Endorsing Candidacy of Taft Voted Down at State Convention
Trenton May 5 The republican state convention declined to endorse Secretary Taft for president and rejected a plank favoring his candidacy while backing a noncommittal New Jersey delegation to Chicago. The convention elected delegates including Governor Fort United States Senators Briggs Keen and State Assessor Baird to attend the national gathering.
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Taft
Trenton J
Carago
Rogerelt
Frankin Murphy
Jare
Chicago
Fort
United States
Frank O Briggs
John Keen
David Baird
Bigge
Grover Cleveland
New Jersey
Taftahomination
King's Victory for the Senate
The state newspapers praise Hon John T King as a strong Senate candidate from the fourteenth district. King, a Wilcox county businessman from Rachelle, is praised for industrial support and pioneer work in mid Georgia. Supporters from Savannah and Atlanta express confidence in his forthcoming term.
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John T King
Senate
King
Rachelle
Wilcox
Middle Georgia
Atlanta
Neat Senate
TIME ANDERSON PAYS HONOR TO FARLINGER
At a meeting of the Tige Anderson camp Confederate Veterans delegates and alternates were appointed to attend the reunion in Birmingham Alabama in June. A W Farlinger was unanimously elected honorary member for twelve years sending a member to the annual reunions.
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Tige Anderson
Irmingham Ala
RS Osborne S H Landrum
Joseph Alford
H P Foster
JW Baker
I. J Woolf
A'E. Besiden
Samuel Fulton
W Farlinger
Ferlinger
Our Branch Store Opens at 125 Peachtree with Kodak Optical
A modern optical establishment at the Candler building 125 Peachtree features a Kodak department. A. K. Hawkes Co opticians present.舒
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Peachtree
Candler
Kodak Department
Cad Comfortable Convenient
A K Hawkes Co, Opticians
Central Georgia Power dam project moves forward
Stockholders of Central Georgia Power Company met at the Grand Opera house in Macon to ratify recent contracts aiding the Jackson Georgia dam. President Massee, returning from New York with representatives, expects rapid construction with a directors meeting soon to push further plans and minimize delays.
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Brown House
Macon
Central Georgia Power Company
Grand Opera House
Jordan Massee
Waa
Jackson
Massee
New York
Photo artist takes prize in tristate meet
Worley E Hall, Hartwell’s energetic photographer, returns from Hartwell on May 6 with a prize from the tristate meet for excellent work. The article notes Hall’s display of skill and recognition by the event organizers.
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Tristate
Hartwell
Worley E Hall
Montgomery
Ale
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Carrie
Hall
Atkinson Leads Wealthy Investors on Atlanta Visit
Harry M. Atkinson, president of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, tours with a group of eastern capitalists. The party, including executives from Clyde Steamship and Old Colony Trust, plans inspections of southern investments worth over 30 million dollars and Alabama interests before reaching Atlanta next week.
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Atlanta
Birmingham
Brunswick
Alabama
Marshall T. Clyde
Clyde Steamship Company
New York City
Charles
Ayer
Chicago
Flix
Percy R Payne
Moses Taylor
Tr Russell
Theaters Show Busy Week With Glifer Grand Bijou Acts
Readable fragments describe busy theater week with The Man on the Box at the Grand drawing large audiences, The Bijou featuring Little Chip and Mary Marble and Dream City, plus Orpheum’s lineup with Chaciea Nevinn and Joe Callahan. The piece notes high prices and strong audience interest in vaudeville acts.
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Bijon
Little Chip and Mary
Bijou Musical Company
Bijou
Webers
Comets Dream City
Beason
Grand
Byou Hattone
Ther Ibls
Sanle Orpheum
Chaciea Nevinn
Monkey Treune
Joseph
Callahan
Pope Leo
Mangum Runs For Fulton County Sheriff In Democratic Primary
C W Mangum announces candidacy for sheriff of Fulton County subject to the Democratic primary on June 4. He lists deputies and supporters including J H Owen E T Stanley J L Poin dexter Foster Hunter J M suttlee 83 9 Shephard RB Deveren J T Golfen WH Burrowha T A Burdette J 4 Dunagan Walter Knight Wo L Haygood J W Chambers Drew Liddell. He pledges an honest and faithful administration and asks for votes.
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Fulton County
H Owen
T Stanley
J L
Poindexter
Foster Hunter
J M
Suttlee
Shepard
RB Deveren
Burdette
Dunagan Walter Knight
Wo L. Haygood
J W Chambers
Drew Liddell
C W Mangum
Waterworks bids for Hempstead Pump Station 2 foundations
The Atlanta Waterworks invites sealed bids from contractors for the Hempstead Pumping Station No 2 foundation work and pump house but full project details and plans are available on application. Bids due by 4:00 PM Wednesday May 1908 at the Waterworks Office. A certified check of 800.00 is required with each bid. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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Atlante Water Works
Board of Water Commissioners
Hempalll
Southern Belt Railroad
Park Woodward General
Atlanta Waterworks
Medical and Surgical Updates in Women and Children
Fragmentary notice notes the Medical and Surgical Department focusing on diseases of women and children, with separate divisions for Pass and Alcoholic Addictions. Mentions a highly scientific and efficient approach and a reference to war era medical treatment and superb oration.
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Whitehall
Sismon
Simon
Ron John T King
Time Anderson
Farlinger
Worley E. Hall
Harry Atkinson
Glifer
Leah Kiercas
Sean Kleschna
Keely
Thor
Sanitarium de
Truax
Truex
Grant Park
Laks Warner
Bronco
Gainesville
van Hoose
Pearce
Gana Ee Sa
Southern Baptist Convention
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Rock Island
Frisco Lines
Trans To
L. Parrott
N. Pryor St
Atlanta, Ga
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