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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1902
Page
9
In Atlanta on December 20 1962 a campaign highlights six free kindergarten schools serving 312 young children ages three to six. The piece lauds women volunteers for founding and sustaining the program costing 1700 dollars with city funding of 600 dollars and calls for charitable gifts to Mrs Nellie Peters Black, the president, to support the cause this Christmas season.
Ex president Cleveland urged education for African Americans and practical training for self support through manual labor. He spoke of a day when employers judge workers by skill not color, noting southern limitations yet contrasting northern opportunities for skilled Black labor. The address highlighted racial disparity in opportunity and the need for competency in trade.
The article argues that southern workers, including Black artisans, find steady employment alongside whites, while the north bars Black laborers from skilled trades. It praises President Cleveland for opposing this color-based discrimination and urges conversion of northern labor policy toward true equality in employment.
City merchants urge prompt action by authorities to curb riot and drunken disorder on Christmas Eve in Atlanta. They stress lawful conduct, protection for shoppers and businesses, and a strong police response under Chief Ball to prevent scenes of chaos and potential damages to the city.
Judge Emory Speer of Macon speaks before the Buffalo Independent Club on a plea for Americanism. The address reviews southern political sentiment, its historical causes, and the instinctive solidarity of southern people. It argues for national harmony and independence of southern views from party loyalty.
The article argues the South remains solidly Democratic due to Republican policies seen as oppressive, urges northern participation in reform, and cites Judge Speer on aligning national politics with regional interests. It critiques Republican misgenation fears, endorses loyalty to white Southern leadership, and previews reactions to roving political figures and international concerns.
Hoboken hosted a Grant Park elephant awaited by Atlanta children as steps were taken to persuade Southern Express to move the animal. A telegram to President M J O’Brien urged special car transport or reduced rates funded by residents, with Adams Express offering to haul if Southern refused.
SHORT ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST report C W Alliston of Greensboro filing voluntary bankruptcy with assets and liabilities in odd figures, plus several death notices. Walters dies at 6% years. Duncan, O Neill, and Gertrude ORear infant also noted with funeral plans. A sermon schedule and charity drive announce church events and a Santa Claus fund appeal for Atlanta’s poor children. Weather outlook predicts partly cloudy skies with light warmth.
Reading, December 19. Antonio Tadrai, 17, an Italian, shot John Trayer, Edward Hartman, and Samuel Sitsel on July 4 after they assaulted him during a street play. All three died. Tadrai claimed self defense and was acquitted in court today.
General William Booth founder of the Salvation Army will visit Atlanta in February and preach at the First Methodist Church on February 8. He will inspect local army work, personnel, and progress during his southern tour, with Atlanta and New Orleans as key stops. The city awaits the prominent religious leader as division headquarters for the territory.
The New Haven Register profiles William J. Bryan in a Lincoln house boasting twenty one rooms and luxury amenities. It notes his wealth from a newspaper venture, annual income around fifty thousand dollars, and habits such as modest living, tutoring his children, and active philanthropy while pursuing politics.
Professor R. B. Wright of the State Industrial College spoke yesterday at Clark University on the negro as a farmer in Georgia. He urged better tools livestock care and stock management and said farming is a lucrative field for colored men with improved labor homes and household furniture. He highlighted industrial education and agriculture, noting extensive student involvement and four years of farmers conferences backed by the state college.
The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association executive committee met at the Aragon hotel. It recommended reinstating the University of North Carolina after ruling on the Sweeney ineligible case and discussed changes to eligibility rules requiring a student to be enrolled one year before competing. Emory University was granted admission consideration, and a revived emphasis on pure athletics noted among southern students. The convention opens with Dudley presiding at 11. Mercer, Tennessee, and Watford College delegates are present.
Washington December 19 General Frog D Grant and his aide Lieutenant Maury paid respects to the president at the White House as Grant came to attend his mother’s funeral. The president extended his warmest sympathy.
Representative Stephens of Texas introduced a bill today to open for settlement 23,000 acres in the Kiowa Comanche and Apache Indian reservations in Oklahoma. The move aims to expand available land for homesteaders and settlers. The proposal sets forth terms and conditions for occupancy and development.
A petition to Chief Ball leads to a large police presence on main streets to curb disorder on Christmas Eve. City leaders pledge strict arrests for any rowdy behavior and emphasize protecting merchants and quiet holiday shopping.
Mile Siemens, the renowned German pianist, will give a parlor concert this afternoon at Miss Morgans studio in the Lowndes building. A select audience of friends will hear pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, Chopin, Wagner and more. Siemens recently wrapped a successful southern engagement and will soon rejoin the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
United States Commissioner Marion G. Malon at Tuscaloosa has resigned after an indictment in Birmingham for sending up accounts of absent witnesses. Mabson says others impersonated the witnesses and he was unaware of the fraud, hoping vindication at trial. Judge Jones indicates the mistake may be innocent and would reappoint if Mabson is cleared.
Body shipped to West Point. Express messenger agent C O Colston killed in wreck on the Alabama Great Southern line yesterday. His body was prepared in Tuscaloosa and shipped to his home at West Point, Georgia.
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