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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1910
Page
7
A fragmented political column from Houston Texas notes census chatter, tariff debates, and Taft Roosevelt and Ballinger themes. It mocks headlines, predicts prosperity, and mentions leprosy efforts by the Public Health Service while threading in playful local color and satire.
The piece argues the old Republican Party is doomed after a series of defeats and a shift toward insurgent leaders like Cummins and La Follette. It predicts a two-year upheaval, with Taft facing defeat, Roosevelt insurgents gaining power, and a realignment creating two new parties.
The tax commission fixes the Georgia state rate at 1 mill, highlighting a $600,000 appropriation shortfall to be covered by increased property values, back taxes, and other revenues. President Slaton blocked pension expansion via an extra levy, while debates over borrowing seek to avert deficits without raising the constitutional tax limit.
The speaker urges lawmakers to view the state's financial condition and avoid appropriations the state cannot fund. They say a 5 mill tax gate is not too high, lower than many states, but expenses should be kept within this limit to avoid revenue shortfalls and complaints.
Editor George D. Lowe of The Garage and Southern Automobilist urges a land show focus on staple crops to boost Georgia’s agriculture. He cautions against overemphasizing specialty crops and recommends highlighting corn, cotton, hay, and livestock to appeal to practical farmers.
A committee of Macon citizens honored The Macon News staff for fair reporting during the campaign. Editor R L McKinney and managing editor T J Simmons along with editorial writer J H Moore received silver loving cups inscribed with appreciation for truth and justice on August 23.
A fragmented column mixes verse about a mockingbird and memory of May witheks of dialect humor and quotes on literature labor and life. It blends regional voices, poetry fragments, and cartoonish quips about editors doctors and possums with a travel through riffs on season and shelter.
The city faces its first four cornered race for recorder in years as candidates include Judge Nash RB, Broyles, Malvern Hill, Thames H. Goldwin and an unnamed opponent. Malvern Hill, a lawyer with Anderson Felder Rountree, previously served on the city council and ran for recorder, narrowly missing on a caucus ballot.
A four-candidate field for city recorder features three lawyers and one candy manufacturer. Judge Broyles, who will have served twelve years as recorder by July, led on ballots to win in 1888. The lineup includes W. P. Hill J. G. Bloodworth Howard Williams and Ed Robinson. If no majority emerges in the first primary a runoff among the top two is expected.
In a Tuendsy morning arraignment before Acting Recorder Preston, John Thomas, a Black youth, was charged with riding a bicycle on the sidewalk at Jackson street and Angier avenue. Officers Evens and Tedder testified they were investigating a cage in which a rider had struck a child when Thomas rode by on the sidewalk, nearly hitting them. Thomas was fined $3.78.
The St Paul Pioneer Press reports from the 1910 League of American Municipalities convention in St Paul that Mayor R F Maddox of Atlanta is depicted as young and unassuming yet bold when Atlanta is mentioned. The piece contrasts him with Mayor Darius A Brown of Kansas City, described as tense and restless.
Acting under city attorney instructions, Atlanta city clerk's office stopped issuing license numbers for autos yesterday. City officials say state law requiring statewide registration has repealed the city ordinance, leaving only road regulation and speed limit rules. The board of auto examiners will be out of work.
Woodbury Georgia August 30 Andrew Powell, former superintendent at Honda of mills in Senola, shot himself at Senoia yesterday afternoon and was buried today in Woodbury Cemetery. No cause is known for the act and he is survived by his father, mother, and Mrs. R T Powell.
D K Johnston yesterday received appointment as special criminal bailiff of Fulton superior court to replace the late Captain Tom B Monaghan. The appointment by Solicitor Hill was approved by Judge George L Bell. Georgian Court notes and charter grants followed, including Adler May Cotton Products Company and Muller Motor Company. The Fulton grand jury set for September aims to hear 80 to 100 cases. Georgia Goddard filed for total divorce against Gilford A Goddard citing drunkenness and lack of support and asked for an injunction to restrain him from selling certain properties.
Americas Ge August 30 Special Another attest of Sumter s excellent country roads was furnished this afternoon when a wagon containing 608 weight bales of cotton hauled to Americus from the Hooks plantation by four mules without effort. Two mules on another occasion made a record haul of ten bales four miles over road as good as that traveled by Hooks team. Continued drought causes great uneasiness among farmers as heat and pests threaten the cotton crop.
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