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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1921
Page
6
Harold O. Rogers purchased a large Peachtree Heights Park lot for 12000 dollars as a residence site. The parcel fronts Cherokee drive measuring 200 by 800 feet. Architect R S Pringle is drawing house plans. Announced Friday by real estate agent Ben Padgett.
A Friday Kimball House meeting urged impeachment of Governor Dorsey for misconduct in office over a pamphlet on the Negro question. Miss Alf Benton led critics, naming alleged propaganda networks and questioning Dorsey’s authorship while asserting 100,000 Georgia supporters vow to vindicate the state. Dr. Caleb A. Ridley defended Dorsey, saying the pamphlet’s info came from trained workers, not court records.
Governor Dorsey and Governor Hardwick attend inaugural events with a formal escort of honor. J Van Holt Nash announces parade routes and lineup including mounted police, band from Moultrie, and Spanish American War Veterans. Officeholders and dignitaries seated on platform as ceremonies open with benediction and remarks. Legislative questions surface on state department investigations, highway funding reforms, and Capitol removal plans to Macon.
Friday’s house session saw general bills introduced by Moore of Appling and Herr ing of Schley to reorganize the State Highway department and define duties. Moore and McMichael propose motor vehicle tax collection and equitable distribution to the highway department and counties. Matone of Bibb seeks mandatory mound and bump construction near rail crossings and signage within 250 yards. Fowler, Winship, and Malone of Bibb push Article 14 for moving the capital from Atlanta to Macon. Vocelle of Camden seeks a $25,000 appropriation to the state board of...
A Georgia legislative session report notes impeachment threats against Governor Dorsey by Salisbury leaders and outlines senate plans for absentee voting, Australian ballot adoption, water power bills, a new Peach County, and extensive auditor investigations. Other items include confirming governor appointments, a mansion sale proposal, and various bills on taxation, road, and legal reforms.
Senator Fleming introduces measures including allowing absent electors to vote, abolishing Dougherty county treasurer, amending Albany charter to create wards, creating Peach County, and moving the state capitol from Atlanta to Macon. The proposals span multiple senators and aim to reorganize local government and election rules.
Debate centers on directing all new tax revenue to schools with a $350000 salary deficit this fall. Representative Ernest Bentley opposes the plan while Halloway and Moore push a public vote, seeking a referendum on the measure.
Labor to select president today as unions face a tight vote. Lewis faces opposition within the United Mine Workers with seven thousand delegates still doubtful and caucus outcomes uncertain. Equal rights for women in unions dominate debate while color line issues prompt fierce floor battles and a three month plan for resolution.
Mrs. C. C. Arthur, arrested on a warrant for complicity in an alleged fake jewelry heist in which Mrs. M. Glenn lost 2500 dollars in diamonds in Atlanta on a Friday night. Judge Hathcock bound over Arthur and several associates on similar charges with bonds set at 9000 to 2000. one jewel recovered from a soldier at Fort McPherson.
Beginning Monday McDaniel street cars route No 16 will run north on Whitehall to Mitchell west on Mitchell to Broad north on Broad to Alabama west to Forsyth south to Whitehall then by regular route. The change brings the line closer to the city center and affects daily travel.
Reuben Tibbs a 26 year old soldier at Camp Jessup is held at the police station charged with stabbing Mrs Evelyn Moore Ragan of 56 Adamson Street after a Lakewood dance. He allegedly accompanied her to the event intoxicated and attacked when her husband refused to escort her home. At Grady hospital her abdominal and arm wounds are described as painful but not serious. Tibbs will be tried before Recorder Johnson at 436 o'clock on June 25.
Washington June 4 Jules W Nicky Arnstein and four others were sentenced to two years in the federal penitentiary by Justice Siddons in the District of Columbia supreme court. They were convicted of conspiring to bring stolen securities into the District from New York in October 1919. Also fined were Isadore Nick Cahn of New York David W Sullivan Norman B Bowles and Wilen Westerdy.
Arraigned on disorderly conduct, M. W. Campbell of Greenville South Carolina and Mrs Sarah Ward of Greenville were released for lack of evidence. They had stayed in Leila Howard rooming house where Mrs Howard was shot by Mrs Campbell. Mrs Howard’s condition at Grady Hospital was said to be improving and she is expected to recover.
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