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Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1915

Page

8

Georgia mill rules stir grain trade and suffrage talk

Georgia lawmakers debate proposed milling in transit rules by the state railroad commission as millers push for growth of grain production. Express strife emerges over intrastate vs interstate rates, with Georgia exempt from some express rate changes. A peach crate spectacle and park code discussion punctuate a busy Senate session amid dogged political maneuvers.

State Railroad Commission Georgia Commission Interstate Commerce Commission Atlanta Tate Gegreia State of Georgia Railroad Commission

Railroads taxed. Georgia governor set to appoint adjutant general

Tax values set for Sth and the Auguste and Savannah railroads at 1 046 809 and 13 748 respectively with tax apportionment among counties. Central returns taxes of 200 000 for Southwestern leasehold and 100 for Augusta and Savannah, while comptroller’s assessments are 3 806 620 and 686 140. Governor Harris likely to confirm adjutant general J Van Holt Nash today and may announce part of a new military staff headed by Asa G Candler, with potential staff-age changes. current law requires five years military experience.

Sth Auguste Augusta and Savannah Comptroller Generals Harris I Senate J. van Holt Nash Asa G. Candler Atlanta

One Hour More Work for Georgia Solons

A heated session ends with the Georgia House approving a one hour extra work day by 41 to 62 to start meetings at 9 AM instead of 8:30 AM. Arguments from Mr Wohlwender of Muscogee cited legislators already earning their keep attending meetings. The state auditor bill failed 82 to 57 after a hard fight. Bullard plans to seek reconsideration. Several local bills passed.

House Wohlwender Muscogee Fullbright Burke Tr Wae Bullard Audhor

Georgia bankers urge Parks warehouse bill

Delegations from bankers in Atlanta Augusta and Savannah pressed a joint house and Senate agricultural committee to back the Parks warehouse bill as a substitute for the Adams bill They argued for licensed bonded warehouses under the state agriculture commissioner Ex officio warehouse commissioner They warned the Adams plan would require 6000 state employees and force the cotton crop to be marketed only through a state system Action by the committees was anticipated.

Atlanta Augusta Savannah House Senate Agricultural Committee

Boll Weevil Reaches Hamp Gilbert’s Cotton Patch

The hot boll of open cotton was brought to Houston's First Boll by Hamp Gilbert, a colored tenant on J. P. Duncan's farm, southeast of Perry Ga. The notice notes the arrival of the boll on July 22 with special assignment.

Perry Hamp Gilbert J. P. Duncan

Freckle Remedies Offered for Freckles and Complexion

A parcel of advice urging Miss Freckle-face to try a claimed remedy from Jacobs' Pharmacy. An ounce of ethine-double strength is said to remove freckles with a few applications and promise a money back guarantee if it fails, though no penny is charged upfront.

Jacobs’ Pharmacy

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