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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1921
Page
9
Fragmentary notes discuss a Justice, the White House, and cabinet aides. Mentions labor leaders, appointments, and pending court orders. Tone suggests political maneuvering and potential pivotal votes affecting labor cases, but details are obscured.
Montreal reports on Taft's rise from Ohio origins to national prominence. The piece traces his early education at Cincinnati Law School, Yale connection, and professorship at national law. It notes family legal ties, including Peter Taft and a Vermont lineage, with references to earlier political roles and formative years.
A fragment from The Constitution discusses key figures in the League of Nations ratification debate. It highlights public duties of a leader who helped organize the war labor board and faced criticism over his career. Republican senators opposed his stance while some senators showed tentative sympathy.
The first annual convention of the Disabled American Veterans of Foreign Wars concluded with Cincinnati chosen as the permanent headquarters and Judge Robert S. Marx re elected national leader. National officers named include Ralph A. Horr senior vice commander Myles Sweeney Edward H Huge Milton J Culp and John McFarland with Michael Aronson re elected as national chaplain. The officers will meet in executive session and then travel to Washington to press Congress for veteran aid legislation.
Burton Brothers, a Douglasville mercantile establishment, was adjudged bankrupt by a federal court jury on Thursday after creditors demanded a jury trial. The firm had sought to keep the partnership insolvent despite voluntary bankruptcy by individuals. An involuntary petition was filed by three creditors.
A local committee led by Dr. Lintoin AfeUovinel and others held a mass meeting to defend Upson County’s reputation against a governor's pamphlet accusing local racial issues. They presented affidavits refuting charges, asked for retraction, and urged Georgia readers to reject biased claims. The governor acknowledged some statements and withdrew disputed charges after review.
Attorney General Daugherty announced civil proceedings to be filed today in New York federal court against the Cement Manufacturers Protective Association and its officers and members. He noted the group produced about 90 percent of northeastern Portland cement and said the action would supplement criminal cases from March, potentially dissolving the alliance and barring reformation without affecting the criminal case.
Waycross Ga June 30 Special Julius King a Negro of Atkinson County was sentenced by Judge R G Dickerson to be hanged for the murder of Seburn Lastinger. Evidence showed the poison intended to kill his employer last February while the prisoner claimed the act was to make him ill so he could escape. King was arrested by Atkinson county officials, brought to Ware county for safekeeping, and confessed to Sheriff H J Sweat and Atkinson officials.
Georgia Representative Branch urged federal farm loan credits to aid cotton growers cattlemen and grain raisers facing prices below prewar levels. He backed the Curtis Nelson bill while noting Bank loan board expansion and warned against reducing credits. Brand criticized GOP leaders and highlighted district loan totals between $600 000 and $700 000 as evidence of need for a permanent agricultural credit system.
W J Dabney Decatur mayor and chair of the board of commissioners hosted a luncheon at the Angel hotel Thursday with commissioners and several newspaper editorial writers. The Decatur city government inaugurated January 2 1921 was praised as the best form for the thriving municipality and predictions were made that the 1923 history would show the managerial form productive for the city. The gathering included P P Pilcher city manager C Eugene Allen Homer FY Mack Gary Webb RB White commissioners Judge Frank Harrell health department Damamen Piste man health official and others.
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