Georgia counties show gains and losses in tax digests
Forty-one Georgia counties report tax digest data to Comptroller General Wright. Twenty-five counties post increases totaling 2,786,068 while sixteen counties incur losses of 869,706, producing a net gain of 1,926,957. The report lists counties by name and notes no dogs in Johnson County due to dog tax enforcement.
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Attlanta
W. A. Wright
Appling
Bartow
Herrien
Clinch
Columbia
Dawson
Dooly
Effingham
Franklin
Gordon
Gilmer
Grady
Hall
Jones
Madison
Marlon
Polk
Quitman
Tift
Toombs
Towns
Walker Warren
Whitte
Wilkinson
Brooks
Chattooga
Dodge
Fannin
Glascock
Heard
Jasper
Johnson
Macon
Milton
Murray
Pickens
Taliaterra
Taylor
Union
Wilcacx
Johnson County
Johnsst
Bailiwick
Minahy
Jevy
Georgia
John ©. Koch
Engineering Department
The
State Universlty
South Georgia
Lel
Congress
Ocmulgee
Oconee
Altamaha
Dublin
Bruntswick
Rivers and Harbors Committee of Congress
Brantley
Telfar
I. M. Enaters
Wasters
W. Trox Bankston For Railroad Commissioner
Georgia voters are urged to back W Trox Bankston as the railroad commissioner nominee. Proponents cite his statewide travel, endorsements from diverse groups, and belief he will represent all sections of Georgia, not just Atlanta, in the race to succeed Hillyer.
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State OF
Georgia
Atlanta
Hillyer
Pudlcle
Atlanta Freight Bureau
G. McLendon
W. Teox Banketon
Atate
Bankston
Georia
W. Trax Bankston
Carrollton Hardware Co. offers screen doors and wire at right price
Local hardware shop Carrollton Hardware Co promotes screen doors, windows, and wire at competitive prices as customers seek affordable home improvements. The snippet also mentions a political campaign note referencing a U S Senate leader seeking re election in the Democratic Primary on August 21.
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Carrollton Hardware Co
United States Senate
Dramatic Flu Worries Prompt Health Wears at City Stores
Local shops warn customers about coughs and colds amid a surge linked to Jagripps products sold widely. Officials urge careful use and emphasize safe handling at drugstores.
Rebels hang two Americans near Cananea Mexico
In Sonora near Cananea two Americans were hanged by rebels to provoke intervention. The bodies were found and the Sonora governor ordered an investigation. General Pascual Orozco denied recognizing the U S government and met American consul Thomas Edwards to receive a diplomatic message.
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Mexico City
Cananea
Sonora
Madero
Juarez
Mexica
Pascual Orozco
United States
Thomas Edwards
Man Disappeared Ten Years Located In St Louis As Van Wormer
Georgia man Marcilius Sims aged 42, missing for ten years, was found in St Louis living under the name C E Van Wormer. After questioning by detectives he admitted his identity. His wife, long convinced he was dead, reconciled with him in Chief Allender's office. Detectives McLaughlin and Boyle escorted Sims to police headquarters. An insurance company had sued on a $5000 life policy as part of the case.
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St. Louis
Tigue
Marcéilus Sims
Georgia
C. E. van Wormer
Yaara
Allender
Sims
Bims
van Wormer
McLaughlin
Boyle
Traveled Salesman Found Dead Off Tracks Near Springfield
The body of Curtle Nichols, a traveling salesman, was found in a gully beside the tracks west of Springfield after he fell from a sleeping car on the Chicago express. Police and investigators are examining the incident for details and cause of death.
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Springfield
Mass
Curtle Nichols
Chicago Express
Here
Senate approves end of blue tag fast freight service
Washington reports the senate approved abolishing the blue tag fast freight branch of the second class mail service begun by Postmaster General Hitchcock. The move follows second class provisions of the postal appropriation bill requiring periodicals to be transported in mail cars. Senator Swan led an unsuccessful bid for publishers to choose mail or last freight, arguing the bill was unfair.
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Washington
Senate
Ito
Hitchcock
Port Office
Swan Sen
Lastreight
First Bale of 1912-13 Cotton Sold at Savannah Exchange
The first bale of the new 1912 season sold at the Savannah cotton exchange in front of the Savannah Cotton Exchange. It brought 21 1/2 cents a new record for the first bale in several years. The bale was received by express freight A. P. Petway of Eastman. It weighed and middling quality. The bale was slated for shipment to New York. The bale's weight and exact figures were recorded as 26 pounds.
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Savannah
Savannah Cotton Exchange
A. P. Petway
Eastman
New York
Perry Sets Out Broad Reform Platform in Primary Fight
Hon. Perry attacks Senator Bacon’s long tenure and urges major changes. He advocates income tax to curb tariffs, trusts and monopolies, strict railroad regulation, anti lobbying laws, parcels post, stricter immigration rules, government express service, and frugal Congress budgets. He supports free Panama Canal, better labor laws, child labor limits, and direct selection of U S senators.
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Mr. Perry
Lfe
Jawa
Gates
Congress
United States
For Sale Seventy-Five Acres Near Carrollton Ga
Seventy five acres of land three and a half miles north of town with a six room house and barn. About half in cultivation and the balance in woods. Price thirty five dollars per acre. N Daniel Carrollton Ga R F D 5.
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Carrollton
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Tri- Weekly Constitution
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W. Trox Bankston
Augustus O. Bacon
Bolite
William M. Bullitt
William Marshall Bullitt
Louisville
Frederick W. Lehmann
J. Louis
Clyde Sims
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H. H. Perry
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