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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1900
Page
5
The Georgia Democratic executive committee urges rapid voter registration for the October election, detailing tax collector duties to open voters books, assign clerks, and cover the state to ensure broad participation. It defends the primary timing as lawful and beneficial to democratic principles.
The Agnes Scott Institute at Decatur decided to close for the session nearly three months early due to two or three scarlet fever cases among pupils. President Gaines informed patrons, most agreed to defer to authorities, seven sent students home, and the school faced losses yet acted to protect pupils as sacred trusts. Public confidence may grow from this careful, cautious decision.
Senator Bacon exposes a Republican tactic to slow debate on the Porto Rican measure and justify new unconstitutional taxation. The island’s business decay under delay prompts mass meetings urged by Republicans to Washington, while Democrats are pressed by Republican claims of Puerto Rican support and urgency.
The piece argues against given allegiance benefits under American rule, contrasting Spanish oppression with Republican governance. It notes the need for a large campaign fund and urges citizens to join the Volunteer List to support the Southern Interstate Fair, claiming Atlanta's progress depends on collective effort and past fair successes.
A critical railing against American rule in Porto Rico highlights reports from Cacao of 16 90 naked women unable to leave huts and 36 000 naked women in mountain districts. It claims thousands of children miss school due to clothed teachers' refusals and accuses trusts of driving these conditions to secure favorable policy, praising Governor General Davis for seeking free and arable civil government and urging US justice to preserve the nation’s good name.
The piece describes Korea's domestic postal system under a French expert, using U.S. printed stamps, and a new foreign mail route via Japan due to limited Korean steamship links. It notes a Russian line may ease Korean mail transmission, with Japan steering current arrangements. It also digresses into political musings and poems reflecting era concerns.
H. H. Denn of Hall County argues the state Democratic Executive Committee oversteps by requiring new registration for the May primary. He cites 1897 and 1894 amendments granting voting rights to those registered in prior years and asks for a broad restoration of the prior privilege for white Democrats to vote without new registration. March 20, 1900.
The Raleigh Morning Post discusses Senator Jones and the Round Bale invention. It defends investors who financed the enterprise, argues for merit of the patent, and warns against labeling investors as enemies. It notes cotton mill costs and urges farmers to evaluate using the new method regardless of ownership.
Hon. Charles Goodwin Bennett of New York elected secretary of the United States Senate, a young official noted for talent and potential. Born December 11, 1863 in Brooklyn, he has long practiced law in New York and served in Congress before taking the secretarial post with broad duties including disbursement of Senate expenditures. The former secretary, General William R. Cox of North Carolina, had held the role since August 1815 and will be succeeded as the Democratic convention prepares for Kansas City in July.
The article details Cardinal Ledochowski and a Polish church figures. It recounts Ledochowski’s career from Rome to Ostrovo and his role as cardinal secretary of memorials. It notes his rise amid Prussian church laws and his later reception by the pope in the Vatican.
In Dahlonega Georgia a small boy died after consuming sardines bought by his father Dave Anderson and shared with four siblings. The family reportedly ate heartily and several children became sick. Dr Jones reports the child vomited the stomach lining and could not be saved despite medical aid.
Editor of The Industrial News sues George Driver T Peer H F Lowe H C Jernigan Wiley Ross M Greene Jr C J D Tye Hee Sy W Williams Jr accusing them as city council members of publishing charges against him. damages sought amounting to 50000 dollars. Also notes assignment of druggist Ridley Baird goods to W M Yarborough and a likely seven thousand dollar value.
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