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Newspaper
Sandersville Herald
Location
Sandersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
3
A collage of editorials and letters from various papers touches on poets who may die poor, postmen delivering checks vs bills, Darwinism versus religion, rabies vs hydrophobia, farm prosperity, London as future metropolis, a Springfield door knob cat tale, Ambassador Bryce praising the University of Wisconsin, and mixed views on woman suffrage. The tension between progress, culture, and public opinion runs through each snippet.
Record floods sweep Augusta and nearby towns causing extensive damage from dam breaks and rising rivers. At least twenty two deaths reported with many more presumed lost and numerous buildings, roads, and rail lines washed out across Georgia and the Carolinas.
Coverage of presidential campaign moves and party stances. Taft vows to debate tariff reform. Bryan plans speeches in New York and Ohio. prohibition candidates push for liquor laws. references to Hearst resignation, AFL actions, and local race results in South Carolina.
Secretary Wilson reports this year’s crops will exceed all prior years based on nationwide data. He cites forecasts of 2.7 billion bushels of corn, 675 million wheat, and 13 million bales of cotton, with farm wealth possibly reaching 8 billion dollars. He notes improved farmer finances, fewer mortgages, and plans for expansion in western states as harvests approach.
Stone Mountain georgia associate editor T J Chaffee of the Augusta Herald was killed on a Georgia railroad train beyond Decatur. He opened a pistol in his grip and it discharged striking him in the abdomen. He died about thirty minutes later.
Cotton will continue as the Souths mainstay despite the boll weevil and farmers must learn to raise their own provisions hay and stock say scientific agriculturists from the U S department of agriculture addressing the Farmers Institute session. Paris France Police arrest an American thief Benedict Lupraska of San Francisco accused of long running jewelers robberies totaling over 40000 dollars.
Resolutions approving the plan for national storage of the western wool crop were adopted unanimously by the National Wool Growers association. The president was authorized to select a city for a central store market and to form a corporation.
A cablegram to Sheriff McGorday reports Anton F. Bonelli an Italian banker in custody in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. He is charged with misappropriating 30000 dollars belonging to his bank's depositors and vanished about three months ago before being traced to Brazil. Authorities in Cleveland sent two officers to assist.
A British steamer named Duncarn was lost with fifty three crew. only two survivors, William Phillips an engineer and John Lanman a seaman, were rescued by the Japanese ship Sakoy Maru after a typhoon near Goto port on Kiuhiu. The Dunearn sailed from Hamburg for Nikolaiesk and was coal-bound at Kartsu before sinking.
General Alexander P. Stewart, a lieutenant general in the Confederate States Army, died at his Biloxi home after a long life in Tennessee and Mississippi. He served early in the war, led artillery units, and later became chancellor of the University of Mississippi for twelve years. His soldiers recalled him as “Follow Old Straight.”
Victor Watteyne head of the Belgian mines department meets Clarence Hall of the U S Geological Survey at the government experimental station in Pittsburg with J W Paul of West Virginia and Captain Desborrough of England and Herr Meissner of Germany to investigate recent mine disasters in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Alabama Congress appropriated 150000 for the inquiry.
Governor Fort announces a proclamation vowing to use state troops to restore order in Atlantic City where presentments allege open violations of Sunday and anti gambling laws. The largest U S pleasure resort faces sustained law defiance amid enforcement challenges.
Kermit Roosevelt, second son of the president, halted a dangerous runaway horse pair at Oyster Bay. In a wild chase on horseback, he likely saved Mrs. Frank Hilton of New York and her two young sons from harm as onlookers held their breath. Hilton was thrown when the horses reared.
The national assembly ends its session with statements that Colombia has adopted a treaty of friendship and commerce with Japan, a treaty with Switzerland, a commercial and industrial treaty with Great Britain, and a fiscal convention with the Holy See.
A two million dollar blaze in downtown New Orleans began at Bienville and Chartres and spread to Conti and Royal streets destroying wholesale houses, plants, and small stores. Firefighters were delayed by a park picnic and water shortages as two liquor warehouses exploded with loud, echoing blasts.
The Commercial Appeal reports regional cotton progress with waterlogged lowlands in the Carolinas and Georgia. upland cotton opening slowly though damage is limited. Northern Alabama and Tennessee show excellent crops. southern Alabama and Mississippi see moderate deterioration from shedding. Boll weevils are active in Louisiana causing damage and concern. overall opening and picking lag in many areas.
High Chilean naval officer Charles H Will formerly Lieutenant in the U S Navy and long time American officer died in Pensacola Florida. He led the cruiser Nichtheroy as captain in the Brazilian navy and later rose to rear admiral of the Chilean navy. He also commanded volunteers in the Spanish American War and served as a captain in the Boer army under General Cronje. At death he reportedly faced poverty.
In Boston Mass a quarantine segment detains two hundred steerage passengers aboard the White Star liner Romanic to prevent bubonic plague. Local health authorities enforce precautionary measures at the port and crowded harbor area.
The court of first instance finds French Cable guilty of complicity in the Matos revolution against President Castro and orders damages near 7 million dollars. Additional amount to be assessed later by experts.
In Oklahoma City barrels of beer valued at $50,000 belonging to a local brewery were emptied into a sewer in the presence of state Prohibition Agent Robert I. Lesser and Internal Revenue Collector Charles Howard. About two thousand people attended the opening hoping to salvage beer. The event occurred as the prohibition law became effective.
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