Probation Bill Passes House by Two Votes
The house passed the probation bill Wednesday afternoon by a 114 to 30 vote. The indeterminate sentence bill was tabled. The bill allows probation for convicted persons in exceptional cases at the judge’s discretion and enables installment payment of fines. A heated floor argument and parliamentary battle followed with supporters Nunnally Floyd Gower Blackburn Myrick speaking for, while Wollwender Muscages Pickett Terral and others spoke against. Miller Bibb offered an age limit amendment for under seventeen but it failed.
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Messrs. Nunnally
Floyd
Gower
Crisp
Blackburn
Fulton
Myrick
Chatham
Wollwender
Muscages
Pickett
Terral
Mir Miller
Bibb
Tax Reform Marks New Era for Georgia
The 1917 Georgia tax revision debate centers on whether to create a state board of equalization or rely on county boards. Leaders Lipscomb and Sheppard clash over a state versus county approach as factions form among representatives. The House considers the Lipscomb bill and its Sheppard substitute, sparking early contention over the best path to tax reform.
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Creania
Burwell
Pew
Senate
Anderson
Lipscomb
Swift
Musco’ Gee
Jones
Coweta
Garlington
Richmond
Suggs
Haralson
Sheppard
Sumter
Akin
Passage of the Anderson-Miller tax measure and its backroom craft
The article chronicles the political maneuvering in Georgia over the Anderson-Miller tax substitute, naming key figures such as Ed Wohlwender W H Burwell and Gower and Trenderson. It details the Third Faction led by Wimberly Greene and Nunnally, the Senate House coalition, and the eventual passage after concessions and printed copies. It credits Governor Slaton and President Anderson's roles, notes the 7 percent cut in the Senate’s appropriation, and lauds country representatives who backed reform despite urban opposition.
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Ed Wohlwender
Mugcagee County
W. H. Bur
Representative Gower
Crisp County
Trenderson
Jones County
Henderson
Pan
Representatives Wimberly
Ribb
Greene
Houston
Nunnally
Floyd
Sheppard
Mr. Sheppard
State Board
Ways and Means Committee
Argong
House
Senate
Sheppard Billoseca
Swift
Aingle
Randolph Anderson
Miller
Finance Commiittes
Stark
Appropriations Committee
McNell
Switting Wheatley
Anderson-Miller
Greens
Rules Committee
Burwell
Jrong
Friends of Tax Reform
Senate bill on senator elections by popular vote passes house
The senate bill providing for United States senators to be elected by popular vote under the new federal act was passed by the house on Wednesday. The measure also provides for governor appointment to fill vacancies in an unexpired term until a special election can be called.
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Senate
United States
House
Bride Kills Sister-In-Law During Prank in Milledgeville
Milledgeville Ga August 13 Mrs Charles Winter eighteen year old bride accidentally shot and killed her sister in law Mrs Will Winter in the yard of their home at Stevens Pottery near here while playing a prank this morning She leaves a husband and over four children and was forty years old
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Milledgeville
Charles Winter
Will Winter
Stevens’ Pottery
Revision vote confusion in Georgia House heats up
In the Georgia House, Pat Barney of Morgan County discovered his name shown on both sides of a tax equalization vote due to a printer error, while Shelby Myrick of Cheatham County and Warren of Turner were omitted from the roll. Congressman Burney led the yes side on the measure amid confusion and corrections.
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House of Representatives
Pat Barney
Morgan County
Burney
Goorgia
New Lan
Shelby Myrick
Cheatham County
Myrick
Anon
Warren
Turner
Hin Wage
Parker
Liberty
Reiser
Ettingham
Alan
Rome city council authorizes whipping convicts on chain gang
Rome Ga August 18 Special The Rome city council amended its civic code granting the superintendent of the street department or the city paving gang the right to whip convicts on the city chain gang. Previously prisoners were taken to city hall for corporal punishment amid opposition and public sentiment against such penalties.
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Rome
Chaingang
Dr Pickard to Preach at First Baptist on Sunday
Dr W Pickard of the farst Baptist church Gavannan will fill the pulpit at the First Baptist church this city on Sunday for both morning and evening services He is regarded as a leading pulpit orator with pastorship experience in Bucha we Baptist shacehs 2.
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Pickard
Farst
Wilson Angered by Mexico and European Attitudes
President Wilson voiced strong anger over Mexico's crisis while in personal touch with Frederico Gamboa, Mexican minister for foreign affairs, and prepared to urge U.S. representations on restoring peace. European governments, including Britain, France, and Germany, showed cautious support for Wilson’s peace policy as Japan and Britain paused on Huerta without final judgment.
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Forcin
United States
Mexico
Europe
Wilson
S Utwag
Great Britain
France
Germany
Huerta
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico City
Ambassador Wilson questioned over British recognition remark
Officials protested an ambassador Henry Lane Wilson remark criticizing Britain and questioning its foreign office’s statement. Bryan sought to confirm if Wilson authorized the remarks and noted the uproar from Defense and State circles over U S policy toward Huerta.
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Dngton ‘Wilson
United States
Wilson
Foreign Office
Huerta
Bryan
Washington
Registered delegates list with multiple names and places
A fragmented roster shows numerous delegates and firms across Georgia and nearby states, including Union City Fayetteville Hendersonville Marietta and Macon, with entries for Walker Jarrard Kennedy Brown Hall and Gantt Drug Company. The text shifts to mention provisional governments and U.S. policy positions tied to Great Britain and Mexico, indicating a historical political context.
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Some
Union City
Gait J, Howell
Dr. Harper & Howell
Dewey Rose
E. B. Jackson
J. R. Jackson & Son
Fayetteville
McCall
The
Freese Company
Hendersonville
N.C
George Walker
Walker & Jarrard
Cleveland
K. Russell
Young & Russell
Youngs
A.knighton
Same
Borden Springs
Ale
E.G. Stringer
Marietta Book Store
Marietta
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