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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
4
The News states it will not support any candidate for governor or Congress nor influence votes. It explains a correspondent may have referenced Hoke Smith, but the paper remains neutral and urges voters to judge candidates on merit, not to rely on press endorsement.
The railroad commission, spending 35 000 annually, issued an order around March 27 authorizing John Betjeman to carry free passes from all Georgia railroads. The aim appears to be to travel and recruit immigrants to the state, despite a new law in force.
A Georgia heated debate over free passes highlights the Hepburn Act and a railroad commission bend that granted Betjeman special privileges. Critics demand a legislature crackdown to end favoritism, calling for an anti-pass law banning passes except for bona fide railroad employees. The piece laments a troubling one man power and ring rule.
A morning scene in the House of Commons shows T. P. O'Connor waking a dozen or so MPs drifted in drowsiness. Sir Patrick O'Brien intermittently wakes and interrupts, then explains his aim to stir the hon gentleman's audience.
A benevolent woman feeds a hungry tramp who criticizes the meal. The visitor’s scoffing provokes the husband who discovers his son restrained by fear. The son explains he misheard and feared retribution, and the thief continued his rude remarks about the meal.
A Vermont farmer once borrowed Hetty Green’s winnowing fan during threshing. She agreed, yet insisted grain be brought to her barn floor. Weeks later she lent the farmer’s sidesaddle, inviting use from her loft for as long as desired.
In 1854 the Jeffersonville subtreasury was housed in a tavern with a connecting barroom. An iron safe held gold while silver lay in wooden boxes. The assistant treasurer slept in one room armed, and the public entered through a back passage under a stairway.
Miles Darden, born 1798 in North Carolina and died in Tennessee on January 23, 1857, stood seven feet tall and weighed 871 pounds in 1845. By his death his weight was said to exceed 1,000 pounds. His coffin measured 8 feet long and 82 inches across the chest. In 1839 his coat was buttoned around three men weighing over 200 pounds each.
A dialogue notes frugal living with yearly theater tickets about 250 dollars, flowers to exceed 200, and bonbons to balance costs. The speakers claim possible earnings and saving strategies, reflecting a Kansas City Journal style of minimalist budgeting and ironic optimism.
A playful verse quibbles on baby products with repeated casts of Cantoria and Castoria as a child reaches milestones. The light verse imitates a product slogan cadence without presenting factual events.
A Houston Post classified style ad promotes ManZan Pile remedy in a collapsible tube with nozzle. One application allegedly soothes inflammation and itching for all piles with 50 cent price and guarantee. Sold by Rapetteville Drug Co.
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