Paralyzing the State: Georgia’s tax plan paralysis threat
A Georgia newspaper argues the tax system harms higher education and public institutions. It warns that universities will cut essential improvements to cover maintenance, risking statewide paralysis without tax reform. It criticizes dishonest, uneven taxation and calls for uniformity and honest budgeting in the legislature.
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Georgia
State University
General Assembly
Germia
Thas
Eman
State Normal School
Athens
Milledgeville
Dahlonega
Ros
Ucation
Southern
Texas
House
Senate
Is Cotton the Goat? Tax on Cotton Futures Questioned
The New York Journal of Commerce notes a rider to the tariff bill taxing cotton futures at one-tenth of a cent per pound with refund on delivery. The law would demoralize the cotton industry in the South, harming farmers and merchants. The Constitution and others urge investigation into possible discrimination and speculation implications.
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Finance Committee
Senate
House
New York Journal of Commerce
The
Journal of Commerce
South
Atlanta urged to back permanent home goods expo
Brooks Morgan argues that Atlanta under realizes the city makes over 1000 daily use articles and should sponsor a permanent manufacturers exhibition. He cites Cincinnati’s model, notes past expo success, and urges keeping money from out of state to bolster local industry while acknowledging some items must be imported. He says home-made goods boost local prosperity and community welfare.
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Brooks Morgan
Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati
Atlanta
South
Georgia
A Weevil Deadline Proposal Circulates in Cotton States
Senator Smith of South Carolina suggests a fifty mile wide cotton ban from the Tennessee river to the gulf to trap the weevil in the southwest and protect Alabama Georgia and others. Critics question cost enforcement and long term annual payments while noting no diplomat has endorsed Bryan's grape juice remedy.
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Smith
South Carolina
Alabama
Tennessee River
Gulf
Georgia
Just Georgia Mister Sun Plaps a Joke
A fractured verse retells a folk tale in which the sun jokes about leaving, the world wakes frightened, and at midnight shadows remain. The crowd gathers on a hilltop as Mister Sun vanishes behind closed doors and a spectral dawn hints at a wakeful world returning to work.
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Congress
Georgia Editor Notes in Verse and Letter Cartoons
A fractured 19th century style collage argues for state politics and reform. It mixes verses, letters to lawmakers, satire on taxes and land grabs, and biting quips about Georgia legislators and Washington. The montage blends folk dialect, editorials, and playful verse about public life and ambition.
Inheritance Tax Urged by Georgia Banker in 1913
A Georgia banker urges inheritance taxation as fair and equal, arguing current land valuations distort tax burdens. He cites census land values in Hart Burke Glynn Richmond and others, condemns unequal returns, and cites ex-Gov Brown and Gov Slaton as supporters. The writer, BENJAMIN W. HUNT, signs from Eatonton in 1913, alongside poems from Oxford.
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Hart County
Burke County
Eriven
Camden County
Glynn County
Richmond County
Tazafon
Ardens
Joseph M. Brown
John Marshall Slaton
Benjamin W. Hunt
Georgia Bonisers
Alan
Eatonton
Protest Against Cotton Futures Tax Draws Southern Merchants
A New York Journal of Commerce report quotes a prominent South cotton merchant arguing against a Senate rider by Senator Clarke that would tax one tenth of a cent per pound on cotton sold for future delivery. He warns the tax would curtail southern merchants hedging, raise costs for farmers, and reduce overall buying power by as much as fifty percent.
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New York Journal of Commerce
South
Europe
Journal of Commerce
Senate
Clarke
Arkansas
Liverpool
Was Richard II really the deformed monster of Tudor legends
The article argues against the standard Tudor era portrayal of Richard II as deformed and monstrous. It cites Britannica and chroniclers, notes contemporary writers described him as socially engaging and well made, including praise from Philip de Commines and Countess of Desmond. It contends Richard II was likely not as physically repellent as often depicted.
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Richard III
England
Shakespeare
Encyclopedia Britannica
Richard
John Stow
Buck
Richard Iit
William Shakespeare
Thomas Moore
Hall
Holmshead
Rous
Camden
Gloucester
Wreyland
William of Worcester
Abbott Wethamstede
Fleetwood
Richard of
Duke of York
Shaw
Paul's Cross
Edward
Stow
Richard II
Countess of Desmond
Fra Angelico in the Florentine Convent Walls
A poetic portrait of Fra Angelico painting angels in a convent cell with prayer and devotion. The verses celebrate his silent wages, holy art, and the sanctity of Florence and its heights where his reputation rose, shining through monkly restraint.
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Fra Angelico
Hichard Burton
Walla
Jesus
Maia
Angelico
Florence
Book Trust finances schooling shifts force book purchases
The DeKalb New Era notes that moving from country to town or between towns requires new school books, creating steady profits for the book trust while placing a burden on large families. The piece calls the practice good business for the trust despite hardship.
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Book Trust
DeKalb New Era
Hook Trust
Governor Slaton's Big Task Ahead in Finance Reform
Governor Slaton faces a major assignment to improve Georgia state finances. His background as a legislator and businessman suggests he will push a significant reform during his administration, a worthy task noted by the Barnesville News-Gazette.
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Slaton
Barnesvills News-Gazette
Blaton
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