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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1915
Page
9
The weekly financial extract from Dan’s report, published yesterday, calls the wartime era the most sanely encouraging since the conflict began. It notes wheat prices soaring on world demand, enriching western agriculture and boosting national prosperity, while cotton gains ease southern gloom and offer fertile ground for diversification and cash crop value.
A veteran Atlanta theater manager argues that entertainment persists despite economic strain. He notes Atlanta remains less affected than New York, audiences keep patronizing shows, and the habit of recreation curbs harsher social ills. The piece frames theater as education and progress rather than vice.
Fragmentary note discusses creational force and influence, optimism, and how ancient Greek masters might view twentieth century drama and its many forms, reflecting on evolution and interpretation across time.
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes a comeback for oxen as draft power despite modern tractors. It cites Georgia regions with rough terrain where ox teams excel, especially in logging and swamp areas, where mules and horses struggle. The piece argues ox endurance remains valuable where roads and grades hinder faster machines.
A bill proposes federal censorship of moving pictures amid criticism of a national New York board and warnings against bungling guardians of cinema. The piece notes the industry’s growth, cultural value, wartime topics, and economics, urging careful legislative scrutiny rather than overreach.
Victor Starbuck sings of "The Poet" in Poetry magazine describing the poet as earth's mountebank and prophet. The verse praises loves denied and unachieved aspirations while noting the poet bears men's sorrows and is crucified.
A collage of verses and commentary references seasonal weather, spring imagery, and regional humor. Mentions Georgia sunshine, Mister Rainy Day, Mister Jacky Frost, and local writers like Judith Mortimer Lewis. Includes dialect quotes about dancing, springtime, and a Campbell County Mes senger writer Jack Raymond.
The article notes mixed signals from markets as cotton and grain move strongly, while German submarines threaten foreign trade and exchange volatility. It highlights Morgan's cautious view that unrest will lessen as conditions improve, contrasts Stotesbury’s pessimism, and describes how cotton and grain surges reflect shifts in global demand, with U.S. exports to Europe rising and long bond issues moving to public sale amid banking activity.
George Fitch surveys the Erie system from Hoboken to Chicago noting its lean main line, key branches to Cleveland Buffalo Jersey City Newark and Cincinnati, its vast debt and lack of dividends since 1908, while praising its double tracked route and steady if costly expansion amid financier moves by Morgan.
Editorial argues European war will bring global changes, boosting southern United States prosperity and demanding strong Christian education. It highlights Atlanta efforts to revive Oglethorpe University with support from Presbyterians and church leaders, and Methodist plans for a major Atlanta university led by Bishop Warren A. Candler. The piece urges rapid, united action to educate youth and attract students from Cuba and Mexico, framing education as a path to future influence and national growth.
Alabama farmer Chambers argues farmers should prioritize food crops over cotton to gain independence and manage debt. He warns that heavy cotton planting fuels credit dependence, risking ruin if cotton prices drop. advocates planting half to full land in corn, oats, wheat, potatoes, hay, and meat, with food crops for stock and city markets. He cites bankers and merchants pressuring cotton, urging a shift to sustainable self-sufficiency amid rising prices and uncertain markets.
An editor argues the bankrupt law should be repealed as fundamentally wrong and unjust. The piece notes imprisonment for debt has ended, and the law harms credit, distorts contracts, and encourages dishonesty, urging Congress to repeal and praising former Georgia congressman William G. Brantley for advocating repeal. February 1321 Talbotton, Georgia.
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