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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1913
Page
4
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Dr George Petrie of Alabama Polytechnic Institute calls for a semi centennial peace celebration to reunite North and South. He cites Get tysburg Blue and Gray reunion as a trend and notes survivors of the Civil War are aging, urging a national event two years hence to mark reuniting of America with grand ceremonies. The proposal emphasizes enduring fraternal sentiment and renationalization.
A. H. Ulm executive secretary to Governor Brown argues for reform of penal law. He notes that misdemeanor defendants may face either a fine or a chain gang and cannot always pay a fine at sentencing or later after serving time. He urges a statute allowing payment by later earnings to ease financial hardship. The current system, he says, may lead to unnecessary clemency appeals.
The text argues fines for minor offenses push first offenders toward chronic crime when they cannot pay promptly. It condemns the stigma of imprisonment for poverty, proposes paying fines later to release prisoners, and urges reform to prevent lifelong penalties for the poor who cannot immediately settle their fines. It warns current law punishes poverty and worsens recidivism.
Cincinnati faced a trolley strike that forced residents to walk, sparking a citywide editorial on the health benefits of hoofing it. The Enquirer notes temporary pains but anticipates long term gains in fitness, digestion, and sleep as walking replaces overreliance on cars and trolleys.
The piece notes a national push from city to city between the city hideous and the city beautiful. Mayor Gaynor cites foresight, enduring construction, and professional surveys as key. Atlanta should adopt a definite city plan, guided by a chamber of commerce survey, to ensure lasting, symmetrical growth for keeps.
A lively collage of verse and prose paints Georgia June, rivers and a colossal fish tale, with playful skits about drinks at a picnic, blackberry patch lore, and editorial quips. It weaves regional dialect humor, local happenings, and playful editorial asides into a single page fragment.
New New of Yesterday recounts how Abram Hewitt, trusted by Lincoln and Stanton, traveled to England in 1848 to learn gun metal manufacture for Union arms. The piece notes Hewitt's secrecy, his contribution to U S weapon industry, and a later tale of a Lincoln dispatch that vanished and later surfaced with Hewitt heirs.
The Elberton to Tignall railroad project is a short line backed by local financiers with northern capital. Notes totalling sixty to seventy-five thousand dollars were issued to fund the line, with completion targeted by June 25 1923 and maturity extended to fall due to weather and crop issues. The Tignall terminus is stated as final, with no planned extension toward Palatenat or south, and a public note from Tignall Citizen editor Rev W A Benson asserts progress and forthcoming funds.
Washington June 1 gossip notes how Congress has shifted from ante bellum conduct and pomp to modern casualness. It recalls old senate customs such as wigs snuff boxes and duels while contrasting figures like Sumner Conkling and McConnell with today’s leaders and attire.
A dated tale features a professor and a lawman debating human nature amid a comical scene. An elderly man smashes a telephone after failed calls, while a cow and a cat perform in a backdrop of legalities and human impulses. The narrator warns against swift judgments, urging readers to consider context before condemnation.
A Chattanooga veterans march narrative recalls Civil War battles and honored dead as veterans in Athens Georgia writer Emily W. Barksdale laments time’s passage. The piece blends memorial verse with clipped accounts of duel era violence and political clashes.
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