Georgia Legislature Closes After Long Session 1921
After fifty days of work the Georgia General Assembly adjourned at dawn closing a session dominated by appropriations and revenue measures. Key actions included a 1922 appropriations package around 10.2 million dollars and a general tax act near 12.2 million, with notable debates over the gasoline tax opera tax and amusement levy. Governor Hardwick’s administration shaped the session as lawmakers prepared for next year’s issues and a new state home for the executive office remains unresolved.
Georgia Legislature Passes 1921 Session Appropriations
The 1821 session adopted the general and special appropriation bills totaling about 11.49 million dollars and the general tax act around 13 million. It approved 2.5 million for Western and Atlantic planning, imposed a 2.5 dollar tax on grand opera, a 4 cent per pound tax on carbonic gas, and 1 percent of gross wholesale sales on fountain syrups. The session reduced higher education funds, with Tech cut to 112,000 and the University of Georgia to 85,600, while funds for health rose to 81,431 and the tuberculosis facility gained 60,000. The governor backed the measures, battles over tax and farm programs dominated debate, and the final package pushed total appropriations near 13.46 million for 1922.
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Tech
University of Georgia
Ernor
House
George Carswell
Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committee
John H. Jones
LaGrange
Senate
Hardwick
Georgia School of Technology
Board of Trustees
State Board of Health
Alto
Bowden
Ware
Department of Archives and History
Board of Public Welfare
Department of Agriculture
State College of Agriculture
Smith-Lever Federal Fund
A M. Soule
Bowden State Normal and Industrial College
North
Georgia Agricultural College
State Medical College
State Normal School
Georgia Normal and Industrial College
South Georgia Normal School
Georgi Industrial and Normal School
Georgia Agricultera
Academy of the Blind
Academy of the Deaf
Georgia Training School
Jane Training School
Ruthors
Carswell Heads Tax Committee in 1921 Assembly
Representative George Carswell of Wilkinson was elected president of a fifteen member tax committee to study taxation issues for the fall and winter months ahead of the 1922 general assembly. Senators Johns Snow Nix Jones Walker and House members Carswell Culpepper Lankford Parks Dudley Brantley Thompson Munday Hunter Bowen named to the panel.
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George Carstwell
Wilkinson
Johns
Snow
Parke
Ter- Fell
General Assembly
Carswell
Senate
House
Nix
Ffty
Jones
Walker
Culpepper
Faystte
Lankford
Toombs Parks
Terrell
Dudley
Clarke
Brantley
Pierce
Thompson
Coweta
Munday
Polk
Hunter
Chatham
Bowen
The
Mob fears surround Augusta jail as two murder suspects are moved
August 10 Augusta officials remove Fox and Gappins from Richmond county jail after reports a mob followed the prisoners. Sheriff Plunkett orders motorcade to an undisclosed location guarded by three officers while a parked car full of men lingers nearby. Kirby, the third suspect, was taken to the South Carolina state penitentiary from Columbia after threats of mob violence.
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Augusta
Fox
Jesse Gappins
William Brazell
Columbia
Richmond County
State
Plunkett
Heise
J. Kirby
Brazel
Lexington
D. C
Kirby
Leamington
Georgia
South Carolina
Brazil
Gappins
Gapping
St. Kirby
Leesville
William Brozell
Sam Browne Belt Approved by General Pershing
Washington reports a new Sam Browne belt for army officers has been designed with two straps, one over each shoulder, and approved by General Pershing. The belt is described as a two-shoulder design intended for standardized wear by officers.
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Sam Browne
Gen. Pershing
Washington
Army
Quardermaster-Zenon
Pershing
Jack H. Lewis Laid to Rest Wednesday
Funeral services for Atlanta businessman Jack H. Lewis were held at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the H. M. Patterson & Son chapel with Rev. K. Smith officiating. Interment followed at West View. Lewis, southern manager of Dixon Crucible Co. and a noted clubman, had been in ill health for years and reportedly took his own life. Survived by his wife Lula, his mother, and brothers Charles Wis of Richmond, Virginia and William Lewis of Jacksonville, Florida.
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Jack H. Lewis
Atlanta
Peachtree Place
H. M. Patterson & Son
Rev. K. Smith
West View
Lewis
Southern
Dixon Crucible Company
Lula Lewis
Charles Wis
Richmond
William Lewis
Jacksonville
Fla
Arlington Farm Bureau Meet Promotes Local Cropping Plan
Arlington Ga August 10 A meeting of the Arlington division of the Calhoun county farm bureau explored a community cropping system. County Agent A S Gibson presented a plan praised for improving melons and cucumbers. Banks and Arlington Wholesale offered prizes for best original plan for a one horse farm ahead of a judging date to select the winner.
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Arlington
Arlington Division
Calhoun, County Farm Bureau
Gibson
Arlington Wholesale Company
Forbes announces hospitalization plan for veterans
Washington August 10 Colonel Charles R Forbes director of the veterans bureau announces a hospitalization program for former servicemen using 6 110 000 of 18 690 000 available with approval from Secretary Mellon By January 1 1922 6 800 new hospital beds to serve soldier patients Fort Logan H Roots at Little Rock Arkansas to become a modern hospital at 250 000 Lake City Florida tuberculosis unit addition at 300 000 Alexandria Louisiana hospital reconstruction after recent fire damage
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Washington
Charles R. Forbes
Veterans Bureau
Horne
Forbes
Mellon
William C. White
Pittsburg
Uga
Little Rock
Ark
Army Post
Fort Logan
H. Roots
Lake City
Fis
General Hospital
Alexandria
Bodies of Woman and Daughter Found Drowned in Lake Gertrude
Mount Dora Florida August 10 The bodies of Mrs W T Thorpe wife of a jeweler and her six year old daughter were found in Lake Gertrude near the Thorpe home after a search began yesterday The coroner s jury ruled accidental drowning and rumors of foul play circulated in nearby towns as the countryside was combed by searchers.
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Mount Dora
Fla
W. T Thorpe
Lake Gertrude
Thorpe
Rear Admiral Kutz Dies at 88 in San Francisco
Rear Admiral George Fink Kutz, retired, died in San Francisco at 88. Born June 7 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa, he participated in Civil War engagements and was promoted to rear admiral in June 1906. He was said to be the second oldest living rear admiral in the navy.
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San Francisco
George Fink Kutz
Admiral Kutz
Wilkesbarre
Katz
Man Falls From Pole Injuring Electrician in Lithonia
Lithonia Ga August 10 Special O L Low 30 an electrician for Panola Light and Power Company of this place fell about 20 feet from a light pole this morning breaking his right arm at the elbow and fracturing his right ear He apparently thought he had snapped his belt around the pole but it failed to do so and when he attempted to make a connection on her wire he fell He was carried to Lithonia General Hospital.
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Lithonia
O. L. Lows
Panola Light and Over Company
Lithonia Seneral Hospital
Husband Habitu ally Drunk in Divorce Suit
Mrs Manda Gossett of 198 South Boulevard filed for divorce in Fulton superior court Wednesday against O H Gossett of 65 Gibson Street alleging habitual drunkenness during sixteen years of marriage. She says he cursed her and kept her from leaving, seeks alimony and custody of their 14 year old son. Attorneys Watkins Russell and Asbill represent the petitioner.
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Manda Gossett
Southoulevard
Fulton Superior Court
O. H. Gossett
Meat Packers Offer Atlanta Far Prizes
The Institute of American Meat Packers in Chicago authorizes a prize program for the Southeastern Fair in Atlanta next October. Silver cups will be awarded for the best bred carload of Poland China Duroc Jersey Berkshire and Hampshire swine based on breeding quality. W H White, Atlanta regional chairman, led the drive with a motor tour and will travel back to Atlanta. Thomas H B Wilson was reelected president, Howard R Smith named one of three vice presidents, with directors including Joseph Ryan and W H White Jr.
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Institute of American Meat Packers
Chicago
Committee On
Atlanta
Poland
China
Duroc Jersey
Berkshire
Hampshire
W. H. White
Institute
John K. Otiley, Jr
Atlanta Exposition
Association
Tax and session end moves in state legislature
The session closed with tax issues and policy moves. Senators debated delaying the general tax bill until next summer while the house passed a fertilizer tag provision and codification act. The chamber tabled many house bills as rumors of similar fates circulated, and a sweep of resolutions praised President Herbert Clay and Secretary D F McClatchey for efficient service. A deficiency appropriation bill for the insane asylum was killed, while Georgia Tech received 28000 to cover last year’s shortfall amid a clash over funding at the University of Georgia.
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House
Senate
McClatchey
Anch
Conference Committee
Herbert Clay
D. F. McCretchey
Georgia Tech
Hutchins
University of Georgia
Secon
Hutehine
Georgia
Universty of Georgia
Tech
Conference clash over tax code and highway plan in Georgia
Senate and House battled over amendments to the general tax bill with a conference committee appointed by President Clay. The session saw approval of a $36,009 deficiency for the Georgia Training School for Mental Defectives, and a $30,000 deficiency for the State Normal School. The highway bill provisions were smoothed out, giving the governor power to appoint the highway chairman while preserving the 10 percent emergency fund. Pension funding hikes were advanced, with Senate support for added sums and a revised plan to include increases through 1921 to 1923. Additional measures funded salaries for judges, school heating systems, and asylum maintenance, while tobacco tax refunds were authorized. The lease of the governor’s mansion and a re-enacted motor vehicle law also passed.
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Hardwick
Lta
House
State Board of Regents
Department of Archives
Board of Public F Welfare
Highway Department
Georgia
Gav
Bath
Senate
Clay
Nix
Wohlwendel
Palmour
Bellah
Fleming
Georgia ‘Training School For
School For the Deaf
Highway Commission
Commission
Emiig
Walker
Fifth
Milledgeville
Pellagra Menace Spreads Across United States
The Public Health Service warns Pellagra spreads alarmingly in the south. The disease has long afflicted the region, causing suffering and health decline. Symptoms include swollen tongue, raw sores on hands, and possible constitutional decline. Read materials from the American Compounding Company offering a free booklet from Jasper Alabama by mailing name and address.
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Chattanooga News
United States
Public Health Service
South
Jasper
Alabema
American Compounding Company
Aja
Tadv
Multiple Lost and Found Notices Crowded on Street Listings
A chaotic page of lost items and rewards across locations in Georgia and Alabama. Entries include a $5 reward for a rubber-covered plan from Anniston tied to Peachtree Street, various handbags and bags with keys, a green and brown tote, a pink pin, and a 1937 Ford touring car stolen from Carnegie library with a $900 reward offered for arrest and conviction. Names and precise addresses are scattered amid street hints and contact numbers.
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Peachtree Street
Anniston
Als
West Peachtree Street
Terminal Station
Lakewood Heights
Te Score
Edgewave
Toonson
Bremen
F R. Long
Greensboro Avenue
Tuscaloes
Hi Street
Kelly Street
Hill Street
Lavaller and Chain
Hil Street
Peachtres Street
Hemlock
Los
King Tech
Pitth Atreet
Carnegie Way
Ivy
Grant Street
Colonia
Carnegie Library
Nottity Automobiles
Atlanta
Help Wanted Pages Show Wide Range of Postings Across Trades
A scanned help wanted section lists numerous positions across various trades and industries. Entries include sales and clerical roles, skilled trades like cabinet work and plumbing, chain of shops employment, and first class bench hands. Also notes railway mail, casket, watchmaking, barber training, and civil service inquiries with locations in New York, Washington, Atlanta, Palatka, Spartanburg, and Rochester.
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Stock Exchange Home
Miles Menaret
Morris
New York
Ralilway Mail
Postoffics
Caleey
Columbia & of Civil Service
Hide
Washington, Co
Warteld
South
Addresa
Soden Cyn Preag Dear Co
Palatka Fie
Benson Hardware Co
Andalusia
Atlanta
Rochester
Railway News
Eacrrice
Union News Co
Benson Haniware Co
Andalusti
Care Constitution
Elasa
E. Skarowski
Spartanburg
Auris Mpeny
Inquire of Quarries Club of
Carthage
Bennett Printing Company
Farts
Texas
Femele
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Constitution
Get
General Assembly of Georgia
Guy McLendon
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Finance Committee
Amendmant Bnt
C. A. Nix
Sensta
McMichael
Marion
Treasury
State Bureau of Markets
Walhwender
L. Brown
Ricultural
Frison Farm
Prison Commission
J. E Smith
Assembly
Peachtree
Cecil Netil
Howard Ennis
Neill
Hugh M. Dorsey
MaLendon Western
Atlantic
Paul Stevenson
Ts Lay
State Highway Department
Sion
Agricultural Department
L. C. Brown
Brown
Agricultural Committee
State Farm
Department of Archives and History and
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