<P> Georgia took the national spotlight, in 1915, with the lynching of Atlanta Jewish factory superintendent Leo Frank . Frank had been convicted, in 1913, of the murder of a white Irish Catholic employee, thirteen - year - old Mary Phagan . After Frank's death sentence was commuted to life in prison by the outgoing Governor, an outraged lynch mob seized Frank from his jail cell and hanged him . Ringleaders calling themselves' The Knights of Mary Phagan' included prominent politicians, most notably former Governor Joseph Mackey Brown . Publisher Thomas E. Watson was accused of helping to instigate the violence, through inflammatory newspaper coverage . </P> <P> The rising social tensions from new immigration, urban migration and rapid change contributed to revival of the Ku Klux Klan . On November 25, 1915, a group led by William J. Simmons burned a cross on top of Stone Mountain, inaugurating a revival of the 2nd Klan . The event was attended by 15 charter members and a few aging survivors of the original Klan . Atlanta was designated as its Imperial City . The Klan quickly grew to occupy a powerful role in both state and municipal politics . Governor Clifford Walker, who served from 1923 to 1927, was closely associated with the Klan . By the end of the decade, the organization suffered from a number of scandals, internal feuds, and voices raised in opposition . Klan membership in the state declined from a peak of 156,000 in 1925 to 1,400 in 1930 . </P> <P> The state was relatively prosperous in the 1910s . The price of cotton remained high, until the end of World War I. Lower commodity prices in the 1920s had a negative impact on the rural economy, which, in turn, effected the entire state . By 1932, economic recession had deteriorated into a severe depression . Cotton prices decreased from a high of $1.00 a pound during World War I, to $. 20 in the late 1920s, to lows of 6 cents in 1931 and 1932 . The Great Depression proved to be difficult, economically, for both rural and urban Georgia . Farmers and blue - collar workers were impacted the most . Georgia benefited from several New Deal programs, which raised cotton prices to $. 11 or $. 12 a pound, promoted rural electrification, and set up rural and urban work relief programs . Enacted during Roosevelt's first 100 days in office, the Agricultural Adjustment Act paid farmers to plant less cotton, to reduce oversupply . Between 1933 and 1940, the New Deal injected $250 million into the Georgia economy . Franklin Delano Roosevelt visited Georgia on numerous occasions . He established his' Little White House' in Warm Springs, where the therapeutic waters offered treatment and relief for the President's paralytic illness . </P> <P> Roosevelt's proposals were popular with many members of Georgia's congressional delegation . The Civilian Conservation Corps put young men, formerly on relief, back to work . The Agricultural Adjustment Administration supported the price of cotton and peanuts . Work relief programs spread federal money across the state . However, the most powerful member of the Georgia delegation, Congressman Eugene Cox, often opposed legislation which favored labor and urban interests, particularly the National Industrial Recovery Act . </P>

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