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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1921
Page
9
Fragmentary OCR shows header for The Constitution The Standard Southern Newspaper with publication notes and listing of editors Clark Howell Albert Howell E E Bick Grady Clark Howell Sr and other directors. details unreadable.
The piece argues for full property tax assessment and cites Michigan and North Carolina as models, urging Georgia to tax property at its true value to fund state needs. It endorses $50,000 for the Georgia Training School for Boys, notes prior deficiencies, and calls for county road work programs to employ idle labor while improving local roads.
A fragment prompts rural observations and weather talk from Georgia and Arkansas. It includes a humorous poem extract, a note about carbolic acid usage for pests, a tongue-in-cheek weather regulator claim, and a humorous alibi explanation from a colored Arkansas commenter. The piece mixes local dialect, quips, and brief musings on rain, crops, and everyday life.
Representative Joyce Ficklen of Wilkes condemns any unlimited income tax, arguing Georgia gains from limiting taxation. He cites Toombs and Hill and urges the legislature not to grant unconstrained power to tax, noting five mill taxes once funded state needs while expanding allowances risks wasteful spending. He signs as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
James Hollomon argues Georgia underfunds higher education while producing many leaders. He cites Georgia’s low ranks in college attendance and university funding, notes overcrowded dorms, and urges state lawmakers to expand dormitories, classrooms, and faculty to restore progress and meet future demand. He calls education a defining future challenge.
O O Mintyre observes Broadway as a moral blur where liaisons go unremarked and marriages serve ambition. He notes separations, shared meals, and toleration over jealousy, with vivid vignettes from Times Square to Columbus Circle, plus soda fountain politics and a Miss Mina anecdote, ending with Mrs Leslie Carter returning from France.
Atlanta reader James A. Metcalf urges Georgia to adopt Michigan style property taxation. He praises Michigan for assessing property at its actual value, backed by a state tax commission that enforces uniform assessments, preventing concealed taxes and boosting state bonds.
Atlanta reader Ge. Prickett argues that Georgia and Atlanta face costly government inefficiencies. He cites overstaffed offices and excessive deputies, urging streamlined operations to save taxpayer money and prevent future waste.
A nostalgic column contrasts modern era travel to New York with fifty years ago. It recalls gentlemen planning trips for social amusements, the shift from smoking compartments to broader rail routes, and ads for the Great Southern Passenger and Mail lines via Augusta and other hubs with schedules and stage connections.
A prose critique discusses school discipline and the role of teachers. It laments old maidish temperaments in educators and argues mothers should teach young children, proposing age milestones for starting schooling and urging kinder, more understanding instruction.
Fred S. Stewart treated his Whitehall shoe store staff to a buffet lunch in his cafe then took nearly seventy five workers and many family members to see the Howard theater showing of The $10 Raise. He called the gathering one of their regular family affairs and praised the team as a big family.
Four mayors plan a discussion on whether Atlanta can annex Kirkwood College Park East Point and Hopeville during the Lions Club luncheon at the Piedmont Hotel at 1 pm Tuesday. A comedy sketch titled The Nervy Bellhop will also be presented by Bargh Moulton and Ma.
Real estate firm J H Smith and M S Rankin announced $128,900 in recent property sales. Listings include a $32,500 residence at 1 East Fourteenth Street sold to an unnamed buyer, plus multiple parcels on North Boulevard, Highlawn, Culberson, Forrest, and other streets in College Park and surrounding areas.
The Daily Hepre of Ontario reports California will test Atlanta’s four year race cooperation scheme. Indorsed at a Los Angeles Congregational church council meeting, Rev. G. J. Thomas of Atlanta cited white leaders backing the movement to fire the negro spirit with encouragement and justice, naming key supporters.
Willam L McCalley Jr member from the 11th district announces candidacy for re election to the Atlanta board of education with term to end August 31 He chairs the Manades committee and is a southeastern manager for National Surety Company He is unopposed for re election and Judge Terrell from the 6th district has not stated his plans for another term.
Fulton delegation moves to amend a city planning measure to expand the city planning commission authority. The second bill details supervision of real estate pipes and other city improvements inside and outside city limits, including street layouts sewerage water mains and future building height regulations.
Former Georgia senator Hoke Smith is named an honorary non-resident member of the Lawyers' Club and the Bankers' Club of New York. He will open a New York law office to handle clients there while maintaining a principal office in the Southern Building, Washington, D.C.
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