House Cuts: Off $500000 Yearly Revenue By Banning Tax Investigators
Georgia House moved to strike the authority of the tax commissioner to employ tax investigators, a measure aimed at cutting state revenue by more than 500000 annually. Lawmakers argued investigators harass citizens. an amendment taxing unmarried persons over thirty was adopted yet later rejected. The fate depends on Senate action and Governor Hardwick’s stance.
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Atlanta
Afr
House
Wennesday
Moore
Wootwaire
Georgia
Willwich
Bowden
Ware
Senate
Hardwick
Ita
Hyman
Washington
Georgia Horticulture Sets Peach and Melon Shipment Record
Georgia peaches and watermelons set a new shipment record for 1921, reports G B Miller Southern railway commercial agent. Through July, 10 264 cars of peaches reshipped from Georgia. Improved conditions and marketing networks boost yields and exports, aiding producers.
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Georgia
G. B. Miller
Southern Railway
Paasae
Georgia Women Ready for Ballot and Duty
Georgia Senate and House have passed a measure about women’s suffrage and civic obligations. The article notes municipal responsibility for enforcing laws while defining women’s roles in voting and tax law, with discussion of military service and other duties. It cites Albany’s McIntosh and references general tax provisions and polling requirements.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Mcintosh
Albanyy
Pepe
Pds
Tito
New Committee For Ga. G. O. P.
A Georgia Republican committee meeting produced a reshuffled slate and calls for unity within the party. Attendees included D. C. Cole of Albany and interim leaders from multiple districts as they dismissed prior factions and urged harmony.
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Pa Art
Fadt
Eens
Advanta Wes Hesday
Harding Ap
Sora
Iit
Georgia state committee outlines district and county panels
The document lists district nominees across Georgia for the new central committee, naming representatives from multiple cities and counties. It supports eight district committees per congressional district, plus county committees, with the central committee authorized to form an executive group and other panels and adopt necessary rules.
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Albert Fendig
Brunswick
C. W. Barnes
E.R. Belcher
OG. H. Williams
Dublin
McAllister
Pitts
J. J. Jenkins
Central Committee
State Committee
Pig and Corn Club Boys Have Big Day in Clarke County
Fourteen Clarke county Pig and Corn club members spent a day entertained by county demonstration agent Jones Purcell and T R Weems of the Athens Y M C A. They toured city sites visiting Chero Cola and Coca Cola plants Costa’s ice cream factory and the agricultural college. An afternoon theater party at the Palace and a swim at the Y M C A pool capped the outing with the boys calling it a great time.
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Pig and Corn Clubs
Clarke County
Jones Purcell
T. R. Weems
Athens Y. M. C. A
Costa
Agricultural College
Palace
Editors to be entertained here August 5 convention
Plan to host the Eighth District Press association on August 5 marks the first conven tion since its reorganization. A luncheon an automobile city tour and other entertainment will be arranged by a Chamber of Commerce committee led by J B McCurry with H J Rowe D H Magill Fleetwood Lanier W C Denny and K W Carroll. Ernest Camp editor of the Walton Tribune is noted as the reorganizing figure and interest in the group is rising as it aims to become a strong Northeast state force.
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Eighth District Press Association
A. Rhodes
Chamber of Commerce
J. B. McCurry
H. J. Rowe
D. H. Magill
Fleetwood Lanier
W. C. Denny
K. W. Carroll
Ernest Camp
Walton ‘Tribune
Two Marriages Prop Up Slumping Royalty Across Seas
New York reports two high profile international marriages will add substantial sums to royal fortunes. William B. Leeds and Princess Xenia unite, while Countess Emichetta Frankenstein weds Don Enrico Barberini. The piece notes past decades saw over 160 million dollars flow from American fortunes to European noble unions, with the Vanderbilt family repeatedly linked to prince marriages and related wealth transfers.
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Countessina Emtchetto Frankenstein
Ronf
Duchess of Marlborough
Gladys Deacon
William Leeds
Anastasia
Greece
Xenia
Alice Roche
New York
Williamb. Leeds
William B. Leeds
Nice
Constantine
Marie
Countessina
Emichette Frankenstein
Henri de Frankenstein
Rome
Enrico Barberini
Palestrina
Willam B. Brewster
Leeds
Italy
Vanderbilt
Consuelo
Duke of Marlborough
Blenheim Castle
Scotland
Michael firm predicts fall business revival in northeast Georgia
Michael company leader reports easier money market and rising prices in some goods as demand outpaces supply. He returned from New York with fall and winter stock plans and optimistic prospects for a strong autumn. The opening of a new Michael building is expected to boost regional commerce.
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Ceer
Georgia
M. G. Michael
Athens
Michael
New York
Ne|t
Metropolis
Four Negroes Try to Hijack United States Mail Truck
A bold late night attack by four African Americans aimed to halt a US mail truck returning from Seaboard station with mail pouches from Atlanta. Driver John Hatton fired a pistol, two men were arrested for disorderly conduct but later released after Hatton failed to identify them. Police seek the remaining two suspects as a hearng with US Commissioner Cornett looms. The truck carried no especially valuable items.
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United States Mail
Seaboard
Atlanta
Mall Cay
Hoyt and
Lumpkin Streets
John Hatton
Seagraves
Thornton
J. H. Rucker
Walter G. Cornett
United States
Hatton
Ava
Prosperity For South Is Seen
Federal reserve assurances of ample credit for harvesting and marketing the cotton crop lift southern farm hopes. Southern banks aid, cotton firms ease credit, farmers unite via state and county co operative marketing groups to keep prices steady and avoid loan default. Rice growers in the soulbs plan co operative marketing, aiming to pool rice and join the organization with 60 percent of growers enrolled.
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Memphis
Federal Reserve: Board
Soulbs
Boll Weevil Menace to Cotton Crop in South
Memphis reports hot dry weather May to save the cotton crop as boll weevil damage expands across Mississippi delta. Agricultural experts warn damp cool weather may wipe out sections in Mississippi Arkansas Tennessee and Alabama. Weevil multiplies in wet periods, but hot dry spells slow it, while labor remains scarce and prices affect farmer decisions.
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Memphis
Tenn
South
Mississippi Delta
E. R. Lloyd
Memphis Farm Bureau
Lloyd
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Alabama
Jay Barns
Women of the World Are All the Same
A quotation on women across cultures discusses Western and Eastern women, noting differences in dress and etiquette. The speaker praises American women, asserts affection for America, and claims to have married one of them despite contrasting customs.
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Washington
Crown Prine
Zaradechno
Milian
Abou Hasan
Sultan
Zaradecino
Ils
Kipling
West
Bey
Prince Said
Lost East India Co ship Uros renee treasure drill
A renewed effort to recover treasure from the East India Company ship Uros renee, which foundered off Pondoland in 1782, aims to salvage emeralds gold and precious stones believed aboard. Experts estimate 650 in specie and other cargo lie underwater eighteen to twenty five feet deep. A new syndicate proposes a ninety foot tunnel from shore to the wreck to support the operation.
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Diesburg
South Africa
Vet Ars
Senor
Resent
New Silver Dollars Begin to Circulate in Santa
Santa Ga The United States mint issues silver dollars for the first time in seven years according to local bankers. They are heavy in the pocket but cleaner than paper money say Atlanta business men. One banker notes people are glad to get any sort of money despite its looks or weight.
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Santa
United States Mint
Atlanta
Take Out Man's Heart To Show to Students
Geneve Switzerland The Cantona Corerpment ordered an inquiry into an extraordinary operation by the chief surgeon at a hospital who extracted a living heart from a man named Paasche. Pasche shot himself. the heart beating as the surgeon spoke for twenty minutes to horrified students. The surgeon dismissed them saying the patient would have died anyway.
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Geneve
Switzerland
Cantona
Corerpment
Paasche
Pasche
Georgia Legislature Faces Looming Afternoon Sessions
Atlanta editor James B Nevin notes the Georgia legislature nears the end of the 60 day session with few working days left. With the rules committee controlling the calendar in the last week many good bills die, and talk of an extra session arises though neither governor nor lawmakers seek one.
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Atlanta
Georgia
James B. Nevin
Mr. Nevin
Herad
Fee
Tor
Howe
Harding Cuts Off 3471 Workers
Washington reports government employment shrank by 3471 since the new administration began. By August 1 the federal payroll in the District of Columbia stood 35,709 below its November 11, 1918 peak, though 42,731 more workers than May 30, 1918 remained nationwide. Official figures from the civil service commission show postwar buraus lag in reabsorption and note staffing pressures in income tax enforcement and reform efforts.
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R Washington
F Ding
Fort Mates
Civil Service Commis
District of Columbia
Civil Service Commissions
Ny Health Service
Internal Revenue
German Yiets To Allies
The supreme court decision concerns the transport of a division across Germany to force troops in Upper Silesia. Available information here Thursday outlines the plan as the Allies react to the move.
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Airess Lendl
Ray Wi
Supreme Cu
Germany
Upper
Sileaia
Occupants Narrow Escape as Club House Burns
Two clubs and cottages at Oceanview near here were destroyed by fire early Thursday. The estimated loss runs to $170,000. Occupants escaped with narrow margins, aided by quick response from local firefighters.
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Associated P. Norfolk
Oceanview
Labor Federation to Aid Negro Employees of Freight Offices
Washington announces a drive by the Labor Federation to assist Black workers in freight offices. The effort aims to improve conditions and push for fair treatment, aligning with Congress discussions on labor equity.
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Labor Federation
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