Georgia Legislature Proceedings and Convict Lease Debates
The Georgia Legislature adjourned and reconvened with rapid voting on the Holder convict bill. Night debates yielded votes 108 to 58 in favor with amendments, and DeKalb Representative Alexander pushed for a constitutional ban on convict leasing after 1911. Across sessions, bills on budgets, taxes, school systems, and municipal charters passed or faced setbacks as lawmakers weighed reforms and public finances.
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Alexander
DeKalb
Senate
Hall of
Bible
General Assembly
Tyson
Hmanuel
Tatnall County
Mesars. Blackburn
Bell
Fulton
College Park
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Ayala
Bibb
John P. Ross
Messrs
Walker
Ashley
Lowndes
Lumber City
Flanagan and Holder
Jackson
Winder
Messrs. Young and
Tuggle
Troup
Hogansville
Fulbright
Burke
Waynesboro
Messrs. Alexander and Candler
Lithonia
Cowan
Rockdale
Huje
Clayton
Jonesboro
Clifton
Toombs
Wilkes
Kingwood
Senator Lashley
Braseltown Creek
Union County
Felder
Tift
Dougherty
Railroad Commission
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John W. Akin
Forty-second
State Senate
Thireday
Madox
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Calhoun
Henderson
Office of Commissioners of Roads
Irwin
Macon
L. A. Henderson
Thirty
Commmon
Way
Pulaski
Carroll Daniel
State of
Dobbs
Atlanta
Extra session possible over Georgia convict system
Governor Smith warns an extra session may be called if the convict system inquiry fails to finish in time. An investigating committee works around the clock with many subpoenaed witnesses yet to appear. The current lease system expires April 1, 1909, and disputes between the two houses hinge on the committee’s forthcoming report.
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Atlanta
Smith
Georgia Census Shows Growth in White and Negro Schools
Georgia's 1908 state school census reports 734,87 children ages 6 to 18 in school. Whites number 383,814 and Negroes 349,000, with gains since 1903. The survey notes literacy rates of 2.4 percent for whites and 9.3 percent for Negroes.
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Georgia
Jere M. Pound
R. F. Duckworth
Georgia Farmers Union
Macon
N. P. Quinby
Bartow
John T. McDaniel
Griffin
John T. Lee
DeKalb
June Pool
Milltown
Howard
Siges
Columbus
Gabbettsville
Troup County
Norburne P. Moore
W. L. Turner
Lenans
Liberty County
Queen Strikland
H. EB
Strikland
Millwood
Ware County
Walter J. Hardee
J. W. McPhail
Aversville
Stephen County
Henry E. Kytle
J. H. Kytle
Grover Barnhill
Raymond A. Hogan
Glenwood
Thomas Nall
City of
First Baptist Church
B. R. Blakely
Head Drug Company
Hill Street
Central of Georgia Railroad
Atlanta
Jackson County
John N. Holder
L. G. Holdman
P. H. Collier
A. R. Braselton
Board of Roads and Revenues
J. Nix
G. W. Baxley
Marie Davis
Rome
The
Confederacy
John W. Jarrell
Lexington
Echols Artillery
Gilmer Blues
America
Europe
Emory Speer
United States District Court
Southeastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Randolph County
Shellman
W. R. Curry
Keep Your Skin Health Safe With Terreatxs Claims
An advertisement touts Terreatxs for skin diseases including eczema iching and chilblains and claims thousands obtain cures by mail from T Suurtnive Savannah Ga. The piece then cites a medical report on tuberculous milk from City Hospital Ward Island, noting infected herds and 77 children tested with 19 reacting and 13 surgical TB cases, concluding fresh clean milk is safer than pasteurized and TB infection risk is low.
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T. SuurTnive
Dept. A
Savannah
Gael
William Leland Stowell
New York
City Hospital
Wards Island
City
Meaning Behind Names at Hast er Wedding Announcements
In a Philadelphia Bulletin item, a mother reads wedding notices and muses on names. She infers William signifies goodness while Jamey denotes beloved, and wonders about the meaning of George as she smiles and looks up from the paper.
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William
Jamey
George
Mother
Philadelphia Bulletn
Cones Found the Answer to Health Through Postum
A reader explains years of coffee dependence caused pale weak health and poor appetite. After quitting coffee and adopting Postum, health improved within a week and fully recovered in five months, weighing 148 pounds. The letter, attributed to Postum Co. with a sales pitch for The Road to Wellville, circulates as genuine testimony.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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