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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
5
Health officials pressed the council to allocate 36,000 immediately to wage a mosquito extermination campaign. Dr Kennedy warned the city faces delay and rising risk if funds arrive later, with oiling lakes sewers and backyards to prevent a summer outbreak. The plan hinges on June appropriations and a special council session next Monday.
Hundreds of Kodaks including models and prices are ready for viewing at the Kodak Department of A. K. Hawkes Co. Wakehal and 128 Peachtree Candier Building.
Atlanta paper reports a series of local notes including W J Lions A 3 Byers and Atlanta Hardware Company details, Frank Marsden, a traveling man visiting Atlanta, and Lattie C Morgan railway worker injured. Also covered are 300 electrical workers to hear F C Heekins, a Bernhardt rally plan, and Atlanta’s delegation to the Charleston eangerfest with a return welcome by the band.
Several notices detail funerals and interments for Mertha Jane Haggett, Edith Cate, W H Wood, Jerple Little Watson, J B Chaplin, and others. Services set at Gouth Bend church, Harry Poole's chapel, and Dunweady Georgia with burials at South Tend cemetery and nearby plots. Wardrobe of survivors listed, including spouses, children, and siblings.
Chicago and La Porte county scenes join a brutal murder case tied to Mrs Bella Guinness who placed matrimonial ads luring men. Authorities prepare to indict Ray Lamphere as excavations continue amid rumors of suspects entering the Guinness property.
Columbus city council reconsiders April action to join Rome in petitioning legislature to relieve Georgia railroad commission of regulatory power. Aldermen vote unanimously to revisit. Rome council will be promptly notified of the reversal.
In Savannah on May 7 the Citizens' League strong in county politics rallied for Joe Brown for governor at a large meeting. The League includes men from all life grades and many workingmen, with Oliver, former councilman, as a prominent figure urging support. The scene conveyed strong local enthusiasm and unanimous endorsement.
At Boston May 7 with disputes over Bryan instructions the Massachusetts Democratic convention elected four delegates to the Denver convention. George Fred Williams John B Moran John W Coughlin and Daniel J Doherty were named amid heated speeches and a mixed platform urging Bryan for president and calling for railroad reform fair taxation and labor protections.
The twelfth annual convention of the Georgia state branch of the International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons closed in Augusta with officers ousted for the coming year and an agenda including a Meadow Garden drive. Rev J B Holley opened the morning with prayer as Rev Albert Dix and G I Home staff spoke on industrial and educational work, with Miss Katherine Latham presenting a paper on the order’s history in Georgia.
Mrs Gléan of Baltimore appeals at Richmond session of the National Conference of Charities and Correction to lift southern women above aristocratic notions and extend helping hands to those in need. The meeting at St Pauls church discusses federation plans to unite philanthropic societies while each section manages its own work under the parent organization.
Paris May 7 a French legal expert announced conclusions in the McKee divorce case granting neither spouse a decree while labeling both as responsible the expert blasted Mr McKee for violence occultism and a cruel inquisition of servants and noted Mrs McKee faced unfounded love letter revelations in a bid to tarnish her reputation the judgment date is May 14 and the case also touches a defamation suit against Colonel Baxter with no involvement by Baxter or his wife in the divorce.
The report records 1907 church gains including 13,? ministers in annual conferences and 20,161 in the pastoral army. Global membership reaches 3,307,275 with 44,178 Sunday schools and 2,987,677 scholars. A Lyric Theatre gathering marks centennials of the general conference and church constitution, with a Brotherhood of St Paul banquet at First Methodist Episcopal Church.
A night blaze at the R. O. Campbell Coal Company warehouse on Magnolia Street broke out shortly after midnight and burned over an hour. The fire damaged lime, cement, and gunny sacks on the second floor, largely due to water exposure from the blaze. The origin was traced to the stove pipe.
Governor Hake Smith visited Cedartown on May 7 meeting farmers and townspeople at city hall after arriving at the depot with a 200-strong escort. About 750 heard him, with many turned away. Joe Brown supporters appeared and Smith urged backing, then left for Atlanta at 8:30 PM. Delegations from Rome and Rockmart attended.
Conyers Ga May 7 Special Rockdale county has become the political storm center in a tight campaign for the U S House seat. Iman Livingston and James Mayson race for the district's representative while the gubernatorial race recedes. With both candidates in Rockdale the vote tally shows 4 to 4, making the county pivotal as the fourth in the district to vote on the congressional lane. Douglas holds his election in the fall, and all eyes turn to June 4.
Savannah May 7 Special reports a crowd surged into the ring during a second round boxing match. Police and detectives climbed through the ropes to quell escalating trouble as referee Shorty Jenkins ruled in favor of Dummy after Bishop quit. Also noted: George Rogers KO'd A Mitthel in a lightweight bout.
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