Notice to Subscribers and Prominent 1903 Editorials
The Constitution Publishing Company announces subscriber notices and traveling representatives for territory outside Atlanta. The issue compiles op-ed style commentary on politics, trusts, and current events from July 1903, including remarks on slavery, the Philippines, Wall Street, and public figures, with a satirical tone and varied references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bi. Overbey
C. B. Donnally
Bollettora
W. W. Blackburn
Chars Moore
J. Carroll
James T Carter
Claude & Emain
Cue Constitution
Ehing Co
Duty to Act on Lobbying Charges in Georgia Assembly
The Georgia General Assembly should immediately appoint a special committee with power to investigate lobbying charges, compel evidence, and report findings with names of those involved. If true, punish the guilty. if not, expose the defamers and protect the state's reputation and capital safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Georgia
Capitol
Perzong
Oteresta
Chonse
Commonwealth
iAs
The Man with the Hoe and National Outlook of 1890s
The piece argues the farmer led by the man with the hoe faces economic shifts from tariff policy and European migration. It notes rising railroad car demand, cotton prospects, and global consumption, with Senator Hoar challenging Supreme Court Justice Holmes over the Giles case and injunctive precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Potomac
Rio Grande
National Ledger
Europe
Orient
América
Senator Hoar
Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Giles
Alabama
Holmes
Massachusetts
Acta—Ady
Hoar
Critica Rave
Political uproar over Vermont suffrage system and federal remedy
The piece argues the fifteenth amendment is used as a political tool and questions the Vermont voter suppression scheme. It notes the Rutland Herald’s shift from opposition to justification and highlights disparities in white and Black voter disenfranchisement, the impact on Republicans and Democrats, and the nationwide critique of the restrictive practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland Herald
North
South
Board of Civil Authority
Union
Publication dispute over suffrage clauses and amendments
The Post-Intelligencer Argues Constitution misstates southern views on suffrage, contends fourteenth amendment does not repeal representation base, and disputes claims that states abridge national citizenship rights. Cites Republican authorities saying southern constitutions have not barred voting or altered state power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Post-Intelligencer
Seattle
Washington
House of Congress
United States
Union
Vermont
North
Visit of Judge Parker Draws Georgia Opinion
The Philadelphia Record calls Judge Alton B. Parker's address a political speech rather than a legal lecture. Georgians, famed for blunt wit, praise the guest while noting his speech avoided political issues. The writer suggests locals know their own politics and speak plainly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Philadelphia Record
Alton B. Parker
Bar Association
Philadelphia
Survivors of Company C Georgia Seek News of Dark Desertion
Norman Strapham of Abbeville Georgia writes that eighty seven men from Company C Eighth Georgia were captured miles below Richmond after being betrayed by a deserter. He recalls ten hour days on quarter rations under black guards at Dutch Gap and Pont Lockout for six months before exchange offers via a flag of truce. He asks for any fellow survivors to contact him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Constitution
Richmond
Darbytown
Butler
Dutch Gap
Lee
Pont Lockout
Urs
Norman Strapham
Black leaders urge action to close dance halls in Atlanta
Edward Smith urges the city to back Black ministers like Rev Henry Proctor Professor John Henry Adams and Dr H R Cutler in breaking up dance halls corner stands and hangouts. He argues such places breed crime and urges authorities to use all means to improve race relations and curb disorder, calling for better prospects for Atlanta’s Black community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitution
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta
Henry Proctor -Bastor
First Congregational Church
John Henry Adame
Morria Brown College
H. R Cutler
Edward © Smith
Government Sues for 200000 Over Postal Contract
The government moves to sue William G Weigel and the Fidelity Trust and Deposit Co of Baltimore for about 200000 alleging breach of contract for carrying mails in Ragons New York city. George Travis won the renewed contract and will start August 1. Vice President Wheelan said the sum is for the benefit of San Francisco residents who indemnified the Baltimore firm for any loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wiliam G Weigel
Fidelity Trust and Deposit Company
Baltimore
Post Office Department
New York City
George Travis
Wheelan
Fidelity and Deposit Company
W. M Weigel
San Francisco
Baltimore Company
Roosevelt commutes sentence of Loulge Smith
President Roosevelt frees Loulge Smith a white woman held in the Western district of Virginia for moonshine selling without a license. Convicted in May she faced a $100 fine and several months in prison. U.S. attorney urged mercy noting she is mother of five children in destitute condition. Sentence reduced to expire August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Loulge Smith
Washington
Virginia
United States
Suit Against Huntsville Over City Notes
Connecticut capitalist Miles W. Graves sues Huntsville mayor and aldermen for collection of two notes for 6807.96 each at 6 percent interest from 1901. Notes were issued to Huntsville Railway Light and Power Company for street lighting and later sold to Graves. Officials say payments were made and no more credit exists. Prospects of extended litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Huntsville
Ala
United States
Miles W. Graves
Hurtsville Railway, Light and Power Company
Two Freights Meet Head-on Near West Mineter
A head-on collision occurred this afternoon near West Mineter Greenville C between through freight No. 7% and local freight No. 11. Both engines were demolished and four cars derailed, two carrying lumber and some material. four hours were lost while crews cleared wreckage, no one seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Westmineter
America Turns to Free Trade
London July 29 Governor F Schuster at a Union Bank of London gathering urged inquiry into fiscal policy but opposed tampering with free trade. He argued the United States is near adopting free trade, citing a private 1900s chat with President McKinley who supported tariff reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
F. ©. Schuster
Union Bank of London. Limited
Schuster
United States
McKinley
America
Engineer miraculously survives near fatal Macon wreck
Macon Georgia July 2 Special Train from Montgomery due at 4 6 p m jumped into union station with help from the Columbia train causing traffic delays on the Central. At Heheconnee the right side parallel rod snapped at 66 mph. Engineer William Wasner was thrown from the throttle but survived with serious injuries. the crew escaped with minor bruises. The engine right side was torn and the wrecked section was removed to push the train into Macon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Montgomery
Union Station
Columbia
Heheconnee
William Wasner
Wasner
Coates Confesses to New York Murder During Umbrella Mender Ruse
Richmond police report Harman Truman Coates, jailed for drunkenness, confessed to killing Louis Hull in Spring Valley New York on May 19 1902. He traveled the South for over a year posing as an umbrella mender and supplied names of gang leaders in post office theft rings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umbrella Mendez
Richmond
Harman Truman Coates
South
Spring Valley
Louis Hull
Coates
Paterson
Ganga
Post Ofice
Rumor Denied On Atlanta Ice Plant and Brewery in Selma
A Selma dispatch reports rumors that Atlanta plans a half million dollar brewery and ice plant near the old Franklin warehouse and riverfront, with a glass bottle plant to supply it. Local officials deny knowledge of such a project though shipments and warehouse inspections were noted last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Sca
Selma
Ala
Franklin
Louisville and Nashville
Drowned at Coney Island Ex Secretary of Decatur Firm
Huntsville July 29 Dr W B Forrest former secretary of the Decatur Land Company of Decatur Illinois was drowned today while bathing on the surf at Coney Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Forrest
Decatur Company
Huntsville
Ala
W. B. Forrest
Decatur Land Company
Decatur
Iils
Conoy Island
Gorman Backed by Livingston for Democratic Nomination
Washington July reports say Representative Livingston of Georgia believes Senator Gorman will win the Democratic nomination for president. He says Gorman is strongest in the South and well regarded nationwide, capable of uniting all party elements and possibly attracting some Republican votes. Livingston also discusses rural free delivery policy and a clemency matter for Mell Cross, a deserter, urging a fuller review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gorman
Representative Livingston
Georgia
United States
Livingston
South
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Jhoo! Welt
Republican Party
Miler
Government Printing Office
Hia
Miller
Gormen
Stcens
Postefice Department
Bristow
Congress
Post Office Department
Livingstone
Mel Cross
War Department
Mell Cross
Fort McPherson
Crosa
Guba
Philippines
San Francisco
Almeen UN
Cross
Philppines
Anta Optim
Negro Attacks White Worker With Pick In Cave Spring Incident
In Home Gap near Cave Spring road a colored man named Jerry Bollinger struck Ed Castleberry, a white man, with a pick over a labor dispute. Castleberry died from a fractured skull. Bollinger fled as pursuers with bloodhounds search the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Castleberry
Bollinger
Mnegro
Castleberry
Negro
Jerry Bollinger
Ed Castleberes
Cave Spring
Bollenger
Artillery to Camp as Alabama Battalion Okayed
Montgomery July 24 Special The Alabama battalion of artillery was ordered by Adjutant General Brandon to camp at Mobile on August 28 for its regular encampment. The unit will pitch tents at the Mobile camp and prepare for annual drills and readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mobile
Montgomery
Als
Alabama Battalion of Artillery
Brandon
Narrow escape for Colquitt at Wrightsville Beach
Judge Walter T. Colquitt of Atlanta nearly drowned off Wrightsville Beach when swept by a strong ebb tide. Helpers Mcllhenny and Starke launched a rescue with a line, pulled Colquitt ashore, then both men narrowly escaped drowning themselves before others pulled them to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter T. Colquitt
United States
Atlanta
Wiehtsville Beach
Messra Mcllibenny
Starke
Hne
Judge Colquitt
Wrightsville
Wilmington
N C
N. C
W T Colquitt
Wrightsville Beach
Merare
Ho H. McKilhenny
J B Starke
McAlhenny
Colquitt
Mcllhenny
Judge Rules Picketing Rights in Strike Case
In Chicago on July, Judge Kavanaugh ruled in the habeas corpus case of four strikers that labor unions may place pickets around a plant during a strike and that workers may persuade others to quit. The decision, opposing a Superior Court ruling, allows enforcement actions by injunctions to be challenged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kavanaugh
Iror. Works
Workm
Mer
Superior Court
German Wireless Company outlines scheme to intercept Marconi
Berlin reports that the German Wireless Telegraph Company issued a statement denying Marconi’s claim of a monopoly. It suggests placing a Baltic or North Sea station with wires to Marconi’s Cornwall base, asserting interception of transatlantic messages would be impossible. The note defends anti monopoly actions as self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
German Wireless Telegraph Company
Simner Marconi
Marconi
England
Baltic
North Sea
Marconia
Potdhu
Cornwall
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Michols & Holliday
Atlante
Pat Strong
Heye
Jett
White
Cynthiana
Supreme Court
Middle West
Dixie
Wall Street
Russ Sige
Haotvek
Oyster Bay
Tloody Henglish
Ireland
Florida
Ware
Kansas
Civil Service
Keene
Texas
Overnor
New Jersey
Jersey
Skeeter Belt
Tillman
Burton
Cleveland
Africa
Mr. Hoosevelt
Faria
Troy
Thomas Lipton
Abbeville, Ga
Chamberlain
Echeconnel
Coney Island
Corman
Marysville
Wilson
Cincinnati
Lane Seminary
Linda Wilson
Ener
Goodwin Sith
Nor BF
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