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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1912
Page
5
A miscellaneous 1909 style page notes THE CONSTITUTION newspaper on sale in New York City at Hewling's Newsstands with address details. It mocks politics and society with quips about Christmas, presidents, and public figures, while warnings about payments to distant dealers appear.
A Milwaukee forum of the National Municipal League and National Civil Service Reform League urged that city departments be staffed for competence rather than party ties. The idea, echoed by Asa G. Candler, argues for professional management to build future capacity and reduce partisan friction. The piece suggests American cities will eventually adopt a German style of professional municipal operation to address urban problems.
Commercial travelers and Georgia residents await the Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into mileage book regulations affecting all railroads east of the Mississippi and south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers. Railroads have until December 20 to respond, with a far reaching hearing expected to clarity long standing inequalities.
Georgia shows a healthy interdenominational push for higher education. Baptist and Presbyterian communities in Carrollton LaGrange and Griffin contributed notable sums per member to Shorter and Oglethorpe, while Atlanta Augusta and Washington vie for St Josephs Academy for Girls after a fire. The pattern reflects broad statewide support for specialized training across faiths and towns.
An editorial lauds the National Rivers and Harbors congress for pressing federal funding for highways alongside waterways. It argues highways boost living costs, rural development, and prosperity, urging a dollar-for-dollar federal split with rivers and harbors and noting current measures are only a token step. The piece calls for broader action by farmers merchants and landowners to accelerate nationwide highway construction.
Readable verses depict a noisy Christmas scene in Georgia with jingling money, crowds, and a mock hold up. Subtexts critique trusts and commerce as holiday strain grows. Suburban life is sketched by Billville notes, dances, and homegrown tales of festive worries.
Mrs Octavia Arnold Draughn died at St Josephs infirmary Saturday night at 11 20 o clock. Survived by husband J C Draughn two daughters Mrs W J Costephens Resaca and Mrs Walter Camp St Katharines Canada one son Arnold Craughn Monroe one grandson Creighton Costephens and three nephews K J W and Jackson Arnold Monroe Ga. Her father Jesse H Arnold an early Walton County settler, a lineal descendant of Daniel and Nancy Jackson of revolutionary fame. Body to Barclay Brandon chapel and to Monroe this morning for funeral at Methodist church led by Rev Stokes Walker and Rev W R Hendrix. Interment at the old family burial ground of the Amphis in Monroe. Lived in Atlanta twenty five years with hundreds of friends across the state.
Mrs Mary Frances McDaniel died Sunday at age 68 at her home 117 DeKalb avenue in Atlanta. She leaves a daughter Mrs E H Carrol and a son Ss E McDaniel with several nieces and nephews and three grandchildren Evelyn Eli and Gordon Carrol. The body will be taken to Luxomini Georgia Tuesday morning for final rites and interment at Sweetwater church.
Dr Dumar Ogden spoke at Central Presbyterian Church on Sunday about the wrath within divine love. He described righteous anger as a silent holy force that disciplines sin and protects sacred institutions, warning that defiance of truth invites divine judgment.
C D Knight chairman of the Auditorium committee asks the council to buy three of four brass chandeliers installed for the gas show at a cost of 2000 dollars. He also plans to press negotiations with General Gas Light Co Kalamazoo for white way posts and street lighting equipment on Gilmer and Courtland streets. Inspector McMichael supports a purchase if price is reasonable, estimating under 80 dollars per white way post and lamp. The committee will report after meeting with Knight, likely this week, while FE Brewer agrees to keep the chandeliers in the building.
John H. Carter former president of the American National Bank of Asheville North Carolina denies embezzlement allegations from Greensboro saying the case stems from malice and relates to an excess line of accommodation to a corporation in which he held stock. He notes no unsettled items for three years and remains in Asheville while assisting in Oklahoma bank trust company plans.
Washington announces Captain Roald Amundsen, famed South Pole explorer, will attend the National Geographic Society banquet on January 11 with Rear Admiral Robert Peary as toastmaster. This marks the first joint meeting of the two explorers, both noted National Geographic gold medalists for polar feats.
Tampa December 8. Secretary Alexander Johnson of the National Association of Charities and Correction says prison terms are too long and treatment often reinforces crime. He cites experience as Indiana prison inspector that honor systems and humane methods reform more than punishment. He favors open farms for the insane and urges state cooperation in caring for wayward youth and the insane.
Color Line on Trolley, Dallas, Tex., December 8. Virgil Tucker, a Black man, was shot and killed in a clash with police on a street car after his two companions Cal Norris and an unidentified Black man refused to vacate white reserved seats and attacked officers with knives.
Citizens form committee to push regrading and repaving of West Peachtree Street. City plans consider a 1913 appropriation with an executive panel led by Judge Spencer R. Atkinson to deliver a full report by January first to guide the new council.
The 1912 correspondence from Southern Farming of Atlanta praises The Constitution editorial Taft as a great American and lauds the Southern stance against sectionalism. The magazine urges unity in the Greater South to promote farming, manufacturing, health, education, and civilization.
A joint address at First Congregational Church colored last night featured Rev. H H Proctor and Rev. A F Owen on The Young Man and the Community. They argued the community owes young men remunerative work healthful recreation and mental moral and spiritual culture fostered by the Y M C A. They urged building a facility to offer self development for colored youths and stressed service and character as duties to church race and community. The speakers warned the future of the colored race lies with the young men and will be shaped by their actions.
In the Eighth District Corn club contest Hart county won the banner with fifty boys and fifty exhibits. Prizes of 26, 12, 5, and 4 dollars donated by Congressman Tribble were awarded to Ed Wellborn Morgan county 161 bushels per acre Corbet Sims Oconee county 134 bushels John G Cobo Oconee county 1 bushel and John Hancock Clarke 18 bushels. The average yield per acre among district entrants exceeded 50 bushels.
Calder weather sent a cold wave after rain, reviving memories of forgotten coats. Sunday’s weather matched the local forecast for cold and clearing, though night brought sleet and rain again. The weatherman will issue a new forecast for the next twenty four hours and the week.
Norfolk Va December 8 after badly damaging the ram Katahdin when she opened fire at a target erected on the deck of the old ship in Chesapeake bay the monitor Tallahassee returned to Norfolk today. The target made of a new armor plate was shaped like a torrent. Several chickens and gaucks were imprisoned in the turret and some were found alive after the shooting. One shell from the Tallahassee tore a hole in the deck of the old ram. She will be towed back to the Norfolk navy yard by tug.
Washington December 4 Great Britain and the United States have agreed on the tribunal for arbitration of pecuniary claims under the special agreement. Sir Charles Fitzpatrick will represent Great Britain and Candler P. Anderson will represent the United States. A third umpire will be named later. The chief counsels are Cecil J. B. Hurst for Britain and Severo Mallet-Prevost for the United States assisted by Edmund L. Newcombe and Robert Lansing respectively. About 4 000 090 dollars in claims are listed with a supplemental schedule likely before the tribunal meets. The first session is planned for Washington next spring.
Richmond, Va December 8 Fit Morton arrested near Charlotte courthouse charged with shooting a policeman. He was rushed to Richmond to prevent a lynching after a pursuit with bloodhounds. Monroe Jackerson town sergeant wounded last Tuesday. Prisoner moved to the county jail then to Richmond for protection as Governor Mann condemned mob law.
Athens Ga December Special Application filed with the secretary of state for a charter to form the Georgia Interstate Railroad Company with capital stock of 600000. Petitioners are Danielaville men in Madison county including G O Griffeth L B Greene D A Moseley B T Moseley Su Borges T A Grimes N C Bullock J Gordon W D Golston R Bullock B C Griffeth and I T Baker. Road length listed as 14 to 1006 miles from Comer Colbert or Carlton through Danielsville toward Lexington Washington Danburg Lincoln ton Appling or Evans and on to Augusta as may be chosen.
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