Seminole County to Become Separate County in Georgia
In a Senate vote, a constitutional amendment creating Seminole County in southwest Georgia passed by a narrow margin, carving it from Decatur and Barry counties with Donaldsonville as county seat. The measure faces House debate, potential modification, and a heated campaign atmosphere as opponents warn against drastic changes.
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Seminole
Georgia
Senate
Shingler
Olive
Marin
Decatur
Barry
Donaldsonville
Dorris and
New
Early
Strike closes Macon cotton mill in racial walkout
In Macon Georgia on July 81 a Willingham Cotton mill closure left over three hundred workers unemployed after 21 white workers in the card room walked out rather than work with black employees. The plant halted operations as a result of the strike affecting 35 black workers.
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Macon
Willingham
Cee
Senators Delay Action On Visible Gasoline Pumps
A state senate commerce committee postponed action on a bill requiring visible gasoline pumps after a 4 to 4 tie vote. Senator Lunsford argued the measure would protect buyers by showing exactly what they purchase, while manufacturers and stations warned it would be class legislation and costly, suggesting dishonest buyers could still manipulate purchases with wobble tanks. A full hearing was granted and a meeting to act on the bill was planned.
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Senate Committee On Manufacture
Lunsford
LT Ra
Georgia Maw Dies in Siberia While in U S Service
H G Swanson of Fairburn Georgia died in Siberia on July 17 while serving as postal agent for American soldiers guarding the Siberian railway. A railway mail service veteran, he volunteered in 1918 for overseas duty, aided the AEF postal system in France, then returned to Atlanta to continue postal routes before again serving in Siberia. He leaves a widow and two children, plus siblings in Montgomery Washington Columbus and Comer.
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Fairburn
Sibertle
Siberian
A. E.F
America
Atlanta
Montgomery
Baakt Fy
Siberia
William Swanson
Wallace Streater
Washington, D. C
France
W. C. Thornton
Columbus
Harvey, Long
Comer
Ala
Cummings Faces House Panel Over Junket Charge
Homer Cummings, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, testifies before the House committee investigating aircraft expenditures. He defends a proposed Pacific coast trip as not a junket, accuses Republicans of bias, and criticizes partisan motives while praising Mr Hughes for impartial inquiry.
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Washington
Homer
Cummings
House
Publicity Bureau
Pacific Coast
Mr. Cummings
Frear
Charles E. Hughes
Magee
New York
Congress
Mac ‘Bee
Lee
California
Pacific
Champerlain
Oregon
Republicana
Democrats
Bills Introduced in Senate on Thursday
The senate Thursday saw several bills introduced in both houses. One by Mr Ayers aims to amend code section 115 to provide for election of constables every four years, while another by Mr Adams proposes prohibition on hunting trapping killing or destroying in any manner within Elber County and its corporations.
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Senate
Board of Commissioners
Clinch County
Claxton
la Grange
Municipal Court of
Evans County
Baxey
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
Oglethorpe County
DeKalb County
City Court of
Columbus
Zebulon
J. 8
Paris
Ollie Park
Rod Jones
Molena
Park Brothers
Gorelock
Jones
Melton
Ayers
Avery
Trudy
Adamena
Lieutenant Stov Stovall Returns from Overseas
Lieutenant Popé Stovall arrived in New York recently after a year overseas. He is the son of Mr and Mrs I. Stovall of Genee Hs. He is expected home at the next camp and received his commission before leaving.
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Popé Stovall
New York
Arthur’ Lucas
Southern
Goldwyn -Distributing Corporation
New
York
Tires Corporatio Bert
BH. Woods
Edgar Selwyn
Walton Street
Lucas
Goldwyn’ Pictures Corporation
Shubert, Woods, Selwyn. Enterprises
United States
A. H. Woods
Frenery
Senate vote stalls Coastal Plant Experiment station bill
The senate committee on sericulture defeated by 7 to 6 a measure to transfer control of the Coastal Plant Experiment Station at Tifton from a trustees board to the State College of Agriculture. The bill, supported by Parker Lunsford and Clements, would eliminate the existing governor appointee board and shift oversight to the college. House action pending after a lengthy hearing before joint committees. Opponents argued impact on Griffin station funding and state support.
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Senate
Parker
Lunsford
Clements
Tifton
State, College of Agriculture
House
General Assembly
Agriculture
Friends
Senator Parker
R.C. Eilis
D. M. Parker
Waycross
Judie
Wal Peovington
Moultrie
R Davis
Dubin
Tifton Station
Georgia
I ‘ . 2 Hoard
D. B. Parker
Coastal Plains Statkin Board
Board of Trustees
J. J. Flynt
Griffin
HH. Hopkins
H. HL Elders
Brown
Mile
Wignt
Trust Company Expands Workforce and Roster
The Atlanta Trust Company announces a broad expansion in both commercial banking and other departments. LeRoy Gregory becomes credit department manager, T. M. Armistel Sr joins in various banking roles, and G. R. Trippe is added to treasury. The firm orders fixtures for new Empire Building quarters with occupancy planned by November 1, 1919, elevating capacity to handle trust and commercial banking needs in the Southeast.
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The
Atlanta. Trust Company
Comercial Banking
LeRoy Gregory
South
Yedra
Tia
Trust Company
Getaft
T. M. Armisteld, Sr
Treasury Department
G. R. Trippe
Middle West
Empire Building
Southeast
Fair Weather Week Forecast From Local Weather Chief
Local forecaster C F von etzmang predicts fair weather for the coming week with highs near the upper 80s and into the 90s. Morning and afternoon temperatures should hover around the mid 80s, and rain remains minimal across the nation, with some Arkansas and Missouri towns reporting small showers. San Francisco remains the coolest major city with a low around 50 and a higher forecasted minimum.
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C. F. von Etzmang
United States
Arkansas
Missouri
San Francisco
Arizona
Phoenix
Total divorce granted to wife of German spy
Mrs. Anne Pope Stegler, Atlanta, was granted total divorce, restoration of her maiden name, and U S citizenship after a Fulton superior court hearing. She testified her husband Richard Stegler aided German spy networks in New York in 1924, leading to the dissolution. Effie M Burkwalter and Luther H Alford also received divorces in related petitions.
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John Tl. Pendleton
Fulton Superior Court
United States
Anne Pope Stegler
Superior ‘Court
Stegler
Atlanta
Richard
von Bernstorff
Boy Ed
City Hall
New York
Sys
F. E. Burkwalter
Philadelphia
Effie M. Burkwalter
Jude Pendleton
Luther H. Alford
Lula May Alford
Compulsory physical training urged at health officers meeting
Health officers and state board staff gathered at the State Board of Health building to discuss the dangers to school children from illness. Dr John Schreiber of Thomaarville urged compulsory physical training, praised by State Superintendent M L Brittain for urgent action. Columbus health officer Dr Steelsmith cited success of school tooth brushing drills as habit forming.
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State Board of Health
State Board
Capitol
John
Steelsmith
Columbus
Sanitary Health Talk Highlights State Officials and Experts
A session featured Dr. ML Anderson and Dr. B D Blackwelder among officials from Moultrie and LaGrange, plus James Faulkner, on public health topics. Papers covered anti malarial campaigns, school child health, sanitary food handling, hookworm education, and typhoid eradication efforts with Drs Mashburn Schreiber Cheek and others contributing.
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Weriow
Beatty
ML Anderson
Idaith
Moultria
B.D. Blackwelder
LaGrange
James ‘P.faulkner
Raoul Foundation
Marecus
Mashburn
Moabitrie
Moultrie
John Schreiber
Thomasverete
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Abun
Bille
Rabun
Ragsdale
Glenn
Pruitt
Appalachian Forest
Bowden College
Bowden
State University
Georgia ‘Tech
Ivan Allen
Allen
Seminole Bil
House Committee On Constitutional Amendments
of. J Ss
Senators
U.S
Atnall
Oeetas
Maier & Berkele, Inc
Whitehall St
Anta
G. O. P. Committee
H. Ss. Cummings
Democratic National Body
Saul
Republican Organization
Hughes
White
Stov Stovall
Overseas
Tne
Laine
Afton Staton
College
And
Selwyn
Goldwyn Distributing Corporation
Mr. Gueas
Geraldine Farrar
Pauline Frederick
Mabel Normand
Tom Moore
Madge Kennedy
Wil Rogers
Rex Beach
Gertrude Atherton
Mary Roberts
Rhinehert
Basil King
Leroy Scott
Gouveneur Mors Ris
Rupert Hughes
Octavus
Roy Cohen
Samuel
Goldwyn
F. ‘J.gadsol
Moritz Hilder
Lee Shubert
Abraham Lehr
P. W. Heberman
Gabriel L. Hess
Horlick’s
Ford
C. H. Banks
W.D. Morgan
Champion Supply Company
Marietta St
Errin
Fede Femba
Pan
Ntetare
I, Moore .& Sons
Tha ‘Opticians
Lenin Photo Stock Cor
Eastman Kodak. CO
Kodak
Peachtree Street
Federal
Reserve System
Creditecharacter
Central Bank & Trust Corporation
Atlanta, Ga
USA
G. Candler
John S. Owens
A. Pickens Coles
Walter T.candler
Henry C. Heinz
Ass’t
Carl H. Lewis
Ass't
Fonviele McWhorter
Arthur J. Stitt
Mgr. Branch
Main Bank
Candler Bldg
Branchi
Mitchell and Forsyth Sts
Arrials
Manhattan
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