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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1910
Page
10
Oxfords and strap slippers in patent leather vici kid and gun metal come in all popular weights and newest lasts. A full selection with all sizes and widths in various styles. Broken lines of summer shoes are moving out at lower prices and opportunities are as mentioned today.
Former Georgia governor Hoke Smith outlines the Progressive Democracy’s two year record and future plans. He defends the 1908 and 1910 reforms including white registration, stringent voter qualification, and the abolition of convict leasing, contrasting with “reactionary” opponents and urging voters to choose the progressive banner.
Atlanta attorney Reuben H R Arnold addressed about 2000 Waycross residents using ex Governor Hoke Smith as a subject but Smith’s illness forced cancellation. Arnold defended Smith’s record and contrasted it with Governor Brown urging voters to deliver a landslide for Smith in 1908.
The piece argues convict labor funded road building across Georgia will modernize rural areas, boost land values, and curb rural-urban migration. It praises fiscal discipline, increased rural school funding, prompt pensions, and defends 1909 finances while proposing early tax payment discounts for public service companies to stabilize treasury funds without bonds. It notes ad valorem taxes and income to cover expenses, urging prudent financial management amid a national panic.
Street Committee rejects wood block repaving bids and votes to use 13000 for widening Marietta Street from Tabernacle Place to North Avenue, with city and railroad funding boosting total to about 235,500. Officials expect construction to begin next year and repaving later, turning a narrow street into a major city drive.
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