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Daily Republican
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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In Georgia, public opinion is awakening to enforce long-ignored laws against carrying deadly weapons like pistols, spurred by losses to violence. The pulpit, press, and bench support this, with Judge Hillyer's charge leading to indictments in Atlanta, including two women. The grand jury urges new legislation to restrict pistol imports, and Mr. A. A. Bacon prepares a bill.
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Georgia, since she has lost some of her best citizens by the deadly pistol, is showing a healthful awakening of public opinion to the necessity of enforcing the laws forbidding the carrying of deadly weapons, which have been practically a dead letter upon the State's statute books for more than forty years. The pulpit, the press and the bench are making a combined effort to encourage this wholesome reaction. Judge Hillyer's recent earnest charge on the subject has lead the grand jury at Atlanta to indict a number of persons, including two women, for violating the statute. They have gone further than this, and ask the Legislature at the adjourned summer session to pass a law prohibiting the indiscriminate bringing of pistols into the State for sale. Mr. A. A. Bacon, for three terms speaker of the lower branch of the State Legislature, is reported to be preparing a bill to cover this object.
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Georgia awakens public opinion to enforce anti-pistol carrying laws ignored for over 40 years, with pulpit, press, and bench efforts. Judge Hillyer's charge prompts Atlanta grand jury to indict violators including two women and request new legislation against pistol imports; Mr. A. A. Bacon prepares bill.