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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
26
A garbled political column mocks campaigns from Taft to Roosevelt with satirical quips about candidates, lectures, and polling quirks. It jumbles references to Rockefellers, Amundsen, and a suspect court of public opinion while odd line breaks scatter the text.
Editor Moon warns Georgians that the presidential primary threatens minority representation and state constitutional rights. He recalls past protests led by Cox, Hutchens, Watson, Brown, and press outlets that blocked a plan to centralize power in ten large counties, urging a renewed public repudiation to protect county voices and democratic rule.
The Constitution and AP reports link Oscar Underwood to tariff reform amid sugar industry protests from Louisiana. The piece argues Underwood is the Democratic standard bearer, facing sectionalism within his region and broader party unity as tariff revisions unfold, noting teachers in Henry County, Georgia endorse his candidacy and the party’s fate hinges on his policies.
A collage of playful verse and aimless civic buzz, linking a Dixie motif to springtime imagery. The text lampoons politics with observant quips about judges, elections, and campaign timing, interwoven with birdsong, gardens, and seasonal charm. A mix of regional dialect and humor anchors the piece.
Boston March 13 President Taft will receive a large gift stick crafted from a tree near Napoleon's tomb at St Helena and containing sand from Lexington battlefield. The handle includes wood from the Paul Revere belfry and a plug of wood from the Washington arm. The inscription notes the origin and it rests in Mayor Fitzgerald's office awaiting Taft's arrival, a gift from a Salem neighbor.
New Orleans March 13 Dr Oscar Dowling president of the state board of health inspected the city hall several fashionable clubs restaurants and candy factories. Nearly all were given 48 hours notice to clean up or face action. The official emphasized conditions at various sites.
Washington Ga March 13 Special One of the good results shown by the stimulation of interest in the Boys Corn Clubs of Wilkes county is that during the first two months of the year only six carloads of western corn have been shipped to Washington, against forty one cars for the same period of 1911 and for the first time in Wilkes history the great mills have more business than they can accommodate with their present equipment turning Wilkes county corn into home made meal. Six hundred dollars was given the prize corn clubs here last year and preparations are under way for a larger number of contestants and a larger purse for the winners this year than fast. Business men and farmers agree that the wide interest and the increased acreage in corn makes the prizes offered for corn culture in Wilkes the most profitable investment that has been made yet in this agricultural way.
Indianapolis March 13 All the defendants indicted for violating federal explosives transport laws must face a single trial on October 1 Judge A S Anderson ruled after defense arguments. Fifty four men are merged into one indictment with 128 counts 28 for conspiracy and 100 for direct violations with McNamara brothers and Hockin named among the charged. Forty four officials of labor unions are implicated in a dynamiting campaign against the open shop in the structural industry.
Chicago March 13 Judge Carpenter denied a motion to discharge Edward Morrin and Louis Heyman on a technical indictment flaw in a Sherman law case. Government said Morris & Co of New Jersey handled the fresh meat business for the corporation. defense argued Morris & Co of Maine should be named. Falwarg Morris is president and Louis H Heyman manages the beer department.
New York report says W. J. Stokes, the millionaire hotel owner once targeted by revolvers, will undergo surgery to remove a kidney and replace it with an animal kidney. His condition worsened over the past month, doctors advised Bermuda stay, then returning for further consultation.
Seattle health officials released twenty five dyed rats to map rodent movement across the city. Each rat bears a two dollar price tag, alive or dead. Health Commissioner Crichton notes rats leave the waterfront in winter and migrate to hills and residential areas as spring arrives.
Stockholders of the American Sugar Refining Company meeting in Jersey City unanimously approved a pension scheme for employees over 65 to retire on a pension equal to 1 percent of annual income times years of service. women fixed at 60. those with 30 years may retire regardless of age.
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, the English suffragette, arrives in New York en route home to England within two weeks. She reports concern for her mother in Holloway prison and questions British treatment of prisoners. She notes MPs and cabinet support for suffrage amid harsh conditions.
From readers in Macon Savannah Athens Columbus and other Georgia papers comes a push for Congressman Underwood as the southern choice for the Democratic nomination. The calls cite his experience, tariff reform support, and steady leadership as reasons to unite behind him against Wilson and Bryan, with emphasis on southern loyalty and national unity.
Ocean City Maryland March 13 Captain Bennett and six crewmen were saved by breeches buoy by Ocean City life savers from the three masted schooner John W Hall which stranded three miles south of here en route from Wilmington North Carolina to New York with lumber cargo. The vessel is a total loss.
New York March 13 Patrick A Whitney commissioner of corrections orders no instrumental music teachers at Hart's Island city reformatory He endorses a plan to offer convicts an optional course of eighty instrumental music lessons this spring with aldermen backing.
Supreme Court ruling states there is nothing unlawful in putting and keeping beer in a regular cold storage plant nor is it a public nuisance. The decision, rendered yesterday, comes from the Rome Superior Court in the case of John W. Bale against Ajanta Ice and Coal Corporation, stemming from a complaint that the company allowed beer owners to store beer at their facility.
Mobile March 13 Judge Semmes refused the application of Mrs. Mary Theresa Virginia Weasserieben for no change of venue in the case arising from the killing of her husband Policeman Préa Wasserieben. Her mother Mary T. Goda remains charged and is to be arraigned at this term.
Americus Light Infantry, commanded by Captain Charles P. Davis with forty-three men, was inspected by Major L. Palmer and Captain Americus Mitchel. The unit posted an excellent showing, receiving a thoroughly satisfactory evaluation and aiming to surpass last year’s twelfth place in state service.
New Haven Conn March 13 The American press is at the level of its lowest reader in A Maurice Lows view Washington correspondent of The London Fest He delivered the Bromley lecture at Yale University last night He said the only hope for raising the standard is in schools and colleges He condemned crime stories and argued for a endowed paper with staff specialists in particular fields He blamed the comic supplement for fostering bad manners and rudeness in American children.
Washington March 18 The cattle embargo on Great Britain was lifted today by Secretary Wilson after no footprint of foot and mouth disease existed in the British Isles for three months. Continental Europe cattle remain barred and English officials attribute recent epidemics to imports from the continent or to unlikely carriers like sea gulls or autos.
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