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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1902
Page
9
Notice details subscription prices for The Constitution and The Sunny South, with yearly, six day, and Sunday options. Travel solicitors are restricted. city collectors named. postage rates and foreign access listed. advertising managers set territory. paper formats noted.
A notice from a London office invites letters to Brown Representative at 5 Hearlett Street Covent Garden London WC. The constitution is on file and accessible to anyone for reference and correspondence at the stated address.
Atlanta notes reveal rising national expenditures with total appropriations at 800 million dollars and a 69 million dollar year over year increase. The column critiques wartime and civilian spending, arguing costs show alarming growth and reflect extravagance rather than democratic economy.
A distorted lettered discussion between Gov Yates of Illinois and Sheriff Baxter of Saline County reveals a strained stance on race and enforcement. The piece argues Baxter supports removing a scapegoated group while opposing mercy to those labeled Hamites, illustrating local tensions and biased rhetoric in state affairs.
City council rejects using streets for the present depot site and urges the railway companies to unite and build a modern Atlanta union station. The current depot is criticized as dangerous and inadequate, with travel congestion harming the city’s prestige and traveler safety. Action is urged without further delay.
A long column blends political bickering over civil rights and race with editorials on education reform and ethics. It cites Illinois papers, calls out politicians like Cullom and Mason, jokes about heaven for women, and weighs Cuba, Panama, and trust politics alongside local civic issues and a Manila court martial.
In 1862 wealthy refugees entered Atlanta from invaded states and influenced society and business. Tennessee families like J a Toon bought Franklin Printing House and printed a Confederate geography praising the South. The piece recalls school books, currency depreciation, conscription, and the varied fates of Atlanta’s elites during the siege and martial law.
The piece recalls a soldier in a Whitehall Street store asking for Joshua Hill and being told the journey was 60 miles, revealing Unionist sentiment. It notes counterfeits of Confederate currency causing merchant trouble, misgivings among soldiers, and widespread questionable paper money from railroads and towns, with merchants accepting any semblance of currency to clear shortages.
Letters from the People decry corners in the grain market as enriching the wealthy while dry seasons starve farmers. July corn at 84 cents in Chicago equates to 1.05 per bushel delivered to Georgia. Citizens urge Congress to outlaw corners. cites Gates Lipton Leiter amid high meat and corn prices and Cotton futures. An editor letter correctsNominee spellings for Tallapoosa circuit judges and solicitor general.
From The Americas Times-Recorder report, Mr. Steed of Butler pursues the Speakership with strong odds of election. He is described as a capable parliamentarian with thorough knowledge of House rules and a gentleman of pleasing address admired in public life. He is highlighted as a rising young leader in the third district worthy of strong support.
The collection of Georgia papers discusses Atlanta depot schemes, Roosevelt inviting efforts, and local reactions. Mentions Covington Star on Mayor Mims, Brunswick waiting on Atlanta's claimed King Edward recovery, and Athens Athenian noting socialistic colony plans near Atlanta. References Wickliffe Gray in Martinique disaster context.
The Sixth Congressional District Democratic Convention in Macon nominating Hon. C. L. Bartlett of Bibb for his fifth term was large and orderly. Bartlett was praised for fighting trusts and imperialism while defending southern honor, with a ringing platform favoring tariff reduction and curbs on federal spending. Bartlett accepted the renomination amid cheers. delegates were hosted to dinner after adjournment.
In Charlotte on July 8 a special report says 8 to 49 percent of yarn mill output will be curtailed in the coming weeks. Several mills may close entirely or run short, pending improved market conditions. The action is voluntary by mill owners, driven by a dull market and rising cotton costs.
In Mississippi the legislature barred open saloons in towns under 500 residents without police protection. Hollywood, Mississippi, extended its corporate limits to over 500 people and almost metro proportions to dodge the law. Citizens protested the council action as unconstitutional.
Alabama Press Association representatives led by J A Rountree of Birmingham head eastern tour. The group travels by Southern and Seaboard lines visiting Norfolk Providence Boston New York Washington and Birmingham with 13 members and officers including W E W Yerby C H Greer J A Rountree and others plus families. They plan sails and rail stops through July 22 and return to Alabama after a multi city itinerary.
A small cyclone passed two miles south of Quitman Georgia damaging crops and blowing down fences and trees. Several houses were destroyed and a negro woman trapped in one structure was thought fatally hurt. The wind stayed light in town and damage was limited to the rural area.
Chattanooga July 8 Arthur Rose 18 son of Superintendent John Rose of the Dayton mines was instantly killed at Haughey s saloon Dayton Tenn by James Turner bartender. Rose and companions were on a lark smashing furniture when Turner fired.
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