EXTRA SESSION ON CONVICT LEASE SYSTEM IN GEORGIA HOUSE
The House debates amendments to the convict lease system touching a state wide highway program and county funding. Impeachment moves against prison commissioners surface as White seeks board reform, while Holder's bill advances to end private convict leasing by 1911 and create a state penitentiary board. Senate substitutes propose abolishing the prison commission, imposing an income tax, and reconfiguring prison administration with a three-member board and farm labor provisions. The article also notes cotton market activity, railroad charter approvals, and local civic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
DeKalb
Crawford
Bartow
Jackson
Jones
Viod
Prison Commission
General Judiciary Committee
State Prison Commission
Representative White of
Screwood
Georgia
Ie Committee On
General Judici
Holder
Central Assembly
Senate
Penitentiary Committee
Boyd
Brock
Born
Commissioner of Agriculture
Prison Board
Georgia Rail Commission Fights High Rates on Grain and Provisions
The Georgia Railroad Commission, directing its special attorney Judge James K. Hines, plans to appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission to curb increased rates on grain hay and provisions from Ohio and the Mississippi river crossings. The order backs shippers fearing annual costs up to 1 million dollars and notes a rate rise on classes B C D and F. The panel also orders a six month trial of a Griffin to Cedartown schedule on the Central of Georgia line to aid local residents, despite projected losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Ohio
Mississippi River Cross
James K. Hines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Railroad Commission
The
Georgia Railroad Company
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Griffin
Bremen
Chattanooga
Cedartown
Central
WIL EREGT MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN APPOINTS COLLECTORS
Women appointed as collectors by the Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Union begin fundraising for a memorial prohibition fountain to be placed on the state capitol grounds in Atlanta. The marble or bronze fountain will list every legislator who voted for Georgia's prohibition law and honor their loyalty to public welfare. Collectors are named by congressional district, including Haddie Davis in district one and Augusta Deen in district eleven, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos EH. Fuller
Gainesville
Peachtree
Atlanta
Karlsbad
Bavaria
German Empire
Europe
Peachtree Street
W. A. Harris
Second
Georgia Regiment
National Guard of Georgia
W. H. Beck
Griffin
M. M. Parks
Georgia Normal Institute
Columbus
Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Georgia
Haddie Davis
Oglethorpe Street
West
Savannah
Lee Hall
Newton
Maud Allen
Abbeville
W. Gowdin
Cotton
P. O. Box
M. L. McLendon
Washington Street
J. L. Kennedy
Barnesville
C. K. Henderson
Cedartown
G. B. Stovall
Madison
J. C. Bennett
Jefferson
J. C. Martin
Thomson
Augusta Deen
Waycross
12 Year Old Train-Wrecker Admits Bolt on Track
Lewis Cooksie a 12 year old from Buford Ga confessed to placing a bolt on a northbound Southern train No 38 causing a derailment that killed Engineer Ben Dewberry of Atlanta and a negro fireman. He awaits trial in the county jail on murder charges stating he was influenced by two older youths whose names he would not provide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buford
Lewis Cooksie
Southern
Ben Dewberry
Atlanta
Fourteen Year Old Lad Ends Life In Odessa Dale
Odessadale Georgia reports Harold Stillman aged fourteen shot himself with a shotgun to death. The fatal instant occurred as he lived about one mile from Odessa Dale. The mother is a widow and the community offers sympathy. The boy had been ill for some time which may explain his act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessadale
Harold Stillman
Washington
Elizabeth Sousa
John Philip Sousa
Antonio Sousa
United States Marine Band
Treasury Department
New York
United States
David E. Thompson
Mexico
Roosevelt
Australia
Keir Hardie Aims to Unite North American Trade Unionists
Late news notes report James Keir Hardie arriving in Montreal to push for a united political organization of American and Canadian trades unionists and socialists akin to Britain's Labour Party. The item lists other brief notes on public safety, science, and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Keir Hardie
House of Common
Montreal
Canada
Croydon
Artic
Rymer
Edmonton
Rivera
Athabasca
Mackenzie
Fort Good Hope
New York
Milton Sparks
Chester
Metropolis
Boston
Mee Stone
Wytheville
W. C. Conlee
St. Louis
Conlee
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
South
Crothers
Self discipline and enthusiasm fuel salesmanship
Aimed at Tobasco salesmen the article urges constant mental use of all faculties and self control. It stresses disciplined work, steady effort, and a proactive approach to opportunities, arguing confidence and curiosity convert clerks into capable sellers and future shop owners.
British War Sloop Shearwater Finishes Five Month South America Cruise
The British sloop Shearwater returns to Esquimalt after a five month voyage visiting South American ports in search of wrecked Silberhorn survivors. The ship carried many pets including a mascot goat named Nancy from Robinson Crusoe. Despite exploring Juan Fernandez and Masafuera islands no trace of the Silberhorn was found amid reports of a burning vessel, and the crew assisted locals at Acapulco and Callao while the ship became Esquimalt’s flagship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Silberhorn
Shearwater
Esquimalt
B. C
New York Sun
Robinson Crusoe’s Island
Iquique
Masafuera
Juan Fernandez Islands
Victoria
Newcastle
Pisagua
Barkenny
Pena Blanca
Valparaiso
Lloyds
Capt. Gibson
C. EB. DeWolff & Co
Tillie E. Starbuck
Admiralty
Juan Fernandez
Robinson Crusoe
Friday
Nancy
Acapulco
Callao
United States
Mauritia
British Museum
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Ube
Wayne County Farmers’ Union
Jesup Warehouse and Storage Company
Jesup Company
Bulding
Franklin County
Chandler
Strange
McCay
Nelms
McDaniel
Little
Canady
Wanslet
McFarlan
Jordan
Brown
Westmoreland
Smith
Thomas
Pike County
Bluff Springs Camp Ground
Company 421
L. M. Park
Park
Lois Cotton Mills
Douglasville
Georgia Railroad
Wil Eregt
Boy
International Typographical Union
London
Traiin
Cunard Line
Bela Walder
Austria-Hungary
Chicago
United States Navy
Navy Yards
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Chamber of Deputies
Portugal
John R. Early
Early
Salvation Army
Health Department
North Carolina
Lynn
N. C
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Barry
Louisiana
Tobasco
Gomior
Wu W. Cox
Formar
Sluxley
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