Georgia Legislature Approves State Education Funding
Avlanta Aug 12 Special The Georgia legislature on final day of session approved funds for state college of agriculture eleven district high schools extra maintenance for the state Normal School gains for the Girls Normal and Industrial School and the state sanitarium. Bills set aside 30000 for the college and 1908 5000 1909 50000 for agricultural college plus extra for experiment stations and fertilizer inspection revenue directed to district agricultural schools. Also approved 5000 for Marietta Confederate cemetery 5000 extra for Normal School 2000 for Carnegie library equipment and 7671 for Milledgeville Girls Normal and Industrial College building completion with 15000 30000 for extra sanitar maintenance.
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State Normal School
Avlanta
Legislature of
Georgia
State College of Agriculture
Girlst Normal and Industrial School
Senate
State College of Verbaltire
Bush
Knight
Maddox
Overstreet
Lillonts
Walden
Wal Her
Agricultural Nik Schoola
Crittenden
Felder
Peacock
Foster
Cobb
Marietta
Carnegie Lbrary
Girls' 'Normal and Industrial College
Milledgeville
Mr W F Butler Dies in Carlton Georgia
Yesterday morning at eleven o'clock Mr W F Butler of Carlton Ga died at his home after ten to twelve days illness with appendicitis. He was fifty one, a well known farmer and Baptist church member. He was brother to L S Butler Ben Butler and Matthew Butler of this city and formerly lived in Athens. His death brings sorrow to his wife and friends.
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W. F. Butler
Carlton
Mr. Butler
The
Baptist Church
Messrs. L. 8. Butler
Ben Butler
Matthew Butler
Athens
Tallest Drummer of Americus Visits City
Mr H C Clark of Americus, recently winning a Dallas drum convention prize as the tallest man in the event, stands seven feet high with a six feet ten inch companion. He is noted among the tallest men seen in Ath eny Birmingham. Ongoing miners strikes have led to violence in the strike district.
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H.C. Clark
Americus
Clark
Dallas
Tex
Atheny
Birmingham
Burglary Strikes Home of Hon T S Mell on Hill Street
A late afternoon burglary at the home of Hon T S Mell on Hill Street left the scene in disarray with emptied bureaus and scattered clothing resembling a cyclone’s aftermath. Mell and Miss Ellen Mell are away at Tallulah Falls. police pursue leads and assume same culprits may have robbed Mrs McDonald.
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Hon. T. S. Mell
Hill Street
Mr. Mell
Miss Ellen Mell
Tallulah Falls
Mell
Athens
Gompers Stands Against Parties Over Union Label Lithographs
Chicago August reports conflict over union label on presidential campaign lithographs. Taft and Bryan images were ordered by both Republican and Democratic committees but held up due to contractors not displaying the AFL union label. Federation of Labor leader Samuel Gompers has been urged to intervene but has not acted yet.
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Chicago
Taft
Bryan
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Republican Campaign Committee
Democratic Organization
Poster Artists' Association
Porto Rico Celebrates 400th Anniversary
San Juan Porto Rico Aug 12 The population of Porto Rico today enters enthusiastically upon a celebration for the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the island by Ponce de Leon Preparations for the celebration have been in progress for more than a year and the event promises to be one of the most notable in the history of Porto Rico The festivities will extend over a period of four days with elaborate programmes in San Juan Ponce de Leon and other important towns across the island
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Ponce de Leon
Work Begins on New Compress at Fair Grounds
Work on the new cotton compress at the old fair grounds has started. Workmen demolished the agricultural hall inside the gate to make way for tracks entering the grounds. One hundred laborers will begin grading the tracks from the Sea board Air Line road Monday. The old building’s framing will be reused for cotton sheds. The press, bought weeks ago, will have space for sixty cars inside the grounds, enabling the cotton business to grow with expected higher receipts.
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Seaboard Air Line
Fair Grounds
Death Knell of Money Sharks Passes Georgia Senate
Avlanta Ga Aug 12 the Georgia senate passed a bill restricting interest to 60 percent per annum and making charges over 5 percent per month a misdemeanor. The measure, opposed by nine senators and filibuster tactics, now heads to the governor for signing and could send violators to the chain gang.
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Avlanta
Georgia Senate
Representative Adams
Chatham
Griffin
Henderson
Johnson
Knight
Mattox
Sikes
Taylor
Turner
Weaver
General Assembly
General Judiciary Committee
Senate
Senate Chamber
Stephens
Thirty-ninth
Wilkes
Felder
Peacock
Hardman
Knights of Templar Meet at Toronto
About 8,000 Canadian Knights Templar attend the annual Sovereign Grand Priory assembly in Toronto. Visiting commanderies from Detroit Buffalo Rochester and other U S cities join the Canadian delegates for receptions parades and social functions.
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Knights OF Templar
Toronto
Ont
Knights Templar
Sovereign Grand Priory
Detroit
Buffalo
Rochester
United States
Three Escaped From City Rock Quarry In Morning Break
Yesterday around ten o clock three inmates escaped from the city rock quarry gang. Charlie Derricotte Walter Lewis and Jim Simpson fled during work in the pit as guards struggled to monitor the rock hauling. Police launched a vigorous search but no trace was found. Simpson had been jailed six months for vagrancy and had worked only three hours of his sentence. His brother faced trial as well but was released when the charge could not be proven. The boys mother told Mayor Dorsey Jim did not get justice and should not have to work six months.
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Rock Quarry
Charlie Derricotte
Walter Lewis
Jim Simpson
K. Smith
Tve
Jim
Dorsey
Jackson
Mra. J. B. Wages
Boy Fells From Tree but Escapes Serious Injury
Master Jerome Davis, six, son of Mr and Mrs Fred L Davis, fell eighteen feet from a big tree on the Boulevard into a pasture yesterday morning. He landed between a stump and iron piping, narrowly missing injury to his neck. He suffered a severe sprain but was up and around by afternoon.
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Boulevard
Jerome Davis
Fred L. Davis
Georgia National Bank Moves to New Quarters
The Georgia National Bank will relocate to its new quarters next Tuesday and commence business that day. Attractive souvenirs will be given away and visitors are invited to tour the new banking home. President Wilkins has received from the U S mint one hundred thousand dollars in new money for exchange with old bills or denominations desired. The building is described as one of the state’s most handsomely finished banking institutions with full customer conveniences.
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Georgia National Bank
Wilkins
United States Mint
South Dakota Drugists Meet Opens in Watertown
Watertown Aug 12 The annual convention of the South Dakota Pharmaceutical association opened in this city and is the largest attended meeting in the association's history. Leading pharmacists from across the state attend as sessions begin and continue for three days. Key topics include legislative matters related to the pure food law.
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Watertown
8. D
South Dakota Pharmaceutical Association
No Trace After Sheriff Quiet Hunt For Wages Attack
Sheriff Jackson and his aides led a county wide search for the man who attacked Mrs. J. B. Wages but no trace was found. An arrest earlier in the day proved innocent, with the suspect denying guilt before Mrs. Wages. The pursuit continued as officers faced delays and the suspect remained at large.
Will Georgia Lose Electoral Vote In Current Deadlock
Atlanta article examines Georgia's electoral college status if no candidate wins a majority. It discusses possible plural voting changes failing in the legislature, timing of sessions, and the risk that electors may not be officially chosen, potentially affecting Georgia's college representation. It notes Bryan's supporters expect a majority for the Democratic candidate, while others point to competing tickets possibly altering outcomes.
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Atlanta
House
State Democratic Committee
Senate
Joe Hill Hall
General Assembly
Hall
Bryan
Georgia
Mr. Bryan
Baby Almost Killed by Shanghai Rooster
Baton Rouge Louisiana August 12 A 14 month old baby of Dr and Mrs L L Morgan was attacked by a large Shanghai rooster in the backyard. The older sister fled inside as the bird pecked the infant face and hands leaving it bleeding from many wounds. Doctors say the child will recover.
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Baton Rouge
L. L. Morgan
Warehouse construction and state legislative session updates
Grading began yesterday for a Southern Refining Company warehouse at their Oconee street plant. The 60 by 300 foot two story structure will store cotton seed products and be ready within sixty days. In Atlanta the legislature plans an extra session around August 24 to tackle convict and anti lobby bills among others as Gov. Smith calls it. The house advanced registration law changes and extended Atlanta’s limits, boosting population estimates. A senate convict bill failed to resolve the session call, and eminent domain for water power firms was tabled. The convict investigation committee resumes work tomorrow. John Holder, Roland Ellis, and Randolph Anderson vie for speaker as night sessions pass many bills.
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Southern Refining Company
Oconee Street
Atlanta
Senate
Boon
House
Henderson
Senator Hardman
Congress
Blackburn
Fulton
Wright
Floyd
John Holder
Roland Ellis
Randolph Anderson
Checks Stolen From Mail Pouch In Washington Heist
A messenger’s mail pouch containing pay checks for the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service was stolen near Washington. Nine checks totaling $1,142.47 were taken, with the pouch found later between Washington and Alexandria though the checks had been cashed or stopped. Disbursing Clerk W. L. Roberts and the Department of Commerce and Labor were involved as authorities investigated the theft.
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Washington
Igor
Pontai Plng
Department of Commerce and Labor
Wilkie
Secret Service
Alexandria
R. F. Troxler
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Riggs National Bank
Treasury Department
Lowry National Bank
Atlanta
J. W. Kerr
American Bank of
Montgomery
Ala
Marine Hospital
W. L. Roberts
Treasury Department of
United States
Opening rolls of fleecy staple cotton advances
The first open cotton arrived at the Banner office yesterday from A. J. Simma’s farm on the W. H. Thompson plantation in Madigton county. The cotton region shows rapid progress and a large portion of the crop will soon be open.
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A. J. Simma
W. H. Thompson
Madigton County
Will Hunter, Col. Tried for Assault
Will Hunter, a Negro, was tried yesterday before Judge Cobb on an assault charge. After hearing the evidence, the judge discharged him but taxed him with the case costs.
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Will Hunter
Wil Hunter
Cobb
More Candidates for Pension Commissioner in Open Race
Atlanta August 12 Maj Charles E McGregor of Warrenton and Rep W W Wilson of Gwinnett announce for pension commissioner. Election set for October. With no Democratic candidate the race will be open and all voters including Negroes may participate.
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Atlanta
Charles E. McGregor
Warrenton
W. W. Wilson
Gwnnett County
Democratic Party
Eight year old Clyde White dies after fall
Eight year old Clyde White, son of Mr and Mrs Gentry White, died at Harbin hospital in Atlanta Ga at 8 this morning from injuries after a fall from a rung of a high chair at home Monday afternoon. Doctors said operation offered little hope due to spinal injuries.
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Atlanta
Clyde
Gentry White
Harbin Hospital
Harbis Hospital
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the State Gallery
Waycross
T. S. Mell
City Gang
Fred Davis
GA. National Bank
Southern Mutual
South Dakota
Smith
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