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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1905
Page
3
Thomas W. Lawson appeals Georgia policy holders to back his plan to appoint trusted committees and proxy blocs to block insurers' alleged grafters. He cites battles in Florida Indiana and Texas and claims financial backing from Rogers and Standard Oil allies to delay investigations and influence elections. He warns that failure to unite will doom reform and urges Macon’s Ben L Jones as a safe proxy alternative.
A long, emotive letter trail describes a battle between Lawson and a coalition of General Electric and Harriman aligned insurers over proxies. It claims meetings are corrupted, calls for policyholders to send proxies to oppose graft, and pledges to expose and thwart the insurance grafters across the nation, naming firms, figures, and rail interests.
The speaker asserts he could not mount a personal rebuttal to slander about the Jacksonville meeting and vows to continue his fight against insurance graft. He urges policyholders to proxy him to centralize restitution, warns of graft schemes, and insists he will act only for policyholder benefit regardless of support. He cites funds spent and proxies collected in a national effort against insurance abuses.
A Georgia Library Association meeting highlights Mrs Heard of Rose Hill near Hiberton Ga. Her traveling library mission spans the southeast, aiding eighty seven schools. Railway officials in Olberton approve broader cooperation, expanding to multiple states and a corps of secretaries and assistants. Mrs Heard, a charter member of the Georgia Library Association, remains unpaid in her pioneering public spirited work. Holiday society notes follow with social guests and parties linked to Mrs Louise Madden Brown and other local families.
A large crowd gathered at the Carnegie Library as 500 youths discussed the upcoming production titled Professor Napoleon. The event, a January Grand Opera House fundraiser for Presbyterian hospital via the Ladies Auxiliary, aims to build support for the musical comedy.
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