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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
4
Dr Frank L Eskridge was elected ward physician by the general council yesterday after a very close vote with two nominations, Dr Eskridge and Dr Carey Newman. A telegram was read from Dr D F.
Harwell asks council to resign as city physician for the first ward. The resignation was accepted. Alderman Curtis nominated Dr. Uskridge and Councilmen Baskin and Johnson nominated Dr. Newman. Vote tallies show 11 for Uskridge and 9 for Newman. Dr. L Eskridge, lifelong first ward resident, is a medical graduate with training from multiple colleges and served in various hospital and pharmacy roles.
Consumers seek the newest optical options as Hawkes Co advertises the latest spectacles and comfort marks. A. E. Hawkes Co lists shops at 14 Whitehall Street and 125 Peachtree Street.
September 8 report from Monticello Georgia describes Ed Grubbs suffering a severe jaw fracture when a splinter flew off during splitting practice at Frank Malone's mill. He was transported to Macon hospital after throat injury required care. prognosis uncertain. Also noted: a mutilated body found near Wellesville West Virginia and Athens woolen mill to reopen October 1 in Athens Tennessee.
The senate held two sessions yesterday on convict lease issues. The first met at 10:00 and adjourned at 11:50, the second from 12:05 to 4:45. The Persons parole bill passed 23 to 1, and 600 copies of the Holder bill plus 100 amendments were ordered printed.
The Tennessee Republican dispute ends as T Asbury Wright of Rockwood withdraws from the gubernatorial race, clearing the field for GN Tilman of Nashville. Wright joins the Brownlow faction and becomes an at large elector, with Hitchcock noting the arrangement may affect the presidential campaign.
Through sleeping car service between Atlanta and Raleigh North Carolina begins September 6. Schedule lists Atlanta, dairy Charlotte, Salisbury, Greensboro, Raleigh daily with Raleigh to Atlanta return at 4 08 p m arriving 5 30 p m standard time. James Freeman district passenger agent and L Meek assistant general passenger agent sign.
E M Harriman, en route from Southern Oregon, states extensive railway work under his control will not begin until the financial situation improves. He criticizes voter apathy in the presidential election and warns conservative voters may abstain. He also advocates tariff revision and believes changes should have come a few years earlier.
Little Rock September 8 General Missionary Abbott of the national temperance conference declares there will be no saloons in Arkansas within six months. He aims to drive all saloons from Little Rock using a three mile radius rule near churches and schools where residents petition for removal. The movement is planned to be universal across Arkansas.
The fragment notes the British ship Acon sailing from port in July with cargo and passengers including United States Navy officers, aiming for Samos and Apia. It states the vessel has not been reported since and concerns about possible loss or disaster. It mentions ministerial risks and the ship Aeon and its crew before drifting into unclear details.
After hearing arguments Judge A C Sasre today ruled that the Thompson wing of the Republican party had the right to use the emblem of the party. The case arose from a dispute over insignia and branding in Montgomery Alabama.
W M Scott, vice grand commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, returned from the annual convention and voiced hope Atlanta would extend an invitation to host the 1910 reunion. He noted no formal request was made but said the reception favored Atlanta. He cited city facilities and rail links as reasons veterans would enjoy visiting, while acknowledging space limits for guests from three states. The Southern Railway advert appears unrelated to the veterans item.
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