First Twenty Days of Legis Session Yield Little Action
Banner dispatch from Atlanta notes the Georgia legislature has produced little in the first twenty days. Only a $1,000 appropriation for the governor mansion and one tax exemption for college endowments passed. House and Senate agendas filled with local bills, resolutions, and organization work. debate centers on due process for tax collectors and various new bills including a state warehouse plan and Athens commission-form government.
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Atlanta
Kimball House
John W. Hammond
Dilla
Georgia
Senate
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Putnam
Hart
Olive
Richmond
Supreme Court
Fulton County
Clarke
Athens
Chancey
Pulaski
South Carolina
I&t
Adams
Charleston News and Courier
John L. McLaurin
John Lowndes McLaurin
Charleston
John L
E. J. Watson
House
Watson
South
Senator Adams
Clarke County
Arnold
Hoves
State Supreme Court
Dyestuffs Crisis Spurs US Swiss Dye Cooperation
Washington July 12 The state department trade advisers and the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce opened talks with Swiss dye firms to coordinate efforts amid a dyestuffs shortage caused by Germany cutting coal tar dye supplies. Americans aim to supply Swiss intermediates for finishing dyes, boosting US production. Germany contends finished dyes are ending up in France and England. The bureau says effects of the famine are increasing.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States
Switzerland
Geneay Supplie SI Ao
Germany
France
England
Burefiu
Navy to test new aeroplane motors for warships
Several new aeroplane motors will be delivered to the navy for testing. Secretary Daniels said the exact number of naval aircraft to be recommended to Congress depends on finding a satisfactory motor and on supply speed. If private makers cannot render motors quickly, Pensacola yard will build them for government use.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
Daniels
Navy
Congress
General Board
Pensacola
Phones for Officer Short to Arrest Him
Officer Short receives a personal phone request to arrest a young man who says he is not himself and has been away several days. The message over the wire prompts Short to go and lock him up until he is well again.
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Short
Neighborly advice from Athene resident on kidney relief
Mrs Louis Smith of 951 E Broad St Athens recalls suffering kidney trouble with back pain and poor sleep. She credits Doan's Kidney Pills from Smith & Brothers Drug Store for relief and notes renewed kidney cold symptoms were helped by another box from the same remedy. Foster Milburn Co Props Buffalo N Y advertises the product at 50 cents.
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Athens
Louis Smith
Dean
Smith & Brothers
Doan
Dan
Washington says sit uation critical over German note
Washington officials describe the U S German rift as historically strained. Secretary Lansing drafts data for reply to Berlin. Officials expect a firm, cautious policy with no retreat from prior notes. The president may return before week end as talks continue despite German evasions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lansing
Cornish
United States
Germany
Berlin
Lusitania
Edison to Lead Navy Bureau of Invention Advisors
West Orange N J July 12 Thomas A Edison has accepted Secretary Daniels invitation to head an advisory board of civilian inventors for a navy department bureau. The plan seeks to mobilize American inventive genius for wartime needs with Edison guiding research on submarine warfare and related devices to enhance national defense.
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Associated Press
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Daniels
Bureau of Invention and Development
Navy Department
Washington
Europe
Edison
Edivon
Permit Asked to Erect Modern Cotton Oil Mill Building
Yesterday the Southern Cotton Oil Company filed with the city engineer for a permit to build a modern brick and iron oil mill on Pulaski street beside the Southern Railway tracks. The project, costing about 000, aims for a completely fireproof seed house and newer plant design, on the site of the old Burnes Plant.
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Southern Cotton Oil Company
Pulaski Street
Southern Railway
Burnes
Alienist Sees Thaw Suffering From Constitutional Inferiority
New York July 12 Dr Austin Flint alienist testifying at the Thaw trial said Thaw suffered from paranoia or constitutional inferiority with paranoiac trend. He admitted he did not know the term constitutional inferiority but used it as a new fit he believed applicable. He added Thaw did not show paranoia in court but seemed unsound to him and would not deem him paranoid without Thaw's history.
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Associated Press
New York
Austin Flint
Harry K. Thaw
John B. Stanchfield
Thaw
S Horney
New Hampshire
Matteawan
Flint
Meory
Hendrick
Spellbound Woman Wields Pistol in Athens Rampage
Police found Lilly McKinley, a middle aged newcomer from Atlanta, armed with a pistol and claiming a spell had been placed on her by an imaginary colored man. She sought to force him to “unspell” her. She is described as diseased in body and mind, having undergone treatment in Atlanta. a physician was summoned and she was left in care.
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Piotil
Gengraves
Lilly McKinley
Athens
Atlanta
Bere
Beall Seeks Statewide Bailiffs Reform Bill
Richmond county representative Beall introduces a general measure to remove special bailiffs from city and superior courts. The bill aims to recalibrate Section 4992 of the 1910 Code, shifting payments for special court bailiffs away from the county treasury.
The King Can Do No Wrong in Modern Times
A fragment reflecting on sovereignty and royal immunity with a paradox: people claim kings can do no wrong even as they live in a modern republic. The terse line critiques the persistence of the old rule in a new country.
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James
ElbertonAthenS road link and local meetings noted
Elbert-Madison county wants a 21 mile thirty foot road to complete a link toward Athens from Elberton while traffic via Royston remains the longer route. A Baptist general meeting at Antioch near Auburn is reported along with school, church, and civic events across Clarke Madison and surrounding counties.
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Elberton
Athens
Atlanta
Elbert
Elbert County
W. H. Faust
Winder First
Rural education conferences highlight school relief plan
The discussion centers on improving rural life through country schools. Emphasis rests on addressing rural life conditions and educational reforms to relieve current hardships. District voices stress that relief must come via strengthened school systems in rural areas.
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