Three Original Subjects Grow for Georgia Extra Session
Banner's Special Correspondence from Atlanta reports the Georgia governor is poised to expand the extra session from three to five topics. Farm groups insist on enacting the state warehouse bill soon to aid this year and next cotton crop, given boll weevil pressures. The game law may be added as a fifth measure, with local politics debated as to its reach. The governor may delay a formal explanatory statement until Monday to align with the proclamation.
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Banner
Atlanta
J. J. Brown
Boll weevils spread to four more Georgia counties
Four more Georgia counties Campbell Coweta Carroll and Haralson were found infested by boll weevils joining others in the ongoing fight supervised by the state board of entomology. W E Reid reports progress as Alabama side spread aligns with Georgia, and a $40000 emergency appropriation is likely to pass. The effort receives strong support from the State College of Agriculture and the recent Thomasville meeting boosted aid and participation.
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Atlanta
Campbell
Coweta
Carroll
Harralson
W. A. Reid
Lee Worsham
Alabama
Georgia
State Board of Entomology
Thomasville
Board of Entomology
State College of Agriculture
March Term Supreme Court Adjourns After March Docket
The March term of the state supreme court adjourned in Atlanta after deciding the last cases on the docket for the October term of 1914. A large number of civil cases from March remain undecided and the court will not call the October civil docket until further notice.
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Banner
Atlanta
State Supreme Court
Foley Cathartic Tablets praised by Chamblee merchant
E. G. Hudson of Chamblee Georgia endorses Foley Cathartic Tablets as the best on earth for a thorough bowel cleansing with no inconvenience or bad effects. He claims quick relief from digestion and constipation and a revived, energetic feeling. H. R. er & Bons. adv
Auto Tax Question Hits Georgia Extra Session
Atlanta experts debate adding the proposed automobile tax law to the extra legislative session under Garland Jones. If not acted, the state may lack auto regulation revenue and road funds, with constitutional challenges pending in Bibb and Sumter counties and possible tag-number shortages.
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Banner
Atlanta
Garland Jones
Supreme Court
Bibb County
Sumter County
Cook
Municipal ordinance in R R damage suit
Atlanta Sept. 23 The supreme court reversed the Macon circuit ruling in Hall vs the G S and F E railroad, sending the personal injury case to jury and admitting the watchman at crossings ordinance in evidence. In Block et al vs Happ the lower court ruling is affirmed. A four story brick building overseen by a supervising architect faced basement seepage issues delaying final payment.
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Banner
Atlanta Ga
Supreme Court
Hall
G. 8S. & Fef. Railroad
Macon
Hower Court
Block
Pine-Tar-Honey touted as cold remedy for all ages
Advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a root cure for colds. It claims throat relief and decongesting effects, highlighting pine honey qualities especially for children. Price 25 cents.
Hardwick Opposes Extra Senate Session and Rule Change
Atlanta, Sept. 23. Senator T. W. Hardwick says there is no need for an extra session of the United States Senate and opposes efforts to change Senate rules. He doubts the nocl ture reform will pass and notes the regular December session will be long enough to handle treaties with Colombia and Nicaragua and other matters.
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Banner
Atlanta Ga
T. W. Hardwick
United States Senate
Hardwick
Congress
Senate
Counties Along Georgia Road Seek Tax Pro Rata Share
Counties along the Georgia Railroad from Fulton to Richmond plan mandamus actions to force Comptroller General Wright to allocate taxes on railroad property pro rata among the counties instead of Richmond. The suit, likely to be filed in Fulton County Superior Court tomorrow, aims to stop payments to Richmond.
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Banner
Atlanta, Ga
Georgia Railroad
Fulton
Richmond
Wm. A. Wright
Richmond County
Fulton County
Notices Sent to All Delinquent Corporations
Atlanta GA Sept 23 Notices are being sent by the comptroller generals office to about 70 delinquent corporations most small concerns. The Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad in receivership is the only larger entity. Unpaid corporation taxes total about 80,000 now.
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Banner
Atlanta
Comptroller General
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Wright
Missionaries in Japan see no risk to Christianity from Korea rules
American missionaries in Karuizawa report US fears for Christianity in Japan are unfounded. A Methodist Episcopal committee chair and Dean Arthur Berry argue Japanese policy widens religious freedom, expands private schools, and supports a planned Christian University in Tokyo.
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Associated Press
Karuizawa
Japan
United States
Korea
Methodist Episcopal Church
Merriman C. Harris
Arthur B. Berry
Aoyama School
Tokio
Berry
Department of Education
Dean Berry
Empire
Union Christian University
Mission Board
America
Mail Sack Vanishes With 14000 In Cash And Checks
A mail sack carrying checks totaling 14000 and over 1000 in cash disappeared after being shipped from Wenatchee Washington to Seattle. The sack was in a remittance letter from a Wenatchee bank to its Seattle correspondent and vanished last Friday night.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wenatchee
Game wardens named for nearby counties
The game commissioner announced county wardens for Greene county B F McWhorter Greensboro Elbert county L H Turner Elberton Quitman county R G Hogan Georgetown.
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Banner
Atlanta
Arnow
Greene County
B. F. McWhorter
Greensboro
Elbert County
L. H. Turner
Berton
Quitman County
R. G. Hogan
Georgetown
Early County Negro to Hang on Birthday in Georgia
Atlanta reports the Prison Commission and Governor refused to intervene in Frank Northfoot a Negro to be hanged in Early county tomorrow for murder of his wife. He turns 24 today. A separate case of Joe Pearsons a Negro teen to be tried for sexual assault of a white girl saw a request for respite deemed insufficient with a reprieve petition later planned by Attorney Redmond.
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Banner
Atlanta Ga
Frank Northfoot
Early County
Northfoot
Joe Pearsons
Jackson County
Redmond
Georgia Board appoints two trained nurse members
Atlanta Ga Sept 23 the governor appointed Miss Jane Van deVrede Savannah and Miss Bertha EK Whatley Augusta to the Georgia State Board of Examiners of Trained Nurses. Terms run three years from September 23.
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Atlanta
Georgia State Board of Examiners of
Jane van deVrede
Savannah
Bertha EK. Whatley
Augusta
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