Prohibition Pledge Debate Hits Georgia Near Beer Issue
Dr Len G. Broughton rails at Georgia prohibition legacy of 1907. He links near beer to court rulings and calls for repealing interference by brewery interests. He cites senator and governor pledges, insists lawmakers must act to preserve the prohibition law and challenge Savannah’s stance.
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Court of Appeals
Savannah
Hoke Smith
Gov. Brown
Whitte
Stu. Alexander
John EK. White
Second Baptist Church
White
Bearty
Anderson
Georgia
Pittsburg Riots Involving Sheriff Police And Strikers
In Pittsburg in July a thousand strong riot led by strikers at the McKees Restamant of the Pressen Steel Car Company overwhelmed over a hundred special deputies. Sheriff Gumbert failed to halt clashes as a mob of 500 seized a brewery and deputies fought to dislodge them. Eviction attempts of striker families sparked more violence with many wounded.
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Pittsburg
Gumbert
McKees
Pressen Steel Car Company
Fort McPherson Hosts Welcoming Hop For Seventeenth Infantry
Maj Chynoweth of the Seventeenth Infantry, ill and operated on at St Josephs hospital, was moved from the Fort McPherson barracks. A hop for entitled men of the Seventeenth Infantry and a welcome for Maj F B McCoy’s Third Battalion followed. Captain Jack Hayes to award July supplier bids to Fort McPherson Fort Ogelthorpe and Augusta arsenal. Twenty six Atahta firma won July contracts.
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Ms. Chynoweth
Fort McPherson
St. Joseph's Hospital
Chynoweth
Department of the Gulf
F. B. McCoy
Jackson
Migs
Jack Hayes
Fort Ogelborge
Augusta Arsenal
Augusta
Twentysix Atahta Firma
Alabama faces second extra session over prohibition laws
Montgomery July 25 Prohibition measures lead Alabama to convene a special session Tuesday with 65 subjects including nine prohibition laws and three constitutional amendments. A second session seems likely if work exceeds 30 days. Railroad bills and legal challenges loom as political battle heats up.
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Montgomery
Ale
Els
Alabama
Safe and Sane League
Weakley
J A. Kyle
Senate
Kirkwood Auction Brings $9 649 in Suburban Sale
A large crowd attended the Kirkwood auction on Saturday where Forrest and George Adair sold fifty two lots and three houses. The sale totaled about $9 650 with houses on Boulevard DeKalb Wyman Avenue and Stanwood Avenue selling for $1 05 0, $1 200 and $1 000 respectively and stock of vacant lots bringing in $6 310. A full purchaser list follows with bids ranging from $80 to $1 200 per lot and total proceeds near ten thousand dollars.
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Kirkwood
Forrest
George Adair
Boulevard DeKalb
HH. IL Voxles
Wyman Avenue
C E Bowen
C G Hannah
Stanwood Avenue
Forrest Adair
Atlanta Suburban Land Company
W. A. Foster
E. F. Lwelie
Lf. Vosten
D. Chase
MG Perdue
M. G. Perdue
Gertie McKown
CG. Hannah
M. L. Isham
C. Is Bowen
Thomas and
Rook
Giffen
Thomas
KH. K. Giffen
Crane
RK. Giffen
Tt. K. Giffen
W. J. Mitchell
Weddins
J. L. Carpenter
C. G Hannah
CG Hannah
J. D. Chane
J. B. Harris
Non Thomas
R. K. Giffen
J B. Harris
J. E. Harris
Thos. O'Riley
Rm Berry
J. L. Dunn
G._T. Pope
G. T. Pope
Ino. Culberson
F. K. Giffen
N.S. Thomas
BR. K. Giffen
FR. K Giffen
N. S Thomas
R. B. Giffen
G. T Pope
G.T. Pope
Rm. K. Giffen
J. JL. Dunn
Short Items of Interest From Atlanta Bats Club Meeting
Short Items of Interest note the Atlanta Cave of American Bull Bats No 1 will hold its monthly meeting with many members displaying their wings for the first time. J C Smith a 1 young man from East Atlanta received a severe neck slash Saturday night on Decatur street during an altercation with Wright Dodson 20. Smith was taken to Grady hospital the 2 inch gash sewn up.
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South
Atlanta
J. C. Smith
Decatur Street
Wright Dodson
Smith
Grady Hospital
Mrs Schneider Aims 1200 Mile Walk Boston Challenge
Mrs H C Schneider of St Louis plans a 1200 mile trek from St Louis to Boston in forty five days starting July 28. She hopes to surpass Edward Payson Weston’s pedestrian renown and will average over twenty five miles daily, having trained for weeks to meet the schedule.
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Mrs. Schneider
St. Louis
H C. Schoeffer
Edward Payson Weston
Boston
Schneider
Georgia Senate Passes Cattle Health and Tick Eradication Bills
State Senator Jo Prhs saw two measures approved by the Senate to aid cattle raising in Georgia. One creates the State Veterinarian office to treat horses, mules, and cattle full time. The other lets the Agriculture Commissioner appoint cattle inspectors to eradicate the cattle tick. An $85,000 annual appropriation was proposed to fund eradication efforts, stressing the cattle industry as vital to the state and citing significant losses from the tick.
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Jo Prhs
Senate
Georgia
Department of Agriculture
R. P. Wright
Commissioner of Agriculture
South
Assist Culture
Ro F Wright
Appropriations Committee
Considera
Wright
Railway Car Men Gather in Atlanta in September
The Brotherhood of Railway Car Men will hold its biennial session in Atlanta starting September 12, with about 600 delegates and perhaps 500 visitors. National headquarters are in Kansas City. Frank L. Tone is grand chief carman. Local 35 and 36 have 350 members. Local 45 led by W T Watts. Two locals plan a joint meeting next week to arrange reception and entertainment.
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the Brotherhood of Railway Car Men
Atlanta
Carmen Railroad Life
The
Carman's Association
Kansas
Cit
Frank L. Toneius
Carman
W. T. Watts
I. W. Polson
Assault at beer saloon leads to escape and arrest
A man cut at another in a beer saloon scene. the pursued assailant fled into a lumber yard and was captured by Officers Pate and Brannan, then jailed. Other items include Abra Ithodes drowning at Silver Lake, body recovered by H Armstrong and assistants, a drag operation, and various travel notes about H L Hams and Mr Williams. Also details on a reduced rail rate for the Negro Farmers Institute at Clark University and coroner Paul Denehoo returning to the city from Virginity.
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Smith
Pate
Brannan
Abra Ithodes
Sliver Lake
H.armstrong
Lakewood
Armstrong
Riley and
Jordan
iAssistant
Jett
Jean J. Woodsiedy
Woodside
Newport Lengford
Atlanta
Negro Farmers’ Institute
Clark University
P. C. Parks
Officer Peacock Kills Negro Prisoner After Fight
County Officer J L Peacock shot and killed John Hanks near a Whipple Avenue race track after Hanks struck Peacock with a handcuff and knife fragments. A coroner jury ruled it justifiable homicide. Hanks, over six feet tall and from North Carolina, attacked Peacock during an East Point disturbance investigation.
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J. L. Peacock
John Hanks
Aelock
Whipple Avenue
Rapeville
East Point
R. F. Thompson
Peacock
J. G. Oliver
Whippin Avenue
Hanks
Olver
Changes at Ponce de Leon Park Bring Free Shows
Atlanta readers learn of sweeping changes at Ponce de Leon Park to recover crowds. Management cuts prices to 3 cents and plans nonstop free motion pictures and vaudeville from dusk onward, plus sale of combination admission books covering most attractions except Casino theater and skating rink.
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Ponce de Leon Park
Atlanta
Palace of Missions
Evers
Tonce de Leon
Matti
Boy Kills Stepfather After Family Dispute in Macon
In Macon Georgia on July 25 a Black youth Adolphus Daniels fired at his stepfather Major Broughton while seated at the dinner table. His mother Harchael Broughton was struck by a bullet and fatally injured. All involved are described as colored. The shooting followed reports of mistreatment of the boy’s mother.
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Macon
Adolphus Daniels
Harchael Broughton
Major Broughton
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Broughton
Moses
Sinai
Len G. Broughton
Southland
North Carolina
Mississippi
Tennessee
Hooper Alexander
DeKalb County
Temperance
Seaborn Wright
John EE. White
Brown
Ollows
Aquor
Anybody Els
Oyts
Thansiewers
Fort M’pherson
Meee
Soloks
H. L. Hams
England
Holy Land
Willams
Idea
Samatia
Galles
Damascus
Turkey
France
Jerusalem
Wiliams
Williams
Oxford
Rhodes Acholar
University of Geor
Blai
Paul Denehoo
Officer Peacock
Negro
Frank.e. Block CO
Atlenta, Ga
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