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Index Abbott, Lyman, 176 Abrams, Alexander Sl. Clair, 33-35 Advocate (Leavenworth, Kans.), 137 Air Line Railroad, 166-67 Aldrich, Nelson W., 151 Algernon COllon Mill (Augusta, Ga.), 185 Allison, William B., 151 Alston, Robert A., 33-35 Ames, Oliver, 4, 5 Anderson, James, 2I Arcadians, 86 Arp, Bill (Charles Henry Smith), 52,113 Arthur, Chester A., 77 Athens (Ga.) Banner-Watchman, 189 Athens (Ga.) Blade, 138 Atkinson, Edward,s, 169 Atlanta and Florida Railroad, 225 (n. 10) Atlanta and West Point Railroad, 165, . 225 (n. 4) Atlanta, Ga.: Grady'S "first and only love," 18, 197; its origins, 164; railroad connections, 164-67; lillie inherited aristocracy, 166; unpopularity in much of Georgia, 55; "wagon trade," 166; drummers, 167; "Atlanta spirit," 168, 195; advancement during 1880s, 173; constantly aggressive, 180; had only three cotton mills, 181; had many small shops, 181-82; seeks Georgia Institute of Technology, 188-89; industrial advancement , 190 Atlanta Constitution: its founding, 21-23; its business policy, 23; its redesign, 2324 ; its facilities and schedule, 24-28; special correspondents, 26; buys subscription lists of Atlanta Herald, 35; Grady joins staff, 36-37; spirit of the newspaper, 41-43; enemies of, 42-43; raillery as a weapon, 43-44; conciliation as a tool, 45, 48-49; prohibition campaign, 45-49; promotes ciric enterprises , 53-54; supports Atlanta as capital of Georgia, 59-60; farm program , 111-14; helps sponsor IntraState Farm Convention (1887), 11820 ; attack on Farmer's Alliance of Georgia, 120; endorses Farmer's Alliance , 122; reassessment of policy on farming, 123-24; allacks jute trust, 124-25; runs Sunday farm pages, 125-26; seeks Alliance exchange for Atlanta, 128; publicizes mistreatment of blacks in North, 137; allitude toward black protest convention (1883), 13940 ; views on convict lease system, 145; ambivalent toward lynchings, 149; headlines identify persons to be lynched, 150-51; alarm at Lodge bill (1889),152; says blacks have fallen into barbarism, 152; denounces East Point lynching and beatings, 156; denounced , 157; sponsor of International COllon Exposition (1881),168; announces Atlanta is leader in manufac- 246 I Index Atlanta Constitution, (continued) turing, t81-82; attacks Atlanta citizen who criticized city, 182-83; criticizes Augusta, 183-85; labor troubles, 18687 ; ownership of stock (1880s), 205 (n. 1),209 (n. 7) Atlanta Cotton Mills, 181 Atlanta Courier, 35 Atlanta Daily Opinion, 21-22 Atlanta Evening Capitol, 54 Atlanta EveningJournal, 54,178 Atlanta Evening Star, 54 Atlanta Herald, 33-36, 39 Atlanta Intelligencer, 21, 23 Atlanta Ring, the: 1,54; before 1880,61; the new one in 1880, 61-71; leaders, 62-65; what leaders wanted, 65-66; Grady emerges as a leader, 66-71; election of McDaniel as governor, 7475 ; uncontested elections of 1884, 7679 ; in Gordon's campaign for governor (1886), 79-94; high point of, 94; strains within, 123; two leaders leased convict labor, 146; decline begins, 191; death of, 191-94 Atlanta Rubber Company, 153 "Atlanta spirit," the, 168, 195 Atlanta Sun, 34 Atlanta University, 140-41, 153 Augusta, Ga.: railroad connection, 164; Grady's opinion of, 183; relations with Atlanta deteriorate, 183-84; cotton mills, 183-84; "A Stagnant Town," 184; mill strikes and lockouts (1886), 184-;-85; defends itself, 185-86; labor disptlte settled, 228 (n. 47) Augusta Baptist Institute, 138 Augusta Chronicle, 43, 54, 70, 83, 87, 93, 183-86, 192 Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist, 57 Augusta Constitutionalist, 36 Augusta Free School, 138 Avery, Isaac W., 22, 35, 55,60 Bacon, Augustus 0.: personal characteristics , 71-72; desires to run for governor (1882),72-73,214 (n. 37); defeated for gubernatorial nomination (1883), 74-75; runs for governor (1886),7980 ,84-93; defeated, 93; U.S. Senator (1895-1914),2 IO (n. 44) Bain, Donald, 6 Barrick, James R., 22 Barrow, Middleton Pope, 73 Bay State Club (Massachusetts), 5,130 Ben HUT (book), 37 Bennett, James Gordon, Sr., 34, 49 Benson, Fannie, 88 Bigelow, Hobart B., 171-72 Black,]. C. C., 73, 83, 86 Black protest conventions. See Conventions of protest, black Blaine,James G., 151 Blair, Henry W., 151 Boston (Mass.)Journal, 3 Boston Merchants' Association, 2, 3, 4, 130; Grady's address to, 160-62 Bourbon Triumvirate, 65 Bowers, William F., 91 Boynton,James,74-75 Brown, Joseph E., 34, 35, 37, 62; biographical data, 63-64; appointed to U.S. Senate, 66-67; runs uncontested for reelection (1884), 76-79; worried about "agrarian tendency" in Georgia, 122; lessee of convict labor, 146; denies responsibility for whipping convicts, 147; temporarily heads International Cotton Exposition (1881), 170, 19293 ; hints...
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