Georgia to adopt an entirely new banking code
The Georgia General Assembly will begin actions this summer to enact a comprehensive new banking code. A joint meeting at the Capital City club united the Georgia Bankers Association Executive Council and legislative chairmen to discuss plans including converting the state bank examiner’s office from a treasury bureau into a district department.
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General Assembly
Atlanta
Capital City Club
Georgia Bankers’ Association
Banks
L. P. Hillyer
Macon
C B. Lewis
Cooper
G. M. Hale
State Bank
Treasury Department
Blease Grants Pardon Commutes for Seven Convicts
Governor Cole L. Blease commutes seven sentences to public works terms at the State penitentiary, including three for statutory offenses and two for homicides, with roughly forty convicts released this month under similar actions. The report appears in Columbia dispatches from January 24. The South Carolina House Ways and Means Committee backs a joint resolution to unite The University of South Carolina with the College for Women in Columbia.
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State
Cole L. Blease
South Carolina
House
Ways and Means
University of South Carolina
College For Women
Georgia Cane Syrup Standardization Bill Introduced
Washington January 26 Senator Hoke Smith introduced a bill to empower the Secretary of State to invite other nations to participate in the National Drainage Congress to be held in Savannah and would appropriate ten thousand dollars for the purpose Senator Bacon also introduced a Senate bill for a South Georgia experiment station to standardize cane syrup. Mrs Frank Cochran leaves for Cordele to visit relatives for several weeks.
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Hoke Smith
Washington
Secretary of State
Savannah
Senator Smith
South Georgia
Frank Cochran
Cordele
United States to Supply Teachers for Nicaragua Institutes
State Superintendent M L Brittain received a letter from Commissioner P P Claxton asking for American teachers to staff several Nicaraguan institutions. The plan includes an Institute of Granada director and three professors plus twelve teachers for four model elementary schools in Managua and Granada. four teachers are needed for kindergarten and primary grades four for intermediate and four for upper grades. The Granada director may earn 3000 to 5000 dollars annually. Professors must be able to teach English French history mathematics sciences agriculture and pedagogy plus administration and teaching methods.
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P. P. Claxton
Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior
United States
Nicaragua
Institute of Granada
Managua
Granada
Satsuma Oranges in Georgia Adaptability and History
At the State Horticultural Society meeting in Athens Mr. B W Stone explains the satsuma orange industry in the region. He cites thirty seven years to test in the United States, climate limits from Florida to California, and notes that South Florida soils and temperatures hinder quality. He recounts a South Texas boom then freezes in 1899 that curtailed expansion, with Thomasville Mobile and Tifton temperatures highlighting minimums. He identifies profitable areas between Lake Charles Louisiana and Brunswick Georgia and details soil—heavy moist sands, clay loam with moisture retention and good surface drainage.
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Satsumas
ACL Changes Depot Plans for Two Story Passenger Station
General Superintendent J N Brand and Division Supt R A McCranie of the Atlantic Coast Line visited the Mayor and a city council committee to discuss revised passenger station plans. The two story building will be larger with offices on the second floor. Ground floor layout remains similar and work will start once the contract and materials are in place, likely after the first of next month. The council approved the changes.
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Atlantic Coast Line
Coast Line
Brand
Chicago Opens First Municipal Store For the Poor
Chicago inaugurated its first municipal store selling groceries at cost to the poor. If successful, the plan may expand to meats and clothing in other city sections. The city council allocated twenty five thousand dollars to start the program.
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Chicago
Record Cotton Ginning Totals Reach 13 508 171 Bales
The Census Bureau reports 13 508 171 bales ginned prior to January 16 from the 1913 crop, with 97 034 round bales and 76 182 Sea Island bales included. Comparisons show prior years' totals and percentages ginned by date. Thomas County records 24 600 ginned, down from 16 861 last year as most gins close for the season.
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Census Bureau
Sea Island
Fila
Thomas
S. W. Davis
Savannah shift in Speer misconduct probe
The Congressional Judiciary Committee continued hearings in Savannah on charges of official misconduct against Federal Judge Emory Speer. Alexander A. Lawrence testified Speer rarely drew juries in open court and claimed being fined for contempt, plus alleged intimidation of witnesses defendants and counsel.
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Congressional Committee
Emory Speer
Macon
Speer
Emory Soeer
Alexander A. Lawrence
Greene and
Boys Pig Clubs Aim to Cut Living Costs in South
Washington reports a new Boys Pig Clubs program by the Department of Agriculture in the Southern States. The clubs target cheaper pork production by raising park stock and growing forage crops, building on the Boys Corn Clubs to help youths ages ten to eighteen participate.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Goethals Consider Police Commissioner Post in New York
Mayor Mitchell says Col. George Goethals would accept the Police Commissioner role if two conditions are met. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt reportedly influenced Goethals by urging reconsideration after Panama visit as he weighs returning to the States.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Col. Goethals
John P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Goethals
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Col
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
John Purroy Mitchell
Colonel Goethals
Murder at Colquitt County Frolic After Dark
Mr Linton reported a murder in Colquitt county after a negro opened fire at a frolic near the boundary with Thomas county. A shot wounded Brooks. A coroner’s jury summoned witnesses and Henry Hadley was accused of the crime after deliberation.
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Colquitt County
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Wes
Henry Hadley
Aminea
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