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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1914
Page
5
In a Washington Bureau report, John Corrigen covers Georgia politics as Baker defends a new tax law. The piece argues the tax reaches all property classes, including mortgages, and notes support from lawmakers and tax dodgers alike. It discusses fairness, invisible wealth, and statewide implications for reform.
A garbled report portrays Cole Blease as a disruptive figure provoking state tensions over troop movements and encampment routes through South Carolina. The piece implies friction with governors, the burden of troop passes, and public ire directed at political bully tactics fueling a police court case.
Opinion argues for English language training for alien workers in Jersey City and Bayonne refineries and for compulsory naturalization measures. The piece cautions against demagoguery, stresses assimilation via language, and notes poll tax as an alternative to full naturalization while criticizing anti immigrant attitudes. It laments alien influence on industry and politics and argues for civic engagement through language proficiency.
Report claims a "Bieaseism" style menace in South Carolina could lead to the swaggerer’s retirement from public life. If proven, the move would earn praise nationwide as the pestiferous peanut politician is sidelined.
A congressional push to curb interlocking directorates faces sharp opposition from southern and western business leaders who warn the NY city concentration of money risks widespread harm. Supporters seek targeted reform without crippling national cooperation among industry leaders.
In a fragmentary notice a Georgia radio piece titled The Martyr hints at politics intruding on rest and routine. The obscured text suggests late night interruptions and a sharp critique of public life. The source preserves local tone and period voice.
This fragment blends political ambitions with local color, citing a Georgia youngster and town life. It hints at men seeking office, voter expectations, and jotted notes on youth, storms, and communal scenes. The tone mirrors a small town newspaper voice with early 20th century vernacular.
A collage of overheated summer scenes and quirky snippets. Poems and songs ride alongside odd newsroom jottings about heat. A Telegram item notes a floor collapse and a curiously dour Arkansas Times remark on a mower turned mad.
Mixed excerpts from state papers critique political figures and actions. Notes reference a Georgia district attorney holding office after resignation, Governor Slaton's Senate stance, and comments on heredity versus training. Includes fragmentary remarks on public life and social perceptions.
A letter from R L Hall of RL W H Hall Newton Ga praises the state tax equalization law as fair and just. Hall notes his firm as Baker county's biggest taxpayer saw about 18 percent more than last year’s return but says the equalization is fair and well supported by Baker County residents. He dismisses detractors and urges Governor Slaton to continue the policy.
Isom Davis describes managing Maple Lane Farm with sharecroppers on halves. He supplies all inputs while laborers provide work and receive half the crop. Davis visits daily, keeps tools in repair, and handles finances to encourage workers. He notes July 20, 1914, and reports crops: corn nearly ready and cotton forming. expects a bumper year with labor shortages for cotton picking.
An editorial excerpt urges thrift and Providence through life insurance as the saved dollar protecting families and the nation. It argues insurance limits poverty, supports independence, and is a duty of heads of families, urging agents to promote provision for dependents. Also included is a satirical note on Roosevelt and a misused doctor anecdote from Norfolk Ledger Dispatch.
HF Harris, secretary of the Georgia State Board of Health, urges a $10,000 increase to sustain a laboratory deemed essential. He cites 31,079 bacteriological examinations saving $52,108, hydrophobia prevention for 4348 cases, and mass production of vaccines and antitoxins, arguing current appropriations jeopardize vital public health work.
A reflection on wealth of character over material riches. The piece urges cultivating intrinsic wealth through heart, vision, sympathy, love, and unselfishness, arguing true power comes from character rather than money. It encourages leadership, enthusiasm, mastery, and continual growth to multiply personal power.
Optimistic tone on business revival with banks reporting higher volumes and investors confident the country is turning a corner. Nationwide hopeful outlook signals a new era of prosperity dawning in financial and commercial centers.
A fragmented slice covers Panama's geography and politics, noting U S aid and the canal zone, then shifts to arbitration as a concept between nations and the peaceable demand for disarmament, plus a long digression on bananas, their history in America, and potential future cultivation in Central America. Structured as a late 19th to early 20th century column blending trivia with political opinion.
Barrh Wilson Strahan of Atlanta argues that the Constitution endorses the Why Not Taft editorial. He credits Messrs Wood and Jardigan for timely responses and notes the piece reflects his Portland, Oregon attorney son and a lifelong Democrat former chief justice. July 17, 1914.
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