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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1907
Page
10
Visitors to New York seek The Wil at Hotching's Newspaper Agency near Broadway and Thirty-eighth in the theater district. Notices list traveling reps for Constitution Publishing Co. with political and social rumors from 1907 including Taft, Schiff, Harriman, Rockefeller, and Indiana elevator jobs comments.
The Dawson News argues that Terrell county shows tax value declines reflect conscience and not true value, urging uniform statewide assessment. It notes wide variation in neighboring counties, inconsistency in land valuations, and calls for a new law establishing uniformity and equity in tax returns across all property classes.
Jackson Ga August 23 Special Jackson is enjoying prosperity with plans for a farmers and merchants bank capital 50000. New homes rise for T J Ghes T O Woodward R P Sannett D N Carmichael Joe Leach R W Mays Dr A M Jamerson J M Findley J B Edwards and J B Carmichael. Pepperton mills expand housing, Middle Georgia Lumber Co upgrades. Bibb Power Co to build 60 foot dam to drive mills and railroad from Griffin to Madison via Jackson. An electric line to connect Jackson and Indian Spring and a tourist hotel and Holiness Camp growth are planned. Bond election September 7 to extend waterworks by 10000. D N Carmichael sells 400 acre farm west of Jackson at 84 per acre.
The aldermanic board agrees to a thirty three year extension of the Southern Bell Telephone Company franchise with a one half to one percent tax on gross receipts, raising city receipts from $2,000 this year to a projected $10,000 annually in a decade and $20,000 after twenty two years, while promising improved service and new facilities. The deal balances city equity against the company’s claim of perpetual rights and seeks to maximize municipal income as the network expands.
The article reviews the Hague peace congress with delegates from many nations, noting American calls for a permanent international court akin to the U S Supreme Court and success in halting bombardment of undefended towns. It cites debates over debt collection and Newfoundland fisheries arbitration while warning that universal peace remains elusive amid persistent disputes. It then describes the New Agricultural Building in Washington, its exhibits on pests like the boll weevil, and the plan to inscribe plain English on inscriptions for farmers, led by Secretary James Wilson.
A mosaic of verse and prose fragments from Georgia sources, mixing regional dialect songs and religious humor with brief notices. It includes snippets of folk songs, sermon jokes, and short public notices from Floyd county and Dawson, touching voting lists, local politics, and community life in a period-tinged, informal voice.
A survey of Louisiana literary history cites Poucha Houmma as an early classic and notes Jallet and Carpenter on American literary development. Sinn Fein and Young Ireland figures discussed, plus anti drink campaigns and emigration debates. New works by London, Warwick, Mitchell, Ade, King, Bach McMaster, and others listed with brief descriptions.
The Atlanta Constitution notes a small $14,000 drop in Terrell County tax values despite a Georgia statewide gain. It suggests the decline stems from a one-time county tax levy to be collected, causing anxious property owners. the paper attributes the dip to conscience, not market forces, and questions the unusual decrease.
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