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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1909
Page
4
The item compiles subscriber terms for The Constitution and distribution details across Atlanta and beyond, naming advertising manager Hodliday and correspondents. It mixes subscriber notices with satirical, curio-filled editorials on tariffs, politicians, Rockefeller, Taft, and other topics, including a North Carolina elopement, suffragists, and Dickens granddaughters’ pension.
A respected Georgia jurist denounces systemic flaws in criminal procedure, arguing that archaic rules and endless precedents obscure truth, empower criminals, and threaten public safety. He urges lawmakers to break the shackles that bind the courts and push for a decisive house cleaning.
The Good Roads Club in Cordele and a Rome rally urge uniform state supervision for highway construction in Georgia. They condemn haphazard laws, call for a comprehensive, county-adapted road law, and stress farmer benefit and rural voter support for bonds to fund better roads.
The article discusses the House of Representatives considering a substitute for the income tax on corporations, highlighting Republican members' concerns about arguments against the tax. It frames the move as the first major effort to create a tax of this nature and notes attention drawn to the proposal.
The piece discusses constitutional challenges to a proposed corporate tax, arguing it discriminates between corporate and non corporate business and could raise consumer costs. It notes past income tax decisions and warns a new test might reverse them, highlighting who bears the burden and the political stakes.
Mrs William Conyers Clark defends Georgia patriotic women groups against northern clergy criticism. She highlights the Daughters of the American Revolution work in education funding four Martha Berry School scholarships and civic beautification efforts, and notes proposed bills for compulsory education tax equalization and county record copying. The Daughters of the Confederacy funded dormitory construction and engaged in philanthropy, illustrating broad state influence.
G S Weaver leads the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers Association in proposing a comprehensive cotton carnival in a southern city such as New Orleans. The exhibit would unite domestic and European spinners, southern farmers, scientists, and manufacturers to showcase cotton and its by products from seed oil to soaps and medicines, highlighting educational value and economic benefits for the South.
Prominent southern businessmen urge D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte N C as ideal American minister to Pekin. They argue the nation needs a business expert in China, citing Tompkins with deep textile industry knowledge and familiarity with New England centers, predicting broad southern support and strategic value for Taft's policy.
A collage of verses and quips titled The Puzzling Proposition balanced with Timely Texts and other items. It blends playful dialect pieces about politics and climate with folksy maxims and nursery rhythmlike stanzas, featuring whimsical portraits of lawmakers and social foibles, all in a nostalgic early 20th century newspaper style.
Frederick P. Bighn argues in the July Forum that there is no solid basis for claims inventors are underpaid. Merit alone does not determine rewards for professionals. chance, opportunity, and fit to environment shape compensation as much as merit. Inventors as a group, he believes, have little cause to complain about rewards.
Barney Schreiber a turfman wed Nuss Elizabeth M Howe daughter of the late James H Howe of Utica in a ceremony today. The couple plan a honeymoon at woodland near Behreiber's horse farm in St Louis County.
Chattanooga Tenn July 9 1909 Rev C B Wilmer pleads that Chattanooga Times misquoted him on Sewanee race remarks. He stresses he opposed forced appointment and asked for patient public consent rather than external pressure. Also notes dog-killing incident in Crowley Kentucky with 182 dogs killed by mad dog outbreak.
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