Sumter County Leads Georgia In Road Improvements
Sumter County stands in the front rank of Georgia counties for road improvements. The six year effort includes a chain gang system, high quality highways across the county, and boosted land values. Smithville road stretch of 12 miles employs 100 convicts, with Hills and valleys leveled and a 30 foot wide road. The county plans a fall bond issue of 7100.00 to fund further improvements.
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Annual meeting of Georgia Baptist YPUs in Blue Ridge
The 4 Tome B Y P U of Americus will be well represented at the state Y P U convention to be held at Blue Ridge Georgia starting Wednesday August 4 for three days. Queen City of the Mountains hosts have arranged extensive entertainment for about five hundred delegates arriving Wednesday. President R C Norman of Washington heads Georgia Y P U efforts and has announced an interesting convention program.
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Americus
Blue Ridge
Mountains
R. C. Norman
Washington
Georgia
College star learns to steady early wild ways
A quoted sports remark from the Cairego Tribune notes a college athlete who was initially wild at the plate but settled down as the game progressed, illustrating a player’s maturation during college years.
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Cairego Tribune
Spend Less or Raise More to Avert Georgia Bankruptcy
Atlanta leader Mr. Reid, chair of the ways and means committee, warned the Georgia House that the state faces insolvency unless spending is cut or revenue is increased. He outlined cash on hand, debt, and school fund obligations, argued for a scientific tax bill, and defended modest levies on autos while criticizing foreign insurance and Coca Cola taxes as proportional to Georgia’s income from premiums.
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New Jersey
Autos Race To Spring Roads On County Tours Mecca
Five machines cruise Am ericus roads on moonlit nights with speeds from sixty to eighty miles an hour. A Buick carried four passengers between Smithville and the city in twenty five minutes with three stops. White Sulphur Springs draws many Amer icans for ten days or two weeks as a popular resort with dozens planning trips this week. Notables include Mrs J E Mathis and Misses Mathis along with families and acquaintances from Amer icus and nearby towns.
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Mathis
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Emmie
Elizabeth Eldridge
David R. Andrews
G. A. Turpin
John W. Wooten
Josephine Turpin
Marie
Gertrude Jossey
Mattie Rylander
Walter Rylander
Walter Brown
R. I. McLeod
Ada Wooten
W. J. Josey
Georgia May Kick On Income Tax Bill
Atlanta aug 2 the idea of an income tax for the national government is discussed as a proposed constitutional amendment Georgia would face a choice with the assembly not yet openly debating it Georgia would be first to act if approved it would align Georgia with or against a national democratic plank while bills exist to tax incomes under state law Georgia tax needs and the South would face money transfers.
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Georgia
Brown
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House
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Ling Sets Record Flying Farther Than Aeroplanists
Anaconda Standard notes Leon Ling reportedly flew a longer distance than all other aeroplanists, surpassing famed seventy two mile marks in what appears to be a record flight.
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Leon Ling
Courts Strike Down Contract Labor Law Convictions
The state court of appeals reversed two Walters & Roberts cases under the 1903 contract labor law, ruling fraudulent intent must be clearly proven for conviction. The court notes numerous trials under the act have not produced affirmed verdicts, calling the evidence of intent insufficient for guilt.
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State Court of Appeals
Walters & Roberts
Court of Appeals
Taft unlikely to call new extra session unless surprised
The Chicago Record Herald notes that President Taft would find it difficult to convene another extra session of Congress unless he is taken by surprise and unprepared. It underscores the political fragility surrounding such a move.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Taft
Congress
Painter Falls From Window at Furlow School
Mr. Tracey Howard, a young painter at Furlow School, leaped from a second floor window about thirty feet when a platform gave way slightly. He broke both legs above the ankles and sustained internal injuries. He was taken to D A Pettis’s home where doctors Prather Chambliss and Mayes treated him. He lives in Atlanta.
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Furlow
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Mayes
Atlanta
Statesmen face closing days of the Georgia assembly
Atlanta August 2 with only nine working days left the fifty day session nears its end. Neither the tax act nor the appropriation bill has passed the house while the senate must act on these crucial measures. A move on near beer amendment is expected and much legislation may spill over to the next session. The house may act on compulsory education and a biennial session but prospects are uncertain.
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Atlanta
General Assembly
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Senate
Americus Buys Hay in Mexico
A carload of baled hay unloaded at W. J. Brown's produce store drew onlookers for its bright green color. It’s Mexican alfalfa sold by D. M. Borum produce broker. When fully cured it stays green and remains nutritious.
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W. . Brown
D. M. Borum
Real motive in near beer attack hinted by critics
It is intimated that the real animus behind the attack on near beer is to embarrass the Brown administration by depriving it of revenue from this tax source. The claim follows observed partisan politics in other legislative efforts.
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