies New Trial in Glover Case

In Augusta Ga on December 5 Special Judge Slummond denied a new trial for Arthur Glover who was sentenced to be hanged for the murder of Maude Williamson. Attorneys said they would appeal to the supreme court. The defense claimed a capital minister’s alleged pledge to hang Glover biased the jury.

Arguila Slummond Arthur Glover Underwentence Maude Williamson Fly Sweetheast Altorneys Uneciga Supreme Court Strange Augusta Rey le Wilkerson

Mormon Work in the South Discusses Race Policy

The article reports visiting Mormon church leaders in Tennessee and Alabama addressing the Southward mission. It quotes Apostles and elders on maintaining racial separation and opposing interracial marriage while promoting church organization and work in the region.

School Board Active in Funding Fourth Congressional District School

Columbus Georgia December special Muscogee county board of education 144 adopted resolutions heartily approving the movement to secure the state agricultural school for the fourth congressional district for Muscogee county. The committee in charge asked the board to raise $8,000 by public subscription and the board has set out to do this. The largest contribution from any one source is not specified. Governor Terrell will Saturday meet with the school trustees in Columbia to receive proposals regarding the fourth district school.

Columbus Muscogee County Columbia

BALLARD BIFOCAL REVEALING ONE GLASS VISION

A touted bifocal from Walter Harvard Optical Company claims to replace two pairs with a single frame offering reading and walking vision. The advert asserts the product is a top system in the United States with nationwide endorsement and invites readers to consult the oculist about the prescription department.

Ballard Ilaca Joka America Walter Harvard Optical Company Peachtras Street

Supreme Court Hearing on Chattanooga Lynching Case

The U S Supreme Court concluded a hearing on the legal aspects of the Lynching of Johnson in Chattanooga Tennessee. Lawyers Marmon and Marmon argued no federal appeal exists and that the Court lacks jurisdiction to review contempt sentences. government counsel urged continuing federal review of state action.

Supreme Court Washington Supreme Court of the United States Today Shiny Johnson Chattanooga Tenn Jay Judson Ffarmon Ohia Lo Iis Sheppard George Chanter Bol Citar Marmon Johnsons

Roosevelt Seeks Power to Act Against Officers

A garbled dispatch claims President Roosevelt seeks authority to discipline or remove officers at his discretion. The fragment references a long conflict in Tennessee and mentions a sensational incident described as a best sale for a dangerous drug, with unclear dates or sources.

Femnla Wwe Tennessee Legac

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