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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
12
An advertisement announces new tailored suits at 25 dollars with broadcloths chevrons and herringbone in fashionable Directoire style. It describes several suit designs with long sleeves satin bands buttons and pleated or paneled skirts in gray cadet blue green red brown royal navy black and two-tone fabrics.
In Columbus on September 24 a large Georgia Democratic gathering featured Joseph M. Brown and Congressman T. W. Hardwick on a shared platform. Brown touted faith in the people and unity with Hardwick, pledging to enforce will of the people through laws. Hardwick urged disfranchisement amendment ratification and predicted a record Democratic majority for Brown in October.
As the second annual horse show approaches, local entr ies pour in from Atlanta and Macon participants such as T. H. Pitts A. Morgan J. Floyd C Black A Calhoun Austell Thornton W H Millen R C Congdon T B Lumpkin Mrs Scott Hudeon A J Ryan Clifford Ragsdale George Adair Mrs P S Arkwright Florence Hall W J Scoggins William Grant John W Grant Jr EB L Douglas F M Inman J B Stewart and others. Entry numbers exceed last year as training nears completion.
Albert Johnson, a black man, exposed to mob violence at the Beard place in Lamar County and later brought to Hattiesburg after repeated water requests and a threatening scene. Rumors of a lynch mob circulated as white residents intervened and guards moved the prisoner.
A stand collapse at the Roanoke fair grounds injures 25 as over a thousand spectators spill onto the ground. Victims vary from sprains and cuts to broken bones. Mrs Ida Meadows and Mrs John Heard sustain severe injuries. Injured transported to hospitals. crowd of about twenty thousand present.
John F. Wallace traveling in a private car with Seaboard inspection chief Harry Grimshaw tours the Seaboard Air Line from Savannah toward Montgomery. Wallace, ex Panama Canal chief engineer, works for Edward H. Harriman and plans to report on the line’s condition. Harriman reportedly seeks to gain control of the property amid receivership.
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