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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1902
Page
10
Readable fragments discuss potash and crop yields per acre, mentioning pounds and per acre amounts. Mentions of peaches, cotton, and fruit but specifics are unclear due to corrupted text. No clear event or person identified.
The readable text shows potash discussion with mentions of acres yields and analysis, interwoven with political critique and social debate. References to Messrs and a variety of names appear amid partly legible phrases about approval, railroads, and national themes.
The Bay County Board of Water Commissioners will meet in a special session to review a Welch introduced resolution forcing the county to pay for all water used at the jail and courthouse, estimated at 3000 to 4000 dollars annually. Officials assess likely moves to kill or negate the measure, while county actions on asphalt paving Pryor Street were tied to water charges.
Atlanta Typographical Union plans a smoker on October 29 to urge passage of the child labor bill. A committee led by W S West and L F P Huddleston will invite all legislators to attend and discuss the measure to be introduced by Representative Houston. The move draws broad support from local and state labor groups.
Deputy collectors Hinton and Scott seized about 600 gallons of moonshine. Four forty-gallon copper stills and 600 gallons of beer plus apparatus valued at around 100 dollars were taken. Jim Myer, white man running the still and owner of the property, was captured and bound over awaiting U S grand jury action after a prior hearing before Commissioner Colquitt.
United States Geologist Dr. C W Hodges of the US Geological Survey visited the capital and met with State Geologist Yeates to discuss a government survey of Georgia gold districts. Hodges promised a survey of Dahlonega area soon, noting little federal work in recent years.
A brisk note from 81 Whitehall Street highlights new Brica Brac items and introduces French Bronz Royal designs from Bonn Royal Schwarzburg Maier & Berkele. The brief retail update suggests diverse furnishings through an open door in furnishing trends.
The Southern Interstate fair opens with Vanity Fair in Piedmont park and record horse show entries in Georgia classes. Fireworks dazzle crowds as livestock pens fill with prize cattle and sheep while Secretary Weldon reports rising attendance and coordinated displays by Seventh Cavalry and Grimes' battery. The children exhibit from Atlanta grammar schools draws attention as students showcase manual training projects in the fair’s education wing.
The article describes a school session at the fair with movable benches and student led discussions. Professor Utterback frames the exhibit as practical manual training, teaching children through doll clothes, fortifications in mud, and garment making. Prizes total $100 split for best composition and best exhibit with judges from schools and Utterback. Children’s day features a morning concert, an 2:30 matinee horse show drill by the Seventh Cavalry, and continued fair viewing. Two Manufacturers’ days will offer reduced admissions, with estimates of 20 400 attendees per day for Atlanta made goods exhibitors.
The fair on October 18 will be a gala Children’s Day with a 10 cent admission for kids, a round trip streetcar fare, and expected attendance over 5,000. The Manufacturers' Association offers thirty six cash prizes in each of sixteen grammar schools and two high schools, with awards in the Manufacturers' exhibit building after Liberati's band plays a 30 minute concert followed by speeches and prize presentations.
Offer of vault service highlighting protection and fine service. Box rentals priced at $3 per year and up.
United States district court held a busy session with Judge Newnan and A D A C B Camp disposing of fifteen moonshine cases. Several defendants got terms in Fulton county jail. no heavy sentences. Grand jury adjourned until October 27 after returning nine true bills and eight no bills. many bills filed this week.
The sixteenth annual convention of the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations adjourned after electing officers. James K. Patterson becomes president. E. B. Voorhees reelected secretary. H. C. White reelected to the executive committee. A resolution asked Congress for a 5000 dollar appropriation for a St. Louis exposition exhibit. Delegates toured the Georgia Experiment Station and praised the meeting’s success.
Holders of return portion of Ironclad signature tickets sold by Central of Georgia Railway to Atlanta must present at No 4 Wall Street opposite Union depot for return passage. AILE General Passenger Agent F J Robinson Assistant General Passenger Agent certify this public notice.
The Fifth Congressional District Democratic Executive Committee met at Kimball House to boost turnout for the upcoming election. Chairman Charles N. Allen urged district organizations to secure the largest possible vote and to give prominent space to the race in district newsletters. A ticket form for the congressional election was adopted before adjournment subject to the chairman's call.
Mayor W F Slaton and city schools chief ordered the public schools closed Friday at 1 pm due to a town circus. Reporters found no statement from Slaton, but posters and parent letters prompt the early dismissal to let students attend the afternoon performance.
Copies of Savannah team letters to Captain George M Hope of the Governor's Horse Guard have reached Atlanta, revealing the governor did not order Savannah to stop controversy. The Sea Girt team from Georgia 1899 expresses surprise at Atlanta reports and notes no official gag on Savannah officers. Also reported is the death of Mrs M A Thompson 74 found in her Columbus room at the poor house from paralysis.
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