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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1912
Page
9
A collage of skeins from headlines and jokes features Georgia politics and society notes. It mentions Grace and Colonel’s language, Nobel prizes, tariffs, and local figures like Gov. Hobson and Dr. Wiley, with quips about fishing, photographs, and daily newspaper routines.
The author accuses Mr. Alexander of using the Tippins temperance bill to advance personal political goals. It claims he blocked referenda, denying citizens a direct vote, to keep the measure from affecting the gubernatorial contest and to preserve his own political leverage. Alexander allegedly opposed the referendum to protect his ambitions.
The Georgia senate has passed the county unit plan as the permanent method to elect statehouse officers in primaries. The house must act, or risk public backlash as voters hold representatives to account for preserving constitutional rights of country counties and rejecting partisan abrogation.
Report from The Constitution notes that after six weeks three canneries produced over one million cans, employing 200 workers. The peach belt expects similar results elsewhere as the canning industry expands. The season boosted both fresh fruit shipments and by product canning, saving value and diversifying Georgia’s revenue. Corn and tomatoes are already being canned in parts of the state, signaling a promising food-processing era.
A voices text laments the lure of quick cash in a world of unequal opportunity and the hunt for an easy path. It contrasts the supposed easy gains with spiritual warnings and social racism, referencing the "Great White Way" and the lack of a parallel "Great Black Way" amid a tense race discourse. The piece invokes biblical imagery and preacher dialogue to critique economic desperation and social injustice.
Will Herford of West Point Ga laments the Tallapoosa Ga treatment of socialist speaker Mrs Kate Richards O Hara calling it cowardly. He notes O Hara a seasoned journalist and activist who faced hostility rather than orderly discourse and defends free speech and civic chivalry in a national context.
F Sam Morton of Muskogee Oklahoma has secured an option on the famous war museum on Lookout Mountain for fifty thousand dollars. He plans to raise the amount by popular subscription with an additional twenty five thousand dollars to build a suitable structure and present it to the Daughters of the Confederacy.
Opelousas Louisiana August 1 A HB Gar land state representative and a relation of H Garland Dupre has been missing since the legislature adjourned in Baton Rouge July 12 He left the capital that day presumably for home and has not been heard from since His family is at a loss to account for his absence
John Thompson lies in a Pennsylvania hospital with nine longitudinal sutures in his heart after a stab wound. Surgeons believe he will recover. An ambiguous note mentions Tuesday activities and a race event.
The resolution to trade the governor mansion for the Peters estate on Peachtree Street with $100,600 cash faced opposition and was referred to the public property committee without action. Governor Brown’s appointments were confirmed, bill passages included numerous city and county charter changes across multiple counties.
Bign., JR. and Blackburn, noted lawyer, announce Candidacy for the House of Representatives from Fulton after paying entrance fee Thursday. Blackburn cites definite conclusion to run and brings substantial legislative experience from prior service.
Robt. B. Blackburn announces candidacy for the Fulton County legislature replying to citizen request. He pledges to advance measures benefiting the county and to support rural road provisions and other notable acts associated with his name if elected.
The bill by Mr. Stubba of Putnam allowing females to hold notary public office passed the house without opposition and was reported favorably by the general judiciary committee of the senate Thursday. Senator Beauchamp’s bill to admit only indigent consumptives at Alto State Sanitarium with no charges was indefinitely tabled by the hygiene committee amid objections that the institution risks becoming a competitive enterprise rather than purely eleemosynary.
Washington August 1 Senator Bacon pressed Secretary Nuge at the commerce and labor department in behalf of Woo Jung Foo a Chinese immigrant facing deportation. Foo born in Augusta Ga to a white mother and a Chinese father was taken to China at age five and recently jailed in Detroit as he sought to re enter the U S. Bacon argued Foo has many Augusta friends and is not a public charge, asserting he is entitled to American rights. The case was taken under advisement. Temporary relief for government bankruptcy was granted by congress through an emergency appropriation to carry appropriations forward for another half month. By August 15 annual bills are expected to pass.
Shellman Ga August 1 Special The first bale of cotton this season was sold here by Helm Bros farming five miles south of Shellman It weighed 389 pounds and brought 30 cents per pound Also noted are mentions of archery park lane abolition in Savannah and various house bills affecting schools taxation and city interests across Carrollton Berlin Salt Springs Douglas Rome Monticello and Worth counties in Georgia.
Mrs Bethune attends state reformatory hearing as Colonel Bethune and prison commission clash over charges. Captain Wiley Williams and Chairman Davison dispute details while probe seeks whether the commission erred in dismissing Bethune and whether proper procedures were followed. Next report expected Monday at 3 p.m.
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