Election of county school commissioners by popular vote approved
The Georgia legislature passed a bill by Senator McCurry to elect county school commissioners by vot e of the people. The measure removes the diploma requirement from a reputable literary institution and moves toward state approval. The house also raised the attorney general’s office clerk salary to 1800 per year and approved related measures including a new floor covering for the house and a teacher payment bill by wide margins.
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Former Governor Hoke Smith appointed W Cecil Meill of Columbus as solicitor of the city court, a senate confirmed, but Governor Brown sent T Hicka Fort of Columbus to fill the office. Attorney General Hart ruled Smith’s appointment unconstitutional as no vacancy existed, with Hoewitt’s term ending in October.
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Insane man Dunnington tests governor in Milledgeville incident
Reported former Milledgeville sanitarium inmate R. E. Dunnington threatened to kill those who tried to arrest him as he planned to visit the governor at 3 pm. A pale scarred man queried for the governor, but Dunnington did not appear, delaying a claimed return to 4 pm. The encounter followed charges against him prompting the recent investigation.
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Appointment Confirmations And New Judges In Several Counties
The senate confirmed Governor Brown’s appointments including L. D. Stannon as judge of Jeffersonville city court for four years from August 17, 1908 and H. L. Griffin Jr as solicitor for the same court from August 1908. Also A. M. Foote named judge Cartersville city court from October 18, 1909, plus J. F. Memory chosen as solicitor for Quitman and Pierce counties for varying terms. William N. Westbrook named rural free delivery carrier at Flowery Branch Route 1.
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Farmer killed by masked posse in Kentucky tragedy
Scotlaville Ky August 10 John Simpson a well known farmer of the Amos neighborhood was called to his door by six masked men and shot to death. The shooting is said to be the outcome of a custody case led by Mrs Douglas to recover her child in which Simpson was alleged to have taken a prominent part.
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Baron Takahira Returns Home From Washington Visit
Baron Korggo Takehira, the Japanese ambassador, expressed gratification with his year and a half in Washington and predicted benefits for the Far East from the United States steady development. He departed for Seattle this afternoon and will sail for Japan on August 17.
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Korggo Takehira
Seattle
Japan
Negro Lynched by Kentucky Mob in Front of Church
Nashville dispatch reports Wallace Millar, a black man, was lynched by about fifty men in Trigg County after abducting and making indecent proposals to Lulu Washington, 11, daughter of a local planter. He was taken from her brothers as they escorted him to jail and hanged outside a church after he confessed.
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Trigg County
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Sudden Death Claims Richard Golden On Houseboat Stroker
New York August 10 actor Richard Golden died suddenly aboard the houseboat Stroker in Gravesend Bay while with guests of John Newton Porter. Bright's disease listed as the cause. Body returned to the city. services set for Wednesday and burial in Bangor Maine. Born 1854, Golden debuted in 1886 at Newport Maine, with notable New York work from 1877 onward including Evangeline and A Bunch of Keys London debut 1883. His greatest success was Old Jed Prouty produced at Union Square in 1889, with the title role performed in New York and on tours over many years.
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Gravesend Bay
John Newton Porter
Old Jed
Trenton shooting stirs anger as Davis attacks girl
In Trenton Ohio on August 10 Charles Davis colored shot and killed Hilla Welch a 14 year old mulatto after an alleged assault. Davis fled then attempted suicide by cutting his throat and will recover. The incident sparked bitter indignation with police guarding him at the hospital. Chicago reports note Gary steel plant workers advocating beer access as saloons near spring closures spark unrest prompting some men to relocate to nearby towns in the Calumet belt.
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