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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1912
Page
20
W Finley president Southern Railway urges county fairs as powerful education for farmers. fairs should prioritize education, with lectures on agriculture horitculture livestock and dairying. emphasis on increasing yields per acre through better crop rotation soil fertility and livestock management.
Fort Valley Ga August 10 The state Sunday school convention of the Congregational Methodist Episcopal church will be held in Ushers Temple from August 20 to 26. Four hundred superintendents are expected and each Sunday school will send two delegates one boy and one girl. One thousand Sunday school workers are expected to attend to learn methods of Bible study teaching and conducting Sunday schools. Dr B H M Hamill will be present. The meeting promises an intellectual feast for ministers superintendents teachers and Sunday school workers across Georgia. The highest reporter will win Sunday school lessons for 1913 and the next will receive six months’ lessons.
A nostalgic Chicago Post note blends a graduation reverie with a county fair call to action. It contrasts a new graduate’s hopeful future with enduring rural education needs and urges placards detailing exhibit production to boost learning and a yearly southeastern state county fair.
A dense 19th century catalog excerpt reviews books on world history and civilization. It lists contributors and expected scope, noting pictures and diagrams, with praise from Mary Boyle O'Reilly. It covers Sienkiewicz’s desert tale and several literary works, including Craddock stories and others, naming publishers and authors.
Milledgeville Baldwin county plans a two day Sunday school convention, August 22 and 23, with support pledged from local workers. The event mirrors statewide efforts under the State Sunday School Association to aid teachers and workers. D W Sims of the state association will participate, joining Houghton Mifflin essayists in sessions and discussions at Pleasant Grove and Milledgeville.
A report notes a surge in murders in large cities with Naples showing increases. Rome records at least 150 killings in ten days. The minister of justice prepares a bill to restore the death penalty amid the grim rise.
Total income actually received during the first six months of 1913 shows receipts of $749,298.34. Expenditures during the first six months are itemized in cash, with the greatest single risk amount insured noted.
The Sixteenth Biennial Movable Committee of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows plans a week long program in Atlanta September 9 to 14 1912. Delegates will spend at least 100000 with local merchants and business leaders while city officials and notable Atlantans welcome the visitors. Events include a biennial address by Harry S Cummings and a Tuskegee band concert, a free auditorium entertainment, a large parade with 10000 Odd Fellows, and a grand ball at the auditorium Taft hall. The arrangements committee seeks additional local support to raise the 10000 needed for Atlanta style hospitality.
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