Nine Days Left as Legislature Faces Final Session Push
The state legislature faces nine remaining days of a fifty day session with adjournment planned for Wednesday August 1. Key bills, especially Western and Atlantic railroad measures, await action and may trigger a special session by Governor Harris. Prohibition measures loom as temperance committee meets Monday to decide on a report, with Stark threatening resignation if no agreement is reached.
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Important measures on schedule ahead of prohibition
The assembly plans afternoon sessions this week to regain time before prohibition. Bills include cotton warehouse safeguards, the Jones DIL revising the automobile license tax, Andrews highway commission, state auditor, and other major measures likely to face votes.
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Rules Committee
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Jones Dil
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Bills Introduced and Passed at Yesterday's House Session
A list of bills introduced in the Georgia House includes charter amendments for Decatur and Crawford, creation of county boards in Wayne and Bleckley, tax exemptions for local property, and various county treasurer abolitions. Passed measures include primaries regulation in Miller, depository designation in Spalding, city charters for Atlanta and several counties, and creation of offices and courts in multiple locales.
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Atlanta Strides From Day 10 Conven tion Preparations
President Wilkinson and Secretary Fred Schafer of the Atlanta Association of Building Owners and Managers push preparations for the National Association of Building Owners and Managers convention in Avanta September 14 to 17. About 700 delegates will attend. headquarters at the Pleamont hotel. The August issue of Building and Building Management outlines the tentative program with talks by Ada G. Cundier Dr. F. H. Milliner and others. The Ideal committee prepares to welcome visiting delegates. Additionally E. Rosedale Park improvements move forward with new housing, streets, and a residence park. Aycock reports a strong renting season with multiple inquiries and recent leases in Decatur Street DeKalb Avenue and Auburn Avenue properties.
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Fred Schafer
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Building and Building Management
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Pleamont Hotel
Ada G. Cundier
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Ernest R. Graham
Equitable Building
New York
G.T. Mortimer
United States Reality and Improvement Company
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E. M. Porter
Douglass, Robinson- Charles Brown Company
New York ‘City
Bankers' Association
Pageant Showcases Georgia Resources at Summer School
A Georgia summer school pageant titled A Threefold Georgia celebrated state resources. About 600 teacher-students on the Athens campus presented a 70-foot stage pageant depicting agriculture industry and education with banners, costumes, and emblems. The procession included university faculty, congressional districts, and county groups, ending with a chorus of Glory, Glory for Old Georgia.
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Georgia
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Marth
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Iit
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Hotel and property lease notices at Austell and Atlanta
The document lists rents for Van Arndale at 150 dollars per month and a long term base for the Ben Acot Lithia Springs hotel in Austell Georgia for J G Reeves. It notes a businessman plans a first class hotel at popular prices and a garage at 143 Ivy Street leased to Jas er N Smith to Messrs Marbut and Fong at 45 dollars monthly.
Aerial Collision in Chartres Kills One Aviator
A Chartres morning crash after two aeroplanes collided about 200 feet above the flying field. One aviator, aged 20, was burned to death, while the other suffered severe injuries.
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France
Committee to Probe Georgia School for the Deaf
A twelve member panel from the House and Senate will examine conditions at the Cave Spring Georgia School for the Deaf amid charges by Representative Thomas R. Ayer that Superintendent Wesley Connor drank heavily and ill treated inmates and that funds were squandered. The panel will study feasibility of moving the school to Macon and seek broader authority to investigate. The House names Clarke Griffin Yeomans Jones Stevle Aver Brown Roberte Walker. Senators McFarland Holden Maul.
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Thomas R. Ayer
Bibb County
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Mittee
Macon
Ayer
Foley
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Griffin
Lowndes
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Coweth
Stevle
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Aver
House Saturday session produces few long-sought actions
The opening Saturday session under Speaker Burwell saw Rep H W Hopkins defend the Soldiers home inquiry against charges of a whitewash while many local bills passed. A public defender bill for counties over 100000 surfaced, and general bills were postponed to later in the week. A mortgage contract bill and a Crawfordville branch college proposal linked to Alexander H Stephens College were noted amid routine business.
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H. W. Hopkins
Thomas County
Senator Pickett
Hongins
Burwell
Pickett
Senate
Hopkins
Me. Blackburn
Fulton
Atlanta
Foster
Morgan County
Branch College
Crawfordville
Alexander H. Stephens Collery
Germany Seizes All Metal Supplies in Province
Military authorities in the Irondentberg province, where Berlin is located, issue an order expropriating all household metal supplies. The seized items are to be retained until further notice and not sold or disposed of.
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Vita London
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Berlin
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DOREY
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Dabney
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