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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1909
Page
3
Publication fragment shows Clark Howell announcing Roby Robinson as business manager with unclear context. Possible staffing update from a Sunday issue, indicating leadership shift though details are incomplete.
A compact notice from The Constitution Publishing Co Atlanta dated July 18 1909 outlines subscription rates daily weekly and Sunday delivery options with various terms and carriers for outside Atlanta. It lists contact details for advertising and travel staff and mentions New York Washington bureau access and hotel delivery options. The page includes miscellaneous editorial quips about current events and politics from that era.
The piece portrays President Taft at a decisive moral crossroad over tariff revision. It argues he must veto the pending tariff bill if it conflicts with his party promise, risking party opposition in the Senate to push a downward revision and earn a clear public mandate.
A survey of southeastern educational institutions in and around Georgia highlights comprehensive programs from primary to university level. The piece notes strong faculties, diverse curricula including music, arts, military and technical training, and emphasizes home-based access as a lasting advantage for Southern students, with fall term announcements in today’s Constitution advertising columns.
From Augusta comes word that Judge W F Eve Richmond county roads and revenues commissioner has secured 2000 in prizes. One thousand funds the State Good Roads Automobile Contests to reward endurance events between Augusta and Atlanta while another thousand supports a highway linking Atlanta Washington DC via Columbia Raleigh and Richmond. The giver’s motive lies in advancing modern highways across Georgia.
The article argues that regular vacations for clergy refresh mind and body, expanding intellectual horizons and improving spiritual guidance. It notes Atlanta churches have adopted annual leave, urging universal adoption as beneficial for congregations and ministers alike, even when budgets are tight.
A historic Atlanta editorial warns that passenger alighting and driver vigilance must pair. It calls for mutual restraint by pedestrians and drivers of all vehicles to prevent crashes when cars stop to discharge riders, urges careful look both ways, and suggests visible notices on cars to educate riders in leaving safely.
A Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs plan offers loans from 20 to 75 dollars to women seeking practical education. The goal is a permanent fund of 4000 dollars to sustain loans until beneficiaries become self supporting, with public support urged for this philanthropic effort.
A keynote educational rally hosted by Morris Brown college for negroes unfolds at Big Pethel church Auburn avenue at 2 30 pm The program features white speakers Rev A Atkinson Ex Governor W J Northen Dr S R Belk and Rabbi David Marx plus prominent black speakers Rev B E Gliver John H Este Bishop J S Flipper and others The event highlights industrial training including farming blacksmithing carpentry shoemaking masonry printing and domestic courses The gathering aims to inspire practical education for productive roles in the South’s industrial life and welcomes all attendees from both races.
Atlanta residents are urged to donate secondhand school books for the mountain school at Tallulah Falls built by Georgia club women. Appeals seeks readers grammars arithmetics geographies for fifth grade and under plus drawing copybooks and other children’s literature. Immediate aid is requested to ensure a successful opening term and ongoing progress.
Washington reports a substantial rise in bank resources with total resources and liabilities at 9.47 billion dollars as of June 23. Loans and discounts increased by 972.8 million since April and 420.2 million since July 15, 1908, reflecting growth in the national banking system. A Bristol petition seeks to contest a local option election, alleging illegal votes and procedural issues.
Fire discovered on the third floor of the Hammond Hotel at 4 a.m. trapped guests evacuated by firemen, one guest injured from a fall. The blaze started from defective wiring and the building housed about 100 guests in Fitzgerald, Georgia. The rest describes courthouse corner stone laying and a Masonic convention dates.
A reflective verse piece contrasts old-time faith with modern science in its view of biblical figures. It blends rural dialect to critique doubt surrounding Adam Eve Noah Moses Joshua Jonah Job and Daniel while affirming steadfast gospel belief. The piece closes with a devotional line about joy-giving hills and resilient faith.
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