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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1919
Page
15
Mr Fa uumon, correspondent reports on Washington cities and a building addressed as 818 Rigen. The note references a shed motif tied to local civic features and ongoing correspondence. The detail is fragmented but indicates a connection between urban features and residency.
A past attempt to require county funding for education faces new life in the legislature under the Elders Carswell bill. Debate centers on local taxation equity, literacy gaps in Bartow Franklin Gwinnett Hall and other counties, and rural landowner interests resisting statewide education funding. Illiteracy remains highest in counties lacking local tax support, while towns with local taxation show lower rates.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a debate on anti-pistol measures. References to time, support, and determination to pass such legislation. Mentions existing laws allowing carrying only in certain instances, with uncertainty about enforcement and community impact.
Rural communities fight dog menace amid high wool prices as Massachusetts weighs stricter sheep safeguards. A Berkshire senator commends curbing the dog threat, urging passage of an enhanced dog control measure supported by the agricultural committee. The piece contrasts attitudes in Massachusetts, Georgia, and other states and cites looming legislature.
A Georgia writer argues that pistols are freely sold in Atlanta and across the state, highlighting racial tension and urging Congress to pass stricter pistol regulations. The piece urges local police funding and state action to remove the weapon supply chain and prevent future mob violence.
A jumble of stray dialect and quips from Georgia sources portrays a sun drenched world of heat, storms, and stubborn cheer. Whimsical notes from Home Town Filosophy and Greekshore Herald-Journal share weather jokes, moral quips, and rural humor about rain prayers, driving muddy roads, and daily bread amid a hot season.
Georgia live stock sales from January 1905 to April 1927 totaled ten public auctions with detailed dates, animals, and prices. The piece notes government remount funding since 1913 to boost army horse breeding, including 1917 inspections and resulting colt acceptances and sales.
In Macon a heated debate erupts over amending the state Constitution to relocate the capital. Critics call a subterfuge to bypass prescribed referendum methods dangerous, warning it could trigger two votes and race-related unrest, harming bondholders and credit.
En the Day s News Hawin P Morrow a well known Blue Grass State lawyer and politician faces general primaries in Kentucky unopposed for governor He is son of a distinguished Kentucky jurist studied law in Somerset began practice In 1907 at age under thirty he was the Republican choice for governor and in 1911 named United States district attorney for the eastern district of Kentucky He later pressed as Republican caucus nominee for United States senator as a public speaker he has a broad reputation beyond Kentucky.
The piece discusses racial unrest and highlights Georgia’s negro progress, noting rapid property accumulation aided by white allies. It cites statistician Dr. Calvin and cites 1917 Georgia population figures, plus a 1874 tax return law separating negro property for taxation as a metric of advancement.
In the Trend of Events James A HolloMon notes two bills before the Georgia legislature. A community council measure for defense work and a state rural library program seeking $6,000. The piece highlights Georgia library association aims and Atlanta growth as a manufacturing and distribution hub with multiple inquiries for plants and broad regional commerce.
Dr Brady discusses cancer treatment options citing 228 surgical cases, mostly male farmers aged around 56, with seven year lesion duration and common sites on face. He contrasts with earlier reports of 201 cures from X ray in 222 cases, favors surgical removal while noting limited X ray value and cost. The column also prints reader questions about uterine displacement, turpentine as antiseptic, and general health letters addressed to Dr Brady.
The article analyzes 1904 to 1910 cotton harvests, noting negro women and children did 60 percent of picking after 1904, with men not field-picking. It details seed cotton, bale weights, and daily wages of about 56 to 60 cents per hundred pounds, totaling around 8.15 million dollars in cash to the pickers for 1910.
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