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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
2
Georgia state news items and local notes cover governors, bills, and taxes. Reports mention Gov Slaton appointments and bonds, a Texas blast, Kansas alfalfa experiments, and local tax changes in Jackson county with commentary on labor and agriculture.
The legislature closed last week with acts including Miller-Anderson tax equalization, general appropriation, higher occupation tax on corporations, a special tax on bottling works, inheritance tax, control of gimedicine practice, permanent voter registration, a home for wayward girls, and issuance of charters by superior court judges during vacation. Also created commissions on state road release, school books publishing study, and auto registration tax set at five dollars.
The court of appeals upholds the lower court in the Lumpkin County bank break case. Miller Thornton Harris and Flynn remain unnamed here, shocked by the decision and hoping for a new trial. Attorneys and family remain distant as they await further action and a possible supreme court route through Col. Baker.
Harry K Thaw escapes the asylum into Connecticut last Sunday by auto after capture in Canada. Ash a North Carolina youth sits in White County jail for stealing Robert Sears horse and a crop was made with a farmer this year. The new tax equalization law starts January first 1914 with three county equalizers appointed by county officials to assess and raise low returns. They are paid 3 dollars per day and serve six years with varying term lengths and state oversight by a commissioner.
Special notices describe J. W. Hatz selling a city property in Dahlonega with a lot two story dwelling outhouses and good well water. B M Wehunt offers an 80 acre farm on Dahlonega Route 5 eight miles from town near church and school. Geo W Rider in Davis district handles country produce and buys corn fodder hay cane seed oats wheat rye honey beeswax chickens eggs ducks geese turkeys dry hides wool sheep cattle and sells goods at county prices.
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