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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1910
Page
7
Fragmentary remarks critique dreamer ideals and urge order in government. It appeals to Harvard and American students to uphold morality and decency while addressing those abroad who deserve the same rights and treatment, urging unwavering faith in liberty.
W C Vereen of Moultrie elected president and Pope Brown treasurer as Georgia tradesmen organize the Greater Georgia Association to publicly showcase the state's natural resources. The main office will be in Atlanta with plans for a building exhibit and a bill to authorize its erection. A campaign to begin soon aims to exploit Georgia's advantages for national and world attention.
C Vereen of Moultrie Georgia was elected president of the association. State Treasurer J Pope Brown was yesterday elected treasurer. A secretary will be chosen by the committee of ways and means which will meet at the Chamber of Commerce rooms at 10 30 this morning to finalize minor details. A constitution and by laws were adopted outlining officers including a president eleven vice presidents an executive committee of seventeen and a secretary and treasurer.
The draft charter outlines a Georgia resource group aimed at exploiting natural resources with equal regional benefits. Membership fees span individuals ten dollars to railroads and utilities up to six hundred, with a permanent Atlanta headquarters planned near the Chamber of Commerce and a full-time secretary under the ways and means committee.
George L. Davia appointed rural carrier for Milford route 1 with J. E. Griffin serving as substitute on the Washington district dated Jane 28 Special.
The Greater Georgia Association discussed a fixed ten dollar fee, the May second Thursday annual meeting in Albany, and invitations from multiple cities. A resolution urged Georgia to erect a central exhibit building near the Capital for agriculture, forestry, minerals, and manufactured products with moving pictures to showcase the state. Members debated committees on ways and means, membership fees, press support, and a secretary salary of at least 2500, while noting lunch hosted by Cafe Durand and listing attendees from Moultrie to Waycross.
News note details a Seaboard train car leaving Atlanta for Birmingham with a 10 p m arrival, signaling a June 38 start and a $4 fare. The item also reports government policy on fractional silver transport, stating treasury-free carriage ends and the public must pay for future service.
Advocate Thames Watson attacks R F Duckworth over ship subsidy links and union warehouses in Atlanta and Union City. He cites The Jeffersonian and The Union News as evidence, alleges mismanagement and unpaid debts tied to Duckworths printing contracts with the Jowett Brothers, and reports a Fayette county court verdict supporting the claim for over $2,000 with a final payment of $508.
In a Piedmont trial excerpt Thomas E. Watson lashes a foe amid a Georgia context. The piece cites court records and a murder verdict, noting a Powell case in Warrenton where Judge Ward sentenced Powell to thirty years. A local ad promotes EK Flour for kitchens.
Several obituaries and funeral notices from Atlanta area papers list Mrs. J R Hardy aged 28 dying at a private sanitarium. A K Seago’s funeral in New Orleans will be held at Patterson's chapel with interment in Oakland. Mrs. Margaret Culberson widow of Colonel A H Culberson dies at 80 at 878 Gordon St and will be buried in Oakland or West View cemetery. Mrs M A Carlton to be buried at West View following service at English Avenue Methodist Church. Peter C Philip, 50, dies at residence 336 Simpson Ave with services at Patterson's chapel. interment at Oakwood.
A summarized ad for Miss Woodberry's School announces a summer term at 428 Peachtree Street offering individual instruction for college, high school, and grammar grades plus coaching in music art and French. Boarding and day pupils welcome. Contact Ivy 778-1. The funeral has not been announced.
Multiple obituaries from Atlanta noting the deaths of Mrs. Ella Matteson Mrs Thelma Donaldson and Mrs Francis Cummings along with related funeral arrangements and survivors The notices include addresses and family relations and mention a Brevard North Carolina death in the Robertson family and the death of contractor C B Terrell in Columbus Ga with surviving relatives.
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