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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1909
Page
9
A garbled column riffs on weather and politics from Chattanooga to Beverly. It jokes about missing umbrellas, new beverages, slow roads, search for peace on Wall Street, and a western woman’s airborne marriage idea, weaving light satire and social quips through a string of pop culture asides.
The Interstate Commerce Commission barred railroads from continuing two Nashville advantages that lowered grain shipping costs to Griffin Newnan and other Georgia points by 12 to 15 dollars per car. The twenty one year fight led by Atlanta merchants ends with a square deal restoring equal competition for Atlanta Macon Augusta Columbus and other jobbing centers. The decision preserves the venders rights and promises renewed commercial prestige for Georgia grain trade.
The Constitution defends advertising as essential and cites J. 3. Haverty of Atlantic as endorsing its medium. He clarified a misquote about preferring afternoon papers in Atlanta, noting his wide reliance on The Constitution alongside other papers. The piece argues that successful campaigns require both morning and afternoon newspapers.
The legislature should adopt Judge John L. Hopkins codification of the state statutes as the current code, last revised in 1896, has become outdated and error prone. The Hopkins code promises instant access to an authoritative, revised record of enactments up to the latest general assembly, reducing delay, confusion and expense across courts and litigants.
From five years of active practice a state scholar reflects on how the habits of keen mental exercise shape law. He notes the complete new code of Georgia’s laws emerges from a lifetime of profound study and argues the state faces a critical opportunity not to neglect essential reform.
A Constitution correspondent reports that despite a new garbage can ordinance, sanitation forces visit only twice weekly. Cans choke with refuse between visits, while hundreds of earth closets threaten health in dense districts. Officials say they do their best with limited facilities and crews. The article urges universal, permanent municipal improvements rather than patchwork policies.
The piece depicts Noah as a splenetic, jealous figure whom the Society of Naval Architects and Engineers in Detroit refused for honorary membership. It argues Noah exceeded modern seafaring in many feats, citing his ark, first wireless, and ability to feed a forty day voyage, while noting his land landing boastfulness and human frailties.
A fragmented brassbound page mixes poems and satirical notices from Georgia and Shreveport. Items touch on Prohibition era revenues and tariffs, labor toil, editorials, and humorous letters lampooning politics and local figures with rural dialect and regional flavor.
J J Haverty president of Haverty Furniture Co Atlanta writes to editor apologizing for misquoting his maiden Ad Men Club speech. He clarifies that the Constitution’s advertising space in Sunday papers rivals evening papers and commends the paper as a leading advertising medium in the South.
The Georgia legislature earns praise for order under Speaker John N Holder and strong attendance. Debates on appellate court salaries and compulsory education draw public interest. Committees consider dog tax bills, county school commissioner elections, and jury-related measures. A move to rename Supreme Court secretary roles to law secretaries passes committee. A plan to inspect Western and Atlantic railroad lines is discussed. Temperance committee aims to restrict peddling near beer for Confederate veterans.
Milledgeville Georgia July 8 1909 letter urges legislature to bar barbed wire along public roads. Editor Constitution notes speed of autos at forty miles an hour makes wire fences a danger to travelers including men women children and animals.
State Chemist R F Stallings will leave August to attend the annual meetings of the Association of National Dairy and Food Commissioners and the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists in Denver. Georgia’s strict pure food laws are cited as a reason for his participation. He carries invitations to urge the 1910 meeting be held in Atlanta. Georgia reports progress on curbing adulterated feeds as cotton seed meal grows in use.
Paul Cowles arrives to lead the Associated Press southern division from Atlanta after twelve years as SU superintendent of the western division based in San Francisco. The southern HQ covers all territory south of the Ohio river to the Rio Grande. H W Blakeslee remains Atlanta correspondent. Cowles will oversee AP offices in the south.
Fragmented report indicates Griel Bros of the city claim an option on the Schilingers Birmingham brewery with plans to produce White Top and other temperance beverages at Capitol City brewery. Also mentions proposed near beer inclusion and Confederate veteran tax implications in a related bill. County school commissioner election bill advances after committee review.
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