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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1904
Page
27
Notice to subscribers lists traveling representatives W H Overbey and £ H Donnal Ly Solicitors Wow Blackburn Charles Moore and J it Carroll city collectors James T Carter and Claud A Virgin warns readers not to pay anyone else to the Constitution Publishing Co.
The piece surveys Rockefeller influence, British Tibet exploration, and Democratic campaigning with references to the Hague palace idea, Carnegie peace plans, and global power shifts. It notes wariness about finance, press, and diplomacy amid mentions of Panama, Russia, and a Roosevelt dinner mishap.
The Constitution defends urging southern farmers to plant ample cotton for 12 million bales next season while noting risks from worn land drought pests and labor shortages. It argues 12 million is feasible if weather cooperates and prices stay remunerative, urging caution and diversification with hog and hominy.
A critique of democratic congressmen failing to win approval from independent Republican newspapers. The piece notes how these papers push Democratic lawmakers to follow party lines, demanding research and labor while claiming patriotic motives beyond provincialism, reflecting tensions between parties and press influence.
The article by Hon John Sharp Williams surveys democratic position on tariff reform and the Isthmian canal. It endorses tariff reform toward revenue only, warns against abrupt changes, and argues a canal at Nicaragua would boost intercoastal trade and naval power. Williams favors careful, principled reform and confirms strong support for a transisthmian canal.
The Fulton county grand jury exposes widespread petty lending abuses and courtroom exploitation by loan sharks and their tools. The Constitution backs remedial legislation and a legitimate chattele money loan system, urging action in the next General Assembly and praising the jury for its forceful, detailed findings.
The Constitu tion reports editor Chariea R Pendleton of The Macon Telegraph is ill. The piece praises Pendleton as a long standing, influential Georgia journalist and expresses warm wishes for his quick return to health and field.
The Atlanta Constitution welcomes back Joel Chandler Harris, known as Uncle Remus, returning to the editorial staff to write the ponderous lead for the paper. Reports from Vienna, Waynesboro, Rome and other towns note a right royal reception and widespread joy at his return to newspaper work.
A lunch counter debate ponders how many Atlantans eat at restaurants. An observer estimates about 125000 residents, with 6 percent regular diners, and discusses after theater and late night cafe habits, streetcar operation, and the idea of Sunday amusements and open fruit stands.
A lyrical sequence recounts the tormented love of Jean and Jennie set against ocean voyage and slavery tropes. The speaker pleads for reunion and laments fate, memory, and distant shores as waves, winds, and ghosts frame the doomed romance across starlit nights.
Letters from readers debate cotton farming strategy in the South urging restraint on acreage to preserve soil and profits. CR Harrie argues land humus depletion and drought risk require crop rotation, while others advocate cautious planting and improved practices to sustain future yields.
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