Seater Bill Defeated by House After Heated Debate
After an hour of debate the Seater bill from Bryan asking convicts to build a Savannah to Florida line was defeated 40 to 92. Supporters included Wohlwender Glazer and others. opponents included Wimberly and others. The session passed no broad legislation but introduced many new measures including bonded indebtedness rules and multiple city charter amendments.
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Bryan
Savannah
Florida
House
Mesars. Wohlwender
Muscogee
Glazer
Wimberly
Bibb
Davidson
Putnam
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Sea Ag
M. L. Brittain
Atantic
Express Co. Abolishes Small Claim Offices in South
Southern Express Company announces three central claim agencies to replace small city offices in Savannah Richmond and Chattanooga to centralize the claim department. Savannah quarters already engaged for forty workers. Savannah office covers Savannah Jacksonite and Allenta territory with about 200 employees from Atlanta and Jacksonville.
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Savannan
Southern Express Company
Savanan
Richmond
Chattanooga
Divde
Savannah
Jacksonite
Allenta
Wentr Cien
Atanta
Jacksonville
Lucky Blue Bird Jewelry Display Teases In Store Window
A local advertisement touts the Lucky Blue Bird jewelry line featuring Sterling Silver birds enameled blue, heavily gold plated edges, and a range of sizes. Prices run from four cents to two dollars and fifty cents, with enthusiasm for the popular collection across many items.
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Maeter Finck
Atlanta Swelters As Heat Returns Local Record
The city endures scorching heat with pedestrians suffering in downtown streets. Official readings show a 92 degree high atop the Empire building, cooler by four degrees on the roof. From 7 am to 2 pm the day stayed hot, and forecasters warn a similar pattern may persist for Thursday.
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United States Weather Bureau
Empire Building
Atlante
Savannah case seeks rate relief from intercity lines
In Savannah on July 16, before Examiner Dr. Marshall of the Interstate Commerce Commission, evidence for Pelham Douglas Sylvanite and Camilla was presented in district court. The towns accuse railroads and connections of discriminating against them in class and commodity rates, arguing Albany Thomasville and other south Georgia towns receive better rates. About thirty locals testified. lines named include Southern Railroad Seaboard Air Line Georgia and Florida Georgia Southern and Florida Atlantic Coast Line Louisville and Nashville and others. Marshall will file findings with Washington.
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Marshall
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pelham
Douglas
United States District Court Room
Sylvanle
Camilla
Albany
Georgia Southern and
Florida
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville and
Washville
Washington
Cox Acquitted On Misapplying Funds Charge
Cincinnati July 26 Judge Caldwell dismissed the case against George B Cox former political leader and financier on charges of misapplying 126000 of Cincinnati Trust funds The judge held the evidence failed to show loans misused intent to defraud and that loans to Ford and Johnson were authorized and solvent The lengthy ruling endorsed seven defense points for dismissal and exonerated Cox based on preapproved actions by the bank executive committee and directors
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Cincinnati
Caldwell
George B. Cox
Cox
Cincinnati Trust Company
Judie Caldwell
Ford & Johnson Company
Talk of moving station is all bosh
Griffin Georgia July 16 Specials Talk of removing the Georgia experiment station to Athens is all bosh according to ductee J J Flynt member of the Ward of directors who says that at a recent meeting of the board every member was opposed to such a move Directeur DeLoach also has stated that he desires the station to remain in its present location and would oppose its removal to Athens It is the belief of local people that whatever talk there has been of removing the station has been directly inspired by Athens
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Georgia Experiment Station
Athens
Ductee J. J. Flynt
Ward of Directors
Directeur
Fulton county votes for Bacon in 1924 senate race
Only 383 votes were cast Tuesday in Fulton for Senator A. Bacon in the popular election. Peachtree and Cook districts had three votes each, Blackhall district none, and the largest tally was 59 in the seventh ward, reflecting a largely symbolic statewide selection.
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Fulton County
A. ©. Bacon
Georgia
Peachtree
Cook
Blackhall
Seventh Ward
Shelby Myrick Denies Washington Visit Report
Representative Shelby Myrick says he remained in Atlanta and did not travel to Washington for any political mission. He was occupied in a county hearing as chair of the house committee on constitutional amendments, which ran late into the evening.
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Shelby Myrick
Washington
Mgr. Myrick
Atlanta
House
Atlanta A M E Conference Concludes Sit in St Pauls Church
The Atlanta Diocese district conference and Sunday school convention met at St Pauls A M E church Lithonia Ga with Presiding Elder John A Hadley reporting on the prosperity of Big Bethel Mt Carmel Conyers Fast Point St Mark Turner Monumental Turner Edgewood and College Park since last conference. Committees were appointed and asked to report on conditions of the church and the colored race.
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Lithonia
St. Paul's A. M
John A. Hadley
Big Bethel
Mt Carmel Conyers
Fast Point
St Mark
Turner Monumental
Turner Chapel
Edgewood
College Park
Chloroform Mystery Baffles Police
Five members of Mrs. A D Duncan family were chloroformed after midnight while asleep at 318 South Boulevard. Miss Pearl Hilderbrand sustained cuts above the left eye from a blunt instrument. tracks by a window suggested an intruder jumped to the hall. The suspected hours involved a window shadow and a distinct odor. Detectives Coker, Channing and Davis investigated but had no clue by morning.
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A D. Duncen
South Boulevard
Pearl Hilderbrand
Cable Plano Company
Duncan
Miss Hilderbrand
Ruby Deal
Marguerite
Miss Duncan
Mia
Deal
Miss Hiderbrand
Commerce authorizes improvement bonds in Georgia
Commerce Georgia July 16 Bonds totaling 16000 were approved by voters in a special election. Four thousand will fund sidewalk paving and four thousand will support school improvements. Property owners pay one third of costs, and two miles of new sidewalks are planned. The board of education will use school funds to build a new high school building.
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Commerce
City Board of Education
Wife Sues Husband Who Abandoned Family
Mrs. A M Trippe of 74 Dean Street pursues her husband in city court this afternoon for desertion to support her and their three children. She had him arrested Wednesday and accuses Beatrice Stenfrog, a stenographer at 2140 Miss, of living with him. Trippe will testify about experiences she says show her husband trying to divert attention from the stenographer.
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A. M. Trippe
Dean Street
City Court
Sime Einstein Improves After Appendectomy at Piedmont Sanitarium
Sime Einstein of the Globe Clothing company, a respected Atkwala merchant, underwent an appendectomy last Sunday at Piedmont Sanitarium. Friends are glad he is recovering well but visitors remain restricted.
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Sime Einstein
Globe Clothing Company
Atkwala
Piedmont Sanitarium
Healy Building Strike Prolonged Amid Settlement Talks
There was no progress yesterday in the Healy building strike as workers and the contractor failed to reach a settlement. Morning sessions involved union reps in a lengthy conference while outside parties offered help. Afternoon talks between unions and the contractor yielded no disclosed results.
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Healy
Resinol Ointment Promises Quick Skin Relief
An old advertisement touts Resinol Ointment as a soothing antiseptic for itching, burning, and raw skin. It claims rapid healing, urges shoppers to compare costs, and notes doctors have prescribed it for eighteen years with trial free in Baltimore, Md.
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Hesinol
Baltimore
Major Eugene Gordon Dies in Oklahoma
Major Eugene Gordon prominent Confederate veteran and brother of General John B. Gordon died last Monday en route from McAlester Oklahoma to Amarillo Texas where he was buried. He had wide Georgia ties and visited Atlanta often with his brother sharing business ventures including a Georgia Pacific rail segment between Atlanta and Birmingham. He left two daughters Mrs Henry S Bishop of Amarillo and Mrs Allen E K Turner formerly of Atlanta. Mrs Barton Smith of Atlanta is his niece.
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McAlester
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Amarillo
Texas
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Georgia
Atlanta
Souuthern Road
Birmingham
Georgia Pacific Railroad
John
Major Gordon
Henry S. Bishop
Alien EK. Turner
Barton Smith
Southern Wholesale Grocers Meet Opens in Charlotte
The third annual session of the Southern Wholesale Grocers association convened in Charlotte N C with about 300 grocers from the south. J E McLaurin of Jacksonville Fla presides. Welcomes were delivered by Mayor Bland and others, with responses by H A Forcheimer.
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C. Co. Rock
Greater Charlotte
H. A. Forceheimer
Moufse
Ala
McLaurin
Moore
Bartleson
Faucette and Reeves
Association
Senator Bacon Re-elected to Fourth U.S. Senate Term
President Wilson and Vice President Marshall sent hearty congratulations as Senator Bacon secured a fourth term in the U.S. Senate, the first Georgian to do so. Bacon visited the White House for well wishes and expressed deep gratitude to Georgia voters. Fort McPherson Seventeenth Infantry Regimental Social Club announces a dance at the post gym Friday July 18 with music by the Seventeenth.
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United States Senate
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Congress
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Virginia
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Minnesota
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South Carolina
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the Sun
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort McPherson
Post Gymnasium
Seventeenth
Seventeenth Infantry to Open Grounds at the Fort
The Seventeenth Infantry will perform at the fort grounds under the direction of EK Neilson bandmaster. Beautiful selections are planned as part of the outdoor event.
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Seventeenth Infantry
Arede
EK Neilson
Culloden Residents Deny Opposition to New Lamar County
Citizens of Culloden in Monroe County deny reports that they oppose Lamar County creation. They state they are against any new county that would take part of Monroe and resist efforts circulated in the daily press.
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Culloden
Monroe County
Lamar County
Monroe
Approaches to Tift Court in Tifton Awarded
The Tift County Board of Commissioners selected J F Jenkins & Co as the contractor for the courthouse approaches at Tifton. The bid totals 3800 dollars and the contract specifies a ten foot width for the approach work. The action was announced on July 26 as part of the county building program.
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Tifton
Board of County Commissioners of
Tift
Tift County Court House
J. F. Jenkins & Co
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