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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1913
Page
11
From Atlanta July 39 1913 the Constitution outlines Georgia facing a budget crisis with expenditures outpacing revenue. It cites treasurer figures showing a 77800 overshoot for one legislature and warns that without equalization or tax measures the state risks repudiation as debt grows beyond current income.
Governor Slaton voices worry over vacancy risk in Georgia's Senate without interim appointment power and urges reenactment of ad interim appointment authority to avoid delayed representation until a special election. The proposed amendment would place election design in state hands.
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange opposes a 50 cent tax on futures transactions. Officials warn the measure could harm the cotton crop and hedge stability, while experts testify the tax may not end gambling but could cause broad market disruption.
The piece questions a craze for speech affecting American diplomacy as Ambassador Wilson of Mexco is recalled to report on grave and delicate foreign matters. It notes an urgent rash of public statements by officials.
The piece critiques Maxico visiting New York and distributing interviews while a ward politician, Brother Bryan, speaks freely on topics. It contrasts American diplomats who boast of speech with those who value silence, recalling Ambassador Crane and others noted for excess talk and scarce restraint.
The prose poet uses a rambling tale about marriage, love, and a mercant prince to critique romantic myths. A narrator recalls a failed courtship, a elopement, and a messy divorce that reveals modern love’s practical tensions. The piece mixes satire with reflective insight on commitment and desire.
A collage of poems and prose pieces titled Just from Georgia by Fran L. Stanton, blending dialect verse, social commentary, humorous observations, and reflections on life. Includes pieces like Unpopular Fiddler and The Deacon's Funeral Sermon, with playful rhymes, satirical lines, and local color notes.
A fashion of questions surrounds Columbus birth death and burial with claims of Genoa as birthplace, possible birth years 1436 to 1451, and doubts about his aims. It notes a 28 year gap between birth and voyage plans, debates crew origins, and traces reports of death May 20 1506 in Valladolid and later transfers of ashes to Seville Havana and Santo Domingo.
A letter to The Pittsburg Times discusses high lighting costs on the Great White Way. It claims The New York Electric Company earns most profit from small signs that use little current, while large displays receive wholesale rates. The Charlot Rece provides about $6000 annually in low operating revenue.
While cutting an ash tree at Embleton Cumberland England, workers found a dark center containing a sparrow's nest with feathers and a bird skeleton and four eyes. The mummified contents had been absorbed as the tree grew and likely dates back more than a century.
The Clarke amendment imposes a tax on cotton futures, arguing it would cripple the New York and New Orleans exchanges and push price setting to Liverpool and Bremen. Proponents say hedging helps small growers, merchants, and mills, while opponents warn a 50 dollar per contract tax would destroy market protection and shift trade to foreign markets.
A garbled inkstand reminiscence from The New York Sun rails about a legendary inkwell linked to Marcus Aurelius and Henry VIII. It recounts quills, sand, and imagined intrigues while noting a 19th century misprint about local officials and a school board. The piece blends mythic relics with editorial slips and historical misstatements.
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