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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
9
Old newspaper notice outlines subscription options daily weekly tri weekly and Sunday editions, delivery per week in Atlanta. It lists circulation office in Constitution Building and contact points, warning subscribers not to pay unknown agents. It notes New York press presence and regional newsstand availability.
A lecture style tribute to Confederate veterans gathering in Memphis for their nineteenth reunion. The piece links their sacrifices to southern progress, tradition, and enduring character amid postwar rebuilding, praising the veterans as models of duty and resilience. It also threads in broader national issues and editorial commentary from the era.
The piece debates removing a released offender from the rogues gallery while noting his reforms and stable employment. It argues penology should balance victim safety with rehabilitation, urging cautious, psychologically informed sanctions and eventual broader reform. It notes courts and penitentaries show a trend toward such balanced treatment.
The Washington Post notes many high earning fields will not face oversupply and urges graduates to widen their aims. It highlights road building agriculture and professional farming, stressing lab study soils and plant cultivation as keys. Georgia’s schools show trends toward these utilitarian professions.
Professor Joseph Stewart of the University of Georgia urges a state wide medical examination system for school children. He cites Atlanta results showing over fifty percent afflicted with treatable diseases, especially hookworm, and calls for funds and authority to implement the program across Georgia with cooperative support from state health and county school authorities.
Editor readers urge Georgia and states to adopt county medical examiners for school children. They cite World’s Work findings on hookworm in the South, England’s inspection system, and propose biennial exams funded by boards of education to improve sanitary conditions and overall health, predicting long term benefits.
Dense OCR prose describes alleged fraud and irregularities surrounding a primary in a Northern district. References Norton, Phillipa, and Firk as prominent citizens accused of ballot box misconduct. Grand jury returns charges. postponement delays persist. trial prospects remain uncertain.
Judge Mills heard a suit brought by W T Healey against the city and street department over condemnation of Tyelinge place property. Healey, owning a large portion, contends the city’s official engineer failed to prepare a plat, arguing the action aims to raise private property value. The hearing for permanent injunction set for June 12. Healey represented by John L Hopkins & Son. The Austell corner at Pryor street and Edgewood avenue unaffected.
J Mote Watts of the Tarrymoore hotel at Wrightsville Beach, NC, is at the Piedmont for a few days. He will spend time at the Seaboard Air Line passenger office to give information on Wrightsville Beach and provide rates to individuals and families seeking bookings at Hotel Tarrymoore.
Macon fair directors met to expand county exhibitor space for the upcoming fall fair. More than twenty counties are already invited and officials expect to need the largest space in twenty years. Full room will be organized with careful planning and keen interest.
Thomas W Hardwick named to arbitration board for white firemen in Georgia railroad dispute. Ball of the Brotherhood and Locomotive Firemen issues letter defending white firemen’s position, detailing mediation efforts, tensions with management, and request for arbitration to uphold white supremacy in employment on the Georgia railroad. The open letter, dated June 1909, cites intercity mediation attempts and the involvement of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The semi annual convention of the Third Congressional District Medical Association assembles in Americus June 16 with physicians from every town in the area in attendance. The program includes addresses and papers on topics. Visiting physicians will be tendered an automobile drive followed by a banquet. Dr BH S Brown of Fort Valley is present.
Evangelist Violett led a special service at the Christian church on Orange Street in Macon Ga. A large number of new converts joined the church as this year’s meetings drew strong attendance and ended tonight.
The Joel Huntter Company report on the prison commission's books finds no improvement since last July. It notes absolute lack of system at the state farm and reformatory, with no proper bookkeeping, limited single entry records, and unreliable cost data. It urges adoption of uniform accounts and closer oversight.
A subcommittee of the charter revision group met for several hours to study two submitted charters. Chairman F W Carter said no details were decided yet but a report is due Thursday at 3 p.m. The panel may present two proposals one following the present charter with reduced councils and boards and another proposing a commission plan.
The Georgia railroad commission convenes at 10 AM to hear McCord Stewart and Co and Beck and Gregg Hardware Co seek lower rates from coast to interior Georgia. The case cites coffee and special iron product rates, noting Savannah to Nashville and Savannah to Atlanta disparities. Representatives include Wimbieh Watkins and Lojlis for petitioners, N Nortrup for Southern Railway, and Mathew Cunningham for Central of Georgia. briefs may be filed.
An Inter esting meeting was held at Wessex chapel Mount Gilead to mark Children’s Day with a large turnout from Fulton and Campbellton. A fine program featured Miss Baki and three others, conducted by Miss Ras, with organist Miss Toorts and Reader McMchon. Grady Roberts gave the welcome. a lengthy recess followed a bountiful basket dinner.
The piece extols Oscar B Colquitt as a strong Texas gubernatorial candidate, praising his long public career and stance against corruption. It argues for giving him a chance to vindicate himself before voters, referencing Joe Bailey and past political scrutiny.
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