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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1914
Page
5
The Constitution outlines subscription options with advance payment, varying by location. It lists pricing for Atlanta and outside, advertising manager contact, Washington Bureau address, and New York sales points.
The Constitution reports a bold push led by the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce with President MoH Willanson and Robert Maddox to persuade over three thousand banks in the cotton belt to finance farmers who reduce next year's cotton crop by half and shift to food crops. Banks pledge support, aiming to boost grain output and southern income while stabilizing cotton prices, reducing overplanting and strengthening regional prosperity. It urges rapid mobilization before planting season.
A garbled verse recounts a wanderer bound for fortune in the Promised Land and reflects on dreams, home, and caution about chasing gold amid hardship. Nearby notes mention Miss Warjaria Duguay and local tidbits including Diana's lost rabbit foot and a turkey tally.
A fragmented verse spread discusses home life during wartime and faith in God, contrasting material comforts with true home and hope. It weaves in Thanksgiving, a ship cargo story, and a preacher’s reflections about plans beyond human understanding, amid references to war and resilience.
Georgia Bankers warn that six months exposure to moisture and rain rot can crush cotton value while warehouse receipts secure loans and improve liquidity. Officials say prompt warehousing protects value, speeds credit, reduces risk, and boosts overall farm profit and market confidence.
A Boston Globe notice describes a ready to wear Zarment featuring an interior coin pocket hidden inside the right hand trouser pocket. The design includes a top strap to keep the pocket closed and prevent coins from jingling while worn.
The Holland Letter cites Sir George Paish estimating U S obligations to England at about 200 to 300 million dollars, with discussion of a potential plan to pay without large gold exports. It notes bankers expect possible reductions or shifts, mentions stock exchange open questions and a surge in enforced and voluntary economies affecting dividends and capital flow.
A solemn verse condemns war's wreck and blood but pleads for mercy and love. It laments the bitterness of nations, the toll on widows and the famine scar, and calls for divine spirit to shed peace through the clouds of war. Joseph W Hu mphri rs Atlunit Ga
The Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, sailed from London in August toward the Antarctic. In the war era, the crew will be largely cut off from European events and may confront new boundaries and pages of history upon their return in two or three years.
W. 3. Walker explains the Screven county plan, detailing how cotton certificates function as 6 percent bonds secured by stored cotton, warehouse credit, and participant guarantees. Local banks and a major fertilizer firm support using certificates as collateral, enabling farmers to trade or obtain loans amid currency shortages and to curb overproduction. The plan aims to spark regional adoption and stimulate commerce through certificate circulation and warehouse-backed financing.
Georgia farmers warned that cotton left outdoors risks ruin from rain and moisture. Officials from the Georgia Bankers Association urge warehousing to protect value, noting losses from exposure can exceed price declines tied to the war. Local bankers push growers to warehouse receipts to secure loans and prevent further damage.
A playful glance at alfalfa written by George Mitch praises alfalfa as a premier cattle breakfast. The quirky prose blends farming anecdotes with playful exaggeration about growth, water needs, hay yields, and economic impact, noting its influence on meat prices and farmer fortunes while lampooning folly.
A fragmented venting piece depicts guests rebuking a host over expectations of rest and social compliance. The narrator critiques forced sociability and the host's rigid view of hospitality as sincere fatigue and unrest are tangled in a strained tea time.
A hawk roosted above Broadway and Barclay Street near the Woolworth Building, eating a pigeon on a ledge high on the structure. Onlookers watched as a photographer snapped a shot while the bird, missing two tail feathers, calmly flew toward the nearby woods after a brief stare.
Villagers flee flood waters as a French general hears through a telephone line sent from a lone village girl. Bombs fall and the line breaks. The tale frames the telephone operator as a wartime link to the outside world and a literary symbol.
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