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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1910
Page
11
A 1910 notice to subscribers lists traveling reps and warns against paying others. The item critiques summer politics, Roosevelt, Taft, and Taft's presidential prospects, with sharp asides on campaigns, public offices, and party loyalty amid the season’s heat and headlines. It references figures like Roosevelt, Pinchot, La Follette, and Rockefeller in a broad political collage.
The Atlanta mayor vetoed a council salary increase proposal described as a dangerous precedent. The measure, rejected by a majority of council, was pushed at a called meeting with a bare quorum. The paper commends the mayors stand against the tactic and praises the mayor for resisting an ill effect on representative government.
Citizens on Marietta Street show strong backing for widening the thoroughfare from Tabernacle Place to North Avenue. Over half of those required have signed to give ten feet of property, with onus on the south side to join. Councilman W. T. Winn leads the effort, cited for persistence.
The Georgia legislature considers funding for the Georgia School of Technology with a $45,000 appropriation to expand class facilities. The appropriations committee has approved the grant, and lawmakers have visited the school to witness its industrial and commercial impact and need.
The passage discusses removing a handicap in Georgia and supporting improved training facilities as signs of greater progress and prosperity. It asserts confidence that the legislature will provide the necessary appropriation to advance welfare and technical training programs.
Atlanta police commissioners urge Chief Jennings to restrain discretionary arrests. In June 1,547 arrests were made and 295 dismissed by the recorder, reflecting concerns over needless apprehension. The call follows a prior crusade against unnecessary arrests of minors and argues for restraint to preserve peace and public trust.
A fragmented verse piece from Georgia fields features light sea imagery and rural satire. It riffs on prosperity, politics, weather, and daily life with dialect, culminating in a humorous frame about a lawmaker who talks too much or not enough.
A letter to the Constitution advocates using motion pictures in schools and churches as wholesome education and moral uplift. The writer cites cases in Pittsburg and Atlanta where cinema influenced youths toward violence, urging public displays to replace unrestrictive shows. Also a reader commends the editorial on income tax.
Postmaster General Hitchcock sails from New York for a month in Europe in July. President Taft’s cabinet members have left the city. Huntington Whiton serves as first assistant secretary, governing in his absence.
Dr. G Stanley Hall president of Clarke University Worcester Massachusetts spoke at the summer normal school on a view that girls turning sixteen are irreligious. He said the budding girl is a baffling problem on the soul of woman and that she is increasingly driven by emotion and fleeting interests. He urged protection from professional religionists.
A morning fire damaged the Morrow Transfer and Storage Company warehouse on the railroad between Mechanic and Rhodes streets. Loss about 10 000 dollars, with most insured and confined to the two story brick building. Two carloads of pianos and organs at Cable Plano Company mildly damaged while about 150 bales of cotton are badly burned on the first floor. Warehouse owned by Hugh Inman. fire began in the basement.
The notice reports a dividend declaration by NAC and J I, with unclear details due to garbled text. Named entities include NAC and J I, and locations suggesting St. Louis and related parties, though specifics are unreadable. The fragmentary item hints at corporate financial action without full context.
Readers across Georgia weigh Hoke Smith against incumbent Brown as editorials praise Smith’s reform record and rally support in counties from Macon to Laurens. The press notes Baldwin, Butts, and Thomas counties building party clubs while warning Brown’s campaign lags.
State Entomologist Eli Worsham urges a 310,000 legislative appropriation to extend the fight against black root, funding half this year and half next. The plan includes model demonstration farms in affected counties to show resistant seed and farming methods, amid late cotton and delayed seed meal supplies due to wet weather and spring cold.
H S Nugent longtime Houston Chronicle business writer died after falling from a third story window in San Angelo Texas around midnight He was believed to be walking in his sleep at the time Nugent a Knights Town Indiana native came to Texas from Indianapolis and worked seven years in Houston
New Orleans July 13 District Attorney Adams cites the saying Every man his own lawyer as guiding petty crime defendants. A judge will consider a prisoner defending himself and may rule accordingly. The report notes a court scene where a defendant lacked legal counsel. Memphis July 13 scaffold collapse at Bellevue high rise injures eight workers. Two white men and six others were injured in the incident.
Powell, meat market owner at 306 Hemphill Ave corner Emmett, faced a police court arraignment for blind tiger activity. A neighbor witness led to Powell’s fine of 500 dollars or 30 days in the city workhouse, with bond set at 4000 for state court.
The committee on constitution and by laws of the local real estate association met and adopted a formal constitution and by laws. W A Forter urged a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce at 5 pm Friday. The group, numbering about 490 to 500 real estate men, aims to unite members and join the national organization. A banquet is planned to honor the association’s progress and activities.
July 13 Henry Brown testified to aiding the conviction of his brother Albert Brown for the Addison murder on July 8, 1909. Henry then confessed to the killing of Addison at the Lee County in vnbesty show. Albert Brown had two prior convictions for the murder. Henry sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary.
The Pacific Coast company announced after paying regular dividends that it has declared an extra dividend of one percent on both common and second preferred shares. The amount mirrors the extra dividend previously declared three months ago.
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