Conner Bill Passage Signals Georgia Agricultural Upswing
The Senate approved the Conner bill by 29 to 10, funding a $100,000 agricultural college at the State University of Athens. The measure, backed by the House and Governor Terrell, promises Georgia a leading southern agricultural education center connected to the university, with strong public support and press backing statewide.
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Outrageous Attacks on Wright and Georgia Prosperity
A charge-filled piece defends Comptroller General William A. Wright against Democratic critic Hoke Smith. It portrays Georgia’s rising taxable values and state prosperity as proof against calamity talk, citing six-year growth and a long historical rise in property valuation as vindication of Wright’s tenure.
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Odd Woman in a Shoe inspires Crank and Writer debate
A Philadelphia Ledger fragment shows a playful dispute over poetry versus prose. Riter vows to write only poetry while Krank dismisses poetry as unreadable. A child asks about the origin of a familiar tale, prompting a humorous exchange about sources.
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Georgia Eyes Jamestown Exposition Fund
Georgia legislators discuss a Russell bill to appropriate funds for Georgia’s representation at the Jamestown Tercentennial exposition. Henry St George Tucker urged state support, arguing Georgia should join other original colonies in the celebration for sentimental and commercial reasons. The bill, sponsored by Mr. Russell of Muscogee, seeks favorable action in the house.
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Gmiths Remarkable Discovery and Georgia White Supremacy
ISHAM DODD criticizes The Howell family and Clark Howell in a Georgia Democratic context, denouncing negro disfranchisement and asserting white supremacy as core party policy. The letter attacks a Woodbine event on the 18th, mocking racial theories and accusing Democratic elites of duplicity while defending black voter suppression.
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Hogan's Questions Embarrass Hines In Georgia Debate
In Atlanta, July 16 Judge James K. Vines met Senator Hogan at the state house and discussed politics with Hogan criticizing Hoke Smith. Hogan recalled the 1888 Douglasville speech and questioned how the judge could back Smith while championing the populist line of non-disfranchisement, ending as the judge left citing no inconsistency in supporting Smith.
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Threatened royal pair travels under gendarme protection
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria rode by automobile from La Granja to San Sebastian to spend the summer as fearful menacing anonymous letters threaten the royals. Gendarmes escorted the entire route amid fears of another attempted assault on their majesties while authorities suppress reports of anarchist activity.
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Singing Me To Sleep In Georgia River Ballad
A fragmentary consumer of regional poetry and prose mixing dialect verse with notes on Southern letters. It weaves a Georgia river song about sleep, labor, and the lure of magazine wealth entangled with real estate talk and a comic exchange about college dinners and receiverships.
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Wordplay and banter at a Washington lecture
Washington Evening Star records a comedic exchange about BooGles a pun maker and his favorite instruments the loot and the lyre. The dialogue mentions Knox attending the talk, with light remarks about staying awake and enjoying the performance.
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Commissioner Brown Attacks Tables On Rates From The Smith Organ
Atlanta July 17 1906 Joseph Brown defends a Georgia rate table published by The Atlanta Journal alleging discrimination. He argues the Journal misrepresents court records and rail tariffs across Virginia North Carolina Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Kentucky and Georgia, asserting Georgia main and branch line rates differ from the states mainline rates. He cites specific railways and branch earnings to refute the Journal and defends his sworn statements over six freight classes.
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Journal
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Central Railway
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Thomaston
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Macon and Brunswick
Western and Athlantic
Georgia Railroad
Atlanta and West Point Railroad
Conmoun Paints
Bhar Rider
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Commission
Hoke &Mish
Bar of Honor
Stewart County Veterans On The Mrs Hampton Case
In a Louisville letter, Lt. Everett of Lumpkin Georgia condemns Hoke Smith for alleged mistreatment of Margaret J Hampton widow of a Confederate veteran. He cites census bureau acts, promised aid, and a dismissive refusal to interview, concluding Smith failed to honor pledges and treated the widow poorly.
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