Notice to Subscribers from the Constitution Publishing Co
Traveling reps listed including C. f i Bor Nelly and others caution subscribers not to pay anyone. Dated August 19, 1907, from Atlanta. The telegraphers strike is blamed for hardship and comments touch on imperialism prohibition, railroads, education funding, and Democratic National Committee expectations with Bryan and Louisville discussions.
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C. Fi. Bornelly
W. W. Blackborn
Moore
C. B Atkinson
W. F.tokes
W. D. Brombeloe
Etq- Constitution Publishing CO
Tom Taggart
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Woodson
Kentucky
Editor Faces Question Over Georgia Challenge Passage
In the Houston Post issue containing a tale about a carload of Texas hens and Chicago freight charges, a line claims the Georgia fish and snake bars have five months to act. The Thomasville Times Enterprise editor may decide whether to let such a challenge pass unremarked.
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Houston’ Post
Texas
Chicago
Georgia
Thomasville Times-Enterprise
Georgia reform assembly ends with partial gains and notable defeats
The first session of Georgia's reform legislature moved away from the Macon platform in key areas. It enacted state prohibition and disfranchisement while expanding the railroad commission, but failed on anti-pass and anti-lobby measures, fertilizer fee hikes, and freight rate investigations, casting doubt on broader reform promises.
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Georgia
Reform” General Assembly
Macon
Railroad Commission
General Assembly
Overstreet
Senate
Thorne
House
Smith
State College of Agriculture
Geor
Railroads Earn South Prosperity and Fair Regulation
The piece argues railroads aid state growth and deserve fair treatment when lawful, warning against confiscatory rate cuts. It cites Judge Munger’s stance on reduced transportation rates, notes rising gross earnings across major Southern lines in 1907, and references political comments by John Sharp Williams and a remark by General U. S. Grant on a hypothetical third-term nomination.
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South
Munger
States District Court
Missouri
Raaiload
Southern Railroad
Louisville and Nashville
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard
Central of Georgia
Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis
Chesapeake and Ohio
Mobile
Ohio
Judge Munger
Virgin Territory
North Carolina
Silly Season Reflections on Monuments and Weather
A brisk editorial tone argues against a Boston Herald squib on Alabama’s Jeff Davis monument and the South’s memory of the Lost Cause. It praises North and South memorials and condemns sensational dog-day remarks, blaming the heat for poor judgment and urging restraint in public comment.
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Boston Herald
Alabama
Jeff Davis
Herald
Washington
North
Lincoln
Grant
South
Davis
Richmond
Boston
Appomattox
Invasion of Venezuelan Territory Near British Guiana
Georgetown reports Captain Calder led a frontier force from British Guinea across the Bari ma river into Venezuela and seized balata gum. He demanded four thousand pounds of balata under threat with a revolver, prompting a protest to President Castro and the British consul. Fears of retaliation rise at Morawhanna amid ongoing balata trade tensions.
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Venezuela
Selse Gam
Georgetown
British Guiana
Calder
British Guinea
Barima
Venezuelan
Senate Bills Passed House Following Yesterday
Senate bills approved by the House include provisions to pay pensions over 60 dollars quarterly starting March 1, 1908, amendments to charters for increasing capital stock, bond relief for M. T. Paulk, creation of city courts in Abbaville Cordele Cochran and McRae, establishing public schools in Commerce, designating Ocala as a state depository, and various town charter and city court amendments.
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Senate
House
T Sapleton
Deen
Secretary of State
Kendrick
Mes
M. T. Paulk
Peacock
Abbaville
Harris
Crisp
Cordele
Popement
Born
Decatur
Senat
Henderson
Oclla
Hardman
Commerce
Cochran
Cook
Telfair
Nct
McRae
Oscar Bond Held Up by Negroes Near College Street
Oscar Bond reported being attacked and robbed by a gang of Negroes in Pratt near College Street outside Grady Memorial Hospital around 10 PM Saturday. He could not identify any of the assailants and said 3 cents were not taken. He lives at 308 Woodward Avenue. police were told to arrest suspicious Negroes on sight.
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Oscar Bond
Pratt
College Street
Bond
Grady Memorial Hospital
Woodward Avenue
Suwannee Hotel in Cordele Undergoing Major Renovation
Cordele Ga August 18 Special The Suwannee hotel one of the largest and most imposing buildings in south Georgia is being thoroughly renovated Owner O M Grady has a large force of workmen on the job The $5000 project will leave the Suwannee comparable with any hotel in the region
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Cordere
Suwannee Hotel
South Georgia
O. M. Grady
BOLL WORMS IN CRISP
Cordele Georgia August 18 Special T E Gleaton a prosperous Crisp county farmer brought to Cordele yesterday a number of cotton bolls claimed to contain real boll worms He says many worms are in the boll bone and unless the heavy rains cease they will do much damage to the cotton crop
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Cordele
T. E. Gleaton
Crisp County
Dixon Announces Candidacy for Muscogee Sheriff
Columbus Ga August 18 James T Dixon a well known city youth announces he will run for sheriff of Muscogee county in the next primary. Incumbent E F Roberts is expected to seek reelection and has publicly contradicted the move.
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Columbus, Ga
James T. Dixon
Muscogee County
E. F.” Roberts
Macon Confederate Veterans Lecture Draws Large Crowd
The R A Smith Camp of Macon invited O P LeVert from Atlanta to lecture on the Private Soldier in the Confederate Army at the Macon auditorium to fund a monument to Confederate widows. A large audience heard the hour ten talk with many standing ovations echoed in Forsyth and McDonough stops with praise from Daughters of the Confederacy and local officials.
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R. A. Smith
O. P.levert
Atlanta
le Vert
Tip Harrison
Georgia
R A. Smith
Thomas J. Simmons
Claude Estes
J. B. Estes
LeVert
Joseph W. Preston
R. A. Smith Camp
South
Forsyth
McDonough
J. T. Oglesby
Henry County
Ed T. Williams
Benjamin M. Blackburn
Flynt
Griffin
Old War Horse
P Tevert
LeVer
Ani
Hill
Wals
Daughters of the Confederacy
Uead
Old Henry Coum
J W Preston
A.P. LeVert
LeVerts
States
Hon Bridges Smith
Wpl Lee Vert
Faneulhail
Boston
Eld
Richmond
Hamefield
Constitution Echoes and Local Reactions Across Demo Era Edges
The excerpt compiles paraphrased clippings from The Atlanta Constitution and other outlets lampooning politics and prohibition era issues. It notes debates over enforcement limits, parliamentary blue-penciling, and editorials on figures like Senator Money. It also reports Congo transfer talks and a Bare Week in Valdosta with no arrests, highlighting prohibition impact and local governance.
Property Valuation In Jenkins County Editorial
A reader letter from Electra Tyler Deloache of Millen explains Jenkins County’s apparent property tax decrease as a result of earlier inflated valuations and a grand jury tax assessor action. It argues tax records will normalize after recent surveys, pledging continued growth and loyalty to Georgia.
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Jenkins
Jenkins County
Grand Jury
Thia
Georgia
Electra Tyler Deloache
Millen
Captured Crazy Negro Woman Near Decatur
The crazed black woman who wandered woods near Moulton Heights has been captured and will be sent to the state asylum in Tuscaloosa. Found in James Kelley’s garden, she wore little clothing and had subsisted on corn and garden produce. Her mind has been deranged for some time and she has relatives in Decatur.
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Decatur
Ala
Sperian
Moulton Heights
Iincone
Tuscaloosa
James Kelley
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