Early 1912 Atlanta News Notes and Political Jabs
A miscellany from Atlanta dated May 25 1912 includes subscriber rates for The Constitution and notices on delivery. It features a Washington Bureau report by J R Corrigan Jr and mentions hotel newsstands in New York City. The item aggregates political quips about Taft Roosevelt and Wilson, stock references to trusts, and local commentary on elections and conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
J. R
Hollidat
Constitution
Washington
the Constitution
Hibbe
Fifteenth Street
Jobo Corrigan, Jr
New York City
Hotaling
Broadway
Forty-accord ‘Street
Times Building
Thirty-eighth Street
G. B. Donnelly
W. D Ofersey
DL Crowes
Atlanta Health Controversy Faces Second Expert Review
The board of health delays a verdict pending confirmation by a second expert as the finance committee confronts a trial of responsibility. A united local press presses for quick action to end the crisis and spare lives while avoiding mere reliance on Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Finance Committee
Atlanta
Providence
United
Confidence in State Savings Banks in Georgia
A Washington dispatch notes The Constitution's editorial on postal savings banks in Atlanta and Georgia. State and national banks offer four percent interest, higher than the government's two percent, and Georgians show strong trust in local financial institutions as government-backed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Constitution
Postal
Atlanta
Georgia
Post Office
Georgia Banks
Two Great Mountain Highways Proposed for Georgia and Carolinas
Habersham County Good Roads Association schedules a May 28 meeting of interstate county officials in Cornelia to discuss two major highway projects. One would run from Greenville South Carolina through Stephens Habersham Hall Gwinnett and Banks to connect with the Peachtree road into Atlanta. The other would link Demorest Clarkesville Turnerville Tallulah Falls Clayton and Rabun Gap to the North Carolina highway toward Highlands Lake Toxaway Asheville and New York. The effort emphasizes cooperative, low-burden bond funding to link isolated mountain counties to civilization and spur development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Habersham County Good Roads Association
Cornelia
Greenville
S. C
Stephens
Habersham
Hall, Gwinnett
Banks Counties
Georgia
Peachtree
Atlanta
Georgia Mountain
Demorest
Clarkesville
Turnerville
Tallulah Falls
Blue Ridge
KEEP THE FARM CHILD IN SCHOOL
The Houston Post says cost of pauper pay for teachers is not only Georgia’s problem but a Southern issue. It argues nine months of school are essential for country children to match city education, stressing year‑round attendance, decent pay, and parental cooperation, with farmers often pulling children from school for field work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Houston
Texas) Post
Texas
With It-sink or Swim Adventures in a Rough World
A regional verse piece mixes dialect humor and folksy maxims. It celebrates resilience through hardship and toil, urging steadfastness, grit, and a hopeful spirit despite trouble. The narrator blends poems about work, faith, and perseverance with a parable about a graveyard rabbit and a cheerful but fleeting life.
Lucy Cobb Begins Commencement Day in Athens
Lucy Cobb Institute opens its fifty four year commencement activities in Athens Georgia with a presentation of As You Like It by the oratory department under Miss Carolyn Cobb. The schedule includes alumnae meeting, annual concert, sermon by Rev M J Troutman, vesper led by the state university chancellor, tennis and swimming events, and the graduating exercises with a baccalaureate address by Judge H C Hammond followed by a reception.
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Athens
Lucy Cobb Institute
Oratory Department
Carolyn Cobb
M. J. Troutman
First Methodist
State University
H. C. Hammond
All-gusta
Pennsylvania Pastor Fills Atlanta Pulpit
Rev. John Roger Barris, DD, now pastor of Shady Avenue Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, arrives Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock for a service at Harrid Street Presbyterian, after formerly directing the Anti Saloon League of Tennessee. He will be received by the Pittsburgh presbytery.
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John Roger Barris
Shady Avenue Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg
Anti-saloon League of
Tennessee
Harrid Street
Prasbyterian
Citar
Harris Heabsen
On By
Na Erection Betaod
Pittaburg Prasbytery
Memorials of the Bible at Baptist tabernacle
Evangelist Haynes told a large audience last night that baptism and the Lord's supper are two monumental pillars of church life. He urged that great events in God's dealings with man be kept in memory through these ordinances, citing Passover and the Jordan crossing as reminders to future generations.
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Christ
God
Evangelist Haynes
Old Baptist Tabernacle
Egypt
Israel
Jordan
Demand for Four Thousand Dollar Government Job
Civil engineers are urged to apply for a vacancy as chief of drainage investigations in the office of experiment stations, department of agriculture, Washington. The salary is $4,000 with applications directed to Captain G. S. Donnell, secretary to the civil service commission in Atlanta. The government seeks the best man for significant drainage work and requires high executive ability.
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Experiment, Stations
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
G. &. Donnell
Civil Service Commission
Atlanta
Donnell
Patron Saint Dies in Athens Veteran Clergyman Passes
Rev. Thomas P. Cooper longtime Athens resident dies after a long illness at his sister Mrs. P H Mell's home. He was uncle to Col. Thomas S Mell Rev J D Mell James Mell Prof E B Mell Miss Ellen Mell Charles J Mell and Dr Patrick H Mell. Known as Uncle Tom Cooper he long served as patron saint of Athens children.
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Athens
Thomas P. Cooper
P. H. Mell
Thomas 5. Mell
J. D. Mell
James Mell
E. B. Mell
Ellen Mell
Charles J. Mell
Augusta
Patrick H. Mell
Atlanta
Tom" Cooper
Memphis Merchant Robbed in Daylight Mystery
In Memphis Tennessee on May 24 Isaac Colin a merchant was found unconscious in his store with throat cut and skull fractured. Police say robbery was the motive and two Black suspects were detained after the daylight attack in the business district.
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Memphis
Tenn
Isaac Colin
Colin
Public notice warns against unauthorized paper orders
The Constitution reports receipts from readers across the state about non receipt of the daily and Sunday paper. It clarifies that Mr R C Cooke is not authorized to collect subscriptions and that payments made through him are at the payer’s risk, with the circulation department not connected to him.
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Haylow
Scott
R. C. Cooke
Hall
K.C. Cooke
Tim
Georgia postal deposits show state banks trusted
Washington May 24 Special The post office records reveal Georgia postal savings deposits total about 20000, a small share for its population. Georgia residents favor 4 percent savings deposits over the 2 percent government rate, illustrating strong local trust in state banks.
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John Corrigan, Jr
Washington
Post Office Department
Georgia
Union
Free Kindergarten Opens at Joyner Park in Atlanta
The Atlanta Free Kindergarten Association unveiled the Nelle Peters Black Free Kindergarten at Joyner Park. The fully paid for, well lit and ventilated building features Mrs. Nellie Peters Black as namesake and honors her long service as association president since 1895.
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Atlanta
Joyner Park
Atlanta Free Kindergarten Association
Nelle Peters Black
Nellie Peters Black
Reynolds Rises Roberta News Editor Dies at Two Weeks Illness
Roberta Ga May 24 Special R M Reynolds of Roberta Ga died this morning at 6 40 after a two week illness from an abscess of the brain He edited The Crawford County News He leaves a wife a child a mother and a sister He will be buried in Roberta cemetery tomorrow at 2 PM by Crawford lodge No 408 Masons The funeral will be preached by Rev W H Barrett at the Missionary Baptist church tomorrow at 9 AM
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Roberta
R. M. Reynolds
Missionary Baptist Church
Deloney Dies On Broad Street In Athens
Athens Ga May 24 Special Thomas C Deloney aged about 50 of the late Colonel W G Deloney prominent officer who went out from Athens in the war between the states dropped dead on Broad street this evening He had been ill for several months One sister Mrs John Hope Hull survives
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Athens
Thomas C. Deloney
W. G. Deloney
States
Broad Street
John Hope Hull
A Man's Good Example in Buying Advertising Sermon
A social exhortation urges readers to trust advertised goods and buy through the paper's ads. It argues advertising lowers prices, boosts service, and teaches families prudent spending, urging readers to support advertisers to drive volume and cheaper goods.
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Hiere
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