Abolish Rail Grade Crossings Gains Georgia House Backing
A Georgia legislative push to abolish railroad grade crossings is led by Representative John P. Cheney from Cobb. The plan calls for underpasses and overpasses funded by railroads and local governments, to be designated by the Railroad Commission. Cheney aims to advance the measure before adjournment, arguing long term safety and savings.
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Georgia
House
John P. Cheney
Cobb
Cheney
Western and Atlantic Railroad Committee
Railroad Commission
Senate
Brown
Wide Range of Bills Introduced Into Senate
The Senate saw a broad slate of bills Friday morning. Measures by Hine regulate consignor notice and railroad duties, while Anderson targets child labor. Watts seeks to abolish county treasurer. Jones restructures notices to county education boards and jury lists. Stuark updates Jefferson City Court creation. Bush expands school board ex officio membership and enforces railroad sobriety rules. Searcy Smith fix Supreme Court stenographer salaries. Bush rents railroad right of way in Miller County. Sweat proposes a railroad extension investigation commission. Kea bars sending minors to disreputable places. Brown boosts Agriculture Department funding by 10000. Rea requires heat ventilation and seating rules through Commerce and Labor, plus reporting. Parish amends constitution. Cliff taxes life insurance cash values. McGregor regulates new counties. Elkins allows husband testimony in criminal trials and defenses. Smith endorses cross examination for defendants.
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Senate
Hine
Railroad Commission
Anderson
Watts
Jones
Stuark
City Court of
Jefferson
Bush
District Agricultural Schools
Colquitt
Searcy and Smith
Supreme Court
Miller County
Sweat
W. and A
Kea
Brown
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce and Labor
Parish
Cliff
McGregor
Elkins
Smith
Policeman Thrown By Horse Injured In Fall
Mounted Officer J. A. Hollis sustained a severe back sprain and internal injuries after a fractious horse bucked on Ellis Street near Valentine. The horse toppled, then itself fell, leaving Hollis in the gutter. Police rushed to aid him and he was transported to Grady Hospital.
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J. A. Hollis
Hollis
Ellis Street
Valentine
Grady Hospital
Poole
Beavers
Funeral for Mary Tribble Of Seven Attends Church
The funeral for Mary Tribble seven daughter of Patrolman C W Tribble was held at the Fast Side Baptist Tabernacle at ten o clock Friday morning. Schoolmates and Sunday School classmates lined the church doorway as the casket entered. The death followed poisoning believed to come from eating colored school crayons.
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Mary Tribble
C. W. Tribble
Fast Side Baptist Tabernacle
Mary
Train kills girl near Harrison in Dublin incident
Miss Sadie Brantley was killed when a Wrightsville and Tennille passenger train struck her as she moved along the road bank near Harrison. She and friends sat by the track. just before the train neared she rose and started down the rails, then fell.
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Dublin
Sadie Brantley
Wrightsville and Tennille
Harrison
Miss Brantley
Two Nurses Slain at Montefiore Sanatorium
In Katonah New York on June 27 nurses Rosa Me Reque and Katherine Lacy of the Montefiore Home for Chron ic Invalids Country Branch Bedford Mills were found shot to death in their quarters. Coroner P Dunn of Westchester County opened an inquiry. The bodies lay in the nurses quarters detached from the patients area.
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Katonah
N. Y
Wilson in White and a Presidential Precedent
President Wilson has worn white duck suit and white canvas shoes during the hot days. The sight is noted as a new precedent set by Wilson contrasting with Roosevelt’s White House tenure.
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Washington
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Roosevelt
White House
Court House Robbed Near Columbus Police Station
In Columbus Georgia on June 27 under arc lights across from police headquarters the Muscogee County court house offices were robbed of about $200. The city clerk and county tax collector offices within the building were rifled during the burglary between midnight and dawn.
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Columbus
Muscogee County Court House
President appoints Blalock Collector of Georgia Revenue
The President nominated Aaron O. Blalock of Fayetteville Georgia to be Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Georgia. The nomination to succeed Henry S. Jackson has been conceded for months and Blalock plans to assume duties soon after Senate action.
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Blalock
Georgia
Washington
Senate
Aaron O. Blalock
Fayetteville, Ga
District of Georgia
Henry S. Jackson
Federal Building
Mackay Goes Abroad And Stiil Is Hinted
Mrs. Clarence H Mackay hurried to New York from Roslyn L I to confer with attorney Henry W Taft after her husband left for Europe on the Imperator. Reported she may take legal action though Taft office offered no comment. At Roslyn officials declined to reveal plans. Mrs Mackay later said no papers in any action started by Mr Mackay had been served.
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New York
Clarence H. Mackay
Roslyn
L. L
Henry W. Taft
Europe
Imperator
Taft
Mackay
Mr Mackay
Aid Asked in War on Grasshoppers in Saratoga County
Thousands of dollars of produce were eaten by grasshoppers that invaded Wilton near Saratoga. Farmers appealed to the State Department of Agriculture for assistance due to the extensive devastation.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Wilton
State Department of Agriculture
General Grant's Son To Marry Again at 60
In San Diego on June 27 the betrothal of Ulysses S. Grant son of a former President and Mrs. A. L. Wills of Marshalltown Iowa was announced. The wedding is planned for mid July in San Diego. Mrs. Wills is 85 and Mr. Grant is over 60.
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Grant
San Diego
Cal
Ulysses S. Grant
A. L. Wills
Marshalltown
Iowa
Receiver Sought for Truitt & Sons Firm
Petition filed in U S Court seeking appointment of a receiver for S M Truitt and Sons. E D Thomas trustee alleges Truitt family members conceal assets around 20000 dollars. Named are W L Truitt of New York Mrs R S Almand Mrs Lavada Jackson H A Almand and L B Jackson of Atlanta.
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S. M. Truitt & Sons
United States Court
E. D. Thomas
Truitt
W. L. Truitt
New York
R.S. Almand
Lavada Jackson
H. A. Almand
L. B. Jackson
Atlanta
Georgia Governor Proposal on Webb Law Extension In Legislature
Georgia lawmakers debate extending prohibition by dovetailing state laws with the Webb bill. Senator Hixon and Representatives Fullbright Evans push the measure amid uncertain temper of the new Legislature. Anti-Saloon League centers hopes, liquor lobby rumors swirl, beer interests content with current restrictions.
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Georgia
Hixon
Senate
Representatives Fullbright
Burke
Evans
Screven
House
Webb
Georgia Anti-Saloon League
J. T. Hixon
Congress
Georgia Anti- Saloon League
Richest Suffragette Arraigned for Arson
Mrs. Humphrey Mackworth, England’s wealthiest militant suffragette and daughter of D. A. Thomas, was arraigned in Newport court on arson charges for setting fire to a letter box. She was remanded for two weeks for further examination and later bailed by her husband Captain Mackworth as the story notes her broad South reach.
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Humphrey Mackworth
England
D. A. Thomas
Captain Mackworth
Plea for Navy discharge drives Wilsons through Daniels
Mrs A Harrington Wilson wife of bluejacket in the United States Navy seeks an honorable discharge for her husband after two months more service. She plans to appeal through ex Senator Harris and may go to Secretary of the Navy Daniels if needed. The couple married in Atlanta and anticipate opening a drug store in Key West or Atlanta.
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A. Harrington Wilson
Colleen Curry
Key West
Fla
United States Navy
Sam
Harris
Florida
Wilson
Navy
Miss Curry
Atlanta
John Wing
West End Episcopal Church
Navy Department
School for Farmers at Court House July 22
DALTON A one day farm school conducted by experts from the State College of Agriculture will be held at the court house here July 22.
Horsford Acid Phosphate Ad Claims Sleep Relief
An advertisement promotes Horsford's Acid Phosphate as relief for insomnia impaired nerve force and fatigue. It asserts the product invigorates the entire system and encourages readers to use it for renewed energy and rest.
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Horsford
Georgia moves to curb child labor with new reform bills
In the Georgia Assembly three bills aim to curb child labor and improve factory conditions. Senator Kea and President pro tempore Anderson back measures requiring factory reports to the Department of Commerce and Labor and seating for women workers. A House bill by Representative Sheppard sets age limits rising to 14 by 1915, with 12 in 1913 and 13 in 1914.
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Georgia
Assembly
Senate
Randolph Anderson
Fred Kea
House
Sheppard
Kea
Department of Commerce and Labor
H. M. Stanley
Georgia Department of Commerce and Labor
Anderson
Senator Anderson
Sumter County
Mystery inquest ties Barrett to factory crime
Testimony at the Coroner's inquest mentions Mrs Barrett and Corinthia Hall as possible links to the day of the strangling. Barred details surface after repeated questions to Mrs Barrett in the solicitor's office, while the purpose of sacks in hand remains unexplained and the public awaits further disclosure.
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Solcitor
Mrs. Barrett
Miss Corinthia Hall
Miss Hall
A. P. Hayes
Negro Pugilist Deported by Canada Under Order
Ottawa June 27 The Canadian Government ordered the deportation of Jack Johnson who fled Chicago while under a white slave charge and now remains in Montreal. He must sail immediately on a European steamer or be sent back to Chicago.
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Ottawa
Ont
Jack Johnson
Chicago
Montreal
Johnson
Boys Shave Heads To Foil School Order
New York reports a mass head shaving at public schools to avoid an order. About 500 boys in grade 2 B, urged by Mrs. P. Liebling, had their hair cut to a parted style overnight. The show of compliance sparked nearly all students to imitate the trend.
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New York
Broome
Ridge Streets
P. Liebling
State and County Tax Returns Advertised
Notice from T. M. Armistead Tax Receiver announcing immediate readiness to prepare state and county tax returns at the office corner Pryor and Hunter Streets.
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Pryor and
Hunter Streets
T. M. Armistead
Bill Provides for Registration Lists
A bill introduced in the House by Representative Wright of Floyd and Representative Cole of Bartow seeks a permanent registration list. It requires tax collectors to maintain alphabetically ordered eligible electors in their offices and assigns the General Judiciary Committee number one for referral.
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Wright
Floyd
Cole
Bartow County
General Judiciary Committee
Clarke
Dougherty County
Board of Registrars
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Blazes
Tribble
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Gash Gro. CO
Whitewar
Stiil
Truitt & Sons
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South
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Bluejacket
Daniels
Curry
Miles
Roscoe Walker
Cleburne Avenue
School For Farmers
Atlanta Floral Company
East Fair Street
Dorsey
Frank
U. S
Canada
Avones
J. D. Hughes
North Broad Street
Atlanta, Ga
Whitehall
Old Stand Bankrupt Bootery
Let
John B. Stetson
Whitehall Street
Watson
Pellmell
Sonable
Red
Fern
Warner
IRA A. Watson & CO
Coe
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