Georgia Election Returns Show Brown Victory for Governor
Early returns from Georgia state election indicate Joseph M. Brown won the governorship over Yancey Carter as the Democratic ticket swept most offices. Carter carried Chattooga and Gordon counties, while voting was light statewide. The pension commissioner race saw incumbent John W. Lindsey reelected by a safe majority, with eight candidates in the field. The full slate of Democratic nominees was elected with McBride carrying Chatham and Fulton in local boosts.
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Atlanta
Govenor
Joseph M. Rowndidate
Democratic Party
Yancey Carter
Independent Party
Brown
Carter
Chattooga
Gordon
John W. Lindsey
W. J. Buchanan
A. W. Lindsey
T. J. Lumpkin
A. J. McBride
A. B. Stansell
W. W. Wilson
B. L. Hearn
W. A. Poe
Fulton
McBride
Chatham
Lindsey
Joseph M. Brown
Philip Cook
Lee County
William A. Wright
Richmond County
Robert E. Park
Bibb County
Thomas G. Hudson
Schley County
Jere M. Pound
Baldwin County
Wiley Williams
Muscogee County
Railroad Commission
Fuller B
Callaway
Troup County
George Hillyer
Fulton County
Warner
Horace M. Holden
Taliaferro County
Richard B. Russell
Jackson County
Superior Court
Solicitors General
Georgia Voters Return Joseph M Brown in State Primary
The article notes broad voter apathy in Georgia with about 60 percent turnout in the regular primary where Joseph M Brown secured the nomination. Brown won Cobb County by the largest proportion, Milton County backed him by 4500 votes, and several statewide officials were elected to six year terms. The disfranchisement amendment passed by a safe margin with Democratic backing.
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Brown
Garter
Georgia
Atlanta
Smith
Joseph M. Brown
Marietta
Cobb
Cobb County
Milton County
Criminal rewards listed for 1906 1908 killings in Georgia and Alabama
Governor Smith offers rewards of 100 dollars each for the arrest of Ian Hill in Talbot County for the May 4 1908 murder of Ed Blackshear and for Tom Lucas in Fulton County for the September 1906 murder of L O Parrell. Clarke County seeks more convicts than quotas. county commissioners aim road and permanent improvements. Midville taxes near beer 300 dollars this quarter. Rome council and county commissioners seek injunction to compel a balance of over 7000 dollars from dispensary funds. headquarters to post notices for a brigade reunion in Atlanta Ga with plans for an October 23 24 gathering.
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Smith
Ian Hill
Ed Blackshear
Talbot County
Tom Lucas
Parrell
Fulton County
Clarke
D Uty
Coun
Midville
Mandeville
Bis ‘Ational Bank
Mandeville Mills
Carrollton
Trecely
Rome
Bank Mus
Doles
Atlanta
Ivision
Capital Building
Div Ters
Capitol Building
W. W. Hulbert
Official Vote Totals in Georgia Governor Race and More
The Atlanta Constitution reports Governor-Elect Brown leading Captain Carter by about 110000 votes, carrying every county in official tallies from 34 counties. Lindsay wins pension commissioner by 15000 with McBride close behind and disfranchisement amendment favored by 30000 to 40000. Estimated total vote around 140000.
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Lindsay
Colonel McBride
Decatur
Barry
Douglas
Dougherty
Buchanan
Mr. Brown
Carter
Politicians converge in Chicago amid campaign talk and rumors
A Chicago banquet scene features William J Bryan and William Howard Taft greeting each other as party leaders map strategy focused on New York Indiana and Iowa. News notes detail Roosevelt pension politics Debs and Hearst speaking tours and minor scuffles over labor law and oil bribery claims amid a crowded campaign backdrop.
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Debs
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Atlanta
United States
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Tenn
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Minnesota
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Ohio
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Fla
Prohibition Party
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Yale
New Haven
Thomas L. Hisgen
William Randolph Hearst
Reno
Nevada
Independence Party
Central States
Ma. Sherman
Butler
Ind
Nebraska
Standard Oil
Frank S$. Monnett
Atorney General
Farm Life Commission Starts Circulars to Roosevelts Plan
The Farm Life Commission led by L. H. Bailey begins sending half a million circulars with twelve questions to rural areas seeking data for a Roosevelt address to Congress. Assistant director B. W. Allen is named to the Agriculture Department and December 6 is the target date to deliver findings.
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Committee On Country Life
United States
Commission
L. H. Bailey
New York
Bw.w. Allen
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Congress
Naval Stores Operators Form 2 Million Dollar Producers' Selling Co
Naval stores operators from five southern states including Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Florida plan a producers selling company capitalized at 2 million dollars. The Jacksonville headquarters aim to secure better prices for naval stores products and combat adulteration and interstate trade abuses. Walter P. Corbett cites alleged adulteration of 4.5 million gallons of turpentine to lower prices and urges regulatory action.
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Naval Stores
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Fla
Walter P. Corbett
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Preacher Fires Five Shots Killing Jackson in Lauderdale Area
News from Athens reports Andrew Jackson, a Lauderdale County resident, was killed by preacher Livingston after a long running feud. Livingston was later found wandering the woods in undergarments and barefooted, then escaped in the night, with authorities suspecting mental instability.
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Livingston
Athens
Ala
Andrew Jackson
Lauderdale
Jackson
Attempt to End Strike in Manchester Cotton Trade
Representatives of cotton manufacturers and their employer conferred ineffectually to end the strike. Winston Spencer Churchill, president of the board of trade, will try to arbitrate the case as both sides hope for success.
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Manchester
England
Winston Spencer Churchill
Board of Trade
Fatal trolley wreck shocks Haverhill workers
An open car carrying Italian laborers collided with a Georgetown regular car near Haverhill Massachusetts. One passenger was killed and local hospitals treated numerous injuries.
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Haverhill
Mass
Georgetown
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