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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1910
Page
9
A cluttered Washington Bureau piece from The Constitution mocks meat prices, trusts, and figures like Roosevelt and Bryan. It mixes satirical quips on politics, industry, and the press with light notes about travel distribution of the paper and jubilant disdain for the beef trust.
In New York Governor Malcolm R Patterson argues the South, with vast unoccupied lands and cotton wealth, can defy rising living costs. He urges Southern farmers to boost food production for local use and sale, funding self sufficiency and reducing dependence on external markets.
The article argues for a $2,000,000 municipal bond issue in Atlanta, saying its sanitary goals benefit all residents. It highlights Grady Hospital’s needs, the dangers of disease in crowded quarters, and the negro community’s stake in improved facilities, urging black citizens to unite for a strong bond victory.
The article argues that taxing corporations while exempting similar private firms is unjust and unfair. It contends state prerogatives matter in chartered entities and warns many small firms may revert to private ownership to avoid taxes. It predicts public sentiment will demand revision of the corporation tax.
After a two year fight by Atlanta T P A groups and others for published railroad schedules, the railroad commission issues an order approving a joint publication agreement among railroads. The Constitution backed the effort for traveling public, with a special attorney's opinion guiding the action. It remains to see if the order delivers the required adequate service to the public.
A collage of verses and anecdotes in rural voice. Pieces poke fun at a comet sighting and local life with humorous exchanges about ham lanes trains and a poet seeking work. The humor shifts to a Kansas engineer joke and a laboring author awaiting recognition amid a festive rural scene.
The Albany report notes an $80,000 offer for eighty acres of bearing pecans in Lee County, declined, as owners foresee $10,000 yearly returns within three to four years. The piece blames slow southern railroads for failing to publicize Georgia's growing pecan wealth and broad regional potential to attract investors and migrants.
The fate of the national corporation tax looms as several suits on its constitutionality reach the Supreme Court. A Vermont case may establish the basis for the ruling while Chicago rulings confine the tax as implemented. The central issue is whether state charters allow Congress to tax all corporations in a single class and how the court’s March decision will shape the outcome.
Dupont Guerry of Macon Georgia writes to the Constitution about the will of Hon. R. Park and the Emory and Wesleyan colleges. He notes differences in will construction may require court action but expects no contest. Massey named rural carrier Route 5 at Quitman Georgia in Georgia Postal News.
College Park bought the Office building owned by Colonel B. H. Walker for 2000 dollars and will move the city hall into the structure on the first of the month. The building stands in the center of the business section at the end of College Park street car line.
MAUCUS reports Commander Booth of the Salvation Army will visit on February 17. Captain Louie Coleman arranges the visit. Booth will be royally received and deliver a valuable address for the work.
A 1870 column extols Georgia growing self sufficiency via diversified industry. It highlights Griffin Spalding and Elbert counties as model hubs with roads, mills, a large Griffin department store, a $10,000 hospital, a modern city hall, and emerging electric streetcars. Emphasis on farming improvements, soil study, and the Experiment Station boosts local value and self reliance.
George Jacobs, star witness in the stockade investigation, was found asleep in the major pro tem’s chair in the council chamber. Janitor Jackson Jacobs woke him, then he wandered off to the elevator and street, while recounting his 20 years at the Stockade and joking about city affairs.
At a council meeting a prison committee report said T B Lanford was appointed prison superintendent and that Dr B C Martin should oversee the stockade until a prison physician is elected. Dr Martin had been named prison physician but declined $1200 yearly salary. Superintendent Sanford to take charge of the wreckeds. A Payable in Gold Coin bill was introduced by Rep Payne of New York for United States bonds and certifi sites to be payable in gold coin. Indorsement from treasury department noted.
A well dressed man in Memphis declares he is an escapee from the Milledgeville state sanitarium in Georgia and wishes to be locked up again. He identifies himself as Guy Underwood, son of a Carn merchant, and says he escaped two months ago after a year’s confinement. Georgia authorities have been notified and he remains in custody.
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