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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1901
Page
9
Terms to subscribers list various subscription options with different day additions and durations. Also states postage rates for United States Canada and Mexico with unclear figures and a note that foreign rates are doubled.
On the second day of the heated term the country from the Mississippi to the Atlantic enjoys refreshing mountain air. In Atlanta heights the breeze relieves heat and chautauquas charm crowds in Jackson and Barnesville. Marietta sees thousands reveling in cool mountain air and buoyant joy, a scene meant to evoke appreciation of the South’s pleasant conditions.
The Atlanta chamber of commerce considers its officer election a chance to strengthen public leadership. It warns of franchise misuses seen in Philadelphia where officials traded valuable city rights for cash and criticizes under-taxation that funds deficits. It calls for the chamber to secure returns from all city franchises and speak for the people.
The discussion on political independence is mainly among slow adopters while others lecture from comfort zones. The Constitution already declares independence belated, as the southern sections cling to tradition and a limited liberty, with some voices listening for substantive, practical reforms amid a marching procession of change.
The article defends genuine political independence in the South, arguing that independents win through action and candidate runs. It criticizes those who profess independence yet avoid leadership, urging voters to exercise choice and allow candidates to reflect local will. The piece promotes a plan where individuals assert independence by campaign and the people respond at the ballot box.
Atlanta business prospects are buoyant as bank clearings rise for several years and exceed the prior year by over one million dollars in the latest month. The city lacks early capital but rising real estate values and rental demand attract investors, including foreign banks, with Atlanta positioned as a premier southern center for capital distribution and steady returns.
A Bibb county jury found a man not a fit subject for the lunatic asylum after an assault on his wife. The jurors urged prosecution for wife beating and criticized the use of insanity pleas. The article urges juries to resist abusing the asylum system and to uphold accountability.
In Charleston the South Carolina dispensary law proves hard to enforce. The state act, not local option, stymies indictments as only one true bill arose from 100 grand jury presentations. Governors and local systems falter while blind tigers operate openly, undermining law and revenue in a once orderly border city.
The passage notes a conservative, decorous population in the continent who keep public decorum, yet prohibition laws are treated as a dead letter in this city. The lesson drawn is clear and pointed.
The New York World reports on Andrew Carnegie at Skibo, noting his view that wealth cannot buy youth or health. Carnegie says he would trade all his money for half his vitality, illustrating that enjoyment and imagination outweigh possession.
The owners of a twenty thousand spindle cotton mill in Columbus plan a Fourth of July celebration to mark a new era of industrial growth. The event promises cannon fire and speeches, but the highlight will be the ceaseless whir of machinery as the mill begins operations and signals hoped for prosperity from converting raw cotton into fabric.
President Fish of the Illinois Central outlines a pension plan for 2000 employees with a $250000 initial fund and annual $100000 in pensions. The measure aims to secure faithful service and ease old age poverty, signaling a potential shift to self‑adjusting capital and labor rights.
A World report traces a Republican pledge from Senator Scott claiming Evans would be dismissed as Pension Commissioner. It questions President McKinley’s implied non reappointment and notes political maneuvering amid a wider round of amusing items from Philadelphia to Georgia poetry and a Leipziger bank collapse ending in a family shooting suicide.
Washington July 2 Special Senator McLaurin maintains influence over federal patronage in South Carolina. Jefferson Richardson named postmaster at Greenville amid a heated contest, signaling McLaurin’s retained sway beyond Charleston and Columbia. McLaurin plans a Fourth of July oration at Spartanburg while denouncing claims he opposed the Charleston exposition as unfounded. Senator Tillman weighs in favoring populism and warns prosperity may fade, as Westmoreland receives a regular army commission due to Rep. Livingston’s backing.
Commander Charles S Arnall of Atlanta camp No 159 United Confederate Veterans appointed an escort from the camp to accompany Mrs Stonewall Jackson to the Chautauqua at Jackson Georgia tomorrow. The escort includes Captain Evan P Howell and 16 others with Arnall also accompanying. Mrs Jackson travels by special committee invitation to receive crosses of honor from Confederate veterans. She will deliver the crosses at Jackson tomorrow night.
A collage of brief items from various Georgia towns notes Atlanta crime and politics, a call for aid to Policeman DeBray’s family, land value rises around Cuthbert, road projects near Atlanta, and local horse racing pride. Other items report Atlanta street work, a fatal police shooting in Atlanta, town fire at Globe, and local editorials on tax limits and urban issues.
W C McLane, longtime bookkeeper for the Bank of Commerce in Atlanta, was charged by a warrant in Justice Bateman's court with embezzlement. Bond set at 4000 dollars. McLane denies the charge as bank officials decline comment. The bank, once Bates Savings, is led by President M L Bates and cashier W A Bates.
Rev Greenough White, a late professor of ecclesiastical history and polity at the University of the South Sewanee Tenn, was found dead in his room today. He killed himself by drinking carbolic acid during the night after a period of mental illness and a recent resignation from the faculty.
From The Boston Record, a lyrically toned note speaks of springtime blooms and shared sentiment between Georgia and New England. It imagines perfumed roses, wafting summers, and mutual thoughts across the northern and southern states as nature’s panorama unfolds.
In Charleston the State Board of Control at its July meeting adopted a bombshell resolution ordering the city mayor and chief of police to appear at the board’s Columble office on the 18th at 10 a.m. to show cause why dispensary profits should not be withheld under the dispensary law. The move signals a new plan to enforce the law amid open saloons and a scoffing court.
A Georgia Americus grocer reports mere 10 cents net from four crate shipments of beans and quashes to Atlanta. In Waycross a 14 year old fell into a forty foot well, was rescued, and is recovering. The Carroll County Times notes a Constitution scholarship offer for 100 new subscribers and funds for college. Villa Rica editorial defends DeBray murder case, condemning leniency and urging removal of idle wanderers and criminals.
In Birmingham on July 2, miners and mine operators of Alabama signed a wage contract for the upcoming year based on last year’s scale. The minimum remains 45 cents per ton and the maximum 5 cents, with arbitration to adjust new conditions from the past year. The miners’ convention approved the old scale by 155 votes to 18.
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