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Fayetteville News

Location

Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1908

Page

6

Georgia House Passes Multiple Appropriations and Bills

The Georgia House advanced appropriation bills totaling 26 671 with allocations to the State Normal School at Athens 7 000 the Milledgeville infirmary 7 671 a wall for the Marietta Confederate Cemetery 6 000 and repairs to the Confederate Soldiers Home in Atlanta 5 000 A convict lease bill action was requested of the Senate a series of charter and road board measures were read and passed with multiple counties and towns named An inspector of drugs bill passed 98 2 and other pension and public health provisions were approved The session featured early adjournment Senate House friction over anti pass provisions and prohibition resolutions remained tabled with limited work completed

House of Representatives State Normal School Athens Georgia Normal and Industrial College Milledgeville Marietta Atlanta Senate House McMullan Hart Bowersville Messrs. Heard and Adkins Dooly State Railroad Commission Ward Coffee City Court of Douglas Cowart Board of County Commissioners Calhoun County Legislative Investigating Committee Indian Springs L. H. Ladsinger Palmer Locker Club Savannah Pope Brooks Town of Dixie White Screven Sylvania Madison Danielsville Cook Telfair Board of Roads Telfair County Hines Baldwin Baldwin County Johnson Jeff Davis Jeff Davis County Senator Brantley Senator Dobs Senator Henderson Irwin County Hayes Flint River Macon County State Board of Health Messrs. Matthews and Clark Laurens Messrs. Barrett Stephens Calbeck Gordon Mr. White City Court Madison County Mr. Alexander DeKalb Messrs. Chamblee and Wright Floyd Floyd County Ellison Harris Nancy M. Collier Adams Chatham Barrett Tyson Emanuel George M. Brinson Blackburn Fulton Goode Pickens Hall of Bibb Hall Congress Littlefield Knight Sixth Tift County Wilkes Moultrie Kingwood Colquitt County Henderson Cumming Forsyth County Felder Macon Williford Twenty Buckhead Morgan County Martin Georgia Hardaman Statham Jackson County John W. Akin Shhirty-Ninth Rogers Randolph Board of Commissioners of Roads Dalton Tracy Webster B. J. Coker A. M. Johnson Webster County The Thirtyninth McMichael Marion Fullbright Burke Waynesboro Maxwell Twiste Wright Richmond Wright and Allen Representative Brown Carroll Carrollton Messrs Heard and Adkins Railroad Commission Mr. Adams Messrs. Hampton Columbia Troup West Point Troup County Bridge Street Said City Biley Eaves Haralson Buchanan McWilliams Henry Henry County Mercer Terrell Dawson Water and Light Commission Couch Coweta City of Senoia Brown Tift Hull Clayton Forrest Park Wise Fayette Fayetteville McMullen Perry Rome Early Blakely Mr. Ward Messrs. Blackburn and Bell College Park Messrs. Walker and Ashley Lowndes Valdosta Brooks County Corner Lumber City Messrs. Flanagin Holder Jackson Winder Calhoun John P. King Davison Greene Parker Tolbert Junction City Messrs. Alexander and Candler Lithonia Cowan Rockdale Massengale Warren Norwood Mr. Jones Mitchell Pelham Jonesboro Ballard Newton Newton County Messrs. Candler and Alexander Chamblee Messrs, Alexander and Candler J. W. Turner Wilkinson Luck Locihart Wilkinson County Trent Heard Peter Currans Sarah Currans Jasper Louisa Hodge John M Elizabeth Taylor Sumter Frank Johnson S. F. Crain Thomas H. Greer Mary Ann Greer

Georgia Senate Advances Many Bills Amid Tuberculosis Fund Vote

The Georgia Senate passed multiple measures including a $25,000 tuberculosis institute appropriation to be disbursed 1908 1909 1910 for buildings and support. Other actions included approving a registration law amendment 34 to 0 and increasing the state entomologist’s salary to 2000. A Felder bill to cut off the compiler of records funding failed 25 to 12.

Senate Martin Georgia Messrs Flannigan Holder Williford Felder

Georgia Senate Passes Multiple Public Measures

The senate approved several bills including to allow municipal confinement for misdemeanor convicts, amend Colquitt city corporate act, extend Savannah Statesboro and Western railroad completion, repeal a county court creation act, and permit the governor to acquire land in Chattanooga for a W and A railroad terminal and street opening through state property.

Senator Stephens Senator Bush Colquitt Savannah, Statesboro and Western Godkey Camden

Convict reform bill moves to end lease system in Georgia

Senate leaders Felder Stevens Henderson and Peacock push a plan to abolish the prison commission and replace it with a seven member board named by the governor. The aim is to lease remaining convicts for road work for 18 months and fund state convict farming. a pardon secretary and general manager would run the system. The measure accompanies broader bills on elections, taxation and municipal bonds as the legislature races toward adjournment.

Felder Stevens Henderson Peacock Georgia House Senate Georgia Prison Department Technological Branch State University Atlanta State Technological School Reid Putnam Avanta Dukes Carroll County Orr Coweta Newnan Messrs. Blackburn and Bell Fulton College Park Wright Richmond Senator Martin

Late News Notes From A Century Ago

Notes cover a string of incidents and updates across regions. A Mississippi store shooting follows a home rescue, while a Dayton aviator sets a Le Mans record. Missouri Pacific to reopen shops. a Nebraska tornado destroys Dunning. Corporate finance and legal notices ripple through tobacco, rail, and international drug commission matters.

Zaie Theittsburg Ira Cody Wade Riggan Cody Cox's Mississippi Wilber Wright Dayton Ohio Lemans France John Goolsby Oxford Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Milling Company Godfriend Probst Brooklyn Bombay India Seth M. Richereck Indianapolis Johannesburg South Africa Missouri Pacific Railroad St. Louis Medalia Fort Scott Atchison Osawatomie DeSoto Baring Cross Argenta Ark Dunning Nebraska American Tobacco Company George H. Sommers Baltimore and Ohio Railroad United States Congress Ethel Gaylord Richmond Jacksonville Fla Gaylord

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