Georgia Railroads Ask Rate Increase To Cover Losses
Georgia railroad leaders led by H. M. Comer urged the railroad commission to raise rates during a dull period. They argued current rates reduced by the commission have driven net earnings down while fixed charges remain, citing figures from 1887 to 1892 and stressing a need for about seven percent return on invested capital to attract funds and maintain lines.
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Lineso
State Railroad Commission
H. M. Comer
Central System
Tyler
Lutz
Atlanta
West Point
Green
A. U. Jackson
Shellman
Central
Fitzgerald
East Tennessee
Virginia
C. E. Harman
Western
Atlantic
Joseph E. Brown, Jr
Haas
Richmond
Danville
Comer
Commission
Sarr
Bacon
Major Shellman
The
Colonel Trammell
Judge Fort
Cower
the Central
Ansley to Enter Wholesale Grocery Trade in City
Rumor states E D Ansley famed as the leading fancy grocer plans to maintain retail sales while selling wholesale to large buyers. He pledges to offer wholesale prices to families buying a month’s supplies, aiming to continue his city’s eight year grocery leadership and seek a third term commitment.
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E. D. Ansley
All Will Be Paid Salaries
The county board of education recently changed the school fund policy to pay salaries based on effective instruction rather than pupil counts. The move aims to remove disadvantages of grading by enrollment and ensure salaries reflect teaching competency and classroom needs.
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County Board of Education
Murder trial looming Miss Force to face court
In Atlanta on March 1 Miss Julia Force who killed her sisters may be tried for murder after lunacy proceedings. Solicitor Hill insists the state will proceed with a murder indictment and seek the trial, with insanity defenses to be added later. Force remains jailed, meal deliveries by relatives, asylum wait time ten days due to overcrowding.
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Lanta
Julia
Force
Hill
Georgia
Miss Force
Misa Force
Calhoun
Fatal shooting affray at lumber camp near Abbeville
Two Americus men Ross and Mack Wilson opened fire during a dispute over a tram road near Jordan's Bluff, Reeves was mortally wounded by Wilson brothers shooting, and Mack Wilson killed Reeves. Ross Wilson was wounded but not necessarily fatal. Coroner’s jury ruled the events as described and Sen. William A. Wilson, father of the involved, traveled to Abbeville.
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Jordan's Bluff
Abbeville
Wilcox
Ross
Mack Wilson
Wilson Bros
George Reeves
Reeves
Rosa Wilson
Tax Times-Reconpek
William A. Wilson
Americas
Wileun
Anti-Option Bill Killed in House Vote
The anti option bill died under a suspension of rules as 174 voted for and 123 against, lacking the two thirds required. Speaker Crisp did not vote, and Georgians Lester and Turner opposed. Jorey Simpson split from his party to vote against it, while the Senate moves to executive action on Judge Hanchett’s appointment and related treaties with Hawaii, signaling administrative time to settle.
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Hateh
God
Crisp
Lester and
Turner
Jorey Simpson
Senate
Hanchett
Michigan
Macon Telegraph Sold At Public Auction In Macon
Macon Telegraph was sold at public sale for 16500 dollars to T J Carling with ten thousand cash and the balance in twelve months at 6 percent interest. Carling, a wealthy investor, will place the paper on a high standard and reorganize the editorial staff within days. He represents a syndicate including Price and Seifert of the New York Herald and local Macon figures Horne and S B Price.
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Macon
Macon Telegraph
T. J. Carling
The
New York Herald
H. Horne
8. B. Price
A Strike Is Certain Macox March 1st
The belief prevails tonight that a strike by Cen tral's engineers is inevitable with officials predicting action between midnight and Thursday noon. Conductors and trainmen may join the engineers in a bold, desperate struggle as Arden refuses to haul an A. M. car and is discharged, seen as a brotherly act toward the striking conductors on the Sam road.
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Macox
The
Central
Neer Arden
Sam
Ravisher Tom Hill Taken From Jail by Mob in Tennessee
A white man named Tom Hill convicted of rape and sentenced to twenty years was violently taken from jail at Spring Pinon, California, by a mob of friends last night. He likely fled the country.
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Tenn
Tom Hill
Spring Pinon
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