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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1911
Page
4
The Constitution daily and weekly edition details delivery options and rates for Atlanta and beyond. It notes Washington Bureau presence and distribution points in New York with travel representations listed. A string of editorial quips appears, lampooning headlines and politics while referencing Madero and the boll weevil with satirical asides.
The Jacksonville Times-Union protests Professor Marvin Banks's dismissal from the University of Florida for private opinions in periodicals. It argues public teachers must not be silenced, urges tolerance, and warns that banning dissent risks stifling progress and truth.
A critical column denounces repeated federal probes as sectional harassment against Southern business. It cites John Caspar of Jacksonville and other cases where juries or judges exposed trumped up fraud charges, arguing bureaucrats use public money to fuel investigations while punishing Southern reputations. The piece predicts renewed congressional scrutiny and calls out perceived personal vindictiveness behind the probes.
In Atlanta a push to fund a 50 000 capital stock for Fidelity Mutual Savings and Trust Company leaves 218 shares unsubscribed of 1000. A letter to organizer W Woods Warte describes a borrower’s struggle with a small loan and praises a bank aimed at ending loan shark practices, urging timely subscriptions.
A fragment praises a cooperative loan strategy as a strong business venture. It notes that adoption in other cities has blunted loan risk and yielded a handsome dividend, highlighting sustained stock returns and broader interest in the plan.
The Saturday Night Club has grown into a key force in Atlanta, shaping civic intelligence. Its reform enhances access to live local, state, and national issues, offering young men a path to mental agility and informed action. Increasing membership would further elevate city life.
Fragments evoke a rural Georgia voice with spectral imagery and a refrain Kiss Love goodnight. The speaker recalls fading roses, heaven and hell, and a wind figure named Hes' Win' bringing darkness. Strong dialect references and haunting cadence suggest a ballad like lament from a Southern vantage point.
A University of Florida professor, Banks, faced removal after a public article opposing slaveholding and supporting free discussion sparked a crossfire. The Independent argues that Florida teachers lose credibility when teaching views disbelieved by patrons, contrasting with Massachusetts debate and calling for Banks to resign. The piece notes administrators and patrons resisting such teaching and predicts ongoing controversy.
Washington April 33 Postmaster General Hitchcock announced a final auditor report showing the first six months of the fiscal year revenues reached 118 672 817 while expenditures stood at 118 614 680. He credited expansion of service rather than cuts, noting 3083 new post offices and 61280 miles of rural routes, with a staff rise of 274 workers and salary costs up 11 703 071 in two years.
The Aglaians Dramatic Club at Marist College hall presents Facing the Music as a benefit for the Atlanta Anti Tuberculosis Association. The Wealey Memories Sunday school orchestra provides music under Professor Charles Stanage. Notable cast members include Frances Schelling Emma Harding and Bertha Stimons with Thomas Wells and C H Robinson. Judge Littlejona formally validates Americus municipal bonds for street and water improvements totaling about 105000 dollars.
One of the oldest civic groups in Atlanta, the Saturday Night Club began March 11 189 and later reformed February 28 3910. It produced notable leaders such as A M Beck Bert Sims and H M Dorsey, hosting weekly debates on issues from vivisection to postal savings banks and city government. Members included lawyers, publishers, physicians, and accountants, with the New Saturday Night Club now a fixed Atlanta institution meeting Saturdays at 6 oclock in the Carnegie Library assembly hall.
Barnesville hosts the July convention on the 19th and 20th at the Barnesville auditorium as Georgia and the south unite behind a proposed State Chamber of Commerce. Prominent figures including Ben A. O Bacon and A Y Long endorse the move with widespread support from chambers and press.
By John Corrigan Jr Washington April 33 Special The sales of mineral waters of Georgia are rising per USGS data from thirteen springs. 1909 output value reached 399898 with salon at 783 166, up 135 968 gallons and 96 percent since 1903. Springs listed include Bowden Lithia Lithia Douglas Cobb Benscot Austell Catoosa Chalobeate Meriwether Union Point Green Daniel Milledgeville Milner Oglethorpe Macon Bibb Utoy Fulton Bibb Bibb.
Kibla Temple Lodge Xo 123 D. K Bb holds a business session at the Kiser building tonight to install and arrange preliminaries for a grand ceremonial session to be held in Atlanta May 1 during the Knights of Pythias grand lodge meeting. A parade and special ceremonial are planned with large participation from local knights and visiting notaries.
The Statesboro Methodist church launches its annual revival starting tomorrow, continuing up to a week or two. Dr T OD Hits of Wesley Monumental Church will lead morning and evening services, followed by Mr Dennis Rabator as conductor for ensuing meetings.
A wrecking engine in Girard ran through town damaging telegraph and telephone lines as a derrick boom tore down poles and wires crossing the curbs. The incident caused a house to be badly wrecked and several windows to be damaged.
The Kowle Railway passenger train plunged 250 feet into a gorge after the Rianmakrants bridge collapsed. Thirty two people were killed and many injured. A girl narrowly escaped when snagging a fork of the bridge, rescued by workers scaling girders to reach her.
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