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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
7
Fragmentary text shows Essig Bros advertising suits at 15 to 30 dollars for men at 26 Whitehall Lane. The rest discusses congressional debate on a new currency bill, with references to Vreeland, Aldrich provisions, central reserve, emergency currency limits, and bank participation. The passage mixes ad lines with policy outlines and parliamentary positions.
The local lodge No. 206 of the Elks moved into a new home in the Towers building at Broad and Melmont streets. The lodge room and reception halls are newly furnished with superb decorations and are in the heart of the business district near visiting Elks.
Corsicana Texas May 27 The Cumberland Presbyterian assembly adjourned last night to meet at Rentonville Arkansas next year All delegates have departed except Showe remaining due to high waters and wrecked railroad bridges delaying travel
Raleigh May 27 The election returns indicate the dry majority in North Carolina will exceed 49000 though exact figures are not available yet State Chairman John A Oates announced The people of North Carolina have Spoken the 49000 majority for prohibition decisive It is an expression through the voice of the people which will put prohibition in effect January 1 1909 Governor Glenn welcomed the victory urging temperance supporters to keep calm and use prudence in celebrating and guiding the transition to the new era
The Bitten company presented The Heir to the Hoorah drawing large crowds with many in attendance Monday and Wednesday. Treasurer Le Vine notes strong audience interest signaling the play’s appeal over prior offerings. Harlem Brothers deliver a novelty stunt at Ponce de Leon venue as lambert and Williams perform. A Night With the Fonts, a twelve‑person scenic vaudeville act, headlines Beautiful Ponce de Leon’s program next week.
Seven junior editors at Agricultural and Mechanical College faced suspension after a class publication in The Battalion critiqued L. H. Harrington president of the campus shoot. The action, tied to a February strike echo, prompted appeals from other class members but the suspension stood.
In Sumter County grand jury ends a three day session after reporting complete business and readiness to adjourn. The rapid end follows a marked drop in indictments for criminal offenses since January. Grand juries had previously met for several weeks.
Charley Sparks, a fourteen year old African American youth, was bound over today by United States Commissioner Brown for robbing the Bullochville post office. He confessed to entering through a window by removing a loose bar.
Ford Bacon Davis inspectors from New York and New Orleans survey Montgomery Transit Company properties to improve equipment track and service. Every tie rail and switch is counted, with a census of each line component.
The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as building up blood and overcoming fatigue. It asserts no changes were needed for the Pure Food and Drugs Law and promotes liquid or Sarsatabe tablets at 100 doses for one dollar. It urges readers to get the product today.
Richmond May 27 The United States circuit court of appeals heard the end of arguments as to whether the state funds were tied up by receivership proceedings in a case seeking to liquidate the South Carolina dispensary. Justice Fuller did not indicate when a decision might come. The principal contention was that the suit targeted the state itself and that the legislature appointed commission to wind up the dispensary affairs was a court that could not be enjoined by another court. Mordecai opened for the appellees, Barnard followed for the opposing side, Abney of South Carolina closed for the state.
A naval test off Old Point Comfort shows the Florida and Arkansas exchanging long range fire with a 12 inch projectile piercing a canvas target. Officers report the blast, smoke, and damage as the ships maneuver and inspect the hit, with crews observing from the Franklin and other support vessels.
The grand lodge Knights of Pythias elected officers in Aiken including Grand Chancellor L. Mattiven and Grand Master at Arm, J. W. King. Charleston slated for next meeting. A committee was named to raise funds for a monument to the late James H. Thornwalls.
Gremphis Tenn May 27 Chendiet Been of Lovinville won the cup in the seventh annual Southern Golf Championship. Egan posted 73 for the 18 holes, lowering his own record by three strokes and one from the professional mark. Jock Fails Jr of Memnbie finished second among 162 of 193 entrants.
Brown House Macon Ga hosts two trustees meetings as Wesleyan and Mercer prepare to start their annual sessions. Wesleyan trustees plan year work with new teachers and a potential presidency change, while Mercer's board will name ten new members and retain President Jameson as head. The long list of trustees spans Macon Atlanta Syracuse Jacksonville and others, reflecting ongoing church education governance.
A Cheboygan County man claims Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey cured his stomach trouble causing nervous prostration after two years of use. He praises the product as a preventive and cure, noting its malted grain distillation and digestible formula.
A string of obituaries and funeral notices recounts the deaths of Florence Kaufman in Selo Alabama, R. Javeey of Auburn Streets, Rowland Brooks, Mary Ruth House, W. A. Keheley, and Carter Archer among others. Services were held at chapels, with interments at Oakland and Hollywood cemeteries. multiple rites occurred across Georgia towns including Atlanta, Swainsboro, Athens, and Griffin.
A Georgia discourse quotes Joe Brown denouncing white voters and a circulated anti negro circular. Governor Smith is asked to confirm approval while a campaign letter defends disfranchisement and racial hierarchies, urging white Georgians to oppose intermarriage and defend “pure-blooded” Caucasian identity.
Joseph M. Brown of Marietta declares trust in Georgia people to uphold racial purity and dismiss a candidate he accuses of betraying white self-respect. He predicts voters will bury the challenger in a wave of ballots. Dated May 26, 1908.
Widely attended funeral for Miss Winnie Eason daughter of Colonel and Mrs Tom Eason of Fitzgerald follows the death of her grandmother Mrs Eliza Smith and the illness of Col Mason's other daughter in Milledgeville. Messages of sympathy pour in as Colonel Mason rushes to his ailing eldest daughter amid typhoid fever.
President Roosevelt signed a bill removing restrictions on Indian lands in Oklahoma. Secretary Garrett Senator Gwen and Representative Davenport witnessed the signing. He used two pens giving one to Senator Owen and the other to Dorothy Davenport Port, daughter of the representative. There will be a meeting of Atlanta mechanical men at the Piedmont hotel at 8:30 tonight to discuss plans for a Merchant Men Social Mu y.
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