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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
2
Governor Smith spoke for about two hours at the Fort Valley auditorium after greeting locals and visitors from surrounding counties. Judge Duncan announced a Confederate monument dedication in Perry tomorrow, and Coronel T R Brown introduced the governor, who reviewed his administration and commented on his opponent.
The jury, after about three hours, found Sanford Early guilty of murder in the LaGrange killing tied to the June negro excursion. Special juror Gulley and the mercy recommendation influenced the verdict. Sanford Early’s brother Frank Barle was accused but not captured.
In Savannah Georgia the Central of Georgia railway ticket office was robbed of 407 dollars in currency yesterday morning. A bystander crowd watched as the thief fled with the cash. Rev S S Speer of Gill Massachusetts reported losing 6 to 7 dollars in loose change from his pocketbook and baggage checks disappeared from an inside pocket. Police seek an expert crook believed to have boarded the same Atlanta train as the preacher.
A prominent white farmer, M. Fanning, was seriously injured when a young Black man named Terrell, described as slender and about five feet eight, fired at him after Fanning approached a Negro residence to learn why the worker did not appear. The assailant remains at large.
Report of a push to stampede the Republican convention for Theodora Roosevelt triggers a Roswell Georgia advertisement. The notice invites foreigners to aDeper ferariry bia renomination from the old Roosevelts home state.
Georgia supporters push for Theodore Roosevelt as a national candidate. They advertise by sending poster cards to Henry Bradwell in Roswell and claim over 9 000 names already collected. They believe a broad Georgia showing could trigger a Roosevelt nomination at the national convention and improve Georgia's political standing.
Major John Schwarz, once Savannah mayor and long time Chatham County sheriff, died yesterday at his home from gas exposure. Born in Baden Germany in 183? he immigrated at 16, served in the Confederate army, worked on Governors Atkinson and Chandler staffs, and held roles on the Savannah City Council for 20 years. He was twice mayor and sheriff for six years.
Governor Hoke Smith asks for a special Augusta committee to represent Georgia in a Savannah River fishways conference. May 26 meeting in Augusta includes J R Earl and South Carolina delegates. earlier May 9 preparations by Mayor Dunbar and officials Nisbet Wingfield Twiggin and others.
The eleventh anniversary conference of the National Good Citizenship League begins today at Wesley Memorial church corner Ivy street and Auburn avenue and runs through Sunday. The program features committee appointments, a lecture on The Intelligence and Conscience of Christian Citizenship by Rev John B White, discussions on aims and objects, knowledge and patriotism, and what constitutes a good government led by Rev W Lantrom and speakers including Samuel T Wichelaen and City Rice.
Greensboro May 20 The 48th annual General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church held in this city began tomorrow with the officers elected for the coming year President J J Eagan of Atlanta Georgia vice presidents C W Dorsey Baltimore Maryland secretary Charles H Rose Payetteville North Carolina The men’s convention featured discussions including Men and His Bible by F S Goodman New York City and Open Doors In the Orient by Fletcher S Breckman secretary of the general Y MGA work in China Korea
The Southern Newspaper Publishers Association wrapped up in Birmingham Alabama with a banquet at the Hotel Selwyn. Officers for the coming year were elected: President JOP Caldwell Charlotte Observer, vice president Colonel Rufus M Rhoden Birmingham News, secretary treasurer Victor HH Hanson Montgomery Advertiser. The next gathering will be in Birmingham with a slate of executive committee members and a motion to urge passage of wood pulp and print paper legislation.
Rome Washington residents report well attended gathering of the local Sons of Confederate Veterans where the old corps of officers were reelected for the ensuing year. Elected officers include Charles Harper commander M Nixon first lieutenant J J Davis second lieutenant Harr Doukle adjutant R F Harris treasurer TT J Hine color sergeant Charles Hamilton historian and 1C E Woodruff chaplain.
Monroe high school held commencement exercises with thirteen graduates and a sermon by Rev L B Roberts. Butler Male and Female College planned sermons and concerts with music director Miss L Derrette Coleman featuring a pleno recital and an annual concert. Laylorville reports a Baptist Sunday school picnic with widespread county attendance and an afternoon ball game gathering after dinner.
Brown House Macon Ga May 26 Special Railway lines will provide more than 1000 cars for peach traffic in middle and south Georgia with 3000 cars expected soon. Growers and railway officials plan rapid, improved delivery and better market conditions. Experiments to reach European markets may expand. canneries and preservation schemes aim to reduce losses from glutting the market.
In Savannah on May 30 the town of Waranw, nicknamed the Thunder Bolt, will hold an election to decide whether the town and its thirty voters will continue as a municipality. The tax levy at Thunderbolt stands at 1 mill on the dollar, with the council already levying multiple social taxes.
Governor Smith designates Judge L Roan of the Stone Mountain circuit to sit as a member of the supreme court on Saturday in place of Judge Horace M Holden who is disqualified in the case Oliver vs James administratrix. A full bench was requested for the hearing.
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