New Bird Law Proposed in Georgia Senate Hearing
After a Senate committee hearing the general judiciary committee favorable report recommends passage of a bill by Senator Westbrook prohibiting automatic shotguns for slaughtering game in Georgia. It declares use a misdemeanor and makes the gun a prima facie evidence of use, with strong advocacy from G O Shields of New York for stricter measures to protect game.
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General Judiciary Committee
Senate
Westbrook
Georgia
G. O. Shields
New York
League of American Sportsmen
Shields
Great Bargains in Dry Goods at Davison Nicholson Co Sale
A bustling sale offering skirts at one third off and a huge stock of trunks and travel gear. Great reductions on white goods, lace curtains, linens, prints, organdies, and silks with hundreds of items on sale including quilts towels napkins and rugs. One thousand Jap fans given to girls visiting the Fan Department this week.
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Lttle
Davison-Nicholson Co
Weapon ban pledge spans states to curb bird hunting
The speaker states the weapon must not be used in territories or the District of Columbia and that thirteen states will introduce restrictive bills this winter. He vows a decade long campaign, aiming to pass laws across multiple sessions, to prevent the “heathenish, fiendish, murderous” weapon from hunting birds deemed useful and innocent.
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Ammunitton
District of Columbia
University of Georgia Summer School Lectures Begin
The University of Georgia Summer School opens a two part lecture series this week with Miss Mildred Rutherford presenting Journeys in the Holy Land tomorrow at 11 50. It is the first of five lectures and is followed by evening talks on Southern Literature Tuesday and Thursday nights.
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Mildred
University of Georgia Summer School
Mildred Rutherford
Miss Rutherford
Holy Land
Eaen
Missis Rutherford
Cured a Comrade of Cholera Morbus and Save His Life
A comrade from Elgin Illinois fell critically ill with cholera morbus on a return from the Grand Army Encampment in Washington City. J F Houghland of Eldon Iowa says Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved his life and he always carries it for travelers and at home. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons Athens and W J Smith & Bro Athens.
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Morbus
Grand Army
Washington City
Elgin
J. F. Houghland
Eldon
Iowa
Chamberlain
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Athens
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Pimer & Sons
Hearst Says He Is Not a Candidate for 1908
San Francisco July 7 Congressman William R Hearst states he is not a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination in 1908 He declines to be considered a candidate and suggests Bryan Folk Bailey Stevenson as preferred options He praises Bryan Folk and criticizes Bailey and Rockefeller while outlining possible party pairings Roosevelt La Follette for 1908.
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San Francisco
Cal
William R. Hearst
Ddemocratc
Bryan
London
Democratic Party
Folk
Bailey
Stevenson
National House of Congress
Cith Zeng
Jefferson
Lincoln
Independent League
John D. Rockefeller
Barnum and Bailey
Roosevelt
Lafollette
Resurrection talk at city Y M C A rooms this afternoon
Prof Sylvanes Morris will discuss the Resurrection at 4 o clock in the city Y M C A rooms. All men invited. No boys meeting today due to camp interest. $100 reward notice appears but no relevant event details. Also includes ad pitches for Hall's Catarrh Cure Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar and Orr Drug Co products.
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Sylvanes Morris
Hall
Sefhd
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Kennedy
Orr Drug Co
Clarke County Citizens Seek Highway Alteration Petition
Clarke County citizens petition the Board of County Commissioners to alter the Athens and Jefferson road where the S A L railroad runs near the highway. They cite dangerous proximity to trains, risks to schoolchildren, and potential damages to local ginneries and businesses, requesting a three-man commission review and report on public utility. Residents named include G W Collier, George H Thurmond, M Gilleland, and many others, along with a note on Bowell complaints and remedies.
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Board of County Commissioners
State OF Georgia
Clarke County
Jefferson
Athens
W. Brooks
Athens and Jefferson New Road
R. W. Lamkin
Phinizy
M. Gilleland
C. Fred Auslund
Janda
C. I. Phinizy
G. W. MecLeory
T. Vincent
G. W. McLeory
Camak
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Texas
Department of Agriculture
As of
United States
Madras
Rutherford
Lesda
William Ji. Hearst
Parker
Morris Atthey
Gainesville Midland
Law
George H. Thurmond
G. W. Collier
Lester
A. L. King
Horace Williamson
J. Talmage
G. Ebberhart
Oconee Heights
G. M. Co
T. W. Daily
F. W. Dial
W. J. Poss
F. M. Doster
Uriah Poss
L. H. Nichols, J. H. Goodrum
J. W. Lavender
W. F. Duncan
Marshall Dial
T. L. Dial. Co
H. Phinizy
Wm. Ebberhart
W. 8. Brock
L. M. Fowler
J. M. Fowler
G. Hollis
Henry Dellinger
Fred Ausland
E, P. Lester
R. K. Wher
H. N. Cartledge
T. Dally
E. P. Martin
T. J. Poss
H. M. Self
Jonathan Doster
W. McLeary
G. W. Doster
F. P. Ernst
J. W. Dial
J. L. Doster
Chariie Dean
Wm. Barnett
P. Barnett
P. Carter
Jim Murray
Robt
Barnett
W. Dericotte
L. Hutchinson
Henry Branch
E. BH
Horton
Thos
Brown
L. Cooley
C. Laster
W. Horton
L. Billups
Ely
Melaanann
Annthoa
Ely Brothera
Warren Street
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