Mouldings of the Georgia Legislature August 4 to 8
The Georgia House and Senate pass and defeat numerous measures from near beer taxes and Confederate pensions to railroad and city charters. Bills create boards of roads and revenues, fund universities, and regulate liquor, with sessions detailing appropriations, local bills, and plans for public institutions. The period includes debates on convict leases, school contracts, and various municipal improvements across counties and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasur
Enlarged Railroad Commission
University of Georgia At Athens
Ofla
al- Teila
Agricultural College
Athens
Georgia
McMullan
Hart
Bowersville
Messrs. Heard and Adkinson
Dooly
State Railroad Commission
Ward
Coffee
City Court of
Douglas
Cowart
Ninth District
Board of County Commissioners
Calhoun County
Warnell
Tatnall
Toombs
Middle Judicial Circuit
Atlantic Judicial Circuit
Maddox
St. Marys
Huie
Clayton
Forrest Park
Parker
Talbot
Junction City
Davison
Greene
Board of Roads and Revenues
Greene County
Chamlee
Floyd
Rome
Adams
Wilkinson
Lucy Lockhart
Trent
Heard
Peter Currous
Johnson
Jasper
Louisa Hodge
John M
Mary McDougal
Taylor
Sumter
Frank Johnson
Senate
General Assembly
Wilkes
Kingwood
Colquitt
Henderson
Ocilla
Overstreet
Felder
Hall of
Bibb
Pope
Dade
Dade County
John M. Castleberry
Messrs. Cooke, Stubbs and McIntyre
Thomas
University of Georgia
Board of Education
Thomasville
Messrs. Holder and Flanagan
Jackson
Board of Commissioners of Roads
Jackson County
Summer of
Turner
Ashburn
Mr. Flanders
Board of Commissioners of
County of
Messrs. Young and
Tuggle
Troup
Troup County
McMahan
Clarke
City of
Messrs. Heard and Adkins
Town of
Byromville
Hawes
Union City
Smith
Campbell
Campbell County
Williford
Buckhead
The
Thirty-ninth
Cumming
Forsyth
Strickland
Pike
Barnesville
Sumner
Board of
Turner County
Williams
Dodge
Hastman
Gibson
Glascock
Glascock County
Gadley
Camden
Williamson
McWilliams
Henry
County Court of
Reid
Macon
Oglethorpe
Messrs. Jones and
Keih
Meriwether
Primrose
Hardeman
Jefferson
Townsend
Clinch
Clinch County
Wynne
Pulaski
Pulaski County
Buchannan
Early
Blakely
Board of Commissions of Roads
McDonough
Sim
Hardaman
Statham
John W. Akin
House
Rogers
Randolph
Martin
Dalton
Tracy
Webster
EB. J. Coker
A. M. Johnson
Webster County
Thirtyninth
McMichael
Marion
Fullbright
Burke
Waynesboro
Messrs
Flannigan
Holder
Stephens
Senator Bush
Senator Stephens
Savannah, Statesboro and Western Railroad
Mr. Godkey
State of Georgia
Senator Camp
Chattanooga
W. & A. Railroad
In Senate Action on Convict Lease and City Charters
The senate on August 4 considered a convict lease reform amid debate over public roads and specific counties. A resolution to abolish the system faced a 32 to 7 vote against, as sessions discussed city charters for Atlanta Marietta Edgewood and DeKalb County towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Ben Hill
Hoase
Perry
Hall
Senate
Alexander
DeKalb
House
Beer
Ducktown
Mercer
Terrell
Dawson Light and Water Commission
Eaves
Haralson
Buchanan
Massengale
Warren
Norwood
Payton
Worth
Sylvester
Legislative Investigating Committee
Indian Bylrings
L. H. Ladsinger
Cook
Alfair
Board of Roads
Telfair County
Hines
Baldwin
Baldwin County
Johnson
Jeff Davis
Jeff Davis County
Senator Brantley
Aot
Senator Dobs
Marietta
Senator Henderson
Irwin County
Hayes
Flint River
Macon County
Feller
Atlanta
Dopicipal
Edgewood
Dobbs
Battle Hinpbes
DeKalb County
Fall market review notes curtailment in cotton goods
Bradstreet's weekly summary reports generally favorable trade and growing industrial output but flags curtailments in certain cotton goods. It notes early fall buying softness and cautious buyers while railroads, iron and steel, hardware, coal, lumber show activity. US failures total 205 that week, Canada 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Bradstreet
United States
Canada
Merchants Protest Southern Rate Increase Filing
Kalamazoo merchants protest an interstate commerce commission filing opposing a rail rate rise to southern territory set to take effect this month. The association cites a 10 to 25 percent hike and impact on shippers in a thousand towns. In Kentucky a store shooting left John Blanton dead and multiple others wounded amid a long running Saylor Blanton feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Shepardson
Dealers object to army contracting methods in Chicago
Manufacturers in the western states harshly criticize how the war department awards army clothing contracts. A special board ordered a sample of twenty yards of cloth for uniforms, a move seen as creating a monopoly since the sample cost is prohibitive for small dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
War Department
Whiskey Blaze Destroys Warehouses in Midway Ky
A fire in Midway Kentucky destroyed five warehouses of the J. Greenbaum Distilling Co. and burned more than 47 000 barrels of whiskey. Losses are estimated around 300 000 dollars as the blaze threatens to wipe out the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway
J. Greenbaum Distilling Company
Captain Guthrie Dies by Own Action At Sea
Captain A H Guthrie of the schooner Frank A Williams jumped overboard eight miles west of Cape Lookout in Savannah bound voyage from New York to Southport after the vessel had been sold. The schooner was left without a navigator but the mate steered to Savannah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
A. H. Guthrie
Frank A. Williams
New York
Cape Lookout
Southport
New York Central Plans 2 Million Dollar Pittsburg Expansion
The New York Central railroad approves immediate expenditure of two million dollars for improvements in the Pittsburg district. Various other 19th century items include a fatal shooting in Mississippi, Wright's airplane flight near Le Mans, factory reopenings in Missouri and public notices in Arkansas and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central Railroad
Pittsburg
Indaw
Ira Cody
Wade Riggan
Cody
Cox
Mississippi
Wilber Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Lemans
France
John Woolsby
Oxford
Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Milling Company
Godfriend Probst
Brooklyn
Bombay
India
Seth M. Richereck
Indianapolis
Johannesburg
South Africa
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
Sedalia
Fort Scott
Atchison
Osawatomie
DeSoto
Baring Cross
Argenta
Ark
St. Louis and Southwestern Railroad
Dunning
Nebraska
American Tobacco Company
George H. Sommers
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
United States
Congress
Ethel Gaylord
Richmond
Jacksonville
Fla
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Mi Rracer
Liberty
Hees
State Normal School
Georgia Normal and Indus- Mal College
Milledgeville
Holves
Bowersvile
Adkins
Oart
Wart of Coffee
Board of County
Young
West Point
Ballard
Newton
Jones
T Ham
Calbech
Gordon
Calhoun
Candler
Chamblee
Blackburn
Fulton
Georgia Soldiers’ Home
Confederate Avenue
Couch
Coweta
Benola
White
Madison
Comer
Hudson
Harris County
Glynn
City Court
Matthews
Laurens
Cedar Grove
Messrs. Alexander and Candler
East Lake
McMullen
Board of Commissioners
Weekly Trade Review
Washington, D. C
Crop-Reporting Board
Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Iowa
Texas
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
North Carolina
Arkansas
Harlan, Ky
Howard
Layman
John Blanton
Sherman Blanton
Stokley Osborne
Lee Russell
Captain Guthrie
Washington
China
Shanghai
International Opium Commission
Roosevelt
James M. Haralson
Naval Academy
J. H. Russell
Panama Expeditionary Regiment of Marines
New
Navy Medical College Hospital