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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1909
Page
7
President Massee of the Central Georgia Power Company invites Atlanta business leaders to a barbecue at the Butts county power plant next Saturday. The event signals possible relocation of company interests from Macon to Atlanta, with clashes between Macon officials and the firm likely influencing future power output and local consumer benefits.
Washington June 28 A joint resolution proposing an income tax amendment to the constitution was reported to the Senate by Mr Aldrich from the finance committee and ordered printed and laid on the table The proposed amendment would grant Congress power to levy taxes on incomes from any source without apportionment among the states or regard to census or enumeration.
President W Jordan Massee of the Macon Railway and Light Company says the fight was to save the company and his property from ruin. He notes the city would have spent about 150000 on bonds plus 160000 existing funds, and that officials initially promised installments but later refused. Massee insists the move was a right for existence and cites internal pressure from directors to borrow in New York, while distancing John Moors from the effort.
Philadelphia and Reading Railway announces passenger fare hike from 2 to 2 1/4 cents per mile on all one way tickets. Increase takes effect July 2 after supreme and common pleas court rulings deem the 2 cent a mile rate law unconstitutional.
A brief note highlights K KE K Flour being adopted for home baking and kitchen use, emphasizing purity and quality for domestic cooking. The item signals a push toward reliable flour options for households and local bakers.
The Georgia House upheld Marion Dickson’s seat from Ben Hill County after a long dispute. The majority report supported seating, while a minority argued the election occurred before the constitutional amendment's adoption. The body ruled it final, with the decision framed by the House as the judge of its own elections.
A parliamentary debate centered on whether Mr Dickson should be seated and the legality of the election. Mr Anderson argued against a technicality while affirming Mr Hill's right to representation. The committee report was adopted by 145 votes to 15.
Very low rates to Richmond and return via Seaboard call 88 Peachtree Street. Inquire at 100 phones.
A. Wright of Greensboro, agent for Virginia Life Insurance, accidentally shot and killed himself today while squirrel hunting near his mother’s Ramseur home. He tripped over a fence hammer causing the shotgun to discharge, the full load striking him. relatives on the porch heard the shot and found him dead.
A note alleges that children become fat and lazy after consuming K K K Flour. Officials and health advocates question the claim, urging caution about biased or misleading statements in promotional material.
An old advertisement explains digestion as chemical food dissolution by gastric juice. It claims Daniel Water supplies alkali, cleanses gastric glands, and liquefies food to aid nourishment, reducing indigestion and symptoms like nervousness and heartburn. Sold for 10 cents by Daniel Mineral Water Co. Point, Ga.
At a Western of Georgia Railway directors meeting in Newnan the contract for surveying and construction of the proposed road was awarded to Ka T. McCord & Co of New York. Work to begin within ten days with actual construction within thirty days of surveying. The line will run from near Aberdeen on the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlanta railroad via Newnan to Franklin in Heard County, about thirty miles long.
One million feet of dressed lumber from Pensacola to the Bay of Biscayne aboard the Spanish bark Carvajal. The material will be used in constructing a summer palace for the King of Spain. Shipments to depart within three weeks, sold by a Spanish broker to a manufacturing firm for a special grade. The cargo is described as the most valuable of its kind ever to leave a gulf port.
Philadelphia on June 28 reports State Senator Israel W Durham a leading Republican figure died suddenly at his Atlantic City summer residence after years of illness.
In Columbus Georgia on June 28 Spevian Lee Grantree an eighteen year old Black worker was fatally injured when his head became caught in a freight elevator at Hagie and Phenix Mills. He had repeatedly used the elevator despite warnings he had no business there and died from suffocation. A separate fire at Gulfport Yacht Club destroyed the pavilion valued around thirty thousand dollars.
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