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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
2
The Union City Ga based Farmers Union News joins with our publication to extend a national and Georgia headquarters backed offer. The collaboration enables a special arrangement and promotional access for readers.
A promotional offer bundles 52 copies of the Farmers' Union News edited by R F Duckworth Georgia State President, plus a Fertilizer Bulletin and a year of The Argus. The note urges subscriptions or renewals, citing post office rules and value for old and new subscribers.
Private William Buwalda of the Twenty-Second Infantry at the Presidio faced courtmartial for allegedly expressing sympathy to anarchists during Emma Goldman’s meeting in San Francisco. Police testimonies claimed he shook hands and said I sympathize with you while on stage. Buwalda denied the remark. comrades testified to his good conduct. Findings go to General Funston for action.
Frank Huey a 45 year old machinist boarded at 201 Glenn street was killed at a river pumping station when the engine crank swung suddenly and cut off his head. He lay on the gallery with his neck over the platform as the flywheel crank descended without warning. The head fell to the floor and the body remained on the landing, an unprecedented tragedy.
Jacksonville May 18. A political dispute at the Hotel Aragon left Congressman Frank Clark of Florida’s Second District struck after ex Governor W S Jennings allegedly snatched a stick and beat him. Friends intervened to stop the fight. New York May 19. W W Russell American minister to Venezuela arrived on the Cunarder Caracas with his family. He will report on LaGuaira’s quarantine amid bubonic plague concerns.
At 59 East Hunter street in Atlanta on May 19 Lee Gett a Chinese resident reportedly committed suicide by shooting himself twice through the breast with a 32 caliber revolver. He had arrived in Atlanta about two weeks earlier from Forsyth Georgia and was believed to be demented.
Harry Vane a ventriloquist was found dead in woods eight miles below Paducah with his jugular vein severed an open knife nearby Coroner jury ruled death by his own action He belonged to the Red Men at Lake Charles and the Eagles at Baton Rouge both in Louisiana
Grocery merchants in Russellville Kentucky received notices preventing purchases from Clarksville and Hopkinsville. Storekeepers stated they will obey the warnings and avoid goods from those sources.
Washington May 19. The Supreme Court ruled the Texas 1905 railroad tax unconstitutional in Galveston and San Antonio Railway v Texas. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion holding the levy an interference with interstate commerce. Justice Harlan dissented, warning of a serious blow to Texas taxation.
Baton Rouge May 19 Governor J Y Sanders calls for absolute suppression of race track gambling and local option with high licenses to regulate liquor traffic. He condemns mixed saloons with groceries, licensing women, and selling liquor to both races in the same building. He urges eradicating Capitol lobbying, extending factory tax exemptions, prohibiting interracial concubinage, and barring state or federal officers from election roles.
Washington May 19 The House approved the general deficiency appropriation bill totaling 17 268 572 marking the last of the great supply measures of the government. The measure passed on suspension of the rules with no general debate. A joint resolution provides a 125 per month lifetime annuity to the widows of surgeons James Carroll and Jesse Lazear for discoveries on yellow fever transmission by mosquitoes.
The appellate court affirmed the lower court ruling that the mayor cannot be forced to close saloons on Sundays under the statute. The decision states that granting such power to the courts would transfer executive function, upsetting the balance of powers in government.
The body of Miss Bertha Vanderbilt, an assistant in the Princeton University library, was discovered floating in the Raritan canal about half a mile from the Carnegie Lake aqueduct on Monday morning.
Rev. S. A. Coffman a prominent Methodist Episcopal clergyman killed his wife by slashing her throat in Fairmount West Virginia on Monday. Police say he is believed to be insane and he surrendered.
In New York on May 18 it is reported that John T. Brush owner of the New York Nationals has offered 8000 dollars for the release of Raymond a St Louis pitcher. St Louis plans to dispose of some pitchers and New York has made an early bid to obtain Raymond if he agrees to go.
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