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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1912
Page
4
The Business Interests of Georgia are well represented by Paul Trammell a successful business man on the railroad commission. He is a current member the only business candidate for the post and defeat would remove direct representation of major business interests on the commission.
Paul Trammell, a successful businessman and former clerk, campaigns for Railroad Commissioner. He appeals for impartial, fair ruling and practical governance, contrasting his background with an opponent who opposed the commission law in the Senate. He stresses independence from corporations and calls voters to August 21.
Mrs Shane Leslie, daughter of Henry CG Ide the American minister to Spain, married Shane Leslie of Glasbroue Ireland in a recent ceremony.
Col Gibbons Gray Cornwell of the Sixth Pennsylvania National Guard and a West Chester lawyer died by suicide on a train returning from New York. He feigned sleep beside a constable and shot himself after drawing a revolver tied to a trust estate bond missing during executor investigations. He had been held in New York and released to return home with the officer.
New York committee of nine to probe alleged alliance between police and lawbreakers will hire special counsel. A $25,000 expenditure aims to uncover vital facts, with a $50,000 defense fund for Police Lieutenant Becker. Culpepper fire devastates business district in Virginia town of 3,000, wires down, operations disrupted.
The first electric chair execution in the state occurred at the penitentiary. William Reed, a convicted felon, faced the sentence after a heated legislative session. Governor Blsyse supported the bill, which passed after a public dispute.
Washington reports no change in Roman Catholic marriage law for Catholics with non Catholics. Bonaventura Cerretti, papal legation charge d affaires, states the recent papal order clarifies rather than alters the code.
In a 44 to 11 vote the Senate refused to remove the toll exemption for American ships in the Panama canal bill, signaling defiance to Britain’s protest. The Buron amendment to strike out discrimination was defeated as Britian protested to the state department.
A notice critiques Senator Bacon's record, arguing his votes do not reflect progressive reform and constitutional prudence. The piece cites prior editorials and argues he acts against the common people, failing to pursue necessary reforms.
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