Georgians Move Fr. Waterways Georgia Delegation Heads South
A Georgian delegation from Atlanta Rome and Augusta travels to Washington to press river and harbor projects for Georgia. J N Xing and J L Base urge Coosa river improvements while Chapell Drummond and Smith advocate Chattahoochee river and Apalachicola Bay work. Augusta group to push Savannah river navigation. local work expected though no large projects funded this year. Frances Allen identified in morgue photo as West End suicide victim from St Louis. sister notified.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington, D.C
Atlanta
Rome
Auguste
Washington
Georgia
J.N Xing
J L Base
Coosa
Mesera
J. H. Chap Pell
Drummond Sna Smith
Columbus
Augusta
Savannah Riga
Savannah
West End
Frances Allen
New Orleans
St. Louis
Weaper Walter
Belt Avenue
St Louis
Taft withholds patronage from insurgent senators
President Taft faces insurgent senators over patronage as officials deny a wholesale purge while confirming a custom of appointments via congressional recommendations. Some insurgents back the president’s program, others pursue an independent line or ally with Democrats, with non sponsorship warnings aimed at recalcitrants. Victor Hosewater says the president seeks to correct reports on patronage use and emphasizes reciprocal obligations between president and congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taté
White House
Taft
Thexw
Thvaa
Tat
Cannon
Congress
Srat
Yast
KK EK One Time Phrase Sparks Mixed Reactions
A brief note in the periodical mentions the phrase KK EK used once, prompting varied reactions among readers and commentators. The item highlights linguistic curiosity and its reception without asserting broader claims or context.
Insurgents Back Taft Reforms Amid Party Rift
Representative Madison of Kansas leads insurgents in endorsing Taft reform goals. Norris Nebraska Hayes California Miller Minnesota back the stance while Aldrich and Cannon are pressured. The insurgents insist they support postal savings and natural resources regulation, despite patronage tactics. Senate moderates Bristow Brown Borah Burkett Beverage Nelson back Taft. La Follette Cummins GOP dissents. House insurgents seek an early meeting as Carter debate energy.
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Representative Madison
Kansas
Norris
Nebraska
Hayes
California
Miller
Minnesota
Aldich
Cannon
Taft
Republican Party
Tom
Federal Court of Procedure
Aldrich
Representative Hayes
Madison
Congress
Att
Senate
Capitol
House
Henator Cummins
Pestatce Department
Heyes
Hagee
Hened
Bristow
Brown
Borah
Burkett, Beverage
Nelson
Qlepp
la Fallette
Wisconsin
Cummins
Iowa
Record Made by Ala Roads Sets New Earnings Mark
Montgomery January 5 Special figures from the annual report of the Alabama Railroad Commission show a rise in net earnings for all Alabama lines for the year ended June 30 1909. The combined net earnings exceed 2 million dollars, the largest in state railroad history. The report also records changes in fatalities injuries employment and passenger totals across the period with 49 employee fatalities and 1089 injuries last year, compared with 102 killed and 2045 injured in 1907, and notes miles of track and second track expansion to 6070 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Railroad Commission
Alabama
Alabama Minow
Atci Dental
McMillan Produce Co Safe Cracked. $218 Looted
Burglars broke into McMillan Produce Co at 67 South Broad Street Tuesday night or early Wednesday. A safe was opened with a dogged effort after attempts with nitro glycerin failed, $218 in cash and three hundred dollars in checks missing, while two other burglaries in nearby businesses were noted by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMillan Produce Company
South Broad Street
Arnold Hat Company
Pryor Street
Mangum Street
Atlanta Woman Hamed Will Bequest To Georgia Institutions
Savannah on January 5 reports the probate of the will of Mrs Eliza H Reynolds. It provides 1) $5000 with one third to First Baptist Church Savannah and two thirds for Laurel Grove cemetery care, 2) $1000 to Savannah Female Orphan Asylum, 3) $10,000 to Mercer University for the Charles B Groover memorial fund, with half income for poor young men’s education, 4) $5000 to Monroe Female College Forsyth, 5) $5000 to Georgia Baptists Orphan Home Association Hapeville, 6) $12500 to Mrs James L Roy Atlanta, 7) $12500 to Joseph B Tillman and Charles Tillman Quitman, 8) $96250 to Marie Hebert Rhodes Quitman, and the residue to Charles Tillman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Georgia
Eliza H Reynolds
First Baptist Church
Savanneb
Laurel Grove Cemetery
Mra Heynolis
Hilza E Groover
Charles E Groover
Monroe Female College
Forsyth
Brunswick merger creates Brunswick Terminal and Railway Securities Co
In Brunswick Georgia on January 5 a merger closed uniting Mutual Light and Water Co and City and Suburban Railway Co into a new $19,080,000 Brunswick Terminal and Railway Securities Company. The former Dock and City Improvement Co becomes dissolved, owning about 2,000 city lots plus suburban acreage. The new public service firms keep separate offices, with about $2 million of the new stock already listed in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
New York
Mutual Light and Water Company
City’ Andy Suburban Railway Company
Brunawick
Publi Service
Brunawick Terminal and Railway Securities Company
Brunswick Dock and City Improvement’ Company
It Ie
Public Service Corporation
Treat, Railway
Water and Light Company
Georgiea Coypts
Piedmont
Darien
McIntosh
Glynn
Ucrea
Altamaha
Mosars
Strachan
Fendlg
Duniwoody
Big Land Company
County Chief Rowan Reports City Police Annual Totals
County police chief Zach Rowan submitted his annual report to the county board covering March 1 to December 31. The document lists totals for sentences and penitentiary terms, pending trials, and notes Mae Wood and Thomas C Platt related legal actions with a judge’s decision on quashing indictments.
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Zach Rowan
Board of County Commissioners
The Annoyance Of Flatulence
A trial package of Stuart Charcoal Lozenges is offered free. The text explains flatulence arises from swallowed air and gas produced in digestion. It claims charcoal lozenges absorb gas in the stomach and intestines, reducing distention and embarrassment. A 26, cent box can be obtained by sending name and address.
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Stuart
Shake up in Columbus police force over Palmer demotion
A row erupts in the Columbus police department after Detective Kim Palmer is reduced in rank and a broader shake-up is reported. The police board is divided as Dr J T Moncrief becomes chairman, with members complaining about the lack of consultation. The Ledger, once chaired by Ric W Page, runs interviews with locals protesting the changes while the new chairman defends the move as for the good of the services.
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Columbus
Iery
Kim Palmer
J T Moncrief
Trip
Halmers
Columbus Ledger
Ric W Page
Thia
Chatymin
Chocolate Eclairs Prove Deadly In Syracuse Case
Syracuse reports twenty seven cases of tomato poisoning traced to cream puffs and chocolate éclairs. Six family members fell ill, three of another family within a day, with three victims critically ill. Canned beans noted as contributing in one case.
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Syracuse
Hear Alabama rate case hearings begin in Alabama lines
U S Commissioner Gunter conducts proceedings in the Alabama rate case in Lou laville and Nashville railway offices. Testimony of W A Courtney, chief engineer, centers the case as Alabama seeks to cut passenger rates for eleven or twelve railroads from 1 to 2 percent. The session continues a week or more and Gunter acts as master commissioner for the U S court. A brief note mentions Rural Car Route at Suwanee in Washington report.
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U. S
Gunter
Loulavite
Alabama
Gervernt
Loulaville and Nashville Railway
W. A. Courtney
Loulaville and Nashvills
William G Gunter
Montgomery
Obituary notices of Lancaster Scarborough Whittaker Collins Ransom
Deaths reported in private sanitarium and East Point residence. Lillie May Lancaster year old daughter of Mrs Minnie Lancaster dies at 1 PM. funeral at Greenberg Bond & Bloomfield chapel, West View. Priscilla Scarborough 34 dies at East Point home. funeral at Mount Olive church, interment in churchyard. Henry J Whittaker 89 dies at 127 South Forsyth Street. funeral this afternoon at 2 from residence, contains survivors. Charles Collins 73 dies. funeral 9:30 AM at Greenberg, Bond & Bloomfield chapel, interment West View. Dr W G Roberts dies. funeral 10 AM at Poole Chapel, interment West View. John B Ransom of Nashville dies at home after brief illness. noted lumberman and ex-president of Hardwood Manufacturers Association, 49.
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Lillie May Lancaster
Mra
Minnie Lancaster
Greenberg Bond & Bloomfields Chapel
West View Cemetery
Priscilla Scarborough
East Point
Mount Olive
Henry J. Whittaker
Henry J Whittaker
Dilea
South Forsyth
Charles Collins
Charles Coink
Bady
Greenberg, Bond & Bloomfield
West View
W. G. Roberts
W.G Roberts
Sol Gers
Harry G Poole
S Weet View Cemetery
J. B. Ransom
Nashville
Tenn
John B Ransom
South
Mr Ransom
United States
Rutherford County
Tennessee
Farnum Pleads Guilty in State Conspiracy Case
James Farnum, agent for several breweries and liquor firms, pleaded guilty in Richland County to conspiracy to defraud the state. He received a $5,000 fine or one year on the chain gang, with additional indictments against him and Joseph B. Wylie arising from the same testimony. Farnum had earlier been acquitted of a related conspiracy charge at the same term.
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Coluwvia
James& #senum
Lquor
Grapengary
Lyons
Richland County Court of General Sessions
Parsum
Joseph B Wylie
Atat Lsyonears
Wyle
Farnum
Vaoyg
Prince
Stern
Stata
National Ginners Report Details 9 621 000 Bales Ginned
National Ginners Association reports 9 621 000 bales ginned by January 1 this season, nearly 3 million more than last year. It estimates 159,000 more bales remain to be ginned across states including Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi Missouri Virginia Kentucky North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas and others.
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National Ginners’ Association
Memphis
Tenn
Januery
National Ginners Association
Tssted
Statea
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Missouri
Virginia
Kentucky
God
North Carolina
Oklahama
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
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Ight Weight
Knox Hats
George Muse Cio. Uo
Aurasta
Columbia
Committee of House
Georgia Rivers
Aeteona
Iran
Cary A
M’millan Produce CO
Xacksman
Georgia Baptist Orphans’ Home
Frank E, Block CO
Georgia Coast Road
Rowan
Mae Wood
Thomas C Platt
Frohlin’s
Lively
Palmer
Police Board
Wiliam
Suwanee
Hathaway &O
DR. Hathaway & CO
Aman
Frond St. Alliani
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