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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1905
Page
9
Fragmented notes compile political chatter on Roosevelts Florida run, Rostow murder rumor, czarist liberty limits, Witte’s power share, and Rockefeller influence. Mentions Jerome in New York, Mark Swann ads, Rocke- feller Bible class, and Ledden, with ties to tariff debates and publishing bets.
The Atlanta Constitution critiques Mr. Hoke Smith and Mr. Watson, contrasting domestication of foreign railroads with confiscation of private property. It quotes Smith's Madison speech denying confiscation, labeling domestication as a half measure, and analyzes the political dispute amid Georgia race dynamics. Also notes Ralph Bingham event for Atlanta Press Club and discusses land values and agricultural prosperity in Georgia carreira.
Trustees of Waycross Baptist College announce start of building plans for campus facilities. About 520,000 of 25,000? funding secured with local support. A committee will reduce plans, advertise bids, and begin construction soon. Main building estimated 15,000 to 20,000 dollars. two dormitories, 5,000 to 7,000 dollars each.
Waycross Georgia voters prepare for a mayor and three Aldermen primary in December. Incumbent J A Jones will not seek reelection while AL M Knight is likely to be sole mayoral candidate. Aldermen candidates announced include T J McClillan James Knox and BH Williams from wards two four and six with little opposition expected.
Comptroller General Wright advises policyholders to retain life policies amid inquiries into major New York Life transactions. He asserts no company capital impairment, urges protection of surplus. Fulton superior court hands state board victory in quarantine dispute with Atlanta, with appeal to supreme court. Bonds must be validated under 1897 law. one old Savannah issue rejected. Two new state banks chartered, Bank of Kestler and The People’s Bank of Calhoun, each with 25,000 capital.
W E Pierson placed under 500 bond by Recorder Nash Broyles for deserting wife and three children. Acquitted earlier by Justice Hopkins due to lack of testimony from wife but later bound over to higher court. Wife and children supported by city while seeking a home, with children in the Home for the Friendless and mother housed in the women's department.
Bainbridge November 1 Ben E Russell denounces claims that 2000 attended Hoke Smith visit in Bainbridge. He says only about 400 were present, with muted applause during anti railroad and corporate lines, praising Tom Watson later but criticizing journal reports as falsehoods. He notes Clark Howell and John H Estill as contenders.
The Savannah Morning News discusses John Temple Graves and Thomas E. Watson, noting Graves persuades but fails to sway Populists in Georgia back to the Democratic Party. It argues Watson’s following is limited, Graves strengthens the party by attracting them, and warns coaxing may mislead Populists about their power.
A compilation of editorials and remarks from Georgia newspapers debating the gubernatorial race. Highlights include views on Hoke Smith, Tom Watson, and attitudes toward negro disfranchisement, with varied stances from The Macon News affiliated papers and others like the Tifton Gazette, Dalton Argus, Zebulon News, and Columbus Ledger.
The Saturday Night Club will meet tonight at 8 in the Carnegie Library lecture hall to debate whether the pulpit should not interfere with secular affairs. The club expects a large audience with speeches on reformative and negative views as it continues to grow in membership and influence.
The Southern Cotton Association outlines election meetings across subdivisions for 1905 and 1908. Branches will elect civil subdivision officers December 1905, with county delegates to the December 9 meeting, then state delegates January 1908 to elect state officers and the exclusive committee.
Noted New Orleans priest Rev Ernest Gueymard will preach at Sacred Heart Church on Sunday. He is praised as a leading Louisiana preacher with a devotional, convincing style. Mass at 11 o clock will cover Catholic Church and Purgatory. 8 p.m. will discuss Is There Evolution in Catholic Dogma.
George W. Hill yard conductor for the Southern railway died after being run over by a train at Simpson Street shortly after 4 PM He allegedly fell from the car and was crushed by the wheels He left a widowed mother at 5 Kennedy Street and is survived by three brothers Ben Charles and CP Hill the latter of whom serves in the Atlanta police department His body will be taken to Smyrna Georgia for interment
Farmers Union day on November 9 at the Columbus fair promises a large program. Jerome Jones of Atlanta editor of The Journal of Labor will be the sole nonmember speaker, a high compliment. The Columbus schedule features music by a band and several addresses by Ab hams Worley, Charles Sarrett, Newt Gresham, and Jerome Jones, with additional band performances.
Warcross Ga November 3 Special: On opening day of the south Georgia fair to be held in this city November 4 18 no gubernatorial candidates will address the gathering Colonel Smith and Judge Russell James M Smith and FB Sytsell are slated for fair appearances on the opening program
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