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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1909
Page
5
A jumble of headlines and quips from Atlanta and New York desk items. Mentions publishers ad managers, editors, and a mock political roundup with references to Taft Roosevelt Rockefeller and Attica. Contains stray notes on tariffs and a Far Eastern campaign context amid disjointed phrases.
Georges F. Hunnicutt of the Southern Cultivator urges Georgia and the South to curb cotton domination and diversify into corn and cattle. He argues the region pays West for essentials and mortgages its future, urging self preservation through mixed farming and a regional packing industry. He cites his travels, experience, and debates with rivals and predicts readiness to shift away from cotton alone.
A 1910 commentary argues that federal budgets should prioritize defense while condemning neglect of education. It criticizes The Constitution of Atlanta for misplacing critique and urges expanding federal support for literacy, warning that knowledge protection is as vital as national defense.
The piece attacks Castro as a dictator loathed by Venezuela and suggests South American instability threatens the Monroe Doctrine. It warns that Castro’s return could plunge Venezuela into revolution while urging cautious diplomacy and a Taft era approach to policy.
The article explains a proposed daylight shift where daily schedules move by one hour twenty minutes for May to August, aligning 7 am breakfast with 5:40 am sun time and 7 pm meals with 4:40 pm dusk. It argues households keep routines, saving electricity and gas while maintaining recreation, with Britons reluctant to voluntarily change without clocks. England plans to implement the change to gauge potential energy savings and lifestyle benefits.
The piece comments on Ferdinand Pinney Harle facing divorce from his wife over alleged affinity as a challenge to conventionality. It condemns romantic fantasies and warns that such impulses destabilize society, noting many resist such fugitive impulses with common sense and self-control. The column implies the wife’s action may deter others from similar trials.
A mosaic of poetry and local observations from Georgia highlights seasonal verse about spring, scattered notes on early campaign talk, weather, and community life. The piece blends humorous musings on postmasters and office seekers with hints of spring plowing, airship talk, and a playful poem about a real spring chicken.
A colonial era style critique argues people follow clock time over sun. The House of Commons has passed a daylight saving bill to advance clocks by twenty minutes on each of four consecutive Sundays, extending daily daylight.
Montgomery Ain March 4 Special The talk of RM Spragina for governor will be widely discussed as papers cue him and belief grows he may offer for the nomination The prohibition failure has drawn attention to his program of local reform and liquor policy while Mason officers are elected at Statesboro chapter No 1 with Jesus Brooke Simmons high priest and other officers named.
In Dallas a man known as Julius Robertson is wanted in connection with the murder of Frank Wofford a Texas cotton planter on November 11 A $908 reward is offered for Robertson s capture and identification He denied firing the fatal shot and two other black men implicated in the crime were arrested in the city
Georgia farmer George F. Hunnicutt argues in the Southern Cultivator that cattle and corn production will strengthen the southern economy, reducing dependence on cotton. He predicts beef and hog markets will grow, boosting domestic slaughterhouses near Georgia and expanding home agriculture and packing-house activity.
A reader letter argues against mortgage taxation as double taxation and unfairly burdens homeowners. It urges cheaper money and wider ownership, contending tax policy drives moneyed lenders to landholding and creates inequality between town and country residents. The writer, Clepton R. Sykies, appeals for broader scholarly input.
Dr Ashby Jones, pastor of the First Baptist Church for three years, announced to his congregation that he will accept the call to the First Baptist Church of Augusta. His resignation moved many to tears as he prepares to preach his final sermon here next Sunday before departing for Augusta.
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