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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
1
A terse notice lists December Tom and Mae in a brief item referencing Wood. The snippet mentions a woman and yields minimal context beyond names and a possessive link.
In a strained session Senator Thomas Platt denied Miss C Wood’s charges in her suit for absolute divorce. He disputed the marriage certificate, questioned letters, and claimed never to have married or promised marriage. Court to close after next day of sessions.
A long mixed transcript covers a senate witness questioning Miss Wood about a proposed marriage to Platt in the early 1900s at the Oriental and Arlington hotels. It also notes a Baltimore Methodist election of bishops two ballots into the 1900s, naming Rev. W. F. Anderson and Rev. J. L. Nielsen as leading candidates and detailing the voting context.
Major Revert Ligon McWhorter, a longtime Georgia legislator and former speaker of the house, died at Woodville near Athens at 2 a.m. He served in the state house and senate before and after the Civil War, organized a company, and was noted for gallantry and kindness to soldiers. Survived by his widow and two sons, funeral at Woodville Thursday.
Harrisburg May 20 after a sharp party fight the Democratic convention elected delegates at large who back Col James M Guffey of Pittsburg and declined binding instructions for Bryan prompting a Michigan and Missouri split along lines of Bryan support The Michigan convention indorsed Bryan and Michigan and Missouri delegates were chosen with Ro thwell and Folk named as national committeemen
In Waterbury and Washington reports the House debates the Lilley case after a special committee finds misconduct and possible bad faith by Representative Lilley of Connecticut. Minority leader Williams denounces Lilley as treason and calls for expulsion while Connecticut delegates split on the report.
South Carolina delegates to the Democratic state convention back a Bryan instructed delegation. The Columbia dispatch notes the unopposed push for Bryan and contrasts editorials by Gonzales and Hemphill. The Charleston gathering elected Ovendel L. Smith president as platform and rules committees formed.
Chattanooga Tenn May 20 Louis Macaccare an Italian artist who left for New York suddenly rushed from a train near Bristol after claiming study of the earth’s motion drove him mad and that he saw the sun’s doom. He belongs to the Posters' Artists' association of America and is described as a man of ability and refinement.
New York May 20 William H Marsh an elderly wealthy man said today he would die within a week from hydrophobia calmly meeting the summons. He contracted the disease after treating his spaniel which died from hydrophobia. Doctors told him treatment could not save him and he prepared to die with his business affairs in order.
The document lists a night session in Atlanta with Bishop W A Candler presiding and multiple speakers from universities and missions. Topics include Education in Rural Disasters, Education in Home Mission Fields, Education in China and Japan, and the financial status of Emory College. Speakers include Rev D I Anderson, Rev H H Walnright, Rev J B Nelson, Rev T O Elis, Rev J A Sharp, Rev Eugene Blake, Rev R G Waterhouse, Rev J S Jenkins, Judge W R Hammond, and Judge W A Covington among others.
Dr Henry Pritchett of the Carnegie Foundation spoke at a Methodist Episcopal ChurchSouth educational conference and criticized denominational control over colleges. He argued churches and schools are human institutions and urged no real church governance over higher education, drawing sharp comments from conference leaders.
Georgia-Vair Thursday forecast shows mild day with high temperatures and light southerly winds. Skies expected to be partly cloudy with chances of brief showers in the afternoon as a low pressure moves inland.
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