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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1900
Page
8
County voters face a May decision on a juvenile reformatory amid fears it would favor blacks over whites. A. F. Fuller and Ordinary Hulsey defend the plan, arguing discretion by judges will limit admissions and that whites benefit as much as any group. Recorder Broyles endorses careful consideration and support for reform.
The Grand Opera house gymnasium show by the Y M C A featured Edward I Riddick in classical statuary poses and packed crowds. Professor A G Willee directed and performed, with Drake Horning George leading a tumbling trio and other acts including pyramids with Roman ladders railroads electric lamps and dramatic cornet solos. The Brownies and juvenile entrants added humor and energy as the program showcased heavy apparatus routines and numerous group displays. Attendants included Chuen Yeu and Officer McMolthyan.
A pro reform essay argues Fulton county citizens should replace the old punishment system with a youth reformatory. It asserts whites and blacks deserve equal chances, denounces segregation in sentencing, and warns of moral duty to improve youth through humane separation from crime. The piece cites Georgia counties and cites verses urging action.
French Parker and Roberts, three white men arrested on suspicion over a set of goods at the express office, were tried in police court and dismissed as no charge could be held. A valise and two bicycles shipped to Atlanta under Smith, with orders signed by Smith, were examined along with pistols fuse and nitroglycerin. French claimed ownership via possessory warrant, while others offered varied explanations. Judge Landrum set a hearing for 10:30 this morning.
Fitzgerald Ga May 17 18 1900 Knights of Pythtas hold grand lodge meeting with one fare round trip via Central of Georgia Railway Tickets on sale May 17 and 18 return May 21 City ticket office No 14 Wall Street prompt schedules and convenient options Sleeping cars by night.
John Wilson a negro was convicted of attempting an assault on a white girl in Spartanburg county and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. He had prior scrapes and was once shot at by Spartanburg mayor for following and annoying white girls on lonely streets, yet escaped lynching.
Charley Ennis a traveling salesman for R W Tidwell was taken into custody by police after acting oddly and making a late night call for a private detective. He carried about $122 in cash plus a $16 check and claimed illness and recent pneumonia. Officers detained him for further inquiry and to notify his friends and relatives.
The city discusses a record primary registration of 12,280 whites and 10,055 voters for the reformatory. Officials affirm figures as correct amid speculation whether two elections were confused. The count marks the largest county registration in ten years with high anticipated turnout.
Rev. James O'Brien, longtime friend of Georgia orphans, died in Johns Hopkins hospital Baltimore. His body to Atlanta today and will lie in Washington Ga at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with funeral in Washington’s orphan asylum grounds. He built and funded orphanage facilities, founded St Joseph's academy, and led extensive church restorations in Washington Atlanta Athens Sharon Augusta and St Patrick's Augusta. His life totaled devoted labor for the poor, temperance work and religious outreach across fifteen counties. The funeral party will travel from Hillburn Bowden’s at 9:20 to the church. Father Gunn will accompany the body to Atlanta.
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