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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
12
Dec 31 New Orleans race card shows favorites struggled with Julia M. and Floyd taking wins. Betting heavy on Bondage, Travers, Dusky, and others. several races feature selling and handicap events with multiple entries and closing times noted amid fast track conditions.
A Charleston August chronicle reports the Phinny case involving Pauline and Eugene Degring and Olympia and Granby mills. Attorneys reach a settlement offer. court orders setting aside bonds to secure claims and a potential injunction and receiver proceeding for mismanagement allegations against Olympia directors.
Los Angeles track notes from Ascot report wagering. Bil Gurtis and Bil Christopher among favorites in early races while Hedan and Geisha Girl attract betting. Second day entries list seven races with runners and odds.
At Ingleside jockey club races, favorites Burnie Bunton and Matt Hogan fell short, while Rockawey won the fifth race. Final results show Nulleah, Mendon, Louis Wagner, Jockey Club, Rockawey, Gogoletta, and other runners, with various placings and times. Entries list horses for all six races, including New Year’s handicap contenders and sixteenth to mile distances.
Complainants show prima facie proof of purchasing preferred stock from Olympia Cotton Mills. They allege an assurance, a stockholders meeting resolution to refrain from pledging the property while preferred stock exists, and payment was made under these terms. A temporary injunction is ordered unless a bond is posted within fifteen days. appointment of a receiver is reserved.
New Orleans December 31 The American Economic Society opened its May session at Tulane University with a paper by Professor Harry C Adams of the University of Michigan arguing that trusts are a new form of industrial organization requiring updated law. Adams contends trusts represent a distinct phase in industry needing fresh competition law and statutory rights rather than unfettered growth. He criticizes views that trusts are natural and beneficial, noting history shows legal controls accompany industrial change. Officers were elected with Taussig as president and Fisher as first vice president. A later plantation trip for historians on a steamboat excursion was announced.
Hats cleaned dyed and reshaped by Muller Co. product line. Wena Hussy 20 standard diaries referenced for one and BM, metered at 30 Ma. mats oh.
A French expedition reports arrival at Addis Ababa on December 21 and a successful mission. A treaty establishing friendly commercial relations between the United States and Ethiopia has been negotiated. Emperor Menelik invites Roosevelt to the St. Louis Exposition. Mr. Skinner is tasked to deliver two lions and a pair of elephant tusks to the president.
In Sidney J. Hickson's Naturalist account, a crew battles calm seas after rounding a cape. The kamudi whistles and changes tones hoping for wind, a practice tied to Malay seafaring belief. By dawn a favorable breeze arrives as they pass a small island group.
The Philadelphia Record notes three major railroad corridors illustrating climate driven engineering challenges. It cites the Trans-Canada route in high latitudes facing mountain sickness among workers, the Trans-Australia line through arid zones, and the Ugand road through tropical terrain, with floods, landslides, water damage, and rapid decay of ties, sleepers, and bridges to protect passengers and infrastructure.
Jacobs' Pharmacy advertises price-driven buying with a catalog of 10 000 articles. It lists medicines and tonics by several brands and notes two store locations Marietta Street and Whitehall Street. Announcement ends with question Have You Got It.
In Savannah on December 3 the executive committee of the Georgia State Troops Officers Association voted 5 to 3 to advocate disbanding the eight colored companies. The measure, opposed by Assistant Adjutant General Scott, will go to the governor. Other actions included keeping troop commands, planning maneuvering grounds, and forming a steering group for military interests in the legislature. Delegates to the St Augustine National Guard convention were named.
In a suit filed yesterday Ella Jackson claims she rented a house at 255 Frazier Street from M. M. Turner through his agent and was injured December 4 when steps gave way. Counsel listed as Agameus Lumpkin & Boykin. Also listed are recent property transfers filed with Deputy Clerk Alex Dittler, including transfers involving Allen, Alexander, Rhodes, Hill, Hutcheson, DeSaussure, Laney, Cross, Hurt, and Adams with various parcels and prices.
Washington special to The New York World reports a village puzzle as residents schoolhouse figures Ann’s age. A bright student asks the principal, who says 18, while a banker father, chairman of the school board, insists 14. The board debates the answer amid political influence and requests help from Congressman Curtis and Representative Courts to resolve the dispute.
Georgia Republican state central committee met in the Senate chamber and endorsed President Roosevelt. They announced the state convention will be held in Atlanta on March 23, 1904. Walter H. Johnson presided as chairman absent W A Pledger. Resolutions praised Roosevelt and his Cuba, Philippine and Isthmian policies and urged his nomination in Chicago.
A fragmented humor piece from Punch channels a playful exchange about engagements and romantic misreadings. A man recalls proposing to a recovering fiancée after learning she was once engaged, sparking witty banter about sincerity and competition.
Trains depart Atlanta daily with numbered services to Cincinnati Columbus Birmingham Kansas City and beyond. Sleeper and dining cars available, through sleepers Chattanooga to Louisville and Jacksonville Brunswick connections. Some trains offer vestibule service and through coaches. Arrivals and times include Washington New York and Birmingham legs with limiteds and express options.
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