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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1902
Page
9
Atlanta Ga January 16 1902 notices new postage rates for United States Canada and Maxton. Shorter newspapers up to 12 pages receive lower rates while larger 16 to 24 page papers face higher charges. The brief item notes rate changes and applicability by paper size.
A reader salutes an editorial on training house servants and cites difficulty finding college trained domestic workers willing to commit to permanent positions. The letter urges Southern educators to reform curricula to prepare both men and women for refined, steady household service, stressing practical aims over mere personal improvement.
An analysis highlights vast gains across territories, population, revenues, and production from 1800 to 1900. It covers land acquisitions, postal expansion, railways, cotton production, steel, gold, and education funding, noting northern aid debates and the value of continued philanthropy for black education.
Northern papers report charity for southern black colleges facing shortfalls as donors tighten despite high national wealth and strong stock markets. Tuskegee Hampton and Atlanta University are cited, while northern churches also struggle to sustain appeals for funds and fraternal aid wanes.
Letters argue for fair taxation based on ability to pay, favoring laborers over corporations. The writer criticizes property exclusions, urges taxing corporate securities at market value, and links tax justice to railway issues in Atlanta. Also notes opposition to using cotton tax funds for education and warns against unconstitutional reallocations.
Augusta Chronicles notes public eagerness for a governor race. Gritin News urges swift entry of candidates into state house contests. Qxlethorpa Echo implies Pope Brown may speak soon. Arguata Herald hints Terrell undecided on governor bid while Jim Smith jokes about action.
A mosaic of regional clippings discusses Atlanta’s prominence in Georgia politics and economy. It contrasts city focus with rural prosperity, cites Leslie’s Weekly on farming’s vast national role, and highlights diversified agriculture buffering crops against shocks. It notes transportation gains and price stability shaping farmer well being.
Barnesville News-Gazette quotes Governor Candler preferring a ten horse farm to governorship and Nebraska's Bavage echoing the sentiment. The piece extols barnyard life as restful and honest, with a haystack chat and a hog weight contest framing a farmer's pride over state leadership. It notes a man’s desire to return to land after climbing high.
A report details two requisitions from Florida for a man named Halt wanted on assault with intent to murder. Halt was arrested in Georgia, found insane, and confined. authorities consider extradition depending on whether he feigned insanity. Also covered are Georgia Railroad Commission hearings on Brunswick switching, Tifton freight rates, and lumber car unloading times, plus plans to expand state bank examinations and acquire Miller tract land near Milledgeville for pasture and cattle breeding.
Ed Perkins travels to Birmingham amid quick talk of Cordova and Decatur. Dan O Rearden entertains Atlanta with world spanning banking stories, while Capt James Wright uncovers a major counterfeiting haul near Taylor County. Hooker and Oates share a glove tale from post war Washington that endears and amuses.
Dr Bizzell will not run for president of the board of health. Dr Jarnagin had planned to resign but was urged to remain. A special committee was asked to consider his resignation, and pressure was applied to withdraw it. The recent actions leave one candidate for the presidency.
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