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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
7
In a snappy Washington era flavor the piece chides congress and politicians for holiday fuss, weather whims, and party ghosts. It lampoons Taft funds, Carnegie peace talks, Hetty Green’s onions, and a newspaper man entering the legislature, framing Christmas as civic theater amid Georgian style satire.
A critical critique of city council corruption praising the repeal of a dirt ordinance to favor contractor members. It details a councilman, also a contractor, fined for violations, and how the council erased the rule to shield him. Sanitary chief powerless, mudholes form on Marietta and Walton streets, citizens protest to Mayor and The Constitution. The piece argues for cows roaming streets and repealing ordinances that inconvenience members, ending with a call for “Members first. The city afterward.”
A Lexington dispatch reports James R. Keene’s stallion Peter Pan sold for 100000 to George Gould. The horse may head to France for racing and breeding, highlighting waning American racing and the consequent shift of thoroughbred stock to Europe. The piece argues racing ban pressures threaten the breed’s commercial future despite broad interest in preserving stock for utilitarian uses.
The Constitution previews a protest by mail carrying railroads led by Charles A. Wickersham of the Atlanta and West Point and Western Railway of Alabama against a Post Office Department plan to cut payments for mail transport. A congressional investigation is urged to test efficiency and curb misdirection, with calls for a thorough house-cleaning in the incoming administration.
A rustic collection of dialect poetry and Christmas vignettes celebrating the sweet feller of the Christmas, Uncle Witlama proverbs, and reflections on holiday cheer. Includes playful lines about Santa, reindeer, and toys, plus advice on joy, charity, and the changing seasons with regional touches and moral musings.
Flovilla Ga December 5 A young boy Frank Gunnels was caught at 6 o clock this morning rifling mail boxes by the postmaster and detectives He will be turned over to the United States marshal for action Public notice of a crime by a minor in Flovilla Georgia
Auburn Alabama December 5 Special news reached here of the sudden death in Asheville North Carolina of Professor P F Williams head of the department of horticulture at Auburn and state horticulturist. The remains will be brought to Auburn and the funeral service will be held at the Baptist church Friday afternoon. All college exercises will be suspended in his memory. Williams a Massachusetts native and graduate made notable contributions to citrus fruits pecans and general gardening. his genod grounds bulletin drew wide notice and a national demand for pecan publications. He was a Mason member of Kappa Sigma and secretary of the Alabama horticultural society and the National Nut Growers association.
In Moultrie Georgia on December 5 a large crowd attended the annual sermon by Rev A L Sampson as the Georgia conference of the AMA EL church debated district changes. The fiery meeting ended with a vote to form two new districts and a commission to create a sixth annual conference bringing three districts from southwest and Macon conferences into the new structure.
Albany Ga December 5 Special The city council votes to abandon the Broad street artesian well at Broad and Jefferson streets once a landmark and a symbol of early southern artesian water. The well has not flowed for years due to faulty casing though it helped banish malaria locally.
Cordele Georgia December 5 Special Chile Thompson a lineman for Citizens Electric Light and Power died after a 40 foot fall when an electric pole broke at the ground He was secured by a lineman belt and crushed beneath the pole Sustained a crushed thigh facial wound and a slight skull fracture He had married during the state fair in Macon and was formerly a Cordele fireman.
Albany Ga December 6 Special Miss Margaret M Angland who has led Phoebe Putney Memorial hospital since its opening two years ago tendered her resignation to the board of control to take effect January 1 She said friction between the superintendent and medical staff made her retire in the interest of harmony and the hospital has made a splendid record under her administration.
Fitzgerald Ga December local election race pits wets against drys with four candidates for justice of the peace W R Paulk W B Moore C B Teal and T R Luke. Constable and several city offices also draw multiple candidates ahead of December 17 vote.
In Cordele Georgia on December 5 eight people from three families fell ill after eating five cents worth of souse meat. Ptomaine poisoning prompted immediate medical treatment from several physicians and saved the Poole family and others from a critical condition.
Nashville Ga December report says William Knight the bailiff who shot and killed John Studstitl was bound over to the superior court for voluntary manslaughter after a preliminary hearing. Lester Knight was acquitted on charges of being an accessory.
Charles A. Wickersham leads a committee of major rail executives representing 92 percent of U S mail routes in opposing a Post Office plan to sharply cut compensation for mail transport. They argue the current method undervalues service and would worsen pay as parcels post expands.
West Peachtree improvement group plans regrading and repaving to ease traffic from Harris Street to downtown. Judge Spencer R. Atkinson to preside at 8 pm in the Piedmont Hotel assembly room. The effort argues West Peachtree is shorter and will become a prime north route and a beautiful southern boulevard.
Smoke Board, in a resolution at the last meeting, will likely reject Fulton County's request for a permit to install cast iron sectional boilers in the $431,000,000 courthouse. The $40,000 heating system contract faces unchanged scrutiny as Inspector McMichael pushes for smokeless coal and higher pressure furnaces to cut smoke and soot.
An examining board reports J Edward Brazzell must die January 3 1913 for the 1914 murder of Carrie Bell Duncan a 15 year old girl in Angolala The governor granted a respite pending legal opinion that Brazzell has lost his mind since conviction The southeastern Labor Congress will hold its first meeting next Monday in the legislative hall of the state capital to press reforms including repealing anti labor laws Delegates from multiple states will attend with speakers from labor organizations and editors The event aims to boost working conditions for women and children Network of labor groups organizes the gathering
Batonton Ga December 6 Special United States marshals arrived today and work the Willard robbery where robbers sawn iron bars to windows in the Howard and Rainey store looted cash drawer took merchandise and carried off an iron safe with money and post office funds belonging to J Howard postmaster. Men and dogs were sent to the scene but no clue found. Loss about 400 dollars contained in the unopened safe.
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