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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1909
Page
11
A mixed set of 1908 notices and commentary from The Constitution and The Baltimore American. Includes subscription terms, distribution notes for Atlanta, New York newsstand locations, and editorials on Taft, Bryan, and Oklahoma politics. References to Taft’s tariff stance, prospects for prosperity, and political discourse across Texas Florida and Oklahoma.
The Georgia treasury should avoid shortages or surpluses by ensuring prompt payment of debts. Governor Brown’s plan aims to cover school and pension obligations and balance revenue to expense, with broad approval across the press. The piece condemns delayed teacher pay and calls for immediate remedy at the next legislature session.
A Georgia Supreme Court ruling highlights how even small judge expressions of opinion can trigger reversals and new trials. The piece argues lawmakers bear responsibility for the rigid rule forbidding judicial commentary, urging reform to reduce delays and costs while preserving fair outcomes.
At a city council meeting a committee was formed to confer with Fulton county authorities to secure a site for a tuberculosis hospital. Officials support the need, but secrecy around investigations fuels fear of inaction. The public deserves full reports and timely action to curb the white plague and save hundreds yearly.
The Manufacturers Record reports $21 million in cotton mill equipment added in the first nine months, expanding by 834,428 spindles and 16,488 looms in southern mills. Additional investments in the third quarter earmark 103,336 spindles and 1,878 looms to existing mills and about 73,000 spindles and 1,800 looms in new mills, signaling strong growth in the cotton belt.
The text notes mills in the South increasing production as profits rise, signaling a shift of cotton manufacture toward the cotton field. Southern mills save ocean freights versus foreign and New England rivals and can buy raw material directly from farmers, aided by better roads, aiming to control goods markets globally.
A nostalgic slice of verse and local humor riffs on prices and flight, with mock ads and stagey lyrics about airships and dreams. It weaves musings on happiness, money, and a cheerful cadence from a small town newspaper page.
Letters from the People appeal for the return of the little brass cannon once used by the Georgia Military Institute cadets at Marietta. The piece now in Washington could be brought back for about 160 dollars to sit atop the Confederate cemetery crest in Marietta, visible to travelers and visitors. Mrs Rebecca Lanier Nesbitt, president of the Ladies Memorial Association, urges subscriptions be redirected to Marietta to place the cannon on the hill overlooking the graveyard, a favored Confederate memorial site.
Wood block experts remain at the Southern Wood Preserving Company plant with the city engineer reviewing block manufacture and the curing injection process. Officials expect the inquiry to finish today or tomorrow and be ready for the general council meeting next Monday afternoon.
A Georgia wide debate outlines a looming budget deficit of about one million dollars as Governor Brown and lawmakers confront a shipshod accounting system. Editors urge prudent management, possible tax and debt remedies, and swift legislature action to restore fiscal steadiness before the next session.
A letter from Mrs. Sallie B. Hill widow of Georgia’s late chancellor denounces the state’s pay system for teachers as unjust and condemns a Constitution cartoon showing a fashionable teacher waiting for wages. She notes most teachers cannot afford timely pay and must discount salaries. Atlantic, Ga. October 14, 1909.
The rear of William H Kiser Jr's home at Peachtree and Forrest avenues caught fire yesterday at 10 am destroying his Peerless automobile, valued at 4300, and leaving a Berlia/ limousine saved by the chauffeur. Firemen contained the blaze to prevent spread. the loss is insured.
The wife of Major General Alfred E Bates, retired U B and B A, sails for Europe unaware that her husband was stricken by apoplexy shortly after sees her off on Saturday and was moved to a private hospital yesterday. The report notes Bates died soon after.
President Adrian H Joline of Missouri Kansas and Texas resigns. The Missouri Kansas and Texas lines shift under Hywey system control as announced last night, with New York noted as the backdrop for the development.
Harvey Hatcher, a prominent Atlanta attorney, is seen as the likely second ward alderman with little to no opposition. He serves as secretary treasurer of both the Atlanta Bar Association and the city executive committee and is known for support of good measures and strong candidates.
The eighth annual session of the National Nut Growers Association adjourned in Albany after three days. Monticello Fla was rejected as the next meeting place. Officers elected include President J B Wright Cairo Ga and First Vice President J B Curtis Orange Heights Fla.
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