Georgia State Agricultural Society Meeting In Athens
Georgia headlines discuss economic issues and social topics as the state prepares for the Georgia State Agricultural Society gathering in Athens. The piece notes farmers institutes, leadership by the State College of Agriculture faculty, and widespread outreach on farming, livestock, post-flood work, diversification, and boll weevil offsetting.
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Georgia State Agricultural Society
Athens
State College of Agriculture
Oldest Cultivated Flower The Chrysanthemum History
The chrysanthemum is cited as the oldest cultivated flower. It is linked to Japan as a national emblem and traces its lineage to China. Confucius mentioned it around 500 BCE, and antique Chinese pottery in the British Museum features the flower in conventional designs.
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Japan
Grant
China
Confucius
B. C
British Museum
Treatment of Walls and Moldings in Room Design
The molding should align with the top of doors to hang pictures and create rectangular wall spaces. Modern practice uses paneling beneath window sills to bring window wood to floor level and extend door and window tops to a fixed molding line. This division enhances the decorative effect and gives plain paper the dignity of a panel.
Georgia Moves Toward Compulsory Education Bill
The Georgia house passed a compulsory education bill with a strong majority and aims for swift senate approval. Advocates insist the measure will be enforceable and beneficial, but funding for housing and teaching the new students is needed. Lawmakers are urged to appropriate 200000 dollars to state normal schools to provide trained teachers and better equipment for successful implementation.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Georgia
State Normal School
Girls Normal
Milledgeville
South Georgia Normal
Valdosta
Make the Bill Effective for Georgia Highway Commission
The Banner argues the highway bill needs real powers and funding, not just a paper entity. It urges the Senate to amend the House measure to grant true authority and finance, ensuring federal road funds benefit the state.
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Highway Commission
House
Senate
Prison Commission
The
Georgia
Georgia bill seeks ban on trading stamps and similar schemes
A Georgia Senate bill proposed by Senator Moon and House member Hutcheson would prohibit trading stamps coupons and similar devices used for trade advertising. The piece argues such schemes drain merchant profits and urges legislators to pass the measure with strong support from business interests across the state.
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Georgia
Moon
Georgia Senate
Representative Hutcheson
House
Proposed Efficiency Commission and State Finances
A special legislative committee examined the Metz audit and proposed steps for tighter money handling. Suggestions include a board of control with an emergency expert, a central purchasing agency, and funds disbursed from the state treasury, while warning against creating red tape or an overburdened system.
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Special Legislative Committee
Charles J. Metz
Board of Control
State departments urged to back efficient, careful spending
Officials call for orderly operation and prudent use of public funds, arguing that departments with solid systems should keep current practices while those failing in efficiency may need changes.
Should Improve but Not Abolish The Tax Law
An editorial argues against repealing the state tax law praising its gains in capturing untaxed property and boosting digests. It urges refinements rather than abolition, calls for legislative investigation, fair enforcement, and asserts the law will yield greater benefits if kept in place.
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Georgia
Georgia Senate eyes water supply health measure
The Georgia senate tabled a bill to empower the state board of health to supervise water sources for towns and cities. It notes Georgia’s expanding waterworks and sewerage, urges strong action to protect downstream supplies, and predicts the bill will be reconsidered or rewritten to meet urgent public health needs.
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Georgia Senate
Senate
State Board of Health
Georgia
State should never sell its rail line says Georgia paper
An Atlanta writer argues against selling the Western and Atlantic Railroad. He asserts the state’s ownership protects a vital asset, warns against tempting sale, and contends leasing can yield stable income without sacrificing value. The piece defends keeping the road and guarding it from depreciation.
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Western & Atlantic Railroad
Robert J. Lowry
Atlanta
Col. Lowry
Georgia
Western & Atlantic
The English Blacklist Trade Tension Between U S and England
The English government blacklists many American firms under the trade with the enemy act prompting possible U S reprisals against English firms. President Wilson is expected to vigorously protest while tensions mirror historic precedents and current German submarine pressures.
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United States
Wilson
England
United States to buy Danish West Indies for twenty five million
Report states the United States will purchase the Danish West Indies from Denmark for twenty five million and surrender of any discovery rights in Greenland. A treaty is prepared and expected to gain approval from both nations. The deal would yield a strong naval base and coaling station benefiting U S preparedness efforts.
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United States
Denmark
Danish West Indies
Greenland
Wilson
Danish West Indies and Bases Are Vital Naval Policy
The speaker argues that securing naval bases and coaling stations is as essential as maintaining battleships. In addition to the Danish West Indies, all other potential bases for the nation's ships must be secured to project power and ensure strategic mobility.
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Danish West Indies
Gigantic War Expenses Reach Unthinkable Sums Across Europe
The European war drains England at thirty million dollars daily and far larger totals for other belligerents. Future taxation and long-term hardship loom as nations bear colossal costs. The real loss extends beyond money, as many of Europe’s young men die in the trenches, weakening nations for generations.
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England
Europe
Lack of a Quorum Call for House Business
Speaker Burwell struggles to form a quorum in the state house amid clashes over highway commission bills the speakership race and prohibition. The piece urges members to attend to urgent pending legislation and dispose of the highway bill and banish the prohibition fight promptly before session end.
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Burwell
House of Representatives
Highway Commission
House
Do Not Sell the State Road Urges Keeping Property and Limited Leases
Former Governor Joseph M Brown argues against selling the state property and urges against leases longer than thirty years. The Banner endorses his view, warning that selling would be poor business and that a ninety nine year lease would be unwise. The piece notes a legislative bill to form a commission on selling or leasing and urges retaining title to the road.
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Joseph M. Brown
Brown
Banner
Burwell
Georgia
Georgia Highway Commission Bill Wins Passage
The House approved a highway commission measure to access federal rural road funds, with 85 million dollars allocated for rural post roads and forest roads. Federal aid covers up to 50 percent of construction costs, and annual appropriations rise to 25 million by 1921 for roads and trails in national forests.
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House
Highway Commission
Senate
Congress
Geors'a
Se Ct
Secretary of Agriculture
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New York
Proposed Efficiency Commission
W. & A. Road
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