Prison Commission Report Details Georgia Prison Demographics
The Prison Commission led by RB E Davison presents figures from May 31 1912: total convicts 3 708 with 2 774 misdemeanors and 2 708 in the penitentiary. Among felons 893 are life sentence and 1 106 are 20 to 27 years old. Literacy shows 61 percent can read write, 30 percent illiterate. Inmates rise by 40 since last report. reformatory expands due to more Negro inmates and costs about 22,000 paid from maintenance. Superintendent Joseph E B Louvorn now directs and promises governance improvements. the insane receive care off the farm. Details include ages, term lengths, and job classifications of convicts.
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Prison Commission
RB. E. Davison
Athens
Reformatory
Ieg
Joseph EB. Louvorn
Pardue
Lorimer Unseated by the Senate Special to the Banner
Senator William Lorimer was unseated after a stormy Senate action. The vote followed heated clashes over Lorimer’s seat, with Lorimer supporters defending him and key figures casting doubt on his credentials during a tense legislative day.
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Sda Ennc
William Latimer
Mitneis
United States
Bacon
Ee Ot Cies
Senate
Lorimer
Congressional
Sen Gten Ees
Lorimer Defenders
Georgia Department of Commerce and Labor report summary
The report outlines Henry M. Stanley's inaugural overview of Georgia industries, water powers, and timbered lands. It notes county data gathering efforts, finances from the commissioner, and aims to compel industry reporting, plus proposals on compulsory education, hours of service, hygiene training, and protections for youth in labor. It also cites 1910 census context and Georgia’s 1850 manufacturing base evolution.
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Henry ,M. Stanley
State
Georgia
Tia Canalbely
General Assembly
Department of Commerce and Labor
United Ites
Ph T. Derry
Mississippi River
The
Union
Morris of Kansas City Named Pastor in Alabama
Bishop McCoy of the Southern Methodist Episcopal church names Rev J C Morris of Kansas City Missouri as pastor of the First Methodist Church Heatheng Alabama succeeding the late Rev M L Troutman D D. Morris will soon move to Athens to take the North Georgia conference charge and has served in the Missouri conference as a pastor with noted gospel work.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bishop McCoy
Southern Methodist Episcopal Church
J. C. Morris
Kansas City
First Méthodist Church
Ht'athéng
Troutman
D.D
Morris
North Georgia
T l
Missouri
Birmingham newspaper man as editor state agricultural college
Birmingham July 13 D A Whittle a prominent Alabama editor with University of Tennessee training will serve as official editor for the state college of agriculture He will oversee publication of bulletins circular letters to farmers and extension program materials and manage mailing lists.
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Birmingham
State Agricultural College
Ala
D. A. Whittle
Lbrarian
State College of Agriculture
Boya
The
Georgia College
Two Important Farmers Meetings in Covington August 1912
Prof Jarnigan of the State College of Agriculture in Athens urges Covington farmers to attend two August meetings. The August 6 Farmers Institute focuses on fertility and crop production. August 30 covers the Seventeenth Century? and livestock topics. Livestock discussions include cattle, hogs, horses, and mules with notes on Georgia cattle market activity and cost of production.
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Covington
Newton County
Jarnigan
State College of Agriculture
Athens
Covington Gurihg
Pegular Farmers’ Institute
Richmond
Eight Legged Fish Caught Off California Coast Dog-Like Bark
San Diego July 13 A strange eight legged fish with a bark like a dog and ravenous appetite was netted off the Lower California coast by Steve Ghio aboard the Panama. It was brought to the San Diego waterfront in a rope necked tank as curious onlookers watched. Biologists will try to classify the creature as it reportedly will not eat meat but devours raw potato and caltatas.
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San Diego
Calif
California
Steve Ghio
Panama
Custom House
Georgia
Jeading
Iet
Eee
la Jolla
Old Bicycle Law Stirs Up Elberton
An old bicycle law in Elberton stirs local interest as readers digest a garbled early 20th century ordinance. The fragment suggests legal friction or public debate over cycling rules and enforcement.
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Elberton
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Ceeleen
Ian
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Severdi
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New Orleans
Labor Commission
Commissioner OF Labor and Commerce
H. M. Stanley
IDR
Morris OF
Kansas
Covington Ga
Rabun
Tutt’s
Ford
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