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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1914
Page
9
The Constitution cites letters from leaders like Clyde L. King urging farmers to sell enough cotton to pay major debts and kickstart regional commerce. King says moving cotton stimulates every step from retailer to banks, and a slow flow stalls plans and harms the farmer most.
The Constitution profiles Luther Clarence Elmer and Arthur Allred of Jasper as four master-builders in the corn club movement. They planted an acre each and produced 24 bushels total, with Luther reaching 17 bushels per acre, near state and national records. Georgia’s corn club efforts spread enthusiasm and plans for a large district display in Rome on the 18th to 20th, highlighting youth influence on farming.
The passage envisions a diversified, businesslike agriculture immune to crop failures. It praises Alfred and their mountain mother for achievements that illustrate the Blue Ridge region's awakening and enduring Anglo-Saxon strength, asserting regional independence from outside influences.
The piece argues Atlanta should adopt Lafayette’s example and issue about $7,000,000 in bonds for permanent public works. It notes cost advantages of current materials and labor and calls for borrowing to replace ongoing maintenance funding, asserting a conservative policy has left Atlanta behind and that a near-term bond issue would benefit residents and future generations.
A column reviews Mexico's history of fallen leaders from Maximilian to Carranza, noting each regime labeled traitor and toppled. It argues revolutions recur, warns against U.S. interference, and ends with a wry jab at Germany’s Zeppelins and a Russian bear metaphor.
Poem fragment shows Old Man Worry confronting Georgia townsfolk as worries gather like a hurricane. Figures move in, marching to a drumbeat, perching at the edge of a promised land while skies darken. The speaker notes doubt and fear, urging resilience against looming trouble.
A Marion Record tale recalls an old colored woman losing her bank savings to a deacon who claimed the intrust ate her money. The piece also parodies battlefield piety and recalls a Little Rock Gazette jab about possum lore and Georgian cuisine.
A letter claimed from a man offering a 19 year old boy for a business trade in Kansas City and Missouri style hints. Interleaved with humorous rhymes and religious anecdotes the text includes dialect samples and brief local notes. The mix resembles a column of stray notices and quips from a historical page.
Promotes giving farms a personal name to distinguish a home and advertise with printed letterheads and envelopes. Encourages children to write to friends using the farm name, touting it as effective low cost advertising.
The Holland Letter recalls Abram Hewitt’s forecast that within a generation the iron and steel industry would concentrate in two U S hubs, Birmingham Alabama and the northern United States, with the Alabama region set to dominate world basic steel. It notes Hewitt’s ties to Congress and the American Institute of Iron and Steel, and cites President James J. Farrell of United States Steel on export growth and a coming boom in 1915.
A Springfield Republican note jokes that the Kaiser has had little time for epigrams amid war. Reports on his whereabouts are conflicting, yet he reportedly watches Mets and recalled a 1896 moment unveiling a monument to a Prussian general with a stern German oath.
Rome promotes youth agricultural education with a Corn Club and Canning Show on November 19 and 20 in the seventh district. William Bradford notes more than 1,500 mountain youth from Atlanta to Chattanooga will present results, urging citizens to support and attend to see student work and its impact.
A comic historical sketch traces Welmuth Warl Bernhard von Moltke from a 1800s Mecklenburg child to Prussian chief of staff. It lampoons his career from teaching Turkey to planning campaigns, cleaving through battles with maps and wit, ending as a famed, long-lived artillery conversationalist.
A compact survey lists early actions in major wars. It notes Balkan Turkish clashes at Podgoricza December 9, 1913, Japanese attack near Port Arthur February 1914, Boer attack on an armored train October 23, 1899, Maine sinking February 16, 1898, and other 18th to 19th century battles including Lexington April 19, 1775/76.
Cheffe laments the daughter who sacrifices duty to the Clef Club and social duties while her mother toils. The piece critiques a forty-something woman's dwindling reserve, urging reflection before illness worsens, as the daughter neglects care in favor of self-serving tasks.
A leading New York banker discusses the South’s cotton dependence, price fluctuations since 1914, and the need for better warehouse systems, weather protection, and bank credit. He cites wartime trading disruption, government relief options, the Buy a Bale movement, and urges farmers to diversify crops and sell at reasonable prices to stabilize finances.
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