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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1905
Page
9
A condensed 1905 clipping notes The Constitution can be obtained at Hotaling's Newspaper Agency located at Corner Broadway and 38th Street in New York's theater district. The notice, dated Atlanta December 18, 1905, mentions various political quips and international curiosities scattered through the local press.
A strong editorial calls for drastic cuts in canal salaries and criticizes a costly press agent and officials. It argues the canal can be built with sane pay scales, matching other government departments, and questions commission spending. It also reports a record corn crop from the western belt with huge yields and value, noting state-by-state gains and national implications. It then critiques US attitudes toward China, citing editor Poon Chew on equality, race, opium, whisky, and immigration, highlighting tensions in American policy and public feeling.
The letter from a Yale graduate criticizes harsh U S inspectors and calls for better leadership. It argues China will rise and warns against discriminatory treatment, urging national policy change and fair commerce. The piece also discusses Governor Pennypacker's push for divorce law uniformity and a possible federal statute.
Telegram announces death of Mrs Rachel Near mother of Clifford L Near advertising signer at The Atlanta Journal. She died in Hawarden Iowa at her son John Nears home aged seventy seven. Funeral and interment in Racine Wisconsin. Ford Near travels from Chicago to join funeral party.
Regular customer Uncle Erasmua, a village plasterer and whitewasher with four wives buried, seeks marriage at the Presbyterian minister’s home. The exchange reveals the minister’s reluctance to wed him again, citing his own habits and past weddings, as Erasmua presses for a ceremony the next evening.
A collage of holiday verses and reminiscences from Georgia authors and readers. It blends Christmas nostalgia with rural life, featuring poems about home, memory, and winter scenes, alongside satirical quips on publishers, cotton, and finances. The piece culminates with Leola T. Park of Fort Payne Alabama reflecting on gifts and restraint.
John W Hurt of Atlanta, Ga, writes about the old time religion and core Methodist faith. He rejects evolution and higher criticism, emphasizes biblical creation, the virgin birth, atonement, and Christ’s central role, urging church unity and sincere preaching while praising recent conference affirmations. He asks for church leaders to defend doctrine or resign.
Mrs. Catherine W. Dickey mother of J. L. Dickey and John B. Dickey of Atlanta died yesterday afternoon at 2 in Mineral Bluff Ga where she lived nearly all her life Funeral Tuesday in Mineral Bluff interment to follow Survivors include J J Dickey John H Disker George M Dickey W T S Dickey Sutton Dickey and J W McNeilly all of Mineral Bluff and Atlanta None of the funeral details are yet complete Mrs Dickey was 84 her circle of Atlanta friends laments her passing The poem Mary T Cleveland is quoted at length in the obituary
A northern writer analyzes Africa's cotton potential. The Sudan, not Egypt, poses the main future threat to southern U S growers. Leigh Hunt and associates promote a 60,000 acre Sudan plantation with low labor costs, native Arab labor, and rail water access. The piece notes slavery exists but may gradually evolve, and foresees ginning and shipping to New York via Nile routes.
Judge Pendleton will hold the Fulton county superior court through Friday. Judge Roan adjourned the criminal branch on January 22 and four days of last week were spent disposing of over forty cases. Other judges paused work, with formal adjournment due the last Saturday in December as the city court divisions end for the year. Courts resume January term on the first Monday of the month.
Barnesville Georgia reports a surge in property values and rents with Main Street frontage at 150 per front foot. Lands near town fetch 40 to 43, while outlying tracts rise from 8-12 to about 20. Farm cash reserves exceed 250,000 dollars, and new industries include a 50 worker paper box factory, a 200 worker cannery, and a 10,000 lumber mill.
Gordon Institute at Barnesville Georgia closes Tuesday for holiday recess and will resume January 3. The term has seen record attendance and strong football success, with the cadet battalion at about 150 men the largest in years. Authorities are hopeful for increased enrollment and improved facilities next year. A fine baseball coach has been engaged to begin duties after the holidays.
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