Atlanta must fight rail rate hikes to protect south
An Atlanta editorial urges united resistance to the proposed freight rate increases imposed via the interstate commerce commission. It denounces the plan as confiscation and calls on Atlanta and Fulton county to mobilize senators and representatives, seeking support to avert the policy before January 1. The piece faults railroads for delaying protest and stresses the need to keep Atlanta on the map as a thriving center. It also argues for swift action on the university high school project, urging a new site if Piedmont Park becomes blocked and urging all of Atlanta to proceed without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southeast
8. G. McLendon
State Railroad Commission
McLendon
Commission
Justice of
Brooks Morgan
Southeastern Railroads
Railroads
Interstate Commerce
Fulton County
University High School
Piedmont Park
University High
Boys in the Trenches and the Young Soldiers’ Cost
A war correspondence from the western front laments the use of boys still in school as soldiers from Europe’s devastated lands. The Boston Globe notes about 490,000 teenage volunteers, their sacrifice shaping a hurt nation’s fate as modern warfare accelerates, while Allies debate in the Balkans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Boston Globe
Europe
France
Weather and verse notes from a Tidewater miscellany
A fragment from a Northern Georgia page features verses and notes on weather pronouncements by a meteorologist, humorous quotes about Adam and Eve, Don Marquis book notices, Christmas cheer lyrics, and social remarks about local preachers and poets. The piece blends poetry, humor, and literary notices with scattered name drops and city references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bow Marquis
Don Marquis
Harper & Brothers
New York
The
Sun Dial
Tiiola
Mr. Marquis
Chris
A Plan for a Georgia Regiment and National Reserve
The speaker proposes a national defense plan built on state patriotism. It assigns permanent federal army units to states with two years active service followed by four years in state reserves, plus a small monthly stipend. Georgia would host the Twentieth Georgia infantry and its coast artillery, with training schools and local recruitment to foster esprit de corps and ease homefront support. The scheme aims for rapid mobilization and broader national security while reducing current costs and political posting woes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil Sam Sedley Howard
Calleor
National Reserve Army
Georgia
Coast Artillery
Georgia ‘Reserves
Twentieth
Georgia Infantry
Fort McPherson
Georgia Coast Artillery
Chambers of Commerce
Spirit of
Iothers
Infantry
Saatd
National Guard
Twentieth Georgia Infantry
New York
Farma
Atlanta
New England
Quartermaster
Ordnance
Aam
Rail rate reforms discussed by Atlanta editor in 1915 letter
A Wickersham signing as President of Atlanta and West Point and Western Railway writes that proposed long and short haul rate changes are deep and sweeping. He notes public scrutiny is needed, cites Interstate Commerce Commission actions, and argues for balanced adjustments to avoid railroads’ collapse while preventing regional discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Raymond
Campbellton
Campbell
Rank Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Wisstor
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Allants Freight Bureau
Savk
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlanta
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Themnelven
Southeast
Particu
Adtmxon
Fuller EL Callaway
Carrollton
William C. Adamson
Congressional House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Dublin
Intercommerce Commission
Ciliex
New York
Rostan
A. Wickersham
West Point
Western Stairway
Infant Specialist Joins Atlanta Practice After New York Training
Dr. McAuley, a Johns Hopkins medical grad 1911, locates in Atlanta suite for 2 Ture building after fifteen months at the Baby's hospital in New York with Dr. Fomett Holt. Native of Chester, D. C., he studied infant diseases and feeding, choosing the South for better opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. George McAliley
Baby's Hospital
New York
Fomett Holt
Atlanta
le, McAuley
Medical Department
Johns Hopkins
Rhode Island General Hospital
Providence
Chester
D. C
Atlante
Peace Our World Mission and the peace doctrine debate
The letter notes editorials on My Brother's Keeper and argues against militarism while endorsing national defense. It questions universal readiness and stresses that peace requires binding principles, urging restraint and a broader message of peace from the Delta States Mercantile Georgia Peace Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auty
Ares
President Wilson
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Standard Southern
Rie Weekly
Clark Howell
Roby Roptnaon
Abert Howell, Jr
Z R. Black
HW. Grady
Telenhone Main
United States
Mexico
Uae
Ren
Dauy
Buuday
Ura- Weekly
Curler
Allanta
Uulside
Joe Hulsay
Constitution Bilding
Umneges Fur
Quigida
Washington
Street N. W
Jono Corri
Cty
Broadway
Deziers
Balkans
Greece
Dee
Thadreravane
Turkey
Georgianett L. Seman
Grace
Columbus Enquirer-Son
Adam
Bob Gonzales
Columbia
Adus
Eve
Clio Harper
Parson
Tillville
Grouchtown
Cong
Judd Lewis
Huerta
Carranza
Miey
Wickersham
Coast’ Artillery
Loess Vee
Emmett Holt
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