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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1910
Page
6
The document lists traveling representatives W W Blackburn CC Moore W H Overby C H Donnelly on RF D routes W D Brumbelow and W F Stores and warns to not pay anyone else. It references census tensions in Texas and comments on politics including Lorimer Bryan Roosevelt and Edward VII in a mosaic of opinion pieces and notices.
A call to curb open garbage cans and sewer neglect in Atlanta urges strict enforcement of sanitary laws to block the house fly and the spread of typhoid and tuberculosis. The piece highlights the Atlanta Anti-Tuberculosis Visiting Nurses' Association plans, urging prevention, enforcement, and community subscriptions to protect public health.
From Asheville annual general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Women seeking a voice in funds and church affairs won a show of hands toward equality but the motion was postponed. Observers say the reform is gradual, with momentum toward enfranchisement and eventual victory as justice and logic dictate.
A critical view argues Taft’s cabinet weaknesses threaten the administration. It singles out Knox Wickersham and Ballinger as unfit for national leadership and says they fail to sway public opinion or broaden Taft’s perspective. The piece urges removal of these advisers to curb danger to the president.
Colonel W L Peel is praised as the driving force behind Atlanta’s grand organ in the Auditorium Armory saga. His persistence, faith, and leadership through the Atlanta Music Festival Association culminated in a $50,000 organ, with a planned May 31 dedication, marking his epitomized public spirit.
A New York audience of African Americans hears Clarence Darrow rail against social remedies. He advocates intermarriage and vagrancy as solutions and attacks Booker T. Washington, urging changes deemed insane. The piece condemns Darrow as dangerous to race relations and American institutions.
A senate committee investigates the use of the third degree by police amid public sentiment shifting away from indiscriminate torture. The piece weighs risks of false confessions versus breaking hardened criminals, noting calls to curb brutal methods while acknowledging limited milder tactics may yield results.
The Constitution notes Atlanta seeks stop overs to join other cities in equality of rail service. After more than a week of consideration, railroad officials face a choice between delaying justice or reaffirming discrimination. Local business interests insist the request is reasonable given Atlanta’s location and commerce, warning of shared responsibility if denied.
Colonel Fred J. Paxon announces he will not enter the race for mayor of Atlanta. He cites loyalty to civic duties and his Chamber of Commerce presidency, saying he has not considered the matter and will not. The letter, dated May 14, 1916, thanks friends for their support but asks publication to avoid embarrassment.
The United States National Museum Bulletin 72 catalogs about 1300 species of North American spiders led by Theridiidae and Attidae, notes transfer of museum gifts from Mrs Fox, and describes Proceedings papers on Egyptian sand barites and Kharga crystals. It also covers the Albatross cruise bird notes from the North Pacific and Great Lakes fish studies including a new deep water sculpin from Lake Ontario and related lake species descriptions.
Jeff Cockran, a well known resident of Juliette Georgia, narrowly escaped a fatal shooting when Sol Sims fired a revolver during a debt dispute seven days ago. Sims was arrested but later released on bond as the incident is investigated.
In Cartersville Georgia on May 14 special notes announce the Seventh Day Adventists have set up a large gospel tent at the corner of Douglas and Church Streets. Meetings begin tonight with services twice daily. Several state speakers from their ranks will preach, and special music is provided.
An ongoing question in the Georgia treasurer race concerns whether Ben F Perry, longtime Canton editor and banker, will keep his assistant to the state treasurer post if Peyton M Hawes is elected. Perry’s friends say he would remain in place. Hawes has not commented.
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