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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1905
Page
8
Atlanta dispatch notes Roosevelt joins Democratic party, a Monitor survivor dies in Rhode Island, and Russia faces a universal strike. Mentions Panama Canal, czar’s time demands, beef trust, and banker Chauncey Depew with corporate reach. Also cites Harvard Roosevelts speed, Abdul Hamid harem costs, and Japanese migration trends.
A Columbus Georgia reader prints W W Rainey s remarks condemning North Carolina s disfranchisement measures. He cites his father taxed to educate Black voters to oppose white candidates and argues white supremacy protections in Georgia. The piece urges readers to study the full comparison published on this page.
A government report places the cotton crop at 10 187 816 bales with Georgia at over 1 500 000 bales yielding about 7 000 000. Prices are at lows but the market surged, adding nearly 30 million in value within minutes as farmers hold most of the crop and brokers reap the gains. Cotton is king and the farmer is the power behind the throne.
The text reveals Japan seeks to erase Korea as a nation and govern it from Tokyo. External relations would be controlled by Japanese diplomats while Seoul’s court handles Korean affairs. Ports and key posts would be Japanese led, with future treaties routed through Japan.
The Liao Tung peninsula and Port Arthur, Asia's greatest fortress, were in Japanese hands as peace terms conferred substantial material advantages on Japan despite Russia paying no indemnity. Japan on the Asian mainland signals no further Russian advance in the Far East.
The first session of the fifty ninth congress convened yesterday and is poised to tackle key issues. It faces interstate railway rate reform, expansion of interstate commission powers, insurance regulation, Panama canal status, and the president's forthcoming message guiding likely legislation. Public sentiment will judge lawmakers on accountability for these critical matters.
The article argues Germany may escalate tariffs unless the United States adjusts its schedules. It notes Germany denounced the tariff treaty and will enforce new tariffs next March, unless a new treaty arises. Potthoff warns a tariff war harms German industry, underscores the US trade surplus and the $120,000,000 yearly carrying trade, and suggests limited U.S. concessions may occur but are unlikely.
A collage of dialect verse and humorous notes from Georgia and other places. It includes a Georgia youngster's candid lines, a warning poem about life’s leaves and storms, reflections on Lanier and Hayne, a Christmas humor piece about Santa and temperance, and a couple of literary quips about Mark Twain and Joaquin Miller.
Columbus Ga letter writer RoRainey argues North Carolina and Georgia white primary and disfranchisement laws, cites Warren County, and warns against educated black voting power. He asserts personal ties, rural farmer views, and political stakes in white supremacy and education policies.
The citywide revival continues as three north end churches with Dr Charles H Yatman host afternoon and evening services daily at North Avenue Presbyterian and St Mark Church plus the Bijou theater. Congregations press toward a better life with sermons on The Twenty five Greatest Chapters of the Bible Celestial Horses and Their Riders and Job the Man of Faith and Piet.
A morning altercation on the Bennett plantation near Powder Springs Georgia ended with Jackson stabbing Bennett in the left shoulder using a hog knife. Bennett, who had struck Jackson, is resting quietly under Dr Middlebrooks care.
The South Carolina suit seeks 200000 in damages from Michivain Ankefer & Co a Pittsburgh firm and Frank P Milburn architect of Columbia alleging fraud in completing the state capitol. The trial closed this afternoon with a verdict likely by tomorrow as top civil lawyers argued the lengthy case which has drawn broad attention.
A fragment from The Boston Hernds recounts Nathaniel Worth tending a mare and her colt on Nant Island. The colt unexpectedly kicked the owner, prompting the son to remark that the mare did not kick. The tale preserves a rustic anecdote about equine behavior and family dialogue.
C P Lucas of 82 Hood street faced Recorder Broyles on impersonating a police officer to extort $5.75 from his aunt. He also fought a Greek at a lunch counter and cursed him during the spree. Lucas was fined $60 plus costs for both cases.
Georgia delegates including Commissioner T G Hudson and J C Halle travel to a December 6 and 7 immigration conference in New York under the National Civic Federation. The session, led by August Belmont and Grover Cleveland, draws attention to Southern immigration concerns. The article also notes the chartering of Atlanta Industrial Life Insurance Company with $100000 capital and $20000 deposit, and clarifies blue overcoats are issued to Georgia troops instead of olive drab due to cost and federal testing. An election on local school taxation in Dekalb County is scheduled for tomorrow, with Hancock and Fulton already voting in favor.
Dr L J Whitten a well known Munford physician was found dead by the roadside three miles from Talladega on the Talladega Munford road after a rainy day. It is believed he fell from his buggy and died of cold and exposure with his horse and buggy nearby.
In Marshalivile Georgia on December 4 the Central Georgia Conference gathered for an annual sermon delivered by Bishop In Ul Wolsey. He urged the congregation toward faith and truth, presenting emdes and two notes toward spiritual renewal.
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