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Show SENATORS BY A DIRECT ELECTION Atlanta, Ga.. July 15. Proxlsions of l the newly ratified seventeenth amendment amend-ment to the federal constitution were put into effect toduy for the first time when voters of Georgia cast direct ballots In the election of a United States senator The election tor selecting a successor to Augustus O. Bacon for the remainder of a term ending March 4 1919. Senator Bacon, who was nominated to succeed himself at a Democratic primary nearly a year ago and Is unopposed un-opposed for re-election, now- holds office of-fice by appointment of the governor His former term expired March 4. oo |