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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
5
The house debated the conference committee report on the parole bill and extended discussion on parliamentary procedure. After a tense session with several amendments and a threatened railroad, the house eventually adopted the conference report and passed the parole bill as amended before adjourning until morning.
Multiple death notices announced in a Georgia paper. Individuals include G W Waite of Tallapoosa, H Crockett of Americus, W O H Huffaker of Newnan, J L Fincher of Dalton, Mra S J Porterfield of Swainsboro, and Mra Elizabeth Moore of Swainsboro. Reports mention funeral arrangements, interments at Oaklawn and Greenlawn cemeteries, private sanitariums, and service times. Survivors include spouses and children. ages range from four to seventy-eight.
Fires threaten Grand Marais and surrounding towns as hundreds flee and tremble for safety. Residents report homes burned and businesses closed while the Duluth fire department fights the blaze and evacuations continue along the Wesaba range.
In New York Queens elections the Pat McCarren faction clung to control of the Democratic county committee amid intraparty strife and fraud rumors. Arrests were reported for alleged voting irregularities as police patrolled and leaders in Brooklyn and Queens faced shifts in leadership and opposition figures like Joseph Cassidy in a heated power struggle.
The Interstate Commerce Commission will hear complaints about freight rate increases on certain routes in the southeastern and southwestern territories. The southeastern case will be heard in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 21, led by Chairman Knapp with Commissioners Cockrell, Harlan, and Clark. The southwestern case will be heard in St Louis on September 28 by the same commissioners and Commissioner Prout.
Rev B P Rovnson of Columpia col lege Firida has accepted the call to pastorate at the central Baptist church starting September 19. Robinser is noted as a devout, highly regarded figure in the Southern Baptist convention.
New York reports Harry Edwards and state leaders from Georgia urged a campaign to win Republican votes in the South. They condemned Roosevelt and Blayfroy's national ticket and called for renewed GOP organizing in Georgia and other southern states.
The temperance society of the Methodist Episcopal church proposes to wage political action against Speaker Jahnen in his district. A committee decision to oppose his reelection is announced as headquarters move to Chicago. The Northwestern Advocate will publish bishops’ statements condemning the speaker’s course and backing the defeat recommendations.
At the request of Superintendent William Slaton the board of education authorized shortening time for grazing music and physical culture to focus more on reading spelling and English grammar. Henry Smith, a Black man, was found guilty of assault on an elderly Portsmouth woman and sentenced to death by electrocution with October 13 set for the first state execution under the abolition of something.
The Constitution notes that HB White named as an alternate elector from the first district on the People’s Party ticket is a mistake. White was the specta ful candidate for the legislature from Dorerton county and will stand by the Democratic nominee J E Bouenhamor, Sec. People’s Party Executive Com.
The presbytery of Atlanta opened its eight, fourth stated session at Georgia Avenue Presbyterian Church corner Grant Street. Twenty two ministers attended from a forty member body. Rev John B Garden elected moderator, Rev Fritz Rauschenberg clerk, Rev I G Herndon reading clerk. Notable events included illness preventing retiring moderator Lingie from preaching and prayers by Dr Tittle and Dr Patton. The meeting marks the first Atlanta session in fifteen years. The program featured devotionals, a business session, a sermon by Patton, a dinner at Grant Place, and a Foreign Missions study led by IR Field assisting. Participants included many named ministers and lay figures from Georgia.
News from Atlanta reports WJ Mitchell, son in law of CP Goodyear, severely burned in a naphtha explosion at his Brunswick home on Saturday night. A Black worker, bringing naphtha, poured it into the wrong tank, a lamp sparked, causing the blast. Mitchell, aboard a boat in the yard, sustained serious burns but is expected to recover. several bystanders were only slightly injured.
No 36 leaving Atlanta at 12 15 midnight arrives Washington at 10 45 p m following evening instead of 11 30 p m on the old schedule Southern Railway itineraries reflect revised timings for the passenger run.
Officers for the ensuing year were elected at a Newnan gathering of the state council Junior Order United American Mechanics. George F Otto presided with about one hundred delegates present. An old fashioned barbecue and jubilee entertainment followed activities in the city.
Atlanta figures include Mctulland son in serious condition with typhoid at home on Blone Mountain. Wounded by J N Wits at 284 Chapel Street, Robert James a negro, fled Grady Hospital after buckshot injury. Truchenton Pub left company incorp petition with $95k capital. Calhoun and Aldge in Atlanta Superior Court as court opens with misdemeanor jail cases and divorce motions.
Mr Weaver recalls a doctor saying consumption could shorten life two years ago and credits Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey with improvements. He cites widespread grateful testimonials praising the tonic, stimulant, and nerve fortifier. The ad promises delivery by prepaid order from Rochester, with pricing for small and bulk bottles and payment by various methods.
The police commissioners held their regular meeting as charges against officers Steerman and Blackstone by Caroline J Diefenderfer were dismissed with a chief’s reprimand. The chief cited widespread violations of the bro mbition law and noted efforts to pursue offenders. Records showed $10 776 in fines, with 35 state laws violated and $36 trench goods recovered. Reports also highlighted good detective work and varied court dispositions.
September incident reports a farmer who resides in Rutland district coming to Macon and firing at a Black tenant over a crop dispute. The injured man is under treatment at the city hospital.
The body of LT Vanzgand was recovered near Holton on September 8 after a search party had sought him since he drowned while trying to cross the Oemulgee River en route to his mother.
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