Express Companies Seek Higher Rates In Georgia
The Georgia Railroad Commission is asked to approve a 3.8 percent rate increase by express firms. Hearing set for August 25 at 10 o clock in Atlanta. The petition cites about 336000 dollars extra annual revenue and roughly 3 million packages carried yearly in Georgia. The notice to trade bodies explains current rates align with Interstate Commerce Commission guidelines.
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State Railroad Commission
Georgia
J. Prince Webster
Tate
Railroad Commission
Chambers of’ Commerce and Trades
Commission
Railroad Commission of Georgia
State‘ Capitol
Atlanta
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. Prince Wrester
DeKalb County Tax Digest Shows Record Increase
Decatur August 13 The DeKalb tax digest reveals a rise of 821,485 in tax returns compared with last year. Filing receivers Charles B. Gibbs completed the 1515 digest noting higher property values and increased county revenue despite other counties facing declines.
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Decatur
Specia
DeKalb
Charles BE. Gibbs
Heads of Departments Meet At Noon In City Hall
City department heads gather at noon in Mayor J N Hagsdale’s office for a heart to heart talk on city affairs and to discuss methods to improve cooperation among departments. They aim to show Mayor Woodward they serve the city while he is away and to push for more efficient city employee performance. The group notes a past practice of Saturday conferences was abandoned by Mayor Woodward after taking office three years ago.
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J. N. Hagsdale
Woodward
Regdale
Doctor James Ivey Dies Preparing Medicine at Home
Rome Ga August 13 Special. Dr James F Ivey of Rome died suddenly from heart failure at his Bast street home while preparing a dose of medicine for himself. He was 60 years of age and survived by his wife and a Birmingham brother. Burial will take place tomorrow in Bast street.
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Rome
James F. Ivey
Bast Stume
Ivey
Birmingham
Sermon by Dr Barton in Jackson Hill Baptist Church
Dr Barton will preach the sermon titled Dr Barton's Subject Mbulures cue xargs acute arac at Jackson Hill Baptist Church Sunday morning. Joint evening services of Grace Methodist Jackson Hill Baptist and Westminster Presbyterian will be held on Westminster Presbyterian lawn Sunday at o clock.
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Jackson Hil
Barton
Grace Methodist
Jackson Hill Baptist
Westminster Presbyterian
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Rejected Petition Returned for North Georgia Mineral Railway
King and Spalding attorneys for the North Georgia Mineral railway renewed their petition for a charter after Secretary of State Philip Cook refused the charter citing a new law banning parallel railways to the Western and Atlantic line from Cartersville to Atlanta. Cook will decide after consulting the governor and attorney general, with the petition and rejection officially recorded.
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North Georgia Mineral Railway
Cartersville
Atlanta
Cook
Georgia
Messrs. King and Spathin
North Georgia Minera
Wisconsin Legislature Consolidates State Departments
The Wisconsin legislature nears adjournment after seven months, consolidating many departments under new commissions. Fire marshal merged with insurance. agricultural work folded into an agricultural commissioner. state engineering under a state engineering commission. barbers board merged with health. a printing commission created. education activities put under a five member state board of education. eugenics marriage law amended. voting by mail enacted. second choice election law and election pamphlet law repealed. drainage lane investigation authorized. hunting laws codified. saloon license ratio raised for new territory. In Washington, Rear Admiral John McGowan U.S.N. dies at 72, burial in Arlington Cemetery.
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Dladinga
Wis
Insurance
Barbers’ Board
Ito
State Board of Health
State Board of Education
Otkhe
Payment plan sought for militia for extra duty in Atlanta
The assembly adjourned without funding militia expenses from the Atlanta demonstrations following Leo M. Frank's sentence. Col Orville Hail and others asked the governor Friday to devise a funding plan. The expense was about 5000 dollars for pay sustenance and two injury claims. Governor signs bill to pay teachers promptly. Harris signed a bill by the assembly to pay teachers via his monthly warrant, noting it with pomp and ceremony. Representative J J Avret resigns to accept federal post in Walton county. Macon trust cast. Georgia Supreme Court rules superior courts have no power to fix commodity prices in case Southern Ice vs Atlantic Ice and Coal. Demurrer sustained. lower court affirmed on appeal.
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Atlanta
General Assembly
Leo M. Frank
Orville Hail
Harris
HOUSE
J.J. Avret
Walton County
Harrin
Assembly
Macon “Trust
Supreme Court of Georgia
Southern Ice Company
Atlantic Joe and Coal Cororation
Southern Ice and Coal Company
Macri
Biba
Atlantic Corporation
Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation
Ti Wag
Macon
Lynch Plan Beaten by Typographical Convention
Los Angeles August 13 delegates to the International Typographical Union overruled a plan by James M. Lynch to move future conventions to Indianapolis or Colorado Springs citing distraction from business. The committee on laws opposed raising officer salaries, a local union delegate rule failed, and a bid to strike the word female in favor of woman passed. A liquor abstinence resolution was defeated.
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Los Angeles
Cal
International Typographical Union
James M. Lynch
Indianapolis
International
Colorado Springs
Lynch
Committee On Laws
Torrens land system given indorsement
Salt Lake City August 13 The Torrens land reform act was adopted by the conference of the commissioners on uniform state laws after ten years of consideration The act mirrors conditions in California Colorado Illinois Massachusetts Mississippi North Carolina New York Nebraska Ohio Oregon and Washington It does away with abstracts of title and guarantees titles Eugene C Massie of Virginia and W A Blount of Florida helped draft the act which now constitutes a recommendation to all state legislatures.
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Salt Lake City
Conference of the
Commissionera
California
Colorado
Ilinoia
Massachusetts
Misesinnippt
North Carolina
New York
Nebraska
Ohio
Oregon
Washington
Eugene C. Massie
Virginia
W. A. Blount
Florida
Further restrictions on American commerce with Holland
Washington reports new measures by the Overseas Trust affecting Dutch imports via The Hague. Only 19 importers meeting previous consignments can receive licenses fewer shipments pass without oversight by Great Britain. Dutch importers must dispose of goods under Overseas Trust supervision, with Netherlands shipments restricted to Trust consignments.
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Washington
Holland
Department of Commerce
Commercelal
Erwin W. Thorpson
United States
The
Hague
Thompson
Overseas Trust
Netherlands
Great Britain
Germany
Officers Trap Thief Entering Omega Bank
Tifton Georgia August 13 Special A bank robbery plot in Omega was uncovered by four detectives and Omega officers who trapped Dave Miller a young white man from Ohio suspected of several thefts. He admitted prior thefts from Omega Bank and knew safes combinations. Miller opened the bank door but fled when flashed. He was captured at his home and jailed in Tifton. Miller claimed Tennessee birth and has a wife and child.
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Tifton
Omega
Dave Miller
Ohio
Bank of Omega
Ragsdale
Rhodia
Miller
Rhodes
Miler
Shaw
Tennessee
Citywide Fly Campaign Reaches 95 Gallons Captured
Officials report 95 gallons of flies collected in three weeks as part of a city fly extermination drive. Health department pays $1 per gallon, with 200 traps kept active. Campaign emphasizes cleanliness and sanitary improvement amid ongoing efforts.
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Health Department
Perget
Atlante
Sanitary Department
Rome Plant Turns Out War Trucks At Night
In West Rome the Fairbank company begins manufacturing CD trucks for handling high explosive shrapnel and is producing numerous trucks for Winchester Arms in New Haven. The Rome plant operates overtime and nights to meet war supply orders. A separate Navy note reports the U S submarine D-2 ran aground on Gull Rock during maneuvers near Newport R I but was refloated with no serious damage.
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Rome
Fairbank Company
Winchester Arms Company
New Haven
Conn
U. S
Newport
R. L
United States
Gull Rock
In His Shirt Sleeves Wilson Went to Work on a Stack of Papers
President Wilson, back in office, signed a mountain of documents awaiting his signature. He worked in his shirt sleeves as pardons, restorations, commissions, and various court findings accumulated during his absence were processed.
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Wilson
Washington
Cornish
Dr Es Kridge Joins Atlanta Law School Faculty
Dr Eskridge, a noted medical jurist, has been elected to lecture on medical jurisprudence at Atlanta Law School. His courses begin at the fall term and continue through the fall and spring terms, adding a respected clinician to the faculty.
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DR. Eskridge
LAW School
Frank Eskridge
Atlanta
Atlanta Law School
Eskridge
Haden Discusses Cotton in Equity at Georgia Meeting
President Charles J. Haden of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce delivered an address at the Georgia State Agricultural Society annual meeting on approving diversified farming campaigns. Brooks County led a strong delegation, with John G. Stanley presenting Hickory Head Agricultural Club members and dozens of autos.
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Charles J. Haden
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Georgia State Agricultural Society
Medicine Observer
Georgia
iBo Ft
Tequesta Ita Membeora
Bente
Department of Aericulture
Department of Education
College of Agriculture
Chambers of Commerce
Agricultural Organizations
International Harvester Company
Gunga
Brooks
Georgia State, Agricultural Society
John G. Stanley
Hickory Head , Agricultural Club
Wife Wins Back Child as Father Secures Freedom
Billie McCoy, 18 months, abducted from 1033 Henland Avenue, was returned to his mother after his father, Billie McCoy, decided Friday to yield the child. Habeas corpus had been sought by Mrs. McCoy but dismissed. In municipal court, the father was bound over to criminal court on a $300 bond for mistreating his wife, and released on bond.
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Billie McCoy
McCoy
Criminal Court
Ile
Williams Named Managing Editor of The Americas Daily Times-Recorder
Greensboro August 13 Williams of all places has accepted the position of managing editor of The Americas Daily Times-Recorder to succeed Quimby Melton who becomes secretary to the Bainbridge Board of Trade He will start Monday August 16 Williams just finished four years at Emory College and was formerly in New York in the census department He is the son of Editor Jim Williams of The Greensboro Herald Journal Friends congratulate him on his rise in journalism.
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Greensboro
Cranston
Wiliams
All Place
Americas Daily Times-Recorder
Quimby Melton
Bainbridge Board of Trade
Williams
Emory College
New York
Census Department
United States
Jim Williams
Greensboro Herrard-Journal
West Point Ga Bonds Fund Auditorium Project
West Point Georgia on August 13 reports that First National Bank of West Point purchased Banda for West Point’s new auditorium at a total cost of 10 050 dollars. The bank covered market placement costs and work on the auditorium progresses well with completion anticipated on schedule.
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West_Point Ga
Spe
Banda
West Pointe
First National Bank
West Point
Senola News Highlights A New Grist Mill and Gin Plant
Senola Ga August 13 special notes progress on the town road with a new grist mill by John W Higgins and a large gin outfit from the Henola Olahd Fertilizer company soon ready for business despite financial strains.
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Senola
John W. Higgins
Henola Olahd Fertilizer Company
Police Department Names Mascot Jerry Kitten
The Aclunts police force announces a new mascot, a kitten named Jerry with a black coat and four white paws. The kitten, identified after a prior incident in a prisoner's pocket, will be cared for by officers at the station with a plan for a good home. The notice lists a charity collection at the station for Sunday.
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Aclunts
Jerry
Inge
Blakestraw
Orphers
Xce
Wergeants
Alice
Colored Odd Fellows Elect New Officers in Georgia
Athens August 13 Special The grand lodge of the colored Odd Fellows of Georgia adjourned to meet next year in Macon. More than 2 000 delegates and several hundred visitors attended three days of sessions. Officers elected include B Ingram Macon grand master J M Pitts deputy grand master B J Davis Atlanta grand secretary T C Styles grand treasurer W D Johnson grand director and W L Hughes JI Matthews and T J Pressley grand auditors. The order reports 70 000 members in 13 counties with 1 131 lodges and owns 22 acres of land selling 250 lot s at Odd Fellows City. It paid out 263 000 in death claims last year with monthly rentals 1 650 endowment income 35 000 and loan revenue 72 800. The group approved establishing an old folks home in southwest Georgia. B R Holmes president Holmes Institute Atlanta spoke on the institute.
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Athens
Grand Lodge
Colored Oda Fellowa of Georgia
Macon
B. Ingram
J. M. Pitts
B. J. Davis
Ailania
T. C. Styles
W. DO. Johnson
W. L. Hughes
J.I. Matthews
T. J.” Pressley
Horesholde
Odd Fellows
Georgia
B. R. Holmes
The
Holmes Institute
Atlanta
Cuban Mayor Killed in Santa Clara Shooting
In Santa Clara Cuba on August 13 Emil io Cova city mayor was shot and killed by Ulpiane Blanco a Spaniard with a criminal record confirming a violent fatal incident in the city authorities announced.
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Santa Clara
Cuba
Emilio Cova
et “Santa _ Clara
Ulpiane Blanco
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