Georgia Legislature Convict Bill Passes After Rowdy Debate
July 27 to August 1 coverage of the Georgia legislature detailing amendments to the Holder convict bill, debates on sentencing discretion, salaries for prison officers, and the gradual settlement of the convict question. Senate actions include Felder and Knight exchanges, joint memorials for John W. Akin, and local-bill approvals. The banking bill creating a state bank examiner passed with substitutions, while lawmakers tackled county and charter amendments and road-rail issues.
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Jay
Blackburn
Fulton
State Farm
Convret
Fee Gycom
Georgia
McFarland
McIntosh
Berry
Hall
Slade
Muscogee
Winder
Messrs. Young and
Tuggle
Troup
Hogansville
Fulbright
Burke
Waynesboro
Messrs
Alexander and Candler
DeKalb
Lithonia
Cowan
Rockdale
Hale
Clayton
Jonesboro
Senate
Cowart
Felder
Knight
Joseph M. Terrell
Brock
Tift
Dougherty
Railroad Commission
House
John W. Akin
Forty-second District
State Senate
Mattox
St. Marys
Board of Commissioners of Roads
Calhoun
Henderson
Office of Commissioners of Roads
Irwin
Macon
L. A. Henderson
Thirty
Way
Pulaski
Carroll Daniel
State of Georgia
Deen
Committee On Banking
Martin
Peacock
Plumbers End Strike in Columbus Under Temporary Pact
The Columbus plumbers resume work under a temporary agreement with the city master plumbers. Details of the pact are not released. Workers had earned 4 dollars a day for nine hours and sought 4.50 dollars for eight hours. The master plumbers doubt the wage increase and shortened hours are justified. In Forsyth district, Masons elected W A Prout worthy master and other officers for the year at a Forsyth meeting.
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Columbus
Masons
Forsyth
W. A. Prout
Barnesville
J. G. Smith
McDonough
Ww. Ll Jenkins
Thomaston
G. A. Matthews
Molena
J. G. Harris
Henry Anderson
W. R. Henry
W. J. Taylor
Howard
Illges
Georgia
Gabbettsville
Troup County
Norburne P. Moore
W. L. Turner
Lenans
Liberty County
Queen Strikland
H. EK. Strikland
Millwood
Ware County
Walter J. Hardee
J. W. McPhail
Aversville
Stephen County
Henry B.kytle
J. H. Kytle
Grover Barnhill
Raymond A. Hogan
Glenwood
Thomas Nall
Griffin
Central of Georgia Railroad
Macon
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
Confederacy
John W. Jarrell
Lexington
Hchols Artillery
Gilmer Blues
Miller
T. R. Hendricks
Union Cotton Company
Farmers’ Union
America
Europe
Emory Speer
United States District Court
Southeastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Randolph County
Shellman
W. R. Curry
Clapp
Boston
Milltown Lumber Company
Milltown
T. C. Skeen
Skeen
St. Louis
A. J. Stevens
Dayton
Ohio
Georgia census shows 734817 school children in 1908
The 1908 Georgia school census compiled by State School Commissioner Jere M. Pound tallies 734 817 children ages 5 to 18 in state schools. Whites number 385 814 and Negroes 349 000, with five year increases 5.5 percent for whites and 3.4 percent for Blacks. The white population share of total is 2.4 percent 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
Milltown
Earthly Paradise in Sleep and Homebound Faith
A Baltimore Sun poem reflects on parents watching children sleep and grow, the home as shelter and heaven, and love guiding everyday life. The piece intertwines tender nightly rituals with the hope that home remains a gateway to rest and blessing as children mature.
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Baltimore Sun
Home dinner fiasco at Hyde Park flat with burned steak
A bachelor and his newly married friend plan a quiet home dinner at Birdie and Willie's Hyde Park flat. Birdie frets about cooking and a burned steak ends up masking her embarrassment as guests pretend to enjoy a humble, improvised meal.
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Hyde Park
Birdie
Willie
Bill
Jelly Theme Spoofs Domestic Comedy in Chicago News
A comic scene unfolds at a dinner party where a couple shares jelly with a guest and a bachelor, who pretends interest while secretly despising it. The host and hostess navigate awkward compliments as Birdie’s jelly ties the evening together.
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Birdie
Wil'ie
Bill
Chicago News
Selling Shoes in Britain Through Multiple Stores System
An American salesman describes Britain’s growing use of centralized multiple shoe shops led from major manufacturing towns like Leicester. He notes price pressure from buyers with cash, improved displays, and British adoption of American styles, while acknowledging small retailers suffer but overall trade has intensified.
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Great Britain
Leicester
London
America
Frances
Britain
New York Sun
Spoiling a Man for Commerce and Cultural Debate
Sir Alfred Jones argues that sending a man to Oxford or Cambridge would spoil him for commerce while M Paul Adam counters that France loses in the commercial race as its business class neglects classics, missing a substitute for classical training.
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Alfred Jones
Oxford
Cambridge
M. Paul Adam
Paris
France
London Univ
Women in Business and Marriage Status Weigh Future Race
A humorous poem from the Indianapolis News reflecting on marriage and female independence. It contrasts easy marriage and better pay with social expectations, suggesting caution in choosing a partner and noting practical advice amid light verse.
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Cincinnati
American Academy of Medicine
Chicago
Comic Snippets and Quips From Historic Papers
A collage of humor from early 20th century newspapers includes quips about marriage and money, a magistrate questioning crooks, editor banter, and snippets on manners. Notable lines feature remarks on honor, competition, and social mores shared by unidentified authors and editors across Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Atlanta publications.
Elephants Swallow Stones, Baffle Teeth Theory
A British Museum donor presented about half a peck of angular stones claimed from an African elephant's stomach. He noted other similar cases among hunters. The piece questions how such stones affect molar teeth and why they remain unrounded, also citing crocodile stone swallowing.
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British Museum
Philadelphia
Local opinion on new option provokes strong talk
A visitor asks about the local option, Col. Still calls it a good thing yet depressing. He laments that a man of years and experience is forced to take ice cream soda water seriously, reflecting scorn or weariness in the Washington Star excerpt.
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Smithson
Jonesby
Nan
Bell
Nell
Philadelphia
Baltimore American
Hewitt
Jewett
Chicago Daily News
Philadelphia Record
Washington
Philadelphia Ledger
Dickey
Atlanta Constitution
Dustin Stax
Washington Star
Col
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