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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1903
Page
10
Receipts for the calendar year ending December show a strong rise, with November and December figures surpassing all prior records. Total for the year approaches $500,000, and November alone shows a near 98 percent increase from the previous year, signaling a dramatic upturn in postal business.
A court notes errors in Jayden Hayden’s salary assignment counts in a case against Stephen A Ryan. The record clarifies Hayden received two salary assignments totaling 60 from a Southern Railway employer and disputes an earlier figure of 60 owed. The matter hinges on which assignment his debt was tied to and the bankruptcy listing. A December hearing was scheduled, with attorney notes contested.
Partial OCR notes describe breakfast service on the Southern Railway dining car after 11 30 p m on the Atlanta line nightly and a breakfast between Jesup and Jacksonville approaching 4 0 p m, with unclear station names and times due to text errors.
Luther Manship will arrive today at noon and deliver a lecture titled The Dialects of the Nation Buy apf Bory at the Grand opera house this evening at 8 30. He is described as a gifted speaker with a strong emotional impact and wide recognition in his field.
Fourteen hundred and seventy five dollars is needed to make Atlanta one of twenty five municipal exhibitors at the Louisiana Purchase exposition. Committees were appointed to canvass merchants and raise the amount. Subscriptions totaling many names were pledged including Atlanta Journal and numerous banks and companies.
A Tampa press report says John Skelton Williams James Blair and T Jefferson Coolidge Jr arrived from Richmond on a Seaboard inspection tour. Coolidge calls rumor that Old Colony Trust Co Boston controls Seaboard and that H M Atkinson would become president incorrect. Directors Blair Williams and Coolidge express optimism for southern Seaboard growth and future prosperity.
About half the usual number of cars operated on the Charlotte Consolidated Construction Company lines after conductors and motormen went on strike over the firm’s failure to provide heat. There was no disorder, though some fare protests occurred as workers stopped service.
Palmer Pease a colored convict from the Chattahoochee Brick Company camp walked seven miles to the capitol city after midnight seeking safety from punishment. Captain Yancey and Captain Casey questioned him, then Pease returned to the camp with assurances of no flogging. He has about eleven months left of a five year term and has saved rations worth a significant amount.
The comptroller general’s office reports Georgia digests totaling 432,903,873 for all counties, up from 410,417,180 in 1902. Railroads and corporations are excluded. Corporate returns total 73,144,481 vs 66,893,466 in 1902. Major increases arise from franchise tax and city properties.
The city of Burlington North Carolina has sold an issue of 518000 of thirty year electric light bonds to the Robinson-Humphrey Company of Atlanta Georgia. The bonds have been approved as legal and will be shipped to city authorities for signature. They run for thirty years with no prior option for payment. The sale followed advertising and multiple offers, with the award made to the Atlanta firm at 17.50. Tickets to Florida Cuba and Nassau offered through sleeper service from Atlanta to Jacksonville with return options through May 31 1904.
Postmaster E F Blodgett personally inspected the completed south side post office at the corner of South Pryor and Mitchell streets. He will notify Washington that the station is ready for turnover, and an official inspection will follow before the government takes operation. The postmaster expects to open the office in January.
Ben Perry of Tryon North Carolina son of a former South Carolina governor was captured in Bpartanturg after a confrontation with state constables during a blockade whiskey raid. A melee followed with guns drawn, Perry was lightly injured, overpowered, and jailed pending further action. About forty gallons of blockade whiskey were involved.
Norwood Ga December 3 Rev W A Farris the new pastor of the Norwood circuit arrived today at 11 30 a m with his family. He was met at the train by local ladies who gave a warm welcome and escorted him to the parsonage where a sumptuous dinner awaited the family.
Georgia authorities warn the Old Wayne Life Insurance Company of Indianapolis has no right to operate in Georgia. The comptroller says it issues policies without lawful agents, mostly using power of attorney among rural residents, significantly reducing claims and avoiding Georgia law.
Tax Collector A P Stewart appeals to Fulton County taxpayers about slow collections. He notes 30 000 taxpayers with only about 7 000 paying so far this year and cites past December 19 00 deadlines. He warns warrants will be issued. The Atlanta criminal court under Judge A W Calhoun plans a December term with roughly forty jail cases and fifty bond cases to resolve in about one week.
Sensational rumors swirl about Breathitt County as troops reach Lexington from Jackson under orders of withdrawal by Governor Beckham. Reports allege a forged Redwine letter seeking troop withdrawal to reignite the feud, and an alleged pistol threat near Sludge Hargis. Soldiers fear renewed violence as provost guards stand by.
Rev Josiah B Perry, rector of St Andrews Episcopal Church in Washington, has accepted a call to Trinity Episcopal Church at Natchez Mississippi. His decision comes as Natchez welcomes a new parish leader from the national religious scene.
The merger of the Tifton Thomasville and Gulf with the Atlantic and Birmingham railways authorizes a new system named Atlantic and Birmingham railway. It will control 220 miles from Waycross to Montezuma and from Thomasville to Fitzgerald with W G Raoul as president and a board including George Dole Wadley C Fred Redding and others. Rolling stock worth 500000 ordered and extension plans to Birmingham and the coast announced.
Dr Charles O Jones, newly appointed pastor of St Mark church Knoxville, transferred to North Georgia conference and stationed at St Mark church Atlanta. Knoxville pastors honor his seven years of service with resolutions praising his pulpit skill, leadership, and kindness, and pledge prayers for his family as they relocate to 38 East Third Street in Atlanta.
Mabonis Election Dahlonega Ga December 3. The Blue Mountain lodge F and A M held an officers election Tuesday night naming Whelched H C as W M and Meaders RC as treasurer among others. new slate includes Williams secretary Baker Reeas Sues Gurley trustees and Jones Brice H B Gurley.
The executive committee has chosen Warm Springs Georgia as the site for the Georgia Educational Association annual meeting from June 22 to 24 1904. Officers include N E Ware president G F Oliphant first vice president Miss Laura Coleman second vice president J N Boters treasurer and E B Mell secretary. County superintendents are asked to pause Institute work in late June to allow the state’s teachers and officials to convene in one grand gathering.
Hundreds of Georgia teachers and superintendents will travel to St Louis to attend the National Educational Association gathering and the World Fair, meeting under the Georgia Educational Association's banner led by NEWARE President.
Charlotte reports the departure of a 17 000 bale cotton cargo valued at 1 020 000 dollars, described as the largest ever cleared from a south Atlantic port. The British steamer Anglo Saxon sails from Walmington for Bremen with the shipment.
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