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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1912
Page
9
A compact set of notices and rates for The Constitution newspaper. Includes postage and subscription rates, advertising and distribution details, notices to subscribers, and references to offices and bureaus in Atlanta New York and Chicago. Mentions agents, delivery terms and safety remarks amid broad 1912 context.
Representative McElreath indicts the state’s fiscal system as crippled by inadequate appropriations and revenue. He argues for tax equalization, timely teacher pay, and robust funding for schools and institutions, insisting the crisis requires courageous action by the people and legislature to avert bankruptcy.
Walter S. Coleman proposes naming a new Georgia county after General Joe Wheeler. The legislature carved the county from parts of Montgomery Dodge and Telfair, with Kent as initial sponsor. The Senate moved to substitute Wheeler, praising his Confederate and Spanish American War service. Kent supports the change, and the House is expected to concur. The piece argues county names honor deeds rather than monuments, reflecting Georgia’s naming tradition.
LaGrange Georgia chamber plans an August auto tour of four Georgia counties and two Alabama counties to showcase LaGrange merchants and spread neighbor knowledge. The initiative aims to boost commerce and foster fraternal statewide ties, urging other towns to imitate the program for broad dividends.
At a recent City Federation of Women's Clubs meeting, Mrs. Joseph Morgan led a resolution urging authorities to bar young girls from trials where evidence is salacious. The Grace case is cited as justification for action to protect youth.
The piece argues for stronger parental supervision of children, urging honesty and courage in addressing early warning signs at home to prevent social and physical diseases. It emphasizes prevention over cure and notes many lives could be saved by timely parental action.
Fragmentary text from Georgia era verses and stage skit. References to poverty government and corn as a life source. Contains dialect names and scattered phrases about life, faith, and moral themes.
County agreed to do all work and citizens offered 40000 for Ivy street. council street committee again fumbled the proposal causing further delay. Some citizens said 30000 to grade and repave Ivy street was in bank and could be drawn without interest. county would grade, remove old pavement, and build retaining walls. A motion deferred action until next Wednesday at 3 p.m.
Twenty candidates qualified for the state primary in Laurens County before entries closed. The slate includes candidates for county commissioners A J Weaver L C Beacham G T Beacham J C Wynn J J Spivey W B Coleman Mitchell Hancock. representative E R White Dr W B Taylor A E Boone. Dublin circuit judge K J Hawkins J B Burch. solicitor E J Stevens Wrightsville N J Carnwell Jeffersonville G H L Williams EB B Wimberly H P Howard. senator sixth twelfth district Pred Kea James L Keen. congressman Dudley M Hughes of Danville. Hughes will have no opposition. The county commissioner race resumes after a prior disqualification.
Americus, August 2. A package of fine steel saws addressed to white prisoner Jernigan, held on a horse stealing charge, was found by Jailer Fuller. Mailed from Chicago, the items could have aided escape and released others. Jernigan had recently hired then sold a livery team in Americus. Judge A Littlejohn named Edward Keher official stenographer for the southern judicial circuit succeeding the late Joan N. Keher.
In Dublin Georgia county jail a negro named Neil Wilson lost his left thumb first joint when the cell door swung shut on his hand. Garfield Carswell, a trusty, closed the cells and the accident left Wilson worried he could not roll cigarettes, but the county physician said the remainder would stay on his hand. He is held as a witness in an important case.
In Dublin Georgia a jury acquitted J Hill of murder in a case arising from an altercation over cotton on his plantation. They ruled the fatal blow with a hoe was in self defense, after several hours of deliberation. Jim Jackson was found guilty of murdering his wife and sentenced to life in prison. Ira Rivers, charged with …
Cleveland August 2 Sheriff Hirstins has begun advertising the sale of the furnishings in the Euclid Heights mansion of Patrick Calhoun street railway magnate to satisfy a judgment for 7910 dollars obtained against Calhoun by John Grant a contractor for building materials not paid for The sale will be held on the Calhoun property August 10 unless the court intervenes which it has twice refused to do.
W. S. Coleman of Atlanta argues the Georgia legislature should name one of the upcoming counties after Joseph Wheeler, born near Augusta, to honor his military service from the Civil War through the Spanish American War. He appeals to state pride and gratitude, urging swift action by the General Assembly.
Representative Walter McElreath of Fulton County defends state finances, contending that revenue cuts and lax enforcement, not high appropriations, cause deficits. He cites convict lease, liquor taxes, and pension costs, defends higher funding for sanitarium Milledgeville, state colleges, and common schools, and urges a stronger financial system and revenue measures.
The street committee of council approved Carl Witt's offer to fund remodeling his Peachtree and Harris corner store during the Peachtree widening project. Witt would be reimbursed the $7,500 estimated cost, with the finance committee asked to provide funds.
Lieutenant Arthur Gallogly of the U.S. Army has been transferred to Atlanta to lead the local recruiting station. He succeeds Lieutenant H. K. Venable, who will be stationed at Fort Slocum, N.Y. Gallogly is well known in Atlanta and will be warmly welcomed. The Atlanta office is one of the most important stations, recently enlarged, drawing a large monthly pool of recruits.
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