Auditor Legislature Debates Bill to Create State Auditor Office
Atlanta July 21. The Georgia House begins consideration of a broad bill to establish a state auditor, an assistant, and a stenographer with salaries of 3000, 1800, and 1200 dollars respectively. Amendments target salaries and staff, with opposition hinting at deferring certain features. Proponents cite vouchers and waste, while critics warn against partisan audit. The debate centers on ensuring a practical, nonpartisan financial check on state spending.
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Atlanta
Kimball House
John W. Hammond
House of Representa
Sato
King
Mosers
Jones and Bullard
Stark
Sheppard
Sumter
Brown
Smith
Attae Treasury
Mutch
Austro German advances pressure near Warsaw and Riga fronts
Across Europe the Austro German forces press toward Warsaw and Port Ka, while Russians retreat to new positions. German gains west of Shavil in Kovno, and near Rozan, Narew, with severe fighting between Vistula and Bug rivers and in the Lublin region. Italians reportedly recapture on the Austro Italian frontier as heavy casualties mount on both sides. In Bridgeport, Machinists union strikes end with settlement reportedly reached, though some leaders dispute the accord.
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London
Warsaw
Baltic
Shavil
Kovno
Kovno Mariampool
Narew
Newgorod
Rozan
Felts
France
Belgium
Franklin county farmers to tour Georgia State College program set
Lavonia Georgia July 31 farmers of Franklin county will travel to the University of Georgia Athens for a study trip funded by state college plans show a program including talks by Chancellor Barrow, Jarnigan on stock Crabb on soils and Campbell on crops with plant demonstrations. The trip aims to boost understanding of agricultural practices and will be adjusted to fit conditions.
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Lavonia
Franklin County
College of Agriculture
Athens
Saas
of Athens
Uguet
Barrow
Ui of Georgia
Jarnigan
Crabb
Ash Campbell
State College
Georgia Chamber Plans to Locate Industries in Athens
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce seeks to place a competent manager to promote new businesses across Georgia communities. Within twelve months it expects many new concerns and manufacturing enterprises to be attracted from outside the state, boosting state and local wealth. Secretary Hetcher invites interested parties to suggest needed industries and report promising investments for their communities.
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Athens
Georgia
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
iAp
Hetcher
Georgia Chamber
Jitneys Under Police Rule Federal Ruling
Memphis Tennessee dispatch notes federal authorities impose police rule on jitney vehicles as judges sustain holds under new regulatory framework. The ruling signals tighter oversight for urban transport amid ongoing legal challenges and public safety concerns.
Drainage project eyed for two counties in effort to reclaim land
A county farm demonstration agent leads a push for a $60,000 drainage scheme in this county and Oconee to reclaim five thousand acres of bottom lands. The plan proposes bonding similar to a Banks county action, aiming to conserve land, raise corn yields, and boost local prosperity and health.
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Oconee County
Corn Clubs
Pig
Themes Clubs
Hev
Oconee
Brand
Barnet
Ininsa
Océnee
Haynes Creek
Hong Nng
Young Man Morris Kills Uncle Then Ends Own Life
John Morris a 21 year old farmer in Madison County shot himself in his room on the Danielsville road. The tragedy follows his recent killing of uncle John Phil Brooding over family misfortune, Morris left only his father Morris, Sr., and brother Pred Morrie.
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John ‘Morris
Danielsville Road
Madison County
Morris
John Phil
Aare Dango
Surtal Morris
Morris, Sr
Pred Morrie
Campus Pageant to Present How the Vote Was Won
A suffrage themed comedy titled How the Vote Was Won will be staged on the University of Georgia campus next Tuesday. The production, described as delightful and entertaining, features a spirited cast and promises an engaging view of vote rights in a period setting.
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Speteouler
7Th University of Georgia
Athens
King Albert of Belgium and the First Republic of Europe
An Associated Press report from July 21 in San Francisco recounts King Albert’s public addresses and his role as potential father of Europe’s first republic. It notes his reaction toLiege’s invasion and a vision of returning power to the people as a symbol of a United States of Europe.
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Albert
Belgium
First Republic of
U. S. of Europe
Associated Press
Sanferocisco
Te Wash
Rotary
Liege
Itibegane
Chapple
United States of Europe
Early Marriages Condemned as Immoral, Purity Speaker Says
L Redfield of Chicago told the International Purity Congress that early marriages undermine morality. He cited biographical examples of great men born to older parents and argued against child marriages, urging a stop to marriages of children to curb mentally and morally unfit offspring.
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Associated Press
Francisco
L. Redfield
Chicago
International Purity Congress
Confucius
Solomon
Clarke County History and Factory Listings in Georgia Report
The third annual report outlines Clarke county named in honor of General Elijah Clarke and details its 1801 origin from Jackson county with later partitions to Greene Madison Oglethorpe and Oconee. It lists major Georgia manufacturing firms including Georgia Manufacturing Co White Hart Yarn Mills Athens Manufacturing Co Climax Hasttry Mill Mallison Braided Cord Co Southern Manufacturing Co Star Thread Mills White City Manufacturing Co and Athens Mattress Spring.
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Meade
M. Lo
Georgia
Clarke
Athens
Athens Manufacturing Co
Climax Hasttry
Southern Manufacturing Co
Star Thread
White City
Spring
Douglas and Goffee Company Tour Through Athens Area
Twenty young citizens from Coffee County and the city of Douglas with a dozen ladies on a seven hundred mile state tour stopped an hour in Athens. The party, en route via Atlanta and Winder to Madison, Eatonton, and on to Milledgeville, gathered local leaders and farmers, learned of county opportunities, and then continued their journey to boost the state's prospects.
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Coffee County
Dougine
Athens
Winder T
Douglas
R. A Smith
Chamber of Com- Georgia
Board of County i
C. B. Baker
John Cultury
Fred ‘Gordon Floyd
Nola Johnson
Atlanta
Winder
Madison
Eatonton
Iledgeville
Dixie
Georgia
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J. J. Keppler
International] Association of Machinists
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International Machinists’ Union
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Connor Padre
Hudson
Harris
Chai
Brown and Arnold
Clarke County
Barber
Grady and Webb
Lowndes
Cooper
St. Marys
Camden County
Monro
East Lake
Bacon
Houston County
College
Memphis
Tenn
Vernment
The
Commerce Labor Commissioner
Georgia Manufacturing Co
White [Hart Yarn Mills
Douglas and
Goffee
Jed
U. S
Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Department Moncy
Mexico
United States
Ibelgium
Paris
Deep Rock Gingerale Co
Boston
van Straaten
Hubert
Max
Klein & Martin
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