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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1915
Page
9
The Ocmulgee circuit judge and Solicitor General Joseph B. Pottle are examining the Jasper county lynching, signaling possible executive action. The piece condemns the mob killings of two men and two women as brutal lawlessness that harms Georgia’s justice, order, and state prospects.
The piece argues against raising Atlanta’s tax rate as a last resort, urging reform of fiscal systems instead. It warns that higher taxes penalize enterprise, burdens vacant lots, and reflects on Mayor Woodward’s critique of municipal overhead. It advocates commission charter reform as a remedy and contends tax relief benefits growth. The second column notes railroads and business interdependence, praising Missouri’s double crew rejection and gradual rate reform. Prosperity follows mutual understanding between railroads and industry.
The wrangle over funding ends only with a clear revenue plan. Unless a practical method close to expenditures is found, a tax rate increase is inevitable. Citizens should understand the available alternatives and their implications.
The senate democratic caucus backed a resolution asking the banking and currency committees to report a rural credits plan at the earliest practicable date. Practicable could mean within eighteen months, while farmers suffer from lack of pledged credit facilities and opportunities to act. If the party fails to enact the Baltimore platform plank, explaining the omission to voters will be difficult.
Intercepted letters reveal a plan by Carranza allies to isolate Pancho Villa and form a coalition to crush him. Obregon emerges as a strong rival to Carranza, with potential to become the decisive figure as Villa advances toward Mexico City. The overall Mexican political/military scramble grows more formidable, though no immediate danger is seen across the border.
A verse amid a wartime column reflects on sunny days and homeward dreams while a church sermon titled Neutrality discusses global conflict. The piece cites The Adams Enterprise noting no neutrality in domestic affairs and hints at personal views on marital issues.
A collection of brief, period voice items praising spring, sun versus winter battles, and reflections from The Phoenix and Florida Times Union. Mentions Michael Monahan SYS, George Bailey, and safety themes, noting revival humor and editorials about life’s path and renewal.
Editor Charles Wallace Howard born Savannah October 10 1814 traveled in West Indies and France as a youth. He studied at Franklin College Princeton Theology and led efforts for a manual labor school whose ideas formed Oglethorpe University. He helped secure 120000 in one year and served as its first history and belles lettres professor.
The Holland Letter argues there is no attempt to monopolize wheat in the United States. Prices are driven by informed speculation about supply and demand, with record harvests and global shipments influencing future costs. It notes meat production declines and beef profitability as a prosperity factor, urging practical encouragement for beef farming alongside continued wheat exports.
The New York Times summary notes Frederick S Crum’s review of twenty two genealogical records from pioneer families in New England and the mid Atlantic. Crum reports that results confirm dire forebodings about race death by own action and shows a declining average children per wife from 7.37 in 1700 to 2.77 by 1870 1880.
A vivid profile of the Southern Pacific Company as a vast, efficiently designed system. It notes extensive ownership and leasing, spanning 10,830 miles of stock-controlled rail, 1,260 in Mexico, 4,685 miles of steamship lines, and 1,200 miles of trolley lines. The piece covers coverage from New Orleans to Portland, its profitability in 1912–13, and its status as the southernmost transcontinental line, with a nod to its role in California politics. It also remarks on the divorce decree separating Central Pacific and Southern Pacific.
A venting poem Ribboning with antiwar wit, Walt Mason casts soldiers’ trench life as grim and futile. He argues for practical work over heroic gore, preferring corn husking and plow repair to swords and helmets. The piece mocks grand banners and calls out tin horn rulers who send men to war.
The Wall Street Journal excerpt argues Southern rail expansion fell in the just completed year, dragging national investment and state tax receipts. It criticizes Congress and Southern lawmakers for protectionist and labor pressures, warns of capital flight, and invokes an Aesop fable about wind and sun to urge wiser policy for railroads and regional prosperity.
Harvie Jordan, head of the Southern Cotton Association in Atlanta, denounces Congress for inaction on rural credit legislation. He argues regional banks fail farmers, calls for a federal program of long term, low interest loans under the Federal Reserve, and warns of agrarian revolt if reforms are delayed.
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