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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1904
Page
9
A garbled compendium of逶usions and opinions spans foreign policy, finance, and public figures. It touches on The Hague arbitration, Panama treaty debates, Roosevelts era politics, and industry figures like Morgan, Hanna, and Rockefeller, with scattered jibes about Ireland, Ireland’s snakes, and public figures’ reputations.
A critique argues civilization and progress are not solely material gains. Wealth and comfort mislead about true civilization, which requires ethical conduct and sharing benefits. It warns against equating progress with prosperity and calls to recapture older moral standards in society and commerce.
The Baltimore Sun reprints a Bishop Keiley letter offering a historical view of McClellan's peace overture with Lee before Antietam. It contrasts duty and ambition, praising Lee's restraint while noting McClellan's imagined strategies and the political friction that followed.
The text argues that state legislatures cannot bind congressional voting through instructions. It notes such resolutions resemble mass convention pledges and lack constituent instruction. In Louisiana and Mississippi cases senators might view them as urgent expressions, but not as arbitrary directives, and supports keeping representatives in touch with constituents’ will.
The Chattanooga News notes Joel Chandler Harris, famed as Uncle Remus, has resumed his editorial role at The Atlanta Constitution. The return is celebrated by Macon Telegraph and Macon News as a major Georgia literary event and a sign of Harris’s health and vigor. The Nashville Banner highlights Growing Old and Harris’s mellow philosophy, while newspapers applaud his reentry to the press. Harris, born 1848, remains a beloved figure in Southern journalism and fiction.
In Jackson on January 20 the Mississippi lower house approved a perpetual annual appropriation for Confederate pensions totaling a quarter of a million dollars, an increase of $100,000 from prior year. The chamber also enacted a Jim Crow law mandating separate streetcars by race.
A bill was introduced in the Virginia House of Delegates requiring every door in all theaters and public amusements to be at least six feet wide, open outward, and stay unlocked during performances or entertainments.
The body of George Francis Train, who died yesterday, has been moved to a mortuary chapel for state viewing. Thousands of children who admired him are expected to view the remains before the private funeral. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
A collage of verse and prose reflects Georgia winter contrasts and summer labor under white oversight, alongside a mock court scene about lynching and a poet’s diary style entries about publishing life and satire. References include Brother Dickey, Billville justice, and North Carolina anti jug law details.
Frankfort Kentucky January 20 The House approved a one million dollar appropriation for a new state capitol building by a 1 to 1 vote.
Benjamin J Keiley, Bishop of Savannah, recounts a Savannah letter from January 1904 describing General McClellan’s 1862 attempt to interview General Lee to end the war. Longstreet and Cobb debated the meaning, with Cobb believing McClellan wanted Lee to march on Washington to restore the Union. Lee declined, and Longstreet urged a meeting to clarify McClellan’s aims. Longstreet dies soon after.
The Southern Interstate Fair Association, based at Piedmont park, plans to reorganize while maintaining a geome attraction this fall. A board meeting led by HC Peters discussed future actions but kept details private, promising a public statement in the coming days outlining exact plans.
The South Carolina legislature funded two ten thousand dollar sums for the Wade Hampton monument with ten thousand raised by the people, while obituaries note several ex governors dying in a week. Raleigh and Birmingham discuss public sentiment on Panama policy and party nominations. Anti-toxine pricing by major corporations sparks a diphtheria charity surge and public outcry over trust power.
Washington January 20 The president sent to the senate the nominations of second lieutenants William P Upshur Virginia Livick P Pinkston Texas Tillman Bunch South Carolina in the Marine Corps.
Berlin reports the budget coun ties approved an additional 50 000 for the German exhibit at the St Louis exposition bringing the total to 875 000. The notice also records the death by own action of Bud Keith in Gadsden Alabama.
The Atlanta Fire Department was asked to respond to a Marietta blaze but delays in arranging a special train and later reports ended the need. Chief Joyner sent trained men and apparatus to the Western and Atlantic yard but the fire had already consumed one block and the town was not threatened.
In Anniston on January 20 confederate veterans daughters of the Confederacy and citizens gathered in the circuit court room for Lee memory honors. Camp Pelham with Calhoun Rifles and Anniston Rifles formed an escort to the courthouse for the ceremony.
Americus Ladies Memorial Association approves state custody of confederate graves in Oak Grove cemetery. Deeds to the property will be made if the city council agrees. About 300 Confederate soldiers lie there under marble headstones. A memorial group and the Daughters of the Confederacy also erected a $2,000 monument opposite the courthouse.
Frankfort January 20 the senate concurred in the house joint resolution inviting Senator Hanna of Ohio to address the general assembly of Kentucky By a prior resolution Senator Gorman of Maryland has been invited to address the legislature.
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