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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1903
Page
9
A collage of sensationalist notes touching lynching, politics, and public figures. The piece mocks editorials, cites alleged bribes and conspiracies, and laments media influence while referencing figures like Payne Bristow and Booker Washington amid a catalog of controversial statements and imagined scenarios.
A Georgia joint committee with plenary powers launches a formal inquiry into charges of criminal lobbying at the capitol. The piece defends lawful lobby activity, urges a thorough public investigation, and cites reactions from newspapers and local officials as the probe starts.
A commentary on European capital flight during a price inflation era in the United States. It argues Europeans invest abroad to beat rising domestic prices and stock booms, profiting when American assets decline in value while home fortunes suffer from speculative excess.
A jumble of notes reports on Atlanta depots and West Point News coverage, mentions Madison Advertiser and Milledgeville News seeking capital moves, Crawfordville advocate hoping for Atlanta pennant bid and Piedmont Park grandstand, plus sensational claim of a widow exposing her husband in a lingering murder trial.
A Macon News editorial praises Atlanta’s business and civic push as a model. It argues Wesleyan should receive local sponsorship and patronage, aligned with Atlanta’s enterprise pace to boost Macon prosperity and civic pride.
Discussions claim truth and justice sided with Clark Flowell of The Atlanta Constitution who argued southern labor offers better protection for colored workers. Articles cite peonage accusations and praise The Constitution for publishing Thomas E. Watson's History of the United States in serial form.
Short items report Miss Annie Matthews funeral at her mother's De Kalb county home and Columbus Houston's rites at Oakland. Also, Emmis Williamson's infant burial at Hollywood, Arthur Apperson death and Oakland interment, Alonzo Gheered the Negro coachman jailed after attack, a bold robbery at 1% Peter street, and Rev Nathan Thomas preaching at Wesleyan Tabernacle. Additional notes cover Mrs Mary E Fowler's funeral at 140 Front Street with Hollywood burial, Minute Harris cut at Decatur street, W J Wood's improving recovery, Hugh Gordon Jr's favorable progress after Empire building fall, Mrs M D McAlpin destitution plea, and new U S labor department law requiring Chinese travelers to apply in person for reentry.
Capitol committees appoint subchairmen to tour convict camps from Donaldsonville to Rising Fawn, while others skip trips over expense rules. House tax and land relief bills advance or stall, with appeals court plans debated and bond changes ordered. Reward offered for arrest in Carroll county homicide. Echols sheriff appointment and state road inspection trip noted.
The court docket lists a $10,000 damages suit by Hattie Vaughn over the death of her child struck near a Southern tracks crossing between Atlanta and the Chattahoochee on July 2, plus a separate suit by Ligzyle Golaharm against Rhodes-Haverty Furniture for alleged improper seizure. Real estate transfers filed include multiple warranty and executrix deeds in East Atlanta and Edgewood areas, with mortgages to Atlanta Banking and Savings Company and other transfers of parcels on Pace's Ferry Road, Maple Street, and Decatur Street.
Ernest Daudet in La Figaro notes Leo XIII's long struggle with death and his generally peaceful pontificate. France's government, not the people, increasingly questions papal influence, amid emboldened anti clerical moves. The piece foresees future policies under Leo XIII's successor and the risk to Catholic protectorates. Knoxville dispatch adds local notes on a July 1 appointment and a Brush Mountain expedition.
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