Revision of Taxes First on Docket Before Legislature
The forthcoming session will focus on highway bond issues and tax revision as Governor-elect Walker and Governor Hardwick push for a state income tax and broader tax reform. Biennial sessions, capitol renovation, and a governor’s mansion are major topics, with leadership races shaping the House and Senate agenda.
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Setherlay
Clifford Walker
Hardwick
Jane
Tuntoiny Uy
Haw
Walker
Ahleh
Georgia
Georgia Food Honils Associntian
Pubic
Ite Ance Bet Tone
Representative Mundy
Polk
Senate
Union
Leachtrea
Cain Utlects
Georgia Serrace
al Ins Homany
Lied Walther
Walker Brooken
Peachtree Road
House
Creil Neill
Muscogee
HL Stewart
Atkinson County
George Carswell
Lewinton
W. OW. Mundy
Cedartown
Neveyaux FL McClatchey
Miss Barker Elected to Library Council
Miss Tomme Dora Barker librarian of the Carnegie Library, elected to the council of the American Library Association at the 45th annual meeting in Hot Springs Arkansas. Former director of the library school at Carnegie Library, the brief item notes her rise within library circles. The piece also briefly mentions the Venetian Doge wedding ceremony on Ascension Day.
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Miss Barker
Tomme Dora Tarker
Carnegie Hbrary
Council
American Library Association
Anon’ Ieetine
Hot Springs
Ark
Venice
Adriatic Sea
Lapse of Memory May Have Caused Gerry's Trouble
Testimony in Recorder's court Saturday afternoon described Gerry's alleged efforts to win Mary, despite already having a wife. Witnesses claimed he made threats if she refused, and a neighbor reported an attempt to pressure the girl's mother into consent. Gerry was bound over to the superior court on charges including attempted kidnapping and threatening life.
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Joseph Gerry
Bulton
Gerry
Ti Won
Maes
Spring Street
Mia
Russell
Superior Court
Golag
DeKalb Booze Hounds Nab 90 Gallon Cache
Decatur police officers W. A. Rodgers and J. Bilintt detected faint odors of liquor along a public road near Stone Mountain. They located a cache containing 90 gallons of booze, plus a 40 gallon haul earlier that day tied to Claud Barner, who was arrested.
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Decatur
DeKlab County
W. A. Rodgers J
G. E. Bilintt
Stone Mountain
Claude Hightoner
Claud Barner
Macon Suspects Charged With Burglary
George Sutton and Henry Peterson, arrested by Macon detectives, will be turned over to Trouston County authorities to face burglary charges for breaking into George Wells’s Perry home. Jewelry seized includes a platinum bar pin and a watch chain later identified as Wells’s. The pair, driving a light touring car with camping gear, claimed they are traveling jewelers from Miami en route to Albany, New York, buying loot from tourists Currying &, a general business.
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Macon
George Sutton
Henry Peterson
Trouston County
George Wells
Perry
Wells
Sutton
Peterson
Miami
Fla
Albany
N.Y
February Dies in Sparta Georgia Attorney Clerk
Gay C Febuary longtime chief clerk to the northern Georgia district attorney died Saturday in Sparta Tennessee after weeks of illness. He served about six years in the district attorney’s office under Alexander and Anger, previously worked with Atlanta police. Funeral plans not announced. survived by his widow and a sister.
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Gay C Febuary
Georgia
Sparta
Tenn
District Attorney's Office
Febuary
Police Department of
Atlanta
Higher taxes cannot cure our failing cities
The writer rails against neglect in housing, health, and schools, arguing higher taxes won’t fix decaying tenements, epidemics, and poor infant and public health. Inspectors pass unsafe buildings. roads and systems falter while crime and disease rise, demanding accountability and better governance.
Sub-Postoffice to Open Monday in Forsyth Garnett Block
A new sub postoffice station B will open Monday at Forsyth and Garnett Street with 125 to 150 clerks, offering full postal services and city mail distribution. Superintendent A B Griffin will oversee operations, promising faster service and reduced congestion at the main office.
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Forsyth and
Garnett Street
Oman
F. K. Large
Alianto
Nin
Wll
Carriera
A. B. Griffin
FB. W. Styron
Large
Surge
Atlanta
Parcel Post
Stone Returns to Atlanta to Build $50,000 Home
F O Stone, once based in Atlanta and recently in Dallas, plans to settle permanently here. He bought a prime Druid Hills lot on South Ponce de Leon Ave near the Arkwright residence, 120 feet frontage and 700 feet deep, for $10,000 cash at $80 per front foot, with an architect already at work on a residence valued around $50,000.
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F. O. Stone
Atlanta
Dallas
Texas
Stone Hag
Druid Hills
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Stone
Adairs
Arkwright
Druid Hilla
University seniors hold annual parade in Athens
Athens Ga April 28 Special The annual senior parade at the University of Georgia features the graduating class in costumes from Adam to the present day. Held on Sanford field the event accompanies the Georgia Vanderbilt game and draws screen news reel crews, a practice unique in the south.
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Athens
University of Georgia
Adam
Sanford Field
Guy D Byrd Dies at 19 in Georgia
The death of Guy D. Byrd age 19 occurred Friday afternoon at a private sanitarium in Marietta Georgia. He worked for the American Railway Express company and is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs B C Byrd of Sulvrna a brother R C Byrd Jr and two sisters Ernestine and Grace Byrd. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 2 PM from Bethel church Smyrna.
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Guy D. Byrd
Marietta
American Railway Express Company
Tie
Mr. O Mra
B.C. Byrd
Sulvrna
R. C. Byrd, Jr
Ernestine
Grace Byrd
Bethel Church
Smyrna
Truce efforts debated before Herrin mine riot inquiry
Marion April 28 witnesses told a legislative committee investigating Herrin strip mine riots how attempts to secure a truce the night before the outbreak were made. Judge J J Hartwell, W J Warder and other officials testified about failed contact with authorities and a planned police action to disperse a mob at the Lexter mine. Twenty three non union workers were killed after the riot.
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Sam Hunter
Carlos T. Black
Springfield
Hunter
Black
Melvin Thaston
C. IX. McDowell
Heo
Officinla
United Mine Workers
Vox Hughes
Subatract No. 10
Colonel Huntoe
Thaxton
About & O'Clovk
Inquisitora
Witeasea
Members of O'Hara Horse Traders' Band Buried in Westview
Funeral services for seven members of the O'Hara band of Irish horse traders who died recently were held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Burial followed at West View cemetery, with interments for Kathran Carroll, Tete Sherlock, Patrick O'Hara, Annie O'Hara, Minnie Mack, Pete Mack, and the children of the Mack and Sherlock families.
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O'Hara
Church of the Immaculate Conception
James Sherlock
Nanhyville
Tenn
Greenberg & Bond
West View Cemetery
Kathran Carroll
Tete Sherlock
Patrick O'Hara
Annie O'Hara
Pat O'Hara
Minnie Mack
Tom Mack
Pete Mack
Tohn Mack
Carrollton A and M School to hear Sandford address
Carrollton Ga April 28 Dr Y Sandford of the University of Georgia will deliver the annual commencement address at the A and M School on May 10. The school under Professor I B Ingram completes another successful year and will graduate a class of 24.
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Carrollton
8. Y. Sandford
The
Georgia University
S. Ingram
United States and League Court of International Justice Plan
President signals support for participation in the permanent court of international justice but notes Senate assent needed. Secretary of State attaches conditions requiring U.S. refusal to join the League of Nations and equal representation rights before urging ratification of the protocol.
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Permanent Court of International Justice
Nations
Council
Assembly
League of Nations
Senate
League
Secretary of State
Messugees
International Court
United States
Senate Debates Court Election and League Plan
Fragmented remarks from WA and GA on Sunday April 295 1923 discuss secretary of state proposals for electing a judge and possible senate conditions. A committee chair notes he cannot preempt Senate action and hopes for a constitutional adjustment after full discussion, aiming for Republican unity and Carding’s renomination in the league court context.
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Council
Secretary of State
Senate
League of Options
Carding Shoul
League Court
Miss Lilla Forrest Laid To Rest In Boston
Thomasville Georgia April 28 funeral services were held today for Miss Lilla Forrest of Boston after a serious operation at the hospital here. Widely known for home demonstration work in Thomas County she helped organize canning clubs and promoted educational and social groups. Born near Boston she was about 44 and survived by her mother and three sisters Mrs Emmett Dagger Mrs Tom Taylor Miss Gussie Forrest and one brother Samuel Forrest all of Boston.
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Thomasville
Lilla Forrest
Boston
Diag Torrest
Thomas County
Borrest
Miss Forrest
Emmett Dagger
Tom ‘Taylor
Misa Gussie Forrest
Samuel Forrest
Journalism Code of Ethics Formed
AAP ethics code outlines Seven Principles guiding press duties. It stresses responsibility to public welfare, freedom of the press, independence, sincerity and accuracy, fairness, and protection of private rights. It cautions against publishing unsubstantiated private sources and demandsCorrections of own errors.
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Aniston
Decency in journalism and the call for public condemnation
The piece discusses standards for truthful reporting and condemns sensational crime coverage that serves private baser instincts. It notes society figures Casper S. Yost, J. C. Hopenwood, and S. Beck in leadership roles within a journalism group.
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Casper S. Yost
St. Louis lobe-Democrat
Society
J. C. Hopenwood
Cleveland Plain Dealer
S. Beck
Chicago Pribune Iranavar
Census Census: Atlanta School Age Count Urges Complete List
A damaged notice urges a full census of school age children in Atlanta, warning the city’s rapid growth will affect state funds. It claims 50,000 children aged 14 to 19 are not attending acts, stressing every name counts for apportionment and funds. It reassures data will not be used to embarrass individuals.
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Atlanta
Athunia
Actos
Memorial Plans Outlined for Stone Mountain Program
A meeting at Piedmont hotel approved a broad Stone Mountain Memorial program to be broadcast by Station WOM The lineup includes the National Anthem Mam moth Orchestra Willaim Tell Overture Rosa Ponselle the first public presentation of The Message of the Mountain sculpture details by Gutzon Borglum and addresses by Hoke Smith and Dr David Marx The event centers on the memorial work and related performances.
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WOM
Memory
Piedmont Hotel
Robert FB. Harvey
Stone Mountain Memorial Associaation
Mammoth Orchestra
Earbo Liede
Rosalii
Rosa Ponselle
Metropolitan Grand Opera
Tosts
William Sedley Howard
Roxa Ponselle
William Deel
Gutzon Borglum
Stone Mountain
Hoke Smith
Victor Werbert
David Marx
Leader of cult declared fraud faces payout ruling
The judge ruled leader Benjamin Purnell deceived members of the colony and coerced women. The Hanse and others sought repayment for donations and labor, with children and spouses receiving yearly sums. Court awards total about $11,000 with interest, potentially $15,000.
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Benjamin Purnell
Soelery
Haneolle
Nashvile
Oun
Ouit
Haneela
Purnell
Hansel
Juel
Alternese
Powers Tells Story of Wanderings
The account traces a long escape from a prison farm to travel hubs and towns. He details nights riding freights from Augusta to Columbia then toward Virginia, Washington, Cincinnati, Columbus, Albany, and Montreal before May, ending with a voyage to England and time in London, Paris and Ostend.
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Augusta
South Carolina
Columbia, & CG
Virginia Line
Washington
Cincinnati
Columbus
Ohio
Albany
Montreal
England
London
Paris
Ostend
Belgium
Prisoner recounts escape and cross continental journey
The detainee details an escape and a worldwide itinerary using the alias F. J. Cox. He describes travel from Georgia to Canada and across the United States, ending back in Texas, noting mental strain and regret while seeking a chance to make good. Officials plan to move him to Milledgeville to finish a two to five year sentence.
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F. J. Cox
Georgia
Fulton Tower
Milledgeville
Ilia
M. 2
Holley
Wade
Lamar
Berry Foundation School Graduation Becomes Notable Event
Berry Foundation School in Rome holds a large graduating exercises Friday with songs prayers a student address by G Leland Green and prize certificates by Miss Martha Berry. Graduates include Susan Breedlove Beatrice Eekin Audrey Tenderson Susan Maddox and many others as the grammar school commences its first formal commencement. Stanfield sues Sea Board Air Line for damages after alleged beating by strikers. The stage version of Winter Comes debuts in the US at Fox's Springfield Class theater amid strong critical praise.
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Rome
Berry Foundation School
Chaplain Nicholson
G. Leland Green
Martha Berry
Susan Breedlove
Beatrice Eekin
Audrey Tenderson
Susan Maddox
Frnttly Mathix
Tnez Nougent
Radia Summergil
Waby Watron
Ethel Woodall
Rockford Ah
Frank Conden
Alton Daniel
Glynn
Hutchingon
United States
Fox
Springfield
England
Australia
Tts Lonton
Thera
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J. W. Haines
DeKalb
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James Cannon
Iawn
Herrin
Legislative Investigating Committee
Marion
O’hara Horse Traders’ Band
Westview
Carrollton School
Sandford
Merlin & Sons
Estey York Hackley Lester Steger Weaver
Behe Bros
Chase Bros
Adam Schaaf
Walter Hughes Piano Co
N. Pryor ST
Journalism Code OF Ethics
H. S. Wright
Newark Globe
Canada
Powers
Haginm
Braesells
Liverpool
Quebéc
Toronto
Chicago
St. Louis
Little Rock
Texarkana
Galveston
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Tortland
Seattle
Spokane
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Omaha
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