Auditor bill aims to create state auditor position
Senator JO Adams led a favorable Senate finance committee report to establish a state auditor at $3000 salary with Capitol office. The appointee would audit all state and state institution claims, serving four years with two assistants, requiring expert accounting. The measure passed committee unanimously.
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Senate Finance Committee
Adams
Boykin
Finance Committee
Arrangements For Governor Harris Dinner At East Lake Club
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce announces a July 18 dinner at the East Lake club terrace to honor Governor Harris and legislative leaders. Mell Ro Wilkinson will preside. special cars will shuttle guests from hotels. the club will host an all day open house and invite lawmakers to golf and partake in club activities.
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Senate
Walliam Burwell
House
East Lake Club
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Last Lake
Torrens land battle reopened in Georgia debate
The Torrens land title bill resurfaced as the 1914 Interim committee report urged adoption. FR N Holtzclaw chaired the commission with M Turner and Judge Arthur G Powell. House members debated a tax collector protection bill and resumed talks on local titles while Andrews urged a St. Johns river level project.
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House
Senate
Georgia
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Brooks
Howse
Deaka
FR. N .Holtzclaw
Houston
Turner
Arthur G Powell
Atlanta
Davidson
Putnam
Fulton Superior Court
Olhve
Richmond
Culpepper
Meriwether
Andrews
Futton
Congress
Stenographers Seek Higher Pay in Georgia Supreme Court
A heated session before the House General Judiciary Committee explored raising supreme court stenographers’ salaries from 1500 to 2000 dollars annually. Chief Justice Fish and Justice Lumpkin denied that stenographers wrote opinions, while reaffirming court integrity. other bills recommended include sewer construction, rapid transport, auto theft felony, and colored prisoners' rail car segregation rules.
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Putnam
Georgia Supreme Court
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Burke
Olive
Richmond
Morris
Cobb
Supreme Court
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Justice Lumpkin
Lumpkin
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Atcingon
Fulton
Washington County
Jeny Jeane
Heimer's Case Heads to U S Supreme Court
Judge Dick Haseell granted writ of error to Attorney John R. Cooper for M. Heimer of Macon to appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Heimer, 80, was convicted in Macon city court after police reportedly found whisky in his safe and used it as evidence. he maintains due process was violated by being forced to testify against himself. The Court of Appeals sustained the lower court's judgment on appeal.
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Heimers
Heimer
Court of Appeals
Recorder frees seven from raid on unruly houses
Grace Grant Carrie Smith Roby Smith Caner Price and JD Milhouse were arrested by Officers Hudson and Dornett during a crusade against disorderly houses at 111 By Street Sunday night. They were released in police court Monday afternoon when evidence failed to prove they were disorderly. The seven were not tried Monday and the blanket charge will be resumed at 2:00 Tuesday afternoon.
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Grant
Carrie Smith
Roby Smith Caner Price
JD Milhouse
Hudson and
Dornett
Brotherton Street
County Police Lead Fulton County Reorganization Meeting
Chief George Mathieson praised the Fulton county police as the most equipped and organized department of its kind. The reorganization at police headquarters detailed a 34 point call box system, 14 new motorcycles, and 33 officers with patrols in three districts around the clock.
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George Mathieson
Fulton County
Board of Commissioners
Probe demanded in Russell charges case at Georgia House
A House Judiciary committee hearing on a resolution to probe charges against Judge Russell of the Court of Appeals was postponed for a week while sponsors seek clearer wording. Prominent amici including Judge Cobb, Judge Pottle, Judge Powell, and former Attorney General Ware Grice pressed for a thorough investigation. Meanwhile veterans urged Gov Harrison to push a full inquiry into conditions at the Soldiers Home, aided by ex-inmate Hugh Colquitt and others.
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Connor
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Court of Appeals
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House General Judiciary Committee
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Fussell
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Athens
Supreme Court
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Arthur G Powell
Auanta
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Ruseell
Soldiers’ Home
Atlanta
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General Assembly
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Belchera Home
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Fulton Superior Court
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Macon
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Mibb
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Mir Smith
Ild
Wallace Miller
Bible
Lsbby
Secretary of State
Waller Superior Court
Miller County
Mrs Langley Case to Be Tried This Afternoon
Mrs Langley of 111 Ivy Street told a reporter she runs a private home not a hotel and she was not held at police station after plainclothes officers arrested six youths and two young women in her home Sunday night. She posted a 75 cent bond and was released to police station. The recorder will hear the case at 2:40 this afternoon. About 309 species of turtles and tortoises are known, some reaching very large sizes.
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Ivy Street
the Constitution
Mra Langley
Jett
Legislative Committee Probes State Farm in Milledgeville Visit
A joint House and Senate legislative committee will tour the state prison farm in Milledgeville starting Tuesday to inspect facilities spread across a 4000 acre site including the main buildings and support structures. Chairman Davidson and prison officials expect findings to prompt further appropriations to fix noted defects and improve health conditions.
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Speela
Eppis
Legislative Committee
House
Senate
Reformatory
Davidson
Plana
Davideénto
Prison ‘Commission
Georgia Groups Press Wilson to Open Cotton Markets
Following plans of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, every commercial organization in the state will urge President Wilson to lift the English embargo on American cotton shipped to neutral ports. Circular letters go to all commercial bodies urging cooperation and resolutions have been sent to Georgia representatives and Washington officials for the benefit of the new cotton crop.
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Shoptrine
Chatham
Bhuptrine
New York
Delaware
Maryland
Massachusetts
Georgia
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
England
Washington
Two White Prisoners Escape Elbert Co Jail
Two white prisoners escaped from the Elbert county jail this morning after a jailer noted a missing lock and sawed bars. A jack saw was slipped into the jail via clothing exchange, and the escape was not discovered until later. The noise from sawing was drowned by surrounding activity.
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Elberton
Elbert County
Jailhouse Talk Triggers Escapes Inmate Pattern
Incessant chatter from a confined inmate sparks jail-breaker reactions, fueling repeated escape attempts. Authorities report ongoing manhunts as the escapes remain at large and unidentified.
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