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Newspaper
Atlanta Georgian
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
17
Athens to attract Atlanta car owners with a scouting trip by a local committee. Callaway of the Athens Chamber of Commerce says a booklet will publish observations and route highlights to promote weekend tours. The plan relies on a picturesque route and strong county roads to draw Atlanta motorists.
The Georgia House opened with a heated dispute over seating two members from Bleckley and Wheeler counties. A nine member committee was approved to investigate, with Browning and McArthur named as the representatives. Unions praised by Rep Moss sparked a response to Gov Brown's message. Friction over unanimous consent surfaced as C E Stewart and Grover Edmondson refused to join. Bills were filed on insolvent costs, Chickamauga incorporation, and a roads and revenues board for Chattahoochee County.
The first temperance measure in the Georgia session bars shipment of intoxicants into the state with limited personal possession allowed. A separate marriage bill by Senator Hixon would deny licenses to the mentally unsound and those under set ages for males and females with health certificates required. Bible readings in public schools are proposed with daily opening chapters.
Nisbet and McFadden a grocers of Hapeville Georgia filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in the United States District Court listing assets of 656.75 and liabilities of 1,682.36 as of Thursday.
The Modern Way offers a thorough scientific eye examination and precise lens fitting backed by 50 years of experience. Hawkes Co. invites readers to visit 14 Whitehall for glasses fitting and service.
Dr J Cheston King of Atlanta argues at the National Convention of Alienists that no brilliant man is perfectly poised mentally. He says artists and musicians are inherently unbalanced and that a balanced, ordinary man falls in love with a genius perspective, offering a provocative distinction between heart and mind in love.
Dalton reports a major highway project from Ringgold in Catoosa County to Dalton via Whitfield County and perhaps Gordon and Bartow Counties. The road costs 75000 dollars with 25000 from Congress member Gordon Lee and 50000 from counties, each county contributing two dollars per government dollar.
NEW YORK June 26 During stock market dullness the McFadden interests with long cotton ties are suspected to have earned millions through a grain bull campaign. Grain pit gossip says they held 10 million bushels of coarse grain and over 1 million of wheat. Since April 1 July corn rose above 62 cents, July oats from 33 7 8 to 43 1 4, and July wheat from 89 7 8 to 93 5 8 cents.
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