Georgia and Alabama in Education Funding Debate
A Birmingham News excerpt complains Alabama lags in education while Georgia is blamed for underpaying teachers. It contrasts South Carolina, Tennessee, and North Carolina finances, noting Georgia’s wealth yet contempt for educators amid school debates and child labor concerns.
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Birmingham News
Alabama
Georgia
Empire
South
Atlanta Constitution
South Carolina
Tennessee
North Carolina
Lobby Slush Fund Tied to Taft Cabine t Manipulations
Senate lobby probes reveal plans to mold campaign by steering funds from the National Association of Manufacturers and allied groups. Mulhall testifies that 400 letters link Roosevelt Taft and Hitchcock to a drive to place lobby influence in government, with funds claimed to range from 500000 to 700000 dollars annually.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
Campalena
Congress
Senate
Martin M. Mulhall
Roosevelt
Taft
Sherman
Cannon
Women Shoppers Highlight Ads In The Constitution
Women are urged to read The Constitution ads for bargains on men s blue serge suits at 20 and 25 dollars and women s voile waists for 3 cents, white voile dresses at 3.95, plus fresh peaches, flour, and potatoes priced to attract shoppers.
Amended Atlanta Charter Reported By Blackburn
Amendments offered by Representative Blackburn strip initiative referendum and recall and cap the recorder fined at 200 dollars or 30 days in stockade. City officials urged keeping powers. committee favored Blackburn changes. Also a separate bill creating a public defender office for large counties was reported unfavorably after Judge W Hammond’s appeal.
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Blackburn
Fulton
Atlanta
House Genera Judiciary Committee
Recorder
J. L. Maysen
James R. Nutting
Mason
Merry War Over Georgia Plums Rages In Washington
Senator Woke Smith travels to Atlanta to address the legislature and meet supporters pressing for jobs under Uncle Sam. House members fear loss of patronage control as many postmaster and other nominations linger awaiting his approval. Smith cites Senate advice and consent as necessary for valid appointments, while House members push for district-based patronage. Potential retaliation and conflicts loom between branches. Walton county’s W M Fratwell named private secretary to the auditor for the war department. Henry Hillyer of Atlanta returns from the East with Mrs Hillyer and Miss Hillyer.
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John Corrizan, Jr
Washington
Woke Smith
Atlanta
Bar
Smith
Georgia
Membe
House
Senator Smith
Senate
Ben
W. M. Fratwell
Walton County
War Department
Jury acquits man despite belief of guilt in Kansas City
William F. McNeil is found not guilty of second degree murder in a quarrel at a can party that left Lee Self dead. Foreman Arthur Brown tells McNeil the jury believes he is guilty but grants him a chance to reform, urging him to quit can parties. McNeil agrees as his elderly mother weeps.
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Kansas City
William F. McNeil
Oreman
McNeil
Lee Self
Arthur Brown
Widow Denies Plot to Murder Crawford Heirship Fight
In Atlanta a widow denies a plot to murder Joshua B Crawford to gain an estate of 250000. Her alibi is supported by attorney Heuben R L Arnold and Burtonmith who vow to prove the charges false. Police seek Frederick Lamb in New York as part of the case while Colonel James Anderson leads the court auditors in examining early settlements and claimed authority.
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Joseph S James
Crawford
Joshua B. Crawford
New York
Fred Lamb
Mary Bella Crawford
Lumb
Atlanta
Mr. Crawford
Tha
St. Augustine
James Anderson
Charles 2. Crawford
Widdow
Lamb
P. H. Brewster
Colonel Anderson
Old City Hall
Josh" Crawford
Elizabeth Cornett ‘Tyler
Southern College of Medicine and Surgery
Uccusead
Police Department of
Frederick Lamb
Secretary Garrison Reaches City Today
Secretary of War Garrison arrives in Atlanta with a military party for a day in the city as the first stop on a trans continental tour to inspect army posts. Major Generals Wood and Ayshire accompany him along with aides and officers. no troop review or entertainment planned.
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Atlanta
Washington
Leonard Wood
James B. Ayeshire
Bayard
J. Schindel
Walter R. Pedigo
RK. Evans
Fort McPherson
Committees Back Plan to Tax for Paying Teachers
Senate and house education panels endorsed McMichael's DUI proposal to levy a 2 mill tax for one year and 1 mill for a second year to raise about 3 million dollars for teacher salaries. County superintendents urged prompt action, noting pay shortfalls affect applicant quality and experience. State officials favored a bond issue but would accept the tax if required.
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Senate
House
McMichael
Marlow
H. A. Stone
Oxford
Jess
Stone
Pogatbla
W. C. Wright
Putenam
Elbert County
M. L. Brittain
Mayor Defends Clemency Amid Broyles Criticism
Mayor James G. Woodward rejects claims of pardoning Griff Freeman while criticizing Judge Nash Broyles as too severe. He reduced Freeman’s $500 fine to $250 on medical grounds and said the move aimed to spare humane treatment, not undermine the judge. Freeman, a known bootmaker, served 29 days in the stockade and faced bonds totaling about $6,000 as the higher court action followed.
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James G. Woodward
Nash Broyles
City Recorder
Griff Freeman
West North Avenue
Woodward
Freeman
Broyles
Hugh Inman Batty
G G. Ball
Batty
Hall
Junze Broyles
Court of Appeals
Liberia
No Wonder This Name Stumped Prize Speller
Washington July 16 Representative Wills of Ohio who recently carried off the palm at a national press club speaking then was stumped today. He received from his brother a business card on which was engraved the name James J Pappatheodorokounmoun tour geotopoulos. The letter demanded he justify his reputation by either spelling or pronouncing the name.
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Washington
Wills
Ohio
National Press Club
James J. Pappatheodorokounmountour Geotopoulos
Willis
Government to Probe Frisco Receivership
Washington July 16. Formal order for investigation of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad receivership issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission under a recent congressional resolution directing inquiry. The commission had planned an inquiry on its own into the St. Louis and San Francisco and the Chicago and Eastern Iowa lines. Agents will examine books and records to lay a foundation for public proceedings next autumn.
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Washington
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Interstate Commerce Commission
Vigorous minority report on tax equalization debated
Ways and Means Committee members rejected the Sheppard substitute for the Lipscomb bill. They urged a state board of equalizers to balance county means, arguing local boards cannot ensure fair tax results without state oversight. The minority report names Lipscomb Swift Myrick Wheatley Melson Jones Rainey Garglington Colit. The hurried approval followed a long session with members leaving.
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Sheppard
Lipscomb
House
Committee On
Ways and Mean
State Board of Equalizers
Ways and Means Committee
Ibeara
Io Eal
F. A. Lipscomb
H. Hi. Swift
Shelby Myrick
Crawford Wheatley
D. P. Melson
Garland ML Jones
H. N. Rainey, Jr
Garlngton
D. Col
Weather Forecast Warns Local Thunder Showers Likely
Local weather bulletin predicts thundery showers across the area with possible strong winds. Forecast calls for storm chances Friday as conditions remain unsettled and temperatures vary.
Wanted Rooms Furnished or Unfurnished Classified Ad
Classified notice from The Constitution seeks furnished or unfurnished rooms houses offices shops autos farms and land. It invites competent men or women to respond through the newspaper and assures quick results with repeated lines.
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Mulhall
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Hitchcock
National Council For Industrial Defense
Council
J. F Pird
Manufacturers' Association
Industrial Defense Council
Bird
PF. C. Schwedtman
St. Louis
James TW. van Cleave
Schwedtmann
Watron
Schwedtman
Mulhell
Watson
Indiana
White House
Tei Istitution
Hoke Smith
Henry Hillyer
William Jurd Hilyer
Mixses Wleanor
Dane Hillyer
Foreman
Mary Belle Crawford
Francis @ Price
Elizabeth Cornett Tyler
Joshua
Josh Crawford
Charles L Crawford
Czar
MAYOR
Siberia
Frisco
Ways and Means
State Board
Mona
Variou
Stetsons
Atlantic City
Birmingham
Lear
Boston
Buffalo
Charleston
Denver
Aatpart
Elmar
Nal
Ieste
Galveston
Hatteras
Antho
North Side
Addrena Ross Johnson
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