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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1903
Page
8
The readable fragments describe a debate over white supremacy and racial hierarchy within the South, referencing a prohibition on black participation and a push to maintain segregated social order. The text hints at legal or civic resistance to integration and mentions medical or health terms in a coded form.
The Closing Act in the police board dispute unfolds this afternoon as Mayor Howell’s veto likely stands. Council will debate the veto, Warren ordinance, and Key resolution to align board elections with state action, with observers predicting veto sustention and little chance of further changes.
Motormen and conductors protest a strict demerit system in the Georgia Railway and Electric Company rule book. They cite ten demerits for talking to a passenger and for eating breakfast after 7 AM, plus alleged inspector overreach and delays in delivering meals. Workers refuse to be quoted publicly, fearing reprisals as they seek changes.
A brief warm spell ended yesterday afternoon as cooler air moved in. Expect cooler conditions today, with yesterday showing pleasant but slightly warm weather for winter clothing. Light rain signs yesterday did not materialize into substantial precipitation for Atlanta and vicinity. The temperature drop was noticeable late in the day and early at night, with more cold weather anticipated though no sharp drop is expected now.
Jesup Georgia enters a substantial boom with about 70000 dollars of improvements under way. A new court house costing 20000 dollars, the Jesup Manufacturing Company complex, and an ice factory are prominent projects. Numerous residences and cottages are under construction or planned by many locals including L Carter, W P Cobb, Myre Clary, J N McGullis, S F Eltis, Archie Lyons, J M Johnson, Mitch Thomas, W J Broadhurst, G W McCall, Mrs Martha Morgan, Colonel Robert L Bennett, and ex Sheriff W B Lyons with material orders for several cottages.
The importations of G. H. Mumm and Co. Extra Dry into this country during 192 were over one and a half million bottles, with the next most shipped brand 407304 bottles behind.
Mitch House, a white man, was fatally stabbed by Archie Young, a Black man, in Hawkkineville Ga as part of a confrontation after chickens were stolen. Young was arrested and jailed following the assault.
In Moultrie Georgia on February 16 the city court heard the trial of Dr J H Cooke against the Georgia Northern railroad for 3000 dollars. The horse frightened by a train ran away throwing him and causing injuries. The long trial ended with a verdict for Dr Cooke.
Chattanooga special reports progress in southern industrial development for the week. The Tradesman lists new major ventures across Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia including coal mines mills power plants brick works bottling and canning operations electric light plants rail and water works and various factories with values from thousands to millions of dollars and multiple cities named such as Birmingham Montgomery Jacksonville and Nashville among others.
A major conference of land and industrial agents from the southern and southeastern railroads will gather in Atlanta to plan an immigration push from the north and northwest. Attendees include executives and immigration chiefs from Georgia lines, Frisco, Louisville and Nashville, Seaboard, Atlantic Coast Line, and others. Sessions at the Southeastern Passenger Association rooms and a Palm Beach committee meeting follow, with potential rate cuts and home-seeking incentives for migrants to Georgia and nearby states.
The Greater Georgia convention will be held in Atlanta at the Kimball house tomorrow with about 1200 visitors expected. Delegates will organize a permanent state body while a banquet at night, hosted by the Atlanta chamber of commerce, features guests from railroads and business leaders.
February 15 Moultrie Special. John Henry Bryant the Negro jailed in Colquitt county for last August's Buckner murder faces gallows March 20 but refuses food and may starve to avoid execution. Bryant was convicted in September. attorneys failed to appeal. Consent to hang now doubtful as he weakens daily.
A Mazatlan relief committee named comits nacional forms in Mexico City with President Diaz as honorary president. Interior Minister Corral serves as actual president, Manuel Mercado Jr. as secretary, and Leif G Havill as treasurer. A circular appeals to governors and mayors to aid Mazatlan relief. Strict emigration rules from the port are planned due to plague concerns and new eradication efforts. Mr Choate returns to London after a tour of the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt.
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