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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1914
Page
2
Hancock County farmers establish a formal organization at a gathering in Sparta on September 6 with John D Walker elected president of the Georgia Cotton Congress to validate the meeting and set aims for local farming cooperation.
About 600 farmers and business men gathered to review government relief efforts and state conventions on the cotton situation. Robert Holmes presided as Sparta mayor with A A Tiley as secretary. Resolutions urged farmer cooperation and fair grain crops, endorsing a one half cotton crop and rent paid half in cotton half in food. Hancock county division officers elected and representatives named from districts warehouses banks and merchants to push the congress work.
President Wilson urges unwavering focus on national duties over politics as world crisis deepens. He appeals for trust and unity, notes Congress will adjourn, and emphasizes leadership must prioritise the country over party gain during a pivotal period.
Mrs Virginia A Fain died yesterday afternoon at 430 at her residence 305 East Linden Shaw was the widow of Judge Jann N Fain a longtime Fulton county school commissioner Survived by three sisters Mrs E Jenkins Mrs J M Hurst and T M Wood of Atlanta and a step daughter the wife of Dr BL Grist of Atlanta
At least one man, Finning of Asheville North Carolina, sustained probable fatal injuries when a wheel came off an automobile near Greenville. Three cars were traveling from Asheville to Charlotte. the injured man was in the lead vehicle and rushed to a Spartanburg hospital. Finning, a merchandise salesman, is among the injured. The report also notes a population statistic about Slavs in the United States before World War I era and a controversial remark about married women.
Pope Benedict XV was crowned in the Sistine Chapel in Rome amid a large assembly of the pontifical court Roman aristocracy and his family. The ceremony featured the triple crown bearers feather fans and sixty cardinals in full vestments with a public reception and private audiences followed by prayers and benedictions in the Pauline and Sistine chapels.
A Buick driven by Roland Robinson carrying his wife Mrs Robinson and Mr and Mrs Peterson and Miss Peterson ran off the road near Wadley after attempting to pass wagons and avoid a roadside repair car. The vehicle overturned injuring all aboard. Mrs Robinson was unconscious with slim chances of recovery. others sustained minor injuries.
The Atlanta Typographical Union held a Sunday meeting at the Labor Temple to back the buy a bale of cotton movement. Duther Stil led the drive, yielding a unanimous vote to purchase a bale. W S Wier elected delegate to the Southern Labor Congress to push the effort and aid crop conditions. Traveling salesman BB Smith praised Dixie drummers for supporting the project and noted plans to store cotton with warehouses for up to a year if needed.
W S Witham and Col Frederick Paxon spoke at the First Congregational Church to a congregation of Black attendees. Witham praised the choir, urged singing of old-fashioned hymns, reflected on World War Europe, and urged Christian charity through the Red Cross. Paxon urged spiritual partnership with God to uplift the race, leaving a strong impression on listeners.
Gainesville Georgia September report says Will Jones, a mill district resident, shot into a church after taking a woman to the door and returning with another man. He waved to Deputy Buffington then boarded a freight train to Atlanta, was captured near Buford, Hall County jail records note.
Reports detail several liquor fueled incidents across the city in which Black individuals attacked pedestrians and clashed with residents. One man, Freeman, was accosted on a bridge, another youth fired at a nearby storefront after an alert shout, and a separate stabbing on Mitchell Street Viaduct left a girl wounded. AWI officers detained a suspect after a chaotic night of alcohol fueled violence and escapes.
In Cordelo Crisp county two shootings unfold from last night to this morning. Donald Forehand 21 a farmer was shot by Bunk Hill a Black man as he left a grocery store. Forehand died at hospital and search for Hill continues with posse members assisting.
In Cordele a Black man named Melton, 28, was left along the Seaboard railway tracks after a search party recaptured him from an asphalt plant. He slept as an eastbound Shoo Fly approached at 3:30, was struck and ground to pieces. A shotgun lay beside the body. limbs were severed and body disfigured. Brother Guy C. Melton Ives in Cordele. Remains sent to Woodville, Georgia for burial.
The senatorial convention for the Twenty sixth district will meet in the city next Thursday to nominate Judge Hont Fletcher of Jackson. Fletcher has announced the delegates from Spalding, Butts and Fayette counties, the trio making up the district.
Fragmentary verse describes a desolate sky and a restless bird with pain and quiet reflection. It contemplates a day turning into a distant vale and a sun that shrinks and disappears. The lines evoke deep silence and yearning through sparse imagery.
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