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Atlanta Constitution

Location

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1902

Page

9

Subscription rates and advertising managers notice 1902

The Daily Constitution rates are 95 a year for six days a week and 7 a year for both Daily Constitution and Sunday Constitution. The Sunny South applies without exception and no traveling agents may take subscriptions at a different rate. Nichols and Holliday of Constitution Building, Atlanta, GA, are sole advertising managers outside Atlanta. May 23, 1902.

Ate Rates Ag Nichols & Hollidat Constitution Buildin Atlantc Palais Biesr Atlanta

Those Fugitive Boedlers in Extradition Case

The piece argues that Gaynor and Greene, fugitives sought by the United States, test U S Canada crime comity in extradition proceedings. It condemns Canadian delays, praises Marion Erwin, and denounces Quebec for harboring American boodlers. The author hopes Gaynor and Greene will be returned to Chatham County for trial.

Gaynor Greene Canada Dominion United States Aple Marion Erwin Oberlin M. Carter Leavenworth Ontario Quebec Chatham County

Revelation on the South Shocks Visiting Republicans in Alabama

A Republican congressional party touring Alabama expresses surprise at the South’s enterprise and wealth development, challenging northern assumptions about reconstruction and regional progress. The piece argues many Americans remain provincially oriented, misunderstanding southern realities and capabilities.

Republican Congressional Party Alabama South Republic New England New York Central States Middle West

Southern Delegates See Rise of Prosperity and Power

Representative men from other sections have observed that southern senators and congressmen are true national leaders. They witness a transformed south with abundant resources, cheap labor, and growing industries in pig iron steel and machinery. The tour is deemed profitable for the south and national interests.

South Isthmilan Congress Union

A World's Fair Education in Tariff Publicity

The St Louis Globe Democrat urges using the 1904 world’s fair to expose tariff effects on Cuba and foreign goods. It proposes labeling imported items with Dingley and reciprocity prices to educate voters about tariffs, trusts, and price costs ahead of the 1904 campaign.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat Cuba St. Louis England Germany France Dingley Trates Republican Party

Georgia Rural Schools Fund Seeks $25,000 For Books

The plan asks each district to add ten dollars to obtain a library of fifty books worth twenty dollars. George Foster Peabody donated five hundred dollars and the county commissioners pledged twenty eight hundred. Georgia needs twenty five thousand from the public to empower rural schools, with contributions sent to Professor J. R. Stewart in Dahlonega for information. Many of Georgia’s leaders were educated in rural schools, deemed vital nurseries of thought.

George Foster Peabody Augusta Georgia J. 9. Stewart Dahlonega

State Political Gossip in Georgia Articles

A collage of editorial excerpts from Albany Herald Augusta Chronicle Madison Advertiser and others discuss gubernatorial candidates Dupont Guerry Joel Terrell and Terrell supporters debate tactics and policy amid party tensions. References mention Savannah Beaulieu and Macon race dynamics and shifting public sentiment ahead of the vote.

Joel Terrell Dupont Guerry Guerry Mr. Guerry Terrell Trea Verrell Nashville South Waycross Journal

Hopeful Spirit Through Sorrow In Lamps of Light

A collage of quotes and mini essays celebrates hope amid hardship with mentions of a Boston critic, poets as teachers, and a Georgia remark on darker days. It blends reflections on light after night, faith in tomorrow, and small newspaper quips about authors, critics, and local politics. The tone stays light yet poignant as it threads verses and prose about sorrow, dawn, and resilience in daily life.

Libraries for Rural Georgia Schools Movement

The Georgia Teachers Association forms a committee led by J. S. Stewart to improve rural school libraries. It stresses the vital need for books and pledges to raise a fund to provide $10 appropriations per rural school, urging public cooperation to relieve severe shortages of literature and uplift common education statewide.

Georgia Teachers’ Association J. S. Stewart B. C. Branson M. L. Brittain Crosby Wright W. R. Power Ar Glenn Georgia Pilgrim’s Progress Talmage

Atlanta Depot Prospects Brighten in Darien Gazette

A compiled set of notes from Georgia papers discusses Atlanta's potential new depot nearing fruition, municipal expansion talks aiming to add about 10 000 residents, and various regional reactions. The coverage spans warnings about vagrants, volcanic references, university ambitions, and upcoming mayoral contests highlighting a lively Atlanta discourse.

Georgia Education Officials Meet Before UGA Session

Georgia county school commissioners and city superintendents, along with county boards of education, will gather in Athens in September before the University of Georgia term. Dr. Wallace Buttrick of Albany arranged and will fund the meeting. Chancellor Hill provides dormitories and dining hall. officials cover their own travel. The gathering signals a unified push to advance Georgia’s education system. General Wood voyage: Brooklyn arrives at St Johns River mouth. dispatches fired at Jacksonville telegraph office. no departure by Wood.

Athens Georgia County Boards of Education University of Georgia Wallace Buttrick Albany General Education Board Buttrick Hill Board of Education General Wood Jacksonville Fla Brooklyn Havana St. Johna River Three Friends

Tug In Distress Near Cape Lookout Cove

The Standard Oil tug Volt towing the barge Providence bound for Galveston was found sinking off North Hatteras after a boiler hole. Tug Chief from Mobile to Philadelphia towed Volt into Cape Lookout Cove for repairs or onward towing to the destination.

Norfolk Standard Oil Company Volt Providence Galveston North Hatteras Chief Mobile Philadelphia Cape Lookout Cove

Funeral of S C Bloodworth in Barnesville Georgia

Remains from Trinidad Colorado were brought to Barnesville for burial at Greenwood cemetery. Rev W R Branham conducted funeral services at the Methodist church. Bloodworth, a nephew of Judge J G Bloodworth of Atlanta and F D Bloodworth of Savannah, is survived by his widow Jennie West of Harrodsburg Kentucky. He died suddenly after arriving for lung trouble treatment. May 22 commencement at Southern Female College LaGrange features Blanche Gregory of Dothan Alabama in a recital with supporting students.

Colorado Barnesville Sol C. Bloodworth Trinidad Colo Greenwood Cemetery Methodists Church W. R. Branham Bloodworth J. G Broodworth Atlanta F. D. Bloodworth Savannah la Grange LaGrange Southern Female College Blanche Gregory Dothan Ala Symmes Brunswick Coppedge Molena Jackson Hollonville

Courageous Governor Candler Faces Atlanta Riot With Troops

The Memphis Herald reports Governor Candler’s firm action to quell an Atlanta riot after white fatalities and black assault. He ordered all troops under arms, pledged protection for innocent blacks, warned that any mob would be met with decisive force, and praised Candler as an honest leader defending order and law. The piece notes Atlanta’s pride in his courage and references attributions to The Memphis Herald.

Georgia Chattanooga Mnewa Allen D. Caniler Atlanta Dea Perado Candier Pittsbars Candler Allen D. Candler

Stovall and Terrell Loom in Georgia Race for Legislature

Colonel Pleasant A. Stovall of The Savannah Press will run as Citizens' Club candidate from Chatham County. he joins Hon. J. Ferris Cann and Hon. William Harden on the ticket. Union Club names include George J. Millis and Louis Blaze with T. H. McMillan possibly joining. DeKalb speakers include Mark Johnston and J. Shackelford as Terrell campaigns heat up around Athens and Atlanta. Local betting scenes and Capitol figures show Terrell leading in early forecasts, with multiple stops and speeches across Georgia.

Albany Herald Offre Thomasville Einterprient Savannah Pleas Stovall Stovall Columbus Ledger Joe Yerrell Madison Advertiser Guerry Burdie Terrell Pleasant A. Stovall Savannah Press Georgia Chatham County Citizens’ Club Tnion Club Colonel Stovall General Assembly J. Ferris Can George J. Millis Louis Blaze T. H. McMillan Chatham Park Furlow Candler Mark Johnston DeKalb County Decatur Limonia Stone Mountain Dr. Johnston DeKalb Johnaton OT. J. Shackelford Athens Clarke County Shackelford Snathelford J. M. Terrell Athene Estill Atlanta

Lessons of the Outbreak Reflected Across Newspapers

A Columbus Ledger editorialized that southern whites understand blacks and oppose violence, while noting northern turmoil. The Morning News, Rome Record, Newnan News, and others discuss the Atlanta riot's causes, police response, and the dangers of outlawry, urging restraint and lawful order.

Columbus Ledger Atlanta

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