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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
9
Style and Quality claim at axid with low prices drawing trade. Young Men's Suits have dash like merchant tailors while Men's Suits stay conservative. Suits made in New York by Alfred Benjamin & Co. priced 15 to 35 dollars.
President Charles W. Eliot, head of Harvard for over thirty years, tendered his resignation on October 26 to take effect May 19, 1909. The Harvard board of overseers accepted the resignation. Eliot, born in 1834 in Boston, graduated from Harvard in 1853 and rose from tutor to president.
New York November 4 Frank Hitchcock chairman of the Republican National Committee said a complete list of all contributions to the Republican campaign fund would be published soon. The list is described as very long and will include every contribution. Helen Taft delighted Philadelphia Bryn Mawr student congratulated her father’s election returns with classmates. Birmingham Congressman Juan C. W. Underwood notified to attend committee meeting in Washington to discuss revision of party ta rts.
Two Georgia leaders Colonel Robert J. Lowry and Marshal Walter H. Johnson celebrate Taft victory. They credit increased Republican votes in Georgia and predict strong cabinet chances for Lowry and ongoing, prosperous times under Taft. Johnson praises Georgia as finally aligned with national progress.
The speaker lauds Republican promise to advance industrial growth and notes Georgia’s vote signals men will act for themselves. He rejects old party constraints and warns against returning to the old party lash.
The Van Amberg circus will locate winter quarters at Piedmont Park with D P Phillips in charge. It arrives in Atlanta on December 1 and stays through April. The troupe includes 125 people and 200 homes.
Engineer Charles Truett of Central of Georgia died instantly when struck by an overhead bridge while tending water on his locomotive in Opelika. In Dawson Georgia, a judge held a special session to grant charters and the Dawson Telephone Company was incorporated with W B Cheatham as president, W Paschal as vice president, and J Davis as secretary and treasurer. A Curacao dispatch denied rumors of Dutch action against Venezuela regarding Newennada, stating no armed stance planned.
The cases against C D Searcy were dismissed in Justice Dodgen's court after he sought enforcement of the prohibition law. Detective Deval's case was also dismissed. Earlier Searcy testified against J B Kalley, convicted of whisky sales at Griff Freeman, 90 Marietta Street, and A J Hooker, alleged to have aided in obtaining funds from Searcy to purchase whisky and harm him.
Involving Hooker, M B Rogers, and others Bogers and Keiley obtained warrants for Searcy alleging perjury. A prior warrant by Claude Finney charged Searcy with felonious drinking a minor, later dismissed for lack of prosecution. A Jim Doyal warrant from Justice Puckett for trespass at Freeman’s Place was also dismissed.
A boy named Hughes, employed by W L Hunnicutt of Hapeville, is accused of stealing a horse and attempting to sell it in Texas. He allegedly rode the horse to Newnan before being captured and returned to proba tion officer Gleer for handling. The incident cites a stolen animal used to reach Newnan.
President Edmund James of the University of Illinois condemns hazing, states it will not be tolerated, and warns students guilty of hazing will be dismissed. The odd local notices include Confederate veterans receiving a badge of honor in Statesboro with unclear details.
The brother of Captain Quentin Hankin speaks at Smith and Higwina on Patera street about night rider violence in the Redfoot lake district. He asserts several of them must be stopped to curb lawlessness and notes the Obion county grand jury is handling the case, with Governor Pattercom and officials pursuing arrests. He mentions Judge Harris ownership of land and fishing operations, and claims the West Tennessee Land Company supports lawful fishing but opposes commercializing it.
Dividend payments proceed on Inman & Co and James R Gray debts with an extra one percent on existing obligations. Roosevelt receivers of the W. B Inman estate report a sixty thousand dollar order approved by counsel Rosser and Brandon, with Mrs J B Gray and Mrs Morris Brandon noted. A second dividend thus far, totaling about thirty percent of the five million indebtedness, signals rapid effort to satisfy creditors as receivers push the process forward.
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