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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1908
Page
9
A garbled news column discusses campaign finance appeals from the Democratic National Committee and assorted party activity. It mentions donations starting at one dollar, figures like Taft and Bryan, Georgia politics, prohibition, and editorials critiquing the Republican Party with sharp, period-voice commentary.
James G Woodward is nominated to become mayor of Atlanta after a clear majority win of 436 over two opponents. The voters praise his previous administrations and urge actions on sanitation, city water and sewerage, and bond issues to fund improvements. He pledges an active aggressive and progressive administration and community support is sought to implement plans.
A Georgia correspondent cites a debate over how the Bureau of Statistics determines cotton conditions. C C Clark defends a weighted, state and county based method using July 31 figures, countering Dr Stockbridge's claim of a simple state average.
A Dayton widow, fearing disfigurement by new dress standards, returns to older fashions and commits suicide. The piece attacks fashion editors and dressmakers for imposing straight lines and thin figures, claiming modern styles erase femininity and provoke despair among women.
A brisk essay reviews The Archbold Letters about John D Archbold Standard Oil head. It compares the diary like letters to political history and notes the risk of truth versus fiction. It praises the book’s provocative glimpses into financial statesmen and public memory.
A faded collage mixes a rural weather sermon with a ghostly verse about Georgia life. It blends old weather reflections with eerie lines on summer heat, haunted nights, and a refrain about love as a steady reward despite shifting times. Named fragments point to Georgia locales and a homey, old newspaper voice.
Regional editorials from Cedartown Athens and Savannah discuss the Georgia legislature extra session cost forty thousand dollars and warn of squeamish voters. While Joe Brown and Hoke Smith loom, Governor Smith and various papers argue for party unity, convict labor policy, and road work as a path to political advantage.
Governor honors a requisition from California for extradition of Jamar S Dunham now jailed in Sherman on murder charges. California officers seek the suspect under the name MN Hatrtelé. authorities expect to return him to California. The report also covers political rebuttals from Democratic leaders about campaign funds and remarks attributed to the president. An event in Americus marks the twenty seventh anniversary of a company and a Fourth Regiment armory program.
Macon police officers G E Hamilton and W F Avent were suspended each twenty days by the city council for alleged failure to control a crowd in East Macon after a Negro wounded former officer Bonhart. Patrol Officer Tavender faced reprimand amid charges of violence as the crowd disrupted order.
Special report from Harris County in the mountains near Qhiples. Captain J R Ware leads a party of revenue officers who discover one of the largest wildcat stutz in west Georgia. They seize 1200 gallons of beer and 200 gallons of beer and 300 proof whiskey.
Whitfield County killer Charles B Patton and associate William Hallman faced pardons amid long past murders. Patton, jailed since 1866, was to be pardoned by Governor Smith. Hallman had previous pardon in 1987. White defendants, tied to near beer tax debates prompting state revenue discussions and constitutional questions.
Mr Watson spoke at length on his plan to Africanize the Democratic Party and criticized Roosevelt, Taft, and Bryan. He warned the South against civil rights pledges, predicted enforcement of constitutional limits, and asserted Bryan’s political danger to Southern interests. He urged the need to restrain negro influence and protect white supremacy in Alabama and Georgia politics.
The article notes Philp Orr, a Newnan banker, to be tried in Atlanta today on two serious charges related to a robbery and jewelry theft. Witnesses place a suspect named Thompson Toany at the scene, with Orr’s trial set for 2 PM before Justice Landrum, aided by attorneys Feuhen Finald and W Wright, amid community attention from Newnan leaders.
Whirlwind from Ocean Beach battered West Palm Beach and nearby areas, injuring residents including Mrs Potter and her son, damaging houses and structures, with debris flying across Lake Worth. A separate fire devastated a town near Manta, causing extensive destruction and economic loss.
In the courts yesterday the will of Cinginnatum Wells was probated with Hen Wells named executor and the estate administered in common form by attorney Paul Johnson. Another will, that of Charlotte Stews Rosenbury, was probated in common form with Charles Ward Rosen ordered as executor, presented by attorney Wills Maserett.
A Decatur man Mi Singer aged 24 left home Wednesday between 4 and 5 PM for a work-related trip and has not returned. His mother and family fear he has been abducted or harmed. A note to his mother mentions plans for a long journey and a package addressed to H L Singer remains found. authorities seek any information on his whereabouts.
A damaged notice describes a fatal and near-fatal incident involving Black individuals, a firearm, and a struggle around a frame house. It mentions an old man, a pistol theft, and a sequence of events that led to a quick medical response and ongoing investigation.
Offcar Cloud shot by Lamar Vick two white youths. Police officer William Cloud was wounded, artery damaged, and listed in serious condition after the attack. Lamar fired a large caliber bullet, clouding the incident with long‑standing local tensions. He is jailed as investigators assess the case and bond set at $1900. The assailant is described as well connected locally.
Cotton burned at Wackoa Georgia thirty nine bags owned by an Alabama ring and insured between 1500 and 1700. Fire origin undetermined. In New Orleans a two alarm blaze on the fourth floor of a four story brick on Batonne and Common damaged the Standard Photo Supply building with losses around 330000.
J Carstarphen prevailed in city court today against the Central railroad for 4536 damages. The suit alleged a railroad sewer break flooded the Carstarphen property near the collar street area and affected the warehouse stock.
A centenarian named Spe cch Tama Copeland, described as a Negro woman aged about 120, died today in Alabama. A local dealer bought the coffin, and several older brothers attended. The Horse-Swappers’ Convention gathered in Woodstock with large attendance from Milton, Cobb, and Cherokee counties.
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