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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1909
Page
10
Colonel L L McCleskey was appointed by Governor Joseph M. Brown on last Saturday to a Georgia colonel post. The formal ceremony confirmed his rank and duties in the state’s military establishment.
Colonel L L McCleskey, longtime Atlanta resident and member of the Capital City Club, is noted for his service in the Georgia Military festitule with Major F W Capers in the Confederate Army. He served on Governor Terrells staff for two terms and remains active in military affairs.
In a Senate session yesterday President John M. Slaton announced standing committees then read four new bills. The measures cover county police appointment in large counties, bond for costs on appeals from justices courts, liquor license evidence for prohibition violations, and lunacy trial procedures with waivers by relatives.
The Texas Central Railroad Company filed an answer to a county suit seeking about $6,000,000 for alleged violations of the separate coach Jim Crow law. The railroad contends the county attorney lacked standing to file the suit and argues the action is unconstitutional.
The Georgia House heard Governor Brown’s special message on the state treasury as Speaker Holder announced a Rules Committee of eleven with members including Anderson of Chatham and Reid of Campbell. A new insurance committee and a forestry waterways committee were reported favored. Speaker Holder urged faithful committee work and tax law review as reps debated bills and resolutions including arming state officials to borrow funds and a child labor measure.
Honorable Alexander Stephen Clay of Cobb county was re elected to a third United States Senate term after a formal party nomination. The Georgia General Assembly elected him by unanimous vote with 37 in the Senate and 150 in the House, praised by lawmakers for his honesty, hard work, and service to the people.
Los Angeles on July 6 Mrs Lian D Hoag reportedly set new fasting records by abstaining from all food for forty nine days breaking prior marks. Her fast ended when she dined with her brother on a small cantaloupe. The illness motivated the extreme fasting and the outcome exceeded expectations.
Dillon Mont July 6 Judge F B Ver ton J Conger who led the detail that captured John Wilkes Booth after Lincoln's assassination was fatally injured when struck by a car yesterday at the fairgrounds race track. He was hit while crossing and suffered head and shoulder injuries.
Deacons of Ponders Avenue Baptist Church publish a pointed reply to Rev Hugh S Wallace claiming he is fake pure and simple They detail that only four of seventy seven members followed him to a new church deny presbytery ordination reasons and accuse Wallace of deceit regarding funds and teachings The notice concludes with a warning to seek falsehoods about the church and the pastor and is dated July 1 1909.
Senate committees announced by President John M Slaton list standing panels for 1909 10 with chairs and members across departments such as Academy for the Blind Agriculture Appropriations Auditing Banks Congressional and Legislative Reapportionment Constitutional Amendments Corporations Counties and County Matters Education and Public Schools Engrossing Enfranchisee Entourage (incomplete) revealing a broad Georgian Senate organizational slate.
A long OCR list details multiple committee assignments with chairs and vice chairs across Finance Roads Journals General Judiciary Special Judiciary Manufacturers Mines and Mining Penitentiary Pensions Privileges and Elections Public Library Public Printing Public Property Public Reads Rules and other state bodies. Notable names include Akin, Harrell, McCurry, Ward, Blackwell, Calhoun, Gordon, Rutherford, Jones, Murray, Perry, Day, Longley, Irwin, Bow en, Patterson, Womble, and Stevens among many others.
In New York on July 6 the American Sugar Refining Company and eight officers pleaded not guilty to indictments alleging conspiracy and restraint of trade and monopoly in raw and refined sugar. Judge Hund granted two weeks for demurrer or other action.
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