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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1902
Page
6
A fragmented OCR page discusses race relations in the South, referencing Black and white communities, attitudes toward labor and education, and public and political life. It mentions figures from Philadelphia and Atlanta, lectures, and debates on civil rights, economics, and local governance, with scattered quotes and unnamed individuals.
Soldiers from the Seventh United States Cavalry and Grimes battery arrive at Piedmont park for the Southern Interstate fair. They establish camps, set up temporary barracks, and begin drilling and demonstrations, while Atlanta guards the event with federal forces. Captain Edward Anderson commands the detachment with a full list of officers and elite riders ready for the horse show displays.
Riding crops swagger riding sticks match safes cigarette cases scarf pins brooches barrettes loving caps featured in a horse show accessories list highlighting varied show gear and decorative items for riders and spectators.
Private Jimmy of the Sixteenth tours Fort McPherson with his bunkie Little Bil and a war correspondent. They meet Sgt Kelly of Grimes battery and remark on the camaraderie and mix of camp life and betting talk as they plan a Kansas-style gathering before returning to duty.
Georgia mayors arrive for a two day Atlanta convention to discuss municipal matters. Mayor Mims opens with welcome, while Mayor Bridges Smith is favored to head a permanent association. Topics include public utility charges, short term fraud, municipal ownership, sewers, garbage disposal, lighting, and tax issues.
Revival services will be held at Jones Avenue Baptist Church this week conducted by Rev. B Doc Ober en and Joe Jones, a brother of Rev. Sam Jones the great evangelist of Cartersville. The meetings are expected to draw a large crowd.
A local bank advertises secure storage for valuables with deposit vaults available for rent. Box rentals start at three dollars per year, highlighting protection and fine service for customers seeking safe storage.
Vanity Fair opens tonight at the Southern Inter Palace fair in Atlanta with R Coley Anderson in charge and a crowded grounds scene. Horse show entries grow to over sixty, with prominent imports from St Louis and Cincinnati, while live stock judging and premium awards promise strong southern display.
The Piedmont Driving Club will host a reception for officers of the Seventh cavalry Grimes battery and the Sixteenth Infantry now at Fort McPherson. The event at the club house Tuesday evening will welcome the local post’s officers, their wives, and visiting ladies, with J W English Jr as committee chairman and open house before and after the horse show. Several notable visitors from Chattanooga arrived yesterday.
Pittsburg October 12 Rev James A Ballentyne 44 presiding elder of the McKeesport district Pittabure conference Methodist Episcopal church died today at his Wilkinsburg home from influenza illness He served in the ministry about three years.
Architect W. Eames of St. Louis will lead the federal prison extension contracts to Atlanta contractors totaling about 70 000 dollars. Warden residence, barn, shops, storehouse and stone cutters shed form the work, plus a rock crusher and cooling tower. Contracts to Goode & Waller amount 50 000 dollars. Work to begin at once with convict labor for rock crushing, masonry, and wall building, aiming completion in about one year.
Captain Evan P. Howell, recently nominated for Atlanta mayor, returned Saturday from a business trip to St Louis. He departs tonight for Savannah to attend the Central of Georgia Railway Company board of directors quarterly meeting there tomorrow.
The funeral for Mrs C A Evans was conducted at 442 Peachtree Street yesterday afternoon. Dr C W Burd of First Methodist officiated as a host of friends gathered to honor a noted Christian worker and patroness of charitable causes. Attendees included Daughters of the Revolution Colonial Dames Daughters of the Confederacy Ladies Memorial Association Confederate veterans camps and many citizens. Interment was at Westview Cemetery with relatives from across Georgia in attendance.
Charley Watson of 250 Decatur Street chased Bob Cosby from Cosby’s home to Oakland Cemetery and cut him twice in the back. Watson admits the act, claiming Cosby insulted his wife. Cosby says he went to the home to ask a favor. Both men, white, were arrested and to appear before Judge Brovies. Cosby works at Fulton bag and cotton mills. Watson at Walter Sims Plow Co.
A Hamburg to Atlanta elephant shipment is expected in six weeks with a new pachyderm from India to replace the late Cio. Hagenbach reports a herd is headed for the United States this month, and a pair of bears was rumored but denied by park officials.
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