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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1909
Page
15
Subsection details subscription terms for The Constitution and notes delivery options in Atlanta and New York. A May 13 2009 notice lists advertising contacts and a column discussing tariff politics, public figures, and current events with regional references to Georgia and national topics.
A report on the unveiling of Major Henry Wirz monument led by United Daughters of the Confederacy. Hon. Pleasant A. Stovall recalls war horrors, passion, and the need for unity. The piece reflects on history, reconciliation, and honoring both Union and Confederate memories.
The piece defends the integrity of religion and the home against liberal criticisms in a magazine series titled lasting at the Rock of Ages. It argues such views are rare, threatening only a feeble challenge to the inviolability of church and family, which have endured through centuries of skepticism and attack.
The report favors creating a depreciation trust funded from earnings to renew worn property, with depreciation charged to cover operating costs and a fair return. It argues public utilities should not capitalize a public grant or overcharge small consumers to subsidize larger users. Municipal regulation gains favor as a closer, practical approach than distant state oversight, recommending Atlanta examine benefits of such regulation.
A compact compilation of dialect humor and social vignettes from Georgia with lively exchanges at weddings and parsonage mischief. It mixes playful wedding banter, weather woes, and faded frontier wisdom through short, characterful snippets and rhymes.
Discussion on public utility regulation from national to municipal levels. Highlights New York gas rate ruling, Los Angeles proposed public utilities commission, and auditor Mushet urging open capitalization and prudent oversight to protect consumers and investors.
A woman in Augusta Georgia May 12 suffered severe burns after her clothing ignited from a faulty flame from a hens need device. She ran into the street fanning the flames until surorounded by a passerby who helped extinguish the blaze.
New York May 12 The French Cable Company says direct communication with Venezuela is restored at a 3 per ward rate. The settlement grants coastwise cables from Maracaibo to Margarita Bay and a 20 year monopoly on world cable, while a new president of the University of Michigan is named.
Governor Smith may appoint a commission to fully investigate charges against a state sanitarium at Milledgeville. Dr LM Jones and others urge inquiry after false and harmful articles, with Lawson’s board urging prompt action to protect relatives and inmates. a physician, lawyer, and businessman may serve. Leadership contemplates involving legislators.
New Orleans on May 12 Adjutant General William E Mickle reports the death of Colonel Robert F Park on his staff. Park, intestate treasurer of Gearwia and prominent Confederate veteran, died after suffering, aged sixty six. He was described as a faithful and honorable citizen whose life all Southland inhabitants may be proud.
Temple services shift from 8 to 8 18 on Friday nights with an earlier recital starting at 7 45 each evening. Professor J Fowler Richardson is organist and Mrs J Whitten is violinist, with organ works by Witham and additional musical pieces and offertory. The Thursday choir and organ responses will be performed by MM Picker Brarger and W MacFeriane.
Preliminary plans read before the Piedmont park commission outline a beautification program including meadows, woodlands, terraces, and a lake. They call for removing old exposition buildings, adding a public shelter, and constructing an east side driveway bridge. lake relocation and careful budgeting are emphasized for phased development.
Rome Ga May 12 A Knowles prominent resident was badly hurt when a buggy on Mast Fourth street lurched forward throwing him to the ground his head struck a telegraph pole his son Addison narrowly escaped injury The injured man was taken home for treatment and his condition was later described as not serious Addison Knowles was unhurt
Hartwell Georgia May 12 Special A serious accident was narrowly averted this afternoon when Jess Stribbting's automobile turned turtle injuring the occupants In the machine were Stribbting Alex Kld¢ John B Magill and Herndon McCurry
Superior court meets at Jefferson as the grand jury backs good roads with fifteen committees to push a single main road. The proposed route would run from Hindar to Jemson via Commerce, crossing the county center and serving key locations.
Macon Georgia May 12 Special. A candidate for the city council in the fourth ward on the John T Moore ticket realigned today due to health. Dr P S Rone says he must cease political action, replaced by a well known new man.
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