Macon Indignant Over The Report
Macon leaders dismiss widespread claims that the city is morally degraded. Officials and officers of the Salvation Army defend Macon, call the rumors unfounded, and pledge to curb sensational reporting while noting local ills exist but are not unique. The article also notes Baptist leaders' meeting on Mercer affairs and a fundraising push for a Confederate memorial monument.
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Tnistere
Salvation Army
Macon
Constitution Bureau
Second Street
Associated Press
E.p
W. H. Slaige
Tattnall
Square Baptist Church
Mare's Nest
Maron
John W Fousse
Smith
Macon Chamber of Commerce
Smoli
Mercer
Educational Commission of the
Georgia Baptist Convention
Kilpatrick
J. G. McCain
Quitman
Jameson
John D. Jordan
Bavannah
Allen D. Freeman
Monsey
Memorial Monument Association
Women of the Confederacy
Lafa
Monument organization backs Confederate veterans at city gasocia tion event
Savannah officials and Camp R. A. Smaith veterans push fundraising for a new monument to grace the city. A future Casino attraction will inaugurate a drive as a parade of civic leaders and veterans oversee the effort to secure funds and place the memorial on the eminence before the city hall and auditorium.
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Ren Roe
Emory @peer
Bridges Smith
Camp
R. A. Smaith
Monument
Savannah
Georgi P. Capitan
Macon
Speer
Capitan
Judge
Will Nominate State Officers at July 4 Convention
The populists of the state plan a July 4 convention in the state capitol to nominate a full state ticket. Debate split the party, with Judge Nines opposing nomination and Captain Yancey Carter urging action. Fulton County calls urge participation for non Democratic populists, while a separate Socialist party convention will also nominate a full state ticket in the senate chamber. Delegates from towns and cities with Socialist groups will attend.
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House of Representatives
James K. Hines
Nines
Yancey Carter
C. T. Parker
Fulton County
People’s Party
Fulton
Capitol
Democratic Party
Comminesman
J. W. Rowe
Senate
Socialist Party of
Georetla
Georgia
Dates Vary On Adjournment Discrepancies Between Journals
Washington July 2 Discrepancies in the official adjournment dates of the House and Senate provoke discussion on potential effects on legislation. House records list adjournment on the 20th while Senate records show June 20, tied to legislative day counting and clerical interpretations.
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House
Senate
Washington
Congress
Journal of the House
Senate Journal
Treasury
O Quinn jumps to his death on Seaboard train
In Georgia on July 2 1909 W Prenton O Quinn jumped from a Seaboard Air Line train near Pem broke while returning from Savannah to his Glenville home. After a struggle with a conductor and passengers the car was halted and O Quinn was found dead, neck broken. The event occurred amid a disruptive day in which witnesses described his behavior as obstreperous.
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Evgnnah
Savadnal
Glenville
Tatnall County
Prenton O’quinn
Seaboard “Air Line
Pembroke
O'Quinn
Meldrim
Knowles
Rebate Allegations Hit Chicago Packing Link Officials
John N Fairhorn and Fred A Wann former Chicago and Alton officials faced trial in U S district court on charges of granting rebates to Schwarzschild Sulaberger Packing Co The indictments allege a rebate of 1 cent per ear of meat shipped from its Kansas City plant and free carriage for company employees later reimbursed by receipts and returns in a disputed arrangement The trial timeline showed agreement on the first eight counts with little evidence needed for the remaining two counts
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Chicago
John N. Fairhorn
Fred A. Wann
Chicago and Alton Railroad
United States District Court
Schwarzschild & Sulaberger Packing Company
Kansas
City
Kangaroo death sparks $2000 attachment suit
Bostock the animal showman filed a declaration in attachment against the Central Railroad of New Jersey seeking $2,000 for the death of a trained kangaroo killed in a wreck while being transported from Paterson New Jersey to Lancaster Pennsylvania. The animal was on a side track at Allentown when a collision threw it against its cage causing fatal injuries. The attachment was noted before Judge Orr in May and a baggage and jet on 330 was levied. Birmingham July 2 The body of Fred Owens a clerk at C J Smiths railroad camp near Short Creek was shot by a unknown black laborer after a dispute over 16 cents. Owens burial set for Columbia Tennessee.
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Burnett
Macon
J. Z. Burnett
Nottingham
Bleinstein
Cotton Oi Company
Anawera
Cay
Bouthem Cotton Oil Company
Monroa Female College
Forsyth
Mount Airy
Georgia Bar
Dickey
Lon Dickey
Garbutt Lumber Company
Brunswick
Bostock
Jualice
Edgar H. Orr
Fee Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Paterson
N. J
Lancaster
Allentown
Bow
Orr
Birmingham
Fred Wens
C. J. Smith
Short Creek
Thia County
Columbia, Tenn
Owens
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Robert Hodges
Splittor Holand Ellis
Dick Curd
Wilson
AW. C. Wilson
Central Railway Shopa
Ocmulgee and
Secon
R. 1. Means
Baxter Jones
Leutenant
R. C. Haztehurst
Germany
Cooper Winnwan
Firak Heutenant
Tom Cater
Warelhurst
Mers
Capaln
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Harp
Purity
United States
Anheuser-Busch Brewers
Ass’n St. Louis
Potts Thompson Liquor CO
Atlanta
TCL Tanaa
Puritan
Sham Battis
Adi
Governor's Light Artillery
Tattnall County
Steen Mary
Packers
Chicago,and Alton
Deat 'H
Kangaro
Hosse
RBA
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