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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1912
Page
18
Postage rates for United States and Mexico vary by paper size. Notices urge subscribers to pay in advance and warn against paying local carriers. A collage of political commentary and editorials follows, noting various figures and campaigns, with mostly random remarks on suffragettes, border troops, and the press.
The state health board led by Dr. H. F. Harris urges Georgia to fight typhoid and tuberculosis carriers by eliminating house flies and mosquitoes before hot weather. It calls for screening and banning breeding places, noting progress in towns but urging rural areas to adopt cleanup and sanitation measures to reduce disease and death.
A Thomasville dispatch argues for year round roads in Georgia, noting sand clay thoroughfares resist winter erosion, raise land values, and cut costs. It says continuous open highways keep farmers connected to town, reduce wear on stock and equipment, and lower living costs by easing farm to market transport.
A Hip Sing Tong banquet in New York celebrated a republic in China with eighty eight courses and a mid feast stroll. Guests were urged to play cards or listen to music instead of speeches, canceling traditional oratory and boredom with the revelers enjoying a quiet, card suited celebration.
Fragment reads like rustic verse about longing for a green world and southern warmth. Vague imagery of cattle, mockinbird, and sunlit fields evokes a nostalgic, pastoral mood with hints of travel and renewal. Reading as a literary fragment from a period newspaper page.
An archival snippet blends dialective verses and a political riff. It references age contrasts 96 and 60, a fiddler and dancer, Hap piness, and a comical Lion Mister March. The piece shifts to campaign oration, wood-cut imagery, and a wandering speaker who laments political noise and social divides.
A verse celebrates hyacinths in spring with vivid color names and fragrant imagery. The speaker recalls a mother's garden and the sacred memory inspired by blooming hyacinths, bees, robins, and warming sun as nature awakens the heart.
Thirty members of the Thomas County Boys Corn Club have entered to compete for the state prize for corn yield from the acre. The group aims for high yields with strong preparation and past excellent records in the county. J Q W Cunningham, overseeing twenty seven counties, visited this week to finalize plans for the year.
Dr. Hugh Waller delivered a Lenten sermon at the First Presbyterian Church urging thoughtful observation of Lent among Protestants. He preached on Mark 8:34 focusing on bearing burdens, thorn in the flesh, and the voluntary cross, noting practical acts of self denial. The audience reflected strong attention and the service featured a fine rendition of the twenty third psalm by Mrs. Wingfield and Mrs. Cooper.
Elihu P Lanford father of Atlanta Chief Detective N A Lanford died at noon yesterday at age 84 after a stroke of paralysis. Born in South Carolina, he moved to Georgia in childhood and served with the Forty-eighth Georgia Volunteers in the Civil War. Funeral Monday at 4 from his daughter Mrs T A Johnsons residence near Clarkston. survivors include five brothers and one daughter and many grandchildren.
The master egg hunt committee appointed by the park commission and chaired by F Puckett will meet this week. Subscriptions total 350 dollars with 300 from Georgia Railway and Electric, 50 from The Constitution, 50 from The Atlanta Journal, and 50 from the park commission. The hunt, on April 3 at 3 PM, in Grant park north end, will include 206000 eggs with prizes and is expected to attract about 25000 children.
Athens March 10 Special Seaboard Air Line weighs a short line from Commerce along the Southern through Jackson county to Jefferson and possibly Winder tapping its main AAL line The route would pass through a cotton area noted for bales and Joe Stone Georgia Boys Corn Club winner The power company plans electric lines into Commerce and Tallulah with extension to Athens for lights and power
Thomasville Georgia March 10. Noted actress Annia Russell and her husband Oswald Yorke, a prominent English actor, stay at Pebble Hill, with Yorke planning a Bernard Shaw play read for a New York charity. Also in town is Mrs Edward R Hewitt, president of New Yorks Women Municipal League, staying with Mrs Candace Wheeler. Judge Franklin Hoyt of the New York Juvenile Court also noted in visit.
Qocina Ga March 10 Special Since William Brantley announced he would not seek re election supporters urged Hon J A J Henderson to run for congress from this district. Henderson has received many letters and petitions asking him to announce and gain backing. He declined comment today but promised a decision in the next few days. Friends believe he will run.
Rev J W Bixler D D from New London Conn preached at Central Congregational Church on Christianity as the Salt of Life citing Mark 9:50. He urged salt as purifying preserving and flavorful, enriching daily life and warned against seeking novelty. He noted he will lead Wednesday service and that Rev George Loring Henscom is expected to assume next Sunday.
Charles Yard, aged about 61, paralyzed on the left side, wandered from his Connally Street home Thursday morning. Found near the Georgia railroad fertilizer factory early Sunday, wet and exhausted, revived after police and a buggy ride back to his home. His son said the father has wandered away before and did not return last night.
About seventy five to one hundred railroad passenger officials from the south will attend the Southeastern Passenger Association quarterly meeting at the Georgian Terrace. Secretary Richardson of this city will preside. The gathering will set summer travel rates to mountain resorts in North Carolina and Tennessee and popular ocean beaches, with rates to take effect in May.
Tintin Ga March 10 A meeting was held to complete the organization of the Spalding County Good Roads Association. Another meeting is planned next Saturday in the city. The group starts with large membership and enthusiasm for improving state public highways in Spalding.
The city readies a sweeping cleanup as sanitary inspectors begin rigorous backyard and street inspections. Chief Jentzen orders action against dirty backyards lacking proper garbage or manure bins. Repairs to rutted streets will begin, with a goal of spotless streets and yards by April 1.
Barnesville Ga March 10 The entry deadline for the Pike county democratic primary on March 26 closed with 25 hopefuls in the field For ordinary J W Means and clerk superior court W S Slade are incumbents Sheriff R C Mathews Treasurer H L Green and others contesting Tax collector candidates include E R Carswell R L Ewats J W H Lee and Rev W H Graham Tax Receiver two challengers oppose incumbent J F Li ey Coroner W A Whatley faces J E Smith G A Matthews seeks surveyor post Several candidates seek the three county commissioner seats, led by M Howard and W M Hartley with W J Barrett R A Martin J T Ballard B D Blake and S Miller active in the race
Rev Charles Inwood, delegate from Keswick England, preached at North Avenue Presbyterian on sacrifice. He argued sacrifice is not mere deprivation but a personal, distinctive act, citing his own move from a quiet pastorate to Keswick work and frequent travels to China and South Africa as examples of high personal sacrifice.
Joseph Gatins Sr of New York and C A Wood of Boston have been in the city for days on business. Gatins recently left Hot Springs Ark with two to three weeks stay noted and Wood heads to Augusta to visit the Hampton Terrace. The Georgian Terrace lease of Lake Toxaway Nc signals expansion this summer as plans firm up for a larger operation this season.
The council will hear the mayor's veto of an ordinance repealing the stop requirement for autos near trolley cars. The repeal, approved 18 to ?, drew criticism from supporters who said they acted on broken promises and sought to override the veto, though chances are slim.
J. H. Ie Baxter assumes editor and business control of the Griffin News Run, succeeding Robert Ie Durer. The move marks a leadership shift in the local paper as changes in management take effect this March.
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