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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
12
Senate debated reconsidering actions against a measure to dispose of the governor mansion and create a capital annex. Votes showed 72 to 21 against the reconsideration, with discussion of real estate interests and lobbying in the capital halls and beyond.
Mount Gilt ad camp schedules a gathering with Ben Hill from August 9 to 16, including a Sunday 10th program and a big day. Tickets priced 40 cents for a round trip on B and A trams.
The Augusta scheme uses emblematic images such as field beasts flowers and birds on a vernacular ballot to aid readers who cannot read. Officials, including editor T. W. Layless, discuss enfranchising voters who are illiterate by presenting unique official ballots once used in Augusta and Richmond County.
The court scene centers on a ballot design contest involving Angus voters and agricultural imagery including a plow, horse, cow, and elephants. Supported by lawmakers and farmers, the debate questions the ballot’s symbolism and potential statewide impact, with a committee vote favoring reporting the bill with amendments.
The House convenes to continue debating the medical practice bill amid a closely divided chamber. Opponents decry a proposed board that would favor allopathic interests, warning it would monopolize medical oversight and threaten schools embracing eclectic homeopathic methods. The minority report argues the bill limits testing methods and risks professional preferences, while amendments seek to shield faith healing and spiritual practices.
Waycross man Lig Lane, a Black defendant, was sentenced to death by hanging at Homerile on September 10 after the Clinch superior court's special session, presided by Judge T Pusher, for attacking a white woman at Femerville earlier this year.
Harvie Jordan, a member of the American commission, told a joint session that Europe uses two farm credit models. Short term social credit via federated small banks contrasts with long term land mortgage credit at about 4 to 9 percent interest. He asserted short term loans are often one year, while long term loans extend up to fifty years with collateral and reduce debt annually. He favored long term mortgage banks for the United States.
An old advertisement offers a $900 round trip to Tybee and Cumberland Island Georgia from Central of Georgia Railway. Mentions Saturday August 16, 1913 and return valid by September 1, 1912. Cites Fifth “Signal Bank Building and Termin Station” as ticket agent location.
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