The age-herald., 1898-02-08
IN ATLANTA-<
 AND ELSEWHERE
BY NED BRACE.

spent a day in Atlanta last week.
 Found the Kimball house infested with politicians as usual. They are going to have a great time over in Atlanta dn tho congressional race to succeed Lon Living ston Livingston has been in congress for six years-three terms. Each time he has vigorous fight on his hands for re-eAec- tlon. This time will be no exception He is opposed by B. M. Blackburn, editor of the Atlanta Commercial Thos. B. Fielder prominent and vigorous young lawyer and by another Atlantian of the legal pro- fession who is not widely known. Both Blackburn and Fielder have challenged Livingston for a joint debate, and he has accepted. It will be three-cornered de- bate. All three men are good in debate. and they will make things lively for many months to come in the Atltanta congres- sional district Livingston is genuine Georgia cyclone on the stump, but the young men who are opposing him are gifted with very liberal share of both oratory and political strength.
 
 Speaking of Atlanta, there has been much talk throughout this section of the country recently about the ownership of the Atlan- ia Constitution since Capt. Evan P Howell sold out his interest sevral months ago. It has been rumored throughout this sec tion of the country that Ex-Secretary of the Interior Hose Smith really owns the controlling interest in the Constitution. I have it from very good authority that Mr. Smith does not own single share in the Constitutiin. It seems that Captain How ell sold his interest in the paper to Mr. Hugh Inman MT. Inman was acting as the agent of MT. Bannigan, of Connecti- cut, who has made some very large in- vestments in Atlanta. Constitution stock has for ten years been paying dividends of 50 per cent. the capital stock an- nually or 121z per cent annually on the price Captain Howell offered it at Conse- quently MT. Bannigan, through Mir h. man, bought MT. Howel's 250 shares at $4OO a share, paying Captain Howell s1O0, 900 in cash It seems that Mr. Bannigan only wanted 200 shares of the stock and MT. Inman in endeavoring to dispose of the remaining fifty shares gave MT. Hoke Smith an option on them for ninety days. understand that MT. Smith did not take this stock and that Mr. Bannigan now holds the entire amount which constitutes one-fourth of the capital stock of the Con- stitution.
 Clark Howell, who is the son of Capt. Howell, is editor and yet holds a large block of the stock himself, and he and his friends control the paper I know that as long Clark Howell is editor of the Con- stitution it will be a straight democratic, Chicago platform newspaper. For many years efforts have been made to change the policy of the Constitution. Large sums of money have been offered for 1t, and every possible effort has been made to get it on the gold side of the question, but not for one moment has it ever fiickered, and if in the future the controlling interest should pass out of the hands of the pres- cnt holders and the gold standard people get control of this great paper. Evan and Clark Howell would. within thirty days, launch a.new Constitution on the field of journalism.
 The Atlanta newspapers are among the most prosperous in this country. The Constitution every year pays from s50,0OO to sS0 00O in dividends, while the Journal, the afternoon paper, has finally grown to be a very valuable piece of property ana has recently paid a handsome dividend, all of which goes to show that up-to-date, en- terprising newspapers can be made to pay as well in the south as in the north.
 On my way down from Washington the other day I stopped at Danville, up in Vlr- ginia Danylle is the great light lear to- bacco market of this country. Millions and millions of pounds of tobacco are sold annually at public auction. There are dozens of warehouses in this prosperous little city. It is all made up into plpe' cigarette and chewing tobacco. Being tobacco town, nearly every man in IL cne"s tobacco. In many sections this IS coh- sidered a very vile habit. In Danviiie IL is otherwise Cuspidors are popular every where. It is the only place l have ever tha churches. Yet in every pew you will find no less than two neat cuspidors TOT inc benefit of the citizens. Perhaps the nraa nhars nrovide them to get good cone