Athens Hosts Inaugural Meeting of Medical Association
The Medical Association of the Eighth District of Georgia organized in Athens with a large, enthusiastic membership. Mayor Dorsey welcomed physicians, praising the city’s health board and growth. A Clarke County Medical Society welcome, officers elected, constitution drafted, and a grand barbecue followed the morning session. Afternoon papers covered typhoid, diabetes, empyema, puerperal eclampsia, tuberculosis, and other medical topics with a reception at the Elks Home.
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Medical Association of
Eighth District
Georgia
H. M. Fullilove
E. la Hill
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church, To Open With Grave. After the Prayer Dr. Fullilove
William F. Dorsey
Athens
Dorsey
Board of Health of
Michael
Athens Chamber of Commerce
M. G. Michael
Chamber of Commerce
Athena
Moore
W. B. Moore
Eatonton
Clarke County Medical Society
Eighth District Medical Association
Dominion of Canada
Mexico
Atlantic
Pacific
Dra
Goss
Dupree
Association
James C. Bloomfield
J. H. Gheesing
Greenesboro
Dan H. Dupree
W. B. Conway
Wynburn Place
Proctor
Bloomfield
Clarke Couny Medical Society
Elks
Broad Street
T. D. Coleman
Augusta
Medical Association of Ga
B. W. Hall
Bowman
J. E. Ama
Washington
I. H. Goss
W. A
Shaw
Monticello
J. R. Robins
Siloam
Colles
J. P. Proctor
H. F. Harris
Atlanta
L. C. Fischer
Dan’l. DuPree
Otis H. Johnson
Claude A. Smith
J. C. Bloomfield
Athna
Gali
J. D. Weaver
E. C. Davis
Atlanta, Ga
Extra Georgia session to focus solely on convict question
Gov. Smith of Georgia announces tomorrow's call for an extra legislative session limited to convict legislation. He aims to end the lease system by next April, citing county interest in using convicts for road work and sending a special message with gathered county responses to guide a solution.
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Smith
Atlantd
Georgia
Coun
Gov. Smith
Governor Brown Offers Reward for Athens Assault Suspect
Gov. Smith announced a one hundred dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of a negro who attempted to assault Mrs. J. B. Wages at her home near Athens on the Tallassee road. The incident occurred as Mrs. Wages and her sister were alone in the peach orchard. the man fled before authorities found him. Authorities had searched without success prior to the reward offer.
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Atlanta
Ifo
Gov. Smith
Eaves Case Not Yet Decided
The Georgia Supreme Court adjourned after finishing the October 1907 docket with several March 1908 cases pending. The court will reconvene on the first Monday in October and the regular docket on the first Monday in November. The Eaves versus Fears custody case awaits a decision likely in October.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Gemer
Eaves
Frank Eaves
J. P. Fears
Athens
Reward Offered for Return of Tat Landrem or Tat Young
A notice offers a ten dollar reward for the arrest and return of Tat Landrem or Tat Young who left on August 18 under contract. The 15 year old is described as dark ginger-cake color, about 115 pounds, 5 feet tall, wearing cotton overalls, a black and white striped shirt, and a black hat. He is from R. E. Johnson, R F D No. 2, Winterville.
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Landrem
Young
R. E. Johnson
Winterville
Negro Arrested In Assault Suspect Case Near Lynwood Park
Henry Cheney, an African American, was arrested on Hancock Avenue near Lynwood Park on suspicion of attempting to assault Mrs. J. B. Wages at her rural home. Officers Cook and Green surprised him behind a bed quilt, capturing him for identification by Mrs. Wages, who is expected in the city today.
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Henry Cheney
Hancock Avenue
Lynwood Park
J. B. Wages
Wages
Cheney
Athens
Cook
Green
Offcer Cook
Officer Cook
Ofcer Cook
Valuable Property Offered For Sale By City Council
Chairman Young of the Public Property committee announces city land for sale. Desirable Pulaski street lots and a convenient schoolhouse on Oconey street are offered, with multiple bids pending for the Jackson street school building and annex. Bids must be filed by Thursday.
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Chairman Young
Pulaski Street
Oconey Street
Jackson Street
Young
Justice Court Records Mixed Whiskey Theft and Bigamy Trials
A busy justice court session heard a whiskey theft case and a bigamy charge. Coston and Howell faced trials. Coston bonded over and Howell remanded for city court. The piece also discusses a local push to create playgrounds with parks, tennis courts, and sports facilities for all ages.
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Foster
Yancey Carter Announces Governor Campaign Platform
W Yancey Carter an Independence candidate for Georgia governor and supporters have drafted a platform for the race. It calls for honest elections abolishing the convict lease system opposing lobbying and favoring the extension of the Western Atlantic railroad to the sea.
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Atlanta
W. Yancey Carter
Independence
Georgia
Western & Atlantic
Sea
Second Dividend of the Neal Bank Declared
Announcement issued this afternoon states the Neal Bank will pay a second dividend of twenty percent to depositors, ready for payment early in September. Public sentiment suggests depositors may receive no more than sixty percent, if that. The note also references the whiskered statesman and comments on national campaign figures.
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Atlanta
Neal Bank
Kenny
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