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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1921
Page
5
A column of practical tips for laundry and home repair. Advice covers attaching fasteners to Buttons for easy laundering, anchoring collars and cuffs to dresses, extending long waists on shrinking dresses, dyeing yellowed linens, and simple window and toaster cleaning methods. Also includes reader questions on cooking, fabric samples, and healthy eating guidance for children and adults.
A fragment describes using colorful hat dyes and serving black coffee after dessert. It mentions a Texas household, a Mrs A D y, and a biscuit or wafer recipe with sugar lard and peppermint extract, rolling dough thin, and baking guidance.
Washington August 6 Senator DiaI Democrat South Carolina urged a bill to amend the Smith Lever future trading act to allow actual deliveries of cotton on futures contracts. He said futures trading depresses spot prices and cases of cotton confiscation occurred. He proposed buyers and sellers choose half the grades for delivery. Senator Smith opposed the bill, arguing current law is just with proper administration and blamed government orders and cotton exchanges for price discrimination. Senator Olai cautioned not to kill exchanges but favored honest law.
A. B. Briscoe and Dr Thornwell Jacob led the Anniversary Club dinner of Southern States Life at the Piedmont Driving Club. The two day session closed with speeches on life insurance in the South. Officials and officers of the company were listed, with names from multiple states among the club members.
In Fitzgerald Georgia on August 1 a test of armed picketing by A B and A strikers favored the railroad as Troy Lindsay was bound over to superior court under a $100 bond on a misdemeanor charge. The issue was whether the strikers interfered with present railroad employees in an illegal way. A J McDonald led defense counsel. D E Griffin prosecuted in higher court. The strikers have stopped carrying weapons to picket posts per union headquarters orders received earlier this week.
In Sanderaville Georgia arrangements are made for funeral services Sunday for Lieutenant Beverly D Evans Jr whose father Judge B D Evans was notified by telegram that his son was killed in combat shortly before the armistice. The body was sent from New York.
A North Carolina controversy erupts as Bruce Craven accuses the Ku Klux Klan in a public statement. Greensboro and Porters Desert accounts describe leadership disputes, disbandment claims, resignations, and retaliation, with Craven denying graft and proclaiming the order abandoned.
Senator Menzon vows to oppose the proposal when it reaches the Senate arguing a state tax on grand opera kills performances in Georgia. Colonel W J Peel, head of the Atlanta Music Festival Association, says higher taxes will raise ticket prices and drive away opera, noting previous war taxes and potential new levies. He contends opera seats are already expensive and that the town should not burden taxpayers in a depressed economy. The association emphasizes bringing Metropolitan Opera to Atlanta for the public, not the rich, and resisting any measure that raises costs on patrons.
The Metropolitan and Criterion theaters face closure under high levies as a government tax plan squeezes exhibitor profits. Georgia officials debate amusements taxes and a syrup and carbonic gas levy, with senators proposing adjustments while the bill advances through Senate committee printing delays.
A late night session debated a one cent gasoline tax and a general tax act. The measure aims to fund Western and Atlantic state needs and emergency finances, with adjournment until morning to continue consideration by the appropriation committee.
Atlanta lawyers denounce a long standing practice where bondsmen police and court affiliated attorneys take all funds from defendants upon arrest. Sam C Crame says this system blocks justice and inflates costs, harming court calendars and city finances. A reform bill advanced through committees and to the floor, led by Judge Singletary.
The draft law targets professional bondsmen by limiting commissions to 40 percent of the first hundred dollars and 1 percent on each additional hundred, bans bondsmen from soliciting defendants’ attorneys, and bars officers and lawyers from soliciting or guiding defendants. It also imposes penalties for violations and defines professional bondsmen. The text criticizes neglect of public voices and notes accompanying political debate on international finance and wartime policy.
President Harding criticizes cotton hoarding and calls for new credit options for farmers. He notes 1919 policy effects, cites potential use of farm loan banks for short term credits, and urges cautious, studyful expansion of government support while avoiding reserve fund misuse. Representative Sumner questions price fear messaging, and Harding suggests boldness as 1920 approaches.
Georgia Senator Watson accuses a Federal Reserve Board member of attempting to intimidate a Georgia congressman after criticism of the board. He cited a letter read during his speech as part of his attack on the board's policy and destruction.
The Black Diamond editor warns of a looming coal shortage in the United States with domestic demand expected at about 375 million tons this year, down from normal 525 to 550 million. Factors include weak industry activity, reduced railroad traffic, and public hesitation to buy until freight rates fall. Freight cuts are unlikely to arrive in time, and bituminous coal is selling at about 3 dollars per ton at the mine exit. The piece notes summer rail-to-ship routes via Savannah as a travel aside.
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