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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1912
Page
4
A garbled union of subscription notices, postage rates, staff names, and promotional blurbs from The Constitution. It lists carriers and rates for daily and Sunday editions, advertising managers, the Washington Bureau, and distribution points, interspersed with editorial quips and political quips about Congress, Cuba, Cuba policy, and Roosevelt.
The article urges transparency from the LilWw Company and calls for a state railroad commission to audit trolley fares. It argues the public has a right to lower fares and insists council and the corporation settle fares and powers together to avoid further trouble.
The piece argues farmers face a critical choice between diversifying crops and expanding cotton to ensure prosperity. A bumper cotton crop risks low prices and mortgage danger, while moderate cotton with strong food crops supports independence. The author urges farmers to decide soon, fearing financial ruin if cotton dominates.
Announcement outlines National Drainage Congress to be held in New Orleans April 10-13 focusing on science and government cooperation to reclaim swamp land for agriculture. Georgia figures highlighted by State Geologist McCallie and the shift from viewing marshes as waste to recognizing vast land assets ready for development.
A fragmented poem and prose vignette mix political satire with songs and dialect. The Campaign Philosopher recalls past offices and jokes about term limits, while verses mock campaign zeal, bribery, and rhetoric. The piece riffs on Good Times, dances, and voters wary of promises.
Washington March 1 The Southern Railway Company analysis of U S livestock data shows 65 410 000 hogs on farms and ranges in 1912 a drop 210 000 from 1911 The nine southeastern states including Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Tennessee show increases in hog counts with Georgia up 326 600 to 2 098 000 Florida 964 000 Alabama 1 633 000 Mississippi 1 677 200 Tennessee 1 574 000 and others The article notes rising weights and progress of the southeast as a pork producing region and suggests larger future gains.
Georgia National Guard units except the Second regiment plan summer encampment and joint maneuvers at Chickamauga Park in July. Col Harris returns from Washington with news the War Department aims to assemble 10 000 troops for maneuvers. Georgia would save costs by using Chickamauga over a state encampment, while the Second regiment attends the Macon Confederate veterans reunion.
Bartow Roberts, 16, the youngest prisoner at Tower, was committed on a charge linked to ownership and operation of a still. He claims he followed a yearling cow and unintentionally led officers to the still after chasing the animal near a creek branch. Roberts, from Fayette County, was held on $200 bond and says he has had little food since Thursday.
Thomasville Georgia March 1 William and Graham Miller left town in a locally built motor boat on the Ochlocknee River aiming to reach Newport Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. The four horse power craft marks the first motor boat launch on the river and the voyage holds local interest despite a high river.
The Georgia Bar Association committee on judicial reform and house senate committees meet at the state library at 10 this morning to review work and hear from subcommittees. More sessions are likely before a final report is prepared for the legislature.
New York March 1 The advent of cold storage warehouses is hailed as a century boon for housewives in testimony before the state food cost investigation. Frank A. Horne of a large New Jersey refrigeration concern cited figures showing butter and eggs prices have fallen as wholesalers store large quantities in summer and keep prices cheap in winter. He asserted he has never known of a corner deal.
A New York syndicate has cornered the 1911 Burgundy output, spending about $3,000,000. The group, supported by hotels in New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago and Washington, will set prices for English and continental buyers. J. P. Morgan and A Harriman figures surface in an anecdote praising Burgundy's health benefits.
Assistant General Passenger Agent J L Meek announced major promotions and reassignments in the Southern's passenger division. Atlanta gains two new officers and an additional traveling agent as George A Bauman and Harry J New arrive, with Jenkins, Acker and other agents reassigned to key districts including Washington, Augusta, Dallas and Birmingham.
Courthouse officials and leading attorneys press for relief from Fulton counties congested courts. Court backlog stands at eight months in Fulton superior court despite judges working ten to eleven months yearly. Proposed cures include abolishing the civil city court and expanding the superior court with an additional judge to ease the heavy docket.
Washington March 1 Representative Cyrus Sulloway of New Hampshire proposed at a hearing before the District of Columbia committee on KIML to regulate dentistry that brushing a child’s teeth be a penal offense. He praised old days of tobacco chewing and dipping snuff.
Lyerly Georgia March 1 special report says farmers are far behind due to weeks of wet weather. River bottoms are washed and plowing is delayed though moisture should yield a good farming year. Acreage may be cut in Chattooga as late season prevents large crops.
Investigators served attachments on E H Gaynor of Sandusky Ohio and John T Reagan of Lorain Ohio after yesterday's search of the National Bank of Commerce in Lorain. They seized a jewelry box said to hold part of two million dollars obtained fraudulently by E H Gaynor's relatives. Money and securities were found in Lorain bank accounts in the names of William T and Edward H Gaynor, brothers of Colonel John J Gaynor.
Seoul reports no Christian missionaries have been arrested in Korea. A prominent official says persecution claims lack foundation and notes Count Terauchi, governor general, has supported Christian missions. Prisoners linked to the governor general’s plot are examined through interpreters, tied to the Durham White Stevens murder case in 1908.
Telegrams from Portland announce the death of Mrs. M. B. Lofton in that city on Thursday. A longtime Atlanta resident and Augusta native she worked at the Kimball House for years before moving to Portland two years ago. She was sister-in-law to J. T. Lofton of Augusta and left behind a son and daughter, Florine Anderson, and family. Interment will be in Augusta after the body is sent from Portland. Mrs. Lofton was about 46 years old and formerly Miss Belle Robertson of Augusta.
Memphis March 1 John Gaston 84 retired capitalist and famed Gaston hotel proprietor died after a protracted illness. Born in France he came to Memphis in 1850s and hosted many Confederate leaders and statesmen at his hotel. He leaves a widow a daughter and two grandchildren overseas in France.
Washington March 1 The federal Pure Food Board, led by Secretary Wilson, ruled that diluted vinegars must carry a label indicating dilution. No vinegar may dip below about four grams of acetic acid per 100 cubic centimeters. One board member opposed, calling diluted vinegar adulteration.
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