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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
8
Birmingham reports a new Alabama constitution makes payment of the $1.50 poll tax by February 1 a voting prerequisite for state and national elections this year. Officials fear turnout may fall to one tenth, risking reduced congressional representation. many vow to urge payment while noting long back taxes must be settled to regain voting rights.
The bill for a permanent census bureau sets the current bureau to continue until July 1, 1902, then be replaced by a permanent body with a director earning 35000 dollars, three statisticians at 2500, and other staff. It requires civil service placement for existing personnel and authorizes special agents to gather data on diverse topics including insane, criminals, public debt, electric power, transportation, and mining. The director may appoint agents and later collect manufacturing data and agricultural statistics as directed by Congress.
J Lewis Browne from Atlanta conducted a recital to formally unveil Trinity Episcopal church’s new organ in Columbus. The instrument, gifted by New Yorker George Foster Peabody, drew a largest ever congregation and is described as one of the finest in the state. Browne’s recital was a triumph.
Steamship Georgia from Norfolk and steamer St Marys collided at 7 am inside Lazaretto light. Georgia suffered no damage while St Marys had the shaft thrown out of place and the main beam broken.
Four intoxicated men were sentenced by Justice Crutchfield to sixty days on the chaingangs after being found in a comatose state from lime kiln fumes. He condemns the dangerous habit and gives time to reform, noting many have perished or nearly roasted alive in the past.
Raleigh January 299 Special The state labor commissioner reports cotton mill data from 283 mills showing 18 171 male operatives up 21 percent, 18 377 female operatives up 14 percent, and 78 children under 11 up 6 percent. Total employed 44 544 with literacy rates 82 percent among adults and 65 percent among children. A large majority favor compulsory education law.
Columbus divine Rabbi Joseph Blatt of Georgia seeks a license to wed Miss Fannie M Krebs in Cincinnati. Blatt educated in Cincinnati and at Hebrew college, also served as tutor to Krebs. Groom’s father Rabbi Joseph Blatt, Sr. will perform the ceremony.
Miss Helen Gould and her guests toured San Antonio visiting the old Spanish missions. She and her party spent the day sightseeing and later received officers from Fort Sam Houston. She states she has no need of a body guard in Texas or anywhere in the United States.
Special notice from Raleigh North Carolina states Georg W. Vanderbilt is invited to visit Raleigh February 1 for the good roads movement event. State officials wish to meet him. Vanderbilt has previously visited Asheville and is regarded as a supporter of North Carolina road improvements.
Mrs. R. E Grigg wife of RB Grise of 79 Trinity avenue died this morning at Grady hospital after weeks of illness and a recent operation. She had lived in Atlanta about four years and was the daughter of Mrs C C Richardson of Wadesboro North Carolina.
Senator Lodge, chairman of the Senate committee on the Philippines, announced a Friday meeting and that Governor Taft would be asked to appear and report on conditions in the Philippine archipelago. The move aims to clarify governance and current state affairs in the islands.
Strong waves and sleet threaten the stranded Norwegian ship Daggery as 1500 cases of dynamite, part of its cargo, shift from railroad iron. Fears rise that a blast could destroy the vessel, with storm conditions delaying rail and boat schedules. No injuries reported, but boat owners fear for small craft at sea.
Jackson Ms January 29 Special Warden Parchman’s conduct during the penitentiary investigation drew favorable mention as witnesses at Belmont Randolph and Edwards convict farms testified. Interrogations were pointed, with Moore Thomas Abbey and Dulaney leading. A diary accusing Baeble of false pretenses emerged but no denial was given, and opinion grows the warden will clear himself.
Benedict Joseph Semmes longtime Memphis citizen and Civil War major of the 154th Tennessee volunteers died suddenly of bronchitis. Born in Washington DC in 1823 he came to Memphis in 1859 led a prominent local firm and was brother to the late Judge Thomas Semmes of New Orleans.
Special report from Spartanburg dated January 29 states Groff turned state's evidence confessing to the Wellford post office robbery and naming Wilson in the crime. Both were bound over in $1,000 bond. Wilson offered no strong commitment, while Groff claims his real name is John D. Rockefeller Jr of Lancaster Pennsylvania.
The adjutant general will select twelve companies from the state guard to form the provisional regiment for Charlotte during North Carolina week starting April 6. Four companies from each of the three infantry regiments will be chosen, with a battery and two divisions of naval reserves possible.
Richmond January 29 in the constitutional convention an important amendment was adopted by a 14 to 13 vote. It requires a public request before granting the right to use public property except to trunk line railways, and the matter must be made public to allow interested parties to be heard.
Ordinary Drury began pension payments for Confederate veterans and widows in Spalding County this morning. About 99,000 will be distributed to eligible pensioners. officers reported heavy crowds at the office all day.
Columbia reports no new developments in the express robbery at Branchville last Monday night. The recovered through safe lies at the bottom of the Edisto river, fueling belief the robbers remain in the area. Detectives push to uncover contents and identities, with officials tight lipped.
St Petersburg dispatch notes the suppression of the Russia Giberal after publishing a violent philippote against Alexander III and Nicholas I, with editor M Sasonoff deported to Pskoff and author M Amphiteatroff exiled to Irkutsk. Also reports postmaster nomination for Blackstone Virginia John Q Jackson and a verdict awarding Austin $4350 against the Western and Atlantic Railroad for a workplace injury.
The habeas corpus case of Savannah Newton and her husband, imprisoned in the Tower, has been appealed to the supreme court. Judge J. H. Lumpkin signed the thrill of exceptions yesterday and the clerk was directed to transmit the record to the current term for hearing. Crane represents the prisoners.
Aaron Medron of Savannah Georgia explains six years of painful piles and fearing surgery before Pyramid Pile Cure fully cured him. He notes the treatment in a pamphlet titled Piles Causes and Cure offered free by Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Mich.
In Chattanooga on January 23 Judge Shepherd heard a sensational habeas corpus case. W T Applewhite sought to regain possession of their infant. Mrs Applewhite, daughter of a Dayton citizen, described her husband as deceitful while claiming he dictated letters to a Knoxville man to solicit money. The wife received custody of the child. the judge admonished the husband for unmanly conduct.
An informal meeting of the Streets Se weres and Sanitation committee of the charter revision group met at city hall with three members present and no action taken. A follow up meeting is set for 3 30 this afternoon at Captain James W English's Fourth National Bank office. Members present were RE W Martin chairman M M Jackson and J W English. Co LADSON JEROME JONES and W C Puckett returned from Macon where they attended a labor banquet with Jones and Ladson giving the feature speeches.
A New York Evening Post piece notes foreign sailors view New York as harsh and uncharitable, ranking it near Portland Oregon for bad port reputation. The article mentions crews migrating from Liverpool to Hong Kong hearing curses on York and stories of hardship and shanghaiing. It also references Seamen's Union protection and legal aid for sailors.
Macon Ga January 29 Special Aged in this region for 107 years Mary A Van dies at 1 am from senility She was the oldest white woman in the area and possibly the state She leaves a son Reuben Van and two daughters Sarah A Edmonson and Muri ah Binnen Funeral will be held in Twiggs county near the old Van homestead with interment at the family burying ground.
Seamen on foreign vessels in New York harbor endure a harsh winter scene with men roaming river fronts near grog shops and seaman missions. Hospitals report hundreds treated monthly while shipmasters favor offshore doctors to grant shore leave, often under the guise of illness, revealing systemic gaps in care for foreign crews and the risk of desertion.
January 2 report notes special actions by W S Branham of Waycross who fled a petition in bankruptcy here to act for himself. The petition lists debts of $29,001.53 dominated by borrowed funds and unsecured notes with no assets, highlighting a stay and related maneuvers in the case.
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