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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1914
Page
7
Rates show six cents per month or twelve cents per week inside Atlanta and zero and fourteen cents outside Atlanta. FR Holliday, advertising manager, Constitution Building, handles oil territory outside Atlanta.
Representative William Schley Howard has proposed a million dollar appropriation in Congress for a new Atlanta postoffice. The article argues Atlanta’s postal facilities are already too small despite the new building’s recent completion, noting bank clearings and postal growth as strong indicators of the city’s rapid development and prosperity.
Theodore Vail, head of American Bell, argues government ownership could deliver efficient service, while acknowledging personal business concerns. He cites cautious foreign examples and warns politics may rise under public monopolies in wire or rail, suggesting prudence in the nation’s approach to telecommunication and transport.
The piece argues that all three parties and editorial boards must present clearer arguments and stronger proof. It warns the public may face a difficult choice, likening it to "swapping the devil for a witch" or worse, as the political climate tightens.
Los Angeles joins Sacramento in denouncing the so called army of the incorrigibly unemployed. Police say the fluctuating force of seven to fifteen hundred will be offered living wages. If refused, they may be moved on by force. The piece argues many so called armies are idle chiefs recruits. It laments lack of sympathy for unrest and praises honest toil.
A European military authority notes that despite the Balkan war's nominal end, Europe remains seething with arms buildup. Russia plans to expand the army by 460,000, to 1.7 million in three years, with a cautious naval push. Revenue from whisky profits funds war, while Duma politics wobble between loyalty and irritant dissolution.
The annual season of grand opera in Atlanta closes for season tickets tomorrow with single performances to follow. Demand is high and remaining seats are expected to sell fast, offering patrons commuting rate options for full attendance. Afterward single-ticket sales will begin, anticipated to be equally brisk. Additional notes reference unrelated items about political figures and scientific comments.
Fragmented civic and musical verse pieces praise a hopeful world and community spirit. The text blends garbled dialect and celebratory lines urging steadiness, gratitude, and unity, with references to a steeple bell chorus and romantic imagery. The fragmentary draft references May, love, and a call to ring out joy.
A collection of local, humorous and editorial snippets from Billville era columns. Parodies, satire, and quips cover politics with a jab at recall calls, a dance tune urge, ads sneer at lazy merchants, and a lyric toast to carefree days. Names and places anchor the collage.
REMBERT G SMITH of Emory College denounces caste in American schooling. The editorial argues education should cultivate manhood and moral insight, not merely train for a vocation. It cautions against stratifying youth by vocational fate and warns such changes threaten political and social democracy.
Editorial urges a larger Grady hospital to serve all residents of Atlanta including both races. Calls for funds, arguing health is the city's top obligation and that Grady currently fails to house every sick person without cost. March 26, 1914 Atlanta Georgia.
Editor Constitution reports West End has outgrown Walker and West View lines with cars crowded to capacity at various times. The writer calls on Mr. Arkwright and the West End Improvement Club to press for larger, more frequent cars, and an additional line on Greensterry Avenue, noting rapid local growth since 1911 and urging Battle Hill club cooperation. Atlanta, March 25, 1914.
Washington reports Senator W. S. West will not enter the gubernatorial contest if he is not a candidate for senator. If Governor Slaton runs, West plans to retire from politics for the year. Georgia observers expect decisions after the Atlanta executive committee meeting in April. West has left for Georgia tonight. Crisp County primary will vote tomorrow for several offices, with spirited contests expected in clerk, tax collector, treasurer, and commissioners. Marion and Mitchell counties also hold primaries with close races for sheriff, treasurer, and tax collector. Mundy withdraws from Polk County House race to seek a Senate seat later. Ledbetter likely to face no opposition. Charters urged to run for Congress again in Gainesville. Hutcheson to run for Turner County representative. Pulaski candidates busy as canvassing rules shift. primary set for April 12.
Judge John J. Marte, an East Point, Georgia resident and Mexican War veteran, advocates U S intervention to manage Mexico without full-scale war. He recalls fellow officers Lee and Grant, recounts Aztec Club ties, and notes Grant’s later courtesy in offering an auditor position before serving as postmaster in Montgomery.
The Atlanta Baptist Ministers Conference adopts resolutions urging citizens and Christians to oppose liquor sales and to uphold laws. They approve First Baptist Church of Atlanta’s March 18 action and commend it to church members, with all resolutions unanimously adopted on March 23. The brief note follows a section about Civil War veterans and a state memorial urn in Columbia.
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