Comptroller General Reports State Valuation Growth in 1907
The 1907 annual report by Comptroller General William A. Wright notes state property valuation at 699,686,879, up from 627,532,639 in 1906. Treasury balance at year start 804,440.08, receipts 4,813,764.88, total 5,618,209.76. disbursements 4,707,469.59. balance 820, FAO.17. Negro property taxable rose to 25,904,822 from 23,750,109, while city lands surged more than farming lands. Insurance premiums rose by about one million. Wright urges revenue-system revision, especially invisible personal property, and calls for uniform county tax boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Wright
Treasury
Wright
Populist State Convention Nominates Watson for President
Georgia call issued for the Populist state convention in Atlanta on July 9. Thomas E. Watson will be formally notified of his presidential nomination at the convention and deliver an acceptance speech. The event may not name a state ticket, with Watson addressing state issues in the afternoon and national matters in the evening.
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Thomas E. Watson
Atlanta
Georgia
United States
Mr. Watson
Byrd Arrested in Macon for Prohibition Violation
Sam Byrd a white man was arrested in Macon Georgia after evidence from a recorder's court hearing in which he testified led to charges of violating the prohibition law.
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Byrd
Macon
Sam_ Byrd
Recorder’s Court
Carnegie Library Funds Granted for Americus Planned
Americus Georgia receives twenty thousand dollars from Andrew Carnegie for a new library. The Americus Library Association was notified of the contribution and the project will begin immediately.
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Americus
Americus Library Association
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Red Men adjourns decide Atlanta as next meeting place
In Columbus Georgia the great council of Red Men state convention adjourned choosing Atlanta as next year’s gathering. Savannah pressed for the convention but Atlanta’s delegation prevailed. The council represents about 6000 members with at least one delegate per fifty lodges, totaling around 130 delegates, with typically 200 delegates present.
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Council At Columbus
Atlanta
Columbus
Great Council of Red Men of the State
Savannah
Great Council of Red Men
Lodge
Americus Businessmen Buy Land for Summer Park
Americus Driv ing association members have bought a large 100 acre tract inside city limits to create a modern racing park. A stable, grandstand, and facilities for automobile and horse racing will be added for midsummer amusement.
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Americus
Americus Driving Association
Treatment of hydrophobia virus supplied to physicians
Dr. Roy Harris secretary of the state board of health announced the state will furnish free the Pasteur treatment virus to any practicing physician in Georgia. A state fund supported apparatus and a ready virus supply will be available and could be administered by Dr Harris in Atlanta. The first treated case, Hezekiah Terrell, showed signs of immediate improvement.
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Atlanta
Roy Harris
State Board of Health
Harris
United States
Hezekiah Terrell
Car Swindle: Conductor Pleads Guilty in Atlanta Case
W A Wilson a former Georgia Railway and Electric conductor pleaded guilty in City Criminal Court to stealing a streetcar transfer and was fined 50 dollars plus costs. Investigators believe a wider scheme may exist with more arrests planned as rooms showed thirty two pads of transfers used daily to substitute transfers for cash fares.
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Atlanta
W. A. Wilson
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Calhoun
City Criminal Court
Wilson
Greater Atlanta to Annex 26 Square Miles to 125000 Population
A city council special committee approved expanding Greater Atlanta from 12 to 26 square miles. About 20,000 residents will join, bringing total population to roughly 125,000. Annexation takes effect January 1, 1910, including Edgewood Brookwood Oakland City South Atlanta East Atlanta Reynoldstown and Cooks District.
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Atlanta
Greater Atlanta
Edgewood
Brookwood
Oakland City
South Atlanta
East Atlanta
Reynoldstown
Cooks District
Bigger ships to Savannah
Major W. W. Williamson returned from Europe with a Savannah concession from the North German Lloyd Line. The Savannah to North German ports service will add three larger steamers, replacing the old vessels, with sailings every three weeks and nearly triple the gross tonnage.
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Georgia
Lloyd Line
Savannah
W. W. Williamson
Atlantic
Europe
Old Schedule Restored After Citizens Demand
Macon Georgia residents between Macon and Fort Valley on the Central railway now have the old schedule back. The Albany-Americas portion was briefly added to meet commission requirements but disrupted Macon business by shifting arrival times. the change has been reversed to suit local needs.
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Macon
Fort Valley
Central Railway
Professor Resigns to Head Languages at Chatham Academy
Griffin Georgia Professor C B Mathwes, longtime Griffin public schools superintendent, who was recently unanimously re elected for another year by the board of education, has been elected head of the department of languages at the Chatham Academy in Savannah.
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Griffin
C. B. Mathwes
Public Schools
Board of Education
Chatham Academy
Savannah
Amerigus
Americas Banks
Farmers’ Union
Spalding County
Experiment Station
Duckworth
Navy Department
Hampton Roads
New London
Annapolis
Georgia Seed Crushers elect officers at Atlantic Beech meet
The Seed Crushers association of Georgia adjourned in Atlantic Beech Florida electing officers President W H McKenzie Montezuma Vice President R S Patillo Macon Secretary Fielding Wallace Augusta Treasurer Thomas Egleston Atlanta and executive committee J A Aycock Carrollton R G Riley Albany W H Schroder M S Harper and C Douthit Atlanta
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Georgia
Seed Crushers’ Association
Atlantic Beech
Woman Loses Suit in Augusta Over Husband's Death
In Augusta superior court Mrs Emma Dozier failed to prove the city of Augusta negligent in her husband Thomas Dozier s death when he drowned after falling from a bridge over Lake Olmstead while intoxicated. The jury returned a verdict for the municipality denying the $10 000 claim.
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Clry
Augusta
Emma Dozier
Thomas Dozier
Lake Olmstead
Women Suffrage Parade Draws Half Million to London Hyde Park
Massive demonstration in London involving about 900000 people with crowds around Hyde Park, twenty speakers urging voting rights for women. Women wore white dresses with saffron green and purple sashes reading Vote for women, ambulances treated minor injuries, police reinforced due to scuffles near platforms of Mrs Parkhurst and Mrs Martel.
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London
England
Hyde Park
Parkhurst
Crippled Hero Saves Drowning Friends in New York
Joe Gilligan an 18 year old from Morristown New Jersey who lost both legs and an arm in a trolley accident rescues two drowning boys at a gravel pit pond in Brooklyn. He directs another boy to aid one, then with his stump and his remaining arm brings Monahan to shore while Patterson had no swimming ability. The pond water reaches ten feet deep near the improvised boat.
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New York City
Morristown
N. J
Joe Gilligan
Brooklyn
Alexander Patterson
Eustace Monahan
Gilligan
Patterson
Monohan
Race Bet Machine Clash At Latonia Track
Cincinnati report on a dispute between the Kentucky Racing Commission and Latonia Jockey Club over betting systems. French pari mutuel machines installed in betting sheds shift money away from bookmakers, with club officials claiming daily losses up to 600 to 1000 dollars despite a five percent club commission on all wagers.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky Racing Commission
Latonia Jockey Club
Fatal gas leak at Cara Leigh phosphate works
In Raleigh North Carolina Daniel Jones Frank Spikes and Haywood Lee all residents of the city were killed when sulfuric acid gas escaped in a room at the Cara Leigh phosphate works on the city outskirts. Three others were nearly overcome but recovered.
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Raleigh
N. C
Daniel Jones
Frank Spikes
Haywood Lee
White
Caraleigh Phosphate Works
Curtiss June Bug Flies Three Times In Hammondsport
The Curtiss aerodrome No 3 known as the June bug made three flights at Hammondsport New York under the Aeria Experiment association. The last flight climbed and traveled 1266 feet at 34.5 miles an hour, hailed as especially successful.
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Hammondsport
N. Y
America
Aeria Experiment Association
Japs Win Suit Over Korean Daily News Editor
Japan wins prosecution of Editor Bethel publisher of the suspended Korean Daily News. Bethel is sentenced to three weeks imprisonment placed under bond for six months and forbidden from publishing seditious articles after trial before the Supreme Court of Great Britain in Shanghai on incitement to rebellion through writings.
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Seoul
Korea
Japan
Bethel
News
Supreme Court of Great Britain
Shanghai
The Prosperous South New Industries List
Chattanooga Tenn reports a compilation of new industries established across southern states. Notable entries include Alabama Florence $50000 state works and $10000 lumber, Mobile $50000 chemical works, Georgia Macon $12500 mining, Florida Orlando $00000 fertilizer, Tennessee Nashville $100000 trust company, Darlington $500000 cotton mill, plus numerous lumber, warehouse, veneer, and factory ventures across multiple towns and states. The Tradesman verifies the report.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Allabama
Florence
Barnwell
Russellville
New Decatur
Mobile
Huntaville
Forida
Orlando
Jacksonville
Georgia
Macon
Mississippi
Brooklyn
Greenwood
Philadelphia
Electric
Goodman
Tula
North Carolina
Wilmington
Rockingham
Whiston-Salem
Granite Company
Concord
Hay River
Clemmons
Wise
South Carolina
Easley
Darlington
Sumter
Land Company
Tennessee
Prohibition Law Signed by Governor Glenn in Raleigh
Governor Glenn signed the prohibition measure in Raleigh with 113,612 for and 69,416 against. The rule takes effect January 1, 1908, after ceremonies attended by state leaders. twenty of ninety eight counties voted wet. Temperance women presented banners to Buncombe and Yancey for largest margins.
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Glenn
North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Prohibition
Buncombe
Yancey County
Monitor Florida Rechristened as Tallahassee Battle Name
Washington reports Tallahassee will be the new name for the monitor Florida after a baptism of fire from a gun cotton explosion and a shot fired at her. The change follows congressional authorization for a new battleship bearing that name.
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Monitor
Florida
Washington, D. C
Tallahassee
Italians to sail for Birmingham steel plant work
Alan S. R. Guarino representative of an Italian steamship line announced that within days 1 000 Italians will leave Italy for America and come to the Birmingham Ensley district to take jobs at the large steel plant. Many had worked in the steel works before returning home during the depression.
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Uring
Birmingham
Alan S. R. Guarino
Ine
America
Ensley
Multiple incidents from 1900s press on transport, crime and society
Twenty passengers were injured, one fatally on the Meadville and Cam bridge street car line near Bakerstown. A Coney Island Jockey Club note says added money for unclosed races is cut 50 percent for June, stake races unchanged. Chicago alderman proposes Municipal Pasteur Institute funded by dog licenses. Madrid reports Congo river disaster with many fatalities. Frank J. Gould reconciliation rumored. bomb threats at a New York tenement. Bishop Brent elected Washington bishop. Tom Sullivan pays for calling a lady a goat in Atlanta.
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Meadville
Cambridge Springs
Bakerstown
Coney Island Jockey Club
Sheepshead Bay
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
Madrid
Spain
Africa
Congo River
Ville de Bruges Las May
Frank J. Gould
New York
State Gleanings Wide List Of Local Events And Plots
A rattlesnake in the Lexington area is killed by Joe Donnelly after a six foot three inch creature with thirty six rattles is taken. Atlanta plans revive talks on a Athens to Anderson railroad while insiders call it an early possibility. Georgia civic notes include new bank openings Americus and Moultrie court verdicts and school staff changes. Chirps cover local politics, a drowning, school brass band formation in Cuthbert, and a party supper linked to Georgia’s primary race dynamics.
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Flatwoods
Lexington
Joe Donnelly
Athens
Anderson
8. C
Joe Cannon
Chicago
Texas
Taft
Lotus B. Magid
Tallulah Falls
Washington
Fishing Creek
Charles 8. Northen
Georgia State Senate
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
National Democratic Executive Committee
Denver
Col
Hugh T. Alfriend
Dublin
Gresham High School
Macon
Charlie Mills
Griffin
H. Hamby
Cuthbert
Hettie Tisen
Louise Alston
Clayton
Ala
Clyde Stovall
Columbia
Mary Glen
Edgewood
Isabelle Williams
Cordele
E. H. Hamby
E. M. Coleman
Leland S. Bussey
KE. M. Coleman
Cha
Little Joe
Joe Brown
P. T. Callaway
Hoke Smith
Moultrie
B. F. Bryan
Union Pinopolis Saw Mills
Bryan
Atlanta
W. F. Slateriurate
Digestive Fermentation and Stomach Catarrh Remedies
A discussion on digestive disorders links thinness to hyperacidity from intestinal fermentation. It cites fat digestion issues and pancreatic involvement, recommending Peruna before meals to hasten digestion. Also reports on Hungarian model villages with state land allocations, new settlements Igazfalvar and Szilagyl, and favorable terms for peasants.
Grape Nuts Praised As Balanced Food By Testimonies
A collection of reader letters extolls Grape Nuts as a perfectly balanced food supplying brain and nerve nourishment in all life stages. Testimonials claim improved memory and vigor, with breakfast routines centered on Grape Nuts and milk.
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Postum Co
Bai
Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Carnegie Library
Charles Henry Brent
Philippine Islands
Henry Y. Satterlee
Brent
Tom Sullivan
W. C. Adamson
Talbot County
T. H. Bussey
G. N. Murrah
Muscogee
S. D. Baldwin
Marion
T. B. Rainey
C. L. Davis
Carroll
W. RB. Brown
Georgia School of Technology
G. McLendon
State Railroad Commission
Andrew Price
Oconee County
Marshal Sterling
Bishop, Ga
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy of Sylvania
Hungary
Agricultural Ministry
Igazfalvar
Szilagyl
Transylvania
Budapest
Pall Mall Gazette
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