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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1900
Page
2
The present status of the estate treasury, with both the treasury and comptroller general departments at work, is better than last year. Total receipts to date amount to 1,851,606.22 with disbursements of 591,080.03 and a balance of 1,260,877.19. Tax due nationwide is about 2,000,000, with large counties still awaiting returns.
Emancipation Day programs at Friendship Baptist Church Haynes and Mitchell Streets featured W E B Du Bois on the crime question. The 37th anniversary of the Negro Literary and History Society was marked with essays, oration, readings, and a possum supper after the day’s events.
Chairman F. G. duBignon plans a March meeting of Georgia's state executive committee in Atlanta to set up the governor and statehouse officials primary and state convention as national party policy decisions loom after the February 2nd Democratic gathering in Washington. The session signals a busy election year with conventions, anticipated candidacies, and crowded hotels as politicians travel from across Georgia.
In Dougherty and Walker counties the rumor mill links Senator Ed L Wight to a bid for the speakership, with allies suggesting a prohibition issue may decide the House race. Other counties report candidacies by Dr A B Duncan for the lower house, with Lee County indicating little opposition and Secretary of State Phil Cook noting Duncan has begun campaigning. Rumors of a Macon County contest for the Senate between S T Lofley and L C Greer persist, while Dodson and Littlejohn may clash for a Southwestern judgeship.
Office supplies ad precedes a notice of a fast travel service by the Southern Pacific Company from New Orleans to central and northern Texas with no omnibus transfers and one car change only. It promotes palatial reclining chairs from New Orleans to Denison via Houston Hearne Corsicana and Sherman and through North Carolina South Georgia and California routes with weekly through service and urging travelers to contact agent W R Fagan in Atlanta before planning western trips.
John Smith, among several white youths arrested Monday night for idling and loitering, proved his good character before Recorder Broyles yesterday. Detectives Looney and Hewitt stated they believed him innocent of touting, leading to dismissal of the case.
Zack Pardlow, an eight year old Negro boy, was the first name on the public police docket this year. He was arrested by Patrolman Willy on disorderly conduct and fined 178 dollars by Recorder Broyles. The case was logged by Desk Sergeant W. A Bonnell before daybreak.
On December 2 and 31 and January 1 1900 low rate tickets will be sold to all points on Southern railway good to travel up to and including January. The railway offers direct routes to Washington and the east Chattanooga Memphis Macon Louisville Cincinnati and Florida. For rates schedules and information call at Kimball house corner phone 142 Brooks Morgan District.
The bicycle of Officer Goree of the flying squadron, stolen last Sunday night, was recovered yesterday morning by T J Hightower Jr of the box factory. He saw several Hegre boys with the bike and, recognizing it as police property, took it from them. The thief, a negro, fled after learning the wheel belonged to a policeman. The wheel was later returned to one of the boys who had it. Police are still searching for the thief.
A compact listing shows numerous U S cities with stated weather. Abilene through Wilmington appear with terms like clear, cloudy, or trace rain indicated by a final note T indicates trace of rain J. The report reads as a regional weather bulletin noting varied conditions across multiple locations.
In Charleston on January 2, members of the Gridiron Club and guests Senator Depew and Senator Tillman, Representative Champ Clark, and Gr Edward Redloe of Philadelphia were entertained at Sum merville by Dr Charles A Shepard and Cap tain F W Wagener. The day featured postprandial oratory led by Chauncey M Depew and other extemporaneous speeches, with a special train back to Washington at 5 PM.
A naval officer arrives from Guam bearing a proclamation by Captain Leary, naval governor, banning slavery and peonage effective February 28. The decree condemns peonage as a threat to liberty and constitutional rights and orders deportation of Spanish priests.
A schooner Puritan was driven ashore on Cabst island in a heavy gale. Eight of the nine crew perished, six of them married with families. The sole survivor broke his arm. More disasters feared due to the same gale as officials brace for further reports.
Fragmented report describes ongoing discussion over stamp tax and tariff measures. Mentions Secretary of the Treasury, military funding, and potential bills shaping revenue policy. Notes political positions of figures including Butt and Captain Bet amid public discourse.
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