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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1905
Page
4
A garbled column of 20th century chatter mixes war news and opinion from disparate topics. It mentions Kuropatkin, railway blocks, a grand state fair in Atlanta, figures like Doc Oslar and Jimmie Garfield, and references to Santo Domingo, Harbin, and Mukden. Also notes Rockefeller, Hawaii debt, Queen Liz, and political critiques, all in a crowded, non-cohesive newswire style.
Northern editors warn immigration southward may flood the region with a black labor underclass. The piece argues northern prejudice and politics threaten negro employment, while southern needs push for lawful migration to elevate labor quality and growth.
A Tennessee statesman argues Japan's ideal fighting man arises from a blend of hardy physique and fanaticism tempered by chivalry and strategic wit. The piece contrasts Japanese zeal with Tibetan fatalism, praises Port Arthur resilience, and mourns the passing of William Bate and John Reagan, noting the loss of Confederate veterans in Congress and listing surviving Confederate senators.
The text lists Confederate-era figures such as Taylor, Bankhead, and Richardson of Alabama, Lester, Livingston, and Maddox of Georgia, Meyer of Louisiana, Spight of Mississippi, Richardson and Pierce of Tennessee, Field and Pinckney of Texas, Lamb and Sleep of Virginia. It notes the Senate has a higher percentage of Confederate survivors, yet the two houses together show the old South maintains strong representation in national government.
The Constitution prints twenty one chapters of Will N Harben is The Georgians by Harper Brothers in a special arrangement readers may follow the complete section weekly from the present issue onward to gain a vivid impression of a vivid Georgia mountain life with Abner Daniel and other principal figures drawn with fidelity and warmth The author Harben is praised for a simple strong wholesome style and for his career from 1880s stories to notable novels.
An editorial discusses Georgia hay yields and market potential. It cites North Georgia Citizen concerns in Dalton about Atlanta's hay demand, praises Georgia hay quality, notes glory from St Louis exhibit, and urges farmers to diversify from cotton to hay with proper curing and grading to compete with western hay.
Reports reaching the adjutant general show Georgia militia in weak form with eighty companies statewide. Fifty-five infantry, ten cavalry, five artillery units, and others suffer oversight. forty companies inspected so far, with ten put on probation until May 1 and several disbanded or recommended for disbandment. Obear and Lt. Rucker tour southern units as pension deficits climb toward twenty thousand dollars amid delays for 325 pensioners. Warren County protests against tax sharing with Richmond and Augusta over Western of Alabama railway shares. New Ordinary elected in Sumter and Governor Terrell awards reward for arrest in a 1904 murder case.
In Oxford Ga in March special announcements list senior speakers and topics for the 1905 commencement. W B Brown Lyons speaks on Commercialism. B B Bust Cole Quitt Patriotism. J Bush Gol Quit The Fortunate Mediocrity. O Pitt Logapsville presents The Fortunate Mediocrity. F Enchido Teale Ox ford Biles watt offers Givam. CF Triple Oxford Glen Tree a High Living.
Workers uncover foundations of a new courthouse revealing an old stockade built around a public square. Timber and structural remains appear fragile. authorities investigate to resolve colonial era Indian troubles reportedly tied to the site.
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