City Senate Adopts New Administration for 1909
Old council adjourns sine die as 1909 council meets to organize. Alderman Roberts elected mayor pro tem. Mayor Maddox and ex-mayors speak and present gifts. Mayor Maddox to deliver inaugural. several resolutions and elections detailed including street renaming, firehouse, park location, and water board appointments.
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Old Council
New Council
Roberts Hayer
Charles M. Roberts
Joyner
Maddox
Dan Carey
Flaryey Johnson
Elin
W D . Ellis
Ty Council of
Atlanta
Grant
Ninth Ward
Edgewood
Rammittes
Huddleston
Johnston
General Council
Candler
Amorous
Furnings
Columbus
Minor
Park
Marietta Street
Curtiz
Peachtree
North Avenue
Chasewood
Fulton County
Board of Health
M. A. Erskine
M. C. Strickland
Water Board
George EB. Ergart
Park Commission
John T. Davis
W. R. Datey
Police Board
A. R. Marbut
Laton Smith
Lee Hagan
Carnegie Mbrary
W. H. Branch
John Paschal
Grady Hospital
BE. F. Fincher
W. P. HM
W. J. Campbel
Henry F Garrett
James
Shortage in Postoffice at Anniston Ala
In Anniston Alabama on January 4 a postoffice shortage scandal is reported for the third time in a year. Clerk Ed Dwight Smith disappeared and an inspector from Atlanta is checking accounts. Postmaster Barker avoids estimates and offers no further comment. His wife and brother, Assistant Postmaster D H Smith, are grief stricken. Smith worked under former Postmaster J M Hagan and with Stamp Clerk Frank Roberts, now in Atlanta federal prison for embezzlement.
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Anniston
Ala
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D. H. Smith
Ed Smith
J. M. Hagan
Frank Roberts
Atlanta Federal Prison
Tawney
Ananias Club
Secret Service
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Cortelyou
Tawn
Congress
Sherley
Congressional Record
Army
Navy
Cannon
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Washington
Afr. L. W. Busbey
Secret Service Division
Treasury Department
Lorimer Urged for House Rivers and Harbors Chair
The New Orleans Progressive Union sent a telegram to Speaker Cannon urging the appointment of Representative William Lorimer of Illinois to the chairmanship of the House committee on rivers and harbors. The post became vacant due to Congressman Burton's retirement.
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New Orleans
Solons Laugh At Roosevelt Message And Defense Of Secret Service
Roosevelt defends the Secret Service while Congress debates the presidents remarks on corruption. The scene at the Capitol shows mixed sentiment as members laugh, reference Busbey’s article, and push to send the message back to the president.
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White House
Judge Griggs
Griggs
Congress
House
Mitchell
Burton
Wwithamson
Hermann
Driggs
I. W. Busbey
Cannon
Chicago Inter- Ocean
Cahnon
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
Bell
Georgia
Adamson
Secret Service
Messrs. Tawney
Minnesota
Smith
Iowa
Sherley
Kentucky
Fitngerald
New York
Busbey
House of Representatives
Chicago Inter~ Ocean
Inter- Ocean
Perkins
Sbe
Perking
Special Committee
Messnge
Appropriations Committee
Civil Service
Tawney
Roosevelt
Committee On Appropriations
L. W. Busbey
Congressional Record
Jaws
Fitzgerald
Mentré
Parsons
Hennet Drivcoll
Senate
Capitol
Bureau
Allence
Treasury Department
West
Department of Justice
Jtis Beef Trust
Chi- Cato
Secretary of the Treasury
Interstate Commerce Commission
Messi
Congressional Division
California
Nebraska
Wilkie
The
City Prison 1908 Report from Atlanta Prison Committee
The Atlanta city prison committee reports for 1908 show total prisoners received 4 057 white and colored with 65 783 days served. White prisoners fell from 1 609 in 1907 to 729 in 1908. colored prisoners dropped from 4 634 to 1 296. Daily average prisoners 180, sickness days 89, cost of maintenance reduced to 2 400 95. The report praises improved prison farm, management, clothing, and sanitation, and notes a shift toward cement cell and bath systems and stricter observance by staff.
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Council Committee On Prisons
Atlanta
General Council
Totade
Prisonera
A.newoes
jRraeneer
RGB SA
Ures
Daly
Gob
Prion
Ler Smith
AL. Curtis
JL. Barrtison
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Robert F. Maddox
Ivd General Council
Robert Maddox
Board of Aldermen
Press Huddleston
Frank A. Pittman
E. F E. Pomeroy
Ho M. Bentoll
John W. Grant
W .A Hancock
John 8. Candler
Cornell
A. J. Johnson
Frank A. Hillburn
Eugene Dodd
Hollis A. Boynton
J.C Harrison
Charles L. Chasewood
B. Lee Smith
Dr. J. Vaughan
W. T. Winn
Dan 9. Walraven
Atth Ward
S. R. Johnston
Martin F. Amorous
F. J. Spratting
Craig Cofield
J. T. Wright
Frank O 'Foater
Aldine Chambers
M. L. MiNor
Council of 1908
Wee
D. O. Martin
James A.massey
Alderman Key
Hoe
Streste
Longino
Narman
Park Board
North Revenue
Pittman
Roberts
Dodd
Harrison
Pearce
Styron
Winn
Spratting
Harman
Wright
Key
Curtis
Pomeroy
Hancock
Baskin
Quillian and
Amseasors
Aldermanic Board
John N. Malone
Foundry St. Keiley
Lorimer
Roma
Swift
Solons
Messie
Cong Reas
Treasury
Oregon
Williamdson
Gscat
Jhag
Theodore Roosevelt
Public Service
Gerviceas
Hia
Inter-Ocean
Bushey
Panama Cdna
al- Moon
Recruit Service Division
Pinkerton Detective Agency
District of Columbia
Searcs
Corteliou
Keiley Coal
Jellicos
Keiley Fuel Company
Alekmesa
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