Christmas in Atlanta Brims With Joy and Prosperity
The city anticipates a bright Christmas as retailers report record gift sales and postal and express services run at peak. Amid festive cheer, families prepare stockings and trees, while churches focus on peace and charity. Public offices close for the holiday and the Salvation Army aids the needy.
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Cotton Receipts Light in Huntsville Cotton Market
Heavy Christmas cotton receipts did not arrive in Huntsville. Madison County sellers have largely disposed of available cotton at current prices, reversing the usual pre Christmas rush as planters sought funds for holiday needs.
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Seven Blacks Shot Dead by White Man in Valdosta
Valdosta Ga December 23 reports from Ewing between Fargo and St George describe a mob of Negroes confronting a white manager of a large turpentine operation. He barricaded and opened fire killing two women and five men while injuring seven others. A later dispatch notes a violent riot with two killed instantly, three fatally wounded, and eight others injured, including women. Wire connections to Ewing and Pargo are down, and rumors spread though official details remain uncertain.
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Christmas Weather Outlook Shapes Up As Cold Front Approaches
A weather forecast indicates clear and cold conditions around Christmas with a possible freeze Sunday or Christmas Day. The eastward movement of high pressure and a southeast Texas storm explains recent fair weather and rain bands across the East. Atlanta reported a 66 degree low and light winds around 14 mph, while utilities consider water cut-offs for Sunday night.
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Barricades Were Places of Slaughter
Czarist troops fought fierce street battles as barricades became sites of brutal slaughter in a violent crackdown. Soldiers aimed to quell uprisings amid chaotic urban fighting, leaving casualties and a tense capital under siege.
Turmoil in Russia as Moscow clashes with troops
Turbulent dispatches from Moscow report dawn to night fighting as insurgents grip the city streets. Bombs, barricades, and dragoons clash with revolutionaries. hundreds arrested and many killed or wounded as authorities declare the situation worsening. In St Petersburg and other cities, hunger and strikes deepen, with bakeries and banks closed and violent reprisals against strikers reported.
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Hall Declines Run for Governor Georgia
Macon Statesman reports Hon. Joseph H. Hall declines to enter Georgia governor race. He cites financial limits and explains his candidacy would have split votes, opposing the Watson Smith disfranchisement plan and urging sincerity in political contests. The release notes he planned to support Col. J. H. Estill and ties to Hoke Smith contest. Continued on Page Two.
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North Carolina law sparks debate on black disenfranchisement
Georgia papers report Daniel K. Moore, a wealthy North Carolina planter, opposing a negro disfranchisement law while noting Georgia’s system works well. Moore cites different conditions, praising the white primary and 1908 literacy requirement as effective safeguards, and discusses his own background and political stance.
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Senator Money Sees Educational Test as Boomerang for Suffering States
Washington dispatch reports United States Senator Money of Mississippi, a keen student of suffrage issues, argues Mississippi’s educational qualification for registration shows mixed effects. He says the provision mostly fails to deter voting but may spur ambitious individuals, including some Negroes, to qualify.
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Weather summary for December 23 across states
The weather report covers forecasts for Georgia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Eastern Florida Western Florida and Texas plus Arkansas Tennessee Kentucky Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and other areas. It notes fair conditions with colder Sundays and Monday fairs, light to fresh northwest winds, and warmer trends in parts of Texas.
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