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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1914
Page
9
The piece endorses Bishop Warren A. Candler of the Methodist church as a voice for conservatism and practical economics. It urges farmers to sell cotton to liquidate debts, ease market congestion, and stimulate southern commerce, arguing that delay harms both farmers and creditors. The text presents Candler’s view that liquidation stabilizes cash flow and supports the broader economy.
Hon Chama Clark speaker of the House will lecture at the Atlanta Theater this evening at eight o clock for the benefit of West End Christian church. Clark is described as a national orator and the event aims to raise funds for the church.
The article touts Speaker Clark as a leading party figure and notes the Young Men's Democratic League of Fulton county will host him for a 50 cent admission public lecture. It promises a full house and an evening of notable entertainment under the Constitution’s urging.
A New Orleans and New York cotton opening yesterday shows a sharp rally from July 31 lows with December cotton at 7.45 and next October quoted near 8 cents. The piece mocks doomsayers and urges southern prosperity, urging an end to pessimism and calls for credit and enterprise amid historical tensions.
A wide taking letter from N T McGrane president of D P Winne Co argues cotton twine outperforms jute and other fibers. He cites cost per length and efficiency tests to urge southern merchants and farmers to switch to cotton wrapping to boost homes market demand. He also mocks southern farmers for persisting with jute coverings and notes political comments on Villa Lind and Osler in a brisk satirical end.
An evaluative poem in the Rubaiyat style answers faith to doubt. The poet casts doubt and despair against a steadfast belief that God is the Soul and Creation His robe. Galaxy Publishing, Norfolk, Va, publishes The New Rubaiyat from a Virginian Garden.
A humorous vignette from rural Missouri highlights a real country editor who treks the countryside gathering stray news into feature stories. The piece cites locals like Old Folks in the Limelight and mentions regional figures and small-town anecdotes from Douglas and Neosho areas.
The Holland Letter notes mixed views on business conditions with pessimism about current activity yet confidence in a coming revival. It cites weaker orders in steel and cotton, but credits rising foreign trade prospects, new national banking systems, and large credit markets as foundations for an unprecedented expansion in activity soon. It highlights Willard Straight’s assertion of U S leadership in world trade and the role of banks in fueling growth.
N T Mgrane president of D P Winne Co argues for cotton twine superiority over jute, hemp, and flax based on tests and real-world cases. He cites a 6 cent per pound jute twine replaced by 28 to 29 cent cotton twine delivering fivefold yardage, savings of 5000 dollars in a year, and adoption by a large leather belting firm with 10-ply flax replaced by 80-ply cotton twine at 24 cents per pound. He notes southern merchants resist the switch, misjudging purchase cost as price per pound rather than total work done.
An essay lampoons modern apple consumption replacing rural storage with polished imports. It contrasts past homegrown fruit, stored in cellars, with today’s 15000 dollar per acre orchards and credit pressures. The piece blends humor with a critique of consumerism and insistence on more apples and perfection.
The Constitution editorial urges immediate action to sell cotton to relieve merchant creditors hurt by unpaid accounts. It argues farmers may speculate on prices but must not withhold debts, noting wartime and postwar demand declines and rising holding costs. It calls for a self-help movement to ease local merchant pressures. WARREN A CANDLER.
W I Sanford of Sherman Texas argues farmers must move cotton to market despite profit fears. He compares past and present costs and prices for seed, tools, corn, oats, hay, poultry, and equipment, urging farmers and merchants to act without spreading losses. He warns holding cotton harms retail merchants and the broader economy.
A case commentary discusses a person who intervenes to separate fighting dogs and is injured. The court rules the intervener may not recover damages from the dog owner if the intervener helped create the danger. Citing Warwick v Farley Nebraska case law as the controlling example.
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