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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1912
Page
5
The page lists subscription terms for The Constitution with weekly and Sunday rates, ads by YR Holliday, and notes on delivery in Atlanta and outside areas. It includes a long stream of satirical political quips about parties, candidates, and current events, with many named figures lightly mocked.
The piece urges passing a bill to supply up to date manuals containing all laws and procedures for local officials such as justices of the peace and sheriffs. It argues that no revised manuals have been issued since 1897, risking errors and miscarriages of justice, and notes the bill has cleared committee unanimously.
G J Badger of Atlanta writes to The Constitution arguing eastern trunk lines offer simple mileage purchase without crowding or delays, unlike southern roads. He urges Georgia to adopt similar rights by law or commission to end tedious, costly running of shops and lines for travelers and business supporters.
A Atlanta resident urged The Constitution for stronger city action to protect animals from cruelty and thirst. The letter cites inhumane drivers, lack of drinking fountains, and calls for police vigilance and municipal policy to reduce suffering. It notes L. H. Applegate, who started a relief fund, as a model for city action.
Georgia Tech asks the general assembly for a 20000 appropriation to build a power, heating and lighting plant plus 5000 for maintenance. Total project 30000 with 10000 pledged by donors contingent on state support. Earlier this year 150000 in improvements added, with 35000 sought from the state. The school trains young men for Georgia’s industrial growth on a modest revenue basis.
A fragmented, humorous slice of local humor and verse notes. It blends cheerful lines about joy in every day with quirky quotes about weather, life, and town character banter. The piece spans poems, puns, and brief observations showing a nostalgic small town newspaper flavor.
Greensboro July 22. Miss Corine Mullins young daughter of R B Rawlins a farmer near Penfield is in a desperate condition from drinking carbolic acid. No cause for the act is known whether it was a mistake or premeditated.
A plea from L. H. Applegate of 65 North Forsyth Atlanta Georgia to begin an Animal Fount Fund with a ten dollar donation. The note describes a horse collapsed by a farmer's wagon seeking water in a gutter and urges watering places for the poor. Published July 1912.
A poem from The Boston Transcript praising creation and motherhood. It frames cosmic force as a nurturing spring that spurs life, growth, and resilience. The verse links motherly endurance to human progress, hope, and peace amid adversity.
Readers favor inheritance taxes to aid families and mothers, praising compulsory insurance ideas and poverty relief schemes. Letters from Georgia residents discuss mothers pensions, deaf education, and lip reading, urging local solutions and central schools over sweeping mandates.
Senator A. O. Blalock of Fayette County spoke to a large crowd of practical farmers at the Dalton courthouse and outlined his plan for Georgia agriculture. He pledged to raise fertilizer standards and curb trash fertilizer from cities, while Berry introduced him as Bud Blalock. He noted he was honored as a new grandfather by a telegram and received warm applause for the speech.
Macon Georgia July 22 Special Drum and bugle corps of fifty will accompany a large Macon delegation on a special train Thursday to Atlanta. The group will promote a campaign for submitting the capital removal bill to voters. Stops of thirty minutes are planned at Barnesville Griffin and other towns en route with southern and central Georgia supporters joining.
Billy L. West credits L. J. Ncahn with saving him at Piedmont Park lake after cramps left him in danger. West describes using a "pin wheel" stroke to stay afloat, warns swimmers not to panic, and stresses the need to swim boldly and seek help in emergencies.
From burns received last week while washing clothes in her back yard Mrs. D Minehew aged 62 died today in Georgia. She is survived by one son and several daughters, all living in the auction.
The reader explains two mileage forms on northern railroads including Pennsylvania Baltimore and Ohio Cincinnati and Ohio and Norfolk and Western. One interchangeable mileage costs 25 dollars with a 5 dollar refund on return and is train pulled for one party only. The other mileage costs 20 dollars, limited to issuing road, train pulled, accepts multiple travelers regardless of name, but lacks the cover redeeming feature.
Athens Ga July 23 Special Roland Drake of White Plains near Athens has witnessed the marriages of both grandfathers. He first saw his father’s sire wed for the third time and yesterday attended the nuptials of his maternal grandfather Andrew Harris at eighty four. The bride was Mrs Frances Hareis aged seventy nine. The ceremony was performed by Notary Public L E Knight after initial Sabbath hesitations.
A joint statement from B F Keith United Booking Offices of America and other leaders denies rumors that Jake Wells has ceded southern theatres or lost support. It affirms Wells’s contracts with major circuits, pledges continued backing, and condemns rival stories as false while praising Wells for improving southern theaters and entertainment.
Forsyth Ga July 22 Special The city council approved the franchise for the Atlanta and Macon Railway Company substantially as requested, promising to construct a main line through the city and operate under it. Local citizens sought support from the railroad commission to favor the project, hoping for closer connections to Macon and Atlanta.
Americus Georgia July 22 Judge Charles B R Crisp dispels reports that Speaker Champ Clark planned to come to Georgia to campaign for Crisp in the third district. Crisp says Clark has no such intention and his services were not requested. He calls the press story a canard and remains confident in his campaign and nomination chances.
President Taft and Governor Wilson, rival party nominees, will share a platform and speak in Atlantic City between September 30 and October 3. The event, announced by the American Read Congress, will be non political though both leaders had accepted invitations before nomination.
The New York police crackdown on crime as of July reports a city cleaned of crooks and gamblers unseen for years. Insiders claim the city is now really closed tight with a new order extending even to poker rooms and club charters that previously evaded police.
The Sunday service at Woodward Avenue Baptist Church marked Rev H P Fitch's fifty fifth anniversary in gospel ministry. The Atlanta Baptist ministers conference passed resolutions praising God for sparing their president for such a long period. Fitch began preaching in Kingsville Ontario in 1857 and is regarded as one of the Baptist churchs ablest ministers. his father preached fifty two years, bringing their combined service to 107 years.
The newly appointed committee on public safety of the chamber of commerce will meet tomorrow at 3 30 PM to organize work. Wool Lawenstein serves as chairman and the group aims to fill a vacancy by studying traffic issues and proposing solutions to crowded street conditions becoming a grave question.
Greensboro Ga July 22 Special J P L Callaway 64 tender of railroad owned lamps and a farmer was killed about 530 this morning on Richland creek railroad trestle three miles west of Greensboro by Georgia railroad passenger train No 4 Callaway is survived by a wife and several children
George Stone, 50, of Anniston, was beaten and shot at Camp Pettus during the Army and National Guard maneuvers on Sunday night. He died at a field hospital. Sheriff Brooky and deputies have one man jailed and two more under suspicion, all connected with the camps. Stone was alone at home when attacked. a friend reported the assault by three men, but could not determine a motive or identify suspects.
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