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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1902
Page
6
Traveling representatives are W. FehBY and B. M. PACK Soltetters T. H. TP and W. W. BLACKBURN City collectors are Messrs JAMES T EH and CLAUDE A. VIRGIN Be sure you do not say any one else.
Special Boston report surveys turmoil as Massachusetts Republicans push a vision platform amid internal clashes. It cites Speaker Henderson’s fall, Whisky Trust issues, and the Market Club’s influence while warning against trust-breeding policies.
A writer urges Americans to back an affordable electric heater and cooker concept to use abundant natural fuel. The piece promotes aid to Atlanta's King's Daughters hospital on Church Street, caring for veterans, afflicted women, and diseased children, urging prompt substantial contributions to this charity.
The New York Democrats would unify behind Chief Judge Alton B. Parker for governor but he refuses the bid, citing current post and benefits. The piece argues the real motive may be fear of being Van Wycked from his lucrative post, urging Parker to follow a patriot precedent set by Judge Augustus Van Wyck. It warns a national presidential bid could suffer if he yields to party pressure now.
The Boston Herald rails at northern and southern Republicans for discarding negro representation in recent southern conventions. It argues the party long aimed to mobilize black voters, but southern suffrage laws have disenfranchised blacks, leaving them unable to vote or influence convention seats. The piece notes that politics hinge on actual voters.
A column argues white Southern Republicans suppress or control the Black vote, likening it to Northern refusals of unqualified whites. It frames the South as industrializing, wary of past upheavals, and cites ongoing political shifts from Georgia to Argentina, with hints at U.S. party dynamics and named figures.
A veteran Macon writer urges Atlantans to support Captain Evan P. Howell for city mayor. He praises Howell’s native brains, integrity, and public duty, arguing he has the leadership to advance Atlanta, contrasting him with unknown rivals and stressing the need for strong, decisive city governance.
In Jackson Mississippi on September 29 Special Captain P W Lusk seeks a zoologist to classify a strange varmint found in a baggage car of the Mobile and Ohio railroad. Its insect or reptile nature is uncertain. It measures about one and a half inches, has slimy skin a cat like head two winged collars and a long forked tail. The creature will likely be sent to the Smithsonian for classification.
Samuel L. Hayes of Thomasville, president of the national bank, prominent south Georgia citizen, died yesterday morning after six weeks illness of fever and pneumonia. He was a former mayor and county official, wealthy landowner, survived by wife Miss Wright and four children. Body to be sent to Thomasville for interment with services there.
Short items report the death of Mrs. L. J. Glenn and Bertha Allen, noting typhoid fever and residence details. J. C. King and wife are described as destitute, while Hugh Craig’s illness and funeral plans are recorded with pallbearers listed. Mamie Donie, Albert Erhlick, and George Fulton are also mentioned in various local notices, plus church and court events and civic updates.
Major John C. Whitner publicly congratulates Captain Evan P. Howell on his mayoral bid and urges Atlanta to elect him. Whitner praises Howell’s intellect and leadership, notes city emergencies from rapid growth, and argues Howell can guide growth and prosperity without long trial and error. Atlanta, Ga., September 25, 1902.
The Republican Congressional Committee of the Second District in New Orleans nominated Robert E. Lee for Congress this afternoon. Lee is president of the Central Trades and Labor Council of the city.
A 1902 letter from Pat H. Moore, longtime Atlanta labor leader, endorses Evan P. Howell for mayor, praising his service and arguing labor interests align with Howell’s leadership. Attorney C. T. Ladson and J. H. Smith add civic appeals, urging voters to consider qualifications and integrity in the mayoral race.
Henry Golden living near Chickamauga park was arrested in Chattanooga on September 29 charged with bigamy. He reportedly married a wife in Chattanooga then another in Franklin, Tennessee, before returning to his first wife. The Franklin wife has sworn out a warrant. A separate item notes a barn fire in Walker County near Jasper, Ga, on September 9 attributed to arsonists Bloodheards free.
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