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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1909
Page
5
A 1908 Atlanta based notice lists subscription rates and distribution points for The Constitution. It includes staff and bureau locations in New York and Washington, plus hotel delivery details and traveling reps. The piece interweaves political satire on tariffs and current events featuring Roosevelt Taft and other figures.
The Calhoun News discusses Hon. W. R. Rankin s tentative road law draft detailing a Georgia wide simplification of road statutes. It advocates centralized authority, efficient machinery for county level reform, and placing convicts on highways to boost southern road development. The piece notes Rankin s veteran public service and urges stronger enforcement and uniformity to realize cost effective modernization.
The piece reviews how The Wall Street Journal portrays the South as fiscally sound and self-reliant. It notes strong financial reserves, resilient banks, cautious regulation, steady manufacturing, and improved agricultural methods. The author urges guarding against demagoguery while leveraging regional strengths.
An editorial calls for civic education to fight indifference as tariff debates threaten everyday costs. It cites Atlanta merchants urging protectionist tariffs on gloves and hosiery not to be raised, arguing higher taxes harm consumers and foster shoddy interior industry. The piece stresses informed voters and proactive citizenry to safeguard personal and national interests.
The Constitution summarizes a National Civil Service Reform League inquiry into pernicious political activity by federal office holders. It highlights southern conditions as particularly reprehensible and notes party machinery wields power in nominations. The piece warns of corruption risks and urges congressional remedial measures regardless of party.
A prominent Atlanta club woman returning from a northern tour reports strong receptiveness to suffrage ideas among women in those regions. She notes leading reformers are welcomed with enthusiasm at meetings and is surprised by propaganda gaining traction in the southern states. The testimony highlights shifts in attitudes toward woman suffrage.
The piece weighs women's suffrage as a force reshaping law and governance. It contrasts English suffragettes with American efforts, notes Roosevelt's cautious stance, and suggests the nation will eventually confront the issue despite masculine resistance and fears of upheaval.
Fragmentary text riffs on Georgia themes with songs and revival hymn lines. Mentions tariff talk, April flowers, "Georgia Revival Song" and religious imagery of storms, solace, and the Promised Land, with garbled dialect and unclear context.
A collage of humorous verses, notes from rural correspondents, and a substantial essay from The Millen News on Georgia’s judiciary. It considers the court of appeals, the proliferation of city and county courts, and proposes uniform practice with quarterly superior court sessions to simplify law and reduce lower court costs.
A critic argues against Worcester psychic healing as dangerous and vague, while praising clear logic in Dr Witmer's challenge to the movement. The piece reviews H Addington Bruce on American expansion, and several contemporary fiction titles by Strickland Payne, Grace Luce Irwin, Lloyd Osbourne, Ellery H Clark, and Arthur Train, noting themes of virtue, romance, and social observations.
A National Civil Service Reform League summary reports undue political activity by federal officeholders. It cites Roosevelt's 1887 order banning competitive service staff from politics, notes high southern influence in the Republican convention, and urges broader classification, senate confirmation, and stronger enforcement to curb politicized officials nationwide.
The Landmark in Norfolk reports donations totaling one dollar from Elisabeth, Margaret, Katherine and RF Brawley Jr, children of Mr and Mrs BR V Brawley, as the first Statesville contributors to the Uncle Remus memorial fund. The Landmark will forward further voluntary child contributions to the fund if desired.
R W Davidson of Atlanta Ga offers a wager dated April 2 1908 challenging readers to prove that women who seek to abolish the Christmas tree have no idea at home. The unusual bet frames a local social controversy in a provocative notice.
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