A Suit Sale Just in the Nick o Time
A sale offers taffeta coats and suits at eleven seventy five. The phrasing emphasizes timing and value for practical use.
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1906
Page
2
A sale offers taffeta coats and suits at eleven seventy five. The phrasing emphasizes timing and value for practical use.
The catalog notes panamas in black blue green gray and gray worsted blends with long and elbow sleeves. The recurring nobby Taffeta Coat returns each season in new style. The $12.50 coats, made of heavy black taffeta, will be offered tomorrow.
A Savannah group pressed the Treasury Secretary over a supposed increase in cotton bagging duties. The secretary said no change was made and the rate of six tenths of a cent per square yard remains in force. The Galveston collector’s actions caused the agitation, but the Dingley act provisions aligned with section 344.
Thomasville Georgia May 28 special Colonel Thomas F Morgan of Savannah addressed Thomas County voters in support of Colonel J H Estill for governor. Morgan delivered a businesslike speech praising Estill as the only south Georgian and the only businessman in the race, mocked opponents Dick Russell and Dr Nunnally, defended South Georgia unity, criticized disfranchisement proposals, and lauded Colonel Hatley as a brave Confederate veteran before departing for Albany to address voters the next day.
A petition for street right of way in Macon was presented to the city council by the Atlanta Griffin and Macon Electric Railway Company. The request seeks a line from the city center via Mercer University toward Griffin and will be discussed by the appropriate committee at a later meeting.
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation inviting state and territorial governors to participate at their own expense in the Jamestown celebration marking the first permanent English speaking settlement in the western hemisphere. He suggested sending militia units if they deem it proper military representation.
The note repeats C B Stevens and asserts John M McCandless is Georgia's state chemist. Hudson and Stevens deny Otto Tague's assertion, stating only McCandless holds the title and detailing official appointments, with remarks about the geological survey and a May 1906 publication.
John M McCandless accuses Mr Tague of misrepresenting the company prospectus for Georgia Petroleum Company and defends his own statements about the oil prospects. He notes the document cites Dr Everhart as a leading Georgia chemist and asserts the prospectus claims crude oil exists 1600 to 1800 feet below the surface in large quantities. He challenges the reporter used by Tague and calls for candor and truthfulness.
At the Green and Doremus conspiracy and bribery trial in Washington the first witness, General LG Michener, says he was once attorney and stockholder in the Doremus Machine Company and connected with it until 1889. He testifies about Heath’s address and the sequence leading to orders for stamp canceling machines. Court adjourns until Thursday.
Memorial day ceremonies will honor Union soldiers at Marietta Federal Cemetery. A battalion of the Seventeenth United States Infantry from Fort McPherson, under Major Haney, will lead services with a memorial address by Major Elijah Halford, a military salute, and band music. The day includes grave decorations, post Mitchell activities, and turnout by department of the gulf officers and Allan ton contingents arriving by morning train for afternoon events.
Savannah Ga May 29 Special authorities are after the gambling ring once more. Warrants were served on several defendants as detectives continued work this morning. The list includes Julius Rosenthal Charles erase Frank Fulton Robert str Wallace Jim Brown R C Langley and G T Bug. Macon Begere named grand jury to consider case as Justice Gerdine resignations reshaped the panel.
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