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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1908
Page
5
A fragmented survey of early 20th century politics notes fatigue in Congress, the third term debate, and Roosevelt's loyalty to Taft. Governor Johnson earns southern praise weather and politics. Discussions touch Fairbanks campaigning, literature, and imperial outlooks with references to Cannon, Hobson, Howells, Dewey, and Peary.
New York social economists propose a state run vagrant farm on Long Island to house vagrants for up to two years with potential release if they show willingness to work. The plan aims to reduce costs and elevate citizenship through enforced employment. The piece also highlights the Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education and its Georgia chapter forming 490 members, with national leaders like Roosevelt and Carnegie backing industrial training as vital to southern wealth and development.
A short story excerpt discusses Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King and the universal yearning for romance. It centers on Manuel, a boy-user of Portugal, who dons the crowd and abandons the kingdom of romance to embrace power.
The article reflects on a prince’s arranged monarchy due to state needs, contrasting youthful passion with political duty. It shifts to Atlanta welfare work led by Mrs. Ottley, Georgia philanthropy, and women’s influence in reform. It ends arguing tariff revision and reciprocal trade reduce future wars more than Hague conferences.
A collage of humorous dialect verse and prose pieces from a Georgia influenced page. Includes songs about light breaking through darkness, a comic exchange with a self important scientist and an old woman, weather and crop tales, moral quips, and rural wisdom. Notable voices reference Georgia life and local color.
The piece argues Georgia faced capital flight under Governor Smith due to proposed high taxes on corporations. It claims measures would bankrupt firms, deter investment, and force projects to relocate to Carolina or halt entirely. The author blames Smith for driving away foreign capital and stalling Georgia’s development.
A compilation of editorials from Georgia newspapers weighing Governor Hoke Smith and his political machine. It argues the governor centralized influence to control state delegation for Denver, calling for voters to repudiate Smith in the June 4 ballot while praising opponents and rural counties’ rights. It notes cross-paper critique and calls for safeguards against concentrations of power.
East of the Mississippi railroads will refuse to transport carload shipments lacking clearly marked consignee and station of designation after July 1. Notices go to all carriers this week, affecting 416 railroads. Shippers often used initials or hieroglyphics on boxes to hide customer names, a practice blamed for losses in transit and fraud.
Letter argues for the popular vote in Georgia for governor, criticizing the old delegate system as undemocratic. It defends the state Democratic executive committee’s role in setting fair primary rules and cites fairness between large and small counties. The writer, L. J. McConnell, May 31, 196. A closing quip jokes about courting and kitchen duties.
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