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Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1908

Page

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Trustees adopt a near split vote on governor endorsement

Seventy trustees of the Anti Saloon League of Georgia held a meeting in the Carnegie Building basement. Eighteen attended and the group narrowly approved a resolution to support Governor Smith as an individual, not an endorsement, with several present voting against and others requesting their nonattendance noted.

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Conditions at Milledgeville State Reformatory Unearthed

Rex Brannen describes degrading conditions at Milledgeville reformatory where white and Black youths share rooms with no proper beds or training. He notes reform aims in 1905 but claims the institution remains under prison commission, with harsh labor and chained convicts. Other speakers discuss convict lease history and reform efforts.

Beng Rex Brannen Mr Brannen Boaty Brannen Hrannen Weg Thage Georgia Hooper Alexander Folaw Ng Prison Commission M. Alexander

Prohibition talk at Piedmont Society meeting names new officers

Recorder Nash A Broyles led a Georgia State Sociological Society program on Prohibition and law enforcement. Speakers included Judge Kash R Broyles, Dr LG Hardman, and Dr John E White, with Judge Wardman and Dr White addressing limits, effects, and social problems tied to prohibition.

Piedmont Georgia State Sociological Society Kash R Broyles LG Hardman John E White G Wardman Connerce T Lim E White Ludge Broyles R Brhime Liedmont Cordale Jera John &. White Milledgeville Willem T Jones Atlanta Suet Alem Angusti South Npen Es Rts Cnn Nepinix fSeorgim Court Anpenia Noice Az Daniel Webster Seid Wassachusetts Rene BP Sewryter Cere Seeen Wren

Necroes Band Faces Taft or Roosevelt in Coast Sketches

Candler, Cooper, Craven and Good year plead for the Atlantic and Great Western. Sketches showing rolls of the canal are displayed.

Candler Cooper Craven Goodyear

Georgia Delegation Pushes Feasibility of Canal Project

A Georgia delegation testified before a House committee urging construction of the Atlantic and Great Western canal to haul water and ship traffic from the Coosa and Etowah basins toward Atlanta. They cited a 1872 Army survey, a reduced cost now estimated at 31,100,000, and argued the project would justify federal funding despite prior budget limits.

John Corrigan, Jr Washington Georgia Nouse of Representatives Congress W G Cooper Isa G Candler Canerly C P Goodyear Committee On Railways and Canals United States Army Res Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Coosa River Guntersville Gadsden Rome Coosa Gwl Creek Cartersville Atlanta Suwanee

Formal notice served by negro preachers in national politics

A committee of leading negro preachers in the north and east warns that if Taft or Roosevelt is nominated the negro vote of about one million will oppose the ticket. The notice, signed by ministers from Afro American councils to Niagara, the New England suffrage league, and other groups, outlines plans for mass meetings to influence the Republican convention and balance power in Congress.

John Carrigan Washington, DC Repubilcan Fairbanks Knox Foraker Cannon Taft Roosevelt Hcad North Stak Afro Amerian Council Niagara Movement He Negro Independence Itilleague New England Suffrage League Society Tat House Wls Chicago

Promising to Wed Men She Lured Them to Doom

La Porte May 5 Sheriff Smutzer and Coroner Mack search for more victims of Mrs Belle Gunness, who is blamed for multiple murders at her La Porte home. Bodies found include Andrew Heldgren of Aberdeen SD and Jennie Olsen, her stepdaughter, with others too decomposed to identify. Police suspect the Gunness farm acted as a clearing house for killings and trunks carrying victims were shipped to La Porte for disposal.

la Porte Smutzer Mack Belle Gunness Andrew Heldgren Aberdeen SD Jennie Olaen Vic Joseph Maxson Kapa Ak Mr. Gunnets Heldgren Hedgren Nnt Jennie Olsen Gunness Chicago la Parte

Weather Forecast for Washington May Showers

Washington forecast for May 5 indicates occasional showers on Wednesday and Thursday with variable winds and cool conditions across the region.

Washington

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