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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1900
Page
6
An OCR fragment notes an event around a market week involving horses and goods. It mentions Europe and a price in pounds, with scattered references to a Wood area and a person named Wood. Details are unclear but suggests a notable sale or valuation.
Fragmentary text mentions individuals Howell Faulkner Deabtree Emmessee Istessman Campbell and Gov Howl with morning hour and special item. Mentions estate cost about 30000 dollars and a church setting.
Col William J Bryan arrives at 10 45 a m in Atlanta to meet with Fulton County Young Men Democratic League. He will speak at the statehouse tonight and attend a public reception at Kimball House before a major rally at the capitol. Arthur Sewall travels to join Bryan for a non political conference.
Washington's birthday marked as a legal holiday with banks schools post office city hall offices courts and statehouse closed. No demonstrations occurred as patriotic societies stayed quiet while the post office delivered mail before noon.
An advertisement for Abbigan Mutual Life Insurance Company highlights its life insurance contract. It promotes a liberal, just and equitable policy framework and provides an address for HH Cook in Atlanta Georgia for policy inquiries and purchase.
Hot Springs Ark February 22 The Southern Baptist Press Association closed session discussed rising paper costs and named a committee to report on tariffs and trust legislation An eastern agency in New York to represent papers was proposed Officers elected include President Dr J C Armstrong St Louis Vice President Dr C L Nalley Little Rock Secretary Treasurer Dr EBE Falk Nashville Exec committee Armstrong Falk Nalley J W Bailey T J Van Hess A banquet at the Eastern Hotel honored visiting editors Brown's dn Town.
Eugene R. Black will take the oath as solicitor of the city criminal court tomorrow presiding Judge A E Calhoun will administer the oath. John A Corrigan becomes bailiff with Corrigan previously serving as courthouse custodian and will be replaced by Samuel P Marbut. Williams has retired to England and will attend the Paris Exposition with plans to stay in Lancashire. Black is a popular attorney aligned with his brother William Ho Black and is a candidate for the solicitorship when the people elect a successor next year.
Four white youths were arrested for complicity in a theft at JJ & J E Maddox wholesale grocery. Edward Henry Henry confessed and was hired by the store after promising not to reoffend. Joe Bennett and Henry Graham denied fully, with Edward Henry naming Bennett as a participant. The court fined the others ten dollars each. Henry Henry left with his employer.
Mrs Dora Pellegrini filed for divorce from Nicholas Pellegrini in Superior Court alleging three and a half years of marriage ended by temper and coercive demands. She claims he forced her to work, supervised housekeeping, slapped her over stove matters, and barred her from the kitchen before she left to live with her parents. A preliminary hearing was set for March 9 by Judge J H Lumpkin and temporary alimony is requested.
A short advertisement promotes Grain-O as a nourishing cereal drink for kids, claiming it substitutes coffee with similar taste. It markets Grain-O as made from pure grains, offering health benefits and lower cost per serving, available at grocery stores for 15c or 26c.
A disputed death of Judge E B Clary following Christian Science treatment sparks debate. Edward H Carman defends the faith while criticizing physicians, noting Clary’s gradual improvement before a doctor’s involvement and certificate denial. The piece argues for religious freedom in healing and warns against medical coercion.
Special report from Columbia details James Gardner of North Carolina, 55, who courted a Mechanicsville, Darlington county, woman. Believing his hopes were hopeless after a rejected proposal, he left a large will to the young lady and then took strychnine in a glass of wine, dying on February 2. The case follows a dramatic exposure of his intent and subsequent suicide.
At the Kimball House a meeting of the University of Georgia Alumni Society endowment committee discussed enlarging the group to include a member from each congressional district. Four new sub committees will be created, each chaired by a district representative. The aim is to raise 100000 for the university by July 10, 1901, with subscriptions payable over five years.
Senators hear Washington farewell remarks read by Mr Foraker amid a crowded gallery and attentive body. A parliamentary pause delays the Quay case, adjourning after the tradition at 105 pm. Michigan Mutual Life Insurance policies praised by a Georgia broker as sound and liberal.
Editor Constitution-Allow the use of your valuable columns to one who for the last ten years has been inactive in politics for the purpose of offering a suggestion to the state democratic executive committee soon to meet in your city For several years we have been bemoaning the division in the democratic party of Georgia and doing all we could to unite the discordant elements of that party up to the organization of the populist party we had a solid and undivided democracy and the nomination of candidates was in the hands of the white people of Georgia the colored citizens having the option of voting for the nominees.
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