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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1921
Page
13
The piece argues against war talk with Britain and Japan, urging public unity to avoid conflict, highlighting the cotton trade with Britain as a key Georgia interest. It endorses municipal bond plans, promotes broad local organizing, and calls for community support through Inman and Lumpkin's committees.
The Atlanta Humane Society seeks funds to remove stray dogs, hoping to reduce rabies and hydrophobia cases. Dr. T R Sellers notes Georgia's high bite and treatment rates, with Fulton County leading in hydrophobia prevention needs. Stray dogs roam streets, increasing disease risk and threatening owned pets.
A Georgia correspondent shares verse and local notes, correcting a potato exhibit credit to Mrs Emma Hurtt while noting Horace Johnson’s crop. regional quips include Sun’s advice to fire up and weather talk from Benton Courier and Sabetha Herald. A playful gallery covers poems, dialect sayings, and community bits with names and places such as Warren Eagle, John Ed Moore, and Albany Herald.
A surviving friend known as Uncle Joe Cannon recounts Lincoln era political struggles in Washington. The reminiscence highlights incidents and tensions shaping official policy and personal battles among leaders.
Washington observers recall Abraham Lincoln's lasting pull as history educates, with reflections from Rep. Joseph Cannon and other contemporaries. Cannon recounts Lincoln's rail story, debates with Douglas, and the 1860 convention, while reminders of Lincoln memorial ceremonies highlight ongoing reverence for the martyred president. Illinois figures Yates and others contextualize Lincoln's legacy for today.
At Couch Cotton Mills Incorporated annual stockholders meeting in Atlanta directors were elected from Asa G. Candler Sr. W D Couch Walter Ty Candler Henry Heinz L J Powers A F Townsend and B M Graves. Candler Sr. named chairman of the board and Couch named president with Powers vice president and secretary Walter T. Candler treasurer and James Culver assistant treasurer H H Turner a sunset.
The funeral for Captain W. M. Ennis, a Confederate veteran who died suddenly in the Barnesville Baptist church pulpit, will be held at 3 30 today at his son John Ennis's home 575 Ponce de Leon Ave Atlanta with Dr Henry Alfred Porter officiating. Interment is in West View cemetery. He preached evangelistic sermons though not a preacher by trade. Survived by sons John T Ennis of Atlanta W Ennis of Memphis Tenn and W E Ennis of Barnesville Ga and three grandchildren Irwin John Dan Ennis and Mrs J K Fancher of Atlanta.
In Montgomery Alabama the scheduled double execution of Dan and Booker T Whittle for the murder of Colonel Saran at Castleberry was postponed today. The stay comes after discussions with the state supreme court regarding an application for relief.
In Washington Square and Greenwich Village, nightlife thrives as basement cafés glow after sundown, attracting slummers and artists. The piece critiques the area as a red light district and Tenderloin, noting art is outshined by money, meals, and glamour while many so-called artists live lavishly elsewhere. It also recounts songwriters promoting a hit and a weary man at Sherry's pondering prohibition.
Macon Ga February. Special news reports that the United States district court in Macon filed information against the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad for alleged quarantine violations. District Attorney John W Bennett led the case based on testimony from veterinary inspectors McKettar and Meyers. The railroad reportedly transported cattle infected with a contagious disease from Dooly county to Jacksonville Fla after quarantine notice was served.
Savannah Georgia courts respond to a surge in burglary with tougher sentences. Judge Peter Meldrim warned he would “wreak up burglary,” as two guilty defendants drew ten to fifteen years, and a white man convicted of auto theft received three to four years.
Woolford B Baker of Emory University argues for a well run botanical garden near Atlanta to advance practical botany, agriculture, forestry and plant science. He cites Education shifts, crop improvement, pest control, and the need for public access to applied botanical research.
Discussion by a medical writer on intelligent fasting under supervision for diabetics as near to cure as possible. Emphasizes individual tolerance for protein fat and carbs, avoids fixed diet regimens, and questions labeling diabetes as solely organic. Notes obesity and overeating as linked factors and critiques fad regimens.
J I Webb of the U S Department of Agriculture denied a recent article claiming the army chemical warfare service planned to exterminate boll weevil with poison gas. He said no such plans exist and outlined a safe, effective control using arsenate of lime dusted on cotton plants, noting eradication is impossible but population can be kept low.
Rob ert Bryan Harrison, lifelong friend, pays tribute at the Psychological Free School of Health in the chamber of commerce. Mrs. Shelley Ivy presents Stanton songs as part of a memories-filled program praising his genius and enduring spirit.
Poem-like reflection describes a perfect night after a storm over Cohutta. The speaker heightens the hush of a white landscape, hears angelic footsteps, and yearns to live in thought and feeling. The scene blends nature, faith, and longing with snowy mountains and distant starry light.
United News reports that Will Hays will serve as postmaster general and chairman of the Republican National Committee after March 4. The move follows two factors: party factions opposing his rise and financial considerations. Harding reportedly intends to draft Hays for cabinet service, leaving the national committee to be reorganized later after the 1922 elections.
West End Presbyterian designates $12,000 for the 1921 drive, naming Arthur W. Falkenburg director general after directing a profitable 1920 campaign. The effort, launching Tuesday, aims to finish March 20 with house-to-house calls and letter outreach. Funds cover church expenses and benevolences, with part directed to debt liquidation from a prior renewal.
Governor Neff received a pardon request from Maury Bughes district attorney at Daling to free W. Scrivner an escaped convict so he can testify at the trial of Albert Rowan charged with murder in the death of postal clerk C. W. Street fatally wounded during a Dallas post office substation robbery last month
Washington February bids will be opened February 28 for supplying about 722000 tons of coal for government ships at Atlantic ports for one year. Deliveries include 225000 tons Norfolk 180000 Philadelphia 160000 New York 75000 Baltimore 38000 Charleston 30000 Savannah 18000 Jacksonville 17500 Boston. The board recently accepted an offer for 300000 tons at New York for 7.382 tom.
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