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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1902
Page
6
John F. Greer, who surrendered to the Grayson County sheriff in Helena, says he killed Stark Pierce of Virginia four years ago while fooling with revolvers on the road. He claims the shooting was accidental and fled the area afterward.
A mass meeting in Phenix City Alabama drew five hundred villagers opposing a hog ordinance banning hogs on streets. A twenty member remonstration committee was formed as the political issue erupts and hog running is challenged amid townwide unrest.
The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, a major German potash buyer, seeks to acquire potash works in the Hanover district. It has obtained options on two firms and received sale offers from others outside the 10‑property Potash Syndicate valued at 205000000 marks. The Prussian government owns fields of equal value. Agents press for footholds while the Disconto Gesellschaft questions American takeover prospects.
The Democratic Executive Committee of the Eighth Congressional District met at the Commercial Hotel Athens on April 29 with delegates from all counties present. It set June 5 for the primary and June 18 for the convention in Athens, adopted state house officer rules for the primary, and memorialized the late John P Shannon. William B Adams of Elbert was unanimously chosen chair.
ENICE Italy April All crew members of the US cruiser Chicago were sentenced to imprisonment from three to four months for disorderly conduct. Captain Wynne and Lieutenant Doddridge received four months ten days and three months respectively, with costs. They pleaded intoxication and self defense amid mobbing by a crowd.
Raleigh dispatch reports Rev J F Jordan a rural Transylvania county Baptist preacher led a raid wrecking three illicit distilleries and earning the sobriquet terror to moonshiners. Other items note a Bladen county murder, an attempted bloodhound pursuit, a Seaboard right of way speculation, Moore county native T W McBryde, a pneumonia death, a Seaboard wreck fatality, and Judge W A Hoke’s senatorial ambitions.
Caulk was elected ordinary in Louisville Georgia on April 2. The term length and details were reported amid local government actions, with explanations referencing the governance process and official duties.
London April 30 Shipping Gazette states White Star has not sold its shares but will exchange them for those of a new company establishing a pool with the American syndicate. German partners will not exchange but will bind to a ten year cooperation. A parliamentary committee will study subsidies and naval needs under Earl of Camberwell with Navy, Treasury and Post Office reps. Gerald Balfour says no power to force disclosure of transfer terms or ship ownership status. Admiralty favors continuing merchant cruiser services within budget. Daily Express claims Canadian Pacific bowed to the shipping combine, barring Beaver trades for emigrants.
Postmaster Blodgett of Atlanta pressed the Post Office Department in Washington for immediate relief to crowded Atlanta operations. He seeks eight new clerks six more carriers and extra railway clerks to speed early morning mail from the north via the Southern. Temporary basement space may be converted for distribution with an elevator and fans. Also notes farmers in Jefferson behind with work and a big wheat crop outlook.
Columbus Ga April 28 Special The six year old son of Mr and Mrs P H Spivy died Saturday at Talbotton Ga from effects of swallowing potash three years ago due to a nurse's careless act. The child suffered severe mouth burns and never could eat solid food again.
Jefferson Ga April 2 Special. Mar tin Institute reopened this morning with an attendance of 117 pupils. In view of the fact that this celebrated school was forced to suspend for several weeks on account of the prevalence of smallpox in this section, all trace of smallpox has entirely disappeared.
British agents of the Canadian Pacific refuse passages on Beaver line steamers and Morgan ships. An abstract of the Hamburg and Bremen contract suggests German lines face constraints while seeking public approval. Financiers see the alliance as easing fears for the future, though independence is nominally maintained with obligations.
Congressman Amos J. Cummings of New York, hospitalized at the Church Home and Infirmary, has developed double pneumonia. One lung was affected previously. the other has now become slightly involved. He is occasionally delirious but nourishes well and rests, with physicians not yet losing hope for recovery as the crisis looms.
The Woman's National Alliance condemned Sunday travel by the Daughters of the Revolution at their Denver meeting. They protested the itinerary planning Sunday Garden of the Gods visit and cited Governor Odell's southern trip, Roosevelt's return, the Meteor sailing, and King Edward's Sunday concert. They also praised a Bucknell pitcher who refused Sunday play and a YWCA home for girls that barred Sunday calls.
Savannah dispatch reports Seaboard Air Line to reestablish an assistant general passenger agent in Savannah. C B Walworth of Ocean Steamship Company in New York will assume the post, a Georgia figure long with Ocean Steamship and Central of Georgia in Savannah. The change takes effect May. Sav age Quits the Race. Lincoln governor Ek P Savage withdraws from renomination bid after pardoning former State Treasurer Bartley, citing party and press criticism. He says he would pardon Bartley again under similar conditions.
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