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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1915
Page
9
Mrs Nellie Peters Black of Atlanta addressed agricultural experts in Athens urging cooperation and market minded farming. She highlighted running farms like businesses, packaging food crops for market, reducing cotton acreage, and keeping money within Georgia. She urged energy year round and mutual learning between farmers and experts.
The Worcester Telegram argues that good roads serve both peacetime wealth and wartime mobilization. It notes ancient Romans and Napoleon built smooth highways for moving troops and artillery, but later benefited the general populace and, sadly, bloodshed.
The speaker argues for road construction focused on peace and economic growth, noting ancient Roman and Napoleonic roads as channels of commerce for peasants and nations. If highways aid military use, that is a bonus, but not the primary aim. retreating in good order is mentioned as a contrast to this broader point.
Senate finance and House banking and currency committees decide no rural credits legislation this session. Instead a temporary substitute within the currency system will be used, a move seen as disappointing amid agricultural readjustment and calls for land or mortgage banks to aid farmers, especially in the South. The piece criticizes the current currency system for favoring other industries over agriculture and argues for rural credit reform.
The final act of Governor Blease of South Carolina stayed true to form as impeachment threats loomed from a legislature dominated by his foes. He resigned five days before term expiration, leaving the office to the lieutenant governor, a political ally, as the wreckage of his tenure fades from memory.
Committees of ladies will sell tiny Belgian flags on streets and public places to raise funds for Belgian relief. Proceeds aid feedings and shelter for Belgian women and children, many widows and orphans, as Belgium endures war’s hardships. The appeal stresses Belgian bravery and exile, urging Americans to respond generously.
A fragmentary summary of poems by Alice Ormond Campbell in Poetry and notes on Atlanta Constitution contributions. Includes a dialect piece about a Projecktin Son and a reflective verse on light and travel, with scattered lines and imagery.
A chaotic town tale from Tulsa about a dancing mule brought into a ballroom, triggering panic, police, and fire department efforts to remove it by rope and window hoisting. The piece blends reflections on New Year resolutions, wagging quips about Prohibition, and local newspaper mockery.
Mrs Raimond Barth of 488 South Boulevard writes to The Constitution opposing an all day school plan. She argues longer hours burden children, spread commute, and worsen heat months. She praises the newspaper for timely help and notes many parents share her view.
Resolutions from the Georgia School of Technology faculty mourn the death of Samuel M Inman noting his service on the original board for eleven years as treasurer and expressing deep loss. Fulton county officials also memorialize Inman praising his public service and instructing publication of the memorial in minutes and papers.
Harvie Jordan writes as a member of the United States Commission urging federal action on rural credits. He notes legislative delay, data from US and European studies, and calls for long term amortized loans, arguing regional banks won’t suffice and urging full public explanation of the delay.
The Union Pacific railroad rose with government aid and bold surveys then faced collapse before Harriman rebuilt it by acquiring lines and reshaping routes. It spans Council Bluffs to Ogden, with extensions to Portland and Puget Sound, totaling about 7500 miles and a $500 million value, delivering fast westbound service and strong yearly revenue.
Rev. Sam W. Small, national lecturer for the Anti-Saloon League, tours Atlanta en route to Arkansas. He says the nation’s anti-saloon movement seeks a constitutional amendment for national prohibition, with campaigns designed to win two thirds in Congress and state ratifications. He vows to oppose any congressman voting against prohibition, regardless of party, and to target Edwards, Vinson, and Lee in Georgia for replacement.
Walter H. Moffitt, Ellicottville business manager, tested town honesty by giving a clerk 25 dimes and asking for change. Five pocketed the extra dime, while 15 fled. Of the 5 who returned the extra, two were women and two were men. The stunt suggests how easily $2.50 can be misused.
Mrs Nellie Peters Black of Atlanta and owner of Peters farm in Gordon County told Georgia agricultural experts in Athens that farmers need practical help to sell surplus crops and to organize co operation with merchants. She urged agricultural rallies, public hay presses, better markets in cities, and plans to keep more spending in state. She warned that high costs drive price increases and urged guidance on what to plant if cotton declines, urging support from the agricultural department and chambers of commerce.
Walt Mason laments gloom as clouds linger and people grow weary. His mock cheer seeks to lift spirits with lines about the sun behind clouds, but friends doubt joy can heal a sorrowful world. The piece ends in exhausted sentiment and communal despair.
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