Georgia's Prohibition Debate and Reform Dilemma
A Georgian editorial laments partisan influence in the Anti-Saloon League, warns of divisions harming the prohibition cause, and condemns state reform efforts that push youth toward crime. It argues for harmony, condemns local politics, and questions the state’s reformatory system near prisons.
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Te Georia Anti-Islaod League
Georgia
Antisaloon League
J F. Shannon
Anti- Saloon League of Commerce
Len G. Broughton
Broughton
League
Who in Atlanta is sleeping about its growth
A reflective 1910s piece questions Atlanta’s apparent apathy toward metropolitan expansion. It contrasts Atlanta’s sluggish perception with rival cities Nashville Memphis and Birmingham, urging readers to confront real population shifts and the city’s responsibility to the world about its 1910 to 1920 census portrayal.
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Georgia
Fagin
Charles Dickens
Gorgis
Ninbe
Jebor
Atlanta
Nashville
Heaven
Memphis
Birmingham
Atlante
Navy of the West: Sixty Battlefleet Returns Home to Golden Gate
The sixteen battleships of the Pacific Fleet, having crossed 14000 miles through tropical heat and polar cold, return to San Francisco. The meet cements friendship with southern nations, proves American defense of hemispheric doctrine, and showcases patriotic West Coast resolve. Elders praise the fleet's voyage and its display of American unity and power.
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Weir
Golden Gate
Lwestern
Eper
West
Américas
America
Reform talk tests New York cotton exchange integrity
Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith warns the New York cotton exchange must restore honest dealing or go out of business. Reform leader Atwood Violett cites Smith’s report condemning minority rule and calls for immediate action to rescind restrictive rules and align basis middling contracts with actual spot values.
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Herbert Knox
New York Cotton Exchange
Smith
Cotton Exchange
Atwood Violett
Mr. Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Aeem
New York ¢Otton Exchange
Revision Committee
Violett
Theodore H Price
New York Post
Dir Price
Price
South
Republicanism in the South and Georgia voter reforms
An analysis of Georgia politics, McLendon and Curtis discuss growing Republican sentiment in the South, with Governor Smith’s disfranchisement arguments debated. The piece outlines proposed Georgia voting amendments based on education and property, and notes a shift toward intelligent white control amid race and literacy considerations. It also includes letters on diversified farming and cotton economy.
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Hon Hoke G&mith
Job Brown
Soy
Brown
Hon Hoke Smith
Hon & Gate London
Chamwan
State Railroad] Commission
Smith
McLendon
Hfe
Bryan
Wiliam E Curtis
Chicago Record-Herald
Atlents
MacLandon
Curtis
Republican Party
Samwel G McLendon
South
White House
United States
Georgia
Alabama
Confederate States
Melendon
Oder
William E Curtia
Repup Ucanlam
Chalmnan McLendon
Validity of F1 mancBine Tax in Montgomery County
The article notes a debate over a new intangible tax in Montgomery County. The Montgomery Light and Power Company, via Vice President Robert J Chambers, refuses to pay the tax and seeks constitutionality ruling. Colonel Garber will oversee a plan of action.
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Montgomery
Alt
Montgomery County
Montgomery Light and, Water Power Company
Robert J. Chambers
Garber
Rationale on Georgia’s representation and new rules debate
A heated editorial mirrors state press views on the Democratic executive committee’s rules. It argues that reducing county unit influence threatens minority protections, favors strong urban blocs, and risks undermining Georgia’s mixed system of representation. The piece cites historical precedents and warns of centralized power.
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Wateon
Georgia
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
New York
Pennsylvania
House
Alven
Nelson Tift
A R Lawton
Robert Toombs
Hoke Smith
Buttons In Georgia Campaign Symbol Grows Amid Shifts
In Georgia the gubernatorial race features campaign buttons that stray from past practice. Farmers now seek hats to bear the emblem rather than shirts, reflecting a shift in campaign display as supporters adapt to new styles and messaging.
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Georgia
Washington
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