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Tb Constitutions editorial staff left the rPr and started The Evening Star a bright afternoon dally which retired from the field In a short time leaving The Jour- aal3 another evening paper started on the same day by. Colonel E- Hoge to supply ta demand for afternoon news The Journal was gold later to John P. Jones. anti then to the present owners. The following year The fa Constitution erected the large six Building on the corner of Forsyth and VUabama streets which it now occupies.

and which it already shows signs of Shortly before this event In Its jtlItor7. Mr. Clark Howell Joined the staff of The Constitution returning from Phlla- Jdelphla shortly after the Tllden interview. fxjyhaving been offered the position of asslst- rj 1 ant to the- ngnt editor which he held for corns months anerwalds succeeding Mr. ft J3raincnl as night editor of the paper.

Jr It was in come respects. an Ideal stat. I STrom the roof to the basement loyalty Ig iand harmony prevailed in every depart- Silent. Colonel W. A.

lIemphill. assisted t- Jby Mr. R. A. Hemphill managed the affairs ct the business office while How- and Mr.

Grady shaped the editorial 1 course of the paper. Business manager. I3J in and managing editor were 1 la accord In oil Important matters. and lu they were united In the bonds of friend- I JaJiilp. as well as linked togethed by their 1 Interest In a common enterprise.

About I- this time Mr. Finch disposed of his stock 1 to Meurs. B. Inman and James Swann I The- everyday otflce life of Tie Ponstitu- I Lilon in those days would have been a rev- elation to some of the tig dailies which Ijf make red tape and formal rules features I-5 wf their routine. The proarle ors and I i.

1 witters all ed to be members of the ame happy family. They pulled together. I and each seemed to be anxious to antici- Ff pate awl carry out the wishes or the I others. The general understanding was that every man was to put in his best I' work and take hoid or an thing that fell I In his way and was needed. The editor- I In-chief looked In during the day and made few timely suggestions.

or sat down ana wrote one of those pointed editorials who I jfcjs contemporar es compared to rifti bails I A. because they went so straight to their IS Jtaark. The managing editor in the course I Of a mornng chat with the staff would i tncldentalIy outline the work of the day. I trtthout appearing to give any tn3tructions li And then he would walk oft to attend a. I t1putllc rneetng or a po Itical caucus or.

i when In the snood. he would retire to his thvata office. and In an tncozweivably I short time dash off those urging leaders I end articles which ore the unmistakable etanip of his genius. and were always I eagerly read. Sometimes.

when he felt I i like It he would almost fl 1 the editorial I rage. hut there were periods of months at I a time when he did not feel that It was I necessary for him to write a. line. The I-1 editorial writers. the tj editor and his I corps of newsgatherers were all in touch 1 With the managers and looked upon them I sui their friends.

rather than as their emit plovers I 4 Gossip About the Staff. When a member of the staff showed exceptional talent in a special line he was en. I couraged and opportunities were offered 1 5 for Its dev eJopment The first successful outside literary effort of Joel Candler gratified the managers. and they con- etantly urged him to make the best and roost profitable use of his rare fts They fc did not seek to monopolze ze the genius Kp which they felt deserved a wider field than mSL that afforded by a newspaper. It was BsE always the policy or the paper to bring promising young writers to the front.

and spBome of them. like Will N. Harben first fi became known to the public through The Constitution and In that way started on Jg- the road to fame and fortune. Bright 1 contributors were always sure of a. cur- ff dial welcome and a fair remuneration.

Bill tArp Betsy Hamilton. Sarge Plunkett and flftTen of others have won hosts of friends I and readers through the co umns of the I papec Which recognized their merit long jS years ago. Special correspondents have always found vi The Constitution a good paper to write for when they had anything of exceptional interest. or when they bad the ability to develop a good itory out of the material which had been neglected by others. Many a bright news- paper man stranded in Atlanta has thanked hla stars for an accidental meeting with he editors of the big daily and the tempo- rary work which they gave him.

Many of 36jttil most prominent young journalists in the country have sought positions on Its etaff. and the strangers from distant states who ere offered a trial were given a. fair L. test and some of them have risen to high and responsible positions Every worker on tto paper has a fair field and a fighting i 5 chance. I Atlanta's Rapid Progress.

t- During the decade under consideration In this chapter Atlanta flourished and grew 713ce a western city Wood gave place to brick. and brick to granite marble and Iron. The first Kimball house as destroyed 3. bit fire. but upon Its ruins rose a grander BL Structure The markarn house and other Kg lotels were enlarged and the era.

of tall buildings began. Factories started here and 3s there. the population almost touched the 100000 limit business was unusually brisk. B. and the fortunes made In Atlanta dirt rl- Valed those of a gold mining region.

There Tj ere snore national and International con- 48 ventions of various political religious ad Commercial bodies held here than In any other American city of fH times Its size. Bis- The efforts of The Constitution to draw these assemblages here caused the place JSP to be spoken of very often as the Conven- 13 tton City. Naturally so many prominent and distlnguised visitors went aw as with i favorable impressons and their reports helped the city and Its morning paper fig The leading statesmen capitalists deg velopers and Journalists of the north and Hp or the outside world began to journey down' UJSf- this way to take a peep at the like Znetropos which had risen from Sherman's aehheaps. Judge U. Kelley President fjjj Hayes President Cleveland Dom Pedro pj-Jr General Sherman Major McKinley.

John J. logalls. Samuel Randall. Henry Ward fcj-Ee cher Dr. Talmage Dr.

Henry M. Field Colonel A K. McClure George' Augustus BSrfeale George Alfred Townsend and a host A uch men. to say nothing of millionaires like Jay Gofjld sized up the town and said PA a good word for when they returned fl borne. So it as natural that The Constitution shculd become more widely known and In remote sections people began to read KM inQuIre about its editors and writers BjpiThe outside world wanted to see and hear from them and Bill Arp and Betsy Hamtl- ton took the platform Sara Small went Into the pulpit.

Joel Chandler Harris nag- Jrowly escaped but managed to get away IP from the madding crowd. Mr. Hemphill was jg called upon for frequent addresses ead Ps Captain Howell was always in demand. fc Wr. Grady had never seemed to favor the Jltorm.

Occasionally he had delivered a lecture or an address of welcome to some TenUon. but he had shown no willingness tO go beyond the borders of his state. But Hi 1 time was' coming. in 1 S7 he accepted Kr Ihvltatlon to speak at the banquet of Bgthe New England Society in New tork HiS peeci electrified the country and was fcf highly complimented by the London press. RmThere never was a more felicitous oration EfItS keynote was peace peace between the Rg feeclions but peace with honor based upon cct better ut1eretanding between people who willing to bury the old war Issues and wltnout however yielding their their self-respect and the proud Heritage of their past Qradys Great Speech.

peecl captured the entire continent lnd the north and west. as well as the south went wild over it. After that Mr. fOrady had no rest. Monster mass meetings rfceard him at Dallas Tex.

Elberton and deliver the commence- ment address of the University of Virginia 6f and speak at various other points before tin th last three speeches a Massachusetts which led to his untimely death in 19. Two years before hit New England trip he Jo delivered ome addresses In Atlanta In fa fe vor of prohibition while the local cam. ly paigti to decide that question was In prot- pr ress. anti it was. generally conceded that they were' the most convincing end eloquent arguments on that side ever heard In Amer.

lea. The city voted In favor of prohibition tried It two years. and at the next election returned to a strict license Y4tem. Suddenly The Constitutions managing edi tot" became a national figure. The New York Herald insisted that the democrUc party should nominate him for vice president In lSSS airsi he.

was generally urged to enter politics. He turned away rom such temptations and devoted himself to his work. He 1 liked the excitement of politics and he was ever ready to serve his country and his friends but better than all He liked to get together with his partners and some of the spirited citizens of Atlanta and plan those social commercial and tndustral al movements Which would build up the city and state and furnish work and wages to legions of happy and Industrious people. Then. as now The ConsUtutton was not willing to devote itself entirely to politics atoll new It did not desire or assume to teach.

the people or arrogate to Itself superior wisdom and become the adviser general of the public but It believed that It was the duty of a newspaper reaching so many and. touching so many different circles and Interests to stand by too people as their representative and champion. and the exponent of their sentiment. Holding this view of the mission of a great paper Mr. Grady from the very first paid partlou- ar attention to The Weekly Constitution.

en he took It In charge it had compar- at ely a small circulation. and had never en edited with any special care. lie made it his pet. and was always studying new features for It. He gave it the style and tone which have characterized It ever stnce and which make It today the most popular and widest circulated weekly newspaper in the United States.

He spared no alna ox expense to crowd all the news nto It that should rightfully have a place there but he went far beYond this Besides news he saw to It that the paper had its fair proportion of good literature or ola and young Instructive and Inter- taming miscellany something for the wo- men and children something for the farm- era and every other class In town and country He made the paper the model weekly of the country and his co rkers caught his ideas and his spirit and It has been a. matter of pride with them to keep the paper on the same line. Orators Untimely Death. In December ISro. Mr.

Grady accepted an mutation to deliver the annual address before the Merchants' Club of Boston. It was a severe winter. and le as far from enjo lng his usual robust health but he decided to go. His speech was a masterly defense of the south. and it was so fair.

so just and so eloquent that It went to the hearts of his bearers and 1 circulated all the continent. The orators New England admirers would not let him off with one speech. lie had to address the Bay State Club and then he was persuaded to visit Plymouth Rock. With a stiff December gale blowing from the sea the visitor yielded to the Insistence of his companions and stood bareheaded a few minutes on the historic rock while he delivered a short speech. The exposure aggregated his already dangerous cold and when he reached New York he was a very sick man.

He landed In Atlanta critically ill and the best nursing and the ablest medical skill could rot save him. He died In a few days and was burled on Christmas Day amid the most touching and impressive ceremonies ever witnessed In the south. Even the hldrEn of the city gave up their Christmas festivities and the largest procession ever seen In Atlanta followed th hearse to the grave. Ills death was sincerely mourned throughout the union and the sentiment of the country was well expresoed in the fo low- Ing sentence at the base' of his life sized bronze statue whlch was erected in the city some months later lie ed literally loving the nation Into peace' His widow still resides In Atlanta and is a director In The Constitution PubUshIng Company. In which she Is a large stockholder His son.

who bears his name is doing Brilliant work on the paper which his father made It and it is safe to predict that he will. rise to a. high plane In profession The Country Mourned Him. The loss of such a gifted man was felt. and Is still felt very sensibly In many ways.

But he seemed to have infused 0 much of his spirit into The Constitution that It continued to leap forward after his death just as if it felt the touch of the vanished hand of the master genius The same trusted men remained in their departments and went through with their work as In the old days. Whenevr anything- was about to go wrong or when there was a doubt the mere suggestion of Mr. Grady's methods' under such conditions always set things right and stopped all controversy. The editor seemed to be a living pre ence In. The Coin- sututlon building long years after he passed away and there are old emp oyees there now who go about their duties In the fashion mapped out by him.

and there are moments when they feel that he to near them and so strong la this Impression that they would hardly be surprised to hear his voice or see his familiar figure enter the door The old Grady days are over. They belong to the past. but the old Grady paper lives and goes out every day in- the year on its inspiring and helpful mission and wher- ev er it goes among the people In every land it is halloo II an apostle of sweetness and light the peop champion the friend and instructor of the masses the ideal newspaper or this generation No American dying at the age of thirty- eight ever accomplished a greater or a more beneficial work for his country and his people than Henry Grad The greater part of this work was undertaken and accomplished during the last ton years of his life. In that brief' period he planned end Executed' mot- public spirited enterprises and did snore for. the moral.

social. political and material good of his countrymen than many of our wisest and ablest statesmen have been able to bring about In the course or a. halt century or their work. Monuments statues tablets pictures toedas and books hav come into existences to perpetuate his memory. They honor the living people who thus seek to do honor to one who laid his life for them but this great journalist left behind him the monument which suited him boat He left It in the shape of the perfected organism of apowerful and enlightened newspaper which baa a.

reverent' sense of Its duties Us responsibilities and the nature of Its mission The laws which leaped from his brain and stamped themselves upon that sensitive. Ingenious and complicated organ- lain will last as long- II journalism lasts and The Constitution meets their requirements today just as faithfully as when he- sat at his desk. and it will be the Raffle tomorrow next year and generation hence. CHAPTER VI. In Recent Years.

Mr. Grady was a close observer and he had un Intuitive knowledge of human na ture His Judgment regarding the men around him was rarely at fault. Years be tore his death his attention was attracted to the early. work of Mr. Clark Howell.

and In 1884 he made him ntglat editor The Constitution Three year later he made him assistant managing editor lad after that time Mr. Srady felt that he could give more of his attention to outside affair Hbe. had thoroughly tested his assistant and felt satisfied that under bin management the pa per would never Uek- enterprise' rfor below Its high standard 1 After the death. of Mr. Grady 1589.

th. directors called iMr How-ell to the chair tb managing editor. nruj the wisdom of their selection was soon made apparent to everybody At that time air Howell woe a youngster of twenty-four but-be had' en. 014 many exceptional advantages. and tow young men of his ago had so thorough.

mastered the principles and details of his profession. lie had commenced his journalistic career Willie lb his teens. and bad held his own among the brightest new pa per men In the. country. Travel In foreign lands.

and his acquaintance with public- men and the Issues of ht time ha further equipped him for his work. A. few days ftfre he was of legal age he bod been nonu. ItIQ1ed for. tb legislature.

He. was elected and then twice re-elected. presiding as speaker of th house during his last term. The. new managing editor settled down to' his work with the ease of a veteran.

lie devoted almost his entire time to his du ties. No editor In the country over worked hader or extort faithfully. lie waa in touch with all of the writers and workers en the paper knew the capacity and flt ness of each man and he nude It a point to give each one the work which he could do best. He was. always found at his desk except when.

he was serving In the legislature. and tie began then his present habit of outlining the work of the day every morning and closely examining and reading the copy furnished by the edl tonal writers. At his age the outside world offered many attractions and It would have been perfectly natural and legitimate If tie had spent I. considerable potion of his time away from the office trusting the. de.

tattg of the work to his subordinates. But It was a labor of love with him to plunge into the regular newspaper routine and toil harder than any of his. star all day long and frequently at night. A Born Journalist. Fortunately.

he had always been in fun sympathy with Mr. Grady and. his methods. He was one of the most loyal friends and admirers of that peerless. Journalist and had naturally adopted the Important feat- tree of newspaper policy.

He appreciated the responsibility of his position and conscientiously resolved to make himself equal to It and not disappoint the friends who stood at his back. From the first he gave the public a clean honest and reliable newspaper standing squarely with the people and he spared neither expense nor enterprise In securing and publishing first the fullest and most accurate reports of all occurrences in which his readers were Interested He beat the papers previous record In covering the sate when. there was an exciting election. and In 1892 his enterprise in this' line was so notable that It was the talk of the continent la political and jouttmlistic circles. In that year the third party was very ac tlye in Georgia.

It nominated W. It Peek to run against' W. Northen for the governorship and Tom Watson was US date for congress in the tenth district. No state election In. twenty years had been watched with such Intense Interest because In that period there had been no rious opposition to the democratic party in Georgia.

It was evident that the third party Intended to make a. strong tight and the democrats buckled on their armor and went out prepared to engage in the fiercest battle that tile state had seen since the reconstruction era. The leading candidates on both sides took the stump and the third party men were so loud and boastful that considerable anxiety was felt as to tht result. GeorgIa was one of the few October states holding an. election and as the presidential election would soon follow the eyes of the nation were turned In this di rection.

Everybody wanted to know the result In Gtorgia a a the earliest possible moment but nobody expected a dally newspaper to do the unprecedented work of collecting the news from 2000 polling precincts in the. state. compile the returns and give on the day after the election the detailed vote for governor statehouse officers and for each member of the gene-al assembly. Covering- the State. But the people were Impatient and they did not want to wait an hour longer than was necessary for the news.

The Constitution calmly undertook the biggest Job' ever tackled by a. south rn news- paper. There were 137 counties In railway and telegraph facilities. the state. many of them without In some counties as many as twenty-five or thirty militia districts had to be covered.

all of them without railway and telegraph lines. The ballot boxes of some of the precincts were from thirty to forty miles from any telegraph office. By a thorough organization every ballot box In the state was assigned to a careful correspondent Every county In the state was apportioned and every correspondent assumed the task of collecting the returns from his county and forwarding them by wire to the correspondent In charge of his county or to Atlanta. In many instances wild horseback rides over the mountains of north Georgia or through the pine forests of south Georgia In distances ranging from ten to forty miles In the dead hours or the night were made to reach the nearest telegraph office in time to get a message to Atlanta before morning Every telegraph operator In the state whose office wa necessary for the prompt transmission of the reports by special arrangement with The Constitution sat at his key until every report expected at his office was la. At every railway office In the state' operators remained at their posts until their keys were cleared of the messages passing from one wire to another on their way to Atlanta.

It took more than 1000 special messengers to gather the reports and the work was done with unprecedented preclson A Wonderful Estimate. Tar down the coast In southeast Georgia a messenger In his efforts to get the result of a precinct on an Island had to. ride thirty mills In special steamer chartered for the putpose. His nearest telegraph office was eight miles In the country. He made the trip In good time coveted that wild waste of water and forest and found his special telegraph operator waiting for him it 4 o'clock In the morning.

Twenty minutes later his returns were In Atlanta and two hours later they were spread before the eyes of the eager Constitution readers who were up early that morning. To make a long story Short The. Constitution announced on the morning After the election the compl te result of the vote for governor. statehouse officers and members of the general assmby heading Us two pages of telegrams with the following display figures giving the majority of the democratic candidate for governor Mr. Northen.

over the third party candidate Mr. 555 ItXs hard to believe that the' returns from 2000 precincts. where the vote la no single county was completed before 6 o'clock at night and where the work of compilation could not possibly In until after dark. should have appeared In The- Constitution the' following morning lacking only a few hundred votes or reaching the' Official figures. Nobody believed that the work could be accomplished and those who bad th utmost faith In The Constitutions enterprise and resources thought' that the report would oio very well It it came within 15000 or 20 000 of the actual majority.

as the re turns had to be so hurriedly collected under- such adverse circumstances. Yet. When th general assembly convened a few weeks later and proceeded to canvass the official returns of the state and declare the Tote the most astonishing and marvel- out evidence of the accuracy or The Constitution's reoort was discovered. Both- branches' of the' general assembly had assembled In Joint session. A huge basket containing the' sealed official records frcm every county In the state was Draught In and placed before the" speakers desk.

One after. another thecertitied envelopes were opened-and the record at the vote announced by Secretary Bill Harris of th tenets or Clerk Mark Bardln. of ha hdus Soon the reports from ry county wer power. ed itt Then the wort adding the long list of figures la the rote for governor and statehouse officers be. gao.

The. vote or each candidate being ascertained that Mr. peek" was sub. trtted from UIi victorious democratic competitor. and in a few minutes Presi.

dent. Clay. of the senate who presided over the Joint session read amid the ap. plause of the eager spectators thar the official canvass of the vote Showed that William Jiorthen had received a major. Ity over I reek of Tl iBI Editor Howell Congratulated.

Thus. in the biggest vote ever cast In Georgia The Constitution had on the morning after the election given the people of the- state almost the exact figures as announced by' the general assembly In its count of the certified returns. Great interest was felt in the election all overt the north and west and the Associated Press asked The Constltuton for its re port of tb result and the next morning every dally in the country republican and' democratic contained the announcement of Georgia's big' democratic majority reported by The Constitution. There was no time for the republicans to haggle and- explain and' it gave the democrats In other states the opportunity to quickly use the example of Georgia for all that It was worth. Leading journalists- and public men In every quarter of the union sent The Constitution telegrams of congratulation upon its enterprise.

Among thoae from outside of the state were messages from Chairman Iiarclty of the democratic national committee. The. New York Sun. Henry' Watterson Moses P. Handy The Chicago Herald J.

McCullagh. of The St. Louis Globe-Democrat. StUson Hutchlns. of The Washington Post and C.

B. Coward of The Richmond Dispatch. Major Handy who was familiar with the difficulties in the way telegraphed as follows Chicago October 6. Hon. Clark Howell.

Constitution. Atlanta Your complete tan- vans of the vote of a great state on the morning after the election stands without rivalry II a Journalistic enterprise and when the obstacles in the way are considered the undertaking places The Constitution on IL height hitherto unsealed MOSES P. HANDY. Formerly managing editor of The Philadelphia Press now chairman of the committee of publicity and. promotion of the Colurnban exposition.

Fighting the Force Bill. Naturally this feat greatly extended the popularity influence and circulation of the paper. One of its most important and beneficial political efforts ander Mr Howell's management was Its vigorous fight against the force bill during PresIdent Harrison's admlnlstrat on The republicans had marshaled their forces in congress with the avowed determination of parsing a bayonet election law which would place the south at the mercy of the then dominant party and the nenoes. Mr. Harrison was openly in favor of the bill and It was generally believed that It would pass and would prolong the republican tenure of Howell believed that such a law would plunge the south again.

Into the strife andturmoil or the reconstruction pe. nod. It would provoke race troubles drive off capital and immigrants und retard the progress or this section for at least a generation. He came to the conclusion that the bill ought to be defeated at any cost. Other democratic dallies dis cussed.

the matter in a perfunctory way but they seemed to feel that they were on the losing side. At this Juncture Tie Constitution came out with an arraignment of the force-bill policy and Its advocates which was so full of burning eloquence logic and patriotism that It electrified the entire country. It was copied and commented on everywhere and the drooping spirits of the democrats began to revive. The force bill became the leading issue and dozens of commercial organizations in the south and west were so Impressed by the determination or the southern people not to submit to such a. taw that they showered petitions upon their representatives in congress ask- Ing them to vote against the bill Northern democrats wrote to The Constitution applauding Its course and predicting- that It woUId win the fight which It had Inaugurated.

The la paper made no threats but' It calmly told the republicans of the north that the freemen of the south after a quarter of a. century. ct loyalty. peace and order. would not permit a' sectional party to place them under the domination of the negroes.

It declared that the entire military force of the republic could not maintain such conditions. and It said plainly that the southern people could not be expected to trade With' the northern merchants and manufacturers who favored the force bill. In less than thirty days the republican business men of the' north took a. stand against the bill. They controlled their politicians in congress and the infamous bill wits buried beyond any prospect of resurrection at any future tim Cotton States Exposition.

Mr. Howell. in 1892. was made the Georgia member of the democratic national committee In he was elected president of the International League of Press Clubs to succeed Colonel John A Cockeritt. of The New york Commercial Advertiser In 1894 and 1515 The Constitution In Its spirited fashion threw Itself heartily into the work of making the Cotton States and internationalExposition a shining stifle- stone of southern progress.

The Idea was to counteract the gloomy' talk of the calamity hOwlers during the hard times period by getting up the grandest Industrial Jubilee ever seen in the south and put the world upon notice that with our inexhaustible resources and natural advantages we had nothing to dread from the ordinary financial depressions which rk so much Injury to other sections. The proprietors of the paper devoted themselves to th exposl- tlonTand worked night arid day for it. All the world knows the result. It was the most brilliant said complete affair of the kind ever known in the history of this country It inspired the southern people renewed hope and confidence. and they turned away from the magnificent' exhibit of their energy and prosperity feeling that they wouldsoon rise superior to the adverse conditions of the time.

The results of the were by no means confined to Auaiu. to Georgia. They have been felt to the back counties of some of the most remote southern states and today there ate capitalists and men of enterprise developing tb resources of Florida. Texas and Arkansas who wou1 never have invested In those plates It they had not visited the great Industrial fair In Atlanta in 1291. Some Political Matters.

At various times during the past ten years the democratic pistil has been- in dang. of disintegration on account of divided councals arid discontent In the' ranks. The pressure of the hard tunes period' brought the financial issue to the front as the supreme question and In the last three presidential camjaign The Con. UtUtlon has been regarded by th democratic masses in every' state as the ablest most Influential and most steadfast advocate of the reforms demanded. by.

the pee. tile. Mr. Cleveland during hl first term tendered Captain Howell the important airf lucrative consulship at Manchester but the offer was declined. To the regret of great majority of democrats.

Mr. Cleveland soon became the aggressive champion th tingle gold standard policy and th paper did not' favor his nomination for ft second term though It loyally stood by organized party and waa faithful to chosen leaders. It generally conceded that It ha done more than any other newspaper In' the country. to counteract the' third party movement' and hold to their aN leglances th hosts of dissatisfied democrats who believed that financial reform would be- obtained only through the efforts of a new political party It has stood squarely by th old party of Jef. teia through all Us vicissitudes has never lost faith in' the Aznerlcan.

pe4pla When the graded Income tax a rat pro- posed the paper tnadV strong fight for It until the unexpeeteCiaid of the fed- I nJ era supreme court against its constitu- I lib tmI1Uty killed one ol the fairest and most equitable tax laws ofTrecettt years. Its do sturdy advocacy' of the independent action Is Of this country In the matter of the free and unlimited coinage of sliver has goildi. the fled and strengthened the' friends of the cause everywhere anti has inspired them with the Confident hope that' the triumph of blmetarJsm cannot. be long delayed. It has alia done good work In behalf of tb proposed repeal of the 10 per cent tax on the issues of state banks and tt is not too much to say that its financial editorials In the past decade have made It generally recognized as an authority upon such subjects.

For Free Cuba. Mr. Howell agreed with Mr. Grady In the he belief that a. great newspaper ihould de- vote- as much or more attention to matters tsj of material progress as to politics.

lie has never lost sight of the business Interests of his cty and section in the hurly-burly of political strife. While he Is ready to take it hand In the election of any public official from a councilman up to a president he at the same time Watches with anxious In terest- the development of truck farming In the south the growth of our vineyard and orchard Industries the opening of our coal and iron fields and the' establishment of the furnaces mills and factories which are now beginning to dot the southern map and which promise so much for the future of this section. Three years ago. when the Cuban Insurgents started their gallant struggle for freedom. The Constitution openly' espoused their cause.

Mr. P. J. Moran was seat to Cuba and his graphic letters did much to inform the American people of the real nature or the Issues Involved. The paper editorially advocated the recognition of the Cuban republic and took the position that our enlightened stud Christian country could Jj not honorably remain an idle spectator of fa an innumaxi warfare which was extermlnat.

log a. brave people- almost In sight of our 1 shores a. people who were our friends sind customers and whose cause was almost identical with that of the American colonies when they rose to throw off the oppressive yoke of British tyranny. For three years jj the paper continued ta tIht for free Cuba until the treacherous destruction of the Maine in Havana harbor forced our tardy government to draw the sword' and declare waragainst Spain with the pledge that Cuba should be allowed. to enjoy her independence after her oppressors had been driven from the Island.

Special War Correspondents. The Constitution was ready to bear the Increased expense which the war' would. bring upon It in the shape of the extenelcn of Its special news service and the maintenance able correspondents in the fled. It has never hesitated to engage the best men in such emergencies and send them 3 wherever they were needed. In the war be- ween Japan and China It was represented at the scene of action by.

Mr. E. W. Barrett who was its special Washington correspondent for many years. and on many other occasions it has given members of its staff assignments to foreign countries.

Before the first guns were fired in the present war the paper sent Mr. Robert B. Cramer to accompany the blockading fleet Ken- ry Grady Mr. Moran and Llnton Tedtord were dispatcned to important military centers and ullan Harris camped out with the array of invasion at Tampa. Other members of.

the stag were instructed to be ready to go to the front at a moments no- In the spring or 1897 Captain Howell received an advantageous offer for his stock in the paper which he felt that was to his interest to accept especially as he felt th need of rest and recreation at- ter a long arid Busy life which had been spent from his eloiUe5t manhood in the service of. Georgia and her people. In the stirring scenes of war. and in the less exciting but equally arduous and responsible wOlk which was necessary In times of peace. He therefore retired from the company resigning the position of president and in The directors then paid Mr.

Clark Howell too deserved compliment of making him the in as well' as the managing editor. No change how- ever was apparent to the outside public and In fact there was no dlffeencd except In the Increase of the work' an the responsibility shouldered by the Journalist at the head of the paper. The Constitution has rever disappointed the expectations of the people who first rallied to Us support. Colonel t1empbiUs Iron Safe. In Colonel HemphUs private office may be seen today a little old Iron safe which the' business manager still regards with pride and tender Interest.

This relic old times was the first safe used by The Constitution when It started in the storeroom on Alabama street. In the Jays when two negroes furnished the power for its little press in the. period when the busnus matLager bought the white paper- for the office each day for the next issue so that turbulent era of reconstruction waen it- was feared every day' that the mULtazy would ures the' editors and suppress mo paper. The sate still holds the original set or Ikll used In the business office WP I it first opened Its doors. and It Is A iwtuwo'- thy tact that all of the subscribers and td vertsers whose names are there recorded when the new paper started are still amQlI1 its patrons and Mends.

with the' exception of those honored citizens among them who have been claimed by tile rlra ren during the past three dtcadas. That little old-fashioned safe semis very duxnliuftve by the side of the big and ttjl- isis affairs now used in the business uftJcc but it wa useful In Its day and Colonel HenjphUl would not take a small fortune for It. Mr. Howell- has a. staff which is In thorough sympathy' and harmony with him.

The assistant managing editor Mr. P. Moran. la a veteran journalist wise has been with The Constitution In various responsible positions for more than a quarter of a century. His special articles and correspondence have made him one of the best known newspaper men the colitl- nent.

and he has Justly wot a very high In his profession. Uncle Remus and Others. Mr. Joel Chandler Harris. the leading ed.

Itoral writer Is been at. ht desk for mugs than twenty years. His bright work hits nada one of the. most. popular Journalists In America.

his numerous novels stories and volumes of falklore have rnaBe Mm famous throughout the English. speaking world. He made a record in Journalism and. literature- which will. last all time to come.

Mr. x. L. Knight another' editorial writer is one of the best and most capable workers in his line. to be found anywhere Ibis has a pleasing style and.

his manner of treating even the driest subject is always attractive. Mr. Knight al bee the gift. of eloquence. and he Is always in demand on public occasions when' orators ire heeded.

Mr Prank Stanton. the. poet who furntshcs th Jut from Georgia" column every day. it a re genius who ranks with Field and Riley In hi department he is doubtless without an equal in the world and many of Ms peerless lyrics wilt live as long as. the language In which they are printed.

Mr. Robert Cramer a special writer and correspondent. Is a brilliant and ac oJl1pl15h Journalist who stands easily In th front ranks of bits profession. He. won fame as the city editor of The Philadelphia Ttnies and also at the massaging editor of The Evening Constitutions a year or ago.

lie II a wonderful Judge of interest' at news features Indefatlgahls In so- leering them and no mm knows better bow rat to present them to the ptfblkv IlL. war specials from Admiral Sampson fleet oft tod the coast of Cuba have beep highly corn- ef plimentajy for their accuracy and graphla la descriptive touches. i Mr Franlr Weldon. on In special ro- writers has a desk on th tfUortf floor. I life Is recognized as authority railway I Mi seining and industrial matters and when of busy pen Invades other fields it always 1 does bright and effective work Mr Wel.

fa don' ii au round newspaper man. Wise wen. equipped for any assignment. Oh the editorial floor may also be- found two well-known artists. Messrs.

IV F. Henderson and Ernest Wilkinson whose portraits sketches and' cartoons are. so much admired. They are' young men of talent and invaluable members of the staff. Wilkinsons portraits and Hendersons ear- teems are praised everywhere.

On the Fifth Floor. In a. corner of the. fifth floor ar several rooms occupied by the city news staff the night editor and the telegraph editor. Mr.

Julian Harris the city editor is a son of Mr. Joel- Chandler Harris anti Intents a. good deal. of his fathers te nnis. Although a very young man.

he sustained himself. admirably In the trying position of night editor before he took charge of the city department. recOgnized a an up-to-date newspaper man who gives promise of great achievements In both Journalistic and literary fields. Mr Royal Daniel the nIht city edl. torts a wide-awake energetic young.

man who thoroughly understands the local field and Its requirements and. he has such a nose for news" that he Is never caught napping. He wields a facile pencil and' al ways turns out good work. The night editor. Mr Walter C.

Bender. son. is one of' the most thoroughly trained newspaper men in America. He Is one of the most valuable men on the' Staff and for many years has been regarded as a worker whose services were Indispensable. Mr.

Hendexaoas worker Is Mr. 2. Brufrey the telegraph editor. He la another veteran or the press whose name is familiar to readers or newspapers every. where.

During his eighteen years of faith. fig service on The Constitution Mr. Bruffey has- made perhaps a. wider reputstinn in than any other newspaper man In Georgia for local and. special scoops.

and for- re ports which required enterprise and person. al courage. The of Mr. Brutfey is by all odds the most pyrotechnic of any which has been achieved by members of The Constitutions staff. Blessed with unlimited assurance fortified by nerve which never knew how to quail with en excellent address and an Insinuating manner he could work himself Into the most difficult situations by the display ft his numerous qualities and get out I gain when other men would' have met disaster or death.

It. was no unusual thing' IT Mr. Bruffey to be' on the spot when. a Magedy Was about to be performed end in the hanging of the celebrated Dick Vawes he got into such familiar intercourse 1111 all the parties concerned that he stepped up to the doomed man slid arranging i ugly twist in the-rope as the sheriff had I laced i I it under the mans ear said to Wm stnib ngly There Dick that will feel more comfortable. Mr.

Brutrey8 celebrated midnight rde to Birmingham during the great riots tl ere something which' will stand beside Mac- gahams ride to Khva. During the great floods In Augusta when' the Wild waste of water made such havoc there Mr. Bruffey was the only sailor With nerve enough to take out his bateau and examine the water-covered streets. MIS part In he well remembered Calhoun el Illus tratoo detective work of the strongest kind Each of the principals had left he city by different routes intending to meet ro one knew. where.

But Mr. Brutley was on hand and singular tri relate was the only one of tile ezbwd to lose blood. To a1 tempt to write his career would be to undertake II. book. which must be deterred to another time.

So much for tha heads of the various de. paytments. They are or course assisted by numerous' writers Who were selected because or their specter fitness for their work and who bid fair to rise still high- er positions. Messrs. Henry Orady Evelyn Harris Unton Tedford Dan Cry Gordon Hurte Sh1Iley Brooks and others all do excellent work Which sp aks for itself.

Altogether they ar remarkably talented fl efficient group of newspaper men. The present. special correspondent of the paper at Washington is Mr. Ghl who Ma no superior In hi line of. work.

His specials are distinguished for their reliability and readable style. and he has tire happy knack of always getting the freshest news news with the bloom on It. Mr. Ohla wife over the pen name of Maude Andrews has made quite a reputation in literary circles She Is A woman or genius and will to still higher. The society editor.

Miss Irma Dooly. and such Epcll contributors a Bill Arp Betsy Hamilton Sarge Piunkett and others deserve a column to themselves but in this brief chronicle It Is enough to say' that they' are great favorites with th reading pubilo and fully deserve all the pleasant things that are so often spoken and written about then' A Glance Backward The Constitution of today should be plac ed side by side with Its first issue on the 16th of June. 1868 In order to enable the reader to appreciate wonderful changes which have occurred within that period of thirty years. Th page paper of a generation ago was printed at Jhe rate of 8005 am. hour on an old-fashioned hand ft press.

Now Its Issues of ten. twelve twenty-four. thirty-six and more pages are thrown oft from a. magnificent Hoe press with' a capacity of OCO an hour. In the it days do carrier could supply the two or three thousand subscribers.

Now requires a legion to carry tWpawn livered in. th city and as sunny wore to handle those sent to other places. At pres- enT the circulation pf the daly Is about or irk tar IUS ih- ut laJ bl re ys Ut. nd ho mn iks ent 1cs lea ter ac- ron hla im- Or. SS- the better in Its fortunes since It started and ha outgrown so many outfits and rUSSng.

that it' to. WPWi fyand money Itsworkl CHAPTER VII. Some Its Work. The history of Constitution Ur a rec ord of the progress of its readers to very and the south generally. the old' Air road af- the Bl mond and Pant Atlanta tp.

to rauway progress after the war. Mr. Zoos- than NorcrOsS yas ft it hT lectors of this road and he ir ed. wrote in tatted for It- with uth earnesTn em toward his efforts. He saw the advantage of quick and short rpnte to Ybrk.

and believed that lt rcnstme. Son through the great Ple4n. wderiwss would cause that region prosper Sod I- come a. rich trading territory wh ch wouli open a- new field of ettterplre 0 the moe. chants ef Atlanta.

In ixt public meet. lair waslieId and Col i rw A Major Campbell WaEn Mr. Anthony Murphy and others oWfanUd lii. movement which started the UorgIatV triC later became a reality WAi i4 nan. of th Georgia Pacific.

rise Kaaf Tsiness tb Atlanta and Florida Hcrth Georgia and Vnri Air Un followed la cur A tmng fli a i. wa Zoade by ertatu ttencnt ojaia use Maiietta and lorth Georgia TJ the northeastern uo3 fie state were deeply interested in this road. and they felt that without Jt their region would. remain undeveloped and unknown. lion.

Clark Howell. who was then serving his first term In the- legislature. took up their cause and worked for It vigorously until It was finally successful. The Papers Helpful Work. Frequently the paper turned aside from the ordinary routine of business and poll.

tics to help some deserving public or private charity or some movement which promised moral intellectual or material benefits to the people at large ortO a few" Individuals who were th victims of talsfpr- tune. Time and again it has donated money the best work' of its staff and the use of Its columns to such objects. The fitters from yellow fever. cyclones. conflagrations and other calamities never had to appeal log odd to The Constitution.

use news of their distress was no sooner flashed over the wires than the paper was at work fur thej relief. The story of the Hood orphans is one of pathetic Interest. Immediately following the death of n- erat John B. Hood and his wrfe during th yellow fever epidemic in Louisiana. in August 1879 the Louisiana division of the armies of Northern Virginia and Tennessee met and appointed committees to ralaS a fund for the benefit of the.

children. These committee under date of September 6 1S79. on week after General Hoods funeral issued the following address Desolation and possible destination have fallen upon the once happy household of General John B. Hood. Mrs Anna Marie Hood the devoted wlfe and mother died on the evening of August lita.

General Hood. the bereaved bus- band and father followed on the morning of August 30 Coming behind them In full orphanage eleven children of tender years. Lydia the eldest of these died on the afternoon of the same day. There now survive ten children the eldest of whom are twins of the age of ttae years and two months The young. ear one month old.

The condition of theajtate leaves little hope that there will reain after the settlement of his Indbt- ed no anything for his children other than such proceeds as may posibly be de rived from the publlcatonof the generals history of the war. The generous heart of the country hat already been moved to the grateful recognition of tile virtues. the chivalry anti self-sacrificing devotion of the defeated hero and to an active sympathy for the living. The undersigned committees appointed by the associations of the armies or northern Virginia and Tennessee to receive these funds. which are to bejnveated in United States bonds.

earnestly solicit your op. oration and assistance raising a sum which shall be sufficient for the support maintenance and education of these tie. phans. This address- was s-'gned by R. Ly- man.

P. Nchos James huckster Sam. uet Flower D. R. Calfier.

John lI Murray 3. Chalown T. Beauregard. Stockman. Fred V.

Ogden und Walter V. Crouch. The first response was a 400 United States bond from Margaret Haughery of New Orleans This was quickly followed by other donations The resort of the Hood relief committee published In Au gust isSS acknowledges the receipt ot 13773.11 for the orphans which sum was Ju dlciousiy Invested for their benefit. The Constitution took an active interest hf tb movement and in the list of donations pub. lished In the report may be found the following Item From A.

ilemphill Esq. business manager of The Constitution Publishing Company and chairman of the Hood relief committee of Atlanta as. J2800 of which COO is directed to be paid i over toJht dill. drens guardian fort their immediate- us The pamphlet containing th report had the following statfmeat-ot IbjS ages 4h ehadren la 1878 and the names of their protectors in 1885 Anna Bell and Ethel Genevieve twins nine years old under car. of Mr.

and Mrs. John A. Morris New Orleans. John Dell Jr. eight years oldj under care of Mr.

and Mrs. David Bu ll. Cohosna Miss. Duncan Norbert. six years and tlx months old under care of Mr and Mrs.

John A. Morris. New Orleans. Lillian Marie and ton Maude. twins five years and six months oldt under caw of Mr.

and Mrs. Thatcher if. Adams New olJ ur- ent arid ia Odulla Musson and Ida Richards twin. three years old under caw of Mr. and Mrs.

George f. McOehee WcodvSlle. Miss Oswald on year old under cars of Charles M. Harvey. Scflrtdal N.

T. The youngest child left a baby girl died among loving friends In Columbus la in. isso" That Famous Cold Day People will talk of the exceptionally cold flay in the winter of 84 and The Con. ttltutlons prompt work for the suffering poor on that occasion. It was the worst blizzard known in many years and the sleet nd snow almost ocked trav anti traffic.

teears Grady Howell dad Itemphill hold a brief conference agreed that come- thing hat done without lsy or there would be great distress among those- who needed fuel food and clothing. Grady wrote a ringing editorial on the subject and Th Constitution Jed off with a handsome donation. The appeal went to every heart and the office of the pappfW crowded with- hearted citizens tendering their donations. Committees were organized and In a few houwscores of wagons loaded with coat provisions and other supplies were on their way to the cottages and cabins of the poor in on day over 13 000 was raised for the relief of the unfortunate classes but the good workcontlnued for days not a single desttCtefamiiY In the dry was overlooked tinleal the sufferers resorted to extraordinary methods to conceal their teal condition Aided Dr. Amoi1IiFo The Constitutions proprietors and floral staff turned the office into a relief depot and made their benevolent raids into every back street and alley.

There la no doubt that this timely act of rfjarify saved many lives and averted great deal of dis tress and hardship. When The ConsWullon ad an al to the good people of Atlanta to aid In the erection of the building now occupied by the Young Men's Christian Association no one dreamed of the enthusiastic response that would made. The proprietors of the paper subscribed 11000 and all classes came forward with their donations. Even the poor wltfows and newsboys' sent in their quarters and dimes. The second day ursdy and his associates found that they had.

un. consciously started a bigger movement than they had dr am of first. Everybody rushed forward to give something. It was plaits that the people would not be satisfied with any ordinary building. They wanted a stately temple and they did not cease giving Until they-had raised the 1100000 which is sow represented by the brick and granite of the handsome edifice on the corner of Pryor street and Auburn avenue.

The story of the Confederate house Is an. other brilliant chapter. When Major tsw- art went north to solicit aid- from the. people 01 that section for the helpless and In' dlgent southern veterans who had nobody to are for them. The Constitution voiced.

th sentiment of lt people la Its iys Come Home. Major Stewart and the friends of the eld confederates soon raise enough money to build the large and substantial Soldiers' Home which now steeds lo Atlanta' suburb. the monument i a noble people slid an eloquent reafcs tothe short. sighted and prejudiced legislators who threw obstacles la the way of Its ptWU and boneflclect work. Various PuHteBaierp rises.

The pveent state epti4 of Georgia. 1 very largely the nirtDtmi of Thfe COfiStitU' tloof or JHH wt wflluridentOod that the polatat at oWala I- Ul tuuon1 starr tb 7iJ4PaJfOand tarte Eeig tar. braht aferon dal which retr' tom t. teIdn aanor tmeleavli Jou- iIanothtr evenig pper stred Olonel Eo p. suply tdeml lernon new.

Joura wa lol lter Jone. an ilet ower. folawing Te ICOttt erte lag ax buU corer bm Itret. It. ocupes dW Cb alrady Ilgns ctn1g.

horly bfore It tJIJ1t0l. Howel jolnt Itnt 1. otTe' tnsttutonrHrnlng Phi ar ahorly Tiden Intervew. nc bn oterL- psIton asslt- tlelt nlg eitor whlh hEld 1 Oe 10nths 1 cedlng r. rc1 nIgh pa r.

itI ao rspet. stai. 1 3:1 th ad huony 1revalkd deat- aent A Ulmphl. asiste tb A Hemphi. afair.

te ofc whJ" Captan 11 an Ir. Grdy shp eitorla le lapr. uslnea mmagr. I edior we acor Al maleN. tteY wer unIte Jap a wel a Inkt thEir l' mtert comon Abt lth tme r.

Fnch dispose. stok rtens 1. Inn ames Sann. eeryday ofe lfe' O. Constu- to tOe das eaUon soe dale me tap ct rutne.

Te porleors ad i lter al seme member' fmiY. puJed togEthtr. t' a ea leeme antic- an oer wa tdat 11 bst J'rk tke anything tat rell' I hs ay nfede. edlor- m-h an. I 1 tmely suggeston O.

rote thoe e1orlals cotemporarts rifl bau mk Te masging COUl6 Iiof mor ng wih staf woul rJldentaly outne tbut tnctons i ou1l of attond 1) publc meelng 1ollal ca UW. i' hen te retre 1 vate one. 2n Incooehably 1 tme d8h ot leader edalce bore tP agely ra. Smetmes. hel hJllke tn dtorlal A pa a tfe fEE1 ecess lne.

tietor riter ci olor saggaete eeda nn tt eC ther ter i player. Abut th Staf. i Wen staf eeptona taent lne ofered' It deveoment. frst successfulout- se elor ir gatie managtrs etanty urgEd bst prftable rre gC genls JJIc desere feld tt aorded newspapr. I awaya plcy papr prmsing wrItes i Im lke Wi frst JJbcue the publc ConUtuton te an.

f. cntributor. 1 dia wecome ad remuneraton. Bil jj Det Hamlon oe other an reer coumns I8e wlch re oglzed 7ear Specia corespondent. have COIUtuton rie tor hd anythng ecepUona t.

ibd abity a' go i 1 mateial hd 1lelete otbrs. brgh tJ ppr ma strande Atata 1ed hl str acdenal meet wit he ediors daiy ar hi itLh jourIsts te countr ave eu It ata ad trm distat sttes ofeed wer glvEn fa ad SI thlm rie nponlble psItions. Ever Vo t1o ppr hs far feld fghtng 1 ch Atlants Durin deade consderaUon I chpter Atiant fourished gew lJ1e a wester ciy. Wod lbrlc. ad brck grite and :1 tn Te frst Kimba hOus was fb tre Upn It rui grader' ci trcture houe ad lot wer te tal ldlgs bega Ftories l1hlre ppulatlon touchd :10,0 liit buness ulusua1y 4and ttunes Atanta dIr aVae the I miing 1' a more natona Interational ventos anoW poltl a relgous coertl bdies 4merlca fve tmE Is size liTe efors ConsttutLn drw tese asemblages cau plae I tq spken oten' tto C1Y.

Naturly IO an dtnglse awa tavOble ad thei reprts 1ih lp te ciy ad I mornn papr i Tl leing stateme capitIsts oips nd journafts otside btgan jJrey Phenlx-lke JrpII hlchhd rsen tom leap udge D. Keley fHayes Shenn. II Ings. Sauel J. Rndal.

Henr er Tamge Henr Fild IClonel A. Mclur Augutu itSae orge Alred ec men sy milnaes 11 JkJay Gld sied ad a. wd I rtured bme 1jl i naturl tht Te Contuton aculd beome ad sr tJns pple bgan red i iQllre abut It rd wrlterl. Teoutlde wated he tJtm tlfn an Bi Ar Haml- I tok th lalorm Smal wet Flto ol Cndler Bar na- 1lr lspe. fm' Hemphi wal cled uPn tEquent 8d sCptan Howl1 lr GrdY er Oasionaly etun dreS welom ha wiInges gobYOM state Ue acepte vtton epak bquet tNeEglS lork peeh eledrl8 lhb1complmented LndJ hereev felcItous orton.

lu-k yoje wa pecepae btween nsbt pce wth boupon a ttter uertandlng tet ween wr wll bu Waf 1fhlds. wlttut yIeldng itrht tel sel-r pet erte put J' Oradys 7 ape cbca tr entre contnent tlfenrh nd a we a th ld OVErlL M. iJo et psmeet card Dl T. Eberton lie hi 1ceUvl. te r' ff tent.

adsabr tbU ad a akat otherpomt1 tor the- troaeeelnMuchuset le hs tmel dethlt1 T4 relL' beforehl NewEtl tr 4ellvr me addr le. lAtanlfa prohbton whie loca' c- pat dede queton I rM. am iwa. generly conce tat te mot con elouent arguent. hed A r.

lea cty vote i favr on. electl dl- andhls an l1kelto rurnl and. now Its lf news. adv lh. news aper homer man dltrer nt els a Jar When com par- atlvely en as pain Into rlghtt lly for I co i I a was enjoying arers allover to as th rea hd 111.

the foIow- sized died In a was-a presence empoyees d. or. Grad TheYbelong paper ever peopes Grady. rlses states en have Mstas ce. wase.

tntultiveknowtedge I the. teU1tYellra be- attt cted ed TJieCon Threeyear nd. thGt' cou1dglnm tra Hbh 11t per ne ek- eot orC hlZhlandardt eathotMiGfadY mU89 torseal1ed A o.t-- i tb in naciiit tO iii rii eh' OQwu' i Par evet1bodYAtabatttme MlHo nwaia tero en tyfour but nO" mJt7e al menofh18 al mast priliclfllesQdet Uaofht It hadeOmmen edJlI8jout fU14ba4 ownamongtbe brlx testne th 1ravelln hi blaWorL Afewdayabbo' ennom the waaelecttd the aettleddown. do- ba mOTe thewritera fit tbework torl a coilslder ble' anyoC I friends. i I his appre- not.

pu ll hlng occurrences 5 te WI a ld jOUttlh IJUC ac- aga1nst I J. ere kled engageln at ctober dlng foU ton dl- a' southern dl rlcts boi careful corf i pondent. nt them' was 0 offi osts th lr pUt pose. ade spe l3l 1eEgr ph houralater lLutu- mornlngafter complete vo andmembers pa es r. candld te 7O55 ard to-believe.

ntu lbY moJri1nelacldnZ Nol dY ha.sth..ut- nt rprt thatth1e rt we11f came1I1 51000 th majorl1yuthe re- tobe sohur ll. ollect dunde the ceneralaumbiYcon fe1fweeQ iDc2prqcdedtoenvaas ddec1are' evote t7utonlshJnc wva1' ev1 nce' ofthe accuracTO eDort wa. dls oyer Slt ceDeratu. mbly i emhledfnJomt lket' Lomc1 sJccm countJjnthe Wal uchtJn apeakeisa fter1 ot1ier. lUl.

rt1fi. Ve1o. e. w. opened and ottfuL nou1I.

e4 ryBI11Jt otth- Iardli1. se. hf rla im er oJ 1 Ii. tr Gt rdtnt the' rii It rt 0. Llgure.

e' XOte ea hc hiUdat Uc ita1ne 1Ir eeli7' froIQ cto 1Qut' mo rati feWJnlnUt SPresl Cl hoprelded oTerlhejo1nt 8 Slonreadam1d cap. pl th ectatois1haf oMclal. of. thevoteih wed Wlll am. onhen recetve4rmajor oVerYL EditOrnowelCOnlratulated ThuSInthe lggeltYot Oeor ConstltutfonJ1adOll1 after' ven theptope lSembl In th el tlon andweat andtbe Th Conatlt ton re- therprult eV reopubll an plJrtedby rep Geor Ia.

nd on. telg cOntratuJattonupon Amongthoee B. way. ufollows Hon. vauot th st te co ld- pla lh a- andclrculntlon underMr.

ell' b1l1durlriJi a' ba onet I of. powe Mr. law' and. turmoil ttrll tIn SIl tI1I forc bll 80. th eie trtfied CQ led I Impr ed y' peop ongre rats to' ldlng tha w01.

ld ratQd the' of' sectlonallXirty repul l1can I I I and. I rledbeyond a Ume. well Julia A. ork Cornmerclai-Advectiser. th International Exposition noti ih 4dvanta ea wh1ch1I themi elves the expo l- brl1 lant' com ete thl5coun- wIth oonfid aW1l tr tn would 1d soon expoattion Atlanta.

or uthern 4 eIDpInC the of' In' Utlcattdatters. varla it me tbePast years hasbeen ofdlslnt rratlon naccount dlv1dedcounmts In. the Th usureotthehatd to asth st reme uestlo andfn asitbl' mp igns Con- allt tl nt gardedbt the atateu tbeabl1st. mo. ple1fr.

c1urtnchtlrat Capta1nHo1r nthelmportantand tManchester but th otier 4ecllnedT tl the' maj l1t1ot. CTatl JltCl vekn4 soon am. a Teul nof the' OMtaIW1ardpo letn the r' vo hlsn imlriaUotttot' termtho1ihtt bythe orpniSedparuandrUl Its hoSenleaders nittreJ1 1aidonemoretbati netvS er" ounttt-ijJ nte thldPaftT 1veD1emial1 1eg1 a hOlu20f cn tae4. i hObe11ev. ed.

th cla2. e. 4 thr ug1f4h C. of al pou ar Itbaa b7db ndo14p rty tJef n' nltil cb i1ttJd t' ct has it fk r1t" 111 rif 3 4iil1 pi ji1JJt tr ttot tUcU1e unu ted 1al tthe era tou ta t' nst1tu oftbe Utrestand lawqtiiecen BtV- l1 othel1idepe nt eU thefrH andunl1mlted eof ft and8tt ncth nedthe 4orthe everywhereattd Insplredth onMeiltbope aunotbel al odon the posedrepe lof percent Issues stot thepllt ir gnUed aaan. lpon FreeCuba Mr agreedw1thMr newspa er ahoutdde ch or buslneSslnterestB h1scty uon lltlcI of' COuncilman to.

anxlousln so thern so en geilantatrtjgg Amer1 an Th enllxhte ed ere tre cheroua war agalnst pen enc" een Corresp ndenu. an eDf in se dthem I tween spec al cor- other ere tlce. etockln thE re teatlon In le ex- tm pe ce. tdtt ell ht w- th Incre se and th rst lJIanager Ith tender1nterest. of was' onA1abama powertor th ught white.

ea Itwas every suppress wrr. I tb Irlm re tf S. aafes ulo fir 1. It. was.

nd lstantmanag1nged1tor PJ ha lrnownne1 per won hd theieacUn een. des tb Hiabrlsht. J1a hlm mOJtpOpular and- his le tolmoushroughoutthe Eri liJh- Spf' Lrng Heas midearecord andJJteraturwhlCh l1t1me ome L. hlsUnetobefound a plea ng tre thedrlest ubj t1A th ndheJs alWalndemand PJbUcoccaslons orator LStanto theIIOeiIthC fUn lahutth" Jeorgtae 1aat nJu8whoraIiQ' Inh coubtiesaW1thout aliamatt10f bb peerle8s17rtc. uveulonguthe Inwblch the 1IrRob ntBCramet.

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re. onlbeConsUtutWn wderreputablD otheroew 5paper oops. re- themost ofany inlitituUonsstarr wi- l1mlt assurance hch e1cellantaddreas nJiInJa. lnll' dlm. ult hen th cete1 rated concerD step ed dootnedtnan lIugly th llaced' eara ld sly Dt wWfeel cei rated midntgntrde there Augustawl1ini wa erli1ade outhlsbate u' at d' 1he ect1ve Btrong st hand-and th adsot de.

partmentsThloy r8e numerous" wr1 tets ile1 apecl8flliness Work andWho tlcualr toriae toBtUl erpoaJtlonsMessu BrOQuall4 workli1i speaks Altogetheltbey are 9fnewapaper corre9pondentotthe a taMr J. lCohlwho orkHla re- iiMreada ha py knack. alwiLY8gettlni newil-ilewawtb Ohlawlfe qult8atepu Uter ry. She lenl I :12 BE GA. TRURSDAY jiiiti i L898 Tbe arer rettre tlmcIeayI a1 othe i ret lt 10tTbo th I nd by A or tthey Sb4ip I to Li OU1 prozrleors Iwriters of Iame Others.

hl work ft tLs mark. poitIcal Iqehen A It. till j. 0 city L' Aboutthe A devopment ri gifts. 1 come i oseals i I 2 were i 111cc 4 s.

th were five it 1t away i nd 5 dt' Beecher. a' a1e or tt was r' cTbe tliemanjj jarjj rowly daiform. to Othis Ills 1SS7 the Lond There Ite pence ctions. a were ljcln halide. rights erttage i Tbeepeech arsoiyhad AugtL5ta.

had to i a ddrsss6ftU rsttyfVfrjt therpoksthbeXore in tsiSh fa. eye from wo- cir- over ag- tt fol- baseof by- hi so th wh hi a lnRecentYears. na- ISbbIIAd thepar faI' tter d4iiadfls he use in tlme3ar. ifld. ejs an its newapa.

had forthe entlretime co hl ac- serious th prf si- WO workeould the Iaterand wsahrughtin of th Mark-Hardin ihebduae. th ecry 1Tbin work of Ion. fo candidatebeng ctorious iectaiors officialcanvass it I. 71h2 ca feltinthe the th re- 55 ubiie rotn pe- perfunctoryway bythe hongrces ingtheon tam thenorth bu- waerk sc tton and a 5orne nks. zsuS preaidentIalcaIni 1gfl8 atic andmozt- liii impOrtantZd the-regret of tbe the is baa a the ef- pa y.

the sxade tneggitaxwes a 4' a I thad It. kiie a moreattention in- oftruck oppre sive swordand of wot ln hlef re- allttie. ld or th fearedevery ar have-been reeter an iiti- utade- him atoriesAnd fcw labia toundanywhere lo hiJs I. the his Aa B. tbs so fsa ing' col.

co Cubaisav Mt. tuiIk one the a' the 5 a' In liis brlghtandcffeetJyower auaIiounii luaii iiwell equippedfor ditorialfloor art1st1ressrs st ta heinterits agooc ge- us- man edft or at ditor isone sta is wa concern en the rope neryt-endugh kiispart atempt wh HurtelShlrley 4. KOhI his 10 re news 1 as Inthjs the andwritten isC- Tha atl a issu an old a half-dozen carriers it esquires thd papers de- th8 etlt ash 30 and that of the Sunday issue about 45000. The War of course Increased tbS circulation and every week the list continues to weil JUst wheel the high water mark will be reached it ts impossible to predict. The paper haS witnessed so many changes for has buildings is now prepared for anything in thSbape of awitier field.

new nipr0vffihients and the extrtotdiflal7 inethbdareQnired to tn5X wtldt is called an up-to-date newspapei" Ii is bailed as a model paper now abd ltil deterulifled to merttthat diatinctiOfl in the twentieth ceo- turYtf it cando it by piittlSt brainleter and ilitO its worki of ri The rec- lIn of human endeavor. When the paper starle In 1868 the city bad enly four ra2lwaYs. Now it ha. eleven great transportation lines. Frees the very drat the snaitages' of lbS new daily render- ed everY possible aid and encouragement to the enterprillnX aiul publicsPtrited citi- Mrs who were trying io LIUtU up the city the state The competition of terriards known as theB1simand vile was one of lint steps uCS Cf the early pro.

wirked an' it jutii as to Izupiesi his ellas cItizens Sod eaose them to reward a Ne its Lion Ple4niint to Pc- whch enterorireld IsO tns Colnel cOtge Oectgia tVeaferlm. evisk Is tb thE the the fa tett tie kzreiri Air In due Astreng fltt a I The leepe I io of latc or to wh the itlass iaff Gen Joha hiswtfe the 6. 1E9 one fotlowingaddrecs JdsflaHood deotedwIfe 4. sameday the iate ethsea Je- the be invested n' V. I fromMararet Au- 189 0 28- Jo- ith tB fo the use.

the statement of tbesgei of s4 Jr. H. Russell. I York. lit ore jail wlnt sn1 travl tO be delay nd The one 13100 and not V.

by Amos Fox editoral bIg a TlieConstiluiioO noadeenapptI no be h. movementtbn dreamed it 1 carfor inc its rebisbetotbe lathe Pabik IIIqlr1se5. irIs ee Is th ovt Th eftortd. wsso PriA Tdl 0'.