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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1909
Page
11
The issue lists postage rates for United States and Mexico and subscription terms, with a notice to subscribers and staff details. It includes shipping locations, bureau addresses, travel reps, and delivery options. The text also presents editorials and commentary about politics, tariffs, and current events of 1909.
The Atlanta Federation of Women's Clubs launches a citywide cleaning day with housewives and many men aiding the effort to clear debris and odors from yards. The Constitution lauds a clean city for health, credit, and efficiency, urging universal citizen cooperation to make the drive effective.
The department of agriculture releases advance proofs of the Thomas county soil survey by Bureau of Soils experts. It charts soil resources, guides settlement, and informs farming, with notes on watermelons sugar cane sorghum vegetables and tobacco potential, fertilization, and future county coverage.
The article argues for direct popular election of U S senators citing Wisconsin and Illinois as examples of flawed systems. It notes state legislatures have urged Congress to call a constitutional convention via two thirds of states and advocates writing popular election into the Constitution, with Georgia and others using primaries as a step.
The piece parodies Dr David Starr Jordan from the University of Chicago who warned Roosevelt would not return from Africa, now mocking him for predicting kiss throwing may become obsolete. It argues kissing and catching are natural arts inherent to youth and not needing instruction. It lightly critiques modern propriety and references sleeping sickness.
A critical note on Sir Edward Grey’s British naval policy speech in Parliament. The piece warns that continued naval arms race between Germany and Great Britain risks Europe’s future unless restraint prevails. It condemns draining public funds for perpetual expansion and urges prudent defense.
A critical assessment argues that Europe has limited excuse for wasteful expenditures while the United States, rich in naval power, enjoys defensive isolation. It highlights a massive federal deficit and rising domestic needs, warning that jingoism could threaten national bankruptcy and impede internal improvements.
A Georgia feature tale quotes a preacher noting no baptism today due to dangerous, hungry alligators seen after winter. The piece blends dialect humor and religious sentiment, with lines praising faith and weather, and a Brer Williams quote on cyclone luck.
An excerpted critique questions wealth bequests and gallery credit, arguing living generosity matters less than the act itself. It contrasts a noble act with the futility of money kept after death and cites a school story about Charles and astigmatism.
Andrew Smith 45 of 3 Wheeler Street Bellwood was called to his door early yesterday and seriously cut with a razor. He was taken to Grady Hospital in serious condition. Italian man Mike Mane was arrested nearby by County Officer Whitfield and Pope and jailed on a charge of assault with intent to murder.
Allen the man who ran into Mrs George Berry of 69 East Elma street with a motorcycle Saturday afternoon at 6 at the corner of Ivy and Edgewood was charged and the case placed in Patrolman Engilett’s hands for prosecution. The incident will be tried in police court likely this afternoon. Mrs Berry was only slightly hurt. Allen has several witnesses out of town and lives on Jones Avenue.
Jackson Miss April 6 H O Fry an inmate of the ingens hospital committed death by own action last night by hanging himself with strips torn from a blanket to the door in his ward He had been an inmate of the asylum only three weeks Fry was a farmer about 46 years of age and formerly lived within a mile of the asylum.
John Dennis a farmer from West Atlanta died after a self inflicted razor wound at J Barton’s residence. He died at Grady hospital about 10 16 o clock after being found Sunday morning and transported there. The body was released to undertaker Harry Poole as attempts to notify relatives continued.
Hart, a farmer near Haskell, Texas, shot his wife through the heart today, killing her instantly. He says he had just returned from a hunting trip and, while ejecting a shell from his gun, it discharged accidentally and struck his wife. He claims the gun went off while cleaning it.
In Austin on April 6 the Texas House rejected the uniform high license bill, adopting a $400 on Bauer and $100 on beer. A man hanged himself in a San Antonio hotel within thirty minutes of arriving in the city, with reports tying him to shipbuilding firms in Puget Sound.
An expected clash over port rates unfolds as Georgia manufacturers and railroads press for or against rate equivalence between ports and interior points. The dispute centers on cotton and interior goods, with jobbers urging reductions for port shipments and manufacturers seeking protection for inland production against eastern rivals. Governor Smith asked the railroad commission to review port rate discrimination, prompting a February 24 reply from Chairman McLendon outlining the cotton rate focus and urging a thorough, careful investigation.
In a police court trial yesterday afternoon William S Howell a painter of 23 Fulton Street faced charges of disorderly conduct after his wife testified he came home drunk and assaulted her in bed with his knees. The case was dismissed.
J L Bond of Kingsport Kentucky was held up at gunpoint on a highway near Nashville Tennessee and robbed of 2000 dollars. The men tied Bond to a tree in a woods nearby then fled. Bond freed himself and alerted Bristol for bloodhounds. No suspects identified yet.
Washington DC April 6 Rural route No 4 ordered established June 1 at Gretson Meriwether County serving eighty seven families Joannia HH Reeves appointed regular Henry M Coller rural earlier route No B at Chomastom
The park commission adopted a plan to remove the old Coliseum building and use sale proceeds to beautify Piedmont Park. Olmstead Brothers may visit to draft an improvement plan while bids from landscape artists are considered. The commission also sustained General Manager Dan Carey by seven to four after his discharge of a lecturer and political pressure claim.
Enrico Caruso appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York last Saturday, drawing an immense crowd and high praise. Victor Latermith of Atlanta, in New York for festival preparations, praised the tenor's voice and dramatic intensity, noting only twenty nine days until the festival opening. Mr Smith, involved in festival details, is expected home Tuesday.
Edward W McCerren, longtime special agent for the Springfield Fire and Marine Insurance Company in Springfield, Massachusetts, has been promoted to general agent for Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana with headquarters in Atlanta. He is well known in Atlanta and the Southeast and is regarded as an able and meritward businessman. He will remain in Atlanta.
Mrs Mary E Duncan of Norcross committed suicide by jumping into a well while family dined. She was 60, survived by husband W R Duncan, four daughters and two sons, four brothers and one sister. Long illness and mental distress noted. Funeral set for Mount Carmel Wednesday at 1am.
The Arkansas State Senate today passed a bill imposing a heavy penalty on persons drinking intoxicants on trains or station platforms in the state. The measure aims to curb railcar rowdiness and disrupt behavior on board and at depots.
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