Senate Passes Websters Blue Back Speller Tribute
Georgia Senate votes 28 to 1 to endorse Webster s Blue Back Speller for state schools. McGregor and Allen push for old stories plus the little boy in the apple tree tale. Debate notes support for biennial sessions and two proposed reforms. Eugenics bill dies after disagreement on committee report.
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State Senate of
Georgia
McGregor
Allen
State Board of Education
Yors
Maller
Senator McGregor
Deak
Senate
Websters Blue Backspaller
Handolph Anderson
Covernor
Oli
General Judiciary Committee
Pope
Olfr
Kea
Olif
District Prize Winner Comes To Atlanta For Her Auto
Miss Mayme Perry a telegraph operator from Blakely Georgia won a new five pass Overland automobile as second district prize in The Constitution’s circulation contest. She left for Atlanta to claim her prize, returning home with the gift and earning broad local support. Hale amendment and substitute defeated. A resolution by Senator Allen proposed a centennial peace celebration on February 17 1915 with a noon five minute halt. A Dr Howard Williams asked 10000 for bubonic plague study. Senate committee report praised treasurer Speer’s books and suggested higher clerical pay. Bills favored for milk and meat inspection and dairies and butcher shops, and a bill unfavorable to cotton seed meal containing bulls.
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L. Embrey
Villa Rica
Senate
Hixon
Stone and Sanitation
Georgia
Bil
Stark
Richard Son
McGregoer
Tysons
Mayme Perry
Central of Georgia Railroad
Blakely
Constitution Office
Constitution
Hale
Rejquest
Allen
United States
Great Britain
Howard Williams
Slaton
Treasier Speers
Agricultural Committee
Watts
Peyton
Bill Passage and New County Proposed in State House
The Georgia House approved the McCrory school book bill by 161 to 2 and a constitutional amendment creating Candier County by 149 to 14, with Metter as county seat and 206 square miles. Debate focused on governance, militia calls, and future county applications as sessions adjourned.
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House
McCrory
Educational Department
Senate
Candier
Tattnall
Bulloch
Emanuel
Metter
Candler
Fulbright
Burke
Atlanta
General Assembly
Warfate
Inne
Official Explains The McCrory Bill In Depth
A public official who studied the McCrory bill details the differences between the original and the version passed by the house. The expert argues the bill would require printing all school books or leasing plates and distributing locally colored books via the state board of education.
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Leo
Ona
Au‘phea
State Board of Education
Cracksman widow recovers treasure near Savannah
Savannah Ga July 7 Special Mrs C C Craven the cracksmans widow living in Atlanta has claimed treasure buried near Savannah. She says she got some gold last night and that others did as well. Reportedly three men with an automobile dug near Sollee station about three miles from Savannah unearthed a box and carried it away. The latest digging stirred excitement in the area.
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Savannah
C C Craven
Atlanta
Savansan
Sollee Station
Cantrells' Parents Lose Home to Fire in Gainesville
Fire destroyed the Cantrell parents home in Gainesville on Monday night with the elderly occupants barely escaping. Officials say a defective flue sparked the blaze and there was no insurance to cover the loss of all household goods.
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Gainesville
Jim
Bartow Cantrell
Ransom Delay Ends In Velasco's Death Near Atlixco
A ransom of 1 000 000 pesos delayed led to the execution of Juan Velasco, a Mexican cotton manufacturer, by Zapatistas near Atlixco Puebla. Velasco's brother traveled from Vera Cruz to secure release but returned with failure. Velasco reportedly sent the ransom demand from captivity. The case is recorded at the French consulate with Velasco now thought to be Mexican, not French. Washington and New Bedford reports note state department inquiries into Velasco's citizenship and possible assistance, while ongoing turmoil in Mexico and frontier tensions affect consular actions.
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Vera Cruz
Zapatisttas
Juan Velasco
Atlixco
Puebla
Velascos
Velasco
Apizaco
Zapatistas
New Bedford
Mass
State Department
John & Furnane
United States
Jasco
Furnane
Bryan
Washington
Massachusetts
House
Washington hears of Mexican mediation progress in Torreon talks
Reports from Torreon say the Villa Carranza peace conference progressed with differences among constitutionalists adjusted. Delegates are expected to meet Huerta aides to discuss a provisional Mexican government while mediation plans continue with American diplomats and leaders including Luis Cabrera and Leopoldo Hurtado Espinosa.
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Washington
Torreon
Calderon
Carranzasa
Juan I Urquidli
Tameht
Vito Aressias Robles
Villa
Huerta Agent Discusses Elections In Mexican Delegation
A Huerta agent said the presidential elections held Sunday in the part of Mexico under Huerta will not affect the Niagara Falls agreement. The execution of the plan hinges on establishing a provisional government. Familia Rabas chairs the Mexican delegation at the conference.
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New York
Maxico
Huerta
Niagra Falls
Familia Rabas
Mexican elections annulled after Huerta victory declaration
The speaker quoted says elections are void under Mexico's fundamental laws since the provisional president cannot be elected. After a full count from Sunday’s voting, General Huerta is reported elected, and the Mexican chamber of deputies plans to declare the elections null.
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Mexico
Mr Rabasa
General Huerta
Mexican Chamber of Deputies
Heroic Drowning Tragedy At Chattooga River
On July 7 in Cherokee County Alabama two Noles brothers Baxter 12 and de Noles 14 died while swimming in the Chattooga river. Baxter gripped a vine and fell in while de Noles tried to save him and both drowned. Their bodies were recovered together. They were sons of William C Noles, a prominent Cherokee County farmer near the state line.
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Noles
William C Noles
Cherokee County
Alabama
Hardman Visits Leesburg Today In Campaign Swing
Governor hopeful Hon LG Hardman paid a stop in Dawson after traveling from Shellman and greeted residents with handshakes. He planned to move on to Leesburg tomorrow morning as part of his campaign tour.
Escape of Floyd County convict shocks local guards
Rome reports a 21 year Floyd county chain gang prisoner named Arthur Young escaped yesterday. Guards fired as he fled and authorities fear he was shot though no recapture yet. The incident highlights persistent crime and law enforcement risk in the county.
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Rome
Arthur Young
Floyd County
Boy Killed by Hazing At Augusta Iron Works
In Augusta on July 7, 18 year old Andrew Jackson Lewis died at Lombard Iron Works from a solar plexus blow delivered during a hazing incident by 17 year old Charles H Nicholas. Nicholas and companions assaulted Lewis during the noon hour in the machine shop. a fight escalated, Nicholas first fractured his nose and then killed him with a second blow to the stomach.
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Augusta
Andrew Jackson Lewis
Lombard Iron Works
Charles H Nicholas
Nicholas
Lewis
Searches For Wife Strangely Missing Since Train Wreck
Mrs L A Roe of 11231 Weet Adams Street Jacksonite Ila disappeared after the GS and F wreck near Macon on Saturday. Her husband L A Roe and son G M Roe hunted in Macon and Atlanta without success. Mrs Roe was injured in the wreck and left the hospital twice. no further word has been heard.
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Macon
L A Roe
Weet Adams Street
Jacksonite
Ila
G M Roe
Atlanta
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