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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1900
Page
5
The London office invites southerners visiting London to use the facilities and make The Constitution office their headquarters. Mr. Geo. M. S. Horton is the London representative. Postage rates and subscriber notices listed. traveling reps and city collectors named.
Terms to subscribers from an old newspaper note advertising rates for Day and Sunday editions. Mentions six months and weekly pricing, with a terse line about a death by own action of Avanti affecting the notice.
The Constitution will show the earliest and most complete returns from the local primary elections and statewide races on Tuesday night on a large canvas outside its building. Readers are invited to view the results as they come in.
ATLANTA GA May 14 1900 The Question of Pugilism argues prize fights like the Jeffries Corbett bout draw respect from businessmen and professionals. The article compares boxing to cock fighting football and dove baiting, concluding boxing can be less cruel and dangerous than some sports, praising skill discipline and fair play.
The passage argues for promoting healthy masculine activity through prize fighting as a test of manhood and fair play, cautioning against indulging in passive social amusements and prudish literature. It urges impartial questioning of how society subjects prize fights to sentimentality or misplaced zeal.
The piece criticizes Senator Lodge for pressuring for immediate armor plate contracts while opposing the Nicaraguan canal bill. It argues that Lodge favors a British partnership over American control, threatens American naval needs, and questions delaying the canal project to benefit British interests. It asserts the canal should be American controlled and fortified.
French economists debate freeing from British supply as Soudan Congo and Senegal could yield a robust cotton industry. Advocates urge state and private investment to improve seed, rotation farming, and cultivation. Early shipments show promise, though quality varies.
The passage argues rivalries push governments to fight for prize worthy goals. Trade forces action as cotton mills in North Carolina seek quality, sourcing from markets nationwide due to lack of uniform production. Planters incur costs whether purchasing inferior or first class seed, and cultivation and marketing costs persist as improvements are pursued.
The Baltimore News questions Hon. Wayne MacVeagh’s role in Captain Carter’s defense. It notes delay tactics to shield others, MacVeagh’s public assertion of Carter’s innocence while abroad, and Westcott’s confession showing greater guilt. The paper asks whether MacVeagh owes a public retraction and clearer stance now.
The St Louis Post Dispatch notes John D Rockefeller's income at 5 percent of 1.507 billion dollars, signaling a new era of wealth power. It warns of plutocratic rule surpassing government, calls inheritance taxes a check on fortunes, and argues the nation can accommodate billionaires while adjusting policy to curb excess.
Fragmentary read of genealogical remarks tracing the Smith name to an ancient Egyptian brewer from the era of Ptolemy III 227 B C and noting language borrowings and a controversial literary figure, with tangential references to historical figures and poetry.
Dr. F H Orme recalls vivid anecdotes about Georgia leaders Robert Toombs and Alexander Stephens. He contrasts Toombs rapid, offhand bursts with Stephens patient, methodical research, recounting speeches, political rivalries, and personal habits. The piece blends praise and humor on their war records, finances, and personalities, ending with notes on their friendship despite clashes.
Alexander Stephens argues against expansive wartime legality and criticizes an editorials stance on imperialism. He contends colonies formed a compact, urges prompt duty of hour, and supports juvenile reformatories to prevent future crime. The piece discusses habitual versus occasional criminals and calls for tailored treatments and guardianship rather to imprisonment.
The column reviews J Gordon Coogler’s latest poem A Lovely Spot a sentimental piece set in the heart with sunlit beams and white roses. It notes Coogler’s shift toward analysis and praises the public’s reception while remarking on the editor’s invitation to publish the verses.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson will come in this afternoon as delegates begun arriving. The auditorium is ready and awaiting the gathering.
Alabama based expects high turnout as General Joseph Wheeler plans a key address on South trade relations with the Philippines and the Orient. Delegates from James M. Wilson and F B Thurber arrive ahead of the opening in Chattanooga with exhibits from the University of Tennessee and Philadelphia museums.
Secretary Wilson advances storm warnings by adopting iron storm warning towers at marine ports. Towers built in sections to vary height feature dual Fresnel lens ramps and top flags for day signals. Old marina lanterns to be discarded as half of three display towers are funded for the coming year.
A Clifton West Virginia incident reports Frank Hinks piercing his eye with an indelible pencil fragment, discoloring his eyes. A two year old near Cheater Pennsylvania falls through a well hole, seven feet from the top, then is rescued unharmed. An African American convict among GeorgIs is described hauling four buckets by various methods. Belfast township Pa records blessings as Milton Mellett receives twins and cows and sheep produce twin offspring, one of each sex in three pairs. Misa Listle Hickman Orillia feels severe head pain after ear trouble, cotton plugs, and an earwig emerges. In St Louis Missouri Mrs Earle Gessert suddenly proclaims a premonition during a verandah conversation and fainting follows before a physician arrives.
The Georgia and Alabama line expands at Montgomery with a large freight warehouse and new office and sidings. Central issues new Alabama Georgia maps. Wabash and Lackawanna plan Chicago to New York fast freight and passenger service in 25 hours. RH Barlow named traveling freight agent for Southern Railway. Great Northern to issue 10000 shares to employees via the Great Northern Employees Investment Association. Santa Fe weighs California Limited Se around. San Francisco link opens July 1 for four weekly trips. May 2 brings Roswell Miller HQ to New York. Frank Bond to retire June 1. W Joseph and Grand Island GM resigns. Tennessee rail growth and rate discussions cited by J Thomas on railroad economics and regulation.
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