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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
6
The Constitution promotes holiday ads and bargains in Atlanta with travel reps listed. Editorial snippets reference politics, statehood debates, and economic notes, noting winter signals and fiscal concerns.
A Crawfordville Bank stock sale notes Bank of Crawfordville founded in 1896 with Holden as president and Griffith as cashier. The article argues Georgia state banks reflect broad prosperity for farmers and merchants, urging counties to establish local banks to spur development and secure economic progress. The tone extols small, citizen-led banks as essential to modernization.
The city honors Joel Chandler Harris known as Uncle Remus on his upcoming birthday. The event highlights his lifelong literary influence, gatherings with children and families, and a Friday afternoon programme at the Carnegie Hotary in Atlanta.
A southern football season wrapup notes no deaths on southern grids, widespread injuries, and strong finances. It defends football from anti sentiment, cites The New York American on fatalities versus participation, and argues the sport fosters discipline in youth while endorsing measured rule revisions.
The Told Hoohta notes Jupacesa aided the foreign legations’ withdrawal from Korea. It credits the active involvement of de Valle, Stee Wiliam, and others in supporting Korea during the withdrawal.
A collage of dialect poems and snippets on Christmas, mistletoe, and love from Georgia. Includes nostalgic verse on holiday imagery, a quip about Poe and a Christmas turkey, reflections on dreams, a brief note about a former citizen’s life, and a light digression on a coal trust poem.
Letters discuss Lee County Georgia and disfranchisement debates, arguing that white voters cannot outvote Black voters, citing 1900 and 1904 election returns. The piece analyzes educational tests, potential future enfranchisement, and political shifts, mentioning Jack London and local editors. It also notes speeches at Waldorf Astoria and a federal case in Norfolk and Atlanta.
The Atlanta Constitution invites statewide children to mail letters to Santa Claus. Readers include young writers like Bessy Mae, Bobby, Johnnie, Henry, and a girl who mourns a doll, detailing requests for toys, candy, books, and trains. Citizens send photos for Santa to recognize them, with period reminiscences of Christmas past and the season’s festive bustle on Whitehall Street.
The state school fund for 1906 amounts to 1 71 million, down from 1 736 million in 1905 by 23860. The decrease reflects convicts hire moving to counties via another channel, not reducing nett school funding. Convict proceeds totaling over 200000 will be distributed to 109 counties not using short term convicts. Distribution follows last census, with allocation by State School Commissioner W B Merritt this week.
Reports from Victoria B C indicate Chow Cha Lai vice president of the Chinese board of foreign affairs will be appointed minister to the United States replacing Sir Cheng Tong Liang Cheng. Advices transmitted through channels confirm the selection and timing.
Citizens at a Decatur courthouse meeting urged improving DeKalb roads with a large bond issue of 200,000 to 300,000 dollars. A three-member committee was formed to study details and report at a January gathering. The county holds about the state’s nineteen felony inmates and a dozen misdemeanor convicts who labor on roads.
The fifth annual Georgia Library Association meeting opens tomorrow at the Carnegie Library with Miss Anne Wallace organizing a full program. Melvil Dewey, New York state librarian, delivers the keynote address and the event runs two days with about fifty visitors expected.
Covington Ga December 6 burglars struck the mercantile firm of J T and 3 W Pitts at Newborn thirteen miles east of Covington. About sav dollars were stolen from an iron safe blown open by professionals. Thieves also took a small amount of goods from the store after entering through an open front door. Three suspicious white men described as tramps fled town Wednesday as deputy sheriff Nixon and posse pursued.
Governor Pennypacker and a large Pennsylvania party journeyed by special train to Andersonville for the 2 pm dedication of a Pennsylvania monument. Veterans recalled wartime experiences, including one man's praise for Captain Orr who helped feed him in Andersonville. The delegation also toured Fort McPherson, met Governor Terrell, and will return via Asheville to Philadelphia after stops in Atlanta and Chattanooga.
The November issue of The History Phoenix from Emory College Oxford Ga is mailed. It features top poetry by Scott E McIntosh and A T Hind notes strong article Thoughtlessness Some Evidences and Tendencies by M Girardeau. OC A Bowen an exchange editor debuts with timely criticisms and Grinners Corner debuts. Carl E King chronicles college athletics with engaging pieces and brief athletics articles.
University of Georgia faculty sets the annual cadet encampment for the week starting April 23 to accommodate the baseball schedule. Officials consider holding the encampment near Athens to cut costs with nearby attractive sites available.
Rome Georgia December 6 Special Sanford will be transferred from Floyd county jail to the Tower in Atlanta tomorrow in the custody of Deputy Sheriffs P Dunehoo and Camp. He will depart on the 9 15 Southern train. Sanford cites impaired health from poor jail sanitation and Judge Wright ordered the move to Atlanta jail. He was to have been removed today and was seen on Broad Street this morning under escort arranging business matters.
A peddler named Mike Goldstein jumped into the river at the end of Bali Street in Avannal Georgia and drowned. He had threatened to take his life for health aid, a feeling he often expressed, according to local reports.
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