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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
9
In a notice from Constitution Building, Nichols and Holliday are listed as sole advertising managers for all territory outside Atinuta. The short item confirms their exclusive role for regional advertising operations.
Atlanta, June 5 1902 The Constitution argues for local option temperance over statewide prohibition. It defends Georgia’s home rule system as more effective, cites official figures, and rebuts Colonel Pringle’s claims about dry counties. The piece endorses maintaining local option and criticizes state prohibition as harmful.
A Dublin Dispatch item accuses Sam Small of leaking secrets from the editorial room of The Atlanta Constitution. The piece notes Small faces many accusations, but argues he should be judged by current conduct and editorial work, not past claims. The essay promises more of Uncle Sam’s paragraphs in The Constitution.
Destructive May fires highlight need for stronger forest protection measures across the nation. The article traces federal forest reserves begun eleven years earlier, noting initial $18,000 appropriation in 1897 for 29 reserves covering 26 million acres, later raised to $200,600 and then to $300,600 yet still deemed inadequate. It argues for larger funding to sustain summer patrols, retain experienced rangers, and meet expanding reserve needs as more lands are added and timber-cutting risks rise. Describes fires in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New Jersey, Maryland, Indiana, New York, Connecticut, Minnesota, Colorado, Maine, and more as justification for budget increase.
Pringle of the Georgia Prohibition Association argues that local option has failed and that state prohibition, including abolition of barrooms, is needed. He cites The Constitution and various governors to support a forward movement, urging election of Guerry for stronger prohibition.
In Dewey Rose Elbert County Georgia a brief incident during Terrell’s campaign drew a crowd. He sharpened a plow for a smith in minutes then delivered a speech winning broad support from locals who praised his quick hands and quick tongue.
Prominent Atlanta lady Mrs P H Long died yesterday afternoon at 3 o clock at her home 270 Houston street after ten months of illness and two major operations. She was 48 years old a member of Jackson Hill Baptist church and the Y M C A ladies auxiliary. Funeral at Jackson Hill Baptist church today at 11 with Rev J J Bennett officiating and burial at Suwanee on the Southern railway. Pallbearers named Ei G Willingham N T Anderson R L Hardman W H Arnold Ben Conyers J T Catron.
Savannah is set to host the interstate convention of bankers on June 37 and 18 with arrangements secured. Congressmen Charles N. Fowler of New Jersey and Ebenezer J. Hill of Connecticut will address financial topics. Officials expect about 300 bankers from Georgia North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia.
Reports from Walter County Messenger Savannah Press and other papers show partisan previews of the Georgia gubernatorial race. Mentions of Terrell Guerry Estill and Du Bont Guerry highlight campaign splits and strategic moves amid prohibition talk and party unity calls.
The seventh annual session of the Association of Surgeons of the Southern Railway Company opens at the New Willard in Washington on Thursday, June 4, drawing nationwide delegates led by President Thomas Hancock of Atlanta. Sessions cover legal railway surgery, fracture treatment, injuries, and trauma, with a banquet planned at the hotel.
Well known lawyer and historian Tom Watson will speak on The South at Tabernacle Baptist church in Atlanta Tuesday evening. The Henry Grady Debating Club committee completed arrangements and will open with a history by W S Weir before introducing Mr. Watson. He will be hosted by Hon. Clark Howell and Colonel Albert Cox during his stay.
Mrs Eugena Smoke died yesterday morning at her son John Smoke’s residence 324 Windsor street from heart complications. She was a devout Christian and a faithful member of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, with funeral services this afternoon at 3 30 at the Presbyterian church near Vassar and Pryor. Interment will be at Antioch Church near the federal prison. Pallbearers from the Brotherhood will meet at H M Patterson’s parlors at 2 29. The list includes W C Puckett J J Lacher Frank G Cook J A Morgan R Norris and J T Harrington.
A narrator notes the daily pressures faced by a young city street car conductor on a trip to Grant Park. The duties include calling out street names, dealing with malfunctioning signals, and managing irritated riders from Mitchell Street to the park. Several visitors check into local hotels, including Wadell from Philadelphia and Van Deventer from Knoxville, while others arrive in Atlanta for the day.
About 3000 attendees including 125 trustees and Rev. Dr. Ransom as guest speaker witnessed the Morris Brown College commencement at the People’s Tabernacle. Degrees were conferred on listed graduates. donations and resolutions praising support from the Constitution and other papers were noted. Bishop Turner urged race members to engage in reading. Separate item mentions a House committee report on public lands regarding Alabama mineral funds for schools.
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