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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1914
Page
5
Gwinnett County shows perfect equity under the new tax equalization law with no protests to the board. Tax values rose by 828,732 dollars from last year as notices were issued to each taxpayer. A 19,838 acre lost land principality was restored to the digest at ten dollars per acre, totaling 517,090 dollars newly assessed land. Personal property valued at 99,493 dollars.
Trinity College Hartford plans alumni life insurance funded endowment. University of Georgia and other southern colleges could see rapid fund growth as annual maturing policies create self sustaining, expanding endowments. Plan aims to extend educational opportunities to many poor students.
The Charleston News and Courter note that Ugo Casili, Italian head of rooms at the Piccadilly in London, has been knighted by King George for notable deeds of valor. He is praised as worthy as the armored gentry of medieval fame.
The writer argues that modern heroes in science medicine and public service deserve a modern knighthood. He contrasts historic knights with today’s figures like Goethals Gorgas Rupert Blue and Funston, noting grit endurance and self sacrifice as core tests. He suggests American colleges recognize such achievement and calls for a genuine merit based order.
The Georgia watermelon belt wastes melons as distribution and market access fail. Markets are glutted and melons rot on tracks while growers hesitate to organize. The Georgia Fruit Exchange once revived the peach industry by providing distribution machinery, preventing losses and ensuring profit. promoters urge melon growers to organize similarly to bridge supply demand gaps and save the crop.
A collage of satirical notes and mock headlines from Georgia related items. References to Taft and Roosevelt weight loss, Bryan and Daniels, and a Georgia land campaign frame the mock dialogue. Quips from Musket Ridge and Centralia Courier add humorous vignettes on taxes, pipes, and bills amid a broader political chorus.
Sam W. Smell rails against Senate demagoguery over Paw M. Warburg nomination, praising Warburg for resisting a public grilling. He argues party leaders weaponize finance to oppose Wilson’s reform program, warning of dire electoral consequences if such tactics persist.
A fragmented reminiscence recounts a Georgia office where a candidate, seeking to honor campaign promises, greets veterans and locals. crowds fill rooms as aides offer advice and the new administration adjusts to public demands. Also includes a Baltimore Sun excerpt on boyhood energy and a brief note from the Holly Springs News about a mule incident and a man named Worn Holloway.
A July 11, 1914 letter from O Rankin of Atlanta Ga applauds the Don’t Hazard Spring Street piece. It argues the Spring Street improvement would relieve traffic, open new property, raise values, boost taxation and construction, and urges extending west via a duct to connect with the Terminal Station plaza to link north and south sides. It also urges funding not be diverted.
In Atlanta 1914 a 6 year old girl named Mary McKenney fell onto a supper table from a kitchen window area after tumbling through a skylight. Parents nearby at 4601 Paschal Avenue reported the accident during a family meal.
J Randolph Anderson, president of the Senate and gubernatorial candidate, reports strong county support and brisk mail, with clubs formed statewide including Glynn County. He notes key counties Floyd Cobb DeKalb and Alpharetta area backing him, while Savannah attorney W Welter Mangum directs Atlanta HQ. Governor Slaton to speak in Cartersville on tax equality, amid rising campaign activity through July.
Georgia Py. Shingler presents two bills in the legislature. One forbids artificial coloring of distilled vinegar, noting color and odor often mislead buyers. The other requires labeling of condensed skimmed milk to prevent feeding babies and invalids with nonnutritious products.
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