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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1905
Page
4
A garbled compilation of political and social snippets mentions Pacific squadrons sailing from Libau, debates over US tariffs and agriculture, potential Hawaii statehood, a shortfall in a post office fund, and satirical jabs at editors like Pulitzer. It also references Franco church and state, the Venezuelan crisis, Delaware crops, and Emperor William with a mix of fragmented opinions.
The Constitution defends its handling of a January two page Price & Co. advertisement amid a clash with The Journal. The dispute centers on whether Price ads were solicited or printed as paid content, with editorials accusing duplicity and deception. A related piece by Harry Stillwell Edwards argues for an ambitious inland canal and irrigation plan to revitalize the southern economy.
The Constitution features Mr. Conner urging radical reduction of the 1905 cotton crop to prevent price disaster. He argues that maintaining last season’s overhang risks ruin to the cotton market, endorsing a 25 percent cut and the formation of local short planting clubs. He also backs agricultural education and industrial training.
A collage of poetic fragments and dialect pieces from a Georgia themed page. It weaves scenes of a dead man and a mysterious woman, religious meditations, charity in winter, and rural dialect vignettes. The text blends sorrow, hope, and seasonal imagery with references to faith, spring, and light amid snow.
Rev H H Proctor, a leading Atlanta clergyman, urges the defeat of reopening dance halls once banned in 1908. The Constitution endorses his plea that such venues are centers of vice and crime, linking saloon to the street and threatening young people.
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