Plan Substitute for Divorce Bill in Georgia Legislature
A Georgia senate panel reported adversely on a plan to admit motor car insurers, require a $5,000 state deposit, and return it after debts are paid. The session also considered changes to divorce statutes, circuit realignment, railcar cup provisions, and solicitor salaries amid various committee actions and bill postponements.
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SM. Turner
Georgia
Senate
Corla
General Judiciary Committee
McNeil
Bii
New Procedure Act Spurs Senate Battle Surprise
An acrimonious fight is promised in the senate today over the new procedure act drawn by a committee from the last legislature. Debates opened as a special order yesterday morning but adjournment was moved and then postponed amid motions to indefinitely postpone the bill. The measure, prepared by a mixed committee, aims to simplify judicial procedure while preserving the current system when desirable and was endorsed by the Georgia Bar Association.
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McNeil
Elkins
Harrell
House
L. W. Branch
Quitman
Andrew Cobb
Athens
Georgia Bar Association
Sweat
Atata
Senajto Kea
Ddiiler
Columbus
Feview
Mount Airy
Taylor
Blackshear
Lee
Leeaburg
Hodges
Reese
Barwick
Ford
Ransom
Chattooga
Meria
Chattoogs County
Lee of
Smithville
Stone
Tallaferra
Aeharter
Crawfordville
Sparks
Toombs
Board of Commanioners
Toombe County
Stovall
Deadwater
Stewart
Wibert
Sparigl
Toombe
Carroll
Catososa
Board of Roads and Revenues
Catoosa County
Mr. Reynolds
Charlton
Board of Commissioners
Johnson
Montgomery
Myrick
Mecorthy Neen Gatre
Mation Courte
Chatham County
Thas
The
Fittah
Savannah Physician Freed of Cocaine Charge
In Savannah Georgia on July 27 Dr T W Causey a prominent local physician was acquitted on charges of unlawfully prescribing and selling cocaine. Health Officer Brunner led the case and state witnesses were opiate addicts including one who testified from jail. Causey argued he only priced the drug to help cure the patient’s habit.
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Savannah
T. W. Causey
Ben Hill’s First Bale From Warren Estate in Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald Ga July special reports Ben Hill county's first bale of cotton arrived yesterday from the Warren estate. Mrs HM Warren has successfully managed this 1000 acre plantation since her husband’s death last spring. The entire plantation is poised for a bumper crop.
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Fitzgerald
Ben Hill County
Warren
Georgia
Atlanta Plaza Fight Aims at State Legislature
Mayor James G Woodward and Chamber of Commerce president Melt R Wilkinson push for a 2 million Atlanta plaza project. The Western and Atlantic committee of the senate will hear the bill authorizing city bonds and charter amendment. They argue the project boosts terminal values and benefits state roads and property along the right of way.
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Atlanta
James G. Woodward
Melt R.wilkingon
Chamber of Ecommerce
Western and Atlantic Committee
Senate
Fulton
House
Western and Atlantic Commission
Thi Islature
Tr’ Mission
Acca
Woodward
Chamber of Commerce
House Demands Report On Prohibition Bills
The Georgia House by special resolution orders the temperance committee to report next Friday on two prohibition measures pushing Webb act provisions for dry states, amid concerns the bills may be sidetracked. Local and general bills also pass, including city elections, charters, and a state book investigation funding.
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HOUSE
Temperance Committee
Hixon
Thirty
Fulbright
Burke
Evans
Sereven
Georgia
Webb
Felder Addresses Voters At Dublin Georgia
Dublin Ga July 27 Special S Felder spoke urging clear coinage laws and solutions to the farming labor issue in Georgia He backed a fixed term for federal judges supported federal aid for roads and touted his road advocacy He dismissed the Hardwick Slaton pairing as silly and urged voters to back Felder over Slaton in the senate race
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Dublin
TS. Felder
Georgia
Hardwick
Slaton
Felner
Barton Surrenders and Is Put in Jail
Fitzgerald July 27 Special J Ben Begtone reports that a man who killed a named Black man Wil Green in the county jail and is charged with shooting Henry Brown surrendered after sending word to Sheriff Fountain. He was taken to the county jail from Fitzgerald with Barton aiding the process.
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Fitzgerald
J. Ben Begtone
Ypaligemin
Wil Green
Henry Brown
Sheriff Fountain
Hashoritt
Hitzgerald
Barton
Jal
Supreme Court upholds municipal court act in Atlanta case
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday sustained the Fulton superior court ruling denying an injunction to stop paying salaries of Atlanta municipal court judges and officers. The 1913 act creating the municipal court and allowing Fulton county expenses to be paid from county taxation was upheld as constitutional, with the court finding no essential flaw that would invalidate the act or require injunction against expense payments.
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Supreme’ Court
Superior Court
H. L. Culberson
Municipal Court of
Atlanta
Municipal Court
D. H. McWilliams
East Point
Ne Superior Court
Fulton County
Supreme Court
Tower Court
Fulton
Postal Money Orders to Foreign Nations See Fee Cuts
The postmaster general announces effective August 1, 1914 a substantial reduction in fees for postal money orders payable to 39 foreign countries. The new schedule lowers charges on small remittances, aiming to relieve poorer senders and create a uniform rate across all amounts. The change applies to orders from 1 cent to 100 dollars, with specific stepped fees and a consistent ratio for large and small sums.
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Apia
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Cape Colony
Chile
Costa Rica
Denmark
France
Germany
Great Britain and Ireland
Greece
Honduras
Hongkong
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Liberia
Luxemburg
Natal
Zululand
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New South Wales
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Norway
Orange River Colony
Peru
Portugal
Queensland
Russia
Salvador
South Australia
Sweden
Switzerland
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Transvaal
Uruguay
Victoria
Western Australia
Navy discusses Daniels order to end imprisonment for deserters
Secretary Daniels outlines a drastic measure to replace imprisonment with summary dismissal for deserters and similar breaches in peacetime. The plan allows honorable discharge upon refunding enlistment allowances, aiming to weed out undesirables and raise enlisted standards as the Navy reaches over 51,000 enlisted personnel.
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Washington
Daniels
Navy
Women Convert Campaign Donations Into Coin
Washington reports the National Woman Suffrage association plans to melt donated gold and silver for coinage. Director Hoberts of the mint will oversee the process, with value issued to the association. A Philadelphia mint official will determine coinage value and credit the total, aiming to raise 759,000.
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Washington
Hoberts
Mint
National Woman Suffrage Association
Dle
Philadelphia
Reward for Builders of the Panama Canal
Washington July 27 reward for officers who oversaw Panama canal work proposed by Representative Dent and approved by the military affairs committee. It would extend thanks to Col George W Goethals Brigadier General William C Gorgas Col H F Hodges Lt Col William L Sibert and Commander H Rousseau and would authorize the president to appoint Goethals and Gorgas major generals. Horatio P Vass Dead Mobile Alabama July 27 Horatio Penroso Vass age 77 merchandise broker prominent in social circles and club life a former well known resident of Danville Kentucky died here today from a shoulder injury that developed into cancer.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Representative Dent
DHL
Military Affairs Committee
Congress
George W. Goethals
William C. Gorgas
H. F. Hodges
William L. Sibert
H. Rousseau
Goethals
Gorgas
Horatio P. Vass
Mobile
Aln
Horatio Penroso
Vass
Danville, Hy
Judge Nat Harris Addresses Cobb County Voters
Marietta Ga July 27 Special Judge Nat Harris spoke to about 600 voters at the noon recess in court. He praised Confederates, denied moving the capital to Macon, and said Macon would be moved to the capital. He spoke over an hour, refuting charges and receiving strong applause before departing for Calhoun.
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Marietta
Nat Harris
Herbert Clay
W. J.manning
Harris
Macon
Evang
Alex Stephens
Calhoun
Opposition 10 Adamson Causes Much Surprise
Washington July 27 Special The announcement of Judge W C Adamson facing opposition for re election surprised Georgia contingent and his supporters. Adamson says he will communicate issues to constituents when possible and remains confident of re election while focusing on administration water power and anti trust bills in progress.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
W. C. Adamson
Georgia
Bess
Newdan
W. C. Wright
Adamson
Wright
Thava
Senate
Wilson
West Urges Wilson to Name Roscoe Luke
Senator West met with President Wilson to press the nomination of Roscoe Luke for United States district attorney. Luke’s name is before the president with DOJ approval, but unresolved obstacles loom. West planned another audience with the president the next morning.
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West
Wilson
Name Roscoe Luke
John Corrican, Jr
Washington
Senator West
Hoscoe Luke
United States
Thomasville
Department of Justice
Luke
Progress on trust legislation advances in Senate vote
Washington July 27 progress today rewarded administration and Senate efforts to push trust legislation. An amendment to the Interstate Commerce Commission bill passed 40 to 13, narrowing evidence in antitrust cases and delaying the Brandegee move to strike unfair competition language. Republicans plan a conference tomorrow to advance the trust legislative program.
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Washington
Administration
Brandegee
Breckinridge Captain Dies in North Carolina
Capt Ethelbert Dudley Breckinridge, of Lexington, a United States Army officer and militia inspector, died near Asheville, North Carolina. He was son of Colonel Joseph Breckinridge and brother of Henry S. Breckinridge assistant secretary of war. He leaves a widow and son.
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Breckenridge
Lexington
Agheville
N. C
Ethelbert Dudley Breckinridge
Breckinridge
United States Army
Joseph Breckinridge
Washington
Henry 5
Senate Hails Death of S. A. Roddenbery from Georgia
Washington July 27 The senate paid tribute to the late S A Roddenbery former Georgia representative with a eulogy by Senator Hoke Smith and a bill to set Thomasville public grounds as a park memorial. Smith called Roddenbery one of Georgia's best men and praised his counsel and gentle strength. The measure was advanced after discussions on a government reservation memorial park.
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John Corrigan
Washington
Anderson Roddenberg
Congress
Georgia
Senate
Ufe
Hoke Smith
Thomasville
Thomasvile
Atte
Senator West
White House
Senator Smith
West
Cummins
Smith
Roddenberg
Nfs
Representative Park
House
Agreements Reached on Money Measures in Congress
Washington July 27 Conferees from the senate and house reached complete agreements on the sundry civil and general deficiency appropriation bills. The Indian appropriation bill remains the lone item in conference. The sundry civil bill lets the president rearrange customs collection districts without changing their numbers. The general deficiency measure allows the treasury to adjust $175,000 in claims owed to heirs of Confederate officers for prior U S army service, including families of Robert E Lee, Fitzhugh Lee and Stonewall Jackson.
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Washinton
Senate
House
Treasury
United States Army
Robert ©. Lee
Fizhugh Lee
Stonewall Jackson
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