General Assembly Completes Work After Expiring Session
The extraordinary session closed at 12:30 after 23 days with most legislation enacted. Key measures include the Western and Atlantic commission bill, the Jones automobile license tax bill, and protracted debates over names on the commission and special counsel. A state warehouse bill was provided for via interim negotiation. Governor Harris praised bipartisan harmony and thanked lawmakers in a year-end message.
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Thanksgiving Feast Ends in Arrests at Edgewood Ave
Police broke up a Thanksgiving celebration at 3491 Edgewood Avenue arresting five girls and one man for disorderly conduct after officers found the group. Those detained include Maggie Carson 18 Nellie Bolling 21 Mary Long 19 Lucy Cato 21 and F. Taylor 19 all of Edgewood Avenue or nearby addresses.
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Burfield
Mashburn
Edgewood Avenue
Johnson
Maggie Carson
Decatur Street
Nellie Bolling
Adgewood Avenue
Mary Long
Lucy Cato
F. Taylor
Injuries Of Jobsons Found Not Serious In Crash
C Drew Jobson formerly of Atlanta and Mrs Jobson escaped fatal injuries in the Wilkes Barre Pa auto crash that killed Dr John P Stanton. A telegram to Jobson Sr says Mrs Jobson has a broken collarbone and facial bruise while Jobson has injuries described as trusses. They are in a Wilkes Barre hospital but plan to leave soon for Scranton. Jobson Sr spent five years in the U S Navy retiring as chief electrician on the U S S Delaware and later became a Fostoria lamp division salesman. He married Margaret Wimple of Elizabeth N J last February. The injured man’s father learned the news from The Constitution’s report yesterday.
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Atlanta
Jobson
Wilkes-Barre
John P. Stanton
Scranton
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U. S. S. Delaware
Navy
Fostoria
Margaret Wimple
Elizabeth
N. J
Constitution
Three White Men Held On Farmer's Complaint
Three white men were arrested Thursday afternoon by Patrolmen Hurst and Good and Detective Maddox, charged with attempting to hold up land owner J. T. Martin, a DeKalb county farmer visiting Atlanta for Thanksgiving. The men named Ker ney, Peacock, and Brown were jailed at police headquarters after stopping Martin on an unknown street and attempting to take his money.
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Good
Maddox
J. T. Martin
DeKalb County
Atlanta
Tom Kerney
Pulliam Street
Sam Peacock
Decatur
J. Brown
Echo 1Street
Martin
Campaign to choose state flower Cherokee rose begins soon
The campaign, sponsored by the women of the third ward and backed by the State Federation of Women's Clubs, plans a statewide effort to select the Cherokee rose as the state flower. Patriotic groups and schools will be asked to participate as voting was postponed by bad weather during Agricultural day of Haryaot Festival week per Dr Florence Bett Trustx.
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Third Ward
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Florence Bett Trusx
Dispute Over 50 Cents Ends in Street Shooting
In Valdosta Georgia B L Richardson Harrell Motor worker is jailed after a quarrel over 50 cents on an automobile tire led him to pull a gun. J W Johnson livestock dealer was wounded under the left eye and is in a dangerous condition. Richardson remains jailed awaiting the outcome of Johnsons injuries.
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Valdosta
B. L. Richardson
Harrell Motor Company
J. W. Johnson
Johnson
Richardson
Griffin
Body of R. J. Waldrop Removed to Lithonia
The body of Robert J. Waldrop who killed his wife and then died by suicide at Baker and Spring streets was viewed by a coroner's jury and moved to Lithonia for funeral. No verdict was given due to another inquest. jurors will reconvene Friday. Waldrop, 28, is survived by two sisters. Mrs. Doty Waldrop's body remains at Barclay Brandon's chapel. she is 24. Parents listed and Ohio connections noted.
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Robert J. Waldrop
Baker and
Spring Streets
Paul Donehoo
Barclay & Brandon
Lithonia
McJenkins
Young Waldrop
Bertha Scott
Lithoms
David Cras
Stone Mountain
Doty Waldrop
Barclay & Brandon's Chapel
Mike Limbaugh
Lima
Ohio
Si Fer
Eb.e. Limbaugh
Atanita
Internal taxation urged by McAdoo amid fiscal year note
The plan proposes internal taxation to begin the 1918 fiscal year with $80 million in new revenue and estimates Panama Canal payments for 1917 at $25 million. If funded from revenues rather than bond sales, total new revenue for 1917 would be about $112.8 million, with $50.01 million in canal payments to be bond financed.
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Panama Canal
Congress
McAdoo
Vitalitas sample offered at Jacobs Pharmacy demonstration
Daily demonstrations at Jacobs Pharmacy 23 Whitehall Street invite the public to sample Vitalitas a natural medicine claimed to aid dyspepsia rheumatism debility and chronic ailments. The ad promises quick restoration of health and provides a hook for further information.
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Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Ila
Jacobs
Whitehall Street
Financial figures and tax ideas from Roosevelt era
A Roosevelt era financial summary lists bond principals and premiums totaling 3134,631,980.00 principal and 3,968,885.02 premiums. It argues against issuing Panama Canal bonds, urging financing from current revenues, and proposes tax increases on income, corporate gains, and selected goods to fund national defense and preparedness.
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President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Taft
Panama Canal
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