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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1900
Page
5
The London Office invites Southern visitors to use Trafalgar Square facilities. The Trafalgar Buildings house reading and reception rooms and serve as a headquarters for The Constitution Office. MS Horton is identified as the London correspondent.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS Our traveling representatives are W N OVERBEY and CHARLES H DONNELLY appointed to travel for soliciting subscriptions in Alabama M J WILLINGHAM and J M JACKSON Our city collectors are MESA FR L CANNON JAMES CARTER and CLAUDE A VIRGIN Beware that you do not pay any one else INSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO POSTAGE RATES United States Canada and Mexico FO to 12 page 16 to 24 page 2B to 36 page Foreign rates double
The notice states subscription options for Umlte on Sundays one year and weekly one year with a shortened Sunday edition. Advertising managers Nichols & Holliday operate from the Constitution Building for all territory outside Atlanta, and the item is entered at the Atlanta Post Office as second-class matter.
Atlanta January 6 1900 reform for juveniles cited in Recorder Nash Broyles report. He recounts youths ten to twelve years old before the police court for profanity drunkenness larceny and burglary. Call for a city and state reform system with a local action plan and funding to establish a juvenile reformatory.
A historical report portrays widespread swindling of Black Americans by unscrupulous lenders and schemes. It notes gullibility to bogus life and relief associations, installment plans, emigration schemes, and related sales tactics, with both Black and White agents preying on vulnerable communities.
The Nashville Banner discusses fraud against black communities by speculators, Kentucky politics with Joe Blackburn’s senate candidacy, and the rise of southern cotton mills. It cites The Journal of Commerce on southern manufacturing growth, New England resistance, and warns on enforcing existing laws against illicit distilling while urging stronger local action.
A collage of regional scraps from Georgia papers comments on Atlanta public works and local wit. Mentions LaGrange and Pavo with quips about a dairy problem depot and Atlanta's ongoing development. References Lieutenant Bromby and a lighthearted compare of persimmon fortune in a playful, era voice.
A fragment from a Georgia paper mixes a homeward sentiment with poems by John Henry Therrell of Atlanta and unsigned verses. It notes a poem Not My Will But Thine, misattributions, and reflections on New Year themes, joy in Georgia, and brief literary commentary.
Henry A. Alexander of Atlanta writes about the city’s rise and its future, praising Atlanta as bracing and magnificent after a transformative view. He imagines a grand public monument symbolizing health, industry, and universal welcome, to honor Atlanta’s past, present, and global potential.
Indianapolis coverage notes the late Duke of Westminster with an income of 3 to 4 million dollars yearly and compares wealth growth with American fortunes led by Rockefeller assets. It highlights income tax in England, estimated at 95 million dollars, and asserts America as the land of great fortunes facing lighter taxation. Also reports mistrial in Columbia case where Professor J C Meares faced seduction charges.
A northern writer in Worth County Georgia extols southern stock raising, urges full blood stock, and shares a 92 pound hog killed at twenty-five months with a large eighty-seven pound ham sent by express. He argues fertilizer prices and cotton shifts will push southern farmers toward diversified livestock.
A Lumberton special reports state troops entered the town to protect Reuben Ross, a Black man convicted of assault and sentenced to hang, then respited. Citizens held a mass meeting rejecting the soldiers presence and urging Raleigh to end the deployment. Leaders included Captain J. H. Morrison Attorney R. S. Lee and Professor John Duckett.
Three hundred Coal Creek Coal Company miners at Coal Creek two mines walkout over 21 men moved between mines against their will. After talks, four miners from each side to arbitrate and report by Saturday. workers return to duty as arbitration proceeds amid excitement near the mines.
Derrick faces four indictments for attempted robbery of the Sevierville bank on October with two accomplices killed in the encounter. Indictments include felonious assault charges. Defense challenges the treason flag law as unconstitutional while the court considers the petition.
In a public eye column the piece surveys Paul Deroulede and his anti government actions during and after the Franco Prussian era. It recounts his wartime service, literary career, 1880s boulevard challenge to Roget, and calls his punishment light yet condemns anti semitic and defiant tactics. It also profiles Guerin, his anti government circle, barricaded resistance, and Jew hatred. It warns such extremists threaten state security and require stringent measures.
Onelika Alabama January 3 Mr E A Preston who ran the cotton exchange has suddenly disappeared. He wore well and many people fell into the net set by him. No trace of him remains though numerous checks bearing his name are circulating.
Forsyth Georgia Chronicle notes a statewide campaign against shyster practices in Atlanta and urges the legal profession to uphold honor. It argues grand juries should back accountability and hopes the crusade spreads to deter unethical lawyers in every hamlet.
Reading of the secretary report highlighted fall financials and a trust arrangement for future funds. The executive board praised the movement and noted strong attendance and cash flow, with early figures showing gains and remaining debts.
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