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Newspaper
Sandersville Herald
Location
Sandersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
3
Poem fragment by Channing Pollock from In The Munaey ponders locating the land of the heart’s desire. It asks whether the land lies in west or east or between nations and myths, ending with a desert mirage image near the meeting of earth and sky.
In a London hotel lounge an elderly couple misreads a waiter’s role and jokes about coffee as two young lovers reveal they are newly married. The scene turns tender when a Jersey steamer sinks, the couples face death together, and the old pair sacrifice their chance at survival to comfort the younger spouses.
The railroad commission modifies a recent order restricting the Fitzgerald Ocilla and Proxton line to ten miles per hour until repairs are completed. Other items note pension payment opinions of candidates, a $650 reward for the arrest of a Decatur Street pawnshop killer, and a Camilla to Newton railroad charter. Additional notes cover paroled liquor cases, a murder verdict in Baxley, Thompson’s arrest, and the inclusion of Western and Atlantic railroad claims in a federal omnibus bill.
Health is vital in any field and the musical profession hinges on well being. The text notes preserving health as a core issue for a musician’s career, reflecting London Black and White’s view on the topic.
In a Boston superior criminal court on Saturday nine Chinese men including wealthiest Hatchet Man Warry Charles were found guilty of first degree murder for killings of four Chinese men on August 2 last year. The murders arose from a feud between rival Chinese societies Hip Sing Tong and On Leong Tong.
Rev A D Dixon denounces Mrs Mary Baker Eddy, head of Christian Science, calling her a degenerate woman and claiming her book can be read backward or forward. He spoke at the biblical conference opening service in Atlanta on Thursday night, the first service of the week.
The U S House of Representatives adopted a joint resolution Tuesday donating the first flag bearing forty six stars to Oklahoma. The banner, now flown over the state capitol, is placed in custody of the Oklahoma Historical Society for preservation.
Senator Tillman introduced in the senate a demand for banking information. The resolution directs Comptroller Ridgeley to obtain from each national bank in New York a transcript of its loans from six months before to December 1, 1907.
Secretary Straus orders immigration officials to coordinate with police to deport alien anarchists and criminals. Washington dispatch notes the drive hinges on evidence of alien status, anarchist or criminal classification, three year window, transport details, and country of origin. The move follows a Chicago incident where a Russian-born anarchist Lazarus Averbuch attacked Chief Shippy, but was killed. Isadore Maron was arrested nearby.
The general committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers on the Atlantic Coast Line adjourned its biennial session in Wilmington, North Carolina, noting the conference with railroad officials was entirely satisfactory and the proposed wage scale reduction was resolved.
Congressman Adolph Meyer, once an assistant adjutant general in the Confederate Army, died in New Orleans on a Sunday after months of illness. He had served continuously in Congress since the fifty-second session, representing Louisiana's first district.
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