Farmer Candidate Jim Smith Wins Support in Local Meeting
The Universalist Herald reports strong backing for Jim Smith, the farmer candidate for Georgia governor, from Franklin County. A crowd heard Smith speak at the academy, overtaking Hoke Smith and Howell supporters, with Smith praised as a practical farmer leader likely to deliver relief from city candidate politics.
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Franklin County
Jim Smith
Hoke Smith
Howell
Col. Smith
Georgia
Summer clearance at Michael Bros stock reduction sale
Michael Bros announces a summer clearance with deep cuts on fabrics and ready to wear. Offers include Orgyndies Ratistes Lawns and Dim washes, shirts skirts waists and underwear, plus discounted powders soaps perfumes and towels. Limited stock on Onyx Fast Black gloves at $2 a pair. On Fine Printing the Banner Leads.
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Nes
Michael Bros.co
Georgia Editors Meet in Hartwell
Garbled program of the twentieth annual Gellight Weekly Press Association convention at Hartwell Georgia with speakers from The Cedartown Standard Rochelle New Era and Clarkesville Advertiser along with local officials and a barbecue and ball to close. The piece also includes unrelated ads and a stray Baltimore American quote about an anarchist and a policeman.
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Cedartown
Gellight Weekly Press Association
Hartwell, Ga
Hartwell
Franklin Springs
Royston
Pranklin Springs
McMichael Bill Amendment Aims to Fix Local Tax District Law
Georgia legislators introduce a amendments to the 1905 McMichael act to correct constitutional defects found in two Georgia Supreme Court decisions. The plan sets assessment aided by the county school commissioner, limits district size, and authorizes a local 0.5 percent tax levy with delinquency collection by the local board treasurer. A provision requires two thirds of voters to approve territory inclusion within a district.
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Georgia
McMichael
H. McMichael
Marion County
State Supreme Court
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
A. M. Hutchinson
Hancock County
Railroad Company
McMiIchael
Board of Trustees
Board of Trestees
Board of Education
New Senatorial Districts T: Named in Georgia to include eight new counties
A bill introduced by Representative Anderson from Chat ham redraws Georgia senatorial boundaries to absorb eight counties added last year. Forty four districts remain, with detailed pairings listed for each district. The act takes effect after the first general election following January 1 1907. In a separate Atlanta incident, 27 year old Charlie Black was killed by his father in law R Alonzo Church at a barber shop after a feud over a wife. Church claimed self defense. a single bullet hit Black in the heart. The dispute dated back seven years since Black married Church’s daughter Wil Me.
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Chatham
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Nin
Gilmer
Pickens
Murray
Whitfield
Catoosa
Walker
Dade
General Assembly
Atlanta
Howell Station
Charles &. Black
Wither
R. Alonzo Church
Marietta Road
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Church
Charlie
Frye
Marietta Street
Charlie Black
Misa Wil- Me Church
Mack
Dublin
Laurens County
Georgia
Jeremiah H. Yopp
That
Stanleys
Rowes
Chappells
Thit County
Dougherty County
Dougherty
Baker Counties
Davia
Collier
Hampton
O'Neal
Baker
C. C. Niles
A. B. Niles
Griffin
Chic Niles
Columbus
Tam
John Randolph Hampton
Roenat
Powell's Gap
Kirby Smith
Doctor’s Shift Promotes Grape-Nuts for Digestion
A physician credits Grape-Nuts with ending his breakfast meat indigestion after switching last fall. He reports improved digestion and weight, prescribes the cereal to patients, and notes the food’s easy absorption due to its dextrose-rich starch. The letter cites brain and nerve nourishment and urges reading "The Road to Wellville."
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
How Hoke Smith Turned a Widow From Her Work
Albany Georgia July 10 Mrs Margaret J Hempton outlines her treatment by Hoke Smith while he was secretary of the interior She says she was a widow relying on her own earnings and pension before being dismissed from a federal post after Smith moved her position to a friend and refused help. She recalls visiting his residence seeking interview and vows to publicly tell Georgia voters of the alleged mistreatment.
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Margaret J. Hampton
Washington
Smith
Hampton
Hoke Smith
Secretary of the Interior
Howell
Georgia
Penaion
L. F. Livingston
Patent Office
Census Bureau
Interior Department
Bride in Athens Swallows Laudanum in Atlanta
Frances Williams, about 20, married six weeks, from Athens to Atlanta to seek work. After a quarrel and husband’s departure she swallowed laudanum at Folsom’s hotel, then rode toward Ponce De Leon park before collapsing on a trolley. She was revived at Grady hospital and said she acted from gloom and despondency, not spite.
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Atlanta
Athens
Frances Williams
Folsom
Ponce de Leon Park
Auburn Avenue
Ivy Street
Grady Hospital
Mias Cleo Anderson
Ponce DeLeon
Miss Anderson
Unity Lodge 600 Fellows Reopened in Watkinsville
Unity Lodge No 129 in Watkinsville has been revived under Grand Master orders. Carl A Vonderleich led the visit with Athens Odd Fellows, initiating fifteen new members and boosting morale. W B Langford named Noble Grand and H Durham Vice Grand. several more citizens seek admission as the lodge grows stronger. A note by Margaret J Hampton appears with county official John R Wilkinson sworn statement dated July 6 1906.
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Watkinsville
Unity Lodge
Carl A. Vonderleich
Georgia Grand Lodge
Athens
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