The Constitution Established 1968 and Standard Southern Newspaper
The Constitution, a daily and Sunday paper with biweekly tri weekly editions, lists editors and directors, outlines subscription rates by mail and carrier, notes advertising manager Holliday, and describes sale locations and out of town payment policies.
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Standard Southern
Pe Re Ee Ee
Lark Howell
W.L. Halstead
Enaitess
Clark
Roby Bopinson
Albert Howell
H.R. Black
H.W. Grady
A Ee
United States
Mexico
Atlanta
BR Holliday
Constitution Building
Washington
S Street
N. W
John Carrigan
Staf
Constitution
New York City
Hotaling
Broadsway
Forty-second Street
Times Building
Thirty-eighth Street
Broadway
Twenty-ninth Street
Sunday mail deliveries under suspension debate in Atlanta
Postmaster Bolling Jones backs restoration of Sunday mail delivery arguing current rules impose extra costs on people and force postal workers to labor Sundays without rest. He cites hotel registrants receiving mail and heavy Monday overwork, urging repeal of Hitchcock era Sunday closing as punitive and unnecessary.
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Constitution
Bolling’ Jones
Hitchcock
Atlanta
Jones
Atanta
City Cotton Sampling Debate Draws Farmer Protest
A Troy Alg letter to The Constitution objects to the term city cotton crop and questions the 316000 bale figure. It argues sampling freight should not fall on farmers and cites Congress Adamson's bill about removing samples after gin delivery. The writer notes farmers in isolated markets have opposed the practice for years.
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Constitution
M. H. Carter
Troy
Alg
Carter
Washington
Adamson
Tare
Government settlement urged on producer buyer tension
The steamship firms started a uniform bale rule penalizing each bale for violations, but enforcement and promulgation were entrusted to the railroads. The Constitution backs Mr. Carter on improving the system, noting no paper has pressed for change more strongly or consistently.
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Carter
Blocking Development Through Roads and the Prison Commission
Rev Nath Thompson argues that good roads unlock all development from schools to churches and industries. In Pickens county a vocational school for mountain boys seeks road support, with $10 per day spent on a road expert. He urges the Georgia prison commission to use its authority to assist road boards, speeding economic growth statewide.
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Prison Commission of Georgia
Nath Thompson
Thompson
Pickens County
Georgia
Blue printing Atlanta plan to fix grades and sewers
The Constitution endorses Alderman elect Albert Thomson pushing topographical blue-print planning to fix street grades and sewer levels in Atlanta. It argues this long term map saves money, reduces future alterations on Ivy, Whitehall, Forsyth and Peachtree, and enables a definite growth plan for builders and city. It notes current changes cost residents and traffic, urging persistent adoption of the permanent plan.
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Atlanta
Albert Thomson
Thonson
Ivy Street
Whitehall
Forsyth
Peachtree
An Old-Time Opinion on New Times and Robbed Diamond Ring
A Georgia editor recalls old days and mocks modern progress while noting a recent news item about a diamond ring and $600 stolen. The piece blends verse, local voice, and a call for clarity on the item’s origin.
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Jone
Georgia
Accon
The Dalton Citizen Ponders Old Ways Against New Times
A composite of quirky rural humor and weather notes from The Dalton Citizen features Philosopher Vance reminiscing about old spinning wheels and cornbread, a chorus of regional wit about explaining federal actions, jokes on high prices, dry weather anecdotes, and a Virginia patent medicine anecdote reflecting wary skepticism.
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Philosopher Vance
Dalton Citizen
Washington
Slim Sharinga
MecFhergan Democrat
Virginia
A Cautious Writer in The London Globe
A reflective note on a cautious Daily Mail drama critic who labels Zulelka as "this bad woman, but good vectreus" in a New Piece at His Majesty's suggesting a cautious journalistic stance unseen since the Abel and Cain murder nets.
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London Globe
Abel
Cain
Daily Mails
Zulelka
His Majesty's
Nature's flaws and whiskers provoke a humorous quarrel
A professor and a skeptical man debate nature with jokes about whiskers, shaving costs, and cow horns. The speaker mocks nature's errors, noting roosters’ noise versus hens’ value, and ends by blaming nature for the listener's own enormous lung power.
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Nature
Progressive Party
Earth
Peorte
Hed
When X Y Z Letters Shaped US French Conflict 1797
In the Adams era the XYZ affair sparked war fears after French demands for tribute. Envoys Gerry Marshall and Pinckney faced Talleyrand’s ministers labeled X Y Z. France attacked ships, prompting armed defense and eventual diplomatic reopening under Adams.
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Washington
John Adams
Bin
Thomas Jefferson
Hamilton
Adams
Jay
England
Monsieur
Europe
America
France
Congress
Postmaster Jones on Sunday Mail Delivery Reform
Postmaster Bolling H. Jones argues for Sunday mail delivery to hotel guests and traveling salesmen in Atlanta. He contends current Sunday closure forces extra workers and disrupts mail, proposing morning distribution through general delivery up to 10 o clock to allow church and Sunday activities. He cites 600 to 700 daily Sunday special delivery letters and outlines staffing to handle two days of mail with minimal delay.
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Constitution
Tas
Atlanta
Bolling EH
Jones
Cotton sampling piracy debate stirs farmer buyer clash
A Cotton editor counters calls to tighten sampling, arguing negligible losses from tare and sampling while stressing the need for free sampling to ensure high prices. He cites farmers’ dumping bales, poor packing, and weather damage as widespread waste, urging union action and newspaper support.
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Ana
Zurope
Farmers’ Union
Atlanta
The Cost of Poor Roads Editor Georgia Opinion
In Pickens and Dawson counties a vocational school is being built on a five thousand acre campus. The speaker calls for civil engineers to design public highways and urges state support to save money on road construction. A man is paid ten dollars a day plus expenses to help lay out these roads.
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Missouri
Patterson
Pickens
Dawson
Tech
Georgia
Nath Thompson
Clinkers in the Brain Warn of Thought Waste
The piece by George Matthew Adam urges removing mental clinkers to boost thought efficiency. It compares brain clutter to fuel waste, advises reading inspiring books, associating with strong minds, traveling, and seeking helpful, beautiful lessons in nature and people. It notes the cotton trade's profits and risks through examples from the Georgia Cotton Company agent M. H. Carter.
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South
Inmany
Jo? Eros
Agent Georgia Cotton Company
Ala
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