Savannah Raids Target Blind Tigers Amid Assembly Hearings
More than 100 blind tiger dens were raided in Savannah this week as three star witnesses Jas W English W B Hamby and Jake C Moore testified to the Felder Investigating Committee last Tuesday. Gracee A Perrisone, linked to the Moyer Haywood Petti bone group once tied to Frank Steunenberg’s murder, died in Denver after cancer surgery. The piece notes harsh convict treatment in legislative halls and praises a returning negro as a hero likely to offend again to be jailed.
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Felder Investigating Committee
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Jas. W. English
W. B. Hamby
Jake C. Moore
Grercee A. Perrisone
Moyer-Haywood-Pettibone
Frank Steunenberg
Idaho
St. Josephs Hospital
Denver
Colo
Disgraced NY Lawyer Ase Hrummet Seen in Paris After Prison
Ase Hrummet, the former New York lawyer who served a year on Blackwells Island, is now in Paris enjoying the boulevards and first nights. He is reported well and plans to return to New York in the spring.
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Ase Hrummet
New York
Blackwells Island
Paris
Tragic Crossings Claim 82-Year-Old Woman at Jonesboro
Mrs. Martha Scates aged 82 was struck and killed by a Central of Georgia train while crossing the track toward a neighbor’s home in Jonesboro. She was mother to Mrs. E. C. Nesbit of Atlanta, Mrs. B. K. Suttles and Mrs. M. E. Dobbs of Jonesboro.
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Jonesboro
Martha Scates
Central of Georgia
Scates
E. C. Nesbit
Atlanta
B. K. Suttles
M. E. Dobbs
Governor hints at extra Legislature session on convict system
Governor Smith indicated that if the Legislative Committee does not finish its probe and deliver a thorough report in time, he will call an extra session to address the convict system before adjournment on August 12. The remark came as the panel continues its examination.
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Smith
Counties Push to Abolish Convict Lease System
The convict lease system sparks statewide agitation from mountains to seaboard as counties demand abolition and prefer using convicts on public roads under local oversight. Butts remains silent, though residents back settling the issue for humane governance and direct local supervision.
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Seaboard
Butts
Slaton Drug Co. Ad Promotes Stationery and Toilet Articles
A compact advertisement urges customers to visit Slaton Drug Co for fine stationery and toilet articles. The card highlights a broad assortment and suggests the store as a go to source for office and personal care needs.
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Slaton Drug Co
Montague Sunday School Conference Inspires Attendees
The Monteagle Assembly hosted the Sunday School Conference with Dr. F W Gunsaulus delivering key sermons on moral motive and the English Bible. The event drew 500 delegates from 14 states and four countries, highlighting training, child-focused teaching, and preparations for a follow-up Bible conference.
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F. W.W. Gunsaulus
Chicago
Gunsaulus
Pepper
Memphis
H. M. Hamill
Southern Methodist Church
L. P. Leavell
Baptist Church
Cuba
Mexico
China
Japan
Tennessee
Georgia
Monteagle
Atlanta mass meeting calls end to convict lease system
At Grand Opera House 2000 residents joined in a mass meeting denouncing Georgia convict lease laws. They resolved to seek bonds to end the system and condemned officials who profited from human bondage as a crime against God and a blot on the South.
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Atlanta
Grand Opera House
Fulton County
Georgia
Slaton Drug Co Specialty in Prescription Work
A local drug firm emphasizes graduate pharmacists and specializes in prescription dispensing. Slaton Drug Co. profiles its commitment to professional pharmaceutical service and medication accuracy.
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Slaton Drug Co
Father cured of chronic diarrhoea after remedy trial
John H. Zirkle of Philippi West Virginia writes that after years of persistent diarrhoea his father used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from the Philippi Republican advertisement. One bottle cured him and he has been well for eighteen months at age sixty, able to work like a younger man. Sold by Slaton Drug Co. Jackson Georgia.
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John H. Zirkle
Philippi
W. Va
Chamberlain
Slaton Drug Co
Jackson, Ga
Mosquito Canopies and Sore Eyes Cure Sold Locally
Carmichael Etheridge-Smith Co offers mosquito canopies at 1.75 dollars. Granulated sore eyes cured by Chamberlain's Salve, praised by Martin Boyd of Henrietta Kentucky after using one box via Slaton Drug Co in Jackson Georgia.
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Carmichael Etheridge-Smith Co
Martin Boyd
Henrietta
Slaton Drug Co
Jackson
Coal on Earth for Sale at Jackson Lumber Company
The Jackson Lumber Company advertises coal for sale as the best on earth. Local shoppers are invited to compare quality and price at the yard.
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Jackson Lumber Company
A Faithful Friend Praises Chamberlain’s Remedy
A commercial traveler from Oakland Ind Ter extols Chamberlain's Volk Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy first introduced in 1872 saying it always quickens cures. He notes thirty five years of use and urges others to try it. Slaton Drug Co. Jackson Ga.
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H. 8. Nichols
Oakland
Ind
Slaton Drug Co
Jackson
Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets
Busy period for health supplement fans as Hollister announces Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets. The ad touts golden health and renewed vigor, claims relief for backache and headache, priced at 35 cents a box. Manufactured by Houston Dave Compare in Madison Wisconsin.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Bowela
Houston
Dave Compare
Madison, Wis
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