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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1888
Page
10
Augusta residents debate municipal unity as the city pushes toward a grand exposition. Speakers praise new enterprise, compare past factionalism, and note a public ceremony to lay the cornerstone, with a postponed kirmess replaced by an art loan exhibition to support the library.
Baldwin County faces a tight prohibition election as polls open at 6 am. Voter rolls show 1 384 registered with many kept off the list. Both sides claim momentum but bets are sparse and turnout uncertain. last election saw about 140 of 1 400 vote.
An Athens amateur dramatic group presented Baker's drama Among the Breakers to a large appreciative crowd. The cast included Tow Cobb as David Maras and George Flairon as the author, receiving high praise for performance and timing. The benefit proceeds funded teachers at the state convention in Micou.
Reports from Athens and Cave Springs detail a Kappa Alpha debate on revenue laws with multiple speakers and a university publication plan. Separate notes cover a Beard assembly approving officers, a mysterious local death under hydrophobia debate, Mineral Springs’ remembered cures, and a Covington Macon train visit highlighting Dr Gould and Colonel Machen.
Plankett and Brown debate progress and old ways as they recall plantation life and slavery era songs. They contrast shift to Atlanta society, and a young Charles writes pompous verses about red headed girls and a gray horse, while elders warn of change and superstition fading.
In Griffin Georgia Bob Pack a colored man testifies he met Charlie Thomas near Griffin after Wil Mitchell was shot. Thomas allegedly rode away with Pack and then asked him to settle small debts in town. A ten cent payment followed promptly and Thomas departed. Ad text note from Salvation 611 priced at twenty five cents.
Special from Griffin Ga describes a violent night led by Frank Ison a 33 year old white man. His liquor fueled shooting wounded a negro woman Susan Cotton who died today and Doc Thrash who later died. Witnesses George Dickinson and Abe Ranson named Ison as the shooter. a coroner's jury blamed an unknown party for Thrash's death. Ison remains at large as police pursue him.
Craven Ga April 13 Special Friday the 11th day of May in the day set apart for the execution of William Hopkins who was found guilty of murder at the Rabun superior court. Citizens petition the governor to commute the death sentence to life imprisonment. Hopkins was tried and convicted swiftly. his brothers fate mirrors the public plea for mercy. The article notes support from three jurors and ongoing efforts to secure clemency.
Athens residents awoke to a curious scene on Jackson street as a prohibition bar offered a single vici tonic drink. A taunting open bar, bright chrome, and a smiling barkeeper contrasted with a tippled reformer who tasted once and fled to a hydrant. The piece mocks prohibition and notes the drink is a hops-based tonic. Meanwhile Emory College president I. S. Hopkins is chosen to lead the new State Technological College in Atlanta, signaling his resignation from Emory.
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