Georgia House Acts On Education Ban And Budget Cuts
Atlanta legislators report on prohibiting intercollegiate athletics for state chartered institutions, with potential loss of appropriations. The ways and means committee cuts about 600000 from two year prior, plus 15000 Governor Brown fund. Also bills to study cotton disease, new fish and game law, osteopathic examiners board, and code adoption.
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Atlanta
Hense Committee On Education
Adams
Hall
General Judiciary Committee
House
John L. Hopkins
Ways and Means Committee
Beazley
Lee
House Appropriations Committee
Brown
House Fish and Game Committee
Fish and Game
Georgia Fish and Game Protective Association
House General Judiciary Committee
Senate
Board of
Osteopathic Examiners
Clarke County Jury Commissioners Meet in August
The Clarke county jury commissioners are called to meet at the county courthouse on the first Monday in August to revise the current jury list. Commissioners J H Mealor W A Jester R W Lamkin James Payne J W Morton and J R Nunnally are expected to attend.
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Clarke County
County Court House
Messrs
J. H. Mealor
W. A. Jester
R. W. Lamkin
James Payne
J. W. Morton
J. R. Nunnally
Oconee County
Watkinsville
Governor Johnson Celebrates 48th Birthday in Minnesota
St Paul July 28 Numerous congratulations came to Governor John A Johnson on his forty eighth birthday as he recovers from illness. He hopes to attend the Minnesota Day celebration at the Seattle exposition next month.
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St. Paul
Minn
John A. Johnson
Seattle Exposition
Biennial sessions bill passes in Senate vote
Atlanta July 28 By a 30 to 11 vote the senate approved sending the biennial sessions bill to the people. Supporters argued for longer, steadier legislative work while opponents warned of insufficient time for needed laws. The final tally showed 20 for and 11 against with two absences.
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Slaters
Atlanta
Senate
McClure
Jackson
Perry
Irwin
Mathews
Harrell
Matthews
Gordy
Griffin
Slater
Akin
Bowes
Callaway
Calhoun
Cates
Conley
Day
Griffith
Harden
Kemp
King
Longley
Mays
Murray
Morris
McLean
McDowell
McCurry
McCollum
McCluse
Patterson
Price
Pitts
Rutherford
Sellers
Womble
Burwell
Blackwell
Harwell
Johnson
McWilliams
Stevens
Ward
Wood
Rudiell
County Officials Attend Convention On Good Roads
County Commissioner Holman and County Engineer Strahan depart to join Georgia state executive committee on good roads in Atlanta. The Georgia group, represented by leading citizens, aims to fix the Atlanta Augusta route, improve road conditions, and discuss plans and improvements affecting nearly every county.
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Holman
Strahan
State Executive Committee On Good Roads
Atlanta
Georgia
Augusta
Good Roads Organization
Citizens Mass Meeting Set for Saturday to Address Hospital Bond
Citizens gather over a McMahan bill proposing a fifty thousand dollar hospital bond and tax up to one and a half percent. Critics fear higher taxes and want a hearing before voting. A mass meeting is planned Saturday night at 6:30 with Capt. McMahan to hear both sides and decide the bill’s course.
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McMahon
Representative McMahan
Capt. McMahan
Fight on Near Beer Will Soon Begin
The House of Representatives is set for a heated clash over section 7 of the general tax act. A proposed substitute by Alexander of DeKalb would raise and tighten near beer taxes to curb illicit sale. Opponents, led by Anderson of Chatham, vow a hard fight as final action nears.
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Atlanta
Alexander
DeKalb
Alexande
Anderson
Chatham
Near Beer
Street Corner Gossip in the Georgia Legislature
A satirical slice notes Bills by Adams to end intercollegiate sports and Wright to criminalize riding astride for girls over twelve. It covers a fertilizer factory project near Athens, art speculation in Atlanta, local baseball rosters, Judge Brand’s rapid docket work, dog days weather superstition, Clarke Rifles officers exams, Lombardy poplars choking pipes, and Athens’ growing shade tree plan.
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Georgia
Adams
Representative Wright
South
Lombardy
Athens
Prince Avenue
Grace Brakefort and Charles Tucker Brooke wed in Charleston
The Charleston ceremony joined Grace Elizabeth Eugenie Brakefort and Charles Edwin Tucker Brooke, son of a West Virginia University doctor and Yale faculty member, with many prominent guests in attendance. The notice adds a remark about West Virginia needing 50,000 able bodied harvest workers and New York City's parks full of similar men, urging enforcement of a city ordinance.
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Charleston
W. Va
Grace Elizabeth Eugenie Brakefort
Charles Edwin Tucker Brooke
Dr. Brooke
West Virginia University
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford University
United States
Yale University
New York City
New York
Anti-Saloon League Resolutions Urgent Prohibition Push
At a Georgia Anti-Saloon League meeting in Atlanta on July 27, 1909, resolutions praise the 1907 Hardman-Coyington act but lament near beer decisions. The body calls for new legislation, urges action by government departments, and asks prohibition supporters to pressure lawmakers to defeat the saloon’s new threats.
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Georgia Anti- Saloon League
Atlanta
All Court of Appeals
Friends of Prohibition
A. R. Holderby
J. B. Richards
Sec
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement by Athens Reader
Athens resident Mrs I W Yarbrough describes severe kidney trouble with back pain and fatigue, praising Dean's Kidney Pills after trying other remedies. The ad notes a 50-cent price and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as U S distributors, urging readers to remember the name Doan's.
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Athens
Alek
Dean
I. W. Yarbrough
Thomas St
Saya
Palmer & Sons
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Elks Day at Seattle Exposition Shine Bright
Seattle July 28 Elks Day drew hundreds of the best people on earth to the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. Visitors included large parties from the east and middle west returning from the Los Angeles national convention. Splendid entertainment was provided by the exposition management and the Seattle lodge of Elks.
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Seattle
Wash
Bika
East
Middle West
Los Angeles
Splendid
Beattle Lodge
Whitehead Announces Senate Candidacy From Madison District
Hon. Walter E. Whitehead of Carlton declares his bid for the 20th Senatorial District under Madison county rotation. The announcement notes support from friends, pledges alignment with local welfare, and signals forthcoming bids from J. Williams as a potential opponent amid an interesting party primary.
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Senate
Walter E. Whitehead
Carlton
Madison County
J. ¥. Williams
Whitehead
Madison
Walter E, Whitehead
Col Webb Seriously Ill in Atlanta Hospital
News reaches Jefferson of Col. T. W. Webb's dangerous illness in a Atlanta hospital. The disease pellagra, noted by doctors, is the cause. He is related to Joseph Webb and widely known with many friends here who wish him a speedy recovery.
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Col
T. W. Webb
Jefferson
Atlanta
Col. Webb
Joseph Webb
Miss Taft Entertained by Beverly Hostess at Luncheon
Beverly resident Mrs. Levi Z. Lester of Chicago hosted Miss Helen Taft at the Dudley L. Pickman cottage on Neptune Street. The luncheon followed tennis and included guests such as Miss Carolina Nabuco, daughter of Brazil's ambassador.
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Beverly
Mass
Levi Z. Lester
Chicago
Massachusetts North Shore
Taft
Woodbury Point
Lester
Helen Taft
Dudley L. Pickman
Neptune Street
Leiters
Carolina Nabuco
State Rifle Tournament Opens at Fort Harrison Range
Helena Montana July 28 annual Montana national guard competition starts at Fort Harrison range and concludes Friday. Winners form the team to represent Montana in national guard rifle contest. unrelated garbled text about a child and Camp Perry Ohio appears in fragment.
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Helena Mont
Montana National Guard
Fort Harrison Range
Whitla
Billy
Montana
Jona Guard
Congress
Camp Perry
Ohio
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