How to pay for a $2,500,000 bond issue
Atlanta's water department would fund a ten year plan to expand mains and sewerage without taxed costs. Estimates show a net surplus of $8,579.77 in 1909 and a projected $2,166,666.67 surplus over ten years from water receipts if 75 miles of new service mains are added. The plan would also finance sewerage and sanitary facilities citywide and improve fire protection.
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Atlanta
Water Department
Water Service
Plan Worth Scrupulous Investigation For Sanitary Dept
The facilities of the sanitary department are said to be sufficient to discharge its functions without burlesque, enabling needed municipal improvements that affect community health and institutional efficiency, all without any tax impact. Is the plan worth careful scrutiny?
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Sanitary Department
Dr Eliot Calls Old Time Religion a New Religion
The piece argues Harvard president emeritus Dr Charles W Eliot reinterprets old time religion as a modern system without miracles, stressing cooperative goodwill and social reform. It criticizes a future compensation premise and urges reviving the Nazarene ethical code amid modern crises.
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Georgia
Iniquity of the Corporation Tax and Its Critics
The piece argues that Taft’s corporate tax is unfair, highlighting opposition from conservatives like the Portland Oregonian and Chicago Inter Ocean. It notes tax inequities, such as untaxed individuals and bondholders escaping, and contrasts with calls for the income tax as fairer, while warning of constitutional hurdles to amending the tax system.
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Taft
Portland Oregonian
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Root
America
Algo
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Georgia urged to update game protection laws
A Georgia editorial argues the state lags in fish and game protection. It endorses a pending bill to require licenses on streams and forests, hoping license fees and fines would boost revenue while improving enforcement. The piece cites New York and New England as models and urges Georgia to adopt similar measures.
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Georgia
General Assembly
Setaiona
Treasury
Isaac Walton
New York
New England
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Pussies at the Capital Causes Cats in Washington
A quirky Washington dispatch describes thousands of cats in the capital, taunting senators and filling nights with howls and disturbances. It contrasts Republican and Democratic reactions and notes lawless window antics amid the feline influx.
Just from Georgia Old-Time Campmeetin
A lively clump of verses captures folk song humor from a Georgia editor’s column. It mixes camp meeting zeal with comic religious jests and regional dialect, ending with brief quips about editors and press spirit.
Phillips Crew Co Celebrates 45th Anniversary in Atlanta
The Phillips & Crew music house in Atlanta nears its forty fifth anniversary. Founded in 1865, the firm has grown with the city, remaining in the same name. It is led by B F R Crew now with son B L Crew handling sales, and Harvey T Phillips heading the credit department. The firm’s ties to The Constitution date back to Volume I Number 1, and the paper notes the succession from founder A T Phillips to his son.
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Letters From People Judge Longstreet's Sketches
Editor Constitution recalls 1846 era sketches by Judea Longstreet such as a corn shucking description and Climbing the Pole. The writer seeks any surviving pieces and contact for the author or others who may have copies.
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Apme
Judea
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