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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1902
Page
9
The text outlines uniform annual rates of five dollars for The Daily Constitution six days weekly and seven dollars for The Daily Constitution with Sunday edition and The Sunny South, noting no traveling agent or solicitor commissions except a lower rate of seventy author terms. details are fragmented.
Public notice naming traveling representatives solicitors and city collectors for subscription payments. It states not to pay others and lists rates for daily and Sunday editions, including three month options and international postage. Advertising managers for outside Atlanta are Nichols and Holed.
Georgia eyes a silk revival leveraging 19th century colonial lore. Georgia’s climate and soil promise profitable silkworm cocoons. officials note US silk imports totaling $50 million yearly and urge state support. Miss Kelly, from Charleston, studies silkworm culture and mulberry trees to guide Carolina and Georgia farmers toward domestic raw silk production.
General Joseph Wheeler returns from Europe and reports the French army is behind the times in drill and tactics. He notes no long-range guns, close marching, and reliance on old manual training despite long marches. Wheeler recalls maneuvers between Toulouse and the Pyrenees with 40 mile ranges and dawn starts, praising no French lessons from South Africa.
Fragmentary lines describe political maneuvering over a bill. Mentions include Quay St Louis aldermen and Charles Neely. Vague references to “the ninth” and a figure named Biv and Devery, with generic implications of a staged confrontation and tension around a forthcoming clash.
Across state papers scholars debate trusts and patronage. Roosevelt hints at trust policy while Augusta Herald and others weigh nomination chances. Opinions warn about machine politics and the danger of passes to influence votes as Georgia lawmakers travel to Atlanta at ten cents per mile.
The collection cites Rome Tribune, Augusta Chronicle, Memphis Commercial, Augusta Herald, Americus Tunes Recorder, and Brunswick News. Topics include injunctions against railroad measures, Sunday funerals, editor slander fears, marital norms across regions, and a Brunswick man’s troubles. tone satirical and editorial, with unnamed individuals debate public conduct and press freedom.
A long column recounts Francis B. Hays defending a joke about titles in the American Pharmaceutical Association. It notes the Philadelphia meeting’s jubilee, a gloomy weather forecast for today, and Forecaster Marbury’s remarks. The piece weaves in vivid window-scene descriptions from the Empire Building and reflections on Atlanta’s landscape and hospitality in contrast to bustling downtown.
The piece argues that the rank and file of the Democratic Party reject the Chicago-Kansas City platform amid a wave of prosperity, urging a return to true Democratic principles. It contrasts populist ideals with Republican wealth and calls for a drastic reform to restore justice, equity, and decentralization, warning that failure could spark a new party formation.
Spares from the wires report Ithold Ladd of St Louis will go to Colombia to join General Herrera's insurgents. The funeral of Nicholas Fish in New York was held at St Marks Episcopal Church with interment at Garrison on the Hudson. Fires destroyed the Victoria Coal and Coke Company property in New River WV, worth $25,000, after mines had flooded post strike. Kansas City plumbers strike 160 men, officials say to protect contracts. Syracuse Banking Company closed under Chief Examiner Leonard. Southern Cross wrecked near Tahiti with all passengers rescued. Dawson combine aims to control Klondike wealth over $1,000,000. Lazard Freres note increased gold shipment from Australia to $1,250,000.
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