Senate Passes W and A measure for railroad parallel track
Senator Osdem Persons led a constitutional amendment proposal to bar parallel railroads to the Western and Atlantic line, the senate voting 88 to 3 with Peacock and Minter dissenting. President Persons then backed a statutory version and heard railroads lawyer Jack Spalding defend free competition while warning against monopolies and state overreach.
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Western and Atlantic Railway
Osdem Persons
Senate
Peacock
Fourteenth
Minter
Hhis
Persons
House
Jack Spalding
Alex King
Railroads
Spalding
Western and Atlantic
Louisville and Nashville
North Georgia Mineral Railroad
Flaton
Slaton
Georgia
Atlantic
Spaldings
Georgia State Rail Charter Debate and Teacher Pay Bill
Senator Persone defended state control over the W. and A. railroad, arguing a charter would threaten Georgia’s property value and bonds. The Senate Appropriations Committee recommended passage of John D. Walter’s bill for prompt payment of teachers. The general judiciary committee met but took no action as outsiders crowded the senate chamber.
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Supreme Court of
Spalding
Wk A
Georgia
Wo & A
Atkinson
Dilla
Persone
Senator Persons
Senate Appropriations Committee
John D. Walter
Senate Chamber
General Judiciary Committee
Howard Fav ors Vote on Prohibition Law
Congressman William Schley Howard led the temperance committee hearing urging a public vote on prohibition. Many speakers avoided a firm stance though Howard pressed for a plebiscite. Witham pushed closing locker clubs while noting liquor sales remain possible to nonmembers in Georgia. Other attendees spoke less, with Belsham scheduled to address a Sunday audience at the First Christian church.
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William Schley Howard
House Temperance Committee
Mr. Dart
Glynn
Howard
W. S. Witham
Georgia
Walter P Jandrewa
Witham
Felder
iignGr
Woods White
Seaboard name error in Alexander speech reports
Report on Hooper Alexander’s senate speech notes a reporter mistook Seaboard Air Line for Atlantic Coast Line while discussing joint terminals used by Western and Atlantic and Seaboard. The error arose after Alexander linked Louisville and Nashville with Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis as owned by Atlantic Coast Line.
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Hooper Alexander
Senate
House
Western and Atlantic
Alexander
Louisville
Western
Atlantic
Seaboard
Louisville and Nashville
Nashville, Chattanooga
St Louis
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line
Asia
Constipation a Penalty of Age
Health advice urges keeping bowels open with mild laxative tonics rather than violent purgatives. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle, effective herbal remedy with pepsin, available from druggists at fifty cents to one dollar. Free trial bottles offered by mail order from Monticello.
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Forces Post
Express
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Jack J. Spalding
G. Ogden
United States
Fred Morris
King & Spalding
Cobb County
Miaier & Berkele, Inc
Whitehall St
House Temperance
Belsham
R. A Belsham
Claas
First Christian Pinis
Orm Ors
A.C. S
China
Europe
Biol
Gan
Georgia Savings Bank & Trust Co
Atlanta
Georgia Savings Bank
T. C. Griffin
The
Atlanta Constitution
Sy Wills J. Abbot
MEN and Religion Bulletin
Isaiah
UISK
Union
Temperance Committee
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