Georgia Legislature Convict Bill Progress in Late July Session
A detailed Georgia House and Senate record notes Holder convict bill debates, amendments, and votes through July 31, with key actions including a county treasury provision, a cap on prison commission salaries, and passage of the bill in the House by 108 to 5. The Senate later advances related measures and schedules memorials, local bills, and banking reform.
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Jay
Blackburn
Fulton
State Farm
Convret
Fee Gycom
Georgia
McFarland
McIntosh
Berry
Hall
Slade
Muscogee
Alexander of
DeKelb
Senate
Hall of Bibb
General Assembly
Winder
Messrs. Young and
Tuggle
Troup
Hogansville
Fulbright
Burke
Waynesboro
Messrs
Alexander and Candler
DeKalb
Lithonia
Cowan
Rockdale
Hale
Clayton
Jonesboro
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
Clifton
Toombs
Wilkes
Kingwood
Lashley
Braseltown Creek
Union County
Plumbers Strike Ends Temporarily in Columbus
The Columbus plumbers’ strike ends for now after a temporary agreement with the master plumbers. Strikers had been paid four dollars a day for nine hours and sought four fifty for eight hours, but the masters deem current conditions do not warrant the raise. In Forsyth, the sixth district Masons elect officers for the year led by W. A. Prout as worthy master and J. G. Smith as senior warden.
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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
Georgia school census shows 734817 pupils in 1908
The 1908 Georgia school census reports 734817 children aged 5 to 18 statewide, 385814 white and 349000 Negro. Five years earlier 703133 pupils were recorded with 365570 white and 387563 Negro. Whites rose 5.5 percent, Negroes 3.4 percent. white 2.4 percent and Negro 9.3 percent of total population.
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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 at Home Ends the Day in Gratitude
A Baltimore Sun poem reflects on family life as the last child falls asleep. Parents rise from prayer with faith in daily bread and home mercy. Night brings comfort, dreams, and the belief that home is the gateway of heaven and love the rest.
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Rockaby
Everglades
Baltimore Sun
The Homemade Meal and a Humble Hyde Park Dinner
A newly married man visits his bachelor's flat in Hyde Park with a friend inviting a simple home dinner. Birdie fears she cannot host, but the husband insists the feast will be fine. The meal goes awry with burned steak and unfinished potatoes yet ends with the pudding presented to all.
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Hyde Park
Birdie
Willie
Bill
Jelly Ends Dinner Night as Hostess Wins Card
A humorous Chicago News vignette shows a host and hostess serving jelly to a lonely bachelor and guests. The jelly provokes strong reactions as the bachelor contemplates suicide rather than finishing it while the couple restores order and pride. The hostess gifts more jelly, and the bachelor remains bemused by home comforts.
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Birdie
Wil'ie
Bill
Chicago News
Selling Shoes in Britain A American Shops Successes
An American salesman describes Britain's rising multiple store system for shoes. He notes centralized depots in industrial towns like Leicester, aggressive pricing pressuring manufacturers, improved display standards, and American-style fashion influences shaping British styles and storefronts. He says competition benefits consumers though small retailers suffer. The New York Sun reports.
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Great Britain
Leicester
London
America
Frances
Britain
New York Sun
Spoiling a Man for Commerce in Oxford and Cambridge
Sir Alfred Jones says spoiling a man for commerce would be to send him to Oxford or Cambridge. M Paul Adam defends older culture in Paris. He argues France loses ground in business as its commercial class abandons classics, losing mental training classical education provides. London Univ Correspondence.
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Alfred Jones
Oxford
Cambridge
M. Paul Adam
Paris
France
London Univ
Hymen's Fetters and Business Prospects for Women
A satirical piece in verse discusses how matrimony is portrayed as a lucrative, easier life for women. It mocks advisory tones from medical experts and urged choices in marriage, cautioning readers to pick a husband who is easy and well off, with a cynical nod to Indianapolis News.
Silly Quips and Witty Exchanges Parade in Gossip Page
A collage of lighthearted quips and social banter surfaces with jokes about marriages money politics and everyday manners. Cartoonish exchanges from newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and Philadelphia Press paint a mosaic of humorous observations and streetwise wit.
Elephants Swallow Stones Raises Curious Diet Question
A British Museum donor presented about half a peck of angular stones said to be from an African elephant’s stomach. He claims other hunters know similar cases. The note questions how such stones affect teeth and why they remain sharp, and cites crocodile stone swallowing as well.
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British Museum
Philadelphia
Local option debate elicits mixed views
A visitor questions the local option while Col. Still calls it a good thing yet depressing for a man of years experience to have to take ice cream soda water seriously. The Washington Star quotes the exchange highlighting public skepticism and concern.
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Col
Washington Star
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Georgia Legislature
House of Representatives
Vody
Pertty
Mr. Snooks
Howard
Illges
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
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
Confederacy
John W. Jarrell
Lexington
Hchols Artillery
Gilmer Blues
Miller
T. R. Hendricks
Union Cotton Company
Farmers’ Union
Europe
Emory Speer
United States District Court
Southeastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Randolph County
Shellman
W. R. Curry
Clapp
Boston
Milltown Lumber Company
T. C. Skeen
Skeen
St. Louis
A. J. Stevens
Dayton
Ohio
Nynea
Cincinnati
American Academy of Medicine
Chicago
Indianapolis
Smithson
Jonesby
Nan
Bell
Nell
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Hewitt
Jewett
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Philadelphia Record
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Philadelphia Ledger
Dickey
Atlanta Constitution
Dustin Stax
Philadelphia Press
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