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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1900
Page
4
Advertising copy touts Dr. Hathaway as a medical specialist for kidney, liver and sexual issues using an electric belt. It claims gentle, complete cures without medication and invites patients to visit WAY M N Co at 1 St Atlanta with free consultation on Sundays.
In Eufaula Alabama, February 5, 1900, Jarrett Engram, about twenty five, had been missing since Christmas. A cadaver found in the Chattahoochee River seventy miles south matched Engram by teeth, and a girl’s handkerchief was found in the mouth. His father believes chloroform and murder, with Anna Vaughn and Gertrude Howard under arrest as suspects. warrant searches and further arrests expected. Engram valued by local family.
Major George Jones father in law of Judge F. E. Callaway died at the judge's Augusta home. He was a cavalry offer to President Davis during the Confederacy and served as first lieutenant in the escort at Davis inauguration. Survived by wife Catharine Calhoun, daughter Mrs. E. Jl. Callaway, and sons J. C. Jones and Erwin Jones. Funeral set for tomorrow.
Colonel R J Redding of the Experiment Station in Griffin Georgia explains the fertilizing value of whole cotton seed and cotton seed meal. He estimates one ton of whole seed equals about 800 pounds of meal for plant food and details exchange figures, oil content, and recommended fertilizer mixes for corn and cotton with acid phosphate and potash.
Clarke county politics begin to heat up with races forming for the next two years. Several incumbents face opposition while others appear set for re election. A mass meeting will choose a new Democratic executive committee as Athens notes contest and continued local government intrigue.
Vienna imposes a strict quarantine amid reports of a smallpox like disease in Cordele. The outbreak prompts Cordele officials to take action, delaying the Doaty superior court spring term and forcing a two week recess starting Monday, with court sitting moved to March 11? The note reflects confusion over the illness versus speculation and the authorities’ response.
Mr Frank Lovelace, worker at Fl C Butler's variety shops in LaGrange Georgia, narrowly escaped severe injury when a saw in a table extended through it. His hat was cut and scalp split two inches to skull. A Scantling halted the blade and likely saved his brain. He was taken to a surgeon and is recovering.
Warcross Ga February 25 Special J Dickson a Pierce county farmer holds the belt for best hunting record after dropping four gobblers with a single shot from a flock of nine. He invited neighbors to dine at his house next day.
Columbus Georgia council rejects request to exempt parsonages from taxation. City attorney had ruled parsonage property taxable, and parsonages must share tax burden. All but two council members vote against exemption. Augusta solicitor race: Daniel G Fogarty to announce candidacy for Richmond County city court solicitor, challenging incumbent C Henry Cohen who seeks reappointment.
Colonel William J. Bryan impressed Columbus business leaders and gold democrats alike with his sincerity toward working men. A bank president praised Bryan's character and genuine interest in labor, while Bryan toured Eagle and Phenix Mills and called the trip enlightening. He described himself as conservative on most issues though firmly backing silver at 16 to 1.
Benjamin T. Smith died Thursday at 11 10 pm in West Point after a week of illness. Born in 1855 in Central Institute Elmore County Alabama he moved to Riverview before retiring to run Riverview poultry farms and serving as Alabama Poultry Association secretary. A longtime Chambers County commissioner and Democrat, he helped guide the county democracy and was chosen by Populists for the Lafayette courthouse project. He was a Baptist, Mason Knight of Pythias and Red Man. He leaves a wife four children a sister and a brother. Interred Pinewood cemetery with Masonic honors.
Thomas D. Jackson of Brunswick has been chosen to manage the Western Union office in Macon replacing H A Kemp who died by self inflicted means here weeks ago. Jackson, a South Carolina native, has worked for various railroads and as an operator in Augusta since 1886. He led the Brunswick office in 1897 and will assume charge on March 1.
Bishop Nelson preached at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Summerville this morning and was to officiate at Christchurch in West End tonight, administering the rite of first.
The Alabama senatorial contest between Morgan and Johnston intensifies in Jefferson County with dense labor support and rival clubs forming. Labor groups and the Plain Dealer dispute stirrings color the campaign as Morgan plans a mid month return while Johnston resists canal schemes and builds speakers for every beat. Birmingham Mardi Gras adds political heat as town awaits king’s arrival and parade developments.
In Birmingham the king and court attend a Tuesday program with an official parade and an illuminated ball at the auditorium. Several thousand miners arrive Monday in Birmingham for seasonal gavelles, while police will mostly watch for thieves. Directors Hull and others from Central of Georgia Railroad tour the area, seeking mining prospects in Blount County near Oneonta. The trial of W A McRae for murder in Coffee County ended in not guilty.
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress schedules its tenth annual session in Houston Texas from April 8 to 12. The call lists topics including irrigation rivers harbors the Nicaragua canal Pacific cable and trade. Representation is by governor city mayor counties business bodies and ex-officio members with full privileges except voting.
The People's cotton factory, formed by Montgomery business leaders with a $100,000 capital, has thrived and will double capacity. The venture, based on cooperation, boosts the city’s prosperity and population, with plans to launch another factory on the same model. On February 26 the Jewish congregation announced plans for a new temple at Clayton and Sayre streets, a 100 by 60 foot building, plus a Hebrew school and facilities.
Rev Arthur H Smith pastor of Forest Presbyterian Savannah preached morning and evening at First Presbyterian Augusta and made a fine impression He is president of the State Union of Young People's Societies of Christian Endeavor in Georgia He will address all Augusta youth societies in a union meeting at the Tel fair building tomorrow evening
The Tradesman’s week ending February highlights diverse ventures from a North Carolina chair factory to coal mines in Kentucky and a $100,000 Georgia cotton mill. Also listed are dozens of mills, mining ventures, electric plants, planing mills, and other industrial projects across Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Arkansas, Virginia, Louisiana, and West Virginia, signaling rapid regional industrial growth.
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