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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1910
Page
5
A montage of comments from Atlanta readers on national affairs and Georgia issues. Mentions Crippen and Maybrick cases, arbitration in Georgia, Crumpacker, Ballinger, Rockefeller, and Wright airplanes. Notes on constitutional amendments, automobile tourism, and the Round Georgia good roads circuit as drivers of state pride and wealth.
Atlanta plans ornamental illumination for the Sovereign Grand Lodge Odd Fellows meeting from the 19th to the 24th. The entertainment committee urges quick council consent to install a permanent Great White Way along Peachtree from Terminal Station to Ellis Street, funded by property owners and city lights. The project aims to boost publicity and business, with expected maintenance by the city after installation.
Herbert Myrick of The American Agriculturist forecasts unprecedented fall and new year prosperity for the United States as European crop declines boost demand for American goods. He says rising prices and export demand will drive a large home market, especially benefiting the South through higher cotton prices and foreign sales. Immigration shifts southward to support regional development and railroad growth.
The Baltimore American reflects on Grand Army of the Republic plans to honor Civil War heroines and praises the quiet courage of women on both sides. It notes wives and mothers sustained families, supported soldiers, and kept homes under blockade, highlighting southern hardship and steadfast sacrifice alongside northern endurance.
Patrons at parks and public resorts in the east join the U S army custom by briefly saluting when the band performs America the national anthem. The practice echoes the ceremonial respect seen at American posts as the music unfolds.
Officers uncover and place their hats over their hearts as a graceful tribute to patriotism at band concerts. The practice would be a fitting custom at Grant Park and similar resorts in Atlanta when the national hymn ends, requiring little effort but offering a meaningful salute.
A Georgia entrepreneur starts a 10 000 acre fig farm in Tift county aiming for home and export markets and a large fortune. With rising fig popularity, the venture suggests widespread small orchard potential across south and middle Georgia, offering low costs and reliable profits compared with other crops.
Managers for the Grand and Orpheum will be chosen soon as Klaw & Erlanger and the Shuberts contest for control. Openings loom after Labor Day with Forsyth, Lyric, and other venues set to start, while Forsyth and Lyric plan a Labor Day matinee and a bustling booking slate across several cities.
The narrator recalls Jacques tracking fifty years of trails while chasing a dream of a hidden lake. He says goodbye to McFarlane and meets a bridegroom in New York who recounts sightseeing with his bride. The piece blends travel memory with comic glimpses of urban life and a puzzling search.
A tall man and a young woman, seen in the lobby of a Fifth Avenue hotel, entered a taxi together with the man guiding the woman into the vehicle. The hotel manager remarked the couple appeared newlyweds on their first New York visit, while noting banks tighten verification procedures.
Representative Brown of Murray and Judge W R Jones of Meriwether are highlighted as stalwart, hardworking lawmakers. Brown backs education and school bills, while Jones, chairman of appropriations, balanced state revenue with funding, with reelection prospects strong for both in their counties.
Athens Ga August 7 special the sixty fourth anniversary of the Georgia State Agricultural Society will be observed at the convention to be held here Wednesday and Thursday. The program includes welcomes by Mayor H J Rowe University chancellor D G Barrow and others with addresses on law farm and rural matters. Evening speakers include Judge H Callaway and S C Branson. Second day features extension department plans and rural community building remarks.
The Commercial Appeal reports Texas cotton suffered from a dry week with little rain, open bolls and premature opening in southern Texas. Oklahoma rains improved prospects, while other belt regions showed slight gains as plants began to form squares and boll development. Frost dates will influence final yields.
North Carolina presented evidence in the U S Supreme Court case over the boundary with Tennessee. A 1821 map by state commissioners, lost 1861 to 1908, was offered as proof. Previous Taft-era decision favorable to private land claims within the disputed lines is noted, with judges Lurton and Day cited.
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