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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1914
Page
9
The Constitution discusses war aftercosts and peace efforts. Armand May notes Europe and America face sobering costs if conflict deepens. The piece argues for mediation and prayer day under President Wilson while cautioning leaders about bloodlust and premature victory.
A letter from J F Ames of Selma Manufacturing argues for using cotton as a covering for commercial packages. He notes early Southern support before Atlanta’s organized movement and predicts significant cotton usage, calling for cooperation to absorb a target of one million extra bales and to ease economic tensions.
The principal railroads of America have appealed to President Wilson seeking reassurance and popular backing as they confront a difficult financial period. Officials acknowledge the current debit is not enviable, and the industry faces pressures even as the Interstate Commerce Commission contemplates regulatory actions.
The Constitution praises Senator Hoke Smith for pushing emergency currency reform in the United States Senate. It argues state banks and trust companies should be allowed to receive and issue emergency currency to relieve distress caused by cotton industry paralysis, urging Congress to act now or face greater hardship for southern cotton growers and the nation.
A historical note cites strained rate cases on eastern trunk lines worsened by World War II era pressures. It warns against populist railroad baiting and urges forbearance and a mutual square deal among major industries, including railroads, to keep the nation orderly and productive in turbulent times.
The article argues the south, with 284000 future acres and broad grazing potential, can feed itself and export beef as western ranges decline. It cites Secretary Wilson and the American Packers association urging southern capitalists to organize, tapping a meat-hungry world market amid uncertain cotton prospects.
Prophecies of trampled fields and bloody streets have been fulfilled in Europe, signaling the wild beginning of the end. Yet life turns from carnage to peace as harvest fields of home offer rest and contentment in springtime promises fulfilled this summer.
The passage envisions reapers and barns filled with plenty, linking harvest to world clothing, global wealth, and urban comfort. It praises peaceful, worry‑free times, prosperous farms, and the sense of security as winter lights glow over reaped lands.
A New York Evening Post correspondent relays Prince Bismarck’s prophecy of Europe’s unrest, predicting perpetual change, Asia’s rise, and a future gate country representing evilization with America at its center. The piece links war scares, absentee lawmakers, and a quixotic dove of peace as American tourists seek homeward lines amid global tension.
A poem heavy with World War I era verse and biting quips from editorials. It blends Georgia imagery, dialect pieces, pronunciations, and stray notes from papers like The New York Evening Post and The Trenton Times. References to veterans, youth challenges, and daily bread weave through a mosaic of war talk and homefront reflections.
A historical verse recalls the old Prince of Anhalt who, facing a superior foe, lifts his hat and prays for God to aid his aging command. He asks to avoid disgrace and pleads that if help is unavailable, their troops endure among themselves, while sovereigns hype heaven aiding those who slaughter peasants speaking another tongue.
Poetic reflection by Richard Kirk questioning youth and age. The verse recalls childhood games such as I spy and asks whether experiences shaped by adults differ across generations. The fragment discusses coming of age and aging perspectives.
Letters to the editor and farmer voices from Georgia and South Carolina discuss the cotton crisis of 1914. Figures urge acreage cuts, government action, and warehouse certificates to stabilize prices, with proposals ranging from legal acreage limits to direct government loans and currency-backed cotton notes. Prominent names include Alonzo Field, Wade Stackhouss, and A White, reflecting regional distress and calls for swift policy.
The Atlanta letter argues for expansion of Georgia’s industrial and normal colleges. It urges prioritizing Georgia students in state-supported schools while welcoming out-of-state students, and expresses confidence in the new governor’s ability to oversee constructive educational growth. It quotes President Parks and presses for an iron-clad policy favoring local education.
A Selma Alabama firm urges broad use of cotton bags to replace burlap in bagging. The letter argues cotton cloth can meet mill needs, sustain cotton prices, and boost southern industry amid burlap shortages, citing 1914 economic conditions and consumer shifts.
E H Murfee of Brenau College Gainesville Ga argues for deriving potash directly from rocks rather than imports. He details feldspar and mica sources in Appalachian geology, proposes pulverizing potash rocks with lime, and using a sun driven mix to release and use plant food. He notes generous domestic supplies of potash, phosphates, and nitrates and cites a Gainesville demonstration of potash extraction.
Professor Citing Stipher of Flagstat Aziz spoke to the Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America in Evanston about swirling nebulae rotating at about 400 miles per second. He showed spectroscopic evidence and stereo photos of the Andromeda girdle nebula, noting a sun system forming, and described a bright new star appearing in 1885 and fading within six months.
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