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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
9
A fragment from a political column riffs on state and national figures, warnings, and social quirks. It covers Georgia crime incubators, lunacy commissions, flirtations with reform, and a satirical take on politics, taxation, and prohibition with scattered references to Mount Etna, Senator Davis, Mr. Bryan, and Atlanta.
Georgia counties protest a “revolutionary measure” that cuts country vote weight in state conventions. Led by J W Anderson Covington Star editor, critics warn the plan would strip minority counties of voice, potentially creating party dictatorship and undermining democratic rule. The dispute centers on whether one third or as little as one twentieth of a full vote remains for rural counties.
Reverend D W Brannen of Milledgeville charges Georgia’s reformatory with breeding criminals by placing young offenders with hardened felons. He cites drudgery brutalizing environments, warns it erodes moral responsibility and yields lawbreakers later costing the state. He urges absolute separation from penal influences and points to Fulton County as a model to imitate.
The cornerstone of Atlanta’s auditorium armory is laid, signaling rapid construction and a major civic asset for large assemblies and conventions. The project promises enhanced prestige, economic activity, and a centralized venue for northern and southern events, with the armory serving militia concentration needs in peace and crisis.
Readers weigh in on the June gubernatorial primary rule and the state convention selection, praising the Constitution's coverage and opposing centralization of power. A separate note urges Fulton club to publish its membership list for transparency amid factional mobilization and critiques both Brown and Smith camps. Plus notices about a Birmingham reunion for Tackhart's Boy Regiment and a promotional sketch of Uncle Remus's Notable Edition magazine.
A historical piece reviews Tom Watson and Hoke Smith era politics in Georgia. It reflects editorials from The Jeffersonian on 1906 1907 positions, debates over education reform, anti lobbing laws and railroad power, and reactions to Glover execution, immigration questions, prohibition, and party loyalty amid Smiths political maneuvering.
Fulton county votes will feature a combined ballot for governor to county offices with twenty county at large candidates and thirty one total contenders. Candidates are listed alphabetically by ward and district with no separate tickets for Smith and Brown. voters must select twenty from the county at large and twenty from the state slate.
After a day in court the jury could not agree on a verdict in the Broad estate case, declaring a mistrial. EB B. McCandless, administrator, and Benjamin Conley faced accusations over estate funds. The estate originated with Englishman John Broad who died in Atlanta leaving about $60,000 in property.
Fourth Presbyterian Church, founded in 1883, plans a new edifice at Highland and Ponce de Leon avenues. The move follows selling the old Chamberlin and Jackson site. $2,919,000 total funds are sought with $6,000 remaining and Edwin Kingsbery accepting contributions.
Pay totals were 185,259 collected from African American congregants in the United States. Rev. M Blanton Parks of New York City presented the figures to the general conference during the Norfolk Virginia meeting. The report notes funds were raised by the department from negro members across the nation.
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