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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1908
Page
11
In Atlanta Georgia a 1908 notice announces subscription rates for The Constitution and related ads. The Washington Bureau and dispatches from New York detail editorials on Castro Roosevelt Taft and national issues. The piece surveys weather chatter, political commentary, and public notices with a mix of figures and names.
A historical contrast notes Jacksonville's post fire revival aiming to reach half a million population and to industrialize surrounding land. It questions Atlanta's pace, urges bond issues and tax strategies, and warns Atlanta may lag behind cities like Jacksonville Memphis and Columbus ahead of the 1910 census.
The Constitutions weekly financial report from New York notes Atlanta’s capital shows rising appeal for bonds and securities. The finance committee weighs a 1.5 million bond issue to fund water facilities, warning that delays risk larger disasters and urging swift, thorough action.
The city council approved funding to begin mosquito control and eliminate breeding grounds in Atlanta. The Constitution lauds prompt action while urging ongoing enforcement to remove garbage and stagnant pools, protecting all residents, not just the privileged, from disease.
A Georgia editorial argues the reformatory near Baldwin county must be detached from the state penitentiary. It calls for a separate board of trustees and location away from the prison farm to achieve effective results, warning that continued union risks waste and failure regardless of funding.
A mosaic of verse and prose scenes from small town life in Georgia era pages. Poems speak of weather, faith, joy, and resilience as a minister and editor discuss hope amid storms. Local notes record thefts of cartridges and lamps, burglaries, and a patrolman’s arrest, along with cheerful, rustic reflections of daily work and community humor.
A Laurens County Joe Brown Club statement denounces Dr Flanders editorial accusations linking Joe Brown supporters to aiding prohibition repeal and negro disfranchisement. The club asserts Laurens citizens pink-slated in the Brown campaign are true prohibitionists and will push disfranchisement policies in the upcoming general election. It condemns Dr Flanders as misrepresenting Laurens County and calls for publication of the protest.
Judge W D Bills grants Central Bank and Trust Corporation power to cancel a $198 note signed by A C Langston for the Neal bank and to sell Todd property lot to W Fambrough for $600 with bond for title. Venterdas ordered to surrender bank property to receivers. Thom peon bid $600 bond for title. all actions favor receivers’ sale of Neal bank assets.
A collage of editorials from Hawkinsville to Fitzgerald and beyond treats the Georgia gubernatorial contest as a clash over the new primary system. Pro Smith and anti foreign capital lines appear alongside warnings of revolutionary change, with barbed notes on railroads, prohibition, and county versus state influence.
General Manager Frank Weldon of the Atlanta State Fair Association reports the fair running October 8 to 24 in Atlanta with a major cattle show. Dr H A Payne of the bureau of animal industries discusses Texas fever and quarantine plans as interest grows across Georgia. Weldon has reserved a Piedmont Park section for cattle exhibits and is coordinating on prizes, prelims, and show logistics.
Popular Atlanta merchant J P Davenport returns to work after a recent bout with erysipelas. Once one of the city’s leading commission merchants, he shows signs of full recovery after two severe attacks in recent months, and friends express optimism for his health and continued business activity.
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