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Newspaper

Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1915

Page

9

Subscription rates and distribution details for The Constitution

The notice lists mail and carrier rates for The Constitution in the United States, Mexico, and outside Atlanta with monthly and weekly prices. It identifies Holliday as advertising manager for territory outside Atlanta and provides Washington Bureau contact John Corrigan Jr. It notes New York sale locations and times and disclaims responsibility for advance payments to out of town carriers or agents.

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One Year Later the South Courts a Cotton Comeback

Looking back from a year ago the south has reason to celebrate the cotton market recovery since the European war began. Prices fell from 11 cents to about half, stock and cotton exchanges closed, and general business panic spread. Now 1915 cotton at 9 cents yields better net results than the pre war one cent rate, with reduced costs and sharp readjustment. prospects for a strong business season remain optimistic despite British contraband concerns.

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Ready for a Prosperous Fall and Winter Ahead

The note urges preparation for a forthcoming period described as ripe for active and prosperous business. It emphasizes that the outcome depends on effort, and encourages backing the upcoming season to turn promise into fulfillment through collective action and readiness.

No Double Sessions Expected in Atlanta Schools

Superintendent Landrum assures that there will be no double sessions when schools reopen this month. If new rooms are not ready, classes will be delayed a few days rather than force pupils, parents, and teachers into the prior nuisance. The fight to end double sessions, backed by The Constitution and the Atlanta School Improvement Association, led to an $85,000 city council appropriation last June to rehabilitate the system.

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Miracle of the Mummy Causes Backyard Corn Boom in Kansas

A Kansas Sun dispatch reports a mummy found with ancient Indian corn grains about 1000 years old. Baptist preacher uncovered the grains last spring. Hutchinson official William E Kelley planted them. Eight of ten kernels sprouted, yielding twenty ears and tall stalks with yellow kernels and a bloodlike tip. Kelley hopes to sell kernels for dollars each and foresees a new mummy hunt to reap a similar bizarre harvest.

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Gold In The Land Treasure Rumor In Davidson County N C

The Lexington Dispatch reports a rumor of gold ranging between 500000 and 500000 in Davidson County North Carolina. The Charlotte Observer cites Enlightened readers skeptical of war era fears and notes deposits moved from Charlotte banks while some gold remains hidden. The piece mocks pessimists and urges prudence as national prosperity is discussed.

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Land of Sweet Contentment and Old Time Fiddle

Fragmentary regional verse blending seasonal imagery with old time traditions. Poetic pieces mention winter, snow, a fiddle, and a feast atmosphere in a nostalgic town setting with scattered lines about prosperity and gratitude. Includes a garbled line about baseball with stars and a disjointed note on shovels.

Autumn Notes and a Georgia Dream of Matrimony

A collage of clipped columns and crisscrossed amusements. The Washington Herald notes an Atlanta man advertising for a wife seeking a blonde, "finger" and an old maid with a canary among applicants. Georgia musings praise summer days while prosperity arrives with September. Maud Muller is retold in a Florida Times Union tale. Prosperity and good roads spark southern pride as farmers ride in automobiles.

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Convict Honor System Backed by Georgia Officials

A Georgia editor endorses Fulton County trial of a convict honor system on state highways. He cites Texas success, praises supporters like DeWF Draper and HS Fairbanks, and urges county cooperation across the state to improve road work and inmate rehabilitation.

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Building of W. and A. Great Statesmanship

Sam W. Smeal recounts a Philadelphia financier praising the Western and Atlantic railroad as a milestone in state leadership. He argues Georgia should retain the road, leveraging leasing checks and a strong commission to protect value, while noting public ownership could maximize transit control and protect pricing across rival lines.

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Insurance fears stall in British loan bids and US bond debate

The Holland Letter reports that major US insurers hinted they would back a large US bond issue possibly up to 500 million dollars to secure funds for emergencies, with savers and banks identified as likely buyers. It notes past Spanish war bond sales under Vanderlip and contrasts with potential Treasury actions under McAdoo and Nekdowol.

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Georgia women urged to launch state beauty campaign

A Georgia woman returning from California urged a statewide beauty drive led by the Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs to civic beautification and thrift. She praised California’s pro‑beauty ethic and irrigation, urging local committees in every county to oversee conservation, tree care, and bridge repairs along the Dixie Highway, with support from agriculture colleges and federal agencies to boost state development and pride.

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Arrest Warrant in Moblie Case Leads to Pardon Debate

The report covers an arrest in Moblie on procurement by fraud linked to carloads of citie and a governor’s pursuit to extradite. It also notes Denton and Wardens appointments by Charles Arnow, plus commissions and pardons affecting Glynn and Richmond counties amid tax and industrial disputes with Tennessee Copper Company and Shoals power plant arbitration.

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Rippling Rhymes by Watt Mason

A fragmented verse piece by Watt Mason exploring farm life and clever schemes. The narrator references farmers, bumbles and traders, with playful misdirections and satirical humor about gullibility and cunning. The text reads as a nonsensical, rhythmic pastiche with archaic phrasing and whimsical wordplay.

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