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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
1
A sweeping sale emphasizes universal prices and heavy discounts on hats, women's wear, shoes, and fabrics. The ad touts hundreds of hats from 25c to $2, fashionable infants caps, men and boys clothing, wash goods, and white goods with deep cuts. Early listing highlights extra 10 percent off on ladies’ suits skirts and waists, plus marked-down waists and skirts across multiple price points.
The tenth annual convention of the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders opened in Washington for a five day session with addresses and music. Charles P. Neill praised the union’s organization while Samuel Gompers urged Congress to enact beneficial labor laws, warning that petitions might become demands if responses lag. Gompers defended organized labor’s right to threaten action when lawful avenues fail.
Smith and Higgins at 254 Peters Street report on tech commencement exercises of the Georgia School of Technology June 20 and 21, plus related Georgia and Atlanta notices. The issue covers endowment plans, a fatal lightning strike in Fayetteville, a crook’s escape, county school attendance figures, German labor in Brunswick, a new dormitory hope, Grant Park zoo additions, the Macon Atlanta interurban line, Hawkinsville road offers, back tax fights, Hudson’s crop bulletin, and broader Georgia developments.
Atlanta reports a proposed amendment to Georgia's code to elect a lieutenant governor by the people. Senator Crawford Wheatley of the thirteenth district predicts Senate passage and House concurrence, arguing the post prevents constitutional gaps if a governor dies midterm and could save about $100000. Disclosures from packing houses show miles of affidavits and claims about impure canned beef lack surprise to authorities, with Miles noting prior investigations and testimony gaps.
Daniel N. Lockwood a prominent Buffalo lawyer and former congressman died in Buffalo New York He nominated Grover Cleveland for Buffalo mayor in 1881 and for New York governor in 1882 He also spoke for Cleveland at the 1884 national convention naming him as a presidential candidate
At Camp Chase Confederate memorial services near Columbus Ohio Colonel James Blackburn of Kentucky criticized Rev Sherman son of General Sherman for planning a trip with an army escort along the March to the Sea route. Blackburn said Christ did not teach such lessons.
Japanese representatives visiting Korea report hopeful prospects for cotton. They estimate the crop could be worth about 40 million dollars annually, potentially replacing much of Japan's 55 million dollar annual cotton imports from India and elsewhere if confirmed.
Georgia Bankers Association and Florida Bankers Association opened in Atlanta with sessions at the New Kimball. Georgia bankers approved a plan to appoint a committee of fifteen prominent citizens to seek the establishment of a sub treasury at a convenient point in the state.
Kentucky Court of Appeals upholds 1904 act banning co education of races in state schools. Case from Berea College in Madison County finds the law constitutional except for the 25 mile apart rule when white and negro schools operate together. Case proceeds to the U S Supreme Court.
Miss Pearl Jones, a night telephone operator in Selma, North Carolina, shot five times at Bud Anderson, who had allegedly planned to rape her. Anderson, who confessed to the act, was struck by bullets and is expected to die. he implicated a companion, who has been jailed.
Advices from Poltava report an open mutiny in the Fletz infantry regiment over unmet pledges to improve service conditions after last fall's revolt. The discontent threatens to spread to the wider garrison and provoke broader unrest.
The Milwaukee Journal publishes an interview with former U S Senator William Vilas who also served in President Cleveland's cabinet endorsing William J Bryan for the nomination at the upcoming national convention.
William Lee, a negra man, arrested at Cape Charles Virginia on suspicion of assaulting two white women near Kingston Maryland Sunday night, is held in Eastville Virginia county jail under guard of a detachment from the Seventy first Virginia regiment amid danger of lynching.
A Savannah special reports the People's Democratic League swept the Chatham county democratic primary amid extensive vote buying. Estimates put total spend between 75 000 and 100 000 dollars with payments from 10 to 40 dollars per vote. About 800 votes were allegedly purchased as buyers used bystander deception and coded postals.
Galveston nearly cut off from the mainland as the only railroad bridge linking the island to the mainland burned on Tuesday morning. The mile long structure carried about 1000 feet of track and was the sole remaining span rebuilt after the 1900 disaster. Exposed shoal water separates the island, forcing access by boat for the moment.
Reports to the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service in Washington show 17,855 plague cases and 15,633 deaths in the week ended April 28, highlighting the ongoing epidemic in India.
John Alexander Bowie testified Tuesday in the United States circuit court in Chicago over Zion City ownership. Bowie's wheeled appearance showed the ravages of his disease as he recounted his life up to the point he was deposed by General Overseer Voliva.
A major early morning blaze in Baltimore destroyed the Savannah docks of Merchants and Miners and the steamship Essex along with six to eight loaded barges. The fire caused extensive damage estimated at about half a million dollars.
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