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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1910
Page
5
A satirical mosaic critiques Taft Roosevelt Bryan and party divides reflecting tariff storms and weather as drivers of public mood. References to Oyster Bay Georgia and New York underline a national climate of prosperity, speculation, and calls for reform amid noisy political rhetoric.
Peach growers of Georgia demand compensation after rail facilities failures caused estimated losses of at least 100,000 dollars. General Manager I M Fleming of the Georgia Fruit Exchange cites expanded potential losses, while railroads deny blame and the Central of Georgia faces suspicion. The Georgia railroad commission is urged to act and set a precedent to deter future negligence harming the fruit industry.
The piece surveys Democratic state conventions in Nebraska and Iowa advancing township and municipal local option for liquor with a high license proviso. It notes Bryan's Nebraska defeat on county local option and argues that local option by communities and townships could split the party across regions, foreshadowing broader storms in national politics.
The Western and Atlantic committee of the house of representatives holds a hearing on a proposed plaza or civic center for Atlanta this afternoon. The state would authorize use of its right of way through downtown in exchange for a depot and office building to be deeded to the state after about twenty years, with no treasury cost to Georgia. The article urges a favorable committee report and swift enactment to improve the capital’s heart and boost vestige and commerce.
Senator John M. Slaton defended his stance on the blanket Confederate service pension proposal now before the legislature. He argued the measure would raise a large pension budget, impossible to fund without increasing the constitutional tax limit, and condemned attempts to push a plebiscite without funding means as deceitful and unstatesmanlike.
A Oyster Bay dispatch questions Colonel Roosevelt’s pledge to ignore party lines and back the best men and measures. The piece weighs whether he is misquoted or pursuing a new independent movement after failing to harmonize the Republican Party.
A collage of Georgia lore and political satire, urging resilience and travel through trouble. It blends verses about returning home, climbing mountains, and reading lessons from a southern legislature member, with quips on campaign grit and rural life.
Editorial urges a statesman to study cotton economics and press Congress to restrict exporting raw cotton. The goal is protection of credit and purchasing power, arguing a national, not regional, impact and advocating a man of vision to defend the industry against price depressions.
Gossif at the Cefitol B M Blackburn a clerk in the executive office at the state capitol remains ill at home on Spring street but may recover soon. The secretary of state granted a charter to the Augusta Fire Insurance Company of Augusta Georgia capitalized at 150000 incorporators Thomas Barrett Jr Percy May W Bush John R Burke all of Augusta and W K Kitchens of Summerville Governor Brown offered rewards for Ike Heard who killed John Carmichael in Burn ter county on July 17 1879 for unknown parties who burned the barn and outbuilding of PORES Roberta of Appling county and for the robbers who took from Samuel Garad store in Burn ter county on May 14 191.
A collage of editorials and punditry from The Dalton Argus The Rome Tribune-Herald The Athens Banner The Macon Telegraph The Walton Tribune and others discuss Governor Brown and rival Hoke Smith In recurring themes they praise Brown as capable and steady while decrying Smiths challengers and urging support for Brown ahead of the August 23 primary The tone is advocacy layered with political jibes and calls to reelect Brown based on governance and experience
Douglas Kansas July 38 Special A letter from a distant Kansas brother prompted a man to aid Cupid by matching a Douglas girl with a Kansas suitor. Haber of Kansas came to Douglas and misfortune followed as Miss Grims tey vanished with the match.
Chesterfield Bohanon age 20, machinist for the Southern railway at Inman yards, was killed when caught between an engine and a water tank. He served in Company C, Fifth Georgia, and attended Chickamauga encampment. Survived by parents, three sisters, and three brothers. Funeral at 3 p m tomorrow with interment in Hollywood cemetery.
In Moultrie County Ga tax returns compiled by JS Simmons total reached 4 582 049 up from 4 263 216 in 1908 a net gain of 318 734 due to value of lands timber and mill properties. In Whicox Abbeville county 26 July 1910 Den nard reports property values increased 873 03 with 937 dogs taxed 712 poll tax payers 9 lawyers 16 doctors and one dentist.
Americus Georgia July 24 Three thousand pounds of tomatoes will be canned at the Raymond Orchards Company plant near Americus. This run of a thousand cans will be followed by more if fruit is available in quantity for the canning company. Captain W Raymond said the plant has a single order for eighty cent a pound cans of tomatoes and will buy more if farmers bring them.
Juliette Georgia July 28 Special Many improvements are being made by the Southern Railway on its line between Atlanta and Macon. New ninety pound rails are being laid and several bridges have been completed with more under construction. Larger engines will be assigned to the Macon and Atlanta division once work finishes and a new depot at Jackson is likely as citizens push for a larger facility.
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