State tax board urged to assess utilities under franchise law
Councilman John Reed introduced a resolution to seek a statewide board of five tax assessors elected with the governor. The board would tax public service corporations and their franchises for state county and city levies, basing value on market worth and requiring sworn returns. The measure, referred to tax and finance committees, aims to curb corporate dodging and ensure uniform taxation across utilities.
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John €. Reed
Fulton County
Georgia
Tate
Council
City Hall
Kontz
Mima
Ekonta
Aldersoon
Purchase
Messrs
Kilpatrick
Day
Pierce
LaHatte
Fincher
Rawson
Lewis
Minchinnett
Reed
Terry
Garrett
Longino
Hill
Adams
Glass
Jkontz
Alderman Welch
Advertising Wagons Begin Southern Interstate Fair Campaign
The Southern Interstate fair starts its advertising wagon tour this morning with two wagons carrying posters and novelty ads. Secretary T H Martin outlines routes to avoid conflicts, covering northern and southern Georgia areas and extending into South Carolina and Alabama. Supplies will be sent ahead to railroad towns, with weekly checkins to track progress and adjust routes as needed.
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T. H. Martin
The
Fair Association
Atlanta
South Carolina
Alabama
Soak and Rinse Minutes with Pearl WE Washing
Soak and rinse method using Pearl WE washing compounds promises half the time, less effort, and healthier work. Soak clothes in Pearline and water, then rinse without rubbing.
Kendrick Designated for Regular Army Lieutenancy
Major W. J. Kendrick, long tied to Georgia state troops, has been designated for a regular army lieutenancy after a strong record with the Second Georgia and the Fortieth United States Volunteers in the Philippines. He will face an examining board at Fortress Monroe, with presidential appointment likely pending successful results.
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W. J. Kendrick
Georgia
Kendrick
Philippines
Fortieth
United States Volunteers
Kendick
Fortress Monroe
Peachtree Road Land Sold to Supreme Court Justice
Justice Fish of the Supreme Court bought a handsome lot on Peachtree Road in north Atlanta. The 157 by 300 foot eastern frontage sits opposite James Nunnally’s recent purchase. Sale price was $6,500 with BE Black of the Peachtree Land Company handling the deed. Fish plans a country home and a handsome residence soon.
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Justice Fish
Supreme Court
Brookwood
Atlanta
W. H. Fish
Peachtree Road
James Nunnally
BE. P. Black
Peachtree Land Company
Married at the Talmadge House in a Quick City Ceremony
In a late night city affair Dr Hawthorne married James Robinson Woodruff and Miss Willie Hightower at the Talmadge house parlor. The couple arrived after a telephone tip, gave their names to the witness, and left together with a friend, offering no details about residence or plans. The ceremony was brief and private with no further information disclosed.
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Dr. Hawthorne
Talmadge House
James Robinson Woodruff
Willie Hightower
Talmadge
Hawthorne
Atlanta
Atlanta Ordinances and Bids Detailed in City Council
City council records show laws limiting dynamite storage by day and night, approval of a Lyceum theater electro sign petition, and a streets committee measure with county on Whitehall street asphalt paving. BE. 3 McCandless bid for Whitehall paving accepted. Tast avenue graded to city limits at about 200 dollars, funded from Shelton street appropriation. Also adopted name plate for mayor and bridge committee on Whitehall viaduct and referred Lakewood sywad land purchase proposal to buildings and grounds.
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Atlanta
W. R. Joyner
R. Coley Anderson
Lyceum Theater
Edgewood Avenue
Streets Committee
Windsor Street
Humphries Street
Terry
Tast Avenue
Randolph Street
Shelton Street
Whitehall
Garrett
G. W. Hall
Lakewood
Doctors Hare Answer to Suit Designates Illegal Practitioner
The Atlanta Society of Medicine and its attorneys Arnold and Arnold filed an answer to a $10,000 damages suit by Dr. H. S. Bryan. The society says a 1900 investigation sought to identify illegal practitioners, comparing names in city directories with registered physicians. It claims Bryan practiced in Fulton County without registration, had an office from November 1900 to January 1901, and that no society malice or grand jury prosecution occurred. It also notes Bryan registered in DeKalb County in 1998 with an outstanding unpaid professional tax.
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Atlanta Society of Medicine
Arnold & Arnold
Society
H. 8. E. Bryan
Bryan
Eid
Atlanta
Ife
Fulton
Fulton County
Grand Jury
DeKalb County
Lyceum Vaudeville Line Impresses Atlanta Crowd
An up to date Lyceum programme drew a crowded house with strong turns by Johnny Pages La Petite Adelaide and Gertrude Rutledge plus Petching Brothers and the Breton Runkel trio. The Columbia opened with Edwin Arden's Eagle's Nest starring Klimt Hearn Peruchi and a strong supporting cast to a packed house and great ovations.
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Lyceum
Palm Garden
Johnny Pages
Atelanta
Rogers Brothers
Ife
Adelaide
Gertrude Rutledge
Lillian Russell
Marguerite
Maxon Braids
Petching Brothers
Flood Brothers
B. McC. M
Columbia
Columbia Theater
Knmt-Hearn
Edwin Arden
Eagle's Nest
George Klimt
Atlanta
Kifmt
Jack Tratl
Miss Hearn
Clmt
Chelso Peruchi
Daniel Dibsey
Messrs
Abbott
Kimball and White
Lee
Maddern
Mins Heart Axtell
Peruchi
Clay Clément
New Dominion
James
Rod” E Will
Manahan Exonerated In Micrometer Theft Case
A Buffalo dispatch reports Dr. M W Manahan was exonerated yesterday from any theft connection at the Pan-American exposition. James D Greer of Wisconsin admitted impersonating Manahan when arrested after stealing a seven hundred dollar micrometer from a government exhibit The real Dr Manahan proved his integrity with telegrams from Atlanta officials and business leaders, and Greer was discharged.
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Mlw. Manhan
Buffalo
James D. Greer
Manahan
Atlanta _Physiclab
Siapateh
M. W. Manahan
Atlanta
Rai
Murphy's Court
Theodolie
Treasury
Wisconsin
Mainahih
Atlette
Greer
Dr. Manahan
John 2. Lowshe
John
Wilkinson
J. Mims
Ernest ©. Konta
George A. Speer
Capital City National Bank
C. F. Cur Tier
Atlanta National Bank
Allen D. Candler
Georgia
J. M. Terrell
H. E B. Fisher
Atlanta Cotton Factory
John %. Lawshe
M.D
Dinky the Midget Inmate Arrives at Hospital for Incurables
Mercy, known as Dinky, a three foot high midget with a hard luck life, arrived Saturday at the Hospital for Incurables. Despite deformity and infirmities, she remains cheerful and popular with fellow patients under Deva Willingham. She used to live on Hayden Street with her sister, who suffered a goitre and nearly bled to death after an incident.
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Dinky
Mercy
Deva Willingham
Hayden Street
Presbyterian Hospital
First Methodist Church
Atlanta
Unique case of too much brother in law
Police confront a tangled family row at 297 North Mutter Street as Nathan Teitlebaum seeks police action against his brother in law Shaw Teitlebaum after wife Dora reports insults. Nathan and Dora had separated over Shaw, with Nathan supporting his brother. Shaw faces charges to be arraigned this afternoon.
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Dobbs
North Mutter Street
Shaw Teitlebaum
North Butler Street
Nathan Teitlebaum
Dora
Atlanta
Nathan
Srian
Teitlebaum
Shaw
Betsy
Butler
Cutting Affray Aboard Atlanta Suburban Train
On a midnight ride near McDaniel street, two blacks resisted arrest after a cutting attack on Will Rooker. Marshal Lovelace and officer W. A. Wright pursued and detained suspects, with passengers aiding. Battle and Matthews were jailed. Ben Hill released.
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Atlanta
West Point
Marshal Lovelace
College Park
McDaniel Street
Will Rooker
Rooker
Fairburn
W. A. Wright
Mayor Lewis
Cecil Battle
John Matthews
Ben Hill
Battle
Matthews
Wright
Funeral of Mrs. Mildred Lewis Lawton
The funeral services for Mrs. Mildred Lewis Lawton were held at 3 p.m. yesterday at the home of her son-in-law H. H. Cabanniss, 406 Peachtree Street. Deacons of the First Baptist Church, where she was a longtime member, served as pallbearers with an honorary escort. Dr. Hawthorne officiated, and the service was conducted by De Je Hin t.
Transit Car Collision Wrecks Dray Driver Hurt
An Atlanta Rapid Transit car collided with a furniture dray at Piedmont and Auburn avenues last night, demolishing the dray and tossing driver Solomon Warren to the granite pavement. Warren, seriously injured, was taken to Grady Hospital. Witnesses said the car was speeding while street car men claimed a slow approach.
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Auburn Avenue
Atlanta
Piedmont
Auburn Avenues
Solomon Warren
Warren
Volce
Carmen
Grady Hospital
Mary Thompson Ejected Tenant Faces Perjury Trial
Mary Thompson, an elderly Black woman, swore out a dispossessory warrant against Georgia Ebbs on August 10 after subletting part of her house to Ebbs. Ebbs then swore out a perjury warrant against Thompson. Justice Orr bound Thompson over on $100 bond. A quarrel between the families led to the dispute. Ebbs seeks new housing while Thompson faces trial.
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Mary Thompson
Georgia Ebbs
Georgia
Mamie
Mary
Death of Lee Roy Smith
The 17 month old son of Mr and Mrs W R Smith died at their home 161 He ptreet at 6 o clock yesterday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at the residence at 3 o'clock this afternoon conducted by Rev Virgil of BY are jan sateen. wi ta ace estyie
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Lee Roy Smith
Les Roy Smith
W. R. Smith
Heptreet
Virgil
Jan Sateen
Police Curiosities From The Records
A string of police court brief items reports Decatur Street whisky fight Mandy Brady stealing tea to tease clerks at a Petera Street store Tom Powell refusing to leave a saloon Green Simmons choking his mother in law with beer Susie Jones fighting Charlie Bruner after a church sociable All defendents face fines ranging from 3.73 to 5.75 with remarks from Acting Recorder Glasa and Glings. Names include Ed Jones Mandy Brady Tom Powell Green Simmons Susie Jones Charlie Bruner. Locations mentioned Decatur Street Petera Street Dart Town and a church sociable. The items reflect rowdy nightlife and petty theft ruled by the city court.
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Ed Jones
Decatur Street
Jones
Mandy
Mandy Brady
Petera Street
Glasa
Iease
Tom
Green Simmons
Tn Law
Greenimmons
Lnaw
Glings
Susie Jones
Charlie Bruner
Charlie
Susie
Acting Recorder
Railway Notes Show Mixed Audits and Rates Change
The auditing committee of the South eastern Passenger Association met in session featuring a conference group of notable passenger agents from Seaboard Air Line, Georgia Southern and Florida, New Orleans and Northeastern, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific, Central of Georgia, Plant System, Southern, and others. The Southeastern Passenger Association meets in Atlanta, with transport officials including L. C. Matthews moving to a Savannah position, and Big Four officials G. H. Ingalls and W. F. Greaves visiting. Meanwhile, last day for week-end excursion rates to resorts arrives August 24 with Isle of Palma on the schedule. In business news, United States Investor reports weekly road earnings rising to 39,251,782 for early August, up from 8,890,243 in 1900, a substantial improvement, while January totals reach 2580,881,001 with notable increases post-1900.
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Southeastern Passenger Association
W. C. Rinearson
B. H. Hardwick
W. L. Danby
R. E L. Bunch
Norfolk
Seaboard Air Line
C. B. Rhodes
Macon
Georgia Southern
Florida
George C. Smith
New Orleans
Northeastern
W. C. Rhinerson
Cincinnati
Texas Pacific
J. C. Tratle
Savannah
Central of Georgia
B. W. Wrenn
H. Wardwick
Washington
Southern
C. A. Benscoter
Chattanooga
Georgia
Isle of Palma
H. S. Norvell
Memphis
United States
Crowds Fuel Georgia Labor Day Contest at The Constitution
A visitor praises The Constitution labor day contest as the most successful in Georgia. He notes widespread coupon interest across towns and among police, firemen, and labor unions, with readers from many counties sending ballots toward Buffalo. The end approaches as ballots set new records and counting adds staff.
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Constitution Office
Georgia
Atlanta
Buffalo
South
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GhAne
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Dr. Bryan
County
Lawton
H&e Gbaase
Eo, DeWite & Co
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Sadie
Tom Powell
Darttown
G. H. Ingalls
Cincinati
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W.F. Greaves
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Portsmouth
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