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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1900
Page
5
London office of the Constitution opened at Trafalgar Buildings Trafalgar Square inviting readers to visit and use facilities. Mr Geo M S Hokfton is the London representative of the paper. Entered at the post office as second class mail.
Atlanta enters 1900 with a balanced budget and orderly government under a reformist charter. The piece praises city progress, anticipates future growth toward a half million, and urges councils to plan for long term needs including public works and a regional expansion to East Point and Decatur. It also honors Professor H C Mitchell, a longtime educator and civic figure who shaped Atlanta youth and church life.
A 1899 vision argues the South must push from agricultural reform to manufacturing growth. Farmers revived by home production, while mills in Griffin, Columbus, Spartanburg show manufacturing promise. Leaders urge local mills, open markets, and home-based cotton processing to keep profits and jobs in the region.
A column recounts a curious Western Union telegram case involving a lost wedding and $10,000 alleged damages. It discusses the humor and legal angles, then shifts to fiscal policy in Atlanta, urging rigid economy and close management to restrain public expenditures.
A long reminiscence praises Gedrat Lawton who died in the Philippines and notes broad support for his family from the defense of the nation. It then shifts to Chairman Pope's report, criticizing Atlanta’s finances and the push to adjust property assessments and tax revenues amid growth and calls for honest appraisals.
A scrambled column notes uncertainty over the first congressional district successor to Lester and hints at candidates like Herrington Cutten and Hranned. Savannah reports a deal between W. W. Osborne and Frank McDermott stirring talk of further reconciliations and looming battles for solicitor general. Albany applauds Mark Everett for prison board, while Wight speculation grows for Dougherty’s representative and potential speakership, highlighting Georgia politics and regional loyalties.
A mosaic of rhymes and reminiscences from a Georgia newspaper page. Verses ponder the year 1900 and the world’s fate, alongside brief sketches of human letters about pets, humor, and everyday life, with touches of Whitman and Old South vernacular.
The Protestant and Catholic communities mourn Father Sylvester Matone a patriot priest who died at his Brooklyn parish home after decades of service. Born in 1820 in Trim County Meath Ireland he came to America at nineteen and studied at St Joseph Jery later Fordham college. He joined the Union cause in the Civil War hoisting the stars and stripes at his church and later staged another flag after the war. He attended the Rome council where Pius IX proclaimed the Immaculate Conception. His long life encompassed church leadership and devotion to faith. The notice also discusses Henry Fitzalan Howard duke of Norfolk revered as head of English Roman Catholic movement and notes the duke’s noble lineage and public duties.
United States Circuit Judge Nathan Guff rules Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph has no right to use Richmond streets under Virginia law or city ordinances. He will issue a decree dismissing the complainant company’s bill and dissolving restraining orders stopping the city from removing the Bell company wires and poles.
Wyatt Sharp, an Arkansas Penitentiary escapee serving a thirteen year term for murder, surrendered to Denver police. He escaped last May and is linked to the 1596 killing of B. A. Whetstone in Huntingdon, Arkansas.
W R Mondy eldest son of the late evangelist Dwight L Moody filed in Springfield probate court a petition to be appointed administrator of his father's estate. The petition was presented today and action is expected tomorrow with no will found.
Eight young Black men from Lady's Island near Beaufort and the Central Phosphate Works area died suddenly over the past week. Authorities suspect tainted or impure whisky. The eighth death, that of the company mail carrier, occurred today.
Notes describe a financial arrangement for the Atlanta Fair in Provo and related guarantors. Counts mention a guarantee fund, payments up to 500 dollars, and finalization of funds to cover debts and premiums. The document references officials, attendees, and the fair's financing efforts amid organizational actions.
A fragment notes continued sale of jewelry at old price levels. It mentions paying amounts in cents and advancing prices, with a reference to Maier Jewelers and a sense of upcoming price changes.
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