Senate votes to abolish prison commission in Georgia
In Georgia on September 2 the Senate rejected a stay motion 23 to 19 to reconsider abolishing the prison commission. Debate featured speeches by Senators Born Camp and Hayes defending the commission, with a roll call listing 19 in favor of abolishment and 21 on record to retain the commission alongside noted lawmakers and districts.
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Senate
Comit
Georgia
Itr
Sen
Felder
Senior
Vor Knight
Wilkes
Prison Commission
Cing
Hayes
New Bridges To Be Finished Within One Month
WW King awards contracts to rebuild the College avenue, Oconee, Sandy and Georgia Factory bridges after a recent flood. The plan expects full completion by October 1, with the College avenue structure raised well above the high water mark.
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College Avenue
Wis
Oconee
Sandy
Georgia Factory
WW. King
Professor Jack Hart to study at Cornell University
Professor Jack Hart, resigned from his horticulture professorship at the state college of agriculture, will leave in a few days for Cornell University to pursue a year of study. He aims to perfect his horticultural work and will seek a degree during his stay.
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Jack Hart
Ion
State College of Agriculture
All University
Hart
Cishly
Cornell
Bananas and Lemon Jell O Dessert Popular Recipe
A reader recipe touts a banana cream dessert using five bananas five teaspoons sugar sweet cream whipped with lemon Jell O dissolved in boiling water. It suggests garnishing with red cherries and serving with pudding sauce and notes the mix is sold by grocers for ten cents a package.
Athens City Schools Open With Large Attendance
Athens City schools began fall term with strong turnout, Strong street delayed to the 14th, total whites near 1100 and blacks about 480, plus night schools. Supt. Bond pleased with prospects for higher attendance as city boards swap leadership at Athens Mutual Insurance Co. R. E. Smith elected treasurer. R. B. Dixon becomes secretary with statewide agency oversight.
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Athens
Strong Street
Axter Street
Oconee Street
Childs Street
East Athens
Meigs Street
Baxter Street
Nantahala
Supt. Bond
West Athens
Supt
Bond
E. J. Smith
The
Athens Mutual Insurance Co
R. B. Dixon
Smith
E. J. Smith Shoe Co
A. L. Brooks
Brooks
RE. I. Smith
Besdres
E. I. Smith Shoe Co
Athens Mutual
M. Stern
E. I. Smith
W. F. Dorsey
T. H. Nickerson
A. H. Davison
G. H. Hulme
A. H. Talmage
IM. Stern
BE. J. Smith
The Blind Tigers Convicted in Athens
Athens officials wage steady drive to suppress illegal taverns. Moses Brown, a Black man, fined one hundred dollars or six months for acting ill and attempting to avoid arrest, with Mayor Dorsey presiding.
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Moses Brown
Athens
Dorsey
Moses
Electric pumps back in service at city waterworks
Repair of submerged electric pumps at the city waterworks station is complete and the pumps are back in use. The restart ensures a steady and abundant water supply from this point forward.
Near beer tax passes in Georgia House vote
The Georgia House approved the Wise near beer tax by 99 to 32, imposing 200 dollars on dealers and 800 on manufacturers of imitation beers. Senate plans differ with 100 and 500 dollar tiers. Tax proceeds fund convict support.
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Tn House
Senate
Atlanta
House of Representatives
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup Promise Ad
An old advertisement claims the syrup prevents appendicitis by treating chronic constipation. It asserts the product stimulates the liver and bowels, restores normal bowel action, does not cause irritation or griping, and is mild to take. It urges refusing substitutes and notes availability from druggists.
Amendment bill defeated in Georgia house vote
Atlanta is reporting the Perry bill to amend the constitution to end the convict system failed 116 to 39 in the Georgia house, short of the 122 needed. The same section notes crops two weeks late with 20 percent damage from recent rains and rust affecting cotton.
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Atlanta
Iid
House of Representatives
Moise DeLeon Awarded Contract for New High School
The contract to erect the new high school was awarded yesterday morning to Moise DeLeon of Atlanta for 95 740. Heating not included. Work to start late month, weather permitting finish by mid February. Building to be three stories plus basement, red brick with limestone trim, up to date architecturally and one of the most complete in the city.
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Moise- DeLeon
Atlanta
Blile
Chief McDorman Returns from Fire Chiefs Convention
Chief McDorman of the fire department has returned from the annual convention of the Fire Chiefs Association in Columbus Ohio. He reports a splendid trip and valuable information gained for the department in this city.
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McDorman
Fire Department
Fire Chiefs Association
Columbus
Electric Bitters credited with helping feeble mother
P. J. Daly of Chicago reports his elderly mother gained flesh, overcome insomnia, and grew stronger after using Electric Bitters. The tonic claims to quickly remedy stomach, liver and kidney issues and is sold with a guarantee at local drug stores for 60 cents.
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P. J. Daly
Congress St
Chicago
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer Ay Sons Drug Stores
Coc
Jesse L. Childs Released After Justifiable Homicide Verdict
Jesse L. Childs, who shot and killed J. H. Gunter at his Madison County home near Danielsville, was released by the coroner's jury after an inquest. The jury accepted his plea that he shot Gunter to protect his ruined home, returning a verdict of justifiable homicide.
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Jesse L. Childs
J. H. Gunter
Madison County
Danielsville
Childs
Gunter
Can Ship Beer Into Birmingham Ruling By U S Judge
U S Judge Thomas G. Jones ruled that Birmingham beer shipments remain interstate until delivery to the purchaser. The Lemps Brewing Co had a shipment held at the express office with the depot as the end of interstate commerce. The transfer and express firms are covered under the interstate order statute.
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U. S
Thomas G. Jones
Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
United States Court
Lemps Brewing ‘Company
Debarred Firms Barred From Georgia Insurance Business
In Atlanta on September 2, seventeen five and fire insurance firms were debarred from operating in Georgia until January 1, after failing to file required semi annual statements by the July 1 deadline. Six of the companies are Georgia based. Notable names include Cosmopolitan Fire Insurance Co. of New York and U S Lloyds Insurance Co. of New York. Other listed firms span Texas Alabama Massachusetts and Virginia with several Georgia entities also affected. A new license must be obtained after the prohibition ends.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Cosmopolitan Fire Insurance Co
New York
U. S. Lloyds Insurance Co
Great Western Life Insurance Co
Kansas City
M. C
Guarantee Life Insurance Co
Houston
Texas
Ridgely Protective Asso
Worcester
Mass
South Atlantic Life Insurance Co
Richmond
American Assurance Assn
Fire Insurance of Georgia
Dallas
Great Sea, Home Industrial Assn
Birmingham
Ala
Mutual Life Ins. Co
Cordele
Mutual Benefit Industrial Life Assn
Savannah
Mrs. Lewis Bailey dies after long illness at Dougherty Street
Mrs. Lewis E. Bailey aged wife of Lewis E Bailey dies yesterday morning at half past eleven after months of illness at their Dougherty street home. Formerly Mattie Thorton she was a faithful Baptist, mother of four, mourned by many friends. Funeral at four thirty this afternoon at the Dougherty street residence, Rev Sherman R England officiating. Pallbearers listed. interment in Oconee cemetery.
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Lewis E. Bailey
Dougherty St
Bailey
Mattie Thorton
The
Baptist Church
Messrs
A. H. Talmage
W. F. Dorsey
H. E. Martin
HR. Pelmer
C. N. Weatherly
Dorsey & Funkenstein
Oconee Cemetery
Fall Opening of Winterville School
Winterville Ga Sept 2 school opened Monday with bright prospects. One hundred twenty two pupils registered first day and more entered since. Principal M C Gay a Dahlonega graduate leads an able corps of Miss Minna Belle Laney Miss Sallie Tuck and Miss Lillian Winter as assistants.
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Winterville
M. C. Gay
Cherokee County
Dahlonega
Minna Belle Laney
Columbus
Sallie Tuck
Clarke County
Lillian Winster
Georgia Senate Passes Skiddoo Bill and Juvenile Court Measure
The Georgia Senate approved the Felder convict bill via substitute the skiddoo version by a 30 to 3 vote and sent the house bill establishing juvenile courts to the governor. The substitute creates direct state supervision of felons with county work for misdemeanors and unlocks a prison fund from convict hires and imitation beer taxes.
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Avlanta
Senate
House
Adams
Chatham
Prison Commission
Board of Control
Commissioner of Agriculture
Maintein
Tvssees
Els
Creosote Block Arrival Delays Paving on College Ave
Creosoted block cars, six to be used for paving College avenue between Clayton and Washington streets have arrived. City hauling begins today but City Engineer Barnett expects laying to start in about two weeks. The New Port Food and Drug Law notes Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs is not affected and is safe for children and adults. sold by all druggists.
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College Avenue
Clayton
Washington Streets
Barnett
Foley
All
Georgia Democrats Prepare Campaign As Independent Candidate Emerges
Atlanta Sept 2 Democrats across Georgia move to mount active campaigns at state and national levels. Independent gubernatorial candidate W Yancey Carter of Hartwell seeks votes from disappointed primary electors, urging no obligation to honor results. State committee plans district campaigns to energize turnout for October 7 and November 3, with a large rally at Grand Opera House led by Hewlett A Mall. Governor Smith may speak, Brown expected to attend.
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Atlanta
Democrats
Georgia
W. Yancey Carter
Hartwell
Hearst
Independence
Smith
Carter
Lile
Fon
Dus
M. Brown
Democratic Executive Committee
State Committee
Grand Opera House
Young Men's Democratic League of
Fulton County
Hewlett A. Mall
Prohibitionists Convene in Syracuse for State Ticket
New York prohibitionists meet in Syracuse on September 2 to name candidates for governor and other state officers to be on the November ballot.
Allen's Foot-Ease Offer Claims Quick Foot Comfort
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for painful feet nervous feet and growing nails. It promises instant relief from tight shoes sweat and swollen tired feet and claims it is the greatest remedy for foot discomfort. Sold by all shoe stores and by mail.
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Allen
All
Shoe
Mall
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