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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1913
Page
7
Editorial in The Macon Telegraph attacks Georgia tax collection as a sieve with holes. It argues local option and vague assessments foster inequity, delaying teacher pay and squeezing state institutions. It urges the legislature to implement equalizing taxes without commissions.
The Rome Chamber of Commerce led by Louis Spencer Daniel pushes a state highway law for Georgia. The Rome plan creates a highway commission of experts and county state cooperation with state authority final. Roads would be built from county seats toward Atlanta from all state boundaries.
The Rome chamber of commerce plans 20 000 blueprint auto guide maps and route retails to promote tourism from Cincinnati Louisville Bowling Green Nashville Chattanooga Home Atlanta and Jacksonville. Director Daniel will mail guides to well known tourists inviting them to visit the region. The campaign targets Rome and southern publicity with weekend auto tours from Atlanta. Rome offers an exhibit hall a trio of rivers boating and fishing and a country club making it a top city of its size.
Governor Dunne signs bill extending partial suffrage to women in Illinois. An estimated 1,600,000 women may come under the law, though the figure is likely optimistic. Chicago becomes a major experimental center for evaluating how women voters handle municipal and general citizenship challenges. The outcome here could accelerate suffrage movements in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other cities.
An editorial warned that Balkan hostilities threaten global civilization and U.S. finances. It argued Europe hoards gold, undermining American securities and goods, while Kurone raids precious metals. The piece urged swift peace in the near east and reform of currency laws to protect America.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels extols cotton as the economic ballast that sustains the American ledger in hot times. He argues cotton supports employment, keeps markets stable, and anchors financiers while heat intensifies public demand for the staple in daily life.
In a Fourth of July morning scene critics question government spending and the value of public funds. People mock weather advice and note how familiar calls for aid appeal to those in need, while friendly donors draw attention to old bills and financial goodwill.
The reader hears a patriotic lyric praising Old Glory the flag. References to the emblem of freedom, stars in the azure, red stripes, and liberty appear across the lines, celebrating national symbols and maritime reach. The tone is period style and earnest.
A quirky collage of patriotic jabs and folksy fables laments rising prices and the talk of money in July. It references a Georgia macron, Bullyville bills, Ten Dollar notes, a Sedgwick Pantograph tale, and rustic summer scenes while lampooning political oratory and the era’s economic anxieties.
The column urges lawmakers to breathe easier and pursue calm reform ahead of a busy season. It riffs on Balkan allies, wartime front pages, a crowded legislative agenda, and a witty jab at Georgia lawmakers, noting Belley’s familiar bright flings from The Houston Post.
An old humor piece narrates a woodsman mockingly praising solitude in sylvan life. The wild man jokes about forest pests mosquitoes, flies, and other nuisances while contrasting town life with peaceful escapes. He rails at health cranks and sensationalist newspapers, arguing happiness lies in nature over busy haunts.
A Georgia educator thanks readers for aid to prompt teacher pay and proposes tax reforms to simplify returns. He suggests a homestead exemption of thirty acres free from tax, with incremental rates for larger holdings to deter land speculation and improve state finances. AG PARK Commerce Ga.
In his message Governor Brown suggested double tracking the state road between Atlanta and Chattanooga. A reader from College Park argues the move could improve mileage and increase rental revenue if business warrants it, though he offers no statistics and urges this as the first consideration.
An Engineering and Mining Journal inquiry estimates about 6,500 coal mines and roughly 6,000 metal mines in the United States, with 28 lead smelting works, 28 zinc works, 334 iron works, 19 open hearth steel works, and 30 bes senier works, totaling 23 metallurgical facilities in the listed classes.
Harste Jorden reports from Leemwarden on June 12 about Holland’s vast windmill systems that drain surplus rainwater into sea level canals. He describes dairy cows, cooperative societies, market depots near The Hague, and glass houses producing vegetables and fruit for export to London and New York. The piece notes Dutch banks, low interest loans, and a tour plan through Europe ending in New York in mid July.
A nostalgic verse by John R. Thornton from Atlanta Ga expresses longing to join Jennie and Sarah Nell, describing violets, birds, dew, corn, a mossy well, milk white rose, and a peaceful meadow setting. The speaker awaits the coming of the beloved, urging patience and contentment.
A 1913 Constitution excerpt urges the brain as the fountain of youth noting that youth remains in the brain while muscles age. It cites William Ewart Gladstone, then eighty, still active in study and work, as proof that interest sustains vigor. The piece stresses will and interest as age-defying forces.
A couple of tourists in Spain who cannot speak the language struggle to order meat at a wayside inn. One suggests drawing a cow, sketches it with a 2 beneath, and the waiter understands and prepares the roast beef.
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