Educational reform and southern schooling conference
Athens hosts a conference of northern and southern leaders on April 1902 aiming to craft a practical plan for improving southern education. The piece argues against evangelizing ignorance, notes limits of philanthropy, and calls for coherent state-wide organization, educator engagement, and legislative indoctrination with resources and best practices.
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Athens
University of Georgia
South
Massachusetts
New York
Carnegie
Cecil Rhodes
Rockefellers
Reunion of Confederate Veterans in Dallas Sparked by Southern Pride
A Dallas reunion draws delegates from across the South and rekindles praise for Confederate veterans. The piece casts the veterans as principled patriots who endured hardship after the war and shaped the South’s rebirth, contrasting public sentiment toward their legacy with harsh political labels. It also notes debate in Washington over General Miles, suggesting the president should reconsider retirement plans amid party and public opinion pressures.
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General Miles
Republican Party
Washington
Miles
Philippine
Our National Domain and world territorial balance
The article argues for unity in relief of American consumers and Cuban producers, then surveys global empires and U S territorial reach. It lists United States area at 3,690,822 square miles, compares Britain Russia China and France, notes colonial possessions, and comments on Cuban President Estrada Palma and various diplomats and politicians. It weaves in satire on senators, envoys, and naval men while touching on Roosevelt, Culberson, and other figures.
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United States
Caesar Augustus
Great Britain
Russia
China
France
Africa
Georgia
India
Australia
Canada
Aussie
Europe
The Sugar Trust Crusader Against Cuban Reciprocity
Washington heralds that the Cuban reciprocity bill passed by the house would crucify the sugar trust in the senate, ending special graft and lowering prices. It promises vast savings for families, about 75 cents per person annually, yet fears the trust’s political power will defeat passage.
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Washington
House
Senate
American Sugar Trust
Sugar Trust
America
Republican National Committee
Trust
Cube
When Spring Comes In Old Georgia Town
A fragment from a Georgia text evokes spring memories of checkers by the old grocery, river songs, and farmer jokes. A Washington-bound Georgian boasts of government mule prowess, while humorous notices poke gentle fun at poetry lovers and a penny-pinching editor.
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Alttime
el Jones
Tillman Wets That Pitgrfous Will Make Answer to Appeal
Senator Tillman accepts an invitation to speak at Manning South Carolina on April 25. He will respond to charges by State Senator Appelt regarding dispensary rebates bond deals and free groceries. He is said to have evidence supporting his charges against McLaurin and to have obtained information from a Republican leader.
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MecLeurin
Columbia
D. C
Friends
B. R. Tillman
Manning
Clarendon County
Clarendon
Appelt
Manning Times
Tillman
John L. McLaurin
United States
Sanator
Republican Party
Washington
Senator Meuaurin
Floating wreck sighted near Norfolk in April report
Captain Miles reports that on April 19 he passed a whole deck of a two-masted wooden vessel, half a mile southwest and two miles from Norfolk, awash with beams visible. The wreck, likely a coal barge remnant, obstructs coastal shipping and is to be sought and destroyed by Monitor Puritan under Captain Berry.
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Norfolk
Miles
coast+ wise
Berry
Silk cocoons urged by North Carolina department
North Carolina agricultural officials push silk cocoon farming while Fayetteville mill owner Dwight Ashley argues US farmers cannot compete with Europe and Asia. Norwood Manufacturing plans a second cotton falls loom, and a Charlotte rally May 1-2 will showcase education with Governor Aycock speaking. The widow of Rufus McAden died in Charlotte at 62, born in Virginia, leaving children in Baltimore and Charlotte.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
Aycock
Rufus ’. McAden
Terry
Prince Edward County
Virginia
Baltimore
B W. Davidson
Hotel Man Put Under Arrest In Palatka Burn Case
William Catto a noted southern hotelman and former Putnam House proprietor was arrested in Jacksonville charged with attempting to burn the Putnam house Palatka. Warrant sworn by Palatka officials Kennedy and Steen. Catto and wife are prominent socially in Florida and the north. Catto denies knowledge of the crime. Primary in Banks July 23.
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Palatka
Catto
Florida
Charleston Holds Largest Memorial Meeting for Wade Hampton
Charleston April 2 large memorial meeting honored General Wade Hampton with speeches by General Forward McCrady Rev C S Vedder Rev John Kershaw Major T G Barker and J P K Bryan among others Governor J Walter Smith and staff attended. Steps were taken to form an association to erect a monument to Hampton in his birthplace.
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Charleston
S. C
Les
Jefferson Davis
Wade Hampton
Forward McCrady
C. S. Vedder
John Kershaw
T. G. Barker
Hampton
Wend
J. P. K. Bryan
Bryan
J. Walter Smith
Maryland
Fatal Runaway Horse Injures Dawson Student in Macon
W P Roberts of Dawson, a Southern Business College student, was struck by a runaway horse near Cherry and Fourth streets in Macon. He suffered a concussion and remains unconscious in Macon hospital in a precarious condition.
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W. P. Roberts
Macon
Dawson
Southern Business College At
Cherry
Fourth Streets
Cherry Street
Ues
Negro with Hatchet Attack in Columbus Cabin
Police rushed to a Dillingham Street cabin Saturday night after cries for help. Henry Anderson, a Black man, was hacking at Charles Marshall with a hatchet, denting the skull and causing wounds. Marshall grabbed the weapon as it fell and cried for death while police bound Anderson over for assault and battery in recorder’s court.
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Columbus
Dillingham Street
Henry Anderson
Charles Marshall
Marshall
Anderson
Recorder’s Court
Camp Benning Sends Quota to Dallas Reunion
Columbus Ga April 21 Special Camp Benning and its friends about 100 strong left this morning for the Dallas reunion in a Central of Georgia railway car. A large attendance is expected from Georgia and Alabama with an estimated 400 persons along the line from Columbus to Birmingham taking the Dallas special. A second coach was added to the Central's train at Birmingham as two reunion specials ran via Americus and Montgomery.
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Camp Benning
Columbus
Dallas
Speciatj
Central of Georgia Railway
Georgia
Alabama
Birmingham
Central
The
Americus
Montgomery
Alabama authoress Miss Johnston to move to Richmond
Miss Mary Johnston, famed Alabama author, has purchased a residence lot in Richmond, Virginia, for 16000 and plans to build a home there soon. She seeks improved health in the Virginia climate and is currently at Johns Hopkins hospital.
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Miss Johnston
Alabama
Virginia
Birmingham
Ala
Mary Johnston
Richmond
Mrs Davis Aids the Winnie Davis Memorial Fund
Miss Mildred Rutherford reports a $25 check from Mrs Jefferson Davis for the Winnie Davis Memorial fund in Athens Georgia The fund continues to grow and a cornerstone ceremony is planned at the State Normal School on June 3
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Winnie Davis
Athens
Spedal
Mildred Rutherford
Georgia
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Winnie Davia
State Normal School
Many AKG Injured in Wreck Near Anderson
On the outskirts of Anderson an engine and tender carrying workmen returning from repairing a wreck at Broadway trestle collided with an outbound passenger train. Foster sustained leg and hip injuries. Fielding Harris likely fatal internal injuries. Engineer Hughes and several workers injured. Valdosta Day at the Fair announced for May 9 with expected thousand attendees and special trains to promote the state fair.
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Columbia
3. C
Anderson
Broadway Trestle
Foster
Fielding Harris
Hughes
Georgia Chautauqua Assembly Opens in Albany
The fourteenth annual Georgia chautauqua assembly fills Albany with thousands of visitors. Medal contests draw 25 Georgia counties with boys and girls competing in oratorical, vocal, and instrumental events. Winners include Herbert Tytler Worth County and Miss Gertrude Plensky Dougherty County, with Davis County honored in multiple categories. Tomorrow is star day as the event continues with military companies participating.
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Albany
The
Georgia Chautauqua
Georgia
Southwest
W. L
Richards
Weiterschautaugqua
Herbert Tytler
Worth County
Davies
Mile Colquitt County
Alabama
Wreck on Southern injures two trainmen in Anniston
In Anniston Alabama on April 21 a small wreck in the Southern railway yards damaged an engine and a box car and hospitalized two trainmen. Burglary attempt at Southern Bell Telephone warehouse discovered by Foreman Mims. burglar fled after a confrontation. An electric car fatally struck a horse on West Fifteenth Street. horse owned by Denahoo and Co. The first chautauqua session opened in the city with Ottumyas as attraction. state normal school and many visitors expected all week. Camp Pelham United Confederate Veterans sent a special train to the Dallas reunion. Rev John H Barrard returned from Rome Georgia where he led a revival with twenty four conversions.
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Burt
Anniston
Ala
Southern Railway
Southern Tell Telephone Company
Mims
West Wiiteenth Street
Denahoo & Co
Anniston Hau
State Normal School
Hig Lecthe
Tures
Camp Pelham
United Confederate Veterans
Louisville and
Nash Ville
Dallas
Birmingham
Calera
John H. Barrard
First Baptist Church
Rome
Site chosen for New York peace monument on Lookout Mountain
New York Monument Commission selected a site atop Lookout Mountain Chattanooga for a peace monument to be built by New York. The 93 foot high granite obelisk will stand on a 60 foot diameter base with a colonnade and two large statues symbolizing reunion of the North and South. The $100,000 project includes inscriptions from both Union and Confederate perspectives and a government funded foundation.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
New York Monument Commission
Lookout Mountain
New York
Tennessee
Missionary Ridge
Chickamauga Battle Field
America
Lookout
United States
Wil Bulla the Foundation
Robert C Ogden’s Party Reception at Hampton Normal
In Newport News Virginia on April 21 preparations by the Hampton Normal Institute faculty for an elaborate reception of Robert C Ogden’s party are under way. The annual educational conference precedes anniversary exercises and will feature noted speakers including Dr Fetiz Adler Dr Albert Shay Rev Paul Freelingham Dr Walter Page Dr Hamilton Mable Dr Luther Bailey and Dr Talcott Williams.
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Hampton Normal
Newport News
Hampton Normal Institute
Robert C. Ogeden
Fetiz Adler
New York
Albert Shay
Death of evangelist who refused medicine at Florence
Rev. R. W. Gregg, an evangelist, died at Florence after two weeks of typhoid pneumonia he refused all medicines and nourishment. He only consented to see a physician once, maintaining faith healing throughout his illness. The report notes his firm belief and final death at the home of State Constable Rowland.
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Columbia
Florence
R. W. Gregg
Rowland
Gree
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