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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1903
Page
10
Readable parts reference a constitutional or political event with names like Gorman and governor figures. Several garbled phrases discuss an audience, a resignation, a court or judge, and local governance. The piece hints at a public notice or meeting but lacks coherent details to confirm the exact event, date, or location.
The commission yesterday refused to recommend clemency for J. A. Cochran, Shell Cochran, and John McKenzie in the Campbell County murder case, with Dunn's murder case also set for imminent execution. Governor Terrell has not yet approved the recommendations, and the call for clemency in Sol Dunn’s case remains unresolved with Dunn scheduled to hang Friday unless acted on. The board also refused pardons for Major Anderson and Berry Meeks while commuting or pardoning several other sentences in Sumter, Schley, and Stewart counties.
Mecklenburg County leads the South in road paving with nearly 118 miles of macadam laid last year and 110 miles more planned this year. A bond issue to fund completion will go to voters this summer, finishing 139 miles to connect county farms to Charlotte and boost regional trade.
Generals Botha Delarey and Desmutts joined the governor’s garden party honoring Secretary Chamberlain and Mrs Chamberlain. General Cronje initially misheard his name but later spoke with Mrs Chamberlain who led a pacificatory mission.
In New York on January 6 Charles Henry a 2 pressman at 19 Fulton Street shot himself at his workplace and died soon after. Later his daughter was found dead in her bed. Reporters who examined the girl’s body deem poisoning as the probable cause of death.
The House approved bills authorizing the Wadley and Mount Vernon Ferryhead Company to build a bridge across the Oconee near Georgia and the United States and West Indies Steamship Company to construct a bridge across the Manatee River in Florida.
A fragment mentions the serpent the rose the tiger claw and the scarab in a vivid symbolic trio suggesting themes of danger beauty and mystery. No additional context or names are provided to identify a specific event or source.
State gossip centers on whether the artillery battery under Governor Terrell should be disbanded after hearings. Lieutenant Morris and Lt. Fluker urged against the board’s plan. Terrell will decide soon. Augusta trip eyed for Justice Lamar’s swearing in. Contract for new Tol Toltol roof on capitol building awarded to Hunnicutt & Co. for 7000. Georgia uniforms trimmed. chapeau removed. Washington telegrams push militiaman bills. Senator Bacon’s stance noted. Boundary survey appointed for Hancock Greene line. Frank Hughes of Twiggs visits Capitol.
The Grand hosts William A. Brady presenting Clyde Fitch Lovers Lane and stages of Robson in The Comedy of Errors. Rosedale at Bijou draws strong crowds with Gillmore as Eliot Gray and Miles McKenna’s gypsy camp climax. The Mirthful Mr Murphy returns to Atlanta with Old Inn o whee featuring Dorothy Sherrod and Whitfield, Griffin, and Powell in supporting roles.
Judge J H Lumpkin restrains tearing down a wall beside the former Jacobs Pharmacy as Healy Real Estate and M R B Berry sue J W English. Hearing set for January 16 at 9 AM. Plaintiffs claim joint ownership of the wall and that English was warned not to proceed. City Inspector Pittman says the wall is safe. Attorneys L Hopkins & Son for petitioners seek $15000 in damages.
Louisa Thratl of Francis Pennsylvania testifies Hood s Sarsaparilla and Pills protect against grip pneumonia and diphtheria. The ad claims toning the blood and organs, keeping families well and strong and warns substitutes do not match Hood s remedies.
Anxious factions debate asphalt and other paving for Peachtree and Pryor streets as Atlanta council weighs 1903 street work. Resolutions include paving with asphalt, chert, and Belgian blocks on multiple streets with curb and sidewalk improvements.
At the Birmingham Ministers Union meeting on January 6, ministers debated liquor policy. They opposed banquet traffic but allowed individual clergy to advocate the dispensary as a compromise and improvement over the open saloon, with about fifty ministers in attendance.
A Birmingham report details a violent raid on a G Avenue store where David Church and bandits stole $49, then threatened to burn the building. Church freed himself using a knife, escaped via a window, and alerted firefighters as robberies and arson raise citywide law and order concerns. Police face mounting crime as several suspects are arrested while others remain at large.
A heads of state tax on malt extract sales hits soda water operators in the state. Tax Collector Stewart and Comptroller General Wright enforce an 80 state tax applied to all dealers for 192. The issue sparks hardship claims as many sellers saw little recent profit and note the US tax is far smaller. The story also recounts a Philadelphia funeral of Mrs. Mary ONeill with record weight coffin and extraordinary burials details.
Rev Father Carr and Fathers Kerland and Cavanaugh led services while Hon. F Fortis Cann touring Savannah praised rapid progress. Cann notes two to three large ore buildings and notable estate improvements with more southern growth ahead. Hess returns home as area pushes for vaults and safety assurances.
President Roosevelt accepts invitation to Canton Republican League banquet in Canton Delaware January 27. The event honors the birthday of the late President McKinley, moved earlier due to a state engagement.
Washington on January six reports the president will appoint Rev. Tr Lyons a colored preacher from Hartimore Kansas as United States minister to Liberia. Several candidates were considered but Lyons has been chosen, indicating a closed decision by the administration.
Details reach Spartanburg South Carolina of a deadly quarrel between two young children near Clifton and Cowpens. A 6 year old shot his younger brother with a pistol in a yard after a minor dispute. The coroner investigated but deemed no action proper due to the extreme youth of the child.
New York reports Kennedy rector of the American college at Rome sailed today on the Kaiser William der Grosse with Doctor Dacosta and Dr Doran both former Protestant ministers. They travel to Rome to become Roman Catholic priests. Dacosta is a widower aged years.
In the Senate today Mr Teliaferro of Florida secured adoption of a resolution calling on the commissioner of fish and fisheries for all information recording the sponge fisheries of foreign countries. The aim is to encourage the sponge industry in Florida.
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